the conservative party has become somewhat left of centre. the punishment is there. they scored 33% in the election. they are about to disappear, already down to 20. latest polls say they are sinking evermore. the country is at a standstill, politically. it seems that there's nobody left to want to govern germany in a sense. 0n the other hand, she is being administered perfectly well. the economy is growing and expanding. people don't feel the absence of a government in their daily lives at all. which is probably an indictment against, why do we need politicians in the first place when the administrators are doing the job so well for themselves? schools are being taught, taxes are being collected. and all the other efficiencies that modern states have are in place. it is a profit warning. germany is needed for future decisions to be taken about europe. france wants germany to be there. what you need, really, is a very strong germany for europe. at the moment, emmanuel macron is taking all of the weight of europe because he is saying we need to speed... but europe doe

conference i would say from all the parties involved from the conservatives under social democrats the social democrats have the most difficult part to hate so briefly tell us if i'm actually on the actual talks fail or the membership on either side rejects any deal what happens next well then germany would be faced with either a minority government led by the conservatives or would have to go to fresh elections but fresh elections is something that basically everyone here in germany wants to avoid so that's also why the pressure is so high in the hands of these politicians to try and find an agreement thomas part of thank you so much to tunisia and now we have a number of people arrested in a wave of protests has risen to nearly eight hundred demonstrators demanding an end to new austerity measures and tax increases the violence has prompted fears of a fresh political crisis in the run up to the anniversary of twenty eleventh's arab spring uprising. we reject the new financial law it's what these protesters are telling the government but so far lawmakers aren't backing away from the m

the conservative party has become somewhat left of centre. the punishment is there. they scored 33% in the election. they are about to disappear, already down to 20. latest polls say they are sinking evermore. the country is at a standstill, politically. it seems that there's nobody left to want to govern germany ina sense. on the other hand, she is being administered perfectly well. the economy is growing and expanding. people don't feel the absence of a government in their daily lives at all. which is probably an indictment against, why do we need politicians in the first place when the administrators are doing the job so well for themselves? schools are being taught, taxes are being collected. and all the other efficiencies that modern states have are in place. it is a profit warning. germany is needed for future decisions to be taken about europe. france wants germany to be there. what you need, really, is a very strong germany for europe. at the moment, emmanuel macron is taking all of the weight of europe because he is saying we need to speed... but europe does

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the trouble is, the conservative party simply cannot agree on what should come beyond. and as talks slowly approach future trade relations, what has so far been a fragile truce among the tories looks rocky. alex forsyth, bbc news, teesside. hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes in paris as the city braces itself for more flooding. tunnels and roads have been sealed off and the bottom floor of the louvre was closed. it follows the wettest january in northern france for over a century. and it's not over yet — flood waters are expected to peak this weekend. the bbc‘s hugh schofield has been stepping out to bring us the latest. for the second time in a year and a half paris is waking up with its fetid water, and we were reporting almost exactly the same story in 2016, injune, the land unable to absorb the excess rainwater and then this water coming down into the capital, where there is localised flooding now, this residential building, and the ground floor here has been boarded up. these are flats where people live and they have moved out. looking acro

the conservative party has nothing like that number of people. we have a huge number of great people delivering leaflets, knocking on doors and they thought the last test, which was injured last year we did not win the seeds we would like but did get over1 million more votes than we had before, 42.4%, the biggest share we have had in decades. i want to make sure we are building on that and, as you say, building on that and, as you say, building in ouronline building on that and, as you say, building in our online presence as well but doing it in a respectful way. john ashmore is the news editor of politics home and hejoins me now. what sort of scope is there the conservatives to improve on this?l great deal, because they got completely outflanked at the 20 snap election. a lot of the stories that we nt election. a lot of the stories that went viral there were anti—conservative stories, particularly on what were previously thought of as quite niche issues, like animal rights was a big one. the ivory trade, fox hunting, things like that. we have

party bloc c.d.u. c.s.u. the small of the two parties you see as hugh they feel the breath of that they feel in their neck the breath of the right wing populist have deep parties so they want to push. the c.d.u. and seize you into a more conservative direction they want to have a more tougher stance on refugee policy so they want to cut corporate taxes and they they also want to have a less integration into europe and that's the the key problem here. in the middle between these two parties is uncle americal and her c.d.u. and they know that the only chance to keep anglo-american in power as chancellor is this coalition. is this nichols last chance to form a stable government. but it is her last chance to form a government with a clear majority in parliament the only other option would be listen together with the business friendly liberals and the center left green party she already tried that one but this these talks failed already at the end of last here so the only other option would be a minority go

