this is deja vu news live from berlin a u.s. delegation heads to turkey to try to broker a cease fire in northern syria the u.s. vice president and secretary of state will try to persuade congress to end its assault on the kurds but turkey's president is vowing to push ahead regardless. also coming up in violence erupting in barcelona for the 3rd night driving catalonia as president has appealed for calm as independent supporters plan more demonstrations for friday plus. on a knife's edge the u.k.

and european union to go seeders appear to be on the brink of a last minute deal. but it remains unclear if a deal will indeed be clenched. and a former s.s. guarded the nazi concentration camp goes on trial in germany the 93 year old is accused of being an accessory to more than $5000.00 counts of murder why is it taken so long for this trial to be dealt. i brought in thomas great to have you with us u.s. vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pompei o. are traveling to turkey to persuade ancora to halt its offensive against kurdish militias in northern syria now that's the spy the white house paving the way for the events of last week by pulling its troops out of. the area now turkey's

military offensive targeting kurdish groups and towns just south of its border with syria where it wants to establish what it's calling a 30 kilometer safe so turkey views the groups as terrorists the turkish government insists it will not stop this assault until it reaches its goals that despite threats of further sanctions from washington. clouds of dark smoke cover the syrian city of rattle i billowing into the sky on the turkish border for more than a week now fighting is still raging between turkey's military and the kurdish why p.j. militia criticism of turkey is growing around the world president standing firm insisting he won't be swayed by threats and sanctions. operation will end when we control of borders sown stretching 30 to 35 kilometers

into syria no power can stop us until we achieve this goal is a little. bird or one's words are directed at the west he's due to hold talks with the u.s. vice president and u.s. secretary of state on thursday mike pence and mike pompei i want to secure a cease fire in northern syria but turkey's government says it warning to agree to a ceasefire with the kurdish militia. president has said repeatedly we as a country fighting terror will not sign a cease fire with a terrorist organization if. another country has long been pulling the strings in syria it's russia in the syrian city where u.s. troops had patrolled until tuesday russian military police are now on display moscow is a key ally of the assad regime and he's feeling the power vacuum it also wants to

present itself as a mediator as russia's foreign minister is emphasizing. in strict compliance with international law russia will 1st try to reach an agreement between damascus and the kurds in order to then bring about cooperation between syria and turkey so security can prevail on the border. is a person has to make something that's legal and it's a good at that. meanwhile assad's troops have entered the city of kut bani on the syrian turkish border he too a kurdish and u.s. troops 1st defeated so-called islamic state militants 4 years ago are residents of fearful of a turkish military attack but it may not come to that negotiations between damascus moscow and non-career said to be in full swing over the fate of the kurds and others who live in northern syria.

let's talk about this more now with. russia expert with the german council on foreign relations thanks so much for coming in this morning nice to see you again. we have the sudden withdrawal of u.s. troops opening the way for what we're seeing right now in northern syria was russia as surprised by this move as the u.s. congress was basically yes we have to assume that there is some kind of information well before the u.s. withdrawal but in general i don't think expect it to withdraw because it's a huge strategic advantage thing to expect it to do that and to to give it that ok now on the ground we're seeing the syrian military and the turkish military facing off in a number of flashpoints including mom beezus strategic city russia says it's army will keep the 2 sides separated how's it going to do that can it do that it actually depends on the agreement of the turkish and also basically of the turkish

forces because the deployments of russia in syria are rather limited and. in the region the turkish forces are some period 2 russian forces so i must go actually in this case depends on the purpose forces not to attack but as russia is one of the biggest military powers in the role of turkey probably will think about twice to attack any russian post or russian military deployment within syria ok so the be some the diplomatic efforts in the background head of any military movements there now there's a high risk with this russian deployment between these 2 heavily armed forces on the ground in northern syria that we could see body bags with russian soldiers heading back to moscow is there an appetite in russia for the no not at all the has has been a lot of criticism tow words the russian engagement any point within syria as it's very costly and we haven't or people in russia have seen cuts in for example source

