and more than two years after a bombing at the heart of istanbul the trial of german tourists the turkish court sentences three men to life in prison. president dollar trump is called on the country to unite behind him to create a new american moment during this first stage of the union address tromp also off lawmakers to support us plans of upgrading the country's aging infrastructure and to overcome the deadlock on immigration reform has more. republicans were thrilled to greet their leader ahead of the highly anticipated speech but the big question ahead of donald trump's first state of the union address would he adopted more presidential tone with the world see twitter trump or teleprompter trump a lot had changed he said since he took office a new tide of optimism was already sweeping across our land each day since we have gone forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission to make america great again for all americans. he praised his own administration's achievements more than two million new jobs rising wages reductions in red tape on employment claims at a forty five year low

in istanbul thank you very much for that. then joins me now from business and seaman sounds like it's speeding up plans to x. thousands of jobs but that's what it sounds like that's what basically the signal coming from the c.e.o. of the german company its key industrial power business is puttering along right now it's other segments making up for the losses thanks to a global up but that's not stopping the german phone from slashing jobs world wide chief executive officer. there's much to do to future proof industrial giant now that's not been seen protesters because while winding back some operations in germany is embarking on new ventures in the united states the demonstrators going to huge lengths to make their voices heard today. workers from the eastern german town of cycles hundreds of kilometers to the annual shareholders meeting in munich they're determined to fight back against plans to cut their jobs. are fighting for our future and as long as we continue to do so and see a chance we're going to keep going. seaman

you and turkey's economy is boasting impressive growth but is it sustainable we'll get the word from istanbul. this is a business i'm crystal folbre welcome energy independence is king donald trump's government wants to open u.s. coastlines to more offshore drilling while energy companies are cheering several coastal states vaal to do whatever it takes to stop that from happening. the five year plan calls for forty seven new offshore leases opening waters that have been off limits for decades including areas off the california and florida coasts is a move that the u.s. interior department says is in the nation's interest but it is a clear difference between interview we. and the president we're going to have the strongest energy policy and become the strongest and. we certainly. do that the proposal follows last week's announcement of plans to roll back or even repeal safety regulations adopted under the obama administration environmental groups have vowed to oppose the move and are organizing protests offshore drilling is is inherently dirty it's inevitable that there will be an oil spill su

coming up more than two years after a bombing at the heart of istanbul twelve german tourists a turkish court sentences treatment to life in prison our correspondent reports on how that attack changed the city. and german lawmakers hold a special session to honor the victims of the holocaust and auschwitz survivor has strong words for those who still deny the stock chapter in german history. the. president has called on the country to unite behind him to create a new american moment during his first state of the union address tromp also asked to support us plans to renewing the country's aging infrastructure and to overcome the deadlock on immigration reform we have this report. not surprisingly they gave the president a hero's welcome the big question ahead of donald trump's first state of the union address with the leader of the free world adopt a more presidential term on twitter trump or teleprompter trump a lot of change he said over the last year but one refrain from his election campaign remained constant. a new tide of optimism was already sweeping across our land each day since

s yulia reporting from istanbul you are going to talk to you. you foreign ministers are holding talks today on whether to provide emergency funding to palestinian refugees this comes after u.s. president trump drastically cut financial aid to them now some five million people are urgently in need of support and the u.n. agency responsible for them says it is running out of money let's take a closer look at what the agency for palestinian refugees is doing the united nations relief and works agency has provided essential aid for palestinian refugees and their descendants first seven decades many of them were displaced during the arab israeli war in one thousand nine hundred forty eight and the six day war in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven today more than five million palestinians are registered in camps in jordan syria lebanon the occupied west bank and the gaza strip donations from u.n. member states make up nearly all of the agency's budget of over one billion dollars the united states gave three hundred sixty four million u.s. dollars i

