better and safer all materials to avoid kentucky. good producers are the ones primarily responsible for the safety of the food you buy but you can protect yourself and your family from diseases in the home by applying the five keys to safer who use them you also have a role to play. this is deja vu news coming to blogging from berlin and breaking germany's political deadlock after the collapse of coalition talks president frank photoshopping meyer presses the leader of the social democrats to join chancellor angela merkel in

forming a government also coming up. zimbabwe prepares to swear in a new leader ahead of his inauguration anderson mongoloid or no promises to bring democracy and prosperity back to a country that's been crippled by poverty but can he deliver. and bangladesh and myanmar agree to start repatriating muslim minority refugees in two months time over half a million will hinge on a pledge to bangladesh in recent months to escape persecution by myanmar's military . also on the program payback time for a far right politician here in germany he wants criticize berlin all calls for morial calling it a monument to shave now he has to live with a replica of it white outside his home we've got that story for you coming up.

and sarah harmon welcome to the show germany's social democrat leader marching scholtz as consulting with senior members of his party right now the s.p.d. is under considerable pressure to join a coalition government under a. the americans in order to avoid fresh elections here in germany also so far roll out joining in any new coalition but the german president met with them earlier and is believed to have pressed him to reconsider his position that after the collapse of talks last weekend between chancellor merkel's conservatives and two other parties. of war i'm joined now by detail is political correspondent thomas ferro he's of the social democrats headquarters thomas any news is the us now ready to join in these talks that is still unclear and that is something that s.p.d. leaders and martin schultz are discussing right now whether they should change

course when it comes to their position after the elections on september twenty four where they had a very bad result a result that prompted the social democrats to announce that in the next legislative period they wanted to be in the opposition and that they refused to join i'm going to call in any type of grand coalition that's something that they also reiterated in the last few days after the so-called jamaica negotiations for the next coalition collapsed something that senior leaders have been reach rating on on various occasions but it's also the case that for martin shows the pressure is increasing to maybe try and revisit. the position there are members within the s.p.d. who think that martin short at least should be willing to sit down at the table with merkel with other parties maybe to try and discuss the possibility of a coalition but again sora this is at least for now still unclear whether they will

move from that position that they mentioned september twenty fourth what's the reason for the opposition why don't the social democrats want to govern with miracle. the social democrats were in the so-called grand coalition for the past four years where they managed to present and also passed some of the key proposals but after they passed those key proposals the one who who actually took all reaped all the benefits was called not the social democrats and and after that in the elections september twenty fourth they had a terrible result a result that they partially blamed on the fact that they had belonged to a dodge grand coalition the pasta for years and that's what prompted them to announce that they were not doing that again that they had to rebuild the party that they had to reprogram all their different structures and that they wanted to do it from a position in the opposition not a position within the government all right so thomas given all the information you've just recap for us how likely is it that germany is going to see fresh

elections. it is still a possibility but it is a possibility sorry i think basically no one actually wants not even german president from fox ice time i who clearly said earlier this week starts moving towards fresh elections would be handing the responsibility back to the voters instead of keeping their responsibility where it should be namely in the parties that have to form that type of coalition obviously the different parties have mentioned that if it were the case if germany had fresh elections they would be prepared but it is in reality something that i don't think many in the different parties would actually like to see happen all right that sir thomas farah standing outside the special times headquarters thanks very much. so bob way is preparing to inaugurate its new later emerson. he's due to be sworn in on friday as only the second president since the country gained independence robert mugabe who resigned

on tuesday after thirty seven years in power has been granted immunity from prosecution along with his family the decision has been broadly accepted by a country that's keen to put the worst of the mugabe air behind them and focus instead on the future. it's business as usual in harare. time to digest the excitement of the past few days. focus has briefly shifted to the announcement that robert mugabe and his family will be immune from prosecution feelings are divided. we believe they should let go of him and his family no problem but we also feel that people also feel that they should be some accountability a lot has happened people have been oppressed. negative things have happened. different laws have been instituted which. people which of course the people need

to hear from him maybe he should come on t.v. and apologize maybe to the nation. but zimbabweans are trying to put their country's past behind them under hopeful for the future. i think he is going to do things. you know it being done by the past but it didn't. you know he want that president to be you know. the people be that continent so that we can build our country. incoming president emerson was welcome back to zimbabwe on wednesday as a hero in an emotional speech he promised a brighter future for the country and asked his people to help them improve the economy create jobs and stamp out corruption. the final preparations are being made ahead of non-god was swearing in ceremony on friday zimbabweans will see

