germany is our home. finishes i would if i were to say on german they would laugh at me and say you're not really job much torch not really german but not really turkish but more turkish than german perhaps what to germans think of people with turkish roots and which country to turkish germans identify with most according to a study conducted by the institute for turkish studies in essen twelve percent believe they have closer ties to germany thirty one percent believe they have closer ties to turkey and thirty nine percent believe they have close ties to both countries in twenty ten mistletoes a footballer with turkish roots who played for the german national team received one of germany's most prestigious media prizes for his services to integration it symbolized the new multi-cultural germany which four years later won the world cup play for suddenly there were all these germans with a turkish background who identified with the german national team. including in the amateur berlin club be a k o seven.

and for two days germany is a changed germany as. thanks. to. our transformation is this experience since then what it is this one of the strongest. against against exactly the developments i just talked about we all hope. you. retain the moral rectitude to stand for tolerance and. humanity and liberty in the future in other words for true democracy. when a very interesting that he would make that statement at a time when in the german bundestag we now have a far right party we're seeing the rise of far right populism throughout europe. the contrast between those i found very interesting here although i mean when you to our viewers it's important to for them to hear this statement for example from one of the f.t. leaders beyond her who's a particularly controversial figure but it credibly influential among the ranks of the t.v. we're talking here about today's remembrance ceremony in the bundestag and beyond her to not too long ago came out and said to germany was crippled by what he called it stupid politics of remembrance in germany did a one

germany is used to put the in. in point on diplomatic. on diplomatic solutions and also being nice and talking people into solutions and if we have partners which just don't agree on that and say well if we block a certain solution it's much better for us than germany's not up to the task and that's i think what germany has to do now it has to show that it's not only able to be nice but also to apply pressure it's the fourth biggest economic country however the world so we have a lot of pressure even without taking military action we can put pressure on member states and we should do that and unfortunately the first what the federal government said until now is they see their role in the security council doesn't pointing to that direction it's more of being once again what needs to change well our foreign minister for example that he want to put the focus on climate change on the role of women in conflict and on diplomatic preemption of conflicts it's all nice and fair but it's not enough means a real big problem h

is germany going to have to overcome that pacifist reconsiders germany going to have to shed that legacy. yeah i test over comments a doesn't has two sets legacy in the sense that we shouldn't. think about it and keep it in mind of course we should keep in mind it's a responsibility but it's not a responsibility not to act its responsibility. to act in order to find solutions and such cases like in mali is that even the german peacekeeping troops have only very limited function set they don't want to do anything which is connected with the risk. that the other one has to do as that is not as the right solution and but i have my doubts that this whole german society is really so. a peaceful s. often said that it's a belief in the political class that this is a better you you can't overcome if you're talking to german citizens all over the country and i'm doing that quite. often they are very realistic and they understand that of course it's not not the roles they are looking. for to have more trouble for german peacekeepers but the understands of recon plays a special role with different

even if you live in germany and feel at home in germany if you're from turkey and you're always being asked where you belong there will be over the map if you're always being reduced to your roots or it's just always a factor then it's going to get in the way of you feeling german who can give because you're always having to take a side but you can belong to two countries. the majority of turkish germans feel neither more turkish nor more german they feel both turkish and german turkey feels like home but germany is where they live and work so it's also home. to. the times when turkish germans worked only in hairdressers snack bars of grocery stores are long gone these days many run businesses when the essence of the explore perceptions of turkish germans economic standing three percent answered they're more successful than others nineteen percent on sunday less successful and sixty seven percent said equally successful. or still. new dani care skin and his son denise have a window manufacturing company their order books are full and they'd like to expand production of a school or to

in november the major museum venue is one of the most hotly debated construction projects here in germany my colleague david leavitt's has been following the story welcome david first of all. about the controversy surrounding the building it's. ok robin brace yourself for a little bit of time travel here because the home board form is partially a reconstruction of this of the baroque city palace of the german emperor is located at the heart of berlin now the allies did bomb it in world war two it could have been saved but no socialist east germany had other plans they tore it down and put up the palace of the republic in its place that's their parliaments and cultural center hideous yes but also kind of great in its own way i think. it is you are right with hideous war you know a lot of people were still yes it is but still a lot of people were sad that it got torn down to put up this new version of the city palace because the point is why create a historical replica. of a building instead of maintaining an actual historic building ok but that's all done and dusted this forum is well unde