labor is now the third-largest party on hollywood behind the mp in conservatives. westminster went inside and saw at the center of scandal and the adamant allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior emerged. several mps found themselves on the instigation by their parties are in some cases the police. early casualty was michael fallon. he quit in november saying his behavior they have fallen short of the standard expected by the u.k. military. he told the bbc would have been acceptable 10 years ago is clearly not acceptable now. the prime minister later announced that parliament is to have an independent procedure to do with complaints about abuse. the leader explained the next step. >> the new system should provide support, advice and action on a wide section around harassment. we will do everything in our power to ensure the solution is transparent, fair enough that day. >> just before christmas, theresa may suffered another blow when she lost her third cabinet minister within two months. she sat her closest political ally of the man who was damie

in conservative parties will have to go into government if angela merkel is to remain as chancellor merkel has made it clear it's a majority government new elections the chance and future two is riding on the outcome of these talks. covering the talks for us as our political correspondent kate brady who joins us now in the studio kate. what do we know about how the talks have progressed at the end of the first day it was quite a positive atmosphere at the s.p.d. the social democrats headquarters this evening the general secretary of the s.p.d. said that the talks today had been intense but open and that most of the time today was actually spent talking about the issues on which the three fought is involved in these talks actually agree upon and those more contentious issues will be addressed over the next four days what was particularly interesting was this comment that he made about how all three of the parties involved realized that germany needs a new political style and he said that this was largely due to the result of the german election back in september because remember that the so

one of the conservative party's leaving the euro skeptics. i'm sorry kelly thanks for joining us. u.s. president donald trump's former chief strategist steve bannon has refused to answer lawmakers questions about the trump campaign's alleged contacts with russia ban and was testifying in a closed door session before the house intelligence committee when bannon declined to answer their questions they issued a subpoena in an attempt to force him to talk but bannon reportedly said that he was under instructions from the white house not to discuss certain subjects let's hear what a democratic lawmaker at the hearing had to say. this was affectively a gag order by the white house preventing this witness from answering. almost any question concerning his time in the transition or the administration and many questions even after he left the ministration. that was democratic congressman adam schiff speaking a short while ago let's go to tyson barker now he is joining us where he is program director at the aspen institute germany here in berlin welcome and good morning to you tyson thank y

within the conservative party on this very important matter finally andrea mitchell do you think your case for sustaining that zero point seven percent of of national income devoted to international development do you think that would be sustained and win the day if they do because parliament will not allow even if the government wanted to parliament will not allow britain to step back from that commitment and both by that i have every confidence that the government will continue to stand by this is story commitment that is delivering so much around the world to britain's interest as well as to the interest of the people we're helping now and are just just one remaining thing from the well from the new year from coming on a state patient total to the quick gallic for the loving cup you know how to do this of course goes and there are some other less potent substance if you wish and then you pass alone your close friends and only of course friends thank you very much indeed i have a scottish heritage so i'm familiar with it and i shal use it with pride and pleasure and eventual thank y

party delegates now really approved this step at a conference and some would argue they should another machall government she's been unable to form a coalition since the elections in september dominic cain has more from that as the conference and on. the result of this party conference was clear it gave the leadership that gave martin schultz the result that he wanted in so far as yes was concerned yes he can take his party's leadership into formal negotiations that angered americans christine democrats are very and allies this is the party of christine social union but let's be clear that he did not receive the sort of majority that he would have wanted there was some speculation among analysts a few days previously that perhaps two thirds of the delegates would vote in favor of all that didn't happen yes he has won this victory as it were but the level of opposition that emerged on the floor of this hall in the debate was considerable and the sorts of references being made delegates standing up and saying that their hearts they should oppose and their head well said perhaps this migh

according to the members and some members of the conservative party would. we would. not agree on the policy and the last years or so especially on this slide jones was and there's a center left in the politicos party there could be voices trying to argue that she couldn't be cancelled chancellor in the next period a spell but i think from the majority of the german population and electors i'm good america is. still a huge support for him at the moment so this whole speculation that germany is ready for a change you think that's just too early too early to say there's nobody waiting to take over this is a difficult question to be answered by scientists because reconning know what the future will bring to us i don't think so at the moment but he's still popular here and you know with the with the germans let's talk a little bit about europe of course or germany plays a huge role in the e.u. to be quite honest with you during the debates you know. in the lead up to the elections when you heard the s.p.d. leader and the chancellor speaking about issues to do with europe

