this is c w news live from berlin and then a deadly fire breaks out in a south korean hospital at least forty people have been killed and many more injured in the country's worst fire and in a decade our correspondent is standing by in seoul. also coming up turkey's president visits the command center for his country's offensive against the kurds in northern syria many turks are backing the military action but risks abound for opponents of the campaign we will have perspective from both sides. and germany

grapples with angie cemetery a politician has proposed compulsive compulsory missives to concentration camps for everyone living in the country we will ask you that can help put a stop to the hate. plus day four of the world economic forum in switzerland and our senior business editor ben because owen is there and so who is u.s. president. is and he globalization agenda is likely to clash with the doubles crowd but you business will have full coverage for you life throughout the day. and the races for the european places in germany's bundesliga is as tight as ever frankfurt and bloodbath fight it out tonight as they try to get ahead of the pack.

i'm sara kelly welcome to the program it's great to have you with us a fire has torn through a hospital for the elderly in south korea killing at least forty people and injuring dozens more the disaster unfolded in the southeastern city of near young reports say that the fire broke out in an emergency room of the hospital and soon engulfed the building firefighters needed several hours to extinguish the place some people had to be rescued in a daring operations several are in critical condition it's being called one of south korea's deadliest fires in recent years and for more let's bring in our correspondent jason strother who is standing by with the latest from south korea so jason the number of casualties has been rising what more can you tell us. right and dozens were injured according to local officials so unfortunately it does seem that there's the potential for even more casualties coming from this early morning fire

this was not an old hospital it was built in two thousand and eight an investigation is still underway to determine the cause of the blaze as you noted it is believed to have started in the emergency room and only spread to the first floor there are just over one hundred or so people in this facility many were evacuated but some died on the way to the hospital and you know that leads us to the question here because south korea of course one of the world's most advanced countries how can a fire in a hospital have catastrophic consequences like this on these scales. sure well i mean these types of accidents occur in any country we should point out but south koreans are let's say acutely concerned about these sort of the lapses in public safety ever since the say wall ferry sank in two thousand and fourteen were about three hundred passengers died. the south korean public has held

government official officials accountable for these types of accidents and that's why the president in here called an emergency session of this cabinet after news broke of this fire politicians from all from both sides of the political spectrum here have called for an investigation some of travel down to mere young to the scene but this is the second fire deadly fire in the past two months in december a fire in a gym south of seoul killed twenty nine people and given that as the government said anything. right well the investigation is under way so i think just to stay ahead of any public on rest that could follow president moon other politicians have called for the investigation to find out exactly what caused the blaze to identify what was the exact cause of death for each talent easy.

this could turn into light like in previous incidents like this the fire back in december or other safety hazards that of courage here in which people have lost their lives the public want to see their president contrite they want to see political leaders doing something so i think president is trying to get out as far ahead of this as you can as he can jason strother in south korea thank you you thank. let's head to turkey now where president wretch of type area won has traveled to his country's border with syria for the briefing on the turkish offensive against kurdish forces there on january twentieth turkey began what it calls operation all of branch it's targeted the area around a friend in northern syria in an attempt to clear the town of kurdish militia which turkey views as a security threat the attacks have opened up

a new front in the already complex syrian civil war. for more let's bring in correspondent who is following the story for us from istanbul good morning to you we know that the turkish troops are continuing the offensive and attempting to move eastwards what our president wants plans there. well almost a week into the african campaign now took soldiers and their rebel allies appear to have made only limited gains so far at least that's what we hear from the border region. of course the plan is first to take over the enclave of offer and then move further east towards another majority kurdish area called monday each that's more than one hundred kilometers away from where the turkish army is right now and that's also where u.s. troops are stationed so moving further east for the turkish military means increasing the risk off confronting

a nato ally but the turkish government that's what i get from recent remarks is willing to take this risk so this is one worst case scenario that international observers are discussing right now another one is the possibility of the syrian government actually intervening on the halls of the kurdish forces in north and syria at least the often regional authority cold for help cold on bashar al assad to intervene and help protect the syrian border against the turkish military so this shows you how complex the situation can get and how messy it is actually on the ground and despite the fact that it is messy there i mean it does have broad support among turks right why is that. well patriotism and nationalism are really running deep in turkish society and that's what political leaders are using and appealing to when mobilizing when

