subscribing to the documentary on. this is d w news live from berlin europe responds to u.s. demands to take back their job as fighters from syria germany france and britain saying they'll be working together to deal with some eight hundred fighters who joined the ranks of so-called islamic state and their wives and children as well but they are angry at a twitter ultimatum on the issue from president trump also coming up. five years

after the protests on kiev's my lungs where the toppled ukraine's government we asked has the country changed for the better. plus uganda's controversy over curves the country's terrorism minister backs a plus size beauty pageant and says he wants to promote curvy women to attract international tourists. and all you need to know about this weekend's in this league match ups frankfurt based log back in a game featuring not just great goals but great goalkeeping as well and will be looking forward to tonight's match ups involving legally leaders dortmund. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us germany says it will be difficult to implement american demands to repatriate some. hundred european jihad it's now

being detained in syria the country's foreign minister saying that germany france and britain would be working together on the thorny issue of how to handle nationals who fought for or supported islamic state so-called caliphate now that after a twitter broadside from the president threatening to release captured fighters less europe puts them on trial. as jihadists on the march in syria these images from the fall of raka in twenty fourteen. islamic state has since been defeated here and across nearly the entire country many fighters are dead and more have been taken prisoner recently the u.s. backed kurdish led syrian democratic forces or s.d.f. besieged the city of backcross the last remaining iowa stronghold the kurds say hundreds of foreign fighters remain in kurdish prisons their wives and children live in camps in northern syria the s.d.f. have long complained that european states are refusing to take back their own

citizens u.s. president donald trump has echoed those concerns and has even threatened to release the jihadists he tweeted the united states is asking britain france germany and other european allies to take back over eight hundred isis fighters that we captured in syria and put them on trial the caliphate is ready to fall the alternative is not a good one and that we will be forced to release them europe hasn't yet come up with a clear response over the future of foreign fighters and their families. this i.i.s. militant from germany is being held in a detention center in syria like others he'd like to return home but berlin hasn't said what it intends to do with him also unclear the fate of the fighters wives some of them say they don't regret joining the terror group but now wish to return i don't regret it because. it's changed me of the. you know the right of my husband i wouldn't. have my kids i did have

a good time they said that. to prosecute or rehabilitate the question of how to deal with returning fighters and their families will remain a major challenge for european countries. bill let's talk about this more with our political correspondent keep brady good morning kate let's start with president trump doesn't he have a point that terrorists in syria should be placed on trial in their home countries well it certainly is a reasonable request and now with this u.s. military withdrawal just around the corner then that certainly increased uncertainty over the security situation in the syrian kurdish controlled areas and authorities have already said that there is a risk that these i-s. fight says that it currently detained they could indeed flee these detention camps and then return to go but of course aside from the security aspect there is also

a humanitarian aspect to that these european countries countries having to take into consideration and making sure that any i have fighters who do return to europe are also provided with support services particularly for the wives and children of these i asked fighters who could indeed be extremely traumatized after the last few years and how many people we're talking about there in terms of the wives and children well we've certainly got of around about eight hundred five to six hundred women and more than a thousand children this is a big issue that's going to take you know a joint effort as well that you mentioned that between the u.k. germany and france to deal with you know what are they saying what would what are germany france and britain saying about the did this do they have a similar positions and they are very actually very different positions the german foreign minister heikal mass has said that it would be extremely difficult to repatriate i asked fighters and as you mentioned their wives and children and in principle if someone has german citizenship then they are entitled to return to

gemini but that at least in germany's case is very difficult at the moment they have seva ties with the syrian government they also don't recognize the syrian kurdish autonomous region as it would be difficult for them to check identities but of course then in the in the u.k.'s case for example they too have said that this would be a difficult. ask and the u.k. actually has already passed laws which would enable them to actually revoke the citizenship from naturalized citizen so that they wouldn't have to deal with them in a terror related trial ok so some various approaches in those three capitals all the political pressure on europe to deal with the jobless in syria the u. nationals are come as washings also threatening to hit the european auto industry with a new tariff saying this sector is a national security threat for the united states has talked about that but first let's get some background on this from. a u.s. commerce department reports could unleash

