brent: breaking the deadlock. all eyes are on the german capital for talks on ukraine and syria tonight. the german chancellor angela merkel welcoming vladimir putin to berlin for the first time in three years. leaders of russia, plants -- france in ukraine are here. all signs are downplaying expectations. is there any chance of progress? we will talk to our correspondent. also, german police have withdrawn the report that an officer is dead after a shootout in bavaria. a right-wing gunmen has wounded several offices. he is a member of a movement that is not recognized the

legitimacy of the german government. we'll have a report on the ideology that he believes in. and just a few hours to go until the trump and clinton show. they are set to face off in the third and final debate in las vegas, which is likely to be acrimonious if it is anything like the first two were. ♪ it is good to have you with us. a lasting truce in aleppo. that is the goal of an emergency summit here in berlin this evening. the leaders of germany, france, russia and ukraine were originally called in the hope of resolving -- vladimir putin has joined angela merkel along with the french president and his ukrainian

counterpart for the first time in more than one year. reporter: letting your putin regular guest in berlin. that was until the crisis in ukraine led to deep division with the west. now for the first time in more than three years, the russian president is back in the german capital. the immediate interest is huge, unlike -- the communication line seven open. there's no real evidence of that today. there are still bloody skirmishes breaking out along the russian ukrainian border. the biggest challenge is for them to find consensus on syria. according to berlin, russia is on the cusp of renegotiating better cease-fire terms and conditions for aleppo.

reason enough for germany's minister of foreign affairs to remain skeptical about opposing -- proposing new sanctions against russia. >> in the past couple of days, many people have recommended imposing sanctions. they should know that had we imposed those sanctions, we would not be witnessing the current cease-fire, which hopefully can be extended to a few days. reporter: the parties hope they will be able to make use of this opportunity to achieve some concrete results. brent: what kind of results might be possible from the stalks? -- these talks? let's bring in our correspondent. the meeting has been going on for quite a while. any news coming out about what is actually going on?

>> not much, to be fairly honest. we know from the german forward office that the meeting started about two hours ago. the first of the eating's -- meetings planned for tonight. the meeting on ukraine and the implementation of the minsk agreement and what the next steps could be. but we are not heard whether that meeting has already finished or whether it is still ongoing. that is only the first meeting. afterwards we have a three-way weeding -- meeting without the ukrainian president. that will discuss the situation in syria. afterwards, merkel and hollande will meet the press and say if there has been any results of the series of meetings. we can only say it will be a very long night for all of us. brent: we know this is the first time that vladimir putin, that he is actually set foot in

berlin since 2013. he was greeted by protesters as he arrived at the chancellery earlier. let's take a listen to what they had to tell the russian president. >> where here today with a clear paleppo's children.bombing of we have laid out over 100 teddy bears to represent the alledge and children who have been bomb to death. we are hoping today that angela merkel says enough is enough and we as international community can no longer stand by. demand that putin starts working towards peace in syria. brent: enough is enough. thomas, is the german chancellor, is she going to say enough is enough? what can she realistically expect to come out of these talks? thomas: brent, i very much doubt that gentle -- chancellor angel

merkel will say enough is enough. she will talk to putin and the others about what is expected, where every player stands, and what to come next. the angela merkel has to walk a fine line between inserting pressure on russia, tried to tell russia clearly that she disagrees with what russia is doing in syria, yet the -- at the same time not antagonizing them too much because germany wants to keep all channels of communication open. germany has been interested to try to find a diplomatic solution to this. that is the fine line that angela merkel will have to walk toni that is why i very much doubt she will say, at least publicly, enough is enough. brent: it is a fine line she has to walk. a few years ago no one would have imagined we would be dealing with this next this of the crisis -- this nexus.

at the same time, now you have the want for more sanctions because of what is happening in aleppo. what is your assessment? are we going to see progress on either syria or ukraine conflicts? thomas: i could not agree with you more, brent. it is incredible that we are talking here of two very important crises in conflicts. the link is clear, the link is that in both of these, russian presence is very important. if you want to solve the crisis in ukraine, syria, you will need russian participation in one way or another. where back to the previous answer, you have to insert pressure on russia but at the same time you know that you need russian as a player that you have to talk to because otherwise you will not be able

to solve the complex we're talking about. brent: one question just gives birth to another question, doesn't it? thomas, thank you very much. just before the berlin summit got underway, moscow's that it would extend a humanitarian pause plan for aleppo in syria. the pause in bombings are now set to last 11 hours instead of eight. russian officials announced the extension at a briefing in moscow on wednesday. the aim is to allow civilians and militants a safe passage out of the city. syria's army has already joined is russian allies and stopping airstrikes before the official start of the pause, the u.n. has said the measures do not allow enough time for its aid teams to mobilize. it is day three of the battle for moz oh -- mosul.

