germany over all. same tender german people who smacked us with their world war i against seesh yeah. russia. france. belgium.a. russia. france. belgium.. russia. france. belgium.e. russia. france. belgium.r. russia. france. belgium.b. russia. france. belgium.i. russia. france. belgium.a. russia. france. belgium. italy. britain. and the united states of america. it took all of us to do it. but we finally knocked that fuhrer out. defeated the german armies. second chapter ended. we marched straight into germany and said, why, these people are okay. it was just that kaiser we had to get rid of. you know, this is really some country. when it comes to culture, they lead the whole world. we bit. we poured in our sympathy. we pulled out our armies. and they flung chapter three in our faces. fuhrer number three, slogan number three. today, germany is ours. tomorrow, the whole world. sxhtd tender repentant, sorry german people carried the torch of their culture to austria.and the tender, repentant, sorry germa

germany is no longer the enemy. the soviets are the enemy. >> to keep west germany as an ally the decision was made not to humiliate the german people. the material disappeared into archives. 70 years later night will fall brings the horrific images to the public to ensure that the horrors of the holocaust are not forgotten. >> for more we're joined with melinda crane. there are some brutal images they are. amazing they were not shown until now. >> these particular lines images like this definitely were shown. they formed a process called d e-nazification. this is your guilt. you did this. those were shown to germans to equate them with the facts that they claimed not to have known about and to say this is your responsibility, this is something you must know and must never forget so that it cannot happen again. that process was stopped early on. but it was picked up later after the auschwitz trials and called confronting the past, a process of trying to make sure germans do not forget that their country perpetrated

what about germany? should germany prepare its all for an attack of this kind, this scale -- should germany prepare itself? >> that is the question everyone is asking. the answer is yes and no. there is no immediate threat in germany, at least. there is no indication whatsoever -- at least that's what we hear from security forces and from the minister of the interior, that an attack in germany be imminent, but nevertheless, i mean, it is not to be excluded that radicalize people or homegrown terrorist in germany also developed this lust for violence. >> looked look at the french attacks -- how can these type of attacks be prevented? >> very difficult because it is a social issue, a societal issue. there are many factors interconnected, and it will take france and europe many years to find this extremism, the extremism of radical muslims and also the extremism of the extreme right. >> thanks so very much for that. well the attack in paris is continuing to send shockwaves around the world. german chancello

more than germany. double from the u.k. so it is a population which always had struggles and conflicts with french because of the past colonial times. so they have really they feel they have to react in a very clear way. that is actually what they did yesterday, posting on social medias condemning the attacks very clearly. also, you can't avoid -- these kind of attacks are some isolated reactions on the social networks which will praise the attacks. this happens too. >> the right wing party in france that has been growing and increasing its strength in the polls, it has said since the isis campaign began, look, we shouldn't get mixed up in this. it will increase the threat of violence at home. would you say this attack bears that out? >> i don't really see a connection between this deed that we have seen and what's going on in the middle east. that might be two different stories. nevertheless, it is big winner of yesterday of the event that we have seen in paris because very many people in france are very worried and they a

germany has been seen -- it keeps international players out of this.ermany has been seen as more sympathetic to the russians. france is relying on the european union. they're looking for the backing of the eu. >> as those talks get ready to kick off, we will see what happens. u.n. secretary general get -- ban ki-moon is calling for restoring of stability. >> this happens after a top military commander warned that a coup was underway. >> but the rebels said they had no intention of attacking the president or his residence. first, this report. >> the presidential palace has been sealed off. shia hootie rebels have stormed the building and storm the president's resident, a separate building. they say it is not a coup. a books and said they just wanted to pressure the sunni dominated government ahead of a revision of the constitution. the un security council met in new york to discuss what was happening. [no audio] >> exercise maximum restraint and take the nexus area that -- steps to restore full authority -- the necessary that to restore full authority i

germany felt top political -- germany's top political and religious leaders rather for a rally at the brandenburg gate, a rally organized by the country's let us stand together for each other was the slogan of the gathering. they said they would not allow society be -- to be torn apart by extremists. >> earlier in france french president francois hollande paid tribute to the three police officers killed in last week's attacks. he said that they died protecting freedom. >> and in israel, for jewish men killed in the kosher supermarket attack in paris were billed -- were buried in jerusalem. >> all right, that is going to wrap up this edition of "the journal." for more news you can join us on the web at www.dw.de. >> we leave you now with some images. it has been an emotional day in berlin and paris, and jerusalem. ♪ >> [speaking foreign language] >> hello and welcome to "euromaxx highlights," for a look at the best bits of the week for you. let's have a look at what's coming up. culture sleuths -- the online portal art detective uncovers the secrets of ancient paintings. pop in the sno

