edith: here in berlin, german president frank-walter steinmeier has appealed for dialogue to calm tensionsn society i engaging with each other rather than staying in their social echo chambers. in a christmas message, steinmeier asked people to make up today's germany, that it should not drift apart. reporter: christmas for the german president frank-walter steinmeier is a time to talk to one another. with family, with friends, and also with those who have political leanings other than your own. >> christmas is a time not only for carols, but sometimes also for quarrels. i believe it is good for us to engage in debate. it is good for us to talk to each other. if i had one wish for our country, then it would be let's have more debate. reporter: steinmeier thinks germans are spending less time actually talking to each other and more time in their own social bubbles. >> however, no matter how upset we are about others, or wish they just did not exist, one thing remains true -- we are all part of this country, regardless of our origin, skin color, approach to life, or favorite sports team. rep

and his christmas message in germany as president frank walter steinmeier just people to address tensions in society by engaging with each other and not drifting from our pocket. money thank you for joining us we start in indonesia where the number of dead has risen to four hundred twenty nine after the tsunami swept across the coast of java and on saturday the death toll is expected to rise with people still missing in more remote island areas almost fifteen hundred people were injured in the disaster . but. it's not easy returning to what was once finding the ruins of her life but soon you know from the town of much good to look in north west java survived and that makes one of the lucky ones along this coast of destruction. yeah now i heard the volcano krakatoa erupting and i could feel the ground shaking . but i went to sleep as it's been active for days. but then i was woken up by the sound of the neighbors screaming there's a tsunami they're going out so i grabbed my mother and children and we ran out. of. the death toll is rising as workers saw through the rubble some fifteen hundr

get the latest from the region also coming up in this christmas message germany's president frank walter steinmeier urges people to address tensions in society by engaging with each other and not drifting apart. and celebrating christmas around the odd santa doesn't or risk a ride on a sleek and carefree australians just probably on the me. alone. we start in indonesia where the number of dead has risen to four hundred twenty nine days after a tsunami swept across the coast of java and sumatra the death toll is expected to rise with thousands of people still missing in the remote areas of the islands more than fifteen hundred people were injured in the disaster we talk to our correspondent in the disaster zone but first this report. was so nami warning has people fleeing for their lives. luckily this time a false alarm. bought within that krakatoa volcano believed to be the cause of saturday's tsunami still erupting experts warn that more killer waves could hit the devastated region this fear has driven thousands to overcrowded evacuation centers. i am not i am here because i'm afraid of a disaster

here in germany president frank walter steinmeier has urged people to address tensions in society by engaging with each other in his christmas message recorded at berlin's bellevue palace steinmeier said the nation must not be allowed to drift apart christmas for the german president steinmeier is the time to talk to one another with family with friends and also with those who have political leanings other than your own. christmas is a time not only for carols but sometimes also for quotes i believe it's good for us to engage in debate it's good for us to talk to each other if i had one wish for our country then it would be let's move debate. steinmeyer things germans are spending less time actually talking to each other and more time in their own social bubbles. however no matter how upset we are about others or wish they just didn't exist one thing remains true we are all part of this country regardless of our origin skin color approach to life or favorite sports team or. his christmas wish this year is that people enter into dialogue with one another other countries he says are sh