the argument today from many people in the conservative party who are pro— remain and the labour party who are pro— remain as well is independent of servers is a feeling that if the public opinion would fundamentally shift during the course of 2018 then there would be legitimate grounds for a second vote. do you accept that? i don't believe there would be. i must say that when a government sent out a message, paid for by the taxpayer, to every individual and says this is your decision and we will abide by it, i think that the country must abide by it. as a democrat, doesn't worry you that you guv, which has been tracking opinion ever since the referendum, has found recently a consistent feeling among the rich public who say they would prefer britain to remain and not leave. there are many different polls on that but i am not going into them. i don't enter into the argument about the referendum. that decision has been taken by the people. there is a legitimate argument about how we negotiate and what position were dogged by highlighting the decision is taken. —— but the decision i

conservative party and the dup. of chaos, mr speaker, they the coalition cavemen. does the minister... does the minister not realise... order. shouldn't escape somebody of great indulgence. i was talking about cavemen. —— of great importance. lesson we women taught his predecessor ‘s 100 years ago? predecessor ‘s 100 years ago? resisted the ever and this is a change whose time has come. change whose time has come. versions of the flintstones on the relevant cartoon channel. relevant cartoon channel. in elections and political campaigning. campaigning. —— canada, new zealand and australia. australia. subject with a greater degree of seriousness. thank you, mr speaker. seen in scotland where growth has fallen by the rest of the uk? fallen by the rest of the uk? speaker i‘m happy to agree with my old friend. old friend. it is for the scottish government to determine how to use them. determine how to use them. their promises and penalised aspiration in scotland. aspiration in scotland. government spending power by £2 billion. billion. people including pu

leave campaigners in the conservative party step up pressure on the prime minister — they want her to take a harder line with the eu. the leader of russia's main opposition party is arrested — the founder of the swedish furniture giant ikea, ingvar kamprad, has died at the age of ninety—one. also in the next hour — manchester city... are comfortably through to the next age of the fa cup. a 2—0 win away against cardiff city puts them into the fifth round. and in melbourne, roger federer wins his sixth australian open

party about exactly how to handle the brics it negotiations and how to draw up a plan for britain's future they have made some very big decisions they're going to leave the single market they're going to leave the customs union we want to make our own trade deals around the world but there are some there are still some big decisions that have yet to be made about exactly how close we stay to the european union whether we accept what isn't going to be inevitable demands for them to for britain to pay a lot of money and you have to stay very closely engaged in the markets for our services for our financial services which is the one of the biggest industries in britain so there's still a debate raging inside the conservative party which is only just kept itself together thus far and it's amazing though this taken this long ok and i have to ask you this which we do every time what do you think what are the chances now for briggs it not happening. i still think that is happening on march the twenty ninth twenty eighteen no ones so far to go now but the chances of it not happening lightly

the conservative party has become somewhat left of centre. the punishment is there. they scored 33% in the election. they are about to disappear, already down to 20. latest polls say they are sinking evermore. the country is at a standstill, politically. it seems that there's nobody left to want to govern germany in a sense. on the other hand, she is being administered perfectly well. the economy is growing and expanding. people don't feel the absence of a government in their daily lives at all. which is probably an indictment against, why do we need politicians in the first place when the administrators are doing the job so well for themselves? schools are being taught, taxes are being collected. and all the other efficiencies that modern states have are in place. it is a profit warning. germany is needed for future decisions to be taken about europe. france wants germany to be there. what you need, really, is a very strong germany for europe. at the moment, emmanuel macron is taking all of the weight of europe because he is saying we need to speed... but europe doe

party bloc see the you see as you the small of the two parties they see as hugh they feel the breath of that they feel in their neck the breath of the right wing populist of deep parties so they want to push. the c.d.u. and seize you into a more conservative direction they want to have a more tougher stance on refugee policy they want to cut corporate taxes and they also want to have a less integration into europe and that's the key problem here and in the middle between these two parties is on the americal and her c.d.u. and they know that the only chance to keep anglo-american in power as chancellor is this coalition. is this nichols last chance to form a stable government. but it is her last chance to form a government with a clear majority in parliament the only other option would be a coalition together with the business friendly liberals and the center left wing parties she already tried that one but this these talks failed already at the end of last here so the only other option would be a minority government something until america already ruled out and then the only other th

