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the it's from around the world are ready to compete and ninety eight olympic winter sport disciplines there on hand in sochi waiting friday's big openings in iraq. now some of the competitors have already been heading out into the snow onto the eyes to test the conditions and get in a few practice runs before the games officially began of course is already in print plenty of operates key sessions and parties for those on hand to cheer on their favorite athletes and national teams. though she isn't ready for the twenty fourteen winter in big games and spirits of high ahead of the official cutting ceremony my ac president thomas bach held the limping toward the full time to get david to un secretary general ban ki moon. the iconic symbol of the games has traveled further this year than any other time in its history

the gym and sports stars like alpine ski race at marriott it's a leash say they are ready for the competition this year reese has been given the honor of carrying gemini slack. the financial times's had to carry the flag is on top of the seeking out something really special. for me. i'm proud to be chosen to lead the march tomorrow a m on thursday two countries the good guys cause of the roman throne from it spectators are looking forward to seventy days of the bass in when to school and so she has promised an opening ceremony that's out of this quilt. the brush has been playing down a security warning from the us saying that these succulent pics were safe as any place in the west for militant attacks washington warned about the possibility of toothpaste bombs on russia downed aircraft. washington stressed

that no specific information about a pending attack. now what russian forces are focusing on right now is the threat from islamist militant groups based in the nearby north caucasus mountains. suicide bombers killed thirty four people in december in a ball go abroad that's northeast of stock russia's deputy prime minister says the security services were working with colleagues from europe and north america to address all possible threats welcome to sochi with security cameras are watching your every move many of the games venue is located on russia's black sea coastline. from the water naval warships at keeping tabs on what's going on epic in its. for months now so t and its events have been under tight security. preston president but in a putin has promised that athletes and visitors will be saying that the winter them fixed he says snyder the decision by a lot more. terrorists also wanted

the crown. they want as much attention as possible. such are the places she isn't the decisive factor. what matters to them is carrying out an attack during the team's it. when attacks and noted that in december it showed how big an issue security is. first an attack on the city's train station and then a bus bombing killed over thirty people the photograph in sochi are located close to the north caucasus where russian forces have been fighting islamic separatists for years. many theory is that mr could attack the games. unofficial estimates put the number of police and soldiers on duty at sixty thousand vehicles registered outside such a needed special permit to enter the area and there are numerous police checkpoints in town. but check about what we were to go but when that first one a bunch of peace from libya russia arrived in

utah and then the city prospered private sector entity separate wet now things are under control everything is quiet and safe from ikea the idea to help extend to say after the games are over. there's also tight security in the mountains surrounding so to hear russian soldiers and border security agents are on high alert. plus the secret services are monitoring people's phone calls and internet activity. but it's become more difficult to profile potential terrorists we see more and more converts to islam and perpetrators of recent attacks. often they are russian twists lobby features that make the tackles them really hard for the security forces. clutching your duty to the utopia. millions have been spent on security and such but there is no guarantee that's enough to ensure a safe olympic events in some other news the syrian government has agreed to allow humanitarian aid to be delivered to

the city of all it's medicine and basic supplies will be delivered thousands of residents trapped in the rebel held part of the city. civilians will also be allowed to leave under the agreement. all this is the third largest city in seriousness and a government control but the old city center is controlled by rebel forces. a step backwards for an already tightly controlled media that is how one top eu official reacted to a new law in turkey that gives the government wide ranging powers over the internet and how people use of the law which is backed by turkish prime minister mr carter era want kids to government of free hands to block websites and secretly track with people we want to write the turkish parliament in fonterra which has passed a landmark bill. the governing atp succeeded in pushing through legislation which gives the state greater control over the internet it's been headline news on turkish tv channels ever

since the legislation would give the country's telecommunications authorities the power to block any internet site i found a legal warrant. it was also blind internet providers to store user data for two years. it has been repeated protests against the government over a series of bills. the opposition says the latest registration is appalling to introduce internet censorship the same most mass media are already under the direct or indirect control of the government sixty three journalists are currently in prison in turkey models each unit is in top form dustin really a dark evil extinction. they accessed the news that's it fortunately the quality and with respect. it trades on its education swan of school last summer the country was taught by a wave of anti government demonstrations stricken by plans to redevelop its temples complement easy part. without the internet. the grotesquely

