> >> a warm welcome on "the journal" from dw in berlin. here are our top stories this hour. north korea says they are on the edge of war with south korea. an escalation of rhetoric with seoul and the u.s. italy's president giorgio napolitano says he will increase gridlock.ts to break and in cyprus, residents may eue 60% of savings to the

rescue package. >> tensions run high in the korean peninsula as north korea says that there in the state of war with the south joint military exercises with the south -- washington and south korea have avoided the war of words, but both say that they are monitoring the situation and dismissed the statement as propaganda. >> a huge rally in pyongyang choreographed that north korea means business. they pledged to defend kim jong- un to the death, and the marshall rehtorihetoric escalatd by the day. state tv announced that

pyongyang said they will treat all matters with wartime protocol. panic at the latest threats. >> the south koreans are not that nervous. many times. this breakt think worarwar will out. north korea would collapse and i don't think they will commit suicide. >> they could hit targets as far as alaska but it is likely pyongyang is working to build support for the young leader. they will shut down a shared industrial zone if the "insulting rhetoric" continues, but south koreans doubt this as

it would cut off finances for the impoverished state. >> we spoke to justin strother in seoul and asked him how seriously we should take this. >> north korea's threats can't be completely ignored -- and south korea is on alert as they have joint military drills. north korea's threats are harsher but what thye'rey're hoping is there is a provocative action where pyongyang could justify force. but seoul is not blinking so far. >> italy's president giorgio napolitano has two working groups to break the deadlock of the political parties.

itilaaly has no government and o single group had enoguugh votes, with no kind of coaltion. napolitano stresses he will be in office. >> napolitano will remain presidnet. a resignation would have led to new elections but he ruled that out. >> i realize there are limited potential solutions for a new government. i will continue in office until the last day of my mandate as my sense of national responsibility mandates but i will not shy fo rom the challenges italy faces. >> that means rome is without a new government and mario monti

remains in place, and napolitano will appoint expert advises. >> i will create two small moves, diverse personalities and skills. their task is to formulate proposals for europe-related reforms supported by all political parties. will asked to look into long-ranging reforms to stalematstical and the italian governemnts of the past. >> joining us is david willy. how likely is it the political deadlock is lifted? >> there is not much chance. mr. napolitano has tried his

best and i don't think appointing these groups will resolve the deadlock. they are each -- each party blocks the other and neither is willing to give way. neither of the parties -- not the leader bersani of the democratic party or mr. berlusconi, or beppe grillo, the toic maverick who decided make a party of protest. noen of them will give an inch. support.o they lose it is a game of chicken they play, and mr. napolitano, head of state has only a few weeks left in office. it is difficult when you

consider the country is on the brink of an economic crisis with huge economic problems to face, widespread unemployment among young people and even -- problems of inflation. serious situation, no obvious way out. >> thank you very much. more bad news for anyone keeping his life savings in a cypriot bank. big depositors will lose more money under the bailout. the central bank confirms reports that savers at the bank of cyprus could lose 60% of their savings over 100,000 euros. they will convert 35% of them into shares.

>> cypriots barely know what they'll wake up to next. savers at the bank of cyprus -- the latest news is not good. of deposits will convert to bank shares but they stand to lose more depending on how much is needed to prop up the bank's reserves. >> this haircut will create a viscious circle on our financial industry. >> the uncertainty worries many cypriots. the banks re-opened thursday after a forced closure of two weeks but cash withdrawals are limited to 300 euros a day. many wonder what fresh

revelations tomorrow's newspapers will bring. >> joining us to help make sense of this is nathan morley. what more can you tell us abou tthe latest figures. >> they are pretty alarming as people try to make heads or tails of them. councils, hospitals, schools will be terrified with depositors. 37.5% ofe figure and holdings become shares and for all purposes, they are not worth the paper printed on. we make it up with 22.5% being set in reserve. until the final account is tallied. that is 60%. the other 40% which remains will

attract interest and this will not be paid until the bank performs well. we have talked about the popular bank and they could face a tougher haircut, with an 80%. haircut. >> nathan, briefly. do you have details about the vestigation/estigatio >n? >> it launches monday as several groups were written off by these banks, who are performing terribly. the former president denies a loan worth 4 million euros with the finance minister, who was

chief of the bank. wasas the husband -- this the husband of the bank's leader. >> thank you very much. sports now. byron-munich was denied from becoming champions. byron- had to lose, but munich cannot be champions. after they and stuttgardt scored, they scored in the 82nd minute for the 2-1 victory. the game against hamburg is in the final minute. all of the results so far, as we heard, dorntman won away win laebercruzen won

se won therf and meisee points. a few minutes to go in munich takes sunday, wolfsburg on nurenburg. this is how the standings look. still in first is byron-munich. dorthman in second. wood has to collapse to lose -- byron has to collapse to luse. furtz does have the game in hand but have to have a miracle to avoid regulation. oxford's loss is another nail in the coffin. many go to see wagner's "parcival," the hero has to struggle with suffering before

