This is the w newswire from berlin tonight indonesia warning that a major volcanic eruption on bali could be imminent authorities have raised the alert to the highest level and ordered tens of thousands of people to leave the area immediately thousands of tourists are stranded also coming up in germanys bid to form a new government could a replay of the past be a fix for the future transferring of america was no urging the social democrats to rejoin a grand coalition saying the country in europe cannot wait much longer. Also on the show pope francis beginning a difficult trip to me in law hes been invited to avoid using the word were a hinge it will be in mars persecution of this Muslim Minority laid bare the limits of people power. And timing but not prince harry and his american girlfriend meghan marvel. Announce that theyre getting married early next year. Its good to have you with we begin tonight with indonesia preparing for a volcanic eruption indonesia is mourning that a volcano on the tourist island of bali may be about to blow the government has ordered the evacuation of more than one hundred thousand people from the area and has closed the islands International Airport mts agong has been rumbling since last august and is now spewing out smoke and streams of low. For the second time in three months bali is on high alert. And there is a high possibility that a bigger eruption could happen. Authours he said now extended exclusion zone to areas within a ten kilometer radius of mt crater. Over one hundred thousand local residents have been ordered to leave their homes and stay in Evacuation Centers instead. Of that my assumption that the problem was such that we are so afraid up to seeing the huge black smoke rising from the volcano. So those of us who live in the danger zone decided to leave. The. Airports in bali and lombok have been forced to close leaving thousands of tourists and business travelers stranded at. The facility because the. Fifteen minutes ago it. Never. Got that much. We got from a ship because he needs to get a ticket. So we dont know looks like the overnight. The countrys Geological Agency says the volcano is now spewing out lava and that indicates a major eruption could be imminent. And for more on this were joined now by david pyle hes a vulcan ologist at Oxford University mr pollards good to have you on the program with us tonight how precise can predictions be at this point we know that the volcano is emitting a lot and plumes of smoke does that mean that a large eruption is inevitable. I think with a volcano like. Where we only had one observed eruption. That we know about in one thousand nine hundred sixty three eruption. Its actually very difficult to tell so really the last eruption in one hundred sixty three was before the era of modern monitoring techniques and now theres a racist hatred or a of instruments on the volcano the scientists will be trying to learn what they can from these instruments but what we know really is that the passion activity in the one hundred sixty three roger was that it started like this with clouds of ash explosions that went under some weeks before the eruption and accelerated something rather larger so i think its a wait and watch it what do you look for when youre trying to predict with some accuracy on whether or not. It was about to erupt i mean it is possible for a volcano to erupt with no warning signs at all right. Thats right and i think in our case weve had quite a lot of warning from earthquakes and those are great to a peak in september to october and those are almost certainly caused by the movement of molten rock beneath us now the eruption starting so were seeing ash coming in cloud rushing erupt out of the volcano so in a way thats a barometer of whats going on just inside and the scientists on the ground trying to keep an eye on how much gas is coming out how much carbon how much sulfur theyre trying to get a sense of how big the explosion is i wish they can tell from some of the shaking that theyll be detecting on the instruments and of course there has satellite instruments to keep an eye on whats actually going on both day and night but in a way were in the point where you know there might be an increase of earthquakes before the eruption gets larger or than might be a decrease of earthquakes. The scientists on the ground we keep an eye on all of these things what do you see as the biggest danger posed by this volcano are we talking about the actual eruption itself or what would come after there you know the lava flows or even possible tsunami is created by so i think the. Pattern of the one hundred sixty three eruption has given the already is plenty of indication of what might happen during the current eruption so thats why so many people are being moved out of their communities what is an exclusion radius of between ten and twelve kilometers around so the threat right now is from these muddy ash where the ashes being deposited on the mixes with rainwater and you get a lot harder what they call in cold lava flows but one has to be quite damaging roads but once you very much reach out of those regions. Then the next things to worry about it as if the excess if the eruption accelerates its. Avalanches or. Shutting off the signs are told but when they eat the Community Serving youre not great at all being evacuated is believed to be a safe distance and safe distance is based on what was observed during previous eruptions so either. By minute sort of impact or. Not yours at least will be minimised through the night you ation ok david pyle joining us tonight from Oxford University with this story of what is being called an imminent eruption organic eruption in indonesia tonight mr paul thank you very much thank you thank you were here in germany we have been here before german chancellor Angela Merkel wants to start talks on trying