actually preparing the population for such a military offensive and there is a strong enemy image here i mean for i'm current the syrian kurdish fighters are practically the same as the outlaw p k k that is fighting a war inside turkey since decades so there is a strong am enemy image here and of course media reporting has been very much in favor of this offensive so this is shaping public opinion you barely hear any critical voices let me show you what i mean i follow the reports here from istanbul let's have a look at this. war on every channel the military operation in syria as the top story on turkish television the tenor of the reporting they repaired how critical the majority of to people it seems support operation all of branch in this teahouse at least no one thinks the offensive is

a mistake the terrorists are looking for an opportunity to divide the country but we won't have them used. to fighting against isis and other terrorist groups those who don't want to help us should at least not stand in our way or in general most of. the fighting in. in strength of that and i hope that. we will take home to reason that it was. me. when i'm absolutely sure of it. turkish politicians agree as well and it's not just the ruling a.k. party that supports the offensive in syria opposition leader kamal kill each told says he also backs the operation as does meryl action are the head of the new party that wants to challenge president dredge of tired aragon in the next election she tweeted that she's praying for a glorious army the only party to condemn the offensive is the pro kurdish h d p

jamie a former spokesperson calls it inacceptable. you know could have to put a lot of the olive branch has always been a symbol of peace but now it is stained with blood it's also now everyone is extending the olive branch to bashar al assad in syria who once used to be his ally said it was upmarket this operation is an attempt to massacre the kurds opus we hope that statements like this one by jimmy are dangerous right now in the past days the turkish government has detained dozens of people including politicians activists and journalists for criticizing the military operation in syria the official charged terrorist propaganda. the journalist who gucci new servile colleagues who got into trouble with authorities over reports criticizing the offensive he says the government gave editors of turkey's leading media outlets

directives on how to report the trio to clean. i mean you know how all of the newspapers have similar headlines. this is actually government propaganda. for their journalists must censor themselves to avoid trouble. unfortunately you can't do you proper journalism in turkey anymore. but mahmoud a columnist for the government friendly daily said disagrees he says the government is not influencing coverage of the friend offensive. when it comes to national security every journalist bears responsibility that's how it is everywhere in the world. but that doesn't mean they're not free to report on everything but there are some media and intellectuals in turkey who cannot use a freedom of speech with hatred of the government. or the offensive enough in looks set to stay turkey's main story for now the government has announced that it intends to further expand the operation. and as we saw there in your report we

saw some turks basically mentioning their doubts about this ongoing offensive do you have the sense that their voices are being heard. well barely so actually i mean since most of the parties the major political parties are supporting the operation critical voices are not given any ad time on pro-government channels so you would really have to look for those critical voices somewhere else in independent online media for example but as journalist mentioned self-censorship is a really big issue here many journalists fear for their safety for the family's safety so it's really it's become really difficult for them to speak out and towards criticism. hanumant thank you. let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world

a brazilian court has barred former president luis ignacio lula disserve from leaving the country a federal judge ordered authorities to seize the seventy two year old's passport earlier this week an appeals court upheld lula's corruption conviction and increase his sentenced to twelve years in jail. parliament in hundred us has begun its new legislative period amid furious protest opposition parties reject the reelection of president one or them to hernandez. he is set to be sworn into a second term on saturday at least thirty one people have died in protest since the disputed november election. oscar winning actor casey affleck has withdrawn from the twenty eighteen academy awards ceremony where he was supposed to present this year's oscars for best actress affleck has been accused of sexual harassment his publicist says that he will not attend the ceremony. you're watching dede if you do still to come on the program a syrian refugee who has also a chef and

a chef and one of the new stars at this year's berlin film festival we will bring you her story. but first it is over to monica jones who is really tracking davos and today it is all about trump isn't it and as far as i know he wined and dined his peers last night already serono the last day of the world economic forum in davos is about to get underway the high point as we just heard off today's proceedings is likely to be u.s. president donald trump's closing address he arrived in the mountain resort late on thursday and he wasted no time in getting cozy with his peers the eagle had finally landed president trump's arrival in davos was perhaps the most eagerly anticipated moment of the world economic forum so far but not everyone was pleased to see him there. he started his visit with an informal dinner with a group of some of europe's most powerful business executives and just as had been

