in the right direction even if young environmental activists say the law doesn't go far enough but merkel says the government must consider all citizens. by talking with stevie wonder guided by the values of freedom solidarity and respect for the dignity of every single person as well as the principles of the social market economy these values will also remain our compass in the next decade. miracle says it's the state's duty to defend these values against anti-semitism hate and violence and this also applies to refugees and migration merkle stresses. that solutions are needed within the european framework in the minds of the only within the community of the european union can we assert our values and interests and secure peace freedom and prosperity europe must strengthen its voice in the world therefore will also stand up for this in the coming here during the german e.u. council presidency for example by holding a summit of all member states with china and a meeting with the african states and so chancellor merkel concludes that your practice magically with concrete plans for the futur

this is data over the news line from berlin the future of german chancellor angela merkel's government looks shaky up to her partners the social democrats elected new leaders they want to reorganize the coalition agreement but now because conservatives have ruled out talks to change the deal will her government survive also coming up. on the eve of the international climate summit in madrid the u.n. secretary general sound the alarm on rising global temperatures we hear from an indonesian fisherman waging his own personal battle with the resulting riots in global sea levels. and lewis hamilton puts the finishing touches on another dominant formula one season that left his rivals in a spin. i'm rebecca is welcome to the program the future of german chancellor angela merkel's government has been cast in doubt after her coalition partner the social democrats elected to new ladies who are critical of the partnership norbit vault of boyens and saskia s. can have indicated they want to say some major changes that could raise the prospect of an early election or a minority government in the c

french president macron and german chancellor angela merkel. what it is in it for them? georg: the french president has said a long time he would like to relink russia to europe. this conflict in ukraine has practically paralyzed relations to russia. we have seen the sanctions from europe, that you regarding -- the eu, regarding the annexation of crimea. there is a lot of fallout onto neighboring europe. the conflict is taking place on the doorstep of the eu. a lot of strategic interest. there is personal interest. macron would like to sell this as a big victory. brent: our correspondent georg matthes on those talks for us. pressure is part of our second story. the anti-world doping agency has banned russia from taking part in international sporting competitions for the next four years. it ruled russia should be punished for manipulative or a -- for manipulating laboratory data and deleting files linked to positive doping tests that could have identified drug cheats. it rules russia out of the upcoming tokyo olympics next year. year. >> now, she is in a gray zonene after

i mean you pointed to one of the key elements here this is the 1st time that i'm going to merkel visited visits auschwitz in her 14 years as german chancellor and it goes even beyond that so i'm going to market is only the 3rd german chancellor to come to auschwitz birkenau on the 1st one in nearly 25 years to do so so that gives you an idea of why this visit by german chancellor angela merkel is so significant it has been described as a visit of historic dimension and she's also here for one particular reason to announce a 60000000 euro donation both from the federal government and from regional governments for the preservation of this site which is so important not only for poland but also for germany in particular for germany's culture of remembrance and you're looking at live pictures as you st anton must lots of people have gathered in the same mini's which are about to start let's have a listen to what's going on that right now the streets foundation i'd like to get warm welcome to the on of the survivors and uncle america the chancellor of germany i'd like to be to warm welcome to

germany's chancellor merkel visits the site of one of history's most shocking crimes it's the 1st time she's been to the death trap of the nazis murders more than a 1000000 people most of them choose. welcome to the program france is bracing for more disruption as the country's largest strike in decades enters its 2nd day public sector workers joint mass rallies across the country on thursday protesting against president obama plans to reform the pension system public transport schools and hospitals were seriously disrupted each union is deciding how long to keep its members out on strike but further protests are suspected on friday and of the days ahead. exhibit very loud very angry and united in their opposition to the policies of french president emanuel marcal. some cities saw heavy clashes between protesters and security forces in paris small groups of masked activists smashed store windows set fires and hurled flares. in the earlier in the day one of france's largest mobilizations in decades looked a bit different thousands came to protest pension reforms or a strikers say for th

