from born in germany como news of easy to our website d. w. it comes from africa join us on facebook at g.w. . this is news live from berlin desperation deepens in indonesia as the death toll surges to more than twelve hundred following last week's devastating earthquake tsunami people wait for news of their loved ones and relatives and recall the horror of the moment when that earthquake struck.

where the ground started moving i went on sergeant at. arms and the whole street rose up in the gate it was like and we were swept away in there we'll have a special report from our correspondent on the ground also coming up. as leave the shortages loom germany's coalition partners agree on a new immigration law to try attract skilled workers from other countries. or noted for their groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics three scientists from three different countries are awarded this year's nobel prize for physics correspondent explains how their work has opened up revolutionary new areas of research. welcome to the program indonesia has raised more than twelve hundred the number of people. who died in the earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of the island

last week meanwhile survivors are growing angry at the government's response to the disaster with aid slow to arrive in the quake zone they're running short of food fuel and other essentials. days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami survivors are still struggling to get hold of eight fuel is in short supply here people are trying to collect as much pichel as they can officials are trying to assure them that more is on the way. and. logistical aid is coming in so the support being offered to refugees is better compared to day one day two and even yesterday. we still need more time to take care of all the problems because supply chains have been disrupted in the disaster zone.

aid shipments will have to contend with pirate teaches and damaged roads like this the damaged infrastructure is also making it harder to recover the dead amid all this rescuers are continuing to search through the rubble in the hope of finding more survivors despite longer and longer. we remain optimistic that they are alive. but scientifically speaking by this time after such an event the chance of being able to deal. with. that. they will but there are moments of joy. some people are still being rescued. i'm joined now by priscilla kristin communications director from world vision indonesia a christan humanitarian aid organization thank you for joining us so we've just heard that there are reports of food and fuel shortages what are you hearing about

the situation on the ground. yeah. that is the main challenge that we are facing. in while we also plan to distribute all the peeps and. all i we. need to do the border or leave the security. or the sense that it's easy to be we start to do that if. we want local government to and with so much needed in so many areas what are your priorities in a responding to the disaster. yeah we already. as the police. and you know our all thieves in and also believe. that we want to make especially for the children the half of for two ply and in the shark we

also planned on the. goods like that a pony in life lanka for anybody i didn't eat and those who fought the african people especially for the ticket than. i am in fact we also want to focus more on the port to make sure that you can have enough and also run through. the cease because of the work that's why i can make that. and yeah that is the main thought was that we want to do it and the other one we also we planned to be the type friendly space so it's like a space where the children can play for a while they can grieve this fall he began. to release about this time might be off to our quick get the ax but he ends. all right now priscilla this is something i want to get into because the organization is obviously helping people beyond the

immediate needs you talked about helping people deal with trauma especially children what exactly does that take. yeah today we just saw the fab with the children scenes i think most of the scenes of the first the after the wait the at the rhesus place that you didn't really our staff calm and stuff to do then starting to saudi and also in probably two thousand if the quake happened then what you should do you shoot raw and you should not have me and everything death kind of the people said implement to make that fear them more or release and the are not a throw model but to see things the way this particular christian world vision communications director thank you for joining us. let's now look at some of the other stories making news around the world or is johnson has intensified his challenge to british prime minister to resign raised threads of plans the former

foreign secretary told the conservative party conference that may's plans to for trading with the bloc of to britain leaves were under more practical and not what people voted for he was given a standing ovation. u.s. first lady melania trump has touched down in ghana at the beginning of a four nation trip to africa it's a first major international trip without the president and she'll be promoting her be best initiative a tour will also take her to malawi kenya and egypt. soccer star christiana ronaldo is being sued in the united states by a woman who claims the portuguese blare raped her nine years ago and she says she was assaulted at the las vegas palms hotel and that she was tricked into keeping quiet rinaldo has dismissed the allegations as fake news. germany's coalition government has struck a deal on immigration reform the new law is based on the canada model ranking would

be immigrants according to their education their age language skills and financial security now it's hoped a focus on attracting skilled workers will help fuel a record number of job vacancies. the german economy has a problem a lack of skilled workers now the government plans to tackle the shortfall with a new immigration law in the hope of attracting more skilled workers from abroad. the proposed changes will target people from outside the e.u. migrants with vocational qualifications will then have six months to try and find work but not without the correct qualification and the demand for their skill set in the labor market but the plan will continue to treat asylum seekers and economic migrants differently. but there could eventually be greater flexibility for refugees who successfully integrate in germany's labor market says german

