new traditions every day long lives which just come out of my lungs are your home. groups your. tricare your d.w. dot com beat the germans. this is d.w. news live from but it germany tries to end its political stalemate and form a new governing coalition chancellor merkel says she's optimistic as talks begin that there's still plenty of room for discord with her potential partners 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 statistical magazine show that he had to. and soaring to success ski jumping coming to show off walls looking back storage final stage when off to dominating the four hills tournament could the polish ace make it a clean sweep. or. find a home for good to have you with us german chancellor i'm going to moscow has invoked 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 short sweet dissent unless. social democrats after 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 the us will have a listen now to what merkel on the social democrat leader martin shots had to say as those 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 was. we all sensed that the challenges for a new federal government however it may luker be structured lie in that the new year in 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. and covering the talks for us is our

political correspondent kate brady who joins us now chancellor merkel has got a lot of work a lot of work ahead of her as these preliminary coalition talks get underway why is it so hard for the parties to find common ground. well what you have here helen has a very basic problem that two of the three parties taking part in these talks have very very different objectives so first of all you have the social democrats who immediately after september's election actually said that they would not form another grand coalition with the console of a tip so this is obviously a massive u. turn for them and they'll be trying during these talks to convince their own delegates on party members a grand coalition is the right option for them so some of the demands that they're bringing to the table include a more liberal refugee policy actually. tax increases for the wealthy and also reforms for germany's health insurance and then at the same time

you have the c.s.u. so that's the bavarian system party to merkel c.d.u. and since the arrival of success of the far right a.f.c. in germany and their entrance into parliament in september and they've been very keen to take the conservative parliamentary group into a much more conservative direction and they're looking to implement cuts. corporate taxes and actually take a much tougher stance on the refugee policy so there are a lot of issues going to be needed to overcome to be overcome if these exploratory talks have any chance of moving on to order a coalition a go see ations case is this last chance to form a stable government. well it's certainly her last chance to form a government that has a clear majority in the german parliament if these talks fail the us still two other options on the table and one of those is

a minority government but this is something that merkel has already ruled out that we quite grueling process for her you have to find a new majority for every piece of legislation and the other option of course would be new elections and that's something that both the social democrats and the conservatives aren't all that keen on as they both of both of those groups fear that that would result in them losing some of those seats in parliament and at the same time to the far right if they could actually stand to make games. brady reporting for us good to talk to you kate. harris is remembering the victims of attacks three years ago that targeted a jewish supermarket in the offices of the satirical magazine shouty f. to islamist gunmen are believed to have singled out the publication for printing called tunes of islam's prophet mohammed eleven staff members and a policeman were killed.

in a some simple ceremony french president emmanuel mccraw and paris met and a dog laid a wreath at the former offices of the satirical magazine charlie. 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 islamist extremists saeed unsure if koat she stormed the offices of charlie eddo and short twelve people dead two days later another extremist stormed the supermarket killing four the gunman from both incidents were killed during shootouts with police. the magazine found itself in the crosshairs of radical islamists after published images of the prophet muhammad in two thousand and twelve an act discouraged by many islamic traditions the twenty fifteen attack is presumed to be in response to those cartoons it shocked france just we shall it became the rallying cry of the

magazine supporters after the shooting triggered discussions of free speech and freedom of the press charlie hebdo was also the first in a string of terrorist attacks in france over the past three years this has changed the bernie thora way i mean first of all this attack 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 charlie hebdo is still in operation according to its editor the magazine pays more than one million euros every year in security costs and it's generous and this still regularly received 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 utility bill officials say the princes have been sent to a maximum security prison and are awaiting trial. at least eight people have died and many more 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 have protested against the reelection of conservative president one or number and monday's supporters of the leftist opposition in demanding that their candidate. be to head the winner of the november call instead of at best the opposition is also calling for a nationwide strike. thirty two sailors are missing after an iranian oil tanker and a cargo ship collided off the east coast of china the tanker court fire after the crash search teams have been looking for survivors all 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 partly due to frustrations with corruption and economic turmoil wrongs leaders have accused foreign enemies of being behind the wave of unrest which the country's revolutionary guard now claims it has defeated. ski jumping is prestigious for his tournament has come to a close in austria with one name on everybody's lips kevin shock was untouchable over the first three stages and with the overall victory almost in the bag he had a record in his sights he was hoping to become just the second man after germany's shot and one about to an all four events so let's 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 a 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 they've been working so hard and so i'm really. after germany's best hope as a card writer crashed out of the tournament in the third stage is countryman and that is building a stepped up with a strong performance to claim second place for the tournament. he was followed in third by norway's and does phantom of. fosse alone have made the biggest deal in

football's current transfer window by signing liverpool midfielder philippe continue the deal to bring the brazilian to catalonia is reportedly worth a hundred and sixty million euros spent just under five years at liverpool scoring fifty four goals for europe and coopting he's long been billed as a replacement for his countryman neymar who left barcelona last summer. while the dakar rally got underway in peru as five hundred forty cars trucks and motorcycles lined up for the world's top off road race fans turned out in force in lima for the start it was the first stage of the route for five years after leaving the capital races faced a real challenge two hundred forty two kilometers through the desert terrain after the first stage defending champion sam sunderland was leading the motorcycles while two time winner. held the need in the car division for most stages to come improve

before the race moves on to believe yeah. football fans in germany having to make do without their weekly fixes the bundesliga 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 now it's not just a way to interact. fans it's also a business for the price. 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. best defense is 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 look to.

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 attract new sponsors to the club and cans. 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. lower profile pros like daniel. also use it to build their brand eighty five percent of bundesliga players have a social media presence. social media did social media gives those other players the opportunity to increase their media presence put themselves in the limelight

and create a continuous dialogue with the fans and mom took on today's football is need a virtual presence but for fans there's nothing quite like meeting their favorite player face to face. he west space pioneer john young has done. eyed at the age of eighty seven as commander of the apollo sixteen mission he became the ninth person to walk on the moon used to come out of the first space shuttle mission when young retired in two thousand and four he'd been in stay six times and was the only astronaut to taken part in nasa is gemini apollo and space shuttle programs. and reminder of 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 merkel's conservatives a negotiating with the center left social democrats about possibly governing together for another term the country could see fresh elections if those talks fail

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