pegida says they are accepting of germany who have faced war or persecution to germany.his should be done in a controlled manner. a stance against migrants in germany, or not what they call the well integrated in germany. the language does become looser when they describe islam. they speak out against what they call a misogynistic and violent ideology that is threatening the christian judeo-dominated culture. the manifesto i not be entirely cohesive. scare tactics and by often exaggerating claims how far islam is affecting german culture. the rhetoric tends to be empathetic. members of the community do not feel at home in germany anymore. dresden has one million population. about 5% of the german population is muslim. very exaggerated claims. many coming forward to speak out against pegida. pegida has shown they are a force to be reckoned with. >> jessica reporting from berlin, thank you. greece could end up leaving the eurozone following elections later this month. market seemed to steady after opening on tuesday. stocks fell more than 5%. the euro hit a nine-year low.

they really don't suspect that germany could be behind this.pting germany's cables and they have broken the code they do it in the old admiralty building. they get a bunch of oxford and cambridge dons and are able to brilliantly break the german code and they are reading germans' messages. they read them and they say oh, my gosh, they declared war even though there isn't a real declaration of war, against the united states. so they pass this on to the federal government. the man in charge of intelligence activities at that time is james polk a descendent of the preside . he's an undersecretary of state. he has to do something about this. president wilson says well look into it, see what can be done. he really doesn't take it too seriously. so polk has to figure out what to do. the bureau of investigation, which is the precursor to the fbi, is really at this point a very feeble organization. the men aren't even allowed to carry guns. military intelligence, naval intelligence, with all respect to many members that might be here, was really not fu

in germany, they've decided to target the united states. they decide that the only way to keep the united states out of the war is to bring terror to our shores. they decide that they need to stop the united states from sending arms and materiel to the allies who are fighting against germany. so they begin to target the united states. it's a time when the united states realizes that this is a nation full of targets. the cia in their in-house journal has looked back on this period and they point to this as the first defense of the homeland, and the man who is made in charge of it defense of the homeland captain tom tunney, and i'll speak about him, really is the first head of homeland security. he and his little 12-man squad are really the precursors of a homeland security network which now has 40,000 people and an annual budget of $98.8 billion. it's also a time where we learn to live with fear. now, to understand where this story begins, i think we have to go back to two months before the war, before the war has broken out in europe. and w

what does this mean for germany? >> it is not only germany. it is the ecb, the eu commission and the international agreement and rules with greece are not out of the blue, but a situation that were over month discussed -- over months discussed. in the final analysis, it also means that greece has their own destiny in their own hands if they decide not to stick with what they promised the for. it's not about the european core or the core of the eurozone to show more solidarity. >> so that means germany is sticking to his austerity policy for greece. >> we as germans are not in the driving seat. it is about the troika. if the troika is negotiating a new government, then the new government you will see very quickly. there is no way in europe to give them a free ride, because also countries like aim ireland, portugal, italy will have to do their homework. and the electorate in these countries will be very angry if greece gets a free lunch. x thank you so much -- >> thank you so much for talking with us. earthquakes and the uncertainties in eurozon

. >> the terror in france is fueling anti-islam demonstrators in germany. we will have more from inside the crowd. >> and who is the best soccer player in the world? they are here to crown an honoree at the fifa ballon dor. >> at this hour france is putting an additional 10,000 soldiers and 8,000 police officers on the streets. >> across the country the highest alert level remains in effect following last week as attack on "charlie hebdo." >> not only were the attackers supposed to be under police surveillance one of the attackers was reportedly listed in the u.s.'s terror date base. >> making regular life in paris more difficult to restore. >> it should be a part of daily life a father dropping his child off to school. after last week, schools resembled fortresses. this one is under heavy guard. >> one fifth of the pupils stayed home. their parents have decided not to bring their kids here. tha is a big number and shows their level of concern. >> four jews were killed in friday's stand-off. the jewish community is understand. israeli prime minister netanya

