A bitter pill. Also coming up pope francis breaks his silence on the plight of the ropin job calling for decisive International Action on the refugee crisis has been a celebrating an outdoor mass in bangladesh for more than six hundred thousand warheads are now living after fleeing from violence in myanmar. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us today sees a key meeting of germanys social democrats as they edge towards joining talks for a new Coalition Government germanys president has been pushing to get a chance long americal and social democrat leader martin shields to break the deadlock over forming a new government and they met last night at the president ial palace in berlin with discussions lasting more than two hours chancellor merkel has been trying to. Put together a government since i mean election on september twenty fourth the social democrat leader Martin Charles had earlier ruled out forming another coalition with merkels party but pressure is building on him to reconsider his position. And hes all over salad has been following the latest for us he joins us in studio hi oliver so Martin Schultz hes meeting with leaders from his party and were expecting a statement from him in about an hours time what do you think do you think that hes going to get the green light from his party to go into these exploratory talks as theyre called now thats want to the whole country is basically a waiting for right now for this statement here of his decision really will he go ahead into these exploratory talks its a very exciting moment in german politics i have to say and its also an historic situation because it was the first time that the federal president of germany whos impartial had to step in on that scale and really like invite all Party Leaders into his office is there a trial spill view last night it was the turn of the two largest party. Of the conservatives and the social democrat says Martin Schultz is this party and so now its all eyes on his decision will he go ahead and announce these exploratory talks on the lot no matter what he does there is no guarantee that these talks will automatically lead into another grand coalition because first of all he will then have to ask the party base to decide on that step and hes very much under pressure himself because he has held accountable for an historic election defeat as well and the challenge is now to sell this decision whatever its going to be to his party base next week and all eyes are on him right now in germany simply wants to know is he in or is he out what are you expecting from that Party Convention next week where s. P. D. Party delegates will meet and martin shows us that they will get the chance to vote on whether they want to enter another coalition with chancellor merkels party. Yeah thats right because it would be a u. Turn for him he would certainly have to sell this you would certainly put a price tag on this and with this price tag sort of like pushing for and tempting to push through certain social democratic policies like demolishing the jewel Health Care System for instance policies that are very unpopular to demolish for the conservatives for Miracles Party so with this price tag he might then go to his party base especially young social democrats are very much posing this move of this potential move of going back into into the government they think the social democrats have suffered a big deal from being their junior partner all fundamental c. D. U. Party and he will now have to try to convince them its everything but clear that this is going to be the case. Over salad following the latest developments for us out here in berlin all over thank you very much moving on to some other news now an emergency plan has been drawn up at a summit of european and African Leaders in the ivory coast and response to the shocking reports of slavery actions in libya the emergency measures will see the evacuation of nearly four thousand people stranded there but the African Union says there could actually be as many as seven hundred thousand migrants trapped in libya a good number of them at the mercy of the highest better. French president among them a current let the way by saying that migrants should be hauled to leave libya as quickly as possible delegates from the african and European Union summit in ivory coast agreed on an action plan and a crisis meeting on the sidelines of the summit it involves increased spending on setting up a task force to facilitate the rapid repatriation of migrants. Next year the stimulus we must act quickly we must evacuate those who are willing to help them get back to their home countries. Mccall was talking about people like adam from ivory coast adam was abducted on his way to europe by people traffickers in libya and sold on many times you know often we dont see ms and. They look at us and a house was up and then someone gave me a telephone to call my mother he took a knife and cut my leg. While i was screaming he kept shouting i want money i want money cut my leg again and again want to cried cause youve been with us. In the end Addams Family paid a ransom of five hundred fifty euros two weeks ago he was flown back to ivory coast by the International Organization for migration. The Organization Plays a central role in the new action plan it is tasked with bringing the migrants home but according to regional director martin ashram many parts of libya are too dangerous for her workers without the help of the military. Who may have access to detention facilities around by the Libyan Government in the north of course it remains challenging security is still a difficult issue even in those areas. So the logistics of these of these operations are quite quite complex however participants in the summit have promised to start implementing parts of the action plan in the coming days according to mussa faqih chairperson of the African UnionCommission Thousands of my brits in libya have already been identified. That there is no we havent convinced our International Partners in