this is d.w. news live from berlin turkey ramps up its offensive in northern syria claiming it's captured a key border town as turkish troops intensify their bombardment on kurdish militia the death toll is also rising and thousands of civilians are fleeing in a desperate attempt to find safety. and athletes l.-u. kept shogi has become the 1st person ever to run a marathon in under 2 hours on a specially prepared course in vienna he posted a time of one hour 59 minutes and 40 seconds are sports reporter as the story.

i'm called aspen welcome to the program turkish backed forces say they've taken control of ross it's a key border town in north eastern syria that's according to turkey's defense ministry it's the most significant gain since turkey's offensive into the region began on wednesday a workers say more than 100000 people have been forced to flee the area. attacked on all sides the kurds of pounded by took a shot tillery with death and destruction on the ground. and from the turkish military footage shows the shift force with which they're targeting could ish militias. turkey is battling for territory held by the could lead syrian democratic forces ankara says the offensive will secure turkey's border and create

a safe zone for syrian refugees. but right now this part of syria is anything but safe. this is the 6th time we've had an explosion in the city people are afraid of this house you see here there were children playing a mortar fell and killed a boy the girl she lost her leg. in the u.s. pentagon wants tookie to stop to be clear we are not abandoning our courage partner forces and u.s. troops remain with them and other parts of syria the impulse of action a president or want to invade northern syria has put the united states in a tough situation given our relationship with our nato ally turkey who has fought alongside the united states in the past and president trump is threatening sanctions. if turkey does something that they shouldn't be doing we will put on

sanctions the likes of which very few countries ever see now the u.s. is backpedaling that troops are still on patrol a few kilometers from the conflict zone as and they evacuated just days ago they've also come under fire from turkish artillery although with no reported injuries this is c.c.t.v. footage of a large camp holding tens of thousands of family members of islamic state militants and it shows an apparent escape attempt the camp is controlled by kurdish forces and they say the situation is critical and in the kurdish town of kemi she a car bomb claimed by us. took its president richard type has lashed out at the u.s. his criticism him know that we won't stop no matter what anyone says. he says all 1 those threats are coming from the left and the right for us to stop this. i've told mr trump and others if you're going to stop this stop it but you haven't

so i will take matters into our own hands good muslims. civilians who once fled i-s. and now again desperately seeking refuge as another humanitarian crisis unfolds in syria. for more we're joined now by d.w. correspondent yulia han she's standing by for us at the border in the turkish town of so rich it's now day 4 of this offensive what's the latest where you are. well as you said i mean the turkish border town all searched today which is about 10 kilometers away from the syrian border where this turkish military operation is taking place right now now the security situation here in the border area on the turkish side as well is very tense and there have been warnings for journalists to so that's why we moved a little further away today now the turkish defense ministry says that the turkish all me and its allies have captured the syrian border town i am in northeast syria

this is a city of about 50000 people that's an estimation here they've been trying to do so in the past days by in circling the city and now at that has been and that has been that's important to mention one of the 1st main targets now they have apparently managed to do so we saw some video footage all of backed syrian opposition fighters inside the industrial area over russell ion and we know that's in the city center so they are inside the city right now kurdish forces have earlier denied that the turkish army is allies have captured. but it seems right now clashes there are continuing so that's on the syrian side how is this operation affecting people on the on the turkish side where you are. well the atmosphere here is very tense there have been a number of reprisal attacks from the syrian side moore says rockets was sent over

into turkish border towns there have been several civilian casualties here on the turkish side we just heard yesterday went to a village very close by where people had a funeral for 2 people who were killed in an attack yesterday people were crying they were desperate it was really painful to watch these scenes and we've also talked to people here in sorrow which is as i mentioned also very close to the syrian border let's listen to what they had to say. to 3 people are caught in the middle why are we fighting in syria on our people here on the turkish side so for 2 just yesterday 2 or 3 people died in a place very close to here to pity what is this fight for. work and. this is our government's fault they got us into this very bad situation why did they do this what's it all for nothing. you know that. may allah

help our soldiers and make their mission easy to help our state now uli along with those concerns there are some serious worries about those captured islamic state fighters escaping from kurdish presence. well that's true and the kurdish forces there have been warning about this from the very beginning they're saying basically you know if we have busy defending this area against a turkish military assault we won't have time to deal with the captured isis fighters as they are holding isis fighters in makeshift prisons and the families and children of these fighters in camps so huge come a couple of tens of thousands of people and there have been some very warring reports about apparent breakout at times not everything that's coming from the cutter site there is something that we can in the pan the only concern by all accounts from what we hear from the other side of the border the situation in these

