going out of the country dead donkey. starts december twenty ninth on t.w. . this is the w. news live from berlin could it be the final battle against the islamic state u.s. backed kurdish an arab forces are close to ousting the jihad ists from their last urban stronghold in syria but have threatened turkish intervention is putting victory in doubt. also coming up a u.s. court postpone sentencing for president trump's ally michael flynn but the judge

lambastes the former national security adviser for spelling out his country. and a shock defeat for the going to see those top team dortmund at the hands of a promoted side doesn't are delighted at home fans by putting a dent in dorman's armor will be upset disrupt dortmund chances of winning the league. i'm sorry so much going to it's good to have you with us american back forces are close to gaining control of the last syrian territory held by the so-called islamic state the syrian democratic forces the s.d.f. made up of kurdish and arab fighters have captured the town of hygiene and are now in the process of clearing out islamist fighters had seen lies in the valley of the euphrates river close to the border with iraq it was the final urban stronghold of the jihadist militia which was. controlled substantial territory in syria and iraq

but as the mainly kurdish inches closer to final victory over i asked turkey is threatening to launch an assault against the kurds further north reporter daniel sent us this report from the front line in syria. people have escaped the clutches of the so-called islamic state best stranded in a camp two hundred kilometers from the front line. traumatized exhausted but free. after days of rain and cold weather the conditions are atrocious but it's better than being under the guns of the i.a.s. fighters locked in regard battle on the banks of the euphrates. used does as human shields so the warplanes can't attack from the sky. they were planted mines everywhere and they don't want to let anyone escape. or. criminals dirty thieves they took everything from us our money as well and then

they left. the battle for the last bit of territory held by yes is a tough one. the militia has lost nearly all the land it held. to around five thousand fighters are putting up fierce resistance their leader abu bakr al baghdadi is thought to be among them. dozens of members of the s.t.'s have been killed in recent weeks and asked despite as support from the united states and other allies. they've put booby traps and mines everywhere we were advancing but slowly and we have to take care to avoid civilian casualties. this is what's left by the fighting the streets of hygiene the form a terrorist stronghold most of the people who live here have fled. the mainly

kurdish s.d.f. has captured the center of the town and most of the outskirts from my ass. the fighting is continuing in the surrounding villages to jihadists are still managing to stay john bush is a hit and run attacks. yes fighters try every day to attack our units and recapture the villages but we are pushing back with all we have. the american backed s t f is now facing a potential enemy on another front. victory over the i.r.s. in the euphrates valley is within reach. but now turkey is threatening to march into kurdish controlled areas on its southern border ankara sees the kurdish fighters as terrorists. these threats yes it's precisely now when we're making gains in the fight for hygiene turkey threatens an

offensive in northern syria. and that's bad news for the people still in the us control not everyone has been able to flee thousands are still trapped in the last pocket of i asked territory. here in berlin chancellor angela merkel's cabinet is due to approve legislation that should help skilled workers from outside the european union find jobs in germany the country urgently needs people to fill more than a million job vacancies now the proposed law would simplify the process for recognizing professional or vocational training good degrees that have been earned in other countries it would also eliminate the requirement that employers check whether german nationals are also available to fill the vacancy and it will allow qualified nominee or nationals who speak german to live in the country while they look for work but what about asylum seekers should qualified migrants who've been denied refugee status be allowed to stay if a company wants them. does our back met an iraqi who has skills and wants to use

them here in germany. he is nervous he has to give a presentation to the whole team today the forty year old iraqi is an apprentice at an i.t. company and like most of his colleagues here she has only lived in germany for a few years. they hail from syria iran and iraq and they all came to germany as refugees. this is a great chance for me because it's difficult to get a job training position here. three years ago aka fudge is a request for asylum was denied his official status since then has been what germany terms tolerated right to state this apprenticeship will give him a chance of staying longer the skills he's learning are in demand here there are eighty to one hundred thousand positions in the branch alone that cannot be filled

