so minor. did don't use your know how you know. start september 18th on d w. move. this is e w news live from berlin britain's prime minister standing firm on a brags it leave date he's in luxembourg to discuss countries exit from the european union and with less than 7 weeks to go the u.k. has yet to reveal any concrete proposals so what is boris johnson's game plan and

also coming up president trump says that the u.s. is locked and loaded after major oil facilities in saudi arabia are damaged by drone strikes causing 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 b.b. israel prepares to go to the polls again in an unprecedented repeat election. plus of the germans put german bundesliga the story of the minnows shaking things at the very top of the bundesliga freiburg are in the top 4 and intent on staying there. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program with less than 7 weeks to go until britain is supposed to leave the european union prime minister boris johnson. has had his

1st meeting with the european commission president jiang or in luxembourg now the 2 sides have given starkly different assessments of the outcome before the meeting johnson said that he was cautiously optimistic about the prospects of a leave deal with the e.q. even as brussels played down talks of a breakthrough afterwards the e.u. commission released a sober statement saying that britain still needs to come up with a viable alternative to the contentious irish border backstop but both the u.k. and the e.u. have agreed to step up their efforts to negotiate and orderly divorce. let's get more now we are joined by d.w. correspondent barbara vessel who is standing by for us in luxembourg so barbara the meeting is over these talks have concluded what's the mood there. the mood is very skeptical because many people have thought that at least johnson would be bringing something to the table something a bit more reassuring then just it peering here sounding junco junco one more time

that he's not going to ask for an extension and the rest is still up in the air is so it is not very hopeful of course seen from the european side even though the british side they say negotiations are going on we will sort of intensive probably them even bought the problem is something concrete needs to be put in the table something that has the you know pen to paper that that you can bend over and figure out whether it contains compromises it can and wants to make and there really is this call for something more concrete and we also hear calls behind you we have to mention barbara people there are out on the streets johnson junker for their part they both say that brags it needs to and intensify or rather the talks about it and they've agreed on a daily talks to begin soon so i mean what could we see here. now that came from the british side that particular briefing now the question really is

sour i mean what since today the talks make unless you know really what are you talking about i mean so details details and details that is what do europeans one from the british negotiators you know what we have here in the back is this relatively small because this is luxembourg but quite hostile crowd that has been picking up our strong sense throughout she's visiting here and telling him to stop for accidentally and them him to come and talk to them because these are mostly british citizens working and living and luxembourg and now we see that the prime minister says if hearing behind us and he is charged the mood by the crowd as you can see. absolutely he's exiting those talks barbara as we can see there in that shot behind you the crowd really not happy about the whole situation making their voices heard barbara juncker said that the e.u. is still waiting for a workable backstop plan of the u.k.

are they likely to get this anytime soon. have you if in case you've been asking me about the big stuff that is everybody knows the landing zone for a possible solution for a deal as long as we don't know whether the british side allow war then just agriculture and suge of the country change in that sort of deal it's a no go for the european union because they were largely more and it seems that we're going to have a statement on his duties and prime minister from doesn't work so if you have better and maybe even more is johnson himself to our business all with a view from bugs with our thank you barbara oh you want to say. well now president donald trump said that the u.s. could respond militarily to 2 drone attacks on saudi arabia's oil facilities and a tweet trump said that the u.s. was quote locked and loaded hoofy rebels faced 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 who sees 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 falshood 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 calm 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 the lid of the 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 us with a lot image with open source material for example who were members of can clearly see in the direction of the tank was robin north almost when it's so not not really human. i think the scale is more indicative of a supreme sophisticated actor 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 that indeed i mean it gives the act as some kind of plausible deniability both for the for your own primarily as an alleged spawn's flaw of the who is the rabbits so you can essentially perpetrated the attack and then let someone else take risks responsibility risk which gives you political leverage and if possible 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 lets on. might be dangerous and on the from but on the other hand on the trump has repeatedly made such remarks on iran. for example and the ball to take on a couple of weeks back so. it's

