as syrian refugees when they graduate, they won't be allowed to work. muhammed lives with his sister and children. in syria, he studied chemical engineering. after arriving in jordan, he learned how to repair cell phones, but he's not allowed to do that, either. >> i got the certificate but couldn't find work because when you go to a shop, first they say syrians are forbidden from working. >> it's so hard to survive here that one by one, almost all of his friends have left. they spend a lot of time just walking around the streets, window shopping for things they can't buy. ahmed still has a bullet in his shoulder after being shot in syria. here in jordan, he worked in a sweet shop for a while, but was put in jail for working illegally. >> jordan says its economy and the infrastructure are overwhelmed by so many refugees. it says if the west wants it to continue to take in more syrians, including thousands stranded at the border, it has to do more to help. not just the refugees, but poor jordanians. >> those that do work earn much less than the minimum w

our top story -- a mass exit is of refugees from the syrian city of aleppo as the syrian army backed by russian airstrikes intensifies its campaign to retake the city from rebel forces. time for some business news now. hobby or is here with the volkswagen saga that has no end. javier: here to stay. the emission's scandal is shaking up the company so much that nothing is running according to plan. the german carmaker is postponing the annual report and is rescheduling the annual shareholders meeting. volkswagen needs to have a clear balance sheet. it may take years to answer. >> how much will the omissions scandal cost the company? the management has set aside 6.7 billion euros. it could cost as much as 100 billion euros. the recall for cheating systems is already underway in germany. first up, the pickup truck's with two liter diesel engines are being modified. it is far away from approval in the u.s.. the relationship with u.s. regulators is frosty and many legal questions remain unresolved. not only does it have no idea of the total cost of the scandal, but it has had to delay the

were injured in one of the country's worst rail accidents in years, and turkey expects as many as 600,000 syrianto head for its border in the coming days. they are fleeing intense fighting as the syrian army backed by russian airstrikes steps up its offensive against rebel forces in the city of aleppo. and don't forget, you can always get "dw news" on the go. just download the app from google play or the apple store, and you can get push notifications for any breaking news. you can also use the dw app to send us photos and videos. you know we like to share. we are not finished. after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. i hope you join me. >> euromax highlights. host: hi there and welcome to our highlights edition. two steps forward one step back. in a figurative sense that just about describes our top stories for today. zooming in. the time-lapse videos of geoff tompkinson staying afloat. european architects design living spaces on the water. and waltzing away. ballroom dancing is enjoying a renaissance. for the past 40 years geoff tompkinson has worked as a cameraman and

inside aleppo, jake. >> while you were in aleppo, you also gained exclusive access to the syrian government front lines as the pro-assad syrian army backed by russia is trying to amp up its attacks to crush the forces, the rebel forces. what did you see? what were some of the most horrific things that you witnessed there? >> reporter: well, it was all horrific. the front line in aleppo inside of the city goes right through the old town, which is one of the most historic places in the world really. a lot of that has been reduced to rubble. but what we also saw is a very confident syrian army. they also made no secret of the fact that the reason why they're so confident is because they now have that support from russia. let's have a look. years of urban combat have laid waste to aleppo's old town. syrian army snipers scan the terrain for possible movement on the other side. >> we're right on the front line in the syrian government's offensive against the opposition and the soldiers tell us they frequently see rebels on the other side but they often pick them off from the sniper's nest. >> reporter: this sol

. >> as syrians over 80% will be granted some kind of refugee status in europe. allowed to stay and to work. but then, there are migrants like karamo. a young man from war torn guinea bisau who traveled thousands of miles by foot for a chance of a new life. karamo is among the hundreds of thousands of migrants from countries whose citizens have become virtually invisible within europe's refugee crisis. they are often from africa, more likely to be seen as fleeing poverty and facing a long and difficult road to legal residency. >> there is a long period when you are an asylum seeker so you are in limbo whether you are waiting to stay in italy or maybe they decide to send you back. >> valentina fabri works for an ngo that helps migrants from companies that are more often associated with poverty than war to navigate the torturous road to asylum. >> we can say they are the invisible migrants what we have here in italy. there are no measures that help them to be integrated into our country so they are force to live hiding themselves working irregularly and living ofte

