>> this is dw news live from berlin. the public face of the white house resigns after just six months of going head to head with the media. >> these attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the night duration are shameful and wrong. i will see you on monday. >> know he will not. press secretary sean spicer walks away from the job just hours after president trump hires a new communications director.

president erdogan tells germany to pull himself together. did german carmakers collude over admissions cheating systemems. evidence shows that the giants work together in secret even to help what became the dieselgate candle -- scandal. ♪ >> i am brent goss, it is good to have you with us. tonight, a shakeup in the white house that sees one of its most recognized faces walk out the door. press secretary sean spicer is resigning after just six months. >> he had one of the toughest jobs in washington, press secretary sean spicer did not have it easy, due to donald

trump's need for communication and his constant tweaking. --constant tweeting. insiders say he left in anger after trump picked anthony scaramucci to become the official director of white house communications. spicer was on trump's washington team from day one. >> this was the largest audience to ever witness and her operation -- an and inauguration period. correspondent: his battles with the washington press corps was f odder for comedians. he was memorably parodied by saturday night live's melissa mccarthy.

it has been announced as the deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders will replace him. brent: let's bring in our correspondent. what a day. do we know the back story here, why mr. spicer said it is time for me to go? correspondent: it seems it is directly connected with the announcement that anthony scaramucci, this is new york lawyer would be stepping in as communications director. the stories around washington are saying chavez admires -- trump admires anthony scaramucci and wanted to bring him in before this but he was blocked by his chief of staff reince priebus who does not like anthony scaramucci. stephen bannon also does not

like anthony scaramucci and the problem is he is coming into this communication director role and spicer was being called back from his press secretary role. the cameras had been turned off from the daily briefings welfare huckabee sanders was doing those -- while sarah huckabee sanders was doing those. it seems he resigns just minutes after this announcement was made. brent: anthony scaramucci against the house of bannon. what do we know about this communications director anthony scaramucci and why he's such a big problem for sean spicer? correspondent: the cause of the strife within the whitehouse over anthony scaramucci we do

not know. he is cut from the same cloth as donald trump. it seems that trump really admired him because a mere two weeks ago anthony scaramucci was the subject of a cnn article alleging he had close ties to agents close to the russian government. anthony scaramucci was a big fundraiser for trial during the campaign -- for trump during the campaign. these allegations of being close to russia were not good for anthony scaramucci. that story into being retracted and this three journalists retired. brent: our washington correspopondent on the story.

thank you very much. now to be middle east, palestinian president mahmoud abbas says that the palestinian leadership will freeze contacts with israel on all levels. this as the situation continues to escalate. two israelis have been staffed in the west bank -- have been stabbed after -- protests broke out after new security restrictions banning men of a certain age to worship at a religious site. the site revered by both religions known to jews as the temple mount and muslims as the noble sanctuary. we want to go now to our middle east correspondent. she joins us from jerusalem.

what does this phrasing of relations mean? >> the palestinian president made this announcement after a special meeting to suspend all contacts and he called all political factions to unite. this means political contact with israel is very limited but it means the security cooperation with israeli security forces in the occupied west bank would be part of that. that would be e a very serioious developmpment. it seems that there is pressure on the israeli government to cancel these new security measures. brent: what about the ongoing violence? we''re heari n news of s stabbis on the west bank? cocorrespondent:t: t there are s coming for a -- of a stabbing attack.

two israelis were killed. this comes at the d d of the day of clashes. three young palestinians were killed duringg clashes with israeli security forces, many more were injured. toninight it is a a bit calm hen jerusalem but the situation in here remains quite volatile. brent: our correspondent on the story for us. thank you very much. how low can relations between berlin and ankara go? relations between germany and turkey has been spiraling since the beginning of the year which began with a german journalist's arrest on terrorism charges. a germany prevented president

erdogan from speaking in germany. tensions flared again when turkey prevented german lawmakers from visiting german troops stationed at the military base. germany responded with plans to pull out its troops. and with the arrest of the human rights activist, germany has announced a review of turkey's request for weapons sales. the crisis deepens. correspondent: another row with turkey but now german headlines point at a new approach. the headline reads, in its contact --conflict with turkey, the germans enter attack mode. this following the detention of six human rights activists in germany -- in turkey, including a german human rights activist.

