this is news coming to you live from turkey assault on kurdish militias in syria turkish ground troops and allied syrian rebels advance on the kurdish enclave of. dozens of combatants are reported killed turkey's president there's no stepping back we go live to istanbul also coming up. germany's conservatives social democrats to finish coalition talks quickly warning that germans are losing trust in democracy after months without

a new government plus the u.s. government reopens after a three day shutdown senate democrats and the standoff after republicans promise to hold an immigration vote setting the stage for another partisan battle. also ahead of the world economic forum gets underway today our senior business correspondent is on. the forefront of this year's forum but trump is also invited. business will have live coverage throughout the day and all week from davos. and the threat level goes up in russia as hundreds of so-called islamic state fighters head home from the conflict in syria and iraq t w reports from chechnya.

hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us turkey has intensified its offensive all of breads against kurdish militias in northern syria the turkish army and syrian rebel fighters crossed into the turkish freen in northern syria on saturday . is controlled by the kurdish militia which has been a key u.s. ally in the fight against us but turkey sees the wife as a terror organization and has urged the u.s. to stop backing them turkey's president wretch of type one has bowed there will be no letting up until the job is done operation olive branch is anything but a peace offering following as strikes the takesh military with a supposed of its regional allies is marching across the border into northern syria techie's president has pledged an unrelenting campaign against a syrian country. which he considers a terrorist group. we'll handle there's no stepping back we have an

agreement with our russian friends and i've also discussed it with the u.s. and other coalition forces. amidst the attacks russia has pulled back its ground troops from the region to avoid accidental clashes experts say taqiyya looking to russia for further support. this is inevitably going to mean more close cooperation with russia for turkey and. this is probably russians threatening to pull turkey or the western alliance three thing is it click. the us position meanwhile remains ambiguous having backed the kurdish militia during the war against the so-called islamic state washington now refrains from direct criticism while edging taki to quite exercise restraint in its military actions the us has also said it takes

techies legitimate security concerns seriously the coolant taki to share restraint was echoed by the un security council on monday but operational if branch continues to intensify creating yet another front in the seven years syrian civil war. by force in. dorian what is turkey's military objective in this operation is it just striking a blow against what i regard as a hostile militia or is a planning to establish a buffer zone in syria. well that is what the turkish prime minister of italy use rim says he's talking about creating a thirty kilometer buffer zone into. beyond that turkey has reiterated it threats to expand this operation far beyond africa looking men beach this is another syrian kurdish enclave a stronghold of the white peachey they've rewritten rated that they were cool be

looking at that region and even beyond that to talking about removing the whole of the presence of the syrian kurdish force from turkey's a southern border so this operation at the moment appears to have a long term perspective and it's all about what turkey sees removing the threat of this why peachey militia which accuses of being linked to an insurgency inside turkey but this militia is a key ally of the united states and u.s. forces are present in several areas where the kurdish militia are based now the united states has supported kurdish militia against the so-called islamic state in syria what position are the americans taking in this conflict. well it's very very clear i mean the americans have been very ambiguous in its reaction initially calling on turkey not to intervene but since the intervention now america has not called for outright withdrawal or an end to the operation and

this is creating a great deal of dismay among the syrian kurdish forces they feel very much betrayed because it was in the u.s. his announcement of creating a security force which would draw heavily on this white peachey kurdish militia which actually triggered this crisis which triggered this intervention by turkey and also it's widely believed to have been the reason why moscow gave the green light to this operation because moscow was very unhappy with the kurdish militias decision to go ahead and cooperate with the u.s. on this now that the kurdish forces they believe sided with the united states went along with this plan which would allow the u.s. have a long term presence in syria they feel very much of bandon by the u.s. because. of this intervention by turkey and they see very little pushback by washington this is a complex situation dorrian turkey is also using german made tanks for its offensive against the kurds in syria this is anger german lawmakers which was some calling for a suspension of arms sales to turkey what do you impact is the turkish appearance of having on relations with its nato allies.

