a few friends are going to germany playing material just real complex starts october twenty years on d w. plane . plane. this is g w news live from berlin turkey and the united states are set to face off over the case of a missing saudi journalist from saudi arabia promises a full probe into the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. a top u.s. diplomat by pompei zero carries this message to turkey today where investigators say the writer was killed by a saudi team. also coming up d.w. goes to rocco one year after its liberation from us we will look at how the u.s. is willing and unwilling to help in the city it's airstrikes largely destroyed the flux of a speed bump that is stalling grabs that the irish border issue remains a key sticking point that has thrown negotiations it's a near payoffs will the e.u. give to receive many more time to find a breakthrough. and germany football coach you walk in love suffers another painful loss but the extent to cling to his job after an improved performance against friends. playing. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program we begin with mounting pressure on saudi arabia over the disappearance of decided journalist. jamal khashoggi a report in the new york times says that turkish investigators believe several suspects who worked among the security detail of saudi crown prince mohamed bin some on this as american secretary of state might pump aoe has left saudi arabia and just arrived in turkey where he's about to meet the president and foreign minister jamal khashoggi hasn't been seen since he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul two weeks ago and let's get more on this now w.'s yulia han is standing by for us in front of the saudi consulate where she was last seen good morning to you yulia we're getting some more clues about what might have happened to him as we just heard what is the latest there from the turkish authorities. well let me point one thing out the turkish authorities turkish investigators have not yet officially tabled their evidence what they do instead is leak bits and pieces of information to the media and this has really turned this whole story into a puzzle where it has become sometimes very difficult to distinguish facts from fiction now on monday two days ago a joint team of turkish and saudi investigators went into this building right behind me the saudi consulate here in istanbul they searched the building for about nine hours they took reportedly took samples from the garden soil from walls as well because there have been reports walls have been painted over they inspected the rooftop and one source familiar with the investigation later confirmed to us that they indeed found in a quote concrete evidence that mr was indeed killed now we don't know yet what kind of evidence they found but investigators also seem to believe that jamal khashoggi the famous saudi arabian writer was taken dead or alive in a black van from this building just two hundred meters away from here to the residence of the saudi consul and this is exactly the reason why turkish investigators have been pressing for access to the council's residence and in the meantime diplomatically speaking we have fresh off of his visit to saudi arabia the u.s. secretary of state my pompei zero in on korea today for talks there with the turks what can we expect from that physic. well in the best case some serious explanations and credible ounces but we saw miss a payoff visit to riyadh yesterday were dreamy seemed like a supportive visit and we know what kind of message he will carry over here to turkey to his turkish counterpart and that message is the saudis claim not to know anything the king says i don't know anything crown prince mohammed bin simon who has been accused of ordering the killing of jamal she says he doesn't know anything about the whereabouts of mr chief so this is the message misapply paya will bring to ungar we're hearing from actually government sources that pompei a will first needs president arab on himself which indicates how important this meeting is a later will meet the turkish foreign minister. of course you have to know turkey u.s. relations are strained as well right at the moment there are many differences for example over the syrian conflict the engagement in syria so this is going to be really interesting what comes out of this meeting and it's going to be interesting to see how the investigation the official investigation will proceed after this meeting. with the very latest on this case joining us from outside the saudi consul there in turkey thank you so much. it was a year ago that the so-called islamic state was driven out of its self declared capital in syria the northern city of raka rocka is now under the control of kurdish forces but the fight lasted for months and saw thousands killed local militias fought on the ground while u.s. planes bombarded i-s. from the air the city is now free of the militants but lies in ruins our reporters and to far up to corey went to rocca on the embedded or rather they were on and imbedded trip with the u.s. army they looked at what the u.s. is willing and unwilling to help with as the city struggles to recover. abdullah is happy to see us in his classroom it's a place of safety and he can finally learn and play with other children. it's the years since he lost his hand he and his friends found a fridge which had a booby trap inside. their beer we were playing with it and it exploded two children next to me died and an old man was badly hurt. i was to buy a piece of shrapnel. two of my friends died. there. teaches the special class addressing the particular needs of able to enter on the test children. she wasn't allowed to work at all when the i s. were in charge. all she says about that time is that it was hard for everyone to have an an up fighting we noticed the children freeze up whenever they hear shots and explosions which are still frequent here the a minute here there they completely unsettled me that i'm either with a hole in. the united states funds the class we are on a trip organized by the us army and state department they want to show us what has