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it was. the at. the at. the at . this is e.w. new lawyer from by their turkey ramps up its offensive in northern syria claiming it's captured 80 border town as turkish troops intensify their fall botton tone kurdish mentioning death toll is rising and thousands of civilians fleeing in a desperate attempt to find safety you said coming up capital tokyo's bracing for a typhoon full cost is the worst in $6.00 decades more than $6000000.00 people have been advised to leave the area and toys food makes landfall along the country's
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coast. and athletes tell you it could still be a has become the 1st person ever to run a marathon in under 2 hours he posts the time you want to add 59 minutes and 40 seconds but he had help on the specially designed to cut. the x. . times out of the home free glad you could join me turkish backed forces say that they have taken control of russell i 80 border town in north eastern syria now that is according to turkey's defense ministry is the most significant gain since president added ones offensive into the region began a wednesday which is for some 100000 people to flee the area meanwhile both france and germany say they will not export almost a techie that could be used in the syria operation a u. foreign minister is planned to meet on monday to discuss the situation. day 4 of
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the offensive so fierce fighting at the syrian turkish border. bombardment by turkish artillery growing 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 called for turkish withdrawal but turkey's president appears unmoved. we won't stop
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regardless of what the of us say they want to threaten is the one sides to trump you have as i've said stop it. but criticism hasn't stopped on saturday the general secretary of the arab league cold air to one's offensive an invasion. or 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're 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 a lot of dog knows this is where at some point the syrian border starts the syrian
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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. but 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 heard some military airplanes havering us today now the situation on the ground seems to be messy and weak at 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
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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 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 concerns about captured islamic state fighters escaping from makeshift kurdish
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prisons traditional 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 s.c.f. 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 a turkish army and the other battle is still going on against the so-called islamic states 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 correspondent
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your honner the border between turkey and syria for us thank you very much to you and your. well turkey has reacted with defiance to all the nato countries criticism of its offensive in syria now in an exclusive interview with the turkish foreign minister to shove a short who said that ankara would not be deterred him to furthur them this is a vital a matter for us it's a question of national security of survival whatever they do whether it's an arms embargo or something else it's only strengthens us 15 years ago we produced only 20 percent of the goods we needed now it's over 70 percent of all of this only strengthens us. if i only took notice of whether someone wanted to impose an arms embargo or what someone else was saying i'm vended not destroy an imminent threat and i would face even bigger problems in the future and in fact case even if
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germany supplied us with more weapons this fights would be more difficult if not impossible even if our ally supports us terrorist organization even if we stand alone and even if i impose an arms embargo it doesn't matter we are fighting a terrorist organization and we will not relent. to that. super typhoon her base has made landfall in his pocket and wide areas of japan including tokyo the severe weather has already claimed 2 lives that least 3 people all missing for costa say the typhoon could be the most dangerous and more than 60 years. dark in skies and the roar of emergency vehicles on the streets of tokyo 1 as super typhoon hog abyss and nightfall approach central japan. just across the narrow waters of tokyo bay a tornado hit the city of daraa one man was killed as winds overturned his car
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several others were injured as the twister ripped through homes leaving empty shells. it's. 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 how politicians promise to increase security at
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jewish houses of worship around the country how many muslim residents are also worried about far right fine and he spoke with members of a mosque in berlin when many worry 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 holland 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 followed this 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
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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 holland saying the state is tasked to provide protection for all citizens. this 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 to show before nazi on the system. just astonished and this 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
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dialogue working against hate and exclusion in the till it happen in my angst 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 or was 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 security for jews muslims and everyone else. now this man a kenyan ronna anya's could show gay has become the 1st person to break the 2 hour barrier for the marathon he completed the specially designed course in vienna in 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 east.
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approaching the finish line eliot 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. going 20 seconds under 2 hours of darkness the man ran under 2 hours you know that inspired many people to tell people i know you man is limited to it i'm expecting more of that in his interviews all of the all. of. this was no ordinary merits and. i by the end i was chosen because a favorable conditions the course specially designed and then there were the pacemakers $41.00 in total switching in announced a carefully choreographed 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 enter the record books purists call it nothing more than
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a publicity stunt a way for sponsors any also petrochemicals giants to cleanse its image through sports. but just try telling that to these fans in kenya they packed in front of giant screens to watch their hero realize a feat some had previously thought impossible clearly i got to say. the positivity of sport utterly over the net the sport a clean sport an interest in sports all day month in this country and not a burial in the morning. and look at the only one this will look at not is all of you poor. athletics has been short of positive news lately after yet more taping scandals official record on north kenya in the sports in general sentiments and achievement of ones that you will see worth celebrating. news live from berlin i'm headed home for a coming up
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a migrant camp on the great on end of. the number of new arrivals from turkey that story and more and stories up next you can always get the latest news around the clock on a website that is d.w. dot com thanks for your company and see. that. facebook and twitter. to date and in touch. conflict the philip. between the muslim.

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