i am the. labyrinth on the w. far enough. the arrow. this is the w. news live from berlin germany's chancellor shares her solidarity and a vigil in berlin after an anti semitic attack on a synagogue in the eastern city of the suspected near nazi gunman shops here people dead and seriously wounded 2 others also coming up turkey steps up its military offensive against kurdish militants in northeast syria artillery who claims that

pounding the region as troops cross the border kurdish forces say turkish bombs have hits in a 1000000 areas and a prison holding i asked fight. the arab. i'm helena humphrey glad you could join me germany is shocked after an anti semitic attack on a synagogue on one of the most significant holidays in the jewish calendar young kapoor the day of atonement now the heavily armed gunmen shot into the door of a synagogue but was prevented from entering by security he then shot a bystander and then turned his weapons on a nearby combat shop in the eastern city of hama killing 2 people and seriously wounding 2 others chancellor angela merkel condemned the attack and showed solidarity with germany's jewish community by attending a vigil at a center. in valin earlier her interior minister said it could be

a cvs that the how the attack was anti semitic and at the end of the vigil michael spoke to reporters his words he set. the film wanted to kill by the apartment unfortunately to jay on your holiest day we have witnessed something terrible the theme 5 or 2 people have lost their lives there was an attack on jews in germany. though it's not my goal and that of the government is to do everything possible to ensure that you can live in safety but this station shows us that this is not so simple and that we must do even more. well police have arrested a suspect in the hollow shootings he's reported to be a 27 year old german man with a right wing extremist background now 1st police thought that several people had carried out the attacks later decided it was just one man who acted alone.

the midday attack filmed by a resident in hull or the video shows a man dressed in combat type gear climbing out of a car and firing off a series of shots. a few streets away eyewitnesses recount how a woman was shot in front of the synagogue there of the 1st there was a huge bang and then someone tried to get into the jewish cemetery who fired several times with a shotgun at the cemetery at the door. and then the woman came along the one who was shot she just came along from the tram stop quite by chance. this in a guard was full when it was targeted was shippers with celebrating judaism's holiest festival of young kapoor an attack a try to shoot the synagogue door open a jewish leader says the reinforced structure withstood the onslaught. close by

a man was killed as a donna combat shop also came under attack. i was standing right in the entrance and saw an older woman pass the shop by suddenly a man came up behind her dressed in a helmet and army things or at least very military looking. he was holding a rifle and had a balaclava on and he tried to throw what looked like a hand grenade into the shop. but also in the hunt but it bounced off the door frame and went off right in front of the old woman with a really loud bang. and he raised the rifle and began shooting. police and shots were also find in landsberg a town 15 kilometers from halla but it wasn't clear whether the 2 incidents were related soon after police arrested a person outside talor who is reported to be a 27 year old white german male with a rightwing extremist background. our correspondent congressman is on the scene

in hanna here's what he told me earlier about the affected congregation in the city . in terms of the synagogue itself we know that it was a full congregation some 70 to 80 people were there for prayers because today of course is yom kippur one of the most holy days in fact the most holy day on the jewish calendar to put that number into perspective the in community the jewish community within that synagogue is estimated to be around 700 so if you think about 70 to 80 people that's about 10 percent of the population as we heard the gunman was unable to gain access to the synagogue so it could have been certainly much worse. and here with me in the studio now is dee political correspondent we do you know a good to see what do you now understand you've been speaking to someone who was inside the synagogue at the time tell me about this person and tell me about their

experience what they told you have a chance earlier to speak rather extensively with amusing young jewish american he and his wife have been living in berlin for quite some time they run a nonprofit jewish organization to try to attract young jews to the community to reinvigorate jewish life in berlin and in germany and they actually led a delegation of about 20 people but clear about 12 americans down to to support this small aging community in the exact to be there for young people who are and he said they were in the middle of the torah service high point of the young people or service when they heard a boom and the only security guard there at the synagogue a private guard for the community he called the police immediately he said to me and then both he and the leaders of the synagogue quite quickly. rushed everybody upstairs and keep their heads down put them to a safer safer safer spot and that's when somewhere in that timeline he heard the

pops of what was presumably the gunfire so it was a very scary moment he said he has a lot to be lucky for he said but they went back after only about 10 minutes of seeking shelter to continue to continue the services i mean it must have been i mean as he said it was a terrifying experience and yet you know he also seemed to evoke a fairly orderly reaction from the congregation which sort of begs the question why they prepared for something like this yeah i mean he's only a visitor he can actually speak to what they are not prepared for but it definitely seemed that the people there knew what you do knew how to take action and that this security guard knew what to do when he was seeing on the security camera this person outside trying to get in with. what it seems to be it was homemade explosive devices and homemade weaponry. what happens now i mean we we have. we have word zooming out to hear what the head of the jewish community here in

