anchor: this is dw news live from berlin, german chancellor angela merkel standing by her refugee policy. pat a much anticipated newsday conference, calling the recent spate of attacks in the country barbaric. but, she said germany would stick to its principles and continue to give shelter to those who need it. also on the program, in turkey, the post-coup continueses. he wants to put the army and

spies services under his control. and, ankara asking germany to extradite suppose it coup supporters. plus, endorsements from president obama, hillary clinton will make her own case for the top office in the united states. she will be speaking soon, and we will have live coverage on the final night of the convention. i am sarah harmon, think you for joining me. german chancellor angela merkel says it she will do everything humanly possible to ensure security after a wave of violent attacks this month. and a highly anticipated press conference, she said a better early warning system was needed to detect radicalization among refugees. critics say her open-door refugee policy allowed islamic extremism into germany. her response, strong and

defiant. >> it does not seem like she is under pressure, but chancellor merkel must respond to the attack set of taken place in germany over the course of just a few days. two of the attacks, including a suicide bombing in the town of ansbach, by a man who was denied asylum, had a terrorist background. the chancellor said she is taking this threat very seriously. >> the two men who came to us as refugees are responsible for the incidents in wurzburg and ansbach. it does not matter if they came with the many other refugees, whether before or after september of last year. >> she spoke of a new threat from perpetrators who have yet to be detected, but maintain, that the government can cope. >> the top priority is to make

up for deficits as we have always done. so that it is clear that we do all that is humanly possible to guarantee safety in our free, democratic state that adheres to the rule of law. that includes closer international cooperation. i spoke about this yesterday with of the american president, barack obama. he would increase cooperation with allied agencies in order to speed up clarification and be able to analyze the communication behaviors of such perpetrators. it has long been clear that there may be potential attackers among the many refugees would come to germany and europe. no germany has experienced that firsthand, but merkel maintains. i am just as convinced today, that we can fulfill our historical duty, and this is a historical testing period that

must be fulfilled. reporter: the chancellor made it clear that she needs more help from within the european union. sarah: our political correspondent naomi conrad was there. merkel hasn't rolled out a policy reversal here. has she managed to stand her ground? >> i think she has, and maintains -- remains to be seen what will happen. but she would not apologize, she stood by her decision that she took by a year ago to open germany's borders to refugees that were stranded along the balkan route. she was very clear, that we can do this and overcome the hurdles that we face, and she reiterated that today, saying yes, we can do that. sarah: it was a controversy decision, and now she has a difficult task, on one hand, she has to give the impression that she is not overreacting, and

also assure people that the german government has things under control. did she manage to send that message today? naomi: i think she did, it is a fine line to walk, and she did it quite well. she reassured people that yes, there was a threat, heightened threat levels that we have had for quite a while here in germany. but she also introduced a new raft of measures, things that have been in the pipeline for a wild. things let increased security cooperation with allies such as america, boosting security personnel, and things that up and talked about for quite a while. also, speeding up deportation. she mentioned afghanistan, which may now again be deemed a country very controversial. it has been debated here for quite a while. sarah: merkel has a lot of opponents, increasingly the afd did not want to see anymore

immigration to germany. in these attacks seem likely to play into their political narrative. naomi: of course, because it is a movement, and a party that feeds off anti-migrant, anti-muslim sentiments. and this is a godsend for them, but we have to remember these are right-wing, populist parties which have always vocally opposed these policies. so i don't think we should take it to seriously. there are upcoming elections in two states. it remains to be seen if merkel listens to the rhetoric. but i think she has been quite clear that policy should not be governed by fear. sarah: so we have a federal election coming up in 2017, two state elections in september. will we see merkel's conservatives give it right to

appease these voters that want to see a stronger stance on migration? naomi: i do not think so, the government has considerably tightened asylum laws, we have seen an introduction of a whole raft of measures, including speeding up deportations. algeria, -- a lot has been done, and it points to the direction the government has been working on this. sarah: thank you for being in studio today. reports from turkey say president erdogan was to take control of the country's army and intelligence agency, the latest movement to crack down on alleged supporters of the failed coup two weeks ago. ankara is demanding germany extradite people they say were behind the coup.

and, the european union is very worried. reporter: newspapers at this newsstand and istanbul, perhaps they worry that they will not be available in the future, as her to one -- erdogan crackdown on media. ththe president is purgingng tuy of the traces of fethullah gulen, who he believes is behind the coup. gulen denies any connection with the coup, many feel the president is going to far. >> it is unacceptable that so many people are under investigation. that these decisions have been taken without any reason being given, and that these people are being punished because they were working for news organizations linked to gulen. before the coup, president erdogan had about half support,

what level he has now is unclear. but on the streets of istanbul, they are divided about the media crackdown. >> everyone who does not think like the president is his enemy, that is how he thinks. i think this was a good decision, if something similar happened in europe, they would immediately shut down those institutions. reporter: meanwhile, the government purge continues. they remember police officers who died in the coup. and, they had sacked 80 employees, including two ambassadors. tens of thousands of government employees have been fired, suspended, or placed under investigation since the coup. sarah: the fate of the detained soldiers remains uncertain. our correspondent has this report. reporter: desperate family members outside this present, 100 kilometers northwest of istanbul.

