seeking from my party i can say we'll be as constructive as possible in our search for compromises. but of course why are all those 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 talk. to the obvious five in vandermark is at the social democrat headquarters where he has been all night keeping track of the talks in our understanding is that the negotiators have left the most contentious issues for last so walk us through what are some of the major obstacles that we think they're still facing and how tough does it look for them to come to a compromise. well we can say really at the moment where these negotiations are at where we point they got stuck they started twenty one hours ago here in this building in the headquarters of the social democrats and earlier we heard the most controversial points where the migration policy refugee

policy and the question of a high a top tax rate plus money was always an issue all night long since the projects that these two or three partners had on the table there were some one hundred billion euros problem is that which is a lot but they have only forty five billion euros to spend on top of this new government so everyone had to give up some of their projects and that's of course always very difficult to kill your darlings particular for the social democrats they need to deliver something quite costly they have to show a success to their voters to their party delegates and that has to be somewhere in the field of social justice of social policy for example a major change in the health care system in the pension system or as i said and takes a shot and all this costs

a lot of money and that was certainly very controversial maybe it still is so a lot of money and a lot is at stake and as you said it's been twenty one hours almost a full day since they started but let's assume the worst for a moment what happens if they walk out of those doors and don't have a deal to show for it and especially what does that mean for chancellor angela merkel. for that will be highly problematic because you always have to bear in mind it's not just these twenty one hours today or the four hours this week the elections were in september last year and ever since then he has tried to form a coalition government she had negotiated with the greens and the liberals for the so-called john mica coalition and she failed and now her last chance was really to get the social democrats to go this way towards a grand coalition with her and if the states to her only her last option would be

a minority government which she never really wanted or even fresh elections and that would be a very problematic thing and it's unlikely or not clear whether she would even be the person leading her conservatives into fresh elections we're not that far but at the moment here you can hear a lot of pessimistic voices as well it's fifty fifty as most people who are observed the night and the morning here believe. and since you've been there all night for us fabian do you think that there's an end in sight when you think well you know the outcome of these talks. it's hard to say we heard something about nine o'clock but these are all just gassings from other observers mostly no clear deadline from anyone inside there was supposed to be a meeting of party committees at nine so that would have been

a deadline but that is almost not possible to hold the negotiations continue during the night those who didn't negotiate played cards or. help themselves with the catering but most of the time it was tough negotiations and they're still continuing right five in founder mark standing steadfast through the night for us at the social democrats headquarters thank you very much. so as the talks about coalition talks continue germany has now been without a new government for more than one hundred days but have the voters even noticed and how do they feel about the prospect of yet another grand coalition between germany's two largest parties we caught up with a group of grassroots activists who want to see more openness and transparency in the german government. yeah we are very proud right here and right now to announce the opening of the ministry for transparency. political activists in the

democracy in action group are keen to influence the nature of a possible grand coalition at least symbolically a ministry of transparency of course is an illusion no matter who governs but their hope is that a third grand coalition might have the courage to do things differently. we hope the talks will result in less deadlock and more democracy in action more government unification and more change more decisions not just based on the lowest common denominator. on what we know so far our expectations are pretty low the government's previous climate commitments have been dropped sticking to them would have been the least we could expect and our hopes for other important issues for the future are also lower. these activists want more grassroots democracy more political participation and more transparency not likely with another grand coalition but they're not giving up hope presidents personally i don't think so i

think. resignation two years time. when you see if they decide to work together again think they'll be just as attached to their positions as ever none of them is willing to take the blame for failure that would be more embarrassing than not seeing it through so for now grassroots democracy and the idea of a ministry for transparency remains nothing more than a dream. u.s. president donald trump has come under fire after reportedly insulting haiti el salvador and several african nations and a foul mouth outburst trump is said to have asked quote why are we having all these people from profane word countries come here according to the washington post newspaper of the president became frustrated during talks on immigration lawmakers are trying to put together a reform package that includes protection for the children of undocumented migrants

. and now it has some other stories making news around the world in tunisia an emergency meeting is planned for tween the main political parties and businesses they want to find a solution to the wave of protests gripping the country demonstrators are angry about austerity measures and growing inequality as many as six hundred people have been arrested this week. saudi arabia's first car show geared towards women drivers has opened at a shopping mall in the city of jeddah the exhibition is taking place just months after king solomon ordered an end to the country's ban on women driving saudi women are due to take to the roads in june. in japan more than four hundred people were stranded on a train overnight after heavy snow the train got stuck some three hundred kilometers northwest of tokyo officials decided against evacuating passengers until daybreak some parts of northern japan have seen ten times the average snowfall this

winter. anger across pakistan the rape and murder of an eight year old girl has shocked the nation and sparked a violent demonstrations two protesters have died in clashes with police this is the twelfth child to be sexually assaulted and killed in the area over the past year and with the killer still at large demonstrators accuse police of being too slow to act. but the death of another little girl and investigators failure to find out who killed her. is through the tone of targeting the local police station officers opened fire and chaos ensues. protesters attempt to carry away the injured. the girls' families over the police response to the protests. seen ups father told d.w.

that he wants justice for his daughter. we demand that the government take steps to ensure the safety and protection of all ghettos 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 and. 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 fair 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. british prime minister theresa mayor's office says the country will not hold a second referendum on brags that this comes after prominent briggs it here nigel farage said a second referendum might be a good idea to clarify he didn't want another vote but feared it may be forced on the country by breaks that critics many politicians have called for a second poll saying the consequences of the decision were not clear to voters the first time what is to say. that many athletes have stories of overcoming burdens and hardship but lychee why has battled through more than most as a competitive rock climber he was named asian champion four times before an

accident left him confined to a wheelchair but rather than give up came through what he calls one of the lowest points in his life now he's become the first person from hong kong to be nominated for a laureus world world of sports award honoring the best sports men and women of the year and here's why. limbering up to lift not only his body but also his wheelchair like she why it was a champion rock climber until a car accident in twenty eleven left him paralyzed from the hip down but he wasn't going to let that stop. the hong kong native has kept up his passion despite the extra challenges that come with being paraplegic both physical and logistical. although i love rock climbing before there was a lot more freedom i could go to various indoor climbing spaces or if i wanted to i could go rock climbing outdoors i could do it whenever i want to but now that i'm

in a wheelchair i need to consider a lot of things is it appropriate for me to climb is it safe are people there to help me or he saw. his greatest achievement came on the fifth anniversary of the crash when like climb to hong kong's lion rock scaling the summit of a mountain that reaches to almost five hundred meters. nominated for the laureus sports awards and sums up his answer to towards life. i understood from a young age that you only get one chance at life so i didn't want to regret anything. like she why i hopes his story inspires other athletes with disabilities his triumph over adversity will surely see him reach even greater heights. and just a reminder of the top story we're following for you political leaders here in germany are holding talks to try and reach a deal on starting talks to form a new government angela merkel's conservatives and the center right social

democrats themselves a deadline of tonight to wrap up exploratory negotiations. that's their news right after this again at the top of the hour for more check out our website e.w. dot com and follow us on twitter thanks for watching. it's freedom of expression. a value that always has to be defended and knew. all over the world. of freedom freedom of art. a multimedia project about artists and their right to express their views freely. d w dot com or to freedom.