a dangerous situation i guess but the rising oil prices indicate what would happen if there 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 does d. escalation 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 supply there for most of their capability or capacities so we're now. short 5 percent of the former oil supplier which led the oil prices through as posed to 20 percent and the markets open and now it's a bald tempest and while that is let's say more disruptive than catastrophic right and all but obviously any escalation would drive that. and would

be really dangerous going to and obviously militarily 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 but that assessment of the situation we want to thank you very much top it juts expert on defense from the german council on foreign relations we want to say to. let's get a quick check of 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 tension 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 on a tourist island in the gulf of thailand rough seas and strong currents led to the

suspension of ferry crossings to the island of cocoa chalk but authorities say that water levels are now subsiding rental monsoon rains have killed more than 30 people across thailand since the end of august. 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 paid rates were planned. for leaders of turkey russia and iran are meeting in ankara today for talks centered on the last islamist and rebel stronghold in syria lip turkish president wretch of type everyone 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 open the flood gates as he put it and allow 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 on the last rebel stronghold of it live. this is a warning that if nothing is done to help them 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 say says 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. to let out of the we will be forced

to open the gates the only yoga is the 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 and 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 jia with turkey the e.u. offered anchorage 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 $1.00 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 edwin must understand that he cannot threaten greece and europe in an attempt to secure more resources to handle the refugee issue your lover getting it will be. but with more migrants reaching greek sure 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 kirsten 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 in the lab 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 are still living up in the open you know under a tree with some plastic protecting 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 clip or we want to go to tokyo and migrate further on to europe that's that him and the people inside it they feel betrayed especially by president who has put up 12 of ation 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 us. more pockets that cannot cannot really

a locate that number of people so this is why missed out on wants to create this zone east of the new photos and this is very important because it's a curtis 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 uli hoeness 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 let's have a listen to what she had to say and they gave you 2 came in. turkey called host more refugees from syria we've reached our limit of historic data more young 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 very set 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 are going to see inside it that is the following i think that writing or putting the russian president will have come up with kind of a compromise saying that president assad the syrian president really. needs to take

control of 2 important highways inside at liberty's the m 5 highway connecting aleppo with the capital the muscles and the end for highway connecting aleppo in the north the coastal region with latakia there so this is very important for bashar al assad he will not stop his. his. his offensive until he reaches the school and this will push the people further north we could maybe foresee a kind of 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 there because this region north of these 2 high was not that important for president assad nobody wants to take these people in either europe nor turkey nor anybody else they're afraid of the 10s of thousands of fighters in 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 the board end up in some major implications in terms of what is happening on the

ground right now in syria person 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 repeat election as he seeks to boost turnout among his conservative base is made opponent benny gantz has also been mobilizing his supporters w.'s tiny kramer has more. for the 2nd time in a year newly it survey she who runs this family owned cafe will be casting his ballot he hopes that benyamin netanyahu will from the next coalition government be be as everyone kosta prime minister sometimes stops by for coffee and pastry at this neighborhood coffee like many other liquid support to serve if you see snow and turn a tip to the long serving leader. live in a demolition the man has experience. 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 in the turn you know who 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 his head he has proven inability to overcome any obstacle before and he'll be able to do that again now. his main rival benny gantz head of the center of i.q. and right 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 which. she would like to see a less self-centered prime minister and a more centrist less religious coalition government i need of us the bend i am voting for benny gantz and his entire team and the party itself because they are politically in the center so they all have clean hands. they care about the general public not a 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. tone to

it as elections been in israel it remains to be seen whether it's ways motas of the smaller right thing parties to the recruit most people are very cynical about these promises including the right wing who are in favor of an ex asian they're saying well you've been prime minister for 13 years until now and you're telling us a week before the election 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 begin over a coalition building the day after. it's the 2nd time in the year that israelis are going to the polls this tuesday traditionally security and economic issues are top priority. but these elections are seen as a kind of their friend i'm on the long standing prime minister benjamin netanyahu and whether he will be able to form a coalition. the maker of oxy cotton the pain killer at the heart of the u.s.

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the 11th minute. the defender drilling it into the corner of the net so bastion rudi 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 doubling fribourg lead late in the 1st half was and neil's pietersen 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 hoffenheim meanwhile have only managed to win one game this season. this is g.w. news up next on news asia. will

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