this is that every news line from berlin the international community condemns the decision to me by miramar to prosecute two british journalists the reporters are accused of violating the country's official secrets act the journalist saying they were trying to reveal the truth about the military's crackdown on britons are muslims also coming up political parties here in germany are stepping up efforts to reach an agreement to start coalition talks but they say there's still a lot of work to do we look at some of the obstacles. you are.

only a hawk thank you very much for your company we start in me and maher that country's army says its soldiers summarily executed ten range of muslims in september referring to those killed as terrorists is the first public admission of wrongdoing by the military since it began a crackdown on ethnic ranges last august the admission appears in a statement on the facebook page of the military's commander in chief well more than six hundred thousand have fled their homes into neighboring bangladesh by the violence that broke out in ricky in state meanwhile prosecutors in me and maher have charged two reporters from the reuters news agency with violating the country's official secrets act despite widespread international condemnation the

pair say they were trying to report the truth about the military's crackdown on revenge of muslims. journalist while managed to smile as the soldiers paraded him outside the courthouse but he and colleague. seen here in a gray shirt facing serious charges prosecutors allege they collected secret documents related to the military situation retain state but according to while on the 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. to a bevy where you've got you've got a few journalists ventured into wrecking state since last summer they's a ray images of what the united nations coast the textbook ethnic cleansing going on there they should burning writing give villages and locals fleeing the violence . the me and my army strictly controls access to regain state it is allowed few

journalists in and and the 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 retain their families have been devastated by the arrests they convinced their loved ones in the send. every minute to get out he told me not to worry because he didn't do anything wrong. he voted for this government so to get i know he strongly believes that he will be released soon . i hope that also only and it will never get up early in my lifetime and to sit in on 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. well we can take you to me in mar now to david

greenbaum he is covering the story for d.w. news and young gone a day how significant is this admission by myanmar's military the fact that they were involved in the deaths of those ten never enjoy muslims yeah i mean it's kind of like they're trying they're trying to play it on two sides here they're egg knowledge ng that these people were killed by the military and they're saying that there's a good missions of murder between security forces and villagers are not quite we clear who did what against these are row hinges but they're also saying that these were hinges that were terrorists who had threatened lucas so. it doesn't hold up a strong with the other argument that they've been making where there's absolutely zero wrongdoing where they've been making the thing that for months. but. there again trying to qualify it by saying that they're that these people were dangerous

so. you know down rather than it really comes down to what other evidence might be coming out over time and these two reuters reporters who you were just reporting on it's been widely reported for weeks that they were looking into this mass grave and we really don't know what kind of evidence those two journals have turned up so you think this admission might have something to do with them uncovering something can we expect the army to admit to more wrongdoings. i mean i think what's good that's really hard to say because of course we've got so many row hinges who fled in the bangladesh more than six hundred thousand and a period of months and so many of them are coming across the board of these arifin horrific accounts of mass murder gang rape we've got satellite photos of villages that are brought into villages that have been burned to the ground on the flip side the military has locked out largely locked out locked down northerner kind where

the security crackdown has been going on so you want investigators cannot get in journalist cannot get them except on a few heavily supervised. trips where they take it they watch where you go and they have you can really limit your access so it's really hard to say what we're going to be able to be able to turn up of course there are so many people trying to get you know we're trying to get information through other routes but that's much more time consuming and much more difficult to get to the facts it's really hard to see what's going to come out but the strong evidence coming out otherwise that's why even the u.n. called of ethnic cleansing right ok so the documenting of these possible human rights abuses will be very challenging i want to shift our focus back to these two reuters journalists said that are being charged under me in mars' official secrets act this admission by the army what effect will it have on them.

you know it's really hard to say right now because certainly what what what what what what so many journalists here are saying is that they believe the local journalists here that they believe that they're trying to make an example that the government the military is trying to make an example of these two trying war and local journalists don't dig deep in the work i don't do anything that would go against our narrative meaning the military's narrative this or there could be repercussions. on the flip side there it's not making this country's transition look good at all and makin affect foreign investment and clearly the military doesn't want the foreign investment to stop. so and they're getting such brad press and such bad publicity and keep in mind this is really a political case the courts here are only independent in name when you talk to people who've studied this court system for years they will tell you that it's only independent in name that i'm cases that are sensitive to the military notes will get handed down through a chain that will eventually tell the judge how to handle it i really challenging

