this is t w news coming to you live from berlin at the u.n. warns syrian government forces to stop their assault on a rebel held on clay close to a hundred civilians have been killed in airstrikes on eastern butat many of them women and children will talk to an expert about the latest developments in syria's civil war. also the shock poll results for germany's social democrats their numbers

have been plummeting ever since september selection and now they've been overtaken by the fall right alternative for germany for the first time what does this mean as they launch a make or break but enter government as a coalition partner. and students in washington to stage a life outside the white house to better to demand better gun control laws in the wake of last week's florida school massacre. also on the show what do you get when you cross a hip hop emcee with a concert pianist. chilly gonzales is the subject of a new documentary that's just premiered at the belly nod of the film's director joins me in the studio to talk about his inspiration. and byron munich the champions league trail tonight the german giants have a tricky home game against. a turkey.

hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us the united nations says the syrian government is targeting civilians in the rebel held unclaimed of eastern ghouta and that it must stall the syrian observatory for human rights says that government air raids on eastern close to the syrian capital damascus killed nearly one hundred people on monday around four hundred seventy were injured suburb has been under siege by regime forces for more than four years this as syrian media report that militias loyal to the syrian government will soon be entering the northern region of free into help kurdish militias repel turkish troops. an entire town in mourning this is become a familiar sight enough rain in recent weeks with residents regularly attending

mass funerals for kurdish fighters killed in clashes with turkish troops. it's against this backdrop that syrian state t.v. reported on a move that could change the dynamic of the fighting the news anchor of this bulletin announcing that militias allied to the syrian government would soon arrive in a free to help kurdish forces push back the turkish offensive. meanwhile in government held aleppo just south of a free syrian kurds have been demonstrating against the turkish offensive and in support of y p g fighters many of whom can be seen in the city. and then there are the syrian army and we are one of the syrian people and one we are all one and we have one will. during a visit to jordan the turkish foreign minister said a deal wouldn't affect his country's resolve. if one of my kitchen or most all of

my kitchen you know if the syrian regime really does enter affray into clans kurdish militia then there's no problem however if it comes in to protect them then nothing and nobody can do and stop the turkish army it's very clear operation olive branch and affray name start friends these areas from terrorists. terrorists that it will tell you. turkey is keen to avoid a kurdish stronghold on its border with syria so its own forces launched a major military offensive into africa in the last month in a bid to expel the kurdish fighters that control the region the offensive has further complicated an already bewildering web of alliances and rivalries in syria . with us here in the studio to help break this down is middle east analyst marcus time from the german institute for international and security affairs there in berlin good morning marcus what do you make of the syrian army's plan to back

kurdish militias fighting turkish forces in africa and i think it's a rather clever move because it serves two purposes first it keeps turkey it be a regime which always requested of president assad to be removed it would be a band that it. keeps the kurds at bay and allows the syrian regime to push you path of territorial integrity to keep syria together turkey has massive military resources and says it won't leave until the kurds have been ejected at least the kurdish why p.g. fighters is the kurdish syrian alliance capable of repel ng the turkish offensive indeed the turkish military capabilities are overwhelming it's the biggest military contributive nato with seven hundred thousand soldiers on the arms to be honest i'm not really through how fog took you will proceed or advance in northern syria

because actually they have accomplished what they wanted to to accomplish to tame the kurds to put it this way and now the kurds obtain both the syrian regime and there's no immediate danger of a serious story code or autonomy. what makes the african region so important mark is the so important that turkey and syria would risk a direct military confrontation with each other over that ridge as it does mention in fall of tokyo freen is a possible new clue could have stayed or at least territorial autonomy autonomy its own of whatever you prefer which has to be avoided in full syria it's in the symbol of secession and to talk to me as well the way that syria is going to fall apart which has to be avoided therefore to keep or to regain a feeling is a powerful symbol that the assad regime is going to win and that is that it is

capable to keep syria together includes equal terms as well as in territory at times this is a very complex situation there that the u.s. is turkey's nato but it also backs the kurdish militias fighting. in syria it's been backing the syrian kurds russia has been backing syria does the conflict have implications also for washington and moscow absolutely i mean if the de if the feet of ice as we see that the syrian civil for war has entered a new phase it's now about a balance of power politics of the order to put it differently a great game of policy in the middle east and for the u.s. to be a freen areas important as a possible base for a containing iran the united states have two thousand soldiers and it's in the kurdish neighborhoods in the north you know syria and for us off screen is a powerful symbol of keeping the conflict with the kurds and syria going on and

