darkness city's. starting march tenth. this is deja vu news live from berlin. approval ratings are saying the german chancellor faces a public losing patience after a drawn out wait for a new government and the numbers they are even worse for her hoped for partners b.s.p. day the latest polls show them at it historically low also coming up. saving the children of islamic states fighters we follow

a man hoping to retrieve his grandson from an iraqi prison and save him from a childhood behind bars. and more than three months after the murder of an anti corruption journalist in malta d.w. meets a local residents carrying on the fight against organized crime. i'm brian thomas welcome to the show just over half of germans think the chance for all the macro should stay on at the country's helm but polls indicate her approval rating is sinking more than four months after germany's national elections she still has not managed to form a new government and germans are losing patience the numbers are even worse for her potential coalition partners the social democrats germany's largest center left party is looking at its lowest approval ratings ever. germany's social

democrats need to regroup they're still the second largest party in parliament but their standing has been flagging since the party's poor election results last september the latest polls suggest if people voted now chancellor angela merkel's conservatives would score thirty three percent of the vote far ahead of the s.p.d. which would get only eighteen percent and that's just four points ahead of the far right alternative for germany party which would score fourteen percent the business friendly f.t.p. would score ten percent the greens and the left party eleven percent each the center left s.p.d. recently agreed to formal talks with chancellor merkel's conservatives with the aim of forming another grand coalition public opinion on the prospect is mixed and to this means a standstill nothing will get done it's a lame compromise thing for i think it's crucial for germany that the two parties

unite that we were i was hoping for a different result less than half of those polled forty six percent approve of a grand coalition government fifty two percent disagree but just over half still think chancellor merkel should keep her job fifty one percent of german surveyed felt good or very good about the chancellor remaining at the helm while forty six percent had a less favorable opinion of her leadership as a head i would have liked to see a change but you can bridge. the chancellor we have no other choice. both parties will meet this weekend for further talks but even if they're successful in forming a coalition there's not much enthusiasm for it on the streets. ok let's break down the numbers now with our parliamentary correspondent simon young good morning simon. ackles ratings are eroding steadily she is though still at

fifty one percent should she be word i think she should be you know angela merkel feels like the default chancellor rather rich the really you know the german leader of the future doesn't she and i think she's a bit nervous that this grand coalition of social democrats and conservatives won't come together because if it doesn't very likely they'll be new elections and although the assumption has always been that she would lead her party into the next election increasingly people are saying you know well how the new ideas and the renewal of the conservative camp come from angle americal and you know maybe some people are beginning to say perhaps angle americal won't lead a policy forever ok if there's some questions about on the macro as the default chancellor there has to be some questions about the us it is the default partner for the conservatives you know they're looking at their their lowest ratings ever they're facing

a rebellion among their youth weighing what's behind the steady decline for the social democrats well i think there's a number of factors of course it's more difficult for democrats to appeal to a wide sector of the electorate in an industry in the economy that is increasingly north industrial it's increasingly a service economy and so on they have their roots in germany's industrial past and that's part of it but you've also got to take into account they've seen hugging the conservatives closed for too long in successive governments and that of course means that social democrat i'd. he is just doesn't get the same profile they don't get the same media coverage you have angle a medical taking credit for policies like the national minimum wage which the last government introduced a social democrat idea implemented by angle of medical the social democrats don't get the credit and of course the other thing rather weak leader. a lot of

conservatives make the same argument that they're being moved by the s.p.d. too far to the left and both parties are meeting up today to resume their coalition talks what's it looking like will we see a new government by march as some people are suggesting well how it was that these protected coalition will the one hundred days of the. would rather since the elections both amount of days. they would end on sunday people are saying that's probably not going to happen because there are still too many areas for the groups to discuss might be a couple will die sometime next week they could do that don't forget the circle democrats have said they're going to put the final coalition deal to their full membership four hundred fifty thousand people about will get their chance to say whether this deal can go ahead and whether a new grand coalition can come in ok that is a huge question mark out there isn't it after the seals hammered out by the two parties and so as to be approved by the s.b.