for days now, they have been waiting for word of their relatives. they're behind these walls because they are accused of taking part in the attempted coup. parents of imprisoned to soldiers saying come sons were just following orders. >> my son only had a week of military service the commanders told them that they were just maneuvers. that is how they dragged my son into the coup. reporter: in fact, video recorded on the night of july 15 suggests that many recruits did not know what the goal of the operation was. these soldiers were apparently told to evacuate a television station. when it became clear the building was the target of a military takeover, they handed themselves in. these parents only request is that they be allowed to visit their sons in prison. but under the emergency measures now in place, the authorities are allowed to will be before 30 days without any outside

contact. >> if only i could see him just once so i know he is all right. until then, i will sit here waiting. reporter: around 300 people died during the failed coup, which the turkish government said was orchestrated by supporters of u.s.-based cleric, fethullah gulen. ankara will continue its crackdown on gulens supporters. >> not all gulen supporters in a military can be recognized as such. many have taken on false identities and do not live like religious gulen-followers, which makes them more suspect. reporter: cindy wrote a book about the gulen, this former police officer is worried for his safety. he is under police protection himself. sarah: cluster bombs are being used in civilian areas. cluster bombs were banned by the

u.n. in 2008 bececause of their inindiscminatete nature. russiaia is not one of the countries assigned to the ban. cluster bombs distriribute smalr bombs over a large area. they are meant to target enemy soldiers or vehicles, but they can also kill a large number of civilians. russia, foits part, denies using clusters. earlier, we asked what actions he expects the international commmmity to tatake in the use f cluster bombs in syria. >> t the problemem is that it ia weapon -- he did a very good job of describing how it functions. if thehere are civilians in the area where they are used, they get killed. and now the proboblem is, thesee small bombs with sub emissions failed to detonate on impact, and become l ldmines thahat posa threreat to civiliaians and to t

responders. just yesesterday, , there were w memberers of syria's civil defense, a search and rescue organization, that wasas injured when t they tried toto clear the sub emisissions. russia being closely involved end in an alliance with syria, has s a responsibility to make sure that these weapons are not used in ways that contradict international humanitariaian las of war. there is growing evivince that russia is usining them, butut en if they are not, they have a responsibility. sarah: today is world hepatitis day, a day of awareness for the liver disease. there is a crew to the north india city of punjab, where doctors give hopes to drug users who contractcted hepatitis c frm the use of non-sterile needles.

>> its golden temple is also known as a place to buy drugs. the spread of drug use has brought with it hepatitis c. psychologists -- this psychologist runs a rehab clinic. many of his patients are infected with the virus. >> every second person has hepatitis c. reporter: infected hair when addicts share needles, which spreads the disease. the situation has gotten worse in the past few years. >> i did not see that much of anything like that, it is literally littered with ivs. reporter: most of those affected only find out about it a after visiting a rehab center like is one.

>> peoplple around me told me tt hepatitis c had no treatment, so i thought that i would die soon. reporter: it is a dangerously false ascension, called bad lack of information. hepatitis c can be treated. in india, around 12 million people have the virus, according to world health organization estimates. sarah: we will take a short break, stay with dw, there is plenty more to come. ♪

♪ sarah: you are watching dw news live from berlin. in the u.s., president barack obama has made a powerful case for his party's presidential nominee, hillary clinton. he told delegates that clinton was the most qualified candidate ever to run for president. the outgoing president also cast the u.s. election as a battle between hope and fear, contrasting clinton's campaign with the bat of her republican challenger, donald trump.

obama praised hillary clinton's extensive political experience and said she never quits. our correspondent sent us this update from the convention. here to talk with us more is nicholas, a political scientist at the university here in berlin. today is day four. we have heard michelle obama talk about family matters, joe biden made it a strong emotional plea, we heard from michael bloomberg, the billionaire, made a business case for hillary. it almost seems like the democrats are stealing the republicans material here. >> yes i know, family values is all-american, always has been. the business case comes naturally to this administration because the clinton administration, the economy did very well.