well it's certainly causing street strains in concerns but i think at the moment to its nato allies we are watching very carefully how you react to this operation they made very clear that france's call for an end to the operation process move to go to the u.n. security council they saw that was the act before mr said was supporting terrorism the message to its allies is you have a free hand and they won't be any long term implications on relations and for now at least that message does seem to be coming to be working they seem very muted criticism of turkey's operation no european leader all u.s. leaders call for its end and i think that turkey's message is you keep on this line in our relations will be ok but the concern among nato is that this operation is pushing turkey closer and closer to moscow and increasingly going forward they fear that turkey is going to allied itself with moscow particularly in the result of the syrian civil war. and thank you so much for. jones there in istanbul.

now to some other stories making headlines around the world today a group protesting outside the central university of venezuela in caracas clashed with police on monday demonstrators claimed that they were part of the resistance movement police threw tear gas at protesters who in turn rocks at police officers. but francis has apologized for insisting that victims of paedophile priests show quote proof to be believed but he continued to defend a chilean bishop accused of covering up for the country's most notorious paedophile priest francis repeated that anyone who makes such accusations without providing evidence is guilty of slander. former international soccer star george weah has been sworn in as the president of liberia tens of thousands of people attended the ceremony at a football stadium in the capital monrovia mr we it takes over from ellen johnson

sirleaf in the country's first democratic transition of power and more than seventy years. and officials in the philippines are warning about the violent eruption of the country's most active volcano could be imminent mount my yawn has been spewing out lava and ash prompting authorities to expand the danger zone around the volcano thousands of people in surrounding areas have been evacuated. well here in germany the country's two biggest parties are both gearing up for a fight as they prepare to kick off formal coalition talks a leading member of onto the macro's conservative bloc took an initial jab at the social democrats insisting they finished the talks quickly as the germans were losing their faith in democracy after months without a government but from its corner of the central left s.p.d. has promised to put up a fight in those forthcoming negotiations for. another long

night for journalists at the berlin head coaches of germany's conservatives. but the long hard slog who wants a new german government is moving into a new phase after weeks of exploratory talks the conservatives and social democrats are now launching full coalition talks party leaders met on monday evening to work out a schedule. during my meeting with angle. for we discussed the next steps that are now possible after sunday's vote the social democrats enter these coalition talks with the objective of giving germany a new government. so there are more long nights of negotiation ahead on sunday schultz promised party delegates he would use the talks to push for more concessions on key issues in employment health and immigration policy if he doesn't deliver the s.p.d. as rank and file could reject the final coalition agreement for now the conservatives are unwilling to compromise. this is it's important for us

conservatives to hold our line on migration that cannot be more we need less we need stricter regulations especially in terms of family reunification we cannot start that debate again. we won't be blackmailed the divisions within the social democrats can't be patched up by us conservatives the s.p.d. itself needs to overcome those problems. s.p.d. parliamentary leader andrea knowledges was putting a brave face on things on monday but that doesn't reflect the real mood of her party many who voted against coalition talks on sunday as sticking to their guns they simply don't believe in a grand coalition. you have. seen in the past we've seen that ever more compromises lead to a blurred political agenda shelford i'm very clear in saying that i continue to support the option of a minority government. the leader of the s.p.d.

is youth wing kevin kuhn it is also continuing his fight against a grand coalition he's doing so on social media tweeting this message to his party's membership for the next step we need you. petey's members have a final say on the coalition agreement that's one of the main players in these talks will be getting little sleep in the coming weeks. let's bring in our political correspondent hans blonde good morning hud's tough situation there for these coalition would be coalition partners the s.p.d. is coming into the coalition talks with a weak mandate the reluctant the youth wing of the party is an open rebellion how likely is it that the talks will produce an agreement that both the conservatives and social democrats can accept well if you want to be facile about it it's certain to produce it and agreement all of us leave because they're going to that's what they're going for whether it's going to be acceptable is especially to the social democrats that's the big question the social democrats have been discussing this

very intensely very publicly it's clear that the party is split and that there is probably pretty much half of the party which is in favor of this grand coalition and the other half especially the youth wing are against it so whether the compromise is actually going to be enough to persuade the rank and file of the social democrats that's really the crucial question that's where the decision in the end is going to be made now the s.p.d. leader martin schultz he has promised to revisit key issues they were already hammered out in a preliminary agreement with the conservative americans conservatives say they're not going to budge on that agree disagree is there any sign that the parties might be willing to compromise they're both positioning themselves at the moment before these coalition talks start at the moment we have a kind of preliminary agreement which is about twenty eight pages in length a normal coalition agreement which is a kind of treaty between these two parties has a volume of about one hundred pages there's a lot of details still to be hammered dog and within that hammering out within that

