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children than ever before are living in conflict areas and are at risk of death and violence syria afghanistan and somalia are the worst countries for young people the global charity says more than three hundred fifty million children that is one in six worldwide are living in conflict zones. u.s. defense secretary jim matters as urge turkey to remain focused on fighting so-called islamic state in syria he spoke with his turkish counterpart at the nato summit in belgium last month turkey launched a military offensive against kurdish fighters who've been at the front lines of the battle against islamic state. well berlin's annual film festival the belly nala begins tonight it's the first major international film festival to take place since the flood of allegations of rape and sexual misconduct against phil mogul harvey weinstein and other big hollywood names as our correspondent on your cost reports the me too movement against sexual violence has also reached berlin's red carpet. where the red carpet will be it still looks like a building site. construction crews here are racing against time w

hello and welcome to the program on martine dennis from syria to afghanistan and somalia whatever this conflict and instability is often children who suffer the most one out of every six children in the world is living in walls and that's according to a new report by the charity save the children it says those who are lucky enough to survive an attack are often left with debilitating lifelong injuries if that weren't enough some aid workers in laws ends of being accused of abusing the very same people that meant to protect we have a lot to get to with our guests first say nice. discussion. destroys lives it traumatizes communities. and in many of the world's conflict zones children are suffering the most. this is east in a suburb of the syrian capital damascus last week. it space for lentulus bombardments after years of starve and surrender tactics. the human rights group save the children believes youngsters in war zones are now more at risk than at any time in the past twenty years. according to a new report by the organization one in six of the world's children live in conflict zone

the report cites syria, afghanistan and somalia as the worst for young people and says 350 million childrenone in six worldwide, are living in conflict zones. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has met with turkish president rich entire area one -- recep tayyip erdogan one. talking over the so-called islamic state. washington supports the ypg group while ankara says they are a terrorist organization which must be expelled from the region. you are watching dw news. still to come, we have got a story of an amazing comeback win in the winter olympics of course. that is coming up in just a few minutes' time. and unusual start for berlin interest -- berlin's international film festival. the opening film is animated. and different, the starring role played by the need to campaign against sexual violence. -- me too campaign against sexual violence. reporter: there has been a frenzy on the markets, there were scenes of jubilation in south africa. many people street -- on the street celebrating, and investors are over the moon as well with the reformer having replaced jacob zuma as president. now

than ever are living in conflict areas and are at risk of death and violence they report cite syria afghanistan and somalia as the worst countries for young people and goes on to say that more than three hundred fifty million children one in six worldwide are living in conflict zones. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has met with turkish president. to live since visit comes amid rising tensions between the nato allies over syria's kurds fighting the so-called islamic state washington supports the white p.g. group while ankara says they are a terrorist organization that must be expelled from the region. you're watching news still to come on the program we've got a story of an amazing comeback when. the winter olympics of course that's coming up in just a few minutes time and an unusual start for britain's international film festival this evening the opening film is an animated feature also different this year. the starring role played by the need to campaign against sexual violence. but in the meantime there has been a frenzy on the south african markets and helen humphrey is tracking all t

syria, afghanistan and somalia were ranked as the most dangerous places for them.by internet giant facebook has caused an uproar online. facebook is directing users to download a vpn called onavofor protection. but they are not very clear about the fact that they own onavo, and also about the fact that the app tracks what you do online and sends that information to facebook. so even if you're not on facebook at the moment, they will still track your browsing. with me is liam booth—smith, chief executive of localis, an independent think tank. welcome to use. very good morning. tell us a little bit more about this and other concerns are. this isjust another step in the ongoing saga about the responsibilities big tech companies have in using our data. a vpn is a virtual private network, allowing you to surf the web, browse sites and have nobody track you. the problem here is that while the vpn that facebook are asking people to download, facebook can track you. the main criticism online is that this information isn't very clearly labelled by facebook when you download

