i think it's only the beginning of this cycle human machines starting february first on t w. this is t w news coming to you live from berlin make or break talks in germany as a deadline looms for parties trying to form a new government less than forty eight hours remain for conservatives to strike a deal with their hope for partners of the social democrats failure could trigger new elections also coming up mudslides in southern california lead at least

thirteen people dead and carve a path of destruction through coastal towns already ravaged by wildfires. and down and out steve bennett loses his fault at one of america's leading right wing news networks the price for criticizing donald trump i'll ask an expert and. also coming up on the program they've fled war and starvation hoping that life across the border is better these are some of the one million refugees seeking an escape from civil war in south sudan but they face new threats once they arrive we have an exclusive report. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us. here in germany the clock is running out for the political parties locked in exploratory. talks to form

a new coalition government the talks are confidential but leaked reports suggest on the americans conservative block and the social democrats are compromising on campaign pledges as they race toward thursday's deadline now one of the negotiators arrived this morning in his sports gear prompting speculation about whether the talks will conclude with a sprint or a marathon. or for more on the coalition talks let's talk to our political correspondent mechanic she's at our parliamentary studios here in berlin good morning mckayla the clock is ticking how he mentioned as as i mentioned how are the talks progressing. well there certainly is working very hard and we saw what the social democrats of house like they're walking into those talks city showing that at the crack of dawn is when those fifteen working groups start then the party leadership the three party leadership sit down together and that's when deals are done and one of the key aspects did kind of seep through was that there is now the

intention to happen in new immigration law for highly skilled workers this is something that has been on the table for a very long time and this is something that both sides also spoke about before while they were still in government of course right now they're still in the function of a caretaker government together and that kind of highlights the point they have to prove here that even this old government couple of conservative c.d.c.'s you and the social democrats have it in them to really make a fresh start and deliver change because that was the resoundingly message of those past elections all parties lost dealy at the ballot box and that there might not be a majority for one individual party here but clearly that was a vote for a change in the way politics is done here in germany or exploratory talks so we need to remind our viewers if an agreement is reached this week in these

exploratory talks when could germany finally get a new government. yes exploratory talks means talks before the real talks and this is a fine distinction that the parties seem to exist on as far as we are all concerned re these old talks leading up potentially to a coalition and the road map really would be that if they find a kind of agreement the social democrats gather for a party conference on the twenty first of january if that these social democrats get a green light for real talks whatever comes out of this coalition agreement this kind of marriage contract potentially would be put to the vote with the grass roots of the social democrat s.p.d. and that's really what where the power lies now because it's them who have to agree to potential continuation of the current coalition both these parties in the talks the conservatives and social democrats they got beat up at the polls in september in the election they're both kind of haunted by the ghost of their past coalition

as it were the public general public don't seem to be that enthusiastic about another grand coalition or the party showing any willingness to develop a new vision moving forward to form a new coalition i can't see the vision yet but there certainly have to be some recognizable big projects on the table to show that a fresh start with old faces and that's frankly what dumb and times that i'm going that call himself by now is a tool possible if i'm going to machall doesn't manage to pull this off to put this coalition together she's getting into very dangerous territory for her own political career for her own position as germany's leader and leader of the c.d.u. party became the thanks so much for the w.'s mckillop know there are political correspondent. no moving to the united states at least thirteen people are dead and twenty five injured after

a powerful rainstorm triggered flash floods and mudslides in southern california thousands have fled their homes and rescue crews are trying to access blocked off areas in their search for survivors it's another catastrophe for coastal communities who've been hit hard by recent natural disasters they were still recovering from devastating wildfires here last month and now more destruction authorities warned residents of santa barbara to evacuate the area mother nature unleashed her fury just before dawn. and later freight train coming down the hill you know you could hear these boulders roll and. yeah the whole house was shaking i panicked i mean i was asleep and i was in my and i just think there's a time when there's not in the driveway offenses are francis good. ridges on.

