you know. this is d.w. news live from berlin and turkey attacks the kurds in syria a move that could seriously aggravate the war in the country turkish forces have launched ground an air offensive around the northwest town of a flaming as they step up efforts to oust kurdish fighters there russia and the u.s. call for restraint. also coming up. germany's social democrats seek a last minute unity and ahead of a vote that could decide the country's political future will they back coalition talks with uncle america's conservatives we'll have the latest from. the world of

gastronomy loses one of its most celebrated chapters will look back on the life of callable clues who have died at the age of ninety one. time my ass waiter thank you for joining us turkey has begun a military operation to oust kurdish fighters from the northern syrian town of a free and 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 groups including the u.s. backed kurdish y.p. jima lish on the move opens a new front in syria's civil war the syrian government has warned against any incursion and threaten to shoot down turkish jets. but turkish president reza type

heir to one is promising to expand his country's border operations here's what he had to say earlier today. just up moves 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 afferent province of syria. and operation in miami beach will come after offering. the promises made to us have not been kept up to now so nobody can object if we do what is necessary. for us 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 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 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 the near turkey 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 ankara and washington old definitely relations are already deeply strained over the u.s. his 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 typer the one slam 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 tender hooks 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 on 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 call 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 youth leader of the social democrats he spent all last week i'm painting against a new grand coalition and there's several arguments for that he's saying that the results that came out of the exploratory talks are lacking social democratic ideas that the party couldn't renew itself in 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 zine and hamburg and brandenburg but three states lynn saxony and house and cheering 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

that merkel's conservatism for 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 they flee 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 you that i would come. to me the delegates are going to vote yes let's take a formal coalition talks it's not the end of it because in the end all s.p.d. members four hundred thousand will decide whether this will be binding whether to

enter a new government so they do have some leverage left and the end shot of thoughts here in our studio in berlin thank you very much for having me. now on to some of the other stories making news around the world at least three gunmen have stormed a luxury hotel in the afghan capital kabul the attack on the intercontinental hotel is understood to be ongoing officials say security forces are on the scene and are exchanging fire with the gunmen the hotel was the target of a previous attack seven years ago. police in nigeria say that two americans and two canadians kidnapped in the north of the country have been freed the four were in the state of ca when they were seized in an ambush on tuesday two of their police escorts were shot dead in the incident one person has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping. pope francis has arrived in the

north in northern per room for the next leg of his tour of the country the area was hit by devastating floods nearly a year ago the pontiff said he had come to pray with those who had lost so much. and turning to the u.s. now it's been a year since donald trump was inaugurated despite trump's promise to bring people together the country remains wracked by political division the federal government shut down overnight 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 are kind of recriminations have already begun it was a night of partisan politics at the capitol despite hours of debate and last minute deal miking there was no agreement on a government funding deal these are 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 might have to stay home. following the senate vote the white house said the democrats were behaving like obstructionist loses its woods were echoed by the republican senate laid out what we've just witnessed on the floor was a stunning call decision by senate democrats or shovel. millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political. a government shutdown was one hundred percent of what a bill the democratic senate laid at chuck schumer said he tried his utmost to give the republicans what they wanted he was prepared to offer don't know tom 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. the democrats wouldn't back down on one key demand they wanted guarantees on the future of i two hundred thousand undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. is children republican site that's holding ordinary people hostage but with most americans supporting a deal on the children democrats a calculating the voters will back them. paul bocuse the most celebrated french chef of the past seventy years has died at the age of ninety one is widely considered the leading lights of the coloring movement known as know that cuisine in spite of becoming an international star the chef always remain true to his roots. paul bocuse reached the loftiest heights in the world of astronomy he was often called the chef of the century the pope of french cuisine. his

restaurant kept three stars the michelin guide's highest rating longer than any other. three michelin stars for fifty years nonstop. his eatery was located in his father's village in near leon and southeast france and is always the region's traditional dishes displaying his international celebrity he slept in the same room where he was born. i was born in this house i've always seen the sun river. travel i always ask myself where is the sun that's very good to be. in the late one nine hundred sixty s. is was one of the innovators of nouvelle cuisine which emphasized fresh ingredients later sauces and artistic presentation but never one to rest on his laurels he later distanced himself from the movement calling it many portions maxie plates.

must be careful and i think you've succeeded you've already failed one never succeeds we must always do better. book is called his two thousand and five memoir the sacred fire saying he too would end up in the oven one day. his wish was for his ashes to be scattered in the sun river which flows past his house. and in the bonus they get there been some surprise results today high book produced the performance of the day coming from behind to the life and wreck their title hopes may have a cause and it replaced life in the second spot after destroying hoffenheim for one away bottom side of cologne one for the third game in a row to close in on second bottom homburg there were also battling wins for frankfurt and minds on friday doth mundra away at heritage with pia and blake obama young again left out two games to come on sunday including leaders by and against

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