this is c.w. news live from berlin could it be the final battle against the islamic state u.s. backed kurdish and arab forces are close to ousting the jihad or from their last urban stronghold in syria but at present a turkish intervention is putting victory into. also coming up the european union move to ban single use plastics it's intended to help curb the massive amounts of

toxic waste on land in the world's oceans. and the shock defeat for the boldest thinkers top team dortmund of the hands of our promoted side this is our delight at home fans by putting a dent in boardman's armor will be outside disrupt norman's chances of winning the league. i'm swimming so much condo welcome to the show american backed 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 gene 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 ones. substantial territory in syria and iraq but as

a mainly kurdish inches closer to final victory over islamic state turkey is threatening to launch an assault against the kurds further north reporter don has sent us this report from the front line in syria. these people have escaped the clutches of the so-called islamic state. they're 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 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 fiefs they took everything from us our money as well and then they left. the battle for the last bit of territory held by as is a tough one. the militia has lost nearly all the land it held was 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 that's despite our 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 hygene the former 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. 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.'s he 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 codes 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 turkey threatens an

offensive in northern syria. and that's bad news for the people still in the i guess control not everyone has been able to flee thousands are still trapped in the last pocket device 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 a vocational training to greece from abroad it would also eliminate the requirement that employers have to check whether a german nationals are also able to fill of billable rather to fill the vacancy and that would allow qualified non e.u. nationals who do 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. 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 so it's difficult to get a job training position here. three years ago 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. up 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. were small contingent on anything 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 as one of your. flock. from syria is the newest instructor he has been on the contract as an i.t. specialist since april. first apprentice he still has one year to go on hopes go around. when i was a little bit and to complete my training and get a job and stay here in germany so that would make me really happy and satisfied and . so if we're going to know us. you know boss is hoping things will get simpler with the new law so he can keep his specialists and employ new ones as well. our political correspondent hans bryant 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 how 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 controversies the question has been whether or not this should allow people who have come into the country for other reasons as asylum seekers as refugees or illegally but have found the job eventually whether there should be allowed to stay on the. i think what will happen we don't know the exact terms of this law 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 are already being tolerated the state is one of being tolerated more or less indefinitely so in effect these people will be allowed to stay i think 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 what or what we talk about most most often is engineering jobs and. computer jobs i teach job sees of companies that most desperately looking

for people for full for workers but also with. in 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 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 was 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 and the conservatives have been saying that we that they would like to preserve kind of german identity within

germany but they're really fighting it really got action 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. now some other stories making news around the world belgium's prime minister sharon the show 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 roboto manana and andre raja lina have both been the president and their long standing political rivals if the result

is tight observers fear a contested election may plunge madagascar into political crisis. a us judge has postponed the sentencing of the as president donald trump former national security advisor michael flynn his lawyers requested the delay after the judge raised the prospect of jail time flynn had pleaded guilty to deceiving the f.b.i. about his russia contacts and where tornado is ripped through a town in the u.s. state of washington killing off roofs and downing trees at the twister struck on tuesday about twenty kilometers west of seattle no injuries were reported. to some rare mid week football now we have the biggest shock of the season so far last night with leaders dortmund losing two one at. chris harrington from sports is with us chris you didn't see that happening did 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 forty relegation danger all season long but they did shock the us to go on two occasions they drew against byron munich the defending champions in the munich which is impressive and you know coming off of a win last match day that momentum carried over as you said they shocked the table leaders dortmund let's take a look at the report. it was pats on the back all round between these players with dusseldorf and dormant on good form going into this one marco royce thought hey 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 just that all sparked into last soon after kevin struggle with the defense putting pass thirty lukavac you know with the coolest of finishes one nil to the hogs three goals against par and now one against dortmund luka bucky has certainly isn't

scared of the big boys. and the home side double dare late in style early in the second half. joins him unleashing a for russia strike to make it two nil with the clock ticking it was time for dalton to send on the big guns and it paid off in sanchez with a ball to lukas piss check back a well catherine with the finish in the a.t.f. minutes dazzling footwork from the english one the kid before dortmund super sub struck his twelfth goal of the ses in. but it was too little too late it's just that all held on to record a famous victory back to back bonus leg a win for the promoted side for cheered on flying high. so kress who gained from door to live thing the other. team brucia munchen glad they benefit because they're right on the tail of brazil dortmund and right there

in an opportunity to narrow the gap in the last match day but they were up against another minnow in lisbon as they did nuremberg and the foal's 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 last took the points here the phones have won seven of the home fix just so far this season but the first big chance belonged to nuremberg a defective shot from alexander folks on to the bar and only a last ditch save from younes oma prevented him swear that puts the visitors in front. the hosts were gifted a chance just before the break after the referee and his video assistant decided that this questionable contact was worthy of

a penalty. unfortunately before we got back to organ has opted for style of the position and 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 on unmissable tap in for has all its ninth goal of the season. at the end of a sluggish second half another quick counterattack saw the photos double their lead . on this on a player beating fabio and brittle to send the home crowd into the christmas holidays happy. to know the final score in got back. i got back number two one of on fire and they're probably also looking to close then yeah 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 leipzig 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 need to see behind us i'm sure they're going to try to turn things around and show leipzig 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. sports keeping us up to date on midweek bonus legal action thank you very much ok now in india the winter wedding season is in full swing a colorful celebrations involve hundreds of guests but there's often a huge amount of food left over and usually it's just thrown away that's where the robin hood army comes in the network of more than twenty thousand volunteers across india is trying to stamp out food waste and hunger are india correspondent followed them on the outskirts of delhi. this is how spends most of her free time ever since she joined the robinhood on like two years ago. the group leftover food from restaurants and distributes it to those who need it

