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Closer to a Coalition Deal despite failing to meet a deadline on sunday negotiations have resumed again today an agreement would move germy a step closer to a continuation of the grand coalition between chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives and the center left social democrats but there are still Sticking Points including labor law and health care and to help explain what exactly keeping them from reaching that much anticipated result chief Political Correspondent linda crane is joining us shes been following the talks so are the is the finish line in sight melinda. From what we hear from the negotiators who are in fact still working toward getting to that finish line it is in sight but it name may not be reached today there have been hope that in fact Party Leaders would be able to announce. Agreement this evening now were told the talks could go well into the night possibly even into tomorrow morning but generally were hearing some pretty optimistic statements from those involved in the negotiations pretty optimistic statements but whats the hold up. Well basically three central areas now as you remember may remember the social democrats entered into these negotiations very very reluctantly they had in fact initially said they would not enter a grand coalition once again and they held a Party Conference essentially to get approval to move forward that congress came up at the end with two basic points that they said there had to be further movement on one of them is Health Care Many many social democrats want to see the beginning of the end of what they call a two Class Health Care system meaning private insurance next to public insurance so theres a hard push from the social democratic side to for instance possibly agree on equal fees for doctors whether they treat private or publicly insured patients the conservatives have been very unwilling to go along on that so thats one of the areas where theyre down to the wire and the other one is labor law as you mentioned this to a strong push again from the left for an end to temporary work contracts unless there is a very clear reason for them to be limited in time again this is something that conservatives have said they were not willing to accept but the social democrats feel like they need at least a symbolic victory on this to present to their very skeptical base many of whom dont want to see another grand coalition so again thats another Sticking Point and finally finances and basically the question there is how did these two parties distribute the goodies so some tough negotiating still ahead right somethings gotta give did have used chief Political Correspondent in the crane thank you for your continued coverage. All right were going to shift our attention now to syria the british based syrian observatory for human rights says twenty three civilians have been killed in airstrikes on rebel held areas in damascus the bombing comes hot on the heels of an alleged chlorine gas attack and its a province said during the weekend and soon regime denies using chemical weapons but medics say seeings in the town of such a camp paint a different picture. About these horrific scenes reportedly show the aftermath of a chemical attack in northern syria. The syrian White Helmets Organization Says a helicopter dropped chlorine gas over the city of such a cab the group says at least twelve people were killed in the attached but its not possible to independently verify that figure witnesses reported a chemical smell in the air after the strike. We smelled chlorine and one of us went outside and then there was an air strike. I am sure and midnight russian jets pounded further targets throughout the province the region is under control of islamist rebel groups a number of buildings are said to have collapsed in the airstrikes like this one and the provincial capital rescue crews say at least nine people were buried in the rubble. When the. One rocket hit a seven Story Building and another one hit a four Story Building. And you know we have recovered six bodies from the rubble a child was also injured. In mount it on newman a hospital was hit and badly damaged at the bombardment comes after rebel shot down a russian fighter jet on saturday that he had missed at the u. N. Says some ten thousand people have fled the fighting in the province in recent weeks. Certain activists have not had that is in istanbul hes the host of the syria in the heart f. M. Opposition Radio Station which is highly critical of the assad regime good evening mr hood doc is there any doubt in your mind after seeing that footage that has been hit by a chlorine attack. There is no doubt in my mind and that is no doubt. This is not true some of this has been since ogust two thousand play it seen on the first and most. With the setting on the was in country side of damascus this is. Unfolding its like a human catastrophe unfolding on very slow bays and from the fall of the past seven years. What makes you so certain this time around its also clothing that was going to have what makes you certain that this is indeed a clear. And. Because in the past month and let that only fifty days i have documented at least with other groups of course its not just. On duma fifteen the twenty second on the first of ability there was also another in the south and south and on the thirteenth of january i would do it on the twenty second of january on the fourth of february thats literally yesterday this is the dog that you have documented but again this is. A continuation of the lock of spawns from the International Community but it beat the system up the violations of the seat in the gene not using. Weapons of mass destruction on you know chemical weapons or when they signed off and this could i mean what this mr i dont want to talk about the International Committee on evidence does not this is a. Set up were going to talk about the International Community in just a moment i think in the future of course but first i want you to respond to do you know who was being targeted by these by this attack. This is not the man to lead to really as many