and in germany the right leaning a.f.d. parties proposal to verify the age of migrants is roundly condemned by all the other party. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron good to have you with us this hour now we start with breaking news the turkish defense minister has announced his country has launched a military operation in syria's kurdish controlled african region starting with cross border shelling cannot get the latest from artie's paulus lee who joins me live paula what do we know about the situation in africa at this point. well as you say we're hearing from the turkish defense minister that a de facto turkish military operation has the gun across its border now this is been corroborated by the syrian kurds the white p.g.d. who say that since those day night some seventy shells have been fired by the turkish military on to their villages now it's one of the only a statement by the turkish president at a one in which he said that the united states had admitted to establishing a terrorist

for the alternative for germany party and it's the second time this week that the f.t. party has been threatened with legal action over allegedly racist twitter posts as though many came now explains the lawyer for no a back away submittal time in setting out his client's reaction to the comments that were posted on twitter by the alternative for germany a member of the german parliament meyer mr becker's lawyer says that his client believes that it was a racist comment and he is seeking legal redress he is suing mr maher but also in a civil sense but also seeking a criminal investigation to be made into the comment posted on the account of yens meyer the point to make here is mr meyer says that the post was made by a colleague of his his and that the comment has been deleted another thought is though the issue of race and how the alternative for germany party is dealing with it this is not the first instance in the car past week or so in which the issue of race race has been raised by elements inside the alternative for germany party they are tricks from stalk a leading

and in germany the bride leading n.a.f.t. parties proposal to verify the age of my current that is roundly condemned by all other parties. a very warm welcome you are watching us and international with me at mccarran good to have you with us this hour the turkish defense minister has announced his country has launched a military operation in syria's kurdish controlled african region starting with cross border shelling paula syria has more on how events unfolded. hearing from the turkish defense minister that a de facto turkish military operation has begun across its border now this is been corroborated by the syrian kurds the white who say that since those day night some seventy shells have been fired by the turkish military on to their villages now it's one of the only a statement by the turkish president and the one in which he said that the united states has admitted to establishing a terrorist army on the turkish syrian border any chord on the united states to deal with that terror at its infrastructure and these comments by the

well the alternative for germany is a right wing populist party and they have made it a political tactic to victimize themselves whenever they they use a provocative statement and then being criticized for it but they call it of course censorship something they always do but this time i think they certainly do have a point because criticism does not only come from the far right it also comes from civil rights groups who say that this net folk network and forstmann blore is introducing censorship through backdoor they say that as the state wants to make the providers deputies for pro for legal prosecution and imposes large fines on them this could mean that these providers could eliminate any opinion which they think could be provocative or disputable just to avoid the fines and this in the end could mean that. the mainstream opinions could find it much harder to be heard or seen on social media. saudi arabia says its ban on women car drivers will be lifted in june the majority sunni countries under strict sharia law and is the last country in the world where women are not allowed behind

otherwise companies would face big fines earlier this month the deputy leader of the alternative for germany party so her facebook and twitter account suspended after she criticized the country's police for saying happy new year in arabic. again says people who express their anger at migrant policies in germany seeing their voices silenced online. this problem is you know the policy of the german government and especially of the older parties is intended to help young man from islamic or african countries get settled in europe and to accept their religion and culture for this reason and german citizen who has lived here forever is being ignored and in the case of facebook or twitter it works like this they censor all critical statements even though they are consistent with the real situation of course it runs against the mainstream political line in germany for this reason they try to silence all critics of the german government's asylum policy. so past the hour here in moscow one short statement from u.s. military command has led to a rather uncomfortable situation for the white house the trump a

at the social democrats who are no longer the largest opposition party that would go to the new kids on the block alternative for germany they would be the largest opposition party they would also get all of the perks and traditions that come along with that including being the chair of the bundestag budget committee all new ground for the right leaning and t. establishment party a party in fact in which martin schultz and many other senior members of the social democrats have decried as racist before the election in september and said that they shouldn't be taking up seats within the bundestag well in an attempt to try and hang on to power for himself he may well catapult them up into the position of been germany's largest opposition however this whole deal on a coalition it all comes down to a vote that will be put to party membership and that's around four hundred fifty thousand people to decide on whether it's the right thing to do for germany for the social democrats if they decide against the earth well all bets are off and it would seem that we would be destined for another election here in germany. are all over

