Conservatives want to see a quick finish to Coalition Talks with social democrats warning that losing face after months without a new government. In the World Economic forum gets underway in switzerland today the worlds political industrial academic are meeting this week in the snow resort. Hello im terry march and thanks for joining us. Turkey has intensified its offensive all of bread against Kurdish Militias in Northern Syria a War Monitoring Group says at least fifty four combatants have been killed so far on both sides the turkish army and syrian rebel fighters crossed into the kurdish enclave of in Northern Syria on saturday is controlled by the Kurdish Militia which has been a key u. S. Ally in the fight against us but turkey sees the wife as a Terror Organization and has urged the u. S. To stop backing them. Operation all of branches anything but a peace offering following airstrikes the Turkish Military with the support of regional allies is marching across the border into Northern Syria turkeys president has pledged an unrelenting campaign against the syrian Kurdish Militia which he considers a terrorist group. Will handle offering theres no stepping back we have an agreement with our russian friends and have also discussed it with the u. S. And other coalition forces. I mean its the attacks russia has pulled back its Ground Troops from the region to avoid accidental clashes experts say turkey is looking to russia for further support. This is inevitably going to mean more close cooperation with russia for turkey and a logical outcome of this is probably russians threatening to pull turkey. If the western alliance three thing is its klink the us position meanwhile remains ambiguous having backed the Kurdish Militia during the war against socalled Islamic State washington is now refraining from direct criticism while urging turkey to quote exercise restraint in its military actions the u. S. Has also said it takes turkeys legitimate security concerns seriously. The call on target to show restraint was echoed by the u. N. Security council on monday but operation all of branch continues to intensify creating yet another front in the seven year syrian civil war. Our correspondent dorian jones is covering this story from bowl dorian its day four of the turkish pensive in syria whats happening there on the ground. To report intense fighting as the turkish army backed by elements of the Free Syrian Army are grinding their way into our for in tents fighting is being reported in many areas of this enclave Turkish Military claiming that they are gradually taking control of a number of villages and also crucially a mountain top which is considered very strategic in this campaign on the also in the last twenty four hours another front has been opened up against the syrian Kurdish Militia by again the Free Syrian Army which have been trained by the Turkish Military on top of that airstrikes are still continuing along with artillery and with that reports of growing numbers of civilian casualties so an intense offensive is a clear dorrian what turkey is trying to achieve in Northern Syria. I think the message is coming from is that they want to have a permanent solution to the threat that they believe is posed by the syrian Kurdish Militia they claim that it is linked to an insurgency inside turkey a decades long insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives they see the presence of this militia on its border as an intolerable threat and they want a solution Prime Minister been a yale drama now its the creation of what they would seek is a thirty kilometer security zone into africa they see this is a way of securing turkeys borders with it will be permanently manned by Turkish Forces or elements of the Free Syrian Army its unclear but the message from turkey is that in no longer appear to accept the presence of the syrian Kurdish Militia on its border that means that they will likely expand this operation beyond are for in the next target is the kurdish enclave of beach where there are u. S. Forces present and beyond that the president has promised that they will carry on this operation all the way up to the iraqi border. Durian there are reports that journalists are being detained in turkey for their social media posts relating to the offensive what more can you tell us. What we understand is in the last twenty four hours also five journalists have been detained in Early Morning raid by the police in istanbul and the pick of the main kurdish city in turkey from turkey what we understand is that these people belong to mainly procopius media and also media critical of the government now now this comes on top of the arrests of around thirty people on monday for social media posts opposing the after an operation because im very concerned about what is going on on social media twitter picket particularly if they are aware that critics and potential opponents of the operation all seeking most of the news from on from the social media given the fact that the perception among many in turkey is that the Mainstream Media is broadly under the control of the presidency and the government and to underline those concerns Prime Minister been a real drum on sunday met with leading journalists of of the country mainstream journalists where it is reported he issued a fifteen point plan on how to cover the eye for an operation the message ankara wants is that they want to control this messy they want to prevent any possibility of dissent or protest as this operation continues to drag on and on top of that also weve heard reports of dozens of other people in istanbul and ankara have also been arrested in Early Morning raid this morning many of them are believed to be opponents of the afrin operation many linked to the propane Pro Kurdish Party the h. T. T. P. Daryn thank you very much for an historian jones there in istanbul. Now to some other stories making headlines around the world today in myanmar to reuters journalists accused of violating that countrys colonial era official secrets act have arrived in yangon court for their bail hearing while the one and who were arrested in december for allegedly