of almost impossible to organize. critics suspect that maybe one of the motives behind the new legislation opposition says another motive is sheer intimidation letting people think they are being constantly monitored. more to spray our correspondents doran jones and assembled our interests of human rights groups like freedom house are calling on president of billy gould to veto this legislation is there any chance of that. we are looking to the president to lead to being a bit like watching a statement that should be in the pew out the dough will make an appeal oprah didn't do that because bit. when you come from the same copy the below the lip of the brooding them up a couple months. i'm picking that the controversial pieces of legislation calling for them to buy peace to the president

into being the first use of the navy on the mind is that even if the dog because the legislation if the government of the weekend it will be up for like two of the profits go back to the back of his mind as well but he has the veto the piece of legislation for a very long time a few people are expecting to do with this guy works for you worse. strange as this will affect turkey's bid to join the european union. opening the eu already said that they are up for the monitoring that situation it is a step back the council of europe was also called for this legislation could be revoked um it's already been growing in the divine internet freedom before the completion of the guardian ad fourteen thousand web pages one to hike to get in the wealth and they can make the patient will have to go and feed about which direction the east of leeds it is development in the doran jones for us in istanbul the pakistan government has started its first ever formal peace talks with the pakistani tell of all representatives of the two sides met in slovak

the dialogues part of the government's efforts to end that other bombs insurgency which started in two thousand seven. thousands died in the conflict between pakistan's security forces and the islamist militants. a joint statement released after the talks called for an immediate ceasefire and condemned recent file. seven migrants drowned off the coast of quetta. that's a spanish enclave on the northern tip of africa there are a part of a group of about two hundred fifty men and women who attempted to swim the dangerous crossing from neighboring morocco. authorities managed to detain most of the swimmers in the water. on wednesday the italian navy rescued more than eleven hundred migrants. sailing on board nine large rafts from africa. it was sizzling the girl that talk about how the ecb low interest rates would lead to price inflation in europe. well it looks like the exact opposite scenario has come to pass price

the inflation especially in countries where the money supply has been tightly squeezed by austerity cuts and high employment. when no one's buying the prices plunged in. that's the case right now for real estate and other hard assets in places like ireland spain greece think about isn't concerned he says growth is just around the corner the head of the european central bank mario draggy has brushed off suggestions that the eu economy has a deflation problem. he denies the eurozone is experiencing a sustained fall in prices is there a distillation katie and cities known silly of me as sub fuelled inflation the real inflation for a new expanded protracted period of time. ignore the solution. jackie says the eurozone is experiencing so called does inflation rather than the flanks and

the industrial and service sectors continued to provide growth. the threat still exists. the main single the money and financial market conditions and related uncertainty is notably in the imagined market economists may have the potential to negatively affect economic conditions di di dispelled rumors of an imminent change in ecb policy he says the positive effects of keeping interest rates at record low levels are still to come. it was a year of ups and downs for german car manufacturer diamond the comedy store golf two thousand and thirteen with a profit warning but ended up posting record numbers coming around. annual profit came in at eight point seven billion euro was up twenty eight percent. there's a lot more behind this cheeks. diamond ceo to detect and still has lots of catching up to the hoop. even with record

profits the automaker is trailing behind our tnt mw not only did the competitors sell more cars they're also making more profit on each one. in this respect to see stronger growth this year from the world economy than we did last year the respectable growth of the auto market with forty five percent worldwide right dine there is now looking to the mercedes c class two wheel for a new chunk of the market. the compact cars and the christmas cds to be built on four continents with plants in germany south africa china and the us the merlin is looking a little bit bumpy. with the emerging economies reply michael to grow experiencing currency instability. his mtb is also world religions. we have to be able to handle difficult developments in certain parts of the war in an episode or comfort about details and fourteen and about these markets the ceo this message is clear down the risk that and rearing to