but as syrian refugees they won't be allowed to work. mohamed lives with his sister and children. he studied chemical engineering. he learned how to repair cell phones, but he couldn't do that either. >> translator: i couldn't find work, because first say they syrians are forbidden from working, and if you find someone who knows someone at the labor board, they say you have to have a full set of tools, and they are very expensive. >> reporter: he says one by one his friends have left. many heading for europe. he and achmed spend a lot of time walking around the streets. achmed still has a bullet in his shoulder after being shot in syria. he worked at a sweet shop for a while, but says he was put in jail for a week for working illegally. the economy is overwhelmed by so many refugees. it says if the west wants them to take in more syrians, including thousands stranded at the border, it has to do more to help. when syrians do work most earn much less than the legal minimum wage. with cuts in aid to refugees, more syrian children and older people are working illegally. abdul sits on t

as syrian your thursday starts with cloudy skies and a few flurries in the tri-state. temperatures will be much colder today, only topping out in the mid 30s this afternoon. temperatures will warm as we head into the weekend with more sunshine to enjoy. it's a move that the federal government thinks will help save lives on tri-state roads. roads.the national transporation safety board is asking states to change the limit for drunk driving.right now... it's point-oh-eight percent.they want it lowered to point-oh-five percent.but the proposal *doesn't* have the support of "mothers against drunk driving" officials say there's no evidence that it would make a difference. a new warning for women... don't drink if you're trying to get pregnant.the c-d-c is asking all women to hold off considering having a child. that's to reduce the number of babies born with fetal alcohol syndrome.some data indicates children are exposed to alcohol when women drink... but don't know they've already become pregnant. g-o-p presidential candidate donald trump is now in a *new* race... for the n

was behind the attack, but identified a 228-year-old syrian as -- 22-year-old syrian as the perpetrator of the car bomb. they were behind this and would continue in the security crackdown. now, significantly, it's not just the y.p.g., but they are point the finger at damascus military, claiming that they are promming up the snippets that they had to take. >> translation: they had every right to take steps. from this moment on the syrian regime is responsible for it. >> reporter: i can imagine a lot of anger there. they talk now about striking back. they say now that options are on the table when it comes to combatting who we consider terrorists. obviously syria was the air strikes on the base. in the last couple of weeks, it's the kurdish fighters. unfortunately, it's not here. the narrative or the commonality for the main group that is fighting i.s.i.l. in syria so far as the y.p.g. and the syrian regime, based on the allies, bashar al-assad, trying to destabilize the areas. allowing for y.p.g. to open up. that is something that angered ankara considering that the international communi

in the next 60 minutes - calls for billions in aid for syrian refugees as world leaders meet in london. in geneva, syria's government and opposition trade blame as talks collapse. >> protests as the controversial transpacific trade pact is signed in new zealand. >> i'm lucia newman in brazil, where thousands have been infected by the zika virus. coming up, what we know and don't know about its consequences >>> so, then, first to the conflict in syria. the blame game is on after talks in geneva to end the war is suspended. on the ground government forces are closing in on the rebels, the regime making inroobs into territory held by the opposition. with no political solution, the focus is moving to humanitarian assistance. 70 world leaders are gathered in london, hoping to drum up 9 billion in aid. at the moment we'll have the latest on fighting near the syrian border. first more on the conference from barnaby phillips, who is in london. barnaby, the failure of the talks in geneva makes the focus of talks where you are at all the more important. >> yes, it does. and it only confirmed the

smuggling which provides major revenue for its operations. turkish government officials now say that as syrian national was behind a car bomb attack in turkey's capital that killed at least 28 people and injured dozens more. the explosion went off at a busy intersection during the height of the evening rush hour where two buses carrying military personnel weretoed at a traffic light. >>> well, it rained in los angeles for the first time this month yesterday and will happen again. the storm system moving across the entire west coast. >> impressive system there. except for a little bit of rain in the northwest plains, that's about it for precipitation today. it'll be mild for the rest of the midwest with higher than usual temperatures but a little chilly in the east. still no rain or snow here so we'll take it. >>> coming up a pair of health alerts for both men and women. >>> plus, troubling news for gwyneth paltrow. the case of her alleged stalker now over. why the man was acquitted by a jury. >>> but first baby-sitters nationwide experiencing a pay raise. >>> in southern california, a driver w

but her patient list these days are overwhelmingly syrian as many people, mostly young families, arrive in canada's city every week. >> we've had a great work from the canadian government, and the red cross has helped us so much. the organization that is helping us with allowances and paperwork, and we can look for a house. >> getting them situated is crucial and it is important to make sure everyone has the right clothing for winter.

