this is d.w. news live from berlin posturing and provocation ahead of the winter olympic games america's vice president arrives in south korea for the games with promises of tougher sanctions on the north meanwhile john yang showcases its military might for some though it is all about the spectacle excitement builds in the host city john chiang as the olympic torch glides past or closed we'll have all the build up from

our sports here. plus the big story here in germany the country's would be new government is taking its first shaky steps forward and will ask what its new look policies could mean for europe. and emergency crews to keep up the search for survivors after an earthquake it devastates the taiwan beach town the latest on the breast you reference there. i'm some use almost comically to have you with us the feud over north korea's nuclear program moves to center stage on the eve of the olympic games in south korea u.s. vice president mike pence has arrived in seoul and is promising new more aggressive sanctions against the north now he met with south korean president moved in following on his warning not to allow pyongyang to quote hide behind the olympic banner you told him. and today rather than presided over a military parade

a show of force after sending athletes and performers over the border that move seen as either a bid to thaw relations with the south or a ploy to provoke the u.s. . let's bring in jason strother freelance journalist standing by for us in seoul right now hi jason mike pence met with moon and is urging him to take a tougher line but that leaves moon and a difficult position doesn't it he's been pushing more diplomacy. this was one of the hallmarks of moon's presidency ever since he took office just less than a year ago you know after a very. rhetoric filled year in two thousand and seventeen where we saw all most daily diatribes going back and forth between washington and john young president moon has succeeded in bringing north korea to the punch on the lympics and frankly it's been a real reprieve ever since kim jong un announced his intention to join the games

however now talk of the sanctions a new sanctions we don't know what exactly the trumpet ministration might have in mind that i'm sure is not going over well here in seoul who just i believe president just wants everyone to come the pm jiang and play nice for the next few weeks or days so we have been hearing opposing views on how to see what's happening between the north and south right now some analysts encouraged by signs of thawing relations there is warning to continue to be vigilant with kyung yang what should we make of this show of unity that we're seeing for the olympics. well it would not be the first time that north korea has made overtures of peace but the real test is going to come after the luge track is dismantled and all the athletes go back home because that's when the u.s. and south korea will conduct their annual military exercises those were to

coincide with the olympics but were postponed and now these drills annually infuriate kim jong un and the pyongyang regime so depending on how president trump president moon and friend kim jong un. conduct relations during that time to depending on what the level of rhetoric and threats are at that time then we'll be able to terminate if the peace any goodwill gestures made during the olympics actually equate to sustainable peace meanwhile jason we were just looking at pictures of north korea's military parade that happened on the eve of the olympics was that a provocation a show of defiance well technically february eighth is the anniversary of the founding of the korean people's army although it has been celebrated on this date for about forty years young only recently decided to move it back here to

february. i think south korea was has been very concerned that this parade would overshadow the punch on games however as the what seems to be coming out of north korea is that these were not as big the parade was not as big as previous celebrations in pyongyang there were thousands of goose stepping soldiers on hand and pee on young but not the wasn't even broadcast live outside of the country we only saw images come out many hours later so there is a feeling here that perhaps north korea dial it back a bit. journalist jason strother reporting for us from seoul jason good to talk to you. now some other stories making news around the world the former prime minister of bangladesh has been sentenced to five years in jail for corruption the courts in the bangladeshi capital dhaka found a seventy one year old swindled funds from

a charity into her personal accounts. eight people have died in three others are missing after all growed collapsed in southern china local media report that a sudden leak inside a subway station construction site caused a major road to cave in. and deadly flooding and mudslides have swept bolivia following days of heavy rains homes and cars have been damaged by mud and rubble a state of emergency has been declared in several regions. now germany's two biggest political groups have agreed on a deal to form a coalition government a midianites mint in berlin yesterday after another grueling game of give and take more than four months after the country's elections chance on america from the conservatives and martin schultz from the social democrats announcing the deal is means merkel will keep the chancellor's post but the social democrats will have control of some of the most important ministries now the deal still has to be approved by that party's rank and file.