like in this slum on the outskirts of baby. at a mix of students and professionals because it's. not there you know obviously you can't go on to be able to to your so i didn't want people to come and join us in serving and also it nor the fact that there are a lot of things in this world which is nice to do and hunger is. good staying there are you know what. they deserve. the group's busiest period is during india's hectic wedding season with. venues around daily a booked out months in advance extravagant parties and. guest list can run into seven hundred people and they has to be now full of them. almost always vast

quantities and each is and a simply thrown away after the celebrations. tonight was a marketing professional by d. and a fellow robins are invited to the wedding reception. wanted to. see part of it i know the board and mr we have decided. for nitty and. it's going to be a long night if this food left over they're going to make sure it gets to the hundred. it's midnight and the party's over. the robin stick stock of the situation. it's bad. to estimate the school left over five hundred people around eight hundred people were invited to the wedding. that means all hands on board the auditor special night team which is. the food needs to

be distributed before it goes steve. it's past one in the auditory is driving to night shelters in delhi where many people sleep hungry. they don't know we're coming and they would be the best buy that i needed to be after we put the food the men at this night shelter don't seem to mind being pulled out of bed into the cold some are drug addicts and alcoholics others are ill or disabled mostly profit the streets in summer. this school is a lifeline for many who go to sleep hungry remain here who want to go into work it isn't over this board is much more feeling than the cheap speak what i can afford the money i make as a liberal or whatever that for the robins this late night food drive has been well worth the effort but they acknowledge more needs to be done. to find people is not

because i think the number is too much or. i wish it was not. enough to invest because there is a problem but we just wish this problem was not there. until then the robin hood army is staying true to its model taking from the rich and redistributing it to the poor. ok from food waste to efforts to reduce plastic waste monica and this time it's not the robin hood army sue made but the european union it has agreed on a plan to ban single use plastic a major contributor to c waste according to the e.u. commission around twenty six million tonnes of plastic waste and generated every year in the e.u. alone less than thirty percent of which is collected for recycling the ban intends to reduce the amount of plastic waste on land and in the world's oceans the extent of the damage to marine life and the danger to schumann's is only slowly becoming

acknowledged by policymakers the e.u. ban is being looked at as a milestone in the fight to reduce plastic waste. for more on that so i'm joined by max hoffmann our correspondent in brussels mox a milestone is it. it is considered by experts worldwide to be a milestone because it is the first band of its kind as you just mentioned but monica we have to be careful because this has not been officially approved yet the negotiators sat here in brussels for twelve hours they fought over every comma so you can tell it's contentious but if usually the member states still need to approve it and the e.u. parliament still needs to approve it and there have been some changes in this document that might make it a little iffy it most likely will get approved but you never know until the ink is dry and if it does get approved will be by twenty twenty one ok so what we're

looking at well two years from now and will it kick in then like right away from one day to the next at bat. well we don't know we have not seen the fine print yet like i said just came out of that room having negotiated for twelve hours so we'll have to wait and see if that case but given our experience with e.u. legislation usually you have a period over which this can be implemented and which isn't what's important here monica exactly let me let me just ok let me just a second here is that they're just doing that with single use plastic that already has some alternatives for example take those cotton buds some people use to clean their ears by the way doctors say it's bad for you to use that but anyway if you want to use it you already have alternatives with wood and plastic products that don't have alternatives yet for example cigarette butts were taken out of that that

draft that they worked on for twelve hours so they're giving them a break here because they say we don't have enough data to get and there are no alternatives on the market so you can tell that the big companies the big plastic users worldwide did some lobbying behind the scenes this is why i was pushing max and i have to get that question in because what's it mean for the industry do they have to change the whole portfolio from one day to the next. no because of course. this doesn't touch upon all plastic products just some single use plastic products for example the cotton buds but also plates silverware that's not made of silver but of plastic in this case and only for products that are already have alternatives so the official declaration that most companies are we think this is a good plan we're ready to go with it although some of those products probably will get more expensive because plastic after all is a very efficient very cheap material some say also that they're worried about food

safety because plastic is as you know very sterile and it's very light it's easily package it's easily transported but we do know as a bit earlier that some of the heavy hitters behind the scenes try to water to try to water down this proposal and will have to wait until we really see the documents to see how successful they were all right back so from an in brussels thank you so much for that. well and italian economy ministry spokeswoman says that italy of the european union have reached an agreement in their budget battle of the imminent threat of a political crisis within the euro zone bloc brussels had refused to sign off on the budget proposal declaring it in breach of the rules and it initiated moves to force rome to know its deficit target it was the first time in e.u. history budget deficit procedures have been activated last week italy submitted a revised proposal the content of any new agreement will be made public later today

. so does this mean that the eurozone can finally relax as an imminent danger from italy is off the table now let's ask what he bites off an actual market correspondent in france that only has the budget agreement going down where you are . well when you look at the prices in the financial market it seems to be going down well at first glance at least if you look at the ten year attalia bond which is basically representative symbolic also of the type of risk that the markets see and investing in italy that yield is going down and from the market point of view that's good news but the bad news is that the use of the still so high that it's far above what it was before this government took office and i think the people here in the market will want also to hear the details of that agreement with the e.u. commission before they make a final call on how they see it i know that though that there is plenty of

suspicion plenty of fear that the compromise will not be a good one in view to stability policies in the e.u. and in the euro only bots in frankfurt thank you. and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. u.s. backed could the arab forces are close to ousting so-called islamic state fighters from the last urban stronghold in syria just threaten to turkish intervention has put the fight against the extremists in doubt just. as a shock loss for one is legally dustoff month against noting this hold off on tuesday has opened up the title race defending champions by munich can move to within six points off to a lunch with a win over in lights of tonight's. you're watching news live from berlin well coming up at the top of the hour to them.

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