in the franco germany relationship. agreement and friendship carried the day and that is an example that we want to be emulated. last week i don't think i said the same time the spirit of after will accompany us on the road towards the summit meeting that. tech base on the ninth of may two thousand and thirteen in cebu how much. the european projects the way we see ourselves rests on values and basic about news we all share and i hope that we will be able to reaffirm this during our meeting in c.p.u. i meant that at this summit in a dissension in the not our common message or to be we need is strong. integrated and cohesive learning that is ready to tackle and master of imaginable challenges only in this way. can we create a clear a positive and a hopeful perspective. common future. thank you with thank. you richard and well as if it means constantly present at the french republican. colleagues. ladies and gentleman excellencies. on. yet again we meet here in the us. in such a symbolic place. we celebrate not on franco

the far right alternative for germany party says it will campaign for germany to leave the european union if the e.u. doesn't undertake drastic reforms germany's largest opposition party has been conferencing near the eastern city of dresden outside the venue police kept hundreds of left wing protesters at bay. washington's ambassador to berlin has issued a stark warning to german companies over a controversial pipeline that would supply russian gas to germany while bypassing eastern european countries richard burr now reportedly wrote to several companies involved in the construction of the north stream two pipeline reminding them of u.s. sanctions on the russian energy sector the u.s. has long opposed the pipeline saying it undermines european security. well max and he's been following that story for us he joins me now in studio with more max there's really a lot of breakdown here first just lay out for us exactly who did the u.s. ambassador rights to and what was in the letters so us investor richard grinnell wrote a letter to several businesses which are involved in the construction o

security forces are killing anti-government protesters also coming out in the exclusive interview germany's foreign minister unveils plans for the country's two year term on the united nations security council. plus. football handball fever germany as the national team aims to book a place in the final of the world championships. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us u.n. human rights chief michel that has called for deescalation talks and venezuela and an investigation into claims that security forces have killed at least twenty protesters the alleged crackdown followed a bid by opposition leader one quite though to oust president nicolas maduro but he says he's the victim of a u.s. led and has cut off diplomatic ties with washington. a defines nicolas maduro has gone on the offensive severing diplomatic relations with the u.s. a day after washington codman duros regime in the gita meant i couldn't move i think there is no doubt in the world that donald trump wants to bring in his own de facto unconstitutional government a coup d'etat in venezuela against the people and democracy

francis spray spain britain and germany say they will recognize venezuela's opposition leader one good way to go as president if elections in the south american country are held within eight days kwaito declared himself an interim president earlier in the week he says he won't give up his fight for fresh elections he's announced large scale protests for next week and called on the army to switch its allegiance to him at the military continues to back incumbent president nicolas maduro duros describing credos rise as an attempted coup against his government. for more let's go live to caracas where de w.'s oscar shanker is standing by oscar what influence can european countries have on the power struggle there. both have a lot of influence and they influence up to this point because it was the european union and many of the european countries that along with over sixty countries rejected the elections of the twentieth of may and last year that elected model as president when the new term began on january tenth he was no longer president because they did not. see those as fair elections s

and it's a nordic head to head at the handball world cup norway wins it semifinal game against germany and now takes on the host denmark. on exposure thanks for joining the longest government shutdown in american history is over for now thirty five days into the standoff with lawmakers president donald trump has passed a short term funding bill to temporarily reopen the government but his funding request for a five point seven billion dollar border wall with mexico the issue that start of the deadlock is not part of the deal and he still wants a wall. i this was the announcement federal employees across the country have been waiting for and not just them thank you very much my fellow americans i am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government trump agreed to temporarily reopen the government until mid february even without having received the funding for his key request a wall on the border to mexico. his retreat came after intensifying delays at some of the nation's biggest airports and another missed pay day for hundre