people as possible although they there is and sometimes and massive casualties of the never guys as it was but the fact that he had the ceded to dream is using is basically to skid residence and civilians nothing but civilians away from towns and villages they wish to read again from the opposition and it has worked and it is that it was the king effectively for the theater in a gym especially the russians able to veto any kind of condemnation or the resolution of the United Nations Security Council of the lets talk about the united Security Council a face for me mr dott as we speak the u. N. Security council is discussing the use of chemical weapons in syria what do you want the u. N. To do what can they do. I dont think we can call upon the United Nations Security Council anymore because it has proven at least seven times now that its able to saw all of syria and syria is not necessarily a local problem anymore its an International Crisis wed only syrian civilians are paying the price germany has seen thousands hundreds of thousands of civilians fleeing this what and they continue to flee the world but the unknown now that is a need for this decision to be taken the United Nations assembly be a respected in a way i dont think we can call up in the United Nations Security Council to do anything anymore because they fell seven times and they would veto it too to issue any thing on syria so i think the word has to be here not just the five countries and the United Nations Security Council the world has to accept an activist ive not had died in istanbul used to host a Syrian Opposition Radio Station thank you. All right were going to have to belgium now where that country is on high alert today the trial has started of the man who is believed to be the sole surviving suspect in the twenty fifteen paris attacks so lobbed islam is standing trial in brussels over the shootout with police that led to his capture he has so far refused to answer questions about the charges against him. And abuse the teri schultz is covering a solid islams trial at the justice palace in brussels and can join her right now terry to talk just a little bit about how the day unfolded in the court today. Well for most of the morning. Stuck to his refusal to speak he wouldnt even stand up when the judge asked him to confirm his identity that went on for several hours with his accomplice so if you and i are answering all the questions then suddenly obvious long decided he needed to Say Something and he stood up and said you know just because im being silent doesnt mean im guilty he said muslims never get the presumption of innocence so do not judge me now and he told the judge im not afraid of you i put my trust in allah so suddenly he has broken his almost two years of silence but thats not your cooperation ok thats not your cooperation terry so with him continuing not to really say much will this trial shed light on his motivations what led him to do what hes being accused of. Thats very much the hope certainly victims organizations along with investigators were hoping that cell of this law would show some remorse that he at least would provide some understanding of how this terrorist cell here in brussels planned the attacks and why and of course here in belgium theyre very much looking for clues on what happened later the brussels attacks of march that followed the paris attacks but weve had no such information out about to slam dunk who was in the courtroom or where their family members of victims. There were representatives of victims organizations along with Defense Attorneys a lot of journalists and some of the representative of victims organizations were quite upset by this outburst that i told you about because they said hes not helping at all with the investigation is not good shedding any light on this terror cell or what happened to our loved ones and yet he was allowed to use the courtroom as a platform for his views the other person who was upset by this was to slums defense attorney because of course if you have an articulate and opinionated obvious lie that doesnt match the defenses portrayal of him as an idiot who couldnt possibly courtney to tax time right now you mentioned already in your reporting that of the some criticized the court saying it is biased against muslims how is this trial being perceived by the local Muslim Community in belgium or in brussels specifically do they think it will be a fair trial. Where he was even more expensive than just blaming the court he was speaking in general that muslims are not given the presumption of innocence and i think that the Muslim Community in belgium has suffered a lot of stigmatisation because of of the slum of course at the same time it also harbored him he was found with relatives back in his home district of mulden back so i think that you have people who are very much worried about what this trial what this entire you know terror investigation paris and brussels says about their community at the same time they may also be feeling some sort of empathy were not sure this is the first day of the trial back in brussels and everybodys emotions are high all right teri schultz reporting on the first day of slopped islams trial at the justice palace and brussels thank you for your continued coverage. And then now and Global Markets are taking a tumble year the Financial Markets continue to fall wall street opening with further falls of close to one percent friday saw the biggest weekly losses on the New York Stock Exchange in two years and u. S. Jobs report showed a surge in wage growth spunking Inflation Fears and worries about nicks celebration in Interest Rate hikes the equities slump spreading around the world today hitting both asia and europe. Just after the opening bell in new york i spoke with our financial correspondent begins quarter i asked him how the new week is getting underway. Well right now the sell of just continue or when markets is opening here and its interesting to see because the reason why were selling off is not because the economy is weak but that because the economy is strong you already mention Interest Rates but we also see them heels increasing