europe and the United Nations to repatriate three thousand eight hundred people immediately with the help of a task force and. Libya is the only nation delegates were able to agree on there was no resolution on what was meant to be the main goal of the summit developing a new strategy to help africas youth expectations have been high but it seems africas most vulnerable have been left out in the cold. Lets bring indeed abuse yon Philip Schultz has been a covering that summit for us and obviously on how young philip we heard there about this emergency plan to rescue people who have been in slave in libya how realistic is this plan. At the moment its very difficult to say if this emergency plan will be successful we heard delegates say that they want to rescue about three thousand eight hundred migrants in libya in the next weeks but we have to keep in mind that we are talking about four hundred thousand or even seven hundred thousand that are still in libya at least those are the numbers from organizations on the ground and a lot of them are trapped in horrible conditions and a lot of them are more than willing to come back home and rescue operations on the ground very Difficult People that those operations say that a lot of areas simply too dangerous and they need a lot of military backing for its but this aspect the military aspect has not been mentioned in the emergency plan you know these reports that weve seen emerge about slave markets has actually changed the flow of people into libya are migrants not trying to move north through other routes. All right it looks like weve lost our connection to our correspondent young fellah charles who is reporting there from. For us well try to get him back a little bit later in the in the day moving on to some other news now. An argentinean Argentinas Navy says it has given up all hope that the forty four man crew of a missing submarine will be found alive after its to locate the vessel will continue in the ocean of argentinas coast know its believed an explosion on board caused a submarine to sink more than two weeks ago riot police in honduras have clashed with supporters of the main opposition candidate in the president ial election after he accused the Electoral Court of fraud delays in releasing results from sundays election have race suspicions a vote manipulation was ninety three percent of ballots counted incumbent president won or london and a slim lead. A panel chaired by japans Prime Minister shinzo abi has agreed on a date for the countrys emperor to abdicate akihito will step down on april thirtieth two thousand and nineteen with his eldest son the crown prince no he told taking the throne its the first abdication in nearly two centuries ago he is eighty three and in poor health the Worlds Largest lithium ion battery has begun feeding power into south australias electricity grid the American Tech Company that built the battery tesla says it can power thirty thousand homes for up to an hour now pope francis is in bangladesh where he has praised the country for giving shelter to were henge are refugees fleeing man mark he broke his silence on the muslim minorities plight by calling for Decisive Action to stop what the u. N. Calls ethnic cleansing the popes visit though was aimed at reaching catholics in bangladesh in the capital dhaka he led an open air mass for a crowd of tens of thousands. Even though catholics make up less than one percent of the population it felt like most of them had turned up here during mass the pope ordained sixteen new bangladeshi priests thats a sign of the relative freedom the church enjoys here but this freedom cant be taken for granted christians are often persecuted in this region which is why for fear of their safety francis has walked a diplomatic tight rope over a growing humanitarian crisis more than half a Million People have fled here to escape persecution in neighboring myanmar these range of muslims arent even recognized in that country forcing the pope to balance diplomatic niceties with his moral imperative. On thursday after meeting bangladeshs president used his shop his language yet on this trip and avoided identifying the ranger by name. Its imperative that the International Community takes decisive measures to address risk grave crisis not only by working to resolve a political issues for have led to this must displacements of people but also by offering immediate material assistance to bangladesh in its efforts to respond effectively to urgence human needs. Francis wont be visiting this refugee camp close to the Myanmar Border instead eighteen refugees from here will be brought to meet him in dhaka. And did abuse south asia experts just returned from a journey to bangladesh she joins us in the studio hi sandra you did visit some camps in bangladesh what was your impression of the situation i mean the sheer scale go to me is so mind blowing we had a drone with us and we were inside the camps walking there we started the drone and literally when the drone went up you could see the vast proportions but you dont really you know see when youre on the ground with the people and the camps are still growing by the day at the peak of time there were like fifteen thousand new entries every day now were down to seven hundred two at times one thousand five hundred but still its massive and the camps are growing by the day that was the impression we had in the senate area and Living Conditions are quite disastrous you can see that scale in those pictures we see here this is your drone footage that you brought back now the catholic minority in bangladesh its also been under immense pressure how important is the popes visit for them of course they are hoping for reassurance for a message of global peace religious peace inside the country bangladesh is a country with huge issue is it was founded nine hundred seventy one when it gained independence from pakistan as a secular state but security is increasingly under pressure in bangladesh and of course that means. That the christian minority less