what would life be like as a son in cork it is crucial to at the end of the day these technologies can be used against us and what effect will it have been society does this human race really need an upgrade i think it's only the beginning of this side of human machines starting february first on t w. this is deja vu news live from berlin could a new coalition government for germany be within reach chancellor angela merkel and her conservatives have been holding talks with the leader of the social democrats the first day has ended on

a positive note look at the latest from our correspondent also coming up. parents remembers the victims of the attacks three years ago that horrified the world the killings began when gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical magazine charlie abdo. and four think your skaters from both sides of the korean divide look forward to an unlikely cross border with union at the winter olympics. in atlanta. i'm still henery good to have you with us. the first round of talks to form a new coalition government in germany has ended on a positive note a spokesman for the negotiations said they had been serious concentrated but also open chancellor angela merkel's conservatives are holding the talks with the center left social democrats after previous negotiations with other parties failed germany

has been waiting for a new government since the election which took place more than three months ago. germany needs a new government and they say too late is under pressure to deliver neither the social democrats lay them out and shoot no christian democrats chancellor angela merkel can guarantee a positive outcome but going into the talks they were hopeful. newsom's in a b. and b. a court will lead the negotiations in a constructive and inclusive way here. is going i believe we can do it we're committed to working together very rapidly and intensively. but migration in europe divide the two sides the social democrats want the families of refugees to be able to join them here right when conservatives are against that plan on the e.u. martin short says big idea is for a united states of europe conservatives remain skeptical. the social democrats

host of the first day of talks at the party's headquarters day like angela merkel's conservatives achieved their worst electoral showing in post-war german history and after september's election they said they would go into opposition but now they say what the country needs is a stable government. i mean exists to survive this given the results of the elections niched it's clear that things can't go on as they were the very fully tish's it to. the international political situation. and the makeup of the german bundestag show that we are in a new era in sight and this new era requires a new style of politics pretty a chance was featured two is riding on the outcome of these talks merkel has made it clear it's a majority government or new elections. covering the talks for us as our political correspondent kate brady who joins us now in the studio. kate what do we know about

how the talks have progressed at the end of the first day is quite a positive. day the session. democrats headquarters this evening the general secretary of the s.p.d. said that the talks today had been intense but open and that most of the time today was actually spent talking about the issues on which the three fought is involved in these talks actually agree upon and those more contentious issues will be addressed over the next four days what was particularly interesting was this comment that he made about how all three of the parties involved realized that germany needs a new political style and he said that this was largely due to the result of the german election back in september because remember that the social democrats as well as the conservatives they had historic lows their worst results since well in post-war german history and we also saw the successes of the far right in germany with the f.t. the alternative the germany they and to the german parliament for the first time so

exactly how this new political style will actually come into fruition we'll see over the next four days and hopefully we'll see a more conclusive statement from the parties involved on thursday it sounds like chancellor merkel has a lot of work ahead of her in the coming days why are these parties struggling to find common ground where you have to parliamentary groups here that have to that well they have very different objectives the s.p.d. a trying to redefine their profile at the moment as the social democrats in germany while the conservatives are actually trying to move away from that middle ground which merkel has moved them towards that particularly in the last couple of years so there are going to be a lot of obstacles to overcome yet despite today's quite positive comments and some of those are mainly going to be taxes this europe's also going to be an issue in the integration into europe and also course germany's refugee policy particularly

with regards to family reunions in germany is this merkel's last chance to form a stable government. well it certainly had a last chance to form a government that would have a clear majority in the german parliament but there are two other options available she could even make a minority government something however that merkel has rejected on several occasions and then you also have new snap elections and they would have to be called by the german president front. and that's something that the social democrats and the conservatives on very keen on parties fear that that could actually result in them losing more seats in parliament you could actually see more votes migrating to the far right a.f.d. kate brady reporting for us thank you very much. least twenty three people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured in an explosion in the syrian city of idlib videos and social media emergency teams fighting fires amid