of expenditure so it's also risky for moscow but it also offers the opportunity to present put it and muster itself as an international broker of the big international player was probably putin hopes to gain some support for within the domestic audience in russia ok it's not just the war that's going on there the fighting that's happening this also has to do with the migration situation inside turkey and of course of the fex europe as well president wants political survival in many ways depends on his resettling 1500000 as he claims he wants to do syrian refugees in this 30 kilometer safe zone as he calls it does he have russian backing to do that at least it's in russian favor or it's for their action benefit because europe's you fear another refugee influx and they were probably willing to pay a lot of money or do another deal with the turkish people to to avoid this and of

course this plays into the hands of the. russians who now have kind of like another instr. meant to to influence europeans and to also gain some ground within the syrian conflict and also use this as a leverage or a bargain ship for other conflicts for example ukraine. thanks very much for comes this morning russia expert with the german council on foreign relations that's how much this briefing and some of the other stories making the news at this hour the leader of one of on kong's biggest pro-democracy groups has been hospitalized after an attack by men wearing masks an armed with knives and hammers it's the 2nd time jimi has been attacked since protests began in the territory in june his pro-democracy group is planning another march on sunday. i mean while hong kong's legislature opposition lawmakers heckled the territory's leader harry lam for a 2nd consecutive day a number of pro-democracy lawmakers were dragged from the chamber there demanding

kerry address the demands of hong kong's months long protest movement. italian authorities are working to recover the bodies of migrants who drowned near the island of lampedusa over a week ago the wreck of the boat and the bodies of at least 4 people were located earlier wednesday and estimated 50 people were on board that vessel when it sank. all spanish and cattle on leaders are appealing for an end to the violence and barcelona and other cities after protesters clashed with police for the 3rd night running the demonstrators want the release of cattle on independence leaders who received all prison terms they also want to pass to nationhood police fired rubber bullets and tear gas after reportedly being attacked with petrol bombs. one small thousands took to the streets. and one small clashes erupted between demonstrators and police in

a televised address the spanish prime minister trying to calm the situation appealing directly to catalonia spro independence leader. this is. what i would like to make a special plea to the catalonian president but do it. as member of this he and other members of his government have a political and moral duty to condemn it without any excuses and with maximum clarity in determination the use of violence i mean it. was late on wednesday night. then responded. i call for calm. you see independence movement is not violent. we have always condemned violence. we cannot allow the incidents that

a taking place in the streets of our country. well you have got there is no reason or justification to burn council to carry out any of that active vandalism protests should always be peaceful. but that was not the case as the clashes continued into the night and demonstrators are calling on people across the region to make their way to barcelona for more protests on friday. well it appears the european union and the united kingdom could be close to finalizing the terms of withdrawal agreement for the u.k. to leave you now diplomats are saying though that some issues do remain unresolved ahead of a crunch summit and that starts today. because here michelle obama is saying good progress has been made at talks in brussels which have focused on the customs issues between the republic of ireland and e.u. member states and northern ireland which is part of the united kingdom but time is

running out to secure a deal before bracks it's due to take effect on october the 31st. did a mathis joins us now from brussels potts has the inside track from long the did morning to both of you again u.s. sources are saying the deals basically done what do we know. well at least the feeling here is brian that boris johnson really wants a deal he has realized that no deal scenario would have massively negative effects for the british economy and so as he has made the key concessions that are necessary to bring that deal over the line however brussels has been in exactly that same situation with greece that may before and so a number of sticking points still sort of remain for instance the t. is an issue that where really the detail counts brussels negotiators who have been

negotiating now for 3 nights in a row really want to make sure for instance that if you pay taxes for let's say you go buy an ikea so far you pay the same taxes in the republic of ireland as in north is in northern ireland and in order to make that sure you really really need to look into the details and that's what they gave still doing so we'll have to see what the summit brings. the british government is sounding much less optimistic what are you hearing in london. definitely much less optimism on the u.k. side here i mean downing street has been extremely tight lipped about this whole process about what it means for the u.k. they haven't even briefed their own ministers on the details because they wanted to avoid leaks and the sticking point on the u.k. site really remains the d u p the northern irish union unionist party they are still not behind the deal at this point this is what we learned this morning because of all the troubles they