germany has to say he came out quite quickly with a statement and we have that here is what i'm sure people understand is even the high ones and still is shocking of the underside to on the one hand we're seeing a new quality and that is horrible. but it's a development that i and we as jews have warned against in recent months you do says i it's in let's more not known let's we are seen a shift to right wing extremism in society that is h. often say it's extremist scene it feels to me that words are followed by actions of vote for it and i don't see it as an isolated case that just happened. more but as a clear and direct development of guns. and i actually want to say much harsher words he called the fact that there was no police presence on yom kippur at the synagogue a scandal he called it negligence that we're now seeing the fruits of that negligence and that it's a miracle that more terrible things didn't happen to those 80 or so people of the

synagogue and all the fusses then all of this eventually will be looked into as this investigation continues william thank you so much fear in science. all right to the middle east now and today's other top story terrorist forces have carried out ground and air attacks in northeast syria as they attempt to crush kodesh vitus because say that several people have already been killed including civilians and they claim that tucker bombs have struck a prison holding fighters from the so-called islamic state now u.s. president donald trump has called tuckey's assault quote a very bad idea he withdrew u.s. troops who have been supporting the cuts. black smoke fills the sky above a line the town on the turkish syrian border is one of the targets of one car as moms. turkish armed forces say the strikes aren't aimed at civilian areas.

but despite the assurances many local residents took to the roads to bring their families to safety. kurdish forces here are once part of an uneasy coalition with turkey with both sides working to defeat the so-called islamic state in syria however uncorrupt has branded the kurdish led forces terrorists because of their links to militants who have carried out attacks against the turkish government in a tweet turkish president. said his armed forces intended to neutralize the terrorist threats against turkey and set up a safe zone allowing the return of syrian refugees to their homes. a kurdish spokesman called on the international community to pressure turkey to stop the bombing saying the syrian democratic forces would be forced to halt their campaign against i.a.s. to deal with the turkish threat many of turkey's allies also warned the military campaign could rekindle the fire in syria's civil war it is important to avoid

actions that may further destabilization region escalate tensions on course for human suffering we must not jeopardize the gains we have made together against our common enemy isis the european union has called on turkey to stop its campaign in northern syria but with turkish ground forces pushing across the syrian border. and the aerial bombardment continuing into the night. there is no sign ankara is willing to back down. and earlier we heard from keynote gabbin a spokesman for the s d f he gave us this is testament of the situation that. we know that the turkey is. on the life for us and it is part of nato but we have reached agreement maybe it was directed by the united states it. with

our up who. called us in with us 'd we were to be on we were confused by this a good decision that was keener gabble and spokesman for the s d f there now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. in the u.s. democratic presidential contender joe biden has called for the impeachment of donald trump for the 1st time during a campaign speech he said the republican president had quote violated his oath of office for straight this nation and committed impeachable acts. in ecuador protesters have clashed with riot police at anti-government rallies in the capital quito ecuador seen 6 days of nationwide protests following cuts to fuel subsidies and other austerity measures the government has decreed a state of emergency and 8700 people have been arrested. this is nobel prize for chemistry has gone to 3 scientists who developed lithium ion batteries

the swedish one academy of sciences praised john be good enough and stanley with an m. and a curate you're shino for developing batteries that a lightweight and can be used in many devices from cell phones to laptops and electric vehicles. wireless digital devices are everywhere nowadays and the lithium ion batteries made them possible today the scientists behind the innovation were honored with the nobel prize in chemistry the rise we did see cadmus sciences as the today decided to award the thru 1900 nobel prize in chemistry jointly to john be good enough m. stanley with him and you'll see that. for the development of lithium ion batteries. back in the 1970 s. and eighty's stanley witting amen john b. good enough laid the foundation for the 1st batteries made from the light metal

about to truly take off the technology had to be refined by a kid. in the mid eighty's he began experimenting with lithium ion making batteries that were light nearly endlessly rechargeable and safe for everyday use. the impact on industry and society was massive today lithium ion batteries are used in everything from smart phones to scooters and automobiles and because the energy used to recharge them can come from renewable sources they're helping us usher in a more sustainable world even off the grid for years scientists have been looking at new ways of storing energy but nothing has managed to beat the lithium ion battery for capacity and reliability it was a development that changed the world. well that you can always get the news on the

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