this is deja vu news live from berlin an attack on a military installation leaves a number of people dead in kabul after a gun battle and insurgent reportedly blew himself up outside a prestigious military academy in the afghan capital so-called islamic state is claiming responsibility. as is longer stage her group pulls back in syria and iraq many of its recruits are returning home to europe will look at the danger they now pose here. and popstars out the

grammy confronting sexual harassment in the recording industry while on the awards front line belongs to bruno mars who takes home six awards also coming up and ball gets a new european champion as spain see off sweden zagreb to lift their first ever european touch. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show at least five soldiers have been killed in afghanistan after a gunman opened and attack on an army post close to a military academy in the capital kabul reports coming in indicate there was a gun battle between insurgents and soldiers at that outpost after one of the attackers blew himself up at least ten soldiers. were wounded authorities are

saying the attackers did not manage to enter the military academy so-called islamic state is claiming responsibility for this attack it is the third in kabul in recent days. for more i'm joined now by. he's the head of tolo news t.v. in kabul thanks for being with us this morning on short notice why is call facing so many attacks right now two reasons one is because they don't just sit down and present trying to get as an announced a new policy for afghanistan which means more pressure on pockets on the taleban and they are seriously trying to resist second is that we are just went to your season meaning that there is less fighting and more pressure in big cities like kabul and this is. certainly not a new trend but this year we see more bloodshed and the one today which will.

live nearby and the one to two days ago which killed more than hundred people in central kabul ok that was a very serious attack you know what our security service is doing right now how are they responding to. all attacks indicate major security is shortcomings. or national unity has. to come by security in the city just locations like the intercontinental hotel like downtown kabul where. it's very crowded year. and the fact that the taliban. can even try to get into a very fortified military installation like the one today suggests weakness is all of our security service. head of tolo news in kabul thanks very much for that. thank you all islamic state is facing major setbacks on the ground in

syria and iraq some say that it could be close to defeat in syria now this means many of the fighters who flocked to join our ass are now returning to their home countries and many of them come from europe so how are nations here in europe dealing with them how much of a threat do they pose or brussels correspond hershel's fall their tracks to belgium where that country's i-s. is managing to find new recruits in europe. this park in antwerp was a hotspot for islamist recruiters and were a known belgians to battlefields in syria and iraq now some of them are headed back making many communities nervous earlier return is trying to reintegrate in society are reluctant to be identified and her city councilor he owns there knew some of them personally and asked them to share their stories with me nobody was willing to speak to many of them came back read

a huge feeling of shame. and they don't want to to show that to show did name allowed to rule to be on t.v. to say ok i went there and there was a fool and they came back. there are some exceptions laura persone was all over t.v. in two thousand and sixteen publicizing her book about being an islamic state militants bride in syria she decided to escape when her four year old son was taught to behead a teddy bear as shown in this jihadi propaganda now persone occasionally visit schools as part of the belgian government's anti radicalization efforts but she declined our multiple requests for an interview some are attorneys have other motives for staying in the shadows those are the ones that were there and muslim community you don't want to see the back and to be obviously don't show any feeling of shame. for straight about the fact that.

he's losing. but yet here. that's how returning fortress seems to feel set free after receiving a suspended sentence for three also wrote a book and publicly praised islamic state he said his only regret was coming back we couldn't speak with him has he's in prison on unrelated charges sources tell me returning his and their families are urged to keep a low profile by belgian authorities but they're not the only ones i'm told the brother of a belgian fighter gave a television interview a couple of years ago with his identity disguised but islamic state supporters found him and beat him up very badly a warning to others to keep quiet local communities are figuring out how to deal with people who return their boarded just north of brussels many youths left this suburb to join us mayor has been to has taken a personal interest in them he visits them in prison to make sure they understand their choices he warns them that after their release they will be under constant