--including a german national. germany's economy there has warned corporations of investing in turkey considering the polititical climate. thesese messages did not sitit l with the president. his slightly less aggressive reaction in the face of an economic hit was unusual. >> it is clear with this black propaganda they are trying to put pressure on german companies that have invested $9 billion in our country in the last 15 years. our doors and the hearts of ourr people arere wide open to international investment including german firms. correspondent: reassurances from the turkish economy minister who insist german companies will be protected 100%. back in germany, the

chchancelloror's chief of staffs that there are possibilities to work together. >> there are still politicians and figures of authority in turkey who want to see proper ties with states in the region and between the eu and turkey. it all begins --it all depends on how turkey behaves in certain circumstances. correspondent: rose to dialogue and cooperation remain the right now these headlines tell a 10th story -- tell a tense story. brent: let's bring in our turkey correspondent. good evening. berlin saying it wants to review arms requests from turkey, how dramatic of a step is for this? -- is this? >> we're talking two nato partners and between nato partners these kinds of deals should be problematic -- u

nproblematic. we saw a travel advisory and the investment decisions, this is part of the reintegration -- reorientation of german policy after months of trying to be escalate tensions.s. they decided that was enough and they had to act. brent: turkish president erdogan says a germany needs to pull himself totogether. what do you u make of that,? correspondenent: it isis part oa thememe of growing push back byy the president. the president has been speaking where he robustly defended the arrest of human rights activists. he said just because you are a human rights activist does not mean you are above the law. he said the e judiciary y is

independent and that e european countries should respect to this and hehe talked ababout double standards, s saying turkey a asd for extradition people they claimed were i iolved in thehe july c coup p angermany not cooperering. earliethis year erdonn ferred to the rman governments behaving like nazis. we a not hearingng tt now, i thk they are pparedoee th is more ection potics germanyather an a teat to germa --ather than threato turke >>t definily playsole, there has en a lotf presre in rect mont for germa to act, not on to use rds agnst tkey buto act and this is methinge have see in t last coup of hoursnd espeally yesteay with siar

gabrl. it is not jt relateto the ections, iis sometng we've beenaying r months a mont. all e differt issues at have bn pblematic bween rkey andermany. thelectionlays aole but is goeway beyo electio polics. ent: the germacitizens who are e beg dained, are we goin to s s them released? >> i d't think in t sht-term, they d notot sm to be bowing pressurfrom rlrlin. going forward ty mayake some sort ofovemen but ankarailll be looki f for se sort of exchange. the wor recrocity i somethg g youearr repeatedly. bren it is always about the transaction it seems. our correspondence, thank you very much. you're watching dw news live

from berlin. still to comome, the latest from the powerful earthquake that struckck tourist towns in greece and turkey, killing two people. and the latest business headlines. be right back. ♪

brent: welcome back here with dw news live from berlin. white house secretary sean spicer is resigning after just six months on the job. famous for his c combative press conferences, spicer will be replaced by the deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders. turkish president erdogan says germany needs to pull it self together, this after germany

said it is considering pulling its weapons trading. the question whether german carmakers did collude when it comes to omissions cheating. did they? --the question whether german carmakers it did collude when it comes to emissions cheating? >> dinner spiegel says german carmakers may have collated to fix the prices of diesel omissions treatment. vw, bmw, audi and others have been cooperating for years. correspondent: shady meetings behind closed doors, added the public eye germany's car industry has been coordinating entire markets since the 1990's. workers even manipululating

exhaust treatment systems. the revelation following the dieselgate disaster. >> we at the german environmental organization has seen documents that amount to strong evidence that the similarity in exhaust for different producers is not a club students, it is coordinated. they first found evidence of collusion a after v vw and daimr offered up information to get ahead of the curve and avoid fines. political discussions have shifted, focusing on a possible ban onn diesel l cars in citiese to thehe high level of emission. audi is ofoffering 850,000 customers a free softwar updpdae toto reduce omissions. daimler has agreed to a similar update for 9 million cars.

