this is deja vu news line from berlin tensions simmer in northern syria syrian and turkish back forces closing in on a key kurdish town damascus says the kurdish militia requested the regime support will break down the situation also coming up. security is tight in bangladesh ahead of sunday's general election run ins and intimidation mob the campaigning our correspondent reports on voters' hopes and fears as the country decides its future

. and after a senegalese player was subjected to racist abuse at a recent match some holders of italian club not only take a stand against discrimination in football. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program top government officials from russia and turkey have met to discuss their response to the u.s. military pullout in syria the talks also commas turkey has threatened to launch an operation against u.s. backed kodesh forces in the city of man bitch the red areas to the east of man bitch a controlled by the code is forces which turkey sees as a terrorist organization and has vowed to eliminate. mosco and chris say they'll coordinate ground operations in syria despite the fact that they're backing opposing factions in the country's ongoing civil war. a warm

reception for turkish officials in moscow but after the hugs and handshakes the pressing business of shifting alliances in syria washington surprise military withdrawal has reached the deck following their talks moscow an anchor represented a united front. to consume it today we have reached an understanding on how the russian and turkish military representatives on the ground will continue to coordinate their actions under these new circumstances with an aim and to a bad akkad the terrorist threat in syria with the local church in this community based interest groups. but one likely point of contention the northern syrian city of man bridge controlled by kurdish forces of use them as a terrorist threat turkish television broadcasting these images of a convoy moving into position for a possible offensive on man bench. the kurds meanwhile requesting and receiving

help from syrian government forces backed by russia. a potentially explosive situation says one local expert out of court to the fight over money could lead to an uncontrollable military escalation it's not just about turkey and the kurds there is a much larger conflict in the background that between international powers which use syria for their own means namely turkey and russia off. as tensions mount the people of man bench have little choice but to wait and see how the interests of these international powers play out. well let's have a closer look at the situation in syria with four he joins me from beirut and jill the syrian government has sent troops to man bitch just as turkish backed syrian opposition forces are also moving into position why is the city so important but

it's important because the syrian kurds have wanted a contiguous territory from kabbani all the way to offer in which borders turkey because they wanted independence or at least autonomy just on the lines of what the iraqi kurds have and mum beaches in the middle of this territory now they've lost up and now they've lost mamby despair this is a problem for the darks because the turks do not want a kurdish military force to be strong on their border because they see them as terrorists within turkey there are such lists girlish forces there are there is a group called the which. are the same so they don't want to seem to be entity a bigger part of to be strong on their border this is that as a security threat. right and today russian and turkish ministers stressed the things that they both want and said that they work together but they've got very different agendas in syria there will always have very different agendas but they were also found ways to corporate you've seen that and do mine who also is live so

it seems that even this time around they are figuring out a way as to how to give turkey what it what it wants and russia trying to figure out how to keep syria. united nation as a naacp's separate parts so when the turkish foreign minister says that really fighting terrorists he doesn't mean isis really he means the white niji now they've not shared the d.d. is a particularly dealing with the kurdish forces on the ground yet but it seems that they're working on some sort of understanding. for u.s. troops haven't even left yet now looks like syria's already in the process of being carved up by outside powers what's this going to do for the region. you know there's always been the fear that after the war when the war finally ends will syria. be all cocked up will it be divided we see that in the north of syria which for the stocky you've got on the ground although the areas are still being controlled by the bad city and rebels such as in. and out bob so

there's a bit about what would happen in these areas where there is another theory that possibly would be divided although different countries by proxy will call shots in these areas although with a medical now leaving it appears that the east it has like rock another city in government and the kurdish forces that will crack some sort of an understanding it may not be autonomy for the kurds but something which allows that area to be a part of the united syria but give the kurds a little bit more power but these details as they get to come and show before in beirut thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world opposition candidates in sunday's presidential election in the democratic republic of congo have reportedly rejected a peace pledge for after the vote they said the country's election commission had refused to make changes they wanted to the text tensions are high ahead of the election that has been delayed it's no more than two years. egypt says its security

forces have killed forty suspected terrorists a day after a roadside bombing killed four people aboard a vietnamese tourist bus the interior ministry released photographs of the dead suspects it said they were killed in three separate raids in giza and north sinai and that they planned a series of attacks in the united arab emirates four people have died after their helicopter crash crashed them some tourists caught the accident on video the chopper came down near the world's longest zip line and you tourist attraction near the country's highest mountain. italy's parliament has approved a revised twenty nineteen budget that reduces deficit spending not what the country's populace government and initially wanted in october the european commission rejected the country's proposed budget for exceeding the rose on deficit emits opposition lawmakers complained the new budget was dictated by brussels and

