this is the only news line from berlin is decision day here in germany political leaders have just a few hours more left to reach a deal on starting talks to form a new government will they meet that deadline and what happens if they fail also coming up. thousands rally in pakistan to protest against the rape and murder of an eight year old girl they want to know why the police were so slow to react to the childs of duction and a surprise call from one of britain's most from ingrid's that campaigners nigel

farrar supports a second referendum on whether britain should leave the e.u. . digging out the survivors this woman is lucky but rescuers are still searching for others trapped or buried under this week's devastating mudslides in southern california. thank you very much for your company the clock is ticking for political leaders here in germany who are bracing for a long and difficult night of negotiations conservatives and the center left s.p.d. are trying to see if they have enough common ground to enter formal coalition talks well as the exploratory talks enters their final day americal set the stakes were high and the outcome far from certain. the no or can often there are

still big hurdles to overcome. stuff through the seeking for my party i can say we'll be as constructive as possible in our search for compromises. in that of course are all of us who are aware that we want to deliver the right kind of deal for the country that means it's going to be a tough day. with the hope that clock via. the chancel there speaking earlier today will the. pots is at the social democrat headquarters she is following those talks for us their show there are descending is that they left the most contentious issues for a last walk us through some of the major obstacles and how tough it will be for them to meet halfway on those issues. exactly they did leave the most contentious issues for last when hearing that today they've been discussing several issues such as refugee policy

a very controversial issue ever since the refugee crisis of two thousand and fifteen and especially the issue of family reunification for refugees from civil war torn areas we're hearing though that the social democrats are willing to compromise on and. thing that issue maybe. the conservatives but there are other issues such as the budget forty five billion euros that can be used for different projects so the question is who gets what for which projects and the issue of europe that was discussed this morning we are hearing successfully in terms of prioritizing it's a priority for both parties to further integration the question though is how how will financial integration how much financial integration should there be and will there be so a lot of contentious issues still to be discussed here and from what we've been hearing politicians remain confident they remain optimistic that

a deal can be reached at some point. in the early morning hours heading into friday but of course still big hurdles to overcome ok big hurdles to overcome but as you're we're porting they are cautiously optimistic if these exploratory talks are successful what happens next what's the road map for forming a government. well here starts the tricky part because the leader of the social democrats really has to sell these results of the exit of the exploratory talks to his party's base and the grassroots of the social democrats majority at the moment they don't want a continuation of the grand coalition so what is going to happen is he's going to campaign the country campaign in germany he's going to complain for the issues and the. and in about a week time there will be a party conference of the social democrats where the delegates will vote whether to head into coalition talks with the conservatives or not so that is

a huge hurdle to overcome after that coalition talks if successful will start and then the membership of the social democrats will have to vote on it so a lot of a long road ahead a complicated road ahead and in the end in any of these steps coalition talks could fail but even if everything is successful it will be weeks or months even until germany has a new government in place all right what i'm hearing is this not a done deal yet good of you charlotte potts reporting outside the. h.q. thank you oh. well meanwhile german president phone calls are steinmeyer house calls on the party leaders involved in the talks to reach a deal or mining them of the weight of responsibility on their so shoulders steinmeier made the comments out of welcoming members of the diplomatic corps to bellevue palace he said the three parties should not only think about their own political agendas and political career but keep in mind their very decision could

have far reaching implications both for europe and the wider world. on next to that harrowing story out of pakistan where the rape and murder of an eight year old girl has shocked the nation the incident sparked violent demonstrations two protesters have died in clashes with police saying i'm sorry is the twelfth miner to be sexually assaulted and killed in her home town over the past year with the killer still at large demonstrators accuse police being too slow to act. boils over the death of another little girl and investigators failure to find out who killed her. through the tone of targeting the local police station officers opened fire and chaos ensues. protesters attempt to carry away the injured. the girl's family is over the police response to the protests.