more on the story now with our political correspondent thomas sparrow with us here in studio and our correspondent standing by for us as well in brussels for the european angle good to have you both with us thomas let's start with you the s.p.d. does have to approve this the party members but looking at this coalition a coalition agreement what is the vision here all those who expected probably radical change from this new government will be disappointed it's more about continuity and stability than radical change and that's something that you can clearly see when you look at the one hundred seventy seven pages of the coalition deal obviously the different party members have been making sure that it's not just as usual as the other two grand coalitions that we've seen under i'm going to merkel but certainly no radical positions here no new radical directions a specific focus will obviously be on on europe on strengthening european ties i think that's something that can certainly be mentioned because if you look again at

the one hundred seventy seven pages there's a very important and very lengthy chapter as well on europe on what the different parties describe as a new start for europe all the more so with martin shows the head of the s.p.d. now set to become the foreign minister after his many years in europe well he's very pro european he's passionately pro european and that's something that you can clearly see when you talk to him when you see him speak let's not forget that he's the former president of the european parliament and in most of his speeches as an s.p.v. to he has stressed that need to work together with france with him on where much more to strengthen the european institutions to pay more into the european budget those are all policy is that for a ticket really important policies that he can probably or he will probably try and push forward if indeed he does become the next foreign minister of germany max that's come to you now so a lot of europe in this coalition agreement that must be making people there in brussels pretty happy. well it's going to be hard to find anyone in the european

institutions and thomas just mentioned the european parliament who is completely against what's in the coalition agreement but some do criticize that it seems shallow when you look at the details there's a lot of vision they do say that they want to spend more on europe so that's something that the european institutions welcome but the criticism is of course that it lacks the detail how to put it into action but one thing seems certain that martin shuls talked to one of his closest friends here in brussels and that would be the president of the european commission zone crowed younger and we from g.w. asked to include younger what he thought about the coalition agreement. that i wasn't able to study the finer points of the coalition deal but i've been told that europe is mentioned three hundred twelve times what other country has made such a commitment to european topics right from the beginning. i welcome this and i especially like the chapter on europe as a little bit. of course he likes it because probably he helped you know inspired in

some places more critical of the international press for example financial times here says they acknowledge that michael had to do a lot of had to make a lot of concessions to get there they say merkel's conservatives pay a heavy price for a grand coalition with s.p.d. and that sums up what many papers newspapers in the e.u. are writing today max one of those concessions was giving up the finance ministry to the social democrats what kind of implications could that have for the rest of europe especially the eurozone. you know we talked from parliamentarians from greece greece of course being the country that was hardest hit by the financial crisis and the one who perceived lee suffered the most from the former finance minister both. actually traumatized would probably be the right word here so they're very hopeful that this will change within the s.p.d. finance minister although if you look at the track record of the new guy maybe new

guy all of shows he's not that far away from gunshot and you still have the same chance are going to medical but very still a lot of hope on the left with the s.p.d. and parties even farther to the left that this will spell the end of insisting on austerity from behalf of the german government so thomas a lot of hope says max is saying riding on this coalition agreement there is that one more hurdle the s.p.d. rank and file has to vote on this they have to give their blessing what are the chances that this will succeed and it is indeed a very big deal we're talking here of four hundred and sixty three thousand people six hundred and sixty three thousand s.p.d. members that have to vote on that final deal we will know the results the beginning of next month in march and it is under no circumstance sure that that will be a yes one person who could such a need try and gather that support from the rank and file in favor of a new grand coalition is someone called and they are not is who is

a former minister who's now the parliamentary group's leader of the s.p.d. who said to become the new leader of the party she's certainly someone who can speak very well i saw her personally in bonn during the final during the previous conference and she's someone who will certainly try and gather the support from those s.t.g. members who are probably very skeptical of this deal and important and big task ahead for her right our political correspondent thomas bear with us here in studio max hoffman in brussels thank you both. well we just heard from thomas martin short standing down as the chairman of germany's social democrats will be handing over two hundred dollars now if the s.p.d. goes ahead and confirms or she will become the first woman to head to germany's oldest political party let's take a look now at her career she's aiming to be the first female party leader of the s.p.d. the first in one hundred fifty three years she has a reputation for being outspoken some say it was her speech at the social democrats