well bit is from stories is a leading figure of the fall rise populist party alternative for james germany or d. and since they entered the german parliament bundestag last year she has been serving them as a deputy leader in the parliamentary party and she has quite a reputation for using provocative statements to gain media attention in two thousand and sixteen see at the height of the refugee crisis she called for the german border police to shoot at refugees when they are crossing the german german border even including women and children and after a huge outcry of criticism she said well i never really meant to publish thought it was just on my computer and then i accidentally slipped with my fingers over the mouse so she's got quite a reputation for rather braces and very strong provocative statements and. viable saying that german authorities want to germs to live with criminal mobs of migrants so these these comments these tweets is this just the f t being a f d a short are they looking to make a particular splash as they see it in germany's paloma for the first time it's a little

otherwise companies would face huge fines early this month the deputy leader of the alternative for germany party saw her facebook and twitter account suspended after she criticized the country's police for saying happy new year in arabic again says people who express their anger migrant policies in germany are seeing their voices silenced online. the problem is you know the policy of the german government and especially of the older parties is intended to help young man from islamic or african countries get settled in europe and to accept their religion and culture for this reason german citizen who has lived here forever is being ignored and in the case of facebook or twitter it works like this they censor all critical statements even though they are consistent with the real situation of course it runs against the mainstream political line in germany for this reason the try to silence all critics of the german government's asylum policy. french riot police or five tear gas or prison guards from europe's largest jail striking over dangerous working conditions including attacks on staff there wer

for the alternative for germany party which campaigns against the mass immigration and what it calls islam is ation he lashed out at becker on twitter after the twenty three year old complained of racism in berlin in an interview. it's the second time this week that the f.t. party has been threatened with legal action over allegedly racist twitter posts as dominic cain now explains. the lawyer for noah back a ways to diddle time and setting out his client's reaction to the comments that were posted on twitter by the alternative for germany member of the german parliament ye meyer mr becker's lawyer says that his client believes that it was a racist comment and he is seeking legal redress he is suing mr my but also in a civil sense but also seeking a criminal investigation to be made into the comment posted on the account of yens meyer the point to make here is mr meyer says that the post was made by a colleague of his and that the comment has been deleted another fort is though the issue of race and how the alternative for germany party is dealing with it this is not the first instan

up to sixteen million dollars well the first case a far right politician of the alternative for germany party had her twitter account briefly suspended after users fired her tweets as hate speech against muslims now that's after she lashed out against german police for putting out a new year's tweet in arabic and prosecutors are now examining whether or not her tweets do in fact incite hatred then on top of that twitter banned the account of a magazine that was actually mocking her but in doing so repeated her line now the magazine's editor said he was shocked by the decision and the association of german journalist said that it qualifies as censorship adding that they've warned of this danger when the law was drafted last year it private company based in the united states decided the bone degrees of freedom of the press and opinion in germany now this is even going on in the u.k. we're twitter and facebook are facing sanctions after m.p.'s that said that they failed to thoroughly investigate how russia supposedly swayed the brigs that vote they need to be able to tell us what they can do abo

otherwise companies could face big fines earlier this month the deputy leader of the alternative for germany party saw her facebook and twitter account suspended after she criticized the country's police for saying happy new year in arabic layla build again says people who express their anger at migrant policies in germany are seeing their voices silenced. this problem is you know the policy of the german government and especially of the older parties is intended to help young men from islamic or african countries get settled in europe and to accept their religion and culture for this reason and german citizen who has lived here forever is being ignored and in the case of facebook or twitter it works like this they censor all critical statements even though they are consistent with the real situation of course it runs against the mainstream political line in germany for this reason they try to silence all critics of the german government's asylum policy. drug related crimes are becoming so bad on parts of the paris metro the train drivers are reportedly refusing to stop at certain stations that's

