this is news coming to you live from berlin these monic republic of iran turns forty four decades ago the revolution brought the mullahs to power in iran changing the country forever and sending shock waves throughout the region our correspondent is there to give us insight to life in iraq. kurdish forces have launched an attack to finish off the final on a stronghold in syria the terrorist group once controlled territory the size of the u.k. now its so-called caliphate has shrunk to

a towel on the iraqi border. hungary's prime minister viktor orban sets out to fix his country's declining birth rates. and women to have more children and says migration is not. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program iran is marking the fortieth anniversary of its revolution with a parade in the capital tehran today in one nine hundred seventy nine the shah was overthrown and the country was renamed the islamic republic there are we're looking at live pictures now from the capital this morning where president haasan rouhani is set to address thousands of people those living in the country are facing many challenges today partly due to sanctions imposed by the united states. it's which

accuses iran of sponsoring terrorism and trying to build nuclear weapons last year the u.s. pulled out a multilateral nuclear treaty it had signed with iran last month it imposed new sanctions. our correspondent teresa tropper is in tehran with this report on how the latest round of sanctions is affecting. force a nap this pharmacy in southwest to iran is her last home it's open around the clock in this one of the last that still sells important medication. say not looking for paris for her mother who has a life threatening heart condition but even the drugs to fight. never pass upon i mean every time we come here they say we don't have it and way short of medicine so where should we get it from what should we do when you can't even get the most vital heart medication how does this country expect to keep going if this twenty four seven pharmacy doesn't have it normal pharmacies definitely won't have

it. the main reason is u.s. sanctions which retired last november since then the islamic republic has been running short of medicine for heart conditions parkinson's disease and mental illnesses basically almost all medication that is imported from the west including humanitarian goods like medicine is permitted even under u.s. sanctions but harsh banking restrictions and the secondary sanctions prevent many foreign companies from doing business with iran the european union is trying to change that with its trading system in sticks but so far that has not changed anything here. until the exchange mechanism to bypass the sanctions comes into a sect european pharmaceutical companies cannot deliver to the pharmacy around twenty desperate customers come here every day sometimes pharmacists. can offer them iranian medication as an alternative even if. as she says they often have

severe side effects more often she says she has no choice but to send the customers away bailey has some advantages on how neuer time it makes me very sad because that people from my country that just like me. we should be united and help each other so it's a very bad feeling when you're not able to do anything. today she can help saying at least in that this one last remaining box in stock and she can buy twenty pills from it the rest is reserved for other customers. zainab is relieved but also angry angry at the sanctions but also at the ukrainian government. they have to think of solutions for a country it's not possible to live like this medicine is more vital than bread

hunger will not cause death right away but the lack of medicine can cause heart attacks it's worth sending our last carpet for unfortunately we don't even know where to complain we don't know no one does anything for us is caught in the corner . for many iranians the anniversary of the founding of the islamic republic comes with mixed feelings and a sense of helplessness. trouble reporting there from tehran and she joins us now on the line from tehran such research is there a sense in the country given what we just saw in your report that the revolution has not fulfilled its promise. well it's part of the report that among some people are pretty not among the people that are. many feel they don't have what they want to back them independence from the u.s. . but of course people want over from you some less. that's still holding personal

to business and hard to do also with the country facing the greatest economic problems in decades that micro-evolution has yet to fulfill its biggest promise them that's better economically just for everyone to run and we've been looking at some live pictures there from tehran we can see a lot of people already out in the street so this too supposed to be a day of celebration in the country but. yeah it is the biggest political celebration of the is this time of republic for the government and also the shiite clerics that run this country and it's a display of strength for two years after these democratic leaders and they want to so that they can still mobilize the masses and that's the spite of the resistance of government protests and also in spite of the pressure you have thanked them that are crippling the country's economy and so civil servants our kids day school kids that were forced into their own marching from the center of tehran to one that is where the kind of many demonstrations back in ninety nine so the clerics are trying

to rally support what does the people of iran really make of all this so it really isn't through c.s. think about this anniversary of the government as. well most people out here today obvious importance of the revolution there openly displaying their admiration for the told local media and also in the sense of how many to carry pictures with him or them do you think that's people with flecks influence in the iranian college and the people who don't support them that much they just enjoy the day all the time on the economy that yes they would use again everything that's the very happy very all that. the ones that do not agree with want to go buy all. the trade. talk about change and we have seen protests in iran calling for reforms by the government are we expected expect can we expect to see any of those people on the streets are today. no i don't think that saves the day of celebration for

the people that want to feed the public and they haven't one of the audience because that's not a police presence and i have a feeling that. teresa thank you so much for bringing us up today w.'s teresa trial for there in tehran. staying in the region fighters from so-called islamic states stunned the world five years ago by storming across the syrian border and taking control of large parts of iraq now kurdish led forces in syria have launched an attack on the last pocket of territory held by us backed by the us the kurds say the remaining jihadists holed up in the town of bug goods will be defeated within days. the end of the line these people are mainly the families of his state fighters they've escaped but their men are still holding out and beg the group's last stronghold. this woman says she had nothing to