to forge a government a new government with the social democrats the s. P. D. Is the party that has shared power with americas conservatives for the past four years in whats known as a grandfather allusion as recently as last week the leader of the social democrats martin told had ruled out any role in the new government but now he is signalling that there may be a reason to toll. Unless its to make another go of it her conservative party the c. D. U. Has decided now that Coalition Talks with the probusiness free democrats and the greens have collapsed to try and build a stable German Government with the social democrats that i think it maybe all the parties are asking themselves what is important for the people put the capacity to act on a european scale in Foreign Policy and when it comes to solving problems. Merkels new wish is another grand coalition with the social democrats s. P. D. Party chairman Martin Schultz is a little more careful as he approaches these negotiations it might work out but it might not anything could happen. Look each of us opinion it is possible that germany ends up with a constellation of governing partners that have never before worked together in a coalition we should not be afraid of this this could mean tolerating a minority collision led by merkel or possibly a grand coalition its up to the german president steinmeyer to explore the options of how the government building process will continue now that merkel and schultz have each held talks with steinmeier the next step is for all three to meet this will happen on thursday in Bellevue Council and after that the two parties could continue talks without the president trying to sneak in them could if the meeting with the german president doesnt turn into a scene of stress and argument then i would say that it would be a good idea to hold these talks. Because president. On america will also wants to enter the negotiations wholeheartedly and without preconditions. If we know that there are important points that we think are very significant when it comes to the question can germany master the future but we also know that these talks always demand compromises. Hopefulness that. Finding Common Ground with the s. P. D. Wont be easy one problem off the bat is that the social democrats youth branch categorically rejects a coalition with merkel shes also not well liked by the s. P. D. Party base and they are the ones who have to make the final decision. Well theres a limit grants and miracles conservative c. D. U. Theyre already having some trust issues and thats because of something that happened in brussels today helen is here with though just still is started already brant there was a very tight vote on the use of the controversial weed killer lifeless eight eight in brussels today not caused some of that into Party Control to see that weve been seeing as well will countries ends up extending its license off to germany surprisingly voted in favor of us despite Environmental Concerns now germany social democrats environment minister accused the conservatives of going against her wishes saying germany should have abstained as we report Member States have been arguing about the weekend for months. Protesters were out early this morning in brussels demonstrating a tug of war between competing interests fighting for the future of the controversial read killer in europe but the European Commission finally approved the use of life to say for another five years critics maintain the chemical is dangerous. Over all days like a major scientific and medical issues that are not totally like him a seen evidence of all day impact on the environment but also we are growing least seen like a huge body of evidence independent evidence linking deficit with concert. The World Health Organization says there is evidence that lifeless aid is probably carcinogenic other research including that of European Health authorities is inconclusive. Life oh say has been used in the Industrial Production of food worldwide for so long now that few in the agricultural business can imagine life without it but critics maintain there are other chemicals that have the same benefits but fewer drawbacks. The only thing that most people can agree on is that life was saved is the active ingredient in monsantos roundup products and that the brand is one of the key sources of revenue for the u. S. Company. That is for you know correspondent Catherine Martins in brussels and now catherine it like to say storys been going on for years youve been covering it during that time did this fresh license come as a surprise. Well as observer of service in brussels we knew that there was always a slight majority of program life aside there were a lot of countries like scandinavian countries Eastern European countries very program for sale so the majority of Member States all educated the guy was a case that was not a surprise but that the fact that the key swing vote came today from germany of this is quite a surprise and we only can assume because there was in the German Government they verge of bidets over that question the conservatives for a program for side and the s. P. D. The social democrats were against so today obviously the conservatives wanted to use this kind of window of opportunity to get this deal done to get to keep it on the market and to kind of overall the the social democrats and just send a clear message to the german industry in the context that the chemical giant buyer is a barge to strike a deal with monsanto which uses glaive as it so it would be a huge market with a location in germany and obviously the conservatives in the acting government very keen not to miss that opportunity catherine as you point out germany voting in favor neighboring france against can we expect president mccall to accept this defeat. Well the president the french president has a very clear