negotiation there will be a lot of details that will still need to be discussed so there is room for maneuver even though both parties at the moment are very strongly positioning themselves. you know with the demands that they are bringing into these talks now chancellor merkel is set up for another term assuming these coldish negotiations are successful how much room for maneuver does she have at this point well i think she can in the sense sit back and watch she obviously has to moderate these so she's going to be chairing many of these major sessions but in a sense she can be relaxed about it because when an agreement comes out of this she will be chancellor on the other hand it's clear that it will be her last term in office i presume that she's starting to think about how to arrange a succession and what members of her policy leading members of both parties. to come forward in this especially in this dispute about

a sensitive succession in this race for succession elections took place already back in september when are we going to get a new government in germany the most optimistic prospect is mid march in other words another six weeks. if we are more realistic about it i think the end of march is most likely so it will be another couple of months before germany will have its new government thanks hans. from our parliamentary studio giving us some analysis this morning thank you so much. now you are watching the news still to come a surprise deal in washington the u.s. senate votes to end the government shutdown but the fix is only temporary and it sets up more partisan battles ahead.

over the monica now in the world economic forum meeting begins in the swiss ski resort of davos tatts right and as you've seen already our colleagues in this morning are there to cover all the highlights for us the indian. prime minister not and from modi will deliver the keynote speech in just a few hours the meeting of course brings together three thousand members of the world's political commercial and academic elites and it runs until friday german chancellor i'm going to mechelle french president in modern i call and u.s. president donald trump they're all set to arrive later in the week and as you can see there is a record amount of snow this year hampering access for many participants. but that doesn't stop my colleague ben facility for standing by for us on that famous balcony in davos ben good to see you how are you coping with all that snow it has been so it's knowing since we got here there's a lot of it and it's serious stuff they've had to evacuate people from one building

at least the w e f colleagues or officials here they've had to also drop dynamite from helicopters to spark avalanches controlled avalanches and they had to evacuate those people because of the danger of avalanches trains have been cut off planes have been delayed some people have needed twelve hours to get here my boss looked over in the snow at least three times yesterday my where the cusp of clarity there until i told you that at my colleague helena humphrey has been out here on this balcony shoveling snow i spent half the day yesterday doing it myself it's wish that the pay grades work and is not part of my job description but we've seen that and we were all very very proud of both of you ben and i do understand that this year the forum puts the spotlight on on women do tell us more about that. well helen it was setting the standard yesterday shoveling that snow women in the

workforce retaining female positions in the workforce something that can add a huge amount to global growth and productivity officials here know that it's getting governments to take on policies and companies to introduce things like flexi time that will make that change we're going to be talking to women throughout the day here on d w on a of the fact that the world economic forum is also putting women at the forefront they've only got female co-chairs for example throughout the conference and the world's most powerful woman i'm glad merkel the german chancellor is going to be here and i bet you earlier you mentioned dynamite somehow that makes me think immediately if he was president on a trump is expected to attend later in the week what a folk they are thinking about it. it could become explosive but the world economic forum organizes are extremely happy he's here it

shines the spotlight even brighter on davos but there are a few things where they don't agree i would actually have to say they don't agree on anything trump stands for everything that the well they can on economic forum doesn't stand for basically. as far as his advances towards women go that doesn't go down too well with people here his description of shithole countries well some of the leaders of those countries are going to be here a record number of global leaders as you pointed out and it will be interesting to see whether or not trump thumbs his nose at pundits here to really rub it in the fact that he was a businessman and he got into the white house or if it's going to be the other way around where the number of hugely influential people here who will so much power really say well you know you're just the us president collectively we have much more influence and a lot more money in doing so it will certainly be interesting to see how they sit