party conference that secured the votes needed for starting coalition talks with again america's conservative bloc. people we will not give up our s.p.d. party believes if we decide to govern in a coalition. you know it's inside me and i'm not soviet here. under the analysis started out more than twenty years ago within the s.p.d. youth organisation the young socialists she became their leader in one thousand nine hundred five back then she was a student of political science and told george of bella in one of her first interviews that she didn't plan a political career. shoppin it for you it's me furnished and i don't want to strain my politics for the rest of my life so after being chairwoman i want to look for a real job and for that i need a good degree flues. not just finished her studies four years later and has stayed within the ranks of the s.p.d. ever since as m.p.

party official and later as labor minister one of her achievements is germany's new minimum wage law she also fought successfully for better pensions despite this she's not very popular with the german public. martin shields short tenure at the head of the s.p.d. is over now it's time to see if they are not as can lead the party back to its former strength if she can unite the party behind her this might give her the necessary boost to become the next s.p.d. chancellor can't. well the announcement of a new grand coalition is sparked a heated debate online especially among party members and we have federico bozzio our social media editor with us here in the studio frederick you've been looking into some of those responses what if you found well sumi it's sparked a pretty clear and loud no at least online among many party members and to give you an idea of how fierce the opposition is among some of them take

a look at this it's the moment when the announcement was made and there's been an immediate backlash we can take a look at some of those comments that have been among the thousands that have been pouring in this person says i will vote a big fat no at the party member ballot and after that i will leave the party another person here says i feel betrayed by the party leadership you can count on my my vote at the ballot will be no grow and no growth is that the hashtag that many have been using online to come pain and new against a new grand coalition and it was particularly that the youth wing of the party that's been so strongly against this coalition that's kind of coined this hashtag absolutely sue me and it's the espy's youth wing that has been at the forefront. i mean after the poor result in the september elections they have been speaking up against the old leadership in the party they have been saying let's try to renew

the party let's try to you know become a marriage stronger for the next election and of course many of them did not want to do yesterday to enter into another question this is kevin not who is the leader of the youth wing of the party he tweets no grow cold doesn't only mean rejecting the coalition treaty it also means rejecting the current political style that's been inactive so there's a strong resistance against the leadership which these younger members see as increasingly out of touch out. also date i mean if we look at the fact that nearly half of the party members forty four percent are between sixty and eighty years old so who are they criticizing them for agreeing to this deal is it that they're criticizing the older generation of the party yet that's what a lot of the youth are doing a lot of the younger politicians a lot of the younger people in the party also generally what we've been seeing

among voters is that the disappointment and anger is directed towards martin shoots for example and a lot of voters yeah a lot of voters are saying that they they thought he would bring about change and not the thing not another four years of the same we have a comment here this lady says i have been a loyal s.p.d. voter for eighteen years in the next election i will have to place my vote vote somewhere else for the first time in my life and another here says i cheered for you martin schulz during the election campaign i guess i was wrong however some voters have their showing a more pragmatic take on this this person says i believe it's a sign of strength to change one's mind if the circumstances require it in my opinion the s.p.d. and march issues have chosen a difficult and painful path but they've now taken responsibility because they have to some people who might not love the idea of a new coalition they seem to be giving in to defect that i mean politics is about

compromise after all well they certainly have a battle looming on their hands the social democrats vote looming just a few weeks away or at a social media editor said erica baggio thank you for joining us. now with some good economic news for germany's future government ben is here with more on that germany's finally got some ammunition sumi to ease the international criticism cism over its huge trade surplus its trunk for the first time in eight years and that's despite german exports hitting an all time high for twenty seven c. the nation behind done the bends i did us and bixby is shipped close to one. point three trillion euros worth of goods to the rest of the world an increase of more than six percent compared to the previous year's figures which were also a record by the way imports increased as well to just over a trillion euros that had a welcome side effect it narrowed germany's notorious trade surplus to two hundred forty five billion euros germany has been drawing fire from the u.s. and other trade partners over that imbalance let's bring in the chief economist of

