an exclusive report from a destroyed city. in the sights of our u.s. starts october 24th on d.w. . business news live from berlin turkey ramps up its offensive in northern syria claiming it's captured a key border town as turkish troops intensified their bombardment on kurdish militia the death toll is rising and thousands of civilians are fleeing in a desperate attempt to find safety. and japan's capital tokyo is bracing for

typhoon forecast as the worst in 6 decades more than 6000000 people have been invited to leave the area as typhoon hobbyist makes landfall on the country's coast . i'm calling aspen welcome to the program turkish backed forces say they've taken control of. that's a key border town in northeastern 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 which has forced some 100000 people to flee the area meanwhile the built zone tug newspaper is reporting that germany will not export arms to turkey but could be used in the syria invasion that's the 1st concrete international reaction to the offensive. attacked on all sides the kurds have

pounded by turkish artillery 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 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 they were children playing a mortar fell and killed a boy the girl she lost her leg. and the u.s. pentagon wants tookey 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

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 if ever see now the u.s. is backpedaling that troops are still on patrol a few kilometers from the conflict zone as and they have vacuity 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 kmita a car bomb claimed by us. turkish president richard type has lashed out at the u.s. his criticism himno those 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. i've told mr trump and others if you're going to stop this stop it but you haven't so we'll take matters into our own hands. of those civilians who wants fled i-s. and now again desperately seeking refuge as another humanitarian crisis unfolds in syria. while the turkish offensive in syria has sparked protests across the world by members of the kurdish community and thousands turned out in cities across germany on saturday the largest rally was in the western city of cologne people gathered there to demand an end to the fighting they also call on the german government to do more to help the kurds in syria germany is home to one of the world's largest kurdish i ask this. following this week's deadly

far right terror attack on a synagogue in the german city of hala german politicians promise to increase security at jewish houses of worship around the country but many muslim residents are also worried about violence spoke with members of a mosque in berlin where many worry they could be targeted next. the dar es salaam mosque in mecca an area of berlin with a large muslim population hundreds attend friday prayers here many are worried about wednesday's far right terror attack in a synagogue and a turkish kebab shop were targeted leaving them to ask if mosques are protected enough. that sick you just can't go there and indiscriminately shoot people it doesn't matter what religion the people follow this is a fictitious very critical should anything ever happen here in any case it's questionable whether it's safe here. this is the freedom we would feel better if there was

a police presence here for our protection. fiza facts just as much as the synagogues what happened. the states and the police have to be more involved. germany's domestic intelligence had once watched the mosque for extremist views of its own but there is no sign of back today in a sermon condemned the attack in holland saying the state is tasked to provide protection for all citizens. as it actually doesn't matter if someone is a jew a muslim a christian or an atheist. in the end jewish people and muslims are more affected because we are a target for nazis and racists. and meanwhile not far away these people are also expressing solidarity between

religions christians jews and muslims have gathered to pray for peace this kind of interfaith service is unusual appealing for intercultural dialogue working against hate and exclusion. of course you are always afraid especially when you hear about attacks like the one just now in how then you ask yourself tomorrow will it be us always some other group be the target the question is not only relevant for muslims but for every one. to terror attack in holland has put germany on edge the spotlight is on authorities to provide better securities for jews muslims and everyone else. really no glue croft joins me now in studio william let's just get a little more context on this i mean how big is the threat right now to germany's muslim community or let's just look at some statistics that german government has put out there saying that anti muslim crimes in 2017 were 952800 slightly lower

