Just a day after his troops moved into Northern Syria, turkeys president erdogan has warned of the European Union if you dare to criticize what we are doing in syria, i will open the gates and flood you with refugees. And this years nobel prize in literature goes to a controversial austrian author for his exploration of the human experience, and a polish author wins last years nobel prize for her work touching on the darker chapters of her countrys past. And scoring a goal against conservatism. Iranian women win access to the soccer stadium and are allowed to take their seats at a Mens International for the first time in almost 40 years. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and around the welcome. We start in germany, where the government is warning that the third of nationwide rightwing terrorism is very high. It comes after an antisemitic attack killed two people in the eastern town of halle yesterday. The attack which was aimed at the Jewish Community, phil on the holiest day of the jewish calendar, yom kippur. Reporter a city in shock. Hahalle is grieving after wednesdays brutal attack. Visiting the scene, the german president spoke of his harbor and revulsion at the acts of a diluted rightwing extremist. Deluded rightwing extremist. History warns us, but the present demands we act. We must take a stand through our relationship with the Jewish Community. Reporter chancellor Angela Merkel attended a vigil in berlin on wednesday evening. But you chose to wait until thursday to make a statement on the attack, expressing her shock and sadness. She promised a strong response from the state. Chancellor merkel first and foremost him a means the representative of the state, and im standing before you as one of them, we must use all the means available to take actions against hatred and violence. There must be absolutely no tolerance for that. Reporter on wednesday, a german citizen identified as a far right extremist tried to force his way into halles synagogue. Around 70 people were gathered there on the holiest day in the jewish calendar. The attacker fired shots at the bolt the door but failed to break through. Unable to carry out the massacre he planned for the synagogue, the attacker shot two other people as he fled before police were able to detain him. Police say they have no former knowledge of the 27yearold. He streamed his actions live on the internet and uploaded a manifesto fufull of antisemitic rhetoric. He was taken by helicopter to the city, whether the federal Public Prosecutor has taken over the investigation. It is called it has called the attack an act of terrorism. A suspect was carrying a large arsenal of weapons. He was heavily armed with multiple weapons, which he appeared to have built himself, and a large quantity of explosives. Four kilograms were found in his vehicle alone. Reporter halle is left stricken with grief, but also anger that police were unable to stop an antisemitic hate crime that claimed two lives. Brent for more im joined at our table by Political Correspondent william glucroft. We heard from german political leaders. They are sorry about what happened and they are concerned about the safety level in the country, but what are they planning to do . What concrete actions can we talk about tonight . William mostly wait and see, because a lot of this is talk right now. The most obvious and immediate thing is more police presence. They will be filed police presence, already beef up police presence, already have. We can exceed that becoming more of it we can see that become more of a nationwide standard. In the press conference, they said this wont be a reaction, this will be a standard. Going forward, the way things get done. Not just because we are talking about it right now. A lot of talk about controlling internet speech and doing something about all of the hate speech online, which on the surface sounds like a good thing, but we know from attempts in the past in germany and other western territories, that gets into dicey territory, freedom of expression, freedom of speech. We will see where that comes down on. Brent thats the point of a lot of these young people such as the suspect are apparently radicalized online. How do you prevent that from happening . How realistic other proposals you are talking about . William every time there is an attack like this, whether it is against jews, arabs, refugees, any kind of minority, or those who supports these kinds of groups like the local politician in west germany assassinated this year due to his proimmigrant views we hear talk about what we going to do about farright violence. I think were going to have to see. Spoke earlier to in halle to the antisemitism commissioner for germany and he addresses the question of how realistic this might be, and we can have a look. We have to ask that question every day. It is a miracle that we have jewish life in germany again after 1940 51 after the holocaust it seemed to be impossible after 1945 after the holocaust one it seemed to be impossible for jews to live in germany. 