this is not every new year's live from berlin germany in shock after an anti-semitic attack on his synagogue. the president's challenge seems we must make history you're missing out on target limitations president visits the scene of the shootings in the eastern city all in which 2 people die also coming up. civilians fleeing northern syria as turkey intensifies its offensive against kurdish militants turkey's president lashes out off the

international criticism of his actions. between 19 nobel prize for literature has been announced later on cal all street is the way to polish all the old good to talk to takes the 2018 prize each writer is now richer by 900000 us dollars. hello i'm christine one while come to the program. germany is in shock after anti-semitic attack on a synagogue on the holiest day of the jewish can and the day off atonement a heavily armed gunman tried to force his way into the building in the east and german city off on wednesday but was prevented from entering he then shot and killed a bystander in the street before killing another person as a nearby. the emotion and tension were possible as german president hung

about us time iow joined a jewish community and a day after the deadly attack at the doors of its synagogue. you can see them on kong's history is a reminder of the present is a challenge and we must take sides like. these images were filmed yesterday by a resident they showed a standoff between police and a man dressed in combat type gear shortly after a gunman killed 2 people need to sit is synagogue. up 1st there was a huge bang and then someone tried to get into the jewish cemetery and 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 to synagogue was for when it was attacked young people the holiest day of the jewish calendar had brought together between $70.80 worshippers isurava axemen and americans freshly

arrived in germany was one of them. i think the energy was was fairly calm given the situation today i feel more kind of. just because people were killed but yesterday it was more about just kind of being really think for a kind of america that you couldn't get through the door and that like a much bigger tragedy was. didn't happen. the synagogue didn't open but the attacker then turned his gun towards passers by killing another man at a restaurant the suspect was captured by police outside he's a 27 year old german citizen in a video the alleged killer of ranted against foreign news women and jews be jews were held at synagogues across germany chancellor angela merkel showed his support for the jewish community in berlin there was an attack on jews in germany. though

it's not my call and fatter figment is to do everything possible to ensure that you can live in safety at this stage shows us that this is not so simple and that we must do even more. in the wake of the attack many questions remain not least what could have been done to prevent it from happening. we have all angles of the story covered for you. is political correspondent thomas spyro is with me in the studio carlo come to you 1st because there is a press conference starting in a couple of minutes and what can we expect. right there was a press conference we're expecting at the start any moment now it's a packed house here at police headquarters in waiting a constellation of leaders from the german government as well as many from jewish

organizations were expecting the president of the central council for jews in germany as well as the leader of the jewish world congress and the ombudsman for anti-semitism in germany felix kline they will all be addressing the media and taking questions as well we assume they'll be addressing not only the investigation and the details of yesterday's attacks but also speaking more broadly about safety issues and anti-semitism here in germany we're expecting that conference to start any moment now although we do believe that interior minister horse they offer is a bit delayed in the arriving you spent a long time with the community at the synagogue during his meeting so we are waiting on him but otherwise this press conference should be starting any moment i tell us all come to you right now i mean this comes after another press conference and that was held by the chief federal prosecutor page a friend you were listening to here together listening in on that just give us some of the key takeaways what have been the off to he spoke so we learned most details

about what they know about the suspect and they were by the way those a shocking details the fact that he was heavily that hot for can no grounds of explosives in his that he wanted to create a massacre that he wanted to to imitate all the previous shooters but at the same time be an example for the future the fact that he wanted to have a global effect as the federal prosecutor said that's why they believe that he filmed his. will his acts so those a sudden the shocking details that came from the federal prosecutor's office at the same time he mentioned some of the questions that still remain anon so for example how he radicalized how he acquired his explosives how he had. why the guns and whether there's a network behind him or who actually knew about his plans a federal prosecutor indicated that he had published or put the money festo online before the event so that probably will also generate some questions as to why the

authorities were not able to find out in advance so again what we know and what questions still need to be answered those were the 2 key elements of the press conference with the federal prosecutor just a few minutes ago in cars all right and of course. that investigation continues to into this crisis that you are talking about that struck a little bit about the anti semitic motive here because that's really one of the key things that you've we've talked about this extensively what is that the state of anti semitism in this country as we speak it's important to stress that authorities are now describing this as an anti semitic attack also as a terror. act of terror that's also a description of comes from german authorities and that is particularly important when we specifically talk about the anti-semitic aspect of this it comes after german authorities have been warning that there's a rise of anti-semitic incidents in the country there was recently also a report by the interior minister on this particular case and as such german