negotiations are beginning as syrians continue to die both inside their country and trying to escape. we warn the footage is graphic. >> reporter: this turkish beach is a long way and no distance at all from the would-be peace talks in geneva. even as the participates argued over whether or not to actually get down to business, drowned children and their families fleeing the conflict washed up on shore. by some counts, 35 times for people have tried to make the perilous crossing from turkey to greece compared with january last year. at least 250 are believed to have drowned this month alone. this is the kind of horror that makes them take the risk. dozens of people were killed in damascus today when a car bomb went off in a predominantly shiite suburb. two suicide bombers then struck rescuers, adding to the carnage. i.s. claim to have sent them. >> syria today is an unfolding >> reporter: in a video message secretary of state john kerry called on participates in the peace talks to seize the opportunity to bring an end to the conflict. the talks are supposed to begin in some form on mo

and there our top story, thousands heading to turkey as the syrian offensive on aleppo continues. ♪ ♪ama is expected to make remarks on the economy very shortly as the markets dip in response to a disappointing jobs report, despite unemployment hitting an 8-year low. >>> the closing of wal-mart stores takes a heavy toll on the rural communities around them. >> i really don't think these kinds of attacks by insinuation with worthy of you, and enough is enough. >> things get heated in

particularly as you mentioned around aleppo as the syrian army continues their offensive there. backed primarily with russian airstrikes that have actually picked up during the geneva peace talks. so the situation is getting very bad, as we heard we've heard syrianed pushing their way towards the turkish border. that's what the updating of the security council was about, number one. but they heard from a special envoy, and he updated the council how the gentlemen me have a talks, why they were put on hold. gave them a very frank assessment of what was going on, and you really got a sense here at the security council of the deep situations. the u.k. and france who clearly want peace in syria, but have differing opinions of how to reach the peace, and who was responsible for the geneva talks having to be postponed. let's listen to what they had to say. >> the syrian regime have made no concessions. quite the contrary on the one hand the syrian regime claims to discuss this in geneva, and on the other hand it intensifies the military offensive with the groups it is supposed to discu

>>> more games for the syrian government as it surroundss rebels in aleppo adding to doubts that there will be a pause in the fighting. also coming up in the program, the leader of catholic church arrives in mexico after stopping on the way to heal a thousand-year old rift? find out why businesses will be forced to reveal the gap between men and women's pay. plus. >> reporter: this looks like money, but it is not. i will be telling you how people in this community are using it >>> first, inside and outside syria there are growing doubts that a proposed pause in fighting will actually happen. government forces backed by russian air raids are trying to encircle rebels in aleppo and cut off their supply routes from turkey. these are pictures from syrian state tv showing soldiers closing in on rebel ground in the al tam oura valley. they have taken a strategic h l hill. bashar al-assad said he would defeat his enemies across the country. >> translation: we have fully believed in negotiations and in political actions since the beginning of this crisis. however, if we negotiate, it does not

just as syrian peace talks begin in geneva. d at a bus suburb, tohia suicide attackers blew themselves up as rescue workers arrived. the unp summit has had a rocky start. only agreed to take part at the last minute. you and special envoy says he will meet with two side separately later today. japan's motor is on alert and the defense ministry has installed missiles at the tender headquarters after north korea may be planning a long-range rocket test. japanese, korean, and u.s. officials say they have seen activity at a ballistic missile test site consistent with previous launches. it is less than a month since north korea detonated what it said was a hydrogen bomb in what was its fourth nuclear test. councilg's legislator has approved next is $700 million for a bridge linking the city with macau on the chinese mainland. hong kong's trying to be to the project is now around $4.3 billion. construction of the 42 kilometer bridge and tunnel project began in 2009 and has been plagued by delays and cost overruns. it was due to be comp

ted cruz often refers to syrian refugees as those muslim syrian refugees.bush said that christian refugees should be let in first. he went on to add there are no christian terrorists in the middle east. so the president isn't going to call them out by name, but he will call those sentiments anti-american, and he thinks this is dangerous. it will only help further promote extremism by isolating the muslim community. >> patty culhane, thank you. >>> pakistan's prime minister is warning people who work for the country's national airline they may go to jail if they continue their protests. staff demonstrating against privatization of the national carrier have stepped up their protests after three employees were killed during scuffles with security forces on tuesday. police used water cannon and tear gas to control the crowds, but deny having opened fire on protesters in karachi. the airline grounded almost all of its international and domestic flights on wednesday. >>> japan has put its military on alert to shoot down a north korean rocket if it threatens japan

