play. her at. this is g.w. news life from buying a turkey ramps up its offensive in northern syria claiming it's captured a key border town as turkish troops intensify their bombardment talk kurdish militia the death toll is rising and thousands of civilians asleep in a desperate attempt to find safety. and japan's capital tokyo is bracing for a typhoon full cost there's been what still 6 decades more than 6000000 people have been advised to leave the area since typhoon had abased makes landfall on the

country's coast. the as. i'm helena humphrey glad you could join me turkish backed forces say that they have taken control of a key border town in northeastern syria that is according to turkey's defense ministry now is the most significant gain since president edwin's offensive into the region began a wednesday which has forced some 100000 people to flee the area meanwhile the german government says it will not export to turkey that could be used in the syria invasion. day 4 of the offensive so fierce fighting at the syrian turkish border bombardment by turkish artillery ground troops continue to make their way toward syria. alarm in the turkish border town of like to cali at least 3 grenades from the syrian side exploded in people's homes apartments

television by kurdish militia y p g it appeared to be no casualties the grenade came in here he says the fridge was destroyed and the grenade went straight to the other wall. in northern syria tens of thousands of people have left their homes international criticism of turkey is growing daily on friday the u.s. defense ministry said that turkish forces had fired on american troops in the syrian border region hunker denies this washington has threatened sanctions and called for turkish withdrawal but turkey's president appears unmoved. we won't stop regardless of what the of us say they want to threaten is the own sides to trump in view of as i've said stop it. meanwhile media reports see germany has reacted to the ones offensive in northern syria by announcing a ban on weapons exports to turkey. well for more we're joined by the deputy

correspondent you hear han she's standing by at the border town for us in the tuchis town of july pina good to see you you here now we understand of course it is day 4 of this offensive what is the latest where you are. well i'm about 5 kilometers away from the syrian border now let me show you something on this side here you can see many lights this is the turkish border town of pienaar but on the other side you see that there is a lot of dog knows this is where some point the syrian border starts the syrian border town. now this town has no electricity right now it used to have about 50000 inhabitants but they have most of them have reportedly left the area now today turkey's defense ministry said that the army the turkish army and their

forces have captured. we are hearing some very different information from the kurdish lead as forces they there they are saying that's not true the battle is still going on and in fact there seem to still be clashes because we can hear gunfire and shelling we also heard some military airplanes hovering above us today now the situation on the ground seems to be messy and a week at a very different information on what's exactly going on there are you hear so that is on the syrian side and how is this operation affecting local people on the turkish side. well the curacy situation here at the turkish border is very tan as journalists we have to move locations all day as well because sometimes security forces would tell us it's not safe here there have been reprisal attacks from the syrian side curator's fighters firing mortars and

rockets into turkish border towns at least 10 people were killed civilians here on the turkish side we just went to one funeral today and it was very difficult to see and how much pain people are of course many turkish people here who say they stand behind this military offensive and the turkish government but others who lost loved ones say they are afraid and they feel like they are the victims of this operation and they want the violence to stop another facet to this operation. the concerns about captured islamic state fighters escaping from makeshift kurdish prisons for us and all that well yes kurdish fighters are keeping as you mentioned thousands of isis fighters in makeshift prisons their families their wives and children in the camps for tens of thousands of people and just today

again a commander of the kurdish led as yet has warned and basically said when we are busy fighting the turkish army we can take care of these isis prison as we feel betrayed and we have to fight 2 battles now one against the turkish army and the other battle is still going on against the so-called islamic state now of course the cutter side has an interest of raising this issue of bringing this up because the international community is very worried about the situation of the isis prisoners over there but from everything we hear from the syrian side the situation in the camps is quite chaotic right now of course one of your hot at the border between turkey and syria for us thank you very much to you and your. now to some of the other stories making news around the walt thousands of pro kurdish marches in german cities have taken to the streets to protest the turkish assault in northern syria at least 10000 people demonstrated in cologne alone calling for an end to the

