this is the w. news live from berlin berlin moves to make it easier for foreigners to get jobs in germany a proposed law will simplify the process for recognizing qualifications and consultations earned outside the e.u. in a bid to kill more than a million jobs they. also coming up to us back to kurdish and arab forces are close to ousting islamic state from a glass or urban stronghold in syria but have threatened to turkish intervention is putting victory in doubt. and a shock defeat for the bundesliga top team dortmund at the hands of

a promoted side. the lighting home fans by putting a dent in dortmund armor that disrupt fourpence transfers of winning the league. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us chance i'm going michael's government has approved is due to approve rather 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 this proposed law would simplify the process for recognizing professional organization training degrees who have earned their degrees abroad now it would also eliminate the requirement that employers have to check whether german nationals are also available to fill the vacancy and that would allow qualified non e.u. nationals who speak germany a german rather to live in the country while. they look for work well let's get the

latest on the story with the huns bronte is following it for us and he joins us from our parliamentary studios hi hans good to see you can you give us an idea of the difficulties that german companies face when it comes to finding skilled workers. well there's two aspects to this on the one hand various a growing german economy the economy has been growing for a number of years now so that creates additional jobs on the other hand there are a large number of people of a certain age of retirement age that are likely to retire within the next few years both of these aspects lead to a need for replacement jobs for them for a place and people to fill these jobs especially in branches such and for such as information technology but also in the german engineering industry and also in hospitals and in care for the aged and so on so there's a very large need. at the moment it's very difficult to fill these positions although germany has had some experience in recent years because of the large

number of migrants that have come into the country with integrating you know foreigners from outside the european union into the job market you know as it does raise questions about asylum seekers migrants who have been denied refugee status if they should be allowed to stay in the country and work if they have an employer . does are back i actually met and iraqi who has skills and wants to use them here in germany let's take a look. 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 hear 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 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 or european has to do it then the whole process was a waste of time because in the moment germany needs immigrants otherwise it's 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 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 companies in the north and if 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 and from a business perspective it would also personally like some of those one of your. 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'll spend months a bit and to complete my training and get a job and stay here in germany and that would make me really happy and satisfied to most. severe than one can notice until he knows he's boss he's

hoping things will get simpler within you know so he can keep his specialists and employ new ones that's about. right let's bring back our political correspondent hans from you know hans i want to ask you about fear us we saw just there in our report does this legislation mean that people like him will find it easier to stay here in the future the answer is basically yes although we don't know exact details yet what the regulations are going to be to make it possible for someone like him to stay that's been one of the most heated debates in this discussion about about migration and allowing skilled workers and there are many conservative politicians who say that it should in fact not be possible for someone to enter the country illegally or on the pretext of applying for asylum then being denied asylum but finding a job in the meanwhile and in such a way managing actually to stay in germany but the fact is that germany doesn't

need these workers and some sort of compromise formula has been followed so that these people will in fact be able to stay on so why is the issue of migration so politically controversial here in germany. it has been controversial almost well for twenty twenty five years and the reason is that the concept of in other words anglo-american christian democratic union the governing party or one of the governing parties they have always said that germany should not turn into a classic country of immigration in other words a country like the united states or canada or australia that puts a lot of effort into finding qualified people getting them to move to their country they did what they wanted to retain germany as a kind of german country wanted to retain german identity in some sense but they have been overtaken basically by the realities in germany and in the world today even today many people in germany something like thirty or forty percent have some

kind of foreign background and indeed the need in the german economy is so great now that even the conservatives can no longer deny these realities i did have you times brand covering this story for us hans thank you very much. now to some other stories making news around the world the european union has agreed on a plan to ban single use plastics the ban is expected to come into effect in two years' time it intends to reduce the amount of plastic waste on land and in the world's oceans the measure still must be approved by e.u. member countries and the european parliament. belgium's prime minister sharon mischa 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's go to the polls in a runoff between two political heavyweights marc ravalomanana and undergraduate lino

have both been president and are long standing political rivals if the result is tight observers fear a contested election might plunge madagascar into political crisis. luxury brand prada has withdrawn a line of accessories over complaints of racist blackface imagery a facebook post show the figures in a new york shop went viral last week in a statement prada said we have who are all forms of racism 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.s. made up of kurdish and arab fighters have captured the town of hygiene and are now in the process of clearing out islamist fighters hygene lies in the valley of the euphrates river close to the border with iraq it was a final urban stronghold of the jihadist militia which once controlled substantial

territory in syria and iraq but as the mainly kurdish inches closer to final victory over ah yes turkey is threatening to launch an assault against the kurds further north reporter danny and 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 in regard battle on the banks of the euphrates. used does as human shields so the warplanes can't attack from the sky. planted mines everywhere and they don't want to let anyone escape. their 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 ass 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 hygiene 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. on the american backed s.t.'s he's 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 help yes 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 and i ask

control not everyone has been able to flee thousands are still trapped in the last pocket of highest territory. sports now and bundesliga leaders bursa dortmund has suffered their first ascent of the season in a shock two one loss at this of dos the result throws the title race open and gives just another big boost in their battle to avoid relegation. it was pats on the back all round between these players with dusseldorf and don't mind on good form going into this one marco royce 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 a defense splitting pass back you know with the coolest of finishes one nil to the

hosts three goals against paul and now one against dortmund look above here is certainly isn't scared of the big boys. and the home side double dare late in style early in the second half. he joins them a unleashing eye for russia strike to make it two nil with the clock ticking it was time for adult men to send on the big guns and it paid off in sanchez with a ball to lukas piss check. with the finish in the a.t.f. minutes desolating 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 held on to record a famous victory back to back bonus league a win for the promoted side for cheered on flying high.

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