go. so the markets make of them was good news stomach its correspondent in hopes of more from frankfurt will probably die a dvd and to and an optimistic hard to come make a dime apiece to markets in the dish is much higher but the company estimation now i am market takes the tastiest ecb made expectations that interest rates for yourself. i will change. even still costing some trippy lens is because ecb proceeded to drive ep contained and thirty interest rate cut off though inflation rates are going down in the eurozone. but the ecb doesn't hear a dangerous downward spiral. my seats and no preset to act. clichy sending day dax first doll and then up and strengthening the euro. sales in frankfurt there let's look at those market numbers starting with the dax in frankfurt was up by bit more than one and half percent to finish at nineteen fifty six. euro stocks fifty of by similar amounts in

canada thirty hand. over in new york the dow jones industrial average trading and that. around one percent of fifteen five ninety three zero up against the dollar moment the red carpet waiting for you stay with us will take you there i do. these two champions pushing themselves to the limit and beyond. zai the middle of winter sports go head to head games on tv. the article covers the events. white lights in the winter olympics in sochi two thousand fourteen. reports in the journal star jewelry set the fort. the street with a

jar. united nations is marking the international day of zero tolerance for female genital mutilation. this is to draw attention to the practice cutest kids violation of the rights of women in peril. there are more than three million cases every year most of them are african the middle east the good egypt now where the practice is illegal but still widely practiced on the idea was nine years old when her genitals with us the practitioner came to him a mother and aunt house head down to the procedure. i've

seen. it was a terrible thing she will never forget it. i try they can't. especially when my fears of another grown to be deleted. and then don't come to me. my cheek i could've died too. the mother told her that respectable pills circumcised. she totes a list of iranian goods o'meara eventually go tell from the gynecologist. he's an anti mutilation activists and if academia has been towing fees is to bring attention to the traumatic effects of jenna to mutilation in egypt. it's been difficult to change attitudes about the practice which dates back thousands of years. he continues despite an official ban in two thousand and eight. this sign reads valid orders are intact activists here a pot of an

international coalition of groups that are trying to change opinion. we go mia is one of the campaign as she says it's a lot of courage to tell the story. sheesh eight straight days of her experiences teaching people the activists neither in for a long struggle and the changing opinions takes time. only encountered one small victory safe up. she succeeded in saving the three younger sisters from jenna to meet a nation here in germany defence minister was low on the line is making her first trip to german troops deployed in africa. she's been in senegal where she visited troops that their patients also in the west akron country of mali arrival comes a day after the german cabinet approved an increasing number of german soldiers there. as part of an eu led. defence minister is keen for germany to increase its military engagement in crisis regions especially now so one day

line is we see no telling just a day after the german cabinet agreed to boost for his friend troop numbers in mali. the defense minister is already on the ground meeting with molly leaders discussed the details. when used as part of the un mission. aimed at providing training to moline troops to help them fight off the islamist insurgency. two hundred and fifty german soldiers will no be involved. friends claims to have sixteen hundred troops stationed here long term. on the first link is for africa trip. one day lying visited troops in neighboring senegal were so many german soldiers court dates apply somali mission from the steeple guitar the defense minister stressed that moline rebels remained on track we have not been disarmed two more in control of the situation we can push them back into certain areas. they are not disarmed. that means there's still a potential threat of snow. was on the work of german soldiers in senegal

and mali sean devine says the un mission would not be possible. the priests for german troops can also be read as a message to germany's alan's the prelim is already doing enough in the region even if they're expecting more. now here in germany the country has committed itself to a massive change in energy production over the coming years country will shut down its nuclear power plant in radically reduced reliance on carbon based sources like coal. the country is in the renewable solar cells and wind turbines are sprouting up all over the country. that construction work isn't to everyone's liking. major problem up a major power line brother needed to transport the energy is facing strong opposition from communities and environmentalists long this post. yes i am so proud of our visit to the tv to highlight three hundred and eighty kilowatt hour was preparing to be twice as big and would be installed next to this one. but the tube. so this is the name steve. it

