this is t 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 mullahs came to power we ask what impact u.s. sanctions for having. us backed forces in syria say they're within hours of taking

control of the last stronghold of so-called islamic state terrorist groups once controlled territory the size of the u.k. now that shrunk to a village on the iraqi border. and the president's international film festival and espionage thriller starring diane kruger some scenes were shot secretly in the red but israeli director. insists his film is not political our correspondent has told the red carpet action. also coming up in the show we'll look back over a thrilling weekend in the book this league of our experts will be here with the highlights from our stay till the gold. glowing tourney marchin thanks for joining us iraq is. marking the fortieth

anniversary of the islamic revolution tens of thousands of people have already turned out in the capital to take part in a parade or president haasan rouhani will address the thousands of people there iranians are facing many challenges partly due to sanctions imposed by the united states we'll hear from our correspondent in a moment but first here's how events unfolded when the shawl was overthrown forty years ago. it was the winter of nine hundred seventy seven u.s. president jimmy carter visiting the shah of iran cold 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 authoritarian rule. but in september nine hundred seventy eight those

protests became mass demonstrations workers strikes and riots. many iranians who joined the uprising were fighting back against what they saw as an attempt to westernize and secure a rise 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 agent. lane on the february first nine hundred seventy nine khomeini 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 many 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 ensuring crisis 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. for those of revolution legacy has seen repression censorship and stagnation. let's bring in our correspondents raissa trial for she is in the iranian capital tehran teresa forty years have passed now since the

revolution began to ordinary iranians feel that the revolution has by and large fulfilled its promise. well the people out here on these regions are yours and they do with hordes of the hardliners unlike many conservatives here they see is that they now have what they want a second like independent from the us public of course people with more reformist use are less than so 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 also of course suffering from the sanctions a lot so what the country facing the greatest economic problem for decades the islamic revolution has yet to fulfill its biggest. better economic abyss after what 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. as the fuel for the celebration. the police that's what the government doesn't she actually a risk that from this country and their supporters it's the player. forty years after the islamic revolution they wanted so that they can still mobilize the modern side of the reason that the government saw this genocide oppressed the fact that our crippling the country's economy so in a symbolic march today civil servants school children grandparents far from the center of the capital to run on to revolution square and then to walk down and i see that freedom square kind of many demonstrations back then in ninety seven tonight and even with the weather cold and rain yesterday there are thousands of people out in the cities. well 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 government and the clerics. don't want not all of them of course republicans live in like two sides mainly you want to have a few supporters of finance monochrome radio and success of the present distributed company and that's the people out here at this day they have proudly showing off in the front 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 said not of the american people but of course many other people here who are on a very on happy with the current situation and maybe the effect of sanctions on that day because i have so but these people are not out here in the streets today. it appears that support for the islamic republic remains strong so one general who remains to be true. to be true the bigger the confrontation with the u.s. the bigger the support for on line a few in iraq. teresa thank you for bringing us up to date they did obvious to

research in tehran show us back 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 village of bug goes near the border with iraq small region held by the jihad ists i asked once held territory extending over much of northern syria and iraq thousands of civilians now left the area in recent weeks. 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. 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 this dream 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 him post 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. there are no more militants left. but their masterminds are still hiding. the time will come for them we 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 of. that. half a decade of brutal fighting has seen and tire cities reduced to rubble and i asked still has the ability to wage guerrilla style warfare and launch terror attacks but within days the group could have and then more territory to call its own. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world thousands of protesters in haiti have clashed with police in the fourth straight day of demonstrations against corruption and a collapsing economy protesters tires marched through the streets of the capital port au prince raising the pressure on embattled president joe biden always. in the

u.s. democratic senator amy klobuchar shar 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 the regrets are trying to win back voters in the region that helped put donald trump in the white house in two thousand and sixteen. and the u.s. music industry celebrated the sixty first annual grammy awards on sunday in los angeles lady gaga was one of the big winners of the night taking holmes three awards song of the year went to childish gambino as this is america country singer kacey musgraves one album here for her album the golden hour it's really nice to see. gary in prime minister viktor or is trying to find ways to reverse his country's population decline without relying on immigration you know its new tax

and loan benefits for have families in his state of the nation speech but an increasing number of hungary and are dissatisfied with or bonds wound. stranger and the government protests in recent months although obama's party is still topping opinion. hungry supposition is sending a signal they've had enough of the. 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 i have always thought there is still free media there are still free citizens there is facebook live you are that you can speak up among your family your friends 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

