Were live in istanbul. And the bonus legal leymah coups and cement their grip on the second place with the sensational leon belly among the stores again. Also a look back at the life of a k. As founder of our comp rod he turned a small scale mail order business into a global furniture empire calm progress died at the age of ninety one. Farming the sahara meet the people helping to feed refugees using a new agricultural technique. Im dr thomas great to have you with us these stars of the music business descended on new york city for the industrys. Grammy awards the surprise winner of the evening bruno mars who beat out big time competition changes e Kendrick Lamar to take home six trophies but music wasnt the only item of the evening following the lead of hollywoods Golden Globe Awards many stars wearing white roses as a sign of solidarity with the times up movement confronting Sexual Harassment and show business. Equality was the buzz word at this years grammys after a sea of black at the Golden Globes for film and t. V. Earlier in the month it was show time for the stars of the Music Industry lady gaga prominent among them sporting white roses in solidarity with the times up and me two movements the gang Sexual Misconduct yeah ive got my white rose i feel that its so important that all of us you know in all of the Different Industries especially musicians we have such a voice in the world people listen and i think were all in this case we all want equality and respect you know in behind closed doors closed doors so were all standing together Kendrick Lamar took the rap cats agree winning best rap album foot down and the best music video from humble. Bruno mars to the record of the year award with the twenty fourth a magic and song of the year for thats what i like and canadas alessia car started out by making you tube videos in her bedroom now shes won the grammy for best new artist. And Adrian Kennedy from the culture and a spa and arts desk is with us now here in the studio good morning adrian good morning can you tell us about some of the standout moments musically for you in what was a very politicized ceremony. Its been a very long night it was overran it went on for hours i think it was a very political night its true there was a lot talk ahead. The show about whether there would be a need to moment whether the grammys would get political they did get very political a lot of white roses in evidence as you said and you could say that might be taken as just a token gesture but it went a lot further than that jenelle more naik took to the stage and gave a very dignified and moving speech she said we come in peace and we mean business she said to those two of those who would dare silence us we offer you two words times up and then came out as you saw an astonishing performance flanked by other high profile female things all dressed in white echoing the white roses and of course they should remember the song that she sang directory addressed ledged abused the music producer and back when she first met these allegations the world was much more skeptical about them so a lot of changed over the last in a lot of layers to this evening what about the surprises all eyes were on jay z. But but he wasnt them out of the night was a know it was supposed to be the big night of hip hop the only real question was whether it would be jay z. Or Kendrick Lamar who would get the top prize is they were that sue with the most nominations but i think what happened possibly is that the hip hop vote got splits and bruno mars who is very very popular in the industry. Up on the outside lane and took away six grammys and we saw it was all those white roses out there are throughout the evening during you know many of the performances as well can campaigns like this really rain in and fight Sexual Harassment in the Music Industry well Jenelle Manet also talked about women and men coming together to create safer work environments and. Pay and this will be getting more women into the industry now you probably think and i know i certainly did if you think about it is probably just as many high profile female singers as male singers the shocking situation is actually that. Top charts songs twelve percent are written by women and songs only two percent juiced by women so i think a big part of what has to happen is to get more women into the industry and that will help the situation enormously ok especially on the producing side of things Adrian Kennedy for us this morning from the culture and arts this thanks very much like it was stricken with some of the other stories making the news right now the russian Opposition Leader lex in a volley has been freed from Police Custody after he was arrested at a protest rally in moscow he faces up to thirty days in prison if found guilty of calling on all through his demonstrations his followers hit the streets in a number of cities calling for a boycott of the upcoming president ial election. At least one soldier has been killed and ten wounded in an attack on an Afghan Military academy in kabul Authorities Say wanted tireder blooms of up three others were killed now this comes two days after a suicide bomber killed more than one hundred people in the Afghan Capital time lapse video of a volcano in the philippines suggests it could be close to a major eruption the government has put people near the Mayon Volcano sounds of minnow on high alert tens of thousands of flood the area many government shelters. Turkeys president juan has vowed to quote clean his countrys entire border area with syria of those he calls terrorists ankaras nine day offensive against the kurdish y p g militia inside syria shows no signs of letting up turkey has demanded that the United States pull its troops out of the northern syrian town of mon be Turkish Forces and kurdish ones clashed again there over the weekend turkish troops are advancing with the heavy equipment the Kurdish Militia wide p. G. Which controls the areas south of the turkey syria border and one hundred calls terrorists have put up strong resistance so far but turkish troops have no games their First Military success so far is i spoke with the commander this morning and as of now four hundred and eighty four terrorists have been neutralized the operation continues. And is about to full 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. And pro wants to prevent the kurds from gaining long term control of the border areas there one sees the white b. G. As an extended ome of the p k k policy which washington has designated a terrorist organization for the u. S. The y. P. G. Is an ally in the fight against the socalled Islamic State turkey served runs towards men bridge was particularly provocative says washington has its own troops stationed. But an end to the offensive is not in sight though youre yars that there is there that. Which we have previously cleared of terrorists one hundred thirty thousand brothers have returned and settled back into their homes. Now were doing the same thing in africa step by step will clean our entire border with syria of terrorists and make sure our brothers who have been living in our country for years or turn to their homes. The syrian human rights observatory says at least forty four civilians have been killed the numbers could be confirmed but the committal dont let the price for the offensive will be. Paid by the fighters as well as the innocent. Well how long will this offensive last for more lets bring in correspondent erin jones covering the story for us from istanbul dorian how much is turkey been expanding this incursion and what areas are under its control right now. Well turkey is claiming strategic victory with the capture of but this did come after eight days of intense fighting the deployment of Turkish Special forces at the end five taught by strikes and this just underlines