Go to ohio one of the battleground states that handed donald trump the u. S. Presidency as he approaches one year in office do they still believe that they put the right man in the white house. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us germany and turkey are looking to mend a serious political rift triggered by arrest of german turkish journalist denis you tell nearly a year ago the two sides have now resumed bilateral talks after berlin had vowed to block major arms sales to turkey until his case is resolved it has now signaled that could change but you child for his part says that he does not want to gain his freedom as part of any dirty deal. From his prison cell in turkey denise you chel said he rejected any trade off that would see him released in exchange for new arms sales to turkey. He told the german d. P. A. News agency for my part i dont want my freedom tainted either by the sale of tanks or by the deeds of any war mongers i dont want to be a part of any dirty deals you tell was responding to an interview a news magazine desh spiegel with the German Foreign minister caprio in it gabrielle vowed to block major arms sales to turkey he said quote it will stay that way as long as the case remains unresolved and rejected you chose characterization of the talks between the two countries. What is a dirty deal if its a deal that you wouldnt dare tell the public about where theres a tit for tat arrangement and thats not the case here. On monday you kills lawyer filed a motion with the Turkish Constitutional Court calling for him to be freed the countrys foreign minister. Said he hoped you charles release was imminent. Many people. Including. The court but for days another Istanbul Court has ignored a Constitutional Court order to free to turkish journalist prompting fears you chelles imprisonment could drag on and for more lets bring in our Political Correspondent thomas was standing by with the latest from berlin so thomas i first want to talk about this phrase dirty deal which seems to be categorizing the scot the discussions there at the moment what is really at the core. Were talking here about two very important and also very controversial issues on the one hand the delivery of sales to turkey this shouldnt be a major issue under nato partners but it is it has become a major issue now as it happens at the backdrop of the very tainted relationship between and the big question is to what extent these two issues have or have not been linked whereas then as you shared obviously mentioned they didnt want to be part of what he described as a dirty deal the German Foreign minister said he had not connected those two issues and this case we know that it has certainly impacted german turkish relations walk us through thomas where relations stand right now well this case among others was the reason why germany last year announced what it described as a reorientation of policy towards turkey with changes in areas such as tourism or investment there was certainly a lot of controversy last year but since then germany and turkey have tried to find Common Ground once again there were meetings between the Foreign Ministers there are now meetings at the state secretary level in the interior ministry and both turkey and germany are stressing areas where they want to Work Together one of those areas that has been mentioned in recent days for example counterterrorism so it does seem that the relationship in two thousand and seventeen which was very bad is now at least slowly towards being in a way improved but the case of you challenging it isnt the only hot button issue between germany and turkey right. There are certainly issues there were very important issues in the past but the case of venues you chad has certainly become the symbol of that very strained relationship between the two countries thomas ferro with the latest from berlin thank you. Lets turn now to Northern Syria where kurds have appealed to the United Nations to stop an imminent turkish attack Turkish Forces have already been bombarding the kurdish controlled enclave of afrin for several days now earlier this week turkish president ret of type air to one threatens a full military intervention into syria to stamp out what he called nests of terror on his countrys border on korea has been deploying tanks and military equipment ahead of the imminent operation. This in response to u. S. Plans to set up a thirty thousand Strong Border force in Northern Syria both of the recruits would be kurdish fighters the turkish government considers them terrorists lets bring in our correspondent yulia han who is following this story for us from istanbul welcome to you good morning we just heard there are threatening to send Ground Forces into Northern Syria any word on when the operation could start. Well if you follow turkish t. V. News channels you would assume any moment now they are reporting from the Syrian Border every top of the hour showing pictures of the deployment of troops and tanks and were also getting reports of turkish artillery shelling the area from just outside afrin yesterday the National Security council thats turkeys top security body said and i quote it will take any necessary steps immediately to defeat the threat without mentioning any specific date though at the same time we are hearing that turkish officials in talks with representatives