the obama administration, became stronger in the process. they have a strong record with their hands off, regulatory approach. something they had to be fighting for in the last sessions of congress. they were divided on this issue. so it is only natural that with trump asking russia to hack e-mail accounts, security now goes to the opposing party. sarah: and we are expecting to hear frorom a general this evening, a famous american. what sort of message does that send to the electorate? >> it sends the message that one of the core, is not well served with the personnel that counsel donald trump and his campaign. when you look at his counsel for

policy, there is no one of any name that would ring a bell with experts. sarah: you're saying he does not have the advisors to even give him the foundation to have a coherent, firm policy? >> it is even worse, he has said that he talks to himself about security. sarah: let's go back to hillary, she has her crowning moment this evening. but there are still democrats who are not behind her, they are saying bernie or bust. will she be able to rally those people? does she even need them? >> she needs every bow, this could be as close as ever. momentum is key. it hurts are already because the skeptics are very vocal about it . depending on her speech tonight, she could create the momentum not to silence him, but to win them over. that approach could work, but it depends on her performance. sarah: we will watch that

closely and follow it live. thank you for coming in. a quick look now at other stories making news around the world. indonesia has executed 14 people convicted of drug crimes, including citizens of nigeria, zimbabwe, pakistan, and india. the convicts were shoty a firing squad, despite both national and international protest. human rights groups condemned the killings. britain's new prime minister theresa may has reassured poles living in the u.k. that they are welcome, despite anti-polish hate crimes following brexit. these statements came after a meeting in warsaw with her counterpart. around 800,000 poles currently live in britain. changing gears, business news, and new numbers for dw's

performance. >> it was almost a year ago that diesel gate came to light, and they have cost volkswagen's bottom line. net profit 57%, to 1.1 billion euros. still, sales continue to climb. >> in the first half of this year, vw sold 1.5 billion vehicles. -- 5.1 billion vehicles. they hope that means the decline following their omissions scandal may be over. driving the upward trend is their biggest market, china. more than a third of the vw deliveries went there. in june, sales were 7% higher than a year earlier. that has enabled the company to compensate for a significant downturn trend in the united states. where the omissions cheating scandal first broke.

but, the financial burden of the scandal is still limit -- looming large. sales of its diesel cars have stopped in several countries. and all the volkswagen had already put aside 16 billion euros to pay for it, that will not be enough. the company has announced they have added a further $2 billion to cope with the crisis. sarah: let's talk about the economy. shares have been hammered down by 10%, what happened? >> the company came out with the earnings report, profits dropped by 9%, estimates, they could not reach the estimates from wall street. they were far off. a couple of things going on here. on one side, they took a pretty steep price cut, such increase the market share, but we saw pressure on margins.

the head of ford said we might see a separation of the u.s. car industry, so that also puts pressure on top of it that was the brexit. britain was the second biggest market for ford, after the u.s.. there is fear that may be the entire u.s. car industry might head into a crisis, but it is too early to call. the stock at ford is under pressure. >> a complete different look for u.s. steel, up 200%. doesn't mean no more imported steel? >> that is what is behind this. first of all, u.s. steel had numbers that came in better than expected. by the end of the year, the company might be profitable,

especially last year. the global markets were flooded by cheap steel, especially out of china. now the u.s. government took anti-dumping measures that paid off. steel prices recovered, u.s. steel did better. on top of it, the head of u.s. steel, he is getting compared to the carnegie's. that is how the bloomberg put it. carnegie was one of the robber barons at the end of the late 19th century that did everything just for profits, so steep cost cuts were also part of it. >> thank you very much. now, the responsibility for growth sits precariously on central banks shoulders. that is that one trader puts it today. they have been responding to the sluggish outlook, bcb and the

fed leaving rates unchanged. tomorrow, after the bank of japan, prime minisister shinzo e surprised markets with a stimulus package. now looking to the nations of central-bank to spend a moment -- monetary policy to revive ages second-biggest economy. they fear will not meet the high expectations. many experts were alarmed by the effects of a possible brexit on the economy. they may have been proven right. one month after the announcement, the bank is busy downsizing 3000 jobs. and, 200 branches are about to be shot down. all of that is due to fears of the future of the bank. many believe they are headed towards a recession. >> at the moment, it is just a fake -- a vague feeling that brexit could change for the worse. homeowners in britain are

worried about a slump in prices. and, it could become a drag on the economy. consumer confidence is at a three year low, and retailers of the first to feel the pinch. lloyds bank was downsizing even before britain voted to leave the eu. now they say the uncertainty following the vote means more cutbacks. lloyds now intends to hack in other re-thousand jobs. they are closing 300 branches and selling unneeded properties. during the global financial process, lloyds escaped from bankruptcy with taxpayers money, it is one of britain's weaker financials. but they say the british banking sector is generally healthy and can withstand a recession. an increasing number of economists say that t is a distinct possibilityty another britain isiseading outut of the eu.. the latest corporate surveys

tend to support their view. they point towards the sharpest downturn since the financial crisis, that increases the likelihood that the bank of england could fire up the printing presses and cut interest rates. even before the summer is over. back to you, sarah. sarah: speaking of summer, i will leave you with actors of the monumental summer downpour that drenched us here in berlin yesterday. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

back. welcome you are watching "live from paris" on "france 24." time laura cellier. these of the top stories. hillary clinton in a star-studded close in philadelphia. will clinton the able to convince americans she should be there next president? france named the second attacker in tuesday's murder of an overly priest in normandy. was alsoik petitjean 19 and on the police watchlist over failed attempts to reach syria. russia says it is working with the syrian army to