see on a silo. this could be the end of a dispute that has been shaking germany for weeks horsed seahorses bavarian c.s.u. and chancellor angela merkel c.d.u. have found a compromise for their ongoing fight over germany's migration policy. after very intense negotiations between the c.d.u. and the c.s.u. we've reached an agreement we have a clear arrangement for preventing illegal migration at the border between germany and austria in the future. the two sister parties have decided to set up so-called transit centers on the german austrian border from where asylum seekers who have already registered in another country would be transferred. that's who would also put us in addition we will undertake domestic measures and covariates with refugees countries of origin as well as with other nations. we will set up transit

centers and from there we will consult with other countries especially as island seekers home countries and the countries where they are already registered in europe then we will make it possible to return those asylum seekers accordingly this is precisely no cordons with the spirit of partnership in the european union after noble peace when you were in a vault if the c.s.u. and cd you hadn't reached an agreement this could have meant the end for the current government coalition it could have even meant the end of chancellor merkel's career. it's now up to the social democrats the third partner in germany's grand coalition to accept the deal. well our political correspondent peter craven is here to fill us in on the deal peter first of all what has changed to make this agreement possible has chancellor merkel simply caved into the demands of her interior minister it's interesting wording caved in i don't think she has caved in but i think she is bending over backwards to get

a compromise. he's here with whole say whole for as we saw in our report just now she is determined to keep her coalition government together she is determined to keep all say they hope for on board although he has been putting her under massive pressure in recent weeks and the way she's doing it is these transit centers is that being cold you called it a holding center you know people have been calling these anchors sent this whole say over reception centers hot spots whatever you call it they've been much discussed for three years now originally the conservatives here in germany wanted these transit centers at the beginning of the so-called refugee crisis back in two thousand and fifteen they want to deport all migrants all refugees coming to germany into into these hold the centralized holding centers now we're going to have the transit center somewhere along the german austrian border what kind of agreement that requires with austria to establish the legality for these trade transit centers is unclear the details at this point in time are really very sketchy but it does look as though the whole civil as a whole has got something that he can take to the c.s.u. and say look i won this wrangler battle in the from angela merkel in this tough

battle just a day ago it appeared that chancellor merkel's government was on the verge of collapse does this deal mean that chancellor merkel's authority is still intact. tough question i mean her her oath or at sea is intact her credibility has been tarnished that's for sure because one of one of the central characteristics of anglo-american one of the central characteristics of her personal and political persona is that she can manage this kind of situation this that the situation has been appallingly managed and people have looked on the grates a german public and the media have looked on they believe they've been shot i mean i've seen just members of whole say hold his own policy of being shocked and furious with all say go for what he's been getting away with angela merkel's manage this very badly the two sides holds the hope for and i'm going to have to come back together again now and work together in the same cabinet i fear however while they're smiling they're going to be sharpening their knives behind their backs the

social democrats in all of this peter they're an important part of the governing coalition are they going to sign off on this deal or not well certainly they're glad i think initially that a deal has been struck of some kind so that they can take some of the fire out of this crisis because they've been marginalized they've been sidelined very much by this crisis but they've made it pretty clear that they have considerable doubts about these transit centers kevin who notes that the leader of the young socialists that the youth department is it was a young department of the social democrat policy he's come out and said we've always been opposed to these transit centers they've been mentioned for a couple of years now we've been opposed to them but it's in north africa based on germany's external borders be it's even in bavaria this social democrats and many other observers n.g.o.s here in germany have considerable qualms about the transit center which they see as effectively being sort of if you want military style the deportation or internment centers where there will be real curbs on freedom of movement and there again questions about legality certainly will this agreement

settle the migration debate that we've been hearing so much in of about in germany now for so long and of course elsewhere in europe as well chancellor merkel always trying to get a european solution being frustrated and hurt at its efforts or is this deal this migration deal the. in the chancellor and her interior minister just a stopgap measure it's what we don't know we don't know what it's going to come into force angela merkel brought a pretty impressive aura unexpectedly sort of package back from brussels at the end of last week again talking about its tightening europe's external borders talking about. coming down hard on secondary movement around europe talking about introducing these kind of centers like the transit center so there is a package that there is a european level package for addressing the problem whether it's going to be enough that's a different matter but the the refugee crisis is here to stay make no mistake about that remind us again peter just how this crisis came about especially given that refugee numbers in germany and elsewhere in europe are actually declining

