thirty six hours. from where it was finished allowing the climate change scientists . to continue by to research the benefits. that's the power train. making it. this is d.w. news live from but it can germany and turkey patch up a damaged relationship the two countries top diplomats hold talks as a long list of sticking points new strong migration to terra to dispute his arrests

of german citizens our correspondent has the details also coming up. the tell all book that u.s. president donald trump trying to stop from publication the white house hits back at you were a scathing claims in it including that close trump associates consider him a child unfit to govern. and deadly winter weather blasts the northeastern united states we'll take you to massachusetts where the coldest paralyzing communities along the east coast. time had an all free good to have you with us germany and turkey have pledged to take steps to calm tensions between the two countries german foreign minister. and his turkish counterpart move it to one meeting to discuss recent dispute. a wave of

arrests in turkey following the failed coup in twenty sixteen at least nine german citizens were among those arrested including then as you check out a correspondent for germany's devote newspaper he has been in a turkish prison for more than ten months without formal indictment. here's what the two for mrs had to say about the outcome of today's talks. we have set ourselves the task of doing everything possible to overcome the difficulties and the german tarkus relationship. and remembering what unites us to find more common ground for the future. that of the yes there are differences. there have been problems even tensions and as collations. but we all agree and have the shared desire to overcome these tensions and differences through dialogue. well for more i'm joined in this year by

hahn who has reported extensively from turkey great to have you with us here in the studio yeah hi i'm now the german foreign minister and his turkish counterpart have met in capitals hometown of. germany what was the mood like well the atmosphere during that press conference was not exactly relaxed i'd say but it was friendly and it was respectful and there seems to be and that's important the necessary willingness to overcome the current crisis both minister has said they will do everything they can to improve relations because after all germany is turkey's biggest trading partner and they are important nato allies and there are more than three million people with turkish origin living here in germany but of course appeasement durable appeasement is only one side there needs to be action actually it is only one side you and i both know that talk can be cheap in

diplomatic circumstances what will the main challenges now be well there are still disagreements over. post-coup crackdown on opposition members and people suspected of being supporters of that twenty sixteen coup attempt and the arrest of server old german nationals including journalist didn't is you joe and the german government clearly says here until. then israel is not being released and doesn't get his fair trial there cannot be a normalization in the relations whereas turkey on the other hand always claims that that germany doesn't show enough understanding for the trauma that this coup attempt has caused in turkey and that germany is also helping suspected terrorists to hide on on german ground and in germany and they certainly don't agree over turkey's prospects for a human version well let's just touch on that case of the imprisoned german.

journalist dennis you jail in a turkish prison because according to media reports germany is ready to restart arms sales to turkey does this boil down to to you cho his release in exchange for weaponry well ahead of today's meeting there was an interview that german foreign minister got a gave to a dish and apparently there he suggested that many arms of military equipment sales to turkey are currently on hold because of the strained relations and this will not change until there is a solution to the case of din is your job he now denied having said that but of course the debate is going on for example members of the green party and of the political left in germany in germany are heavily criticizing this now saying that of course you're jill needs to be released but this should be a separate thing it shouldn't be on the condition a condition for arms sales and arms sales should be blocked until there are real

improvements in the general human rights situation in turkey now covering that story for us thank you very much indeed. now some of the other stories making news around the world the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has warned iran that the world is watching its response to government protests her comments came at a u.n. security council meeting but iran and russia criticized the u.s. for calling the meeting saying the protests are a domestic matta mudslides and a tarantula rainstorms have left at least forty four people dead in the congolese capital kinshasa well authorities say victims were killed by collapsing walls and by drowning many homes in the city of ten million a built on hillsides where a lack of drainage systems makes them vulnerable to flash flooding. that two jets collided on the ground at

a toronto airport on friday setting the tail of one of the aircraft ablaze. but an eyewitness on board captured the moment when part of the plane exploded no injuries have been reported and an investigation into the incident is currently under way. a new tell all book about donald trump's presidency is flying off the shelves in the united states the book entitled fire and fury has been published for days ahead of schedule despite attempts by the president's lawyer to stop it us a secretary of state rex tillerson rejected characterizations in the books saying he has never questioned the president's mental fitness and trump tour into author michael wolff claiming the book was full of lies the book the us president could not stop from hitting the shelves sold out within minutes and many straws deeply critical it depicts a chaotic white house and questions donald trump's fitness for office its author