i look at germany. i look at unemployment. i see two worlds. record low unemployment in germany.mployment in italy. the inflation rate is -0.2%. here is the debate. if you include oil, if you include energy prices into that inflation number, you have deflation into the eurozone. if you strip it out, you have a little bit of inflation. had to the central banks -- how did the central banks handle this? do they look at it as transitory ? or do they look at the word consistency? they hiked interest rates when energy prices were higher years ago. the bond market is telling you something else. the bond market is saying, i don't expect growth to stoke inflation anytime soon. this debate is going to roll on until january 22, when the ecb meets. everybody will talk about whether they will pull the trigger on qe. then anybody -- everybody will talk about whether this is going to have any impact whatsoever. >> as you speak, the greek 10 year has climbed above 10% for the first time since september 2013. >> i like this little thing called the greek election. angela merkel is in london today

germany has seen its workforce grow by over two million.many's economy has benefited for strong demand for exports from outside the eu. that has meant more jobs in germany, some of them for recent immigrants from spain. >> in the u.s., the economic picture is somewhat better than here in the eurozone. the consumer electronics sector is hoping its showcase in las vegas will help sluggish sales. >> at the annual consumer electronics show, the auto industry is showing technological breakthroughs that could make the future of driving driverless. >> with its casinos and showgirl performances, the las vegas strip is famous for its flashing young lights. it can be tough to take them all in especially if you are sitting behind a steering wheel. but with this car no problem. daimler presented its driverless concept model at this year's consumer electronics show. it navigates using the internet, and even has a swivel chair for the driver. with autopilot, you can face any which way you like. >> 30 years ago i was seeing these pictures, dreaming about

attacks in germany. the storage of telephone and internet data needed to be reproduced, she said. the opposition disagreed. >> more data retention and tighter laws are the wrong way to respond. if our freedom is attacked we must not respond by giving up the freedom ourselves. >> german lawmakers must decide how to move forward after the terrorist attacks. >> new satellite images revealed just how destructive the attacks by boko haram militants and jihadists have been in northeastern nigeria. amnesty international says the pictures show the attacks in baga. the before and after images show that nearly all the trees in the area have been destroyed by fire. the human rights group says that as many as 2000 people were killed. the nigerian government says the death toll is much lower. our correspondent joins us now from nigeria. we have to point out it has become so difficult to report from northeastern nigeria that satellite images are basically as close as we can get it seems. >> yes, because parts of the n

they pose a major security risk when they return to germany. they followed a german tunisian. >> terry martin is in berlin on the story for us. is it a coincidence the raid took place now when the other raids were going? >> within 24 hours, one late thursday night, certainly giving the impression that authorities are cracking down in germany in the wake of those attacks in france. authorities are refusing to say whether the arrest were internationally coordinated. the spokesman would not be drawn on that question. in the case of the arrests, it seems that the authorities found airline tickets in the apartments of the suspects. there could have been a case that they were getting ready to leave the country that perhaps it was a coincidence in the case of religion. >> authorities are saying that is the case of the suspects that were killed in the raid yesterday. but the threat is also real in germany, isn't it? >> the threat level remains "hi." at an abstract level. they are known to have gone to syria and iraq. the threat will be watched that muc

in germany, they've decided to target the united states. they decide that the only way to keep the united states out of the war is to bring terror to our shores. they decide that they need to stop the united states from sending arms and materiel to the allies who are fighting against germany. so they begin to target the united states. it's a time when the united states realizes that this is a nation full of targets. the cia in their in-house journal has looked back on this period and they point to this as the first defense of the homeland, and the man who is made in charge of it defense of the homeland captain tom tunney, and i'll speak about him, really is the first head of homeland security. he and his little 12-man squad are really the precursors of a homeland security network which now has 40,000 people and an annual budget of $98.8 billion. it's also a time where we learn to live with fear. now, to understand where this story begins, i think we have to go back to two months before the war, before the war has broken out in europe. and w