a member of the anti migrant alternative for germany party is under police investigation for an offense of social media posed our correspondent possibly here is in berlin and has the story when it all cocks back to new year's eve when the police in the german city of cologne posted on their official twitter account a new year greeting now they posted their message in four languages in german english arabic and french and the fact that one of the languages used was arabic so infuriated a member of the german parliament beatrix one stall who is part of the right wing alternative for germany party the a if de that she posted on her twitter and facebook accounts and angry response she slammed the police's decision to post in arabic now although her initial messages has been deleted on monday she posted again and she said and i'm quoting that muslims are barbarians now she has been criticized both online and offline for allegedly incitement to hate speech as to be expected the leader of the f.t. has come out in her defense and she has said and again i'm quoting that the authorities are more

and here in germany a member of parliament leading figure in the far right alternative for germany party could face charges over a new year's eve tweet that six one stalk tweeted police about what she called barbaric gang raping hordes of muslim men opposed to a new german law aimed at clubbing down on online hate speech came into effect twitter quickly removed the tweet and suspended her account. new year's eve celebrations passed without serious incidents this year but two years ago hundreds of women reported being sexually attacked many of the perpetrators were migrants since then police in cologne have pushed the slogan respect they use social media to spread the word in many languages including arabic bad takes one choice a leading member of the far right alternative for germany party mark the action in a tweet and criticize the police do you think it is to appease the barbaric gang raping hordes of muslim men twitter deleted the entry immediately cologne holies regard the tweet is anti muslim prosecutors are now assessing whether to charge one story with incitement to hatred that i

up to sixty million dollars over the first case so far right politician of the alternative for germany party had her twitter account briefly suspended after users flagged her tweets as hate speech against muslims now that's after she last lashed out against german police for putting out a new year's tweet in arabic and prosecutors are now examining whether or not her tweets do in fact incite hatred then on top of that twitter banned the account of a magazine that was a mocking her but in doing so repeated her line and the magazine's editor rightfully it said he was shocked by the decision and the association for german journalist said it qualifies as censure censorship adding that they had warned of this danger when the law was drafted last year let's take a listen at broadwood company based in the united states decided the bone degrees of freedom of the press and opinion in germany now this is even going on in the u.k. where twitter and facebook are facing sanctions after m.p.'s said that they failed to thoroughly investigate how russia supposedly swayed the brigs that vote. they need to be

again this week now so after the facebook accounts of a member of the right wing go tentative for germany party was blocked it came after she called for people to join a women's march against rape and killings perpetrated by migrants in the country i organized the women's march to the chancery almost every day we read about horrific reaps and murder of women the more women come the more pressure it will put american politicians from the old parties together let us take to the streets to fight for our right to freedom and serve the temora nation. now despite belonging to a party known for its strong anti migrant rhetoric layla bill go who are women and children's rights activist regularly travels to syria and iraq to help people there she's of migrant origin herself and are surprised that the official reason for her facebook bone. as an interface will come ashore on my troubles with facebook started a few years ago facebook has a big issue with women of migrant background you can notice that i don't have a nordic look you can see that i am originally from the south here in germany i fight for hu

member of the german parliament beatrix one store who is part of the right wing alternative for germany party the a if de that she posted on her twitter and facebook accounts and angry response she slammed the police's decision to post in arabic now although her initial messages have been deleted on monday she posted again and she said and i'm quoting that muslims are barbarians now she has been criticized both online and offline for allegedly incitement to hate speech as to be expected the leader of the if he has come out in her defense and she has said and again i'm quoting that the authorities are more committed to imported more raiding groping abusive knife stabbing migrant mobs now at this stage posts are being investigated by the police she can become the first person to be found guilty under a controversial new law here in germany that went into effect on the first of january it's known as the limits dig a little and it aims at cracking down on social media hate speech now you'll remember that cologne back in two thousand and fifteen was in the headlines on new year's eve when more tha

