policy politics and politi as well going to my old expert at the german institute for international andsecurity affairs thank you thank you . you're watching news still to come on the program never mind the price the stage is set for a rock memorabilia sell off including the infamous journey card again worn by grunge legend art cobain. but 1st what do you do when any historic lighthouse is about to fall off of a cliff into the ocean you move it back from the edge that's not just a bright idea it has actually been done by danish engineers have a look. for decades the slot house back into america has lost its say but nowadays the rule book itself needs rescuing engineers had to literally pull it back from the brink on choose die the lighthouse had been threatening to tumble into the north sea. so the construction tame came up with a plan to save it they dug underneath the lighthouse and installed a massive rail track then they fix wheels on to the tower and began to shifted away from the cliff's edge. slowly and steadily at around kilometers an hour the lighthouse was pushed inland the op

all for some analysis now let's bring in gator steinberg his from the german institute for international a security fares a think tank here good to see you how important was baghdadi for isis and what impact will his death have on this terrorist group he was very important to let the organization since 2010 and when he took over the organization did have less than a 1000 fighters and 4 years later he has found that a quasi state in iraq in syria it would be very hard to find a replacement for him in the coming months and is do you think it's going to weaken isis yes yes a little bit they will have trouble to find someone who qualifies as cayle if they will have trouble to find someone who is as ruthless well organized and ideologically motivated as he was so it weakens the organization but of course it is still there not only in iraq in syria but all over these i mean where of the president is clearly proud of the fact that u.s. special forces killed he or that he blew himself up when they were approaching do you think that the killing will have an effect on how american policy is execut

now in the studio with me is rafi obo song a security and terrorism analyst with the german institute for international and security affairs it's good to see you again we are talking there it sounds like what we saw today in holland was an attempt to be a copy of a copycat crime if you will of what we saw in christ church earlier this year do you agree well that's pretty obvious i mean think goodness the perpetrator wasn't as well prepared and armed and effective as what happened in christchurch and as we also just heard authorities think fully also better now to stop the spread of such material. but yes it's still possible and this person's so far seem to have acted on this is very difficult to prevent we heard from the interior minister here in germany tonight that this was indeed an anti-semitic attack what does that tell us about the strings of the far right the neo nazi scene in germany well unfortunately over the last 4 or 5 years we've seen an steady increase in. readiness to use violence and the right wing extremists even germany which is also been always been considerably large but also growin

policy politics and polity as well going to my old expert at the german institute for international andsecurity affairs thank you thank you . well russia and turkey say that they have a plan for syria's future following talks in the black sea resort of sochi russian president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart are to type error to one say they are adding another 6 days to a ceasefire that was due to expire on tuesday evening turkey wants to establish a buffer zone along the border with northern syria from which kurdish forces would be excluded the agreement follows a u.s. brokered truce which expired on tuesday. well nato secretary general struck a positive note about the deal between russia and nato member turkey though he said it's too early to judge the consequences i think what we have seen over the last days is encouraging because it shows that it's possible to move towards a political settlement a political solution the 1st requirement for having a political solution is to stop the violence is to stop the fighting you have seen is at least some reduction some significant r

there is not that much more that can be done it's rough you know the song with the german institute for international and security affairs for you we appreciate your time in your inputs tonight thank you for rights more breaking news tonight turkey has begun ground and air attacks in northern syria aimed at crushing kurdish fighters the move comes immediately after the u.s. pulled its troops back from the area just a few days ago a spokesman for the kurdish fighters says that several people have been killed including civilians the military operation has drawn criticism and calls for restraint from nato turkey is a member of nato. black smoke fills the sky above. the town on the turkish syrian border as one of the targets of one chorus bombs. turkish armed forces say the strikes aren't aimed at civilian areas. but despite the assurances many local residents took to the roads to bring their families to safety the kurdish forces here are once part of an uneasy coalition with turkey with both sides working to defeat the so-called islamic state in syria however i'm korea has branded the kurdish led forces

i would be here the big table now is roughly able song a terrorism expert with a german institut for international and security fears what feels good to see you again so what are investigators what are they doing to determine whether or not this was terrorism because they're saying it probably wasn't well there we need turning every stone in the person's past i mean there's been searches of his apartment and they took all his devices they probably trail for all his communications now to see where there is any any evidence that he's been in touch with the radical elements but so far we know there hasn't been any indication so far i mean what we do know tonight is that the police say that the suspect does have a criminal record but i mean isn't this really a big leap to say that someone a former refugee who has a criminal record in this country could possibly be a terrorist that's making a big jump isn't it well we've seen in recent years in general that there has been a growing number of petty criminals who turn to terroristic groups or terroristic activities to somehow find a new purpose in life s

