with plants do will be in salt water comes to syria will be unknown. and the reason is if the song fresh water supplies water it competes with food that is a perfectly possible scenario. this is the w. news live from berlin germany tries to end its political impasse and form a new governing coalition chancellor merkel says she is optimistic as talks begin

from migration to health care to europe there's plenty of room for discord with her potential partners our correspondent has the details also coming up paris remembers the victims of attacks three years ago that horrified people around the world the killings began when gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical magazine charlie hebdo and a soaring to success after dominating the four hills tournaments ski jumper a communist stall was looking for a historic final stage when the good the polish make it a clean sweep the action. welcome to the program i'm marrying evans dean it's good to have you with us. german chancellor angela merkel has embarked on key talks about forming a new governing coalition to lead the country going into the negotiations the

chancellor said she was optimistic merkel's conservatives are holding the exploratory talks with the center left social democrats after previous negotiations with other parties failed sticking points this time around are expected to be germany's refugee policies and its approach to european integration let's have a listen to what marco and the social democrat leader martin short's had to say as the talks got underway. because the c.d.u. is going into these talks with the aim of creating the conditions to form a stable government. that's because we believe that the tasks ahead for which we have the voters mandate are enormous in terms of foreign policy challenges european challenges and also in domestic affairs. you know i will we all sense that the challenges for a new federal government however at me luker be structured lie in that the new year

and which we all live must also include a new kind of politics in this sense we will conduct the negotiations here constructively and with an open outcome. of covering the talks for us as our political correspondent rupert who joins us now for more so rupert has america all does have a lot of work ahead of her as the these preliminary talks get going why is it so hard for the parties to find common ground. well there basically three parties sitting at the negotiating table. there's first of all the conservative flock of anglo-american self and within this block the smaller parts of the sea is used the more conservative and this is you party is truck tries to. to be more tough on refugee policy is against more integration into europe and then on the other side there's the there are the social democrats and the social democrats have been very reluctant to go into this grand coalition again as this growing coalition in

the past hasn't proven them to be very helpful for them as they got the worst election results. in the past so and in the middle of these two parties is actually helps solve the chancellor and to see the you party she is the only one that really needs this grand coalition it is the only option for her to stay chancellor so does this mean that if there's no agreement in this absolute last chance to form a stable government. well in a certain way it is the last option she says she has already try to form another coalition government together with the liberals and the green party but this has failed at the end of last year and this is the only option she has to form a coalition government with the only jordi in parliament the only other option she would have would be a minority government but this is something that she already ruled out all new

elections a new elections is something all parties in paghman don't really want because they all know the only window of these new election elections would be the far right of d. party so this is very complicated in the end angler machall is doomed to success here but the other parties of rather reluctant. reporting for us there are many thanks indeed. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world and saudi arabia has detained eleven of its princes for protesting against an end to state payments of their utility bills officials say the men have been sent to a maximum security prison and are awaiting trial hundreds of venezuelans have stood in long lines outside supermarkets after the government ordered shops to slash their prices authorities in caracas and forced price cuts in response to spiraling hyperinflation the country's in the grip of an economic crisis with food and

medicine shortages affecting millions in hundred thousands have protested against the reelection of conservative president fun orlando hernandez supporters of the leftist opposition are demanding that their candidate salvadoran us rolla deja clear the winner of the november twenty sixth polls instead of hernandez the opposition is also calling for a nationwide strike thirty two sailors are missing after an iranian oil tanker and freight ship collided off the east coast of china the tanker caught fire after the crash rescuers are now looking for survivors all crew members from the cargo ship have been rescued. years ago a series of terror attacks shook paris it started on january seventh when gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical magazine charlie killing twelve people the magazine had already received threats from islamic extremists for their irreverent cartoons of the prophet mohammed the editorial team were in their morning meeting

when two masked men armed with assault rifles burst into their office and opened fire. among the dead the editor of charley amdo stefan siobhan yeah and his bodyguard and one of charlie a cartoonist. and six other members of the magazine staff. the attackers brothers saeed and sheriff kwacha fled the scene and after a massive manhunt they were killed in a shootout with police. well in paris a ceremony is taking place as they say to commemorate the victims of the attack on the charlie hebdo satirical weekly and for more let's cross over now to our correspondent lisa lewis who is in paris so he says it's now been three hears from the charlie ever two attacks what's changed since then well this has changed strong's numbering a thorough way to i mean first of all this is hack was an attack on the right one

