hard to open. a. hard documentary starts in january thirteenth w. . this is d.w. news law i have a problem but i live in the syrian military and as a key kurdish held town to prevent a tough talk a syrian and turkish backed forces close in the flashpoint town of mann bridge is bracing for an assault on the syrian government says kurdish forces requested that supporters. also coming up egypt says its security forces have killed forty

suspected terrorists stops a day off for a deadly attack on tourists near one of the country's most popular attractions. and with tens of thousands made homeless by indonesia's tsunami disaster d.w. meets one volunteer to take up part to help those in need of. a minute and then thanks so much for joining me. there's a new twist and a new alliance in syria with president bashar al assad's military now offering support to the kurds in the north syria's military says it has entered the strategic town of man big whether kurdish militia is bracing for a military assault by turkey the syrian government says kurdish forces requested

help after the u.s. announced it would withdraw all its soldiers from syria but there is doubt where the syrian troops have actually arrived and man bridge video taken on friday shows an empty city with syrian troops nowhere in sight. and for the latest from syria let's cross now to deal and shall vora who joins me from beirut high and child as serious as it has entered man bridge but there are conflicting reports about the troops location and whether they even marital what are your sources telling you well the syrian government has officially said that they were forced to the flag in mum because they have not yet said exactly where they are and how many numbers of the present people on the ground that i've been talking to very clearly see that they have not seen any city in boots on the ground yet but they are aware of the city of soldiers in the outskirts so yes they're obviously to do pull ups and they seem to be correct the syrian government has said that they will be going to munge

and that perhaps some of them are there but in large numbers at the moment syrian soldiers are not present in melbourne beach remember the americans have said they will be leaving the pope's body have not left and the and then k'naan who says that able to confirm that the syrian soldiers i'm not present in mom bitch on the ground didn't use numbers just yet. why did the kurds off the syrian troops to move into what did they want. she does far they have the support of the americans on the ground and because they could be used there they could use their presence as leverage to get some political goals achieved if not contiguous territory along the border with turkey then just autonomy which is a stated goal of the s.d.f. of which the white b.z. which is a kurdish force is a part of but when the americans said they would be leaving they haven't yet left but they've said that they will then the kurds need to lose that leverage and turkey says they will be attacking my bit because study doesn't want this thread on

their border so who are the left with the kurds then reach out to the city in government and if you see the kurds had contemplated this to them and. out seventy two years of sit in conflict that meant in some sort of a tacit understanding the us out of us as we do you mention turkey what is turkey ultimately hoping to achieve from this situation. well turkey's national interests in the city and war if one thing can be said that is the threat that the get from the kurdish forces on the border now there are kurds in turkey. turkey feels that if the kurds on the to border with so the are a strong militarily and that presents a problem of secessionism within turkey a pretty things the kurdish forces are in turkey they called in syria they call white b.g. but turkey believes them to be one this in think so turkey does not want the kurds to be strong on its border and what essentially to control in this conversation

with take place today between and got on moscow is that the kurds are not in mom and not in north of syria and south of turkey and get out that this is a conversation that will be taking place later today and help for reporting for us from beirut thanks so much. all star season egypt say police have killed forty suspected terrorists following a deadly attack on tourists near the giza pyramids the interior ministry said three raids were carried out simple tenuously in gaza and militants in i where the government is fighting an insurgency the targeted militants were allegedly planning further attacks on key sites the crackdown comes less than twenty four hours after three vietnamese tourists on the local guide were killed by a roadside bomb. a vietnamese tourists were on their way to a light and sound show with the pyramids of giza instead they were struck by a deadly blast three of the fourteen tourists on the bus were reported killed

another eleven were injured including the driver the group's egyptian guide was also killed. i was in a minibus returning from work and we heard a big noise and thought a car had fallen off the bridge. after that we saw people and taxi drivers running in saying that a bus was hit. with security forces descending on the smashed bus investigators from the scene said the bomb was an improvised device hidden next to a wall along the road which went off as the bus drove by egyptian officials noted the bus had deviated from a more secure route a claim the driver denied in local media the tourism industry vital for the country's economy has been struggling to recover from gears of high profile terrorist attacks that have scared off isidore's yesterday's bomb attack broke a period of relative calm that had seen a tenuous uptick in tourism officials were quick to try to contain the potential

wider damage. sometimes attacks such as this one can occur. it may even happen again in the future. and there isn't a country in the world we can say is one hundred percent safe. haven to be with me and. egypt's government has pledged to find those behind the attack which no one has does far claimed responsibility for. tens of millions of votes as in the south asian nation of bangladesh to go to the polls prime minister sheikh hasina is seeking a record fourth term the opposition says the election won't be free and fair with thousands of it supports is in jail as a heavy security presence on the streets the electoral commission says this will prevent violence during the voting as ballots are distributed or thorazine is have also ordered the shut down of high speed mobile internet in addition to existing