due to lack of qualified workers. until now the problem was if you get someone who is not european then there is a risk that they are not going to be able to stay at the end of the day you need a visa and what am i going to do if they don't get a visa or if i have a job to fill but in germany where european has to do it then the whole process was a waste of time because in the moment germany needs immigrants otherwise its economic growth will slow down considerably experts estimate that in around ten years there will be a shortage of three million trained skilled workers the new immigration law now is designed to address this problem to make it easier for skilled labor from outside of the you to move here but still some questions remain how will the new immigration laws affect people working in germany whose asylum requests were denied they may be granted the tolerated the right to stay status for another two years yet there is still a stark demarkation between those seeking asylum and the migration of trained professionals to germany. or small convent after three years we were told

a colleague has to return to his or her country of origin that would be a setback for. just financially or from a business perspective also personally and that's one of the. well some of the time from syria is the newest instructor he has been on the contract as an i.t. specialist since april. his first apprentice he still has one year to go on hopes go well it's a point i was a little bit under to complete my training and get a job and stay here in germany so that would make me really happy and satisfied to most. severe going on nobody's home. she's boss is hoping things will get simpler with the new law so he can keep his specialists and employing new ones as well. our political correspondent hans brunt is with us for more on this story hi holmes good morning to you let's talk about fear us who we saw there in that report will this legislation that the cabinet is set to approve

today here in germany make it easier for people like him to stay in this country that's been one of the big controversy is the question has been whether or not. short people who have come into the country for other reasons as asylum seekers as refugees or illegally but have found a job eventually whether there should be allowed to stay or not. i think what will happen we don't know the exact terms of his lawyer yet but so far the proposals that we have seen there will be some clause allowing these people to stay and in fact at the moment they're already being told the rights of the state is one of being tolerated more or less indefinitely so in effect these people will be allowed to stay i think you know and we have heard from german companies time and again that there is a need for skilled workers which i just trees are experiencing a shortage i think the water what we're talk about most most often is engineering jobs and. computer jobs i teach job scenes of companies that most desperately

looking for people for full for workers but also with. things like hospital wook or old age care there's a big need in germany so it's really right across the spectrum of german employment and this legislation would allow skilled workers in the country also from non e.u. countries we should say why is the issue of migration so controversial politically here in germany well that's been a discussion especially in the side on the side of conservative policies of the christian democrats angle americans party to say that germination should not become an immigration country one of these classic immigration countries that. would normally be you would think about countries such as canada or strategy or the united states who have been. pulling in people from across the world really since the countries were founded and germany has not been like that on the console it was have been saying that we that they would like to preserve kind of german identity within germany but they're really fighting

a real god actually here the situation is such that germany really doesn't need such skilled workers and that in fact a very large number of people maybe thirty or forty percent of people living in germany today already have some kind of foreign background so in the end the reality is such that germany will need these skilled workers and making it easier for them to come in will be very beneficial for the country all right our political correspondents frank with us here this morning thank you so much. not some other stories making news around the world belgium's prime minister from michele has resigned after a failed attempt to lead a minority government he decided to quit after he was unable to get enough support for a united nations agreement on international migration. madagascar is heading to the polls on wednesday in a runoff between two political heavyweights marco ravalomanana and. have both been president and their long standing political rivals if the result is tight observers

fear a contested election may plunge madagascar into political crisis. u.s. president donald trump has banned the bomb start a fire arm attachment that enables a semi-automatic weapon to fire sustained rapid bursts and the gunman who massacred fifty eight people in las vegas and twenty seventeen was using about to stop. a u.s. judge has postponed the sentencing of president trump's former national security advisor michael flynn the former general had pleaded guilty to deceiving the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia's ambassador to the u.s. in january twenty seventh teen when the originally said he had not met the ambassador when in fact he had a judge and that sullivan said by doing so flynn arguably sold out his country. a lying to federal agents carries a maximum five year sentence flynn is the highest profile culprit so far in special counsel robert robert miller's investigation into links between trump's election

campaign and russia. d. day for michael flynn u.s. president donald trump's former national security advisor is at the center of special counsel robert mueller so-called russian probe this was expected to be the last time he faces the investigating judge but the judge delayed flint sentencing flynn was caught lying to federal investigators about his russia contacts specifically to segregate the former russian ambassador to the united states but flame eventually pleaded guilty and then aided robert mueller that paid for it with the special counsel recommending no prison time for the now disgraced lieutenant general franks case concludes as washington is still dealing with last week's revelations by trump's former private lawyer michael cohen wants the president trust the fixer cohen switched sides and cooperated with federal investigators revealing details of some called body page to former adult entertainer stormy daniels he directed me to make the payments he directed me to become involved in