keep the united states at bay geo political implications in the syrian conflict marcus conference the german institute for international security fares thank you so much thank you. take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world a court in peru has ordered former president about to fujimori to stand trial for the killings of six farmers in one thousand nine hundred ninety two a court decision comes after fujimori was pardoned from a lengthy prison term because of ill health which more he was jailed for crimes including commanding military death squads a new report from the united nations children's fund unicef warns that global deaths of newborn babies remain alarmingly high said babies born in japan iceland and singapore had the best chance of survival while newborns in pakistan the central african republic and afghanistan

faced worse odds. germany's right wing populist party the alternative for germany or d. has overtaken the social democrats for the first time in a national opinion poll the latest in the poll for the daily newspaper billed that if an election were held now sixteen percent of voters would support the a.m.t. compared to fifteen point five percent would vote for the social democrats now the news comes just before the s.p.d. begins a critical internal vote on whether to join a grand coalition government with chancellor merkel c.d.u. the s.b. these numbers have been in freefall since the national election in september. political correspondent host sparrow is with me here to talk about this new poll that suggests the rightwing a.f.d. party has overtaken the s.p.d. as germany's second biggest party thomas that is quite

a ballroom shell how significant is this poll result is a bombshell terry but it's only one poll out of many that are conducted here and you see the rise of the act immigrant visa to adam and starts to have to be analyzed and understood together well there are two parts the story of course there's the fall of the s.p.d. but there's also the rise of the d. tell us about that how do you account for the d's success well let's not forget that the f.t. and to the german parliament for the first time in september they became germany's the most important political force in the german parliament and they tap essentially into people's fears and we're talking here about immigration we're talking. also about their suspicions regarding be establishment the established political parties and that's one of the reason why they have been able to take some of those voters away from both the conservatives and the social democrats and they've also been able to to attract many people who previously didn't vote at all

were not. voters so that explains at least in part the rise of the alternative for john and what about the s.p.d. how do you account for their decline because they lost profile this n.g. they've been into grand coalition with with merkel and johnson and democrat has sort of managed to take away some of the core elements of the of the social social democrats not forget the social democrats for a very long time were if you will the natural home of germany's working class and to a certain extent they've lost that idea of being the natural home of germany's working class so the fall of the of the s.p.d. certainly accounts for the fact that they've lost their profile as that party on the left side of the political spectrum and tell us stay with us because the supreme poll comes just as the s.p.d. members are due to vote on whether or not to join transfer merkel's conservatives in another grand coalition government it's a topic that deeply divides the s.p.d.

even even families as this report shows. father and son one for the grand coalition the other against at this s.p.d. event in northern germany there's only one question on everyone's minds should the party risk another coalition with anglo merkel's conservatives it's up to party members to decide including fabby and stake now the critical young socialist and his father the veteran s.p.d. man antics the leader of the party roush taking or. yeah i believe the majority of members will say yes if we convince them so we need to use the time i'll try to do my part. even for his son fabio and most of the party's younger members it's far from a done deal they want change. that's clear to me if i'm able to see that we need to be more proactive and forward looking string quartets are ok but we need some heavy metal too on our political keyboard. at home with his statements of

course there's plenty of talk about politics the prospect of governing with anglo-american for another four years has triggered a number of arguments between father and son when this shift at the grand coalition doesn't happen i think we'd face a debacle in fresh elections it'd be likely because everyone would blame us for pulling out. stage member leaves the party needs to have courage and refocus on its core values. where people say this is social democracy this is the kind of society we want this is our idea of humanity of social cohesion of solidarity and social justice. things are certainly not harmonious in the s.p.d. right now the rank and file is spit right across the party. predicated against a grand coalition quite simply because it would not be good for the s.p.d. it is pretty. you've been pretty good i've been a member of this party for over forty years but if the majority refuses to

appreciate the many things that we've achieved and the good cabinet posts we've gained then i'll be handing in my party membership. coaching is set to continue until march the second social democrat members will get to decide on the fate of germany's next government and the future of the country's oldest political party. so tell us what effect do you think the negative polling numbers for the s.p.t. will have on that coalition it could certainly increase the fears of those who believe that a new grand coalition would harm the us even further this is such me not good news for those who would prefer yes to enter the new grand coalition without them thomas thank you so much from our political desk phone. you're watching t w news still to come frankfurt leipsic went ahead head to head in the first

