just start figuring t w. this is d w news coming to you live from berlin the islamic republic of iran turns forty thousands of people are out on the streets marking the anniversary with a parade but how much is there to celebrate forty years on from when the us came to power we asked what impact u.s. sanctions are having on iraq. kurdish led forces have launched an attack to finish off the final stronghold in syria the terrorist group once controlled territory the

size of the u.k. now its so-called caliphate has shrunk to a child on the iraqi border. plus hungary's prime minister viktor orban sets out to fix the country's declining birth rates he wants hungary and women to have more children and says migration is no b.s. . and as berlin's international film festival enters its second week we take a look at an espionage thriller starring tom kruger some scenes were shot in secret in iran but israeli director you both look insists his film is no political our correspondent tells the red carpet. hello i'm terry marchant good to have you with us everyone is marking the fortieth anniversary of the. 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 these are live pictures from the capital this morning where president hassan rouhani will address thousands of people iranians are facing many challenges today partly due to sanctions imposed by the united states in our next report we take a look at how events unfolded back in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine. was the winter of nine hundred seventy seven u.s. president jimmy carter visiting shah of iran called the country and island of stability in the middle east within a year however the shah would be deposed in a revolution. small protest had already broken out by the end of nine hundred seventy seven protests against the shah's modernization program and he's increasingly tarion rule. bought in september and nine hundred seventy eight those

protests became mass demonstrations workers strikes and riots. many iranians who joined the op rising were fighting back against what they saw as an attempt to westernize and secure arise the country. others were calling for socialism and some were simply angered over the abuses of the shah's secret police . amid the my him one opposition figure emerged as a leader from his exile in front's hardline shiite cleric ayatollah khomeini. with public disapproval at a fever pitch the shah left iran for egypt. mean on february first nine hundred seventy nine for many returned to iran welcome to by a crowd of millions. it was a turning point in the country's history just two months later following

a referendum khomeini had proclaimed the islamic republic of iran. in just one year the country had transformed from a constitutional monarchy to a theocracy. but that was not the end of the instability and turmoil later that he a student revolutionaries took fifty two americans hostage inside the u.s. embassy in tehran. the chewing process ended diplomatic ties between the two countries sitting stage for a broader conflict in the middle east in which iran continues to play a dominant role. forty years after the islamic revolution ayatollah khamenei remains a hero for many iranians but for others the revolution's legacy has been repression censorship and stagnation. let's bring in our correspondent theresa

tropper she is in the iranian capital tehran tracer forty years have passed now since the revolution began do ordinary iranians feel that the revolution has by and large fulfilled its promise. well they're the people. you know on this region for years and they do it with the borders of the hardliners unlike many conservatives here they see is that they now have what they want to back them like independence from the u.s. and i'm not a catholic of course people with more reformist views are less at least they're still hoping for more personal freedom so that's something president rouhani promised them in the past election and something that you haven't been able to deliver so far and ordinary iranians are also of course suffering from the sanctions a lot so with the country facing the greatest economic problem for decades the islamic revolution has yet to fulfill its biggest that was better economic of this everyone you. can we're still looking at some live pictures now from iran are

seeing people waving flags there's a big parade going on and this is being celebrated as a very big event for the country at least officially what to expect there in tehran today. for the celebration. mid-level public that's what the government doesn't she actually a risk that from this country and their supporters to the player. forty years after the islamic revolution they wanted so that they can still mobilize the muslim side of the reasons of the government so this then is by the press the best that are crippling the country's economy so in a symbolic march today civil servants schoolchildren grandparents walk from the center of the capital tehran onto revolution square and then to walk down the embassy that's freedom square the site of many demonstrations back then in ninety seven tonight and even with the weather cold and rainy sunday there are thousands of people out in the cities. and the clerics in the country hold the real power what about the ordinary people once again we have seen some protests in the past

all the people in iran as enthusiastic about this anniversary as their governments and the clerics. for not all of them of course the islamic republic is split in like two sides mainly one of the few support. the finest moment for me and success of the present distributed company and that's the people out here is this is a dam project showing off in the photos of them and carrying flags and of course they are the user chants of death to america in the second that's aimed at the america as the strange and they spent not as the american people but of course many other people here in iran a very unhappy with the current situation and mainly the effect of sanctions on the days i have so but these people are not out here in the streets today. appears that support for the islamic republic remains strong so one general rule remains to be true. to be true the bigger the confrontation with the u.s.