day yeah and there is no no certainty at this stage as you said you've got a left wing and a youth wing within that party very unhappy that the concessions from the conservative side have not been sufficient there's not enough social democrat ideas in the deal as we've seen it so far so it hangs in the balance as to whether this new coalition the old coalition again can can be sealed simon young as ever simon thanks very much for being with us. you know we have the story of children living in a world of terror and violence boys and girls growing up under the brutal rule of so-called islamic state in the middle east some are born there others brought there by their parents or joined as i asked fighters now as the jihad is lose ground what happens to those children this next report follows one german man who's trying to rescue his grandson it is a journey into the unknown the man who has asked us to call him in bring him is en

route to rock he wants to bring back his grandson who was born an i.a.s. territory and is now held in prison together with his parents. connecticut children aren't responsible for their parents do definitely not the children suffer months or years in prison this is unnecessary on the side. in the abbey he had straight to the german consulate. the plot according to the iraqi government i will be able to stay here for a week and spend time with a child every day so he can get used to me. by the scandalous or. in the past weeks germany's government has been making efforts to bring back children of german i.a.s. supporters for humanitarian reasons iraqi officials support this move there are dozens of cases some even involving older children the question is could they pose

a threat in the eyes of the islamic state they were future fighters security officials have issued warnings. and of the fastest user can see there is a risk that these children come back brainwashed that they are ordered to carry out attacks so we have to consider that these children could be ticking time bombs he misses but he can on them david the type of minder and contact the kid doesn't cut it at least children aren't perpetrate as they have victims in the first place victims of the circumstances and of their parents who brought them into wars and expose them to indoctrination also doesn't stop. parents such as those incarcerated in iraqi prisons reporters from german broadcasters and the avidity and the daily newspapers the dutch its title were able to meet with three german women and their nine small children one lady agreed to an interview. on the do you look at i.a.s. critically by now. that's

a list you don't want to comment on that instead of talking about the terrorist groups atrocities she prefers to discuss her children who she wants to go to germany we have altered her appearance in the stronger. when that six oh there are a hundred and six women and children living together in a room that is roughly one hundred square and nita's there's only one toilet and not a square meter is empty. there are matches is everywhere and most children a sick i mean they play with buffle cats they collect bottle caps and use them to pay with cash. back to even him he is the first family member who with the help of the german government is able to bring a child of i.a.s. members back to germany on the condition of a d.n.a. test he saw the taller in prison twice before taking charge of him the child's mother agreed to or son's departure he is fourteen months old now and apart from stories he didn't know his grandpa it all now he has received his german passport

and is allowed to board the plane it remains to be seen how his past will affect him in the future all he knows is war and prison. yes and as he will be examined by doctors in germany i think with love and compassion you can succeed in anything that's what the soft. the grandfather has brought in friends and family to help his grandson settle in and turn a victim of bias terror into a survivor now for some of the other stories making the news at this hour the eldest son of cuba's late revolutionary leader fidel castro has committed suicide given state media reporting the sixty eight year old fidel castro diaz balart had been receiving treatment for profound depression is death comes just over a year after that of his father fidel castro led cuba for about half a century following the communist revolution in one nine hundred fifty nine.

some eighteen people have been injured after a vehicle caught fire and crashed into pedestrians in shanghai china police are calling it an accident they say the driver of that van was smoking while transporting gas canisters the cargo then ignited and the driver lost consciousness . russian president vladimir putin has welcomed a court ruling overturning olympic doping bans against dozens of russian athletes he said the ruling confirmed that the majority of the athletes were clean but added that russia needed to do more in its fight against doping russia's government denies the existence of a state sponsored doping program. as preparations underway for this weekend's super bowl between the new england patriots and the philadelphia eagles tickets are on track to be the most expensive in history the cheapest available three thousand u.s. dollars the most expensive a cool twenty two thousand. this is still to come on the show on the show

a crusade against corruption and malta more than three months after the murder of an investigative journalist local residents continuing her fight. well disappointing results out today for germany's biggest bank it could be on the road to recovery christophe could be brian but at first sight disappointing news indeed just minutes ago reported losses of five hundred and twelve million euros for twenty seventeen now it is the third consecutive time in recent years that the banks bottom line is in the red so what's going on at germany's biggest lender well for one it's going to major image problem just in the past days years authorities find a combined eighty million euros for market manipulation that after it already paid out billions after a series of scandals related to its mortgage business now see all john cryan took

