it should be rewarded. brain factory starting march twenty fourth on g.w. . this is d w names live from berlin the syrian town of african is now in turkish happens ancora back to fighters raising the turkish flag after lightning advance against kurdish militia overnight the battle for africa has forced more than one hundred fifty thousand from their homes we'll ask what's next for the region also coming up russians go to the polls of pick a new president in a vote many call a done deal flattering clinton is expected to easily win a fourth term in office but can he mobilize voters turned off by the predictability

of the contest. by michelle henery thanks for joining us. uncorrupt back forces have taken control of the northern syrian town of offering the town has been the target of turkey's two month the fence up against the syrian kurdish militia it views as terrorists its capture marks a major victory for turkey but has left thousands of civilians homeless and desperate. this is the moment turkey has been working towards for two months. the raising of the turkish flag over the town of a frayne in northern syria. the turkish backed rebels entered the town on

sunday morning these men have been fighting since january to oust kurdish militia known as the people's protection units. take he says the group is an offshoot of the band p k k terrorist group and as such it's a threat to turkey's national security. across the border in turkey news of the victory was met with jubilation by president andrew young and he supposes. most of the terrorists have already fled with their tails between their legs our special forces and members of the free syrian army are cleaning the remains of the traps they left behind in the center of free in the symbols of trust and stability are waving instead of the ranks of terrorists. for the civilian population of a frayne turkey's offensive has been devastating more than one hundred fifty thousand people have been forced to flee for their lives in the last week as turkey attacked the city from air and the ground. we fled to because of the airstrikes in the

bombardment of our villages by the turks there is no united nations or international community anymore they have forgotten all morality what can we do is civilians turkey is amongst a country. it is unclear what will become of these people and if or when they will be able to return to the hard times. journalist let america monitoring the situation for us from the kurdish city of erbil in northern iraq vladimir explained to us exactly what is happening in a free right now why was it so important to turkey to gain control of the city. well. there if you didn't want to have any form of cortisol through in northern syria and that's what they also told americans and because there were no russians in africa it was there were no americans and after they could attack the city because russia proved this operation to attack it and so after two months they

finally the turkish backed rebels they and thirty city a three. hundred more than hundred fifty thousand people were displaced to areas outside of that. and now that turkey has claimed that they gained control does this mean that there that there's an end in sight after weeks of relentless fighting well depends on what turkey is going to do because the turkish president there don't always say that we're not going to stop with our freedom we're also going to at that moment we're going to take the whole area until the iraqi border so that there is present make clear they want to destroy this kurdish so all rule ministrations all the way to directly border so we will depend on the americans because the americans there in eastern syria and i'm still not american so there will not leave so we depends on what the americans are going to do are they going to protect the kurds from turkey's attacks or not. and as you said more than one hundred fifty thousand people have been displaced in the fighting what can they

expect to happen to then and to the region well it's going to be very difficult for them the syrian government doesn't allow them to go to aleppo there are now like two small villages also i think so the pens on the circle so they're going about as they said they'll allow civilians to return but i think most of them will be not be willing to return because they're afraid of repercussions because they were supporting kurdish fighters most of them but maybe some of them who are out there and are also still songs are the inside i think so we have to see what's coming in the next few days vladimir and no going back thank you for your insight welcome. syrian president bashar al assad has visited army positions in eastern guta in the capital damascus syrian t.v. report it the army had given rebels in one village an ultimatum to withdraw this as more civilian streamed out of the besieged rebel held areas russian sources say

some twenty thousand people fled eastern go to on sunday alone syrian government forces have been making gains in the area since starting an offensive last month. to russia now where voting is underway in the country's presidential elections vladimir putin is on course to win a fourth term in a vote many say is a foregone conclusion as this report shows many russians see putin as their only choice. casting his vote in an election he's bound to win on paper bloody mir putin faces seven opponents but in reality his only real challenger is voter apathy he said to wanted at least seventy percent of the vote to prove he has a strong mandate to govern although that's not what he says in public what percentage of votes would you consider successful asks one journalist any percentage which gives the right to fulfill the role of president he replies.

