we are who we are and accept us for what we are we're a family i believe in. the ascent me a phenomenon starting october fifteenth on d w. this is d w news live from but then german chancellor angela merkel moves a step closer to forming a new government a christian democrats reaching agreement with have a veteran allies on migration policy we are scum political correspondent whether this is a u. turn on michael's refusal to allow a cap on refugee numbers or the beginnings of a cliff

a compromise also on this program hundreds of thousands take to the streets of boston lona to protest against catch a line independence the pro unity rally was high yield is a success by its organizers madrid has been warning that any breakaway efforts by catalonians administration will have quote no effect. and german national pay to show it faces up to fifteen years in jail together with ten other human rights activists after being challenged by a turkish prosecutor germany denounces the charges as in comprehensible we'll take a closer look at starting this case which is for the straining german turkish relations. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring and good to have you with us germany. is inching closer to forming a new government after

a breakthrough agreement within her conservative block after hours of talks christian democrats and the bavarian sister party the christian social union which a compromise on migration policy. the search for compromise in the long running dispute took almost twelve hours but late on sunday the system parties reached a deal this is one they can put to bed. one leading c.d.u. member outlined the future approach. we have an understanding of the need for limits otherwise society can become overtaxed and if we include other issues the right to silence the constitution what about refugees quotas to military and aid in steering immigration to serve the labor market then a solution should be possible given. what does it all mean the agreement could mean that refugees keep the rights to seek asylum so long as

they have a case such as political persecution in addition flexible quotas for refugees fleeing hunger and economic need the no more than two hundred thousand per year that does not include skilled migrant labor is needed to starve the german economy . can chancellor merkel sell this deal to her other potential coalition partners the liberals and the greens the c.s.u. is skeptical about this just look at the party manifesto it is obvious that there's not much common ground between what we see as syria present and what the greens represent. this is often going to be at the cd use berlin headquarters the conservatives talk of going even further they want all future migrants to be housed in special santas while their applications for asylum all processed and successful applicants would be sent home directly. a hard sell to medicals potential coalition partners for green dida. but c.d.u. and c.s.u.

have wasted too much time on the matter and in the starkest so this is not about what one party wants this is about the federal republic of germany about taking on responsibility for a nation everyone involved has to do their bit. more details are expected later on monday on this change in germany's migration policy. now for more on this political correspondent is with me in the studio but walk us through this you know what do we know so far about this. agreement in principle as i think is what they're calling it yes it seems a bit that as if chancellor angela merkel made sees you t. foresee who for. a compromise or gave him the. said and offered him a compromise he couldn't really resist to saying yes we will have a maximum gap on some part of the migration but we still will have other migration

to how are they how are they distinguishing between different types of migrants well basically it's the humanitarian migration and other migration i would say so. people coming in on economic reasons there would be a maximum cup on that people coming in even as refugees there would be some sort of a contingent contingent that could be named as special but let's say by the united nations high commissioner for refugees and what they also would be and there would be no maximum cop on people claiming for political asylum because of course that's what chancellor merkel has always said we cannot according to our constitution in germany refuse the right to asylum to people who are suffering political persecution absolutely immense right and this would still be there so in the end maybe this maybe look as if it will be backing down on one offer a key pete key policies but in fact it's not in fact what it what what we are

having here and if this is really coming through this would be the beginning of a migration law something we haven't hart in germany until now one of the biggest problems we have seen in during two thousand and fifteen when the huge influx of refugees of people coming into germany was that there was no migration or that there was no legal ground for people coming into germany other than the asylum laws . if we would have something like this what we're talking about right now that would help to differ that would make things even easier that would give people let's say from countries like ghana countries which are of course poorer but don't really have let's say a dictatorship make it possible for these people to come over here and to build their future if they allow you know apply for legal migration as it were now. it assuming this is confirmed and this major dispute between chancellor merkel's christian democrats on one hand and the very insistent part of the christian

democrats the c.s.u. on the other hand i mean this is such a longstanding dispute assuming they've solved that that would remove a huge hurdle. towards making progress with the with two other small parties the free democrats and the greens and securing a stable government for germany absolutely yes one of the key figures of one of the key issues right now in or one of the biggest stepping stones in forming this new coalition the so-called jamaica coalition with the center left greens of the free free market liberals f.t.p. was the c.d.u. and this is you which together form a union that's at least what the name means was that this union didn't show any unity at all no they half perhaps this union on one of the key figures one of the one of the central points and now they can go and speak with one tongue to the other parties to the greens and to the democrats and of course those two parties