otherwise companies could face huge fives earlier this month the deputy leader of the alternative for germany party facebook and twitter accounts suspended after she criticized the country's police for saying happy new year in arabic. again says people who express their anger at migrant policies in germany are seeing their voices silenced. this public policy of the german government and especially of the old harness is intended to help young men from islamic or african countries get settled in who are going to accept their religion culture for this reason and german citizen who has lived here forever is being ignored and in the case of facebook or twitter it works like this they censor all critical statements even though they are consistent with the real situation of course it runs against the mainstream political line in germany for this reason they try to silence all critics of the german government's asylum policy on. drug related crimes are becoming so bad on parts of the paris metro that train drivers are reportedly refusing to stop at certain stations that's according to a union representing

making headlines that's after the facebook account of a member of the right wing alternative for germany party was brought the move followed her call for people to join a women's march against rape and killings perpetrated by migrants in the country i organize a women's march to the chancery almost every day we read about horrific rapes and murder of women the more women come the more pressure it will put america and politicians from the old parties together let us take to the streets to fight for our right to freedom and serve the temora nation or despite belonging to a party known for its strong anti migrant stance leyla builder regularly travels to syria and iraq to help people there the women's and children's rights activist is a migrant origin herself and was surprised at the official reason for her facebook . as going to facebook of a show on my travels with facebook started a few years ago facebook has a big issue with women and migrant backgrounds only you can notice that i don't have a nordic location or can see that i am originally from the south and here in germany i find a human ri

a rise in anti semitism in germany had been due to the influx of islamic immigration that was then shot down many parties including all anglo merkel's christian democratic union saying that anti semitism had its roots in the far right in politics in germany and elsewhere around so that's where we stand at the moment for them if they've just entered parliament last september following the election this is the first time that they're really getting their teeth into legislation you're not going well if you're an alternative which are many supporter anyway at the moment all of the other parties coming together uniting is one something we can't find them doing over any other issue here in germany to say no to the a.f.d. and no to their policies. and it's not only in the german parliament that the f.d.a. is having a rough ride recently the facebook account of one of its members was blocked following her call for people to join the women's march rapes and killings perpetrated by migrants i organize a women's march to the chancery almost every day we read about horrific creeps and murder of women the more women

germany's social democratic party has slammed by its own membership after a u. turn in coalition talks with merkel we've got live reaction from germany after this . you don't see. what the most. said. no seventy three that. if you speak french. we start again in europe where germany's draw annoyed coalition talks could be on the verge of a breakthrough the social democrats leader martin schultz persuaded his party members to vote in favor of reestablishing the ground coalition with chancellor angela merkel's party however this could see the anti migrant alternative for germany party. becoming the main opposition force in the country brick and done peter all over. well this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was the result he campaigned for but it was a visibly very worried martin childes waiting for those results that come in he gave a speech just before the ballots were cast he said that there were only two options it was either go into coalition with angela merkel's conservative bloc or that have to be another election and he was very clear on which o

two senior members of germany's far right a.f.d. party are being investigated for incitement to hatred over social media posts via dell and one store had criticized the police force for wishing followers online happy new year in arabic amongst other languages their party had finished third in circulation by the authorities by the police into the comments that these two ladies made around new year regarding as you say the tweets in arabic that were put out by the police office in cologne and it's vital being the co-leader of the alternative for germany party in the parliament ninety odd members colleagues of hers in in parliament with of which one is their tricks fahnestock and she's the one who initiated these comments referring to the decision by the police to tweet in arabic and using language which several hundred people have now complained about in addition to the complaint the police received in addition to the complaint the police are investigating looking at the specific language the tricks from stalking use the interesting point t

because we want to get back to a real culture of debate among germany's parties because we don't want the f.t. to be the voice of opposition that happens best when the two big parties in germany's political landscape the conservatives and the social democrats are fighting things out. saxony on hold has delivered an early victory to the camp hoping to reject a grand coalition the delegates vote is nonbinding but the result suggests the road ahead may be tricky for the species leaders. for death in the studio and it has been quite a day for a first say voc it's been a very exciting day and we're just pleased to have been as they get back the winter break always seems to last too long even though this time it was actually shows than usual because of the world cup so back to work and let's have a look and see wass the results were so far after much to. take in the big gave to move second while hoffenheim suffered a blow in a draw at braman tree with five i was very big brick overbets in mind three two and a cracker of a macho. buy and one on friday and there are two games on sunday. so it

