this is d.w. news live from berlin and britain's prime minister arrives on the continent to discuss his country's exit from the european union with less than 7 weeks to go until drag that day the u.k. has yet to reveal any concrete proposals so what is boris johnson's and game also coming up president trump says the u.s. is locked and loaded after major oil facilities in saudi arabia are damaged by drone strikes the rebels in yemen claimed responsibility but the u.s.

says that are wrong is to blame for the attacks and to b.b. or not to be israel prepares to go to the polls again in an unprecedented repeat election. kelly welcome to the program with less than 7 weeks to go before britain is supposed to leave the european union prime minister boris johnson has had his 1st meeting with the european commission president john called younger as he arrived in luxembourg for the meeting johnson said that he was cautiously optimistic about the prospects of doing a deal with the e.u. but younger is known to be skeptical and brussels has played down talk of a break for after the meeting the e.u. commission said it is the u.k.'s responsibility to come forward with legally operational solutions that are compatible with the withdrawal agreement but such

proposals have not yet been made. the proposals refer to the contentious irish backstop joining me now is. she's our correspondent who is standing by for us in luxembourg so barbara the talks are over what should be accomplished here. nothing has been accomplished this was more or less just a show of goodwill maybe on the british side because rumor has it in london that the plan is to not give any details on a solution a deal solution a replacement off the contentious backstop until the tory party conference now that is at the end of this month another 2 weeks to go that was me that would mean that all this is just more of this empty diplomacy just showing yes we are in place and yes we are somehow pretending to negotiate but nothing can happen until really the

british side has put pen to paper and sort of put that particular paypal on the table in brussels that is what the european sides rates once and again so no workable backstop plan barbara and the clock here is really taking what are we facing. we are facing another weight more or less the we know what the so-called lending zone for a backstop solution could be and that would entailed a northern irish only backstop that means that all the problems arising from the heart not having a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland would sort of be played out in that region in northern ireland itself which would need to stick close to e.u. regulations now somewhere in there could be a compromise but the devil's in the detail here as we have known for 2 years almost 3 years since the brics referendum and so we don't know yet whether the british

side would make enough concessions to make it worthwhile for the europeans to contemplate a compromise on their site so everything is still to play for barber faisal in luxembourg thank you barbara. now president donald trump says that the united states could respond militarily to 2 drone attacks on saudi arabia's oil facilities in a tweet trump said that the u.s. was quote locked and loaded who think rebels based in yemen have claimed responsibility for the attacks but washington blames iran. these oil tanks are exhibit a as the world tries to assess who was responsible for attacks on saudi facilities they show almost identical impact points which u.s. officials say indicate a high degree of sophistication in the attack. hooty rebels in saudi arabia's

neighbor yemen initially seem to take responsibility they've been fighting the saudis and their proxy forces for years in yemen civil war. but some analysts doubt whether the rebels could have launched drones or missiles that could hit the saudi tanks yemen is also to the south of the saudi refineries the impact sites suggest an attack from the northwest or the north the direction of iraq and the hooty strong backers iran u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh said the u.s. would make sure that quote iran is held accountable for its aggression and his boss president donald trump took to twitter to threaten those responsible there is reason to believe that we know the culprit we are locked and loaded depending on verification but are waiting to hear from the kingdom but iran deflected the blame . we reject these types of statements and projections the islamic republic of iran has clearly declared that it supports the people of yemen and their rights but

to accuse the islamic republic of iran with these attacks and defensive measures is in line with the united states maximum falsehood policy they've adopted after their own failures. oil prices spiked as traders start to take account of saudi arabia's seeming inability to defend its crucial oil infrastructure and governments including germany's have condemned the attack. but it's unclear what the long term picture looks like everything depends on what the us and other players do next to call or aggravate the situation in one of the world's most volatile regions. let's get more on this we are joined here in the studio by tobin shots he is an expert on defense from the german council on foreign relations welcome to the program. we have the united states saying that these satellite images they show clearly they show definitively that the attacks come from the direction of iran or