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 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 are tired of or gone through forums and increased state control of the country is sliding towards dictatorship and we're trying to do something about it however humble our means. democracy the heart of. gold is not there really is not for you over this not really really it's not even for him you know your rights. 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 tongue carians have left in recent years because. of course the political climate here as well as slowly standards so that is one of the main reasons why i think he's making these extraordinary moves now 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 the audience will immediately join the scheme of

course he's hoping dave will do so with chromosomes already 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 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 metaphors he's tough stance on migration at the same time he hopes to win over voters and elections and also i think he wants to take away the attention. the real concerns there are knowledge hungry about social issues

dealt only with families but also with 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 and 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 day still hold but you'll have to say what i have to say of course the issue is really a will day keep the momentum going the whole position of saying that day fuel to have the forces that they are force to be reckoned with but i have to say that's a to prime minister nicole bond he's not getting away at the moment briefly if you can u.s.

secretary of state my propane is due to arrive in the hungary and capital dayo what's the purpose of his visit each welled a purpose of the visit at the one hand to express the u.s. consumer and about the growing russian influence here all for references. energy sector as well as. telecommunications but i think what the human rights activists are hoping is that he will race us over to 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 correspondent one 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 that's just been released by germany's lightness institute for

economic research an archon luther university for the car industry in germany would be most affected by this world he brags that it's still unclear when or if there will be an agreement according to news reports british prime minister theresa may will go to parliament to ask for more time to negotiate with the group ian union. the belly not a film festival enters its second week and the movie premiers just keep on coming course we are there to review the latest releases our correspondent s. it was at the festival here in berlin to watch the operative a film by israeli filmmaker you've all. a spy like an actor must be able to deceive. co-stars d.n. 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 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 the backdrop for some of the stuff and we try to be as precise

about it is possible but 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 harder to businessmen caught up in rachel's mission and far echoed his director's objection to framing the film as political. as much as it was set. on a backdrop that is politicized the this story is really human story it's about what happens to people in this world the operative is not in competition at the banality but it could still easily win over those who like a solid spy thriller. well it was an exciting weekend in bundesliga soccer i believe there were eighteen teams in action joining me to talk about the highlights from all that is ed mccambridge

from d.w. sports a lot to talk about what caught your eye well it was a match day which had it all terry it was the twists and turns in a title race relegation six points is not one not two but three games featuring six goals now saturday's action saw bruce you don't win blow a three goal lead against hoffenheim with just fifty minutes left on the clock to draw that match which is a huge blow to the title credentials title hopes because by munich took full advantage of that by beating shall can now they've closed the gap at the top of the table now just five points now there's not that long to go for the rest of the season to things are beginning to get very interesting up there now you know it's a good saturday and a bonus later when freiburg wolfsburg spits out six goals that was about it three three but sunday's action was also very interesting i believe we have highlights from vedder brennan's very dominant display against out so let's take a look at those now. good for answer back in braman and visiting alex berg were given no rest but straight from the whistle. 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 minutes later braman strained forward again. fox three stocks third and cold home. a stunning strike and braman with three no luck 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 minute. happy days for vertebrae men as they celebrated their anniversary week in style. it's a great win for braman but augsburg are hurting because they end up getting

relegated while they're definitely in a dogfight is no denying that fifteenth in the table just three points off the relegation places the relegation zone but i think they're going to be ok actually mainly because of the incompetence of the teams below them so should hand over what happened with dusseldorf game against the well another four in display from distilled off actually they're now ten points clear of the relegation places now i believe you've got some highlights to show you from that match as well and absolute peach of a goal from their captain think. they're not coming up just now but we do have some actually beautiful go and they won that game three nil now this will go off were among the pre-season favorites to be relegated but that put some fantastic performances which started just before christmas here we get to see it now think the beautiful goal is just goals are straight into the top corner an absolute must . magic does man and then just cold into the far corner now there's a beautiful little chick coming up now from beneath her ram i'm just charges from

don't look at i don't think of the goalkeeper done any better and like to say or not absolutely fine one and i think i can be totally for it thank you so much mccambridge from sports fans for skiing fans american skiing great on has hung up her skis after nearly twenty years of un paralleled success but she finished her career in familiar style with a medal all produced a fast clean run to claim bronze in the downhill the world championships in r.a. sweet i didn't see vaughan on the podium once again as winning run in sweden will be the last time fans get to see how cuts and stripes i i received all day as always i was so nervous all day just serious things id 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 racking up an incredible eighty two world cup victories a women's record and secondarily to sweden denmark the series of injuries and crashes have taken nets. my body isn't allowing me to ski 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 am retiring form may be famous for overstocked medal case including a limping gold but she's also won an army of france 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.

for him strong run in sweden made her the oldest female medalist of the world championships ensuring her career ended on a high. now i think it's pretty well. hit if. it's just a reminder of the top story we're following for you here on news today marks the fortieth anniversary of the revolution that brought regime change in. a day of celebration as begun in tehran even as ordinary iranians are feeling the effects of the latest round of u.s. sanctions. covering all that for you throughout. your watching d.w. news up next here with the latest business news he'll be talking about the way europe and iran are still trying to trade with each other. impact of the.

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