this second nightmare to hit the region in weeks last month wildfires destroyed vegetation on hillsides here leaving them susceptible to erosion and in this case mudslides rescue crews have been overwhelmed by the scale of the carnage we had a very difficult time assessing the area and responding to many of those areas to assist those people. the only words i can really think of to describe what it looked like was it looked like a world war one battle from. the battlefield which some have narrowly escaped. hundreds remain trapped in the debris. say look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world south korea's president j.n. has said he is willing to meet his north korean counterpart conjunction under certain conditions moon said denuclearization of the korean peninsula would be his

goal in any talks with the north his comments come a day after the first high level talks between north and south korea in two years well a tsunami threat has been lifted after a seven point six magnitude earthquake shook the caribbean on tuesday night the tremor struck in the seat near the northern coast of honduras officials in honduras said shaking was felt across much of the central app for american nation however there have been no reports of serious damage. and french actress catherine dinner has criticized the meat to movement saying men should be free to hit on women in an open letter published in friendster new warned of a new puritanism as a result of the recent surge of sexual harassment scandals. from white house insider to banished outsiders stephen batten has stepped down as executive chairman of the right wing breitbart news network the announcement comes less than a week after battens withering criticism of trump and his family were published in

a new book bannon had once been part of the u.s. leaders inner circle steering trumps american first foreign policy but bennett's remarks appear to have cost him dearly. president donald trump lashed out at steve bannon for comments made in michael wolff fire and fury inside the trump white house which questions the president's fitness for office bannon fell out of the president's five after it emerged he'd attacked on the junior for twenty six day mating with a group of russians in the book by michael wolff bannon is quoted as saying. even if you thought that this was not treasonous unpatriotic or bad blank and i happen to think it's all of that you should have called the f.b.i. immediately. as i had quote him disloyal and disgraceful the president brand his former chief strategist sloppy stave and apparent reference to balance

often unkempt appearance and declared that he lost his mind when he was pushed out of the white house last august the president launched a scathing attack on twitter saying. michael wolff is a total loser they made up stories in order to sell this really boring and untruthful book he used sloppy staved bad and who cried when he got fired and begged for his job now slippy steve has been dumped like a dog by almost everyone too bad. executive larry sole of said in a statement that pattern was a valued part of our legacy and we will always be grateful for his contributions. well for more on the story now join a studio by boris for money is a professor of political science at bard college here in berlin good morning to you boris now this looks like the downfall of a very prominent figure in washington state that and he's put it pushed out of the white house first and now he's stepping down as executive chairman of breitbart

news network a very significant news network in the u.s. what's behind his demise well it seems like he underestimated the backlash that would be coming from the from the white house maybe also underestimated at the time talking to michael wolff it's not exactly clear the author of the book fire and fury it's not exactly clear if these these statements were officially opened up by him so be that as it may it seems like he underestimated the results the mercer family that supported him financially for a long time has a step back because it was a few in legal exposure other political supporters of his have to back his support of roy moore in alabama backfired so he his his political base has been diminishing ever since august and i think this is the long term result of it ok so there are multiple reasons for ben and ben's fall that he was a key figure in the altar right movement shaping public opinion and engineering to

some degree president trump's victory election victory what impact will his departure have on american politics you know i think that's a very important point he's been a governessing figure that was able to mobilize the vite win the ultra right wing and have them turn up for the vote and support trump it's certain that this was an important aspect of his when we shouldn't forget of the other on the other hand however that many people stayed home that was another story but it's true he needed these votes and. the question is if with the congressional elections that are coming up this same type of support will be coming from the right conservative ultra. right for trump that we've seen so far but i wanted to ask you about these midterm elections that are coming up very important for congress watching there's a lot happening in washington right now a slew of resignations and investigations what's the situation for the republicans right now ahead of midterm elections given all of this turbulence well the midterm

elections are always a bad situation for the party that supports the president or the president comes the part the president comes from in the last twenty maternal election it's eighteen times the opposing party has taken away the midterm election so it doesn't look good for the republicans on the same time at the same time the republicans have been able to redistrict in a way that the congress isn't even very easily taken away by the democrats and the democrats have not won a lot of senate seats which means that most of the senate seats that are up for election are helped by the democrats so it's not quite as simple as it might look forced thank you so much boris foreman professor of political science at berlin's bard college thank you for. prosecutors in myanmar have charged two journalists from the reuters news agency with violating the country's official secrets act despite international condemnation the pair had been