just a few years ago istanbul was known for its nightlife. but the islamic conservative a.k.p. government seemingly wants to put an end to that shops and no longer permitted to sell alcohol after ten pm. advertising alcohol is forbidden and for many turks high taxes have made it a lot sharing the. children who owns a bar in istanbul he says many other bar owners have already given up their customers can't afford the high prices but just have a nice flavor to rocky a local favorite costs about two to three times what it did just a few years ago and. it's getting worse they raise taxes twice a year. they've just been raised again. i think the authorities are trying to shut down bars and clubs or maybe it's a religious thing i have no idea. the government says its tax hikes have nothing to do with religion or president red jump time and to one has promoted a non alcoholic beverage as if to make a bigger statement was over no matter what others say national drink is iran and i drink to that there's a very good i. i in istanbul it's a district home to many conservative muslims there

our correspondent johan's following the story for us from istanbul the turkish troops are continuing their offensive pushing eastwards now what our president plans there. well today in a meeting with representatives of his ruling a party he reiterated his intention to expand this military operation to other cities in north and syria syria basically all the way to the iraqi border so off to afrin that's the plan the turkish military is going to move further east to monday each which is part of a larger kurdish controlled area in northern syria while offering is a smaller kurdish controlled enclave but in money that's the area where u.s. troops also station because they are supporting the y. p.g. the kurdish militia in syria seeing them as proxies in the fight against the so-called islamic state so turkey is basically by moving further east it's basically risking a confrontation with a nato ally there but the local threat perception the threat perception and is that with this kurdish controlled area in syria they could be something like a kurdish corridor or something close to a kurdis

their i took a bus to istanbul. my goodness of what the next morning i found out that the authorities had issued a warrant for my arrest they searched my home and my office at the university they claimed that i disappeared even though they could have easily reached me by phone so they issued a warrant and then they passed the story along to the press. which that. latifa wasn't arrested but she was banned from working and from leaving the country . later she secretly made her way to frankfurt she describes the situation of the university before she left us to some of my colleagues didn't actually speak out against me but they just sort of disappeared from my life i was pretty upset about that. people on social media took me off their list of friends. people who had phoned me every day to chat he just stopped calling that really hurt. all a joke just gives you a long long term the authorities campaign against us had created an atmosphere of fear among my colleagues that they were afraid to talk to me or speak up we te

daryn thank you very much for an historian jones there in istanbul. now to some other stories making headlines around the world today in myanmar to reuters journalists accused of violating that country's colonial era official secrets act have arrived in yangon court for their bail hearing while the one and who were arrested in december for allegedly require secret government papers if convicted the journalists face a maximum prison sentence of fourteen years. u.s. lawmakers have agreed on a temporary spending bill reopening the government after a three day shut down government said democrats rather have refused to back a spending bill without protections for so-called dreamers those who are migrants brought illegally to the u.s. as children when they back down after republicans promised to hold an immigration vote in the coming weeks. and u.s. bice president mike pence has told the israeli knesset that the white house plans to move the american i was a caesar jerusalem by the end of next year is speech through angry protests from arab israeli lawmaker

in istanbul thank you very much for that. you're watching the news coming up ahead one of german soccer's biggest stars is leaving the bundesliga again door to spill and when it is headed to arsenal in england's premier league big money we take a look at what that means for daughter's future. but first turner joins me and a german giant is in the news talking about job cuts some return to time of higher profits it's never going to be an easy sell for management a key industrial power business is the problem child its other segments are making up for the losses thanks to a global opt but that is not stopping the german firm from slashing jobs worldwide c.e.o. joe k.'s argues there's a lot to do to make the company fit for the future but that is not going down well with protesters because at the same time as the operations have been wild back in germany the means it is embarking on new ones in the united states the demonstrators going to huge lengths to make their voices heard. workers from the eastern german town of gurlitz cy

to get used to serving tea for the last full months he's been working as a temporary waiter in this istanbul coffee. he'd never imagined things could come to this only last some a move that was the proud owner of a small hotel he was the boss but the economic crisis room and his business he went bankrupt was forced to sell up. because if you do without any. details also to crash like that it's just such a huge difference between what i was and what i am now part of my house is mainly european tourists in my hotel. but they stopped coming and i started to lose money on what's happening in the last two years my business collapsed completely. lots of turkeys businesses have gone the way of move us on the stumbles main shopping boulevard the lively istiklal the signs of economic malays are everywhere turkey's inflation rate has hit a fourteen year high the lira is constantly losing value creating problems for many . but to me that's all we now buy the euro so it's got us to go out a lot to eat but that's become a luxury for us as there are. reasonable and we're always comparing what we were able

