this is d.w. news live from berlin police in the german city of high now say that a man suspected of killing 8 people has been found dead at his home the victims were shot outside 2 was in the city near frankfurt we'll go live to our correspondent in tire now also coming up. turkey is edging toward direct conflict with syrian government forces turkish president rajapaksa murder one says a military operation is just a matter of time the syrian troops continue their assault against rebel forces in the province hundreds of thousands of syrians have already fled from an strikes and

shelling. i'm told me a lot of people welcome to the program we start with breaking news here in germany police say the suspected gunman in shootings in the city of homs has been found dead at his home at least 8 people were killed and 5 others wondered outside 2 bars in the city near frankfurt a dark vehicle was spotted leaving the scene of the 1st attack and police launched a large scale operation to find the gunman authorities say they found another body at the suspects home but there are no indications of other perpetrators in the most of for the attacks is unclear. joining me now with more on the story is d.w. reporter rebecca stout in my rebecca what do we know about the attack well we

know so far is that the shooting started at 10 o'clock at night and once the evening here in the city of hama no local media reported police have not confirmed the local media reported that the shooting took place outside of 2 she so far as the 1st one here downtown in the in the downtown area found out where the shooter then shot and later 3 people died from their injuries from that 1st shooting the gunman then took off in a car and began firing at an outside of another she's a bar across the city. police then launched a manhunt looking for the shooter and 1st that others were all but had after a long manhunt throughout the night found the shooter that he was found dead in his apartment that another body was also found in that apartment and that they also don't believe that any other people were involved in the shooting after trying to

get rebecca will come back to you in just a moment but let's not hear this account of the incident from a resident. i got a call from a colleague of mine he said there had been a shooting here at our shop i dropped everything and came here i was afraid that my father and younger brother could have been hurt. they run the shop father. are not involved in the business. then i saw them and they were fine but in shock to think roaring and everyone was in shock and still can't tell. the testimony of someone who got to the scene shortly after the shooting rebeca is still with us on the line from ha now rebecca what do we know about the victims of this attack. what we know so far local media police have not really

released any information. outside the very basics of this shooting local media however have been reporting that there were quite a few young people involved in the attack. from where i have been standing outside the crime scene from the 1st shooting that took place downtown many family members many relatives many friends of the people who were involved in the shooting or knew who involved in the shooting have been out here for hours since it happened and have been desperately conclusory more and permeation and want to update that as investigations has been made to link the they haven't been able to to release as much information just yet. and do we know you know anything about the people who frequent the places where this attack happened or also do we know anything about the possible motive police saying anything about the plan the motive for the shooting. of the area down here is definitely more of an immigrant

community. and there's been there were reports as well that see that the establishment frequented by members of the kurdish community i've not been able to confirm that just yet the police however have not been speculating on a have not released any information on on a possible motive for for the september for this shooting. the they're holding off and waiting until they gather more information on the investigation this is still a pretty freshness and there's to find means and there's a lot of pieces the still put together so they're they're they're going with with the more with more caution in this case ok the top news rebeca stoudamire thank you . now to some other stories making news around the world. the e.u. has unveiled its strategy for regulating controversial artificial intelligence technology also known as a high in the 27 member states european commission president from the lion is

calling for strict oversight of the sector saying ai must comply with people's privacy rights. a lawyer for julian assange says the trump administration made an offer to pardon the weekend leaks founder in 2017 if he agreed to say russia was not involved in leaking democratic party e-mails during the 2016 presidential campaign the white house said there is no truth to the claim. u.s. president donald trump has named his country's ambassador to germany richard grinnell to be acting director of national intelligence is a staunch supporter of trump's policies and his new position puts him in charge of the nation's 17 spy agencies but critics say he has no intelligence experience as acting director would not have to be confirmed by the senate. turkish president roger type one is threatening to launch

a military operation in syria's liberation of russian bar backed government forces continue to attack rebels in the area the fighting has displaced hundreds of thousands of people and triggered a humanitarian crisis russia has won turkey not to attack syrian forces but turkish troops have already massed inside the illiberal. syrian refugees on the move fleeing airstrikes and artillery fire in the middle of and aleppo provinces it's estimated 1000000 people are trying to escape advancing syrian government forces backed by the russian military however turkey doesn't like it as it supports some rebel groups and it's alarmed by the number of people moving toward its country turkey already has more than 3 and a half 1000000 syrian refugees and says it can't handle any more. i don't know where i'm going i just want to get on the road stay on the olive tree what am i supposed to do. supposed to go. that all. hopefully not to turkey

