Im Kate Partridge and youre watching the latest headlines here at r. T. International thank you for joining us. North and south korea have just started their First Official talks in two years the negotiations are taking place in the Demilitarized Zone between the two countries that have been recent signs of progress januarys asserted saw the reopening of a cross border telephone line and the following day donald trump delayed the annual military drills with seoul until after next months Winter Olympics in south korea. Well thats now across to our reporter caleb maupin caleb hi there sorry what more can you tell us about these talks between north and south korea. Well at this point we understand the talks have begun in the shared border village in the Demilitarized Zone between the two countries now at this point its not clear whats going to be discussed we know that one agenda item will be the upcoming winter Olympic Games however at this point we have heard that south koreas a unification minister has actually talked about using the talks as an opportunity to ease the tensions on the Korean Peninsula now the tensions have been high in the recent weeks lets take a overview of recent events on the Korean Peninsula. Now at this point when it was floated the possibility of talks it was immediately jumped on by the south Korean Administration unlike their predecessors the Moon Administration has always favored a more diplomatic approach to dealing with the north now the possibility of talks came as kind of a surprise in an unexpected statement by north koreas leader on new years in his new years remarks kim jong un floated the possibility of talks with south korea this is what we heard from kim jong un in his new years statement. One glitch if the south really wants reconsideration and unity we will keep open the doors for talks contact and exchange to everyone including the south Korean Administration opposition parties groups from various fields and policies and individuals. Now at this point after it was a stablished that this dialogue would be taking place we heard from the u. S. Leader donald trump now we first heard from him on twitter and then later we heard from him in comments to the press and he said that it is his hard line diplomatic approach and his interactions with north korea that are responsible for the fact that these talks are now taking place this is trump a. Lot of people have said a lot of people have written that without my rhetoric and without my tough stance and such a stance i mean this is this is what has to be done if it has to be done that they wouldnt be talking about olympics that they wouldnt be talking right now. Here of strategic patience with the north korean regime has failed United States is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea little rocket man rocket fuel for the American Economy is a sick puppy. Now its interesting the donald trump takes credit for these talks taking place as unlike previous negotiations that have happened in the past few decades the usa does not have a seat at the table as the whole world watches the shared border village its only the two koreas that are participating in the negotiations so well all be waiting to see what happens and to hear what was discussed at this meeting its a pivotal meeting all eyes are on the Korean Peninsula and on the Demilitarized Zone where this dialogue is taking place in lieu of the upcoming Olympic Games. For two to what they have to say thank you very much thank you now human rights for ericsson one team believes the talks will reduce the risk of a military confrontation. I think its a step back from a military solution because there is no military solution it other than death and destruction of hundreds of thousands or a Million People or more in the long run both sides would benefit from peace whether there are people within each government that have an objective to maintain this conflict to maintain the battle state there probably are however you know so its hard to say put north korea into one camp however i see what can come from the talks is a type of peace. Treaty and the type of situation where these countries can learn to live in peace and thats only going to come from building relationships. Thousands of people have marched through the streets of tel aviv demanding the resignation of israels Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu due to allegations of corruption what id guess the of reports. Was. For six weeks now its release have been demonstrating against the Prime Minister the crime minister as theyve affectionately nicknamed him not just in tel aviv the capital but now growing all over israel proper and always been here for the last three years everybody is talking about him its coming up all the time to the media. There is a feeling that the government is corrupt and puts its interests before those of citizens that the. Government is corrupt ten out of them are tired i think is going to get elected again thats enough. There are two publicly known cases against netanyahu in the first his wife and he alleged to have accepted illicit gifts tobacco and alcohol from a hollywood billionaire luxurious champagne for the lady and fine cigars for the gentleman case number two netanyahu reportedly struck a deal with a major newspaper where in return for more favorable coverage he would weaken a rival newspaper using his office and powers as Prime Minister serious allegations stuff like this has put people in jail you think bebes scared if there will be recommendations