official monday night but mostly good game of progress was a spot in the top three of the standings but. there's football and then there's work and it's back to work for many traders after the lunar new year new year's celebrations that is right today's the first day of trading in the year of the dog terry and so far hong kong's hang as saying index is trading slightly lower. and trade is the first day of the week was nevertheless still be special a new poll was opened with a big policy the wall will be used to host ceremonies for companies that get listed on the hong kong saying index is also an area with a museum telling the history of the stock market which started trading in hong kong in one thousand nine hundred one. and desperate times call for desperate measures venezuela's severe economic crisis is prone to the government to come up

with a rather unusual strategy launching a new crypto currency called the picture oh now the oil backed digital currency goes live today amid doubts it will actually work as well as actual opposition on legal grounds. if you can dispute just how badly venezuela needs a plan hyperinflation shortages and soaring debt have brought the country to its knees and its citizens to the streets. when venezuelan president nicolas maduro announced plans to launch a new crypto currency some viewed it as an imaginative way out of the crisis and as a workaround for western sanctions that effectively keep venezuela from raising cash from bonds happen and this is going to allow for advancements in international financing for the economic and social development of the country the new crypto currency will be backed by reserves of israel and while the old boy of gas and

diamonds get from the tsunami that israel announces the creation of its crypto currency how big a fan out here are going to feel the effect kind of on. the idea is to link venezuela's oil reserves to the value of a petro with one hundred million petro tokens worth around six billion dollars being issued initially but not everyone is convinced venezuela's opposition controlled parliament considers the petro a ruse to borrow money using the oil as collateral circumventing laws that demand legislative approval from us and many observers are skeptical of the solution to be managed by authorities like the central bank whose policies helped create venezuela's woes in the first place. now corruptions a huge problem in many parts of the walls and in most cases it is the poorest communities who suffer the most a result now fighting back so often risky especially for those with little power well today to mark wall to social justice day we're bringing you

a story from peru where fall maize in the u.k. jali area in the east of the country have been speaking out against business deals they say accusing deforestation and destroying their livelihoods down the village of santa clarita. locals are trying to take legal action to stop to try and stop international companies from tending tens of thousands of hectares of the rain forest in palm oil plantations thing. we've come to an area inside peru's amazon rain forest that's been badly hit by deforestation. rice is on his way to visit an indigenous community they can only be reached by boat demonize heads up the federation of native communities in this part of peru he grew up in a village here but he doesn't come back often it's become too dangerous. or just i mean i think we're at the high received a lot of terror threats they left

a message in my house saying if i opposed their activities again they'd better not see me in the village. or. that i believe i'm in great danger. but i suppose is the large scale deforestation and has a region and that has earned him some powerful enemies he never comes here alone now this time he's with staff from the organization pro eating the peruvian arm of transparency international they visit santa clara. residents here have come under pressure from companies looking to set up cocoa and palm oil plantations the village chief calls everyone to a meeting to discuss the latest developments they're taking legal action to try to stop new palm oil plantations opening near their village. with ben so we never thought that we would have such problems with trans national companies now the village wants to have twenty thousand hectares turned into legally protected and

territory the initiators have received threats and the danger is very real just a few months ago six farmers were found shot to death so far no one has been held accountable for their murders. but how do these large corporations get their hands on thousands of hectares of land seemingly overnight. has examined the land deals and documented their findings. from the ngo have come to inform local residents. we wanted to highlight one thing namely the connection between deforestation the illegal trade in land and corruption amongst local officials. there have long been rumors about this but there wasn't enough evidence to be able to say definitively yes it's true. pro it took i gathered available documentation and carried out numerous interviews many of

the deals reached in this region are linked to check entrepreneur dennis medica is now being investigated by state prosecutors moca group companies have stripped thirteen thousand hectares of rain forest to make way for plantations they were helped by corrupt local politicians who invalidated existing land rights ignoring those with legal claims and handing the land over to companies. have just tearing down any phenomenon in the bundesliga that has divided that's right hell in the very first official monday night game in the bonus they took place last night from the obvious force is with me to talk about that and much more monday all of life for soccer max yes and the old us football is more than just a game was certainly proved true last night's stick around we're going to look at a lot of football here frankfurt in leipsic took to the pitch for this controversial monday match but it was delayed