over in twenty fifteen in the hope of turning the banks fortunes around but three years in as i said crime has posted only losses still doj is reportedly planning to pay out almost a billion euros in bonuses this year which do i or from the german government which urged the bank to consider what impression that would leave among the general public not for more let's bring in our correspondent daniel cope in frankfurt danielle. half a billion loss net loss for direction twenty seventeen do break that number down for us. yeah this is certainly a very significant number christopher and just like the weather here right now in frankfurt most likely the temperature of the climate at this press conference later will be very icy well let's talk for example about the investment banking sector a sector that is very important for the bank this sector has been really

a struggling also during last year it went down even by a sixteen per cent we are hearing from the bank that there are kind of blaming the current market environment and there's just not enough stimulus at the market that investors are not really wanting to invest a lot of money at the same time we can also report that the bank was also making less money and also dropped by a twelve percent to only now twenty six point four billion euros on the other hand the bank is also saying that they're really having problems because of the latest tax reform from the united states they were saying that without the tax reform they would have been making and nine hundred million euros but at the end that never happened so some optimism there at the same time net revenue in the last quarter as well as the entire year was down compared to twenty

sixteen words the money for future business supposed to come from. yeah that's exactly the question that journalists will be asking cry in during the press conference later remember that daughter bank already in the future was called one of the most dangerous banks in the world also because of hundreds division that the bank is having all around the globe crying has been promising and now again to reduce those divisions to make the bank to work more effective to end also with that at the end you know having more money. and then you briefly dodger has had to deal with a number of problems we've heard about them what people in frankfurt think how is john prine the c.e.o. handling these issues. while many are actually disappointed when he came into office he would he was having very big plans to reform the bank all of this has been very slow and now also problems from and h.

and a the biggest shareholder with ten per cent of georgia ben we are hearing that there may be also running out of money so yeah still lots of work certainly for mr cry and then you go purported from frankfurt thank you. and of course we'll bring you more on this topic is dr banks board of directors will present their take on the earnings figures later today now us tech giants have also presented their latest results let's take a look at the triple a here apple amazon and google parent company alphabet as for apple and amazon both posted record quarterly profits in the case of apple that's despite falling sales of the company's most important product the i phone alphabets bottom line looked much less rosy the company posting a net loss of three billion dollars here's more. it's all signals go for the titans of the new economy retailer amazon posted its first billion dollar profit that's a remarkable change for a company that's issued profits until now reinvesting all its income into new high

tech ventures like a supermarket without cash registers. for the company's new headquarters in seattle founder jeff bezos said the alexa voice assistant had well exceeded expectations ok jeff. meanwhile google parent alfabet said its profits would have been up but it chose to pay a one time charge of almost ten billion dollars to bring cash back to the u.s. under the new tax reform there. are results for apple to sales of the i phone may have dipped slightly but c.e.o. tim cook called it the biggest quarter in the company's history saying the flagship i phone ten had beaten sales projections. to south africa where day zero is approaching fast and people are dreading its arrival four months south africa has been suffering under a massive drought you can see how dramatic the situation is getting from these

satellite pictures how fast the water is falling in this dam over just several weeks cape town for example is totally reliant on reserve was for its water supply to push back day zero the day the city will turn off the taps solutions are needed quickly. queuing for one of life's essential has become part of everyday knife in cape town and conserving it's a civic duty from february the first water consumption has been limited to fifty liters per person per day in germany the average consumption is one hundred twenty two is the only now having a plane been here for more than ten years this campaign getting it out has been happening for so long the only planning now. over the past twenty years cape town's population has doubled to full many and add to that the two million tourists that come each year and it's no surprise that the city's will to made some skyrockets has wanted bobby to talk i can all take that out because it's tough but what can

you do we all need the water it's a large source. and we just go with a pro most residents are taking the restrictions in this drawing us if it doesn't rain soon in the city's will to use isn't drastically reduced by made april the south african city could find itself in a desperate situation. and the specter brian of malta is continuing to struggle with corruption after the murder of an investigative journalist and we finally have some files charges filed kristoff three men have been charged in the murder of a maltese investigative journalist last october dafna. killing by a car bomb shocked the nation and drew international attention to malta as deep seated corruption three months later barbara vai's will travel to malta to meet those carrying on the murder journalists legacy. mystery and beauty but behind the fortresses and thick walls of ancient malta the