children than ever before are living in conflict areas and are at risk of death and violence syria afghanistan and somalia are the worst functions for young people the global charity says some three hundred fifty million children that's one in six worldwide are now living in conflict zones. at least nineteen people were killed after a truck carrying african migrants crashed in the libyan town of bani walid more than three hundred people mostly from small and eritrea were on a truck on their way to libya's mediterranean coastline. colombia says three thousand troops have been deployed along the border with venezuela to stem the flow of venezuelans trying to illegally enter the country heavy machinery is being used to destroy parts of dirt road crossings which are often used by undocumented migrants to enter colombia. the zimbabwean opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has died of cancer at the age of sixty five tender i founded the movement for democratic change and was a fierce critic of president robert mugabe you want about half the vote in the first round of the two thousand and eight electi

children than ever before are living in conflict areas and are at risk of death and violence syria afghanistan somalia are among the worst countries were a young person in a report the global charities as more than three hundred fifty million children that's one in six worldwide are living in conflict zones. at least nineteen people were killed after a truck filled with african migrants crashed in the libyan town of bani walid more than three hundred people mostly from somalia in a trio were on the truck on their way to libya's mediterranean coast. colombia says three thousand troops have been deployed along the border with venezuela to stem the flow of venezuelans trying to illegally enter the country heavy machinery is being used to destroy parts of dirt road crossings which are often used by margins to illegally cross into. its two south african our president jacob zuma has resigned he made the announcement in a televised address to the nation his decision comes after his a.n.c. ordered him to step down by end of the day or face a no confidence vote in parliament he leaves behind a legacy o

than ever are living in conflict areas and are at risk of death and violence their report cites syria afghanistan and somalia as the worst countries for young people and goes on to say that more than three hundred fifty million children that's one in six worldwide a living in conflict zones for that so let's get some business news now on a frenzy on south africa's financial markets presumably reacting to the news of jacob zuma departure it's not just a whole lot of south africans on the streets celebrating phil it's also investors who are over the moon that a pro-business reformer has replaced zuma benchmark south african stocks climbing over three and a half percent on thursday on track for their biggest daily gain in nearly three years the country's currency the rand climbing to its highest in three years at over eleven sixty five to the us dollar the broader african footsie jase s e all share index which excludes south african shares has been trading over twenty percent up. south africa's economy took a beating under ex president jacob zuma it's four men to recession the country's bonds are ra

syria, afghanistan and somalia were ranked as the most dangerous places for them.rving dutch prime minister — who went on to be a united nations high commissioner for refugees, has died at the age of 78. the current prime minister mark rutte — led tributes saying the netherlands had lost a statesman of international stature. ruud lubbers was prime minister for twelve years. it's been a torrid few weeks for south africa's politicians. but they appear to have finally forced jacob zuma to resign as president. he's stood down with immediate effect after mounting pressure from his party the anc to go. he faced persistent allegations of corruption and will now be formally succeeded by cyril ramaphosa, the new leader of the anc. 0ur africa editor fergal keane has more. the moment of decision came late when the former guerrilla fighter at last recognised he could not win. president jacob zuma addressed the south african nation and faced reality. i was just yards from him when he said the decisive words. the anc should never be divided in my name. i have, therefore, come to

syria afghanistan and somalia are the three most dangerous conflict affected countries to be a child in the past few years there's been a three hundred percent increase in un verified cases of killing and maiming of children and around half of all children in conflict zones lack access to schools and health facilities. for care for. many of these children in the democratic republic of congo's kasai region count violence among the earliest memories militia have destroyed schools and homes across the region and the u.n. says thousands of children have been forced to become soldiers save the children is one of several organizations trying to rehabilitate victims i think we're talking about in this report of children being raped children being forced to fight being forced to kill other children horrifying brutality and so there's a number of things we can do we can invest in mental health and social support for children in his office and we can rebuild the society around them get them back into school and with their families there's a whole range of things we can do but that does take in

syria afghanistan and somalia are the three most dangerous conflict affected countries to be a child around half of all children in conflict zones lack access to schools and health facilities. well one of the more dangerous places for children is the occupied west bank where just last year fourteen were killed almost a thousand were injured but it's missed that from ramallah. it's hard to concentrate in class when a chunk of your skull has been blown away by a rubber coated bullet. mohammed to me was shot in december by an israeli soldier during protests in the occupied west bank he's fifteen years old. before the injury i used to understand things when i read he says so but no i don't get a lot. through it every five straight globally and that includes countries like syria iraq yemen and here in the occupied palestinian territories. and it's here the conflict is in georgia the longest from the start of the first palestinian uprising in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven just in the last twelve months fourteen children have been killed and almost a thousand injured in confrontati

