Crackdown on the range of muslims me and mark uses them of breaking the law and says they must now be called to account and anger grows in tunisia over rising prices and government austerity hundreds are arrested and dozens are injured after riots erupt in several towns. Its great to have you along. A long day ahead of a lot of work to do those were the only to brief the press for fear of scuppering any deal americans conservatives and the center left as social democrats have set themselves a deadline of tomorrow to find out if they have enough Common Ground to Start Formal Coalition talks. Day four of the exploratory talks between chancellor merkels conservatives and the social democrats but much remains unclear the parties have agreed on a news blackout so information about any breakthroughs is scarce us or any statements by party leaders. And ourselves not unlike god i suppose this is going to be a long day so first of all good morning for all of you and i hope that we will make some progress today because you are. The talks are scheduled to run until thursday night on friday the two sides then announce whether they intend to launch a full Coalition Negotiations however the s. P. D. Will also have to seek the backing of its rank and file Party Conference in bonn on january the twenty first at an earlier Party Conference in december delegates had already voted in favor of the current exploratory talks if the Party Conference backs full Coalition Talks the conservatives and social democrats then start a fresh round of negotiations which could take several weeks just like four years ago the social democrats will vent put a final agreement to the entire membership back in twenty thirteen they followed the Party Leadership recommendation to enter a coalition with anglo merkels conservatives so there are still a few are knowns before germany has a new government. Are all of the potus covering the talks and joins us now from our parliamentary studios in berlin charlotte those taking part in these Coalition Talks or staying very tight lipped about the progress of these negotiations what are you hearing through the grapevine how likely is it that well have an agreement by tomorrows deadline. I think its very likely that well see an agreement by tomorrows deadline by thursday night or maybe in the Early Morning hours heading into friday the every part of all the both parties see their responsibility at this point that they have to form or at least try to form a new government and the politicians taking part of the leadership of both parties they would just lose their credibility if they didnt get some kind of final result through in these exploratory talks and they have agreed on quite a few issues for example on some climate issues also on the topic of immigration there is supposed to be a new Immigration Law for skilled workers but as we just heard the tricky part really starts afterwards because Martin Schultz the leader of the social democrats has to sell the results to his party base and the grassroots is not happy about the idea of a continuation of this grand coalition we will see a Party Convention of the social democrats the delegates will have to vote there if whether to start a new Coalition Talks then we will see Coalition Talks with the christian democrats and then the social Democratic Party base is going to vote on those results so its going to be some weeks before germany will in fact if these talks are successful see a new government all right i dont want to put any words in your mouth shut up or go doesnt sound very encouraging. Well its not going to be like both parties are painting a vision for germany for what they want to change in the next four years its going to be a rather pragmatic thing its not going to be a very euphoric new grand coalition that we are going to see if these talks are successful and its really rather a forced marriage then you know a coalition that is painting a painting a vision for the next four years but they have reached agreements on quite a few issues and well see. Tomorrow night if they are acts least seeing that through if they come to a positive conclusion of these talks show pots reporting thank you. All right now i want to tell you about some of the other stories making news around the world. There has been some relief for the roughly thirteen thousand ters trapped in the swiss ski resort of their much due to heavy snowfall trains are due to resume service and later today after being cut off for two days of helicopter airlifts ongoing. Two senior british ministers have urged germany to support a deal protecting londons finance sector braggs it they used to break that negotiator has ruled out including such a deal in future talks on trade with britain and germanys government spokesman said berlin does not intend to break ranks with the e. U. On this issue. South koreas president moon has said hes willing to meet his a north korean counterpart under certain conditions moonset the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula would be his goal in any talks with the north his comments come a day after the first high level talks between north and south korea in over two years. I mean mars military has admitted its soldiers killed ten bridge of muslims back in september referring to those killed as quote terrorists is the first public admission of wrongdoing by the military since it began a crackdown on ethnic were hidden in august a more than six hundred thousand range of muslims have been forced from their homes into neighboring bangladesh by the violence that broke out in ricky in state while the admission to the murders appeared in a statement on the Facebook Page of me in mars army chief while meanwhile prosecutors in me and maher have charged two journalists from the orders news agency