>> this is "dw news," live from berlin. rebuilding and expanding relations, erdogan and putin press the reset button. the russian and turkish presidents saw eye to eye on a variety of issues -- normalizing relations, cooperation on defense, trade, and travel, and resolving differences on syria. also coming up, german authorities arrest suspected

islamic state militant amid indications of advanced planning to target the opening game of germany's bundesliga football season. and an indian political activist and her 16-your hunger strike. she says she will run for office in the fight against rights abuses in the northeast. sara: i am sarah kelly. thank you for joining us. two political strongmen sat down for talks in st. petersburg today, and when they were done, russian and turkish presidents pa whole host of agreement,ds on including defense cooperation, trade, and travel. the list is long and oppressive, and as might be expected, when putin and erdogan talk, the rest of the world pays attention.

reporter: the theory and insults-- fury and insults have been put on the back burner good turkish president erdogan and his russian counterpart, vladimir putin, are moving ahead on mutual benefits. >> our priority is to return to the precrisis level of bilateral relations, and that is oppressing task because in the first five months of the year, the value of trade between our countries phil i-43 percent -- fell by 43%. reporter: the primary focus is on restoring what were strong economic ties. moscow plans to gradually phase out sanctions, and there are also hopes of implementing a natural gas pipeline project. erdogan says the economic benefits are not the only reason behind renewed talks. >> turkish-russian relations are not only important for bilateral relations, but our cooperation

is also very important for regional and global peace, stability, and wealth. reporter: a new town after nine months of icy ties. moscow and ankara want to rebuild relations after they come under increased criticism from western capitals. sarah: officials in germany say a man has been arrested in the west of the country. he is suspected of being linked with the so-called islamic state . local officials say he is a 24-year-old syrian refugee. we are following this story for you. charlotte potts joins us in the studio. what more do we know about this man? charlotte: interior minister confirmed the rest of this supporter of the islamic state. he was arrested while he was traveling in bavaria. earlier media reports stated that he was a high-ranking official. we talked to the interior

ministry official or short while ago and confirmed he is 24 years old who came as a refugee to germany in the beginning of this year. he has not been in germany for very long time. they searched his home and found propaganda material from the islamic state on his computer and on his cell phone. they don't know if you took those pictures in syria -- if he took those pictures in syria are was in germany and downloaded them. no immediate threat in regard to this arrest. sarah: but we have seen in the past couple weeks there were a number of lone wolf attacks that are being attribute it to the so-called islamic state. do we know at all if he might be connected to organizing any of them, and is this arrest specifically being seen as a success for police? charlotte: i mean, this is certainly a success. there have been arrests over the past month of supporters of the

islamic state in germany. this is a success in light of the recent attacks we have seen. two of the attacks were carried out by asylum-seekers that were radicalized by the islamic state while they were living in germany. authorities are keeping a very close eye othe lone wolves, aggressors, and apparently there are 900 of those at the moment here in germany. sarah: we are awaiting more information on this but what we know so far, a 24-year-old syrian. charlotte potts, thank you for your reporting on this. a new wave of a violent unrest has broken out in ethiopia as angry citizens accuse the government of human rights abuses and repression of ethnic minorities. isolated protests are continuing good witnesses say they have reached their peak over the weekend, with massive demonstrations across the country. as many as 100 of the demonstrators paid with their lives. reporter: hundreds of people

marched through the streets to vent their anger and government repression. they chanted slogans demanding the release of political prisoners and condemning central government interference in autonomous regions. but when the protesters tried to enter a key downtown square, the security forces intervened. >> these demonstrations were made by violence, tear gas. the protests were being conducted in a very physical manner. there was an attack against government buildings, property. reporter: officials blame the protests and the violence on online activists and blocked the internet. >> the government is using communication technology to

limit the expression of -- in order to limit demonstrations and any kind of dissent. reporter: discontent with of government is nothing new here, but simultaneous protests in so many regions at once highlights the growing tensions between ethiopia's citizens and its leaders. sarah: an indian political activist has ended for 16-year hunger strike. she has spent the last decade and a half protesting against brutality by the country's armed forces. after being force fed for much of her fast, she says she will stand for office in her bid to end human rights abuses. reporter: this was the moment she broke her hunger fast. enjoying a taste of honey, her first solid food in 16 years.

