craig i think it's only the beginning of the. song. machines starting february first on t w. this is do you w. news live from berlin turkey attacks the kurds in syria a move that could seriously aggravate the war in the country turkish forces have launched ground and air offensive against the northwest town of a free and as they step up efforts to oust kurdish fighters there and the u.s. call for restraint also coming up. germany's social democrats seeking

a last minute unity ahead of a vote that could the country's political future will they backed coalition talks with anglo american conservatives we'll have the latest from berlin. and in the u.s. donald trump faces a government shutdown and nationwide protests exactly a year after he came into power we'll go live to washington. twitter thank you for joining us turkey has begun military operations to oust kurdish fighters from the northern syrian town of offering and its surrounding villages officials say turkish forces have launched ground and air offenses on the region the army says it hit shelters and hideouts used by militants from three crew . including the u.s. backed kurdish y.p.

jima lessa the move opens a new front in syria's civil war the syrian government has warned against any incursion and threatened to shoot down turkish chats. but turkish president reza type one is promising to expand his country's border operations here's what he had to say earlier today. just up now we will clear this terror corridor from our border step by step just as we have prevented a terror corridor from being formed along our border with drabble us and bob operations. we've launched a military operation into the northern africa province of syria an operation in my beach will come after our friend. the promises made to us have not been kept up to now so nobody can object if we do what is necessary. 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 is syria and it says it will do all it's means to prevent this operation but the key player here is russia they have deployed a very sophisticated surface to air missile system in syria and they effectively control the skies over syria for now at least that it does have some appears to have some tacit agreement that allows these airstrikes to go on but most code does appear to be following a diplomatic route it has called for restraint it says it will defend syria diplomatically and that is a sign that it's likely that russia will take this to the united nations security council if that is the case and they appears that turkey's time for an operation appears to be very limited and dorian just briefly this kurdish fighters that the turkish forces are targeting are backed by the u.s. are we looking at also possible new strains in the relations between our current washington old definitely relations are already deeply strained over

the u.s. support of this kurdish militia now that turkey is attacking them there were those relations are plummeting further u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson spoke to his turkish counterpart. today and not pressure on from washington is expected to step up particularly as washington called on not to intervene turkish president reject the one slammed washington said they cannot be trusted and they are supporting terrorists daryn jones for us in istanbul thank you very much. germany is on political tenterhooks this weekend ahead of a key vote that could decide chancellor angela merkel's future six hundred delegates from the center left social democrats are due to vote on sunday whether to enter coalition talks with merkel's conservatives social democrat leader mohsen schultz is in favor of forming a new so-called grand coalition but he faces resistance from the left of his party especially its youth wing former coach for more formal coalition talks can only

begin if scholtz gets a yes vote from the gathering social democrat delegates in bonn a no vote could lead to a minority government or two fresh elections and s.p.d. leaders had a meeting this afternoon to discuss tomorrow's vote so we're getting the latest now from our correspondent here in the studio show a lot of pots charlotte thank you so much for being here it looks like. let's start with what the mood is right now among the social democrats what are we seeing ahead of tomorrow's vote i mean it's not great let's start with that i think the party is really divided at that point with seeing a division between young and old in the party but also between the leadership and the grassroots the used leader of the social democrats he spent all last week i'm painting against a new grand coalition and there are several arguments for that he's saying that the results that came out of the exploratory talks are necking social democratic ideas

that the party couldn't renew itself and another grand coalition and also that if they enter that coalition with the conservatives that the right wing populist is the strongest opposition in parliament and that should be prevented at all costs so it's going to be very interesting tomorrow we're going to see a party convention where those six hundred delegates will basically vote on the question of whether germany will see a new government any time soon or not that we know that some of the s.p.d. regional groups have already given their recommendations for how the delegates should vote tomorrow so let's take a look at that. five regional groups of the s.p.d. have come out in favor of launching coalition talks lower saxony has. and hamburg and brandenburg but three states but lynn saxony am house and two india have recommended voting no none of the other regional branches of the party have declared their preference the biggest question mark is north rhine-westphalia which

