chechen society. circle of fear to date on. this is due to our viewers coming to you live from berlin took is offensive on kurdish militia inside syria enters its fourth day ground troops and allied soon gravels advance on the. often to president vows there's no stepping back and moves to silence dissent to get the latest from istanbul and also coming up the

world economic forum opens with india's prime minister as the day's top attraction to the more the count's india's roaring economy and warns against barriers to free trade. just crash across the soft to heavy snow for cutting off ski resorts and leaving holiday makers stranded. hello i'm in the. company. turkey has intensified its offensive dubbed olive branch against kurdish militia in northern syria a war monitoring group reports at these fifty four killed so far have been killed on both sides now the turkish and allied syrian rebel fighters crossed into the kurdish enclave off in the northern syria on saturday off in is controlled by the

kurdish why p.g. militia which has been a key ally of the u.s. in its fight against the so-called islamic state the tookie sees the white b.g. as a terrorist organization and this is the u.s. to stop backing them. operation all of branches anything but a peace offering 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 y p g a militia which he considers a terrorist group. will handle offering there's no stepping back we have an agreement with our russian friends kind of also discuss that 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 turkey is looking to russia for further support. this is

inevitably going to mean more close cooperation with russia for turkey and. this is probably russians trying to pull turkey more. is it clink the u.s. position meanwhile remains ambiguous having backed the kurdish militia during the war against so-called islamic state washington is now refraining from direct criticism while urging turkey to quote exercise restraint and its military actions the u.s. has also said it takes turkey's legitimate security concerns seriously. the call on turkey to show restraint was echoed by the u.n. security council on monday but operation all of branch continues to intensify creating yet another front in the seven year syrian civil war. reports also coming in the journalists being detained for the social media relating to the offensive.

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 out on top of that also we've heard reports of dozens of other people. have also been arrested in early morning raid this morning many of them are believed to be opponents of the hour for an operation many linked to the program. the. jones' there this article or some other stories making news around the world a million mark or just postponed until next month a big decision for two reuters journalists arrested in december they are accused of violating the country's colonial era official secrets act by receiving secret papers if convicted the two journalists face a maximum prison sentence of forty. over county corruption in central japan has killed at least one man and injured more than

a dozen others most of the skirt skiers hit by falling rocks near the volcano a soldier died of an avalanche triggered by the eruption. a powerful earthquake in the pacific ocean has prompted tsunami warnings for parts of alaska and canada the epicenter of the eight point two magnitude quake was about two hundred fifty kilometers southeast of alaska island tsunami warnings were ordered for the entire u.s. west coast and why. u.s. lawmakers have agreed on a temporary spending bill reopening the government after a three day shutdown democrats had refused to back support any of the public and before those protections for the. migrants brought illegally into the u.s. as children but they backed down after republicans trauma's to hold an immigration vote in the coming weeks relief. jim the divisions between the country's potential governing doctors are showing even as they prepare to launch formal coalition talks

on the america's conservative block has urged the democrats to finish the talks quickly and deliver the country a new government but the left of center s.p.d. is valid to negotiate hard to push its agenda. like snow falling outside conservative headquarters last night the kind of inclement weather that matches germany's political mood at the moment with the country waiting for government to be given the green light leaders have been hammering out a negotiation schedule behind closed doors. during sunday's party conference the social democrats instructed their leaders to extract further concessions. given about a team and even we will talk again about all the issues we raised during the exploratory talks it's quite clear that in the end the full coalition negotiations will always involve compromises that both sides will have to make senior

conservatives however signaling there's little room to maneuver especially on the s.p.d. as demands for liberal immigration policies. it's important for us conservatives to hold our line on migration but it cannot be more migration we need less we need stricter regulations especially in terms of family reunifications we cannot start that debate again. one of the rising stars in the s.p.d. parliamentary leader has promised to squeeze the conservatives until in her words they squeal. analysts believe the s.p.d. will be a prickly partner. opposition within the party against current coalition so in that way the social democrats will be kind of complicated within this polish government they will be not an easy partner for the christian democrats for now political winter still has germany in its grip with weeks of negotiation ahead before a coalition is finally formed. when young is at the headquarters of johns the

mecca cd your body and joins me from there some of the c.d.u. is finalizing its strategy what will be their focus in the next phase of negotiations. i think we have lost the line to simon young who was standing outside standing outside the city headquarters of chancellor merkel will try and establish a line in the day anyway let's move it and move on heavier than usual snow falls in the cult of tongues in high elevations and increase the threat posed by avalanches thousands of winter holiday makers are trapped in some of the mountain ranges the most popular ski resorts are reports starts in march near the swiss border to italy . no escaping the power of nature in the swiss alps avalanches have been falling down these mountains all around the ski resort of so

that it's the second time in a month heavy snow has cut off the town leaving fountain stranded this. is not the only swiss resort where locals and tourists alike are trapped getting in and out of suntan tourney a near death all see is almost impossible. more than thirty five years lived in switzerland but i never saw so much snow like the last the past week the police tell us that it's forbidden to leave the house you have to stay right and no route and you have we have to secure lation and where we have no past we have no possibilities to go was the train. traffic is closed. in the italian alps the road to chevy nia has been closed for the third time in a month it's estimated that five thousand people are stuck in the ski resorts. the risk of avalanche has also affected roads around salzburg in western austria.

and snow is also a big issue at the world economic forum in davos for many it's all hands on deck to ensure the meeting runs as smoothly as possible. ok let's don't return to duty of his political cost on some new. he's at the headquarters of tell them i can see the new parting joins me now to see who is finalizing its strategy what will we depart and focus in the next phase that negotiations. conservatives need to decide if they're willing to make any real concessions to the social democrats their potential partners in this new grand coalition who of course are very divided over the question of whether to join her in government some within the s.p.d. are fundamentally opposed to the idea of another grand coalition but some are just saying you know they want real concrete improvements to be written into the coalition agreement on things like labor protections on health care and on the

asylum rules in particular and if they don't see that they say they won't vote in favor of it when they get a chance to do that in a few weeks times all of angela merkel's skills of moderation and persuasion and leading discussion are going to be called upon here over the next few weeks and someone not just the s.p.d. there also divisions within the conservative a bloc how much pressure when this put on the coalition talks because there is a lot of pressure because this is about the direction that germany will take over the next four years at a crucial time for europe within the conservative side there are many divided opinions it's not just the bavarian conservatives who are the awkward squad many within medical scritching democrats themselves are saying they don't really see the way forward here some are even saying that they think a new coalition government wouldn't be stable it's not the right way to go they

think americans should lead a minority government in state so you know there's still a lot of persuasion to be done in the coming days and weeks right so many political correspondent thank you very much for that assessment. turning now to tennis and it's been a diff surprise that the australian open in melbourne rafael nadal is out he fought hard for over three hours against a modern chill it would retard with a leg injury in the fifth and final set she literally next unseated kyle edmund the brit stunned third seed grigor dimitrov in four sets to reach his first ever grand slam semifinal williams. upset. leader of ukraine to also secure a final four berth it's been a dream debut for the twenty two year old in melbourne one more quarterfinal match is still to come on tuesday with denmark scarily what's the akki looking to

accomplish in the semi. the legendary south african jazz musician and political activists who has died muscular played the trumpet shank and the blues music and with the idea that spanned decades many of his compositions about the struggle for democratic rights in his country he also collaborated with international musicians but still he released a statement saying that he was fighting can sell a kid with seventy eight years old. far. as to say his music will live on you're watching news coming to you live from berlin stay with us when we have more from the was economic forum in davos that's with us coming up shortly otherwise you can also check out our website dot com for more

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