than one percent fewer its this pressure and just before the pope arrived in the country there was a Catholic Priest forcefully disappeared thats what most people think its still very unclear about his whereabouts whether he was taken by maybe extremists or by other forces in the country who have very recently a tech minorities and the christians of course are part of this minorities in the country what about other minorities then are they sharing similar experiences i mean if you just think back off the last couple of years we have seen murders of bloggers of atheists of people openly identifying themselves as being secular we have seen attacks on hindu priests hindus being the biggest religious minority in the country so yes there has been a rise of intolerance inside bangladesh and that test basically mean that you know people belonging to minorities or identifying themselves as other than mainstream muslim faith in the country have been under threat and have been openly attacked what about the ranger refugees many of them are in the camps in the southern part of the country in coxs bazaar what do you think they are hoping to hear from the pope i mean most of them actually that we spoke to them they didnt really know the pope but then we explained to them look hes an important figure hes a religious leader hes a messenger of hope and peace and then they said please tell him this must stop and the sense that we got from there were huge are refugees is their only longing to go back to their home country because Rakhine State is the only home they really have ever known but then i also spoke to an eighteen year old young woman heavily pregnant im sure she has given birth i know and she said look before i go back id rather not because she was so terrified about the experiences she had witnessed whether its looting and burning of villages women being raped people being literally shot and chopped to death is bangladesh. Really able to support this community i mean look at what happened to germany having a refugee influx of one Million People now in the last three months bangladesh had witnessed an influx of refuse six hundred thirty thousand and that brings the overall number of refugees and the country to over a million its still a rather poor country and of course bangladesh alone is not able to support this influx so it needs the help from the International Community and thats also where pope francis of course is coming in he has made the appeal to the International Community to step in and also look for a political solution tito views asunder president just returning us from reporting in bangladesh thank you for sharing your insights with us under youre watching news still to come the countdown to next years football world cup in russia begins excitement is growing out of todays draw for the tournaments. But first its been more than three months now since air berlin declared bankruptcy and a guard there still controversy over who gets the spoils thats right and this is why i love towns is meeting with the e. U. Competition commission over its partial takeover of beilin today e. U. Regulators are concerned about what lufthansa as bulk purchase would do to ticket prices and competition now British Airways own i. A. G. Is once again considering bidding on abol lynn subsidiary the austrian ally and nicky taking advantage of the pushback close is facing from competition authorities both times i want eighty one aircraft and the associated landing rights for a Purchase Price of two hundred ten million euros. Now my colleague brandegee that is following the talks and joins us now from brussels bound what is the commission worried about. Negative s. To the commission of how competition is concerned. Might gain too much market share and even a monopoly on certain routes in europe in germany this may affect one hundred drugs especially coming from. Billiton and the ticket prices there are already going up twenty six to thirty nine percent on average the ticket prices have risen since aberdeen stopped flying to these cities about sixty thousand seeds a day missing and loved ones is taking advantage of that and asking for more money and now loved ones is offering two of two to say we dont want all these slots for lending and studs which are attached to the eighty one carrier planes you mentioned that is if that is enough we dont know the commission is now fourteen days to decide whether loved ones a can do the deal or not mrs vesta can hand nice Christmas Present to lift on to ok the deal but you can also say i need ninety more days to prove and check this and this is much more likely tons as also offering not to buy nicky the holiday carrier which is attached to evelyn and they are others who want to buy that but if this is enough to ok the deal we have to wait and see and now we have fourteen days more to wait bentley in brussels thank you. And in case you missed it the oil price is above sixty dollars again and opec wants it to stay there at least thats the aim of the latest deal agreed in vienna on thursday the organization of Oil Exporting Countries will keep the pumps on low revs extending a cap on global supplies for the next nine months saudi arabia believes the market has yet to rebalance and warns it is premature to talk about exiting the cuts at least for a couple of quarters due to an arrest in libya and lower than normal production in nigeria opec members also decided to limit nigerias output but have yet to agree a cap for libya now to china is not an opec member but the sixth Biggest Oil Producer in the world and the countrys Largest Energy group now says it has discovered a vast new oil field in chinas northwestern reaches after more than a decade of Exploration ChinaNational Petroleum corporation reported the discovery of an oil Field Holding about five hundred twenty Million Tonnes of proven proved reserves in the bason located in the province of genea state News Agency Source said on friday the company also said it had increased its Production Capacity in the region by almost