over 90% of the territory previously held by isis in iraq and syria is no longer under their control control. .. >> to set us up in afghanistan. we have capability to continue our efforts against isis despite increasingly complex situations across syria and especially in the northwest province of africa to be fully engaged with the department of state to carefully balance our objectives. our partners on the ground have advanced a long way toward our objectives and we will stick with him to the completion of the fight. the iraqi security forces to prepare the elections later this spring. the second goal is to prioritize the implementation of the strategy in afghanistan to reaffirm the commitments with those complementary military missions. with u.s. counterterrorism mission. with our support and then to seize the initiative to span population control and secure credible elections. part and parcel is the approach to engage all countries with the state in the afghanistan stability especially pakistan and our goal is to develop a productive relationship that benefits both military and supports our objectives in the region. the th

let me give you one short story from afghanistan and went from syria. the lessons i have learned. was in a remote corner of northern afghanistan in a small tribal community where, sadly, men controlled all access to the women and me and my colleague, a female, had negotiated long and hard to get access to the women. it took hours. then at the end, because we are women, i found out why the men did not want to give us access. because all the women did was criticize the men. they criticized how the men did not work, women had to work long into the night. they criticized the money, the family, the banks. even where we think the women do not want to speak, they do. you just have to open the door and sometimes adjust the window. in syria i learned another lesson in the last seven years, this is a lesson about even the youngest of voices. a 12-year-old child bride who knew exactly what was happening to her and what should happen to her in another mind of society. after the syrian war, after every visit to syria i would think, what is the story that stays with me the most? who showed the m

syria afghanistan and somalia are the three most dangerous conflict affected countries to be a child in the past few years there's been a three hundred percent increase in un verified cases of killing and maiming of children and around half of all children in conflict zones lack access to schools and health facilities. for. many of these children in the democratic republic of congo's kasai region count violence among the earliest memories militia have destroyed schools and homes across the region and the u.n. says thousands of children have been forced to become soldiers. save the children is one of several organizations trying to rehabilitate victims i think we're talking about in this report of children being raped children being forced to fight children being forced to kill other children horrifying brutality and so there's a number of things we can do we can invest in mental health and social support for children in disaster zones we can rebuild the society around them get them back into school with their families there's a whole range of things we can do but that does take inves

children than ever before are living in conflict areas and are at risk of death and violence syria afghanistan and somalia are the worst countries were children and young people in a report the global charity says more than three hundred fifty million children that's one in six worldwide are living in conflict zones. colombia says three thousand troops have been deployed along the border with venezuela to stem the flow of venezuelans trying to illegally enter the country every machinery is being used to destroy parts of dirt road crossings which are often used by migrants to illegally enter long. here in germany chancellor all macros meeting with turkey's prime minister been ali today and one of the issues likely to be on their agenda is the case of denise you joe now he's the german journalist who's been jailed in turkey for the past year on terrorism charges charges human rights groups say are politically motivated now on the one year anniversary of his incarceration germany's foreign minister renewed demands for his release those demands were echoed by each all supporters at a protest here

syria afghanistan and somalia of the three most dangerous conflict affected countries to be a child in the past few years there's been a three hundred percent increase in un verified cases of killing and maiming of children and around half of all children in conflict zones lack access to schools and health facilities. for care for. many of these children in the democratic republic of congo's kasai region count violence among the earliest memories militia have destroyed schools and homes across the region and the u.n. says thousands of children have been forced to become soldiers save the children is one of several organizations trying to rehabilitate victims i think we're talking about in this report of children being raped children being forced to fight children being forced to kill other children horrifying brutality and so there's a number of things we can do we can invest in mental health and social support for children into we can rebuild the society around them get them back into school and with their families there's a whole range of things we can do but that does take investmen