fill the gap it's not enough and we want to germany to do much more but we have seen the germany has treated it openly and loudly the president of turkey the president of china russia and trump of course. another good example is germany's response to saudi arabia's human rights violations shocked by the brutality of the killing the german government suspended the sales of arms to the kingdom and expelled some saudi diplomats the us took no such measures to distance itself from the saudi arabian regime. and germany is marking the one hundredth anniversary of women being given the right to vote the german parliament the bundestag held a special commemorative session with female social democrats wearing white as a sign of solidarity the speaker stress how far german women had come in the past one hundred years and how much remains to be done to achieve sure with equality. one of the speakers was the former president of the german bundestag and women's minister rita says she stressed that even though there are more rights for women there is still much to be done. we have arrived in the m

more important topic that germany finds here. full of particular importance for the next two years is a sexual violence against women in war torn countries and that is a field where germany even wants to push forward for a united nations resolution they're also considering having german chancellor angela merkel and you're over at the united nations leading a security council meeting and those are the most important most important topics here at this point that sad to germany is already one of the biggest contributors to the u.n. budget also to u.n. troops and the expectations are that germany would even step up its efforts you know even further all right all over solid in new york for us thank you very much. well moss may have made climate change his priority at the u.n. but back home the government is struggling to keep up with its own schedule to phase out coal from germany's energy mix as because it's a controversial issue as some regions have relied on coal mining for decades to provide jobs and prosperity a government commis

when germany decided to stop. our exports to saudi arabia. paris took absolutely different decision america to sort of a very good point. we have two leaders here who are not at the peak of their power popularity right now melinda does that matter it matters perhaps in slightly different way than you mean it matters in the sense that the president macro is really struggling at the moment there have been massive protests by french citizens who feel left behind the yellow vests as they're called and this is definitely the chancellor trying to reach out a helping hand she did her best today at the ceremony to make him look good the fact is she's reaching out that hand quite late he's had proposals on the table for cooperation toward european union reform since the fall of twenty seventeen that's quite a long time but that's that's her point of view and i think the other point is she's looking at the history books now and she really wants this to be apart from legacy the european union european integration european stability is very very importan

to fill the gap it's not enough and we want to germany to do much more but we have seen the germany has tried to size it openly and loudly the presidents of turkey the presidents of china and trump of course. another good example is germany's response to saudi arabia's human rights violations shocked by the brutality of the killing the german government suspended the sales of arms to the kingdom and expelled some saudi diplomats the us took no such measures to distance itself from the saudi arabian regime. well after his press conference here in berlin the executive director of human rights watch kenneth roth he paid a visit to us at the headquarters of news right here and i spoke with him about the state of human rights in the world and why there is plenty of reason to be optimistic. good it's good to see you again good to be here i noticed today at the press conference the message you have the headlight message was a positive one you said that there is this trend of countries people working against all recruits where do you see that well you know i think when you read the headline

museo gives a visit to germany at the moment well germany wants a couple of things from foremost pakistan i mean those pakistan wants more credibility from germany. germany wants two things they want greater regional cooperation within within central asia was biggest and has made some important positive steps in that direction and germany wants obviously to be in the front of the queue when the country opens up for business but business also has an aspect of human rights to it because business also wants level playing field a good rule of law predictable courts the moment there's no. real rule of law or independent courts and pakistan so it's in pakistan's interest also to attract investment but it makes human rights before those biggest is geopolitically quite important in the region in central asia to what extent is jim you prepared to push was the start of human rights given its political importance as well as these trade interest that you talk about because there's often a tradeoff between human rights and security and economic interests and again it's a good question because in the p

we travel to the zaouïa land a predominantly rural area in western germany.miners from the roar valley were sent here to this former benedictine monastery after world war two to recuperate in the fresh air the hospital here still specializes in respiratory care. for years dieter curler a former president of the german respiratory society was the medical director here he is also skeptical about the german environment agency's data. they compared two groups rural residents and city dwellers with respect to energy to. pinpoint a small difference in life expectancy the people in the country live a bit longer but that might be because they exercise a bit more drink less alcohol or smoke less or a range of other different factors attributing the difference to nitrogen dioxide or fine particulate matter isn't. scientific theory they take a statistical correlation and turn it into a causal connection without proof because on the contrary it's very easy to refute that connection with italy. you would need to conduct tests with people exposed to high quantities of n o

