at least one of the group had salafist connections. this used to be a common sight on german high streets. in 2016, the interior minister banned one group he accused of radicalizing youngsters. >> we don't want terrorism in germany. we don't want cause for terrorism to be made here or for people to be radicalized here. we don't want terrorism to be exported from germany. >> a month that statement by t e interior minister, the christmas market attack happened. they drove a truck into the crowd killing 12 people. the 24-year-old allegedly longed to a militant salafist network. the investigation showed that jailed salafists continue their attempts to radicalize fellow muslims by setting up networks in prisons. brent: we know there are about 11,000 salafists here in germany. did you find anything while looking into these 11,000? did you find anything that surprised you or disturb you? -- disturbed you? >> it is how well they managed to create a parallel society. a social media echo chamber with youtube and whatsapp and so on and so fourth.

connections salafist used to be a common sight in german town centers handing out the qur'an for free and twenty sixteen's event interior minister band the to harvest militant group. we don't want terrorism in germany we don't want calls for terrorism to be made here for people to be radicalized here and we don't want terrorism to be exported from germany a month after that statement by the interior minister the christmas market attack happened the attack on us i am redrive a truck into the crowd killing twelve people the twenty four year old from tunisia allegedly belonging to a militant salafist network w.'s investigation found that jailed to hardest salafist continue their attempts to radicalize fellow muslims by setting up militant networks in prisons. right now mathias is still hero with me on the set mathias there are an estimated eleven thousand south us in germany most of them do not advocate. the use of violence but based on your research what kind of threat do you think the radical south as opposed to this country well according to official figures about eight hundred people

they support a radical form of islam and reject democracy and freedom salafist. it's one of the fastest growing branches of islam in germany that's what the federal domestic intelligence service says in two thousand and eleven german authorities knew of about three thousand eight hundred salafist in the country three years later that number was seven thousand and by twenty seventeen it was ten thousand eight hundred that's almost a tripling in seven years. and this is the salafist stronghold in germany the western state of north rhine-westphalia it's thought there are about three thousand salafist supporters here the regional intelligence agency classifies eight hundred of them as prone to violence. authorities watch female salafist particularly carefully as wives and mothers they're important in holding the community together in two thousand and twelve a group of islamist in germany were caught planning a bomb attack in bonn at least one of the group had salafist connections. salafist have taken to a german town centers preaching and handing out the koran for fr

the main center of salafist life in germany is the western state of north rhine-westphalia there are about three thousand salafist supporters here the regional intelligence agency classifies around eight hundred of them as militant or jihad a salafist in twenty twelve a group of islamists in germany were caught planning a bomb attack in bonn at least one of the group connections salafist hunting out the qur'an used to be a common sight on german high streets and twenty sixteen the interior minister banned one groupie accused of radicalizing youngsters. and we don't want terrorism in germany we don't want calls for terrorism to be made here or for people to be radicalized here and we don't want terrorism to be exported from germany. a month after that statement by the interior minister the christmas market attack happened the attack on us i'm really drove a truck into the crowd killing twelve people the twenty four year old from tunisia allegedly belonging to a militant salafist network de w.'s investigation found that jailed to hardest salafist continue their attempts to radicalize f

while politically driven salafist reject secular laws and want to establish their sharia law as only they're the only god given law radical itself is the only ones who really accept violence and are ready to use violence and those are the minority but still they of course pose a threat like we see saw on the clip because they have they have been attacks so what are the challenges authorities here face in dealing with this what you call a minority among the side of this living in germany while the one of the televisions lying ahead is probably the attorneys because by now we don't have people going to syria and iraq to the combat zones anymore but we have people returning to germany and it's always dangerous you know you don't know whether they still are bearers of the ideology or whether they are disillusioned and want to start a new life and them so a lot of them are in the prisons and there is prisoner assistance like we also saw in the clip people are trying to get them you know stay with their believes and stay in the scene so the investigators are having a hard time dealing with

also coming up the scale of salafist islam in germany intelligence agencies say that up to one thousand islamic state supporters traveled to its failed caliphate from the country clubs.

either that leaves open the question who was responsible how mass has in the past pointed toward salafist groups linked to the islamic state there are also people pointing out the fact that fatah the rival palestinian faction has its own military brigade here as well but the israelis say that the only people who have this kind of medium range rocket weaponry are hamas and islamic jihad that either such an attack was done without leadership knowledge or done within the leadership knowledge to express its frustration at the lack of progress on a truce while still being able to deny it for now the calculations continue. south korean president has given the head of the roman catholic church a special special message from the north korean leader wingy met pope francis in the battery can you relate that kim jong il had invited the pontiff to visit pyongyang it's been reported the pope said he made visits if he is officially invited rob right now from seoul. as he delivers the invitation to the vatican president mungy and of south korea. here once more finds himself playing the role of mediator.