people will also be remembering attacks on railway trains here in germany.people are aware the threat is there. the authorities have responded to this attack in france by not stepping up security. >> thanks very much, peter. >> joining us from our social media judesk what are people on social media sites saying about this attack in the heart of paris? >> we are seeing a flurry of activity across the web ever since news broke today. social media desks have been actively following what is happening. it rose quickly to the trending topic in europe and internationally. we are just seeing so much in terms of eyewitness accounts, in terms of politicians celebrities, everyone is expressing anger and outrage and horror over what has happened. just an amazing amount of activity out there on twitter facebook and everywhere socially. >> what about this satirical weekly, charlie hebdo? the paper price on controversy and has a strong niche following. it feels very strongly about freedom of speech. >> we heard earlier in some of the interviews you just conducted that real

france is pushing on germany to help bring europe out of its funk, and an economy minister says germanys an urgent responsibility, and this is before a meeting with angela merkel and franÇois hollande on monday. it is interesting day. a story we will continue to follow. i am guessing that the french are going to keep this pressure on germany to hike up investments and spending from the german side in order to help the eurozone along. at the same time, germany will probably be pushing france to do more when it comes to structural reforms to make the market in france work better. >> and it was the lowest against the dollar, the euro, in a decade. >> the eurozone is under a pressure. >> all right, markus karlsson with business, thank you. and it is time for world news. ♪ >> hello there, and welcome to the web news. the stories making the online headlines. coming up on today's show, u.s. comment on the opening of the boston bombing trial. australian online reports of the devastating bushfires, and a bird's-eye view of new york city. the trial process for boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsar

that is true in germany.have everyone employed in price is not moving, that is great news. it is not great news for the rest of the eurozone. >> unemployment in germany dropping to a record low 6.5%. check out the unemployment rate in greece and you will see a different story. "the pulse" is up next. we are here in europe and we are focused on eurozone inflation data, which is released in about an hour. economists forecasting a move to negative for the first time in five years. later today the attention turns to the fed. patients the word. that will be at 7:00 p.m. u.k. time. ♪ >> brent below 50. oil hits a new five-year low. >> deflation dilemma. eurozone consumer prices are set to drop into negative territory. >> merkel meets cameron. the german chancellor in london. we are going to speak to one of her key advisors in an exclusive interview. good morning, welcome. you are watching "the pulse." i'm guy jo

it turns east germany into a pressure cooker. there's a series of like to take leadership the lens why. if you live under dictatorship you basically have three choices as to how you conduct your life. those our loyalty, exit, or voice. loyalty, exit or voice. what that means is you can be loyal and put up with it and not complain and stay quiet which have happened during long periods of east german history, or you can exit, tried to flee. when the border opened between hungary and austria, exit became an option. when the east german regime sealed off these germany exit was withdrawn and loyalty was no longer tall there will. the only remaining option was voice of protest. or start a massive protest, particularly in the southern part of east germany a region historically known as saxony. people had been trying to get to czechoslovakia or hungary just got stuck there. a huge number of people who'd put everything taking everything they can ensue cases their children and they're fed up and not going to go home. you start to see in th

germany, which is a big export nation. we have seen economic data coming out of europe a lot weaker than expected. the weaker euro will make it more competitive. japan's currencies are also going fine. japan is having the same impact in the currency. against u.s. and u.k. exports, they have an economic advantage. >> amidst this political risk in europe, would you be buying european equities because of weaker euro? when you look at the fundamentals behind the weaker euro are they supportive of the view to be buying european assets right now? >> i think european equities are multigenerational against the u.s. market. there is opportunity. the euro is getting weaker. that should support exports. it should support a lot of european companies, especially as europe is such a trading bloc. almost 40% of european trade is exported outside europe. the company fundamentals are a lot stronger than the economy suggests. >> you stay with us. we will keep the conversation as greece edges to a renegotiation of bailout terms. prime minist

the people who go there are mostly from a region in germany in the south of former east germany. if you look at the highest number of participants it is in the city of dresden the capital of the state of saxony. you now have more than 20, 25,000 people showing up. no other city in germany has a similar event. the city outside of duress dren wasdren -- dresden was leipzig. spot as a religion phenomenon focused on that city of saxony. especially in the city of dresden. demographics, it is a mix of younger people. there you could see quite a few who might fit the description of a far right protestor that you see elsewhere in germany and older people also couples more women than normally on far right events are with retired people or middle class people. who join the group. it is a mixed bag, there is a tendency that far right activists are mingling with the more normal folks worried about islam as a religion as worried about asylum seekers and immigration? >> that's hard to say because many of these people do not want to talk to journalists or social scientists. they have been two s