syrian opposition forces. russia says they are only targeting extremist groups. ascontinue, syrian government forces are gaining ground in aleppo. and cnn is the first international network taking you to the front lines of the fight for aleppo. frederick pligeitgen brings us this report. >> we're right on the front line in the syrian government's offensive against the opposition and the soldiers tell us they still frequently see rebels on the other side. they say they pick them off from the sniper's nest. >> this soldier tells me morale has never been higher. thanks to god, everything here is under control. our fingers are on the triggers ready to destroy the rebels. bashar al assad's forces have made major gains in the aleppo area in recent weeks. while the opposition rebels say they're simply being slaughtered. for years, this battlefield was in a stalemate. the front line right around aleppo's ancient citadel. as syrian and russian war planes hover overhead, the commander knows who to thank for the new-found momentum. >> it's only a matter of months until we win,

is the news hour live from london, coming up in the next 60 minutes, thousands of syrians head for the turkish borders as government forces move closer to encircling aleppo. >> burundian refugees say agents are being sent into camps to hunt down opponents. >>> this is a victory that cannot be denied. >>> wick key likes founder julian assange say he has been vindicated bay radioing that he has been illegally detained at an embassy in london. >>> in california, a state that's suffered a punishing drought, will el niÑo solve california's water problems? >>> i'll have all the day's sport, including african football backing just weeks before the fifa presidential elections. >>> syria's government and its allies are intensifying their offensive around the countries largest city, aleppo. government forces recaptured a village as they tighten their grip on rebel supply lines to and from the area. tens of thousands of people are fleeing aleppo and amassing on the turkish border. >> the syrian government and its allies have managed to capture another town in the northern aleppo countryside but the opposition is pu

region nan hours, turkey, the gulf states as well as obviously syrian -- syria and the u.s., itself. u are talking about internally, the kurdib armed groups the islamic state. the most important thing as far as the opposition is concerned, those who are against assad, they say they need the russian airstrikes to stop boo the syrian army to be lifted in order for aid to be received by those people. as far as the assad government is concerned, they are saying that they need fighters to stop what they call terrorists to stop their activities, amongst them, obviously, isil, however, as you mentioned, the government has been able to recapture several towns and vimingz that were hold by isil the. reports on the ground are they didn't put up much of a fit. big the question of what their tactics are and until now, there is no direct communication with this group. there is a huge question mark as to who they support and who is supporting them. so it is a very complicated situation to say the least. >> thank you, jamal. still to come for you on the newshour, after the cyclone, fujians are told

attacks against the united states and our western allies, and one way they are doing that is posing as syrian and exploiting the programs these western countries have. we saw it happen in germany, saw it happen in france, and now our neighboring country, canada, is looking to let in nearly 25,000 syrian refugees, and we don't exactly have the tightest of borders to our north or to our south. and so it is going to make our attack from isis inside america -- make us that much more vulnerable. >> i always think we're in a catch-22. hundreds of thousands who are essentially kept in these holding -- very large holding pens because no one knows what to do with them and they try to feed them and clothe them and provide shelter, but leads to more agitation more rioting and i wonder if that is fertile ground for isis. for those who might be in the crowd the whole situation is creating more isis recruits because the crowds have had itself with the crowd. >> it is. they're definitely taking advantage of the situation, they're using our own humanity against us and there have been polls in the recent move

the main reasons is the continued bombardment of syria's largest city of aleppo, as you just mentioned. now russia and syrian forces continue to pound rebel-held parts in and around aleppo. we've been seeing that for weeks now. syria's government says that as it continues to tighten its grip around aleppo, as mentioned, the bombing will continue as well. and it's likely, according to many, that we'll see the bombing increase by syria and also by its ally, russia. and with that, of course, continued concerns about civilian casualties. secretary of state john kerry and other foreign officials, including french officials, said at that community conference in munich that innocent people are being killed in the bombings. well, russia prime minister, dmitry medvedev, however, at this same conference said, "there's no evidence of our bombing civilians." but various human rights groups disagree with that and say that is not the case. now the plan for a cessation of hostilities, as it is being called, is to really allow humanitarian aid to flow into these very hard-hit areas. some syrian cities, elizabeth, have been