what about germany? germany is an interesting pattern again. all of our discussion of the first world war folk could where thefocuses forces do the bulk of the fighting in continental europe. the germans, at the time and remember 1914 not for the attack through belgium and france, but for a heroic attack of the reich from by the russian army, france's allies. the hero victory that is is amorated by the germans battle rarely discussed in the west. that is where hindenburg and ludendorff made their names in holding back the russian army advancing into eastern prussia. tandberg was a bizarre mixture, it also like stonehenge and the very insect -- mari provocative image. becauseot visit it now it is not in germany any longer, it is in poland. that is a consequence of the next war. and also because it was blown up at the red army advance. that is where hindenburg was buried, the great commander, the great commander in the first world war. -- that isre hindenburg and hiller presiding as chancellor. 1914 to 1918 was remembered by germans as a heroic s

that comprised the territory of what today is from germany. a lot has been written about the quarrel between him and his sons then they divided the empire in the so-called treaty of. of all places but the battlefield like no other battlefield after centuries of ongoing wars symbolizes and embodies the madness of the war of the fast seventeen million people perished in this over the graves of the federal transfer the time and french president francois mitterrand held hands a very picture and the very symbol of franco german written so haitian at the time of the when the german bundestag of it fix added a preamble to the treaty which contained the objective of a membership of the united kingdom to the european union today with great regret we note that we are almost at the time of britain leaving the european union particularly at this point in time this treaty is so all important mr president madam chancellor you are now showing what you actually want more exchange more europe more cooperation and the treaty of our home is going to give a great

so is germany's vocational training flawless perfect wherever you look. for from it companies in the region in rural upper but there are a prime example of what's been going wrong. experts call what the vision of fighting a company is struggling with fit issues. the family business for two generations it's now run by hindsight know his firm has taken on apprentices for more than three decades precision engineers and cutting machine operators in particular train here but for a few years now they've been unable to find anyone for the traineeships applicants have grown spears and they come with worse qualifications emotion and the machines are becoming more and more complex and that requires the specialists who operate there to be trained to a certain level of confidence. but we're seeing a deficit in general education and if you ask them posed the german chancellor then sometimes they're surprised it's a woman if you don't even want to start training i'm sorry i don't even know that it's a bit of in this your field. companies would rather apprentice busy. g

germany just digitally make a fool of itself. we haven't made a fool of ourselves there have been similar cases and other countries so. it's just that this is the first time we're seeing a case where a single perpetrator targeted so many well known public figures. and this is now prompted a public debate about whether germany's i.t. security is up to snuff. about it should the head of germany's federal criminal police the b.k. is boasting that they found the perpetrator very quickly and yet they didn't even appear to take a notice that the chancellor and other party leaders had been hacked wouldn't it have been good to show a bit more humility as it was an answer we were surprised when we found out that several people targeted apparently contacted the authorities as early as december. but somehow the authorities weren't able to detect a pattern in the attacks it wasn't until after a lot of data from a lot of people had been posted online that a proper investigation was launched at which point it only took two days to find the per

interview germany's foreign minister unveils his plans for his country's two year term on the u.n. security council. plus the soundtrack to poland's political opposition. like the band big push back against the country's conservative climate doctors and despite attempts by lawmakers to silence them. and move over a football handball fever grips germany as the national team aims to book a place in the final of the world championships. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us venezuela is still in the grip of a bitter power struggle after opposition leader. tried to oust president nicolas maduro western countries are backing quite those bid for new elections but china russia and turkey are all supporting the durazo condemning the nation's ongoing protests. the turmoil in coup. backus has subsided for nigh but vehicles serve as a reminder of what happened here the day before so since to the streets to demonstrate against the government more than two dozen protesters were killed opposition leader why do declared himself caretaker president and bite and what he called a dictatorship b

so germany would you would say is more committed today to that relationship in the u.s. . i would say what it is it takes two to tango right in the past it was really the americans who put a lot of effort and a lot of energy in this and maybe now because of this transatlantic well wake up call they're currently facing only hear understand better that we need to invest more in the trans-atlantic relations then possibly informant decades find some interesting points of view there is baier there saying that the trump is actually right that germany has had this free ride for all these years i mean that saying that but he's echoing what we heard tonight and that is germany is contributing more to its own defense and security in nato and that is a direct result of the demands made by u.s. president double trump so you can see that as a positive but underneath the surface there are problems with the transatlantic relationship and that was evident tonight so you regardless of who i spoke with. you could hear that people are not satisfied with the state of transatlantic relationshi