require secret government papers if convicted the journalists face a maximum prison sentence of fourteen years. U. S. Lawmakers have agreed on a temporary spending bill reopening the government after a three day shut down government said democrats rather have refused to back a spending bill without protections for socalled dreamers those who are migrants brought illegally to the u. S. As children when they back down after republicans promised to hold an immigration vote in the coming weeks. And u. S. Bice president mike pence has told the Israeli Knesset that the white house plans to move the american i was a caesar jerusalem by the end of next year is speech through angry protests from arab israeli lawmakers hence it is the highest ranking u. S. Politician to visit the region since President Trump recognized the rousseau mess israels capital last month. Well here in germany the countrys two biggest Political Parties are gearing up for a fight as they prepare to launch a formal Coalition Talks a leading member of the conservative bloc urged the social democrats to finish the talks quickly as germans were losing their faith in democracy after months without a government the center left s. P. D. Is promising to push hard in the forthcoming negotiations. Spree ended up in a Political Correspondent hans blunt hes at the headquarters of chancel michael c. D. U. Where the partys negotiators are holding a strategy meeting today hans how is the cd were approaching the Coalition Talks given the extreme tensions that have become so obvious in the s. P. D. Party. Well as we just heard in that report the c. D. U. On the one hand saying no more concessions the social democrats have to get their house in old and have to participate in these talks now in a constructive manner on the other hand you have to say what is going to be happening in the next couple of weeks is very detailed discussions very dita negotiations at the moment we have a preliminary Coalition Agreement or a for lim in the early agreement which spans twenty eight pages a normal treaty a normal contract as it would be between Coalition Parties and germany spends about one hundred pages so theres a lot of volume to be covered a lot of details to be fleshed out and in that process i imagine both sides are still going to make some concessions so c. D. U. Negotiators are gathering there today in that the headquarters where you are what will their agenda. Theyre going to be setting up the various working groups that are going to in fact. Conduct these negotiations theres a lot of detail to be covered as ive said and they have working groups on basically all separate issues on things like migration on things like. On pensions and so on for each of these areas is a separate working group is going to be set up theyre going to be dozens of people involved both on the side of the conservatives and on the side of the social democrats and once these. Specific areas have been cleared up theyre going to be taken into a kind of General Assembly of these negotiations which will then finalize the Coalition Agreement so its a very detailed quite long and quite laborious process that we have to look forward to in the next couple of weeks ok this is the chancellor merkels second attempt to form a government since september election this time with the social democrats how likely is it that the two sides will actually find room for compromise this time. I think its very likely that an agreement will be followed after all both sides have now invested quite a lot of Political Capital on the sprouse is the real question in the end is the whether the rank and file of the social democrats in their vote are going to actually agree to this coalition agree to this Coalition Agreement and thats really the factor that is putting a lot of uncertainty into this its also the fact of the fact that frankly that the social grammar democrats are using to push for further concessions and i imagine uncle america is very interested in having this Coalition Government so i think its quite possible that conservatives will still make some sort of concession towards the social democrats hans thank you steve levy a political course there talking to us from just outside the c. D. U. Party headquarters here in berlin. Well leaders of some of the worlds key economies are expected to attend the World Economic forum in davos this week security is always prepare a belt for the gathering with so many prominent figures swiss soldiers have cordoned off the entire valley this year with the security costs topping eight million euro as you said these are the stars of Opening Night in davos singer elton john actress Cate Blanchett and bollywood star Shahrukh Khan are the recipients of the crystal and have been recognized for their charity work but for many here the highlight is said to be us President Trump for the first time in nearly two decades a sitting u. S. President will be taking part of the World Economic forum some think he needs to have discussions with other foreign leaders more than anyone. Her secret support is. Who i would certainly do if a country does not have just a National Perspective but an interNational Perspective a global perspective presence of the president of. The pump will hopefully provide him even better recently over prospective. I have a different view the u. S. President s attendance means even tighter security and many here are not excited about trump. I dont care whether his coming on. Iran doesnt even see him and i dont want to see him either. Im not really interested. And i dont think hell come until some seventy heads of state and government will be Holding Discussions about the Global Economy with representatives from the Business World and so we have three thousand participants coming together at the time the. Political challenge shows that the. Growth is back in the Global Economy but for us is a very important growth is more inclusive and creates more jobs but its not just about the Global Economy other topics on the agenda include technology and its challenges the gender pay gap and wealth inequality. 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