redeeming the world. in cologne, they offer a new take on the opera. they played to a packed house at the good friday premier. parcival liek you've never seen it. wagner's music is similar to a movie soundtrack. enthralling images with scenes well known to opera lovers is refreshing. they can see the 6-hour opera, with towering scaffolds. hundreds applied. >> a change in perspective -- >> a new experience. >> i will sit and stand and be involved in a game. they werey before --

told what the role was on stage. >> you are part of a living set desingn creating different moods. your bodies are part of the staging. parsifal telsl of one ols of one of king arthur's knights on his search for the holy grail. >> the other knights wait for a pure fool , enlightened by compassion to redeem them. parsifal is this innocent, dismissed at first but in the end theis does come. carlos's production delighted

the audience on saturday. >> that is all we've got time for. thanks for spending your weekend with us. is working withhe german missionary program. she ended up in this catholic orphanage. she didn't know much about the people but she was open to new experiences and wanted to do good to help children without homes. marina snieder is doing missionary work. they are here to help run the home. heard of egg- tapping before but romania's take is new to her.

person hass that one to say, christ is risen and the other person, they say, yes he is risen. the nuns believe that their christian faith, they can help to improve the lives here. most of the broken homes -- she says that the fact they believe they arrive with jesus provides a lot of hope in the leadership and it is good that the children can face a new life. the children have made pictures for her, like a substitute family for her. in --so, his dad put him he is no learning german. said that they did not

have running water and did not celebrate easter. they were told that they were going for a walk and they were scared for several months when they first arrived at the orphanage. but in hindsight, she says the decision was right. it simply would not have worked out at home, she explains. they have been put on the right path here and it is no surprise that she has come to value the rosaries so much. region, many of the people who live here are very religious. atmospherethe oppressive at first but now they deny -- elevate divide their lives between church -- and they go at least three times per

week. >> she says she lacks the sense theommunity that binds village and they may come from a foreign family but people always ask them why they do this. -- the twoermans germans feel like part of the village community now. they -- lefts that home, because the left so many people in the village. the churches' in an important and meeting place for them. they have even learned the words of the romanian hems. there has not been time to

bbenedicte picture of and-- benedict xvi -- everyone likes gossip but they for hispe francis attitude to the port. they said there was a lot of excitement surrounding his election. they explain the television was on more than usual. she says the new pope is a great man and is happy that already seems to be an important thing to him. she says she is happy because the pope is so close to the people and she hopes -- that he will continue along this path.

the new pope seems to have a different approach. she says what they have seen so far is very promising. she said that they prey alive about pope francis. marina and atalina only have a few angel decorations, no picture of the pope but they followed his election with great interest, pleased with the name he chose. >> she says the name "francis" was an obvious selection wand was surprised nobody else did before. she says this is how she imagined peter's successor to be. also feels close to the

new pope. she went to a franciscan school and has been several times, and knwos the story of francis -- and says he was given a mission to build up god's church and that is why the pope's chosie os ce is sol -- choise is s beautiful. go and build up my church. she says it has to be a caring church. just like the orphanage. even though the children are happy here they wait for days and invade for all phone calls. they say that being there for the children is an expression of faith. it is all about praying together, eating together, and

fostering a sense of family, which is what they miss the most. she takes this in stride because she wants them to be comfortable here. she says that she will lease the children are generally as happy as the circumstances allow, but they would rather be at home. she had to apply for the residence permit before she could come to romania. she is there for the temporary missionaries. this means living and praying and working. she thinks the notion of living with others is the best part of

work. and she explains that this means doing things differently, from the way of doing things at home. rather than not imposing anything of the people there. and they are coping pretty well. she says that this is all in romanian and expresses that this means water and milk. this should be kept in the fridge. she says it did not take that long to learn the basis. has our own learning method. she said that there are notes all over the apartment in objects she uses over and over again and that door -- the wardrobe is dulab and she

also puts the notes behind the code. they can communicate -- communicate well but still use this at times, doing their homework. and he helps them with their romanian. even though his mom has only called him once over the past two years, he is worried about his dad hitting her. he says he prays for his mom to be ok every night. he also praised for his parents and for the people doing good and all over the world, he says.

the christian faith is omnipresent in the orphanage. the childrenms to and the other village kids that nobody looks after at home. in the evening, the older children watch mel gibson's "passion of the christ," about the final days of jesus of nazareth. once a week, a psychologist comes to talk about fears and concerns and she is also very religious. bottomless god is a source in psychological terms. >> she has not lived there long and finds it difficult to settle

in and is very shy. the psychologist tries to find out how she is coping without her family. them,hough such stories 7 they have had many happy moments with the children over the past few months. they had no idea what to expect at first, which is why marina brought her rabbits. he is called wally and is sweet though he is old and faded. she says she loves that he smells of home and that is why she never washed him. overall, they don't feel homesick anymore. well, theytled in so dont want to go to germany. they are loooking to say

goodbye. secondhanage has begun a --