want to stay as closely aligned to the u.k. as possible northern ireland once said and they want northern irish communities to have a say in whatever deal is agreed upon we know that boris johnson has had intense talks with the u.p.a. over the last days but so far they definitely are not behind the deal ok well does that make them the deal maker are they the ones who will finally decide if there's going to be that agreement or not. they could be there definitely they play a huge role on the other hand of course boris johnson needs the needs the hard line conservatives in his party to rally behind the deal they are on board they have said that they trust boris johnson more than theresa may back in the days to negotiate any future relationships with the european union but 2 points i want to make 1st of all boris johnson does not have a majority in parliament at this point to get a deal through so that's very doubtful if you comes back with

a deal from brussels if he can bring that deal in through and the 2nd point is we have been there before gale accepted to resume a came back with a deal and parliament did not agree to that so at the moment for me it seems very doubtful how he would bring a deal through parliament ok you mentioned a lot of details that need to be worked out for example now if this is as we just heard as well a very big if if there is a political agreement and boris johnson gets backing for it in westminster this weekend is that it sort of the end of the end of the month or are we still looking at a possible technical extension of this. look charlotte has talked about the u.k. parliament now brussels has a parliament 2 that does need to agree and it's been delivering a number of surprises as of lately so there are still a very number of variables that could drag things down the line and so if you talk

to any piece from the european parliament what they tell you is technically extension it is very likely even if it deal would be hammered out today then it is the european parliament that needs to agree to that deal it is the e.u. council that needs to agree to the deal and you have mentioned the devil is in the detail the legal text still needs to be hammered out so that the experts not the e.u. leaders but their experts teams can really look in detail if this plan works for the e.u. if it protects the internal market or if it does not gehrig's thanks so much for the brussels show a lot of thanks for that from london as well we'll have much more on the twists and turns to all of this as the day moves forward. well still to come on the show rugby mania grips japan the world cup hosts are dreaming big after making it to the quarterfinals even stores can't keep up with

the huge demand for japan rugby jerseys. but 1st it to be one of the last trials against a nazi guard in germany bruno de is accused of aiding and abetting the murder of more than 5000 people from 1904 to 945 the then 17 year old was a guard in the concentration camp near conducts the trial starts today well not only judge his personal guilt but also try to clarify how much responsibility former guards bear. the former concentration camp stove top of naked dunks in poland during the hitler regime this is where the nazis murdered an estimated 65000 people from august 1044 to april 45 served at the concentration camp as a security guard investigators were able to prove this through records pertaining

to his uniform the 93 year old admitted to having worked in the camp still he pleads not guilty i worked on several watchtowers i did my job as a security guard that was all. he was 17 to 18 years old at the time his job was to prevent inmates from escaping or vaulting therefore he is accused of contributing to the killing of 5230 people poor dear doesn't see himself as part of the mud operators as a child to have who would spend several ideas in the shtetl of concentration camp together with her family her parents and her sister did not survive what they did not he was not human you dance at all at the halt can off water and there you go down make

a child. pick up a 20 killer cement which i had the pick up. and i couldn't so i was beaten up for nazi survivors like a horde it is hard to understand why trials against nazi accomplices are only taking place now 74 years after the end of the 2nd world war one reason for this is a landmark conviction in 2011 since then alleged assessors to murder can be held responsible without being linked to individual crimes just like will not be now. well we have some sports now and the spanish football league of asked for the match between barcelona and real madrid to be moved to spain's capital over fears of civil unrest that following the days of protests in catalonia we've been reporting on barcelona stadium was set to host the so-called el classico match between the