expected he wasted no time in pushing his america first agenda congratulations i just want to say that there's been a lot of war a lot of respect for our country and a lot of money billions and billions of dollars coming into the u.s. and people are very happy with what we've done not only on the tax bill but also cutting of regulations and i think also prematurely or for a country you know if you're not a cheerleader for your company or for your country. no matter what happens it's not going to work and that's what i've been and that's what my whole group has been so audience included top executives from corporate giants including nakia nestlé and by the business leaders seated around the table introduce themselves and describe what their respective companies were doing to make america great again trump is due to give the w e f closing address later today of just over four hundred speeches

which have been made during the forum this one is likely to attract the most attention. more from want to stress over to our very own ben facility would join us now from davos trump already made quite an impression and i get the impression. definitely making a big impression monica and it's a mazing how all of these c.e.o.'s oza sucking up to it. i mean they've got to do business with this guy and this guy is making great giving them great conditions you've got to admit to that we've got we've had greg watch the c.e.o. of ca technologies the huge software company from the united states here on the balcony telling me just yesterday how fantastic these tax reforms of trump's offer his company and for all businesses he said almost all businesses it means they're saving a heap of money on and are able to reinvest that money expand and create jobs and

he said when you can give people jobs give them back their dignity and it doesn't matter who's in charge who's in the oval office they're going to do with stream lee well it was the same case from the german companies evens and its c.e.o. joe kayser at a dinner last night he posted he congratulated mr trump for these tax reforms and said it was the reason that his company is developing gas turbines in the u.s. a huge business a lot of money goes into that and top managers have tens of thousands of workers in the u.s. so it's definitely something relevant on both sides of the atlantic trump saying that billions and billions of dollars a pouring into the u.s. and that he's basically every industrialists dreams he's cutting taxes reducing regulation and weakening environmental standards the environmentalists are up in arms about that but i bet

a perfect world loves it but yet not everybody in the corporate world there's certainly one very famous us investor who has a not exactly praise for it on the trump. no george soros the billionaire investor has been quite scathing over night at a d n a he said that trump is a danger to the world that he is not good for the united states but that he's not going to be around all that long he's only there temporarily he was even more scathing of the big u.s. tech companies say he's saying they've amassed way too much power and should be treated as public utilities. it was also very interesting to hear from other global leaders throughout this conference they haven't been as scathing as soros but they have denounced protectionism and protection as trade policies they are very careful about what they say about trump because they all need something from trump. to reason may for example the u.k.

prime minister she wants a bilateral deal between the u.k. and the u.s. true dog the canadian prime minister he wants to salvage nafta the north american free trade agreement and modi the indian prime minister well he has a heap of indians in the tech sector and he wants the u.s. to and based in india so so i should think that at least those people will still intend to this afternoon when trump takes the stage today because a lot of the participants are leaving on the last day of doubles. yeah normally but a lot of people are staying for this speech of trump's it's the big thing the big events this week the media has just been going crazy there are real suckers for punishment when he arrived yesterday they couldn't get enough of mr trump african leaders on the other hand will be boycotting the speech and n.g.o.s say they're not interested in hearing mr trump's america first policy because really all it is is

about putting billionaires first and i have been thank you so much and we look forward to more coverage coming from you in just a few minutes from now. it is time now for some sports news and add mccambridge is here with us here in the studio from the sports desk to talk a lot about this weekend's bundesliga action of course we have to first talk about these two teams that you would not necessarily expect to be battling it out for second place right now the hunt for european football is certainly on so we cannot go on track frank for the hosting brasier much in blood back now as you said these aren't teams that would have been in line to get a champions league spot at the start of the season but tonight could be very interesting because they can put a lot of pressure on the teams around around them in the hunt for these european spots absolutely and we have a preview of that actually that you've prepared for us what's going to have a quick look at what might be ahead and then we'll get your reaction there after.