and talk together ben of course you'll be back with the special coverage live from davos later in the show looking forward to that. well here there has been a surprise development in the future of budget airline nicky austrian form of motor racing legend niki lauder has been selected to buy the assets of the airline that he founded in two thousand and three allowed a spate of us preferred over a spanish british group i agee whaling i.a.g. the owner of british and has had agreed to buy nicky and make it part of its low cost carrier you need a bill in court allowed insolvency proceedings to be shifted to austria and a being on holiday motions bit it was the third offer that the former formula one driver had made since september for nicky formally of course a unit of now bankrupt. and this light at the end all of the shut down tunnel certainly for federal

employees in the united states they can probably go back to work get paid even terry they're hoping they'll at least get a paycheck this week monica the u.s. lawmakers have voted to end the three day government shutdown the senate and the house of representatives approved a temporary spending bill and president trump has now signed it funding the government until february eighth democrats had refused to back a spending bill without protections for so-called dreamers brought illegally to the u.s. as children but they backed down after republicans promised to hold an immigration vote in the coming weeks the shutdown has ended democrats agreed to vote for short term government funding in return republicans will table a bill addressing the status of so-called dreamers illegal immigrants who came to the u.s. as children in a few hours the government will reopen we have a lot to do the issue of the dreamers demands resolution a budget must be written healthcare has to be addressed relief provided to disaster

stricken parts of our country henchman's in opioids veterans child care all have to be taken care of the trump shutdown will soon end but the work must go on and it will for many of america's federal employees the work never stopped while some attacks of photos to the i.r.s. the post office and elsewhere were told to stay at home during the shutdown others carried on working without pay. i don't get paid. and i'm going through some medical issues right now only not getting paid in having to travel to these places start to become. although i am required to report for work i do not know whether i will get a paycheck when i will get a paycheck and how that will affect. you know my financial situation some felt responsibility for the shutdown only on both sides of the us political divide or

the shutdown is the result of stubbornness and part of the democrats republicans in the white house but for many the finger of blame pointed in one direction only. what is responsible for that i mean obviously this is happened before so it's not solely him but yeah i definitely. i laid at the president's feet i really do the deal means that for no federal employees will be paid government funded museums are open again and the dreamers can dream a little longer but with politics so polarized in the u.s. there's no telling how long it will be before another standstill is reached. while u.s. vice president mike pence has told the israeli knesset that the white house plans to fast track the move of the american embassy to jerusalem by the end of next year is the first high ranking u.s. politician to visit the region since president trump recognized as israel's capital

last month arab israeli law makers in the chamber made their opposition to the move clear right away. the protests kicked off even before mike pence had begun his speech out of his really lawmakers were ushered from the knesset after waving signs at the u.s. vice president following donald trump's incendiary move to recognize jerusalem as the cops in the business. but some theme are you saying should east jerusalem including the holy settle in the al aqsa mosque as a message that we had against declarations east jerusalem should be capital of palestine west of islam capital of israel. pencey was given a much warmer welcome by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was unrepentant about the move he said that the u.s. was only recognizing fucked over fiction as a first step towards a new peace negotiations between israelis and palestinians the united states appreciates your government's declared willingness to resume direct peace

negotiations with the palestinian authority and today. we strongly urge the palestinian leadership to return to the table peace can only come through dialogue. it's a dialogue the palestinian authority is avoiding at least with the us palestinian president mahmoud abbas refused to meet pains traveling instead to brussels to try to convince you to take a stand in this conflict. we consider the european union a true partner and friend we therefore call on its member states to swiftly recognize the state of palestine there is no contradiction between the recognition of palestine and there is some sort of peace negotiations. said the u.s. though is determined that the move will go ahead and quickly pence announced that the us embassy will relocate from tel aviv to jerusalem by the end of twenty one

thousand. german soccer struggling bonus league aside hamburg have hired banned holiday as their new coach after sacking marcus dole at the weekend it's the former hamburg player's first appointment as head coach in the top flight he faces a tough task to save hamburg from relegation they've lost four straight games and are second to bottom in the table. a warm welcome from hopeful hundred supporters. didn't waste any time in getting straight to work with his players or their objective or winning games and women feel i need to speak to each player individually you know what as it gets you know that scene better and understand what's going on in the dressing room. it's very important six whole cloth so we're all going in the same direction it's for me. to go out this weekend

