Or has the nerve to miss the point of. No more charges to journalists with violating the countrys official secrets act the pair say they were trying to reveal the truth about the military crackdown on work him to muslims. Also on the show theyve fled war and starvation hoping that life across the border is better these are some of the one million refugees seeking an escape from civil war in south sudan but they face new threats outside the country we have an exclusive report. And mudslides in Southern California leave at least thirteen people dead and carb a path of destruction through coastal towns already ravaged by wild. Hello im terry Martin Thanks for joining us. Political parties here in germany say they still have much work to do an exploratory talks about forming a new governing Coalition Leaked reports suggest and americas conservative bloc and the social democrats have reached agreements on Climate Policy and migration but the social democrats leader Martin Schultz refused to comment as he headed into todays negotiations all parties have agreed to a news blackout ahead of thursdays deadline if they Reach Agreement by then the next step will be entering full coalition told us. Well for more on those coalition exploratory talks lets bring in our parliamentary studios here in berlin and barbara vessel in brussels the first to you. How are these talks go and do you think that the delegates to these talks are going to be able to strike a deal by to morrows deadline. Well thats a big question i mean the deal that were talking about would just be an agreement to actually then enter more detailed talks in talking about actually going ahead and forming a coalition together so this is green on the very beginnings of this martin chills the s. P. D. That we saw in those pictures that he said that they said he had a joint interest to make this work well no kidding i mean he was quoted last week by german daily build saying that if this doesnt really come together his political future could be on the line so could actually the political future of german chancellor Angela Merkel has been credited with the stability that germany so represents within the European Union but certainly there is growing impatience here in germany to actually get a government together and a brussels to has a lot of projects it would like to tackle with germany that can actually decide things well lets go over to barbara in brussels so its been more than three months since the election barbara could be easter before czerny finally gets a government what impact is germanys current lack of Political Leadership having on only e. U. So far the impact hasnt really been very strong because we have to see this is a big machinery and it keeps turning and clanking on the administration works on as if Nothing Happened however part of that is of course that no Big Decisions had to be made since october the talks for instance were just sort of evolved to divorce arrangements and there was no a particular political struggle behind that everybody was pretty much on one page however that is going to change now as were beginning to think about euro zone reforms the pet project of cuomo and as michela said we need a government in berlin that can make decisions actively and not just sort of be a bystander and so nothing can really go on if they didnt doesnt get its stuff together relatively soon became a both camps because spending in these talks the conservatives and social democrats they were published at the polls in september some analysts say that their losses were a direct consequence of being in the coalition with each other or the parties running a huge Political Risk if they reenter that coalition. One it is a risk but its a lot sided one german chancellor Angela Merkel really has no other mathematical option if she wants a Majority Coalition in the german in the stock and the social democrats who initially had ruled out once again going into this socalled grand coalition are entering these talks reluctantly but this is by no means popular at the party base and thats the real crunch here whether the s. P. D. Party base will in the end vote in favor of the continuation of the current grand coalition it will have the final say on this and finally barbara if these talks in berlin fails some say will be the end of chancellor merkels political career is brussels prepared for such a change in berlin have a muslim in brussels will have palpitations because you have to consider terry that many people here havent known any other german leader other than america and also people have come through so much with her the the eurozone crisis we saw the greek crisis we saw the ukraine crisis to name just a few and so that would be the end of an era people have become accustomed to her since her style of government and basically there would be a strong disorientation if i were to leave her post Barbara Basler in brussels may kill a cook not here in berlin thank you both very much. Say look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today in tunisia two petrol bombs were thrown at a synagogue during unrest over price increases and new taxes no injuries were reported but the building suffered some damage demonstrations are up to earlier this week in several parts of tunisia and one protester has been killed. South koreas president moved in on has said he is willing to meet his north korean counterpart kim jong un under certain conditions moon said denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula would be his goal in any talks with the north is comments came a day after the first high level talks between north and south korea in two years. And former white house chief strategist steve benen is stepping down as chairman of Breitbart News after drawing fire from President Donald Trump over remarks published in a new tell all book about trump man and was a key in but mentor of the white party Media Venture which is known for publishing conservative and sometimes provocative content. French actress Catherine Deneuve has criticised the me too movement for going too far saying men should feel free to make advances towards women in an open letter published in france the new warned of a new puritanism as a result of the recent surge of Sexual Harassment scandal its the actresses among one hundred women including journalists and intellectuals who signed a letter which decries the recent wave of allegations against powerful man as a witch hunt. For a bucket of letter has hit social media like a ball Michelle Frederica baggio from our social media desk has been following the online fight and joins us now with the blow by blow frederica your. Alexandra nerves letter going down. Well terry it is has of course opened up a huge this question and there is a solid majority of women who are saying deneuve is completely out of line here some people are calling her an apologist for rape we have of course the supporters of the need to movement there and particularly this is Sandra Muller who started the hash tag balanced the budget which is basically the french need to and means expose your pig she writes here its a shame that women that a womens collective is trying to frame this International Movement supported by both men and women as hatred towards men this is a drop in the ocean its a minor phenomenon lets keep pursuing our vision thoughts are with the victims others are saying that deneuve is out of touch pointing out her privileged life this user says nice and her friends who only travel in private by private transportation or taxi dont have to deal with the rise in verbal and physical Sexual Assault in the streets and on the metro on a daily basis and of course the letter has also caused anger outside of france we have a tweet by as though it was just there it is she is a hollywood actress and she was one of the women who denounced Harvey Weinstein as she says catching deneuve and other french women tell the world how their interiorized misjudging me has a labatts in my eyes them to the point of no return so terry a huge backlash there following this letter well this is one of the biggest hot button issues right now in. She she put her name to this letter but shes not alone there are one hundred signatories to this letter have others