reporting on the military crackdown in the northern rock kind state some six hundred fifty five thousand role in jim muslims have fled the violence there for and for neighboring bangladesh the two journalists could face up to fourteen years in prison for what they say was an attempt to reveal the truth. journalist while low managed to smile as the soldiers paraded him outside the courthouse but he and colleague. seen here in a gray shirt and facing serious charges prosecutors allege they collected secret documents related to the military situation retains tight but according to while they're actually in jail for trying to tell the truth about what's happening in a cane. this is unacceptable i want to tell you that they are charging us like this to stop us finding the truth their actions are wrong and unfair. and so do a bevy. few journalists have ventured into wrecking state since last summer they

are images of what the united nations coast the textbook ethnic cleansing going on there they show burning writing of villages and locals fleeing the violence. the me and my army strictly controls access to regain state it is allowed few journalists in and only under the conditions it sets the reuters journalists say they were there to report ethically and truthfully but they were arrested under the old laws on secrecy after visiting regain the family say of a journalist should be where. my brother said it was scary and it's very dangerous for journalists and he told me to tell other journalists to be very careful about even the smallest things. the jailing of the road his journalist has caused an outcry both inside and outside me and my colleagues gathered outside court the fear among many myanmar is stepping up its crackdown on those who try to report a grave humanitarian crisis. you're watching d.w.

news still to come leaving war behind them just to face another kind of south sudanese refugees face of extortion and language hurdles as they seek safety of course the border in cold. weather is here now a snooze on a robot sense smart gadgets sir could they be taking our over our home sooner than we think oh well at least that's the impression you would get when you. go to visit the c.s. in let's vegas the world's largest consumer electronics show robots to clean your house to do your shopping fold your laundry even our do your make up looks like the future has finally arrived it's all about the progress of the c.e.o.'s one hundred seventy thousand visitors from around the world are getting updates on the high tech that could soon be transforming our lives self driving cars from china smart bathrooms where network mirror scan faces and often make up tips gigantor mania in

the electronic entertainment sector the wall t.v. is true to its name offering a three meter twenty screen. robots could soon be joining the family voice or smartphone operated this butler brings drinks or who has the floor paradise beckons. you can or your family member. or off to your home they can take the car turning. look no hands at the airport tomorrow a suitcase follows its owner like a trusty dog intelligent working boots sound the alarm when there whereas an accident but they also provide data on work activities. does is definitive it's definitely a festival of technological progress we germans are known to have a few doubts about it because of the data collection and things like that but that's not an issue here instead there's an attitude of can do and worry about the dangers later when i'm with my foley mates makers say could soon be doing the

family laundry inside four minutes consumers will have to decide themselves of all this tech really is an upgrade in living standards. long suspected it high tech products as. they all seem to have a built in breakdown date they always seem to malfunction just when the warranty has expired don't they it's called planned obsolescence and it's frankly quite annoying and france prosecutors are now investigating epson for making its printer cartridges break and apple who has admitted to deliberately slowing down older i phones via their regular software updates allegedly to preserve battery life. it's no fun when you're if'n grinds to a halt now french consumer protection organization h o p is taking action after surveying over two and a half thousand apple customers a chippy has launched a criminal complaint against the company it accuses the us of deliberately slowing

gadgets down to boost sales of the next generation it's called planned obsolescence in industries i think news is not happy. you know won't they were forced to see at least three four years. what happened to your i phone six it's very slow. to share it's to find anything spirit there's just trying to find that if it happens to be true that apple did this it's very bad it's not the see it's really done to program obsolescence but they have become addicted to i phones and bought another one when mine was stolen you know you were french prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into apple in france deliberately shortening a product's life is considered fraud and can be punished severely apple has denied planning obsolescence but it is now offering customers a discount on battery replacement for a limited time. or us time for

a quick check of the markets let's cross over to danny cope and frankfurt down there what's on investors' minds their friends. well the number one topic here at the moment on the trading floor gary hart is a continental the big company that we know that is always very big here and you're of with producing tires we're now hearing that the company might be going from off the biggest changes in the history off of the company it is reported not yet confirmed by continental that they will be creating our own holding inside of the company bringing this holding as a separate stock listing here to the stock market we have seen something similar happening also in the past also for. xenos it's listed with dizziness and also dizziness and medical care here at the blue chip index tax investor sir telling me that they are very excited about this news they are thinking that this could give the company much more money and also