the national security council has been very good about setting up briefings to talk about syria, afghanistan, iran. it does not happen often enough, but it is there. there is a way to get information. we do not hear as much from the principles. h.r. mcmaster, john kelly, that would be helpful to hear from those people. the briefing, as you can see, is dominated by theatrics. if it were longer, they might get into more substance towards the end. as of now, that is how it is. margaret: i just feel that the briefing is a valuable institution because it is an opportunity at least a few times a week to ask questions that the public can hear and see and have the administration respond to those in a way that the american public can see. it is probably not going to be substantive, nuanced, open-up-your-heart kind of response, but it is something. as you and martha point out, we take for granted that everybody knows this. everybody does not know this. it is a fraction of the way you do your job, is that question. three or four people might ask a question. the president or press secretary might make i

syria afghanistan and somalia are the three most dangerous conflict affected countries to be a child around half of all children in conflict zones like access to schools and health facilities. well one of the dangerous places for children is the occupied west bank which was last year fourteen were killed and almost one thousand were injured when a smith now reports from ramallah. it's hard to concentrate in class when a chunk of your skull has been blown away by a rubber coated bullet. mohammed to me was shot in december by an israeli soldier during protests in the occupied west bank he's fifteen years old. before the injury i used to understand things when i read he says but no i don't i think at a lot. too in every five children in the middle east a living in a conflict zone according to save the children has the highest rate globally and that includes countries like syria iraq yemen and here in the occupied palestinian territories. and it's here the conflict is in jordan the longest from the start of the first palestinian uprising in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven just in

entitled to asylum, but they are in germany because we cannot send them back , especially to syria or afghanistanany other country because of crisis. their existence is not secured. we don't want to send them back because they could die, or there is a big threat on their lives. they are staying in germany, now we are talking about their families, most of the children and women are still in those countries, syria or the u.n. refugee camps. the fathers or the mothers especially the minority children want their parents to come to germany to bring the families together, and since it is not allowed anymore in germany, that is against all the laws we have come the general law of germany and the convention. brent: what would a proper law look like to you? what do you want parliament to do? guest: we are talking about 50,000 people who want to come in, and not just germany, they want europe, the whole europe. we should allow them. we need corridors of the people to come in a secure way to germany belonging to the parents and families. brent: i want to talk about what it is like to be in the current parli

individuals we shouldn't try and advance political agendas states political agendas whether it's in afghanistan syria or in iraq and we should let the people of syria decide their future. well we've always always in awe of previous government emphasize good relations with all countries particularly our neighbors i don't think it's fair to expect from pakistan that they won't maintain good relations with china who's been our all weather friend an absolutely important ally to our country or even iran who is our neighbor i'm really happy to see cooperation between pakistan and russia increasing and i'm very optimistic that this partnership will continue to increase we like to be treated with respect and the people of russia and the government of russia have been very respectful to the government and the people of pakistan. and that's the news for now thanks for watching good news for those twenty four seven by following us on twitter and facebook i'll be back to update you again in about half an hour see that. that's in american interest to not see any russians die in terrorist attack as it is in russia

human rights group says three hundred fifty seven million children live in conflict regions syria afghanistan and somalia considered the three most dangerous countries in which to be a child. the u.n. says more people were killed or wounded in suicide bomb attacks and attacks in afghanistan last year than any previous year in the conflict they accounted for two thousand three hundred of the more than ten thousand afghan civilians killed or wounded in violence in twenty seventeen the worst attack was a truck bomb in may that one killed twenty two people all the number killed in bombings and attacks was higher than in twenty sixteen the overall number of casualties is slightly less than in the previous year airstrikes by the u.s. and afghan forces inflicted a rising toll on groups have responded to the more aggressive u.s. strategy with a wave of violence that's killed nearly one hundred fifty people in recent weeks daniel bell is with the united nations assistance mission in afghanistan she says hold the decrease in the total number of casualties is good news far too many people are still bein

exercise routines on them, inadvertently highlighting foreign military bases in countries such as syria and afghanistanief for nintendo i‘m sure as the wii u was considered a commercial failure and discontinued. engineers at caltech have built a fully autonomous robot that mimics a bat in—flight. bat bot (b2) has a new flexible wing design that apparently makes it more energy—efficient than other flying robots. and finally, elon musk‘s boring company unveiled a flamethrower, insisting that at $500, it‘s the perfect weapon for a zombie apocalypse. great idea or will it go up in flames? now, fashion week season is upon us. new york next week will kickstart the most important month in a fashionista‘s calendar, as i well know. but there is a group of people who do not see themselves reflected on the catwalk — people with disabilities. london fashion week last year made some progress when two disabled models opened the show for one of the designers. now a new york fashion school is hoping to continue that, combining tech and fashion by designing bespoke clothes for people with disabilities. paul carter visi

