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the talks began but there's still plenty of room for discord with her potential partners the social democrats who look at the latest from our correspondent also coming out. harris remembers the victims of the attacks three years ago that horrified the world the killings began when government stormed the offices of the satirical magazine charlie abdo. i'm still hammering good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel has been leaving key talks about forming a new coalition government going into the negotiations the talks less that she was optimistic to serve the divs 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 include germany's refugee policies and its approach to european integration. have

a listen to what merkel and the social democrat leader martin schultz 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 task 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 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 eye come. over turn to that story later in the shell paris is remembering the victims of the attacks three years ago that

targeted your supermarket and the offices of the satirical magazine charlie abdo islamist gunmen are believed to singled out the publication for printing cartoons 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 it dago laid a wreath at the former offices of the satirical magazine charlie at. 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 and sharif 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 is carved 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 very thorough 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. and not some of the other stories making news around the world twenty two sailors are missing after an iranian all tanker and a freighter collided off the east coast of china the tanker con fire after the crash search teams have been looking for survivors all crew members from the freighter has been rescued. and man maher friends of a ten day reporter gather that yankee fans may have to go to to pray for his release who is reporter while their own and colleague over arrested on twelve december after covering the revenge of the refugee crisis the european union the united states and the u.n. have all demanded their release. an explosion outside a subway station on the outskirts of stockholm has killed one person and injured at least one more

a sixty year old man is reported to have picked up an object from the ground when it exploded he later died of his injuries one woman was hurt authorities say the blast is not thought to be terror related. the pioneer u.s. astronaut john young has died at the age of eighty seven his true place him again in the one nine hundred sixty s. when he took part in the first manned chairman i mission by the time you commanded the first space shuttle flight in one thousand nine hundred one he was on a sixth space mission. oh my gosh. april nineteenth seventy two john young and his fellow astronaut charles duke collecting rock samples from the surface of the moon. it was an achievement that they shared with only ten others adding them to the exclusive fraternity of moon walkers had been forty nine years later young would break new ground again. i

or. we have. commanding the maiden voyage of nasa's new space shuttle program young took on a particularly risky assignment it was the first time that nasa launched people on a rocket ship that had not first been tested in space. when we launched really really didn't know a lot of things and we learned a lot of things i think chris craft said bessie said when we got back he said we just got in fully smarter. over his forty two year career at nasa young became the only astronaut to go into space as part of the gemini apollo and space shuttle programs before retiring in two thousand and four he spent his last seventeen years in management focusing on safety issues john young passed away aged eighty seven at his home in houston texas. 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 players who share snippets of their everyday lives on twitter facebook and instagram it's not just a way to interact with fans but 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. has different 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 in fact looked. polished. and 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. crossing the t.'s and. in germany told us is one of the biggest names in social media aside from posting it. 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 keep them 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 ultimate and mom to come today's football as

media virtual presence but for fans there's nothing quite like meeting their favorite player face to face. the aerial freestyle skier world cup continue this weekend with moscow hosting the first meet of twenty eighteen the most tackler job in the men's event came from an time cushion where the listing athlete pulled off the stunning flip to take first place and move to second in the overall gold tough rankings and the women's event conley mcinnes effort was just as impressive and it was enough to give the delighted american her first ever victory at a world cup meet. the news that north korea is likely to compete at the winter olympics across the border and south korea has made political waves but for two south korean figure skaters it's strictly personal they recently trained in canada with their north korean counterparts and they're desperate to meet again that john chatting and that miss fair

a friendly rivalry. you'd be forgiven for thinking that the north korean winter olympic team i'd get a frosty reception across the border in pyongyang but firmly on to york and kim to seek the two figure skaters that comprise the north's modest olympic squad a warm welcome awaits they trained with southern counterparts came to yearn and calm kind child in canada last year and the foursome became fast friends you know there's always a chance we train together for two months in canada we became close easily because we speak the same language we rooted for each other and we said that we should meet in pyongyang. and putin's award. despite inevitable differences resulting from growing up on the regime's dancing to two wildly different tunes the athletes phone they still had plenty in common that is in. peace to meet each other and could get along with the more than the other us we ate together and it made us closer. to. a sense of togetherness among the

korean earth leaps shows that the olympic spirit is alive and well allies of both countries are hoping it's the first step on the road to more cooperation. back to the day's top story here in berlin the bulletin there talks on a new coalition government the s.p.d. general secretary lars can bile who is hosting the talks has just addressed the press our political correspondent kate brady was following his statement kate that's joining us here in the studio can you fill us in on what was said it we know anything more about the progression of the talks where what we heard from the general secretary of the social democrats was that it was a positive first day he said that there was serious concentrated and very open talks between the conservatives and the social democrats what was interesting is that he spoke quite enthusiastically about the need for a new the new politics a new political structure in germany and he said that this was

a residual result of those. election results back in september and that the german public the german voters who voted in favor of a new type of politics a new political style he described as in germany so be interesting to see what comes out of these ago these exploratory negotiations in the coming days where expecting now to hear the final details on thursday and there's currently fifteen work of different groups working on different aspects within those talks today he said that the main focus was to work out what the three parties first agreed on and then over the coming days i'll be taking a closer look as to where the needs to be more discussion and why do you think that the parties have struggled to find common ground well there are many different issues up for debate here and of course especially between the c.s.u. that's the bavarian system party of mccall's c.d.u.

that trying to push the conservatives into a more traditionally conservative position in parliament and one of the main issues is family reunions and germany's refugee policy and that's something that they want to take a tougher stance on wires the social democrats for example they want to take a lot more liberal approach to germany's refugee policy and would you say that this is merkel's last chance to form a stable government well it certainly hope last chance to create a government that has a clear majority in parliament and if these exploratory talks don't actually make any progress and reach coalition ago c.-h. and then she does still have two options on the table neither of which the two leading parliamentary groups are very keen on one of course is the minority government which michael has said on countless occasions that she's against and the other option would be new elections and that also isn't favored by either of those the social democrats all the conservatives there's also the concern that they could

lose seats in a snap election and that any of those seats lost could go to the far right a.f.d. here we saw and parliament for the first time back in september kate brady correspondent thanks so much welcome. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you a first round of talks to form a new coalition government in germany has ended chancellor angela merkel and her conservative party are negotiating with the center left social democrats as the talks fail germany could face fresh elections. more news coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime head to our website d.w. dot com i'm still here in berlin see you again soon. sure you see.