these matters flynn cohen and also this gentleman trumps one time campaign chair for our own key figures in overlapping investigations of various scope and depth all three are in one way or another related to president trump. we've never had a president this much trouble the us president faces more legal trouble and is busy fighting off more legal investigations than any other in the history of the united states which has to do with a total of at least seventeen investigations and court cases special counsel robert mueller a so-called rusher provolone include seven distinct investigations to name just a couple from starr a mosque process our. also investigating trump the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york the federal prosecutor investigated trying fix and michael cohen who is now headed for three years in prison they are

also looking into the finances of the trump organization and into the funding of trump's integration this is unprecedented it is and you knew it was going to be a problem from the beginning and when president trump. refused to get leave hold of his business dealings it's highly unlikely for things to improve for the president any time soon with the democrats having the majority in the house of representatives as of january two thousand. and three more congressional investigation nancy i have a question our correspondent biased waiter says the judge's decision to delay the sentencing aflame and could spell trouble for president. it was supposed to be a short hearing and a sentence with no jail time but the judge in michael flynn's case wasn't ready to make that concession former national security adviser is still not completely out from under the weight of his crimes in a twisting series of events that ended in a cliffhanger today all of this does not bode well for president trump who has

stood by his former employee throughout the investigation partly because the white house was expecting the judge to be lenient with flynn but also because flynt has been cooperating extensively with the robert mueller investigation and a delayed sentence could mean that moller has more time to use flint as an asset. some rare mid week when the sleep of football now is the biggest shock of the season so far last night with leaders dortmund losing two one at desultory cress harrington from the w. sports is with us chris you don't see that happening but you know well i did see dortmund losing but you're right i definitely did not see it coming at the hands of fortuna dusseldorf i mean this is a side that's been struggling in florida a relegation danger all season long but they did shock there but as they go on two occasions they drew against byron munich the defending champions in munich which is impressive and you know coming off of a win last match day that momentum carried over and as you said they shocked the

table leaders dog men let's take a look at the report. it was pats on the back all round between these players with dusseldorf and don't wind on good form going into this one marco roy's thought he'd got the visitors off to a bang after just fifteen minutes but christian pulis sick was interfering with play from offside to leave the referee with no choice but to rule it out. that all sparked into last soon after kevin struggle with the defense splitting pass thirty lukavac you know with the coolest of finishes one nil to the hosts three goals against but i am now one against dortmund look above here certainly isn't scared of the big boys. and the home side double dare late in style early in the second half. john zuma unleashing eye for russia strike to make it two nil with the clock ticking it was

time for top men to send on the big guns and it paid off in sanchez with a pull to lukas piss check. with the finish in the i.c.'s minutes does sling footwork from the english one the kid before dortmund super sub struck his twelfth goal of the season. but it was too little too late as dusseldorf held on to record a famous victory back to back pundits later wins for the promoted saw i'd fall cheered on flying high. so kress who gained from the loo thing the other. team brucia munchen glad they benefit because they're right on the tail of bruce's dortmund and right there in an opportunity to narrow the gap on the last match day but they were up against another middle in the butt as they did nuremberg and the foals as they're known they've been untouchable at home thanks to one play areas right there the play of play have been an incredible addition for

dieter hacking and company and they had no problem continuing their momentum and pushing forward against nuremberg we also have that report let's take a look. it feels like an age since cut back to the last two points here the phones have won seven of the home fix just so far the season but the first big chance belonged to nuremberg a deflected shot from alexander folks on to the bar and only a last ditch safe from yan zama prevented him struck between the visitors in front . the hosts were gifted to charts just before the break after the referee and these video assistants decided that this questionable contact was worthy of a penalty. unfortunate before we got back to organ has a full style of procedure and i'm the teams went into half time left. in

the second half the belgian had an immediate opportunity to make up for his mistake and he took it unmissable toppy and so has all its ninth goal of the season. at the end of a sluggish second tough another quick counterattack some of the phones double their lead. this on the player beating fabio and brad go to send the home crowd into the christmas holidays happy to know the final school in get back. so got back number two what a buyer and they're probably also looking to close then you know they are and they've picked up things as of late you know they're on the bounce they've won their last three matches they are facing rb life who is also close packed on the table by munich only have a two point lead over life six so naturally the defending champions behind the under pressure coach nico see the hind as i'm sure they're going to try to turn things around and show life sake that they are the champions they want to retain