the kind of resistance turkey is facing in spite of its overwhelming firepower and this Going Forward is expected to be the problem Turkish Forces with the Free Syrian Army are expected as they go further deeper into aspirin at the moment progress has been very slow they are claiming a number of strategic villages have been captured but their operations have been hampered by very heavy rain which is led to many of the tanks getting bogged down and also hampering airstrikes but now they are for cost a week or so a very good weather and we expect to turkey to ramp up its operations this will only lead to growing humanitarian concerns humanitarian groups all warning of growing numbers of civilian casualties on critics mrs is saying this is terrorist propaganda claiming they are taking all steps to minimize civilian casualties ok now ankara has been demanding that the United States stop arming the Kurdish Forces and that it pull out its troops supporting them and. Thats a just a few hours by car from where the worst of the firings happening right now house the United States responding to those calls. Well i mean its very difficult to understand listen from one christmas effect if they say that they have have received this commitment from the National Security adviser of the u. S. President that the u. S. Will end its arming of the wife he Kurdish Militia a key demand of turkey but the United States havent confirmed this conversation and this underlines the lack of trust between these two nato allies and this underscores this crisis between the two nato partners and going for weve heard from the Turkish DeputyPrime Minister saying we dont know who were dealing with washington they say one thing and do the other on the ground the u. S. General votel who is in charge of the u. S. Forces in mom bitch he has said that there is no not only gender to withdraw u. S. Forces this will lead to growing concerns in nato that a possible clash could be imminent between turkey and the u. S. Given the fact that there are Turkish Forces very close to where the u. S. Forces are deployed how is this new front durian affecting the fight against Islamic State inside syria. Well thats a big concern from washington they say that the eyes being taken off the ball a real concern of all allies involved in this conflict is at the feet of experiments they they say that they have scored major victories Islamic State is down on the ground but the fear is that this ongoing intervention by turkey could allow the Islamic State to regroup reorganize and strike back during jones thanks so much for that update on the turkish deployment in syria where yemens government has accused separatists in the south of that country of an attempted coup deadly fighting there exposed a deep breath between allies trying to defeat rebels who control the north. At least a dozen people including civilians were killed and more than eighty wounded as yemeni separatists or Government Troops in the Southern City of aden the forces had previously been on the same side in the three years civil war between the saudi backed government and toothy rebels in the north of yemen aligned with iran Government Forces are determined to head off any rebellion in the south. Theres no difference between the huth isnt anyone else who rebels against a legitimate government no matter who they are left right south east if theyre not with the government and theyre an enemy of the entire country. The complex conflict has devastated yemen already one of the regions poorest countries long running un backed efforts have so far failed to bring peace. The latest fighting in aden subsided after the Prime Minister ordered the troops and sent Government Troops back to barracks. This is the news still to come on the show in sports labor couzens leon bally has been one of the Business Leaders standout players this season well show you how he helped his team this weekend. Over to christophe now in an ongoing slump in the u. S. Dollars values raises questions will remain the worlds currency the worlds leading currency brian for example is one of those questions the dollar crawled up from lows on monday but struggled to pull ahead from six straight weeks of losses and there are conflicting messages coming from u. S. Political leaders on what the value of the greenback should look like treasury secretary stephen the new sat at the World Economic forum in davos last week that a weak currency would help us trade balances in the short term president s donald trump shortly after said he favored a strong dollar now the prolonged slump of the greenback means the euro is gaining in value since mid december the euro has gained six percent against the dollar hitting one twenty five last week the highest level since the end of twenty fourteen and that is raising eyebrows among currency experts the president of the European CentralBank Mario Draghi for example saying last week the recent volatility in Exchange Rates represents a source of uncertainty which requires monitoring and i have an experts opinion of what they want to make of a stronger year and a weaker dollar here next hour. Five states has joined poland condemning an expansion of the north stream gas pipeline through the baltic sea meeting in waltz over the weekend u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said the pipeline would leave Central Europe vulnerable to russian pressure now the north stream two pipeline starts in russia and travels underneath the baltic sea bypassing poland and other baltic countries completely now russias gas problem is a lead member of the consortium planning to build the pipeline it also includes two major German Energy providers and a former german chancellor gad shura is the nord stream board member promoting the project. Russian natural gas is set to flow through a stream to the german baltic sea port of move kron at the end of next year former german chancellor Gerhard Schroeder heads the project. We need the gas and its the cheapest that we can get anyone who understands Energy Policy knows that. Should it rejected criticism that the pipeline would allow the kremlin to cut off eastern europes energy supply. Obviously there are fears in the baltic and poland for historical reasons but that cannot shape todays policy because these countries are members of nato and the e. U. They have all the security they need. He said nord stream two has nothing to do with moscows political ambitions and virtuous because its a business project its simple six major energy firms are coming together to invest billions and they are bearing the risk and no one else would you. Should accuse the us of having an ulterior motive. A ploy of whats happening right now has a political dimension especially from the United States because why should our gas supply options face sanctions. Its simply because the americans want to export their shale gas export on board but thats more expensive than russias siberian gas the former german chancellor has been working for years with a subsidiary of russian state owned oil firm gazprom says an Energy Alliance with russia makes political sense. We know from our own history that there was always peace in europe when things were going well between countries especially when it comes to germany. And russia. And of course things can go badly too when it is off and so germany has an interest in bringing about change through trade. But the west still has sanctions against moscow because of its involvement in ukraine wants to see them lifted. His and soon its quite clear that these sanctions hurt Germany First of all thats based on one economic institutes of concluded so my advice to the next German Government whoever it may be is dont focus on confrontation but on cooperation especially with our biggest eastern neighbor oh. 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