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we do have an investment boom the structures as you know istanbul is now colored with this skyscrapers but that's the most money doesn't the product through to growth it is what the economists call on sustainable we can't go like that we need to slow down our growth rate then address the inflation and external deficit problems. more that active player has his own crisis to deal with after he's finished his shift in the cafe he often walks past the hotel he owned not so long ago. but more that's already given up hope it might one day be his again. the final stop is poland african swine fever is on the rise that the highly contagious disease may be harmless to humans but it is deadly to pigs. in order to contain if the demick many families have had to slaughter their livestock. yun be a nazi has been raising pigs for decades he still can't believe they're all gone now some dead wild boar were found near his farm it turns out they were infected with african swine fever and response authorities ordered that all farm pigs in a radius of fifty kilometers be called. they came in made a list i

to get used to serving tea for the last four months he's been working as a temporary waiter in this istanbul coffee. he'd never imagined things could come to this only last some a move that was the proud owner of a small hotel he was the boss but the economic crisis runed his business he went bankrupt was forced to sell up. because if you do not have any. details fulfil to crash like that it's just such a huge difference between what i was and what i am now. doing my house is mainly european tourists in my hotel. but they stopped coming and i started to lose money on what's happened in the last two years my business collapsed completely. lots of turkey's businesses have gone the way of move outs on the stumbles main shopping boulevard the lively istiklal the signs of economic malays are everywhere turkey's inflation rate has hit a fourteen year high the lira is constantly losing value creating problems for many . but salute you know that's all we now know that you are sure to go yes to go out a lot to eat but that's become a luxury for us. we're always comparing what we were able to buy and

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roll turkey's defense minister says the shelling is part of a planned invasion we'll take you live to istanbul also on the program. germany social democrats prepared to vote on whether to back their leadership. and some said he wouldn't last until christmas but the president is still that will take a look at his first year in office. welcome to the program turkish forces have been firing on targets across the border with syria the country's defense minister says an operation against a kurdish controlled klavan serious african region has begun move comes just days after turkey's president red tape type one said he would stamp out what he called nests of terror on the border military intervention puts turkey at odds with the united states which has backed the kurdish militias and its fights against the islamic state group. not even the rain could dampen their spirits. thousands of kurds demonstrated against a possible invasion of turkish troops president add ones in once meant that he wants to drive kurdish militias i took the syrian enclave brought them onto the streets. and that's not all the

underway in vienna for more i'm joined by kerry sky ring in the austrian capital and dorian jones in istanbul hello to you both kerry let's start with you is the turkish offensive in northern syria affecting the peace talks in beata. it's not a direct effect but certainly an indirect effect what it does what that incursion by turkey does is signal the great differences that exist by the international players in the syrian conflict and the people sitting at the un peace table here in vienna they will have allies and former enemies among those international players and they just see once again that there is no unity at the international level on the way forward for syria it also comes at a critical moment this conflict in that area of syria where turkey is making the incursion of the moment we've had these talks described by the u.n. envoy for the syria talks as a critical moment we will see the french foreign minister call it the last hope for the syrian peace talks and again the conflict is going to increase the humanitarian problems and much of the energy of the peace talks has gone into try

is busy gathering is coming to them but let's go right to our correspondent he is in central istanbul i'm joined by the show a couple of years but it will correspond there on those stories in just a minute but first this news just gets all about the perspective closer d.w. news. thousands of children go missing every year in china they all sold on the drug market. town jingjing is searching for her son all by ourselves. without any help from the omar a tense she's courtroom of hope and despair she finds for a mother's rights. so much time changing such as for her some. reporter on d w. sustainable protection for the earth ideas designed to preserve our ecosystems the exist around the world. global ideas takes the next step protection for our planet's biological diversity trailblazing projects. t w dot com slash global ideals. in. a low in a very warm welcome a day to focus on europe i'm peter craven a new presented.