the rubble the syrian observatory for human rights said the explosion targeted the headquarters of a minor rebel faction in the northwestern city it was not immediately clear what kind of attack caused the explosion. now to paris where people have been remembering the victims of attacks three years ago that targeted a jewish supermarket and the offices of the satirical magazine charlie addo islamist gunman are believed to have singled out the publication for printing cartoons of islam's prophet muhammad eleven staff members of the policemen were killed. in a simple song ceremony french president. and paris. laid a wreath at the former offices of this is terrible 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 islamist extremists

aid and cherry sky she stormed the offices of shali abdo and shot twelve people dead two days later another extremist dormand a cautious supermarket killing for 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 mohammed in twenty twelve an act discouraged by many as lambing traditions the twenty fifteen attack is presumed to have come in response to those cartoons this so shocked france just we shall leave became the rallying cry of the magazine supporters after the shooting triggered discussions of free speech and freedom of the press challis of dough was also the first in a string of terrorist attacks in france over the last three years this has changed very far away and we first of all this was an attack on the 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 or very lucky challis a do is still in operation according to its editor the magazine pays more than one million euros every year in security costs and its journalists and editors still regularly receive death threats. now to some of the other stories making news around the world thirty two sailors missing after are missing after a raid in allègre and a freighter collided off the east coast of china the tanker caught fire after the crash search teams have been looking for survivors all crew members from the freighter have been rescued. in myanmar friends of a detained reporter gathered at young guns main pagoda to pray for his release

orders reporter well known and colleagues who were arrested on twelve december after covering there were henschel refugee crisis the european union the united states and the un have all demanded their release. thousands of pro-government supporters have again been marching in iran it's the fifth successive day of rallies are supporters of the government the country's revolutionary guard has claimed that recent anti-government protests are all but over to ron says around twenty people have been have died in the unrest. now sport and the news that north korea is likely to compete at the winter olympics across the border in south korea has made political waves but for two south korean figure skaters it's trickly personal through they recently trained in canada with their north korean counterparts and they're desperate to meet again at chiang and in that miss fear of 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 us and come can chant in canada last year and the foursome became fast friends and others as 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 . despite inevitable differences resulting from growing up under regimes dancing to two wildly different tunes the athletes phone they still had plenty in common. to leave a piece 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 awfully 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. said of a saw the start of perhaps the world's most spectacular motor sports event the dakar rally the second stage of the car class got underway on sunday in pisco peru where the play shows were at the forefront frenchman serial dupré was fastest around the desert track leaving him top after two stages around thirty seconds for the back was his countryman and teammate thirteen time champion header on soul but things didn't go to plan for one of the favorites bryce menzies saw his many men gold in a crash but the american thankfully escaped unscathed. and now to istanbul where after seven years of restoration work and an estimated three and a half million dollars the church of st stephen has reopened nothing special about that you might think but as the church president and the buggering prime minister

both attended the opening say stevens is clearly no ordinary church. the reopening of a unique architectural landmark and perhaps a unique opportunity to mend the disastrous ties between turkey and the european union. president wretch up type ad one arriving for us in stephen's inauguration alongside the bulgarian prime minister boyko borisov the man who will be heading the us presidency for the next six months takis prime minister emphasized why the timing of this inauguration mattered. we do not see the required religious tolerance. in europe. this sets people against one another instead of strengthening mutual goodwill. in such an era i believe that the message with that we are trying to send with the renovation of the church together with the bulgarian prime minister. is extremely important the bulgarian orthodox church is one of the

most important in the christian orthodox world built originally one hundred twenty years ago its cast iron skeleton gave rise to its popular nickname the eye and church. its iron parts were cast in vienna and shipped via the danube and the black sea destined for then constantinople it was one of the first major prefabricated structures in the world. there is of course a neo baroque influence and there's also a gothic one if we can even speak of a click he says i'm it's a mixture of many styles the economy starts wall is made of killed it would stop but what's interesting is these icons. are very different from the classical orthodox iconography there of a much more innovative style. with. the lion's share of the restoration costs were borne by the turkish state part of

ankara's wider efforts to restore synagogues chapels on churches critics accuse turkey of doing little to respect christian minority rights but both the turkish and bowl garion leaders have wanted the ion church as a positive example of religious and ethnic tolerance. the church certainly looks beautiful more news coming up at the top of the hour and the meantime head to our web site they would not come for all the latest headlines i'm still here in berlin and for watching see you again soon.