chanceless hoping to connect austria sebastian cortes meeting with germany's angela merkel in a bid to find common ground on an issue that's divided them so far migration did they succeed we'll get more from our political correspondent in just a second. also on this program. two nations one flag north and south korea agreed to march under one banner at next month's winter olympics they also want to send a joint ice hockey team. but not everyone in south korea thinks it's a good idea. and it might be a big day for fake news president trump has promised to present awards to war he says all the most corrupt and biased organizations in the mainstream media will take a look at trump's false relations with journalists. hello and welcome my name's christopher spring

news live from berlin to chancellor is hoping to connection austrian sebastian cortes meeting germany's angela merkel in a bid to find common ground on an issue that has divided them so far migration did they succeed we'll get more from our political correspondent in just a second and. also coming up catalonia as parliament reopens gearing up for further confrontation with the spanish government could lawmakers define madrid once again and vote this man exiled leader carlos pushed him on back into power. and the irish prime minister praises the european union as the peacemaker europe continues to need him with briggs it looming he calls on the e.u. to ensure brittany onus of its pledges on northern ireland to. me with. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with austria's youthful chancellor sebastian cortes is in berlin for talks with german chancellor angela merkel the meetings under close scrutiny for any divisions between the two that is with courts at the head of a controversial coalition with austria's anti immigration far right vienna has adopted a far

a separate protest at home in austria he governs in a coalition with a far right party today sebastian cortes austria's new chancellor is in berlin for talks with anglo-american his anti immigration euro skeptic stance clashes with the german chancellor has been a vocal critic of michael's open door policy but the two will try to found find a common ground on the protection of borders ahead of his trip to berlin quite stressed that germany is an important partner for australia so. we can bring in political correspondent michelle or cooper she is there outside the chancellor's office covering this story for us jaime seiler as we just said of course has been critical of merkel's open to refugee policy the tone has gotten pretty harsh in the past do you think this meeting will help smooth things over. well both leaders certainly have an opportunity to talk you although. pretty much miles apart on the very issue of migration particularly when it comes down to the whole quota system and solidarity within the e.u. something that's of us in quotes is on record as describing as something that has fai

now german chancellor angela merkel has been holding talks today with austria's new child so sebastian cortes the meeting was under close scrutiny for any signs of discord between the choosing it is called heads off by a controversial coalition with austria's far right and he himself has been a vocal critic of migration policy as the two leaders were hoping to find common ground on improving the protection of europe's borders. the youngest government leader in europe meets the longest serving one and it's not just age that divides these two it's austrian foreign minister sebastien cortes sharply criticized refugee policy now however even the german chancellor favors setting a limit on migration court says that he sees other e.u. countries moving in austria's direction adopting positions he was criticized for two years ago. as in austria we made a disproportionate contribution we have the second highest number of asylum seekers relative to our population after sweden so i believe no one can accuse us of not showing solidarity. the contrary but if we want to solve the migration issue that it wo

austria's new chancellor sebastian cortes welcomed hungary and prime minister viktor orban to vienna for talks on migration chancer courts has backed hungry and other countries who oppose the e.u. migration quotas i want increased border security chances conservatives are governing in coalition with a far right party. fear in germany the country's two main political parties have made a major breakthrough in their efforts to form a new coalition government. conservatives on the center left social democrats have reached agreement on refugee family reunions refugees already in germany will be allowed to bring their families that join them but there will be a limit on the number who will be allowed to do so. later today u.s. president trump will deliver his first state of the union address laying out his government's agenda for the year so let's take a look at a couple of the key issues he's likely to address trade there it's america first a during his speech at the world economic forum in davos mr trump said the american economy remains his top priority the country was open for business

this is the news live from berlin looking to connect chancellor to chancellor sebastian cortes leaves austria and a controversial coalition with the far right can be an anti immigrant euro skeptic young leader find common ground with angela merkel on his visit to berlin also coming up catalonia as parliament reopens gearing up for more confrontation with spanish authorities could lawmakers of five hundred once again and vote exiled leader carlos boucher mom back into power we'll go live to barcelona. the irish prime minister praises the european union as the peacemaker europe still me ireland is very much in the e.u. as close neighbor britain prepares to get out. plus could hockey diplomacy end the standoff between the two korea they've agreed to field a joint ice hockey team at the winter olympics next month but despite talks other world powers want to keep up the pressure on the north. and he's one of millions of chinese rarely seen in public we look at efforts to empower the mentally disabled in china rather than hide them away. i'm going to thank you for joining us at home in aust

now at home in austria he governs in a coalition with the far right party today sebastian cortes austria's new chancellor is in berlin for talks with america is anti immigration euro skeptic stance clashes with the german chancellor courts has been a vocal critic of michael's open door policy but the two will try to find common ground on the protection of the u.s. borders ahead of his trip to berlin quite stressed that germany is an important partner for syria. temper business with monica and the ops and downs of bitcoin yeah and right now it's down sue me cryptocurrency bitcoin has been in a freefall in the last twenty four hours by the end of last year it was trading close to fourteen thousand u.s. dollars now let's remember that at the beginning of twenty seventeen bitcoin was valued under one thousand dollars but it made huge gains in the second half of twenty seventeen the cryptocurrency soared especially after trading a bit confused as began on the chicago mercantile exchange last month and now it is getting its tumbled nearly thirty eight percent off its highest point trading below

and all sure is new chancellor sebastian cortes has been meeting germany's chancellor merkel in bowling he said austria supporter of the use policy on migrants said she would be keeping a close eye on australia's actions. turning to the us now where president obama. trump is close to completing his first year in office the major feature of his presidency so far has been his poor relations with the media he's tired of a tireless lee attack the media for publishing what he calls fake news he said he was going to hand out fake news awards today but the white house has so far not confirmed whether the event is actually going to take place as part of our week marking trump's first anniversary in office our washington bureau chief alexander phenomenon has been looking at the changing life all of the white house correspondent. you are fake do the fake media is trying to silence us they are the enemy of the be. only against the fake news media or press fake fake. for the last year i have been reporting from the white house on the president who says he's at war with the media who craves positive

austria's new chancellor sebastian cortes has welcomed home gary and prime minister prime minister viktor orban to vienna for talks on migration court says he backs hungary and other countries who oppose e.u. migrant quotas and wants borders beefed up courses conservatives are governing in a coalition with a far right party. and yemen the prime minister is reportedly preparing to flee the country that as a split has opened up between forces that have been backing him soldiers too had been supporting the government have surrounded the presidential palace and even ready to force the prime minister out the government has been backed by a coalition led by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates but the u.a.e. backed faction has now turned against the government i am a civil war is effectively a proxy war with saudi arabia's coalition backing the government fighting rebels backed by iran. all right but the situation is changing on the ground rapidly and i'm joined now by nasser a journalist who is in the yemeni capital sana not said what are you hearing about the situation right now in aden