and pick up three points and i know. when did i was to try. is no stranger to hamburg the former midfielder spend eighty years at the club between one nine hundred ninety six and two thousand and four he then moved into management but this is his first stint as head coach of a club in the bundesliga staring hamburg to success after years of poor performances will be a challenge for her boss but he's feeling optimistic. what's happened up till now is in the past. we need to look forward and i always focus on the positives. side and i convert funds are banking on hold up optimism breathing new life into a downbeat squad to avoid being relegated the first time in the club's history. you're watching t.v. news still to come how safe is bit coy and should you be investing your hard earned

cash in digital currency. has the answers from the world economic forum in davos. that time plenty more still to come here on news. the fund is legal highlights. the consequences i'm a musician some last place comes from sox coach marcus just all. the way when the when i'm back home shot my own brain is stunning go help me but who's in triumphant haha i'm. in sixty minutes.

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and d.-w. make snap on a traveling easy task because it's available and thousands of hometowns resorts and cruise ships worldwide. or have you found a domain site send us a picture that shows d w in your room you can great price to d.w. dot com travel quiz. welcome back here at g.w. news i'm terry march and our top story turkey has stepped up its ground assault against the kurdish enclave of a freenet in northern syria turkish army of the allied syrian rebel fighters are trying to clear the area of kurdish militias the target the turkish president has labeled as terror groups.

well the. thing. in russia the opposition politician alexei now bonnie has suffered another setback after a moscow court ordered a foundation supporting him to close down the justice ministry had filed a lawsuit against the foundation citing various irregularities last month election officials barred from running in marches presidential election. you know it's one this sentence is the latest blow against kremlin critic. a judge in moscow has decided the opposition politicians foundation the fifth season of the year must be shut down she found it guilty of irregularities including listing a wrong administrative address the foundation has been used to pay rent and salaries at the politicians offices across russia now lawyers see the decision as politically motivated. the sentence is illegal we will appeal it i'm sure that the

decision will be revoked or the european court for human rights will find it to be a breach of human rights conventions production we can assure you the trial happened so quickly that it's obvious that this is a political process to shut down the foundation as fast as possible because the author already is don't like that now finally is organizing a boycott of the elections. last month i need took to you tube to call on his supporters to boycott the presidential election this march the appeal came after he was barred from taking part in the race because of a previous fraud conviction and he says this is a trumped up charge and that without him the elections won't be legitimate. for the most of was bloody mir putin is scared and he's afraid of competing with me he sees the competition as a threat rules last week several of the politicians campaign offices were searched by police and the supporters are currently preparing for russia wide protests in support of the boycott they say the court's decision won't change that. well the

forty eight world economic forum is getting underway today in the swiss alpine village of davos. senior business editor ben a physical and joins us now from there it looks cold but. it is terry you got that right they always have such a sand testing time of year to hold the world economic forum. it's such a challenge for us smiling think igs speaking all at the same time in these freezing conditions but you know what got me really gritting this year president don't know trump from the united states he's been invited and he's confirmed to come along and give the closing address on friday it's going to be extremely interesting you know he's well known and very popular for his charming approach towards women oh put it like that and women are at the forefront of this world economic forum there are only female co-chairs all week and we'll be talking to

some of the most prominent women from their sectors here on d.w. all day today it's going to be an interesting one the theme of this world economic forum is sharing a future creating a shared future rather in a fractured world now you could have also called it trump that's who they're alluding to but this is the opportunity where trump will get to talk to so many global leaders that's what organizers here want and this is the vent where you have so many people in such a small area all coming together the most influential business leaders and political leaders throughout the world let's take a look at some of the numbers for you because as i said this. event all meeting will rededicate leaders or aims to reach dedicatedly rededicate leaders to developing a shared narrative to improve the world over three hundred forty political figures

will see how much sharing caring actually does go on nine hundred leaders from the private sectors so they won't just be doing business there are over four hundred sessions and huff of those sessions and workshops are actually dedicated to social inclusion and human development. so there is a lot to organize here security is paramount with so many prominent figures here the swiss soldiers have cordoned off the entire valley so you can't get through you need of us. they're doing what they can to secure the area they're spending a lot of money doing that over eight million euros so you'd hope that they do put on a good show. you know these are the stars of opening night in davos elton john actress cate blanchett and bollywood star shahrukh khan are the recipients of the crystal and they've been recognized for their charity work but for many here the highlight is said to be us president trump for the first time in nearly two decades

