this is g.w. newsline from berlin tonight the us president says he's almost certain those drone attacks on solty oil fields were carried out by iraq the strikes have crippled salty oil production and sent prices soaring tromped telling reporters today he holds tehran responsible but he hasn't given any proof that despite the rebels in yemen saying they did it also coming up. for johnson britain's prime minister as he leaves breaks in talks in luxembourg

european union accuses britain of providing concrete alternatives to that controversial irish border backstop. i'm burned off it's good to have you with a still night the u.s. president says he's almost certain that iran was behind those drone strikes on saudi oil facilities over the weekend but donald trump telling reporters in the oval office today busy he will not consider retaliation until he has quote definitive proof the strikes so all the world's crude oil output draw and oil prices soar today and while washington blames iran who the rebels based in yemen say they are the ones responsible for the attacks. 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 indicates a high degree of sophistication in the attack hoochie rebels in yemen have claimed 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 able to hit the saudi tanks yemen is also to the south of the saudi refineries the u.s. says the satellite images suggest an attack from the north the direction of iraq and the hutu strong backers iran. secretary of state mike compares said the u.s. would make sure quote iran is held accountable for its aggression. and his boss donald trump took to twitter to threaten those responsible he tweeted there is

reason to believe that we know the culprit we are locked and loaded depending on verification but we are waiting to hear from the kingdom the saudis later replied in full agreement with washington. capitals that i don't much like all of you nischelle indications and evidence chevy attack was not launched from yemeni territory. claim these militias are just a tool of the hands of uranian revolutionary guard they are just pawns that follow the agenda of the revolutionary guard and the rainy and terrorist regime but he ran deflected 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 has. oil prices spiked as traders

factored in saudi arabia's seeming inability to defend its crucial oil infrastructure and governments including germany's have condemned the attack are for more now let's take your story to the u.s. capitol war correspondent oversoul is standing by in washington giving to you all over so we've got saudi arabia here's a ng that the weapons used in this attack came from iran we've got the u.s. saying on the weekend that iran was responsible despite the rebels in yemen saying they did it so how did the americans and the saudis know that they're right. well 1st of all the saudi led military coalition in yemen today said that they believe that it's iran behind these attacks they believe that iranian drones were used and as we've heard in the report they also believe that they strome on this and these missiles fired off from the drones were came from the direction of iran

rather than from the direction of yemen that is one important aspect satellite pictures yesterday provided by the american suggest the same abott we also have to stress here that the special envoy for yemen of the united nations today said that he is not 100 percent convents there are several other theories around at this point as well and so even the saudi led coalition continues to investigate what they're trying to focus on right now is to make sure where these drones exactly were launched and then this will be a more precise verdict that we're still waiting for today you know all over the president of the u.s. tweeting that we are locked and loaded but you know his rose i do we've seen that before back in june a drunk threatened military action against iran when the revolutionary guard shot down a u.s. drone but he did not follow through with that is this latest threat is it different

. well as you know exactly the president is a very unpredictable president he's very unconventional to say the least and so he's always up for surprises it would be very unreliable really to suggest right now if this threat that he's posing now is more serious than it was. in recent times in the time you mention when american drone was shot down but we should not forget why the president is doing all busy this and he is really trying to force iran back to the negotiating table at the core of this problem between the united states and iran is the nuclear deal from which the u.s. have pulled out and basically president trumpet believes that iran is still working on a nuclear bomb they're trying to get them back to the negotiating table iranian president rouhani ruling that out as long as the u.s. sanctions are still in place so it's very much a difficult situation president trying is trying to raise the stakes here in his

maximum pressure campaign but as we are witnessing with not much success so far our washington responds all over salad of the storyboards tonight all over thank you all the leaders of turkey russia and iran met today in the turkish capital ankara for a summit on syria's push on that final rebel on glee. sublight amir putin and hassan rouhani say they support syria's president bashar al assad and his offensive that offensive has gained momentum in recent weeks split turkish president air to one he's concerned that the fighting will cause a renewed influx of refugees into his country the turkish army has observation post to enforce a buffer zone which was agreed to last year but syrian forces continue to advance with the help of russian airstrikes. let's get more now with our correspondent yulia hawn she's standing by it is still good evening to you why is the turkish president everyone so determined to stop more refugees from coming to turkey.

