because justice is about. truth detectives starts february fifteenth on. this is the news live from berlin the leaders of russia iran and turkey come together to discuss syria after almost eight years of fighting can they find solutions to end the bloodshed we'll go live to our correspondents sochi on the black sea. also coming up two days of talks going under way in beijing as officials from the world's biggest economies try to hammer out a trade deal before

a first of march deadline. anti semitic crimes on the rise in germany new statistics show hate crimes against jews ten percent a year sparking alarm among the nation's two jewish communities. and we'll have the latest from the berlin international film festival elisa and marcella telling the story of the first of same sex marriage in spain more than one hundred years before it was legalized. thanks for joining us and staying. three key players in the crisis in syria are holding talks in the southern russian resort town of sochi today the leaders of russia iran and turkey are on opposing sides in the conflict but have previously

come together to try and bring about a truce in the ongoing civil war there is said to discuss the situation in the demilitarized zone around the province of idlib the last rebel held on klav well that buffer zone was established in a deal between russia and turkey last year but hostilities there have continued now while russian president vladimir putin and iran's hassan rouhani are the main backers of syrian president bashar al assad turkey's president supports rebel forces fighting assad also on the agenda will be the planned withdrawal of u.s. troops from the conflict after u.s. president donald trump made a controversial announcement in december this will leave kurdish troops who are closely allied with the u.s. vulnerable we have this report from the kurdish city of co bani in northern syria. leila who visits this grave in cobol and every thursday to pray and honor the memory of her only son rody he died fighting the so-called islamic state in twenty

thirteen as did thousands more kurds. hopes her sons commitment to freedom wasn't in vain it's a hope that unites many mothers who have lost their sons in this region. people hold that we'll never forget them it is truly a tremendous loss that we're keeping our composure by remembering our sons and our hometown god forbid that blood has been shed in vain them and not a hail high level of. but many kurds in northern syria have misgivings this is where the kurdish militia the y.p. ji forced the i s. to retreat in a major offensive in late two thousand and fourteen the price of freedom was high a heavy death toll and enormous destruction. today another danger looms from the turkish side. across the border nearby president type of the one views the white p.g. as an offshoot of the outlawed kurdish workers' party the p.k. k.

he's threatening a military offensive accommodated to education invasion of northern syria would be nothing short of colonialism but if we're defending our country here. what does add to one wants here but what does he want from. there to one insists on creating what he calls a security zone along the turkish border he's calling on the y. p.g. to pull out at this thirty kilometer strip. if it complies turkey would then control the area for many kurds living in co bannon that amounts to a nightmare but. i think security zone is the wrong term this area has been secure for a long time now the whole world knows that syria's north and east is the safest region in the entire country. but that could change dramatically grieving families like layla's would be all the more and bettered if turkey were to take control of her fallen son's final resting place. let's turn now to that

meeting between russia turkey and iran and for that we're joined now by. was in sochi hello to you yuri so as we just saw in our report the kurds are very concerned about what turkey might do well today's summit address those kurdish concerns. well that will be the main issue here in search of the future of syria after america always throws its armed forces however there is still no clear understanding of who will take charge in the regions previously under u.s. control. willing to fill the power vacuum but russia and iran have their own plans for syria's future russian deputy foreign minister gave a sheeny and said he and russia today's main question is how to avoid destabilisation and counts on the ground after the american we draw will russia spark the stork into iran hope the transition will be stable and stable one but

each country has its own plan for how best to manage these transition. well urea at the very least the three main players in syria russia turkey iran say that they have a common goal to find a long term settlement for the conflict but where are the areas where they disagree on how to get there while today's partial about optics it's in the best interest of russia and turkey to present a unified front to the very old however they are both pursuing different goals in the region the russian support the syrian president bashar al assad other turkey would like to see him removed from power to reign in support of the shia militias fighting on the side of assad to be shot opposed by easdale however the russian support the israelis and in the same time they are military partners of the iranians in syria so it's a delicate to diplomatic situation for the russians and for iranians and for turkey

