in a society that expects them to be children this is a burden many married yet childless women in niger suffer from. a wife is only fully accepted upon. a very personal film about the suffering of childless women in. the fruitless tree starting january fourteenth on t w. this is d.w. news live from berlin germany tries to end its political stalemate and form a new governing coalition chancellor merkel says she's optimistic as talks begin

but there's still plenty of room for discord with a potential partner it's the social democrats look at the latest from our correspondent also coming up. paris remembers the victims of the attacks three years ago that horrified the walt the killings began when gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical magazine. and soaring to success ski jump by coming it was looking fast storage final stage when off to dominating the four hills tournament could the polish ace make it a clean sweep. time and a home for a good to have you with us german chancellor i'm going to merkel has embarked on a cape talks over forming a new governing coalition to lead the country going into the negotiations the

chancellor said she was optimistic conservatives were holding the exploratory talks with the center left social democrats all to previous negotiations with other parties failed sticking points this time around are expected to include germany's refugee policies and its approach to european integration. and listen to what merkel and the social democrat leader martin shots had to say as those talks got underway if you get the news 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. we all sensed that the challenges for a new federal government however it may 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. covering the talks for us as our political correspondent. joins us now regret chancellor merkel has a lot of work ahead of fires these preliminary coalition talks get underway why is it so hard for the parties to find common ground. well the basic problem is that from these three parties that are negotiating it to have completely opposing objectives first of all the social democrats they have lost the last elections after governing together with the grand coalition so in order to convince his party to go into another grand coalition social democrats leader martin schultz has to push through through some key points for instance he wants to change the make some reform on on health insurance he wants to cut he wants to have

higher taxes for the wealthy and a more liberal stance on refugee policy and more integration into europe than on the other side within his conservative party bloc c.d.u. c.s.u. the small of the two parties you see as hugh they feel the breath of that they feel in their neck the breath of the right wing populist have deep parties so they want to push. the c.d.u. and seize you into a more conservative direction they want to have a more tougher stance on refugee policy so they want to cut corporate taxes and they they also want to have a less integration into europe and that's the key problem here. in the middle between these two parties is on the americal and her cd hugh and they know that the only chance to keep anglo-american in power as chancellor is this coalition. is this last chance to form a stable government. but it is her last chance to form a government with

a clear majority in parliament the only other option would be a coalition together with the business friendly liberals and the center left wing parties she already tried that one but this these talks failed already at the end of last here so the only other option would be a minority government something uncle america already ruled out and then the only other thing left would be new elections something both the social democrats and the conservatives of anglo-american couldn't want because in the end this would mean to strengthen the right wing populists of the f.t. repetitive as reporting for us thank you. paris is remembering the victims of attacks three years ago that targeted a jewish supermarket on the offices of the satirical magazine shadi abdul islamist government i believe to have singled out the publication for printing cartoons of islam's prophet mohammed eleven staff members and a policeman were killed. in

a somber simple ceremony french president call in paris mayor laid a wreath at the former offices of the satirical magazine shyly. the attack on the publication was a watershed moment for france a moment felt not just by a few but by the whole society. three years ago the french born islamic extremists and chevy. stormed the offices of challis abdo and shot twelve people dead two days later another extremist stormed a kosher supermarket killing four. the gunmen from both incidents were killed during shootouts with police. the magazine found itself in the crosshairs of radical islamists after it published images of the prophet muhammad in two thousand and twelve an x. for bin and in islam the twenty fifteen attack is presumed to be in response to those cartoons. the assault shocked france just me shyly became the rallying cry of

the magazine supporters after the shooting triggered discussions of free speech and freedom of the press charlie a dog was also the first in a string of terrorist attacks in france over the last three years. this has changed the bernie thora way i mean first of all this is hack was an attack on the right one of the very cool principle of democracy many friends here felt 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 lucky. challis of daw is still in operation according to their editor and they pay more than one million euros every year in security costs sales have fallen sharply and its journalists and editors still regularly receive death threats.

now to some of the other stories making news around the world saudi arabia has detained eleven of its princes for protesting against an end to the state paying the utility bills officials say the princes have been sent to a maximum security prison and on awaiting trial. at least eight people have died and many more are believed to be missing when a boat sank off the coast of libya rescue crews were able to save eighty six people from the vessel which was carrying migrants to europe. in honduras thousands of process it against the reelection of conservative president one orlando had monday's supporters of the leftist opposition and demanding that their candidate. be declared the winner of the november poll instead of head man this opposition is also calling for a nationwide strike. to say it is all missing off to an iranian oil tanker and a cargo ship collided off the east coast of china the time of course far after the

crash search teams have been looking for survivors crew members from the cargo ship have been rescued. iran's parliament has held a closed door session to examine why anti-government protests broke out around the country more than a week ago at least twenty one people have been killed during the demonstrations that began part of frustrations with corruption and economic turmoil iran's leaders have accused foreign enemies of being behind the wave of unrest which the country's revolutionary guard now claims it has defeated. now in football fans in germany are having to make do without their weekly fix as the bundesliga takes its mid-season break but they can still stay up to date with their favorite player fits of their everyday lives on twitter facebook and instagram it's not just a way to interact with fans but also big business for the prize. 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 if in fact looked at. the end manages the social media presence of footballers 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 kind of crossing

the t's and. 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 bio also use it to build their brand eighty five percent of bundesliga players have a social media presence. social media to social media gives those other players the opportunity to increase their media presence put themselves in the limelight. can create a continuous dialogue with the fans and mom to come today's football is need a virtual presence but for fans there's nothing quite like meeting their favorite player face to face. boss known to have made the biggest deal in football's current transfer window by signing liverpool midfielder midfielder rather philippe continue the deal to bring the brazilian to catalonia is reportedly

worth one hundred sixty million euros spent just under five years at liverpool scoring fifty four goals for you and cops a team he's long been billed as a 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 walls top off the road race fans turned out in force in lima for the first of the start it was the first stage in peru in five years and after leaving the capital races faced a real challenge two hundred forty two kilometers three mostly does it to rain after the first stage defending champion sam sunderland was out in front some on motorcycles and two time winner. held down and lead in the car division for most ages to come through before the race moves on to the new via. ski jumping prestigious four hills tournament has come to

a close in austria with one name on everybody's lips how many stock was untouchable over the first three stages and with the victory almost in the bag he had a record in his sights he was hoping to become just the second man off to germany's . to win all four events find out if he managed it. 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 one team team colleagues team coaches because they were

they've been working so hard and i'm really appreciate them after germany's best hope is a card fighter crashed out of the tournament in the third stage is countryman and it is bellinger stepped up with a strong performance to claim second place for the tournament. he was followed in third by norway's and as fundamental. here as space pioneer john young has died at the age of eighty seven as commander of the apollo sixteen mission he became the ninth person to walk on the me it was a command of the first space shuttle when young retired in two thousand and four he is it his space six times and was the only astronauts have taken part in us as gemini apollo and space shuttle programs. and our mind in the top story we're following for you german chancellor angela merkel is leading a new round of talks aimed at forming a governing coalition conservatives and they go skating with the center left social

democrats about possibly governing together for another country could see fresh elections if the talks fail. don't forget you can always get the news on the go just down the road up from google play all the apple store which will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the d.w.i. to send us your photos and videos. i have more news coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime head to our web site dot com i'm home free see you again see. those values germany is a strong country.