this is news live from berlin posturing and provocations ahead of the winter olympics in south korea america's vice president arrives for the games with promises of tougher sanctions on north korea over its nuclear arms program song and showcases the military might. also coming up germany's would be new government takes its first shaky steps for dealing potential policy shifts that could ripple across europe we ask what could be an. emergency crews keep up the search for survivors after the earthquake devastated taiwan each town to take

a look at fresh air. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the feud over north korea's nuclear program moved to center stage on the eve of the olympic games in south korea u.s. vice president mike pence has arrived in seoul on this promising new more aggressive sanctions against the north he met with south korean president jay is following on this warning not to allow him to quote hide behind feeling it fam and today kim jong un presided over a military parade or show of force after sending athletes and performers over the border that move seen as either a bid to thaw in relations with the south or a ploy to provoke the u.s. . north korea and the united states are still sending mixed messages a day before the twenty teen winter games. despite signaling it was willing to talk

north korea hasn't traded the savior for the olive branch quite yet pyongyang staged a massive military parade marking the founding of its armed forces. addressing his troops north korean leader kim jong un called on his military to be on the ready to repel quote invasive forces much further celt young is trying to put its best foot forward sinning kim yo jong sister of the north korean leader as part of their olympic delegation she'll be the first member of the north's ruling family to cross the demilitarized zone. the u.s. is response is also a mixed bag american vice president pence is touring the region ahead of the games he said washington is open to talking with north korea but he also had an unwanted present until four pm yang let the world know this we will continue to intensify our maximum pressure campaign until north korea takes concrete steps

toward complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization. to that end i'm announcing today that the united states of america will soon unveil the toughest and most aggressive round of economic sanctions on north korea ever in the world maybe coming together for the winter olympics but the gulf between washington and north korea is as wide as ever. stories making news around the world the former prime minister of bangladesh has been sentenced to five years in jail for corruption the court in the bangladeshi capital dhaka found the seventy one year old swindled funds from a charity into her personal accounts. eight people have died and three others are missing after a road collapse in southern china local media report that a sudden leak inside a subway station construction site caused the major road to cave in. deadly

flooding and mudslides have swept bolivia following days of heavy rains homes and cars have been damaged by mud and rubble a state of emergency has been declared in several regions to strasburg now were turkey's human rights record is in the spotlight and the european parliament vote on a resolution over on course crack down in the aftermath of an attempted coup in two thousand and sixteen now this includes the sacking of civil servants the closure of media organizations and the arrest of journalists turkey has also been heavily criticized for its ongoing military assault on a kurdish enclave in northern syria meanwhile turkish president. has been invited to talks with e.u. ministers in bulgaria in march let's bring in barbara vessel she is at the european parliament in this transfer hi barbara what exactly did the european parliament vote on today. the european parliament sent a very strong message to president telling him to return to the rule of flora

because they say as things stand in turkey these days they see via human rights breaches on a daily basis the judicial process has become totally arbitrary and there simply is no rule of law anymore many of people many of those people have been thrown in jail and the parliament talks about fifty thousand are in jail for more than a year without having gone to trial without even having heard accusations so this is a very strongly worded message and also parliament has taken the pains to sort of make a long list of human rights breaches that need to be amended and they really appeal to are telling him this cannot carry on we really have to change the relationship was tricky on the basis we are on it's not really supportable but the diplomatic channels are still open barbara president carter while as we said is been invited to a round of talks in bug area in march why is this summit being held. the

summit is being held because the majority of off the parliamentarians and the majority in the european union of heads of state of government believe that you should not shut down the posterity and should not shut down talks we need to sort of keep the links open we need to keep talking to him however the message needs to be very clear and that is something that the european problem and said here today we really need to think about economic sanctions this is surely shelling around saying yes we need aragorn on the other hand we criticize him can go on we really need to tell them if you want to be our trading partner because this is a trading union there is a customs union between turkey and europe and europe is the strongest trading partner partner of turkey if you want that to continue or even to be widened you will have to change your ways you will have to return to the rule of law that's the main message barbara let's get turkish perspective on the some of the deputy

chairperson of the turkish ruling a.k.p. rugs that cover actually khan was on the day of his contacts are talking about the recent arrest of doctors who criticized the turkish offensive in syria a she spoke to michele freedman about cross latest crackdown let's listen. to three thousand search and see who said nothing while people were massacred in syria i don't find that i mean that i respect their opinion but i don't mind if i don't mind police k. only because. this was the quote no to war peace no that's a reason to call them people terrorists lovers when you when they're doing this to support and expressing their to support for wiping which is a terrorist organization express and support so barbara listening to that interview turkey is saying that essentially it's facing threats of terrorism at home this is national security what is it is reaction to that. the u.s.

