need to upgrade i think it's only the beginning of this cyborgs human machines starting february first on t w. this is deja vu dude live from berlin germany's political future is set to be decided in the coming hours for the party convention in bonn the social democrats leader martin short speaks of final plea to members to go back to coalition talks with on the americans conservatives if you delegates vote no the country could be heading for fresh elections also coming up the turkish army fires mortars into the

sunni and kurdish enclave of off three. point one his troops as you cross into the area it is part of a close controversial operation olive branch to present a budget time there to want says he hopes that operation will be quick to get the latest from our correspondents to church. and the world to sligo emberg says farewell to coach marcos good stall who comes after a bitter loss to fellow relegation candidates along. with. a matt herman thanks for joining us german chancellor angela merkel's future hangs in the balance today the country's center left social democrat party as you to hold any key votes on whether to enter coalition talks with merkel's conservatives.

democrat leader martin shields is in favor of forming a coalition but he faces strong resistance from within his own party and a no vote could lead to a minority government which merkel has already said she won't lead or it could lead to fresh elections. should they seek to join another coalition government with angle americans conservatives or should their priority be to renew their own party so they can win back support they've lost in recent years that is the tough choice facing this congress of social democrats the s.p.d. leadership are united in arguing in favor of the deal leader martin schultz told delegates that many people are looking to the s.p.d. to represent them against conservative policies the only move in the no name on. the five workers pension is single parents school students in trainees people who are renting their homes these are our people these are the people who are relying on us for not it's also also said the rise of nationalism across europe means

social democratic ideas are more needed than ever. is a nation of billick can you know. this right wing wave across europe can be broken by a german government which supports democracy human rights freedom in europe just because the s.p.d. is part of it of that reason alone it's worth joining this government you can even go saying you know it's not everyone at this conference is convinced by these arguments the influential leader of the s.p.d. youth wing is bitterly opposed to another coalition with angle americal it's a lot it's been made up absolute this is a grand coalition the common ground has been used to this it demands on all of them often to begin with and cannot see what all the six hundred delegates here agree on is that sunday afternoons decision has the potential to be a turning point for germany's political life.

right we can't turn now to our correspondent thomas sparrow who is joining us from the congress on tell us you've covered a few party congress is in your day this is a very different what is that stake here for germany for europe. well at stake is whether germany will be able to form a stable government soon after more than one hundred days since that election on september twenty fourth angela merkel's conservatives previously tried to form another coalition with two smaller parties the liberal and the greens but those talks failed and was left with the task of trying to form a coalition with the social democrats in the social democrats are in general very skeptical about the idea of joining a new grand coalition the divided understanding that is clearly evident here in bonn whereas the party leadership says that they could at least try and shape policies if they do negotiate with a conservative and if they do enter another grand coalition there are many in the party not only in the youth branch of the users who think that that's the wrong

path to go who believe that the best part for the s.p.d. would be outside of a grand coalition and outside of a grand coalition would mean leading the opposition in parliament if i want to talk about this division this is a very fundamental question whether to do another grand coalition or not is there a confrontational atmosphere in bonn today. to a certain extent there isn't but in fact i could say that both those who are in favor of a grand coalition and those who are against talking about similar issues where they differ is in how they want to achieve those issues both for example martin short and some members of the users speak of the renewal of the social democrats that need to try and regain lost trust and lost confidence from the voters but whereas martin shows and the leadership believe they can do that from a government from a grand coalition that you branch believe that they should be able to do that better if they are not in another grand coalition if they do it outside without the

pressure of trying to push those policies forward so to a certain extent you can certainly say that there is a very big divide a divide that is clearly present here in bonds if it would be a great irony if uncle americal who has led germany for so many years would lose power due to an intra party vote that isn't even her party what is really at stake for uncle americal today. but that is certainly rather quick approach there doesn't mean that if they vote here against the know the grand coalition angela merkel would lose power she would still have other options she was still have options she actually doesn't favor of the minority government and there would also be a possibility of fresh elections there is obviously a big question what will happen in those fresh elections but the vote here does not necessarily mean the end for angela merkel a long path ahead even the focus here even if the delegates here story decide

against that new coalition for anglo-american we can say that for sure it is a very big and a very difficult day indeed. thomas let's look briefly at the other side of the ledger what if they do vote for entering into grand coalition talks what happens next. well they would start those coalition talks they would start those formal coalition talks and a big question there is to what extent the s.p.d. would would be able to change some of the aspects that are in that document that the conservatives on the social democrats agree generally exploratory talks on that martin shows himself stressed here that they would like to change some of the aspects there but obviously the conservatives are not very happy about that and they would like to see some of the points or least most of the points in that exploratory talks also part of a formal grand coalition and thomas ferro thanks so much for joining us from the s.p.d. congress. right and some other news turkish back to troops have entered the northwestern syrian region of offering turkey's military announced that

