the waves the wind have to give something back and i cannot launch to miss him too many of us are just. going where. the surfers fighting against him seem to be. starting january seventh. this is d w news live from but it can germany and turkey pot shop a damaged relationship the two countries top diplomats hold talks as a long list of sticking points looms for migration to terra to disputed arrests of

german citizens a correspondent has the details also coming off the tell all book that u.s. president donald trump trying to stop from publication sean pitts back accusations in it that he's not fit to govern describing himself as a quote very stable genius. and deadly winter weather blasts the northeastern united states we'll take you to massachusetts where the only business paralyzing communities on the east coast. from hell in the home for 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 a turkish counterpart move to the chapel short oh well meeting to discuss recent disputes including over a wave of arrests in turkey following the failed coup in twenty sixteen at least

nine german citizens were among those arrested including denis you joe a correspondent for germany's devote newspaper he's been in a turkish prison for more than ten months without formal indictment. here's what the foreign ministers 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 are the yes there are differences. there have been problems even tensions and escalations. but we all agree and have the shared desire to overcome these tensions and differences through dialogue and notable news. the more i'm joined in this year by. 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 eight 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 a workable appeasement is only one side there needs to be action actually it is only one side you and i both scenarios 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. his huge oil 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 over the imprisoned german journalist an issue 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 show his release in exchange for weaponry well ahead of today's meeting there was an interview that german foreign minister god 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 show 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 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 anti government protests a comments came as a u.n. security council meeting but iran and russia criticized the u.s. for calling the meeting saying the protests are a domestic matter in syria at least seventeen civilians have been killed and sixty injured in as strikes on a rebel held area near damascus that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights the region is one of the last remaining opposition strongholds in the country and is the target of almost daily air raids by the syrian government and russia. scuffles broke out in bethlehem as at the greek orthodox patriarch for the holy land arrived to celebrate orthodox christmas protesters clashed with police and churchgoers as the office the third made his way to the

church of them city palestinians accuse the greek patriarch of setting land to israelis in favorable deals and a north korean lympics official has suggested the country may send a delegation to the winter games in south korea souls also believed to be open to athletes from the north competing the two sides that used to hold talks on the matter on choose day now u.s. president donald trump has rejected claims made in a new tell all book about his presidency in response to questions raised in the book about his fitness for office trump said that he would not qualify as smart but jenius sounded very stable genius it's that. well u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson also disputed claims in the book saying he has never questioned the president's mental fitness but in the meantime the book entitled foreign fury has become an instant bestseller. the book the u.s. president could not stop from hitting the shelves sold out within minutes and many

stores 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 it and the need for in media gratification it's all about him they say he's. a moron in. 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. it's like a pinball or just to shooting off the side this is the man wolf can fact for

helping the title sorta number one on amazon 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 and 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 you steve. we have a message from a spread 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 still 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. bitter winter weather is gripping the northeastern u.s. again this weekend threatening a fresh round of record breaking lows parts of the u.s. and canada are seeing wind chills at around minus eight degrees celcius in massachusetts city streets the 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 thaws. keeping an eye on all of those different floodings and if anyone wants

a question global warming just to see what the flight 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. to german football now most fund as they get teams are in warmer climates as they prepare for the second half of the season by munich a current at their winter 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 country as for the football well the action kicks off next friday when the table top is lock horns with leyva cozen and they're working on integrating a new high profile signing by munich or sunning themselves in the middle east in preparation for their post winter break much is germany strikers on to wagner has been drafted in june in the break to provide backup for main man who bit leave him . wagner was let go by byron as a youngster and he's delighted to be back. as if 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 out. by owner spending just five days on the persian gulf. that doesn't leave much time for fun meet and greets and marketing stunts. 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. for the zone for sure but i can you point is knows exactly what shortcomings by our need to work on the veteran coach has studied the ship since his appointment as carlo ancelotti successor in october. it's happened quickly with his coaching team it was his things work and he still knew some of the teams so it didn't take long to adult a few chords by and want to take their newfound impetus into the second half of the season as they aim to win as many trophies as possible the business league title at least already looks a certainty. now let's take a look at a rather unconventional take on winter sports teamed up with notice cyclists in the italian alps for the first have a bike and ski night race first off skiers hurtle down the slope in a race against time but it's when they reach the bottom things get unusual once

a skier arrives the motorcycle teammate fires up the engine and drive straight back up the runway to clock in the overall time of joints was italian team took first place event attended by almost four thousand spectators. don't forget you can whiz get the news all at the go just download our app from google play or the apple store that will give you all the access to the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the d w up to send us your photos and videos. you're watching the news before we go i will leave you with some spectacular images from the world's largest ice sculpture festival which just opened in the chinese city of harbin thanks for joining us and see you again soon.

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