iraq rather than from yemen how likely do you assess this claim that it does have a little bit validity that indeed this came from a sophisticated state actor so i mean the direction of the tick seems to be quite clear if you compound the satellite image with open source material for example who were members who can clearly see that the direction of the attack was robin north almost when it's so not really yemen. i think the scale is more indicative of pacific and sophisticated than the precision sins of the you who think you might agree with the americans on this yeah yeah in principle i would why do you think that the who the rebels then claimed responsibility here because i mean there has been a claim of responsibility if indeed i mean it gives the act as some kind of plausible deniability both for the for your own primarily as an alleged sponsor of the who the rebels so you can essentially perpetrate the have to and then let

someone else take risk responsibility which which gives you political leverage and if deniability which is important i guess politically we have the united states saying that they're locked and loaded what do you make of that let's bring. might be dangerous and on the thrum but on the other hand on the trump has repeatedly made such remarks on iran. for example in the ball to take on iran a couple of weeks back so. it's a dangerous situation i guess but the rising oil prices indicate what would happen if that would really be. a conflict happening that would read the eula devastating blow to the world economy and we also have the german foreign minister heikal masi was also really not dismissive of how serious the situation is condemning the

attacks earlier today calling for a deuced deescalation just walk us through the seriousness of the situation indeed that we are facing right now so i mean economically saudi arabia. makes up about 10 percent of the world crude oil supplies in their false off their capability or capacities so we're now. short 5 percent of the former oil supplier which the oil prices thrived as the principal send and the markets open and now it's about 10 percent of all that is let's say more disruptive than catastrophic right nol but obviously any escalation would drive that. and would be really dangerous and i'm going to an obvious limited to really because then you might face an escalating conflict on a wide a scale than just in saudi arabia that sort of through through these attacks with that assessment of the situation i want to thank you very much top it juts expert on defense from the german council on foreign relations we appreciate you. let's

talk about now some other stories making news around the world indonesian police say that they have arrested 185 people suspected of starting forest fires that are spreading a thick noxious haze over southeast asia the haze has triggered diplomatic tensions with indonesia's neighbors the use of fire to clear forests for palm oil and pulp and paper plantations takes place every year in the country. 2 days of heavy rains caused chaos at the tourist island in the gulf of thailand rough seas and strong currents led to the suspension of ferry crossings to the island of co chung but authorities say the water levels are now subsiding the rental monsoon rains have killed more than 30 people across thailand since the end of august. and in the 1st nationwide strike in the u.s. auto industry for more than a decade $50000.00 workers at the u.s. carmaker general motors have walked off the job union leaders say that they were

going ahead with the industrial action even though more talks on pave rates were planned. the leaders of turkey russia and iran are meeting at alcoa today for talks centering on the last islamist and rebel stronghold in syria lib turkish president retta type one fears a syrian offensive there will send tens of thousands of new refugees toward his country in response he wants to set up what he is calling a safe zone for refugees inside of syria he's also threatening to quote open the floodgates as he put it allowing refugees to start coming to europe again. turkish troops by warning shots and tear gas at the border with syria. they're trying to prevent syrian protesters from storming across the front here. the demonstrators are demanding protection from an offensive by the syrian government's

on the last rebel stronghold of it live. this is a warning that if nothing is done to help us then we are coming to turkey and europe a lump of. this is added ones fear that the destruction and the death in a glib will send tens of thousands more syrian refugees towards his country joining the nearly $4000000.00 who've already fled the carnage. he says this will have to matter consequences not just for turkey but for europe too. the couple that are struggling we will be forced to open the gates. of the larger world building and we will be forced to open the gates. if you're going to provide support then provide support if you're not sorry everyone sees this area in northern syria as one solution to any new refugee crisis. turkish an american troops are already patrolling here ahead of the establishment of what's being called a safe zone for the resettlement of up to 1000000 syrian refugees but everyone says

the international community and europe in particular are not offering enough support for the plan. he also accuses the e.u. of failing to honor its commitments in a landmark 2016 refugee deal with turkey. to a you offered ankara 6000000000 euros to stop the flow of migrants into europe in 2015 but added one says he's received barely half of the money europe says it's willing to have a discussion without one but greece which takes in most of the new arrivals says he must 1st change his tone. the migration issue is a european matter it is not a bilateral issue and mr erdogan must understand that he cannot threaten greece and europe in an attempt to secure more resources to handle the refugee issue. but with more migrants reaching greek shoes in august 29th teen minutes any other