it has so far struck one hundred fifty three kurdish militia targets in the region it's part of an offensive that threatens to further inflame the nearly seven year old conflict in syria and france has urged turkey to act with restraint instead it will call for an emergency meeting of the un security council. turkey civilians cheering on the tanks headed towards the syrian border. many support and kurds light is military operation dubbed olive branch. to save turkey why shouldn't we be placed. take is air and ground forces have been pounding kurdish positions in africa that targeting the y. page a militia which is backed by the us. took his tanks have been shelling the kurdish controlled syrian on clay and fighter jets have been bombing from the sky and chris says the wipe a.j. is a syrian army of the kurdish workers party opaque. it considers the

a terror group. he. says pissed on workers party and the why p.g. in syria they couldn't stand worker's party is on the terror list of the us and the e.u. the organization that works within syria is exactly the sign. but the syrian operation doesn't come without risks for turkey i've been not several rockets from syria landed in a turkish border city one person has been reported wounded as turkey escalates its involvement in syria the dangers for civilians on both sides of the border. or got date of your correspondent joining us for more from turkey yulia we understand that turkish forces have crossed the border into syria they are attacking the author in region what more can you tell us from the rules reason hours. well matt this weekend the

turkish army opened a new front in the syrian war a war that has been going on for seven years nearly seven years now making an already complex situation even more complex and yes the turkish military has confirmed the ground offensive started so turkish soldiers are going into our friend joined by fighters of the so-called f.s.a. the free syrian army that's and back to rebel group and the language coming from the turks is that this is only going to be the start they are then going to move into another town called monday some one hundred kilometers further north so this is the earth or a prison aaron just announced that he assumes the operation is going to be over soon we are hearing from turkish media that turkey is going is aiming at establishing a thirty kilometer so-called safe zone but this is only the wording is using you have to understand there are a couple of thousands of kurdish fighters in and around but

a couple of hundreds of thousands of civilians including displaced families from other war ravaged areas in syria so for them the next days are probably not going to be safe at all. you know retired did say he is going to flush out what he describes as terrorists. why does he believe that kurdish groups pose such a threat to turkey. well the text government says the syrian kurdish groups have links to the banned kurdistan workers party the p k k that has been waging its own fight inside turkey for decades now and the ankara government is especially worried there could be some kind of a kurdish corydoras developing along its border and this could then further inspire a separatist notions in turkey's kurdish community. yulia both the

u.s. and russia are not happy. could you briefly tell us why i would do this why he would isolate himself like this. well this is the big question here and as you said i mean he is risking deteriorate or deteriorating our relations with both washington and moscow i mean just to highlight the complexity of the situation the turkish military is now bombing kurdish forces inside syria that the u.s. on the other hand a nato ally considered as their most important proxy in their fight against the so-called islamic state russia itself has now said that they demand turkey to stop the operation and they want to address the united nations france a major european power has also called for an emergency meeting of the united nations security council because of the human tarion situation. thanks for joining us.

what does league club hamburg have fired coach marcos good still that move came a day after the team lost to cologne the league's last place club the two no last left hamburg in the relegation zone in seventeenth place next to last just all took over the team in twenty sixteen and narrowly avoided being sent down last season after saturday's defeat to cologne just told told reporters he would he had given the club a passion and heart now here's a bit more on the match that was his downfall in hamburg. walking onto the pitch for what would be his last match his stall knew he had to have three points against cologne despite the pressure hamburger united before the game. but it was the visitors who struck first the momentum rode up finishing off the assist in the twenty seventh minute the new signing latched on to jaco psycho's neat flick to beat denise dick my. after the break hamburg struggled in

failed to find their fourth. in the sixty seventh minute toronto was back for more . the first brace for the journey made two goals in a needed win for cologne. stefan luton back was all smiles the defeat subsequently ended mark his gives those ten years after two years in four months at the club. are about to go but here is a reminder of the top stories we've been following for you show the head of germany's social democrats marking shows seeking last minute party unity ahead of a vote that could decide the country's political future at stake our coalition talks with on the american conservatives to form a new grand coalition government. and turkish facts fighters have reportedly entered the northwestern syrian town of

a friend the attacks are part of an offensive on critics militias that calls operation all of french and he's military struck one hundred fifty three kurdish militia targets in northern syria. but the news coming up at the top of the hour until that visit our website you know you come from. climate change. waste. this. is it time for. eco africa people and projects that are changing the environment for the better it's up to us to make. the good. w. . radio.