fierce rivals on the 26th of october those few days from now the league made that request to the spanish football federation both clubs will be consulted before a final decisions reached well police in bulgaria have arrested 6 football fans following monday's euro 2020 qualification match in sofia now during the match england players were subjected to racist abuse with incidents of monkey chants and nazi salutes police have so far identified 15 supporters thought to been involved the incident caused the head of bulgaria's football association to resign. european football's governing body you a far has yet to issue a pun is punishment as anti discrimination organizations call for garia to be kicked out of the competition. japan is a nation traditionally associated with sumo wrestling but it's going absolutely mad about rugby japan is hosting this year's rugby world cup and the country's team has

booked a place in the quarter finals for the very 1st time in history and now fan shops are struggling to keep up with the demand for merchandise. rugby mania has reached feed a peach in japan. the world cup hosts are into the quarter finals of the competition with fans daring to dream i'm sure i deserve 6 to be around. for it to japan showed its strength i've been a rugby fan for 35 years and it's like a dream with public support is so high the official team megastore is struggling to keep up with demand for much and voice. now the demand for all items has been really good especially the japanese jerseys the japanese stores are just selling like crazy and we're giving them wherever we can but unfortunately a looks like most of the japanese stores in japan are sold out and i daughter and husband won tickets for the quarter final choice that they wanted to go see the

match winning japanese jerseys because against expectations it is a japan match so i am disappointed not to be able to buy a jersey. on reaching the last full is now the goal standing in their way are 2 time winners south africa a tough test but one japan has passed before a famous victory over their opponents at the last world cup announced japan's arrival on the rugby union world stage. if they can do it again on sunday rugby mania might just go. into overdrive. in the united states c american boxer patrick de has died after suffering a critical brain injury 5 days ago during a fight in chicago he was 27 bay was knocked out by charles conwell in the 10th round of the us be a super welterweight title fight he was rushed to hospital underwent emergency brain surgery but lapsed into

a coma never regained consciousness days the 4th boxer to die from competition sustained injuries in the last 3 months it's to vietnam now and there are concerns that the art of making silk threads by hand from silk worm cocoons could be lost forever people making a living living from so for generations but as it gets more and more difficult to make ends meet this way of life is under threat. it's a painstaking process women in this village has been teasing silk threads by hand for over a century the so kinds of boils to kill the lofty insight work in the summer months each work a process is about 30 kilos of cookies per day. the finished thread hung in the sun to dry meaning bad weather can spell disaster to.

your family then family production from silkworm cocoons depends 90 percent on the weather we need to have sunshine if the quality of current is good and the weather is rainy then our products will be ruined but. that's not the only factor making life difficult for the so. after the thread to spawn and dried that taken to market and eventually export it to allow into thailand profit margins a thin. no to math people with this job varies every year it's very precarious if the market price goes up then we might have some spare money otherwise it may just be enough to cover a living costs and we can't save anything. many here worry about the future of this ancient art they say that young people find the work too difficult and leave to seek employment in the city instead skills that have been passed down through generations could soon be lost. well extreme weather

has disrupted australia's world solar challenge in which 40 teams race across the country in the world's fastest solar powered cars now the cars have successfully artist the power of the sun but high winds proved more difficult to combat for a lightweight vehicles 2 of which were blown off the road organizers had to implement a maximum speed limit of 80 kilometers per hour but this was lifted later in the day as conditions improved. this is d.w. news these are our top stories. the u.s. vice president and secretary of state traveled to turkey to persuade ankara to halt its offensive against the kurds in northern syria. turkey began its military operation last week after american troops pulled out of the area turkish president ed on is vowing to press ahead. u.k. and european union negotiators are said to be closer to achieving a brecht's

a deal he used chief negotiator michelle obama aides said good progress has been made during new talks on northern irish allies of the u.k.'s ruling conservatives warn they will not support the deal as it stands. catalonia as a regional president has appealed for calm after a 3rd night of unrest in barcelona. thousands of them protesting the long prison sentences handed down to 9 long independence leaders earlier this week. a former guard at a nazi concentration camp goes on trial in germany on thursday in what could be one of the last cases of its kind bruno de is accused of aiding and abetting the murder of more than 5000 people hold concentration camp from 1904 until 1945.

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