significantly there is about i think it's about two things that have been going on for the past three years hold jose. and his c.s.u. have been up in arms about i'm going to malcolm's decision to open the borders as it was put her arms a welcoming policy for germany the frontline state here in germany that bore the brunt of that decision to open germany's borders was before area but there it isn't that it was consulted enough they feel it was a mistake they've been wanting angela merkel to effectively come out and say i got it wrong i apologize for what happened back then and also what's happening at the moment is that it's only weeks now or a couple of months till the october election in bavaria that's a crucial election for we'll see hope for new c.s.u. and they're not doing very well in the polls so this is b. to an important issue for them to try and score extra points especially in that in their race against the far right party the alternative for germany party who are doing pretty well in bavaria according to the polls now this discussion we've been

hearing the last couple weeks has been making international headlines to the big question in the air was will chancellor merkel's government reap the parked during this crisis many say it's done irreparable damage to germany's political institutions how do you see two things. i think there it's done massive damage to any trust there was between the governing parties in the coalition especially the c.d.u. c.s.u. so that's why that's one issue and also i think. there's a word in jim and you know it terry as well as i do politics but they're also night people being disenchanted disgruntled to decide disillusioned with politics in the way politics is is carried out in berlin i think this is an episode in german politics where many people will look at what has happened in the last couple of weeks they'll say to themselves was this egomania at work was this all in any way necessary and they will be disillusioned with that political elite future thank you so much for your political correspondent peter came.

to thailand where people have been celebrating after rescuers found twelve boys and their football coach alive in a flooded cave more than a week after they went missing but authorities are now warning it could take months before the boys can be brought out safely and army spokesman said they may also have to learn how to dive. it was the moment that the international team of expert divers had been holding out for finding all thirteen of those missing seemingly on hummed the divers had to explain what day it was and just how long the group that spent trapped in the dock miss found alive deep under the ground but having to wite a little longer to be brought to the surface. where. the cave complex stretches some ten kilometers into

a mountain docking crews had to navigate a labyrinth to get there at points swimming on the long stretches of water. but even if the group couldn't make it back to the surface immediately the news that the survival did. the regional governor was the first to inform the community who had been anxiously waiting for news i have the latest from the navy seal unit is that they went in and bandaged to reach the elevated ledge called patatas beach but apparently that has flooded then they went about three hundred to four hundred meters deeper to another elevated spot they found that our young brothers are safe . the announcement was greeted with jubilation by relatives and loved ones. some of become increasingly desperate fearing the worst. you have

today is the best day i have been waiting for my son for so many days i thought he only had a fifty percent chance of survival. it was a rescue effort which gripped the country for well over a week as crews battled terrible conditions to rancho downpours and more flooding. the group has received emergency aid and supplies now the rescue teams next challenge begins working on a plan to get the mount. for more now let's cross to thailand where reuters correspondent pan to one shop omas standing by just outside the cave where the boys are trapped we're hearing reports that the boys in their coach might have to stay underground for months before they can be brought out is that a real possibility. water authorities certainly not ruling that possibility out because it says that there will be some time needed to make sure

that the boys can come out of this case safely as two issues that the first one was that held. fifty five on the ground ball more than nine days the medical doctors the divers who need to make sure that they are ready to talk conditions to be able to make the difficult journey out of the chase where particular cases do not it and second of course is the level of water. before is because this doesn't have any training in terms of diving so many many possibly right now you still require to die fluids and this is the problem so far here trying to come out as much water from the grain as much water as they can from the cave through pumping groundwater around the mountain where the cage is located to really help. ease the burden on the siding pogge a lot for the walk out of the cave so we know that the boys have been underground

for more than nine days as you pointed out to we know how they managed to survive that long. well it's difficult to say we actually haven't heard the details assessing the facts health just yet and we haven't heard the tales of how to access the fire but what we know is that some of the parents of that when they went into the say on the boys they have taken some food with them so they were not without food as the beginning of the journey and. also a possibility that they could just survive by drinking water which we need more details. from the health assessment which may come later today or tomorrow ok so now the focus is on getting the boys out alive the boys and their coach what are the biggest challenges that authorities face in getting them out ok.

one of the main challenge now is water apart from the fact that the cave is still flooded in many parts of that country need to be reigned with more rain for cars over the coming days and thailand falling through its monsoon season like now and this is not really helping the water level with inside to pay for what you have argued trying to do beyond just pumping water is that it trying to decipher what is bosses off the mountain as well to make sure that water that's all from the rain doesn't go through the case so this is a huge it's a war of attrition if you lie against mother nature this operation is the ongoing search operation and authorities say that even distressed you that some of the.