scrutiny but that's not all he tells them the second thing they said is when you are free you are a free man you have a mission and. you have the right the new the help you and all the old. unities to do to give you all the opportunities to reintegrate unopposed via want to gives us an example of how his city supported one return he committed to being a law abiding citizen by being completely transparent about the situation and we informed the employer who was ready to give him a chance after all the information that we have got must answer to that employer the same thing on the housing side. that man is still a success story two years later but there are more i guess followers being groomed peter venomous sting and one of the best known researchers of the belgian jihad movement says he sees no decrease in pro jihad language on social media how strong is their influence well basically i will only know when the next attack happens who

are afraid. however the belgian government appears a bit more optimistic than that it has reduced to the national terror threat level meaning an attack is no longer considered probable but rather unlikely. ok let's talk about the broader threat now with fabienne funda mark our expert on security issues and terrorism good morning fog and first off how many just hottest are we talking about who've returned to europe well five thousand have left from europe to the war zones in syria and iraq roughly one thousand two hundred have returned from germany we have more exact figures thousand people islamists travel to syria and iraq from these around third have returned one hundred fifty have died so there are still five hundred in those areas and thirty's don't know when or if these people at all will return the big wave so far haven't arrived ok we're talking about

twelve hundred individuals back here now what kind of security threat do they pose to us here in europe but particularly these men were ideologically indoctrinated militarily trained in terror camps in syria they pose a big threat they are capable of potential attacks here in europe. authorities believe that the majority of all these people that return still hold their radical views in islam is thinking but there are also those who are disillusioned to a purified and they can actually be quite a helpful source for third use here to give more information on other returning and on the islamist scene in both in syria and iraq and also back in europe ok you know considering that there are highly indoctrinated extremely well try and some of them are hardened battle veterans why don't the governments hear water news stories simply round them up pick them up and arrest them so that the rest of us can sleep

better. if they have enough proof they will do that and they are. of course return is in prison all over europe now but it's not very often very often it's not that easy to actually prove their involvement in fighting in the caliph in the islamic state and then they've preferred to observe them better to get maybe even more information have them as potential terrorists here on the radar or offer them help and in terms of deregulation programs ok so do due process is preeminent there in dealing with these returning threats to europe fobbing from the march is over thanks very much ok now we look at some of the other stories making the news at this hour russian opposition leader alexina vali has been freed from police custody after he was arrested at a protest rally in moscow in a volley faces up to thirty days in jail if found guilty of calling an authorized demonstrations his followers hit the streets in a number of cities calling for

a boycott of upcoming presidential elections. ten western tourists have been charged in cambodia with producing pornographic images they were arrested after pictures emerged of people appearing to imitate sex at a party in a resort town time lapse video evolve very volcano in the philippines and jessie could be close to a major option the government has put people near the mayon volcano south of manila on high alert tens of thousands of flood many government shelters. all the stars of the music business descended on new york city for the industry's annual grammy awards the surprise winner of the evening bruno mars' who beat out tough competition upsetting favorites like jeezy and kendrick lamar to take home six awards but music was not the only item on the agenda following the lead of the golden globes many participants and attendees were white roses as

a visible show of solidarity with the time's up and me two movements confronting it is sexual harassment in the business industry. equality was the buzz word at this year's grammys after a sea of black at the golden globes for film and t.v. earlier in the month it was show time for the stars of the music industry lady gaga prominent among them sporting white roses in solidarity with the times up and me two movements the gang sexual misconduct yeah i've got my white rose i feel that it's so important that all of us you know in all of the different industries especially musicians we have such a voice in the world people listen and i think we're all on the same page we all want equality and respect you know in behind closed doors closed doors so we're all standing together kendrick lamar took the rap cats agree winning best rap album foot down and the best music video from humble. bruno mars to the record of the