come out into nerves defense well some people in france and thats both women and men have been saying that these movements are now leading to. To a form of feminist extremism extremism and they support the idea that of course ship should still be allowed we have a tweet here by a man who says assume single men will be so scared of flirting with women that they will become munna sexual or or will only opt for pay for relationships and real harassers will not be dissuaded by hashtags such as but also not nice these vision of society he says but the debate also comes down to drawing the line between romance and courtship and abuse and it clearly a lot of women in france feel like theyve endured enough this woman here writes the letter is sloppy and unfortunate of course we shouldnt criminalize courtship and flirting but the major mistake in that letter is that they dont really this thing was between flirting and harassment and terry of course well be following the story and you can find more stories on our website www dot com fredricka thank you so much fredricka baggio from our social media thats. Now prosecutors in myanmar have charged two journalists from the Reuters News Agency with violating the countrys official secrets despite International Condemnation of the arrests the pair had been reporting on the military crackdown in northern Rakhine State some six hundred fifty five thousand Rohingya Muslims have fled ballance there into neighboring bangladesh the two journalists could face up to fourteen years in prison for what they say was an attempt to reveal the truth. Journalist while low managed to smile as the soldiers paraded him outside the courthouse but he and colleague. Saying here in a gray shirt of facing serious charges prosecutors allege they collected secret documents related to the military situation and retain state but according to while theyre actually in jail for trying to tell the truth about whats happening in a cane. 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 you know to a bevy you got to get a few journalists have ventured into wrecking state since last summer they are images of what the United Nations codes the textbook ethnic cleansing going on there they show burning writing give villages and locals fleeing the violence. The me and my army strictly controls access to read kanes tight it is allowed few journalists in an only 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 the send. 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. The again im obligated. To sit in on the jailing of the road his journalist has caused an outcry but 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 grave humanitarian crisis. Lets get the very latest now from myanmar david greene of is covering the story for d. W. And he joins us from yeah gone dave the to reuters journalists we saw there in that report theyre being charged under myanmars official secrets act what more do we know about the accusations against them yeah i mean this is a lot from one nine hundred twenty three one man martin called burma was part of british and the and legal experts in this it just basically has a very broad definition of what can be an official secret anything thats not been put in the Public Domain through official channels could potentially be an official secret and they could face up to fourteen years in prison i mean thats what theyve been charged with at this stage the door is open for the possibility of some other charges coming down the road but basically youve had strong ag you know the human rights as have come out saying that this is ridiculous that theyve been charged that this act is just so all is so all that it just does not apply. And also the families of these two men of these two journalists say that they never even saw the documents they were called to meet with a dinner with Police Officers and they had not met before were handed these documents they had not looked at and then just as they walked away from dinner is when they were arrested so the families are basically saying that miss was a set up ok well where does this go from here can we expect to see these two journalists put on trial. Yeah well this is basically the beginning of the process the next day is january twenty third well there will be talking about bal the defense team is after bell the prosecutors have said theyre against bad but they want more time to prepare why they are against bail thats what went on in the courtroom today and we may soon start seeing our witnesses. Coming forward or as i should say people from the Prosecutions Team where theyre putting up coming forward the next court date will be january twenty third we should keep in mind out the system here is very different than a lot of other countries typically wants cases so week or even once every other week wilkens go to trial and then theyre if theyre special and i dont get bail theyre in prison all the time in between theres been an international else cried the u. S. Embassy in myanmar the former us president bill clinton the European Union are all calling for the Immediate Release of the journalists is there any chance that maybe myanmars defacto leader Aung San Suu Kyi could intervene on their behalf. Theres certainly a chance that shes been completely silent on this case the countrys president putin jaw who basically he basically follows what she wants he signed off on having these two are his office at least sign off and having these two charge on the official secrets act so right now we see nothing to believe that that would happen so far we havent seen nothing in the case that would happen dave thank you so much dave there talking to us from yang gong in myanmar. Business is now unbanned where are all the women in the german corporate world very good question theyre all hiding i dont know theyre just not many of them its been nearly three years is since germany introduced a quota for women on corporate boards it calls for thirty percent of you executives to be women but a study by consultancy wife shows lou there are indeed more women on german boards than ever before accounting for of a seven percent of top manages and even as chancellor Angela Merkel pushes for more female representation or representation rather its Midcap Companies that make up the m. D. X. That the folding behind less than one in five of them as any female Board Members at all. Just how do you who is a leader is managing director of the German Association of women on trade knows were talking about such a High Tech Society here in germany the us in many countries but we still have value womens input. I wouldnt say we dont value them but they are obviously theyre not visible enough so far so there is a big resistance in our culture and our society saw that there are still women backing at the top of the bottom why the resistance its a very conservative culture so its specially in comparison with other countries to see that germany is not though we have women in a political leader as a political leader but still there in the companies thats a different its a different world with Tax Companies representation is a twelve point nine percent thats an improvement the end x. Those only have four point four percent the Midcap Companies whats going wrong there. Id say the m. Docs is a very good example of german of German Companies of the economy of German Economy so and this tells the story of a very conservative society so they are role models lacking there are not enough women on the Supervisory Board its there are not enough women on the in the top leadership level levels so and this is a big problem britains equalities watchdog is asking the b. B. C. To reveal its pay policy a female editor recently resigned you would have seen this in the news claiming it paid two men fifty percent more for the same job condemning a secretive and illegal culture when it comes to pate. Do you agree is that what were dealing with here is that what it is an illegal and secretive pay culture and companies. Possibly there is this culture or at least the figures tell cells so there is a gender pay gap this has to be acknowledged and there are Different Reasons for this pay gap its also the way women choose their their career so they are not in the leadership positions a