comets kramer he joins us from the frankfurt stock exchange if we can get him up on a wall close to me. we've got him up on the t.v. screens for you yuck so we're shrinking trade surplus as we heard there for the first time in a long time but it's still gigantic and donald trump has thread with measures could germany soon be hit by those very measures to. first of all as a liberal economist i'm told to relax the power to trade to soar plus the trade surplus was not made by put missions on the government is not the result of pressure but it's simply the results of the buy and decisions of million of corporates and consumers in germany and outside germany and i don't know why somebody can criticize this unless unless these millions of positions are biased for example by manipulating exchange rates but this is not the case. what about

trump's corporate tax cuts let's move on to that germany has some of the highest rates in the world is it going to start losing business. the corporate taxes and drama asked hi all so they have been hired couple of years ago they have been lowered but i think when i talk to our corporate clients they do not primarily complain about high corporate taxes they complain that the new government would continue to put more bureaucratic burdens on the. that they tighten the regulation on the german labor market i think that the new government is they're not investing enough in better roads bridges and ditch or to infrastructure i think these are the main problems from the viewpoint of german companies and germany's the last tax overhaul as you point out was a decade ago. is it time i mean so much as happened in that decade and so

much is happening right now as far as the digital world goes at least you think germany would be rethinking how it does taxes considering how the direction the rest of the world is going in at least the us. i don't think so we have a government which is in terms of economic policy dominated by the social democrats and during the negotiations was with us america's christian democratic union they wanted to raise the top income tax rate which would have been a problem for for for for corporate owners. and i think the the corporates were happy that the social democrats did not push through a hike in the german top income tax rate do you see any positives coming out of this new grand coalition i mean a positive is the first the fact that he's getting a government at all after such

a long time do you see pushing ahead any any positives. where you already said we have a new government this is positive of course they are also a couple of positive minor details but the broader picture is that germany will continue to roll back the labor market reforms which. paved the way for the council excess of the german economy i think overall the corporate sector is quite skeptical as far as second as a new so-called grand coalition germany is concerned your claim of joining us from thank you very much for the analysis. thank you well another economic heavyweight is reporting similar figures to germany china's trade picked up in january after stumbling the previous month what's new is a surgeon imports putting the chinese economy onto a new footing import surges forty percent year on year that boid by rising

commodity prices and consumer spending exports jumped to by eleven percent china's trade surplus narrowed that being closely watched by the u.s. as the two nations tussle over trade the trumpet ministration recently increased duties on chinese washing machines and solar modules beijing retaliated starting an anti dumping investigation of u.s. open exports. no deal may be better than a bad one that's the warning shot canadian prime minister justin trudeau has fired at the united states over nafta the north american free trade agreement he says he won't accept anything that doesn't benefit the canadians that's the same tack us president donald trump is taking the comments setting up the two leaders for a showdown. it's been one and a half weeks since the latest round of nafta talks between canada the united states and mexico concluded with the go sheet are saying they're moving forward but with a very slow progress. during

a visit to the united states canadian prime minister justin trudeau indicated his government is willing to compromise on renegotiating the trade pact that u.s. president donald trump called the worst trade deal in history but trudeau's said there are limits we know there are ways to modernize and improve off that in a way that will create a win win win when we include mexico there is a path absolutely for that but we are not going to take a win loss just for the sake of getting a deal there are several sticking points in the talks like demands from the u.s. delegation to have more u.s. content in north american made automobiles that makes the deadline to wrap up talks by the end of march the man vicious to many observers but pressure is on the negotiators to reach a resolution before the mexican general election in july and u.s. midterm elections in november. have more business for you later on in the show first back to sue me in the cleanup still underway in taiwan than you rescuers are

still a combing through the rubble following tuesday's powerful earthquake around fifty people are still unaccounted for at least nine were killed and hundreds more injured in the quake aftershocks combined with rain and low temperatures are hampering rescue efforts. hard to believe that this was once a three star guesthouse in a taiwanese beach town today while ian's marshall hotel is just a pile of mangled wreckage. how low can you hear me the rescue is you know they're hoping that somewhere in the rubble someone is left alive but this search is proving very difficult and dangerous. aftershock the rescue is calling walkie-talkie here said the first responders of forster trait for now many of the quite victims why the inside the marshall or now the three star hotel the bt in. daylight the residential tower it's located in is still listing precariously they