new blueprint for talks and the conservative party's advisory board stands behind this negotiation result but things look different with the social democrats six of forty members on the party executive board voted against moving forward with coalition talks there are fears about how the party base will react. i think we are on the right path but we have to be careful to remember this one just work out automatically the twenty eight page document is up against heavy criticism from the opposition just as expected this is. an ambitious to lead this country into the future and there is no answer to digital change no flexibility in the pension system on the contrary it seems to do injustice to future generations very expensive measures in a grand. chancellor merkel wished success to the leader of her would be coalition partner the s.p.d. now it's up to martine schultz to convince everyone at the party conference and get the party members to vote with the yes if all goes well germany could have a new government by early spring. let's get more from w.'s political correspondent thomas sparrow wel

well the conservatives on meeting right behind me they have just arriving but very insistent party is meeting tomorrow we've been hearing from them that they said look we are not going to make any more concessions we are going to take the results of these exploratory talks and take them into the coalition talks but we're not going to make concessions to the social democrats so the big question here is how far are the conservatives willing to go to make the social democrats happy in the long run so they can take up the vote with their membership base which will after the coalition talks vote on whether this new government will actually be in place or not so it's going to be some interesting weeks on this road to a new german government which if everything goes well we might see in the beginning of april so still a long time to go. the cat out of the bag there this is not a done deal the members still have to vote for this and and what she's saying you know c.d.u. and c.s.u. don't want to give an inch how tight could that decision be. well depending on what we'll actually see in the end

chancellor angela merkel's conservative sister party victor said migrants without the right to stay in europe should be sent home his comments come at an awkward time for the chancellor as she prepares to start exploratory talks to form a new government with the social democrats. viktor orbán the right wing prime minister of hungary is a regular guest here with the conservative c.s.u. party in bavaria and regular guests are often invited because you know in advance how they will behave in this regard or bonn does not disappoint as a known euro skeptic he opposes germany's refugee policy which he dubs a problem of democracy. on the. i told our bavarian friends that i think in the year twenty eighteen we will restore the will of the people in europe where you need. me. and that the european people step by step will force decisions concerning refugee policy that are in their best interest. the man responsible for inviting orbán is horst the who for the c.s.u. party leader who will be part of the coalition talks with the s.p.d. beginning on sunday to the s.p.d. or bonds visit is a slap i

german chancellor angela merkel and her conservative party has struck a deal with social democrat rivals to open government coalition talks it's time to try to revive the power sharing agreement that spain power since twenty same must be approved by s.p.d. members next week david chang two reports. the breakthrough came after a break sourced in twenty four hours of negotiations between the parties of polluting more than five days of talks the political limbo in germany seems finally to be over. it's it it was the the c.d.u. unanimously approved a paper or the results of the exploratory talks at which many participated and which was based on a broad funday sion and we will recommend our party begin talks on forming a stable government. s. the s.p.d. we have decided unanimously to give the party leadership a mandate to negotiate a coalition the biggest hurdle in the talks was to reach an agreement on refugees and migration the open door policy championed by angela merkel led to more than a million refugees being granted asylum in germany during the years twenty fifteen and sixteen the poli

party bloc c.d.u. c.s.u. the small of the two parties you see as hugh they feel the breath of that they feel in their neck the breath of the right wing populist have deep parties so they want to push. the c.d.u. and seize you into a more conservative direction they want to have a more tougher stance on refugee policy so they want to cut corporate taxes and they they also want to have a less integration into europe and that's the key problem here. in the middle between these two parties is on the americal and her cd hugh and they know that the only chance to keep anglo-american in power as chancellor is this coalition. is this last chance to form a stable government. but it is her last chance to form a government with a clear majority in parliament the only other option would be a coalition together with the business friendly liberals and the center left wing parties she already tried that one but this these talks failed already at the end of last here so the only other option would be a minority govern

the conservative party has become somewhat left of centre. the punishment is there. they scored 32% in the election. they are about to disappear, already down to 20. latest polls say they are sinking evermore. the country is at a standstill, politically. it seems that there's nobody left to want to govern germany in a sense. on the other hand, she is being administered perfectly well. the economy is growing and expanding. people don't feel the absence of a government in their daily lives at all. which is probably an indictment against why do we need politicians in the first place when the administrators are doing the job so well for themselves. schools are being taught, taxes are being collected. and all the other efficiencies that modern states have are in place. it is a profit warning. germany is needed for future decisions to be taken about europe. france wants germany to be there. what you need, really, is a very strong germany for europe. at the moment, emmanuel macron is taking all of the weight of europe because he is saying we needed to speed. but europe does