if turkish president wretch of tayyip erdogan has his way he spoke in the church capital ankara about how turkish intervention is just a matter of time. we are no making our last warnings unfortunately we have not been able to reach the desired result so far during our talks in turkey in russia and in the field meanwhile russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has tried to tone down the rhetoric while defending syrian government forces who he claims are being targeted by turkey. used. the syrian armed forces respond to these unacceptable provocations confirming the adherence and the initial agreements. including cease fire agreements and we support them into. a country still deep in war with desperate people looking for salvation. meanwhile

a startling contrast domestic flights have started up again to a level for the 1st time in 8 years just like back in peace times a sign of normality only it's anything but. 2 elderly passengers from a cruise ship in japan have died after being infected with the coronavirus the japanese government is facing mounting criticism for its apparent failure to contain the virus after keeping the passengers of the diamond princess in quarantine for 2 weeks now it seems that effort to stop the spread of the culvert 19 virus failed and some analysts are calling the current operation a flop. a floating prison that was host some on board have described the diamond princess know after testing negative for the corona virus some of those held captive have finally been allowed to leave the quarantine ship to their obvious relief. critical critical post so friday every

time they made announcements about infections there was so many of them. i wondered if wait the next time. many already had their minds on home and creature comforts. i want to take a bath and sleep. and i want to take it easy and ate some of the good with everything. but an expert on infectious disease control who had earlier been invited on board to inspect the ship's response to the virus warned that the quarantine had been far from effective. it was completely cerdic. and. some crews had a fever there and went to the medical center while wearing it and 95 mask but he didn't have any protection between she's room and a medical room he says he was worried about catching the virus while on board and

said stafford failed to take adequate measures to hold it spread. in said creases than one ever thought of scared i was so scared of getting caught between 19 because there was no way to tell where the barassi is no green zone no red zone everybody could have virus and everybody was not careful about it. when the ship arrived in new york a hama 10 passengers tested positive for the virus 2 weeks later more than 600 had been infected japan's government defended its response. with the urgency of the current situation japan has taken full measures to ensure prevention of the spread of infection taking into consideration human rights and humanitarian needs cooperating with the relevant nations and taking appropriate measures.

thousands remain on board the diamond princess for some of those evacuated on land the journey is far from over they still face up to 2 weeks quarantine in their home countries. but for others back under their own roof like the old commuters from keogh to the simple act of turning on the kitchen tap is reason enough to rejoice. here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. police say the suspected gunman in shootings in the city of hard now has been found dead at his home earlier at least 8 people were killed and 5 others wounded outside 2 bars in the city near frankfurt a dark vehicle was spotted leaving the scene of the 1st attack and police launched a large scale operation to find the gunman authorities say they found another body of the suspects home but there are no indications of other perpetrators in the move the motive rather for the attacks is unclear joining me here in the studio is date

of news joel dollar roy joel tell us more about this police operation so what police are confirming is that they found was a 2 bodies at the address one of the suspected attacker or another person we don't know who that might be but we're hearing a bit more of a dramatic account from the build sidetone newspaper here in germany they say that there was a raid on this property by special police forces who broke down the door and were yelling. where is your son that somebody inside presumably they found the body inside that's what's being reported and also a vehicle on the location which was searched and contained weapons builders also reporting that the suspect had a hunting license but we're not hearing any more about who the suspect is and police are urging people not to speculate so the information still coming in bits what do we know you know the location where the attack happened any clues as to the

victims and that kind of information the attacks started 10 pm last night and we know that the there were 2 different locations both of them being called she should sports as we believe some of the victims may have been young people at least one woman a doctor vehicle was seen leaving these locations and then police launched a massive operation including a helicopter the next we heard that some people had been arrested but then released finally the latest update this morning that they have found the attacker or the suspected attacker in an apartment along with one other body we don't know anything about the motive yet we're being careful not to speculate of these kind of crimes it could be anything until we get more information. so we're keeping this up to keep you up to date on this as more news comes in but police are being quite cautious about labeling this is any kind of specific attack as of yet ok they

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