position on glaive as. They really wanted really a ban on life aside and he already announced that he will try to get it down to three years and by the way in legal terms this is totally possible national a Member States can restrict vision to soft life as aid if they want to only for their member state and so there is indeed this was really the core of the deadlock we had for two zeros that france was against and germany war is always. Abstain in the vote because there was no clause clear position in berlin and now the fact that germany. Kind of made the qualified majority possible shows that france had not enough power finally to get life as a ban from the European Markets and very briefly catherine farmers and Chemical Companies are only seeing this is a partial victory why is that what the best Case Scenario for farmers would have been fifteen years more of life to say it this would have been really the best Case Scenario that that would have meant really a solid. Expectation a solid legislation in terms of supply chains for us sellers across the European Market five years as more a transition period in order to get Research Research done for another week killer Katherine Martins in brussels thank you the founder of the bankrupt european drugstore chain schleck a has been let off relatively lightly but not his children a for trying to anton schleck has collapsed company has wrapped up a german Court Sentencing the seventy three year old tyco tycoon to a two year suspended sentence for embezzlement but his children and micah two year prison terms. Its like a brand is well known across europe the companys week and checkout operator at fourteen thousand stores in thirteen european countries. A portrait of a selfmade german multimillionaire hung in every branch of what was once one of the biggest family dynasties in germany. Now courts in stuttgart has given the businessman a suspended prison sentence of two years and his children lars and micah slicko go straight behind bars for nearly three years it comes down to the money once it became clear to the his company would go bankrupt him moved around sixty Million Euros in the Company Money that the court says belonged to the drugstore chains creditors some of that money went to a Logistics Company that belonged to his children they siphon millions from the Logistics Company before declared bankruptcy but angelica got a lighter sentence. Thats because like his frog didnt amount to as much financial damage as his childrens their fraud cause damages worth six point one Million Euros in total so they were given longer sentences than their father. The bankruptcy rocked germany because over twenty five thousand low skilled workers were left without jobs as investment declined and the stores became rundown only desperate customers which shop there. I have a job right now for more on a papal visit to a troubled region and thats right helena thank you pope francis has met with me and mars powerful army chief in an unscheduled meeting at the start of his historic trip to the country now less than one percent of me in mar identifies is catholic and francis is making the first ever papal visit there to encourage growth in this Small Community hes also expected to use meetings with the countrys civilian and religious leaders to highlight the refugee crisis hundreds of thousands of me in marvs Muslim Minority face persecution in violence many hope that the popes visit will highlight their plight. Papal souvenir is on sale in front of the st marys cathedral in young gone. This is the popes first visit to me and. Christians are a minority here just like the muslim or hindu who for months have been fleeing persecution in the countrys west its a sensitive topic that threatens to overshadow the popes visit when we have so many conflicts in our country i hope the pope brings peace and strength for the christian minority. He shouldnt bring up the road. That would just anger the buddhist majority here they dont want him to get involved. So i think its ok if he just makes a general reference to the situation and that everyone should have equal rights. And they move well known many catholics are afraid of being discriminated against just like the right to injure. People refer to the Muslim Minority as bengali or Illegal Immigrants from bangladesh even mentioning that woodrow hinge or as the pope often hence is considered taboo. In the world himself his boss not only request that he was not to expect this work because in this time of history that something on one of the consequences may have been so he lost face forces possibly lost last week me and mine bangladesh signed an agreement stating that for him to refugees will soon be repatriated back to me and. The details of the agreement however remain unclear advocacy groups for the british people say the agreement is too vague for just the monitors that should be involved and involve them so that the donkeys. That it will get their citizenship. Is that get us a patient and a future. But the question remains how political can the pope be and me and ma and how much moral authority can he show because he wont want to offend the countrys deeply buddhist population. Were talking about that a little bit later on in the day. Syrian Government Forces have intensified their push to take the last major rebel stronghold near the capital damascus reports say at least eighteen people were killed in your strikes today eastern huta that has been under siege by Government Forces since two thousand and twelve the United Nations says the area is already suffering acute Food Shortages early results from honduras his president ial election showed a lead for the leftist challenger salvador. With just over half of the votes counted he has a five point edge over incumbent president one orlando and on this the final result is expected to be close both candidates have