seen ups father told d.w. that he wants justice for his daughter. and that the government take steps to ensure the safety and protection of in this country. i'd also like to appeal to the army chief and the chief justice that steps be taken to avoid such tragedies like those taken in many army counter-terrorism operations. this is a community in grief. vanished on her way to us last week. this is the last image of her alive. leaving her holding her hand. police discovered her body on this trash heap on tuesday is believed to have been raped several times and then strangled to death her family wants a further investigation. the murderer be arrested

alive the police shouldn't look to lift the burden from themselves by killing some innocent person and then seeing no you have justice. the high court chief justice has ordered the police to take swift action in this case but with residents furious at what they see as a failure to properly investigate previous abductions there could well be more protests to come. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. wiki leaks founder julian assange has become the citizen of ecuador he's been living in the country's london embassy for the past five years to avoid arrest ecuador's foreign minister announced the move on thursday and said she hoped written would now work at night the sonship as a diplomat and grant him legal immunity. a turkish court has ordered the release of two journalists from detention that's according to local media moments. pay were jailed along with thousands of others in the wake of a failed coup attempt back in two thousand and sixteen. israel has given final

approval for building hundreds of new homes in settlements in the occupied west bank all that's according to an anti settlement group israeli house construction in occupied palestinian territory is the major roadblock in trouble peace talks which have been frozen says twenty fourteen. british prime minister teresa mayes office says the country will not hold a second referendum on bragg's it all this after prominent briggs it supporter nigel for russia said a second referendum might be a good idea many politicians have called for a second poll saying the consequences of the decision were not clear for voters at the time for our says a second vote would end the debate once and for all. right well let's find out what this means to joins us now from the british capital a london brigade a repeat referendum what is for russia proposing this is this a stunt. i think it is a bit of

a stunt i think it's to keep his name in the media not many bricks adheres would dare to call for a second referendum because they have a lot to lose they had they won the first referendum and not many remain as daring to call for a second referendum because so far public opinion doesn't is not very clear that they would actually win it so there is not really a lot of momentum at the moment behind a second referendum at all in the u.k. where well because talk to us a little bit about the mood in the country the briggs's negotiations are difficult i mean if there were a second referendum what was all could we expect. well it really depends on the second campaign on another referendum campaign and if the remaining camp would learn from the lessons from the mistakes that they've made in the fast campaign there at the moment the opinion polls

a very very close and we have not really seen them shift much since the bracks of referendum so they're very close together at the moment remain has a small margin whereby they lead however the hasn't hasn't shifted dramatically but there is new research that there are some and quite a lot of voters leave voters who are beginning to doubt it's not as much as that they said well i would this time vote for remain but they're beginning to doubt their decision but public opinion has to move consistently and actually swiftly for it to really for the mood really to shift and for it to be a real well you know real drive for a second reprimand at the moment it's really very tentative and it's really not clear enough mass reporting from london thank you. on our we had to the u.s. where were secure workers in the state of california are searching for more than

a dozen people who are still missing after devastating mudslides and flooding had coastal areas this week seventeen people have died and around one hundred homes have been destroyed the devastation struck early choose day after a winter storm drenched hillsides that had been made stripped bare by wildfires last month. the hills came crashing down on mt to sado early on tuesday morning. to made is of rain fell in just fifteen minutes that unleashed a stream of modern and said she is careening on to mt to see does whose side mansions residents describe it as an apocalyptic saying the sky lit up because some buildings have blown up the gas mains it turns out so here's all this fire coming down i mean and fire going up and there's all this rain coming down and you wonder where it was happening more than a day later the scale of the devastation is becoming clear this was one of the u.s.

is busiest freeways now it's a cesspool. and the city's beach too is dotted with people's cars five fighters have been searching here for those buried in the mud and they've been searching in much to see does neighborhoods to there are just ten thousand residents many have lost friends and neighbors. and a neighborhood this small every single name that turns up is someone's dad someone's cousins teacher and that's got to be the worst part of it all i think we're just happy for everyone that makes it a fourteen year old lauren canton is lucky to have survived firefighters puta from the wreckage of a home in the month slides off the mop on wednesday they rescued three more survivors but more than a dozen others are reported missing. to say this now and the draw for the australian open took place in melbourne on thursday and roger

federer's title defense for b.z. lets despite the world number two being the favorite to win the tournament with injuries to top players weakening the competition federer is in the same half of the draw as fit again novak djokovic could face the seven time winner in the semifinals of that clash could proceed a potential final against rafael nadal. are before i let you go want to remind you of our main headlines this hour political leaders here in germany have just a few more hours left to reach a deal on starting talks to form a new government on the americans conservatives and the center left social democrats set themselves a deadline of tonight to wrap up exploratory negotiations both sides say many issues are still unresolved and thousands of people rally in pakistan to protest against the rape and murder of an eight year old girl in the u. cuse of police of being too slow to react to her disappearance.

all right it does it for me on leila iraq in girl in that we'll see you again at the top of the hour. but hold g.w. one. for global insights the news out for local bureaus. d.w. made for morning.