a sitting u.s. president will be taking part of the world economic forum some think he needs to have discussions with other foreign leaders more than anyone. because he quote support is. whoever was the leader of the country does not have just a national perspective but an international perspective a global perspective and so presence of the president of syria and i would say. will hopefully provide him even better was a global perspective. but locals have a different view of the u.s. president's attendance means even tighter security in davos and many here are not excited about trump. decision i don't care whether his coming or not. iran doesn't even see him and i don't want to see him either going to resign or. i'm not really interested. and i don't think he'll come until friday some seventy

heads of state and government will be holding discussions about the global economy with representatives from the business world and n.g.o.s so we have three thousand participants coming together at the time where we see a lot of political talent shows at the same time to see that growth is back in the global economy but for us is a very important that there is growth that is more inclusive and creates more jobs but it's not just about the global economy other topics on the agenda include technology and its challenges the gender pay gap and wealth inequality. point here is definitely bitcoin you can't get people to stop talking about it here the technology behind it block chain is also a huge talking point and we've got sheila warren the head of blokes chain for the world economic forum with us sheila thank you very much for being on the show first

of all just tell us if bitcoin and its reputation of the moment because of its extreme volatility if it's giving the rest of the crypto world and block chain a bad reputation yeah that's a great question and my answer is no you know i think something had to be the forefather coin if you will something had to be the my space and this world and that point is that it's the first major application on block chain that has widespread public knowledge and it's paved the way for a lot of the other coins and tokens that i think we're going to see a lot of interest in going forward i mean just you refer to it as my space in other words could it be go insert it that's really open question you know i mean no one really knows what's going to happen no one predicted facebook at the time of my space and my space was a revolutionary thing similar to bit coin so i think there's still a lot of room for bitcoin it's i think is going to be around for a long time probably remaining volatile i don't think that's a big surprise the way and new thing would be but i think we're going to see other kinds of coins and tokens as we're already seeing that still different spaces in

the ecosystem and are equally important just before we get to the block chain you were a wall street attorney. what would your advice be to investors who are piling in at the moment. is it a dangerous thing that they're getting and you know candidly i think that diversified cryptocurrency profile you know it's a good healthy part of a normal investment portfolio at this point for people that have that the correct risk tolerance i think the concerns a lot of us have are the average joe and jane as we say in the united states who are really pouring their life savings into digital currency and that is concerning you know the way that it would be for any kind of thing where there's a lot of attend. then without a lot of expert knowledge in the space what about the block chain technology behind bitcoin how widely used would you say it now is there's been a huge boom but how widely used is it how would you describe that's of use i think what we're seeing right now is what we're calling private or permission to block

teen use cases so it would surprise us i think to know how many companies banks tech companies automotive shipping transport are experimenting with or even using block chain on their back and so again that's not applications that the common user would experience but things that are making business operations more efficient on the back end for example it's quite a bit of that happening and we'll see a much more of that going forward i've been told we can save billions in global trade what about something on the social level there is socially beneficial uses of the blocking well this is what the world economic forum has hired me to really facilitate and push forward i think that the potential for this technology in the social change and social justice is absolutely tremendous we have seen a number of very interesting applications and attempts in experiments in this space the way we're seeing them and you know the more business use cases i think twenty eight teams going to be a year where there's an explosion in these kinds of cases and we're hoping to be at

the forefront of that and catalyzing some of that work. thank you very much thank you so much so moving from the virtual world to something a little more hands on now at the world economic forum has invited a whole lot of ata sons along to this event simply because the handicraft market is booming right now and they've been invited along to create you works and you understanding i went to check it out and also got my very first pottery class. ok time to get down and dirty in davos. last on sunday with glenn beck brain think. ultimately we'll. this is a. nice and central asia a middle eastern way style of trying to pronounce both but. this is a little bit like being in ghost except that you're real every time every time someone says that as an artist living in a in afghanistan. what you hope what you hope to achieve after this week in davos

well i hope that the weeklong have talked about an increased awareness of sea crites cultural heritage traditions as a speech which unfortunately is not being represented this year unlike other previous games. that people come to visit his face and say that there is a huge amount of potential and history and artistic talents. to foster is a masterful force thanks hangers you know because things are going so quickly these days things are going very quickly people think we don't benefit from remembering it seems didn't get to the place that they are now i've been on this it's been a very gradual very very slow change so i've learned how to censor myself and shut out the rapidly changing digital world around me and the result is why be soppy as the japanese say not the aesthetic i was aiming for. i did send myself.

