Backed kurdish militia. And swedish founder engg our count brothers died he turned a small scale mail order business into a global foreigner to empire and became one of the richest men in the world. From sarah harman welcome to the program and thanks for joining us. Russian authorities have released Opposition Leader alexina valmiki he was detained earlier in the day after he made a brief appearance at a moscow protest one of dozens of rallies across the country hes expected to be charged with a public order violation which could mean up to twenty days in jail of all me and his supporters are calling for a boycott of a march eighteenth president ial election of only himself has been bored from running due to previous fraud conviction a conviction he says is politically motivated. Aleksei navai violent scuffles as his supporters try in vain to pull him free from police who arrests the Opposition Leader and press them flooding me a push in smooshed prominent rival. Into a buzz and taken away from protests that he told. The gazans but it did suffer a thousand tons out in mosco one of dozens of really spain held across russia Authorities Say demonstrations are illegal the protesters want to boycott of what they say will be wrecked president ial elections this march expected to extend president putin script on power now vonnie response from standing. Yeah i want russia to have an elected government and not a pretty appointed one im sick of going to protests but ill still go as long as i live near the russias isolating itself more and more from the world and is making demands but were not living in a country that can dictate anything. I want to change is willing government to be possible because the zon history now has been there for too long. To finish police raided the headquarters and t. V. Studios belonging to alex a no vonnie interrupting a live program saying they were looking for a bomb. Police also detained some of the vonnie stuff during the raid. So its unlikely the wave of protests can stop flooding me approaching being reelected aleksei no vonnie supporters want at least to discourage russians from voting in the hopes of undermining the ballot with a low turnout i think i did every horse on it we are trying sorts joins us now from moscow mia drag you were at the protest so they wanted to say. Well sir i would i think it was remarkable i determined young people were there was a lot of police in the streets around to our Square Square and pushkin square protesters knew that she not only was arrested in the afternoon they did not back down they showed no sign of fear todays protests were small compared to some antigovernment protests that russias saying in the past do not only supporters have a chance of actually inflowing this upcoming influencing say this upcoming president ial election. Or the polls were much what you mean by influence not only and its just will be able to change the result we know that president putin is going to win the next Christiane Szell actions approximately seventy maybe eighty percent of russians are going to go through here but corruption is a big issue here in russia that resonates very strong and you shouldnt forget that the vast majority of russians make now less money than a couple of years ago and just this is not going to change and we will have a discussion of the weeks to come. More sanctions coming from america so if their nationals nation situation here russia is going to deteriorate if people are making even less money in the months to come they will blame somebody for that and this is going to be mr putin all right me objects are transporting them for us from moscow thank you very much. Turkeys president roger ted heir to one has vowed to quote clean its entire border with syria of terrorist ankaras nine day offensive against the kurdish y p j militia in syria shows no sign of letting up turkey has demanded the u. S. Pull its troops out of the northern syrian town of non bitch Turkish Forces n. Y. P. D. Clashed again over the weekend. Turkish troops are advancing with their heavy equipment because its militia white b. G. Which controls the area south of the turkish Syrian Border and which ankara calls terrorists to put up strong resistance but turkish troops have now getting their First Military success. I spoke with the commander this morning and as of now four hundred and eighty four terrorists have been neutralized that the operation continues. Parser is about to fall after that place is taken will advance with even more determination Turkish Backed troops have been trying to capture the strategically important hill for days the good news for them came on sunday ankara wants to prevent the kurds from gaining long term control of the border areas the president sees the white b. G. Is an extended arm of the outlawed p. K. K. Party in turkey which washington has designated a terrorist organization for the us the white b. G. Is an ally in the fight against the socalled Islamic State turkeys advance towards men beach was provocative washington has its own troops stationed there but an end to the offensive is not in sight. Though is that there is though the injury. Which we have previously cleared of terrorists one hundred thirty thousand brothers have returned im settled back into their homes. Now were doing the same thing and. Step by step will clean our entire border with syria of terrorists and make sure our brothers whos been living in our country for years to return to their homes. The syrian human rights observatory says at least forty four civilians have been killed the numbers couldnt be confirmed but the price for the offensive will be high paid by the fright says as well as the innocent. Heres a look now at some of the other stories making news around the globe right now film star and activist Angelina Jolie has called on the International Community to find a solution to the crisis in syria charlene made the plea during a visit to the tory refugee camp in northern jordan desert camp is home to around eighty five thousand refugees in neighboring syria. And yemen separatists in the southern port city of odan have seized government buildings after fierce clashes with forces loyal to president of draw or hadi dozens of people have been killed or injured yemens Prime Minister accused the separatist of melting a coup is serving as the temporary