situation that you to pick their day for a grim reporting from yangon thank you all right now i want to tell you about some of the other stories making news around the world. so you go now to south korea's president at noon today and has said he is willing to meet his north korean counterpart under certain conditions on the moon said the 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 over two years. two senior british officials have urged germany to support a deal protecting london's finance sector after brags that they used the negotiator has ruled out colluding such a deal in future in future talks on trade with britain while germany's government spokesman meanwhile said brit arlin does not intend to break ranks with the e.u. on this issue. there has been some relief for the roughly thirty thousand tourists

trapped in the swiss ski resort of their mob due to have a snowfall trains have resumed service today after being cut off for two days helicopter airlifts ongoing. a long day ahead and a lot of work to do those were the only commons made by politicians as they arrived this morning to begin day four of exploratory talks about forming a new coalition government here in germany the parties have agreed not to brief the press for fear of scuppering any deal america holds the conservatives and the center left social democrats have set themselves a deadline of tomorrow to phone to find out if they have enough common ground to start formal coalition talks. day four of the exploratory talks between chancellor merkel's conservatives and the social democrats but much remains unclear the parties have agreed on

a news blackout so information about any breakthroughs is scarce us or any statements by party leaders. and ourselves not unlike our i suppose this is going to be a long day so first of all good morning for all of you and i hope that we will make some progress today because you are the talks are scheduled to run until thursday night on friday the two sites then announce whether they intend to launch a full coalition negotiations however the s.p.d. will also have to seek the backing of its rank and file party conference in bonn on january the twenty first at an earlier party conference in december delegates had already voted in favor of the current exploratory talks if the party conference backs full coalition talks the conservatives and social democrats then start a fresh round of negotiations which could take several weeks just like four years ago the social democrats will vent put the final agreement to the entire membership back in twenty thirteen they followed the party leadership recommendation to enter

a coalition with angela merkel's conservatives so there are still a few or knowns before germany has a new government. are all of the party is a ring at the talks and joins us now from our parliamentary studios in berlin charlotte there saying in part in these coalition talks or staying very tight lipped about the progress of these negotiations what are you hearing through the grapevine how likely is it that we'll have an agreement by tomorrow's deadline. i think it's very likely that we'll see an agreement by tomorrow's deadline by thursday night or maybe in the early morning hours heading into friday the every part of all the both parties see their responsibility at this point that they have to form or at least try to form a new government and the politicians taking part the leadership of both parties they would just lose their credibility if they didn't get some kind of final result through in these exploratory talks and they have agreed on quite

a few issues for example on some climate issues also on the topic of immigration there is supposed to be a new immigration law for skilled workers but as we just heard the tricky part really starts afterwards because martin schultz the leader of the social democrats has to sell the results to his party base and the grassroots is not happy about the idea of a continuation of those grand coalition we will see a party convention of the social democrats the delegates will have to vote there if whether to start a new coalition talks then we will see coalition talks with the christian democrats and then the social democratic party base is going to vote on those results so it's going to be some weeks before germany will in fact if these talks are successful see a new government all right i don't want to put any words in your mouth shut up or go doesn't sound very encouraging. well it's not going to be like both parties are

painting a vision for germany for what they want to change in the next four years that's going to be a rather pragmatic thing it's not going to be a very euphoric new grand coalition that we are going to see if these talks are successful and it's really rather a forced marriage then you know a coalition that is painting a painting a vision for the next four years but they have reached agreements on quite a few issues and we'll see. tomorrow night if they are acts least seeing that through if they come to a positive conclusion of these talks pots reporting thank you. french actress catherine deneuve has criticised the b two movement for going too far saying men should feel free to make advances toward women while in an open letter published in france don't know of war and of a new puritanism as a result of the recent surge of sexual harassment scandals the actress is among one

hundred women including journalists and intellectuals who signed the letter which to cry is the recent wave of allegations against powerful men as a witch hunt. to cyclingnews now britain's chris froome has been urged by the director of the two of the cost of the spell talk of a doping violation because stone appeared on the sets the thirty two year old must provide an explanation as quickly as possible from his blood was found to have twice the legal amount of an asthma drug during spain's twenty seventeen lovewell the tour which he went on to win while the if you fails to explain himself the four time total hans winner could face a ban from cycling. you're watching the news we still have a lot more to tell you about here's what's ahead our guest in business says germany's conservative corporate culture is preventing women from getting ahead we

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