a new president for the first time in thirty seven years. there's a lot that's why our stories that are making news around the world right now police in papa new guinea have removed dozens of refugees from an immigration camp on monist island more than three hundred others are still refusing to leave the camp has been used to house refugees that were hoping to make it to australia and was forced back in october but alive fear for their safety at the alternative a common. palestinian political rivals fatah and hamas a they have agreed to hold general elections by the end of twenty eighteen after talks in cairo but moss said little other progress was made at the meeting which was called the from up an earlier reconciliation deal between the two sides. a former u.s. olympic gymnastics team doctor larry nasser has pleaded guilty to charges of

sexually molesting girls and women you know faces a minimum of twenty five years in prison star gymnast gabby douglas and all the olympians went public saying they were among his victims. filtering out of the harrowing wait in argentina as family members of forty four soldiers are anxious to learn the fate of their loved ones on board a submarine that's gone missing arjen time naval officials say an unusual sound was detected near the subs last known position and is consistent with an explosion the noise was recorded a week ago several hours after the navy last had contact with the vessel and its crew and as the search continues concern is growing for that cruise welfare as the sub nears the end with oxygen supply. the growing desperation of the families is clearly heard in their prayers as they gather outside maribel plant at home naval base of the missing submarine. relative say

they're becoming increasingly distressed as hopes the vessel has been located are raised and then dashed among those unaccounted for is. his brother adam on she's putting her faith in his strength of character. when everybody will tell you that he's an excellent person and must be keeping all his crewmates calm he's a really special person that's why we'll wait to hear because we know he'll return having to. the argentine navy estimates that if the submarine hasn't surfaced since it went missing a week ago there should be enough air to last the crew between seven and ten days. it's a critical situation and there is increasing concern we are all worried as well as the relatives today is the end of the seventh day an important day in terms of oxygen capacity. meanwhile the air and sea search is continuing attention

centers on a noise detected a week ago which could have come from the submarine. the argentine navy said it was consistent with an explosion. for the families of the missing sailors are left with their hopes and prayers. myanmar and bangladesh have signed a deal to allow members of the persecuted row hinge a muslim minority group to return home to me our hundreds of thousands are for him to have fled across the border into bangladesh recently to escape a violent military crackdown it's not clear how many of these refugees will now be allowed to go home or how many even want to. they fled to relative safety here in bangladesh bringing stories of homes burned to the ground and family members raped and murdered at the hands of security force says now they're deeply skeptical of going back. i don't trust the myanmar government

they're always like this. this is my second time leaving home and my husband has left three times. they live in a massive refugee camp but despite the appalling conditions some say they'll only return home if myanmar meets their demands. if they stop harassing us. and if we can live free like the buddhists or the other ethnic minorities or. children should also get government jobs just like the others. for months now the un has been calling manned mars treatment of the ethnic cleansing on wednesday washington finally followed suit the organization human rights watch has welcomed that decision. the big question now is what is the

u.s. going to do about it what they should do is have targeted sanctions military commanders that were in charge of the. people. in the command of the military but in myanmar there's still lots of support for the military and its actions and a little love for the. many in the majority buddhist nation view them as illegal immigrants now there are facing a return to myanmar with no clear guarantee of their safety. well here in germany a controversial art stunt is provoking both praise and outrage and artists collective has built a replica of berlin's holocaust memorial right next to the home of a far right politician who publicly criticized the memorial. twenty four large concrete slabs and a backyard and outside the house of right wing politician. in january her of the

far right alternative for germany party called the memorial a monument of shame this response from the berlin based artists collective center for political beauty is meant to show the politician what shame truly means. and we've built a monument for her because who lives over there it's supposed to remind him that you can only free yourself from god once you take responsibility but the man from forty one and. the group known for its provocative political actions spent ten months on the project they rented the lot next to her house and worked in secret only unveiling the work this week some argue the group may have taken their artistic license too far. that he. is allowed to criticize politics and politicians to a large extent even in a satirical exaggerated way what are they cannot do is degrade people. in. the groups crowdfunding campaign has raised enough money to maintain the monument

for at least a few years but following the controversy the landlord has already cancelled the lease agreement meaning the group will have to leave in a month's time. and a reminder of our top story this hour the german president has met with the leader of the social democrats in a bid to break the coalition deadlock president front bunch of. origin marching shoulder to reconsider is position to joining chancer on the american role in a new government. as did every news europe today at the top of the hour from war by for now. he says he doesn't have he says this one i think it's really important to give a bit of time and look back to the fans who make so much effort.