me here the big table now is rafi obo song a security and terrorism analyst with the german institute for international in security affairs for feels good to see you again we heard you know karl said that we heard earlier tonight from a security analyst another security analyst that this attack today had many of the hallmarks of the christ church massacre that we saw earlier this year in new zealand do you think we are talking about a gunman who was planning on carrying out a copycat crime when obviously looks like it i mean he was just the same way and thank goodness his video hasn't been as available as in the christ church right situation and actually authorities have to take care in the interim period that this couldn't repeat in the same way but obviously this was the ambition of the guy who did this and we heard from horst is a home for the interior minister of germany he's confirmed that this was an anti-semitic attack and people will be asking what does that mean then about the far right seen in this country the neo nazi scene in this country are held strong is it well the official figures are

with the german institute for international and security affairs as always we appreciate you coming in sharing your insights thank you. in what simberg a european interior minister's they're making a fresh attempt to break an impasse over migration they want more european union countries to sign of or a plan to more evenly distribute refugees throughout the e.u. europe is currently seeing a rise in arrivals via the mediterranean in previous efforts to resettle them would have led to deep divisions within europe. well this summit is happening against the backdrop of warnings about another huge wave of migrants reaching europe via turkey largely due to the fighting in northern syria and the turmoil in iraq germany's interior minister horst says that he fears the numbers could be even larger than what we saw in 2015 but sentiment has changed here in germany since the country began welcoming over a 1000000 refugees that year. so he's really fled syria for bolin in 2015 in almost half a decade his life has changed dramatically and the country here arrived in with it . beginning with michael

out let's get more now on the situation in northern syria we are joined by from the german institute for international and security affairs get a welcome to the program i'd like to 1st ask you about that statement that we just heard from the u.s. president quite an upbeat statement essentially saying that by all indications turkey is making the ceasefire permanent lifting the sanctions against turkey your take. well it's the statement is is bizarre the sanctions were bizarre u.s. policy was bizarre in recent weeks the united states has left no we do see russia the assad regime and turkey dividing north and syria between themselves this has nothing to do with the us and it's not a success at all for the us and western policies in turn around and those 2 parties i mean now that there is you know no more u.s. presence in the area those 2 parties essentially came up with the steel to sort of carve out the region yesterday where does this leave the kurds and the syrians well the syrians the syrian regime is winning together together with the russians simply because. the assad regime has been weak it suffer

for what he planned to do today. carl nasman in the german city of halle tonight. thank you. here now in the studio with me is a security and terrorism analyst with the german institute for international and security affairs, rafael bushong -- raphael bosong. it sounds like what we saw in halle was meant to be a copycat attack of what we saw in christchurch earlier this year. do you agree? >> that seems obvious. thank goodness this perpetrator was not as well prepared and armed as the perpetrator in christchurch. this person so far seems to have acted alone. very difficult to prevent. brent: we heard from the interior minister in germany that this was an anti-semitic attack. what does that tell us about the strength of the far right, the neo-nazi scene in germany? >> unfortunately, over the last four or five years, we have seen a steady increase in the readiness to use violence in the right wing extremist seen in germany, which has always been considerably large, but is growing in numbebers. now the estimate is about 25,000 people. half of them are considered to be generally prone to violence. of course, that does not mean they are terrorists, but that means there's a large number of

the big table with me now is rafi elbows on a security and terrorism analyst with the german institute for international and security affairs been to a busy day what do we know when we look at this entire semitic attack what does it tell us about the far right neo nazi scene in germany. well it shows that there has been a rising readiness to use violence and there is of course a long history of right wing extremism in this country and also right wing terrorism going right back to the 180 s. nonetheless the last 34 years have see the general increase in the number of violence of different kinds and this is unfortunate really a surprise that what's happened but germany one has to say is somewhat better prepared than some other countries so why is it why is that well because of our history i mean it's not to say that the authorities have done everything right but if you look at you know the u.s. of the u.k. they just this summer the clear that right on terrorism is suddenly it's a teaching threat i mean this is not what we have here in germany what we need in germany is yes more attention more resources bu

o and the international monetary fund were painting a gloomy picture for the german economy and they stopped by a berlin last night to meet. and today germany's top economic research institutes joined in and then they will autumn statement germany's top economists have lowered their growth outlook for this year to only 0.5 percent at 1.1 point one percent next year declining global demand for investment goods such as factory machinery in which germany specializes in so-called structural changes in the car industry was cited as reasons it ferguson has the details. the causes may be up for a good base but that message is clear europe's biggest economy is slowing down germany's top 5 fiscal research institutes have now joined the government in causing this year's growth forecast they're now expecting the economy to expand by just 0.5 percent in 2019 down from their original prediction of the year 0.8. homegrown problems include a car. that's been overshadowed by the diesel emissions scandal and a failure to keep pace with digital transformation. further afield of the trade dispute between china and the united states is also casting a long shadow. is the chaos surrounding britai