by police to endure so heres a fact i doubt the public knows the vast majority of Police Recommendations in with nothing more than sixty percent of Police Recommendations are thrown out here of course denies everything just like his predecessor whod all met also denied ever taking bribes even as he was handcuffed and convoyed off to jail b. B. Doesnt care police can recommend whatever they want its only if the state prosecutors decide to act will he face trouble and he seems sure they wont they knew a year ago even before the investigation why did it take a year and a waste of time and public funds theres more of course questions about netanyahu is connections how bibis cousin ended up in the middle of a controversial billion dollar deal to buy german submarines you know how these things happen but isnt it amazing how a man can be so flippant about corruption allegations against him and so righteous about corruption allegations against him. By this bridge iranians are pouring into the streets they seek freedom they seek justice i wish the iranian people success in their noble quest for freedom and you know. This. Against other corrupted riches like you learn but you try to manipulate. Criticism against him it is really the. Government releases still months away from issuing an official recommendation on whether to try to netanyahu or not but b. B. s allies as striking back theyve passed through legislation that would be the police for making any public recommendations on whether people should be taken to court that then yahoos a survivor israels longest serving Prime Minister he has weathered and survived plenty of scandals and next time this law will make it even easier under the israeli law the Prime Minister does not have to resign even if he is indicted and even when hes standing trial only after he has been convicted in a certain District Court in jerusalem and after hes appeal has been denied by the high court which could take two years or so but this is only beleaguered point from the public and political point of view there will be a lot of pressure on him to resign or at least step aside for a while once hes indicted. New Coalition Talks have kicked off in germany want seen as angle of merkels last chance to form a majority government devoid yet another election the social democrats and the ruling christian. Pratik union will now have five days to enter into a socalled grand coalition and both sides seem confident of success forming an alliance with the social democrats is the only option left for. Previous Coalition Talks with the green party and the free democrats collapsed two months ago the political crisis is seen by some as the worst in germany for years in the sizes up chances of resolving it to put together a coalition it takes a match angle has been desperate to make any match she hoped her party could match with the greens but that plan also required matching with the d. P. Or the free democrats or rights why appear to but no its a match pop ups and go all those got it right with the green party but shes still in favor of using coal power plus her transport minister in the old government called the greens tofu that has fallen into our meat when it comes to the f d p these folks were nowhere near matching with deep divisions in how to deal with tax a solemn and environmental policies. We will not abandon our vote for a policy with which we are not convinced it is better not to govern than to govern badly so that was it for the so called to make a call that talks. One guy quit using the Coalition Building up all together but then signed up again. We are not entering a grand coalition we said this clearly in this room after the elections and we still stand by this. Time politics thats why these tools necessary to meet the great challenges facing the world europe. So angle crossed paths with park there swipe left or swipe right the conservative leader is having another go at matching with the social democrats but here again angle may find herself matchless heres why. Migration was much less of an issue in twenty third thing when agreeing on the c. D. U. S. P. D. Grand coalition was no sweat today its one of the main if not the number one issue for germans to worry about the success of the right wing force the conservative blog to get more tough on Asylum Seekers something the social democrats refuse to accept. Instead what theyd love to accept it actually push for is more integration after all the s. P. D. Leader wants to see the knotted states of europe and while angle as c. D. U. As moore has it in the very end wing of her block is turning increasingly euro skeptic you dont invite hungarys leader slash. Viktor orban to a party summit for nothing. Then theres the issue of how much to spend on the army the conservatives are seeking more military spending to reach the nato target of two percent of g. D. P. The social democrats though say thats not what germany needs if eventually these things are nuff to cause a mismatch angola merkel may end up in real trouble as the prospect of yet another election looms recent opinion polls show more than half of all germans are against merkel running again earlier we spoke to geo political analyst right now not for us who believes a rerun is much more likely than people think the trust in the Great Coalition is beginning to diminish quite considerably and german population there is already much of a majority of people calling for new elections as recent polls have shown a good negotiator would have seen much earlier one of the