massacres. starting february third on t w. this is deja vu news live from berlin ending germany's political limbo chancellor merkel's conservatives and martin schultz's social democrats are starting formal talks to forge a new government that four months after national elections can they deliver a grand coalition. and u.s. president donald trump is set to give the closing address of the world economic

forum in davos he says it will be a positive message one that will be quote very well received our business correspondent is standing by. and turkey's president visits the command center for the offensive against kurds in northern syria most turks support that military action but will they continue to do so as their troops move deeper into syria. plus meet a refugee who's now cooking for the stars before she fled her native syria. jasmine tea was a celebrity chef now she's bringing syrian cuisine to the v.i.p.'s of this year's early knol of the berlin film festival we have her story. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show germany has moved one step closer to. a new

government formal coalition talks between. conservatives and the social democrats have kicked off more than four months after germans went to the polls now both leaders were upbeat going into those talks there's a lot riding on the outcome not only a future governments at stake but the political future of both party leaders as well here's what they had to say just before the discussions. journalist setting up the microphones and cameras outside the christian democrats party headquarters petitions successfully ignoring them and interest groups are to paging because it's coolish and talk time in berlin after weeks and weeks off to a limb in every talks the real negotiations between uncle america's conservative party broke on the social democrats take off and they want to be finished within ten days. even though we will make sure to negotiate quickly at this point i believe people really expect us to work towards forming

a government and i'm going into these talks with often is and i will teach them a nation that we must achieve results and to believe that it's possible in a comparatively manageable period of time. the negotiations are based on the twenty eight page agreement all three parties accepted two weeks ago but a speedy leader martin should sponsor gone to further concessions from conservative block committees and see if he thought house to be only goal to create a just and modern germany especially within the castell sector not internationally we want germany to take a leading role within the european union these are all goals and this is what we want to get out of at least negotiations the s.p.d. leader is under pressure as his party already discusses his future role in a could should government some say should should stick to his promise given during the election campaign to not service minister in a cabinet led by chancellor merkel. that to me it is important that the parties

stay strong independent that goes for the party and does well at least good for him . the question of who will serve on a coalition government is still far away the negotiations are scheduled to continue until at least the eighth of february. and let's go now to our political correspondent standing by at the talks for us this morning hans what's the mood where you are could this be the start of actually forming a new government. i think the mood you can be described as fairly confident fairly upbeat all the leaders that have been going in to these talks today have been saying that now is the time actually to hammer out the details to get down to the nitty gritty of this coalition treaty one might call it that the two major parties in germany are likely to agree to it within the next couple of weeks so yes there is a sense of urgency as we've heard from. it's been four months since the elections

it's never taken this long in germany to form a government since the second world war so they want to get down to the nitty gritty they want to hammer out an agreement and it's likely that this will happen within the next couple of weeks ok that's a pretty optimistic assessment there you know many social democrats are unhappy with the current basis for these talks and we also have the conservatives saying they're not going to budge on any key issues now how much room considering that is there for compromise. well that's correct yes the social democrats are still somewhat reticent about this whole process they have put forward three further demands that they want to bring into this negotiation these include issues such as medical aid in germany issues of a temporary employment in germany and also of course the thorny question of migrants that are coming into germany but on most of these issues there has been some signals from the conservative side that there is still room for concession

room for maneuver and birthday parties both the conservatives and the social democrats really are very much invested in this process they're very interested in having an agreement however the social democrats have demanded that their four hundred forty thousand members still have to take a vote once this contract has been agreed on so that vote is also going to take some time another three weeks or so in addition to the actual negotiations so one is expecting now that the process if it does get finished in a positive manner will last until the end of march ok you want to pick up on that s.p.d. vote at the base that still has to happen delegates need to approve this deal the young social democrats are proving very reluctant could they hold up this deal. they are indeed pushing very hard against this deal they have been starting outside

of the campaign amongst the rank and file membership to lobby for a rejection during that vote of the rank and file but i think at the moment it seems that the majority of members of the social democratic party will vote in a similar way to which the vote went this past weekend at the special party congress of the social democrats which was necessary in fact to make these talks possible to talk and their vote went very narrowly with a very narrow margin in favor of such talks in favor of a coalition agreement and the expectation is that the vote in the rank and file sometime during march is also likely to go in the direction ok well we have a couple of things out there that still could hold up these talks on sprint in berlin for us this morning thanks very much from those talks now for some of the other stories making the news at this hour in south korea at least thirty seven people have died in a fire at