100,000 jews are organizing communities here and another 100,000 jews who are not in organized form. It is warranted, and of course, we have to verify every day that if we are doing enough for the security and for the wellbeing of our of the Jewish Community in this country. We have to make it clear, antisemitism has always existed even after 1945 in germany, but now it has once again grown in the sense that it is more visible. The red lines have been pushed in a very bad direction. Things that would have been unthinkable to express even in public are being said now. The internet and social media have largely contributed to that. We have to push back these lines because this atmosphere is very apt to create crimes like we have seen yesterday. What would you suggest now in light of this attack in halle . We first have to check, again, whether thehe existing securityty measures are enough, are sufficient. Then we have to check with our laws are adequate, particularly when it comes to combating crime on the internet, hate speech, hate crime on the internet. I am very positive that the minister seehofer announced a package of measures combating that an obliging internet firms to report cases of incitement and other hate speech themselves to the authorities, including reporting of the ip numbers. Thank you. Brent that was germanys antisemitism commissioner. What do you make of these comments here . It struck me, the first thing you said is that it is a miracle that we have jewish life at all in germany. Is that where this discussion begins, that everything is measured by 1945, and that we are lucky to even have a jew here today . William it seems that way. There is as intense focus on the 12 years of the nazi period in germany. Theres not much that the farright and the majority progressive liberal part of germany agree upon, but one thing that both sides focus on is this 1 12 years. The farright wants to forget about it and move on and think about other parts of german history, and the more progressive site want to keep focusing on this. What is important is that these 12 years dont exist in a vacuum. The nazi period dont exist in a vacuum. He said there has been antisemitism human after 1945, and before 1945. German history did not begin in 1933. The nazi period did not come out of nowhere. Even these centuries later germany is still dealing. Brent he also said we need to look at existing security regulations. We know that most jewish institutions have Police Monitoring 247, most of them, but the synagogue and halle did not have Police Protection outside. The place was full and it was on yom kippur. From the outside looking in, it looks like more than just gross negligence. How do you explain that . William its interesting, i was speaking to people who were in the synagogue yesterday during the attack. They themselves are coming from outside the community. American sources fishes, curious about why there is so little security americans were suspicious, curious about why does little security. They said that is a holiday come not very dangerous. They didnt into notice a threat. The chief of police said there have been five years without any intelligence tipoff or anything suggesting there is an prize in medicine so why should we be putting resources dissolving where there is n no factual evidence . Brent people would like to live in a reality where the threat is not there. You could understand that. They would like to have that level of feeling comfortable. Why is there this issue so vexin g for german politicians when we are always talking about the farright and antisemitism always rearing its head again and again . William farright violence as we think of it today really originated in germany. When White Supremacists around the world, whether it is christchurch from other antisemitic attacks, they are referring to neonazis and nazi ideology, racial purity. All of these ideas took hold in germany and at shaping entire Global Culture of racism from that particular regard. Germany is on the hook still to be dealing with those issues. It is about so much more than a particular law or whose presence or what a politician who happens to be in power right now can do or say. These are fundamental questions of German Society that all germans need to grapple with about who are we as a people. Who is part of that, who is not part of that. That is a deep and difficult question. Brent the discussion becomes more complicated when you have the internet and things are open to the entire world. Wim glucroft, we appreciate your reporting. Thank you. Here are the other stories making headlines around the world. There could be a pathway to a brexit deal, according to join statements from the leaders of ireland and the u. K. Irelands premier leo varadkar and british Prime Minister Boris Johnson met to discuss the eu departure schedule in just three weeks time. The border between the u. K. And ireland has been a major barrier to a brexit deal. In tunisia, the opposition president ial candidate has called for a delay. He was just released from prison on wednesday on what he called trumpedup charges of money laundering. He says he needs time to campaign. The United States ambassador to the u. S. Has warned turkey it could face consequences if it does nothing to protect civilians as it pushes ahead with his offensive in Northern Syria. The ambassador did not say what the consequences could be. But International Calls for turkey to moderate its action in the region, those calls are going. Thousands of residents fled on thursday as turkey pounded Kurdish Militia for a second day. Reporter another day, another poununding along the border. Turkish jets bombed towns