and what does that mean that means that it becomes more expensive for corporations to get to adapt to finance their activities so we see some inflationary signs and saw right now the market is dropping again right at the beginning by about two hundred fifty points and by the way the six hundred sixty point drop that we saw on friday at least point wise was the biggest the biggest drop since the fall of two thousand and eight so since the midst of the financial crisis i can tell its not big enough yet to call a correction but that is the word thats on everyones lips what people want to trade is theyre telling you. You know well so far theyre still rather calm because the thing is we were waiting for some kind of a pullback for quite some time the only thing missing was a trigger and now we got the trigger with the bond market right now the market is off from the highs a good five percent thats a pullback a correction starts when we see a bull big of ten percent and then were down fifteen twenty percent from the reason hides and we even talk about a bear market but thats still some way to go so looking forward a lot will really depend on how the year olds and how Interest Rates will move and that is quite a nice or coincidence that today we will get a new fed chairman Jerome Powell saw a new man on board of the Federal Reserve and then also might cause a little bit of uncertainty how his policy will look like he ends quarter for us on coincidences and corrections at the New York Stock Exchange thank you well get back to you later in the day. Also looking at a robust euro zone right now the economy expanded at its fastest rate in a decade last year the Business Outlook is solid but there are still risks. The economy of the nineteen member single Currency Union posted its highest growth since two thousand and seven before the Global Financial crisis the European Commission statistics body euro stat says annual g. D. P. Growth for the bloc went up two and a half percent that growth was largely driven by france which has a new economic impetus with emmanuel mccaw at the reins and spain which expanded by just over three percent. In the value of goods and services produced in the euro zone has been rising steadily in twenty fifteen euro zone growth rose by one and a half percent. In twenty sixteen the eurozone economy grew by one point seven percent. And last year the economy charged ahead by two and a half percent. This momentum was partly because the European Central bank in frankfurt has pursued a huge Stimulus Program slashing its main Interest Rate to zero and buying billions of euros a month worth of Financial Assets known as quantitative easing the e. C. B. Has gradually been tapering off the stimulus measures which were introduced in the wake of the financial crisis last week e. C. B. President mario dragged into that the strong euro wouldnt affect the blocks economic prospects but he said Global Factors were a wild card that could have a negative effect on the European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Pierre Moscovici said the eurozone would maintain its momentum at least into twenty nineteen but he hinted at worrying issues including a lack of investment persistently high youth unemployment and stubborn public debt. Now this next story really brings true to doing your Grocery Shopping on the fly and Indian Airport hoping to cash in on passengers he gets or skip an extra trip to the supermarket after a long flight it sells and even grows its own vegetables. Okra beans ash who are all freshly picked the vegetables are grown and harvested by hand that coach an International Airport in kerala right next to the airports Photovoltaic Panels staff get the first chance to buy the Fresh Produce whatevers left is sold to passengers but i believe. I have travelled to several Different Countries and i can see that its quite convenient and useful to get vegetables from the organic farm thats inside the airport premises itself. Could chin is the first airport in india to meet all its energy needs with solar power and a variety of fruits and vegetables are grown on forty five acres of land in between the panels thanks to Crop Management and drip irrigation. Since the water used to clean the solar panels does not contain detergent it can be used to irrigate the crops below the moisture retained in the soil by the plant roots also helps to keep the panels dust free and save the cost of the weeding the land the airports vegetable out put through to nearly eighty tons in twenty seventeen authorities now plan to extend the commercial cultivation to more vacant land at the airport. Back to labor and a german connection through pyongyangs Nuclear Ambition i berlin the head of germanys Domestic Intelligence agency has confirmed that north korea uses its Berlin Embassy to funnel a stick to Nuclear Weapons technology it. Was responding to accusations that will be broadcast this evening and a documentary on German Public Television will talk to the reporter who broke that story but first we have this report. North koreas push to develop Nuclear Weapons and Ballistic Missiles has made Rapid Advances in. Pyongyang has tested a series of Nuclear Warheads and last year it successfully tested Ballistic Missiles that could in theory reach the u. S. Mainland and its made these strides despite strict international bans on selling technology to north korea. Now german Officials Say north korea has used its embassy in berlin to flout sanctions most meaningful gun in the past weve determined that it was a base for acquisition activities that in our view serve the Missile Program and also in part the nuclear program. That north korea runs such operations is nothing new in december Australian Authorities arrested a man suspected of trying to purchase components used in Missile Technology for pyongyang and in two thousand and eleven ukraines Intelligence Service cut north korean agents seeking Missile Technology but the hardware has gotten through despite enforcement efforts when south korea recovered to spend north Korean Missile from the sea they found components from countries around the world evidence that showing