this is d.w. news live from the 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 rising and thousands of civilians are fleeing in a desperate attempt to find safety. japan's capital tokyo bracing for typhoon forecast as the worst in 6 decades more than 3000000 people have been invited to leave the area as typhoon given this makes landfall on the country's

coast. i'm called aspen welcome to the program turkish backed forces say they've taken control of ross' key border town in northeastern syria as according to turkey's defense ministry it's the most significant gain since turkey's offensive into the region began on wednesday aid 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 if militias. turkey is battling for territory held by the kurdish led 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. and the u.s. pentagon wants turkey to stop to be clear we are not abandoning our courage partner forces and u.s. troops remain with them in other parts of syria the impulse of action the 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 he 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 was controlled by kurdish forces and they say the situation is critical and in the kurdish town of kmita a car bomb claimed by us. turkish president richard type has lashed out at the u.s. his criticism him know that we won't stop no matter what anyone says. because all 1 those threats are coming from the left and the right for us to stop this. but that's what 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 all 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 yulia it's now day 4 of this offensive what's the latest where you are. well as you said i'm in the turkish border town all search 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 in the northeast syria

this is a city of about 50000 people that's an estimation here they have 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 uncurl backed syrian opposition fighters inside the industrial area overdress ion and we know that's in the city center so they are inside the city right now kurdish forces have denied that the turkish army has allies have captured that 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 the search 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 and our people here on the turkish side suffer to 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. 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 are 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 they are holding isis fighters in makeshift prisons and the families and children of these fighters in camps so huge. 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 very careful in what they tell us. correspondent on with the latest between turkey and syria.

well the turkish offensive in syria has sparked protests worldwide from the kurdish community including here in germany paid to him was at a demonstration in the western city of cologne out of paper germany of course the country with the largest kurdish diaspora what are their demands were they saying. i couldn't fully on the send you called but i can tell you there are about 5000 people protesting here in cologne marching in cologne and there are thousands more in all of the major german cities protesting today mainly kurdish protest this and they the mond from the german government to step up the pressure on iraq on the adlon to halt the offensive in northern syria against a kurdish militia scare they the mouth of a no fly zone and they demand germany to stop exporting weapons to its nato ally turkey i know what about those demands of that they're asking for they being heard

at all by the german government. not really i mean the german government has off course why since concern over the turkish invasion there in northern syria and has said that turkey should hold its military operations there the demands of the people here at the kurdish protest is to step up pressure that hasn't really happened at the moment and the german government yes some voices inside government to say yes we should stop exporting weapons to turkey but i don't see any majority in government for that as of yet especially since president advani of turkey has a lot of leverage in that question he has said repeatedly well there are 3600000 suing refugees and if you try and mess with me i'll send you away very loud pro kurdish demonstration happening behind you of course germany though also is a large turkish population is there a movement in support of this invasion with in germany. yes of course as you said

there are so many and many 1000000 about 3 or maybe even 4000000 and germans of turkish origin living in germany and for example yesterday at friday prayers they prayed for the army there said in the sermon of the most that are run by did turkey state there was praised the army and that they should pray for its success so force there is this movement with the. germans of took issue region supporting turkish troops in this conflict and there is always a bit of fear in germany of the spillover of this conflict because we have seen clashes between and turks and kurds in germany before. and to have a for us said a pro kurdish demonstration in cologne thank you very much. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the u.s.

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