between mellish kind of sob. providing insights global news that matters d. w. me for mornings. this is either we news live from berlin sirius for tracks of war just got more chaotic as alliances shift kurdish militia in syria say they are teaming up with president assad's forces to push turkey out of the border enclave it invaded last month meanwhile critics fear german tanks like these used to attack kurdish rebels in syria were part of a deal to secure the freedom of imprisoned journalists some believe it might have

been turkey's price tag for the reporter's freedom and inside a russian fake news factory whistleblower tells you that news that the people indicted for alleged meddling in the u.s. presidential election just the tip of the iceberg. all right thanks for your company everyone syrian media is reporting that pro assad forces will enter syria as a free region to help kurdish militias expel turkish troops could arrive in the rebel held area within hours turkey's foreign minister was spotted to news wires saying that if the syrian regime moved to protect the kurds the turkish offensive would continue turkey's cross border incursion into syria began last month. you know every news correspondent on is covering growing tensions from istanbul

yulia turkey's foreign minister has warned that turkey will retaliate against syrian forces if they enter a free let's take a listen to what he said exactly. to my kitchen or to most all of my kitchen you know if the syrian regime really offering to cleanse kurdish militia then there's no problem however if it comes in to protect them then nothing and nobody can deter and stop the turkish army it's very clear. operation all that remains to cleanse these areas from terrorists and. they are taking this very very seriously well yes in fact taj words by the turkish foreign minister here which indicates they are taking any potential deal between kurdish militia fighters in north in syria and the regime of bashar al assad seriously and it also indicates they might

be willing to escalate the situation further but of course that remains to be seen because so far we have no official confirmation by the syrian regime in damascus yet there are state t.v. reports and there are conflicting reports from the kurdish side kurdish media so right now we actually don't know what's going on on the ground and if in fact pro syrian government forces are moving towards afrin the information is scarse and i can't give you a clear picture of what's happening over there but i'm sure you can tell us about turkey's perspective and their growing involvement in syria what's at stake for uncle i mean what happens if syrian forces really back the kurds. well then turkish troops would not only be fighting syrian kurdish fighters in the north and syria but also pro regime troops that means the whole military operation will get more tough it will get more risky and more complicated and this is

certainly not what i'm korea officially announced when it started operation all of brian's show one months ago so for turkey there is a lot at stake and you have to know that there are so many local and international players on the ground in syria trying to carve out their own steers of influence so an already very unpredictable situation is likely to get even more unpredictable and turkey is of course planning that's what they announce over and over again to first capture the enclave of afrin and then actually move further north towards the larger kurdish controlled area of money but if they would have to fight syrian regime forces at this of course would get much more complicated and definitely much more complicated really do the kurds have any viable options has turkey basically pushed them into the arms of assad because what's in it for them for damascus. well first of all from the kurdish perspective they might be at that speculation

now but they might be up to a pragmatic alliance there there is no talking about a political alliance so their first priority is of course pushing back turkey's military offensive asset on the other hand once to regain territory he wants control over these kurdish controlled areas his military pet pushed out of these areas in twenty twelve so if he could now somehow accommodate kurdish demands and then raise the syrian flag in these areas again for him this would be a major advantage in the syrian civil war all right you leon reporting from istanbul on those growing tensions along the border between turkey and syria thank you. human rights monitors say syrian government strikes i have killed scores of people in a rebel held area close to the syrian capital damascus the syrian observatory for human rights says the government bombardment of eastern hota has killed seventy one

people over the past twenty four hours and wounded three hundred twenty five eastern guta has been under siege by regime forces forces for more than four years . now in turkey engaged in syria anchor is looking to improve military ties with some of its allies including germany where the past few days have seen a detente in bilateral relations all this after ankara released german turkish journalist denise yourself who was held in istanbul for a year without charge but now some are wondering what turkey might get in return they think a deal for a tank factory may be turkey's price. seeking speedy approval from germany turkish prime minister have been ali yielder him is hoping the two countries might soon cooperate on building tanks in turkey a deal potentially worth billions. so in january german foreign minister sic mark gabriele signaled berlin would ok

a proposal to retrofit tanks with new anti mines systems but that plan was put on ice after turkey invaded syria's afridi region with german built leopard tanks gabriele rejected speculation the deal for a tank factory would be approved critics fear there may be a secret deal to approve the factory in exchange for the recent release of the german journalist denise you joe also minister the foreign minister would never admit it but in my view it's perfectly clear there's a connection there if you look at the whole story i assume there's a direct link to balances among exist yet the german foreign ministry has denied those claims it says the country's acting government doesn't have the mandate to make such a deal and the putting on the stick with this country's future governing coalition has agreed in its negotiations to further tighten the weapons exports so i wouldn't be able to support an agreement like that. after turkey's controversial use of german leopard tanks against the kurds in northern syria both sides know