party delegates now really approve this step out of conference. but these six people have died in anti-government demonstrations organized by catholic church leaders in the democratic republic of congo around sixty million have been arrested the protesters say president joseph kabila is violating the constitution by staying in office beyond his term. but the u.s. government shutdown for a second day republicans and democrats in the senate have been trading blame for the deadlock republican majority leader mitch mcconnell says the democrats have been wrong to block a temporary funding bill but he said he didn't agree with the president the senate will should be changed so budget could pass with just a simple majority says republicans should use the so-called nuclear option if the stalemate continues. up today those are your headlines so it's al jazeera is coming up next. with wars and conflicts continue to rage in crises off the crises in the safety and wellbeing of millions of people around the world the question is who and how.

jacob rees—mogg has the role now. in the conservative party. jacob rees-mogg has the role now. theresa may and philip hammond and possibly all three with him. the mail on sunday. an indication of what it is like to be, well, one step removed from the royal family. like to be, well, one step removed from the royalfamily. this is the half brother of meghan markle. another embarrassing story. a boozy i’ow another embarrassing story. a boozy row with his fiance. how many stories will there be about meghan markle and potentially embarrassing relatives? we all have them and we will continue digging them up. everyone has it. old school friends with grudges. you will hear all of it. longer if they had a massive clear out of her accounts before the announcement was made. it is interesting, he says it is not interesting, he says it is not interesting being in the public eye. you have issues and then you are related to royalty. they probably have a few exclusives in there as well. the russian embassy complained about... i missed it. they are complaining about the portrayal of russia in

the trouble is the conservative party simply cannot agree on what should come beyond. and as talks slowly approach future trade relations, what has so far been a fragile truce among the tories looks rocky. alex forsyth, bbc news, teesside. the uk economy grew faster than expected in the last three months of 2017, according to new figures. the office for national statistics said it grew by 0.5% instead of the expected 0.4%. but economic growth for the whole of last year was the slowest since 2012. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed reports. building a stronger economy. global growth in china lifting businesses like this one in oxfordshire, making health equipment for export. it's been a challenge. it took about three or four years for us to gain approval for us to sell into in china, but with a bit of patience and dedication we've now got those approvals, and we are seeing that uplift in business now that were able to expand into the market the size of china. speeding around the world economic forum in davos, the chancellor, selling britain abroad. 0ur export markets are

german chancellor angela merkel and her conservative party have struck a deal with the social democrat rivals to open government coalition talks it's time to try to revive a power sharing agreement that's been in power since twenty three must be approved by s.p.d. members next week today with the headlines but stay with us on al-jazeera inside stories coming up next. violent protests in should this year hundreds of arrests there's anger over price rises and tax hikes but the government says there's no other way to cut a ballooning deficit so how will to be zero was over its deep rooted economic problems this is inside story.

which is the german chancellor's conservative sister party and said migrants with no reason to be in europe should be sent home his remarks come as merkel prepares to start exploratory talks to form a new government with the center left social democrats and where migration is set to be a key sticking point in the discussions. viktor orban the rightwing prime minister of hungary is a regular guest here with the conservative c.s.u. party in bavaria and regular guests are often invited because you know in advance how they will behave in this regard or bonn does not disappoint as a known euro skeptic he opposes germany's refugee policy which he dubs a problem of democracy. as after new it's only a. little bit i told up a very and friends that i think in the year twenty eighteen we will restore the will of the people in europe where you need please be a surely for your case study tony we'll do it to show. your. and that the european people step by step will force decisions concerning refugee policy that are in their best interest. the man responsible for inviting orbán is horst the who f

the party of the conservative party of but it also applies to. the leader of the social democrats and he was her main rival at the last elections so this shows that i'm glad machall right now is feeding on the weakness of others she doesn't have a big rival within her own party but the serve the survey you have just shown you have just talked about shows that the germans seem to be a little bit fed up of the survey says that they don't want to step down but they don't want her to serve even if she's. successful in forming a new government they don't want her to serve for your. time anymore and they don't want to to run again and if there is the case of you elections so robert then take us through the possible scenarios i mean because what happens for example if the talks which are set to begin next week as we mentioned if they fail to produce a new government does merkel have a way forward. well if as the legal leader of the biggest party in parliament is not successful to form a stable government to find a coalition partner then the german presi