restrictions on the internet he. is well sent us this from the bangladeshi capital dhaka people over here are concerned the primary concern that expressing that by many hope they're expressing is that they want the elections tomorrow to be peaceful they want to be able to go and what supporters of the ruling party fear that the secrecy not government has brought to development and should begin. another five year term to continue will display your development how ever the opposition party the bong this nationalist party is claiming the discover moment is actually denouncing is actually bringing down democracy in the country and that bringing them to part would actually promote free speech and encourage democracy in bangladesh tomorrow what we will be waiting and watching is how free and fair this election is is there truly a level playing field the opposition does not believe so but the ruling party believes that with another dominant they can bring bangladesh from the sprit of development in the last ten years to a whole new level. let's have

a look at some of the other stories making news around the world moscow and london have agreed to let some diplomatic staff return to the embassies after they were expelled earlier this year person told twenty three russian diplomats to leave after accusing moscow of a nerve agent attack in england in march russia denied the charge and retaliated by expelling british diplomats. a strong earthquake has shaken the southern philippines the magnitude seven tremor struck southeast of mindanao island a tsunami warning was issued but later lifted the quake shook buildings and cities some two hundred kilometers from the epicenter so far no casualties or major damage has been reported. in indonesia the search continues for any more survivors of last week's tsunami that killed more than four hundred people thousands of gathered for mass prayers in the disaster zone a service pay tribute to the tsunami victims the survivors also praying for the

safety in the future meanwhile an army of volunteers is doing what it can to help both those who survived the tsunami as well as the search teams of course up with one woman is making a difference is doing the most basic equipment. in disaster zones people don't just save my ass with spades and bulldozes. equipped with pots pans and spatulas the volunteer cooks at this field kitchen also hugely important for survivors say because you need a woman who worked here every day from five in the morning to eight in the evening . so i can get with the other women because we can cook faster and better than the men i can't just stay at home it's a calling for me to help our friends. when the tsunami crashed into coastal villages of western java yeah here's why first made sure her family was safe. then

she immediately set to help others. and although my family was not affected by the tsunami some of our friends and neighbors were i consider them a part of my family too. volunteers are busy working in this twenty four hour field kitchen where meals of chick and noodles fish and vegetables are being closed for those who have been affected by the tsunami this particular field kitchen serves about two thousand five hundred to three thousand evacuees a day for them have lost so much in the tsunami a hot homemade meal provides a world of comfort but they also cook meals for rescuers like these gentlemen behind me they've just come back from a search and rescue operation and they tell us that it takes a lot of work a lot of energy to do what they do and it makes them feel good to know that someone

is cooking for them. when. they hunt is the monthly that although all i can do is give my time and energy it makes me happy to know that i am helping those who need . help with going to the mountain. in the last week and the towns and villages of west java literally torn apart by the waves but that has only brought the community here closer together for some people helping is a way of healing. china's harbin ice festival has become one of the winter most spectacular visual events preparations are in full swing ahead of the festival's opening next week we have this behind the scenes look at where the ice comes from before it's sculpted into breathtaking landscapes. men pulling their special sawing machine onto the frozen song while river behind them you can just make out the skyline of the northern chinese megacity harbin at minus thirteen

degrees celsius the diesel engine takes a while to get warm and then the men get to work here. harder to cut away the ice here and we've built this machine ourselves we could. cut by cut they saw the frozen river into a chessboard pattern. the river is the lifeline of harbin city and in the winter the source of the construction material for a city of ice. this is what it will look like when it's finished the famous ice festival will open soon hundreds of thousands of visitors will come to have fun in the cold as they marvel the elaborate ice structures. but first comes the hard work the ice has to be lifted out of the river a block of ice can weigh up to one thousand kilos in the few weeks before the

festival begins they pull thousands of ice blocks out of the river. to rock and ice and not make you tired so i had to get up at three o'clock in the morning i go home at five pm one by one we have to remove thousands of oss blocks the workers are farmers most of the year but here they can earn thirty to forty euros per day but it is so cold on this ice that they have to always remain in motion if you stand still you freeze. a stream of trucks bring the ice here to the nearby festival grounds it is a giant construction site ten thousand workers are working around the clock here they have to finish on time these men are working on the main attraction. when they finish it will be an ice tower that stands forty meters tall. the few who come here to lobotomise you don't know when they're finished it will

be beautiful to look at that's why we're working so hard to remember that. soon hordes of tourists will come to see the magical frozen city in the north of china an ice city that's bound to melt some hearts. it's full phrasing you're watching the daily news from berlin i'll be back with more news from around the world of the balance of getting with a look at a website. called thanks so much for joining us. sometimes books are more exciting than a real life. prairie terrain. of. course there's no escape. ritualised. current must treat. a news analyst to she's the one

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