they continue to advance on the last major stronghold of the so-called islamic state. iraq's prime minister said operations are going well. he stressed that protecting civilians is the key priority of the offense. the iraqi government has told civilians that they are safer at home than on the move, but thousands of civilians have already fled the fighting. those that have reached camp's are describing dire conditions for the million or so people who were still inside mosul. here in germany, one policeman is battling for his life tonight after a man opened fire. police withdrew an early report that he had died. several officers were wounded in the incident which took place in bavaria. the gunman is a member of a right-wing movement that does not recognize the legitimacy of the german government. reporter: police at the site of the shooting.

shortly after 6:00 a.m. officers raided this property to confiscate 30 weapons. shooter had been in possession of a valid license for his firearms but authorities no longer deemed him fit to carried weapons. when police entered the property, the suspect opened fire. the 49-year-old is a member of the so-called citizens of the german reich. >> we are used to this kind of escalation here in bavaria. -- not used to this kind of escalation here in bavaria. through the intelligence agencies, we have to look at more closely what this movement is up to you. -- is up to. what activities they do year -- they do here. reporter: they reject the

federal republic of germany. they maintain the german reich still exists with his 1937 borders. a number of groups are associated with the movement. >> their ideology as a whole of the movement is very close to that of the extreme right. reporter: the shooter was arrested. brent: in the philippines, and anti-american protest at the u.s. embassy turned violent today with police firing tear gas at demonstrators. several people were hospitalized and at least 20 arrested. about 1000 students gathered at the embassy do demand the withdrawal of u.s. troops in the philippines. organizers criticize the police reaction as completely unjustified. it is not clear comedy people were injured in the violence or how seriously they were hurt. hundreds of thousands of women in argentina are to participate

in nationwide protests following the rape, torture and murder of a 16-year-old schoolgirl. the victim is believed to have been abducted outside of her school in a city 260 miles south of buenos aires. the organizers, a group known as not one less, organized the protest and are urging women to stop work and other activities for one hour in today's women's stride. across twitter, the hashtag black wednesday is being marked to mark the occasion. they detail the demand of the organizers of the protests. prevention of violence against women and more gender equality, citing inequality in the workplace. the twitter user has tweeted this picture, which says the

organizers want justice for all, prevention for all and equality rights for all. different accounts are posting pictures to show solidarity with the protest, including a journalist who shows women dressing in black in memory of perez. the strikes are expected to make an impact in the country's major cities. rallies are also expected in uruguay, chile and mexico. the former vice president of congo has been found guilty of trying to pervert the course of justice. the tribunal convicted him of war crimes and crimes against humanity earlier this year. the judge said he had tried to corrupt witnesses during that trial by bribing them with money and laptops. four close aids were also found guilty. he could face another five years

in jail on top of the 18 year sentence he originally had. scientists at the rockets space agency say their probe to mars likely did not land safely on the planet surface. they lost the signal to the spacecraft just before it was due to touchdown. scientists say it is too soon to declare the mission a failure. they will release more information after analyzing data overnight. europe and rushes space-age jerseys launched the probe months ago together. the mission's main aim was to look for life on the red planet, past or present. today's landing attempt was not the first of its kind. several previous landings on mars failed. they made us less try back in 2003. it is not an easy planet to lie and on -- to land on. what we come back, more world

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♪ brent: welcome back here with "dw news." all eyes are on berlin for talks on syria and ukraine. the german chancellor angela merkel meeting the leaders of russia, france and ukraine, with syria topping the agenda. all signs are downplaying any expectations that germany and france are pressing putin for an extension of the truce in aleppo. in a few hours from now, donald trump in hillary clinton will face each other on the debate stage one last time. you can watch that there is televised presidential debate right here live on dw later

tonight as part of our special coverage. the candidates have now arrived in las vegas, where it is unlikely that either candidate will pull any punches. much of the last debate was dominated by allegations against trump of sexual's conduct and his assertion that he becomes president -- that he will imprison clinton if he becomes president. i'm joined by a campaign for -- and our washingon bureau chief. joining us from washington. good evening. they say three times is the charm. we have had one, two debates, now is the third one. who is it going to be the charm for?