are flying high this season with the club in the race for a european spot. this despite a run of form that could be described as inconsistent in part due to a lengthy injury list. with the news that several key players like christophe cama will be back in the squad to coach di to hacking is feeling upbeat this was a peasant illiterates who owns a hip things are getting better for us because the players that were out for a long time training again meetings with clinics with. more and more guys are coming back. this helps me build up the squad and i also have more players to choose from. that you. bloodbath will be hoping to take advantage of frank for it's less than impressive home form the eagles have only managed to win a paltry two games on their own turf starkly different to their away record which is only bettered by people in this league leaders by on several big names or i

didn't among them marco fabiana and alex meyer peter hacking expects a tough encounter in frankfurt. be to munch off to the monks there is a stable and robust team to boast book i watch their game against all sport homes and they played well let me see the team has progresses and they deserve to be among the teams vying for a european spot in months of tomorrow well we know it's not going to be an easy game kind of yet juicy jewel is on the cards with the winner being catapulted into second spot in the bundesliga types. so that leaves us to the question add i begin to think that even frankfurt in the champions league next year well i think you have to ask why not i mean even so i can go second tonight with a win a lot of pressure on the other teams around them ahead of the rest of the weekend's fixtures if i get the feeling that black back again to fancy their chances tonight they're up against frank frank have been very good in the wrote this season but if you picked up two wins at home so i think cloud back yet. like i say funny the

chances the good chance of them again get into second spot and look at that first spot i mean byron munich there looks like absolutely no one can catch them but how how tight would you say the race is behind them it's incredibly close behind them so in second place you go by late accusing and just one point separates them from seventh place on track front for so it really is tight now by have their own difficulties this week in the face of the hoffenheim side they've struggled against in the past and they're pretty linked with the coach from hoffenheim you read novels and so that's going to be interesting picture as well the other highlights from this weekend's action i think a lot of things a lot of question marks around brasier dortmund they're playing at home against freiburg now one of the main talking points of this week's action is going to be whether or not pierre and ric o'barry and place for bruce are dormant he's been with a big money move to austin whether all that goes through whether or not he's too distracted to actually play the game is going to be you know an interesting and interesting point. also like to host hamburg now they've only won one game in the last six and they were linked with

a champions league spot to start the season so it's a poor run of form for them however have a new coach and i think that could be a really interesting type so lots of action is going to be a big weekend and mccambridge breaking it all down for us thank you thank you. well russia says that one hundred sixty nine of its athletes have been cleared to compete in the upcoming winter olympics but says that its top stars are not on the list russia was banned by the international olympic committee last month over quote systematic manipulation of the anti-doping system at last winter's a lympics in sochi. russia's a limpid committee says that out of five hundred applicants only one hundred sixty nine after leeds have been allowed to compete at the games. unfortunately our leading up leads were not included in the list for the last two days we've worked with the i.o.c. but they were not added to the list. so those one hundred sixty nine other people that will be defending our countries on join the olympic games in chongqing. in

china the athletes will not be allowed to compete under the russian flag and will be referred to as a limb pick up fleets from russia only one short track speed skater is going to korea just to be honest i feel god because going to the olympics as i've been told without our team that's very hard. or sensible. i can't imagine the only one of the olympic games. the list has yet to be confirmed by the i.o.c. and some of the one hundred sixty nine after may still be barred from taking part in the games. the berlin ala'a international film festival is opening next month and it is known for showcasing films that address the social and political issues of the day last year's program was devoted to refugees and migration so it seems fitting that a syrian refugee chef will be cooking for guests at this year's opening reception here's her story. conjuring up the taste of damascus bringing

the craziness of her home country like fried okra to germany is maliki just my passion for thirty year old migrant hopes that she can help germans learn more about her heritage foundation try our food in the east they see it's it's good food it's not all the people think about food we have only falafel and. after deadly they see it's it's very big maliki has been practicing has skills in the shared kitchen of this refugee shelter and belin. she now runs a catering business making the dishes she grew up with. she's also published a cookbook which takes readers into a world of colorful spices. the subtitle brings a smile to her face it reads recipes of longing for my homeland

a homeland that's been devastated by civil war maliki's husband made the perilous journey to germany by boat in two thousand and fifteen she followed one of hundreds of thousands of syrians to arrive that year but maliki's story is unique she was already somewhat of a star having her suited t.v. cooking show in syria and jordan and she's no stranger to cooking for v.i.p.'s she's prepared a meal for the german chancellor. so how does she feel about cooking for the four hundred guests at next month's. not only had p. . it's like if you if you do your dream it's not like she's recipe for success it's how she uses food to build bridges between cult says. you're watching news still to come on the program donald trump at davos what message will be u.s.