a hospital in the city of near young broke out in the emergency room of that building which is also home for the elderly it's not yet know what caused the place . lawyers for julian assange the founder of wiki leaks are asking a london court to drop and arrest warrant against him for breaking his bail conditions of songs he's been living in ecuador's embassy for five years now he fled there to escape possible extradition to sweden over rape allegations a decision is expected on february the sixth. india has been celebrating republic day in spectacular style in the capital delhi the parade marks the anniversary of india's constitution which came into effect in one nine hundred fifty soldiers and performers putting on an impressive display as they made their way from the purpose of i'm still powerless along delis central rajpath boulevard. u.s. president donald trump has dismissed as fake news reports that he wanted to fire

robert mueller the special counsel investigating alleged collusion between trump's campaign and russia the new york times is claiming that trump changed his mind after his top lawyer threatened to quit a floor that was dismissed. or right now the president is of course in davos where he'll soon be addressing the delegates exactly and he already said that my message will be of peace and prosperity that's what donald trump told reporters in davos ahead of his much anticipated speech there in davos late on thursday and he wasted no time in getting down to business flanked by the c.e.o.'s of two major german corporates s.a.p and siemens discussed his america first policy. of just over four hundred speeches delivered at the world economic forum the one from u.s. president donald trump is set to attract the most attention he's scheduled to deliver the closing address and he's already confident of

a positive image caption. i think it's going to be very well received it's a very positive press the united states is doing fantastically well better than we've done in decades the stock markets are incredible business is it coming back into the united states i think it's going to be a great message that people are going to like hearing ok thank you kyra thank you rick i think it is your credit crunch started his visit by hosting an informal dinner for group of some of europe's most powerful business executives he wasted no time in listing his achievements for corporations to asians and i just want to say that there's been a lot of war a lot of respect for a 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 be a cheerleader for a country you know if you have a cheerleader for your company or for your country. no matter what happens it's not going to work and that's what i did then and that's what my whole group has been so it's a breeze audience including top executives from corporate giants including no doubt it was all of the buyers and events the business leaders created around the table of us try to trump what their companies for a truly great is make america great again campaign like everyone else the have to wait for trump's speech for clues as to what making america great again will mean for the rest of the world. and everyone is great how do you lawyer michael moore so far. well trump's due to speak in about an hour from now so then we will know more in the meantime ben facility my call in has been covering the world economic forum for as and doubles and then i mean trump does not just speak there he's delivering the closing address doesn't that give his speech extra

weight. very good point monica and if he wants to bring a message of peace and prosperity he better stop talking about how big his button is and make sure he doesn't start a trade war he's been slapping tariffs on products from certain countries and also talking about withdrawing from one deal after the next saying that he wants a better deal for the united states and says that he should get investments from other countries that other countries should be investing in the in the united states while being disadvantaged by tariffs on their exports it's a strange situation it's almost as if the rest of the world doesn't exist or as if the us is in a bubble some analysts have said that trump could actually give quite a refreshing reality check to the global elites here in davos we are some people what they think. well i hope he's going to reach out to the wider world this hasn't

been his practice so far but there's no point in coming to dallas if you don't bring a global view and so i very much hope he will reach out to connect with the world would be really interesting to hear you know american for us pretty see how we affect the global economy. i expect him to continue to deny climate change and to do things that are against what people really need so i think his message is still what's good for america should be good for the world obviously there's a little bit of uncertainty as to what that means but generally opposed to that he's here and gauging i hope that he will tell us that the u.s. of course is a part of the international community and we support to free treat and globalization wrote nothing new or your product and especially to corruption so i'm worried about some conflicts of interest and in general the position of the government regarding

transparency integrity honesty i expect him to say something quite controversial. well one thing we heard ahead of his speech been is that he might be open to rejoining the paris climate agreement what's behind that. well his officials are saying that he could well sign back in it would be extremely interesting it was a breakthrough when the power still was done and huge let down when the us said it was pulling out so this would be breaking news at the same time his official say he would want there to terms for the u.s. so it's the exact same problematic monica the u.s. wants to be treated differently to everybody else while that reminds me of britain there's the melissa not area certainly during the breaks and goes the asians and there's also would donald trump might be warming up to the idea of trade talks with

the united kingdom may said to trump yesterday that this special relationship needs to be discussed and that's all about trade between the u.k. and the us and trump said well actually we're talking about it right now aren't we and the thing is on the e.u. regulations they're not allowed to talk about it it's another obvious example of trump being out of touch. just briefly i mean you've spent their whole week now and covering the world economic forum what would be the highlight i think the most interesting thing i discovered was a breakthrough for power companies and that was using human switch as a renewable energy they basically slap a patch on you you sweat away an enzyme in that patch converts the lactic acid in human sweat into a carriage which can power headphones

a light on your head while you go for a jog in the morning it's pretty amazing stuff absolutely fascinating stuff and then fizzling reporting from davos thank you so much. i've. to turkey now their country says the death toll from its operation inside syria has now reached fourteen this figure includes three soldiers and eleven local militia fighting with the turks present wretch of terror of everyone traveled to the southern border for a briefing on the offensive against kurdish forces there turkey began what it calls operation all of branch nearly a week ago it's targeted the area around our friend in northern syria in an attempt to clear that town of kurdish fighters these attacks have opened up a completely new front in the already complex syrian civil war. our correspondent hans following the story for us from istanbul the turkish troops are continuing their offensive pushing eastwards now what our president plans there.