authorities have been reacting to try and understand why this happens and is trying to prevent further cases from happening and in particular they have appointed since may 2018 germany's 1st anti semitism commission authentic spline understand is also in so that's probably the biggest measure the german authorities have taken when it comes to dealing with the issue of anti-semitism in the country but we've heard in this particular case from everyone from the german president found out that time now the head of state the german chancellor 2 ministers a high ranking politicians all have expressed their shock after what happened in holland they have all said that at the same it has and has absolutely no space in germany and the german. government the german state the german population all have a responsibility in trying to protect jewish life in the country all recall come back to you at the moment tell us what more do we need know about the victims the 2

people who lost their lives in this attack. well it certainly seems at this point that those 2 victims were simply innocent bystanders there was one woman who was shot and killed out side of the synagogue she seems have just been a passer by was about 30 meters away and we don't think that either of these victims were in preplanned or premeditated by the attack or the other victim of course was inside of a kebab shop we simply don't know if there was a motive behind those 2 shootings but what many are speculating is that once the attacker was unable to gain access to the synagogue he simply went looking for other victims someone perhaps to add to his tally so to speak i mean a lot of this attack we think is based in online streaming and video game culture so it does seem like the woman and the man the 2 victims were simply in the wrong

place at the wrong time we do know there are other 2 other shooting victims who survived they were taken to the hospital yesterday and they were successfully treated they are now in stable condition all right stand by just remind our viewers that we all waiting for a press conference where expecting to hear from the german interior minister horst . when i'm with you call i just want to talk about the fact that you've been talking to people in. how are they coping off to this. well the community certainly in shock i mean i would be probably the best way to describe it we've seen many members of just the general community in hala as well as jewish community members coming to this synagogue paying their respects there was a vigil along with german political leaders the president and also the interior minister were there we've seen people coming to simply pay their respects but members of the jewish community who we spoke with also say it's really

a shameful thing in germany and they say that they are afraid right now we spoke with one mother who actually grew up in that exact synagogue she had brought her children to the scene and she was saying that certainly the situation and the safety situation has gotten worse and she feels like she does worry when she sends her children to school for example if they are wearing any sort of clothing that identifies them as jewish so members here expressing sadness members of the jewish community but also they are concerned in the think there are real concerns within germany as well as across europe about safety right now all right ok that is a story that we will continue to monitor for you we have calling us money and holloway the german interior minister will be giving a press briefing shortly and thomas fire will stay with me in studio but not it's move on to a nother story apple has removed an app that protest as in hong kong have used to track police movement it comes off to criticism by the chinese communist party's

official newspaper the people's state any of this week they take giant save the crowdsourcing app which is called h.k. map dot live violated its term and that it's been used in ways that endangered law enforcement and the residents of hong kong but the developer has yet disagree with that statement. the up in the app store had been used by hong kong demonstrators to track the location of police now following pressure from china it's no longer available explaining the decision the company said it posed a security risk because it helped protesters plan attacks on police stations a claim the developers reject in a tweet they said we disagree with apple and the hong kong police forces claim that the h.k. map up in the injures law enforcement and residents in hong kong. critics accuse it of putting business interests ahead of human rights china is a multi-billion dollar market for the company about 20 percent of its turnover is

generated in the country this isn't the 1st time the us tech giant has taken action after falling afoul of beijing 2 years ago that removed a major v.p.n. used to get around china's internet censorship from its app store in the country prior to that it had pulled the new york times out following a request from chinese authorities. now to a historic moment in conservative iran set to play out during the football world cup qualifying clash in there later today women will be in the stands during the match between the country's national side and cambodia that's off to the iranian regime and mounts it would partially relax a ban on women attending men's football but while the move has been welcomed by many international observers religious hardliners in iran are voicing their dissatisfaction. with the change in iraq comes in defense of the friction of the recent decision to begin allowing women to attend men's football matches in the

islamic republic has provoked protest including from some of the women to the right to watch life has been extended to the. domani and as shiite muslim women are not at all happy about. this because the dignity of muslim women will not be attacked that this has a major impact on us and the dignity of muslim women can be preserved if they enter an atmosphere that is specific to men most that's l.-i you know that they get it the ban is as old as the iranian regime but under pressure from free for all for richie's have given assurances that women will be allowed to attend games starting this week with thursday's world cup qualifier against cambodia some accuse football's governing body of meddling that's what exactly does a foreign organization have to interfere in the affairs of a muslim country anyway i just 3500 tickets were set aside for women who sections

in the 78000 seater as a big stadium in tehran iran state run news agency says they sold out in a matter of minutes probably just hardliners that's 3500 tickets to many as monday's demonstration outside parliament in tehran made clear. it stained with sports and the 2020 limpid games are said to be one of the most extreme in history thanks to the addition of a host of new sports and at attracting young audiences chief among them surfing it took over a century for the sport to obtain a lympics status it's a big moment or finally arrive next summer. surfing is just one of many new sports set to make waves at the 20 twentieth's lympics it will debut alongside fellow extreme sport skateboarding and climbing a ship seen as monumental evolution by the head of the international surfing