-bo the germany correspondent for france. both of you welcome let me start with you today signing it took place at the same time the u.k. is battling itself over brics that is this treaty is in answer to brics that it's an answer to wrexham but not only to rex it is an answer to the euro skepticism across the european union it's an answer to rising nationalism to populism it's an attempt to really press that famous restart for the european union bearing in mind that that original treaty that you mention it was signed fifty six years ago really was the establishing foundation of a franco german partnership that became a real motor for water for further european integration but the european union today is very different from what it was back then it's much larger it includes a number of eastern european countries so whether a franco german partnership can deliver the same kind of dynamic now i think is very much a question how does french see the meaning of today's sun i think it's also in i think a symbol against. the strength

the far right alternative for germany party says it will campaign for germany to leave the european union if the e.u. doesn't undertake drastic reforms germany's largest opposition party is holding a conference near the eastern city of dresden outside the venue police kept hundreds of left wing protesters at the. prime minister alexis tsipras says he will call a confidence vote in parliament after his defense minister resigned all stems from a deal to end a long running dispute with neighboring macedonia over its name. coming to us and his party are part of sequences alliance who support is needed to approve the deal that will give you the mayor of the polish city if it is in a critical condition after being stabbed at a charity event and then rushed on to the stage and knifed pawel out i'm ovitz he's a leading figure in poland saw physician movement that grew out of the solidarity trade union in the one nine hundred eighty s. sunday's event was part of a national campaign to raise funds to provide medical equipment for hospitals. guys talked about moments before the attack america done p

pipeline linking russia to germany or face american sanctions. plus the tennis world is focusing on bell burn where the australian open starts on monday it's the first grand slam tennis tournament of the year but it could be the last one of the sport's greats. i'm carl aspen thanks for joining us. more storms and heavy snow are forecast to strike across the alps and avalanche warnings are still in effect at least twenty four people are believed to have died in weather related incidents across the region. after a short break in the weather the snowfall in southern bavaria has been relentless this mountain prost was closed after an avalanche swept down from the austrian side of the port it with germany emergency services rescued a group of skiis who sought refuge in a mountain restaurant. since image of equipment mountain rescue team in the police school today is down when the pass is closed you can't just make your own way down . most of the roads around the town of practice garden have been cleared the biggest problem is the massive snow pressing

also coming up move over football handball fever grips germany as the national t.v. names to book a place in the final of the world championship. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us greek lawmakers have ratified a landmark name change deal with macedonia under the agreement greece's northern neighbor will rename itself north macedonia and athens will drop its objection to the country joining nato but the deal faced fierce opposition and greece and has already cost prime minister alexis tsipras his parliamentary majority there were more protests outside the assembly ahead of the vote although torrential rain in athens kept many demonstrators away friday's vote was delayed by a day to accommodate the large number of lawmakers who wanted to debate the deal further. let's bring in our correspondent at the chorus of issues in the greek capital athens for us hi andy so the greek parliament did go ahead and approve this name change but it was a narrow vote wasn't it. absolutely one hundred fifty three steps just shoot over the one fifty one which the prime mi

also on the day a border wall in denmark germany's neighbor to the north begins building a fence to keep out unwanted visitors but in this case we're talking about pigs. this. understood us of a fence is that it's supposed to stop wild pigs getting into denmark. is part of the danish government's action plan and so it's gone through to do so they deal. elizabeth warren bernie sanders joe biden there's already a long list of politicians rumored or confirmed to be running for u.s. president in twenty twenty and you can now add democratic senator carl harris the list. she's one of the party's front runners for the nomination and the chance to challenge donald trump in twenty twenty before prosecutor kicked off her campaign in her hometown of oakland california and is presenting herself as the leader who could unite america. long lines in downtown oakland come along harrah's drew a big crowd here for her campaign kick of rally among them many young women like in portugal eager to hear what the senator has to say. we really love how strong she is unlike criminal justice reform immigration she