>> i devote my past and i want to bring something. reporter: earlier, sharmila arrived at court as she had every fortnight for the past 16 years. each time she would tell authorities she was continuing her hunger strike. officials branded her refusal to eat a suicide attempt, and confined her to a hospital ward, where she was force-fed through a plastic nasal drip several times a day. sharmila sayshe ben her hunger strike after she witnessed members of the army killed 10 peop near her home. she says she was unable to remain silent about atrocities committed against innocent people by the government and wanted to do something to make a difference. many parts of the northeast are subject to the special forces

acted the region is motivated by political -- the region is rocked by literally motivated violence, but critics see the act as a cover for human rights abuses. >> the security forces detained, rest -- arrest, and shoot anyone without fear of prosecution. it creates a climate of impunity. it is very difficult to live under this act. reporter: sharmila has ended her hunger strike but she is not abandon her fight. she says she will run for public office in upcoming elections. sarah: some say that travel is just a refined way of getting lost. that proved true for one chinese backpacker in germany. he tried to report his wallet stolen. instead, he became trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare. reporter: it is an uncommon way to spend the german like every european tour, but a series of

unfortunate events, stolen wallet visiting the wrong office number meant that one chinese man condoms health -- one chinese man found himself on the road refugee status. "he thought he had been brought to a hotel. he was totally shocked. he did not want to stay here." the man found himself having his finger prints taken, undergoing a medical checkup, and receiving pocket money. he was assigned a bed of the refugee center. the events, once set in motion, were harder to reverse. he didn't speak english or german. but the red cross deduced that the chinese tourist was not seeking asylum, but simply caught in a web of bureaucracy. "the authorities made mistakes. they did not ask further

questions, they started the asylum procedure quickly, and went on like all the procedures in germany." he did make it out in the end, but without help, he could have sat in the refugee center for another six months, the usual duration of the asylum application process. sarah: let's go to the rio olympics now, where it took a while to the host country has won its first gold medal. she won the final in the 5700 kilogram judo event, and she is a design with quite a story to tell. reporter: celebrating the biggest moment of her career yet, an olympic gold medal not only in her home country, but her home city. "i think every child has a dream . if you have a dream, you have to believe, because even if it takes time, it will come true." silva faced the challenge going

against the world number one in the final, but she tried, sparking emotional solutions in the arena. "i thought i am here, i can get on the podium. no one can take that away for me in my country." silva grew up a stone's throw away from the lipid part in the city of god -- from the olympic park in the city of god. the streets are written with crime and poverty and judo was a way out for silva. hers is now a story that has come full circle. taking on the world at home and winning. sarah: oliver moody has more on what has been an incredible story for brazil. oliver: absolutely fantastic story for brazil. rafaela silva, who grew up in the city of god, made famous by the brazilian film of the same name, four years ago she almost

quit judo due to racist abuse she received on social media. now she is the hero of the nation, the olympic hero of brazil so far. it is great for brazil, too, to get on the metals board and when the first gold -- win the first gold of the games. the atmosphere is always so much better when the home fans have some success to get behind, success to cheer on, and some heroes to celebrate as well. certainly this is a huge deal for brazil at their home olympic games. sarah: sarah: absolutely. we want to switch gears and talk about another country. we're talking my germany breaking through the medals table finally in a sport that germans are accustomed to winning. tell us more about that. oliver: 2 medals in the equestrian events. first gold medal fell later on today for michael jung, won the individual equestrian event. before that, the team event in

the equestrian field, germany had wo germany's firstn that, med -- germany's first medal of the games. a bit late to get on the board, but even so, it is good to see germany win their first few medals and there is a good chance of a few more later in the week. sarah: where do you think those will come? how is the outlook for them as the game's progress? oliver: well, we caught some handball here earlier, germany against: commando is one sport where germany has a strong team and a very good chance of winning some medals. the german goalkeeper has a maverick tactic of solving on and off-- subbing on and off to give an extra attacker. perhaps that will get germany across length of the gold-medal. other than that, robert harding

in the discus. he is one of the favorites for that event. also this weekend, germany's rowers have a very good chance, too. i would say later in the week, this weekend, we have a good chance of seeing a couple more german medals in those fields. sarah: oliver moody in rio, thank you very back in a minute. don't go away.

sarah: welcome back. quick reminder of our top stories, russia and turkey say there is clear desire to normalize relations between them. they comes up chocks -- that comes after talks between presidents putin and erdogan in st. petersburg. it was erdogan's first foreign visit since last month's failed to get when it comes to gender equality, few countries in the world have as much progress as senegal.

gender equality is guaranteed in the constitution and more than 40% of lawmakers in parliament are women. dw went to senegal to find out more. >> the mayor is on maternity leave and gets her files from city hall delivered to her house . an opportunity not afforded to many women in senegal. "there were so many hostile comments from men, who said i was too young, and as a woman i could never be mayor of the city ." "for the women in my community mobilized for me, since they are very much aware that real problems in this country are ones that directly affect women and children." she comes from a wealthy family. nannies and domestic workers help her cope with the demands

of everyday life. her youngest daughter is just a few months old. she admits she is privileged. she says she owes a lot to her mentor, the president of senegal. "the president inspired me to join politics. i was so impressed by how he supported local initiatives, that he supported youths and women's groups and students. and so we, the young people from around here, said this is a man we need to support." while she was still a student, she began campaigning for the president, who had only just formed his political party. when he became president, he rewarded her for her commitment and put her in charge of the party's youth organization. the numbers of the group have nothing but admiration for the boss.