presidents have for the global elite at the world economic forum. will tell us more . and that is in just a few minutes time i'm seroquel again for then you're watching t.v. news we'll be right back see you can see. you call smart he takes football personally. there's already a hero in his home country chiming head by leverkusen him but he's working to become one to charles all hundreds we went in search of his roots and discovered a host of great stories. in sixty minutes.

hi jacking the news. where i go wrong the news being hijacked would still has become a scripted reality show it's not just good versus evil us versus them black and white. in countries like russia china turkey people were told this and if you're a journalist here and you try to get beyond it you are facing scare tactics intimidation . and i wonder is that where we're headed is well. my responsibility as a journalist is to give me all of the smoke and mirrors is going just about being clear or being neutral is about being truthful. when he was born golf and i were you know. dropping bombs on civilians. or trying the situation escalates the longer in

the schools. ruthless calculation military leaders were kopi extended the massive. technological advancement to competent grecians massacres. to her starting february third on g.w. . welcome back you're with your news i'm sarah kelly in berlin our top stories at least forty people have died in a fire that swept through a hospital in south korea many more unpredicable condition and officials expect the death toll to rise the planes began in the emergency room but the cause is still unknown. turkish president richard type area one has traveled to his country's border with syria briefing on his country's offensive against kurdish forces there he's vowed to continue the campaign quote for as long as required.

senior business editor ben fizzling joins us now from davos in the swiss alps where the world's wealthiest and most influential people come together each year including u.s. president dollar trump this time around right but. a very different dynamic this year sarah with all eyes on the u.s. president mr trump he's stealing the spotlight from so many good causes here but executives have told me time and again that it doesn't matter who's in the oval office who's in charge this world is changing on its own and very quickly we're entering the digital era and things are going to be very different no matter how long mr trump is around what we're going to have to concentrate on is a rescaling out global workforce but it's not just all about economics and politics here in davos the world economic forum also has

a very strong social aspect about half of all the four hundred sessions this week have been about human development i'll go through just some of the sessions some of the panels that are on today one of them being called the power of the mind it's all about pain management through positive thinking and replacing opioids with hypnosis the us is currently fighting a costly battle against prescription drug addiction another one is unlocking your creative edge a psychologist and a group of artists are going to be teaching participants to harness patience experimentation and progress the nation and my favorite bugs to robotics creating a d.n.a. database of all plant of plants and animals to mine for new medicines fuels and technological breakthroughs one session that participants won't be missing is mr trump's closing address that is except for some african leaders then not all

that happy about the alleged remarks mr trump made about their countries that derogatory term that he supposedly applied to their nations n.g.o.s some of them might not be turning up to the speech they say that mr trump's agender is not just about putting america first it's actually more about putting billionaires first. security has been beefed up at davos that may have something to do with the arrival of the us president donald trump he seems to have opted for a soft landing meeting key u.s. allies first among them british prime minister to resume a many so her criticism of countries not doing enough for free trade as a direct swipe at trump's policies but she was less critical following her meeting with the u.s. president. facing challenges across the world and as you say we are working to get to defeat the challenges of long term that we're looking for things to change

nations feature we should be focused on the trade. gunships and destruction that really i think it's a most important will be thinking plus i'm going to agree with tremendous increase in trade with your feet which is great for both kinds of jobs. we look forward to that you're starting that process pretty much as we speak it's unclear whether trump was speaking generally or referring to a free trade pact between the u.k. and the u.s. much like their prime minister many in the u.k. believe that such a deal would be essential after leaving the e.u. but despite a friendly start with may trump's upcoming speech is likely to meet with resistance that's because many expect him to defend his america first policy and recent punitive tariffs he had imposed on some imported goods. at the end of the day the biggest economies are going to be able to weather any storm that trump whips up there's no doubt about that the question is how emerging economies are

going to go especially in places like africa asia and the middle east. in the morning this is the hotel breakfast area for the rest of the day it is the pakistan billion dollars the country's delegates are proud of how their country's economy is performing and want to show that here pakistan is no longer dependent on the help of old industrial powers china is investing fifty four billion dollars in infrastructure it is helping build rolled ports and industrial parks that it also helps to profit from. and for pakistan it is also a vested interest in fun from the grassroots level. anything that we've basically been doing with the us all to europe was not really planting the roots and ritual growing up to become i mean i think it was always. good relations good investment bad relations and things go down so nothing what there was no continuity. things