the bigger the support for hotline a few. trees and thank you for bringing us up to date they did obvious to research in tehran u.s. backed forces in syria say they're within hours of taking control of the last stronghold of so-called islamic state the kurdish led offensive is focused on the town of bog gurus near the border with iraq the last small pocket of territory held by the jihad ists in recent weeks thousands of civilians have left the area. the end of the line these people are mainly the families of islamic state fighters they've escaped but the men are still holding out in buckles the group's last stronghold of chun 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 jihadists many of those left are foreign fighters from europe and elsewhere who have difficulty

blending in with the local population. this is because the final front line it's for could be the last nail in the coffin of the stream of the caliphate spanning the middle east. that dream was a nightmare for the people who had to live under i.i.s. rule in a territory that stretched across syria and iraq the militants now control less than one percent of that. i asked impose an extremely harsh version of sharia islamic religious law killing men and boys and slaving women in recent days fighting has become fierce again let by the syrian defense forces an alliance of kurds and arabs have done the lion's share of combat on the ground they say they've almost succeeded. you're going to believe. there are no more militants left. to put their masterminds are still hiding. the time will come for them will finish

them off. but as of today the war with these gangs is over truly it's good to finish them off we are martyrs deaths there is nothing left with us that. it's been half a decade of brutal fighting that's an anti a city is reduced to rubble and i guess still has the ability to wage guerrilla style warfare and launch terror attacks. but within days the group could have name altera trait to call it's on. a 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 like tires marched through the streets capital port au prince raising the pressure on embattled president joe but now we see.

in the united states democratic senator amy klobuchar shar has formally entered the twenty twenty presidential race fifty eight year old politician from minnesota is the most prominent midwestern candidate to announce her presidential bid so far the democrats are trying to win back voters in the region that helped put donald trump in the white house and twenty six twenty three very snowy right here in the u.s. has presented a draft resolution to the u.n. security council calling for a deliveries for venezuela to be allowed across the border from colombia and for fresh elections to be held that immediately triggered a counter proposal from russia which supports venezuela's in battle president nicolas maduro. hungary and prime minister viktor orban is trying to find ways to reverse the country's population decline without relying on

immigration in a new tax and loan benefits for calm leaves on his state during his state of the union state of the nation speech rather but an increasing number of hunger areas are dissatisfied with hormones rule there's been a string of anti-government protests in recent months although oregon's party is still talking opinion polls. congress a position 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 you have that you can speak up among your family your friends or your colleagues. will 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 feeling we are living in times when there are fewer and fewer children born in europe for the west the answer to that challenge is 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 of hungary and children and what you want to take 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 oregon's reforms and increased state control the country is sliding towards dictatorship and we're trying to do something about it however humble or means. democracy. is not the link is not good for europe it is not really real it's not even for immediate governments. and

opposition parties have another problem they're facing hefty fines from state auditors over complained 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 budapest has been covering the story for us now so far 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 so i'm six hundred thousand ton gary and have left in recent years because. of course the political climate here as well as low lifting standards and so that is one of the main reasons why i think he's making these extraordinary moves now whether he will succeed at the remains to be seen because many hungry and still struggle every day to make

a living and i'm not sure that the audience will immediately join the scheme of course he's 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 the 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 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 the full force he's tough stance on migration at the same time he hopes to win over voters. and also i think he wants to take away the attention. real cold sewer store our knowledge on very about the social issues

