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i am baking bread on the d.w. cut. the be. cut. the barrel. about. this is the new live from bahrain attack you ramps up its offensive in northern syria claiming its captured a key border town as turkish troops intensified their bomb bodman on kurdish militias the death toll is rising and down thousands of civilians asleep desperate attempt to find safety oser coming up japan's capital at tokyo's bracing for a typhoon full cost is the worst in $6.00 decades old and $6000000.00 people have
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been advised to leave the area as typhoon agha based makes landfall on the country's current. traffic and your kid children has become the 1st person to tell about or run a marathon and 202 hours he posts the time for one hour 59 minutes and 40 seconds he had a hell of a specially designed course including lasers and a small on the basis. i had on the humphrey glad he could join me turkish backed forces say that they have taken control of. an excuse me a key border town in north eastern syria that is according to turkey's defense ministry now is the most significant gain since president added ones offensive into the region began on wednesday which is for some 100000 people to flee the area
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meanwhile the german government says it will not export all into turkey that could be used in a syria operation. day 4 of the offensive so fierce fighting at the syrian turkish border. bombardment by took a shot tillery grown troops continue to make their way toward syria. alarm in the turkish border town of a colleague at least 3 grenades from the syrian side exploded in people's homes apartments tell lieschen 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 department said that turkish forces had fired on american troops in the syrian border region. and korea denies this washington has threatened sanctions and
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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 you have as i've said stop it. meanwhile media reports see germany has reacted to the ones offensive in northern syria by and then sing 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 tuc ish town of july pienaar 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 and 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
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a lot of darkness this is where at 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 and now today turkey's defense ministry said that the army the turkish army and their forces have captured that. we are hearing some very different information from the kurdish led 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 had some military airplanes havering us today now the situation on the ground seems to be a messy and a week at a very different information on what's exactly going on there are you here sir and
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that is on the syrian side how is this operation affecting local people on the turkish side. well the security 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 fight is 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 turkish military offensive and the turkish government but others who've 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
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concerns about captured islamic state fighters escaping from makeshift kurdish prisons for us and on 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
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in the camps is quite chaotic right now correspondent your han at the border between turkey and syria for us thank you very much to you and you're seeing here reporting. we'll talk he has reacted with defiance to nato countries criticism of its offensive in syria attack as foreign minister. said his government would not be deterred from pressing its offensive even if the german government imposed and. well in the offensive in syria has sparked protests across the wild 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 debts to demand an end to the fighting they also called on the german government to do more to help because in syria germany is home to one of the world's largest kurdish d.s. birth. the typhoon had
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a base has made landfall and is rushing towards. an area tokyo this is the weather has already claimed 2 lives at least 3 people are missing forecasters say the typhoon could be the most dangerous in more than 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. and. it came. on top of damage from severe winds rain is pounding the region hard. japanese authorities issued
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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 chairman politicians promise to increase security at jewish houses of worship around the country and many muslim residents are also worried about far right violence the up we spoke with members of a mosque where many worry they could be tailgated next. the dar es salaam mosque in an area of berlin with a large muslim population hundreds attend friday prayers here many are worried
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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. sick you just can't go there and indiscriminately shoot people it doesn't matter what religion the people followed this is very critical should anything ever happen here in any case it's questionable whether it's safe here. 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 that the state 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 that today in a sermon the man condemned the attack in saying the state is tasked to provide
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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. roe will it be us or will some other group be the target the question is not only relevant for muslims but for everyone our family. the terror attack in holland has put germany
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on edge the spotlight is on authorities to provide better security for jews muslims and everyone else. now this man a 10 year no run or any addictive chill gig has become the 1st person to break the 2 hour barrier for the marathon in fact he completed the specially designed course in the end a time of one hour 59 minutes and 40 seconds for the seat won't count as an official wild recall because of certain strategies used. approaching the finish line elliot could choke a new he was about to make history he likens breaking the 2 hour barrier to being the 1st man on the moon but forget one small step these were many fast ones keep going 20 seconds under 2 hours i've just been on the run under 2 hours you know that inspired many people to tell people that there are no human is limited to it
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i'm expecting more of the things in business all of that or that $100.00 a day this was no ordinary marathon. at the end i was chosen because of favorable conditions the course specially designed and then there were the pacemakers $41.00 in total switching in an ounce a carefully choreographed a v. formation to protect kids from the wind as if that wasn't enough a car beaming lasers helps keep the runners to time for these reasons the feat won't officially end to the record books purists call it nothing more than a publicity stunt a way for sponsors any also petrochemicals giant to cleanse its image through sports. but just try telling that to the stands in kenya they packed in front of giant screens to watch their hero. i realize a feat some had previously thought impossible a clearly i'm going to say. the positive sport. of the not the sport
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a clean sport i had to mix with an interest in sports whereby all day month in this country around america burial in the morning. and look at the one of them does one look at most of these all of you for. athletics has been short of positive news lately after yet more typing scandals official record or not or can you in the sports in general a sentiment i'm the chief meant the ones that you will see worth celebrating. in tennis alexanders that has seal his spot in the shanghai masters final where he will face it done in medvedev that have secured a straight sets victory with an ace el sting italian mateo but a teeny in a 6364 when you're on russian a done in medvedev serving here beat stephanus pass his 7675 victory means he's still get to drop a set this week and reaches the sick man final in
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a read. it watching the news live from berlin i'm helena humphrey coming up we follow bangkok's fire brigade who spend more time catching dangerous breaks and fighting the flames out on the w. reporter coming up next and getting it late season a website w dot com. he takes it personally like you read it with a little bit wonderful place to make the game show special. for all truly feel. bad. because more than football.

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