time in the last 3 years athens also knows the dissolution needs to be found. let's bring in carson helberg now she is an author and a syria analyst she was a correspondent there for 7 years welcome to the program and thank you for joining us we have the syrian government forces really pushing hard and we have with the backing of support from russia essentially how has that affected the situation at the turkish border well there are 500000 syrians being stranded at this border some of them still living up in the open you know under the trees with some plastic protectors so it's a very dire conditions for them obviously and we have seen them taking their hatred or their you know frustration to the border gates with the protests that we have just seen they are demanding that you either protect us and live or we want to go to turkey and migrate further on to europe that's that he meant the people inside it they feel betrayed especially by president who has put up 12 of savation posts

inside it live but he cannot even protect it's his own protect his own observation post obviously and he cannot stop the russian air raids and he cannot stop obviously the sunni regime from advance in the big question is you know where do these people now go is there anywhere within syria for them to go realistically actually not i mean them have already been displaced from different areas that have been retaken by the syrian regime so it's not an option for them to stay there to wait for president assad to take this area you have other took us protectorates north of aleppo you have a frame but these. small pockets that cannot cannot really allocate that number of people so this is one is the other wants to create this zone east of the new photos and this is very important because it's a curtiss controlled area and this will change obviously the demographic of the region i mean to reset the 1000000 arab syrians that are now inside turkey would really create

a lot of social rift and it would make any kind of social reconciliation there are difficult and you know just in terms of sheer numbers we're talking about 3500000 syrians who have already fled to neighboring turkey our correspondent you leon is actually based in turkey she was just speaking with people on the streets how they were assessing the situation and the presence of refugees there and have a listen to what she have to say and then get your team in. turkey can host more refugees from syria we've reached our limit. to more young turkish people are dying while fighting in syria but what do young syrians doing they just sit around here and smoke shisha is this fair and right. we have to take care of the refugees they're muslims like us it's our responsibility they've lost their homes their savings and on are we have to help. in turkey unemployment is a big problem a lot of young people unemployed even university graduates can't find jobs we should take care of our own citizens 1st then we can look after the others. that

are upset that i now see signs in arabic everywhere i think we've started to lose our national identity there he said so some mixed responses there about what you do here among some is you know a sense of fear especially a sense of fear that more refugees might be coming and what that will do to the society how it will impact what do you make about you know the potential for addressing some of those fears i think that's another you know that we're going to see inside if that is the following i think that vladimir putin the russian president will have come up with kind of a compromise saying that ok president assad the syrian president. really needs to take control of 2 important highways inside at liberty is the m 5 highway connecting with the capitol the mussels and the m 4 highway connecting aleppo in the north the coastal region with latakia there so this is very important for bashar assad he will not stop his. his. his offensive until he reaches this court and this will push the people further north we quit

maybe foresee a kind off safe zone or from the perspective of the syrians there would be an open air prison to name it very strongly to host all these people that because this region north of these 2 high was not that important for president assad nobody wants to take these people in neither europe nor turkey nor anybody else the fate of the 10s of thousands of fighters being there as well so this would not be a stable situation and it would be a humanitarian catastrophe if the international community does not take up its responsibility at least for this small pocket that probably most of the inhabitants of it would end up in some major implications in terms of what is happening on the ground right now in syria kirsan helberg author in syria analyst putting it into context for us thank you pleasure. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has approved a new settlement in the occupied west bank the move comes 2 days ahead of a closely fought election as he seeks to boost turnout among his conservative base

is made opponent benny gantz has also been support mobilizing his supporters. kramer has more. for the 2nd time in a year newly it who runs this family owned cafe will be casting his ballot he hopes that benyamin netanyahu will from the next coalition government b.b.s. everyone calls to prime minister sometime stops by for coffee and pastry at this neighborhood cafe like many other likud supporters said no i'll turn a tip to the long serving leader. of in a demolition the man has experienced and this is extremely important it's very important for people here to have someone to run the state as he does it a state like israel with so many challenges and having good relations with world leaders all around the world. following the last election in april netanyahu failed to put a coalition together some analysts describe the elections as