party has made a deal with that center left rivals to formally open government coalition talks later say they're hoping ten months of political uncertainty following september's elections david schaper reports from berlin. the breakthrough came after an exhausting twenty four hours of negotiations between the parties concluding more than five days of talks the political limbo in germany seems finally to be over it's it it was steve the c.d.u. unanimously approved a paper or the results of the exploratory talks at which many participated and which was based on a broad funday sion and we will recommend our party begin talks on forming a stable government. as the s.p.d. we have decided unanimously to give the party leadership a mandate to negotiate a coalition the biggest hurdle in the talks was to reach an agreement on refugees and migration the open door policy championed by angela merkel led to more than a million refugees being granted asylum in germany during the years twenty fifteen and sixteen the political price for that decision was the entry of the far right alternative for ge

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german chancellor angela merkel's conservative party has made a deal with that center left rivals to formally start coalition talks leaders say they are hoping to end months of political uncertainty following september's elections david chase reports from berlin. the breakthrough came after an exhausting twenty four hours of negotiations between the parties concluding more than five days of talks the political limbo in germany seems finally to be over it's it it was steve the c.d.u. unanimously approved a paper or the results of the exploratory talks at which many participated and which was based on a broad funday should and we will recommend our party begin talks on forming a stable government selim akathisia for five s. the s.p.d. we have decided unanimously to give the party leadership a mandate to negotiate a coalition the biggest hurdle in the talks was to reach an agreement on refugees and migration the open door policy championed by angela merkel led to more than a million refugees being granted asylum in germany during the years twenty fifteen and sixteen the political price

within the conservative party on this very important matter finally andrea mitchell do you think your case for sustaining that zero point seven percent of of national income devoted to international development do you think that would be sustained and win the day if they do because parliament will not allow even if the government wanted to parliament will not allow britain to step back from that commitment and both stood by that i have every confidence that the government will continue to stand by this is story commitment that is delivering so much around the world to britain's interest as well as to the interest of the people we're helping now under just just one remaining thing from the well from the new year from coming on the state the occasion title to the quick gallic for the loving cup you know how to do this of course goes and there are some other less potent substance of your wish and then you pass alone your close friends and only your close friends thank you very much indeed i have a scottish heritage so i'm familiar with it and i shal use it with pride and pleasure and vir

that's the bavarian system party of mccall's c.d.u. that trying to push the conservatives into a more traditionally conservative position in parliament and one of the main issues is family reunions and germany's refugee policy and that's something that they want to take a tougher stance on wires the social democrats for example they want to take a lot more liberal approach to germany's refugee policy and would you say that this is merkel's last chance to form a stable government well it certainly hope last chance to create a government that has a clear majority in parliament and if these exploratory talks don't actually make any progress and reach coalition ago c.-h. and then she does still have two options on the table neither of which the two leading parliamentary groups are very keen on one of course is the minority government which michael has said on countless occasions that she's against and the other option would be new elections and that also isn't favored by either of those the social democrats all the conservatives there's al

the german chancellor is conservative sis. party and he said that migrants with no reason to be in europe should be sent home his remarks come as merkel prepares to start exploratory talks to form a new government with the center left social democrats for migration is said to be a key sticking point in the discussions. viktor orban the right wing prime minister of hungary is a regular guest here with the conservative c.s.u. party in bavaria and regular guests are often invited because you know in advance how they will behave in this regard or bonn does not disappoint as a known euro skeptic he opposes germany's refugee policy which he dubs a problem of democracy. after us on the. i told our bavarian friends that i think in the year twenty eighteen we will restore the will of the people in europe where you need. for your case study to me . and to the european people step by step will force decisions concerning refugee policy that are in their best interest. the man responsible for inviting orbán is horst the who for the c.s.u.

