the state of your news last summer left the u.n. to warn syrian government forces to stop their assault on a rebel held on claims nearly one hundred fifty people have been killed in airstrikes on eastern how to since monday many of them women and children will bring you the latest developments in syria's civil war also coming out students in washington stage a lie and outside the white house to demand better gun control laws in the wake of last week's florida school massacre. and football firing munich at the champions league trail tonight the german giants have

a tricky home game against special touch turkey. i'm sumi so much content good to have you with us the united nations say the syrian government must stop targeting civilians in the rebel held on klav eastern hometown . the london based syrian observatory for human rights says that government air raids on eastern home to close to the syrian capital damascus has killed nearly one hundred fifty people since monday hundreds more were injured in the suburbs has been under siege by regime forces for more than four years. knew all that deadly assault on eastern hunter comes as fighting looks to set to intensify on another front as well this time in the country's north on the border with turkey the turkish president has a temporary one. says he plans to lay siege to our freedom that is in the northern

part of syria that's after holding talks with russia and iran to stop the deployment of syrian government forces in the region turkey first launch its offensive against kurdish militia in offering last month. 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 the move to 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. but meanwhile in government held aleppo just south of a free syrian kurds have been demonstrating against the turkish offensive and in

support of white peachey fighters many of whom can be seen in the city. and there the syrian army and we warn the syrian people and we are one we are all one and we have one will. remember during a visit to jordan the turkish foreign minister said a deal wouldn't affect his country's resolve. the port of my kitchen or to my solemn occasion if the syrian regime really does tend to x. raying 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 if branch and affray names to cleanse these areas from terrorists if you bid terrorists that it would look at turkey is keen to avoid a kurdish stronghold on its southern border with syria so its own forces launched a major military of the for alliances and rivalries in syria. we have

with us she is the president of the european center for kurdish studies here in berlin thank you for joining us in our studio today we heard that turkey's president ed was saying that he's talked to. to russia he's talked to iran and he's managed to stop the syrian government from its plans to send its own troops into this region northern syria into offering who are the real power brokers here well you already mentioned the reason i think this is turkey on the one hand and russia and iran on the other hand though those different sectors have of course different interests in a flea in. the largest interest really is with turkey which wants to get rid of the y p g which is the syrian of the p.k. k. which are currently with a lot of arms which were provided by the united states in the syrian parts of kurdistan so turkey wants to get rid of them this way of freeing the so important

for turkey really the united states on the other hand which are also one of the power brokers of course they don't have no specific interest in a free and really i mean their military bases are not in a free but they are and they are in the just so they will just let everybody do what people really want to do there i think russia which is supporting the syrian regime of course but on the other hand if the syrian regime takes a friend or not it's not of great importance for four for russia and iran again of course they also have an alliance with the u.k. with the y. p.g. but again it's not the region which is important for them in the middle of all this is free and what is going to happen if nobody steps in to help the kurds there. well i think if the syrian regime doesn't get in now i think that turkey will stay there and try to get rich off the p.k. k. so if you have a look on a friend who's living there we see that we have about three hundred fifty thousand

people living in a free and. what yes to billions of of course civilians. and in the will address interestingly about one hundred thousand of them not kurds but arabs mostly refugees of course so this is the civilian population and then we have the y.p. gee they're the most syrian military branch of the p.k. which is for several years administering the region and many of the currents living there particularly would like to get rid of the y. p.g. because it doesn't have a good record on human rights but of course they don't want to have turkey in there and they don't want to have the regime in there too but we've seen these very dramatic images earlier from eastern how to if there's a siege by turkish forces are we going to see the same thing happen enough actually i don't think so i mean you never know of course but until today turkey didn't go forward as for example the syrian regime did and they didn't go forward

as for example in aleppo they didn't just bomb everything from. president of the european center for kurdish studies thank you for joining us thank you. now to some other stories making news around the world germany's rightwing populist party the alternative for germany or a.s.d. has overtaken the social democrats for the first time and a national opinion poll of the news comes just before the social democrats begin a critical internal vote on whether to join a coalition government with chancellor merkel's conservative. iran says it has located the wreckage of a plane that crashed into a mountain two days ago with sixty five people on board rescue workers will have to recover bodies from the debris by foot due to rough terrain records show the plane only recently resumed service after spending six years in storage. authorities have warned new zealand south island to take precautions ahead of a powerful storm the remnants of that cycle in which it battered tonga and samoa

last week are expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain flights to and from the capital of wellington have been cancelled. u.s. president donald trump 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 lie 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 their 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 only that something has to be done. many of the protesters

criticized u.s. presidents 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. and 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. now former english youth football coach barry banal has been sentenced to thirty one years in prison for child sex abuse he was found guilty of fifty charges against boys who coached between one nine hundred seventy nine and one thousand nine hundred one the judge in the case called him the devil incarnate as he handed down the sentence i am a survivor of abuse from party panel when i was making. a survivors of. cruelty these were the men that spoke out as boys they dreamt of a future in soccer they were trained by barry bennell charismatic youth coach for clubs including crewe alexandra and manchester city. he took them under is wing encourage them to chase their dreams he gained their trust and then he raped them

on monday bennell was sentenced to thirty one years in prison. but now we have one . today. i know. i know sadness but to you. should never have been almost a coward in the first place. another eighty six men have come forward to report sexual abuse by bell since the case began the judge spoke of abuse on an industrial scale for decades benelux victims suffer depression panic attacks and suicidal thoughts but there are increasing signs that the clubs themselves were aware much earlier of the rumors surrounding bennell and covered for him the new boy. allowed it to continue because the puce in the results. even after a battle was convicted of child abuse in florida in one thousand nine hundred four and later in england the english football world turned a blind eye it was only one former soccer player andy woodworth broke his silence

in two thousand and sixteen and then he followed his lead that sports clubs promise to set up hotlines and take action today two and a half thousand people across the u.k. have come forward and reported sexual assaults at more than three hundred clubs. meanwhile on the playing field the champions think is back this evening by munich and take on of turkey in the allianz arena buyers have dominated the bundestag of the season and they're aiming on using that momentum to rack up a vital win over the turkish champions. the icy weather three munich couldn't keep by munich health a training pitch. a thirty match winning streak in all competitions has the german champions brimming with confidence box coach and his squad resting on their laurels they're predicting a tough test. but. you will will see that they can really

play. but it comes as no surprise to me that. they group and won three games with one yeah i just hope that we can put in a top performance so we can lay the foundations for the return leg. the three of us will be. a packed stadium is expected at the allianz arena for the game this despite busy banging their supporters from attending the match by defender is convinced there will be plenty of turkish friends in the stadium to voice their support. so i organized two tickets for a couple of friends 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 be concentrated in one area which is often the case of to follow by a need to be wary but no pushover and they thrive in a big match atmosphere the question is can they pull off

a shock in munich. ok reminder now of our top story that we're following the united nations has warned the syrian government forces to stop their assault on the rebel held enclave of eastern how. the syrian observatory for human rights says that government air raids there have killed nearly one hundred fifty people since monday . but don't forget you can always get. from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world push notifications for any breaking news and you can also use the your photos and your video. or can a new crypto currency venezuelan economy humphry is up but that's more coming right up and business.

every journey begins with the first step and every language with the first word published in the. rico is in germany to learn german why not learn to spell it simple online on your mobile and free themselves from. learning course nico speak german made easy.