A kurdish perspective right here also coming up the ronda konami former opens with a keynote but indias Prime Minister that is or more the wards of his ballerinas to free trade just hours after the trumpet ministration slaps newtownards on imports to the us is christopher cool but is in davos with the latest. Paper out indian Prime Minister delivers a selfconfident address here at the World Economic forum globalization is under attack Narendra Modi says the World Society has a lot of benefits from indias ancient traditions and teachings of colbran davos i do have more from the World Economic forum coming up. Blast in the next sixty minutes a pretty level goes up in dry shares hundreds of socalled Islamic State find just heads home from the conflict in syria and iraq we have an exclusive report from chechnya. And the nominees for this is a. Cademy towards being announced we bricktown be also hopeful and ahead of the biggest night in college. Kind of a warm welcome to the touchy about turkey has intensified its offensive dubbed olive branch against Kurdish Militia in Northern Syria a mother to a group with said that these fifty four people have been killed so far on both sides the turkish army and syrian rebel fighters crossed into the kurdish enclave of offering in Northern Syria on saturday and often is controlled by the kurdish white b. G. Militia which has been a key ally of the u. S. In its fight against Islamic State the turkey sees the y. P. G. As a terrorist organization and this is the u. S. To stop backing them. Operation all of the branches anything but a peace offering the following airstrikes the Turkish Military with the support of regional allies is marching across the border into Northern Syria turkeys president has pledged an unrelenting campaign against the Syrian Kurdish y p g a militia which he considers a terrorist group. Will handle a free and theres no stepping back we have an agreement with our russian friends kind of also discuss that with the u. S. And other coalition forces. I mean its the attacks russia has pulled back its Ground Troops from the region to avoid accidental clashes experts say turkey is looking to russia for further support. This is inevitably going to mean more close cooperation with russia for turkey and. This is probably russians threatening to pull turkey. If the western alliance three think is it click the us position meanwhile remains ambiguous having backed the Kurdish Militia during the war against socalled Islamic State washington is now refraining from direct criticism while urging turkey to quote exercise restraint in its military actions the u. S. Is also that it takes turkeys legitimate security concerns seriously. The call on target to show restraint was echoed by the u. N. Security council on monday but operation all of branch continues to intensify creating yet another front in the seven year syrian civil war. The reports are coming in the general detained in turkey for this social media posts relating to the often offensive a correspondent during jones in istanbul told us what he knew about the crackdown. What we understand is in the last twenty four hours also five journalists have been detained in the Early Morning raid by the police in. India because the main kurdish city in turkey turkey what we understand is that these people belong to mainly prone kurdish media and also media critical of the government now this comes on top of the arrests of around thirty people on monday for social media posts opposing the operation because im very concerned about what is going on on social media and twitter picket particularly if they are aware that critics and potential opponents of the operation most of the news from on from the social media given the fact that the perception among many in turkey is that the Mainstream Media is broadly under the control of the presidency and the government and to underline those concerns Prime Minister been a real drum on sunday met with leading journalists of of the country mainstream journalists where it is reported he issued a fifteen point plan on how to cover the are for an operation the message ankara wants is that they want to control this message they want to prevent any possibility of dissent or protest as this operation continues to drag on and on top of that also weve heard reports of dozens of other people in istanbul and ankara have also been arrested in Early Morning raids this morning many of them are believed to be opponents of the afrin operation many linked to the programming procurator party h. T. T. P. Chorus line during jones reporting from istanbul and whitley in the studio is from the Kurdish Center for Womens Affairs welcome to you maybe i like you have contacts to people in the office in the holiday experiencing the turkish offensive i mean these people are living kind of work conditions for us so its nothing new and this topic course on the agenda for a couple of years also so it was not such something sudden that people were prepared but the people what i can say that are. Very few. People are leaving leaving the city they are staying there theyre assisting in shelters underground shelters or in their houses because they are saying that they wont. Live in a city controlled either by the turkish army or by Islamist Forces and the kurdish militant groups have supported the United States in the fight against socalled Islamic State do they feel in some sense abandoned by the washington by