syria but again the situation still remains tense here in germany there are around eleven thousand salafist in germany according to authorities also around seven hundred fifty know one potential terrorist that are known to the authorities and that's not to mention the number of possible return needs from from iraq and syria to europe so from that perspective authorities are still very busy dealing with the possible threats from groups such as so-called islamic state alrighty davies thomas sparrow thank you very much for that analysis. rightwing hindu groups are preventing women from entering one of india's most sacred hindu sites for a second day the unrest follows a ruling by the country's top court that the temple in the southern part of the country must allow women of all ages to enter the temple has historically been closed to women of menstruating age a restriction that reflected an old but still prevalent belief among many that menstruating women are in pure. from daybreak the anger in the air was power. a ring of police protect a woman and her distressed daughter as they were tun fro

has in the past pointed toward salafist groups linked to the islamic state there are also people pointingout the fact that the rival palestinian faction has its own military brigade here as well but the israelis say that the only people who have this kind of medium range rocket weaponry are hamas and islamic jihad that either such an attack was done without leadership knowledge or done with a need.

europe but that doesn't mean that for germany the situation has calmed down there are still many salafist here in in germany in fact around eleven thousand there are also around seven hundred fifty potential terrorists that are known to authorities and not even to mention the fact of those who could return from syria or iraq again to europe so the situation still remains tense although as i mentioned earlier there are clear differences if you're composing to asia now to the situation a few years ago in europe all right our correspondent thomas sparrow thomas thank you. u.s. president donald trump has asked turkish authorities to hand over an audio recording that is set to prove that missing journalist jamal khashoggi was tortured and killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul turkey investigators have conducted new searches at the consular properties in the city a columnist for the washington post who was highly critical of the saudi government than ish more than two weeks ago his disappearance has led high level business and political representatives to pull out of a saudi investment conf

has in the past pointed toward salafist groups linked to the islamic state there are also people pointing out the fact that fatah the rival palestinian faction has its own military brigade here as well but the israelis say that the only people who have this kind of medium range rocket weaponry are hamas and islamic jihad that either such an attack was done without the leadership knowledge or done with the new leadership knowledge to express its frustration at the lack of progress on a truce while still being able to deny it for now the calculations continue. european leaders are meeting in brussels for a second day on weapons and go with the u.k. remained deadlocked over the future of the irish border plans for a special brics that summit in november but being postponed the e.u. says the u.k. prime minister to resign may hasn't provided any new suggestions for resolving the issue john all reports now from brussels. the hopes of doing a break deal with this summit long gone british prime minister to resign may's positive tone on a rival weren't of impressed many here in brussels so what we

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war either that leaves open the question who was responsible hamas has in the past pointed toward salafist groups linked to the islamic states there are also people pointing out the fact that fatah the rival palestinian faction has its own military brigade here as well but the israelis say that the only people who have this kind of medium range rocket weaponry are hamas and islamic jihad that either such an attack was done without leadership knowledge or done within it leadership knowledge to express its frustration at the lack of progress on a truce while still being able to deny it for now the calculations continue whether uptake next year i was here and then we're into time where people are hoping that the latest election will lead to a brighter future. and they were having a hard job pushing this rain north not this much to do this for this cloud and rain here this is effectively the edge of the summer rain which ought to be on its way science and the winter it be talking behind that temperature wasn't really reveal we got down to nine in iran but. two weeks ago we're down about two so

has in the past pointed toward salafist groups linked to the islamic state there are also people pointing out the fact that fatah the rival palestinian faction has its own military brigade here as well but the israelis say that the only people who have this kind of medium range rocket weaponry are hamas and islamic jihad that either such an attack was done without the leadership knowledge or done with the new leadership knowledge to express its frustration at the lack of progress on a truce while still being able to deny it for now the calculations continue. south korean president has given the head of the roman catholic church a special special message from the north.

has in the past pointed toward salafist groups linked to the islamic state there are also people pointing out the fact that fatah the rival palestinian faction has its own military brigade here as well but the israelis say that the only people who have this kind of medium range rocket weaponry are hamas and islamic jihad that either such an attack was done without leadership knowledge or done within the leadership knowledge to express its frustration at the lack of progress on a truce while still being able to deny it for now the calculations continue people in bhutan a casting their ballots in a run off parliamentary election more than four hundred thousand registered voters are electing forty seven members to the national assembly royalist and center left parties are facing each other in the ralph barker reports from power. has a country of rich cultural and historical importance and was until early two thousand and eight a monarchy that's until ironically the previous king ordered it be changed to democracy and that change has largely been wholeheartedly in enthusiastically embraced al

theocratic dictatorship, saudi arabia being this number one exporter of the extre extreme wahabi salafist notion and saudi arabia continuing to wage the centuries old sectarian war, the sunni/shia war in which part of that war they are funding, financing and providing funding and support to terrorist groups like al qaeda in places like syria and also waging a genocidal war in yemen that has killed tens of thousands of yemeni civilians and children and creating what the u.n. has called the worst humanitarian crisis in a generation with 8 million people who are starving and sick because of this saudi-u.s. coalition's blockade in yemen, so this should force this tougher conversation here and to be confronted with the facts that saudi arabia, in fact, is not our ally. their interests do not align with ours. >> i have a question about the larger u.s.-saudi relationship in a second, but before i do can, i do want to drill down on the khashoggi incident if we can. sources telling cnn that the president's son-in-law and top adviser jarred kushner has cautioned the president to proceed cautiously