was time consuming but this time in central germany. for years has confirmed the transfer of power line here. since even the damage is not necessarily in that span too. many achievements are also against electricity company ten hits planned power line. its latest trends from last december to the very tenets as debate isn't final yet. the line could be built anywhere in the area depending on the local community's feedback. we are connected to and reading a good discussion on this. that means that people now have the plan was to bake and make up that reminds you of little to much discussion as to instruct them how to do but many locals are still angry the company hasn't given them enough time to get to the plan. tenet will start building a power line just months from now. some parents worry that power lines could damage their children's health. they wanted to be built further away from their

homes. initially took energy company will still go into national parks. mine is meant to be completed four years from now to critics and the company must agree on the scene. afraid of top international talent is here in berlin right down to celebrate the opening of this year's getting up in the heat and a film festival is kicking off with the world premier of wes anderson's whimsical comedy the grand budapest hotel. so in response bill murray and tilda swinton. more than four hundred movies from seventy two countries be bella knowledge as one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world. god rocks pearl was a man down at the red carpet deceiving. scott what he's read about budapest grand hotel's that the type of film that usually opens a belly now. well it's obviously there's a star

studded still don't know about us but the girl likes to do is to bring in a lot of stars though not nearly this many i mean it's crazy that bill murray toast with grape clients that edward norton that just goes on and on and on i haven't seen the us this many sta place in quite a long time here berlin on the left was a bit interesting as well but this film is it's much more means street it's really isn't a big hollywood style production and those usually don't find an opening that night slot in berlin to clean up the competition on the stove was going up against a very serious than dark dramas that occupied the building competition in the race for the gold and silver pants and that is a bit unusual but i think it's a great film opened. it's not really a confection of a bill to set a real delight to watch and then to enjoy an addictive great way to kick off the fast. ok what about the makeup of the jury's this year it is a very important body after all. yet it's it's it's interesting this year

they often like to mix up things up at some actors chris the faults that cover double oscar winner they're going to get we got interesting. a young american independent actors from the top twenty law one of the biggest stars from hong kong and then you have. some people on the production side bar for broccoli to produce the james bond movies there and stop commenting hers the jury president of the biggest names in the event itself change the mets news from a topical focus features of its about nick's should make it very interesting in the discussions are going to be happening in the coming days. i fear to decide who'll come away with the golden bear. he will briefly to ten starters in the films here particularly looking forward to. the well there's george clooney's film the monuments men which comes on the weekend of deer interest to see that in my personal favorite of the berlin air without having seen it cloudy lows as a loft which opens next week this week to

talk them screaming apparently the sandstone rocks girl at the red carpet scott thanks much. there is another big events about to start on the winter looks where athletes are making their final preparations for the stock has gained after months of hard work. now among them the german news ashley to last of our series countdown is on she re introduce you to three medal hopefuls in the southern german state of bavaria. no telling to chat. jim an illusion after the guys and bad air rushes to cheer on the teammates as they crossed the finish line in the doubles. once again they come in first securing the win in the world will tell. guys and the couple said pascoe will cup title in the back. now she's looking forward to the intakes the kids getting closer and closer now and am getting a little tingling with anticipation. i can't wait to

open it and put that up. to be essential and dubious of germany's doubles champions enormity train together with dice and beckett in the bavarian alps. together best conditions in the world buses are stocked up what makes it look so strong. we train together all summer. we push each other to our limits were there for each other's first sink into and through fire and ice. we've gone through alot together and that's what going to stop this. cells. even the competition is not the guys in baghdad and the two to three assists by inseparable. they carry has led her to the stop line she'll say what is out for them. another teammate if that's the knicks last one in pink gold in twenty ten is expected to take up another in sochi. the thing i decided to just been really another tough season for us so far it has been going really well. our prayer in sochi november went well too. like at which the game's defining

start looking toward the crunch. but to me as i go to the spot. unlike in world cup competitions at the lynn takes let this go down the track whole time snow too that means twice as much concentration. i was twice the risk of making a mistake well from which ford winter weather dry and you can't really complain about germany's winter weather this time around we only had one real cold snap another son has been churning again on petitions have been less favorable elsewhere here in europe by ngos has been battling coastlines from spain ireland worst appears to be over. the cleanup has started in many areas of residence coastal areas are being advised to be careful right it's always time for right now. thanks much for joining us from washington the air. i have. i am

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