Democrats for the first time in a National Opinion poll that says the s. P. D. Launches a make or break vote to enter another Coalition Government well get some analysis. And there were more medals up for grabs out the Winter Olympics thats including the ice dance competition workout of the graceful couple virtue and moir were vying for another gold will get you caught up on dale love and in the junction. Im sumi so much got it good to have you with us the United Nations says the Syrian Government must stop targeting civilians in the rebel held enclave of eastern how to. Have a london based a syrian observatory for human rights says that Government Air raids on eastern how to close to the syrian capital damascus killed at least one. One hundred people on monday around four hundred seventy were injured this africa has been under siege by Regime Forces for more than a one month now. Lets talk to adnan had data Syrian Opposition activists observing the situation from turkey he joins us on our program i dont thank you very much for being with us you had some contact in eastern how tell what have they been telling you about the situation on the ground for the past up an hour be talking to at least seven activists meet the person inside that three hundred sixty five thousand living human beings and are they under the threat of being annihilated this is very much going to go to. The top told by the way to go to think to some officials including that i should officers who worry about if this is not you know one hundred over to the regime of this it is not covered over to that it seemed and there will be as you know that is something a little what we also know over the past week this has and then supply to a level where that at now thousands of Ground Troops not only the militias but also it in yemen supported militias including hezbollah including some afghani fighters some other militias as well and very soon it is this campaign will be led by him famous regenerator call hasan who has also led the same campaign in a little. Over a year ago so i dont ingest if i can jump in there are you saying that there is there is going to be a ground offensive here. Its going to be another holocaust im afraid if the International Community is not. In a position to act and there is no one to act there is no one to prevent thats the problem with who does that that does not have any International Blood with any country to have an end to this and and the kind of stuff allies in this situation its a completely besieged with civilians that have been bad for all that five years now and that video died a human conditions and this unfortunately seems to be the last episode and as c. D. s also. You know people suffered and and not quite to get that area of focus all right ive not heard that a Syrian Opposition activists whos been watching of the situation from turkey ive been thank you very much for bringing us up to date now the deadly assault on eastern how to comes as fighting looks set to intensify on another front to turkeys president says he plans to lay siege to the northern syrian region of affray now turkey first launched an offensive against Kurdish Militia in the region last month Syrian Government forces are reportedly set to enter the region to aid the kurds in their conflict with turkish troops. An entire town in mourning this is become a familiar sight enough rain in recent weeks with residents regularly attending mass funerals for kurdish fighters killed in clashes with turkish troops. Its against this backdrop that syrian state t. V. Reported on a move that could change the dynamic of the fighting the news anchor of this bulletin announcing that militias allied to the Syrian Government would soon arrive in a free to help Kurdish Forces push back the turkish offensive. Meanwhile in government held aleppo just south of a free syrian kurds have been demonstrating against the turkish offensive and in support of white peachy fine tis many of whom can be seen in the city. That i know theyre the syrian army and we are one of the Syrian People and we are one we are all one and we have one will. During a visit to jordan the Turkish Foreign minister said a deal wouldnt affect his countrys resolve. Before to my kitchen or to my solemn occasion if the Syrian Regime really does enter affray into clans Kurdish Militia then theres no problem however if it comes in to protect them then nothing and nobody can deter and stop the turkish army in a bid to expel the kurdish fighters that control the region the offensive has further complicated an already but will during web of alliances and rivalries in syria. We have with us shes the president of the European Center for kurdish studies here in berlin shes with us in our studio good morning turkish president said today that turkey will lay siege to our free does that mean were going to see a further surge of violence in this area. Well that depends on if the y. P. Will further a fight against the turkish army or not i guess they will as they see turkey if their main enemy so yes i believe. We will see further but of course it also depends on if the Syrian Government will move in then we could even see an open war between turkey and the Syrian Government depending on what the goal of the Syrian Government will be of course no longer a proxy war but an open war because there is a deal that you just mentioned to let serious progovernment militias then descend we havent