offensive. hopes for an end to 9 days of unrest in ecuador a fading off the indigenous leaders rejected a proposal from the country's president to hold direct talks that demanding that president reinstate a fuel subsidy that he eliminated as part of austerity measures backed by the international monetary fund. and thousands of protesters have marched again in home against a ban on face masks at demonstrations many covered their faces despite the threat of up to one year in prison demonstrators defied police warnings that they were gathering illegally want to group of pension is supporting the protests began a sit in at police headquarters to condemn police on. super typhoon ahead of this has made landfall and is rushing towards the world's largest in area tokyo now the severe weather has already claimed 2 lives at least 3 people are missing costa say the typhoon could be the most dangerous move to 60 years.

dark in skies and the roar of emergency vehicles on the streets of tokyo 1 as super typhoon 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. 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. following this week's deadly far right terror attack on a synagogue in the german city of hala politicians promise to increase security at jewish houses of worship around the country and many muslim residents are also worried about far right violent heat up east spoke with members of a mosque when many worry that they could be targeted next the dar es salaam mosque in 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 hala a synagogue and a turkish kebab shop were targeted leaving them to ask if mosques are protected

enough. there was a skunk sick you just can't go there and indiscriminately shoot people it doesn't matter what religion the people follow this is 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 is. the states and for police have to be more involved with. germany's domestic intelligence had once watched the mosque for extremist views of its own but there is no sign of that today in a sermon the imaam 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 and. in the end jewish people and muslims are more affected because we are a target for nazis and racists. not the system. 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 hell or 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 everyone. the terror attack in holland has put germany on edge the spotlight is on authorities to provide better securities for jews muslims and

everyone else. to talk through this now i'm joined in the studio by your reporter william know it good to see william 1st of all how big is the threat right now germany's muslim community all this of course lots of reporting both from the state and from nonprofit organizations about what kind of threats what kind of crimes are committed against muslims are committed against jews and other kinds of groups but i think it's important not to get too caught up in these numbers because a lot of these numbers. our our criticize there's a lot of questions about these numbers there's been reporting changes the changes in classifications and definitions. anti muslim crime isn't even of very much a formalized kind of crime in germany or it's just becoming that so there's there's a lot of questions about what these numbers are actually saying alternately this is not a competition for who gets police protection this as we saw in the report really comes to the very democratic foundations of germany absolutely and with that in mind how does germany didn't plan to confront far right violence that we're talking about

that targeted at someone who is muslim someone who is jewish other people it's important also know that this is not the 1st time this question is coming up muslims and people that of the community have been saying for a long time they think they need more protection as well as we've been hearing that from the jewish community as well we heard from the interior minister this week of germany or say off or talking about more policing going after online hate speech things we've heard before but i think more with the zoom out from these legal and criminal justice questions to be looking at you know the fact that horse they offer is own party the c.s.u. in their bavarian state elections try to out if the the alternative for germany party by going really hard to the right on questions of migration questions of minorities we have been dealing with failures in the police and security apparatus in germany from dealing with far right violent with far right groups repressing information denying that this problem is there so this this problem goes far beyond just how many police we put in front of a mosque or

a synagogue so these proposed steps then do they go far enough while i think this is has said this is much more about a social question than a legal or policing question i mean let's look at khalid just as an example i mean in the 16 percent of voters there voted for the f.t. the far right party in the 2017 federal elections that's also reflected in the european elections the f.t. is the 2nd largest party in their state parliament and they're currently polling still in 2nd place for the. he's 21 state elections coming up so it's a bit rich to beast to be talking about where this this haven this anti-semitism also anti muslim center become can be coming from from just a lone wolf as we saw in wednesday's attack when really there's such as when a 5th of the population is voting for the f.t. or more in other parts of germany report what you know thank you very much indeed and watching d.w. news night from berlin i'm helena humphrey the tech show shift is up next and don't forget you can always get the latest news from around the world on our web site

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