of a front for turks. all right well you mentioned that this is the first meeting since u.s. president donald trump has said he intends to pull out all two thousand u.s. troops for syria if that does happen as he says it will what will that mean for the role of russia iran and turkey in syria with the americans gone. well it looks like russia is trying to be the most influential player in the middle east right now especially now that the americans always drawing from syria right now it seems to the cards are in president putin's favor the question is how much is he willing to risk for his geopolitical games and can he sell them to russian citizens support for russian intervention in syria has waned as of late and if you all six most russians on the street if they were concerned about is the situation in syria as it would probably tell you know. our idea of

a shadow reporting from such a many thanks indeed well the situation in syria is also on the agenda at a u.s. sponsored middle east security conference in the polish capital warsaw the event was originally conceived by the u.s. to president's allies to take a more aggressive stance on iran but the agenda was then broadened to include issues such as the israeli palestinian conflict and the fight against the so-called islamic state u.s. vice president mike pence and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu are headlining the meeting foreign ministers from many arab nations are attending month the meeting is also notable for the countries not sending high ranking delegations including france and germany. or western european countries have criticized the trump administration's hardline stance on tehran and the decision to pull out of the nuclear deal with iran iran for its part has called the conference

a circus and says it's just an attempt to demonize the country our correspondent areas of tropper it went out on the streets of tehran to see what iranians think about these talks. so it's time to see if it will definitely have an impact on our country because america is a superpower. so i'm sure any decisions they make will affect us. and. if european countries like the nother ones want to talk about iran that might be a good thing. but it's not right for enemies to be involved like america. and i don't think they'll be able to do anything against our government that. countries that are considered dominant role powers dictate and apply policies that in the end will not be good for us. i suppose that will be the case with the warsaw meeting and nothing will come of it to our benefit.

and now to some of the other stories making news around the world european aviation giant airbus has pulled the plug on its costly a three eighty super jumbo the world's largest airliner the manufacturer announced this morning it will stop making the plane in twenty twenty one after years of lackluster sales the but double decker planes started flying in two thousand and eight and u.s. judge has ruled that former trump campaign manager paul metaphor intentionally lied to investigators probing russian interference in the twenty sixteen election after being convicted of financial fraud last year and then a fourth promise to cooperate with the probe as part of a plea deal breaching that agreement means he could face a lengthy jail term. venezuela's self-proclaimed president won by doe's attempting to wrest control of the state's oil company the national assembly little boy do has announced its own board of directors to run the vital petroleum producer is the

latest move by by doing his campaign to force president nicolas maduro from power. spain's prime minister petro sanchez could be said to call snap elections after parliament rejected to give his government the draft budget sanchez had been depending on catalan separatists lawmakers to get his spending through bonds they withdrew their backing after the government ruled out talks on catalan independence . more than a dozen people have been killed in a bus crash in north macedonia on the bus veered off the highway and overturned close to the capital skokie authorities said a further thirty people were injured with more casualties expected. you're watching d.w. news still to come in this half hour. a lesbian love story at the berlin film festival the true story of spain's first same sex marriage more than

a hundred years ago. now the united states and china are opening another round of trade talks today and what seems to be a much friendlier atmosphere well that's after u.s. president donald trump said he would be open to extend the current trade truce and delay new tariffs for another two months in beijing u.s. treasury secretary steve nugent and trade representative robert bly ties are meeting with china's top economic official leo hit on friday chinese president xi jinping will join the talks underlining how important a deal is for the chinese whose economy has been crippled by the recent trades that . all right for more on this i'm joined in the studio by my colleague lars halter from d.w. business good morning to you ok so u.s. president donald trump says he's willing to delay the deadline here originally set for these new tariffs to begin can we believe him is he really going to do that

well that's a tricky question of course with everything that president trump has said over the last two years you never know whether he will change his mind the next day or so but one thing we know it is already for these ongoing talks no an important signal it takes a little bit of the stress out it creates a much friendlier atmosphere because we're talking about extremely comprehensive talks here comprehensive traits deal and that of course is even harder to make when you're under a huge amount of pressure and it was a huge amount of pressure because given a time span of two weeks to come up with a deal or face another anywhere between two hundred and four hundred billion dollars worth of tariffs that is a lot of pressure and of course for now for what it's worth it's good that that has been eased all right so it's a very difficult deal to manage it's a very tight deadline are they close to reaching a deal nobody knows for sure all we have heard so far in the last couple of days