are changing as are the investors many countries sent delegations to davos to showcase what they can offer but competition is intense ten african heads of state have travelled to the swiss ski resort the south african delegation is already claiming positive results it says its economy is on the road to recovery. all the meetings that we have. we've had nothing negative that has been said about our country and or what we've just been encouragement you're on the right cause could go away that's what many are hoping for more free trade and investments but the discussions here have also turned to protectionism and isolation but that doesn't threaten the vision of the bangladeshi minister of information technology he still wants his country to be in a world of open borders. not at all because in terms of the global online marketplace from the bangladesh we have contributed largest online workers on the

global online marketplace after india so you can easily understand that. bangladesh we are really feel that we are not facing any problem in the present scenario but that could change on friday many will focus on u.s. president trump speech to see how his america for its policies could potentially affect free trade but it's actually. there is one thing that president trump has managed to do according to the nuclear disarmament group i can and that is raise awareness of the threat of nuclear weapons now all the nuclear powers gathered here at this economic forum he's helena for. well the world economic forum times it one of the biggest growing risks this year that being called fake and yes with a new clear dimension to talk more about it now i'm joined by beatrice finished she

is the head of i can the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons factory winning the nobel peace prize thank you very much for joining us here on think very much happening now u.s. president donald trump has arrived here in davos we know that he's a man with his finger hovering over a new clear button if we're to believe what he says how much is these strongman politics dealt a blow to your campaign well of course it's really depressing to see these kind of daily threats of using a weapon of mass destruction to indiscriminately slaughter civilians is horrifying but the same time people are waking up and realizing that nuclear weapons are still here they're still a threat this fifteen thousand of them we haven't solved this problem the risk of nuclear war is increasing martha it's quite high but it's always there is always greater than zero so i think that we have to realize that if we keep nuclear weapons forever they will be used we're just counting down the days to them and when it happens you say that it's depressing but how much has the threat actually

grown in this past year it's going significantly with two world leaders that are exchanging threats we have a new nuclear doctrine coming out next week that lowers the the bar for using nuclear weapons in developing more more useable nuclear weapons but we see this with all new ground states they are modernizing upgrading their arsenals being more aggressive so it's a very worrying trend you say that other nations are also becoming more aggressive in speaking here in davos south korea's foreign minister also said that should north korea launch another weapons test they have a contingency plan what does a contingency plan mean do you think and other the nations doing the same i think everyone is is on really high alert and really worried we just saw what this kind of tension does in hawaii just last week people are scared. now and of course. solving the nuclear threat from north korea it cannot be done by also threatening to use nuclear weapons if we actually buy into this whole idea that using weapons

of mass destruction keep us safe then why doesn't it feel safe right now with north korea's nuclear weapons i think the more more of this rhetoric we have and the more countries that are considering to use weapons of mass destruction the danger more danger we are in as a whole world now the world economic forum has outlined the fact that the risk of the nuclear threats has grown despite this there i mean attending this year we've got great britain france china the united states india these nations all members of the nuclear club so how do you think your message is going down here of people listening i think other states are listening and we have this treaty on the prohibition on nuclear weapons which over one hundred twenty states adopted last year and that's a huge sign that the rest of the world is moving away from these outdated old fashioned weapons of mass destruction and these countries going to be left behind but there's also a big public movement in these countries that are growing people are scared people don't actually want to have these weapons anymore so i think that in the coming years we're going to strengthen our campaign and really put

a lot of pressure on the states to change policies at the same time the big nations do want to hold on to them and we've heard from the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley she has been arguing all nations have helped to keep peace that it acted as a deterrent in the post-war iraq can you know subscribes that you can you understand that view too of course arming arming yourself sometimes feel safer but also to sticks and research shows that that's also more likely to be used having nuclear weapons also makes you a threat of nuclear weapons use. and a target of other people's nuclear weapons so i think it's really it's a it's a very dangerous situation we still have the risk of accidents and people always say the things are impossible to do but we've biological weapons we ban chemical weapons we've just missions this is just the latest weapon that we need to align with the long. a war you're not supposed to target civilians and war a nuclear physicist meant to do that so when we see nuclear weapons but they're what they really are indiscriminate inhumane weapons of mass destruction then i think we're going to see some significant shift in policies. just in the heads of