ground troops to terrorists in iraq and syria and afghanistan have lost the lives of civilians on the american soil yet not one single russian bullet was shot at an american soldier and for some reason threat for the pentagon comes from moscow i mean what russians don't really get it why. well. i don't share that view i don't believe it's a fact coming from russia today i believe we have to be vigilant about what might happen in the future in russia or china but i don't see a threat today and then there's the head of the british army cern nicholas carter and he says that cyber war with russia is a bigger threat to britain their security to british security than terrorism the terror attacks happened on monthly bases and britain last year i mean what is it all ok under control now no terrorist threat information cyber attack is more dangerous cyber attack is a real problem for all of our countries for russia and united states and for britain but the cyber attacks can come from terrorism as well as from other countries. one of the unique aspects of this cyber threat is that they can come

us has lost ground troops to terrorists in iraq and syria and afghanistan have lost the lives of civilians on the american soil yet not one single russian bullet was shot at an american soldier and for some reason threat for the pentagon comes from moscow i mean what russians don't really get it why. well. i don't share that view i don't believe that is a fact coming from russia today i believe we have to be vigilant about what might happen in the future in russia or china but i don't see a threat today and then there's the head of the british army cern ikhlas carter and he says that cyber war with russia is a bigger threat to britain their security to british security than terrorism the terror attacks happened on monthly basis in britain last year i mean what is it all ok under control now no terrorist threat any more pressure cyber attack is more dangerous a cyber attack is a real problem for all of our countries for russia and united states and for britain but the cyber attacks can come from terrorism rows from other countries. one of the unique aspects of the cyber threat is that they

us has lost ground troops to terrorists in iraq and syria and afghanistan have lost the lives of civilians on the american soil yet not one single russian bullet was shot at an american soldier and for some reason threat for the pentagon comes from moscow i mean what russians don't really get it why. well. i don't share that view i don't believe it's a fact coming from russia today i believe we have to be vigilant about what might happen in the future in russia or china but i don't see a threat today and then there's the head of the british army cern nicholas carter and he says that cyber war with russia is a bigger threat to britain their security to british security than terrorism the terror attacks happened on monthly basis in britain last year i mean what is it all ok under control now no terrorist threat anymore cyber attack is more dangerous scheiber attack is a real problem for all of our countries for russia united states and for britain but the cyber attacks can come from terrorism it was from other countries. one of the unique aspects of the cyber threat is that they can come fro

let me give you one short story from afghanistan and one from syria of the lessons i've learned and i know we spent a lot of time in afghanistan. i was in a remote corner of northern afghanistan in a tribal community where sadly, then controlled all access to women and me and my colleague, a female producer had to negotiate long and hard for the women. and then when we were finally, because we were women i wondered why the men who wanted to get the facts, took because all the women did was criticize the men. they criticize how the men didn't work, that the women had to work long into the night. they criticized the money and the family went longer than they should and i realized then that story stuck with me and i said even where we see that women don't want to speak, they do. you just have to open the door and sometimes awindow and in syria i learned another lesson . this is the lesson about even the youngest, the secretary clinton mentioned a 12-year-old child. who knew expressly what was happening to her. and what should happen to her in another kind of society and year in and year

i understand that afghanistan's not your specific bag and, indeed, neither is syria, but because iraqbouring countries and some of the issues cross the border, not least the fight against so—called is and america's military strategy in both countries. 0bviously, they are interlinked. and in syria in particular, again it seems to me you have a massive problem because you have backed kurdish forces in northern syria, partly to eradicate remnants of islamic state and the turks are now calling the force you've worked with, funded and trained, a terrorist army and mr erdogan in turkey is sending his forces in to fight them. turkey, of course, a fellow member of nato. the united states in syria is in a very big mess right now. well, listen, we are constantly reinforcing to the turks that we want whatever is happening in afrin right now, their operations, 0peration olive branch to limit civilian casualties, to be proportional and to be restrained. we're constantly reinforcing to the ypg not to provoke the turks, not to step outside of their boundaries and to concentrate on the fight that we