support have been brought in to stop it fulling ivor entirely. and this is the moment the cost of the destruction a saint captured inside the utah still. people rush for the exit as the magnitude six point four tremor strikes it hit in the middle of the night a used to quite a even side that was shocked by these quakes impact. states and that's what then that at this time i was really scared until now icon is that fear is still that you know that i am still a phrase because things kept on fooling both and chopsticks fell in the kitchen and broke my mother that was even more frightened because she cannot walk i knew it made her want to go over and it's a rescue operation continues people are starting to us why did some buildings but

not others collapse taiwan has strict building codes but construction experts say the worst hit buildings were built before then now some are asking if more should be done to enforce the codes and stop more towers toppling when the next quite strikes. you're watching d.w. news still to come mind at the gender pay gap british supermarket group tesco is facing a multibillion pound lawsuit from ca male staff who say they were paid less than male employees. also understanding major enemies a celebrated documentary filmmaker darkie followed the daily life of a radical islamist family in syria the chilling reality fathers and softs. those stories and more coming up in the next thirty minutes.

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a new coalition government the party leaders face criticism domestically for the concessions made to finalize the negotiations. the european parliament has adopted a resolution condemning human rights abuses in turkey the resolution addressed measures introduced by unger and the aftermath. of an attempted coup in two thousand and sixteen this includes the sacking of civil servants the closure of media organizations and the arrest of journalists turkey has also been heavily criticized for its ongoing military assault on a kurdish enclave in northern syria. meanwhile turkish president i read a paper one has been invited to talks with the u. ministers in bulgaria in march let's bring in barbara vessel she is at the european parliament in barbara what exactly did the european parliament vote on today the european parliament sent a very strong message to president telling him to return to the rule of flora

because they say as things stand in turkey these days they. rights breaches on a daily basis the judicial process has become totally arbitrary and there simply is no rule of law anymore many of people many of those people have been thrown in jail and the parliament talks about fifty thousand are in jail for more than a you without having gone to trial without even having heard accusations so this is a very strongly worded message and also parliament has taken the pains to sort of make a long list of human rights breaches that need to be amended and they really appeal to are telling him this cannot carry on we really have to change the relationship was tricky on the basis we are on it's not really supportable but the diplomatic channels are still open barbara president as we said is then invited to a round of talks in bug area in march why is this summit being held.

the summit is being held because the majority of off the parliamentarians and the majority in the european union are feds and state of government believe that you should not shut down the pasta and should not shut down talks we need to sort of keep the links open we need to keep talking to him however the message needs to be very clear and that is something that the european problem and said here today we really need to think about economic sanctions this is surely shelling around saying yes we need our own on the other hand we criticize them can't go on we really need to tell them if you want to be a trading partner because this is a trading union there is a customs union between turkey and europe and europe is the strongest trading partner partner of turkey if you want that to continue or even to be white and you will have to change your ways you will have to return to the rule of law that's the

main message barbara let's get turkish perspective on this some the deputy chairperson of the turkish ruling a.k.p. rugs that cover actually khan was on the aid of his contacts i'm talking about the recent arrest of doctors who criticized the turkish offensive in syria as she spoke to michele freedman about across latest crackdown let's listen. to treat thousands her chickens who said nothing while people were massacred in syria i don't find that i mean that i respect their opinion but i don't i don't mind police k. only because. this was the quote no to war peace no that's one reason to call the people terrorists love. when you are when they are doing this to support and expressing their support for wiping which is a terrorist organization to express and support so barbara listening to that interview turkey is saying that essentially it's facing threats of terrorism at home this is national security what is it is reaction to that. u.s.