russians have known putin as their leader for eighteen years and many still consider him their only option. to go through i voted for putin because i don't see any alternative. i've made the right decision i think in that i voted for putin everything he does works for me. for putin there's not much of a choice shall we say. as they say i chose the lesser of two evils. there are claims that in some parts of russia employers have been putting pressure on staff to turn out to vote and there are reports of other irregularities. alexei navalny and opposition need to have banned from standing in this election claims voter turnout is lower than in two thousand and twelve. yet the results from our observers show that in some regions of russia at least those where

the so-called elections have already finished the turnout is lower than in two thousand and twelve that's even taking into account all the pressure that took place. on the may have called on russians to boycott this election but it looks like a done deal for the man who's dominated this country for a whole generation. let's bring in emily sure one our correspondent in moscow emily you're there in the heart of the capital it looks highly unlikely that president putin will take on a fourth term so with it being an almost foregone conclusion what is this election really about. well the main goal in this election has been for the kremlin to essentially keep the turnout high they want to turn out to be high so that these vote these elections can be seen as

legitimate after all this is not the first time that putin is running he's running for his fourth term as president and so it's very important to show that voters are still interested in coming out to the polls they're still interested in voting for putin and we've seen that here at this election party that i'm at as well there is there's a ring set up here behind me and there have been ring girls coming out into the ring to announce the current state of the turnout every once in a while so that's really the factor that people are watching here at this election observation party this election party and also all over the country the kremlin has made sure that today's vote is almost has a has. holiday type feeling there have been a selfie competitions raffles where people can win cars there's been. they've been selling cheap products potatoes there been concerts concert tickets up for grabs so

they're really trying to pull people to the polling stations apparently to get seventy percent turnout so it sounds like the government is pulling out all the stops to get people to polling stations as you say but who is running against putin are they really competitors or have some critics have complained simply puppet candidates. well there are seven other candidates running against putin but they're all currently polling in the low single digits so of course it's questionable whether they are real competitors in that sense in the sense of the current surveys one of the top runners up to vladimir putin for example is sitting off ski he can certainly be referred to i think as somewhat of a puppet candidate he's a he's one of putin's most loyal opponents he's run several times in the presidential elections against him but there are two cat new candidates on the political scene as well running in these elections and the current run in the

runner up to putin is. he's running for the communist party but he also is only polling at around seven percent there's also saying yes up choco now that now viney is barred from running is considered the only real opposition candidate in the running however some people also accuse her of being a kremlin pawn they point to her close ties to putin so the question is is she is she really a real opposition candidate and anyway all the other seven candidates really are polling too low to real to be a real threat to putin and with having been in office for so long how does he still remain so popular. will. putin you have to remember came to power in two thousand that was just after the fall of the soviet union in the ninety's caused this huge trauma for people the ninety's here i remember it as being a time of chaos of economic turmoil there were mafia esque structures there was

a lot of crime and people really see this as as a traumatic time and putin is seen as having brought stability after the ninety's and it still retaining that stability for russians today and really sure when in moscow thank you for your analysis. to the pundits like us and by and fans were watching closely a shock a took on full spirit on saturday a defeat for the world blues would help the bavarians as they seek to wrap up the bundesliga title this weekend but wins have been hard to come by for a full spark could they finally turn their season around here's what happened. goldberg were force to be reckoned with what now though was wearing their colors now with the royal blues the defender is hungrier than ever for goals he's already

scored five times this season. both spoke on the other hand are having a torrid time of it they were without a win in three games under coach bruno lava dia. his team got the first real chance of the game no maximilian arnold with this shot after ten minutes. opportunities like this were few and far between. chunk in particular were in no hurry to threaten the vosper goal their first chance came just before half time that's not good enough to be a champions league contender. sixty minutes in and shank you were beginning to get their act together rather than bolo got as close as you can get without scoring by only some super goalkeeping from countries stales kept the ball out of. those big responded after some desperate play in the books the referee pointed to the spots.

the replay clearly showing the tie and the styles it's taking down recently visited by alpha hard took the shot stops by rather than up it was the third penalty he said this season shall be made another push in the dying moments of the game the ball's big defense was caught napping and bowler with the cross and the ball touched in a close range agony for robbing konopka he turned the ball into his own net by chelsea with their fifth win in a row they keep their champions league hopes alive and tonight by in munich the chance of an early point is league title even more cause for celebration. motorsport now and french writer johan's arco claimed pole position and the opening race of the moto g.p. season in qatar the yamaha writer set a blistering pace to snatch the last record which had stood for over a decade the reigning world champion marc marc has couldn't match that performance and so will start sunday's race from second and to copywriter never trichy will

round off the front row in third. you're watching the news from berlin more coming at the top of the hour i'm still harry thanks for watching. the people of the world for you on facebook and twitter is up to date and in touch follow us. starting out with some junk and instructions from a book. at the age of fourteen william come quite welcome.