. ♪ brent: i am brent goff.onight, the united states has welcomed high-level talks between north and south korea. the united states also says that it will work with seoul to ensure that pyongyang's participation does not violate sanctions over the country's nuclear program. the trump administration sent mixed signals, saying that pyongyang is trying to drive a wedge between it and south korea. guilia: for the first time in two years, negotiations between the borders. pyongyang confirmed that it will send 18 to the south olympics next month. -- that it will send a team to the south korean olympics next month. pyongyang and seoul agreed to hold talks to reopen a military hotline. >> the north and south have agreed to establish peace on the korean peninsula and seek reconciliation. south and north korea agreed that military tensions needed to be eased. in order to achieve that, both sides have agreed to hold military talks. guilia: south korea called it an important verse step toward improving relations. china urge

. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff.e begin tonight with the shooting death of the politician that is being called an act of terror. today, a prominent leader of ethnic serbs in kosovo was gunned down in front of his political parties office. his murder threatens to inflame ethnic tensions between serbia and its former province, kosovo. kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008, a decade after a war that killed 13,000 mainly ethnic albanians. it still views it as its southern province. serbian and kosovo officials have so far refrained from accusing each other of being behind the killing, but sererb's presidensaysys that the e killig was an act of terrorism. >> assailants opened fire as the politician arrived in his headquarters. he was rushed to the hospital, but doctors were unable to save him. he had been hit at leaeast five times in the c chest. the assassination occurred on the very day servivi -- serbia and kosovo talked about normalizing ties after a break of more than a year. the serbb delegation immediate

. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it is good to have you with us.irst full working week of 2018 has begun and in germany they are hoping for a new government sin. the country's main parties have been holding talks with the hope of creating a new government. the social democrats and spd have been promising voters a fresh start after they scored horribly in last year's election. and there were children offering blessings for the catholic feast of epiphany. correspondent: a rare moment of distraction for angela merkel as she received a visit from the children's choir. >> what you have brought here today is god's blessing and for that i would like to give you my heartfelt thanks. correspondent: perhaps angela merkel felt she needed it because -- as she went into a second day for exploratory talks with the social democrats. they are looking for a different version of europe's future. >> europe must be one of the main topics no matter what the government looks like. that is why i hope angela merkel and i will be able to reach an agreement to allow germany

i'm brent goff. good to have you with us. it was a packed house today when europe took center stage in the swiss alps. angela merkel spoke first in the day, but it was emmanuel macron who had the headliner slot. he told the forum that globalization has to ensure prosperity for everyone for all classes in society. emmanuel: the globalization in general is going for major prizes. organizations, states, companies, civil society should find and implement solutions. brent: angela merkel made the case for closer european ties, as well as more free trade. her warning against economic nationalism comes one day before u.s. president donald trump is due to arrive in davos. it was a chance to break political gridlock here in berlin. >> the chancellor's speech remarked her return -- marked her return to the political stage. her address focused on europe and its future. one of her key areas, the world's problems will not be solved by isolationism and protectionism. instead, she said, nations must work together to face global challenges, b

. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it is good to have you with us.ight, afghanistan reeling from another terrorist attack. suicide bombers and gunmen targeted a military academy in the capital of kabul. the islamic state claimed responsibility. the third terrorist activity in the city in a week and is part of a wave of deadly violence that also involves the taliban. correspondent: there's no escaping military presence on the streets of kabul. for the third time in days, attackers have killed people in the afghan capital. militants including suicide bombers stormed a battalion at the military academy and began an onslaught. afghans turning their fury on the government. >> look at what is happening to the station. when you are not able to control the current situation, it is better the security minister resigned. what kind of government ministry is this? you are not even able to secure the city. sandra: the afghan defense ministry said two gunmen were killed in the exchange of fire and two others were killed after detonating suicide vests. one other wa

. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff, it is good to have you with us.he two koreas are taking a step many hope will lead down the path of reconciliation. in the demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea, representatives met today and agreed to march under one flag at the opening ceremony of next month's winter olympics. they agreed to set a -- send a joint women's ice hockey team if the ioc approves. it is a small step toward lessening tensions but it will not be the first time the koreas have marched together. at the 2003 university games, they entered the korean unification flag. since 2000 they have marched together at three olympic games. i am joined here to my far right by a korea expert from berlin, and next door to me on my right our sports correspondent. welcome. i want to start with you. we have been talking about this now since the news came out, but i will ask you again, why is north korea's leader using the winter olympics as an opportunity to reduce tensions or to have it appear that way? hannes: the most important reason for

i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. u.s. vice president mike pence has told the israeli knesset that the american embassy will move to jerusalem by the end of next year, earlier than expected. it only adds to the controversy. mike pence is the first u.s. politician to visit the region since president trump recognized jerusalem as israel's capital last month. israeli-arab lawmakers made their opposition to the move clear from the start of tense's -- start of pence's speech. mark: the protests kicked off before mike pence began his speech. arab-israeli lawmakers were escorted from the knesset after waving signs following donald trump incendiary move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. they showing -- they sanctioned east jerusalem as a message that we are against trump's decoration. east jerusalem should be capital of palestine. west jerusalem, capital of israel. mike pence was given a warmer welcome by israeli prime minister netanyahu, and was unrepentant. he said the u.s. was only recognizing fact over fiction a

i'm brent goff. it is good to have you with us.ight, threats and outrage coming from turkey, based on a clash along the border with syria and iraq. the force would defend territory held by the syrian democratic forces, which are led by kurdish forces. president recep tayyip erdogan views the kurds as terrorists and has threatened to "drown the force before it's born." halida: in aleppo, this footage posted online by the syrian government. they say the army has captured dozens of villages in the past three days and is closing in on rebel forces. further north, turkey has threatens to attack the kurdish-held town. monitoring groups say schelling has begun. ankara had been hoping for washington's support. instead, a fresh conflict is brewing between the countries. the u.s.-led coalition says it is setting up a 30,000-strong security force to inhibit the activities of the so-called islamic state along the borders of turkey and iraq -- areas controlled by the syrian democratic forces, the u.s. militia alliance led by syrian kurds. the t

♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have y you with us. a long day ahead and a lot of work to do.se were the only comments by politicians as they arrived this morning to begin day four of exploratory talks about forming a new coalition government here in germany. the parties have agreed not to brief the press for fear of discovering -- scuffering any deal. angela merkel's conservatives and center-left social democrats have set themselves a deadline of tomorrow to find out if they have enough common ground to start formal coalition talks to give germany a government. reporter: day four of the exploratory talks between chancellor merkel's conservatives and the social democrats. but much remains unclear. the parties have agreed on a news blackout, so information about any breakthroughs is scarce. as are statements from party leaders. >> i suppose this is going to be a long day. so first of all, good morning for all of you. i hope we make some progress today. reporter: the talks are scheduled to run until thursday night. on friday, the two sides then announce whether they intend to la