seen any movement on that why is that what i belief that syria doesnt really want to go into the open confrontation with the turkey and i could imagine that this is why they didnt go in because what we know at least there are strong rule morris is that the y. P. Those who are in branch of the p. K. K. And the Syrian Regime already came to an agreement we know that the Syrian Regime had preconditions which is why p. G. Has to fulfill it so that they can come in for example they said that they want to have the weapons which the y. P. G. Got they said they want to control the border they said they want to recruit and they want to establish a new administration they are so i think the reason why nothing has happened tonight is really because there are still discussions probably between the Syrian Government and turkey what would it mean if we saw an all out confrontation between Syrian Forces and Turkish Forces in. Well as we said we will see more while and and in the end if the Syrian Government takes over again the syrian courts will those who lose of course because they will then have to live again under a regime which has persecuted the current some of for a very long time even though one must say that the situation now under the white p. G. Is much better because they are also not interested in human rights or a better situation for the syrian kurds really all right so good chance we could see further violence as youre seeing in the region a president of the European Center for kurdish studies thank you very much for joining us thank you now to some other stories making news around the world authorities have warned new zealand south island to take precautions ahead of a powerful storm the remnants of cyclon which bat battered tonga and samoa last week are expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain flights to and from the capital wellington have been cancelled. In mozambique at least seventeen people have died after they were buried in a landslide of garbage Authorities Say heavy rain caused a mountain of trash of a dump in the capital to collapse on to surrounding houses officials believe more bodies could still be buried under the debris. A court in peru has ordered former president Alberto Fujimori to stand trial for the killings of six farmers in one nine hundred ninety two the Court Decision comes after fujimori was pardoned from a lengthy prison term because of ill health the more he was jailed for crimes including commanding military death squads. Youre watching d. W. News still to come well bring you up to date on the Winter Olympics including germanys find showing the germans are close to the top of the medals table. But first germanys rightwing a populist party the alternative for germany or a. S. D. Has overtaken the social democrats for the first time in a National Opinion poll the latest poll for the daily newspaper billed found that if an election were to be held now sixteen percent of voters would support the a. F. D. Compared to a fifteen point five percent who would vote for the social democrats the news comes just before the s. B. To begin to critically internal vote on whether to join a grand Coalition Government with chancellor merkels conservatives the s. B. These numbers have been in freefall since the National Election in september. Correspondent Thomas Sparrow is following this for us hi thomas good to see you how significant is this poll result. So me this has been described as the first time a National Survey shows this result in other words the head of the social democrats but its also important to stress that this is only one of various surveys that we have here in germany basically every month and most of the other surveys still place the social democrats in second spot behind conservatives but the general trend behind not only this poll but all the other polls as well is certainly important to mention namely the crises of the traditional parties in germany the conservative bloc on the one hand the social democrats on the other they both suffered a lot in septembers federal election and on the other hand mainly the rise of the anti immigrant. They also entered the German Parliament in september and in fact they did that for the first time i became the third Strongest Party in germanys parliament so frustration with the mainstream parties is one side of the story but how do you account for the fact that the far right a. F. D. Continues to gain ground. Well they are essentially still topping on peoples fears and thats a particularly important aspect from the trying to provide also simple answers to to complex questions they tried to do that during the refugee crisis they still tried to do that when it comes to integration for example but they also very critical of the establishment of what they described as the elitist traditional parties and they present themselves as an alternative to that alternative that has allowed many people to actually shift from those traditional parties to the alternative for germany alternative for germany has been successful comparatively successful in trying to get some of those voters from their traditional parties and also attract people who previously didnt even go to the polls so those are elements that certainly account for the rise of the. Thomases opinion poll comes at a crucial time as s. P. D. Members as we said theyre due to vote on whether or not to join a chance americas conservatives in another