from russia from nato and the u. S. There seem to be out for its to come up with some kind of last minute diplomatic solution here especially since u. S. Secretary of state to listen now denied any plans of building a turkey syria Border Security force which would mainly consist of kurdish fighters as you mentioned and this was the reason why uncorrupt was calling for military action in the first place talked with us a little bit more about relationship between turkey and the United States because i mean we know that they are nato allies for example but they are really on opposite sides when it comes to this it has the potential to get ugly doesnt it. Well it really does and relations potentially can worsen even more in fact they are already at a historic low and its a very complex scenario just to be clear here the u. S. Considers the Kurdish Forces in offer and. Briefly important allies in their fight against the Islamic State the socalled Islamic State while turkey sees these kurdish fighters as terrorists so there are no u. S. Troops in offer and so were not going to be seeing turkish and american soldiers fighting each other but the fact that two nato allies turkey and the u. S. Are so much at loggerheads with each other inside syria is really worrying and it might impact in a negative why not only turkeys relationship with the u. S. But also with the rest of nato the syrian kurds there in how should they be preparing right now i mean are they bracing for something we see any signs well oh well yes as far as we hear they are of course preparing i talked to a military experts here they say any potential offensive on our friend would most likely involve the turkey backed Free Syrian Army this is the rebel group thats already involved in turkeys operation you for its a shield which started in twenty sixteen so if these rebel units would be involved they could then be backed up by turkish Ground Forces but you have to know there are about five hundred thousand People Living inside a friend and the big question really is what will happen to them yulia han in istanbul thank you. Lets get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world at least ten people have been killed and Dozens Injured by suicide bombers in the northeastern nigerian city of mind to glory because they said the two bombers carried out the blast but Emergency Services say that four women were responsible no group has claimed the attack but it bears the hallmarks of the islamist terror group boko haram. Extends interior ministry is reporting that fifty two people were killed when a bus that they were traveling in caught on fire only five people managed to escape the vehicle the disaster occurred in the northwest of the country no other details have been released salvage crews are working to recover an airliner that skidded off the runway last week as it landed at an airport in northern turkey investigators say that the boeing seven thirty seven experienced a sudden surge of speed in its right engine that caused it to swerve off course none of the one hundred sixty eight passengers on board were injured in the incident. Were turning now to the legal battles of a teen who has become the symbol of Palestinian Resistance and Israeli Military judge has denied bail to sixteen year olds ahead tom uni he ordered that she be held until her trial for slapping two Israeli Soldiers in the west bank a video of the incident has gone viral and brought her to International AttentionRights Groups have called for the girls release and her father spoke exclusively to d. W. From ramallah about the case. This is the video that provoked a social media storm a palestinian go slapping and kicking and israeli soldier the incident followed what israel says was a stone throwing assault on its troops. The go is sixteen year old i had to mimi and shes become an icon of the Palestinian Resistance. That this soldier is a symbol for the occupation that has taken our land our country and killed our people since the december incident our head has been in custody and being charged with twelve counts including assault and incitement now she could face a lengthy jail sentence ahead is from a well known activist family in the west bank and is no stranger to confrontation in two thousand and twelve she was filmed hitting a soldier in ramallah and three years later she was pictured biting another soldier as he tried to arrest her brother. Detention has sparked protests at home and around the world with Rights Groups saying that as a child it is not justified. For many israelis though the teenager is a provocateur. One senior israeli minister said the detention of our head and her mother must set an example they should finish their lives in prison he said the pictures are harsh i trust that the incident will be investigated and the lessons will be learned Amnesty International says israel currently holds around three hundred fifty palestinian children in detention and that hundreds of mine is a prosecuted every year meanwhile critics of the palestinian say many of these youngsters are being exploited for political propaganda. If anyone guaranteed me they had an arab country an International Body or anyone from my government anyone if anyone guaranteed me that the occupation would be gone in one two three or even five years i would rather teach my daughter. Youre