a number of times as fans vented their frustration. and protests at the first scheduled monday game in bundesliga history stewards were instructed not to intervene as frankfurt fans showed their discontent things remained peaceful as kickoff was pushed back five minutes. then light sick jumped ahead shortly after one nil thanks to kevin. but frank but quick to react timothy chandler equalized just eight minutes later. and the home side found their groove another five minutes passed and kevin prince boateng had made it to want to turn the game around his fifth for the eagles this season. at half time firms continued their protest peppering the pitch with tennis balls when play continued leipsic thought they had a penalty but eventually the decision was overturned by the video assistant referee

for an early offside. it was like six turn to protest as frankfurt would jubilant in victory jumping up to thirty in the table. so frankfurt go third with this when can they slowly start dreaming of a european action yeah i think they should they've really defied expectations nico coverts the coach has just progressively taken the team forward since he's taken over there as coach and right now there and i doubt that they'll stay that to be honest with you i don't think they can qualify for the champions league but europa league is certainly what i would expect them to get the season and yesterday they played really well they had as we saw they came back from a goal down against a very very good light six side but then even more impressively in the second half they completely blunted their attack their really dangerous side lots of very high pressing but they didn't really get any chances in the second half now many fans protested the scheduling of the bonus league game on monday and they've really

showed it in the stadium will these protests have any effect on the league thing i mean i think it's certainly a very good sign a very big sign sorry because also not only was it very clear protest but a peaceful protest that was very important i think that more than anything will get the league. thinking about what they've done here we have to remember it's only five of the total three hundred six games this season that will be scheduled on monday so we're very much at the early end of this situation although friday games have become a normal thing now in football and the fans they want to make sure that football remains a game for the local fun rather than for the international global fans so this is kind of why the league has done this following suit from spain and england who have very much appeased the global fun and interesting enough this was backed by the club frank but in the half time time the half time they played the song i don't like mondays over the tannoy. stay with us there's more soccer coming up

tonight in the champions league germany's sole remaining team buy in munich they said turkey opponent in turkish club istanbul let's take a look at the clash. the icy weather in munich couldn't keep by munich off their training page. thirteen match winning streak in all competitions has the german champions brimming with confidence boks coach you pine kids and he squats on dressing on their laurels they are predicting a tough test. that's when. you will will see that they can really play football. but it comes as no surprise to me that top think group and won all three away games. yeah i just hope that we can put in a top performance so we can lay the foundations for the return leg. fit us will be. a packed stadium is expected at the allianz arena full of again

this despite busy banging their supporters from attending the match by defender match is convinced there will be plenty of turkish friends in the stadium to voice their support line up so i organized two tickets for a couple of fans there are many turkish people living in germany and they follow turkish football they'll be loud perhaps not as loud as usual as they won't all be concentrated in one area which is often the case. by a need to be wary tash are no pushover and they thrive in a big match atmosphere the question is can they pull off a shock in munich. so mike by munich are clearly the favorites going into this match but which set of fans do you think will be the most vocal stadium i think will be the home fans by munich because there won't really officially be any travelling fans from bush picked us in the stadium. themselves

decided not to take their allocation in the away block that's because there was riots in france an april twenty seventh scene between fans and olympic musée fans in france and that was in the europa league so they were then given a two year suspended ban along with most say actually because of the pyrotechnics missiles and other things that happened on that day so they're on probation they don't want any slip up so they've taken this decision not to put away tickets on sale we do expect of course some fans to be in the stadium. but by and of actually opted to sell those tickets to bahrain fans because they want to fill the stadiums are very much allowed vocal buy and support and they all the favorites although have been dangerous the season and they have a very good player in talisker max thanks so much max merrill from sports it was a pleasure terry. and you're watching the units still to come washington students stage along and outside the white house to the man tighter gun controls in the wake

of last week's florida school massacre. we'll take a short break we'll be back in just a couple of minutes with much more stuff. lifted off the bundesliga highlights list and sneak another lately. look forward with the final minute penalty live and dortmund financial institutions luck thanks to a stunning goal from marco one slim sixteen. to live. we make up we watch as a physical and that it makes the simple surface of the game want to shape the