feed her children but grass but she stuck with i guess till the end. these men denied being jihad ists many of those left are foreign fighters from europe and elsewhere who have difficulty blending in with the local population. and this is a bag lose the final front line its fall will be the last nail in the coffin of i s's dream of a caliphate spanning the middle east that dream was a nightmare for the people who had to live under i asked rule in a territory that stretched across syria and iraq the militants now control less than one percent of that. yes imposed an extremely harsh version of sharia islamic religious law wherever it took over it killed men and boys and enslaved women. in recent days

fighting has become fierce again led by the syrian defense forces an alliance of kurds and arabs who've done the lion's share of combat on the ground. they say their own most finished. the. day there are no more militants left. to put their masterminds are still hiding. the time will come for them and will finish them off. but as of today the war with these gangs is over destroying it's good to finish them off we events to our martyrs deaths there is nothing left of the state. it's been a half decade of brutal fighting that's seen entire cities reduced to rubble and i guess still has the ability to wage guerrilla style warfare and launch terror attacks but within days there will be no more territory the group can call its own . so you look now at some of the other stories making headlines today thousands of

protesters in haiti have clashed with police in the fourth straight day of demonstrations against corruption and a collapsing economy protesters lit tires and marched through the streets or to prince raising the pressure on a battle president. easy in the u.s. democratic senator amy klobuchar. has formally entered the twenty twenty presidential race the fifty eight year old politician from minnesota is the most prominent midwestern candidate to announce her presidential bid so far democrats are trying to win back voters in the region that helped put trump in the white house in two thousand and sixteen so she's dealing with some midwestern weather that young girl has been rescued on injured after falling into a panda enclosure in southwest china that's according to state media c.c.t.v. and it says the incident took place at the research base of giant panda breeding in

chengdu the city well known for its giant pandas. oh sure i feel hungry hungry and prime minister viktor orban is trying to find ways to reverse his country's population decline without relying on immigration you know she new tax and loan benefits for the family is that in his state of the nation speech but an increasing number of hungary and some are dissatisfied with this rule there's been a string of anti-government protests in recent months although or by this poll party is still talking opinion. congress opposition is sending a signal they've had enough of victor all bomb as the prime minister addressed citizens in a state of the nation speech anti-government protesters took to the streets to call for change and perswade others to do the same at home he thought there is still

free media there are still free citizens there is facebook live us that you can speak up among your family your friends or your colleagues have. all been used to speech to announce new tax and loan benefits for families aimed at boosting the country's low birth rate without relying on immigration. where you do get the money we are living in times when there are fewer and fewer children born in europe for the west the answer to that challenge his immigration. for every missing child there should be one coming in and then the numbers will be fine. but we do not need numbers we need hungary and children on what you want to get. the benefits include a lifetime personal income tax exemption for women who give birth to and raise at least four children. but protesters a tired of our guns reforms and increased state control the country is sliding

towards dictatorship and we're trying to do something about it however humble our means. for the democracy. we don't want is for gold it is not going he is not a good for europe it is not true he really is not good for him we do you know your rants me and a position parties have another problem they're facing hefty fines from state auditors over can pain spending fines they say are designed to undermine the chances at upcoming local and european elections. let's bring in our correspondent stuff on balls he's in a budapest has been covering the story for us now and so for what is happening with hungary's birthrate to justify the measures just announced by the president. well de earthquake in hungary is really an issue that he's very cold about also because some six hundred thousand ton carians have left in recent years because of cold searing over of course the political climate here as well as low lifting standards

so that is one of the main reasons why i think peacemaking deuce extraordinary moves know whether he will succeed remains to be seen because many han garion still struggle every day to make a living and i'm not sure that will immediately joined the scheme but of course he is hoping dave will do so we scroll misses will really thousands of euros in benefits to people who have city or more children someone aside from offering those tax breaks to boost hungary's birth rate what is viktor orban strategy in europe's upcoming parliamentary elections which he's campaigning now for it seems. absolutely and i think the state of the nation address felt really a start off debt campaign forty european elections in may i think what he's trying to do is sell with some of the policies that he hopes maybe even implemented in all

the countries as well as let us of course he stuff stance on migration at the same time eat hopes to win over voters and also the elections and also i think he wants to take away the attention. real concerns there are knowledge on very about the social issues not only his time elise but also always health care and of course the international concern here today about to crack down on independent media as well as do you disagree for instance so i think that's what he's trying to do but you mentioned the crackdown on media and the judiciary people are many people are very upset about that we've been seeing protests in hungary for months you've been covering them all those protests having any effect. well indeed that's what the opposition is hoping they were protesting also during late in the night even behind me on the breach that has now meanwhile being reopened but yes a day still hold but you'll have to say what i have to say course the issue is

really a will day keep the momentum going the opposition is saying that they fuel to have full force so that they are force to be reckoned with but i have to say debts a department is to nicole bond it's not getting way at the moment briefly if you can stuff us or terry state by prepaying is due to arrive in the hungary and capital dayo what's the purpose of his visit. welder built for self defense it is at the one hand to express the u.s. consumer and about the growing russian influence here all for references. to energy sector as well as. telecommunications but i think what the human rights activists are hoping is that he will race u.s. concerns over the crackdown on media and those issues he will actually also meet human rights activists but we have to wait and see whether he will really pressure prime minister orbán to change his ways and goal to watch the western mainstream