watching d. W. News still to come on the program after decades of exploring researchers can finally confirm that this is the worlds longest underwater cave we will show you what else they discovered in its depths you dont want to see it. But first monica johns is here and were looking at data from china today and i saw from sara china doesnt fail to impress china says that its g. D. P. Grew by six point two nine percent in twenty seventeen acceding many experts forecasts the contribution of the worlds second biggest economy to global g. D. P. Has been on the rise for a decade even if growth has slowed somewhat in recent years now the asian powerhouse has a lot of impressive numbers and we look at some facts and figures right now. China remains one of the worlds most powerful economic engines its booming growth over the past decade has easily outpaced recent growth in the u. S. Over the past ten years chinas share of global output rose from eleven to eighteen percent other emerging markets are also grabbing larger shares of the Global Economy the trend is reversed in the u. S. Which slipped from eighteen to fifteen percent. Chinas flourishing export market is one reason for its strong growth. The countrys building boom has provided in additional boost and not only are chinese earning more money than in the past theyre spending it consumption is on the rise benefiting the Retail Sector and the real estate market. Companies are investing in production to feed the growing demand for goods from china. But the biggest investor is the government especially in infrastructure nearly a trillion dollars have been earmarked for the one build one Road Initiative an ambitious project to develop trade corridors to central asia the middle east and europe. Tech giant apple says it will pay thirty eight billion dollars in u. S. Taxes and creates thousands of new jobs in the u. S. And a new five Year Investment plan of the tax bill stems from the more than two hundred fifty billion dollars in overseas cash held by the take giant earnings that apple refused to bring back to the u. S. Under the previous pile Corporate Tax rate the company says its thirty billion dollars capital Investment Plan will create twenty thousand new jobs. And with that its over to our man of the fact that Stock Exchange done good to see you so apple wants to bring back a huge chunk of its overseas cash to the United States is that going down with investors here in europe. Well some investors monica are actually or raising their eyebrows with this news this morning monica because it is a company that is not really known to pay lots of taxes now they are boosting themselves they will pay billions of u. S. Dollars in taxes of course its good for their image but on the other hand you cannot forget that apple is using and other discount i guess you can call it like that because offshore money money that was part previously broad is now only being taxed with fifteen point five percent investors are not so worried that this is really going to harm the european economy because in the case of apple most of the jobs that will be created will be in the Customer Care sector yes all c. E. O. s and also institutes here in germany have been calling for a long time but also the tax system here in germany should be changed they have been rather disappointed about the latest news after those preclusion talks they are really saying that also Corporate Tax here in germany should need to be cut down as well now you mentioned those fifteen percent of taxes there which is the repatriation that tax in the United StatesCorporate Tax in the u. S. Now since december has been lowered to twenty two percent so ok that is lower than it was before but compared to the United Kingdom where its nineteen percent of the netherlands where its somewhere between twenty and twenty five the u. S. Corporate tax isnt that much cheaper for companies but trump still seems to get what he wanted. Well it for him its certainly a success after all those reforms such as the Health Care Bill that didnt go through people here all are not thinking at the Stock Exchange that this is really going now to create a hive of also other Companies Based here in europe in europe or asia to move their Companies Back to the United States theyre not thinking that this is going to happen in the near future and identical to frankfurt for us thank you so much. And talking about the United States in particular President Donald Trump and hes always good for news isnt even fake news yet were talking about one of his favorite words here monica and fact its really no laughing matter is because after weeks of teasing the American Media about a possible fake news wards event to us President Donald Trump has pointed to the ten top examples of news stories that in twenty seventeen he says were intentionally wrong. Trump unveiling the awards with you guessed it a tweet using his favorite medium there it provided a link to a Republican Party website that listed ten cases in which major American News sources reported stories that were later retracted or which the list says were simply incorrect c. N. N. Qualified for four mentions followed by two for the New York Times despite some of trumps and initial statements via twitter it was not immediately clear who authored the list. All the social media reaction to the fake news awards once ag