association. will be the single most important. change in their case ever. believes youthful modern sports will overrun their older established counterparts if they don't evolve similarly to skateboarding surfing has a strong lifestyle component and lose structure unique to a lympics sports we're not really at r.e.i. sport to the point they need to have feels glad membership blogger's we don't have any basic right by them each rubber is open to what it wants if you call it on the base. surfing's moment has been a long time coming it was 1st proposed as an olympic sport in 1012 aquarius personally been pushing for its inclusion into the games for decades. a summit that i dream about many many many years it was very hard i mean basically saying impossible for a couple decades and then suddenly said game that we were in the right place to

pile and catch that anyway. with qualifying well underway fans will soon see if surfing rises to the top or takes a spill as an olympic sport in tokyo. now to some of the other stories making news around the world police in honduras have fired tear gas at protesters demanding the resignation of president juan orlando hernandez the protests were sparked by claims by u.s. prosecutors they allege the conservative president took millions in bribes from drug traffickers he denies the allegations. in ecuador protesters have clashed with riot police in the capital kitchell it was the 6th day of nationwide protests following cuts to feel subsidies and the charity measures the government has declared a state of emergency and nearly 700 people have been arrested. and japan is

bracing for its biggest typhoon of the year typhoon i give this has been roaring across the pacific and is expected to hit tokyo and its surrounding areas over the weekend the approaching storm has already led to the cancellation of 2 matches in the rugby world cup on saturday. in the united states democratic presidential contender joe biden joined the move to impeach president donald trump during a campaign speech biden say if the president had quote violated his oath of office the trade this nation and committed impeachable acts close quote it's the 1st time biden has called for trump's impeachment to preserve to his in authority as have released opposition presidential candidate and media mogul bill cut away from prison the move came just 4 days before the country's presidential runoff vote but only had been jailed since august on money laundering charges he say's the charges

are part of a smear campaign against him. now the world coalition against the death penalty is holding its 17th annual day against capital punishment today while the $100.00 nations have abolished the death penalty including south africa but calls to reinstate if they have grown louder in recent months as struggle to contact and violence last year 21000 people were murdered that's a 58 people that's 58 people a day on average in all correspondent adrian krishna reports from kept on. every month skloot jones visits his son's grave room was just 27 when he was shot in front of his who 3 years ago. he was june 2nd son killed by warring gang members in his neighborhood was this a good son eve when they was much younger i used. it was my nickname

for you and i used to for years over these years used to that's and told him yeah you my love you you might think it but some abuse of power is still missing because up to today. this is not the one who was in that window. when joe was buried here. this part of the cemetery was still empty but since then day goes by without deadly shootings in his cape flats neighborhood the violence has been escalating for us security forces us to keep the area under control. how did this really blow jones shows us his neighborhood young man was shot here just a few hours you had been waiting for. the death penalty is needed in the good this moment of time because they've been trying everything everything everything and

nothing is really happening it's getting worse and worse and worse i feel sick and tired of living there and only did they know they can save us from those horrible murder is that it brings out the. calls for the death penalty i'm getting louder here in south africa after a recent of a few of violence against women 600000 people have signed a petition asking to bring back the death penalty but the government so far has shown little interest in changing the laws and currently the death penalty is inconsistent with the constitution. most researchers say evidence that the death penalty actually deters crime is inconclusive constitutional law professor p. other forces instead calling for a larger and better trained police force and sweeping social change the death penalty is not a magic bullet the problem in south africa is that most cases of murder are never

successfully prosecuted only about one in 10 people who commit to murder are actually saying to them so the court said. if people don't believe they going to ever be caught and prosecute this kind of sentence you get give is going to make no difference for a practical reason they shouldn't be a death penalty because it doesn't make a difference of course also for the ethical model or. thousands i think the state should not be in the business of killing its own citizens for any reason that's used to roam but claude's joins disagrees he wants justice for the murders of his 2 sons and he wants to live with his family without fear in his own neighborhood what is of the families of the living with you know you know the nobel prize in literature has been awarded to 2 authors speak to had come from austria and from poland best known novels include facts from 2007 and she has been named the winner for last year in an announcement that was delayed until now that

