Istanbul. Also ahead day four of the World Economic forum in switzerland our Senior Business editor ben physical and is there. U. S. President donald trump is set to eclipse this gathering of the global elite with another america some step closer to getting a new government formal Coalition Talks between for all americans conservatives of the social democrats have now kicked off more than four months after germans went to the polls now both leaders were upbeat going into the talks machall saying shes confident that a deal can be agreed quickly now theres a lot riding on the outcome in addition to the future government the political future of both Party Leaders is very much at stake heres what they had to say as the talks began this morning. You get this flooding down on the spirits not go its important to me is that we make even clear what impulses we want for germanys future. We are experiencing a fast changing world and we must make progress in digitization and especially in our schools for our children. We have to push the planning process harder so that the investments can actually happen. Here lizzie and can we get it on thats fair and also germany also has to be a place where startups receive good investment where investors say germany is the place where the future happens you know for the so this is about a new dynamic for germany not only a new beginning for europe but for germany as well thats been visited states. Will work toward these goals and make sure that we negotiate swiftly with him and i think the people expect us to found a government quickly so im both optimistic and very determined that we achieve results and i think its possible in that brief time window. Does this all in and for place was if i shall bomb site is annoying almost for the new government must give germany packets proper role the one we should play is the strongest economy in the European Union operation when youre not structurally sharks and here are needs a strongly pro european germany to meet the challenges coming from china and the us. I say this on a day when we are expecting to hear from the u. S. President in davos that america is moving in a different direction so strongly pro european germany can only happen with the social democratic participation in the government and should i consider that home to make germany fairer and more modern and that the International Level to make it once again a leading power in the European Union. Commissioner more down im not fighting you know this is our intention and becoming into the Coalition Talks in this spirit. Thank you. The head of the u. S. Very much also lets go now to our Political Correspondent ron standing by at the talks of for us this morning hans whats the mood where you are could this be the start of actually forming a new government. I think the mood you can be described as fairly confident fairly upbeat all the leaders that have been going in to these talks today have been saying that now is the time actually to hammer out the details to get down to the nitty gritty of this Coalition Treaty one might call it that the two major parties in germany are likely to agree to it within the next couple of weeks so yes there is a sense of urgency as we heard from. Its been four months since the elections its never taken this long in germany to form a government since the Second World War so they want to get down to the nitty gritty they want to hammer out an agreement and its likely that this will happen within the next couple of weeks ok theres a pretty optimistic assessment there you know many social democrats are unhappy with the current basis for these talks and we also have the conservatives saying theyre not going to budge on any key issues now how much room considering that is there for compromise. Well thats correct yes the social democrats are still somewhat reticent about this whole process they have put forward three further demands that they want to bring into this negotiation these include issues such as medical aid in germany issues of temporary employment in germany and also of course the thorny question of migrants that are coming into germany but on most of these issues there has been some signals from the conservative side if there is still room for concession room for maneuver and birthday parties both the conservatives and the social democrats really are very much invested in this process theyre very interested in having an agreement however the social democrats have demanded that their four hundred forty thousand members still have to take a vote once this contract has been agreed on so that vote is also going to take some time another three weeks or so in addition to the actual negotiations so one is expecting now that the process if it does get finished in a positive manner will last until the end of march ok you want to pick up on that s. P. D. Vote at the base that still has to happen delegates need to approve this deal the young social democrats are proving very reluctant could they hold up this deal. They are indeed pushing very hard against this deal they have been starting outside of the campaign amongst the rank and file membership to lobby for a rejection during that vote of the rank and file but i think at the moment it seems that the majority of members of a social Democratic Party well vote in a similar way to which the vote went this past weekend at a special Party Congress of the social democrats which was necessary in fact to make these talks possible to talk and there the vote went very narrowly with