well let's see if the forum can focus itself and create the shared future that it aims to with global business leaders and global political leaders as well here in the swiss alps if the pottery doesn't work maybe yoga will the indian prime minister narendra modi is he is the first time that an indian pm is here in about two decades he's got a delegation here with him that will be offering yoga on ice on the icy slopes of the swiss alps behind me will be offering daily classes so you get along to those if you're here in davos with me i might even get along myself we'll see. india is keen of course to show off its cultural treasures as well as its economic achievements i've been fizzling thank you very much for joining us here for this world economic forum special will have full coverage right throughout the day here

on d.w. back to bill in thanks ben pyne yoga and pottery classes not bad enjoy yourself look forward to hearing more later in the day bed. now in recent months the so-called islamic state terror group has lost control of most of the territory it once held in syria and iraq and as defeat looms foreign fighters returning to their home countries pose a growing threat hundreds of fighters came from the russian republic of chechnya here's the first in a series from our moscow correspondent yury rich otto. believe that the capital of georgia one of russia's neighbors to the self late last year an operative of the so-called islamic state was killed here russian media celebrated

a victory in the war on terror. the man who was mark shuteye of a chechen carrying a russian passport who had been hiding in georgia previously had allegedly been home in chechnya to recruit fighters. there are roughly eight hundred tensions fighting for isis their return to their homeland is a major problem for russia and russian president vladimir putin has already declared victory over the islamist extremists. but you can celebrate this victory for a while but you better pray five times that while you're celebrating another terrorist attack doesn't take place. grozny is not only the geographical center but also the heart of chechnya. after a debilitating in the ninety's it was rebuilt with money from moscow. nowadays the city seems peaceful but appearances can be deceiving. chechnya has become

a hotspot of religious fanaticism since i suspect gun searching for new recruits here. was looking. forward to high unemployment social discontent and soured hopes drive many in the region towards one of the most perverse forms of islam and into the hands of the jihadists. to artists are sowing on fertile ground in chechnya despite a near total state surveillance and to despite. demonstrations of allegiance towards putin and the kremlin rule in the last few years whole families left for iraq and syria if there will be. coming back now that victory of isis has been declared. here in grozny see those who are trying to return from syria and iraq back to chechnya as a threat to state security their support for this so-called islamic state has

become a matter of profound concern for chechen leader runs on of course a key step in containing militants returning home would be to prevent young people from joining the terrorist organization in the first place despite a series of military defeats isis is still recruiting fight us primarily among young people so the government is focusing on prevention in this vocational school in girls the mother of as militants young people of the dangers of jihad your accoutrement their children who were around to the same age as the students when they left for syria. i love my fellow chechens in the name of allah i am a patriot but i want to warn you about what happened to me my daughter and her husband left to join isis her husband is dead and there is no trace of my daughter when. her story hits home. thanks. it's the first time we're talking about it so openly here at school.

i don't know probably because we're all afraid to talk about it. what are you afraid of that will go to sleep one night and when we wake up our brothers will have left to join isis no one can see it coming. it's not do you know anyone who is with them now. i was there with them. everyone says you'll find paradise if you go but that's not true paradise can only be where your mother lives. thousands of chechens have a different opinion of this sort of paradise in acts of terror. but as their path is leading them home for their family. yes the husbands and sons. but the government though they are terrorists and to not hers. our moscow correspondent yury russia to file that report and you're is now back in the russian capital moscow and joins us from there how much of an issue is the return