but as a precursor to that, can you tell me about the syrian government's position as far as talks goere is this idea of syrian-lead talks, where does that place the government? >> well, the government has repeatedly said this, we believe in syria-lead talks, the syrian people will decide the future of their country, dismissing, really, the international efforts to forge peace. the u.n.-lead talks, they are dismissing the opposition. they have never considered them as legitimate partners, and we also heard the syrian government make it clear how he sees the solution to the syrian crisis, by forging local reconciliation agreements, but for the opposition, this is not making peace, and this is not bringing about reconciliation, basically what the government does is from a position of strength because these areas are under siege, these people inside starve, they immediate medical equipment, so civilians surrender and give up. so it makes it very clear that they don't believe in a ceasefire, they consider everyone who carries an arm a terrorist. and it simply doesn't want to make any comp

as the government is concerned here, jane, they say they've detained 14 suspects behind yet's attack, wednesday's attack. they claim that the leader or main perpetrator behind it is a 24-year-old syrian occurred who was behind the attack. obviously the y.p.g. have denied any responsibility, but they've also said that this attack is almost justified in terms of a retaliation, seen as a retall areas for what they claim of crimes committed in kurdish areas. that in terms of where the responsibility lice, the government blaming the kurds and the kurdish groups, rather, kurdish groups, the armed kurdish groups, out it. >> rejecting involvement. that's neither here or there in terms of the wider picture of things. this is all about the conflict in syria, the war in syria. the turkish government saying it is on a continueual basis. it is targeted by these armed groups, not only isil as we saw in istanbul a few weeks ago, but also by kurdish groups. if the international community is serious about combating terrorism, it has to agree to send in ground troops and create a buffer zone on the border with syria. until that happens, this type of violence will continue. >> do turks feel the governm

they have scholarships from an aid organization, but as syrian refugees when they graduate, they won'twed to work. mohamed lives with his sister and children. in syria he studied chemical engineering. after he arrived in jordan, he learned how to repair cell phones, but he is not allowed to do that either? >> translator: when you go to a shop, first they say syrians are forbidden from working, and if you find someone who knows someone from a labor industry, they ask for a full set of tools, and it's very expensive. >> reporter: he says one by one almost all of his friends have left. many of them heading for europe along the routes taken by those without visas. he and achmed spent a lot of their time walking around the streets, window shopping for things they can't buy. achmed still has a bullet in his shoulder after being shot in syria. he worked for a sweet shop for a while, but was put in jail for a week for working illegally. jordan says its economy and infrastructure is overwhelmed by so many refugees. it says if the west wants them to continue taking in more syrians, it has to do

syrian kurds are on their own side. accord insley based on their own agenda, they oppress russia as it receipts to their agenda. the syrian kurds are taking opportunity of the border and the russia air cover for the syrian kurds to advance. on the other hand, the u.s. policy has granted tremendous legitimacy to their activity. in this reward, i don't think that the syrian kurds right now has chosen a side or the other, instead is trying to benefit from each side as much as possible. >> the russian president vladimir putin has spoken on the phone with the syrian president bashar al assad. rory challands is live for us to tell us about what happened on that phone call. >> i think the russians over the last few days have basically been trying to make sure that assad at least on that paper is committed to this u.s.-russian brokered ceasefire plan for syria, because remember that about a week ago, president bashar al assad went slightly off message and said that he was prepared to keep on fighting in syria to take back the whole of the country, the russians effectively had to tell him to shut up and reminded him that

can't bear this burden alone. >> the arrival of more and more middle-class syrians has created in the among turks. he used to work as a jeweler in his hometown. now, it is still mainly syrians who buy from him. but he does not understand why his turkish neighbors are envious. >> it is normal that things become more expensive when a town's population suddenly doubles. real estate and rent goes up and so does commercial rent. scarce. -- space becomes scarce. >> turkey has the gun in directing a wall along the syrian border to deter refugees and smugglers. this saddens him. he misses the days where turks and syrians could cross the border freely. >> we used to head over there for lunch and they would come over to us. our politicians also met regularly. we were like brothers and should help them like brothers. if that means tightening our belts, so be it. >> behind this while, the work continues to rage. despite the hardships to turks, the inhabitants are still willing to help. ♪ >> more than a quarter century has passed since the fall of the berlin wall. images of its toppling stir feelings of euphoria. in our new seri