just inside syria. Plumes of smoke in areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic forces, or sdf, a coalition of kurdish fighters another militias. Kurdishled forces control parts of Northern Syria right up to the border with turkey. The sdf fought alongside u. S. Troops against Islamic State jihadists. Fleeing for the second time, around half a Million People near the border are at risisk, wawarns the uns refugee agency. Manyny are already far from hom, having comome here to escape the fighting in other areas of syria. Turkey wants to push out the kurdish fighters and create a buffer zone that it controls on the syrian side of the border. In a fiery speech, turkish president erdogan slammed critics of the plan. Pres. Erdogan hey, European Union, pull yourself together. I say it again, if you try to label this operation an invasion, i ts very simple, we will open the gates and send 3. 6 million refugees your way. Reporter sirens, this time in turkey, andaa possible retaliation. Turkish stateowned news agencys essay the rockets that hit these townspeople came from kurdishheld areas on the syrian side of the border. It is not just civilian injuries and deaths that are the concern here. Kurdish forces runs the prisons holding islamist fighters from the socalled Islamic State. These prisoners were captured during the war in syria. One of the prisons in which the i. S. Prisoners are kept under the control of sdf forces was bombed b by turkish warplans yesterday, and probably some of the i. S. Members have escaped. Reporter these battlehardened Kurdish Forces w who helped cocontain i. S. Forces inn syria face a fresh assault from turkey. Brent android at the i am joined at the big table by Christian Hanelt of the bertelsmann foundation. A day after the turkish president sends into syria, now he is aiming threats towards the European Union, saying that if you criticize as i will open the floodgates and you will be flooded with refugees. What is he hoping to achieve . Christian we havent to know that turkish president erdogan loves hard we happen to know that turkish president erdogan loves harsh rhetoric especially against europe. I think turkish diplomacy did not expect that the five eu Member States at the United Nations Security Council or so for them to criticize this military operation, and that the statement of the Eu Foreign Ministers Council this morning was also very harsh, to criticize the military operation. He didnt feel this, and he doesnt like the wording of invasion. In his narrative, it is a military defend operation and not an invasion. Brent we talked about this last night, but if you talk about the definition of invasion, he did cross the border into another country yesterday. The kurds in Northern Syria, have they posed a Security Threat to the border integrity of turkey recently . Christian it is a very risky military operation. First,t, we just dont know how far this military operation would go 5, 10, 30 kilometers into Northern Syria, on all the 500 kilometers border with syria or not we just dont know. What would be the reaction of the Kurdish Militias . Will there be a lot t of militay confrontation . How many internal displaced people to we have to take care of . What happens to the 10,000 detainees of the soccalled Islamic State brent what is going to happen . Christian brent, we just dont know. Brent erdogan said that trump, the u. S. President , had given that responsibility to turkey. Is turkey in charge of these isis prisoners now . Christian it depends where these prisons are. So far we just dont know if the turkish invasion has already cap some of the presents prisons in the camps, yes or no. For the time being they are under the Kurdish Militias occupation. There is a responsibility of the west and europe, because there are some of the fighters having Holding European passports. There is a responsibility, our military has bombed raqqa in northeastern syria. There is western responsibility to cover the area and rebuild the area. This is not just on the burden of the u. S. There is an argument that trump is right. He has been trying for half a year to convince the europeans to help him step in to this area to rebuild the area of northeastern syria. Brent and so far no success in those accounts. Christian hanelt, we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. Christian pleasure. Brent the inspired hong kong protesters to stand up to beijing and emerged as the spiritual leader of the citys prodemocracy movement. But edward leung has not been seen in public for months. He was convicted on writing charges and is serving a prison sentence. Dw reports on attempt to get that conviction overturned. Reporter they are waiting to get occurrence of one of their heroes. Edward leung, a local politician who has been sentenced to six years in prison for participating in a riot. He is seeking an appeal. Edward leung is an inspiration of us and todays movement. Wholeness to escalate the ways he told us to escalate the ways to turnout, and the government also, yes, they still acted negatively to us. But still they abolished the bill. Reporter the extradition bill that motivated the protests was withdrawn in september. The protests have morphed d inta broadeder antigovernrnment move. Sosome of the protesters have turned increasingly violent. A long wait and a brief look at leung for his