a trade spats with europe some media reports say officials in the departments have concluded that imports of vehicles from the e.u. are national security threat and that could set the stage for president donald trump to impose new special tariffs particularly on the german automobile industry on friday trump repeated his fundamental approach to trade policy but i love tariffs but i also love them to negotiate and. the german chancellor expects washington to classify e.u. car imports as a national security threat. such a decision would lack logic zones even the start of one gold we're proud of our cause and we should be and if these cars are being built in the us south carolina is home to the largest b.m.w. factory and not the varia. and south carolina delivers these cars to china and if the cars are less of

a threat than the ones built in bavaria which is suddenly a threat to national security that's frightening really doesn't that just like it would stop the white house could introduce new gigi's within ninety days triggering a new trade spat. we have to point out these tariffs have not been confirmed yet should they be put in place so what effect would they have on on economic and political ties well it's certainly not going to do anything to improve political ties between the u.s. and germany right now but of course if these tariffs were implemented then the cut german car industry would take a huge hit and the studies suggest in that if this terrorist of twenty eight increase on import tires fight twenty five percent then germany exports to the u.s. could actually hof as a result of these tariffs and of course at the same time there would also be repercussions in the u.s. as we had that from german chancellor angela merkel the b.m.w.'s largest factory is in fact in south carolina

a no in germany so we could be looking at hundreds and thousands of job losses in the in the u.s. as well in the u.s. as well kate brady thanks very much for bring us up to date on both these issues today. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making the news today five european lawmakers are being denied entry into venezuela after being invited by itself became president one why though the group says their passports have been seized according to the spanish i mean esteban consoles they have not been provided with a reason for the expulsion. officials in the disputed indian region of kashmir say at least four indian soldiers have been killed in a shootout with militants and in troops are carrying out searches in the region after a suicide bomber killed over forty soldiers last week india has blamed neighboring pakistan for that attack pakistan has recalled its on boy india and its rising tensions. the german army is investigating an exchange of gunfire between its un

peacekeeping forces in mali and allied soldiers west of gall the bonus for says that one of its soldiers returned fire after being shot at on saturday night incident left the mali and soldier critically wounded well still to come on the show empowerment or exploitation uganda stirs minister saying that the country should showcase its curvy women to attract international visitors. ukraine today is marking the fifth anniversary of the deadly mind on protests in the capital kiev the mass demonstrations were triggered when then president viktor yushchenko which backed out of a deal designed to bring that country closer to the european union protests turned violent in february of two thousand and fourteen when security forces moved in to clear out demonstrators the clashes that followed left more than one hundred people

dead president young coverts want a plane to russia clearing the way for a new leadership. for a look back at those most who is advanced obviously connally met up with a young woman who was just sixteen when she was wounded protesting. scenes of chaos as government forces moved into words might on square trying to force protesters to leave the spot where they had been camping out for more than two months. among them was sixteen year old victoria roman chook her parents thought she was hundreds of kilometers away at art college instead she'd become a regular at the protests on the mind on on the day police attempted to clear the square victoria her friends were out in the streets in front of their makeshift headquarters i am now left now i didn't immediately understand what was happening suddenly there was an explosion another flight suddenly everything went blurry and i was out. an improvised grenade covered in scrap metal and shards of pottery had

exploded at her feet victoria suffered more than fifty flesh wounds but she couldn't go to hospital because police were arresting for testers in the wards. instead she ended up in an improvised field hospital in the smaller street her parents still had no idea she was in q let alone indeed that is until ukrainian t.v. crew hit. the air below much to my face was covered in bandages so that no one would recognise me but one of my mum's friends recognised this birthmark on my neck in the t.v. report that's how our parents found out. meanwhile tensions were increasing further as protesters began a counter-offensive drawing of a closer to the government district police change their tactics and live ammunition came into play. casualty numbers were rising fast and soon dozens of protesters were being killed every day among them was all excited the copying us but before

all the shooting got underway he came up to me one morning and put his arms around me and said go home you don't have to be here. i'm going to put that if. i'm by the end of the week more than a hundred people have lost their lives images like these went around the world. present in a coach's position has become untenable within days he was gone to russia. five years on from the does victoria still think the protests had a last impact on the country. i see all the changes these are changes we really need to this country is finally being built yes maybe not as fast as we had hoped or expected but it's happening many even a form of protest to say it was all in vain two months protesting and they thought they'd wake up in a new european country with better wages that's not how life works to move i.