thousands more people have turned out for antiislam rallies in germany. with angela merkel branding them as racist and urging germans to turn their backs on them. weekly rallies over what protesters call the islam fiction of theiislamfication of the country. also going dark in solidarity. thousands of protesters turned out in seven cities for counterrallies. let's go live to nadim baba . how these proafts are spreading. >> lauren behind me thousands antipegida protesters, others in other parts of the cologne to stop a planned march towards the cathedral. several cities across germany are hosting margins by pegid after but in general the counterdemonstrations are larger. in berlin the police are talking about 10,000 antipegida demonstrators showing up. the pro-pegida draimentors areda demonstrators are far far smaller. the largest was in dresden a couple of weeks ago which drew 17,000 people. that's what spurred her to actually make those comments. clearly, at least the minority in parts of germany from saying they would support the movement, one poll thou

germany for germans, he says. no mosques in germany. no mosques in dresden. >> you won't see, you won't hear a german word. and it's not a good situation. if you have four daughters, four blonde, long-haired daughters. >> reporter: immigration is at a 20-year high in this country. the group behind this demonstration claims to be anti-islamist. it's called pagita and it's increasingly popular. what shocks and perplexed the authorities are the sheer numbers are. modern germany is not used to scenes like this. and they've provoked disgust and shame. the lights of cologne cathedral put out in protest. counterdemonstrations were held in 11 german cities. among those publicly condemning pagita the german chancellor. don't follow these people, angelina jolie says. too often they have prejudices coldness, even hatred in their hearts. but the voices persist. immigration is expected to be high on the agenda when the chancellor visits britain later in the week. these scenes make many in germany, but they can also no longer be ignored. jenny hill,

germany struggles with growing anti-immigration sentiment.[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> welcome to the program. in the face of europe's record low interest rates and deflation, european central bank has pulled out its biggest weapon. >> it comes from harsh criticism from germany. mario draghi says it will buy up to 60 billion euros worth of date bonds a month. >> this policy known as quantitative easing has already been tried in the u.s. and japan and eurozone policymakers remain highly skeptical. >> people were out doing their shopping. it's a great time to buy things in germany. prices are cheap and inflation is almost nonexistent. but the banks president mario draghi says this is dangerous. he says there is danger of deflation in the eurozone. his remedy is massive purchase of bonds. >> it maintains control over the design features of the program. the ecb will coordinate the purchases, thereby guarding the single nest of the euro s

germany only has one agent in the entire country. in a emission ss so nicoli realizes that something has to be done. if germany is going to win this war, which is about to break out, we have to keep the u.s. out of the war we have to keep the u.s. military machine, if it's ever built up from working against the germans and we have to prevent the united states from sending supplying the allies. he decides the only way we can do this, the only way germany can do this is to set up a network. germany ambassador to the united states and burnstof gets this summons to report back immediately to berlin for meetings. and he's rather upset about all this because he has his whole summer planned. he has a rich american wife with an estate on the north shore and a girlfriend with her house in newport, rhode island. spent part of the summer with his wife and then high tail it off to newport and spend the rest of his summer with his girlfriend and the parties up there. now, he's summoned back to berlin. a bit of an inconvenience. he hopes to get it

islam is part of germany.essment rather than in the logical statement -- an ideological statement. you have worked all over the world. one of the things we're watching right now is transformation country by country in europe. problems that have not been addressed by the major parties and are being taken up instead by the fringes. are you worried about germany? >> i'm not worried because i think it's a good thing. most of europe has gone into the boring middle and has gone bland, bland bland and totally centrist. there is no point of view. there is no ying and yang anymore. leaving room for extremists to go, wait a minute, no one is listening. we are being completely disadvantaged. this is a good thing. >> our advertisers targeting the multicultural audience? my friend got some diapers delivered yesterday and you cannot tell up the baby was asian, latin or white. using the same thing happen? >> if not, they will be out of business. advertising is way behind consumers anyway. the power has switched from the medi