to get used to serving tea for the last full months he's been working as a temporary waiter in this istanbul coffee. he'd never imagined things could come to this only last some a move that was the proud owner of a small hotel he was the boss but the economic crisis runed his business he went bankrupt was forced to sell up. because if you do we're going to me. it feels to crash like that there's just such a huge difference between what i was and what i am now. i hosted mainly european tourists in my hotel. but they stopped coming and i started to lose money on what's happening in the last two years my business collapsed completely the. lots of turkeys businesses have gone the way of move outs on the stumbles main shopping boulevard the lively istiklal the signs of economic malays are everywhere turkey's inflation rate has hit a fourteen year high the lira is constantly losing value creating problems for many . but to me to look that's all we now know the ideal that suits us to go out a lot to eat but that's become a luxury for us as there are. reasonable and we're always comparing what we we

reporting there from istanbul this may not be up to date with some other stories making news around the was a powerful earthquake in the pacific ocean has prompted tsunami warnings for ponce of alaska and canada the epicenter of the eight point two magnitude quake was about two hundred fifty kilometers southeast of kodiak island tsunami watches for all head for the entire u.s. west coast and few. clashes and fist fights broke out in gym is how noble overnight during a demonstration against these military operations in syria the test is chanting fascist maastricht signs and flags of iraq in. the situation was quickly brought under control. listing in germany in the fishes between the countries hope for governing partners are showing even as if the best annoyance form with coalition talks on the meccans conservative bloc has the social democrats to finish the talks quickly and deliver the country a new government but the left of center media's vow to negotiate hard to push its agenda. like snow falling outside conservative headquarters last night the kind of inclement weather that matches

action but the risks of bound for opponents of this campaign will have more from our correspondent in istanbul. also ahead day four of the world economic forum in switzerland our senior business editor ben physical and is there. u.s. president donald trump is set to eclipse this gathering of the global elite with another america some step closer to getting a new government formal coalition talks between for all americans conservatives of the social democrats have now kicked off more than four months after germans went to the polls now both leaders were upbeat going into the talks machall saying she's confident that a deal can be agreed quickly now there's a lot riding on the outcome in addition to the future government the political future of both party leaders is very much at stake here's what they had to say as the talks began this morning. you get this flooding down on the spirits not go it's important to me is that we make even clear what impulses we want for germany's future. we are experiencing a fast changing world and we must make progress in digitization and especially in our schools

turkey's present valas there's no stepping back and moves to saddam's descent to get an update from istanbul and a kurdish perspective right here also coming up. a blonde economic forum opens with india's prime minister as the dystopic traction there in the movie warns against barriers to free trade just sounds off the trump administration's slaps new cherubs on imports to the u.s. . lost out on just crashed down across the alps off the heavy snow for cutting off ski resorts and stranding holiday makers. also in the program russia's trek led these goes as militants head cold hundreds of chechen fighters join the so-called islamic state in the middle east now russia feels they are on their way back home did reports from drug name. turkey has intensified its offensive dubbed olive branch against kurdish militia in northern syria overall monitoring group says that these fifty four competence have been killed so far on both sides the turkish army and allied soon verify just crossed into the. offing in northern syria on saturday and often is controlled by the y.p. g. militia which has been the ke

kemal and his wife ayca, a pianist, are leaving their house in istanbul. their flight to berlin is in just a few hours. along with their two daughters damla and yasemin, they are starting a new life. >> the kids made this, but we can't take everything with us. it makes me so sad, but that's life. you always have to leave something behind. reporter: the kocaturk family is leaving behind their house with a yard, on the edge of the city near the black sea. after her husband had a guest performance in berlin, they decided to move to the german capital. the german consulate in istanbul granted them a six-month artist visa that allows them to seek employment in germany. ever since the failed coup, the situation has escalated dangerously. >> i was so worried about him. we see how people are simply arrested at night and d locked away. i couldndn't stop thininking at it. reporter: the neighbors have come to say goodbye. they can understand the kocaturk's decision. many turks are considering leaving the country. >> let them go ahead and see what it's like. and then