year award with twenty fourth a magic and some of the year for that's what i like and canada's alessia cholera started out by making you tube videos in her bedroom now she's won the grammy for best new artist. and adrian kennedy from the cold front a spa and arts desk is with us now here in the studio good morning adrian good conditioning can you tell us about some of the standout moments musically for you in what was a very politicized ceremony. it's been a very long night it was overran it went. simone for hours i think it was a very political night it's true there was a lot talk ahead of the show about whether there would be a need to moment whether the grammys would get political they did get very political a lot of white roses in evidence as you said and you could say that might be taken as just a token gesture but it went

a lot further than that jenelle more naik took to the stage and gave a very dignified and moving speech she said we come in peace and we mean business she said to those two of those who would dare silence us we offer you times up and then came out as you saw an astonishing performance flanked by other high profile female things all dressed in white echoing in the white roses and of course they should remember the song that she sang direct really addressed. abuse the music producer and back when she first made these allegations the world was much more skeptical about them so a lot of changed over the last four games and a lot of layers to this evening what about the surprises all eyes were on jay z. but but he wasn't them out of the night was no it was supposed to be the big night of hip hop the only real question was whether it would be jay z.

or kendrick lamar who would get the top prize is they with it sue with the most nominations but i think what happened possibly is that the hip-hop votes got splits and bruno mars who is very very popular in the industry came up on the outside lane and took away six grammys and we saw it was all those white roses out there are throughout the evening during you know many of the performances as well can campaigns like this really rain in and fight sexual harassment in the mean. again the street journal also talked about women and men coming together to create safer work environments and equal pay and a part of this will be getting more women into the industry now you probably think and i know i certainly did if you think about it is probably just as many high profile female singers as male seeing this shocking situation is actually that.

top charts songs only twelve percent are written by women and songs only two percent are produced by women so i think a big part of what has to happen is to get more women into the industry and that will help the situation enormously ok especially on the producing side of things adrian kennedy for us this morning from the culture and arts desk thanks very much like this is did every news live from berlin still to come on the show. there's a new european handball champion after spain down sweden in a dramatic final in zagreb. or to christophe now a new questions being raised about german carmakers indeed brian there are reports saying that german carmakers commissioned tests that exposed humans to a hazardous gas found in diesel fumes not twenty five healthy young people and held

dioxide in various amounts over several hours a new study found funded by car makers falsified and dimed r. and b. double the purpose and outcome remain unclear the industry faces bans of diesel vehicles from inner cities in the wake of the diesel gate scandal in which fox wagon was found to have manipulated emissions on diesel cars. now the u.s. dollar crawled up from lows on monday but struggled to pull i have from six straight weeks of losses and there are conflicting messages coming from u.s. political leaders on what the value of the greenback should look like you going forward now treasury secretary steve minucci and said at the world economic forum in davos last week that a weak currency would help us trade balances in the short term president donald trump shortly after said he favored a strong dollar while the prolonged slump in the greenback means the euro is

gaining in value since mid december the euro has gained six percent against the us dollar hitting one twenty five recently you can see it right there and that is the highest level since the end of twenty fourteen and it is raising eyebrows among currency experts the president of the european central bank mario draghi saying the recent volatility in exchange rates represents a source of uncertainty which requires monitoring. some more analysis i am joined by carson you're in use he's chief economist at safir seris and bank carson good morning to you u.s. officials talking down to the value of the dollar that would be a break from tradition what do you make of it. absolutely it would be a break from tradition and it's not encouraging what they what they do they so

often with this administration i have the impression that they are not really aware of what their company cation is doing they seem to believe that they can make statesman like the us finance and finance minister did and reserve reversing them the other day that is not how we used to communicate in these markets all what we expect from central bankers and governments and it's definitely not to doing any good for the world economy and the financial system stephen newton says he feels that he was misunderstood giving that quote that a low u.s. dollar would be beneficial to the u.s. economy at the same time his remarks provoked stark criticism coming from the european side are we entering a currency war. i don't really believe that we enter currency war because for war for you need credibility and that is something that the u.s.