been achieved since the victory over as in russia and they want to encourage more countries to fund the stabilization of the city. this week euro to measures during our visit here in the aca a very very tight they have been several terror attacks over the past months and there are still i as sleeper cells operating in the city. the fight against the so-called islamic state in russia which included u.s. airstrikes destroyed more than seventy percent of the city. there's not much left barely any hospitals homes or anywhere to live and no mains electricity but people are slowly coming back. we really need work they don't have work you can't eat or drink work is the most important thing for sure will come about it luckily some schools are opening again and we were just heard our children my daughter was not allowed to study under i.i.s. now she is in the first grade even though she's older but still she's allowed to study that's not their father at the foot of the u.s. has been giving what it calls stabilization eight to rocka that means clearing mines and rubber repairing buildings and supporting local people but it doesn't mean large scale reconstruction. the united states has said that in terms of rebuilding there can't begin until we've got here reversible progress towards a political solution through the geneva process and so that's what we're looking towards it's. irreversible progress on the political front. the future of syria is being negotiated far away in geneva by the u.n. sponsored talks there have stalled and roc-a the pressures on. the longer reconstruction takes to begin says coachella cassava council. the greater the danger that i as my tree gained support among the people. the help offered so far is like um but it's not enough meeting with the u.s. representative the council vent their frustration they've heard that us president on a trump cut about two hundred million dollars from serious stabilisation ate. them and those who destroyed the city should rebuild it and what will we expect the coalition of the united states to help us with this they promised they would. for now it's projects like this that's a civil council is focusing on repairing rock us infamous stadium. the foreman in march tells us he's lying next day terrorists carried out mass executions here and that they tortured hundreds of civilians in these cellars. i hope that the stadium will be full again one day and the people will come and play sports here again. like they did before the eye is to control that's what we're hoping for. the first game surge you to take place here in a couple of weeks they could offer brief respite from everyday life in the ruins of russia. let's get more now on the situation in iraq are we are joined here in the studio by marcus speckle he is the editor in chief of the amnesty international journal thank you so much for joining us this morning before we can figure out what happens next in iraq i like to first ask you about amnesty international call at the moment when it comes to the city they claims that thousands were killed in u.s. led coalition airstrikes that called for an investigation do you think that we will ever see that. i think we might see an investigation and more responses by the u.s. by the u.k. and other coalition forces if organizations as amnesty but also critical journalists keep on asking questions there was an amnesty report out in june already after which the us said yes more people were killed than we said in the first place so i think if we keep on asking answers might come but it's job of journalists and human rights organizations to do that unless that happens governments don't that in the calls for it to happen are growing louder i'd actually like to play something that one of your colleagues said this is a reporter who spoke with an amnesty researcher in iraq and this is what she had to say concerning east the coalition is not carrying out to be investigation that it should be carrying out being bombarded from the sky they really should be here and do the work we are doing which is to go and do site investigations and interview survive if they do not understand what went wrong why they killed civilians in quite a number of their strikes then lessons will not be learned. you have to understand what happened is what she's saying there i mean the u.s. for its part it's saying that it's busy fighting. you know perhaps in other quarters or ideologically within the region what do you say that it's an international obligation barebone by international law that fair warfare is following these laws and if they don't do that they might end up in court butin the hague i mean investigations are taking place and you cannot just answer that we are busy and war sorry for the victims recalls the other airstrikes no they have to answer to these calls and of the pressure keeps on both up and i think how about the effort to rebuild the city i mean we saw devastating imagery and the pieces from our reporters who are on the ground there in the city the u.s. is putting money into rocket to stabilize it but how can you possibly stabilize it if you don't rebuild it i think doesn't need to do more just the u.s. needs to do more but i think it's an international obligation don't forget that the war in syria is still ongoing it's not over yet rocco's part of the country which is the government by. and he's waiting for donors to come but he has to deliver as well and so it's not the u.s. only russia is involved in this war iran is european union countries and i think all of these countries have to put their money one day to rebuild syria joining us this morning with a call for action marcus fickle editor in chief of the amnesty international guard all thank you q. let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world israel has conducted air strikes on gaza and closed its border with the palestinian territory this comes after a rocket fired from gaza struck a house in southern israel early on wednesday israeli officials say that a woman and her three children are being treated for shock and two others were injured. by around three thousand migrants are still on the move north of why. amala