not only with families but also with health care and of course the international concern here today about the crackdown on independent media as well as do you do 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 eason behind me on the breach that has now meanwhile being reopened but yes the 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 that day fuel to have fought for so that they are force to be reckoned with but i have to say debts

and the prime minister nicole bond is not getting way at the moment briefly if you can tell us or to restate my co-pay is due to arrive in the hungary and capital day what's the purpose of his visit each weld apparel for self defense it is said 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 eagle race u.s. so-called super it's all for to crack down 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 a phone thank you very much corresponds to one boss there in budapest you're welcome. a disorderly breaks it could cost one hundred thousand german workers

their jobs according to a joint study by germany's lived in since two freakonomics research and martin luther university the auto industry in germany would be most affected by a disorderly writes it it's still unclear when or if there will be print according to news reports british prime minister theresa may will go to parliament to ask for more time to negotiate with the european union. the u.s. music industry celebrated its sixty first's sixty first annual grammy awards sunday night and stars turned out in style in los angeles lady gaga took home three grammy awards including best top performance for joanne and best pop to bet for the song shallow which was written for visual media. british pop singer to do what was named best new artist year when women took center stage at the ceremony.

and 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 where you know early on in the thermo ne i'll 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 centered night at the grammy is it was hosted by elise he's she comes out and he basically calls up three or four other women 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 pekin 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 sick citing indeed

a very highlight there but what about controversial moments to the grammys always have some of that is fear. 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 ariana grande they 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 frenzy it was really really hilarious but she did she basically didn't show up and she was basically storing 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 the top three rappers didn't perform or show up you had drake won you showed up but he didn't perform and 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 they're there are 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 thanks so much caging k.j. matthews there our entertainment correspondent in los angeles staying on the entertainment beat the belly not a film festival enters its second week and the movie premiers just keep on coming c.w. is there to review the latest releases our correspondent i mean as if was at the festival to watch the operative a film by is really filmmaker out there. for. a spy like an actor must be able to deceive. co-stars dnd

krueger 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. 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 were 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 and we try to be as precise about it as 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 would presume because cast member cast anbar a canadian actor with iranian roots plays farhadi 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 backdrop 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. in

soccer news vetter braman have been set in celebration mode this week marking the one hundred twentieth anniversary since the club's foundation they continued the party into their match against war recording their biggest bonus legal win of the season. the good fives are back in braman and visiting alex berg were given no rest but straight from the whistle me look put the hosts ahead after just eight minutes with this piece of individual brilliance. hausberg struggled to deal with grim ins ruthless intensity you had a second stine smashed home the second perfect hit to leave keeper grego could pull stranded. just a minutes later braman strained forward again. outfox restocked said and called home. a stunning strike and braman were throwing a lot heading into half time. after the break braman took their foot off the gas

but still remained dominant substitute kevin moved out rounding off the four nail victory in the eighty third minutes. happy days for vertebrae men as they celebrated their anniversary wake in style. sunday's other match saw disorder take on should guard had a battle of two sides who were fighting relegation at half time it was already one nil to distil door and within four minutes of the restart all of us being had doubled their lead that was the team captains first goal of the season and late in the much and he told sealed the victory three nil for those of us there it when it ends and getting. so let's take a look now at the weekend. results to see how they've affected the bonus league standings rusia dortmund's lead has been cut to five points by munich where the

only side in the top five to get a win laver couzens victory on friday sees them move into the european places at the other end desoto for up to twelfth their best position this season had ever climbed off the bottom by beating fellow strugglers norm. and just for go remind of the top stories we're following for you here today on the w. news today marks the fortieth anniversary of the revolution that brought regime change in iran a day of celebration has begun in tehran even as ordinary iranians are feeling the effects of the latest row you must. be covering the day for you on the ground and u.s. back forces in syria say they're within hours of taking control of the last stronghold of the so-called islamic state defensive is focused on the town of goo's fears that if border with iraq in recent weeks thousands of civilians have left the area.

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