of the very cool principle of democracy many trends here felt i mean the rejection the newsroom all shyla do is now being guarded twenty four seventh's they are working from an armored office and have to use armored cars are being a guarded by bodyguards all the time they have to spend more than one million euros per year for their protection and they are saying that they still receiving death threats over them obviously that was a moment that changed their life forever but also for the rest of the country for other friends who were feeling that these people are actually saying well you can't say what you want you can't express yourself freely and many people here feel that this attack was actually the watershed moment it brought war it was only in the very first of many attacks that france saw wasn't it. yes absolutely there were other attacks that followed especially the ones in november

twenty fifth teen where one hundred thirty people were killed in attacks across paris specially at the music hall the batter and that took the whole thing to even a high level because the attack was at that point we're not talking special people but they're attacking the whole of french society actually they were tacking the french when they were having fun with the brigade out and people felt that everybody could become a target and even today people are still afraid that there might be new attacks it's very much a topic in the center of attention and more than nine out of ten of the french say that they think that a new terror attack in france is likely a very likely are at least and louis reporting for us from paris many thanks. iran's parliament has held a closed door session to examine why anti-government protests broke out around the

country starting more than a week ago at least twenty one people have been killed during the demonstrations that began partly due to frustration with corruption and economic turmoil iran's leaders have accused foreign enemies of being behind the wave of unrest which the country is revolutionary guard now says it has defeat it. well soccer fans here in germany are currently having to make do without their weekly fix as the going to sleep it takes its mid-season break but they can still stay up to date with their favorite players who share snippets of their everyday lives on twitter facebook and instagram it's not just a way to interact with fans but it's also a big business for the pros. fans lined up to catch a glimpse of their idols but signing autographs and taking selfies isn't enough. social media is the most important point of contact for supporters posting daily

updates is almost as important as training for stars like messi and cristiano ronaldo. was different and it's fun and fans want to feel close to them to have a connection they can catch a glimpse of their lives every single day. they find out what the players are up to and also what makes them happy or sad to look to. and manages the social media presence of football as it's his job to help turn the football into a sustainable brand it's a massive business not just for the players. it's. big clubs don't just pay the player for his contribution on the pitch it's also for his marketing value so it's also about whether the player can help sell more jerseys and merchandise maybe attract new sponsors to the club and one kind of crises. in germany told us is one of the biggest names in social media

aside from posting about sports and his private life he uses his accounts to promote social causes. low profile pros like daniel. also use it to build their brand eighty five percent of bundesliga players have a social media presence. social media keep their social media gives those other players the opportunity to increase their media presence. themselves in the limelight and create a continuous dialogue with the fans of schmidt and mom to come today's football does need a virtual presence but for fans there's nothing quite like meeting their favorite player face to face. barcelona have made the biggest deal of soccer's current transfer window by signing a liverpool midfielder philippe continue the deal to bring the brazilian to catalonia is reportedly worth one hundred sixty million euros continue spent just under five years at liverpool scoring fifty four goals for your going tops team he's long been billed as the replacement for his countryman neymar who left

barcelona last summer. the dakar rally got underway this weekend in peru as five hundred forty cars trucks and motorcycles lined up to take on the world's top off road race fans turned out in force in lima for the start it was the first stage in for ruin five years after leaving the capital racers face a two hundred forty two kilometer long journey through mostly desert terrain after the first stage defending champ sam sunderland was out in front among motorcycles and two time winner nasser alethea held down a lead of the car division or more stages to come in peru before the race moves on to bolivia. ski jumping prestigious four hills tournaments has come to a close in austria with one name on everybody's lips camel stock was on touchable over the first three stages and with the overall victory almost in the bag he had a record in the sights he was hoping to become just the second man after germany's

spend one of all to win all four of events did he do it let's find out. head and shoulders above the competition reigning champion and olympic gold medalist kamlesh doc was king of the four hills again after winning the first three stages the pole was equally impressive in bishops' often he said the longest distance in the first round and held his nerve on his final jump to ensure victory again. that gave him the grand slam and kept one of the most dominant for hill's performances in years. it was a really good competition for me the chance wasn't perfect today but i did my best and can i say thank you for a while team team colleagues team coaches because they they've been working so hard and i'm really appreciate that after germany's best hope is a card fighter crashed out of the tournament in the third stage is countryman and

that is villainous stepped up with a strong performance to claim second place for the tournament. he was followed in third by norway's and does fine and the. us face pioneer in john young has died at the age of eighty seven as commander of the apollo sixteen in mission he became the nine person to walk on the moon he also commanded the first space shuttle mission but when young retired in two thousand and four he had visited space six times. and was the only astronaut to. to speak the latest technology.