already declared victory humans have been voting in local elections designed to begin the process of choosing a successor to president raul castro he says that hell step down in february the next president will be the first person outside the castro family to leave cuba in sixty years one Christmas Markets opened across germany today with increased security concrete barriers have been erected around the berlin market that was the scene of a terrorist attack last december when an islam is militant drove a truck into the crowd killing twelve people on police will also be present at Christmas Markets this year. Prince harry and his american girlfriend meghan marco have confirmed months of speculation and announce that they will marry next year you know harry is fifth in line to the british throne meghan marco is an actress best known for her role in the u. S. Drama suits of the couple only met last july a bit harry told reporters in london it was love at first sight. Finally after weeks of speculation the secret is out the prince and his fiance posing for the media and what will be their guardian. The couple began their relationship in twenty sixteen but kept it under wraps for months. Markel is a thirty six year old american actress best known for her role in the t. V. Drama suits the royal family has given its blessing to the two an embrace to marco a mixed race divorcee who attended a Catholic School for many its proof of how much the monarchy has modernized over the years. In the one nine hundred fifty s. Queen elizabeth sister margaret had to give up her true love because he was a divorcee she married someone else two decades earlier king edward the eighth abdicated his throne for a twice divorced american royal watchers see the household attitude towards marriage has changed tremendously. After america. Divorced woman and i think people look at him and. Remember Princess Margaret and then turn and the sad. Sad life unlike royals before them prince harry and Meghan Markle have found a less rocky road to happiness the pair are expected to tie the knot sometime next spring. Well the couple were just given their first interview together the first question how did harry popped the question. Happened a few weeks ago. This month here at our cottage stands as typical not there on the scene i was redoing just roosting to go to missing something funny i was trying this is sick and it was just that just an amazing surprise it was so sweet and unnatural and error mantic he got on with me because its an instant yes for me yes is not perfect i could barely let you finish proposing is going to say yes you do never let me finish this you think of him and those hugs and i have the ring in my finger as i type and i give you the run your voice the written so that i resign it was a really nice my was just the two of us and i think i managed to catch a concert by surprise as all of this is how long often just let it be the un have to do little bit more than just bug the boss about the whole thing which for most people would be quite a whirlwind is that how it felt. I dont think that i would call it a whirlwind in terms of our relationship obviously there been layers attached to help public it has become. After we had a good five six months almost with just privacy which was amazing. But no i think we were able to really have so much time just to connect and we never went longer than two weeks without seeing each other even though we were obviously doing a Long Distance relationship so. We made it work how did you first meet. Us we first met ministers actually by mutual friend. We will we should protect our privacy at a time sort of surreal to much of that. But it was it was that it was through her and then we met once and twice but its about two dates in london. Last july yes but in july and. It was i think about three maybe four weeks later about a minister persuaded to come and join me in botswana and we i mean we camped out with each other under the stalls and we spent some kind of joy for five days all that which was i was in fantastic sight then we were really by ourselves which i thought which was crucial to me to make sure that we had a chance to to get to know each other with a friend who introduced her was she trying to say you love yes it was definitely set up blind dates and its so interesting because we talk about it and now and even then i you know because im from the states you dont grow up with the same understanding of of the royal family and so while i now understand very clearly theres a global interest there i didnt know much about him and so the only thing that i had asked her when she said she wanted to set us up was i had one question said was he nice because it wasnt kind it just didnt it didnt seem like it would make sense and so we went and had it that for a drink and then i think very quickly into that we said would. Tomorrow which is much needed or isnt on as mid again when it was not right radio diaries and find out how were going to make this work because i was off to africa for a monkey she was working and we just the right was wasnt out on the dock and to me the perfect place. For the royal love birds are right his reminder the top stories that were following for you there are fears that this volcano is about to blow in bali forty thousand people have been evacuated to safety and the airport on the indonesian island has been closed calls and travel chaos. After a short break ill be back to take you through the day. Of the six Million Deaths the brutal reality. A trial against the perpetrators disturbing fiction but the congo tribunal is a film about the bloody battles to the d. R. Congos Natural Resources director milos brown screened his work in the conflict zone itself and made an incredible Impact Global three thousand and sixty minutes d. W. 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