with violating the countrys official secrets act spied Widespread International condemnation while the pair say they were just trying to report the truth about the militarys campaign against the. Journalist milo managed to smile as the soldiers paraded him outside the courthouse but he and colleague. Seen here in a gray shirt facing serious charges prosecutors allege they collected secret documents related to the military situation retain state but according to white lawn theyre actually in jail for trying to tell the truth about whats happening in a cane or not lemme go this is unacceptable i want to tell you that they are charging us like this to stop us finding the truth their actions are wrong and unfair. And so do a bevy here youve got to get a few journalists ventured into wrecking state since last summer they are images of what the United Nations coast the textbook ethnic cleansing going on there they show a burning wrecking of villages and locals fleeing the violence. The me and my army strictly controls access to read kane state it is allowed few journalists in and and the under the conditions it sets the reuters journalists say they were there to report ethically and truthfully but they were arrested under the old laws on secrecy after visiting regain their families have been devastated by the arrests they convinced their loved ones in this and. Every minute to get out and he told me not to worry because he didnt do anything wrong. He voted for this government so to get i know he strongly believes that he will be released soon. I hope that also near the again im obligated. To sit in on the jailing of the reuters journalists as cause an outcry both inside and outside me and my colleagues gathered outside court the fear among many myanmar is stepping up its crackdown on those who try to report a great humanitarian crisis. I want to take you to me in mar now to David Greenbaum he is covering the story for do w. News in young gone a day how significant is this admission by myanmars military the fact that they were involved in the deaths of those two ten their friendship muslims yeah i mean its kind of like theyre trying theyre trying to play it on two sides here theyre egg knowledge ng that these people were killed by the military and theyre saying that theres a good missions of murder between Security Forces and villagers are not quite we clear who did what against these are row hinges but theyre also saying that these were hinges were terrorists who had threatened lucas so. It doesnt hold up a strong with the other argument that theyve been making where theres absolutely zero wrongdoing where theyve been making the thing that for months. But there again im trying to qualify by saying that theyre that these people were dangerous so. You know down rather than it really comes down to what other evidence might be coming out over time and these two reuters reporters who you were just reporting on its been widely reported for weeks that they were looking into this mass grave and we really dont know what kind of evidence those two journals have turned up so you think this admission might have something to do with them uncovering something can we expect the army to admit to more wrongdoings. I mean i think whats good thats really hard to say because of course weve got so many row hinges who fled into bangladesh more than six hundred thousand and a period of months and so many of them are coming across the border of these horrific horrific accounts of mass murder gang rapes weve got Satellite Photos of villages that have run into villages that have been burned to the ground on the flip side the military has locked out largely locked out locked down northern Rakhine State where the security crackdown has been going on so un investigators cannot get in journalists cannot get in except on a few heavily supervised. Trips where they take a watch where you go and have you can really limit your access so its really hard to say what were going to be able to be able to turn up of course are so many people trying to get you know were trying to get information through other routes but thats much more time consuming and much more difficult to get to the facts right its really hard to see whats going to come out but there are so strong evidence coming out otherwise thats why using the u. N. Call it that nic lancing right ok so the documenting of these possible human rights abuses will be very challenging i want to shift our focus back to these two workers journalists that are being charged under me and mars official secrets act this is mission by the army what effect will it have on them. You know its really hard to say right now because certainly what what what what what what so many journalists here are saying is that they believe the local journalists here that they believe that theyre trying to make an example that the government the military is trying to make an example of these two to try and warn local journalists dont dig deep in the work i dont do anything that would go against our narrative meaning the militarys narrative this or there could be repercussions. On the flip side there its not making this countrys transition look good at all and makin affect Foreign Investment and clearly the military doesnt want the Foreign Investment to stop so and theyre getting such brad press and such bad publicity and keep in mind this is really a political case the courts here are only independent in name when you talk to people who studied this court system for years they will tell you that its only independent in name that im cases that are sensitive to the military notes will get handed down through a chain that will eventually tell the judge how to handle it and really challenging situation that you to pick their day for grim by reporting from yangon thank