weeks after germany's surrender, general patton visited a german.o.w. barracks and taught out a prisoner being held there, a scientist a leading german rocketeer, he had one the nazis' missile program and had overseen the technical experts who built the missiles that hitler had used in europe. patton impressed, pulled three cigars from his pocket and handed them to his nazi rival. my congratulations, patton said. i couldn't have done it. so i began to realize in my research that, again, the horrific unfathomable treatment of the survivors really had everything to do with this easy path to america that greeted the nazis. and i began to use that as a framework for the story. you have to remember that for every j everything w who did not -- jew who did not get into america or palestine this those difficult years, that was one more visa for a nazi collaborator maybe disguised as a p.o.w., disguised as a farmer disguised as a civilian administrator to get into america. the visas were a precious commodity with some seven million people left stateless after th

part of germany's world cup win lafs year.the australian open some of the sport's biggest stars already warming up. serena williams, similar conditions in melbourne but fell against an italian player until someone gave her a coffee on the court. and that helped, she went on to clinch the next two sets. together clinching the doubles to win the title 3-nil. great britain's campaign off to a winning start thanks oandy murray. he beat his poand opponent 6-2 7-5. a one-over win. >>> new zealand's cricketers heading into day 4 of the second test. went well to recover from their loss 94 run 6 wicket lead, of 118.australia'saustralia's cricketers, philipp hughes struck in the head and later died. remembering hughes ahead of the fourth and final test, a bronze plaque has been placed at the sydney cricket ground on the front wall of the members pavilion. >> yeah, i think it's a good thing. hughesie was one of us, was one of our good mates. so i think particularly this week it's going to be great to be able to walk past that and see the

putin. >> and so it was money that was being laundered in germany. >> laundered in germany through investments in real estate. >> narrator: putin had been on spag's advisory board since 1992 and had a close relationship to one of its principals. he only stepped aside when he became president. but when german police moved in to raid spag's offices, they discovered they had a problem. >> it was a political affair. they must inform at this time chancellor gerhard schroeder. so it's the first time, i think, that about a normal investigation from a prosecutor in a small town in germany, mr. schroeder get informed of, would like to be informed about this investigation. why he would like to be informed? because... putin. it was so high-level. >> narrator: to this day gerhard schroeder and vladimir putin are close friends who celebrate birthdays together. >> what happened to the investigation in the end? >> it finished without any result. >> narrator: schroeder has never publicly addressed the case, but their friendship provoked a scandal in germany in 2005. just two weeks before losing a general elec

officially germany is facing lower and dropping prices.he range of prices in january dropping 0.3% for the first time since 2009. the economic situation is vastly different today. many people don't speak officially of deflation. the euro stoxx going down slightly, and the euro going up and up throughout the day. >> thanks for a much for that. >> we have a short break coming up but when we come back, we will be looking at the international outrage over the public flogging of a blogger in saudi arabia. we will be speaking to the director of human rights watch here in germany. >> we will find out why the organizers of cologne's famous carnival have banned a cherlie hebdo float. that is coming up. ♪ >> dw in february. depart the usual points of view, and discover new perspectives. as a stranger in another world. as a spectator in the front row. or as an observer right up close. see the world through different eyes. our program highlights on dw, china on two wheels, and painting. february on dw, all broadcast times online. >> welcome back. cont

quick the so-called normandy or tech consists of russia, ukraine, france, and germany.they have met in this format several times before but have so far failed to find a lasting compromise. >> with crossover to simon who is standing by outside the villa where these talks are being held right now. the german foreign minister was due to make a statement. tell us more about that. >> the german foreign minister has just been speaking to the press in the last few minutes. he told us that he was hoping very much that the russian and ukrainian delegations have come here with the power and the will to constructively negotiate. he said that he would like of course to achieve a cease-fire. that's what everybody is hoping for because people are suffering in eastern ukraine. but beyond that, what the parties are hoping for, rather what the german government is particularly focusing on on here this evening is to keep lines of communication on -- open between russia and ukraine and to obtain some sort of breakthrough if possible. but i have to say, the foreign minister did not sound v

of germany, ukraine france. this comes against the backdrop of renewed fighting. ukraine says that russia is sending regular soldiers to support separatists. >> thousands of soldiers will be sent into the conflict region. casualties have been reported including civilians. >> tanks rocket launchers and other heavy military equipment. this is a pro russian rebel convoy. fierce battles are raging here and around the other rebel stronghold. ukrainian government says is not just troubles doing the fighting. tf maintains that 10,000 regular russian troops have been sent in secret to support them. on tuesday ukraine lost a massive mobilization. >> the government has submitted a law to parliament to increase the size of the ukrainian army to 250,000. that is an increase of 68,000 troops. >> moscow denies it soldiers have entered eastern ukraine. the foreign minister said that the rebels have agreed to withdraw arms from a previously agreed demarcation. >> we will work towards immediate cease-fire in ukraine. he will tal