island is written by conflict and scandal investigative journalist money media is fighting for the legacy of. was murdered reporting on government corruption. it's a mixture of responsibility and good will because we're left her pretty much alone responsibility because the work needs to continue so yes i do feel that my colleagues movie but i think the government has never been more under pressure than it is no. not till the sixteenth last year the bomb blew up daphnis car few hundred metres from her home. shortly after the police arrested three million small underworld figures who are now in jail awaiting trial. jonathan ferris is a former police investigator i believe that these three people these three individuals. are a lot of the man that did a short of

a f.a.q. or should they just did the execution and that's it for the government and prime ministers of miscount the case seems ever lost its urgency and investigations into political scandals can have consequences johnson ferris was fired from his job in an anti-corruption task force that didn't want me to guide my team to dig more of a definition of. humanity is on his way to plateaus the private bank it's secret dealings and links to figures in the maltese government where part of one of the last big stories investigated dafna covered. the murders journalist well it's a banquet one hundred of the clients are on the cards many of them that we know from politically exposed persons in azerbaijan. even more now why would the royal family over there by. john me the bank account more probably because we are talking about illicit money being laundered. people

move to we're shocked by the murder and to paul that the string of scandals three months later a small group of women activists tried to engage the public in their fight for justice and change they come regularly to the site of the bomb attack to tendin the high heel of person a journalist was mid it was assassinated because of what she knew and because of what she said and if this isn't a sign for the rest of us to shut up then i don't know what is and that's the last thing that you know if you can take away our freedom of speech. man really lives in a village near the campus of violet he's well aware that he can't hide in the small island and he too feels the climate of intimidation and off your street is a state where the infrastructure the institutions of the state appear to service the interest of crime. interest of justice and i guess we do have that.

small group of people who are trying to bring change to malta but they're facing strong resistance from local powers underneath the picture perfect surface lies a political symbol of intrigue and corruption. our correspondent barbara vasovagal that report for us joins us now from our brussels studio barbara good morning to you matt investigative journalists while putting that report together do they feel in danger they feel that they are threatened perhaps even being targeted. they do indeed cry and some of these people feel as if they had a target on their breast really because they have reasoning is a really well known figure even internationally known known figure like definite go on. can be murdered and then nothing really happens because the people behind this still unknown and investigation seem to have stalled what about them anybody could blow them up or put something in their food or sort of wait for them in the dark at

night so yes there's a feeling of insecurity and the times of malta the biggest newspaper on the island just serving forty percent of maltese people said they have no trust if they know about corruption if they witness corruption they don't trust the police they wouldn't dare sort of going to the police because they fear repercussions so it's a really negative picture of barbara trust is not only an issue for journalists you know after the murder the family her family refused to meet with the prime minister a public anger has been growing against the political class can you describe for us the mood in malta right now. there is a strong mood of anger still going on because the feeling of impunity on the island is very strong i mean there has never in decades been a politician that sort of put to trial that had to go to court

that was accused of even the most serious crimes everything is always swept under the carpet even murder and that is a sense that rages many people on the other hand we have to see the i haven't splits because there are also many people in malta who profit from all this illicit money sloshing around from hendo from the government and so we really see a very two sided picture about this civil society and people are trying to organize resistance they are furious indeed is it a question of the institutions of the state that are so important to combat this did you dishy ery and the police especially being too weak. absolutely the institutions are just badly organized there is too much power in the hands of the prime minister he can for instance just imagine he can appoint judges so there is no real separation of powers and that's one of the mainstays of democracy so the i haven't sort of functions in the way of

a closed shop the government can do what ever it wants and this last government of joseph muscat is doing the most to really sort of tighten its grip on power and there seems to be nothing really or very little that can be legally or fish really or by the media done against that barbara visa barbara thanks so much for your report and for your insights this morning barbara visa for us in brussels. it's to argentina now members of the country's national ballet have been performing out on the streets of buenos aires in the act of protest against austerity measures some eighty employees of the state from the dance company lost their jobs under government budget cuts so the performers put on a public display of artistic activism.

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