young has learned how to sidestep u. N. Sanctions. And the Investigative Reporter who broke that story is close share he joins us now from hamburg congratulations on this major school what kind of equipment and technology is north korea alleged to have acquired through its Berlin Embassy. We dont talk about it be only talk about efforts or failed efforts thats what the german intelligence confirmed they were looking as germany is a high tech country they say this market is interesting for the North Koreans if it comes to dual use items they give us one example that could go into chemical weapon put preference production its called a multi gas money tour for example you can use it in to trace pollution and to to control traffic in civilized but you could also use it when you produce a chemical weapon for the emission fallout so right now how did they try to get their hands on it here in germany. Well its not that they go into a missile store and buy a missile and bring it to north korea its a long chain of traders of shadow people of middleman of companies that pretend to be someone else and thats hard to trace it down and they admit that they saved we have hints and we we track it and when we find out that its suspicious we stop it but we cannot guarantee that we find everything all right now this is not just about germany you report that countries have been unable to stop the export of technologies used by their north Korean Military around the world tell us more about that. Yeah we spoke to a former. U. N. Investigator responsible for the sanctions controls through to north korea and he he was giving us photographs with examples of these parts of missiles they found in the sea the South Koreans found in the sea and he said they were a dozen of components that came not only from china and russia but also from countries like switzerland the u. K. The u. S. South korea. Parts that should never have been exported and even from countries that have actually rigid export controls they will all trade thats what he says all right theyre all chick but what does that tell you that north korea is able to circumvent the worlds most restrictive sanctions i mean is a Nuclear Planning something the world will just have to learn to live with. Well that could be a switch or a cable but we talked to a german. Engineer who said we can we can even see engine parts that must have been brought into the country from the former soviet union area even complete missiles and he says from his knowledge he doesnt believe that a country could develop one missile after the other and have it fly without any backlash so he says its he goes so if so far that he says its all bluff and we have to talk about thanks to sanctions and whatever comes into the country that shouldnt you know right to share from air India Television thank you for spending time with us and congratulations on your scope again thank you. All right were going to the states now are the philadelphia Philadelphia Eagles have finally set their underdog status to win their first ever super bowl a forty one thirty three victory against long Time Favorites the new England Patriots and say trophy drought stretching back almost six decades well that when triggered scenes of high emotion in philadelphia as thousands of fans packed the city center to celebrate. The white is. I philadelphia finally has a super bowl after years in the shadows eagles fans are rightly making the most of the historic victory over the new England Patriots. They may have been the underdogs but the eagles went on the offensive right from the start. Their bold an adventurous game plan led by quarterback nick foles paid off tom brady and the patriots were overwhelmed the eagles selling a forty one thirty three victory you know being a part of this being drafted to philadelphia and be unfortunate enough to come back and be a part of this team to be a piece of this puzzle. I mean is there a Long Time Coming and you know i know theres going to be a lot of celebrating tonight. On the streets of philadelphia there was Bailey Branch of brave jubilant fans went wild celebrating into the early hours of the morning. I. Was just amazing just amazing at the fact that that game was the best super bowl maybe ever face yes but that was a cherry on top. There was an ugly side to the elation too however. Vandalism somewhat marring good joyous celebrations. But for the most part fans were well behaved this night will stay put and in their memories for a long time i. All right in just a reminder of the top story were following for you right now germany is edging closer to a new government as the countrys main parties in talks on forming a socalled grand Coalition Four months since an inclusive election left the country without a new government. Have course will be tracking that story for you all night only her i can believe thank you so much for spending this part of your day with us the news continues at the top of the hour. The. Endless forest. Three rivers. One city always wants to visit us all because of a special location. Out in a mountain. In the air in venice and there in farms on the explained this Cathedral City to unspoiled countryside. Next d. W. Predicting extreme weather events can prevent disasters. Weather can be capricious and rapidly turn dangerous. Scientists are trying to make me hear a logical forecasts more precise come. The latest advances in Cloud Research and cold drones can help predict the weather. Tomorrow to. Sixty minutes on d w. Your support team the smarter the d w force much of. What you want when you want it up to date extraordinary. To decide whats on sunday morning. Dot com smart t. V. Enter the conflict zone this week on conflict zone i miss them both to talk to russia come back should come but i still took his moving found be the a. K. P. She speaks. Apology on sure right and it is a close so close confidante the president is the government pursues military operations in syria and continues to crack down on civil liberties. Of his friends a conflict zone on g. W. Its known as the city of three rivers plus all in southeastern germany. This is where the danube in and its reversed meet