a strengthening of ankara and butlins military ties would likely be unpopular. while turkish officials have said the trial of denis your chair will begin on june twenty eighth in istanbul no charges were made against him during his here in detention but on the day of his release last friday he was charged with supporting terrorism or i want to tell you know about some of the other stories making news around the world. the premier of their tiny german state of sorrow land has been put forward as they as the new secretary general of chance i'm going to question democrats it's a significant move for on a cat's comp car and power they decision is fueling speculation that america will is lining up her successor. five women have been killed in a shooting at a church in the city of kids they are in the russian republic of dagestan a twenty two year old man fired at people leaving an evening service before being

shot and killed at the scene the islamic state group said it was behind the attack . the u.s. special council's decision on friday to charge thirteen russians suspected of meddling in america's presidential election that's thrown international attention back onto a kremlin backed internet propaganda news has been speaking to a former internet troll who worked at the internet research agency in st petersburg with u.s. investigators say is a fake news factory she told the moscow correspondent you were shadow that those thirteen arrest barely scratched the surface of what she describes as a nasty operation. russia's second cities and petersburg apparently the center of the fake news operation aimed at disrupting the twenty sixteen race for the white house two years ago this young journalist was working alongside the so-called

internet trolls at the russian agency for internet research the official name of the troll factory whose buses have now been indicted by the united states. employees at the troll factory get a list of topics every day that they have to work through bad news about the united states was always one of the more important topics. it would be in. dutch of ela tried to make contact with those working inside the building to no avail. the revelations by littman then lifted the lid on the troll factory on savage kenya street instant petersburg. curtains on the windows no sign at the entrance into that unsuspicious looking building here in sun pit as work so called internet trolls a supposed to have dramatically meddled in the us election american investigators say. this video from inside the complex was sent to torture valid by another

whistleblower and administers their better paid than the average russian more than a thousand people are thought to work here and it's by no means the only troll factory in russia. for. boys less movement today no one can exactly say how far these trolls have really influenced the us elections and individual voters mean yes but but it's absolutely clear that there was a meddling going on in and as he is. it's enough for just one person to put out false information in return for payment that clearly constitutes an attempt to tamper at the. with. mina says the handful of russians indicted in the u.s. is only the tip of the iceberg. in that since there weren't just thirteen there weren't even just one hundred

thirty of them there were many more there was and still is an enormous operation going on at that icy chesterton's base and the thirteen who have been accused are just the ones the americans have got hard evidence against yet i hope the investigations will continue to. get them there are simply so many people who are working professionally for the russian propaganda machine hope that others will soon be investigated would suddenly shown. until that happens send petersburg is unlikely to be the sole source of russia's fake news. the borough an international film festival is in full swing and our man at the festival is of course none other than scott roxboro scott tell us about the movie you tell ya you were at the past conference with the cast of the survivors what was

it like. yeah i mean quite like the film itself it was quite moving and a little bit harrowing i mean this is a story it's a first movie about the two thousand and eleven terrorist attacks in norway i'm sure you remember where seventy seven people were killed in seventy two minutes by brutal right wing terrorist this film it was told with the support of the survivors and their families and at the press conference today the most moving aspect was having those survivors there some of them came people who worked with the filmmakers to make this movie and they got a round of applause from the from the press there for for their really moving statements about what happened to them. so what did they want to achieve. yeah it's very interesting this film is obviously very controversial because a lot people say it's too soon to make a movie about this only seven years ago and

a toy of the entire massacres were basically the equipment of nine eleven for tiny norway but the filmmaker. said he wanted to pay tribute to the survivors and to pay tribute to the victims and not definitely not to put more attention on the man who committed these attacks and at the press conference today he spoke directly to that saying why he thought it would be painful this film would be painful for many people that definitely had to be told now let's listen to what he had to say some of these young survivors but listen if we're going to wait until the day when everyone thinks this is time it's too late. and watching this movie. if it doesn't her church since then it's too late. so i would say for sure it's hard. but it's also some it's

a part of the healing process. scott it seems like a very cathartic exercise there we hope to check with you a little later on again to talk about some of the other movies that you'll be highlighting for us for now thank you so much.