washington in this conflict now i mean if youre say a man and there should be Something Like a strategic relationship and the Kurdish Forces always sat there its a kind of tactical relationship for them and that for them their own strength is important so ok sure on one side because you are cooperating against a common enemy and suddenly youre in a situation where the who western states are in a way supporting the turkish offensive against the kurds but according to the statements we can say that they are ready they say we want to ask for any support we believe in our own strength and we we will defend our city until the end of the turkish government of course argues that the y. P. G. In Northern Syria is linked to the p. K. K. Which is considered a terrorist organization the good issue organization in turkey what do you make of those claims i mean sure they all saw sect or stated that they have ideological ties but at least i mean. He is not k. K. K. The Democratic Administration of come to an africa is not completely pick a case so i mean if although there are some political or ideological ties you can say its completely the same now you are in touch with the Kurdish Community in exile living here in germany what do they feel about this offensive and what kind of action are they planning i mean they started just on saturday the day the offensive started with their protest actions and in more or less all european cities where Kurdish People are organized and. Just in the kurdish or and europe but also in other parts of kurdistan and countries they are mobilizing daily they are preparing for a central demonstration already on saturday in cologne but all the people i mean there are a furious they want to have to organize and mobilize all the more critic forces to stop the turkish offensive right middle to turn the Kurdish Center for Womens Affairs thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with us on d w p q. In fact in germany clashes broke out in Hanover Airport overnight during a demonstration against a military operation in syria protesters chanting Security Officials rushed in and brought the situation under control. Heavier than usual snow falls in the alps have cut off towns in Higher Elevations and increase the threat posed by avalanches thousands of a Winter Holiday makers are trapped in some of the mountain ranges most popular ski resorts are report starts in the lot near the swiss border with italy. No escaping the power of nature in these swiss alps avalanches have been falling down these mountains all around the ski resort of so that its the second time in a month heavy snow has cut off the town leaving fountains stranded this. Is not the only swiss resort where locals and tourists alike are trapped getting in and out of suntan tourney adap aussies almost impossible. More than thirty five years lives in. But i never saw so much snow like today the last the past week the police tell us that forbidden to leave the house you have to stay inside right and no root and you have we have new circulation in you where we have no gas we have no possibilities to go was the train. Traffic is closed. In the italian alps the road to chevy nia has been closed for the third time in a month its estimated that five thousand people are stuck in the ski resorts. The risk of avalanche has also affected roads around salzburg in western austria. And snow is also a big issue at the World Economic forum in davos for many its all hands on deck to ensure the meeting runs as smoothly as possible. God is with me now and as we have lots of snow in davos but the opening got went by smoothly with not in the body the stock traction there he was a bit of stars and this it got there in time with through all this snow to deliver the keynote speech at the opening meeting he tried to drum up investment in one of the worlds Fastest Growing economies quite a usually modi use a distinctive tone in his speech stressing stressing indias rich cultural and spiritual history as unique selling point for his country. This is the first time after twenty years that indias Prime Minister is attending the World Economic forum in the swiss alps and he has brought a large delegation it includes six ministers and one hundred business representatives they are all here to show that india is open for business if you want wellness along with wealth then you must come to india if your seeking wholeness in life along with help then you must come to india south are seeking peace along with push very see then beyond there is you must come to india. Out of them are going to our prosperity gets our beasts out there. Last year indias economy grew six point seven percent failing to meet Market Expectations but im melissa expect modis Economic Reforms to drive growth. Thirty hours ago first it is necessary that the big powers of the world have cooperative relations among them it is necessary that the sense of competitiveness among the major nations of the world does not become a wall between them we will have to set aside differences to face these challenges and Work Together for a larger vision. An open Global Economy that is what indian Prime Minister morty is calling for for many here this is an alternative to the America First strategy of u. S. President trump is expected later this week. Well our correspondent christopher koba is in davos of forest first of how was modis speech received that. Well the globalization or rather the attack on