both want an immigration law as well certainly outlines of an agreement. beginning to to appear there are many thanks for that and i welcome. turning to spain now there's been a massive rally in barcelona against plans by catalan leaders to declare independence the march coming as spanish prime minister mariano with a horse said he would take measures to prevent the region from breaking away organizers say nearly a million demonstrators packed into the center of barcelona local police however put the number at three hundred fifty thousand waving both spanish and catalan flags the protesters called for an end to the country's worst political crisis in decades. this report now from day to always matters who is at the demonstration. long live the nation is their message. christiane a student from barcelona and her friend couldn't agree more. they feel catalan

spanish and to repeat. that. i was born here but my entire family comes from all over spain at the supporters of independence have no right to pick us out and it was you know someone we don't want to for a commanded and divided we want europe to flourish and we want to be part of this not the end of but many in catalonia who are against independence such as this architect are still against today's protests they worried it will increase the tension. more fred about the this the spanish the spanish flag and. there was russian with spanish flags of them was there with frank speakers because . i think it's not. a very good idea to have. the streets filled with the two sides because they're going to clash still for protest the christina today's march was

a success she says the people here represent catalonia silent majority organizers say this was the biggest ever protest against catalonia seceding from spain. ok now to some of the other stories making news around the world in the united states white supremacists have returned to the streets of charlottesville virginia just two months after violent clashes led to the death of a counter protester there several dozen torchbearer and demonstrators in the town america charlottesville condemned the march tweeting that neo nazis could face legal action. staying in the u.s. vice president mike pence is walked out of an american football game after some players knelt during the national anthem the players were staging a sign of protest against racial injustice part of a movement that began a year ago pence said he wouldn't dignify any event that disrespects the u.s. national anthem the flag and it's obvious. thousands of cubans

have paid tribute to one of their revolutionary heroes shake of araa on the fiftieth anniversary of his death crowds filled the streets of santa clara city where to vote on the final battle of the cuban revolution more than sixty years ago his old friend cuban president raul castro was in attendance. in turkey a group of human rights activists could face up to fifteen years in jail after being charged by a turkish prosecutor the director of amnesty international in turkey e-tail esa is among them and so is german human rights activist. his case is further straining relations between germany and turkey with germany's foreign minister calling the accusations in comprehensible. on july fifth peter storrie dinner was among ten human rights activists detained by turkish police on the island of beauty off the coast of his done bull the expert was taking part in a workshop run by amnesty international one topic was how to protect sensitive data

from the authorities for turkish prosecutors a reason to charge the activists with belonging to and aiding terrorist groups. the evidence being put forward against our clients is not evidence that can lead to an arrest it's completely illegal and unlawful not just in regard to the european human rights convention but also in regard to the turkish constitution. the indictment comes shortly after turkish foreign minister moved to told german news site spiegel online that he had asked the turkish justice and interior ministers to speed up the legal process german foreign ministers ignore gabriele called the charges a matter of great concern he said the demand for up to fifteen years in jail is completely and comprehensible and unacceptable to us gabriele says germany is doing

all it can to bring story near and other germans held in turkey back home and well cup soccer germany has completed a perfect twenty eighteen qualifying campaign after crushing azerbaijan five one on sunday evening to make it ten wins out of ten the holderness had already captured first place in group c. they netted a european record of forty three goals in the process conceding just for germany went ahead in the ninth minute when they on korecki scored with this nifty backing but azerbaijan equalized later in the first half through running out shade a half german thing came out far more aggressive in the second half sandra wagner giving them a two one lead and then have a go until they routed to antonio waiting around the government to go with the second and write something they comprehend it. now twelve cases of beer and a cash prize that's what's up for grabs at this year's north american wife carrying

championship in maine if you're wondering what that means exactly it's quite simple really husbands pick up their wives they carry them across an obstacle course competing of course again thi chow that's a sport that originated in finland and has been an annual event in the u.s. since one thousand nine hundred nine. and they're off the gold complete an obstacle course that is two hundred fifty four meters long that lives up to its name. and don't forget the water trap. some of these couples definitely want. so if you want to chast how solid a marriage is this just might be the place. jake and kirsten barney from virginia completed the course the quickest in fifty eight point two six seconds to claim the top prize of twelve cases of beer and a check for five times kirsten's weight in pounds which equaled six hundred thirty dollars. well we got second last year so we wanted to shoot for first this

year but what about this incentive the victory also earned a couple a trip to finland the sport's birthplace for the world wife carrying championship. well sure the wise who are enjoying that championship you're watching day w. news in berlin stay with us for a fascinating trip around the globe in the latest edition of wild stories that's up next here on t.v. up here. nationalists are on the right you know what you did with me you know i mean i am sure you are more straight to highlight different shades of nationalism and to find .