really under pressure since donald trump has gotten out of the nuclear deal from germany. a request of the nato countries about all united states. air during many years to all unravel and to all we. in respect of that relations to it to the united states to with stand their wish this move has happened just two days before our foreign minister. says it will be resitting washington maybe it's also thought to be like the president like a gift that there wants to bring to washington. international athletics association has cleared forty two russian track and field athletes to compete in international events but only compete as neutrals. the eye of doping really lord has agreed that the applications of forty two russian athletes have met the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in international competition as neutral athletes despite the latest ruling of the russian athletics federation remains under sanctions and these are imposed back in twenty fifteen when the world anti-doping agency accused the rusher of state sponsored doping and numerous clean athletes have since

interview with germany's foreign minister unbelted plans for his country's two year term on the u.n. security council. and move over football and ball fever grips germany as the national team aims to book the place in the final of the world championships. i brought thomas thanks so much for being with us venezuela remains in the grip of a bitter power struggle after opposition leader one wideout tried to oust president nicolas maduro western countries are backing why doe's bid for new elections but china russia and turkey are supporting condemning the nation's ongoing protests. the turmoil in caracas has subsided for ny but vehicles serve as a reminder of what happened here the day before same since. the streets today mean streets against the government more than two dozen protesters were killed off position leader why do declared himself caretaker president and bite and what he called a dictatorship before disappearing to an unknown location. while many western countries agree with why do mature to his own international allies have through in their wheat behind his socialist governm

turkish germans in germany. in forty five minutes. earth.home to millions of species of home worth saving. which is on those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like to use the term the climate boost to green energy solutions and reforestation. they create interactive content teaching the next generation about environmental protection and were determined to build something here for the next generation of global ideas the multimedia environment series on t.w. . it came out of the fact that. they're welcome to another euro max special where this week we're touring the top tourist destinations in europe today we had to spain for the following reports. city perspectives see the capital madrid far from the madding crowd. all of the trip on the luxury in.

interview germany's foreign minister unveils his plans for the country's two year term on the u.n. security council. and walk away this from to the views team in davos on the last day of the world economic forum. the chilly winds of protectionism is being felt here in davos and a coat of us tells me globalization is taking on a very different form join me and the business team here in the swiss alps. plus the soundtrack to poland's political opposition. to. the law that may be meant to cause the country's conservative climate lawmakers though say they're violating the speech guidelines. and to move over football handball fever gripping germany as the national team means to book a place in the final of the world championships. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us venezuela remain. in the grip of a bitter power struggle after opposition leader was. tried to oust president nicolas maduro western countries have back quite o's bid for new elections but russia china and turkey are supporting nicolas maduro condemning the nation's ongoing protests. the turmoil in caracas has subside

or british in germany is a campaign's organization standing up for british citizens living in germany part of an umbrella organization called british in europe which covers around one point two million british citizens living in the e.u. right now and we don't know exactly what the outcome will be of course and therefore we don't know exactly how that's going to affect us status with confusion so what do you know yet we do know that before the brics it talks began both sides michelle bonnie ray and trees may said that that goal was that british citizens would not be affected by this that they would continue living their lives as before and we know that even with that deal all with the worse outcome of a no deal that will not be the case lives are going to change with the present present suggestions both of a deal or no deal do you think the british government is doing enough to address the concerns of people like yourself and the people you represent here in member states after breakfast. we feel that. because of the. the the the status that e.u. citizens in the u.k. were given. this

and indeed in germany. as well in germany will have the far right a.f.d. cry foul saying that this is just an attempt to see german taxpayers' money being used basically being shifted across the border and on the french side we heard from mocking the pen and the phone us you know concerns that this is an attempt spreading its influence into france with more german speakers than even going beyond that so you can see that those populists and clearly this is also response to populism as we heard it. today crying foul over an agreement and with others like the green party in germany and the liberal blogs saying that this is simply not ambitious enough so a lot to prove to all sides that this really adds value not just to the bilateral relationship but also to europe as a whole lot of what you. touched on it. outlined the opposition within. countries but outside germany and france lots of countries are going to look at best. idea of being bullied by these two major powers within your . germany and france can't really get it right if they don't do anything at al