824 this year this reporting that has dropped even slightly more for him so far 2090. seen now that's about half of what the reported crimes are for anti-semitic crimes now keep in mind this doesn't just mean violent crimes crimes of all kinds not only bodily injury it could also be surfing or feed but let's not focus those that get too caught up in these numbers because there's a lot of criticism about this reporting there's a lot of unknown motives behind a lot of these crimes just get classified as far right crimes or as crimes against muslims or even crimes against jews in the in the 2018 report from domestic security in germany there's wasn't even a classification for crimes against muslims or muslim sites so there's a lot of gaps a lot of holes in this kind of reporting it's ultimately doesn't matter it's not a competition who gets police protection let's not forget that the victims in this anti-semitic attack on wednesday and hala were not jewish so this is not just about

about threats to jews or threats to muslims this is about threats to democratic society in germany overall so this bigger problem that germany is facing now in terms of far right violence how does germany plan to go about stopping that i mean regardless of the target as you mention you know what we heard a lot about it in a press conference this week with the interior minister horse they offer he said there's going to be more policing in front of he was referring to jewish sites synagogues maybe also muslim sites and other places of worship he was saying that that won't just be temporary will be permanent increase in security he's talking about maybe changing laws or getting more involved with tackling online hate speech he specifically said that germany has a lot more tools available to it in the analog world it doesn't have in the digital world. but these are all very low level and in a sense easier. ways to address this it doesn't get at the bigger questions of

who's in who's out of german society so in other words i mean do these steps go far enough is what we heard from interior minister they all for example does. going far enough in terms of security you can throw as many laws and as many police presence police presence as you want front of synagogues or mosques you can you can throw lone wolfs into jail you can go after organized terrorist cells but that doesn't change the fundamental questions in german society you know like i mentioned that anti islam crimes were not quite were not really categorized in the german reporting on these statistics because still in 2019 muslims are still seen as an outside influence of germany the not seen as german even though muslims have been here for generations many of them are german themselves speak german have are just as german as anybody else and yet they're still seen as some kind of outside influence and therefore classed differently so we're looking at

a society that still is wondering what does it mean to be german 25 percent of german society comes has some kind of non german root some kind of non german back onto itself and yet if you look at the german parliament for example only 8 percent of the german parliament has some kind of non german representation so we're seeing a lot of questions about who is in this society tough questions facing germany and other countries of the same time as well william no of blue cross thanks very much . let's get you caught up now on some of the other stories making news around the world the u.s. and china have agreed on a partial trade deal according to u.s. president trump that means the united states is obsessed spending plans to increase tariffs on about $250000000000.00 of chinese imports trump and chinese president xi jinping could sign the partial agreement as early as november. hopes for an end to 9 days of unrest in ecuador are fading after indigenous leaders rejected

a proposal from the country's president to hold direct talks there demanding that president lenin moreno reinstate a fuel subsidy that he had eliminated as part of austerity measures backed by the international monetary fund. thousands of protesters have marched again in hong kong against the ban on face masks at demonstrations many cover their faces despite the threat of up to one year in prison demonstrators defied police warnings that they were gathering illegally you molly group of pensioners supporting the protests began the sit in at police headquarters to condemn police violence. super typhoon hog abyss has made landfall and is rushing towards the world's largest urban area that would be tokyo the severe weather has already claimed to lives and least 3 more people are missing forecasters say the typhoon could be the most dangerous in more than 6 decades.

i darken skies and the roar of emergency vehicles on the streets of tokyo 1 as super typhoon haiyan bass 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 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. ok sports now and kenyan runner el you'd keep cho gay has done what some people previously thought was impossible becoming the 1st person to break the 2 hour barrier for the marathon it shall be completed the specially designed course in vienna and a time of one hour 59 minutes and 40 seconds but the feat won't count as an official world record because of certain strategies used including the way that was paced. to tennis the neil medvedev has reached his 6th final in a row after beating the finals it's cheap us at the shanghai masters on saturday medvedev who is serving here beat as rick opponent in just over an hour and

a half to reach the final the 7675 victory means he still has not dropped a set this week the russian will face germany's alexander it's various in sunday's final. quick reminder now the top story that we're following for you at this hour turkish backed forces say they've taken control of last iranian key border town in northeastern syria according to aid workers more than 100000 people have been forced to flee the area. and cannot spend more the top of the hour.