now germany with two arrests that took place in germany overnight. 11 raids happening across the country there. one of those people was supported isis there in terms of equipment and financing and logistics. the other person we have learned is a man involved in a recruitment ring recruiting jihadists to four chechen jihadists. you are starting to get a picture of the anti-terror raids in belgium, but germany. all of this happening as we heard with another isis video appearing online. three french speaking jihadists saying more attacks are on the way. they said and i'm quoting here. we are going to come to europe and more operations across europe. cnn could not independent confirm the authenticity of the video. unnerving set of events and the enormous amount of terror activity. john. >> isa soares for us in paris. of course the biggest operation we saw overnight was that raid in belgium in the town of verviers calling it a terror cell planning an imminent attack. the belgium media reporting that the target to have been belgium police. all of this happening as secretary of state john kerry

the chancellor said there's no bathroom germany for hatred -- no room in germany for hatred. >> translatore all the means at our disposal as a constitutional state to combat in intolerance and violence. to exclude people because of their faith isn't worthy of the free state in which we live. it's humanly reprehensible xenophobiaia. >>> rallies in germany have been organized by a group calling itself patriotic europeans against the islamization of the west. the group's facebook page claims to have supporters across more than 30 german cities and 18 european cities. the group emerged in desden last year and its numbers are growing. a rally in october brought out just 1,100 people. by november there were 7,500, and by a january 5th rally, brought out 18,000 anti-muslim protesters. it's a growing trend with a complicated background. just a short time ago i spoke with a psychology professor and terrorism expert about the growing trend around germany. thank you very much for talking with us. the anti-islam group in germany, pegida has been holding weekly protests since october. now this the wake

we go to frankfurt, germany.ook at the announcement and the press conference of the european central bank. from the world economic forum in davos switzerland, stay with us. ♪ >> good morning, everyone appeared the 44th annual meeting in davos switzerland. 333 miles north to frankfurt germany. history made at the european central bank. we will have complete coverage across television and radio, including a number of conversations. davos distracted by all. first, we go to our world headquarters in new york. >> we start with the european central bank on the verge of taking its boldest step yet to fight deflation. at 8:30 mario draghi may announce a massive bond buying program that could exceed $1.2 trillion. the quantitative easing is aimed to boost consumer prices. not everyone is on board. the plan is already being criticized by some as too little, too late. the european central bank -- the violence in eastern ukraine is getting worse. artillery fire hit a transport stop, killing 13 people. ukrainian forces have k

and germany always was.een very competitive, but at the same time, we had a strong currency. germany was braced for its strong currency. there is no tradeoff. >> does germany become less competitive as a result? compare switzerland and germany. many manufacturers compete directly with their german counterparts that will benefit in the near term. will switzerland benefit in the long-term? >> they have had three years to adjust to a very strong appreciation of the swiss franc at the time. the central bank bought that time for corporates to do their reforms. most of the swiss corporates have done those reforms. u.s. talks to us with clients it has been a hard jalm. they have -- hard adjustment. they have done the reforms. this policy is -- so it does influence competitors and the exchange rate doesn't do away with the distinction between the core and the periphery country. it benefits everyone. germany will take more advantage of that. i think what we're seeing here is a policy that is not neutral. it has winne

it's a massive discussion in germany. same in france, belgium.e've seen a government collapse in sweden because of it. no one quite has the right answer to it. all everyone is saying is that you need to do more, but there's not a whole lot jan that is and what you actually need to do to fully integrate these people into your society -- there's not a whole lot beyond that. >> you know what america was like in the days after 9/11. there was a hugely unifying moment for the united states. talk about the atmosphere on the ground and weather this is a similar unifying moment or france. >> no, it has already been a splintering moment. one of the remarkable things about the last 48, 72 hours is the velocity with which this political discussion here has already split along partisan lines. less than 24 hours after the murder, they were talking about having a national referendum to read eight the death penalty. there is a back-and-forth on wether or not she was going to be invited to participate in the unity march. she eventually was not participated for.