a fight for his political life not least because of corruption allegations these elections are not about any policy issue at all these elections are shakespear are there to be be or not to be that it will continue to happen even though there are 3 a criminal investigations hanging over is heard here is proven inability to overcome any obstacle before and he'd be able to do that again now. his main rival benny gantz head of the center of i.q. and white party emerged as a real threat to netanyahu in the previous election touring the country like here in southern israel guns who served as military chief under netanyahu wants to sway voters with his security record and a different comet leadership. this appeals to would. she would like to see a less self-centered prime minister and a more centrist less religious coalition government i needed. the bend i am voting

for benny gantz and his entire team and the party itself because they are politically in the center with all they all have clean hands. they care about the general public to mete cause. some make a couple. pollsters predict a tight race netanyahu is fighting for every vote and he's not shying away from making election promises his pledge to annex settlements in the jordan valley in the occupied west bank if reelected has triggered heavy criticism abroad taunted as elections spin in israel it remains to be seen whether it's ways more voters of the smaller right wing parties to the likud most people are very cynical about these promises including the right wing who are in favor of an ex a shooting there saying well you've been prime minister for 13 years until now and you're telling us a week before the elections suddenly there is

a historic opportunity to do this at the cafe all eyes are on election day everybody here knows that there's a real power struggle with begins over a coalition building by the day after. it's the 2nd time in a year that israelis are going to the polls this tuesday traditionally security and economic issues are top priority for voters but these elections are seen as a kind of her friend them on the longstanding prime minister of benyamin netanyahu and whether he will be able to form a coalition. well now the maker of oxy cotton the painkiller at the heart of the u.s. opioid crisis has filed for bankruptcy for do pharma announced a $10000000000.00 plan to settle thousands of lawsuits that accuse the drug maker of playing a key role in the crisis. the graves bear witness to a tragedy every 11 minutes someone in the u.s. dies from an opioid overdose 400000 victims in the last 20 years. over

2000 lawsuits including actions from nearly all u.s. states and many local governments accused of faulty promoting oxycontin by downplaying the risk of addiction. last week per 2 reached a deal to settle most of the lawsuits with u.s. federal states it allows the company's assets to be sold to provide over $10000000000.00 to address the opioid crisis but many states still oppose the settlement. but half the states have dad agreed to the settlement with produce and many of them are expected to object throughout the bankruptcy process which could make it longer than it would be otherwise a bankruptcy can take months or even years even without serious objections the deal is to protect per juwan its owners the soccer family from lawsuits. but other clouds loom the new york attorney general's office has tracked $1000000000.00 in

wire transfers including through swiss bank accounts suggesting the soccer's tried to shield wealth. to bundesliga soccer now where earlier season results have been a breath of fresh air for fans who have lamented the same teams usually dominating the top of the table one of the new faces to appear in the top 4 after a thrilling weekend of action is freiburg after beating hoffenheim many are now paying closer attention. freiburg christian made for changes to a starting line up for the clash with hoffenheim and it soon paid off chris john made it one meal in the 11th minute. the defender drilling it into the corner of the net sebastian rudy tried to respond for hoffenheim but keeper alexander displayed some sharp reflexes meanwhile his team stayed on the attack and played with more urgency yannick harbored doubling fribourg lead late in the 1st half was

and neil's peterson added another in the 59th minute his 2nd goal of the season rounding out the 3 nil scoreline. it was mentality mentality conviction and work work work. it was a nice performance i'm very happy. and his team celebrated fribourg best ever start to a campaign oftentimes meanwhile have only managed to win one game this season. so let's take a look at the wonderfully good standings after match day for rb life's sake say on top after their draw with fire who fall to 4th dortmund and fiber groove up to 2nd and 3rd further down outs further get out of the relegation zone and mights jump to the playoff spot after grabbing their 1st points of the season. a quick reminder of the top stories that we're following for you here on new british prime minister boris johnson is in luxembourg to tell european commission president jiang close

gilberto that progress has been made on a deal to get britain out of the e.u. on october 31st but brussels has played down talk of a break for. president trump says the u.s. could respond militarily to his talks on oil facilities in saudi arabia over the weekend each tweeted that the u.s. was locked and loaded and waiting to hear from riyadh with the rebels in yemen have claimed responsibility but trump says that a wrong is to play. off next sunday w. news asia. block this song has been called hong kong's protests and found we look at the way that it expresses protesters aspirations for their city. a look at why rape laws in japan work against victims rather than for that. and a year on from the landmark ruling on gay sex in india have attitudes really

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