this is deja vu news live from berlin germans are split over another term for on the macro as chancellor a new poll indicates just over half of voters think she should keep her job and we can back all enters the last round of late make or break coalition talks this weekend can she deliver a new government also on the show. disappointing results out today for germany's a biggest bank more than half a billion euros in losses so what's going on at the country's biggest lender.

and more than three months after the murder of an anticorruption journalist in malta d.w. meets local residents carrying on her fight against government corruption. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show just over half of germans think the chance for all a macro should stay on at the country's helm more than four months after germany's national elections she still has not managed to form a new government and germans are losing patience and new numbers out 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. to this means a standstill nothing will get done it's a lame compromise thanks for that it's crucial for germany that the two parties unite at where 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. i think that i would have liked to see a change but you can. support the chancellor that 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 street. some young from our parliamentary studios here to talk more about this simon good morning to you germany split over all america all right now lation are under attack right now they're facing criticism from within their own parties because mikel is chancellor her personal support has dropped ten percent since the general election

back in september but more important than the personal approval ratings is just this sense that things are really moving forward increasingly you're seeing people within the conservative ranks saying that you know may be chancellor merkel and america won't be the person to lead that party into the next election whenever it comes sooner or later maybe they're saying you know i'm going to medical isn't the future you know whenever it comes that's the big question isn't it the talks resume today they're supposed to wrap up on on sunday both sides are sounding optimistic are we going to see as some suggest a government by march well i think that is likely if they can do this deal and that's a big can of yet they've worked out a g. compromise for instance on the question of migrants coming to germany but there are still some other areas like health care for instance like labor policy and some

others where you know the social democrats particularly want to see more compromise from angle of those conservatives and the math has been offering more money last night you know to see if that helps to do the deal spose to come together over the weekend maybe sometime next week but of course any deal that. on will be put back to the social democrat membership four hundred fifty thousand people they'll have their chance to say whether a deal has been done is enough for them and that is the big question mark what are the social democrats going to do they're going to vote on this in the party itself it's in steady decline looking at its lowest polling rates ever eighteen percent what's going on well i mean the social democrat party has been in decline for a period it's been very close to to close most most of the membership would say to angle americans conservatives for too long but in too many coalition governments of this kind and you know it's difficult for them to put forward their

ideas and win support on that basis and this is really what people within the social democrat side are concerned about just losing that profile that they once had ok we'll know where all this is going on sunday simon young thanks very much. now for some of the other stories making the news this hour police have sent in reinforcements after clashes between migrants in the northern french city of tell a left more than twenty people injured authorities say some of the wounded were hit by gunfire police are reporting the violence initially broke out between afghans and eritrean migrants fighting with sticks after meal distribution. was in the mouth of a celebrated a court order releasing opposition politicians including a former president from prison the court ordered a retrial saying the guilty verdict had been influenced by the government this ruling could change the balance of power in this indian ocean state.

well here in germany has reported its third consecutive annual loss for twenty seventeen the bank is blaming us tax reforms for the less than rosy figures which impacted the total write off for the year c.e.o. john prine says if it weren't for the tax changes the bank would have stayed well in the blank black but other issues continue to plague its balance sheets including the high fines it's paying after being found guilty of market manipulation. earlier we talked with our correspondent daniel cope at deutsche bank's headquarters asking him to break down this half a billion loss for us. in general is saying that they feel that they are on the right track that the main reason why we're seeing those rather bad numbers at the moment is because of rather low interest rates and also because of the tax reform in the united states in the first statement the bank is reporting that without that

tax reform they would have been even in the plas with nine hundred and nine hundred million euros the biggest problem for the bank also their investment banking mostly because of the volatility off the market in general i can tell you that mr kreiner will be facing your most likely very tough questions later during this press conference. now to a crusade against government corruption in malta last october one of the country's most prominent journalists. was murdered by a car bombing or killing shocked the nation and drew international attention to corruption there three men have been now charged with her murder but the fight against graft is far from over. sent us this report from alter. history and beauty behind the fortresses and thick walls of ancient malta the anand

is written by conflict in scandal investigative journalist money billions 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 of the responsibility because the work needs to continue so yes i do feel. i think the government has never been more under pressure than it was no. not till the sixteenth last year the bomb blew up deafness car a few hundred metres from her home. shortly after the police arrested three small time underworld figures who are now. in jail awaiting trial. for an arson ferris's a former police investigator i believe these three people these three individuals. are a lot of the man that did a short of their circulation they just have to queue shit and that's it for the

government and prime ministers of miscount the case seems ever lost its urgency and in motor investigations into political scandals can have consequences johnson ferris was fired from his job in an anti-corruption taskforce didn't want me to guide my team to dig more deeply definiteness of. money dealers on his way to platters the private bank its secret dealings and links to figures in the maltese government were part of one of the last big stories investigated dafna covered. the murder journalist well it's a banquet one hundred clients a hundred of our colleagues many of them that we know of from politically exposed persons in azerbaijan and. even more now why would the royal family over there by join me the bank account and more probably because they are talking about illicit money being laundered. people more aware

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 tintin the real person a journalist was misled 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 man lives in a village near the capital it 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 in the us we do have a. small group of people 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 we have some sports now and super bowl fifty two kicks off on sunday the final of the season of the national football league is america's most watched sporting event it's also traditionally an advertising bonanza last year's game featured ads offering digs at president trump advertisers this year have a conservative game plan. there's no doubt about it the super bowl is big business and the show begins long before the players take to the field even the arrivals of this year's contenders the new england patriots and philadelphia eagles at minneapolis st paul airport it was a media event these are some of the u.s.a.'s highest paid athletes. television advertising during the big game also attracts a minor galaxy as advertisers go on

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people watch the super bowl n.b.c. the network carrying the super bowl also has the rights to the winter olympics and is selling a package to advertisers which includes both events some estimates say the network will reach a billion dollar bonanza if you can. after a football season in which politics seeped into the field super bowl advertisers will likely steer clear of anything potentially divisive. even celebrities who animal. seems to have avoided control of a seat to. super bowl favorites new england patriots. was about to follow is not something for people with a fear of heights the world's longest zip line has opened in the united arab emirates built on the country's highest mountain the so-called flight spans about three kilometers riders can reach speeds of up to one hundred fifty kilometers per

hour if you want to go that fast they're all seekers really getting the superman experience gliding through the rocky terrain. long enough. thanks for joining us and have a great weekend. the whole d w. fourteen focus global insights the news out for local heroes. d.w. made for mines.