supporters that court. He became famous w when he was bannnned from rurunning in distt Council Elections because he advocated for hong kongs independence. A red line for beijing and many hong kongers. Peoples minds need to be changed. They need to recognizeze that te verereignty ofof hong kong shoud belong to them, but not to the beijing old men. Reporter leung has since toned down his rhetoric. In july he sent a letter from prison asking protesters to stay rationonal and not be dririven y hatred. However, to the young and radical, he remains a hero. Brent here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. In ecuador, thousands of Indigenous People have gathered from our protest. It is the seventh day of nationwide demononstrations thtt have invololved clashes with the riot police. The president has evacuated his administration from the capital. The unrest was originally inspired by cuts to fuel subsidies and other austerity measures. Two associates of u. S. President Donald Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been arrested. Ukrainianborn in a belarus and are charged with funneling foreign money to u. S. Political candidates. The two helped introduce giuliani to ukrainian officials and are being called as witnesses in the impeachment inquiry that is being mounted against president trump. The nobel prize in literature as been awarded to two authors. Peter handke from austria claimed that this years award, and Polands Olga Tokarczuk took it for 2018. The unusual delay was due to a sexualassault scandal at the royal swedish academy. Reporter after this readers acadademys crisis, the swedh academys crisis, the new permanent secretary announced two prizewinners today. Austrian peter handkee tooook te award for 2019. But the highly praised 76yearold feels his readers jujudgment is the most importan, as he said in this 2017 interview. Peter for me, i is about the readers,s, what the people say, how they read or heard something. It movoves me. But of course, an award is a ninice bonus. Repoporter handke is not uncontroversial politically. During the war in yugoslavia, you not only showed he not only s swed supporort for slobon milosevic, h he attended his funeral. Giving him the prize is a matter of f course. He is a great artist. 7280 of his works in various jon runyans, a a great in various jogegenres. Repoporter polish w wrir o olga totokarczuk had surprising succs for the book of jacob. She received the 2018 prize troactivelely. She writes acrossss bordersr, anand that is clear eveven in hr ststyle. Reporter and she is crossing borders of the moment on a book tour in germany. Brent thousands of women in tehran are happily hoarse tonight after spending the day doing something they have not been allowed to do since the iranian revolution of 1979. They were cherry on the Iranian National Football Team from inside yes from inside the stadium. The men won the match against cambodia. The female fans and say they reached a more significant role in their fight against conservatism. Reporter you can call it irans football revolution. Silenced for decades can these women were ready to make some noise. 3,500 women bought tickets to the countrys world cup qualifier against cambodia, a first since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. One of these female fans short of hours ahead of the match. It is a very nice feeling, an incredible feeling, something that cannot be described. Is a very good feeling. Its a great thing. I hope it will be repeated. Women need to come to the stadium. For happiness command to support their team happiness, and to support their team. Reporter not everyone agrees with the lifting of the ban. Some the decision with protest. The iranian government partially lifted the ban on women in the palestinians for World Cup Qualifiers after pressure from fifa, who threatened to exclude the asian nation from the 2022 world cup in qatar. The women still sit in different sections than the men, but for now they are happy to claim this step as a victory. Brent here is a reminder of the top stories we are following for you. Germany interior ministers Horst Seehofer has saidd that an antisemitic attack which killed two people in the eaeastern city of halle has shamed germany. Seehofer says it is time to face an unfortunate truth that the threat of antisemitism in the country is very high. Turkish president erdogan has lashed out at International Criticism of his offensive in northeastern syria. He singled out the European Union, which has called on him to cease is offensive, by threatening to send millions of Syrian Refugees to europe. You are watching dw news, live from berlin. After a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. Stick around for that. [captioning performed by the national captioning inststitute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicicap. Org] but the real results. This in the sense. Thank you very much for being with us. Turkey is pressing on with its assault against the us ally Kurdish Forces in northeast syria the second day of action including ground Operations Support of i asterix. And artillery bombmbardment panicic civilians scrambling to safety is black smoke raise about a border town meanwhile in ankara threat from turkeys president to those of the questioning his move. Especially the e. U
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