reaction is to say clearly that one has absolutely no credibility whatsoever because branding your political opponents terrorists i mean that is that has been done again again in history by autocratic or even fascist governments and so everybody knows that move aaron if you once to tell the world and if he wants to convince europeans that there are terrorists among those who have been imprisoned he then needs to stick to the rule of law and let judicial process take its course that is the way to go forward and also parliament called in the rule of emergency urgently because that is being used they say in order to bring about all this of political persecution and this current state of affairs in turkey. barbara vessel reporting for us from strasburg where the european parliament has been talking about human rights in turkey today thank you barbara now germany's two biggest

political parties have agreed on a deal to form a coalition government they made the announcement in berlin after another grueling game of give and take more than four months after the country's elections chancellor angela merkel from the conservatives and martin on the social democrats announced the deal it means merkel will keep the chancellor's post but the social democrats will have control of some of the most important ministers the deal still has to be approved by that party's francophile march and shows will be standing down as chairman of germany's social democrats will hand over to parliamentary party leader and not list if the s.p.d. confirms her as its leader should become the first woman to head germany's oldest political party let's take a look at her career. she's aiming to be the first female party leader of the s.p.d. the first in one hundred fifty three years she has a reputation for being outspoken some say it was her speech at the social democrats

party conference that secured the votes needed for starting coalition talks with again america's conservative bloc. people we will not give up our s.p.d. party believes if we decide to govern in a coalition. it's inside me and i'm not so vague here andrea nala started out more than twenty years ago within the s.p.d. youth organisation a young socialists she became their leader in one thousand nine hundred five back then she was a student of political science and told georgia beller in one of her first interviews that she didn't plan a political career. sharpen it for you it's me for this do i don't want to strain politics for the rest of my life so after being chairwoman i want to look for a real job and for that i need a good degree proves. not is finished her studies four years later and has stayed within the ranks of the s.p.d. ever since as m.p. party official and later as labor minister one of her achievements was germany's

new minimum wage law she also fought successfully for better pensions despite this she's not very popular with the german public. martine shields short tenure at the head of the s.p.d. is over now it's time to see if under they are nonis can meet the party back to its former strength if she can unite the party behind her this might give her the necessary boost to become the next s.p.d. chancellor candidate. rescuers in taiwan are combing through the rubble following tuesday strong earthquake around fifty people are still unaccounted for at least nine were killed and hundreds more injured in the quake aftershocks combined with rain and low temperatures are hampering rescue efforts. hard to believe that this was once a three star guesthouse in a taiwanese beach town today while ian's marshall hotel is just a pile of mangled wreckage. how low can you hear me the rescue is you know they're

hoping that somewhere in the rubble someone is left alive but this search is proving very difficult and dangerous. aftershock the rescue his colleague and he's walkie talkie here so the first responders of forster trait for now many of the quite victims why the inside the mosque or now the three star hotel the bt in. daylight the residential tower it's like a didn't is still listing precariously they support have been brought in to stop it fulling ivor entirely. and this is the moment the cost of the destruction a same captured inside a utah style. people rush for the exit as a magnitude six point four tremors strikes it hits in the middle of the night locals say used to quite a even size that was shocked by these quakes impact. they say that's not what then

that got out this time i was really scared until now icon in the is that fear is still that you know that i am still the phrase because things kept on fooling both and chopsticks fell in the kitchen and broke my mother that was even more frightened because she cannot walk i knew it made her want to go over and it's a rescue operation continues people are starting to ask why did some buildings but not others collapse taiwan has strict building codes but construction experts say the worst hit buildings were built before then now some are asking if more should be done to enforce the codes and stop more towers toppling when the next quite strikes. now preparations and chang are slowly coming to a close with the winter olympic games set to start tomorrow but the olympic torch is journey isn't quite over yet the flame took

a pretty spectacular ride check this out on a zip wire on its way to p. on chang of this top is one of the most daring stages of its two thousand and eighteen kilometer journey around south korea definitely not a feat for the faint of heart. are you watching deja vu news still to come on the program wanted wood in the palettes germany's exports driven economy is running out of them we visit one company buckling under enormous demand for the shipping. and find the gender pay gap british supermarket group tesco is facing a multibillion pound lawsuit from female staff who say they were paid less than male employees. just so stories and more coming right up with fences going on business stay with us.

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