three or four or even negotiating parties worse why im to represent the different points that were gathered to flow in the question and obviously Angela Merkel failed at that point she did not realize how bad the situation was perceived on behalf of liberals i can imagine that work will be replaced. Even if there are new elections already in twenty eight. Vice president of the german bundestag recently said he was in favor of limiting the chancellors term in office to eight or ten years calling it the hardest job in the country and amid the Political Uncertainty some are speculating merkel may not run again if the latest Coalition Talks fail the media has already lined up potential successors. So. What is it for on the right. Well have any of you ever seen a circus with a flat roof. Are you an expert in german wine. Vending if we were the wine tell us now yes its pretty easy to distinguish between brad i am quite why. The u. S. Government has created a video game to help teachers deal with School Shootings that story and more after the break. Thats. What politicians do sometimes. They put themselves on the line. They get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president. Some want to be preached. To the right to be thats what the flag three of the morning people are. Interested always in the logs. There should. Come back the National Security agency in the United States is facing troubling times numbers of employees leaving the service are increasing dramatically a former n. S. A. Technical director turned whistleblower William Binney think staff can no longer work in the conditions the agency creates. The internally in n. S. A. See their program called see something Say Something about employees your fellow workers so theyve got the workers inside n. S. A. Watching the they other workers so that they can get their what their objective is to get somebody to tell them about someone who might be another Edward Snowden so that was the whole program thats what thats all about so im sure that that creates a very hostile you know kind of. A bad Work Environment that destroys the morale of the people do it work doing the work there i mean can you its like you were in the middle of the i was in the original program set up by the stasi to they did the same thing in east germany so i mean well when you i mean anybody who had a vendetta or some gripe against someone else could Say Something about them you know and without giving their names and just to report them for something just to get them into trouble and have difficulty so i mean that just sets up a very bad Work Environment. They have to encourage you know creativity and independence and get get get the fear of actually trying to do something out of the employee so theyre not afraid to try things i mean when you have people watching you all the time for some kind of slip up i mean that kind of that kind of makes you an inhibited that kind of says i dont want to try to do things because somebody might perceive it incorrectly and if they do and i get reported i get in trouble so you know thats thats a very bad thing for them to be doing so they need to correct that they need to they need to also out a magically audited on what theyre doing so that you know congress can really know whats happening and then people can really know and so can the Justice Department theyre doing illegal things like violating the constitution of the United States which are currently doing now. So they need to correct all of that and then that will create a better Work Environment and actually see that big get the people who are working there to see that theyre actually doing positive things. Well i mean i dont see them succeeding at stopping terrorism anyway i mean the only thing they stop for this set ups that the f. B. I. Does you know they entrap people as far as the the attacks that have really been planned by terrorists or people who are in there who are intending harm to people i mean they havent stopped this for any of them that i know of because xander general alexander former director there and claim to the Judiciary Committee in the senate that theyve stopped fifty four attacks and he was challenged by senator leahy to prove it and he couldnt prove any of them so i mean the point is the thing that theyre doing is unconstitutional illegal its crimes against the laws of the United States and they need to stop that that would change some of the way the the work and employees working there would perceive the the job and the charter and the duties inside in a say the u. S. Army on department of Homeland Security have developed a Virtual Reality training game to simulate shootings in schools its intended for teachers and First Responders helping them stay ahead of a potential tragedy. The feeling could. Well there being two hundred seventy five School Shootings in the u. S. In the past five years an average of almost want to weak this year already there have been two reported firearm incidents in schools while nearly a third of all my shooting in the u. S. Since the year two thousand have taken place in schools heres a reminder of some of the deadliest. We also two experts how effective this new School Shooting simulation maybe in helping to curb the problem. We have to really understand that we do live in a day and age when children are going to have to understand this at a younger age than we would have liked then we were probably raised with and because of that you know it is good to utilize technology in order to train them to either defend the