we meet ekrem imamoglu, a district mayor of istanbul. he admits that child labor is a massive problem in turkey. >> our options are limited. are e we trying to get the childrdren into our schools? give them books, pencilsls, satchels? of course e we're trying to. but we don't always reach them all. often more help is needed than we c can give. >> after work, aras takes us to her family. she has two sisters. her mother hasn't gone back to work since becoming pregnant. her father does have a job, but even combined with aras's income, the e family can hardy make ends meet. they don't receive any financial support from t the state. >> i was the only one to work in syria and my salary was enough for all of us, even for my parents. but here it's different. the rent, the costs for the kids. i just can't do it alone. >> we have to send aras s to wo, there's no other way. every morning she crieies and says, "i want to go to school." and it breaks my h heart. i know that she is too young and many people won't give her a job because she is still a

we meet ekrem imamoglu, a district mayor of istanbul. he admits that child labor is a massive problem in turkey. >> our options are limited. are we trying to get the children into our schools? give them books, pencils, satchels? of course we're trying to. but we don't always reach them all. often more help is needed than we can give. >> after work, aras takes us to her family. she has two sisters. her mother hasn't gone back to work since becoming pregnant. her father does have a job, but even combined with aras's income, the family can hardly make ends meet. they don't receive any financial support from the state. >> i was the only one to work in syria and my salary was enough for all of us, even for my parents. but here it's different. the rent, the costs for the kids. i just can't do it alone. >> we have to send aras to work, there's no other way. every morning she cries and says, "i want to go to school." and it breaks my heart. i know that she is too young and many people won't give her a job because she is still a child. but i know

kemal and his wife ayca, a pianist, are leaving their house in istanbul. their flight to berlin is in just a few hours. along with their two daughters damla and yasemin, they are starting a new life. >> the kids made this, but we can't take everything with us. it makes me so sad, but that's life. you always have to leave something behind. reporter: the kocaturk family is leaving behind their house with a yard, on the edge of the city near the black sea. after her husband had a guest performance in berlin, they decided to move to the german capital. the german consulate in istanbul granted them a six-month artist visa that allows them to seek employment in germany. ever since the failed coup, the situation has escalated dangerously. >> i was so worried about him. we see how people are simply arrested at night and locked away. i couldn't stop thinking about it. reporter: the neighbors have come to say goodbye. they can understand the kocaturk's decision. many turks are considering leaving the country. >> let them go ahead and see what it's like. and then we

we meet ekrem imamoglu, a district mayor of istanbul. he admits that child labor is a massive problem in turkey. >> our options are limited. are wewe trying to get the childrenen into our schools? give them books, pencils,, satchels? of course wewe're trying to. but we don't always reach them all. often more help is needed than we canan give. >> after work, aras takes us to her family. she has two sisters. her mother hasn't gone back to work since becoming pregnant. her father does have a job, but even combined with aras's income, the fafamily can hardy make ends meet. they don't receive any financial support from thehe state. >> i was the only one to work in syria and my salary was enough for all of us, even for my parents. but here it's different. the rent, the costs for the kids. i just can't do it alone. >> we have to send aras toto wo, there's no other way. every morning she cries s and says, "i want to go to school." and it breaks my heaeart. i know that she is too young and many people won't give her a job because she is still a c

is in istanbul and joins me now from there though the turkish president has spoken out saying that he's ready to target syria's model bridge reason. what is the significance of this for the military operation. for the turkish forces they say it is key is part of their efforts to remove what they say is his tariff right on the southern border of syria but for nato it is a nightmare scenario because a large number of u.s. soldiers are believed to be deployed in mom bitch and this brings a threat of a confrontation between turkish forces and the united states although picky both started their people a minister of the ruling party said this played down those who say it was only a remote possibility mom beach is a very important town because for the united states it allows them to exercise control over iraq which is the key city in the region so there is the potential of a major confrontation there and i think that is what all of nato allies are trying to avoid and don't do one is headed to speak with a u.s. president donald trump today the u.s. has been supporting the wide militia being a t

joins us now from istanbul. junia good to see you so tell us why air to walk on is threatening to attack the why p.g. at this particular time. well a missed out on has repeatedly made such threats in the past but this time indeed they do sound with very serious infect he is also slamming and i think that's the reason he's slamming the usa and a us the us led coalition against state in syria because washington has announced plans of establishing a thirty thousand strong border security force along the syrian border with turkey and that troops would mainly consists of kurdish fighters kurdish fighters the turkish government considers terrorists so add-on had really harsh words and i quote him a country we consider an ally and he means the us is insisting on forming a terrorist army on our borders and our mission it is to strangle this on me before it is even born so this is really a military threat by the turkish side to what specifically towards these plans by washing by the u.s. all right so the wind p.g. is onl