reaction is to say clearly that iran has absolutely no credibility whatsoever because branding your political opponents terrorists i mean that is that has been done again again in history by autocratic or even fascist governments and so everybody knows that move aaron if you once to tell the world and he if he wants to convince europeans that they are terrorists among those who have been imprisoned he then needs to stick to the rule of law and let judicial process take its course that is the way to go forward and also parliament calls to the rule of emergency urgently because that is being used they say in order to bring about all this of political persecution and this current state of affairs in turkey. proper of a so reporting for us from strasburg where the european parliament has been talking about human rights in turkey today thank you barbara. and ben is back now with

a breakthrough for a social media giant twitter a torrijos last make a is finally turning things around its first ever quarterly profit that's good news for the twelve year old social media firm whose stock has long underperformed rivals like facebook twitter set a good ninety one million dollars in the fourth quarter its first time in positive territory since going public and twenty thirteen company shares surged on the news although it favored platform of celebrities and politicians twitter has yet to achieve the broader appeal and ad revenue of other social media networks. after the successful launch of space x. as falcon x. rocket into space the image of a red tesla roadster floating through space is set to become an unforgettable part of the long musts legacy but down here on earth tesla revenue is anything but taking off it's posted its worst ever quarterly loss of six hundred fifty seven million dollars it warnings of increased spending and the company has yet to see

real revenue from its mass market model three production delays have happened deliveries in the fifteen hundred vehicles made it to buy has lost four to five below expectations. u.s. government investigators say they've struck a major blow against an international cyber crime syndicate the justice department says it's charged thirty six members of the crime ring with offenses linked to credit card and postal identity fraud police arrested thirteen members of the organization called fraud in the us astray of britain france costello and serbia investigators say the group was a key hub for credit card fraud it's believed to have caused over five hundred million dollars in losses. women's global fight for equal pay with men is gaining traction and could cost companies a pretty penny the british supermarket chain tesco is facing a record lawsuit for the u.k. if the claim succeeds retailers could be exposed to demands of billions of pounds

in back pay. the lawsuit comes with a whopping request for compensation four billion pounds or about four point five billion euros it claims that workers in tesco distribution centers mostly men were paid considerably more than the largely female workforce in the stores themselves the difference three pounds an hour or about fifty seven hundred euros a year plaintiffs say the jobs deserve equal compensation but we deal with customers they don't have to deal with customers but we you know we take the stock and we know the stock they they know the off that henri and we know down to the shelves the legal claim comes with the gender pay gap very much in the spotlight in britain the resignation of kerry gracey as b.b.c. china editor last month start the government investigation into paid bias at the broadcaster the government is also pushing a law that requires larger companies to publish pay gap data but there's already an equal pay law on the books it's more than thirty years old and is routinely ignored

according to tesco plaintiff's lawyers stefanos goodness it's nineteen eighty-four that you can compose a different job that's thirty four years to get your house in with the law firm aims to achieve change through the courts it's also suing british supermarket chains sainsbury's and as a wal-mart subsidiary. one of the world's largest diamond exchanges is hopping on the digital currency bandwagon and looking to bring transparency and efficiency to what can be a murky business officials with the israeli diamond exchange say the new virtual currencies named cut and carrot will do two things will ensure a digital trail as the jams proceed from the deal it's a retailer speeding up the process and allow outsiders to invest in the market without actually having to buy diamonds. all right now to the build up for the winter olympics getting set to start tomorrow

the athletes are wearing to go there's plenty going on in and around the olympic village we have that herman from sports with us hi matt along with the sports there's been some drama in the lead up indeed the olympic athletes from russia as they're called couldn't wait to get the job the start of some courtroom drama and this case in the court of arbitration for sport now they turned down appeals from thirteen russian athletes another forty seven russians will find out friday if they can participate but meanwhile of the olympic flame has a couple more obstacles itself to overcome before it reaches its final destination . the olympic torch is journey is almost over with the opening ceremony just around the corner the olympic flame took a spectacular ride elizabeth while on its way to pyong chung. this stop was one of the more daring stages of its two thousand eight hundred kilometer journey around south korea not a feat for the faint hearted. at least the next leg was far easier for those