their title so it's going to be an interesting match up tonight all right our chris huntington from davies sports keeping us up to date on midweek but of legal action thank you very much ok now argentina's river plate have come back down to earth after winning their copa libertadores against it are rivals boca juniors that victory qualified river for the club world cup but they've crashed out in the semifinals to all i know of the united arab emirates one on penalties after a two two draw they were only playing in the competition for a continental club champions because they were the hosts i face might be real madrid or japan's kashima and players in the final. china is germany's biggest trading partner but there is growing concern about china's appetite for german companies this summer but when blocked a chinese bid for a twenty percent stake in

a german electricity grid company fifty hertz and german lawmakers now want to be able to block non e.u. firms from investing in critical infrastructure that includes high tech companies and utility companies the government plans to limit of foreign stakes in such companies to ten percent rather than the current twenty five percent but some business leaders are critical of those plans hellman see among the cofounder of business consultancy cmon who are partners told d w we are likely to gain much by keeping chinese investments away from germany so is chinese investment in german companies good or bad well this is something i would like to discuss now with a fork a tire c.e.o. of the german chambers of commerce abroad good to have you with us so would you say is it a good idea to block chinese investment. we speak about the conflict thing situation

there's the little letter to me the right of the state in order to protect security and critical infrastructure and on the other hand and this is a major pillar of our economy we have the freedom of legally acquired property and freedom of capital flow and this is restricted due to the tightening and summing up we find a very problematic yeah are you talking about a sort of critical infrastructure so this does this new rule does it only apply for investment in critical infrastructure or is all industry affected that's a problem nobody knows exactly what critical infrastructure is in means and even not the companies in the business sector and this makes it so unclear there is increasing uncertainty and it seems to us that it is the this

encouragement in order to bring capital to germany and this could be seen like this like this and so therefore we don't think it's a very good present for christmas right you don't look very happy to do it to be quite honest especially as lawmakers with these new rules it's not just against chinese investment they want to live in fear limit foreign investment investment to ten percent as we just heard ken german companies can germany actually afford this kind of limitation. so up to now we have a threshold of twenty five percent and more when it comes to capital investment in a company that this has to be scrutinised by the ministry of economic policy and now we go down to ten percent and more and this is a huge step so we scrutinize the proportionality of of the means right now so

therefore we see it really critical because it is also the question of how long could it be scrutinised by the civil servants in the ministry and this is up to four months and could be interrupted if they demand another piece of paper and then another four months so this is even much more uncertainty and unfortunately we have a tightening of this although we have from our perspective quite proper instruments in order to protect security in order to help popular german companies when it comes to foreign direct investment we are more or less to say number one of capital exporters in all over the world this makes us strong of course we are internationally. in networks and embedded in the societies and sell our products there but there's also a need that the heart of our economy is germany and the locations there and so we need capital from abroad and we are missing capital in investments interim many up

for a long time and was this changing of the law we don't change it you know red flag that their c.e.o. of the german chambers of commerce abroad very critical of those new rules of tightening foreign investment in germany thank you so much. well huge amounts of plastic waste end up in the oceans every year now the european union has taken action by banning plastic plates drinking straws and other disposable plastic products you negotiate has agreed to on the measure last night in brussels the badness intended to help curb the massive amounts of plastic waste on land and in the world's oceans the measure is also intended to reduce c o two emissions. and italian economy ministry spokeswoman says that italy and the e.u.

have reached an agreement in their budget battle of hurting the imminent threat of political crisis within the bloc brussels had refused to sign off on rome's budget proposals declaring it in breach of the rules it initiated moves to force rome to lower its deficit target it was the first time in e.u. history budget deficit procedures have been activated last week italy submitted revised proposals the contents of any new agreement will be made public later today . and is a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. the u.s. backed kurdish and arab forces are close to ousting so-called islamic state fighters from their last urban stronghold in syria but a threatened turkish intervention has put to the fight against the extremists and this. you're watching t.v. news live from berlin more coming up at the top of the hour.

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