this is d.w. newsline from valid talks lasted more than twenty four hours and were described as turbulent but after american all nighter german political leaders have made a breakthrough in discussions about forming a coalition government but there is still a long way to go also on the program. commission's take to the streets voicing their anger over government price hikes nearly eight hundred people have been arrested this week only a farce has been able to contain we underestimate. president trump accused of using vulgar language to describe african countries and haiti he denies the reports but

one prominent democrat says he heard the president use those words. i'm phil gale welcome to the program nearly four months after germany's general election political leaders have now agreed to enter formal coalition negotiations chancellor merkel and social democrat leader martin shots announce a breakthrough after all night discussions here in berlin bring the country a step closer to a new government but the deal isn't done yet medical insurance now have to convince their party members to say yes to the agreement and allow formal coalition talks to begin. it was a long time coming including a twenty four hour marathon session last night now there's an agreement on paper but with some rough edges the three parties are working from very different

platforms and promises to constituents tired but proud that three party has announced a successful outcome and some compromises they say they can imagine working together in a grand coalition go over here i think this document is a result of some give and take and that's the way it should be in a society filled with such a wide variety of people and will have our work set out for us when a new government is formed and we set out to put it into practice. but the onus is on this man as p.d. party chairman martin schultz is under pressure after the election he said he did not want to enter another grand coalition but now he has to convince his party to do just that. we have. solidarity that we want to organize. and inventions that will take us forward and trust in each other. that is essential in a government. guys that. we want to see if the spirit of cooperation was there and

i think the answer is positive until america is under pressure as well because for over three months germany has been functioning without a new government she wants to see germany active on the european stage once again europe is a focus of the party's new blueprint for talks and the conservative party's advisory board stands behind this negotiation result but things look different with the social democrats six of forty members on the party executive board voted against moving forward with coalition talks there are fears about how the party base will react. i think we are on the right path but we have to be careful to remember this one just work out automatically the twenty eight page document is up against heavy criticism from the opposition just as expected this is. an ambitious to lead this country into the future and there is no

answer to digital change no flexibility in the pension system on the contrary it seems to do injustice to future generations very expensive measures in a grand. chancellor merkel wished success to the leader of her would be coalition partner the s.p.d. now it's up to martine schultz to convince everyone at the party conference and get the party members to vote with the yes if all goes well germany could have a new government by early spring. let's get more detail his political correspondent to thomas spargo welcome thomas what's in this twenty eight page document that they had of pass' and agreed. every imaginable topic infrastructure transport education foreign policy wide range of issues explained all in a very general way i would say that two aspects clearly stand out one the idea that the parties agree to work closely on european integration in particular alongside

france and a second issue one that has been very contentious the issue of migration and that proposed limits on the number of migrants that could arrive to germany as well as on family reunification an issue that was particularly controversial in recent days those are certainly the issues that are present in that twenty eight page document but it's important to stress that this is only a roadmap if you will a set of guidelines in this first round of talks these exploratory talks now it will be very different if the parties do get into those formal negotiations so which of the parties is going to have the biggest problem selling this to their membership. certainly the social democrats and the head of the social democrats martin shows he will be in bonn on the twenty first the five to conferences planned for that day and that day he will have to convince party delegates of this move

that idea of entering formal negotiations and in particular some of the members of the s.p.d. in particular for example the youth branch of the so-called users are against any new version of the grand coalition they see that as a big problem for the party in particular in trying to have a clear profile after the elections of ten but twenty four where the s.p.d. had a very bad results so it is under no circumstance clear that the s.p.d. and in particular martin shows will give the green light on serve on the twenty first of january when they have that party conference i would say from all the parties involved from the conservatives under social democrats the social democrats have the most difficult part to hate so briefly tell us if i'm actually on the actual talks fail or the membership on either side rejects any deal what happens next well then germany would be faced with either a minority government led by the conservatives or would have to go to fresh

elections but fresh elections is something that basically everyone here in germany wants to avoid so that's also why the pressure is so high in the hands of these politicians to try and find an agreement thomas part of thank you so much to tunisia and now we have a number of people arrested in a wave of protests has risen to nearly eight hundred demonstrators demanding an end to new austerity measures and tax increases the violence has prompted fears of a fresh political crisis in the run up to the anniversary of twenty eleventh's arab spring uprising. we reject the new financial law it's what these protesters are telling the government but so far lawmakers aren't backing away from the measures. there were hopes the twenty eleven revolution would improve people's circumstances but many say change has materialized for them for straight up with fresh price increases for