this even after the organizer of a hung door and migrant caravan has been detained there the arrest comes after the us government threatened to withdraw aid to central american countries that did not stop the march. diplomatic sources say that the european union has offered to extend the transition period for britain's exit from the block by one year it's a possible concession to britain's prime minister theresa may ahead of a summit of e.u. leaders in brussels later may is under pressure to break the deadlock over the issue of the irish border northern ireland is set to become the u.k.'s only land border with the e.u. both sides want to avoid a hard border which would reinstate physical checks that could hamper trade and travel between northern ireland and the irish republic but they can't agree how a key part of the negotiation is a so-called backstop a fallback plan should the u.k. leave the e.u. without a deal but there's no agreement on that either. you see i'm the u.k.'s gregg's it minister dominique robb was somewhere in there on his way to commission that was something we all thought a deal was close at hand the excitement was palpable. but then the chief negotiator tweeted this despite intense efforts some key issues are still open. so we all went back to bed because we had heard that one before. yes the biggest key issue still is the border between northern island which is part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland which belongs to the e.u. . we need more time to find this global agreement and reach the decisive step forward that we need to finalize the negotiations for an orderly bragg's negotiations sort of what i will have to do for you. same old same old i know that there with me. everybody wants to avoid the hard border after all many people lost their lives during the irish troubles when there was one the e.u. has suggested pushing it into the irish sea but to reset may rejects an external border separating two parts of the u.k. the problem is supposed to be solved by a political agreement but in case they fail to reach one the e.u. wants a so-called backstop that's an insurance to avoid a border but it also means effectively that northern island would stay within e.u. regulations now some are calling for a backstop to the backstop oh well never mind yes terribly complicated but the bottom line is this the e.u. chief negotiator and the u.k. bragg's it minister have been. then negotiating. then the u.k. changed its brags it minister and they negotiated some more and it looks like finally the e.u. and the u.k. might be ready to agree on something don't ask me about the details it includes things like back to the backstop yes very tiring. but if that weren't enough the real front line is now in the u.k. i continue to believe that's a negotiated deal is the best outcome for the u.k. and for the european union i continue to believe that such a deal is achievable. not everybody still in the disunited kingdom the brics the tears are waiting to tear apart whatever theresa may brings home from brussels and that would mean no deal. since from one controversial issue to another one now we're going to sports press herenton is here we're talking football last night you watched him love his team germany lost again this time succumbing to one to france in the nation's league and i mean we have to really talk about this game because there was some momentum swings yes there was indeed right to my shock and awe that germany started off the score and against the world champions we have you know a recap of the action let's take a look at that you know tony cross score from the penalty spot in the fourteenth minute and the goalkeeper for france has had issues allowing the penalties to come in and that through there but then in the second half and to increase in cup any of blazing header level things and then a penalty that was controversial specifically to the german coach was awarded leighton greece might have no problem converting they lose to one obviously remains under pressure but you know they did put up a fight and it was nice to see. some resistance of these early in the match but it is too you know halves and they won the first one and lost the second one still mostly lost the match but yeah it was i see them put up a decent effort and. i mention that there is something controversial right and runs of course. at the helm of this team many germans a recent outcry from many of them who want him replaced and did that change after the fight that that germany put up here do you think that this was enough. well you know he does remain under pressure although he is now receiving the backing of the german press you know one popular publication the bill came out and said that's the right way in terms of putting up the fight incorporating the young talent we actually have comments from love himself this is what he had to say after the match . interesting but i'm disappointed about the result even if this defeat feels different to the last last saturday against the dutch. not because of the result but because of up a formants which i must say was great. because you know course all because was most was what he think of as common as being great is a reach because you think they still haven't scored an open play there was a penalty that they converted you know and then you have to factor in this is the first time germany has lost six matches in a calendar year first time since two thousand they've lost back to back competitive matches so i think you know we're germany goes from here they have a match on the nineteenth of november against the netherlands are going to have to you know perform better than they did last time out and then there's a break you know and we have to see what happens you know early in the next year two thousand and nineteen but i think that continue doing what he did and combined the young and old talent and find speed and a carer that can you know produce on the pitch that germans want the results slowly but surely sort of getting their quest harrington from sports thank you so much. when i barcelona midfielder are done to run has been facing a possible prison sentence for