it's all about george chance to discover the world from different perspectives. join us and inspired by distinctive instagram or years at g.w. stories new topics each week on instagram. this is deja vu news live from berlin the decision time for germany's social democrats they hold the key to counsel on them ackles possible next government she wants to break the political deadlock by bringing them on board for another

so-called grand coalition the social democrats are tired of helping their historic rivals will they swallow a bitter pill for the good of the country also coming up. pope francis breaks his silence on the plight of the pro hinge are calling for decisive international action on the refugee crisis has been celebrating in outer mass in bangladesh for more than sect six hundred thousand will enjoy are now living after fleeing the violence in the unmarked. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show today sees a key meeting of germany's social democrats as they edge towards a possible agreement on joining talks where a new coalition government now this follows a push by germany's president to get council maclin social democrat leader martin scholtz to break the impasse over. forming

a new government they met last night at the presidential palace here in berlin a dull view but discussions lasting more than two hours chance of machall has been trying to put together a workable alliance since september selection the social democrat leader martin schultz had earlier ruled out forming another coalition with merkel's party but pressure is building on him to reconsider that position. and joining us now for more on this is our correspondent oliver salih good morning oliver martin scholtz a meeting with other party leaders of the social democrats at this hour can we expect them to give the green light for exploratory talks well this is what the whole country is waiting for at this hour will the s.p.d. will march and schultz go ahead and say yes we are ready we are willing to go into exploratory talks in spite martine scholz had stressed several times time and time again that he his party would not be willing to do so to form another government

after the election defeat in september so it's a very excited and decisive moment right now for the future of the government and and on the question how the government will actually look like last night was the events of last night the meeting there at trial suppose we with the president was a historic event it was the first time in post-war germany that actually the president had to step in mediating between the parties and so we had the two biggest parties there the social democrats and the christian democrats and we're now waiting to find out how they're going to move forward will martin schulz eventually say i'm in or i'm out ok and we are we're waiting for word this morning possibly in the next few hours on that but that's just the beginning of a process for the social democrats isn't it any decision has to go to the party base that's right and that might happen by the end of the week but we have to stress here that it's completely unclear what the party base will say just to get

started there's a lot of opposition from within the parties many people are unhappy about that u.-turn that martin shields would have to do really first of all promising not to go into government and then if he decides to move ahead and go into exploratory talks and this would be a u. turn and he would certainly have to sell this u. turn to its party base and the fear is that there might be a high price tag on it that the social democrats might try to. through more or a lot of their social democratic policies for instance getting rid of the jewel health care system that we have here in germany so those are all things that are extremely unpopular for the conservative party so the process that might follow then would take a long time we have heard leading social democrat figures already saying that they would rather try to slow this process down take a lot of time to negotiate as opposed to what the christian democrats want because they want to have a deal as quick as possible ok now

a lot of our european partners for germany are looking at this process and they're expressing concern asking whether germany is still a stable country in german terms that's right i mean we have an acting government government first of all so certainly there is stability guaranteed for now i think the interesting question here is what's going to happen next and what's going to happen after that if there will be another grand coalition which by the way will not be as grand as it used to be but it will have a majority and so it will be another stable government most likely but the other options that are also on the table a minority government for instance unstable what about new elections where the right wing could further gain strength so those are all options that are in the outcome of these options is very much unclear right now ok and the best possible scenario would be a grand coalition in terms of a quick fix to the situation by march sorry that could be

a possible scenario in case the voter base says yes in case martin schulz and committee today says yes we want to go ahead but then of course there will be a lot to negotiate as i outlined different policies and so on and so forth there's a lot of a lot of question marks really a lot of questions to be answered until then as usual thanks very much oliver. now for a look at some of the other stories making in the news at this hour. argentina's navy says it has given up all hopes that the forty four man crew of a missing submarine will be found alive efforts to locate that vessel will continue off argentina's coast it's believed an explosion onboard calls that sub to sink about two weeks ago. riot police and hundreds have clashed with supporters of the main opposition candidate in the presidential election every tuesday electoral court of fraud delays in releasing the results from sunday's election have raised suspicions of vote manipulation with ninety three percent of ballots counted the

incumbent president won or lost to hernandez also a slim lead. a panel chaired by japan's prime minister shinzo abi has agreed a date for the country's emperor to abdicate akihito will step down an equal thirtieth twenty one nine hundred with his eldest son the crown prince norah hito taking the throne it is the first abdication in japan in about two centuries akihito is eighty three and has suffered ill health. but francis is in bangladesh where he's praised that country for giving shelter to re-injure refugees fleeing me and maher now he broke his silence on the muslim minorities plight by calling for decisive action to stop with the un is referring to as ethnic cleansing the pope's visit though is aimed at reaching the small catholic minority in bangladesh in the capital dhaka he led an open air mass for a crowd of tens of thousands. even though catholics make up less than