rammed through without debate. when tensions are running high in bangladesh as the country prepares for general elections on sunday prime minister shaikh has saina is seeking her third consecutive term in office and her fourth overall the opposition says thousands of their supporters have been arrested by all therapies and accuse the ruling awhile me league of blocking a fair vote at least ten people have been killed and thousands injured in pre-election violence correspondent is in the bangladeshi capital and sent us this report. heavy security on the streets of dhaka ahead of sunday's palace officials say they've deployed about six hundred peasant police soldiers and other forces throughout bangladesh plus voters we spoke to in the capital were hopeful the poll would pass off without any major hitches. and you know very excited

my friends and i are first time voters. expect a fair and free election which was to show i expect that everyone is able to vote freely and will cast their vote peacefully but it i mean she actually the run up to the palace has been marred by deadly violence between supporters of the governing awami league and the opposition now on the eve of the election the telecoms regulator has ordered the shut down of high speed mobile internet it says it wants to prevent the spread of rumors and propaganda which could lead to more violence. i'm sure at one. of the six thousand polling centers in dakar and there are at least forty thousand polling centers all over the country now let me take you through some numbers that are crucial to this election this particular center isn't easy i am sent out the electronic voting machine will be used here this is the

first time that in bangladesh national elections that even am is being used. the machines have proved controversial in the run up to the ballots so they're being trialled in just six constituencies across the country the electoral commission said they would help prevent vote rigging but the opposition was skeptical saying they could open the gate to digital corruption. other constituencies will use paper ballots both the opposition and the awami league have called on their supporters to remain at polling stations to prevent fraud until all the votes are counted. but as to some sports news now an italian football club into will play their next team home matches in an empty stadium after the player. was subjected to racial abuse in milan earlier this week it was the latest in a series of incidents in italian football with authorities struggling to eradicate

the problem in the absence of an effective official solution some fans a taking it upon themselves to show racism the red cond. coulibaly has known italian food to be its worst today napoli from showed their play upright to sorry with their support. ahead of their three two victory over blown year on saturday a group of supporters distributed ten thousand flyers declaring solidarity with their defender it comes after coulibaly was racially abused by internets are not only friends in milan on wednesday. after the game napoli coach carlo and she lost a few officials for failing to take action. but he was racially abused for the whole match. we asked the authorities to intervene that only announcements were made that this will end on tear they didn't temporarily suspend the match as we had requested that one of the party and that's i think would have been the right thing to do.

while officials and or thora t. struggle and fail to deal with the problem grassroots activities by fans offer a more inspiring example. we're a group of friends when we come to the stadium we are passionate and this is unthinkable for us and it always happens wherever we travel with napoli these incidents shame italy shame everybody if you don't know what i mean. italian football grounds are a long way from finally being free of racism but supporter initiatives like this one show that progress can be made. when triathlete patrick lang is a record breaking iron man and germany's sportsman of the year but he isn't satisfied with his back to back world championship titles langer spoke today w. about his plans for twenty nine tain and his one very clear goal of picking up more

gold. patrick lang is enjoying a well deserved break from his hectic training schedule but the iron man world champion has hardly had a moment's rest receiving praise for his achievement and even an award as germany's sportsman of the year needed to get used to it so needed to learn to handle the situation but now i gain a lot of positive energy from it and plenty of energy is what he had when he won the r. and man world championship in hawaii and swam nearly four kilometers in the pacific ocean cycled almost two hundred kilometers. and then run a marathon the german triathlete defended his world title and broke the course record in the process. i always said i want to win. is my biggest goal and i want to achieve to defend my title and win again and

really really happy to achieve that goal and if winning the world championship wasn't enough the question to his girlfriend yulia after crossing the finish line she said yes by the way i have. the picture of the. proposed as the winner. that picture is in my mind i was really gaining a lot of power and out of moderation out of it and his hunger for titles hasn't been satisfied with hoping to pick up even more silverware if i'm lucky enough to take a third or fourth when and line up with the greatest and i always thought that what drives me at the moment the most. clearly even in his free time patrick lang as dr remains own way is focused on winning the twenty nineteen world championship. and just a reminder of the top story we're following for you russia and turkey have met to

discuss their response to the u.s. military pull out in syria moscow and caressed say they'll coordinate ground operations turkey has threatened to move against u.s. backed kurdish forces in the city of man bitch. you're watching daily news from berlin and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website that's. tricky. question your seat belts. to go. look at. a. travel guide to w.