one point four Million Tonnes last year. After weeks of stunning gains bitcoin is tumbling now the Virtual Currency has been all the rage lately inspiring ever more investors to jump on the bandwagon just this week the price hit a record high of over eleven thousand three hundred dollars but since then bitcoin has lost over twenty percent of its peak value reaching a low of nine thousand dollars its recent volatility has prompted warnings from prominent investors bitcoin is well into the bubble territory. Now one typically german food is actually at her kitchen vention the done a kebab its a sandwich filled with meat salad and a garlicky source you can find among almost any city street across germany but the turner days may be numbered because the meat is being held together together by phosphate and the e. U. Is considering banning phosphates indunas that plan ask. In a spin. But re stone mezzo owns a journal shop in the busy mitten neighborhood of berlin he does a Good Business here but kabob shop owners around germany are up in arms about a new e. U. Regulation that would ban phosphates from germany. Stuff and also said i expect a small bit of damage to our business. But im convinced that the journey is a stablished enough to survive it. Its trendy its part of berlin so i think what is small issue will not be the end of the journey kabob. He started by talking with us and you know the. Recent Health Reports have linked phosphates to cardiovascular disease but the kabab industry says phosphates are needed to keep the meat juicy and consistent but dont miss the shop wont be directly affected by the ban he doesnt use meat containing phosphates. We only use one hundred percent of rio and no minced meat. And his customers are happy without phosphates to. The standard doesnt even have phosphates and because its not made of means i eat thats why i eat my dinner here and not somewhere else and do it all in one place without phosphates germanys favorite guilty pleasure might just get a little bit healthier. Than. That nothing wrong with that and today is a crucial day for football fans thats right ahead theres only about two hundred days left till of the world cup kicks off in russia next year and tonight the competition groups will be decided by the luck of the draw at a star studded ceremony in moscow to get us and we sure when has been out gauging the mood among russian fans. Its minus seven degrees celsius in moscow but that doesnt stop the amateur football team. They play at least once a week no matter what the weather. Alex on the morrow he has been playing with the team for two years hes a School Sports teacher but on and off the pitch soccer has always been his passion. Here in russia football is the game of the people you have to strike shoot beautiful goals we may not be at the world cup but we definitely try to play an elegant game over seven hundred thousand tickets to the world cup in russia have already been sold so far about half of them have gone to the countrys own fans including alex on the. List there are reminders of the Upcoming Event daughter across moscow even a countdown to the kickoff. And the majority of russians feel positive about hosting the world cup this coming year. Because its in the crowd its a good thing of course a lot of tourists a lot of guests will come and were always happy to have guests. Its a serious major event and i know that a lot of people are already buying tickets online people here are definitely looking forward to the world cup. The world cup has given a boost to the infrastructure of cities like rust. And wonderful stadiums have been built now the guests just have to arrive. To. The city of moscow has been feverish lee preparing as well investing one and a half billion euros to improve pedestrian zones and roads. In cooperation with the city has even given one of its metro trains a make over it will be spreading the soccer spirit across moscow until the end of the world cup. But alexander and his team mates. Wont be needing any encouragement when it comes to the soccer spirit today theyre watching a game at a teammates local bar. Alexandre has been an avid football fan since he was six hell of course be back in his home team at the world cup and will be watching the draw closely. With the hosts so the main thing is for us to at least come in first or second in a group we hope that the russian team will end up in an easy group the whole country is hoping for an easy group. The Russian NationalTeam Currently has the lowest ranked of all the world cup participants but no matter who wins fans like alexandre can still enjoy a month of the beautiful game. Surely reporting there now investigators in the hague are looking into how a convicted war criminal was able to bring a deadly chemical into a u. N. Courtroom on wednesday former Bosnian Croat general slobodan project took his own life by drinking the substance after his guilty verdict was upheld in bosnia and croatia the response to his death has been mixed. Hundreds of person in crowds gathered for a candle lit vigil in central must one of the keep battlegrounds during the former yugoslavia as years of civil conflict they came to mourn a man the International Community called a convicted war criminal for his one time comrades the former general slobodan was nothing short of a war hero who gave his life for an ideal it was in order to know such a man he was a true soldier just like all of us he fought for creation we never attacked anyone we were defending our homes i was defending mostar my city i have taken in shocking scenes on wednesday drank poison and shortly after the judge at the International War crimes tribunal confirmed he would serve a twenty year sentence he later died from the effects of the poison and for other persons his action confirmed his guilt. I think this was an act of a coward he couldnt face the truth with a verdict he shouldnt have done that but the court has confirmed all the allegations that is a war criminal. 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