when there was already some. talks on deputy levels now of course starting today we have a high level talks everybody said there was a good atmosphere we have a productive talks but what does that really mean we haven't heard any details we do know that beijing has offered to purchase more u.s. goods that would be industrial goods or agricultural goods even energy and that of course would help lower the trade deficit and that is something that is very important to president trump of course on the other side we do know that there's other sticking points that there's a couple of points that will be very hard to figure out one of course is that the u.s. wants china to open their markets to foreign investors something that has not happened in recent years and that nobody can really imagine will happen in in the near future and the other thing of course is the at that the u.s. wants china to finally respect trademarks and patents and intellectual property

and that's another thing that china has a hard time with well it's still clear that the united states and china really need each other but who really has the upper hand at these talks at this point it looks right now like the united states has the upper hand because the chinese economy after some very strong years has been weakening we've seen recently numbers come out rather weak so they needed to yield maybe more desperately but at the same time chinese counter-terrorist have all thought tremendously hurt american companies so both sides still here have a lot to win or to lose all right lars halter from delhi of business thanks so much for your insights. now here in germany the government has released new figures showing that the number of anti semitic crimes committed has risen by almost ten percent over the last year violent attacks are up by more than sixty percent though only sixty two incidents were recorded and statistics are causing alarm in jewish communities and have prompted the central council of jews in germany to call for

stronger action by police and politicians the signboards of a jewish restaurant smashed a pig head marked with a star of david dumped by a door swastikas and stars of david on a wall this was the aftermath of an anti semitic attack in the eastern german city of came nits in august twenty eighth. it was just one of more than sixteen hundred anti semitic crimes committed in germany last year that's an increase of ten percent on twenty seventeen particularly worrying the number of violent incidents like this one in berlin has increased by two thirds. i am concerned but not really surprised it fits with what i hear from jewish organizations and representatives when i talk to them but. it should give us the impetus to take preventative action soon and to make sure that anti semitism does not arise in the

first place a guy that. doesn't admit his was gonna get. much of this hatred comes from far right supporters but experts say some of it derives from opposition to israel including from migrants from the muslim world and germany is not alone and he semitic incidents are becoming more common in other countries too france this week reported a rise of more than seventy percent in twenty eighteen compared with the previous year. unfortunately anti-semitism is on the advance everywhere in europe we need to find european solution is i support the idea of making the fight against anti-semitism a priority for the german e.u. presidency next year he says yah. another part of the picture in germany is that the jewish community is growing and demonstrations of solidarity with them by known jews are common while most germans recognize that from the holocaust comes a special responsibility to protect jews there is sadly still

a minority ready to turn violent aggression against them thousands of people formed a human chain in the german city of dresden to commemorate its intense bombing during world war two british and us bombers dropped nearly four thousand tons of bombs and incendiary devices on the city killing tens of thousands of people. thousands of people gathered in dresden to mark the anniversary and to form a human chain intended as a symbol of peace and reconciliation we don't want it ever happening again. thinking back it was terrible. exactly seventy four years ago allied bombers began pounding dresden most of the city center was destroyed in the raids and up to twenty five thousand people died. many also gathered for a ceremony of the city's largest cemetery among those invited survivors of the

raids students from the united kingdom and with it is from poland is this jesus one freedom after more than seventy years of peace and contemplation we can be happy that the enemies of the past have become friends of today. at the same time as europeans we can't forget just how fragile this peace and happiness is. at the city's famous church of our lady there were prayers of hope and compassion which focused on the future. but even to an easy one of the same time we have to look at today's world with compassion and empathy for those currently facing displacement of war and violence but often. in previous years neo nazi groups have tried to instrumental eyes the february thirteenth anniversary by holding political rallies however dressed in its residents have managed to block these the last three years. as the berlin international film festival enters its

