nadim baba al jazeera, berlin. >> the deadline to form a unity government has come and gone in south sudan with apparently no progress. warring parties gave themselves until end of friday to produce a coalition government. stalemate continues over how it will work in progress. >>> child labor is still a big problem in zambia, despite new laws and more money for social welfare it's estimated that a quarter of zambians between five and 15 have a job. others try to scrape together a living on the streets. >> reporter: six-year-old patrick and his brother brian who is five should be in school. they were born to poor parents. instead of being in class they try to make enough money to eat. they sit with their mother. these small stones are gathered in bags and sold to builders and landscapers. on a good day, the little boys and their parents make $10. some days go by that they don't make anything at all. >> i don't wish my sons to grow up like i did. i don't want them to wait here. >> not only does working here mean children like these miss out on an education, limiting their future, but b

al jazeera's nadim baba reports. >> the pressure may not be showing, but angela merkel is treading a lonely path at the moment. as the german and french parliaments. >> we've once again heard about terrible numbers of people dying in the seas between turkey and the u, children as well, and we cannot allow the illegal traffickers to have supremacy here and people endanger their lives and people earn money when they really do not have the best interests of those human beings in their minds. that's why we need need to make sure that this illegal immigration is changed into legal immigration. >> on friday, a reminder of how much people stake to get to europe. warning it's time to set a limit open new arrivals, and last year europe agreed to a 3 billion hour fund. president obama has agreed to contribute substantially. but it might not make a huge difference. >> that has to do with refugee flows them. we have a significant portion of afghans, iraqis, kurd. they may want to move towards europe. >> just how much angela merkel who's under pressure like never before needs turkey's help. but i

nadim baba reports. >> went tragically wrong. the french health minister has ordered an investigation. >> the families are devastated. we'll make sure they're given all the answers particularly as right now, i'm not aware of any comparable case. what has happened is unprecedented. and requires the greatest possible vigilance in the coming investigation. >> reporter: the drug was being trialed in this private clinic in rennes. it was meant to work on the system that deals with pain. >> the conditions of the patients got worse over the first few days of this week and four of the five have neurological problems of varying gravity. one patient had no symptoms but is under intense surveillance. >> there was some sort of error or oversight. >> how come in 2016 with all the means we have such an accident could still happen? at this moment i have unfortunately no idea. has there been human error? i can't believe in a coincidence in circumstances. >> reporter: dozens more people got smaller doses of the substance now are being asked to un

nadim baba, al jazeera. >> public health specialty, spen our studio. let's start with france. this was a cannabis based painkiller, obviously tear going to be looking at what went wrong. how often does this happen in tests like this? >> this clinical trial is a phase 1 trial, initial study we do in humans after it's passed the animal testing phase. essentially people who participate in a phase one trial are human guinea pigs. it is not marijuana itself, does not contain marijuana, it acts on the brain as marijuana, same parts of the brain but they are not the same drug. >> what could go wrong that could kill someone or cause them to be brain dead? >> clearly the effects in animals and the effects of drug on humans is not the same. we know this drug has an impact on the brain which is probably how it caused brain damage. precisely what they're targeting. in order to attack brain disorders it does need to have some sort of impact on the brain. unfortunately there are unforeseen impacts as well. >> let's switch gears and talk about ebola. we were hearing initially that ebola has

nadim baba reports. >> reporter: love him or loath him. donald trump can't stay out of the headlines but some people in britain are now saying he should stay out of their country because of comments like this. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states, until our country's representatives can figure out: what the hell is going on? >> ist a bit of an occasion. >> now politicians have debated whether trump should be bard from the u.k. after a petition urging the government to do so got more than half omillion signatures. many speakers took the view that donald trump was a buffoon but not a threat to the republic. >> if we started to ban people because they said things people didn't like, i wonder how long the list would be. we would have to ban the current leader of hungary, he has said things equally as offensive to muslims. >> u.k. for anyone who wouldn't be aware has banned 80 odd people for hate speech in the past. in trump's case they really should do it. there have been cases i

nadim baba reports. >> reporter: the pressure may not have shown as she welcomes her turkish counterpartbut she is treading a lonely path at the moment. as they held talks in berlin, the chancellor again rejected the idea of closing europe's borders. >> translator: we have once again heard about terrible numbers of people dying in the seas between turkey and the e.u., children as well. and we just cannot allow the illegal traffickers to have supremacy here, and that people endanger their lives. and people earn money when they really do not have the best interests of these human beings in their minds. that's why we have to make sure that this illegal immigration is changed into legal immigration. >> reporter: on friday, a reminder of the risks people are still taking to reach europe. despite scenes like this, some of merkel's closest allies are warning it is time to set a limit on new arrivals after germany took in more than a million last year. in december the e.u. agreed to a $3 billion fund to help integrate syrian refugees. and merkel's government says u.s. president obama has offered

nadim baba reports. >> reporter: the pressure may not have shown as she welcomes her turkish counterpartbut she is treading a lonely path at the moment. as they held talks in berlin, the chancellor again rejected the idea of closing europe's borders. >> translator: we have once again heard about terrible numbers of people dying in the seas between turkey and the e.u., children as well. and we just cannot allow the illegal traffickers to have supremacy here, and that people endanger their lives. and people earn money when they really do not have the best interests of these human beings in their minds. that's why we have to make sure that this illegal immigration is changed into legal immigration. >> reporter: on friday, a reminder of the risks people are still taking to reach europe. despite scenes like this, some of merkel's closest allies are warning it is time to set a limit on new arrivals after germany took in more than a million last year. in december the e.u. agreed to a $3 billion fund to help integrate syrian refugees. and merkel's government says u.s. president obama has offered