let's go straight to kiev now and our correspondent nick carley nick good morning to you how typical is victoria story where there are many people her age involved in the protests back at my dog back. good morning well she certainly was one of the youngest protests out on the square whether she was the youngest or not is a moot point but definitely people in their late teens and early twenty's were very much in evidence also among those who lost their lives in terms of being a woman well definitely there were there was a big female presence on the my don and i think interesting there in the report the story she told us of one of the protesters the male protesters telling her to go home to get safety something that she ignored. you mentioned the the one hundred people lost their lives during those protests nic has anyone been held to account for those killings. and this is definitely a sort of open wound for lots of people in ukraine the top level people who ordered

this violence not one single person has been convicted for that lots of court cases still going on five years later present which was convicted in his absence treason charges but nothing more specific than that in terms of people who pulled the trigger well we've seen two convictions with custodial sentences a few more suspended sentences but it's very difficult to tell and reconstruct who was where whose guns are pointing and for many today this will be a big disappointment that progress has been made nic talking about progress being made can you give us some perspective here is ukraine a fundamentally different place today compared to the protests five years ago. i think is one thing you can definitely say and that is the fear of the state and of its security services that is definitely gone civil society has occupied

a big space in the heart of ukrainian life and i think there's little sign that it's going to be reversed in terms of the reforms were ukraine seeing a kind of overwhelming array of different reforms highlevel conviction for corruption but i think very important to remember here that just a few weeks after president basically chased out of the country russia did an expose then the conflict began we saw more than a million refugees so that has been a huge strain was a distraction from the reforms that people were calling for the economy for us this morning thanks so much for the interview and for your report for us today. it's to uganda now and that country's tourism minister has caused an outcry after saying the country should showcase curvy women in order to attract more visitors at a plus sized beauty pageant called miss curvy uganda godfrey co wanda said that full figured woman women were the story we sell to visitors his comments have been called grating and a petition has been lost to get the pageant scrapped our correspondent julius

gumbel talked to both sides of this controversy. one of these ladies could soon be crowned miss covey uganda the beauty contest district the four plus sized queens with commissions bodies and we're going to see over two hundred women have applied you must be. those ladies know themselves that is the truth when i say when when you ask me what must someone do what size are you going to consider we have the daring of. the idea to showcase women with kind of british ships has been fronted by uganda's tourism minister good for it she wind up to the launch of the contest the ministers say the beauty queens could help attract foreign visitors and boost tourism tourism is going to the boat and moves small town who want to. do more of the we are predicted to walk out of. women rights groups are furious

and they have gone to court to block the pigeoned for allegedly insulting women hold their. reduce woman on a. reduced and therefore rogue london or one of the. one. gets a hold of all data on it uganda's mis copy has been made with anger and approval and it's a similar picture on the streets for some the minister is a champion of tourism promotion for others he's objectifying women. i think it's an excellent idea because over the years they've been really promoting the slender sizes you find in a dozen schools are trying to take a lot of medication to lose weight and this is not healthy for us they're supposed to accept us as the minister behind this idea any attorney for yeah because this is not good he's got a wife a kidney present here is

a tourist attraction enough to get around with we are being portrayed like reg just cheap women like meat on sale out there in the international wild market that's a very bad and i totally disagree and even feel happy that that given the plus size people an opportunity it's just like any other b. to buy good but it's only that this one is only for the plus size facing the backlash the minister denies that she's ations of using women to attract travelers yes towards the parliament that it's a misunderstanding like the special i've. got. this is my book. with a to misunderstanding or not and despite the controversy they are no plans to cancel

the contest of the cards. it's to the story now of alexander from humboldt a nineteenth century scientific superstar and an early environmentalist it turns out the german explorers expeditions famously took him to south america the galapagos islands the german president five of the star mars following in his footsteps right now as part of a tour of the region he used the occasion to draw attention to plastic pollution that's threatening the island's fragile ecosystems. the volunteers searching for plastic garbage every day they clean the beaches of the galapagos they show the german president plastic bottles that have made it all the way over from china from across the ocean. that nature's interconnectedness means garbage from the other side of the planet can threaten the paradise here.