and a major shift for germany's governing a coalition too harsh critics of chancellor angela merkel's conservatives are elected leaders in that tautness a new government will take around coalition survive. i'm going to home free glad you could join me maltese prosecutors have charged one of multis wealthiest people as being an accomplice to the murder of investigative journalist ethnic i don't want to get sia. pleaded not guilty to his alleged involvement in gets his death lisa arrested him 10 days ago while he was trying to leave malta on his luxury yacht. well definitely want to get it's he was investigating government corruption when she was killed in a car bomb attack 2 years ago he spoke to her sister shortly after a fan appeared in a court in the maltese capital. i will be content when every for when full justice is finally delivered for everybody involved in duckies murder and everybody she ever exposed and everybody involved in her murder possibly has not been identified yet which is why we're expecting the prime minister to leave office and parliament and be investigated hims

when merkel came out of the meeting, she was very angela merkel, saying this was a good start, a good meeting. they talked about the so-called -- fighting the so-called islamic state and working together with the united nations to take care of refugees in the area and that further steps would follow, so not really much criticism here towards president erdogan, which is typical of angela merkel because that is the thinking behind it. she knows that as soon as you criticize him heavily, he just shuts down. what she wants is to communicate, to find a solution, somehow to convince him to stop what he is doing. brent: if we put aside for a second the problems, we have to also remember the events in london are meant to commemorate 70 years of nato. is there real reason to celebrate this anniversary? max: it really depends on who you ask. the alliance is still here after 70 years, and that is a success in itself. it makes it a successful alliance. of course, it has its ups and downs, and it has never been as challenged as now, at least in recent years. during the cold war, of course, there w

says nor will merkel government survive. and lewis hamilton puts the finishing touches on another dominant formula one season that left his rivals in a speech. i'm jarid reid welcome the head of the un has taken the world's major economies to task for not pulling their way to reduce carbon emissions antonio good terrorist says the global push to stop climate change has been quite possibly an adequate and he describes a point of no return as fast approaching good terrorist was speaking as a true wake international climate summit gets underway in madrid on monday here's some of more of what he had to say we have in that the poll and we asked you thinking soon it will be too deep to escape. i welcome the voices of the young activists been meeting they understand that through our job providers in their future that is why i will continue to push every there to keep climbing out at the top of the international agenda were good terrorise the statement follows the declaration of a climate emergency by e.u. lawmakers it shows a heigh

the future of germany's governments in doubt after chancellor merkel's coalition partners and social democrats elected 2 new leaders critical of the partnership with a chance as conservatives they've indicated they want to see major changes raising the prospect of the coalition's collapse potentially causing i think an early election or a minority government. skins and norbert potter bore younes will soon be leaving germany social democrats that in turn could spell the end for the grand coalition with the christian democrats and christian social union the results of the s.p.d. poll came as a surprise as did the clear margin of victory the new leaders to be want to chart a new course for the party and reopen negotiations with chancellor angela merkel on future government policies. has the responsibility of the social democrats to make policies for the low and medium earners at this time and again we see closes in our contract with the c.d.u. that are not in their best interests and that has to change. but the conservatives are likely to resist any major changes to government policy on

angela merkel on the left in a meeting with merkel today, boris johnson as well. jillian: that meeting expected later today and that is one of the things people are talking about when everybody was talking about the words the president had for french presidency manual macro n, is going to be the focus on germany, likely going to be the focus we expect because germany not paying their 2% threshold. germany will pay 2% by 2031, years past the deadline of when the president and others would like them to. rob: you can hear faint sound of the drums, the introductions there money and the president met with the queen and had a busy day. listen for a second. okay, got a little quiet for a second the president had a big day meeting with the queen. the president and the first lady as well talking about what is coming up today, plant meetings with angela merkel, doesn't have a lot in common with angela merkel and they don't get along too well. and a meeting with boris johnson, they will be talking today and the italian prime minister who is a populist in italy and common gro

and a major shift for germany's governing coalition to harsh critics of chancellor merkel conservatives are elected leaders of their politics big government will be grand coalition 70. the as. i'm having a home for a glad you could join me maltese prosecutors have charged one of multis wealthiest people as being an accomplice to the murder of investigative journalist definite carolina galatea. he did not guilty to his alleged involvement in it to his death and he's arrested him 10 days ago while he was trying to leave malta on his luxury yorks. well definitely kind of want to get it he was investigating government corruption when she was killed in a car bomb attack 2 years ago. just a short way off to finish appeared and to court. i will be content when every 4 when full justice is finally delivered for everybody involved in darfur is murder and everybody she ever exposed and everybody involved in her mother possibly has not been identified yet which is why we are expecting the prime minister to leave office and parliament and be investigated himself along with his chief of staff. becau