that the german chancellor is conservative sister party and he said migrants with no reason to be in europe should be sent home his remarks come as marigold prepares to start exploratory talks to form a new government with the center left social democrats where migration is said to be a key sticking point in the discussions. viktor orbán the right wing prime minister of hungary is a regular guest here with the conservative c.s.u. party in bavaria and regular guests are often invited because you know in advance how they will behave in this regard or bonn does not disappoint as a known euro skeptic he opposes germany's refugee policy which he dubs a problem of democracy. on the. i told our bavarian friends that i think in the year twenty eighteen we will restore the will of the people in europe you need. me. and that the european people step by step will force decisions concerning refugee policy that are in their best interest. the man responsible for inviting orbán is horst the who for the c.s.u. party leader who will be part of the coalition talks with the s.p.d. beginning on sunda

the immigration minister brandon lewis has been named as the new conservative party chairman, while jeremy hunt continues as health secretary but has been given an expanded role, including social care. our political editor laura kuenssberg's report contains flashing images. are you confident of staying in government? two—and—a—half hours to say "i quit." the then education secretary justine greening rushed into number ten after 5pm. the prime minister told her she wanted to move her to look after welfare. did you turn down a move? but after fraught discussions between the two, miss greening said, instead, i'm off, dashing into the night after more than six years in the cabinet. justine greening told the bbc: one of her frustrations to have a move forced on her when others who seemed likely to be shifted did not. are you in line for a newjob? the health secretaryjeremy hunt followed by the business secretary greg clark arrived at number ten, but both stayed until well after dark, emerging with virtually the same jobs. the health secretary was, i understand, told he was to move to busi

party threatened to upend her plans for conservative party after eu trade rules after a divorce wanted her to fire philip hammond. who they believe is denying them the clean, quick breaks they want. even della trump is being critical, saying she has taken a tougher stance with the eu. oppositionof the labor party has rolled out calling for a second referendum on bricks it. jerry corbin spoke to the bbc's andrew mark. >> what we asked for an demented and parliament has been a meaningful vote in parliament. what happened with this bill is that it was an undemocratic power grab. must and the bank acuity as soon as possible. the head of the dutch central bank said the program did what anticipated and there is not a reason to continue. hi saidsident mario drag there were signs of inflation that persistence still requires. shouldn'tchs says we rattle off of the meeting as a nonevent. goldman economist says they expect a slightly hawkish upgrade of the central banks like which. that comes despite it being slighted as jenna yellen's last as fed chair. saudi arabia shares and kingdom holding sh

and we're not a military base as the conservative party is there's no discussion at all in the camp and that. that is sort of what is what's the difference to our party i think that's a good thing thank you very much mr brant back to you after this interview with one of the deputies of the s.p.d. all right thomas fareed thank you very much so there we have a right there military we've got a deputy in the speedy saying admitting you know we're going to get this yes vote tonight the margin may not be big but we just want to get through it was interesting to hear him almost talk about this party conference as if it were a negotiating tactic and after this they're going to have a lot more room to maneuver in coalition negotiations the fact is as thomas mentioned in his question the party overnight agreed to an additional list of issues that they would want to put on the table in coalition negotiations it is not at all clear that they are going to get more concessions from the conservatives on these points they are very crude the crucial points one there may be some flexibility it would

party might actually wa nt conservative party might actually want but she was let go because she wouldn't accept a different job. there is some criticism even of the people who are now sitting around that cabinet table when it comes to diversity because the sutton trust has looked at their backgrounds and saying will is more people from fee paying schools, more from oxbridge than before this reshuffle, so the government may have yet a bit of work on their hands but there is a feeling at westminster and amongst the conservative party that what the prime minister was trying to achieve today was far more successful than what she did 2a hours ago. today was far more successful than what she did 24 hours ago. 0k, thank you. the prognosis from fleet street on day one of the reshuffle wasn't that good it has to be said. reviews came in. what will tomorrow morning's front pages say about the latest goings and comings from number10? we will find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages this evening in the papers. my guests tonight are charlie wells, deputy snapchat

leave campaigners in the conservative party step up pressure on the prime minister. they want her to take a harder line with the eu. the leader of russia's main opposition party is arrested, along with more than 200 other protesters. the founder of the swedish furniture giant ikea, ingvar kamprad, has died at the age of 91. also in the next hour — victory for roger federer in melbourne. the world number two wins his sixth australian open and 20th grand slam title with a five—set victory over marin cilic. and the travel show discovers why sinkholes are appearing near the dead sea. that's in half an hour here on bbc news.