one percent of the population it felt like most of them had turned up here during mass the pope or train sixty new bangladeshi priests that's a sign of the relative freedom the church enjoys here but this freedom can't be taken for granted christians are often persecuted in this region which is why for fear of their safety francis has walked a diplomatic tight rope over a growing humanitarian crisis more than half a million people have fled here to escape persecution in neighboring myanmar these range of muslims aren't even recognized in that country forcing the pope to balance diplomatic niceties with his moral imperative. on thursday after meeting bangladeshis president used his sharpest language yet on this trip and avoided identifying the ranger by name. it's imperative that the international community takes decisive measures to address risk grave crisis not only by working to resolve

political issues that have led to this mass displacements of people but also by offering immediate material assistance to bangladesh in its efforts to respond effectively to urgence human needs. francis won't be visiting this refugee camp close to the myanmar instead eighteen refugees from here will be to meet him in tack. and following the pope's visit for us in dhaka is correspondent marcus speaker joins us now from there marcus nice being with us the catholic minority in bangladesh has been under a man's pressure how important is the pope's visit for them right now. so it's a matter of recognition of the group looking at them and it's also a matter of just joy even there today it's looking in their faces at the they are that the pope is there they've been chanting before he came in there was so much

scening and like a little release from all the pressure off the last two years of. tax on people in bangladesh and christians have been killed and where there is a lot of fear so for them to just sign hope that the pope is ok is also no doubt this visit a sign of hope for the six hundred thousand henge are living right now in bangladesh and refugee camps what are they hoping to hear from the pontiff it's also they just want the world to recognize their suffering and hopes been criticized for not going to wait out the particle spazz out they were hoping he would do that now today he wanted to king that but that the government of bahrain has told him it's not secure and that even his bishops here in in bangladesh are against it so he's now meeting dedication of eighteen people to the families from. the area where the who just are and let's see if he mentions the shot then yes that

he hasn't done it but he has been very very clear and outspoken saying he was talking about people from the region you know where the op from it's a mistake of the range so he's been much more bold than he's been in myanmar you know how did those comments about rocking that the pope made go down with the muslim population not only of course of the hendra but in bangladesh generally. you know they really liked it because you need to spend sometimes and he also said i'm not there. or that they need support that they need money from the rest of the world and you know people from the press the legation this is a very tricky so far and it's time is everything right now for him how to deal with this tries this with out into answering your mars media and

a lot of people have been disappointed but yesterday kind of it turned into a book that began with him being so outspoken and let's see what he's going to say later i correspond mark a speaker joining us from dakar thank you very much well today is world aids day a time to take stock of the fight against aids hiv aids now thanks to better treatments people with aids are now living longer and with a better quality of life than ever before one of them is mona belong to an indian woman who tested positive eighteen years ago she dreams of a world where people affected by hiv are treated without discrimination. i mean one of bologna is one of the few women in india who speak openly about being infected with hiv she's lived with the virus for twenty years husband and son both died from complications of aids the government hiv program started just in time for medical treatment and free drugs have saved her life lesson for us living with aids they

were the main ms. ruby man i go to dance but my white is gone then. the trucks are helping mona need to live a normal life older son mohit is a child of a negative but is still suffered other children were not allowed to play with him he also feared losing his mother for mona the social exclusion is almost as bad as the illness itself. he saw my fight with this is safety he saw my fight with my accident. because he is the witness since childhood. whole i am suffering with my health something. i am struggling with my. health than my. duties or my family. just over two million people in india a living like mona with hiv the government is making a concerted effort to combat the epidemic with some success the number of people

infected with hiv has halved since two thousand and ten one reason for this is that india does not recognise the peyton's filed by western drug companies more than half of aids patients receive free medication produced in india i want. because. the so i think india believes in access to treatment for everybody and therefore whatever is necessary good quality treatment is available generic drugs that. drastically. takes part in a support group in delhi she tells young hiv patients they need not fear for the future with treatment they can even have healthy children. i lost my. because i was not aware that i hope best. during my pregnancy or after my delivery so it was lack of knowledge to me. the battle against the h.i.v.

virus has certainly not been won in india but there has been significant progress thanks to people like money but money. says your miner of our top story this hour chance on a macro has met the leader of germany's social democrats with the aim of breaking the deadlock over forming a new government that meeting at the presidential palace there in berlin lasted more than two hours party leaders left without giving any state. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us sumi will be with you at the top of the hour for me though i say have a great we can. show .