. >> president trump met with chancellor merkel on the summit in london. the president said the two leaders would discuss trade and other matters. president trump also answered several questions including whether he saw the video of the canadian premaster and other world leaders apparently knocking him at a nato gatheri gathering. >> thank you very much. it was a very successful meeting. one of the most successful. i've been to three of them now and this was really something. a great spirit, a lot of people putting up a lot of money. we have $130 billion more than three years we will have $400 billion more put up by other countries, so that is really something. it was a great meeting. we are going to have right now a bilateral meeting with chancellor merkel of germany to discuss trade. we have been doing a lot of trade and we will have a successful meeting i'm sure. i just wanted to thank you very much. we've had some good talks already. thank you very much. [inaudible] we had a successful meeting with a number of strategies that are very important to secu

sitting down with angela merkel. if he's able to sit down with erdogan behind closed doors, will he choose to do the same with merkel? yesterday when he spoke about germany he was very clear having had that over the years, the difficult relationship with angela merkel. the hand shakes she didn't get, the up. downs at nato meetings about germany's defense contribution. germany is increasing its defense contribution. it was 1.2% back in 2014. it's up to 1.38% now but short of that 2% of gdp to be spent on defense spending that president trump wants. will she get the same treatment that, say, prime minister trudeau got yesterday? where president trump put him on the spot twice by saying how much do you pay, what's your contribution. so this, i think, is what we're looking for now. how does the president handle this today with angela merkel? >> nic robertson for us as well as kaitlan collins. thank you we are waiting to see the president meet with angela merkel. >> but we've just gotten in our hands jonathan turling's wr

angela merkel says there is no way we will reopen the contract, though angela merkel herself is obviously interested in keeping this publishing. her spokesperson -- keeping this coalition. her spokesperson said maybe there is a way to basically start with talks on top. david: the market reaction seem to assume that if there is a move to the left, this may affect the stimulus and austerity plan going off of stimulus. is that right? birgit: yes. one of the reasons and one of the demands is that the government should give up a balanced budget policy and it is basically angela merkel's party that says on the record is a finish we are challenged -- we are cherishing. of a lead for infrastructure in education. for us to stay in this government, the government should give up the balanced budget. david: can angela merkel moved to the left without losing her base in the cdu? birgit: that is a very good question. the cdu has already bent over to keep the spd in government. they have introduced a series of left policies, ranging from pension to minimum wage. the party base of the cbu says there is n

in fact, country, merkel wins in both countries. infact, not country, merkel wins in both countries. in fact, not that it's a competition... where you look at where modi is most searched, often in countries where there is a lot of expat indians living abroad, another credit to the fact the internet allows you to take your culture with you wherever you go. robin moroney speaking to me a little earlier. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: another christmas in makeshift churches. we report on the plight of christians in the indonesian province of aceh. also on the programme: a safe landing for boeing's starliner space capsule, after its failed mission to the international space station. the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states' troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it

germany, fen he will be meeting with angela merkel about 12:30. they commit less than 2% as done denmark and italy. yesterday in a meeting with the new canadian prime minister justin trudeau. president trump gently chided canada for spending less on military and commitment to nato. suggesting that he counts canada among the nato, quote, delinquent nations. listen here. >> delinquent i would say canada, they will be okay. i have confidence. just slightly delinquent. some are major delinquent. some are way below 1%. and that's unacceptable. and then if something happens, we are supposed to protect them. >> the summit does mark the 70th anniversary of nato meant to highlight unity. much of the summit so far has been marked by division, in particular, between the united states and france. prior to the summit, emmanuel macron, the president of france, declared nato to be brain dead in part because of actions that president trump has taken. that prompted the president to fire back that macron was insulting to nato, very disrespectful. in their bilateral