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it's up to us to make a difference let's. begin with the environment magazine. on d w. welcome back here with news i'm terry marks and our top stories the u.n. has warned syrian government forces to stop their assault on the rebel held played eastern near damascus the syrian observatory for human rights says that government air raids there killed nearly a hundred people on monday many of them within children. and germany's right wing populist party the alternative for germany has overtaken the social democrats for the first time in a national opinion poll news comes just before the s.p.d. begins a critical vote on whether or not to join a coalition government with a chance of michael's conservative. in the u.s.

president has signaled support for better background checks on people buying guns he's under increasing pressure to tighten gun control laws following last week's school shooting in florida and much of that pressure is coming from students themselves they've organized a range of protests across the country including a law in outside the white house these students are from washington d.c. and not from florida nevertheless they felt compelled to head to the white house to protest they wanted to stage a lion to show the solidarity with the seventeen people who were killed at stoneman douglas high school. they say they're fed up with the government's lack of gun control. oh in the wake the school shooting my friend with united side that wanted to do something about it on the politicians saying that they're sorry for the banks and their family but they're not doing anything about it and my friend when i believe that something needs to be done. many of the protesters criticized us

president donald trump bake you some of simply blaming others and evading the real issue of gun laws and they're concerned about how much influence gun lobby groups have on the government. telling. you we need to stand up to the n.r.a. we need to do what's right for kids not gun. trump arrived back in washington later monday after visiting victims medical personnel and first responders in florida on the weekend he said he's in favor of bipartisan efforts to strengthen federal background checks for gun purchases but what that means exactly is still open to interpretation. meanwhile in florida hundreds of students gathered to mourn the victims of the shooting but the candlelit vigil. students across the nation have been particularly vocal since the tragedy and they're planning a rally in washington on the twenty fourth of march to draw attention to safety in

schools. the next story also involves the effects of gun crime four years ago michael j. deal was a professional driver for oil rig platforms but a violent crime turned his life upside down he was shot in the head and the bullet remains lauds there today deal lost his job his house and his family and recently found a new sense of belonging at a tent camp for the homeless and california's orange county but now the county wants to clean up the site and dismantle the camp fire. early morning in orange county the camp is slowly coming to life. about eight hundred people live in the tents here close to the dried out river bed . michael j. deal known as m.j.

has been living here for about four years or. this community is no different than the apartment complex or any other community. but you get the you get drug addicts you get good people you got bad people. look different. to you that. get out of life what you put into it if you want to be a junkie then you'll hang out with the just. want to be successful you hang out at the yacht club. nobody here can afford a roof over their heads let alone a yacht club membership. and it's easier to live in the park than in the city where they're always getting chased away and tents are hardly ever allowed they'd been hoping they'd be left in peace here michael m.j. had found a new family among the people on the river banks but now his tent has been cleared

away. the county authorities have started breaking up the county officially for security and environmental reasons in jay's gas canisters bicycle guitar and dog food are all gone i don't even know what they stored. what was valued to me maybe not a bit valuable to them. he's hoping his belongings have been stored in this container on the dairy no locks on any of it. although there is a lot i'm sorry shit. and when the police cleared his camp the stress and anxiety were too much for him he says he had a seizure and can't remember what happened he tries to find out some details from

his neighbors. in two thousand and nine m.j. was shot and wounded that the bullet is still inside his head. well i've never seen the injured never heard the shot never seen the gun nothing. at all remember it was go into the. alps towards the back door. i went through the kitchen. and i see the door jam of the longer room coming up forward the back door is and it's lights out. and if i got to go i'll put that quick. i don't want to see a camel i don't want to build. up now m.j. is unable to work he's dependent on medications to survive and now they're gone. m.j. goes to see

a lawyer he knows well harmon ali has agreed to help the homeless for free m.j. ask for his help in getting his medications back. without those bills or lives in danger. to. donald how are you i have an urgent urgent urgent favor to ask. do you know m.j. hits and you're on speaker and i've got him with me what i need to ask from you is if you can call ted at public works and tell him that it's life or death that he needs his medication his entire month supply is gone. the lawyer believes the county has violated their civil rights. there and. they want everybody to be out of there it's because they don't want people on the river that and that's because

first of all it's the county's jurisdiction the county has jurisdiction over the flood control channel the second people are no longer on the flood control tunnel dots are the characteristics and so politically it's not their problem. in jay is back at the park. the calls from the lawyer have produced results the police unlock the container that he thinks may hold his belongings. because. i write. to him james relief he's recovered his bicycle and guitars. and even the pills for his dog a starbucks. but no matter how thoroughly he searches his tent he can't find his own medication.