is sending the highest number of delegates to the conference social democrats that are split on how to vote so those on the map the social democrats in north rhine-westphalia and hesson are calling on leaders from post certain conditions on medicals conservatives where they agree to launch these full talks is there a chance of that even happening let me just say those votes are not the decisions are not binding so every deli can can vote however they want so that's why we don't know at all what the outcome will be but the conditions let's talk about those say what they want changes in employment policies refugee policies and also health policies. conservatives have already said no more conditions but i think when it comes down to the pressure on the conservatives it's going to be really big also to just finally form a government so there will be concessions also from the conservatives in possible coalition talks if the delegates say yes let's enter coalition talks and if we can gaze into our crystal ball briefly first tomorrow are you predicting a yes or

a no vote it's really hard i wouldn't bet on either outcome but if you ask me the delegates are going to vote yes let's take a form a coalition talks it's not the end of it because in the end all be members four hundred thousand will decide whether this will be binding whether to enter a new government so they do have some leverage left in the end shot of thoughts here in our studio in berlin thank you very much for having me. turning to the u.s. now it's been a year says donald trump was inaugurated and despite runs from us to bring people together the country remains wracked by political division the federal government shut down over night after congress failed to reach a last minute deal on spending this means government workers are staying at home halting all but the most essential operations recriminations have already begun it was a night of partisan politics at the capitol despite hours of debate and last minute

deal making there was no agreement on a government funding deal the a's or fifty three days or forty nine the motion is not agreed the republican leadership couldn't find the sixty votes needed to keep the government open the government shutdown means hundreds of thousands of public servants night have to stay home artificial. following the senate vote the white house said the democrats were behaving like obstructionist loses its words were echoed by the republican senate laid out what we've just witnessed on the floor was a stunning call decision by senate democrats and shovels. millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political games a government shutdown was one hundred percent of what it will. be a democratic senate late at chuck schumer said he tried his utmost to give the republicans what they wanted he was prepared to offer donald trump money for his

border wall if the president would soften his hard line on immigration no one who deserves the blame for the position we find ourselves in more than president trump . he walked away from two bipartisan deals including one today in which i even put the border wall on the table oh sure matley dog the democrats wouldn't back down on one key demand they wanted guarantees on the future of eid hundred thousand undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children republicans say that's holding ordinary people hostage but with most americans supporting a deal on the children democrats are calculating the voters will back them up. and while politicians in washington scramble to find a solution to this latest crisis thousands are taking to the streets of major u.s. cities for a second so-called women's march it's been one year since the first women's

marcelle people around the world demonstrate against election demonstrations were aimed at raising awareness about sexism and minority rights something protesters say hasn't improved in the first year of trump's administration. phone number has been following the latest from washington for us under great to see you we are now one year into the trump administration but with demonstrations like that women's march it seems like the country is more divided than ever what are you hearing on the ground about how people are feeling about this first year of trump. as you said after the election president trump promised to unite the country and today i talked to protesters here in washington and they told me that they think that this goal has not been achieved they told me that they think that president trump's first year in office was

a disaster some of them told me that they think that donald trump is a sexist and a racist and they do not approve anything he does or tweeds and meanwhile we have to say that donald trump's approval rating nationwide is at the record though and more and more republicans in congress are coming forward criticizing the president's conduct his controversial remarks saying that they job is to work with the president not for the president. and speaking of congress we see that trump has accused democrats of blocking the financial build in order to ruin his inauguration celebrations but really we're looking at those who stands to lose the most from the shutdown. well you know traditionally it is the party that is in control of congress and according to

polls more americans think that it's the president and the republicans to be blamed for the crisis and indeed we have to add the president he praises himself as a deal maker and he was not able to. make a deal and actually we have to say that the republicans and the democrats in the senate they were quite close to agreement on the immigration and border security and it was donald trump who said that he wouldn't support this compromise. for us on the ground in washington d.c. thank you very much. and in the bundesliga there's been some high scoring matches and a few surprises for i book produced the performance of the day coming from behind to beat likes it and record their title hopes and replaced life's in second after destroying hoffenheim for want

a way there were battling winds of four minds frankfurt and de la and on friday gotten through at heritage with pm lake obama young again left out there are three games to be completed including a leader by and against women on sunday. that's our news right more from us at the top of the hour don't forget you can get all the latest news and information on our web site d w dot com thanks for watching. two to. let the whole g.w. on one outlet for info cause global insights on the news outlets or local heroes. d.w. made for mines. good.

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