jail news chancellor angela merkel says she's confronted russian press. isn't vladimir putin over the killing of a former commander in berlin the 2 leaders are due to meet next week germany believes russian intelligence was involved in the killing and as expected to russian diplomats over the issue moscow denies any involvement and says. this decision could escalate tensions between russia and western countries german chancellor angela merkel has defended the expulsion of russian diplomats after germany's attorney general said evidence points to russian state involvement. meeting the russian president next week and then i will let you know whether i have spoken with him and how that goes we've taken this measure as you know mainly because we have seen that russia is not supporting us in investigating this murder and of course i've spoken with allies about this through bilateral contacts. that. in august a georgian nationalist shot dead in berlin in broad daylight soon after the assassination suspicions arose that the russian intelligence services were inv

transport networks schools and hospitals we'll go live to paris also coming up germany's chancellor angela merkel says she'll confront a russian president vladimir putin over the killing of a former church in command in berlin last summer and in germany she and germany has expressed to the russian diplomats over the issue moscow says it will retaliate. and as the impeachment inquiry into president trump reaches its climax in washington the visit small town usa to find out what aldrich people think one thing we all agree on americans divided over this issue. plus the village into a melodic language or the for itself. but the villages almost under threat as young. cygnus go has an adult. protective tradition. i'm on that that she not good to have you with us. much of france is grounded to a halt as the country experiences its biggest strike in decades of a proposed special reforms many people are taking to the streets where severe severe disruption to rail lines schools and hospitals president a man in macross plans to overhaul the retirement system would force workers to retire later or see their

and germany's chancellor angela merkel says she confronted russian president vladimir putin over the killing of full my chechen commander in berlin last summer germany's it spells to russian diplomats will be issued moscow says it will retaliate. plus the militia in turkey with the melodic language of all of this own. but the villagers oldstyle tortelli slaves as young people believe for the city's gold and of its list of additions. the book. a myth that she might get to have been a. much of france is grander still hold as the country experiences this biggest strike in decades over proposed pension reforms many people are taking to the streets with severe disruption to rain lines schools and hospitals present a man in the cross plans to overhaul the retirement system could force workers to retire later on see their pensions reduced union leaders say they will continue the strike until monday. let's go straight to our correspondent lisa lewis who's in stars these of what's the situation there right now where you are and what could we expect in the coming hours. well this morning the s

so look to see how, not whether he criticizes merkel, but how he criticizes merkel and is it more domestically oriented or about germany's role in nato. and of course it will be book ended by a press conference where he will take questions from the full press corps. >> and as you talk about fireworks and we're seeing the president arrive here, you think about the split screen that we will be seeing here at home today as you are seeing that press conference happening today around 10:20 or so with the president where he meets with all these world leader, alongside the house judiciary committee here in the united states launching its impeachment inquiry. >> reporter: you will have another attack on process from the president of the united states. it is clearly their plan, and they telegraph this in numerous ways, to not give any credence to this next round of the impeachment inquiry, the formal hears in the judiciary commit e committee. we'll likely hear the revival of the line that it is unpatriotic to do this while their president is on foreign soil conducting foreign policy. the irony in all o

networks and schools and hospitals to get the latest from paris also coming up jill chancellor angela merkel says she confronted russian president vladimir putin over the killing of the 4 much chechen commander in but then last summer germany is expelled 2 russian diplomats over the issue of moscow says it will retaliate. the pacific island state of someone goes into lockdown as it carries out an emergency muses vaccination program more than 60 people most of them children have died of divine assistance of toba. class the village in turkey with a melodic language on for itself. but the villagers. is under threat. of the city begin the school has. to protect us. and unwelcome among the thought she might good to have you with us. much of france is ground to a halt as the country experiences its biggest strike in decades of a proposed pension reforms many people are taking to the streets with severe disruption to rely on schools and hospitals present in money and across plans to overhaul the retirement system could force workers to retire later or to see their pensions reduced the strike is ope

in the right direction even if young environmental activists say the law doesn't go far enough but merkel says the government must consider all citizens. by talking with stevie wonder guided by the values of freedom solidarity and respect for the dignity of every single person as well as the principles of the social market economy these values will also remain our compass in the next decade and. medical says it's the state's duty to defend these values against anti-semitism hate and violence and this also applies to refugees and migration merkel stresses that solutions are needed within a european framework what in the minds of the only within the community of the european union can we assert our values and interests and secure peace freedom and prosperity europe must strengthen its voice in the world therefore will also stand up for this in the coming year during the german e.u. council presidency for example by holding a summit of all member states with china and a meeting with the african states. and so chancellor merkel concludes the year practice magically with concrete plans for the