many goods and new taxes they've taken to the streets since monday. the small is starving us it's depriving us of our money. and it's marginalizing us. who are protesting peacefully here we're not trying to overthrow the government we want this unjust law to be scrapped. that's an easing government has already evolved not to back down on the austerity measures and tax increases it also accused the opposition of sticking violent protests. hundreds of protesters have so far been arrested. this is. really just the situation here in tunis in the capital city of tunisia has a loss to calm down the main rally this afternoon was peaceful as well be a few scuffles between police and protesters but nothing compared to previous days

previous nights now whether this is going to change and and the violent protests are going to fare up again up until sunday when tunisia celebrates all mox this seventh anniversary of arab spring nobody knows how one fact is here to say that a lot of peaceful protesters are saying and activists are saying they're ready to take to the streets as long as the finance law that's been introduced in january first is not dropped. other fish out of force and now to some of the other stories making news around the world hundreds of palestinians have clashed with israeli security forces during protests against is america's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital this comes as funerals were being held for two palestinian teenagers killed in recent demonstrations the u.s. announced its decision to move its embassy to jerusalem last month. persons are also taking to the streets of greece's capital athens was union stepped up

demonstrations against a new austerity bill there are also strikes across the city that halted ferries and disrupted public transport more protests and work stoppages are planned for next week. in the u.s. state of california rescuers are still searching for several people missing after least seventeen people died in massive mudslide heavy rains earlier this week calls to more than debris to slide down hills in areas north of los angeles. from the white house says president trump will prove the nuclear deal with iran which grants sanctions relief to tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program but mr trump's administration has warned this is the final time he'll approve it unless it is changed significantly he's repeatedly denounced the agreement as bad for the united states. meanwhile president trump has denied using vulgar language to describe haiti el salvador and several african nations is

reported to have made the remarks that it is during a meeting on immigration at the white house mr trump has admitted to using tough words but not the ones that have been attributed to him a number of african and haitian politicians have denounced the comments is racist. sometimes the presidents share dealing is unwittingly troublesome on friday he made an appearance with the nephew of martin luther king jr in honor of the famous american civil rights campaigner just as accusations of racism were being hurled at him from around the world at a meeting of republican and democrat senators on thursday the president is alleged to have said. why are we having all these people from s. dot dot dot a whole country's come here. this was trump's alleged angry reaction to a compromise proposed by senators on immigration reform they are willing to restrict the so-called green card lottery but want to retain limited protected status for people from el salvador haiti and certain countries in africa anybody

can report on trump's comment unleashed ridge in sorry but there's no other work one can use but racist. you cannot dismiss the entire country's incontinence as it falls who's entire populations who are not white. therefore not welcome on twitter trump said he'd never said anything derogatory about he that the democrats had made it up and that he ought to record meetings in future but by then the remarks had already made headlines around the world. and the world economic forum has rung pakistan second to last in terms of gender equality i just have a graphic design issue still malik is trying to bring about change with her art. women wearing the huge job riding motorbikes women navigating public spaces. asian wonder woman pakistani digital artists she. cuts through patriarchal consciousness and judging by the viral impact they've had on mine she has struck

a chord. so my are mostly deal of identity trying to figure out what it means to be young and pakistani having influences from the west and the east growing up what kind of artwork would that look like. according to a report published by the world economic forum pakistan ranks second to last in terms of gender equality in two thousand and sixteen social media star. was strangled to death by her brother a so-called honor killing and drawing from experiences as a woman in pakistan. to challenge the status quo in which women are held to the suffocating standards of patriarchy i made a brown wonder woman and that was when i was actually feeling a lot of pressure for getting married and i just wanted to draw this woman who is you know comfortably saying i do it it's my destiny i can do what i want with it

thanks to the bitter legacy of colonialism fair skin the still prized in pakistan growing up my league remembers her daily use of potentially toxic concoctions in an attempt to lighten her skin. it was only being surrounded by women of all colors abroad when she first felt beautiful her return home revealed discomfort it's very hard to go outside and it was just something as simple as going for a walk this relating to give it an experience i just ended up drawing about it and drawing for myself where i go. myself these role models essentially an art and i hadn't realized that that would resonate with so many women like a son and a broad. fields that much of her work has gone viral because it speaks to collective trauma women share it to communicate their own struggles through the

medium of art. but as a reminder of our top story this hour in germany chancellor merkel's conservatives some of the country's social democrats have agreed on a blueprint for formal coalition negotiations their dream which of pave the way for detail that goes here since the end of the stalemate that's left the country without a government a sense of last september's elections i say it's up to that i but there. is no children which makes her feel worthless and incomplete. in a society that expects them to be her children this is a burden many childless women in niger suffer.