i think it's only the beginning of this. song. machine's starting february first two w. . visited every news coming to live from berlin police have released russian opposition leader alexei navalny the outspoken kremlin critic was arrested out for making a short appearance at an anti putin rally earlier today police raided number all these offices also coming up. another day of heavy fighting in syria's offer and region turkey claims a diplomatic success and its offensive against a u.s.

backed kurdish militia. and swedish founder of our count proud as died he turned a small scale mail order business into a global fortune or empire and became one of the richest men in the world. i'm sara harman welcome to the program and thanks for joining us. russian authorities have released opposition leader alexina ball me he was detained earlier in the day after he made a brief appearance at a moscow protest one of dozens of rallies across the country he is expected to be charged with a public order violation which could mean up to twenty days in jail of all in the end his supporters are calling for a boycott of the march eighteenth presidential election of only himself has been

bored from running due to a previous fraud conviction a conviction he says is politically motivated. aleksei navai violent scuffles as his supporters try in vain to pull him free from police who arrests the opposition leader and press them flooding me a push and smoke a prominent rival. huddled into a bus and taken away from protests that he told. the gazans but it did suffer a thousand turns out in most polls one of dozens of releases been held across russia authorities say to demonstrations illegal the protesters want to point out of what they say would be a break to presidential elections this march expected to extend president putin script on power now vonnie response from standing. yeah i want russia to have an elected government and not a pretty appointed one i'm sick of going to protests but i'll still go as long as i

live in ways that the russia's isolating itself more and more from the world is making demands but we're not living in a country that can dictate anything. i want to changes when government be possible because the zon history now has been there for too long. the finnish police raided they had courtis and t.v. studios belonging to alex a no vonnie interrupting a live program saying they were looking for a bomb. police also detained some of the vani stuff during the raid. so it's unlikely the wave of protests can stop flooding me approach and being really liked it alex i know vonnie supporters want at least to discourage russians from voting in the hopes of undermining the ballot with a low turnout. but did every horse fall at near drunk sorts joins us now from moscow mia drag you were at the protests today what did you say. well so i would

i think it was remarkable it german young people were there was a lot of police in the streets around to our scarce career and pushkin square protesters knew their colleagues he not only was arrested in the afternoon they did not back down they showed no sign of fear today's protests are small compared to some anti-government protests that russia same in the past do not only supporters have a chance of actually inflowing this upcoming influencing season this upcoming presidential election. or the been very much what you mean by influence not only and it's just will be able to change the result we know that president putin is going to win the next chris national elections approximately seventy maybe eighty percent of russians are going to vote for him but corruption is a big issue here in russia that resonates very strong and you shouldn't forget that the vast majority of russians made no less money than a couple of years ago and there's this not going to change and we will have

a discussion of the weeks to come but more sanctions coming from america so if the financials nations situation here russia is going to deteriorate if people are making even less money in the months to come they will blame somebody for that and this is going to be mystical to you all right man jack storage reporting there for us from moscow thank you very much. turkey's president roger ted barrett one has vowed to quote clean its entire border with syria of terrorist ankara's nine day offensive against the kurdish why p.j. militia in syria shows no sign of letting up turkey has demanded the u.s. pull its troops out of the northern syrian town of non bitch turkish forces n.y.p.d. clashed again over the weekend. turkish troops are advancing with the heavy equipment because it's militia white b.g. which controls the area south of the turkish syrian border and which ankara calls terrorists to put up strong resistance but turkish troops have now carrying their

first military success w t v i spoke with the commander this morning and as of now four hundred and eighty four terrorists have been neutralized that the operation continues. and is about to fall after that place is taken will advance with even more determination turkish backed troops had been trying to capture the strategically important hill for days the good news for them came on sunday ankara wants to prevent the kurds from gaining long term control of the border areas the president sees the white b.g. is an extended arm of the outlawed p.k. k. party in turkey which washington has designated a terrorist organization for the us the white b.g. is an ally in the fight against the so-called islamic state turkey's advance towards men beach was provoked to washington has its own troops stationed there but an end to the offensive is not in sight. though is that the others though don't

live close by and which we have previously cleared of terrorists one hundred thirty thousand brothers have returned i'm settled back into their homes. now we're doing the same thing in africa step by step will clean our entire border with syria of terrorists and make sure our brothers who've been. living in our country for years or turn to their homes. the syrian human rights observatory says at least forty four civilians have been killed the numbers couldn't be confirmed but the price for the offensive will be high paid by the frights as as well as the innocent. here's a look now at some of the other stories making news around the globe right now film star and activist angeline has called on the international community to find a solution to the crisis in syria charlene made the plea during a visit to the tory refugee camp in north jordan desert camp is home to around