well 1st of all about 3 to 4000000 people are currently trapped inside it live province that's about the population of to give you an idea of the dimension here and to actual 30 say 500000 people in recent months have moved closer to the turkish border seeking safety that skew to the attacks by the syrian army and their russian of backers so prison edwin is very much afraid there could be another massive refugee inflow and he's also afraid that because of the domestic implications for him to already host $3600000.00 syrian refugees he mentioned today that they have to spend $40000000000.00 on hosting them and that he can't take more

people into turkey and that's also due to the fact that anti refugee resentment has been growing here in turkey that has hurt prison edwin and his ruling a party we've talked to people here on the streets in istanbul let's listen to what they have to tell us. came in. turkey called host more refugees from syria we've reached our limit. our young turkish people are dying while fighting in syria what are 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. them to keep 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 up so that. was the turkish government was able to get through its aims if you will in these talks with russia. well the 3 leaders today suggested that they have some kind of plan for it lit but they did not really provide details so it remains to be seen how this will play out on the ground the fact that they are actually on opposing sides of the conflict doesn't really make it easy it makes the situation very complex and messy but prison edwin use the opportunity to win support by russia in iran for another huge project he has in north and syria further east of it let he wants to establish a so-called a safe so a safe zone pardon with the americans he has many discussions with washington right now there are still a lot of disagreements over how this safe zone is supposed to look like but mr add

on plans and that's what he mentioned today to resettle up to 3000000 syrian refugees over there and it's very important for him that he has the support of iran and russia for this. all right you leon in istanbul for us for you thank you so here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world in zimbabwe people are paying tribute to robert mugabe the late president's coffin arrived in his home village today mugabe's legacy is a controversial one some consider him a hero who led the country to independence others say he was an overcrowded leader who presided over human rights abuses rigged elections and economic ruin supporters of 2 political insiders in tunisia as a 1st round presidential race are celebrating after initial results indicate that they will go through to the runoff vote the 2 men a law professor an independent. and the imprisoned media magnate now bill have both

appeared to have tapped into voters' dissatisfaction with the political elite. a sea of candles has been lit at a ceremony in central war stalled on a more than 22000 polish officers who were executed by the soviet red army in 1940 they were imprisoned after the soviet union invaded poland in 1039 while the polish army was still fighting hitler's troops for decades the soviets blamed the nazis for the massacre. or today's breck's it talks in luxembourg between british prime minister boards johnson and e.u. commission president john claude younger ended with no breakthrough there is now less than 7 weeks until britain leaves the european union johnson was heckled during his trip by angry british retirees who live in luxembourg. it was not quite the welcome he had been hoping for. johnson on his way to meet

luxembourg's prime minister. johnson met with you commission president john clarke to discuss brecht's that over lunch. the prime minister expressed optimism that a so-called hot bricks it could be avoided. yes there is a good chance of a deal yes i can see the shape of it. everybody can see buffy what could be done but it will require. movement and the us system by which the e.u. can control the u.k. after we leave. the so-called backstop. to go from that treaty but you officials caution that johnson had so far failed to come up with an alternative to the backstop. the british prime minister has said he does not seek to delay practice it beyond the current october 31st deadline. he also seem to be in a rush to depart from the meeting with his luxembourg counterpart and jovial but tell us left to hold a joint press conference alone. and telling all talkback his frustration. you

called hold the future hostage full. political gates. so now it's it's own. mr johnson. he holds the future of all u.k. citizens and every you citizens leaving the u.k. he sense if he's responsiblity you know people our people count on you but the clock is ticking use your time wisely docs and prime minister also accused johnson of playing the blame game i repeat sprigs it's not my choice it's been a decision from the party it was a decision from david cameron to do it they decide they disarmed i regret it but don't put the blame on us because now they don't know how to get out of this.

situation they put themselves in. it's not my choice. talks will continue but the e.u.'s confidence in johnson's ability or willingness to achieve a deal is fading fast. you're watching the w.'s javier is up next with the w. business stick around for that of. the us census of grave the need to keep at bay about the people for over a mansion home the 4th and the whole of the most recent i think number. of families at the last dragon this 100. bucks on. that 77 percent. are younger than thanks. that's me and me and you.