she reports from the heavily guarded palace of justice in istanbul the place where freedom of press in turkey came to an end. good job they've given us a look every day when i walk over to this place to play. i see this building as some kind of a normas monster awaiting me with an ugly grimace to take her to the cio corps. cameras are not allowed in the courthouse so from this point we were cord with a hidden cell phone today she attends another case against colleagues of the daily paper hoary at the accusation betraying state secrets a few other reporters are present trials against journalists have become part of a sound routine into the coverage of the trial itself is obstructed by the courts since ronald holmes so they say there's no place for the press the building is huge but the courtrooms are very small the smallest rooms are always selected for these important trials. no more than twenty to twenty five visitors can fit into them. for sure if you would once i had to report on a trial in one room while i was the defendant in another so i had to walk back and forth. this time coll

that is where istanbul has launched an air and ground campaign against u.s.-backed kurdish fighters in the region beyond turkey's border. -- in the afrin region of syria. for more, i spoke a brief time ago with the former assistant secretary of state for military affairs who has returned from istanbul. since you are just back from istanbul, what insight do you have into why the turks chose this moment to launch this offensive against the kurds within syria? >> i don't think there's anything special about this moment. it is clear that the kurdish forces were gaining more and more control of the northwest border, and the united states unfortunately made a comment about creating a border force. i think the combination of those two events precipitated this event. laura: how awkward is it for the united states? turkey is a nato ally, and the united states is very reliant on the kurds in syria to fight the islamic state. >> exactly right, and that is why i don't think we have registered disapproval or condemnation from the united states. we are concerned, but we al

she reports from the heavily guarded palace of justice in istanbul the place where freedom of press in turkey came to an end. there could be just like every day when i walk over to this place will i see this building as some kind of a norm is monster awaiting me with an ugly grimace could you get it to kill us. cameras are not allowed in the courthouse so from this point we were cooled with a hidden cell phone today she attends another case against colleagues of the daily paper hoary at the accusation betraying state secrets a few other reporters are present trials against journalists have become part of a sound routine in turkey the coverage of the trial itself is obstructed by the courts wilson's formula only so they say there's no place for the press the building is huge but the courtrooms are very small the smallest rooms are always selected for these important trials. no more than twenty to twenty five visitors can fit into them. pushing for sympathy with one so i had to report on a trial in one room while i was the defendant in another so i had to walk back and forth. this time s

for more let's bring in correspondent you leon who is following the story for us from istanbul good morning to you we know that the turkish troops are continuing the offensive and attempting to move east words what our president wants plans there. well almost a week into the african campaign now took soldiers and their rebel allies appear to have made only limited gains so far at least that's what we hear from the border region. of course the plan is first to take over the enclave offer in and then move further east towards another majority kurdish area called monday each that's more than one hundred kilometers away from where the turkish army is right now and that's also where u.s. troops are stationed so moving further east for the turkish military means increasing the risk off confronting a nato ally but the turkish government that's what i get from recent remarks is willing to take this risk so this is one worst case scenario that international observers are discussing right now another one is the possibility of the syrian government actually intervening on the halls of the kurdish forc

but for days another istanbul court has ignored a constitutional court order to free to turkish journalist prompting fears you chelles imprisonment could drag on. in other news the european union has been slammed for its treatment of migrants and asylum seekers and a new human rights watch report the organization says that the union stepped up efforts to prevent fresh arrivals in twenty seventeen the e.u. has also been criticized for appealing to countries outside of its borders to stem the flow of people trying to reach europe now kenneth roth who is the executive director of human rights watch he launched the world report back in twenty eight team are over other this is the world report for twenty eighteen and he launched it in paris on thursday this is what he had to say have a listen. a year ago as president trump entered the white house it seemed there was no stopping the global wise of autocratic populace around the world political leaders for building support by demonizing minorities attacking us from the rights principles and undermining faith in democratic institutions what's been