up to sixteen million dollars well the first case a far right politician of the alternative for germany party had her twitter account briefly suspended after users flagged her tweets as hate speech against muslims now that's after she lashed out against german police for putting out a new year's tweet in arabic and prosecutors are now examining whether or not her tweets do in fact incite hatred then on top of that twitter banned the account of a magazine that was actually mocking her but in doing so repeated her line now the magazine's editor said he was shocked by the decision and the association of german journalist said that it qualifies as censorship and that they've warned of this danger when the law was drafted last year that private company based in the united states decided the bone degrees of freedom of the press and opinion in germany now this is even going on in the u.k. where twitter and facebook are facing sanctions after m.p.'s said that they failed to thoroughly investigate how russia supposedly swayed the brig's it vote they need to be able to tell us what they can do about it

germany. as you have already said beatrix from georgia is one of the leading figures of the extreme right populist party alternative for germany she serves them as a deputy nida here in the german parliament. she has quite some reputation for using provocative statements to gain media attention in two thousand and sixteen for instance at the height of the refugee crisis she called for german border to police to use weapons against refugees coming in including also women and little children to shoot criticism she said that she didn't really mean to publish this post but that she slipped on the computer mouse. ok so criticism from her is perhaps nothing new but what is new is this new law and that's gone into effect here in germany we're going to bring in live show from our d.w. social media desk now liz what can you tell us about this new law that's now gone into effect. well the new law is called the network and for us men to act it came into effect yesterday on january the first and basically the people who run social networks that have more than two million people or users are required to report or to

two thousand and thirteen they followed their party's recommendation to end to coalition with conservatives so there's still a few unknown's before germany as a new government. are allowed to lead the party is covering the talks and joins us now from our parliamentary studios in berlin charlotte those taking part in these coalition talks or staying very tight lipped about the progress of these negotiations what are you hearing through the grapevine how likely is it that we'll have an agreement by tomorrow as deadline. i think it's very likely that we'll see an agreement by tomorrow's deadline by thursday night or maybe in the early morning hours heading into friday the every part of all the both parties see their responsibility at this point that they have to form or at least try to form a new government and the politicians taking part the leadership of both parties they would just lose their credibility if they didn't get some kind of final result through in these exploratory talks and they have agreed on quite a few issues for example on some climate issues also on the topic of immigration there is supposed to be a new immigration law

mean that the social democrats were no longer the largest opposition party would go to the new kids on the block alternative for germany they would be the largest opposition party they would also get all of the or perks and traditions that come along with that including being the chair of the bundestag budget committee all new ground for the right leaning and t. establishment party a party in fact in which martin schultz and many other senior members of the social democrats have decried as racist before the election in september and said that they shouldn't be taking up seats within the bundestag well in an attempt to try and hang on to power for himself may well catapult them up into the position of germany's largest opposition. patrol over there while the geo political analyst trainer offers to explain to us why the a.f.p. has gained so much support. i would say that the union party is above all the c.d.u. look as left of the conservative positions of the past they have turned somewhat roughly speaking into an ask. and ask b.d. it has lost much of its political standing because many of the topics were also covered by

that the social democrats who are no longer the largest opposition party that would go to the new kids on the block of turnitin for germany they would be the largest opposition party they would also get all of the or perks and traditions that come along with that including being the chair of the bundestag budget committee all new ground for the right leaning and tea establishment party a party in fact in which martin schultz and many other senior members of the social democrats have decried as racist before the election in september and said that they shouldn't be taking up seats within the bundestag well in an attempt to try and hang on to power for himself he may well catapult them up into the position of being germany's largest opposition peter all of our whole apush for a second grand coalition has had a polarizing effect i think it's safe to say in s.p.d. members of their parties on the left are also warning the social democrats that they are jeopardizing their future. there is no more appropriate term than political suicide to describe this because if the s.p.d. really carries on like all the things they were punish