well today in a meeting with representatives of his ruling a k party he reiterated his intention to expand this military operation to other cities in north and syria syria basically all the way to the iraqi border so off to our friend that's the plan the turkish military is going to move further east to monday each which is part of a larger kurdish controlled area in north and syria while offering is a smaller kurdish controlled enclave but in monday that's the area where u.s. troops also station because they are supporting the wipe e.g. the kurdish y p g militia in syria seeing them as proxies in the fight against the so-called islamic state so turkey is basically by moving further east basically risking a confrontation with

a nato ally there but the local threat perception the threat perception and is that with this kurdish controlled area in syria there could be something like a kurdish corridor or something close to a kurdish state actually develop along the border and this is increasing fear us that further separatist notions could come up within turkey's own kurdish minority and that's why turkey is so determined to continue and expand this military operation a majority of turks at home according to. the government strategy that you just mentioned in northern syria but as you mentioned if this offensive continues to expand could we see that public attitude changing if the death toll rises. well i don't think so the three turkish soldiers who died so far are being celebrated here as heroes as martyrs who died for the right cause their pictures up

being shared on twitter on national television that that's part of the patry arctic national a sentiment here in turkey that's very deeply rooted in this society and overall the media coverage has been very positive very favorable and you barely hear any critical voices when it comes to this operation let me show you what i mean i went out here in istanbul and talked to a few people about what they think about this oh peroration let's have a look at my report. more on every channel the military operation in syria is the top story on turkish television the tenor of the reporting there a petri ot how critical the majority of people it seems support operation all of branch in this teahouse at least no one thinks the offensive is a mistake if you go the terrorists are looking for an opportunity to divide the country but we will not so much of

a moment use desertion colchis all we have fighting against isis and other terrorist groups those who don't want to help us should at least not stand in our way. and yet almost. no army fighting in. in strength of that and i hope that with ahead. we will take home a week to resolve it is the me or my new duty. 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 came out 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 raja 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. a former spokes person 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 the 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 knew serval 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 sickly. i mean about you know 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 said disagrees he says the government is not influencing coverage of the offering 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 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. that report and interview from did abuse yohan in istanbul talking with

me earlier. all refugees from the fighting in syria were very much the focus of last year's berlin film festival and coming up in a few weeks at this year's bellino a syrian refugee celebrity chef will be cooking for guests there here's her story conjuring up the tastes of damascus bringing the craziness of her home country like fried okra to germany is maliki just marty's passion for the set two year old migrant hopes that she can help germans learn more about her heritage. they drive our food in the east they see it it's good food it's not all good people seem to want to do we have only falafel and. after they see it's it's very big maliki has been practicing his skills in the shed kitchen of this refugee shelter and. 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 from my homeland homeland that's been devastated by civil war maliki's husband made the perilous journey to germany by boat in twenty 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 sister 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 four hundred guests at next month's belly not. from. not only had p.

. it's like if you if you do your dream. maliki's recipe for success it's how she uses food to build bridges between cuts says. we have some sports and tennis is now roger federer has reached the final of the australian open after south korea's shown here on retired injured during their semi on friday the defending champion was in complete command of that match leaving six one five two before chunk quit with foot blisters federer will face croatia's march challenge in sunday's final now that's a repeat of last year's wimbledon final when this was star won in straight sets the thirty six year old fater is looking to claim his twentieth grand slam title. now this us presidents often borrow art works for the white house for the oval office but now the washington post is reporting that when maloney and donald trump asked new york's guggenheim museum for

a painting by the vanguard while that museum declined and offered something of an interesting substitute a functioning solid gold toilet by the italian artist rachel cut along the work of art entitled america is estimated to be worth about one million dollars it was installed in one of the museums restrooms and has been used by tens of thousands of visitors the president's known to favor gold decorations in his personal residences no word on how the presidential couple responded. get your mind of our top stories this hour formal coalition talks between. conservatives and the social democrats are finally underway for. reasonable time. and he says he plans to offer

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