this is d.w. news live from berlin the syrian military enters the cheat kurdish held town to the turkish attack as syrian and turkish backed forces close in the flashpoint town of man pages bracing for an assault on the syrian government says kurdish forces requested it support also coming up with tens of thousands made homeless by indonesia's tsunami disaster catches up with one volunteer doing her part to help those in need. plus israel of having the world lose

a great heart has to understand and look at the people the celebrated right samos all those dying at the age of seven thousand nine. hundred ninety three was mackinnon thanks so much for joining me another twist in the syrian civil war a syrian government forces off a support to the kurds at the own request. the deployment of the syrian army to the town of mann bridge comes ahead of a threatened turkish assault turkey sees the u.s. backed kurdish forces as a terrorist group russia is welcoming the syrian move but turkey has condemned it is now sending its defense and foreign ministers to moscow for talks on the shifting situation itself to the u.s. said it would pull its troops out of the region. the syrian flag visible from

a distance flying over several rooftops the syrian army is on its march towards man beach to secure the town against a turkish attack. syrian television has broadcast triumphal news. and after we received a call for help from the kurdish people our troops have moved into the center of town but so far that doesn't actually seem to be the case video taken in man beach on friday afternoon shows an empty city with syrian troops nowhere in sight they are reported to still be twenty five kilometers from town to the north the turks and allied rebel forces are on the march towards town turkey has said it will never accept a contiguous kurdish homeland on its borders turkish president richard tayyip erdogan has held fast to his plans to invade northern syria. we have a clearly stated goal to teach the kurdish terror groups

a lesson and drive them out of this region. didn't you. that goal may have just gotten much easier to achieve with washington's unexpected announcement that it's withdrawing troops from the area. the kurds have stood by the u.s. as allies in the fight against so-called islamic state president trumps announcement of the withdrawal has left them in the lurch with the clock ticking they've opted for the syrian regime and president bashar al assad rather than face an overwhelming turkish military onslaught. for the latest on the story let's cross now to bora who joins me from beirut and health area says it entered man beach what are your sources telling you what's the situation on the ground right now. well i've been speaking to many people in members and this is they have actually not seen any citizen soldiers on the ground but having said that syrian government says that they have hoisted the flag in mum bush do they have not

declared exactly where they are the americans who are still by the way in syria they've said they'd be leaving but they haven't left yet also something they haven't spotted any syrian forces on the ground earlier one president has said the same thing so what that means is that the sit in forces are perhaps there somewhere but they're perhaps not there in huge numbers yet that door to a certain extent does seem irrelevant because the carnage forces that have officially tweeted saying that they have invited the syrian government soldiers to come in and deter this turkish invasion so on the ground people are very apprehensive about what's coming next but they also say that they hope that some sort of an understanding can be found between turkey syria we have russia so there's no armed conflict in the area ok so a great deal of uncertainty turkey's president added one has called the syrian move a quote psychological act what does he mean. well i think what he means is that

there are not enough so serious sources on the ground perhaps it means that a numb and want to sit in government is trying to achieve by declaring that they will be supporting the kurds as reclaiming that tenet. of the syrians that i've been speaking to those who are connected to the syrian government this is a turkey's being also conducting of its own psychological warfare by saying that they will be invading city of and they haven't really done that not our or our creed so what is a turkey essentially looking for there are talks happening today between zero to one and russia istanbul and moscow are going to be talking specifically about the situation in all its details and what we're picking up is a turkey essentially wants an assurance from the syrian government forces we have russia that might be g.'s cleared out of this area that is the main text to tucker yes y p g is the kurdish forces for tice's were allies with the us and are on the ground in still jackie says if these forces are not there and numbers anymore than

they were not to be invading syria these forces say they will be getting out of mom bitch so all of that if you put together it sums up to be not an armed conflict and these talks that are happening so we have these details foresaw only later in the day ok and shelve or a reporting for us from beirut thank you so much. in egypt a roadside bomb has killed three of it amazed for a local guy they were on a tour bus heading to the famous he's the paramedics egypt's government is investigating the attack and trying to reassure its struggling to for him tourism industry a vital source of foreign currency revenue that the country remains safe to visit. the vietnamese tourists were on their way to a light and sound show at the pyramids of giza instead they were struck by a deadly blast three of the fourteen tourists on the bus were reported killed another eleven were injured including the driver the group's egyptian guide was

also killed. i was in a minibus returning from work and we heard a big noise and thought a car had fallen off the bridge. after that we saw people and taxi drivers running in saying that a bus was hit. with security forces descending on the smashed bus investigators from the scene said the bomb was an improvised device hidden next to a wall along the road which went off as the bus drove by egyptian officials noted the bus had deviated from a more secure route a claim the driver denied in local media the tourism industry vital for the country's economy has been struggling to recover from years of high profile terrorist attacks that have scared off isidore's yesterday's bomb attack broke a period of relative calm that had seen a tenuous uptick in tourism officials were quick to try to contain the potential wider damage. sometimes attacks such as this one can occur.