watching to stomach. at the olympic village there were some unexpected visits is russian athletes who've been banned from the games by the i.o.c. were presenting the case of the course of a hobbit ration for sport in the hope of having the decision overturned at the last minute the hearing to see on the only ones with a close eye on the court's decision the world and you doing agencies president craig reedie made his go with respect to russia's doping scandal very clear. but so much bunch of you much. but it's entirely. the two crochets that eight degrees and the to to try to obtain the compliance the improvement of the russian not to do. on a lighter note one spore was already on the way ahead of the games pin collecting another the pin specially made for each games offer a great opportunity to meet in trade the most sought after those offered by the

national teams this year the most coveted pin will be one for the north korean delegation if there is one game. so mad let's start with the spat over the russian athletes is this overshadowing the game i'm going to say no maybe if you're russian and you're particularly upset about your country's athletes being unfairly targeted in a political conspiracy by the western media or maybe if you're really invested in the anti doping fights and you think that it's good riddance to a team who clearly cheated in the last olympics in sochi you might have a strong opinion one way or the other but most people are going to turn on t.v.'s there are going to root for their countries athletes they're going to take in so which are scenery they're going to take in some unusual sports that they don't usually watch things like rowing or are sliding a very heavy stone across the ice and clearing a path with a broom you know strapping on some skis shooting some targets stuff that they don't normally get to see you know enjoy that very much i'm fairly certain that viewers

even russian viewers because remember a lot of russian efforts are there as a limp dick athletes from russia are just going to watch these olympics and enjoy them in the doping stuff is going to be a low hum in the background while the opening ceremonies tomorrow we're going to see good attendance for these matches in sports events well i mean what we saw today at least from the curling was quite good they were particularly worried about that event but they sold over ninety percent of the tickets today the athletes from russia those olympic athletes from russia as they're being called. they lost in a round robin match to the usa of all countries it's beginning to look though that the overall numbers for these olympics are going to be pretty good the organizers always said when the numbers were recent weeks that koreans were late ticket buyers and it looks like they were right they are now up around seventy seven percent so it's being sold for the entire games which they say is a little better than where sochi. time four years ago the only thing that i would say might depress attendance a little bit is it's going to be very very cold overnight has been as low as minus

twenty five centigrade so there might be some folks who buy tickets for those night events and decide to stay home i wouldn't blame them really cold out there matt north and south korea marching out on friday under a unity flag i hope orton is the symbolism for the olympics i think it's hugely important i mean symbols do matter especially in a conflict between countries where there have been a lot of symbols thrown around but it's a great thing to see for example this hockey team which is a joint north south korean hockey team competing together. you know the north has often demonized the south so that they are collaborating with these western powers that want to see the north literally did i remember over the years relations have been going up and down between these two countries as recently as two thousand and four as you see here the two countries marched in under a single flag of the opening ceremonies and in athens for example you know here we are twenty eighteen things are still tense between these countries but you know it

doesn't have to mean peace in our time forever it just has to mean something a little better than missiles flying over and all right well certainly a lot to look forward to the opening ceremony getting underway tomorrow matt harmon from sports thank you very much. not to some german cup football last year is finalists frankfurt booked their semifinal berth thanks to a three no home win over minds and they can thank their opponents for some easy scoring chances. after defeats alberg in the lead frankfurt's working to put things right and say red beach had their first chance the resulting corner was delayed though as minds fans through colorful sweets on to the pitch gobbled up gratefully by the referee and the minds defense was handing out gifts to keeper ready adverse catastrophic error allowed the unsigned read age to make it one nail. after halftime it got even worse for minds alexander hacks missed intro dribble

beyond that was reached and into the nets to bale. and tackles at fault again soon after his lax touch allowed the mask or else a chip out and confirmed franklin's place in the seventies their opponents misery was and over the downie that serve received a straight red card for this foul at least minds have the talent of all to cheer them up but frankfort scott brown continues. now berlin based syrian film director there he has just won the world cinema grand jury prize for his documentary of fathers and sons at the sundance festival in the us and our culture editor robin merrill is here to tell us more about this robin this film takes us i guess that is that the lives of a radical islamist family in northern syria where the father is training his sons