reporting for us from istanbul thank you. well here in germany social democrat leader martin scholz has started his push to persuade party delegates to support talks on forming a new government with americans conservatives on sunday delegates will vote on whether those talks should go ahead many in the s.p.d. oppose another grand coalition and want more concessions from the conservatives. north and south korea have begun talks on next month's winter olympics delegations from both sides met in the border truce village of pan job the north has promised to send athletes to the game in chiang in the south bundt the talks are limited to the north's plan to send in our troops including singers dancers and an orchestra. to stock exchange in the indonesian capital jakarta has been evacuated after a floor in the lobby area of the building collapsed police say twenty people were hurt it's not clear what caused the mezzanine floor to come down but police have ruled out a bomb explosion. authorities say one woman has died after a boat fi

and during jones in istanbul. what we understand is in the last twenty four hours also five journalists have been detained. by the police in. the main kurdish city in turkey what we understand these people mainly media and also media critical of the government now. they are around thirty people on social media posts opposing the operation the government very concerned about what is going on on social media twitter particularly critics and potential opponents of the operation most of the news from. the social media given the fact that the perception among many of the mainstream media is broadly under the control of the president and the government and to underline those concerns prime minister been on sunday met with leading journalists of the country mainstream journalists where it is reported he issued a fifteen point plan on how to cover the after an operation committee juncker wants is that able to control the message they want to prevent any possibility of dissent or protest as this operation continues to drag

defense minister says an attack on a goodish concaved has begun to go live to our correspondent in istanbul for the latest also coming up there was a storm in a decade gaza's britain the netherlands and germany feels when sleep at least a dozen dead and travel chaos across europe. tomorrow monsoon one year in office the daughter traunch twelve months does have polarized. from a u.s. congressman who compares tromso president to the early years of the nazis. and really really go to the future can strike a killer album leon that has been left out of tonight's game in. china well welcome to you i'm. turkey's defense minister says an operation has now begun against the kurdish controlled enclave off a friend and reports are coming in that turkish forces are firing shells across the border and this comes just days after turkish president vet you want threatened a full military intervention into syria to stamp out what he called nests of terror on his country's border ungar deployed tanks and military equipment ahead of the operation putting on korea at odds with the u.s. which is backed the kurdi

for more let's talk to dorian jones our correspondent in istanbul dorian with this news that there is escalation are there also signs that turkey is preparing to send large number of ground troops into syria. well that is the message coming from ancora of the turkish prime minister billie yield from announce to ground operations could start as early as sunday that would appear the turkey's expediting this operation there was the expectation that this ongoing ground strikes against the syrian kurdish militia could continue for several days if not weeks and that's because this is a very mountainous region the syrian kurdish militia are a very entrenched and well dug in and air support was seen as key to softening up the operations before the ground offensive but now it seems that turkey is expediting this would be an imminent expectation of a ground operation and given the syrian government's reaction to this situation do you think that this could escalate into a major conflict between the two countries well that is the fear damascus has condemned this operation it says that for him is

yulia han in istanbul thank you. a fire has torn through a hospital for the elderly in south korea killing at least thirty seven people and injuring dozens more the disaster unfolded in the southeastern city a mere young reports say that the fire broke out in the emergency room of the hospital and soon engulfed the building firefighters needed several hours to extinguish the blaze a cause is still unknown. daring rescue from the place that was supposed to offer them care for the elderly and critically ill were overcome with smoke as the fire and got off the first floor of the hospital. officials say the blaze could have been much worse. he will. turn as you saw or logical some can we stop the fire from spreading from the first to the second floor early on. to or got them going get all you chilled out i mean we also prevented it from spreading any further. hundreds were evacuated and transferred to other infirmaries an official revealed that the hospital did not have sprinklers as they were not legally mandatory. fore

yulia han in istanbul thank you. that's over to monaco now who has the latest from davos it's been a very interesting week sarah and the last day of the world economic forum in davos is about to get underway the high point off today's proceedings is likely to be u.s. presidents donald trump's closing address he arrived in the mountain resort late on thursday and he wasted no time in getting cozy with his p.s. the eagle had finally landed president trump's arrival in davos was perhaps the most eagerly anticipated moment at the world economic forum so far but not everyone was pleased to see him there. he started his visit with an informal dinner with a group of some of europe's most powerful business executives and just as had been expected he wasted no time in pushing his america first agenda congratulations i just want to say that there's been a lot of warmth a lot of respect for our country and a lot of money billions and billions of dollars coming into the u.s. and people are very happy with what we've done not onl