michael wolff appeared on u.s. television to back up his claims i will tell you the one description that that everyone gave everyone has in common they all say he is like a child and what they mean by that is he has that and a need for in media gratification it's all about him they say he's. a moron in the. i actually there is a competition to sort of get to the bottom line here of who this man is let's remember this man does not read does not listen so he's he's like a. because like the pinball just just as the shooting off the side this is the man wolf can thank for helping the title soar to number one on amazon and donald trump's former chief strategist and former ally steve bannon his disparaging

remarks about the u.s. president released in early excerpts triggered trump's public attempts to block the book's release and sent him on soaring. trump has threatened to sue bannon and wolf and on twitter who described the book as full of lies i authorized zero access to white house actually turned him down many times for author a phony book i never spoke to him for the book full of lies misrepresentations and sources that don't exist look at this guy's past and watch what happens to him and stop he steve we have a message from us for those doubts about wolf's credibility have been echoed by some of trump's allies and by others including former british prime minister tony blair he called a claim made about him a complete fabrication. wolf says he stands by everything in the book though he does acknowledge he could not resolve certain discrepancies between some accounts very little presents the truth may not be clear in fire and fury but that's not

stopping people from lining up to buy it. well bitter winter weather is gripping the northeastern u.s. again this weekend threatening a fresh round of record breaking los feliz of the u.s. and canada saying wind chills it around minus thirty degrees celsius in massachusetts city streets are turning into frozen fields of ice and snow. the biggest storm surges in massachusetts in three decades and that minus twenty nine degrees celsius water is literally freezing in the streets here. traffic is frozen to those hoping to get into their cars will just have to wait until the ice falls. we're keeping an eye on all of those different floodings and if anyone wants a question global warming just to see what a flood flood zones are those zones didn't flood thirty years ago weather agencies are calling it a bombsite clone where cold and warm air masses collide triggering

a rapid drop and parametric pressure many people need help to get to safety several u.s. states have declared a state of emergency the national guard is out in force and coming up with creative ways to help the rescue effort it was scary and i want to get out they came up to the front door and they. like he put me over their shoulders and put me in their car and new york's central park the extreme weather isn't putting everyone off but their weekend might put even the bravest to the test because believe it or not it's going to get colder. with some sports news now most bundesliga teams are in one room of climates as they prepare for the second half of the season by munich are in the uk they went to training camp in cattle for the eighth straight year and have again been criticized for not commenting on the human rights situation in the gulf state that the football the action kicks off next friday when

the table top as well as with eva kusa and they're working on integrating a new high profile signing. munich or something themselves in the middle east in preparation for their post winter break much is germany. has been drafted in june in the break to provide backup for main man. wagner was let go by byron as a youngster and he's delighted to be back. and i was one hundred percent sure that i wanted to go back home to my club that was clear i'm really really happy that it worked. by owner spending just five days on the persian gulf that doesn't leave much time for fun meet and greet and marketing stunt. but they aren't losing any sleep over the human rights situation in qatar either. we're here for sports we're trying to do our job here. we want to prepare as best we can for the rest of the season. exactly what shortcomings

by our need to work on the veteran coach has steady the ship since his appointment as the successor in october. happens quickly with his coaching team. things work he still knew some of the teams so it didn't take long to. byron want to take their new impetus into the second half of the season as they aim to win as many trophies as possible the been this league title at least already looks a certainty. now let's take a look at a rather unconventional take on winter sports top ski is teamed up with major cyclists in the italian alps for the first ever bike and ski night race first off ski is hurtle down the slope in a race against time but when they reach the bottom things get rather unusual wants a skier rife's them motorcycle teammate fires up the engine and drives straight back up the runway to clock in the overall time

a joint swiss italian team took first place at the event attended by almost four thousand spectators. a vodka bottle estimated to be worth more than one million euros has been stolen from a bar in copenhagen and recovered well the vault curtain side was of no particular value but the bottle of russo both teak is made from three kilograms each of gold and silver a russian businessman had loaned it to the bar where it was stolen on cheese day the empty bottle has since been found to construction sites in the danish capital police is still investigating. it watching t w news before we go we'll leave you with some spectacular images from the world's largest ice sculpture festival which just opened in the chinese city of pop and thanks for joining us and bye for now. can you.

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