a very narrow margin in favor of such talks in favor of a Coalition Agreement and the expectation is that the vote in the rank and file sometime during march is also likely to go in the direction ok but we have a couple of things out there that still could hold up these talks on sprint in berlin for us this morning thanks very much from those talks now for a look at some of the other stories making the news this hour in south korea at least thirty seven people have died in a fire in a hospital in the city of near young now that fire broke out the emergency room of the hospital which also operates as a home for the elderly its not yet known what caused that place. The New York Times is reporting that u. S. President donald trump planned to fire prosecutor Robert Mueller just weeks after he took over the f. B. I. His Russian Investigation now is claiming trump only backed down after his top lawyer threatened to resign if true this could bolster millers potential case of obstruction of justice against the president. A resilient court has board barred brother farmer former president luis ignacio de silva from leaving the country a federal judge ordered the thorns to seize the seventy two year olds passport earlier this week an Appeals Court upheld his corruption conviction and creased the sentenced to twelve years in jail. Waltz to turkey now and that countrys Health Minister says the death toll from its military operation in syria has now reached four teen this figure includes three turkish soldiers and eleven fighters with turkeys syrian allies meanwhile president of terror everyone has traveled to his countrys southern border for a briefing on the turkish offensive against Kurdish Forces there turkey began what its calling operation all of branch nearly a week ago it has targeted the area around afrin in Northern Syria in an attempt to clear the town of Kurdish Militia the attacks have opened up a completely new front in the already very complex syrian civil war. Our correspondent johans following the story for us from istanbul the turkish troops are continuing their offensive pushing eastwards now what our president wants plans there. Well today in a meeting with representatives of his ruling a party he reiterated his intention to expand this military operation to other cities in north and syria syria basically all the way to the iraqi border so off to afrin thats the plan the Turkish Military is going to move further east to monday each which is part of a larger kurdish controlled area in north and syria while offering is a smaller kurdish controlled enclave but in monday thats the area where u. S. Troops also station because they are supporting the wipe e. G. The Kurdish Militia in syria seeing them as proxies in the fight against the socalled Islamic State so turkey is basically by moving further east its basically risking a confrontation with a nato ally there but the local threat perception the threat perception and is that with this kurdish controlled area in syria there could be Something Like a kurdish corridor or something close to a kurdish state actually develop along the border and this is increasing fear us that further separatist notions could come up within turkeys own kurdish minority and thats why turkey is so determined to continue and expand this military operation a majority of turks at home according to. Support the Government Strategy that you just mentioned in Northern Syria but as you mentioned if this offensive continues to expand could we see that Public Attitude changing if the death toll rises. Well i dont think so the three turkish soldiers who died so far are being celebrated here as heroes as martyrs who died for the right cause their pictures of being shared on twitter on National Television that thats part of a yeah patry article nationalist sentiment here in turkey thats very deeply rooted in this Society Overall the Media Coverage has been very positive very favorable and you barely hear any critical voices when it comes to this operation let me show you what i mean i went out here in istanbul and talked to a few people about what they think about this oh peroration lets have a look at my report. More on every channel the military operation in syria is the top story on Turkish Television the tenor of the reporting they repaired trio take how critical the majority of to people it seems support operation all of branch in this teahouse at least no one things the offensive is a mistake view that the terrorists are looking for an opportunity to divide the country but we will not so much of them over the years desertions were fighting against isis and other terrorist groups those who dont want to help us should at least not stand in our way only a little motion of. You know our Army Fighting in. In strength of that and i hope that with the help of we will take home a week to resolve it is that me from a new view. When im absolutely sure of it. Turkish politicians agree as well and its not just the ruling a. K. Party that supports the offensive in syria Opposition Leader kamal kill each told says he also backs the operation as does meryl action are the head of the new party that wants to challenge president tragic type of aragon in the next election she tweeted that shes praying for Glorious Army the only party to condemn the offensive is the pro kurdish h d p g. A former Spokes Person calls it inacceptable. In your book with a lot of the olive branch has always been a symbol of peace but now it is stained with blood its also in the air the one