that is still a big question today. thank you very much correspond to stefan boss there in budapest you're welcome. now a disorderly breaks it could cost one hundred thousand german workers their jobs according to a joint study by germany's life in its institute for economic research and the martin luther university the auto industry in germany would be most affected by disport early breaks it is still unclear when or if there will be an agreement hording to news reports british prime minister theresa may will go to parliament to ask for more time to negotiate with the. us music industry celebrated the sixty first annual grammy awards sunday night stars turned out in style in los angeles lady gaga took home three grammy awards including best performance for joanna and best pop duet for the song shallow which

was written for visual media. british pop singer it was named best new artist and others also took big prizes well. more on all the excitement we're joined now by entertainment journalist k.g. matthews in los angeles so a.j. what were the highlights ceremony. well you know early on in the thermal tell you who stole the show former first lady michelle obama i mean everybody stood up they were stunned she was there to a standing ovation and it was just the woman female center tonight at the grammy it was hosted by alicia keys she comes out and she basically caused a three or four other woman on stage with her to talk about how music had influenced them because they were powerful woman she called j. lo she had j.

to pinkett smith and then she also had lady gaga and lady gaga and j. lo talked about how music made them what they were and then michelle obama chimed in as well and i mean tonight was set with that ok sounds sounds exciting indeed a very highlight there but what about controversial moments to the grammys always have some of those for. of course there wouldn't be grammys without controversy right you know the big elephant in the room on sunday night at the grammys was the number of artists either didn't show up or didn't perform you may have heard about already have a grand day decided not to show up she claims that they were trying to stifle her creativity and choose her choosing her song choice so she said she wasn't going to show up she ended up winning and on twitter she posted to the dress that she would have worn to the grammy it was really really hilarious but she she basically didn't show up and she was basically ignoring her creativity storming saying that hey i'm

going to be who i am and if you don't let me come and sing the songs that i want to think i'm not coming at all off till three rappers didn't perform or show up you had drake when you showed up but he didn't perform and then you had shot his name beano and you also had kids rick lamar who said we're not showing up because every year we have rap music is nominated in these large categories like record of the year or album of the year song of the year but they never win and we're tired of it and so there are there are a sort of protesting so they decided not to show up in that living anyway but that's just interesting that they say we want things to change with the grand ok well thanks so much k j k j matthews they're our entertainment correspondent in los angeles thank you. for staying on the entertainment beat the better you know the film festival enters its second week and the movie premiered it's just keep on coming is there to review the latest releases our correspondent i

mean s. if was at the festival to watch the operative a film by is really filmmaker. a spy like an actor must be able to deceive. co-stars d.n. kruger and martin freeman say this help them connect with their characters in the espionage thriller the operative written and directed by israeli filmmaker you've all adler. krueger plays rachel a woman without roots who was recruited by the israeli intelligence agency mossad for a mission in iran. rachel proves to be a valuable asset entrusted with stealing information about iran's nuclear program. but rachel refuses to abandon her humanity creating a weakness in the israeli plot. the operative takes us into the conflict in the

middle east mossad is portrayed as a heartless institution that is willing to sacrifice any number of human lives to achieve its goals and iran where some of the scenes in this film are secretly shot is shown as a country where everyone is forced to keep secrets it is really director adler is adamant that he has not made a political film i wouldn't make a film about iran i wouldn't know how i made a film where iran is a backdrop for some of the stuff in which i can be as precise about it is possible but that i'm not in a position to you know to say something informative about you know the mood in iran or whatever i wouldn't presume to cast member cass anbar a canadian actor with iranian roots plays far hot a businessman caught up in rachel's mission and far echoed his director's objection to framing the film as political. as much as it is set. on a bad job that is politicize the this story is really human story it's about what happens

to people in this world and the operative is not in competition at the bare knowledge but it could still easily win over those who like a solid spy thriller. american skiing gray. lindsey vonn has hung up her skis after nearly twenty years of unparalleled success finishing her career in familiar style with a metal ball and produced a fast clean run to claim brawl in the downhill at the world championships in are a swede i didn't see vaughan on the podium once again parts of bronze winning run in sweden will be the last time fans get to see her cut scenes on the stripes i i receive it all today as always i was so nervous all day just serious things you know i think i wanted more than anything to finish strong.

the thirty four year old american he's calling time on her career after wrecking up an incredible eighty two victories a women's record and second only to sweden is a must stand mark to series of injuries and crashes have taken and that's how my body isn't allowing me to see the way i know that i can you know normally i would say yes i'm disappointed because i know that i can win but i don't know that i can win any more and that's why i'm retiring for maybe famous for overstocked medal case including a little gold but she's also i want to be a fattens off the slopes i would like to be remembered as someone that was more than a ski racer. hopefully to my teammates a good leader. and hopefully to the rest of. the girls of the next generation that. i show them. that nothing is impossible.

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