Coalition Government this is a deeply dividing issue even within families lets take a look at this report now. Father and son one for the grand coalition of the rig and at this s. P. D. Event in northern germany theres only one question on everyones minds should the party risk another coalition with angry merkels conservatives its up to Party Members to decide including five b. N. The critical young socialist and his father the veteran s. P. D. Man and to lead with the party. If you believe the majority of members will say yes if we convince them so we need to use the time ill try to do my part. Even so for his son fabio and most of the partys younger members its far from a done deal they want change. Thats just never been able to see that we need to be more proactive and forward looking string quartets are ok but we need some heavy metal too and a political keyboard. At home with us staking is of course theres plenty of talk about politics the prospect of governing with Angela Merkel for another four years has triggered a number of arguments between father and son when this she give the grand coalition doesnt happen i think wed face a debacle in fresh elections itd be likely because everyone would blame us for pulling out. But fabien on stage now believes the party needs to have courage and refocus on its core values was a club where people say this is social democracy this is the kind of society we want this is our idea of humanity of social cohesion of solidarity and social justice. Things are certainly not harmonious in the s. P. D. Right now the rank and file is spit right across the party. Predicated ill vote against the grand coalition quite simply because it would not be good for the s. P. D. Its not good for their city. Youve been there fifty you know ive been a member of this party for over forty years but if the majority refuses to appreciate the many things that weve achieved and the good cabinet posts with gained then ill be handing in my Party Membership. For the. Coaching is set to continue until march the second social Democrat Members will get to decide on the fate of germanys next government and the future of the countrys oldest political party. Ok so thomas just briefly how will these negative poll numbers affect the vote. There will affect the debate within the s. P. D. About the direction the party should take we can say that for sure and as we know as with so many there are different opinions on what direction the party should take so i do believe these poll numbers will have an effect on the debate within the s. P. D. Did of these Political Correspondent thomas feral thank you very much time for business now and a risk appears to have paid off for h. S. B. C. It certainly seems to have seen you dont remember the massive job cuts that were implemented by the bank but now its just posted a huge jump in its profits now that is due to a Strong Performance in asia the British Company making over seventeen billion dollars in profit for tax twenty seventeen a one hundred forty one cent increase compared to the year before now the results are an indication that h. S. B. C. s pivot to asia is paying off the banking giant laid off thousands of employees elsewhere to focus on asian emerging markets its also been attempting to recover from several embarrassing scandals and nov eighth just b. C. Paid three hundred Million Euros to french authorities to settle an investigation into allegations that helped wealthy clients evade taxes. So lets get more with our financial correspondent kanata booze and now conrad investors dont appear to be all that happy with those numbers from h. S. B. C. Whys that. Well some analysts believe that h. S. B. C. Should be able to profit more from the boom in asia you know this pivot to asia means that the bank has returned to where its core is hong kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation thats what the acronym eight as b c stands for the bank has a huge network on the asian continent it should be able to profit enormously from chinas one belt one road policies and certainly the increase in profits compared to last year looks impressive but many analysts had made more ambitious forecasts before and thats why the share of a to b c today is having the. Word is that the e. U. Is mulling tariffs on some choice u. S. Products tell us more. Well the European Union is getting prepared for the case that the United States might impose import tariffs on european goods terrorists that the European Union of course would consider to be not in line with world trade agreements in this case the European Union might consider a counter tariffs import tariffs on for example Harley Davidson motorbikes or jack daniels whiskey which would of course make those products much more expensive here in europe i have to say though those are only rumors the European Union at the moment seems to only be considering this all right with an incredible choice of products of that kind of had booze in it for us in frankfurt thank you for keeping us updated. U. S. Carmakers General Motors recently announced plans to shut down one of its full plants in south korea the decision welcomed by u. S. President donald trump who took it as an opportunity to criticize the Free Trade Agreement with south korea now while some had expected g. M. To close its remaining plants in south korea it looks like the u. S. Comic could be set to make a u. Turn. G. M. Is stuck betwe