it may even happen again in the future. and there isn't a country in the world we can say is one hundred percent safe. haven of anything. egypt's government has pledged to find those behind the attack which no one has dust for claimed responsibility for. all right let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world authorities in gaza say a palestinian man has been killed by israeli gunfire during protests near the border israeli army said protesters sent flaming balloons across the border and threw stones and explosives out soldiers demonstrators have been gathering at the israeli border every week since march. moscow in london have agreed to let some diplomatic stuff return to the embassies after they were expelled earlier this year brisson told twenty three russian diplomats to leave after accusing moscow of

a nerve agent attack in england in march russia deny the charge and retaliated by expelling british diplomats. a strong earthquake has shaken the southern philippines the magnitude six point nine trauma struck southeast of mindanao island authorities issued a tsunami warning for coastal areas of the philippines and parts of indonesia but later lifted it no casualties or major damage have been reported so far. and staying with indonesia the search continues for any more survivors of last week's tsunami that killed more than four hundred people another forty thousand were made homeless search teams scour the disaster zone survivors are struggling to get by as an army of volatility is doing what they can to help both those who survived the tsunami as well as the search teams caught up with one of them who's making a difference using the most basic of equipment. in disaster zones

people don't just save lives with spades and bulldozers. equipped with pots pans and spatulas the volunteer cooks at this field kitchen also hugely important for survivors so i have but i guess you need since day one i who work here every day from five in the morning to eight in the evening. so i can get with the other women because we can cook faster and better than the men i can't just stay at home it's a calling for me to help our friends. when the tsunami crashed into coastal villages of western java yeah wife first made sure her family was safe then she immediately set to help others. and although my family was not affected by the tsunami some of our friends and neighbors were i consider them a part of my family too.

volunteers are busy working in this twenty four hour feel good chance where meals of chicken and noodles fish and vegetables are being closed for those who have been affected by the tsunami this particular field kitchen serves about two thousand five hundred to three thousand evacuees a day for them have lost so much in the tsunami a hot homemade meal provides a world of comfort but they also cook meals for rescuers like these gentlemen behind me they've just come back from a search and rescue operation and they tell us that it takes a lot of borg a lot of energy to do what they do and it makes them feel good to know that someone is cooking for them. one. hundred percent of monthly that although all i can do is give my time and energy it makes me happy to know that i am helping those in need. i would find her. last weekend the tines and villages of west java where literally

torn apart by the way but that has only brought the community here closer together to some people helping is a way of healing. several top tennis stars all gearing up for the upcoming australian open by playing at the move adela exhibition tournament in upper darby among them rough on a doll and novak djokovic who had mixed fortunes as they try to book their spots in saturday's men's singles final. after rafa nadal won the first set it was kevin anderson who took charge. was with the south african beat nadal to cap off a successful year in which he reached the wimbledon final and achieved his highest ever career ranking with was facing and the soon the final will be novak djokovic the current world number one beat russia's karen cashen off who put up a formidable fight in the first set but jock

a bitch warm and then went into top yeah i'd with vi when he broke his opponent's serve several times to win the second set six two after undergoing elbow surgery at the start of the year the serb is back to his brilliant best having won both wimbledon and the us open and twenty ac. israel has lost one of its most articulate advocates of peace amos oz the author of dozens of novels essays and a bestselling memoir has died of cancer at the age of seventy nine i most chose the name odds at an early age in hebrew it means strength and he certainly needed a lot of that in his life time fighting for peace in the middle east. with that name he became the most popular israeli author of his time but he was born almost

closed and nine hundred thirty nine in jerusalem israel was not just his homeland but also a recurring theme which wove its way through both his literary and political work. as was an advocate for a two state solution and a staunch critic of the israeli government's treatment of the palestinian people. really however in an interview in twenty fifteen he told d.w. that he himself was heavily criticized for this stance. in my own country i have been called a traitor many many many times in my life so obviously the subject fascinates me all my life. but he didn't just write about complex political topics he dedicated some of his numerous novels to his own personal traumas. he gained international acclaim for his memoir a tale of love and darkness in which he wrote of his mother's suicide when he was just twelve. he won numerous accolades for his work

including the german folk trade peace prize in one thousand nine hundred two but despite his many nominations he never won the nobel prize for literature. and watching the news from berlin i'll be back with more news from around the world at the top of the allen. i'm scared that if i work that's hard and in the end it's a me you're not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers were liars. what's your story. i mean when i was a women especially in victims of violence. take part and.