are we going into this debate tonight with a clear winner? >> well, when you look at the polls it is clear to everyone that hillary clinton is leading and we will see tonight if mr. trump has to offer a good answer to accusations of sexual misbehavior, and mrs. clinton with thousands of e-mails. it is easy to predict how and exchange tonight could look like -- trump will say something about voter fraud, clinton will say no there is no voter fraud. the host last the candidates to please, please answer the questions he asked. and then trump will speak about bill clinton's sex scandals and building a wall. i do not feel any kind of excitement here in washington. it is more kind of exhaustion. >> it is easy to be exhausted

when you go through that list of topics. what do you think the strategy is going to be? let's start with hillary clinton. she has the lead in the polls right now. she has everything to lose. what should she do? >> first of all, she cannot lose the debate. she cannot have any missteps. she cannot set off a new scandal. i think she will be somewhat timid. she is going to keep the focus on donald trump, as she has before. the tone of this debate is going to be super negative. donald trump will fill the sick -- philippe kitchen sink and do everything to unravel clinton. clinton, i do not think she can really win this debate. fox news is going to be moderating. people are going to go hard. brent: let me ask you about what

people are saying in the united states about the moderator of the debate. this is the first time that someone from fox news has moderated a u.s. presidential debate. instinct would tell us that donald trump should feel more comfortable with someone from fox news. what are you hearing there in washington? >> what i hear from many colleagues, even my friends who work for msnbc or cnn warmer closer -- all of them say that chris wallace is a very good post, a very experienced journalists. i do not think any one will say in the end of that he is biased or too close to mr. trump. brent: what about these fbi files that hillary clinton now has had to deal with?

put this in perspective. we know trump is going in with more and more women coming out, accusing him of some type of sexual assault. he is saying that the files and this appears a quid pro quo between the state department and fbi is worse than watergate. >> you just said it, it is an appearance. donald trump, the argument he'll make is that there is the e-mail server that was part of the campaign early on. now there is the -- he is going to try to frame clinton as a corrupt politician, judge not think which is going to be working, especially under the background that donald trump has been accused by many women by sexual misconduct, that he is close to being a sexual predator. in the end, donald trump is going to go all out and he will try to frame clinton as his corrupt politician.

he is behind in the polls so he has to turn this around. brent: we are definitely going to be watching that. thank you very much. and julius, you're going to be with us later on to talk more in depth about the debate. thank you. all right, it is time for business news. javier is here now. we're going to talk about china. javier: we're going to talk about china as the perspective that donald trump in hillary clinton has on their economic plans because the road to the white house has not -- the economy is one of them. both candidates are offering different ways to make america great again, organ struggle to get it. americans will have to choose which of the visions will better suit their visions. reporter: hillary clinton wants to build roads, bridges, and school spirit altogether, she plans to shell out $275 billion

in infrastructure investment in the coming years. she wants to great 10 million new jobs. donald trump also wants to create jobs in america, especially those jumping ship to asia. under him, iphones will no longer be coming off of china production lines. they will be u.s.-made. but their differences are most obvious when it comes to the environment. clinton wants to continue president obama's policy of investing in renewable energies. she aims to make the u.s. the cleanest energy producer in the world. the trump is not having -- trump wants to do away with all climate protection regulations on u.s. companies because he says they are bad for business. brent: -- javier: the question is who is right and who is wrong.

we do not know that. but maybe jens can help us out. we have are the proposals of both candidates and that job creation sounds quite a bit of a goal that is ambitious. how realistic are those economic plans in the first place? jens: it is not going to be that easy because hillary clinton's plan to invest massively into infrastructure, to achieve that you need the approval of congress. it looks pretty likely that congress actually might be split in the future or even might remain entirely on the republican side. if you look at donald trump's plan to bring production back from asia, that is not that easy because most of the supply chains, if you look for example at the iphone or other devices,

they are mostly in asia. even if you put the iphone together in the united states, that is not such a big game changer as supply chains are still based mostly abroad, especially in asia. javier: jens, we know the current state of the economy could be decisive for the outcome of the election. could something still happen in these three weeks that could dramatically change the outcome? jens: well, never say never. for example, we will get one more job report before the election. we have one more meeting of the federal reserve. if the stock markets could tank, that could maybe affect the sentiment of voters. but i do not know how likely that is going to be. donald trump either way accused janet yellen to keep the markets

going, and i should be positive for barack obama in for her party teammate hillary clinton even if that accusation probably is nonsense. but as i said, never say never. but i would say it is rather unlikely that something dramatic happens with the u.s. economy in the next three weeks. javier: the good thing is we do not have to wait too long to find out. thank you very much, jens. the signing of the eu canada free-trade agreement is being blocked by a small belgian region. at the negotiations had to be suspended tuesday, the head of the government has told a local radio station that the agreement should be delayed for a few months. it does not match the plan schedule as a deal better known as ceta should be signed at the end of the month. a new meeting set for friday, but it now looks even less likely to be the venue for a breakthrough.

and that is it from the business desk. back to you. brent: thank you very after a short break i will be back to take you through the day. we will have more on those talks from berlin about syria and ukraine. plus, more in-depth analysis on the third and final presidential debate in las vegas. stick around. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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