ministration and yes finance minister is lacking for exactly the reason that he was understood he made an obvious remark that he shouldn't have made he wasn't aware that us finance ministers do not call me and county movements lightly and he was not aware that they had a lot of agreements in the past and they had to try to prevent the accounts the war that so easily could have pushed the world economy after the great financial crisis in even deeper depression this is why we have all of these agreements that we why we have all these statements from the g. twenty and and so on that we do not and to miss and to retain in the period currency wars whatsoever but carson at the same time we see

the u.s. government sort of prepping up for warfare we see that taxes are being slashed in competition with other countries regulation is being slashed in competition with other countries what do you make of that them. well there was an interesting remark by presidents grog of the. last state so one thing that he was old so wore a good vote is the international relations that seem to deteriorate this spirit of cooperation. in other words that we had and that had the economy together this is a danger that we face if important countries because you me first agendas cost you news chief economist at sephora sarazen bank thank you for your thoughts. he was father to a billion d.v.r.

and one of the founders or the founder of one of the world's best known brands now in com prot founder of swedish furniture giant ikea as died at the age of ninety one he turned a small scale mail order operation into a global business empire and despite being listed as the world's eighth richest person once he remained a famously frugal character aged just seventeen environ com project and did a mostly mail order business called ikea five years later and 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 into c.l. so we're interested in manufacturing our furniture is designed to be easily

manufactured and that keeps costs down of course not. calm proud of had 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. compromised 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 ation based in the netherlands and today still has a complex business structure. it remains privately owned and compromised was among the richest man in the world he faced scrutiny when it was revealed that he had supported neo nazi groups this led to a boycott of ikea comprende later apologized. the ikea founder spent his last years in sweden after moving back home in twenty thirteen to be closer to his family. and it's back to brian and after a dramatic final handball has

a new european champion again for the first time for spain christophe handball now spain have been crowned european champions after defeating powerhouse sweden it was fifth time all key for the spaniards after losing four previous finals they had to fight hard to dig deep for the title here's how it all went down. sweden played a fast paced game just as they had in the semifinal against denmark and they got off to the better start with a strong performance from goalkeeper mikhail apple green and fast counterattacks making it six four. but spain stayed composed changing up their attack and were only two goals behind at half time then the experience spaniards turned the match around right debit by that they're making it twenty fifteen and at the back keeper i pod static was hard to beat. the swedes were lacking the strength to stand up to the aggressive spaniards in the second half with their passing errors leading to

many easy goals for spain the final score twenty nine twenty. three sweden went down in defeat. and after losing four previous finals spain were finally the european and ball champions. some football now and later coups and took on mine soaping to solidify their second place spot in the standings now they've been one of the surprise packages is the season leading the battle to keep byron munich in check is how they got. patience was the name of the game for. hellish his side struggled to make any impact in a frustrating first half with opponents' minds happy to sit back and to stand up to captain bender when close newcastle laurie as head was as good as it got for the hosts before the break. maybe accusing needed

something special and they got it from a familiar source leon bailey curling in from twenty yards out as a goal of the season the jamaican like his team just come stop scoring at the moment bailey's f. it was so good following a union branch try to carbon copy but without the same success. no matter because the three points were secured midway through the half formulated cues in man julio to nachi file the lower rio in the box penalty when doubt that the rest from the spot to do it finished may because in hold on to second place. get your modern out of our top stories at this hour at least five afghan soldiers have been killed in an attack on an army post in kabul so-called islamic state claiming responsibility this marks the third major attack in the afghan capital in recent days. and pop singer furillo mars has swept the grammys

winning all six of words he was. or had white roses work a recurring same as many stars display them a show of solidarity against sexual harassment. because. this is the interview news live from blunt don't forget you can always get more on these and other stories at our website that's you know you dot com you can of course follow us as well on facebook and twitter for now though from the entire team here in berlin thanks so much for being with us we're back again at the top of the hour.

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