new blueprint for talks and the conservative party's advisory board stands behind this negotiation result but things look different with the social democrats six of forty members on the party executive board voted against moving forward with coalition talks there are fears about how the party base will react. when mcclellan i think we're on the right path but we have to be careful to remember this won't just work out automatically dollars the twenty eight page document is up against heavy criticism from the opposition just as expected. to lead this country into the future and there's no answer to digital change and no flexibility in the pension system on the contrary it does injustice to future generations and it's expensive. chancellor merkel wished success to the leader of her would be coalition partner the s.p.d. now it's up to martine schultz to convince everyone at the party conference and get the party members to vote with the yes if all goes well germany could have a new government by early spring. and both sides are forced to make concessions to freeze the agreement on starting fo

what does the rest of the conservative party pig? we will have the latest. north korea agrees to take part in next month's winter olympics in south korea — and hold military talks to defuse border tension. record levels of patients waiting more than 4 hours in scotland's accident—and—emergency departments. and hundreds brave the chilly weather — as prince harry and megan markle visit a community radio station in brixton. when will the lesson be learned? when will the lesson be learned? and gary 0ldman is among the nominations for this year's bafta awards —— for his portrayal of winston churchill in darkest hour. our main story at 5 — theresa may's cabinet has met for the first time after a reshuffle that triggered a resignation and was dismissed as a "lacklustre pr exercise" by labour. today she carried out the second stage of her ministerial reshuffle — with new roles for dominic raab, jojohnson and alok sharma. mark garnier, who was cleared of inappropriate behaviour towards a member of his staff, has lost his job as trade minster. separate

the ft, the paper says the chancellor, philip hammond, has caused a fresh rift in the conservative party by urging ‘modest‘ brexit changes. the times take on the story is that theresa may has turned on the chancellor following his remarks. the guardian reports that mrs may's leadership is under threat from the latest revolt in tory ranks over brexit. the lead in the metro is the meeting of theresa may and president trump at davos. it has a picture of the pair shaking hands. its headline says the relationship between the uk and us is "so great". the i has that same photo on its front page and reports that mr trump will come to this country, this yearfor a working trip, not state visit. the daily telegraph carries a warning by the defence secretary that russia could cause mass casualities in britain by crippling our crucial energy supplies. and so there are a variety of stories vying for top billing across a range of tomorrow's papers. let's start with the financial times. philip hammond who is also in davos along with everybody else by the looks of it, saying he wants a soft brexit, n

within her conservative party people are saying that she will last another four years at the most no one discusses this openly but many in the c.d.u. are thinking about the time after potential success as now i have to position themselves at the same time to plan how she can hand over power little by little without losing it too fast. so what's the next step in germany there are a lot of on on such questions. was the first question. that have a great start in the new year. whether it turns out to be good or bad twenty eighteen will certainly not be boring. and now to china where twenty eight hundred certainly did not have a boring kick off for those who were on the frozen a more river which was transformed to a race course on new year's day check this out around two thousand runners kickstarted twenty eight team with an ice marathon the terrain was nothing for the faint hearted participants ran on the ice in bone chilling minus fifteen degree centigrade temperatures both professionals and amateurs took part in the event. you have to date on news i'm sorry kelly thanks for watching. t

had quarters and welcome simon so the conservative party heads are going to back off for the c.d.u. and they offer the c.s.u. a meeting what can we expect to come out of that. well it's just amazing within the conservative side to discuss strategy going into the talks obviously they've got to take account of the show. wrong strength of opposition to a new grand coalition that we saw evidence of yesterday in that meeting of s.p.d. delegates where they only very narrowly voted in favor of continuing with the talks tonight's meeting of all three leaders magazine and martin shields of the s.p.d. we're told to talk about organizational matters the timetable for the coming fall coalition talks over of course where we tented to at least earth in a look at the question of where some movement can still be found in the substantiative talks about a new government for germany. and simon we saw in that report. the s.p.d. unhappy about parts of the preliminary agreements and while those renegotiated the c d u a saying that no that's the agreement that you voted on we can go into detail but that s

entering coalition talks with chance of michael's conservatives but the party has now voted to proceed with those talks how do you feel about that but on the one hand off course we have a bit disappointed that we didn't get the result we want to but on the other hand i'm also already a little bit proud of what we achieved looking at back at the party congress in december where we only gain twenty percent of the votes against the top starting the talks now we're up to forty four percent and we got a lot of positive feedback to our campaign i think the performance of the year on the part of congress was very strong i have huge back up for our position ok but your party leaders are now going to enter those coalition talks with the conservatives to be sitting down and trying to work out an agreement on how to govern germany are you going to continue opposing those talks while they're going all definitely we're going to continue opposing the grain quotient i think it's a bad decision for germany to have a new grand coalition of bet's as a social democratic party and our points against the.