the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons thanks for speaking to us here and thank you very much for having me thanks for joining me old this week fifty w.'s world economic forum special full coverage throughout the day and on social media leave you now with the beauty of this we sell it's the view from my bedroom window of down town davos the sun coming up now i spent most of my morning see floyd good seeing you but by now. and thank you so much to ben for that beautiful view there of davos and of course you can watch ben facility the rest of the business team throughout the day here on news. but in the meantime now we want bring you some other news because last month an image went around the world and israeli flags set on fire at

a pro palestinian rally in berlin it brought attention to rising levels of anti-semitism among migrants in germany but prejudice against jews is also deeply rooted in other parts of german society an average of fifteen hundred hate crimes against jews were reported every year between two thousand and one and twenty fifteen but that number of unreported cases likely to be much higher when we dig down a little bit deeper into the city's sticks and many german jews say that they experience anti-semitism in everyday life a study by the university of bielefeld says that twenty nine percent report being insulted or harassed within the last twelve months and three percent say that they have been physically attacked. anti-semitism can become tangled with criticism of israeli politics last year forty percent of germans agreed with the following statement we're looking at israel's policies i can understand that people are against jews now one response to anti-semitism in germany is

a proposal for compulsory visits to concentration camps for everyone living in the country including recent muslim migrants that suggestion was made by a german politician who herself comes from a muslim migrant background sob some shepley i will speak with a historian in just a moment about whether that idea could be effective but first this report on german school kids and their visit to a concentration camp. today's lesson is a visit to a concentration camp this school class has come to sachsenhausen north of berlin to learn about the nazi past. among the prisoners once held in socks and hausen were people the nazi regime deemed unworthy or subhuman. but i. do believe everyone who survived this place of the worst thing was the unpredictability of. we didn't know what was going to happen if there were rules

but following the rules didn't mean you would be treated properly or that you could expect to be released soon with one hundred lawsuits avail. jews homosexuals prisoners of war people deemed social outcasts and many others were imprisoned by the nazis at sachsenhausen a visit to the site can reveal more about the third reich than merely reading a history book trance on globe i thought it was unbelievably moving and it shocked me a lot i'm grateful to our teachers in our school and very thankful i could experience this as well how it is and it's important to see that these terrible things happened and not just read about them in a history book because it just. seems vision says there is a huge shock to experience this close up and to see what happened just as much for . the classes visit was intended to reinforce the message that anti-semitism racism and totalitarianism must never be allowed to happen again it's a message that's taking on renewed urgency there are concerns that muslim migrants

could fuel a resurgence of anti-semitism in germany and indeed there's been an uptick in anti-semitic incidents. when we can see that among kids in school we see it on the streets on the subway it sometimes happens in conversations even with friends we see it in public debates and we're seeing it much more often on social media the biggest threat to jews comes from some sections of the muslim community i live on. the mind. in order to thwart the rising anti-semitic tide the central council of jews in germany is recommending compulsory visits to concentration camps for all school age children and asylum seekers but supporters say it must be done with sensitivity. not. just forcing people to go is not enough you know they have to comprehend it before otherwise it's senseless it's a delicate balancing act. you are not right for this class the

visit to sachs and housing concentration camp was compulsory it's an experience that most for a member for a long time to come. so let's put this all into perspective now we have the great pleasure of being joined by tim miller koko burke is with me here in the studio you are from the house of the conference a holocaust memorial and educational site and we thank you very much for joining us here this morning as we just saw there there is this debate about rising anti-semitism here in germany we heard that suggestion for example that visiting a concentration camp might prevent some from being anti-semitic do you agree that that is a good idea. i think if you deal with a real anti semitic person that has a closed and self-referential worldview then of called the cantelupe but in general visits to the memorial site can help when people have. maybe not conscious ideas

and. semitic stereotypes in their heads and then the confrontation with the fate of the victims of the people persecuted that can help to trigger process of wrestling a reflection about their own. way of thinking and that kind of course can help so do you think that's necessary do you think that should be mandated because then in germany when we when we speak about it as a country it is a country that's pretty aware of its past is that enough as an educational work and memorial site in the good research is filled with the memories i can tell you that we are already a deal with a lot of groups that come to our house it's mandatory school groups come organized they don't come because they had a nice idea to come to the heart of the london conference or concentrate form a concentration camp they come to that side because they can come in all the nice groups from schools should it be mandatory well we. i think it's always better in education if people are not send and forced into