government base because the who think rebels control the capital sanaa. Finlands incumbent president s only in the east are all declared victory in his attempt to gain a second term early Election Results show that the center right politician secure a comfortable early lead in sundays vote against its closest rival. And isto is known for cultivating good relations with russia. African heads of state are in ethiopias capital for the annual African Union summit the two day meeting is headed by rwandan president paul kagame may is taking over as the unions chairman African Leaders are also expected to make a joint statement condemning u. S. President all trumps reported slur on the state of their nations. And like many african countries ethiopia is struggling to keep up with a quo in population an absolutely staggering wealth gap our correspondent catherine wando sent us this report this sleek train could be in a wealthy country like germany but its actually in a discovered ethiopia local journalists and takes us on a tour of the city states this one hundred seventy five Million DollarLight Railway was built with the help of china it began operations in twenty fifteen i could not come at a better time. For the us played a big role to reduce the. Fuel for the tax year for us and it would be the only within the transportation of the united speeding through the city you know just the numerous construction sites with the g. D. P. Of seventy two billion dollars ethiopia especially its capital city is growing rapidly. I just began to grow a little over the last ten or fifteen years but still as you can see that or dosis. Waiting to be replaced with the new good. Sort of growth but also be growing fast. It takes about fifteen minutes to get from the Central Station to mentally expire the old days about. As we make our way through the area you cant help but notice the traditional ethiopian as hire all handmade ethiopia hopes to build its cotton and textile industry and increase exports by one billion dollars a d. C. Is slowly becoming africas textile industry hub. If european has over the recent years opened up its text out industry to Foreign Investors but if you look youll find factories like these where people are still using traditional methods to make textiles. It is a practice dating back centuries and a skill hundred down from generation to generation. Twenty eight year old a yellow rope bell hopes the government keeps young people like him in mind as they expand to modernize the industry the end result is impressive and the men here take pride in their handiwork ethiopia is determined to spur Economic Growth however the gap between the rich and the poor are still worrying citizens one the government to make sure the growth is inclusive. The thirtieth African Union summit was officially opened here in the capital now the session was opened by president paul kagame who is the chairman of the African Union doesnt a stage is the issue of Anti Corruption and how countries can fight corruption using frameworks and institutions but the highlight of the day was the discussion on African Union reforms in his new mandate president paul kagame is looking to see that the African Union is more independent as it stands seventy four percent of its budget is funded by the e. U. And the us there is a hope that this could reduce to fifty nine percent by two thousand and eighteen. But also another issue that was on the agenda was integration and how African People can have Free Movement of goods people and also a single aspace market the africa youth population stands at more than seventy percent present porker government called on the youth to be more involved in development in their individual countries. The swedish founder ingore count proud has died at the age of ninety one he turned a small scale mail order business into a global furniture empire his First Department store opened in one nine hundred fifty eight today the company has more than three hundred stores around the world. Aged just seventeen environ com proud founded a mostly mail order business called ikea five years later the Company Began to sell furniture with its first dedicated store opening in sweden in one nine hundred fifty eight ikeas International Expansion began in the one nine hundred sixty s. The concept was simple straightforward scandinavian design so if assembly and practical packaging. Were interested in manufacturing our furniture is designed to be easily manufactured and that keeps costs down of course not. An important impact on the Living Environment of millions of people the furniture lines billy and eve are practically standard in many homes today there are almost four hundred ikea Stores Across the globe. Compromised was a times a controversial figure. In one thousand nine hundred ninety three he moved to switzerland for tax purposes ikea later became a registered Foundation Based in the netherlands and today still has a complex business structure. It remains privately owned and compromised was among the richest man in the world. He faced scrutiny when it was revealed that he had supported neo nazi groups this led to a boycott of ikea come proud later apologized. Here founder spent his last years in sweden after moving back home in twenty thirteen to be closer to his family. Some sports news spain or the new european handball champions in the final in zagreb croatia the spaniards beat sweden by a score of twenty nine to twenty three scandinavians got off to the better start with a Strong Performance from goalkeeper mikhail apple grand fast counterattacks but spain stayed composed changing up their attack they were only two goals behind at half time they experienced spaniards touring the natural around with a sharp passing attack and outstanding work for goalkeeper on. Had stirabout after losing four previous finals spain were finally the european handball champions. And thats it for me that we need as my colleague math hermann will be up after the break with the latest round of born this latest soccer action where liverpool is and are hoping to solidify their grip on second place watch what happens next. But in dortmund leipzig biggest favor it seems weve got all the best goals weve got all the action the job is the whole of german football share the experience every match. Been displayed when we come to cheer on g. W