delay was due to a sexual assault scandal at the royal swedish academy which prefers the awards meanwhile $29.00 teams prize has gone to pay to hunka a well known rather well known as a novelist a playwright and a translator. well i'm joined now by car and how. to have your car in so how much of a surprise. witness i'm going to say that it wasn't surprising on the one hand because both of these authors have been touted as as potential candidates before especially who's been really kind of waiting in the wings for a number of years he's 7 almost 77 years old yet and definitely one of the best writers writing in german but on the other hand i mean we have to europeans here. one of whom is a man and this comes just days after under the rules and the literature committee

said that diversity was going to be a key priority that they wanted to get away from their traditionally rather eurocentric and male oriented perspective in the past so i don't really see this is fitting the bill which is why i do find it surprising when you consider that only 14 women in the history of the prize have ever won so now 15 with over to look. this choice for 2019 is is not very corrective if you will given the events that we've seen i mean talk to us about what the academy said about why it chose the stool is ok so. is described by the judges as someone who is an author who is preoccupied by local life but her and her novels are deeply psychological and also full of wit and cunning and she's highly acclaimed and commercially one of the most successful of her generation has to be said she's only 57 years old and this novel flights was it was a very unusual novel structurally very episodic looking at travel in the 21st

century but also sort of well back in human experience she's also politically quite a figure as a public intellectual very respected highly critical of her country's right wing regime so i think her politics definitely played a card for her there. as i said a an absolute superstar in the german language and the jury a priest. it's his linguistic ingenuity and his his best it's a city of human experience that he can express through his novels he's collaborated on a number of scripts for many films most famously perhaps with. for the winds of desire and also a left handed woman which was adopted from his own novel the goalie's exile at the penick penalty kick was his 1st novel to actually be translated into the english language that's considered something of a modern classic nowadays so he's definitely you know one to be put on the list but an interesting choice i say given the times right ok so i mean we have to win is that were announced today and it's let's go back to the scandal the story of why we

effectively had an unprecedented moment and nobel prize history where we have to when it is being announced on a single to exactly because last year we had to sort of sit it out unprecedented really is the word christine last year's prize was postponed of course because of a sexual allegations sexual assault allegations scandal that through the swedish academy into her disarray. and all occurred late in the year of 2017 in the wake of the me too movement which meant that it got unprecedented exposure in the media . nor is the french swedish husband of one of the academies former members cutting of austin 7 views accused by a very large group of women of sexual assault and exploitation on multiple counts he was subsequently convicted in late 28 of rape and is sitting out a sentence of 2 half years in prison that the moment he was a very big name on sweden's cultural scene had an arts club together with his wife

and it turns out that there were also financial improprieties they were they were taking advantage of academy subsidies for that organisation. so that was a problem and she was also accused and herself of having told him revealed names of winners. beforehand which he then leaked and allowed of course some pretty heavy betting to happen as we know the bookies are very happy to get good tips and a lot of money was made i guess. i mean but in terms of the effort of repairing the image. off this academy what do you make of that and do this year's bonus have anything to do with that i would say the winners have nothing to do if it because obviously they're they they can't be responsible for any of these choices i think the academy itself has made some sort of prophylactic let's say band aid efforts they've brought in extra members for the juries so that it was slightly more

independent try to kind of drop the very very traditional view they had of literature. they also want to review this issue of lifetime appointment for atomy members which has caused some problems in the past obviously when members have decided just to not turn up kind of tired of their duties and then no one can occupy that chair and actually contribute in opinion they are also going to be coming up with a code of conduct for academy members so that we can avoid issues like what we've seen with kordell no. i really don't think that with these choices the world to me spector to just forget about this kind of a scandal obviously that rocked the reputation of an institution that has been globally respected since you know for over 100 years that's that's there's a lot of work to be done there to repair that reputation is to talk about some of the features often situation in an earlier conversation we had you talked about the

transparency off the organization the secrecy i mean i found a distraction that we only ever get to know who else was the list 50 years from now that's right i mean the this is why it was also such a shocker that that when names get released obviously there's an awful lot going on under the scenes and in in the back rooms. the lists of nominees are kept under lock and key for 50 years and and hence there is no transparency i mean we really sit until until we get the announcement and kind of just have to wonder people people there's all kinds of conjecture flying around this year many bookies were even taking bets because it was too confusing with 2 prices coming out and of course the pool of writers really was very wide considering that we were expecting a great deal more diversity right to to express to the choices in homestead thank you for that pleasure and we will now take you to hello where the german interior

minister hall say hoffa is giving a press briefing. that is the scene in hell as we speak german interior minister. about to give a press briefing. we were expecting at the top of the hour really it was delayed as we were told by our correspondent on the ground. the interior minister missed as a whole had been delayed he'll course has been engaging with people in hell of community members as well as local they expected to now address the media where they will take questions at this stage also remind you that in the last hour or so we've also heard from.