us has lost ground troops to terrorists in iraq and syria and afghanistan have lost the lives of civilians on the american soil yet not one single russian bullet was shot an american soldier for some reason threat for the pentagon comes from moscow i mean what russians don't really get it why. well. i don't share that view i don't believe that it's a fact coming from russia today i believe we have to be vigilant about what might happen in the future in russia or china but i don't see a threat today and then there's the head of the british army cern nicholas carter and he says that cyber war with russia is a bigger threat to britain their security to british security than terrorism the terror attacks happened on monthly bases in britain last year i mean what is it all ok under control now no terrorist threat anymore cyber attack is more dangerous scheiber attack is a real problem for all of our country to russia for britain but the cyber text.

us has lost ground troops to terrorists in iraq and syria and afghanistan have lost the lives of civilians on the american soil yet not one single russian bullet was shot at an american soldier and for some reason threat for the pentagon comes from moscow i mean what russians don't really get it why. well. i don't share that view i don't believe that is a fact coming from russia today i believe we have to be vigilant about what might happen in the future in russia or china but i don't see a threat today and then there's the head of the british army cern nicholas carter and he says that cyber war with russia is a bigger threat to britain their security to british security than terrorism the terror attacks happened on monthly basis in britain last year i mean what is it all ok under control now no terrorist threat anymore cyber attack is more dangerous a cyber attack is a real problem for all of our countries for russia and united states and for britain but the cyber attacks can come from terrorism rose from other countries. one of the unique. aspect of the cyber threats is that they can com

the national security council has been very good about setting up experts to talk about syria, afghanistan, iran. it does not happen often enough, but it is there. there is a way to get information. we do not hear as much from the principles. that would be helpful to hear from those people. as you can see, is dominated by theatrics. if it were longer, they might given to more substance towards the end. as of now, that is how it is. margaret: i feel like the briefing is a valuable institution because it is an opportunity at least a few times a week to ask questions that the public can see and have the administration respond to those in a way that the american public can see. it will not be the most substantive or nuanced kind of response, but it is something. as you and martha point out, we take for granted that everybody knows this. everybody does not know this. it is a fraction of the way you do your job is that question. three or four people might ask that question. they say they will not answer that question that day. you get the answer in different ways. in any body of reporting, as a

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germany to hold bilateral meetings with officials and talk about strategies for isis, syria, russia, and afghanistan. the secretary talked with reporters, and took questions about north korea and the pentagon budget. this is about 30 minutes. secretary mattis: thank you for coming out. i'm sure i have ruined your saturday and sunday. as many of you remember, i took you to rome, went to this place come -- then we went to brussels, munich. de-isis conference is where we get together with nations and talk about the way ahead. there are numerous questions asht now about what's next we go forward. first, to finish off isis physical caliphate. that's still underway. those of you who were on the plane remember me saying the fight is not over against isis. it's not over. it goes on. there's been tough fighting in the past week with isis. we have the added complexity, april regime force -- a pro-regime force crossing the river. sometimes we cross the river. for example, coordinating with -- through the russians. in this case, they came across the river and went some attempt -- some 10 miles. they knew what w

syria. much of the focus has switched to afghanistan. isis fighters have been defeated in syria. despite all of that syria is about to get worse, not better. >> yeah. let's be clear about what actually we did. we took the territory that isis owned in syria away from them. and most of them are now hiding in southeastern syria along the euphrates river valley. in iraq and syria there are 15,000 fighters. we reclaimed the lost territory and why the administration made the right decision to keep forces inside of syria and not walk out of there because isis would reemerge just as the al qaeda reemerged in iraq when we abandoned iraq in 2011 based on president obama's decision. >> julie: thank you for coming on. >> good talking to you. >> eric: another tragedy for law enforcement to tell you about. a well-known police commander shot and killed while pursuing a suspect in downtown chicago. we'll have a live report coming up. you see this? panic over the pacific. you don't want to see this when you are flying in midair. your airplane's engine breaks apart and passengers told to brace for