last few days a film about lesbian love is in the running for a coveted golden bear award called elisa and marcella it's the true story of two spanish women and their desire to be together in conservative spain more than hundred years ago. time to shine isabel is one of seven female directors in this year's ballon on a competition line up. she was joined on the red carpet by actresses natalia de malina and gretta fernandez who play the main characters. but in a time when ilesa and marcella meet in a high school in northwestern spain they fall head over heels in love. it's a forbidden love kept secret and it's. a relationship that the arch catholic and often homophobic population at the end of the one nine hundred centuries doesn't

approve of. the movie is controversial not because of its story but because it was produced by the online streaming service netflix cinema owners and distributors fear financial losses and they want the movie out of the belly knowledge line up they say verbally not as a publicly funded film festival should only promote movies that will be released in cinemas. director isabelle question says her film will be shown in spanish cinemas at least the call for a boycott make certain great. i just wrote the script i try to have financing for ten years and. nobody really really was interested in doing it the culture has to be about respect the ouster and one thing saying the film doesn't deserve to be here it's not respecting the author. and in the movie the two women clinging to their love with

a lisa posing as a man the to get married their union was the first same sex marriage in spain more than one hundred years before marriage equality was legalized based on a true story this could have been a powerful film paying tribute to the l g p t communities decades long fight for equal rights. yet the slow and often implausible movie doesn't live up to their promise. it's the most important tournament in european club soccer the champions league and a lima talk sports is here to walk us through the big game last night so it was dortmund from germany's bundesliga against top of the english premier league hello to alina so this was the first of two legs as i understand so tell us what happens in london things started off really well for the german side with then two minutes into the second half it was taught in that scored for us all min so on with

a delightful finish and that was a game changer after that thought mind just lost their focus they committed so many individual mistakes and of course the team like taught them all going to punish you for it and spurs just added a second and then a third in the late stages of the match to see a three nil victory and i will top them also had injuries of their own in terms of harry came down i really think the absence of mark or royce and past there were just way too much for dortmund to handle you know alina and maurice is my son's favorite player and i think he'll be very upset to see dortmund losing yet again and it's now they've not one of four games so that's not a good sign that it's not is their coach concerned about this he should being in there that's exactly the thing that you're afraid that this might develop into something bigger about that might be a pattern but of course that might not have a mountain to climb it would be difficult to bounce back from

a three nil deficit but at least coach lucien frogger has you know he can take some comfort in the first half performances why don't we take a listen. we played well in the first half and had a couple of chances and they had very few. we defended really well and played well going forward and at the start of the second half we gave it away. this is the u. shank. in the we were just talking a short time ago so the luck of the champions league draw meant that this match as the first of three in the round of sixteen featured these clubs against the much wealthier english premier league sides do the bonus legal guys have even a chance of beating these well fear british english premier league sides this time around i think be a lot more difficult it's not going to be easy i mean you have a struggling show that will need up against manchester city obviously pep guardiola

side a key a favorites and then often the case is made that by and are probably the best you know the only one is the attain with probably a chance to you know be in this competition but even they have it difficult because they will be up against liverpool and one of the reasons why the matches are also this season spread out more with within the weeks is because they also want to give more prominence to each and every game and if a poor buy on is going to be a thriller at least on paper. alina one more question so the defending champions league champions played last night so there's a real madrid how do they do. i x. actually with a team with an incredible france staff and they could have easily been up by a few goals to just couldn't take advantage and they too had a goal disallowed and that's important because this was the first time in champion seek history where we had our being used to disallow an overturn a goal no of course that's not why i axed last dritte i mean they just

a number too high they have the experience and even on a day when it's an off game you have a sense your score the late winner to seal a two one victory all right only mottaki of delia's four thanks as always great to talk to you a quick reminder now of the top stories we're following for you. the leaders of russia iran and turkey are holding talks on ending the crisis in syria they'll discuss forming a committee tasked with drawing up a new constitution for syria once the eight year conflict is over. government figures show that anti-semitic crimes are on the rise in germany hate crimes against jews are by almost ten percent year on year sparking alarm among jewish communities. stay tuned up with business news with monika and joe that's coming up after a short break can a compromise be reached over a controversial pipeline bringing russian gas to germany. to.

find out and business news coming up next and in the meantime don't forget you can always get the latest news and information our website just go to www dot com american evans dean from all of us in berlin and thanks for watching.

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