dorian jones there in istanbul. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today clashes and fist fights broke out in germany's hanover airport overnight during a demonstration against turkey's military operation in syria protesters chanting fascist marched with signs and flags of iraqi kurdistan the situation was quickly brought under control. u.s. vice president mike pence has told the israeli knesset at the white house that white house plans to move the american embassy to jerusalem by the end of next year is speech grew angry protests from arab israeli lawmakers and highest ranking is the highest ranking u.s. politician to visit the region since president recognized as israel's capital last month. and u.s. lawmakers have agreed on a temporary spending bill reopening the government after a three day shutdown democrats had refused to back a spending bill without protections for so-called dreamers brought here illegally to the u.s. as children but they backed down after rep

leaves calls for the strikes we'll bring you a live update from istanbul also on the program india's prime minister opens the world economic forum there and promoting warns against barriers to free trade as the united states places a fifty percent tariff some so many poles. and heavy snowfall trends avalanches crashing down across the alps cutting off ski resorts and leaving holiday makers struck. with. a welcome to the program turkey has intensified its military offensive against kurdish militias in northern syria despite calls from the international community for restraint and perhaps promise that it will press on with itself for asian and african against groups that it regards as terrorists. operation all of branch is anything but a peace offering the following airstrikes the turkish military with the support of regional allies is marching across the border into northern syria turkey's president has pledged an unrelenting campaign against the syrian kurdish militia which he considers a terrorist group. will handle a free and there's no stepping back we have an agreement with our r

the court but for days another istanbul court has ignored a constitutional court order to free to turkish journalist prompting fears you chelles imprisonment could drag on and for more let's bring in our political correspondent thomas was standing by with the latest from berlin so thomas i first want to talk about this phrase dirty deal which seems to be categorizing the scot the discussions there at the moment what is really at the core. we're talking here about two very important and also very controversial issues on the one hand the delivery of sales to turkey this shouldn't be a major issue under nato partners but it is it has become a major issue now as it happens at the backdrop of the very tainted relationship between and the big question is to what extent these two issues have or have not been linked whereas then as you shared obviously mentioned they didn't want to be part of what he described as a dirty deal the german foreign minister said he had not connected those two issues and this case we know that it has certainly impacted german turkish relations walk us through thomas w

for let's talk to dorian jones our correspondent in istanbul dorian with this news that there is escalation are there also signs that turkey is preparing to send large number of ground troops into syria well that is the message coming from ancora the turkish prime minister have been really yield to him announced the ground operations could start as early as sunday that would appear that the turkey's expediting this operation there was the expectation that this ongoing ground strikes against the syrian kurdish militia who continue for several days if not weeks and that's because this is a very mountainous region the syrian kurdish militia are a very entrenched and well dug in and its support was seen as key to softening up the operations before the ground offensive but now it seems that turkey is expediting this would be an imminent expectation of a ground operation and given the syrian government's reaction to the situation do you think that this could escalate into a major conflict between the two countries. well that is the fear damascus has condemned this operation it says that for him i

country's defense minister says an attack on push on clear has begun we'll go live to our correspondent in istanbul for the latest also coming up germany's social democrat delegates prepared to vote on whether to join chance i'm going back to school to pull a new government for good to the opposition. and tomorrow marks one year in office for donna trunk we'll take a look at the highs and lows of twelve months in the white house. kind of a warm welcome to you i'm shima. turkey's defense minister says an operation has now begun against the kurdish controlled enclave off awfully in the reports coming in that turkish forces are firing shells across the border earlier this week the turkish president who won threatened a full military intervention into syria to stamp out what he called nests of terror on his country's border on korea deployed tanks and military equipment ahead of the operation but in ankara at odds with the u.s. which plans to set up a thirty thousand strong border force in syria's north according to some reports joining us now from for the very latest is our correspondent in. dorian jo