nadim baba has the latest from berlin. >> reporter: what was striking in the press conference that angelal gave alongside the turkish prime minister after their meeting was that she stressed the need for germany and europe to continue meeting its obligations under international humanitarian law. germany took in more than a million refugees and migrants in 2015 and merkel is under intense pressure to reduce the number of new arrivals, but so far even some of her coalition partners say she should do so, she says that is not going to happen. she says germany needs to work out a way of fining out a way of allowing migrants and refugees to arrive legally, so that they don't have to take that dangerous trip across the mediterranean. >> translator: we have once again heard about terrible numbers of people dying in the seas between turkey and the e.u. children as well. and we cannot allow the illegal traffickers to have supremacy here. and that people endanger their lives. people take their money when they don't have the best interests of these human beings in their minds. that's why we have to m

nadim baba reports. >> reporter: love him or loath him, donald trump can't stay out of the headlines. people are saying he should stay out of the country because of comments like that. >> donald j. trump is calling for a complete and total shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's represents can figure out: what the hell is going on? >> now politicians have debated whether trump should be bard from the u.k. at a petition urging the government to to so got over half a million signatures. many took the position that donald trump was a buffoon but not a danger to the republic. >> i wonder how long the list would be? for starters we'd have to ban the current prime minister of hungary because he said i believe things equally offensive about muslims. >> reporter: but the woman who started the petition said donald trump is no different from others who have been band from u.k. because of hate speech. >> u.k. has banned 80-odd people for hate speech in the past. in trump's case they really should do it. there have been cases in the united states where his hate speech h

nadim baba reports. >> love him or loath him donald trump can't stay out of the headlines.ut some people in brid britt by he should be banned from the country. because of this. >> donald trump is calling for a complete banning of muslims from entering the united states, no. our officials can figure out what the hell is going on. >> more than half omillion people have signed an ornl petitiosigned an onlinepetitione petition says donald trump is no different than others who have bard from britain on the grounds of hate speech. >> it's banned 80-odd people for hate speech in the past. in trump's case they really should do it. there have been cases in the united states where his hate speech has led to actual violence. >> reporter: suzanne kelly's long campaigned against trump's efforts to develop luxury golf courses here in england. he last spent lots of money in this site against the wishes of many residents. >> mr. tumple ha trump has had s since 2008, there is no golf course and development, there's only a golf course and clubhouse. >>> an ambassador for scotland and honorar

live now to berlin and let's speak to al jazeera's nadim baba.t was chancellor merkel hoping to get from the turkish prime minister when he arrived in ber len. >> reporter: what she really wanted to hear is how he could speed up the efforts that he says have started to slow down the number of refugees comes to europe. germany took in more than a million migrants in 2015. for that reason she is under intense political pressure right now. the prime minister at the joint press conference they gave just a few moments ago said that turkey has started to implement measures to allow syrian refugees in turkey, and there are 2.5 million or so, as mrs. merkel was reminding us, turkey started to allow them to enter the work force, to get an education and so on, but at the same time, we have been hearing from angela merkel that all of that pressure has the not convinced her that germany should as some other leaders are saying start to put a element, a cap on new arrivals. she said that the humanitarian situation makes it imperative that refugees are in fact

here is nadim baba. >> reporter: well, the palace is certainly an unmistakable london landmark, and overon people pass through its doors every year, but it is in such a state that some people in parliament have called it a death trap since it was completed in the 1800s, many of its features like the cast iron roofing have been virtually untouched, that has head -- lead to erosion and leaks. and the latest plan is reck menninging the upper house and the lower house be completely emptied at the same time for a duration of six years and moved to temporary locations. well the plan that is most popular with members of parliament for their chamber is for it to move to temporary structures in a courtyard of a building that currently houses the department of health. it would meet security requirements and would be the cheapest way of doing things at $5 billion u.s. previous plans included rolling repairs to the palace that could take decades and cost $8 billion u.s., so although huge figures are involved, they are likely to spark a new expenses scandal here in britain. >> reporter: the united na

nadim baba reports. >> reporter: love him or loath him.onald trump can't stay out of the headlines. but some people in britain are now saying he should stay out of their country because of the comments like this. >> donald j. trump is calling for the complete shu shutdown of allowing muslims into the united states no. our country can figure out what the hell is going on. >> more than half a million people have signed an online petition to petition parliament to ban him from england. >> u.k. for anyone who wouldn't be aware has banned 80-odd people for hate speech in the past. in trump's case they really should do it. there have been cases in the united states where his hate-speech has led to actual violence. >> suzanne kelly's long campaign against trump's efforts to develop luxury golf courses here if scotland, he spent large amounts of money on this site against the wishes of many local residents. >> mr. trump has had his planning since 2008 for this golf resort. there is no golf resort. there is a golf course and a clubhouse so you'd ha

nadim baba standing by listening in, joining us from berlin.o what was it that merkel was seeking from turkey? and do you think she got it? >> reporter: it has been fascinating listening to those comments by angela merkel because they stand in such sharp contrast to everything comes out of other european capitols. show was saying that those refugees are going to keep coming, but europe needs to find ways of turning illegal immigration, into legal migration, making it possible for those hundreds of thousands of people who are risking their lives as she put it, crossing the mediterranean in places like the greek island of lesvos, coming from turkey, trying to find alternatives to them having to risk their lives to make it into the european union. this comes at a time when so many country toughening their border controls, and germany has started to implement some checks at its border. this all goes against the schengen idea of free movement within the e.u. angela merkel seems to really be allying on ankara to start stopping the flow from turkey, b