camps right now seems to be pretty chaotic now what about a 3rd country involved here the united states it's been warning about severe economic sanctions how are those threats being received. well these are the threats coming from washington then there has also been international criticism from the european union the nato also. turkey to show restraint now the turkish government is absolutely not happy about this criticism they say this is a legitimate security operation we are defending national security here against a terrorism threat so they don't want to hear criticism they expect solidarity from their international partners and that's my impression here as well on the turkish side of the border criticism is something that is not being tolerated that's something nobody one stor here that's why people we're talking to are there a castle and what they tell us. correspondent on with the latest turkey and syria

thanks very much. and let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world hopes for an end to 9 days of unrest in ecuador are fading after indigenous leaders projected a proposal from the country's president to hold direct talks the demanding that president lenin moreno reinstate a fuel subsidy that he eliminated as part of austerity measures backed by the international monetary fund. the ugandan government is reintroducing anti-gay legislation as says it will get enough support from lawmakers when put to a vote the state minister for ethics and integrity has previously called for tough legislation criminalizing homosexuality after an earlier bill was struck down by ugandan courts 5 years ago. super typhoon haga business made landfall and is rushing towards the world's largest urban area tokyo

severe weather already has claimed the life of one man and injured dozens more forecasters say the typhoon could be the most dangerous in more than 60 years. darken skies and the roar of emergency vehicles on the streets of tokyo 1 as super typhoon haiyan and nightfall approach central japan. just across the narrow waters of tokyo bay a tornado hit the city of. one man was killed as winds overturned his car several others were injured as the twister ripped through homes leaving empty shells. on and. on top of damage from severe winds rain is pounding the region hard. japanese authorities issued a top level emergency rain warning for prefectures around tokyo. authorities say

there is an extreme risk of landslides and the japan weather agency warns rainfall could reach record levels. but the agency says haggis is packing dangerous winds of 180 kilometers per hour and gusts of more than 250 kilometers per hour. millions of residents have been told to evacuate areas in the storm's path. are turning to sports now and kenyan runner chipotle gay chip show gives already has done what some previously thought was impossible becoming the 1st person to break the suit our barrier for the marathon to chill gay completed the specially designed course in vienna in a time of one hour 59 minutes and 40 seconds the feat though will not count as an official world record because of certain strategies used including the way that control gave was placed by that's the kenyan says he hopes his effort will inspire

others to run faster. for the internet is to in sport after. before it took another substitute sister to yes i tried and i. know it's just after i had just come on the run under 2 hours you know that inspired many people to tell people i know your mind is limited. i'm expecting more of the artemisia abuse all of the all. the beauty. amazing feat there and sports reporter head of floor is joining me now in studio with more on that i mean tell me about this basically a race against time yeah i mean running a marathon itself it's already a feat but to be able to do it and there are 2 hours is just functors it's ridiculous and really amazing to see somebody do it to put things into perspective imagine running 100 meter dash but you're doing it in 700 seconds continuously

$420.00 times it's just pretty much breaking a barrier for him and here. that is similar to the impact that the moon landing has had so it is groundbreaking when it comes to the sport. well look there's some reasons why this is not an official world record right and he did run under under the 2 hour mark but he had what you had pacemakers he had some sort of laser helping him tell us more about about the way this race was that up this race was not a competition that race was a challenge created by some of his sponsors so it's a bit of a publicity stunt so in many ways it was engineered to a tee for him to be able to break that 2 hour mark as simple as his water he was given the water in the normal marathon you have to go pick up a water bottle from probably a table or just the side of the road he just kept on running and stayed focused on just going straight he would get his water delivered to him but not only that there was a car in front of him that would shoot lasers so he would be able to see exactly where he had to be in order to break that mark there was also $41.00 pacemakers that ran

along with him so this pacemakers will go in and now and what's important about it is they create some sort of wind resistance in order for him to be able to do that was really flat so he was the everything was just plan directly for the. normal race conditions of other other runners you don't have all this help do you think you could be able to repeat that kind of feat i mean you're stunt or not if you get up you tell that to those millions of kenyans we just saw right now they won't care if he's the guy that holds the record right now for the official world record so if anybody is going to be able to do it it's going to be him he is the guy that feet he focus he said he focused more his training not only physically but this time mentally so if anybody's going to be able to do that any time soon it's going to be him will probably have to wait to see if that will happen in an official race but is he going to give a try he hasn't he hasn't said yet but we'll see what did under those conditions

we'll see if he can do it in a quote unquote real marathon. florists thanks very much. you're watching the news live from berlin i'm called aspen coming up the documentary series doc film takes a look at the politics behind the euro i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour right here on t.w. thanks want. and i'm dave from the ground news you delusions are most focused on is person it's divisive it's about topics that affect us all water pollution climate change and the return of the. only resistance check out.