this is to give you news live from berlin turkey wraps up its offensive in northern syria claiming it's captured a key border town. as turkish troops intensify their bombardment of kurdish militia the e.u. and washington call for an end to the offensive death toll is rising and thousands of civilians in syria are fleeing in a desperate attempt to find safety. japan's capital tokyo cleans up after rain and winds from typhoon haiyan this lashed the city and moved north

more than 6000000 people have been advised to leave the area forecasters say this typhoon could be the worst for 6 decades. and it actually shows he has become the 1st person ever to run a marathon in under 2 hours post in a time a one hour 59 minutes 40 seconds long stenness official world record because of how he ran the race. i'm max foster thanks for joining us turkish backed forces say they've taken control of. a key border town in northeastern syria it would be the biggest gain since president to enter one's offensive into the region began on wednesday the e.u. and u.s. have criticized the offensive and called for it to stop immediately washington and

paris are threatening to impose sanctions on ankara in northern syria the assault has forced tens of thousands of people to flee the region and seek safety. bread at last this bakery is one of very few shops still open in commission lee for 2 days now mahmoud has been trying to buy groceries for his family but most shops are shut he's relieved to have finally found one that's open. one of your my relatives visiting from wrestling and this is all the food i've got to offer them all of the shops are closed i don't know why and how that can buy that william said that i'm not the. fear has turned commish lee into a ghost town of turkish grenades continue to hit the city and the sound of gunfire can be heard in the distance around 3 pm a car bomb detonated in front of a popular restaurant killing at least 3 people it's believed that islam is still

behind the attack an attempt to intimidate the locals. into the ground as did the restaurant a few guests canisters exploded it's a catastrophe. visible signs of combat at the border cities rasa lane and tell of turkish warplanes have targeted dams oil fields and power plants disrupting the electric grid and water supplies but kurdish forces are fighting tooth and nail a kurdish commander says they've been pushing back the turkish advance. of there was over the past few days they've been trying to take a number of towns but we've driven the bank each time ya know. most of the kurdish militia are now in the front lines leaving camps and prisons dangerously understaffed riots broke out at the whole camp home to some 70000 islamic state supporters some reportedly escaped as did 5 of us fighters from a jail near commish lee many locals are deciding to pack their belongings in flee

the fighting some 70000 are already in the run from the combined threat of the turkish advance islamic state terror and food shortages. do you have use turkey correspondent yulia head has been reporting on the military moves since they began she sent us this report from right next to the turkish border with syria. i'm about 5 kilometers away from the syrian border now let me show you something you can see there are many lights this is the turkish border town of jail on pienaar now have a look at the other side you can see there as darkness this is where at some point the syrian border starts the town of wrestle einen northeast syria they have no electricity there right now the town used to have about 50000 inhabitants but most of them have reportedly escaped the area today turkey's defense ministry said that the turkish army and their allied forces have captured the town and we have seen

video footage of them entering the industrial area and now the kaddish let as c.f. forces say something very different they say no that's not true they have not taken that town we are still in control of it now there seem to be still clashes because we can hear shelling and we can hear gunfire so there's very conflicting information out there about what exactly is going on on the ground turkey has reacted with defiance to criticism of its offensive in syria from other nato members in an exclusive interview with the turkish foreign minister. said current would not be deterred. this is a vital matter for us of human 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 with 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 and then did not destroy an imminent threat and i would face even bigger problems in the future and in that case even if germany supplied us with more weapons this fight to be more difficult if not impossible even if our allies support terrorist organization even if we stand alone even if a impose an arms embargo it doesn't matter we are fighting a terrorist organization and we will not relent. to that and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. thousands of pro kurdish marchers in european cities have taken to the streets to protest against turkey's actions at least 10000 people demonstrated in cologne calling for an end to the offensive

other protests were held in paris and athens. protesters in ecuador's capital quito have ransacked and set fire to a government building in new violence over a sturdy measures including a cut in fuel subsidies to try to quell the ongoing protests president lenin moreno has imposed a curfew in quito enforced by the army digitas leaders had earlier agreed to a proposal for talks with the government to resolve the crisis. thousands of algerians have marched to the capital algiers and other cities protesters are demanding further reforms and corruption investigations ahead of elections scheduled for december weekly demonstrations have continued since the former president resigned in april. and thousands of protesters have marched again in hong kong against a ban on face mass demonstrations many cover their faces despite the threat of up

to one year in prison demonstrators defied police warnings that they were gathering illegally. typhoon haiyan biz has made landfall and is pummeling wide areas of japan including tokyo the storm has already claimed 4 lives and at least 17 people are missing floods have submerged homes and roads and hundreds of thousands of residents have lost power. dark in skies and the roar of emergency vehicles on the streets of tokyo as super typhoon 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 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. kenyan runner. 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

a one hour 59 minutes and 40 seconds but the feat won't count as an official record because of certain strategies he used. approaching the finish line eliot could choke a new he was about to make history he likens breaking a 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 i'd have just been on the run under 2 hours you know that inspired many people to tell people no human is limited to it i'm expecting wall of artemisinin this all of the world to run under 2 hours. of the day this was no ordinary marathon. the end it was chosen because the 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 end to the record books purists call it nothing more than a publicity stunt a way to sponsor any also petrochemicals giant 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. to say. the positivity of sport. at the met the sport a clean sport an interest in sports whereby all day month in this country around and look at burial in the morning. and look at the landis for a look at this all of you troy. athletics has been short of positive news lately after yet more taping scandals official record or not for kenya and the sports in

general sentiments and achievements are ones that you will see worth celebrating. and another thing to sell. who has equal the gymnastics record by claiming her 23rd world championships medal the american gymnast is just 22 years old and drew level with record holder vitaly share boy by winning the vault at the turn of an inch to guard 17 of her 23 podium finishes have been gold medals in tennis germany. has sealed his spot in the shanghai masters final where he will face of. securitas straight sets victory with an ace ousting italian the teo barrett in a 6364 win earlier on russian serving here beat stefanos to us is 7675 victory means he's still yet to drop

a set this week and reaches his 6 tournaments final in a row. and english and french troops clashed on saturday but not a drop of blood was shed it was a reenactment of the battle of hastings nearly a 1000 years after the original event the famous battle of 1066 pitted william of normandy against the anglo-saxon king harold and marked the beginning of the norman conquest of. an ancient battlefield comes alive with his sound of steel against steel. hundreds to see. to reenact about so defined in history. he was. facing off. in his saxon army against william and his normans.

their swords with. flu. and count grew. a lot of the exhilaration of kind of fighting is very exciting very intense you don't think about anything else because although. only pretending to be in the battle there are still people where you can actually make the weapons around we believe that with your 2 numeration could never do that again because we had to be critical mentality to do that tough if you have to figure out just crossing the channel like that we've. been equipment was not so modernized like we have to know the conditions were very quite difficult and what is incredible i mean. the climax of the battle king harold is cut down enslaved. with his rival dad william sees this being blish thriving but unlike nearly

a millennium ago plays bested on the battlefield to live to reenact another day. and you're watching news live from berlin i'm nick spicer up next is reporter with a look at bangkok's fire department busy catching dangerous snakes more than fighting flames you know is his latest news at g.w. dot com experts. i. judy and.