is extending the olive branch to Bashar Al Assad in syria who once used to be as ally said it was not much but this operation is an attempt to massacre the kurds opus we hope the statements like this one by jimmy are dangerous right now in the past days the turkish government has detained dozens of people including politicians activists and journalists for criticizing the military operation in syria the official charged terrorist propaganda. The journalist who good she knew serval colleagues who got into trouble with the authorities over reports criticizing the offensive he says the government gave editors of turkeys leading Media Outlets directives on how to report patriotically. You know how all of the newspapers have similar headlines. This is actually government propaganda. Journalists must sense of themselves to avoid trouble. Unfortunately cant do proper journalism in turkey anymore. But mahmoud a columnist for the government friendly daily sabbat disagrees he says the government is not influencing coverage of the afrin offensive. When it comes to national sick. Curity every journalist bears responsibility well thats how it is everywhere in the world. But that doesnt mean theyre not free to report on everything but there are some media and intellectuals in turkey who can use freedom of speech with hatred of the government while if it to be in addition to the offensive enough in looks set to stay turkeys main story for now the government has announced that it intends to further expand the operation. Thanks so much for that report and for your interview for being with us today we look forward to your ongoing reporting on the developments there in turkey and now in Northern Syria as well youre hot in istanbul thanks very much or to monica now in a very closely watched speech today in davos coming up later today there was an interesting speech last night as well brian because that one of the many dinners taking place at the World Economic forum in davos billionaire investor george soros launched a scathing attack on tech giants calling them will not police that could be manipulated by author of terri and to subvert democracy just or a said social Media Companies such as facebook and google quote deliberately engineer addiction to the services they provide so as also lashed out against the Trump Administration which he considers a danger to the world and donald trump who will deliver the closing address later today arrived in davos late on thursday and he wasted no time in getting down to business flanked by the c. E. O. s of two major German Companies as a. P. Siemens trump discussed his America First policy. Trump started his visit by hosting an informal dinner for a group of some of europes most powerful Business Executives and just as had been expected he wasted no time in listing his achievements for corporations i just want to say that theres been a lot of war a lot of respect for our country and a lot of money billions and billions of dollars coming into the u. S. And people are very happy with what weve done not only on the tax bill but also cutting of regulations and i think also prematurely or for a country you know if youre not a cheerleader for your company or for your country. No matter what happens its not going to work and thats what ive been and thats what my whole group is about his audience included top executives from Corporate Giants including volvo bya and siemens the Business Leaders seated around the table describe to trump what their companies were doing in his make America GreatCampaign Trump is due to give the w. T. F. A closing address later today of just over four hundred speeches which have been made during the forum this one is likely to attract the most attention how do you lot like them all so far. But donald trump is a controversial u. S. President no doubt but he seems to be the dolling off the corporate world. With more from davos. Zeman c. E. O. Joe kayser personally congratulated mr trump for his tax reforms at a dinner last night he says its the reason why his company is investing in gas turbines and developing them in the United States a lot of money goes into that europes top managers employ tens of thousands of workers in the u. S. And trump is and industrialists dream hes cutting corporate taxes reducing regulation and also weakening Environmental Standards conservationists are up in arms about that and Global Leaders are not too happy about his trade policies theyre very protectionist and they say thats damaging to the Global Economy ngos here are also very critical of mr trump they say his agenda America First is more about putting billionaires first. Well european investors are also keeping an eye on davos and a lot of those investors are in frankfurt when he bought this thing buy for us when he trump the gathering corporate bosses of europe any reaction way you are perhaps speculation on what the mood was like then. I spoke to some traders about what the mood could have been like sitting next to donald trump at an event like that and they refused to speculate because they cant begin to imagine what it must have been like and one guy said you know. You have to go donald trump said that if youre a head of a company if youre president you have to be a cheat cheerleader basically thats the assumption here as well if youre the head of the mens or as a p. Also saw the head of doesnt propose sitting at the table on the other side then you have to represent the interests of your shareholders and hundreds of thousands of workers and ano