however by the year. the authorities lock his things back into the container but they made sure his medication would be replaced. he won't be allowed to put his tent up in the park anymore under threat of arrest. so. where does he go from here m.j. relies on fate and god i know he left me here for a purpose maybe if only despite. i have no hurry to find out what is reasons there give me extra time is that means my time's up. i don't want to leave yet. soon after a judge ruled that the camp could be cleared but orange county would have to offer

the homeless hotel vouchers for thirty days after that most will probably have to look for someplace else and just hope they'll be allowed to stay. the struggle to eradicate the so-called islamic state defends far beyond the middle east analysts warn terror militias could build a second front in the southern philippines where the i.s.i. has been gaining ground force in areas are fighting there to last year they seized a city of two hundred thousand for about two months after fierce clashes present regard to territory has now declared victory over i asked others aren't so sure that's the case. state troops destroying weapons used by the so-called islamic state. it was a public display of power broadcast on philippines evening news president rodriguez the church i wanted to send

a strong signal to the ins and to the public this firearms. that are used today shows serve as a symbol. to defend our freedom. against d'orsel so weird by your listeners understocked. the southern city of mazar where you this is where the biggest battle between government troops and i as forces took place now the provincial capital lies in ruins over a thousand people died in the fighting here eventually government troops were able to retake the city but the destruction and persistent poverty seemed to work in favor of the i.a.s. . one hundred fifty kilometers south philippine military speedboats patrol the rio grande river the south of the country is on the highest terror alert here i sympathize as routinely carry out attacks water taxis are particularly suspect many of them a used by the islamic militants to smuggle weapons philippines barely borno state

in the south. for launching their own backs. because there are. a lot of social issues that they can use to beat people or they can use to radicalize speak for. we're on our way to an undisclosed location beyond the regular patrols of government security forces. citizens themselves are taking up weapons and forming groups in many areas like here on this farm just kilometers away from a stronghold the farmers here a christian and they know their prime targets that they call the group the red gods defenders their weapons are old and in terrible condition and very few people here believe the war is purely about religion. you know what. they're not i mean the i.r.s. has a lot of money that's why so many people have joined them the islamists say to them

don't worry we'll take care of you that's their propaganda here and throughout the philippines. nordin look man is muslim and he's one of the most influential clan leaders the model we. join the siege of his hometown he had some seventy christians in his house saving their lives for many here he's a hero. the sixty one year old says he's afraid that the ins is having an easy time recruiting young men from what i always. look for and says he's convinced that the islamists are not attracting recruits with religious messages but most of all with financial reward you know but at the end of the budget. i love the us if we're able to make people pay. if the person. is not because if you found some. ideological beliefs. no so much.

the i.o.c. left their mark in malawi a muslim metropolis in the mostly catholic philippines many residents here are better and that means vote all ground for the terrorist organization. that no one to recruit children like thirteen year old abdul his teacher promised him money if he joined abdullah says boys like him a paid one thousand dollars an unbelievable sum for them. yeah. i've got a bike with the money. and the basketball. i also bought a lot of food. for. the rise of vyas in the region meet some chana me's and now working together. we're out in the league was sun mushrooms until a short while ago this was annoying as controlled area. a group of rebels of students reclaimed that. this same group had carried out

a guerilla war against the government for decades now they're working with the government spearheading the fight against the i as. muslims fighting islam and that's also part of the story. given to. the next generation will hopefully have a better life. where not fighting here for ourselves but for everyone regardless if they're muslim or christian. or muslim. but that wish for a better life could still be a long way off because the fight against the i.a.s. in the philippines is far from over. we're heading into day six of the berlin international film festival and film director philip yet it is with us here in the studio his documentary shut up and

play the piano premiered at the belly nala this week and good to have you with us philip thanks for having me if it was about the piano player chile. some viewers might not have heard of him give us an idea of who he is he's a canadian musician composer producer who lives in cologne and he does the rap he does classical chamber music pop music and i had a really nice expression yesterday that he is wrong with you and i think that describes it's pretty well and force them foremost he's an amazing and to taint. or a fluid like that expression let's get a taste of his style we've got a clip here that we can play for eight years. i started a daily routine in two thousand and twelve actually shortly after i moved here to cologne in a different apartment and i. had