of bias fighters for ordinary chechens we saw in your report that it's being dealt with in the schools do people talk about it privately yes they do terry but not very loudly not very openly you know for years chechens have been afraid to mention this issue in public. radio intimidation and persecution and they were afraid of taking responsibility for their relatives who left the church not to tell it to join the so-called islamic state but that changed at some point because at some point of the war so many people being recruited so many young men and women who had gone missing that their families decided to break the silence so when i was in grozny i went to the face and flower shops and told more or less openly with many chechens about this problem so we saw in your report there that it's being addressed in schools to some degree how what else are chechen authorities doing to address the this issue well it always moscow bureau was quite

persistent with tried to talk to them many times we even reached out to the spokesperson of chechen leader amazon cut the rope thirstily but unfortunately mystica did of didn't give us any interview but he did give an interview recently to russian state channel rasiah in which he tried to play down the importance of this problem for chechnya he told quite quite unbelievable stories of that is that a group the chechens who were not actually chechens at all and had fake their prospects he also sat the most of most of the texans who joined as came from europe from teched well assuming that chechens did actually join the i asked why did so many and up going and joining forces with the islamic state. yeah a whole bunch of reasons i would say of course social issue play a role as some people from isis because. join isis because they want to make money as we just heard an article about money i recruited from good to wealthy families

as well many of them are deeply religious and think they are acting in the name of islam and when they finally understand that i is nothing more than a terrorist organization it's usually too late they are doing a whole series on the. series is called circle of fear who is afraid of whom in chechnya briefly if you can. she is everywhere and anyway and there are mothers of children who went to syria if you know that they will never see their life to once again and for my as fight as i'm afraid to come back is that they don't know what future they kind expect in chechnya and the chechen leadership is almost certainly afraid of the hundreds maybe thousands of i ask for their needs from syria and iraq even if the political line is to claim that there are armed and the chechens fighting alongside i.r.s. and you can feel that fear in grozny otherwise heavily armed special forces wouldn't stop you in your car every few kilometers in the city to check your trunk

you're a thank you so much and we look forward to seeing your next report to morrow on the circle of fear do tune in to see that thank you so much your château there force in moscow. well the belgian government is awaiting the results of an inquiry into the alleged torture of sudanese migrants deported to their home country they fair has sparked a scandal in brussels with the opposition alleging collaboration between the government and the sudanese regime belgium has sent suspended deportations to sudan but migrants from the african country are keeping a low profile. has this exclusive report from brussels. mubarak a thirty six year old refugee from sudan meets us at a brussels train station. he postponed our rendezvous three times for fear he'd be arrested. he's been holding out here it's much warmer than staying out on the street. he says he hasn't eaten for two days but that what matters most is that

he's not sitting in an airplane bound for sudan. he's already had one close call. they tried to make me leave they bought me a plane ticket and said i was sending me back to sudan. i was staying in a reception center and threw a shoe. in the buttock is from the capital of south darfur state in southwest sudan he fled to europe through libya and nearly died on the way deportation would be a nightmare for him. and. i was shocked that they wanted to send me back to sudan. mubarak is one of a group of refugees belgium would like to send home immediately the opposition says the government in brussels has been secretive about contacts with sudanese officials who helped compile a list of forty one sudanese nationals to deport. the first mistake is you

don't collaborate with a dictator especially on something that stays in the shadows and isn't put in writing as soon as we heard about this we denounced it. it was the research of a middle east analyst kurta birth that brought the belgian government activities to light he shows his message exchange with refugees who've already been deported to sudan. bush says it's unacceptable for belgium to send people to war zones where torture is a daily occurrence. i had to contact with these people in sudan who told me personally that indeed they have been beaten and have been told that the belgian government has some back at least three people who are coming from mainly south kordofan and therefore and these people always deserve protection and anyway so this international law. the people

continue to take to the streets over belgium's controversial deportations. it's a repressive policy that doesn't respect international human rights. this is sad for us and our country you can't judge someone's worth by their passport or a piece of paper. the belgian government is under growing pressure declining requests to discuss its deportation practices prime minister sharon michel did call for an investigation committee but for many it's come too late. in the meantime a court ruled that mubarak would not be deported so he no longer has to fear being tortured for the time being. the controversial action of the government might hurt belgium's reputation on international level bad timing according to observers. is campaigning for a permanent seat on the united nations security council. if.

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