his alleged role in a fight in an istanbul nightclub turkish state media say that prosecutors have charged him with causing intentional injury and illegal possession of a weapon and are seeking up to twelve and a half years in prison for the turkish international he's currently on loan from barcelona at the turkish club. this is not the first time that he has been in trouble for bad behavior he is currently serving a sixteen game ban for abusing a line's men back in may. monica jones is here and we are talking about netflix they had some results surprisingly good results sarah netflix actually beat investor expectations to add nearly seven million new subscribers in the last quarter the streaming service reported the profit more than tripled from a year ago and revenues remained strong to an end. it has invested heavily in or regional programming but investors have worried about subscriptions keeping pace the new figures boosted the value of netflix twelve percent in after hours trading part of a positive day on wall street. another what makes an economy competitive and how your country compared to the rest of the world now these are the questions researchers of the world economic forum have spent months trying to answer and now the results are in some of the findings might surprise you. it's a highly coveted trait that gives the country an edge over others and now thanks to a study by the world economic forum the most competitive economies in the world have been revealed the study's authors looked at a variety of factors including innovation and how dynamic a country's business environment is they're also interested in technological readiness as well as the station the country's health and education systems. so who came out top let's take a look at the results. coming in at number one is the world's biggest economy the united states it scored especially high on the business dynamism measure number two might surprise you it singapore a country of just five million people it's defining competitive feature was openness third prize for competitiveness goes to germany which did especially well in the area of innovation the other top performers were mainly in europe with japan and hong kong the other strong performers in asia. but the report suggests that even top performers shouldn't rest on their laurels while the united states gained a lot of points for its dynamic entrepreneurial culture the study points out that it did relatively badly on other measures like health. life expectancy is sixty seven years in the us three years below the average of advanced economies. and for more i'm joined by holger schmieding chief economist at bank in london good to have you with us let me just pick up on that last paragraph in the report because it basically says that being highly competitive doesn't necessarily improve or prolong your life at least in the united states is there a point then to be competitive at all. yes of course all the. rich countries. being competitive you have a very good chance of getting rich however being. competitive of course is not the only thing for a good standard of living for wellbeing you also need to get your health system right which is something where the u.s. does not excel at all that united states of course as we know is the words biggest strongest economy whereas in that survey in second place is singapore a relatively small city state what makes it so competitive. singapore is a small very open economy it's very flexible it is well regulated well it governs very low corruption that makes singapore a very attractive place to do business and hence it rightly rings there as one of the most competitive economies in the world problem in singapore of course it's a small country not everything that works in singapore might work in much bigger countries and what about germany in terms of size somewhere in between comes in as number three on that competitiveness index and what might be surprising is that germany is doing especially well in the area of innovation how come. i must say that indeed it is a little surprise that germany is ranked number one in innovation but if you look at the details you find the reason in no single categories such as patent applications quality of research institutions and the like in no single category is germany actually number one but it's always close to the top other countries such as the us may be number one in some categories but they are much more mediocre in other categories so it's the breath of germany that it's pretty good in almost every category that means germany actually ends up number one in innovation although it does not have the most peyton applications and does not have the very best scientific research ok so that means we don't always have to be the number one in everything and can still excel good news that is meeting there from london thank you so much you're welcome. it is a reminder now all the top stories we're following for you. u.s. secretary of state mike comp aoe has arrived in turkey to discuss the disappearance and suspected murder of a dissident journalist in. touch down from saudi arabia which. promised a full investigation. hasn't been seen since he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul two weeks ago. on the syrian city of iraq is struggling to recover one year after its liberation from the islamist extremist group calls for amnesty international for the u.s. to investigate the number of civilians killed by. u.s. has also refused to fund major rebuilding until political progress is made. you're watching the news coming to you live from berlin and more coming up at the top of the hour see you then. move. on to. the focus on. reliable data. moved to students for a closer. look at the. automotive you're strong. when betts closed down wind farms when activists prevent forests from being cut down a. chance to learn to know. when minus dopamine and breath interviewing nubia we make a show about the economy versus the in violence in germany in sixty minutes on. your smart t.v. the smarter with the d w four smaller to. find out more. dot com smart t.v. . cura mags solid. money is right in the media good documentary