eighty five thousand refugees in neighboring syria. in yemen separatist in the southern port city of odan have seized government buildings after fierce clashes with forces loyal to president draw or hadi dozens of people have been killed or injured yemen's prime minister accused the separatist of melting a coup is serving as the temporary government base because the who the rebels control the capital sanaa. finland's incumbent presidents all the least of all has declared victory in his attempt to gain a second term early election results show that the center right politician secure a comfortable early lead in sunday's vote against his closest rival how do you still. need a stone is known for cultivating good relations with russia. african

heads of state are in ethiopia's capital for the annual african union summit the two day meeting is headed by one president paul kagame it is taking over as the chairman african leaders are also expected to make a joint statement condemning u.s. president donald trump's reported slur on the state of their nations. and like many african countries ethiopia is struggling to keep up with a growing population an absolutely staggering wealth gap our correspondent catherine wando sent us this report. this sleek train could be in a wealthy country like germany but it's actually in a disk of. local journalists and takes us on a tour of the city states this four hundred seventy five million dollar light railway was built with the help of china it began operations in twenty fifteen i could not come at a better time. all. of us played a big role refusing. to for the tax year or passes to be the

only person in the transportation the united speeding through the city you notice the numerous construction sites with a g.d.p. of seventy two billion dollars. especially its capital city is growing rapidly. but if we got through all of the last two or fifty years we're still as you can see that out or dosis. waiting to be replaced with the new. sort of growth that's also been growing fast. it takes about fifteen minutes to get from the central station to mentally the old days. as we make our way through the area you can't help but notice the traditional ethiopian as hire all hand-made ethiopia hopes to build its cotton and textile industry and increase exports by one billion dollars and this is slowly becoming africa's textile industry hub.

is here pierre has over the recent years opened up its text out industry to foreign investors but if you look you'll find factories like these where people are still using traditional methods to make textiles. it is a practice dating back centuries and a skill handed down from generation generation to. twenty eight year old yellow rope bell hopes the government keeps young people like him in mind as they expand modernize the industry the end result is impressive and the men here take pride in their handiwork ethiopia is determined to spur economic growth however the gap between the rich and the poor still worrying citizens one the government to make sure the growth is inclusive. the thirtieth african union summit was officially opened here in december but the if you can capital now the session was opened by president paul kagame who is the chairman of the african union now center stage is

the issue of anti corruption and how countries can fight corruption using frameworks and institutions but the highlight of the day was the discussion on african union reforms in his new mandate president paul kagame is looking to see that the african union is more independent as it stands seventy four percent of its budget is funded by the e.u. and the us there is a hope that this could reduce to fifty nine percent by two thousand and eighteen. but also another issue that was on the agenda was integration and how african people can have free movement of goods people and also a single air space market the africa youth population stands at more than seventy percent present porker government called on the youth to be more involved in development in the individual countries. the swedish care founder in war can prod has done at the age of ninety one he turned a small scale mail order business into

a global furniture empire ikea's first department store opened in one nine hundred fifty eight today the company has more than three hundred stores around the world. aged just seventeen. a mostly mail order business called ikea five years later the company began to sell furniture with its first dedicated store opening in sweden in one nine hundred fifty eight ikea's international expansion began in the one nine hundred sixty s. . the concept was simple straightforward scandinavian design self-assembly and practical packaging. we're interested in manufacturing our furniture is designed to be easily manufactured and that keeps costs down. come proud. an important impact on the living environment of millions of people the furniture lines billy and eve are practically standard in many homes today there are almost four hundred ikea stores across the globe. comprende was a times

a controversial figure. in one thousand nine hundred ninety three he moved to switzerland for tax purposes ikea later became a registered find based in the netherlands and today still has a complex business structure. it remains privately owned uncompromised was among the richest men in the world. he faced scrutiny when it was revealed that he had supported neo nazi groups this led to a boycott of ikea come proud later apologized. the ikea founder spent his last years in sweden after moving back home in twenty thirteen to be closer to his family. so sports news spain are the new european handball champions in the final in zagreb croatia the spaniards beat sweden by a score of twenty nine to twenty three scandinavians got off to the better start with a strong performance from goalkeeper mikhail apple grande and fast counterattacks but spain stayed composed changing up their attack they were only two goals behind

at half time experience spent years in the match around with a sharp passing attack and outstanding work in their goalkeeper on pad stirabout after losing four previous finals spain were finally the european handball champions. and that's it from my colleague matt herman will be out after the break with the lightest round of ball in this league a soccer action where liverpool isn't for hoping the solidify their grip on second place watch what happens next. when i'm travelling i like to be comfortable. but i also want to stay up to date on latest news events.

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