steinmeier says he wants governments to make better efforts to deal with the issue of plastic waste. in the. event is over i think we continue this way then by twenty fifty we'll have more plastic in the oceans than fish that's why we must change our thinking if that is missing the. it's the first official visit to the galapagos islands by a german president steinmeier is following in the footsteps of legendary german researcher alexander from home bought more than two centuries ago home both studies took him to latin america where he recognized the destructive effect humans can have on their environment plastic is just one example thrown out elsewhere it's threatening the ecosystem here as a bit under it accumulates in fish sea lions and seals eat the plastic garbage and that's how it returns to the food chain. in the novels get it so it understanding the world in order to preserve it that's what humble thought here in ecuador the researcher climbed

a volcano to take measurements and gain insight into nature in one thousand or two he set off from this hut to explore the other. the son of both canaille. apathic the president is retracing as he voices support for protecting the environment. ok we're trying to football now the latest round of bonus league matches a lemo talk you get of the sports with us to talk about that good morning we want to talk about of course the standings with dortmund and bar munich but first what about the big something that's frankfurt faced off against pace and i having one of the best season in decades you know who last is having a great season frankfurt but they have been punching a big you know they wait so let's take a look at what happened when two european hopefuls knocked once for. dominated the early going torgan as firing a warning shot in the eighth minute frankford allowed back to create a series of chances and it's forcing kevin trap to make his best save of the first

half. frankfurt didn't even fire on target until the thirty ninth minute to look cost it's denied by yon zama then with the last kick of the first half danny de costa to open the scoring for the hosts i don't cost a controlling unit time to go it's months corner and hitting the target. after that i instruct gave blood back few opportunities on to re bits almost made it to neil his shot going just why i frankfurt seem to be running out of steam though and to zacharie up pounced on a defensive blackout to pull the sides level i try getting a hand to the ball but on able to stop it. yes supreme it should have netted the winner for gladbach as chime expired but he bounced the ball over the net i won one the final score and both sides will be feeling they missed

a chance to come away with more. exactly it this feeling of wanting to come away with more that's been the story for frankfurt lately and you know there without a win in five games on the positive they haven't lost either it just been one frustrating draw after another after another lehman other to making a push for european spot is leave a cruise. so the best way to describe naval crews right now is to say to talk about the bosch effect and you know we cited don't want last season to be no team start of really great but we're just not too sure how this is going to end with they have a couzin and you know but give credit to bosh i mean the team has adapted to his attacking style of football he has the players to execute his ideas and why don't we take a look at this bosh effect that's the talk of the town right now. the grass seems greener under pace

a ball so once again through the kitchen sink at his opposition five attacking play is started for the hosts and it showed the eighteenth minute hobbits completely on much of the one mill strike of having fallen had moved out wide to find the young german for his night of the season. leave accusing continue to press aggressively and could have had a second before the break what not for a last ditch tackle them kevin fall on sunday finishing. both and clearly told his charges to keep on shooting the mitchell visors effort from an unlikely position dave lee on paid leave the chance to pounce author a goal a start to the season he has now school to in three matches the two no way and sees live accusing climbs of fifth and stay on course for another top six finish while fortuna can afford to drop points after an impressive run and seemed happy enough in defeat. and later on dortmund will be playing nurnberg the top and the bottom team in the bundesliga lima but dortmund is

a top they haven't had as easy as they do they have and i mean they need to stay on high alert because by any catching up they've closed the gap down to two points and don't want at one point had a gap of what is a lead of eight nine points so and what also doesn't help their cause is that dortmund awareness in four games in all competitions they've had some big collapses each time and i think the key for daunte meant is really not to internalize any of these trade heroes is to play the football that they know because they need to catch themselves before they fall before this really turns into something very serious ok and it could couldn't and could it's football anything is positive ok gather a lever or have a recovering and today leave a talking for hours. ok let's get your minder now the top story we're following for you at this hour germany says it will coordinate the return of jobless fighters from syria with britain and france that after u.s. president friend to release some eight hundred european nationals who fought with

so-called islamic state i'll be detained in syria. this is due to be a news live from berlin i'm brian thomas from the entirety thanks good.

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