s new multimedia sushma. d.w. dot com africa on the move. germany state by state. the most colorful. the lifeless. the most traditional. find it all any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state. on t.w. dot com. this is g w news live from berlin the u.s. government shuts down on the very day president trump was hoping to celebrate his first year in power with the u.s. senate failing to agree on a new spending plan the republicans and democrats have been claiming each other will be asking how the shutdown will affect trump the u.s. and the outside world. also on the program turkish troops have stepped up their shelling of the syrian town of upbringing in a campaign against the kurdish militia to control the region despite washington's appeals for restraint turkey.