a little more or less fifteen twenty years a long wish to get better at reading music. for. the belief system. very very fluid very diverse talented seems like a character but what inspired you to make this documentary philip and how long did it take you until your idea for it and actually getting it premiered at the berlin film festival. from the first day i met him and i actually asked him about it until

i finished the film and we have it here took me three and a half years altogether and. the inspiration was actually meeting himself so i did an interview with him for the watchability in two thousand and fourteen and it was supposed to be only about his book that he brought out around that time was called reintroduction interviewed and we had an interview slot of we were supposed to have there's a lot of twenty minutes but in the end we talked like for over an hour and we talked about cultural differences between canada and europe and between the countries he lived in he lived in not only in canada but also we came to berlin then he went to paris and i saw what a multifaceted persona he is and i got interested in and. i asked him can i do feel about you and he just said yeah go ahead that's how it started so i have to be grateful for the edge of a totally. this is

a well yeah i mean it's great to have you as a colleague go doing such wonderful work getting to know maybe you can tell us a little bit about the do some behind the scenes shop talk here tell us about how you end up getting a work like this into the berlin film festival briefly yet everyone can apply for that every any filmmaker of course you have certain requirements depending on the section you apply for but basically it's you ply for it online you have to fill out some forms and you send in the film it's like any other film festival so. go for it. bill thank you for so much for coming in this morning philip yes because the director of shut up and play the piano premiered at the berlin belly not a film festival this weekend on the chilly gonzales thank you so much thank you very much. now to senegal in west africa where educating the country's poor is

a major challenge around six hundred fifty thousand children have no access to school there even though the government spends a quarter of its budget on education existing schools are expensive most are hopelessly overcrowded and few students can afford books but as our next report shows those who do get a chance to study are determined to make the best of it we have this report from the suburbs of the capital dhaka. thirteen year old ibrahim was lucky he's received a grant to go to school. today he had french he's a good student and works hard. i want to finish school and i want to be a good citizen for senegal. many of the students don't have books they just can't afford them. but teachers are used to it. i miss it.

because some parents have difficulties paying fees buying materials to school. many parents can't afford to buy sick things. of course that's a problem for our students. he brought him a shows us his home. he's the oldest of eight. his mother has prepared lunch. the family lives in a suburb of the car they have a small courtyard with animals and one shared room. i sleep here my little brothers and sisters and my dad monger. one room for everyone in which to sleep live and do homework. if there's no electric light and no table.

their parents left school early and never learned to trade their father works on and off the mother takes care of the household they could never afford the private school. that's only possible due to the grants. it's very important that the children go to school i don't have work but i do everything i can so that they can. get there also some children who don't go to school at all. they have nothing to do all day. for. this mother sell snacks to the students since her husband died none of her eight children have been to school it's too expensive. i can't afford the fees or the books i don't have the means. worried that my children might end up becoming criminals. they went to school they would learn and perhaps get

a job later but it's not possible and i'm very sad. there are free public schools but they're overcrowded and won't take any more pupils. in the first grade teaching fifty eight students math. later today he'll have to give the same lesson again for fifty four more first graders. the school had to divide the class one group comes in the morning the other in the afternoon. so it's a problem the students are taught far less hours than those who have normal classes . there's a shortage of teachers may die as one of just fifteen teachers for the twelve hundred pupils at the school. there's also not enough space and the conditions are bad. headmaster. is aware of the issues.

they are proud. of a hundred students who start school only around twenty will finish. opposites i would estimate that around eighty leave school early. to move not many students we lose along the way because most families don't have the means to continue sending their children to school with no problem giving away one for the family the family on different. women have four point three children on average. estimates predict that the population will double in the next thirty years. and there's no end in sight for the education crisis on the contrary even today six hundred fifty thousand children are not at school. ebro he knows that he's fortunate. he's put it in a minute but i. feel i go to school to help my parents. because they've sacrificed a lot for me so who cares. that's why i work hard. i want to graduate i'm

thinking about the future and want to do well. here the people says they were. given a chance unlike more than half of the senegalese population who can neither read nor write. just reminder the top stories we're following for you here today on the news the u.n. has warned the syrian government forces to stop their assault on the rebel held on clay but eastern near damascus syrian observatory for human rights says the government air raids there killed nearly one hundred people on monday many of them women and children. and germany's right wing populist party is the alternative for germany or has overtaken the social democrats for the first time in a national opinion poll the news comes just before the s.p.d. begins to vote on whether to join

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