a form of education because then they might close down on the other hand. much depends on the preparation if you. go to the target groups the pupil saw the young people from military and you asked them for their interest about the time then you will find. in a good way in this memorial sites on the other hand the task of education about the holocaust and about the crimes between thirty three and forty five can't be passed totally on to the memorial sites it has to stay in the center of the education and schools professional education and the universities of calls can you talk with us a little bit more about this process of dealing with the past that we have here in germany because it despite a rigorous one you know for viewers outside of germany explain to us what it looks like in practice and how successful it has been. well made to start with the success of it it started this process of dealing with the with the history in

germany started quite late in the ninety's and then before that. the germans had to fight on only some germans and victims of the persecution had to fight for that now it is some hole in the center of the state policy you know to me remember that and you can see the real effects of. education about that we don't know that it's a black box still for memorial workers to. we know that germany recently has had an influx of migrants many of them are from muslim countries how do you see that fitting in to the process well i think the end to semitism coming from muslim societies triggered by the political islam is not to be under-estimated of call that comes with migrants to germany with the. muslim background on the other hand to state it clear the main carriers of the n.t.

semitism. are still to be fined found in the german society only four percent of the german society are clear primary and to some of the mythic persons about sixty percent of the germans carry that kind of stereotypes and wait ideas and their hats and this is this form of secondary and to them it isn't and this is to be found in the german society and not mainly with muslim people it's a general problem absolutely fascinating so according to statistics the end of me is in fact within when we talk about and anti-semitism in germany because polish. men miller. for shit. for thank you. now france has also seen a rise in anti-semitic incidents the country has europe's largest jewish population but thousands have left in recent years and immigrated to israel driven away by anti-semitism and the threat of attacks targeting jewish citizens much of the

violence is perpetrated by members of france's large muslim community our next report looks at a troubling troubling phenomena. in till a few days ago as these sold kosher groceries to the jewish community in the paris suburb of create a now nothing is left of the shelves and arsonist destroyed the shop as he spent years building up. this was my baby. and i worked hard here in this store twelve to fifteen hours a day to build it up. now it's been reduced to nothing. as ease doesn't want to show his face because he's afraid of further attacks for weeks on vandals have been smearing swastikas on jewish shops including the one aziz ran but his ease him self is not jewish he's a muslim boba originally from algeria. he. felt as if someone had

painted a swastika on my back. it's not just the property damage i feel threatened personally. now i have a better idea of how the jews feel. about fifteen thousand jews live here in creating a together with a much larger muslim community in recent years there have been repeated attacks on jews mainly by young muslims but hardly anyone wants to talk openly about this development not even this jewish grocer who is friends with aziz in. the store because well i don't want to accuse anyone by have good relations with people from north africa and other parts of africa there's all the vision i give you what i'm against is the idea that the conflict between israelis and palestinians can be moved here to french soil. on the other holes but the

situation is growing ever more difficult in france where increasingly vicious anti jewish propaganda is spreading new rumors pop up almost every day says rudy rushed out a member of the organization conspiracy watch. above rules explained everything bad that happens in the world gets attributed to a jewish conspiracy but it was just for example the attacks in france and elsewhere in europe. but also economic crises are popular uprisings. even when renown people die people will insinuate a jewish plot. the jews or the zionists are suspected of pulling all the threads. right start says one of the most vocal anti semites in france is this man alonso ryle a journalist and publisher who calls himself a national socialist and has just published

a new edition of hitler's mind come from surrounds internet pages get five million visitors each month. openly tries to stir up young muslims. i more than if well if you develop your jaw you have to abandon your loser role. it's as if you were playing poker with just deuces while the others have aces up their sleeves you must you have to be clever and strategic or you'll keep losing. you're watching news a quick reminder of the top stories i have been following for you at this hour and these forty one people have died in a fire that swept through a hospital in south korea many more are in critical condition and officials expect the death toll to rise the blaze began in the emergency room but the cost is still unknown. today i'm sorry we have more coming up at the top of the hour hope to see you again matt.

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