to fight the holy war it sounds fascinating yes you is it is also very chilling and disturbing tom he posed as a war photographer and as a radical islamist sympathizer and infiltrated if you're not the home of osama fight and indeed one of the founders of the front in northern syria who's training his own children eight sorry eight boys i should say almost from birth to fight for an islamic caliphate i mean it's interesting ols. you never see abu azzam his wife or his daughters tell the day all the time is the never sold them by the them in another room it is as i said an incredibly chilling documentary because the father loves his psalms his sons idolize him and yet he is determined that they shall all fight. you know the infidel as it were it in their lives and stop

very early in their lives it shows small children being indoctrinated by the it also shows to visit eldest i think we see here who are twelve and thirteen in training camps the film was produced here in the sea a little bit and also an exclusive interview that d.w. got with the director of jackie. an islamist training camp for children in the world in syria. documentary filmmaker talal turkey returned to his home country at considerable risk to share the daily life of a radical islamist family. i want to understand. how it's happened how you become what you are who are those

people how they look from the inside what is the cords what is the thing that they can use to brainwash the people. the family home is the meeting place for radical islamists from all over the world the films focus is on the children who grow up with a mix of dedicated parenting and radical doctrine. that the the. this middle or the. without comment of fathers and sons looks at a generation of children who have no understanding of anything but war. they want to have a normal life they want happiness even if they are to grow up in a war zone and in the jihadist term he could sustain a war they had

a child. and and is the measure of the measure of a boeing too on the fear of a boat about their legacy would you want that the father of the side from the moment his son is born he named teams in europe so nobody loved him and that's mean that the kids in all his life he don't have a choice. with both haunting and beautiful images of fathers and sons shows the hopelessness of those whose lives will only lead to the front. problem you said that the director here posed as a war photographer a radical islamist sympathizer when he was shooting this film surely he must be in some danger now that it's come out yes i mean he spent two years behind article the enemy lines he sees

a marked man he doesn't shy away from it he accepted his award at sundance in front of the world's press he agreed to be interviewed by a reporter so no storm he didn't want his face to sky's or anything it's not to say he isn't concerned as he indeed told us himself nobody wrote me or trade me on or at and this is very weird this is make me feel not sick you know because you know if you push just start to write you would get revenge or writing this is me they are not serious and when like nothing happened break the silence before the storm so this is this is think i have to take care to care for it very carefully. chilling words indeed a very brave act to go and shoot this film in the first place and this isn't the first time he's won in sundance this writer no one the same prize documentary prize

in sundance in twenty fourteen for a documentary he did called return to homes this again is a story extraordinary film about two young men i want to talk focal goal people and the other his friend who's a journalist they go back to that devastated city homes in western syria which had become a ghost town as we can see here and how they turn from peaceful protesters into rebel insurgents themselves finding no other course really done to follow that course i mean dickey has a way of getting very close to his subjects his films the past all that unfiltered and he doesn't judge they're not judge mental i i can only recommend amazed extraordinary film and there is more of that interview he did with all reporters and just on this more you can read on our website at d w dot com slash culture well

congratulations to him winning the world cinema grand jury prize at sundance of robin merrill from our culture desk thank you very much for bringing us that story . so to brazil now where the country is a searing up for carnival a five day cecille of decadence the dancing and dressing up in rio de janeiro home of the world's biggest celebrations one group of women is using the occasion to draw attention to sexual harassment. it started as a joke an organizer announced a block party protest but when she got more than a thousand responses in twenty four hours she realized she had struck a nerve. with. the message the free for all atmosphere of carnival doesn't mean that harassing women or worse is ok. but that's not what i think the campaign is necessary because i have suffered harassment join convo some years ago men took my arm tried to force me to kiss them and sometimes

they're stronger than you and approach you in a way that's not good to get a guy. to spend their reads banner of respect carnival without violence against women it's a deep rooted problem you think that made it i'm a nurse and i work in the emergency ward and every shift i receive a woman who was raped or sexually attacked by so women from thirteen to fifty nine years old for me that's a real and cruel fia how. to outsiders the idea of throwing a party to raise awareness of such a serious issue might seem strange. but at least one man here seem to get the message that the men have to understand that they've done a lot wrong for a long time and now they have to do right to not take attitudes that compromise women's integrity. organizers hope that revelers at this year's carnival

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