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

world economic forum in switzerland we will hear from our senior business editor ben physical and polish there and so who is u.s. president joe trump is edging closer like they should agenda likely to clash with the doubles crowd your business will have full coverage for you live throughout the day. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program a fire has torn through a hospital for the elderly in south korea killing at least forty one people and injuring dozens more the disaster unfolded in the southern city of near young reports say that the fire broke out in the emergency room of the hospital and soon engulfed the building firefighters needed several hours to extinguish the blaze some people had to be rescued in daring operations several are in critical condition it is 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 i should point out but south koreans are let's say acutely concerned about these sort of 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 his cabinet after news broke of this fire politicians from all from both sides of the political spectrum here have called for an investigation some have traveled down to miriam 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 has the

government said anything. right well the investigation is underway 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 before each tallahassee. 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 those as again as he can jason strother in south korea thank you. let's get

a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world the new york times says that u.s. president donald trump plan to fire prosecutor robert muller just weeks after he took over the f.b.i. is russia investigation it says the trump only backs down after his top lawyer threatened to resign if true it could bolster miller's position his potential case of obstruction of justice against the president. a brazilian court has barred former president luis ignacio 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 the less corruption conviction and increased his sentence to twelve years in jail. parliament in on do it us has begun its new legislative period made furious protest opposition parties reject they reelected the president one orlando fernandez he is said to be sworn in for a second term on saturday at least thirty one people have died in protest since the

disputed november election. to turkey now where president has travelled to his country's border with syria for a briefing on the turkish offensive against kurdish forces there on january twentieth turkey began what it calls operation olive branch it's targeted the area around afrin in northern syria and in attempt to clear the town of kurdish militia which turkey views as a security threat the attacks have opened up a new front in an already complex syrian civil war for more let's bring in correspondent you leon 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 east words what our president everyone's 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 offer in a regional authority called 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 back at home 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 is the top story on turkish television the tenor of the reporting very patriotic how ugly 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 will not. desert fighting against isis and other terrorist groups those who don't want to help us should at least not stand in our way. of. fighting and. in strength and i hope that. we will take home to reason that it is the 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 extols says he also backs the operation as does meryl action are the head of the new party that wants to challenge president tragic tired aragon in the next election she tweeted that she's praying for glorious army the only party to condemn the offensive is the pro kurdish h d p. a former spokes person calls it inacceptable. 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 news server all 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 patriotically. with congress i mean have you noticed how all of the newspapers have similar headlines. this is actually government propaganda. for their journalists my sense of themselves to avoid trouble. unfortunately i can't do you proper journalism in turkey anymore. but mahmoud a columnist for the government friendly daily sabbat disagrees he says the government is not influencing coverage of the afrin 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 can't use 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 a 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. yulia han in istanbul thank you. that's over to monaco now who has the latest from davos it's been a very interesting week sarah and the last day of the world economic forum in davos is about to get underway the high point off today's proceedings is likely to be u.s. presidents donald trump's closing address he arrived in the mountain resort late on thursday and he wasted no time in getting cozy with his p.s. the eagle had finally landed president trump's arrival in davos was perhaps the most eagerly anticipated moment at 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 warmth 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 is so his audience included top executives from corporate giants including nakia nestlé and by the business leaders seated around the table introduce themselves and describe what they respective companies were doing to make america great again. trump is due to give the w a 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. well they've been pursuing is covering the world economic forum for us and he joined me earlier from davos i asked him if donald trump managed to make an impression there. it's amazing how all of these c.e.o.'s owes a 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 why 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 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 the 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 purt world loves it but yet not everybody in the

corporate world there's certainly one very famous u.s. 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. take 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.

troop 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 end this 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 normally 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 event 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 billion is first. has been physical and they're reporting from davos where u.s. president donald trump will give an address later today we'll cover that one life for you of course but first a german politics now but sarah absolutely thank you so much monica because here in germany coalition talks between chancellor angela merkel's conservatives and the social democrats are due to get under way today the s.p.d. only now will be voted to begin with because she sions the party leader martin childes now saying that the talks are going quote full steam ahead and that he was broadly optimistic. this is merkel's best shot at getting a governing majority but outcome is still uncertain after these negotiations are over all four hundred and forty thousand s.p.d. members across germany will get to vote on the end result but many feel that any coalition deal will be too much of a compromise for their values. it's been

a long road to get to this point and the politicians aren't nearly done with their demands yet america's conservative alliance says they won't allow for any quote cherry picking of the twenty page document the party agreed to in the preliminary negotiations the social democrat leaders on the other hand are promising to quote make them squeal and extract more concessions from the conservatives during the coalition talks but is there even room for more negotiation at this point let's take a look now at the big issues that the social democrats want to bring back to the table. number one health insurance the s.p.d. wants to end the so-called two tiered health care system right now doctors in germany earn more when they see patients with private insurance first as those with a public plan this creates an incentive skewed toward the privately insured social democrats say they want doctors to earn the same amount of money when they see private and publicly covered patients insuring no one would get preferential treatment. number two jobs more than

a million people in germany are employed on temporary contracts this is especially true for young people up to the age of thirty four the s.p.d. wants to allow temporary contracts only in extraordinary cases for example when a full time employee has to be replaced because of a pregnancy or illness. and number three the perennial issue of refugees the refugee question was a central theme for the s.p.d. during the campaign since twenty sixteen so-called refugees with limited protections are not granted full asylum in germany and exist in a sort of legal limbo they will not be sent back to their homelands due to the danger there but they also cannot bring over family members but many social democrats are still pushing for exemptions in cases of particular hardship. yet another round of talks and so much to wade through before germany gets its next government. well last month an image went

around the world an israeli flag 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 the number of unreported cases is likely to be much higher than that figure 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 this following statement have a look it says looking at israel's policies i can understand that people are

against jews well one response to this rise in 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 son chevy we will speak with an 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 where people the nazi regime deemed unworthy or subhuman. everyone who survived this place said the worst thing was the unpredictability we

didn't know what was going to happen there were rules but following the rules didn't mean you would be treated properly or that you could expect to be released soon the one hundred plus it's available. 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 fans on globe but i thought it was unbelievably moving and it shocked me a lot i'm grateful to our teachers and our school and very thankful i could experience this as well it's important to see that these terrible things happened and not just read about them in a history book because it's. still the same since there's been a huge shock to experience this close up and to see what happened just moments of. 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 tyler hung them with a name. 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 . just forcing people to go is not enough you know they have to comprehend otherwise it's senseless it's

a delicate balancing act. for this class the visit to sachsenhausen concentration camp was compulsory it's an experience that most for a member for a long time to come. you're watching news a quick reminder of the top stories that we are following for you at least twenty one people have died in a fire that swept through a hospital in south korea many more are critical condition and officials expect the death toll to rise the blaze began in the emergency room the.

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