thank. you this is e.w. news live from berlin germany faces up to an uncomfortable truths after an attack outside a synagogue. uses a car yesterday as brutal crime. has shined a whole country. germany's interior minister says an anti semitic attack that left 2 people dead confirms that the threat of far right extremist terrorism in the country is growing also coming up. just

a day off to his troops moved into northern syria turkey's president added one has warned the european union if you dare to criticize what we're doing in syria i will open a gate and flood with refugees. plus this year's nobel prize in literature goes to a controversial austrian or the pay his exploration off in human experience and a polish or the wins last year's nobel prize for her work touching on darker chapters the past countries past. time and a home free glad you could join me we start here in germany where the government is warning that the threat of nationwide right-wing terrorism is now quote very high this comes after a gunman killed 2 people in an anti semitic attack in the eastern town of hotter on wednesday the attack aimed at the city's jewish community fell on the holiest day

in the jewish calendar young people. a city in shock hallett is grieving after wednesday's brutal attack visiting the scene german president trying photos steinmeyer spoke of his horror and revulsion at the acts of a deluded right wing extremist. you can see them on all you can about history warns us but the president demands we act and hold on tight and. we're missing the point must take a stand through our relationship with the jewish community. in unison with mention . chancellor angela merkel attended a vigil in berlin on wednesday evening but she chose to wait until thursday to make a statement on the attack expressing how shock and sadness she promised a strong response from the state so i let you know 1st and foremost this means that the representative of the states and i am standing before you as one of them we

must use all the means available to us to take actions against hatred and violence there must be no absolutely no tolerance for that but get this kind of tolerance. on wednesday a german citizen identified as the far right extremist tried to force his way into hell a synagogue around 70 people were gathered that on the holiest day in the jewish calendar the attack of fired shots at the bolted door but failed to break through. unable to carry out the massacre he had planned for the synagogue the attackers shot 2 other people as he fled before police were able to detain him police say they had no formal knowledge of the 27 year old he streamed his actions live on the internet and uploaded a manifesto full of anti semitic rhetoric stefan bay was taken by helicopter to the city of cars who are where the federal public prosecutor has taken over the investigation it's called the attack an act of terrorism. the suspect was carrying

a large arsenal of weapons should be a buffet media but he was heavily armed with multiple weapons which he appeared to have built himself with and a large quantity of explosives 4 kilograms of explosives were found in his vehicle alone playing golf and examining affairs. halla is left stricken with grief but also anger that police were unable to stop an anti semitic hate crime that claimed to life's. correspondent congressman is in hama and sent us this update the city of hala came here today to remember and memorialize those 2 victims of the attacks hundreds of people coming to light candles and lay flowers at a makeshift memorial here in the city center in a sign of solidarity against far right by a once many here and hala told me that they were shocked that an attack like this

could happen here and that shock registered on the national stage as well with many german politicians being forced to admit that far right extremism is a growing problem in the country and that perhaps incidents of anti-semitism were not taken seriously enough the question now for germany is this how to prevent more candles from being needed in the future. let's turn to our political correspondent now with noah croft good to see you again my space the key question today is what all the steps that officials are going to take the concrete actions of course the most obvious thing that's going to happen is more police presence we've already seen that. at jewish institutions at synagogues not just for the holidays that just that we're actually currently in this holiday season right now but also permanently that's what a horse a half of the german interior minister said at the press conference earlier today this is not just a simple quick reaction to us particular incident but this has somehow changed

everything for for good so that's one thing another kept coming up in conversation with officials today was looking again at hate speech and internet hate speech at how this speech spreads on various channels online of various platforms that has turned whites of has really weaponized white supremacy to allow these kinds of lone wolfs like we saw in holland to operate they don't they don't need anything but ideological support to be able to carry out their their cruel acts and this aspect of internet speech was something that was addressed by the commissioner for anti-semitism in germany who is in holland and our reporter there was able to speak to him to get his thoughts on that but we have to make it clear you know and his image is and has always existed even after 945 in germany but now it has once again. grown in the sense that it is more visible the red lines have been pushed in

a very bad direction things that would have been on thinkable to to to express. public are being said now the internet and social media have largely contributed to that. yeah but you know approaching hate speech trying to attack hate speech is something that western government and especially in germany they've been trying to do and it runs into a grey zone of freedom of speech which is of course a core democratic value that these kinds of policies are trying to protect so it's a bit of a challenge how we're going to attack hate speech without violating perfectly normal freedom of expression issues and overrule i mean why is this issue pressing so challenging here in germany i mean we've seen just in the last year or 2 but those for many many years and ice medic attacks around the world it is a global phenomenon but these ideas of white supremacy of racial purity this is