brent: on to another big question, is opec pumping more than planned? speculation over the oil glut, brent and crude falling 3 percent. the countries made a pact to slow down production but instead produced 145 million more barrels in july been agreed. opec countries are set to meet again on monday. for more on that let's talk to our financial correspondent on wall street. jens, good to see you again. opec output seems to be a big mystery sometimes. we hear it is higher and been lower. how confusing is this for investors? >> we have heard this week is that opec member ecuador is

pumping more. it is a smaller producer of oil but still out of economic despair, they are not holding to the quote is opec decided on a month ago and talking about monday, that is when opec will review how the production cuts worked out. will prices on wall street traded sharply lower, losing a good 2.2 percent --2.5%. oil stocks coming under quite some pressure but overall it was a quiet trading day. brent: it was not a quiet week, several reports including general electric and visa, what are the takeaways for this week? >> overall earnings season is well underway and the numbers came in mostly better than expected but we had to somehow

--at one side we hit the dow jones industrial average which depends heavily on a couple of stocks. we had earnings disappointments with ibm and general electric. there we saw bigger decreases for the week. blue chips lost about .3% in value. technology shares setting records, the nasdaq composite gaining 2.2%. we will get a kind of warnings reports -- we will get a time of earnings reports. we get numbers from the big oil producers, companies like mcdonald's, coca-cola, ford and gm. this is an important week when it comes to earning and the rally we saw this week. brent: you will be there to tell

us all about it. thank you very much. in line with expectations, the international monetary fund has approved a $1.8 billion loan to greece. instead of asking for more reforms and austerity measures, the imf wants a debt relief for greece from its european creditors. this year the economy is expected to grow 2.2%, that thanks to the growing tourism sector. greece is going to welcome a record 30 million visitors of this year. that is all from the business desk. a strong offshore earthquake has hit a number of holiday resorts inin greece and turkey. two tourists have been killed and another 200 are injured.

the 6.5 quake struck overnight in the aegean's the. --a gen -- the aegean sea. correspoent: this greek island was hit the hardest. there is damage on every street. restaurantnts, shops and h homee devastateded the centerer of the island, usually buzzing with people at night is covered in rubble. holidaymakers were enjoying themselves here when the earthquake struck without warning at 1:28 a.m. the quake also caused a minor tsunami, flooding the harbor. those whwho witness it werere sn by t the expxperience. >> pretty surreal, like a movie.

ran downstairsnd joinedd everyone else. >> the floor wasas still shaking violently, we hadad to cling ono the wall and then it s stops, everybodody gravitated outside into the corridors and there are people screaming, quite a bit of commission going on. correspondent: many were in a state of shock and one to leave the nightmare behind but at the small holiday islands'airport, confusion reigned. >> the only thing that is more or less negative is that we do not receiveve any information about incoming floods, now coming flood --we are all stuck in the heat. correspondenent: thehe earthquae was also felt in other parts of the aegean. people have left their accommodations, fearing

aftershocks and are spendnding e night on theeaeach as wellll. the e rina seasiside resort was not spared. the tsunami damaged dozens of boats. brent: some of the other stories making headlines around the world, opponents of poland's ruling law and justice party have been protesting against a controversial bill that would allow politicians to appoint supreme court judges. many demonstrators massed outside the supreme court as the upper house of parliament debated the law. same-sex marriage will take effect in the autumn, gay people in germany have been able to enter civil partnerships since 2001 but have had to wait into one out to be granted full marital rights. cycling news, the tour de france completed if the 19th of 21 stages on friday.

a long, flat course heading southwest into provence. , in the race to take the yellow jersey from the commending -- from the defending champion chris fram. a snap decision late in the race made all the difference. correspondent: straight and level writing after two grueling days in the mountains. a group of breakaway riders pushed the pace. with three kilometers left, two took their chance to win. a gamble that paid off. after separating from the pack, the german rider motioned to the other, the norwegian, to take the lead. he made no mistake. 12 minutes later, the contenders

for the auto jersey -- for the yellow jersey made a profession. chris for them is the overwhelming favorite to win his next title. brent: white house press secretary sean spicer is resigning after just six months on the job. famous for his combative press conferences, spicer will be replaced by the deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders. after a short break, we will take you more through the day. more on a big day inside the white house. ♪

. two concert before i think joining us i hear about news headlines three palestinian men have been killed. amid clashes between protesters and israeli security forces. the violence comes after access to jerusalem's most important mosque was restricted. by the israeli authorities. major earthquake hit. the greek island of course leaving two dead and over one hundred fifty injured. the nearby turkish resort of boardroom was also affected reports of some three hundred fifty people. been hospitalized. and the white house press secretary sean spicer has resigned this after donald trump named anthony scaramucci ties his new communications director. meanwh s