"yesterday you were in the maternity ward, and today you are here before us. this shows your commitment and strength and shows you are just as strong as a man." a commitment to her work and support for the president are unwavering. everyone she works with your boss the president to win a second term -- wants the president to win a second term. her days not over. after the party meeting, she heads off to the kindergarten. she is the director general of the federation of public kindergartens, a job she also owes to her mentor. at the moment, senegal has 1500 state preschools and kindergartens. she hopes to significantly increase that number, especially in rural regions. "all of us working in the senegalese education system have sent out a message, that now everyone, even people in remote

rural areas, know that i have to send their children to school. that is why preschool education in senegal, which wasn't very developed, is making progress." she belongs to a generation of young senegalese who have been educated abroad. but she is hoping that these children will have the opportunity to finish their schooling right here at home. sarah: change of pace now. we go to helena humphrey, who was the latest from the business world, and it was another day of travel havoc for delta passengers around the world. helena: of course, during peak holiday season as well so an absolute nightmare. for the second day running, delta airline flights taste delays and cancellations. the u.s. airline has found itself playing catch-up ter a computer outage on monday forced it to cancel over 1000 flights.

some passengers stranded for hours are taking to social media to vent their frustration. >> what would you do if you were forced to spend the night at narita airport in tokyo because your flight had been canceled? he used his 20-hour delay to post live updates on his facebook page. >> as you can see, no updates because everyone is just hanging out. has no line, because there's nothing left. just cookies. there is no food. reporter: the delta ceo made his own online appearance, apologizing to customers in a video posted on delta's website. >> i apologize for the challenges this has created for you with your travel experience. the delta team is working very, very hard to restore and get the system's back as quickly as possible. reporter: but our warm words and

rescheduled flights enough? no, they are not, says this travel consumer advocate. >> it is not enough to say you have five days to travel. you need to say you have as much time as you need, you have up to a year from the date of the cancellation of your flight to go ahead and fly again to those destinations. i don't think we need to dance to delta's tune. delta needs to do what is right for consumers. reporter: power outage at delta's atlanta headquarters trigger the meltdown of computer systems worldwide. the airline says an investigation into the outage is ongoing, but there is no indication the problems were caused by a hack or international breach of the system. helena: for more on this story and a look at the airline industry, let's check in on wall street. thousands of people have been stranded at peak holiday season due to the power outage.

isn't this the kind of moment where we start to see the limits of technology? >> well, the limits of technology or the need to upgrade your system. there are some critics who say we have to wait and see what the investigations bring to light. but there is this criticism that some of the i.t. systems in the overall u.s. airline industry, and that is not just true for delta, might be from the 1990's, and they need to be upgraded desperately. as i mentioned, wait and see what the investigations bring. for sure, the systems are so complicated today and so intertwined that if something happens in atlanta, as we have seen, it takes quite a while to get the whole system back running. it will take time to get the crews where they belong, the planes where they need to go. we had another 500-plus flights at delta canceled here on tuesday. helena: what about the airline

industry as a whole? even with low fuel prices, airlines have been having quite a bumpy ride on wall street. why is that? >> at first glance it is certainly pretty surprising, because with the low fuel prices, as you mentioned, that should be quite a push for a light profits and airline stocks. but if you look at the big airlines in the united states, so far this year stocks are down a good 20%. what we do see in the airline industry again and again, there is quite some pressure on labor costs. labor costs are increasing while revenue and passengers actually are slightly decreasing. then there is all the concerns with terrorist attacks, some people might travel a bit less any airlines might have some overcapacity. what i also hear again and again

is that the big airlines faced some pressure from competition, from discount airlines. i have to say, when i fly within the united states or overseas, i don't really see the prices for that is also what people bring up when they talk about the airline industry. helena: i haven't found those either. many thanks indeed. the number of overnight stays in rancho tells by far -- in french hotels by foreign tourists dropped 10% in july compared to the same time last year. the country's tourism minister said visitors from outside europe were deterred by recent attacks carried out by islamist militants. france's already battered tourism industry to go further hit in late july, normally the height of the season, after 84 people were killed in nice during celebrations for bastille day. reporter: following the july 14 attack on the riverra's cities

boulevard, flights to france plunged by 20%. the numbers have been rising until then. flat reservations were mostly positive at the end of june. "if it hadn't been for nice, i would've told you that the fall could have been promising. after nice, it's true, there was a halt in reservations." the sector has been struggling for months, ever since the november 13 attacks in and around paris which claimed 130 lives. foreign tourists who make it over don't seem terribly worried. >> we are concerned but not a fit of coming here, no. i mean, we live in new york city area, so there are things that go on everywhere. just try to be human. >> maybe because of all the attacks already had, maybe security now is better. i don't know. trust in god always, of course,

but no problem for us. reporter: france is the world's top tourist destination, and the country's tourism sector accounts for 9% of gdp. the french economy has ground to a halt amid a sharp downturn in domestic consumption. helena: more business news coming up a little later. first come back over to sarah. sarah: thank you very much. you are up-to-date on "dw news." that is all we have time for. thank you very much for tuning in. see you next time. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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