a very stable and solid position in the future the deal has not been confirmed they also will have to get the approval by german industrial family scheffler who is owning forty five percent off the continental shares. talking about the german automotive industry opel is introducing short term short term working rather what's happening there well it's another effort off the company to get opel again in the winning zone we remember that it was being taken over last year by pearce a from france used to be under the ownership of general motors in the united states and under g.m. for more than ten years that was not creating any kind of winning now they have quite a lot of homework to do with that they got from p.s.a. and it's just another effort to get opel again running they are also offering now employees to retire earlier than the open frankfurt thank you very much

we stay with the car industry toyota planning a joint auto plant in the u.s. state of alabama sources told the a.p. news agency the factory will employ four thousand people and produce three hundred thousand cars a year formal announcement by company and state officials is expected later today the comic whose plans could give u.s. president donald trump a political boost you have criticized toyota for selling cars that were not made in america but about half of the old us sold in the u.s. are actually manufactured there by contrast or must in the west are currently import. and africa refugees are continuing to flee that conflict in south sudan terry that's right. it's a real humanitarian disaster it is still continuing last month regional powers made yet another attempt to end over four years of civil war in south sudan government

and rebel delegations signed a cease fire but once again it was broken with peace nowhere inside south sudanese refugees continue to pour across the border to neighboring countries in what has become the biggest refugee crisis on the african continent over a million south sudanese fled to uganda but around eighty thousand have also sought refuge in the democratic republic of congo where they struggle to cope with limited resources corrupt authorities and language hurdles simona politan traveled to the border town of and sent us this report. and new day a new country and hopefully the beginning of a better life these selves to the needs refugees have just crossed the border from south sudan to the democratic republic of congo they fled fighting back home grabbing whatever belongings they could carry work at another. job but would you get here we've had to come through the bush. we were trying to avoid the rights

because of the soldiers. it was exhausting and there was no food for the children. are going to they've reach safety but their life in congo is off to a rocky start this group of refugees has been stranded at the border for several days waiting for registration and transfer to a refugee site many have tried walking the seventeen kilometers to the nearest refugee camp but say that congolese soldiers are demanding payments if you see with the eyes. as you see with your eyes we are now suffering if they allowed us to go on foot were able to go if you start here there are two checkpoints where you have to pay to pay to pay up to the camp. for to pay. such harassment isn't unusual says the president of the mary refugee side in our

congolese soldiers often extort money from refugees or confiscate their belongings and sometimes even arrest refugees they suspect of being rebels. and it's not easy for them for us we. ask you for some. subset of these refugees in congo have received little international attention donors have funded less than a quarter of the united nations humanitarian appeal that means basic services like shelter are lacking this woman arrived in congo over a year ago but she's still waiting to build a house. there is no way we haven't received anything since we arrived eleven months ago we're not even building materials. going to. this house where we are staying belongs to a relative and i did a quick in the mind and there are ten of us sharing the place said it enough that i

began minding i get one sort of. education is also proving a challenge many south sudanese refused to send their english speaking children to local francophone schools instead refugees set up this makeshift anglophone school inside the camp but the authorities dismantled it now many children roam around without anything to do officials and south sudanese refugees to attend local schools even though they admit there's not enough space. there's a court appearance today the school is closed to the size of full of children learn and it's a problem. yampol of lambie but we need to have more schools. to accommodate all the children of. the. book would be faced with limited resources and the challenges of integrating some refugees are considering moving on to neighboring uganda instead but that would cost money that

few can afford so for now where they have little choice but to settle in for the long haul and hope that one day peace returns to south sudan. and before we go just reminder the top stories we're following for you here today on day eight of the news conservative bloc and the social democrats are entering a decisive phase in talks aimed at forming a new coalition here in germany reports suggesting go shooters have reached agreements on key sticking points such as immigration. and at least thirteen people are dead after a powerful rainstorm triggered mudslides in southern california mud and rocks poured down hills stripped of vegetation by recent wildfire. you're watching news from berlin we have more for you coming up at the top of the next hour of course you get all our stories online dot com thanks for watching.

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