you. All right were going to take you now to north africa where more than two hundred people have been arrested and Dozens Injured after riots erupted in tunisia one protester has also been killed while the violence is being driven by anger and government austerity measures to nisha has been praised for its transition to democracy after the arab spring in two thousand and eleven but tensions are rising over the state of the economy and hardships experienced by ordinary tunisians. Bangor new austerity measures spilling over into unrest tunisias government introduced the measures on january first and placed a strain on the pocketbooks of many tunisians. In many places demonstrators took to Looting Stores and to board a one man died possibly from breathing tear gas from police. It was seven years ago that the arab spring began here in the west tunisia is seen as an example of a Successful Transition to democracy not everyone is happy though. We had ten governments in seven years but got nothing but promises. With the kind of rapid problems are getting worse for poor people but politicians are living the high life look the same. People also took to the streets in the capital tunis as well the origin of the protests is a deal the government agreed to at the International Monetary fund to help curb rising Debt Economic reforms were introduced one result fuel prices as well as many taxes went up as of the new year. It is our right to demonstrate for a lot of people it will be more difficult to make ends meet. Thats. Discontent is growing in chinese are more protests are planned for this coming sunday the seventh anniversary of the countrys revolution. Youre watching the news we still have a lot more ahead here is whats coming up leaving a war behind just a face another kind of battle south sudanese refugees face extortion and harassment as they seek safety across the border. But first we turn to the u. S. At least fifteen people are dead and Dozens Injured after must slides hit parts of Southern California thousands have fled their homes and rescue crews are searching for survivors feared trapped its another catastrophe for the states coastal communities who have been hit very hard by recent natural disasters. They were still recovering from devastating wildfires here last month and now more destruction authorities warned residents of Santa Barbara to evacuate the area Mother Nature unleashed her fury just before dawn. For a train coming down the hill you know you could hear these boulders rolling. Yeah. I panicked i mean they were all to sleep and i was in my pants and i just said theres somebody in the driveway theres mud in the driveway thereses our familys group. Thats a survivor the second nightmare to hit the region in weeks last months wildfires destroyed vegetation on hillsides here leaving them susceptible to erosion and in this case mud slides rescue crews have been overwhelmed by the scale of the carnage. We had a very difficult time assessing the area and responding to many of those areas to assist those people. The only words i can really think of to describe what it looked like was it looked like a world war one battle for. The battlefield which some have narrowly escaped. But an uncertain number of people are still missing. Right now were going to talk a money with the band because bitcoin remains highly volatile but its not stopping investors from getting into the tech behind crypto currencies are quite interesting because theres a will theres a huge amount of hype at the moment investors a really on shorts fifty fifty with the people i speak to but as far as the Technology Goes thats a certain at least the u. S. Company kodak has Just Announced its creating a Virtual Currency for photographers called the kodak coin with it photographers can register rights to their pictures as well as market them kodak was the pioneer of instant photos which developed within minutes lost its market share with the dawn of digital photography is recovering from its bankruptcy in two thousand and twelve kodak is specialized in Digital Printing after unveiling its plans to create a new cryptocurrency shares in kodak double. Lets go over to daniel whats the story here a Photo Company is introducing its own cryptocurrency i mean can they do that. I guess they can ban and its really the case whenever you talk right now about crypto currencies and also one blog saying really the hard off investors is beating much faster in the case of kodak now theyre introducing the socalled core dot point which then photographers can use on their platform one with this they can payments they can also make sure that their pictures are under copyright law and the website is also promising that they are monitoring pretty much the traffic in the worldwide web making sure that pictures are not being used by people who are not paying for them and just explain a bit more about why the company is doing what its doing i mean sure its obviously were above shareholders while they want to make money and they want to get it again more interesting remember that the company even had to clear bankruptcy at a time because pretty much everybody right now has a camera on their smartphone so regular pictures are not anymore that famous also photo albums that theyre also selling are not really doing that well and it can really work there has been another company in the past long island i see they have only renamed themselves true long block chain after that shares off that company were tripling so i dont know maybe we should do a Company Physical and coo block chain and make also lots of money. Lots of good ideas but they tell me about the share price reaction because i mentioned before kodak has done. Is that something is sustainable do you think. Well at least for the moment shares were really