economy minister peter. we have made a very clear distinction between. seekers on the one hand where we are ready and prepared to protect people in need for protection and people looking for integration in the labor market in germany and the basic principle that we are. presenting the proposed law german interior minister the horse the horse for stressed however that germany doesn't want immigration into its welfare system. now after months of conflict in the german government over migration policy it seems chancellor angela merkel's coalition has finally managed to agree on something. this year's nobel prize for physics has just been announced by the royal swedish academy of sciences in stockholm it's been awarded in two parts one

half goes to u.s. scientists. and the other half to a team of two physicists the frenchman. and canadian donna strickland the three were honored for their research in the field of laser physics. so did obvious science correspondent derrick wins is joining me now to tell us more about the nobel committee's decision so derek i want us to first look at this prize that was given to lisa physicists why is that why is that happening now with the academy group to together under one common name they called it to for tools of life now lasers play an amazing very very broad role in today's society is there in everything there from the barcode scanners there and just drives we use them in industry there lasers are actually everywhere so they decided to give a. prize that that would honor the people who have done some really groundbreaking work and some of the aspects of this particular field one of the for arthur ashton

was for what they call optical tweezers which is using lasers to manipulate very very small organic bodies for example bacteria or viruses or even molecules you can use the laser to manipulate them at a very small scale and not have to kill that particular organism which is of course huge for biology for jihad mo who and for donna and for donna strickland it was. another aspect of the technology which is they work that they did that allowed us to intensify lasers they the problem with an with a laser is that if you send in the old days was if you sent too much light through an amplifier would eventually destroy it because it would simply melt and they were they came up with a workaround called chirp pulse amplification which is something that i'll only say once and have a chirp holds amplification allow them to intensify the beam so now we can use these incredibly sharp and incredibly powerful lasers to do everything from cutting

metal to operate on eyes obviously this is very fascinating stuff and it's been described as revolutionary but the focus somehow seems to be on the fact that very few women have won the prize for physics that's right but that's true donna strickland has is the third woman to have won the prize. overall she's joined mary curie and. she's the first one to win it in fifty five years so it's a shame it is a shame that it's one of those things that the nobel prizes of traditionally always been dominated by men it's not only in physics it's also in the other sciences not all three science prizes there's been fewer than twenty female laureates that is slowly starting to change but it's certainly taking time to take williams thank you for joining us. let's shift to soccer now where by and munich are coming off a bad winter skiing a week have been drawn at home. and then lost to hit a billion on the road they're looking to find their groove in their champions

league clash tonight but they face a tough test against a dutch club with a rich history. when it rains it pours the clouds are hanging over byron munich after a bad spell and the mood at training match the weather some stern faces run show as byron plot their recovery from a dreadful showing it hurts of their lin ill timed tackles a lack of urgency and a defense all the same it hurts a cruise to a two no went on friday despite the setback coach nico covert she's the head of the clash with iraq's. suppose you have to stay positive after a draw and a defeat you can't just throw everything into question when things were going well beforehand there was optimism among every single player and also myself and the expectation is that we will win our coming games. and robin will expect to play against his fellow dutchman as byan look for a creative spark clearly lacking in the last week. the game at the allianz arena

gives five time winners buy on the chance to make it two victories from two in the champions league but four times when his eye axe will be tough customers and believe they can spring a surprise. we just need to be calm and believe in our qualities you know will be very hard. because he's one of the best teams. for sure can do that for. for a plea to be champion but we need to. believe in our philosophy by and face a tricky obstacle in their bid to rediscover their best form. a bit of surfing news now big wave surfing actually and there's a new entry in the guinness book of world records and you should be able to see why when you look brazilian mary. in this enormous wave off the coast of portugal it's

almost twenty one meters high making it the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman. as rather record a ride dates back to january but she was only finally recognized on monday. you're watching live from berlin we do have more coming at the top of the hour in the meantime feel free to log on to our web site www dot com for around the clock news and information thank you for. the money which of course. you do. any time anywhere. you.