globalization as Narendra Modi put it Climate Change and to terrorism are of course concerns that are shared by many here in davos so his remarks fell on a fruitful ground for that matter especially when it comes to globalization and these somewhat turn around and it and the attack on it as modi named the tendencies you has been watching in the last couple of months have been an issue here in davos we remember a ping the chinese president who gave the opening speech here last year had already set up his country as the champion of globalization and free trade so this topic remains one of the most important ones among the people here in davos and for that matter are under modi has hit right on the spot here. First of modi also has stressed the spiritual side in indias call shirts a bit of a different tone compared to what we used to get from that has that struck a chord with the assembled business leaders. Well i did cause it was reason for a lot of smiles and who could argue with the mahatma right i mean you cant really argue with that with gandhi for that matter so it was cause for for chuckle and good humor here among the among the crowd in davos but we have to remember its not all just spiritual but what Narendra Modi mentioned here he was keen to stress that. India is cutting red tape is not only cutting red tape but also as he put it putting out the red carpet for more investors to come into the country that all of that on the back of the of the fact that india despite having delivered steady and strong growth still needs to grow stronger in order to accommodate the many many especially young people that live in the country that are looking for a job so Narendra Modi was keen to stress india is open to business here in davos and its participants christopher going to be reporting from davos for the whole week what can we look forward to briefly if you can. Whats going to be sort of the so it looks like weve lost the connection. But its going to go back to that tomorrow and we stay on the subject two hundred and seventeen years that is the time it will take for women to reach true equality in all walks of life across the globe thats according to projections done by the World Economic forum thats three generations and much longer than women around the world are willing to wait equality and womens rights issues feature high on the agenda there in davos to highlight the urgency to tackle the issue this years meeting is chad exclusively by women. This video also installation in davos seeks to be punk myths myths about why women dont have the same professional success as men why theyre less likely to london Managerial Position one of the common narratives that is there today is that women lack confidence women lack ambition and so the workplace is fine but the women need fixing and thats fundamentally false we believe thats a myth we believe that women dont need fixing the system needs fixing but if things continue on the same trajectory it will be a long time before we achieve equality between men and women two hundred seventeen years according to calculations by the World Economic forum thats why this year seven influential women will chair the meeting in davos in zero men they each come with their own agenda but to share dream for the future my hope is that we can collectively demonstrate as already begun actually that even without testosterone we can actually produce positive Constructive Energy to deliver solutions thats my goal. Mens dominance has been a repeated source of tension in davos this year only twenty one percent of the participants are women it is a record but the organization promises this is only the start of things to come. Of this since now i think no one would argue that these are not the seven most influential people amongst those stakeholder groups at the same time we recognise that its a very powerful message and were very conscious of that its an Important Message that the new face of leadership is increasingly female. Women and our false hope this is the dawn of a new era. We have the evidence based case so World Leaders from the World Economic forum to the world bank have the evidence to show that womens participation drives economies we have more women in positions of leadership than ever in history and we have technology thats. Connecting us in ways like never before womens voices are being heard and we have the chance to reinvent the future and include women the World Economic forum has pledged to become more female whether or not that pledge bezout only time will tell. And we have the latest now on. All this talk thats right get out and the woman is that the heart of those still in jail many divisions between the countries potential governing partners are showing even as they prepare to launch formal Coalition Talks on the americas conservative blog because the social democrats to finish the talks quickly and deliver the country and new government but the left of center s. P. D. Is vod to negotiate hard to push its agenda. Snow falling outside conservative headquarters last night the kind of inclement weather that matches germanys political mood at the moment with the country waiting for government to be given the green light leaders have been hammering out a negotiation schedule behind closed doors. During sundays Party Conference the social democrats instructed their leaders to extract further concessions. Have been about a team and even we will talk again about all