nazi ideology and that all comes home to roost in germany and germany even 80 years after the holocaust is still very much on the hook for a lot of these issues and dealing with these issues that started primarily here and it isn't just. a vacuum of the nazi period 1000 thirty's and forty's this is a problem that is deeply rooted in german society that goes back to its very founding as a modern nation state that germany is still grappling with today its goes far beyond any kind of legal or political question but really a very deep social question that all germans have to address absolutely certainly some hand-wringing and soul searching going on here in germany. thank you very much indeed. now some of the other stories making news around the world that could be a tough way to a greggs a deal according to a joint statement from the leaders of on and in the u.k. on and. prime minister boris johnson met on thursday to discuss the country's e.u.

departure in 3 weeks' time the border between the u.k. and ireland has been a major barrier to a deal. in ecuador thousands of indigenous people have gathered for more protests in the capital quito it's the 7th day of nationwide demonstrations that have frequently involve clashes with riot police the president has evacuated his ministration from the capital unrest was originally inspired by cuts to fuel subsidies and other austerity measures. and opposition presidential candidate nabby cavalry has called for a delay in a runoff elections scheduled for sunday cowdrey was just released from prison a wednesday and what he called trumped up charges of money laundering he said he needed time to campaign. well u.s. ambassador to the united nations has warned turkey it could face quote consequences if it does nothing to protect civilians as it pushes ahead with its offensive in

northern syria it didn't say what those consequences would be but international calls for turkey to moderate its action in the region all growing thousands of residents fled on thursdays turkey pounded kurdish militia for a 2nd day straight. another day another pounding along the border. turkish jets bombed towns just inside syria plumes of smoke in areas controlled by the syrian democratic forces or s.d.f. a coalition of kurdish fighters and other militias. kurdish led forces control parts of northern syria right up to the border with turkey the s.t.'s fought alongside u.s. troops against islamic state to harvest. fleeing for the 2nd time around half a 1000000 people near the border are at risk warns the un refugee agency but many

are already far from home having come here to escape the fighting in other areas of syria. turkey wants to push out the kurdish fighters and create a buffer zone that it controls on the syrian side of the border in a fiery speech turkish president at one slammed critics of the plan. a european union. pull yourself together. i say it again if you try to label this operation an invasion. it's very simple we will open the gates and send 3600000 refugees your way richard with all to no move to the regulated i. this time in turkey and a possible retaliation turkish state and news agencies say the rockets that hit

these towns people came from kurdish held areas on the syrian side of the border but it's not just civilian injuries and deaths that are the concern here. kaddish forces from the prisons holding islamist fighters from the so-called islamic state these prisoners were captured during the war in syria. one of the prisons in which the i as prisoners are kept under the control of s.d.s. forces was bombed by turkish warplanes yesterday and probably some of the i.a.s. members have escaped. and these battle hardened kurdish forces who helped contain fighters in syria now face a fresh assault from turkey. a nobel prize in literature has been awarded to 2 office to hand care from austria came this year's award and ponens olga took the truck was named when 842018 the unusual delay was due to a sexual assault scandal at the royal swedish academy. off to the swedish academy's

crisis mats melman is now making his 1st major appearance the new permanent secretary an ounce to prize winners today austrian p. to hand could take the wood for 20192 of his most well known works offending the audience and the goalkeeper's fear of the penalty but the highly praised 76 year old feels that his readers judgment is the most important as he said in this 2017 interview. to me for me it's about the readers what the people say how they read or heard something just. to scream moves me. but of course an award is a nice bonus. hunka is not uncontroversial politically during the war in yugoslavia he not only showed literally support for then president milosevic he also attended his funeral but that didn't play a role for the committee. even him the prize is a matter of course he's a great artist 70 to 80 of his works in various genres

a great creative ability that continues on broken. polish right to olga to celebrated surprising success with her novel the books of jacob she received the 2018 price retroactively. can i get this on john what she really does well a themes that cross borders she writes across borders and that's clear even in her style tell us more from where you start the performance they will and she's crossing borders at the moment on a book tour in germany. was i forget you can always get the news on the go just down or up from google play or the store and that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you know so use that e.w. up to send us photos and videos. where you're watching news live from berlin and helena humphrey coming off d.w. news africa without a michael jr i'll be back with more news for you at the top of the hour of course

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