he is meeting angela merkel in a short moment. that is another country that does not hit the spending target. we know donald trump and angela merkel have had a difficult relationship. that is the meeting today that is worth keeping and i on -- an eye on. alix: now we turned that leadership change in the tech world. larry page and surrogate written -- sergey brin stepping down. join me on the phone is a bloomberg in tech reporter. what is the why behind this? >> this formalizes something that has been going on for a couple years. larry and sergey have not been around the company they speak at meetings internally care they meet with executives, but they never talk to the press. when regulators and politicians wanted to hear particularly from larry page about what google was , he completely avoided them and let sunder pichai pick up the slack. this formalizes the situation we have had for a while now. is running the whole thing. the take away is that it could be the end of this whole alphabet spearmint, this warren style system of sp

we believe we're about half an hour away from that merkel meeting if things go according to plan. there is always delay and wiggle room built into the schedules. we think we'll see them in about half an hour so much riding on that before i get to that, though, we just got some new information from the white house on exactly what the president and boris johnson talked about at ten downing street last night. two interesting items here on this readout they say the president and boris johnson talked about the importance of both nations working together on security, including to ensure the security of our telecommunications networks and to guard against what they call untrusted providers. both of those items seem like they could be a swipe at huawei, which has been an issue regularly between the united states and the europeans of how much that chinese telecommunications company will be allowed to have -- get access to the european market we'll see whether white house officials confirm that was a discussion of huawei or not. that's an interesting one. and then you look at this merkel me

but 1st the future of german chancellor angela merkel's government is in doubt after a coalition partner the social democrats elected 2 new leaders critical off the partnership now they have indicated they want to see major changes that dream since the prospect that the coalition may collapse and result either in an early election or a minority government. skins and norbert valter boreanaz will soon be leaving germany social democrats that in turn could spell the end for the grand coalition with the christian democrats and christian social union the results of the s.p.d. poll came as a surprise as did the clear margin of victory the new leaders to be want to chart a new course for the party and reopen negotiations with chancellor angela merkel on future government policies. it is the responsibility of the social democrats to make policies for the lower and medium earners over and over again we see clauses in our contract with the c.d.u. that are not in their best interest and that has to change but the conservatives are likely to resist any major changes to government policy only 2 years

social democrats continues but it's clear this is a loveless marriage unloved by the voters angela merkel is still chancellor more than a year since stepping down from leading her party she remains by far the most popular politician in germany far more popular with the electorate than her party and as the end of her mandate approaches increasingly she's concentrated on foreign policy goals such as they were the conflict in ukraine is that guns often does because they have a lot of work to do but my feeling is there is goodwill to result difficult questions and this goodwill is always needed if you want to solve political problems. but there's little sign of that goodwill on the domestic front preferred successor and a great company has struggled in the spotlight recently calling on colleagues to back her or sack her as party leader in the end she got the endorsement she wanted but faced renewed questions over where she stands politically it was a compromise not entirely clear where she wants to steer the party but it's clear that many have question marks whether she has what it takes to b

on top of all the other problems i'm told there is currently considerable tension between chancellor merkel and president mark roll over european defense and europe's role in the state of the alliance right now is full of division it is a multi-dimensional mess. london. for more on the stand holograms us now live from what just north of london where the leaders are gathering sorry john of the leaders i believe a jew to start arriving just in the next hour and things have already gotten off to a bad tempered start functions day so what's expected today. well that's right james laid it out there those 2 lengthy appearances by donald trump on tuesday the 2nd one in particular with emanuel macron that laid bare these divisions at the heart of nato not least mr macro's challenge to the very nature and future of this alliance what does it mean what's it all about and those very important questions leveled at nato member turkey with all of that in mind the leaders of got to turn up here at this gulf resort outside london and put on as convincing a show as they can of the unity to mark the 70th bir

it is the twilight of miracles time and -- merkel's time in power. ak ise get there, supposed -- akk is supposed to take over. do they have a better chance of taking over? an interesting question. these two are not known internationally. they are not that well known in germany. there is some discussion around what role she is going to play. some people suggested that he would step down as finance minister because he was running for the party leadership and lost. havee last week, they said, no. he will stay on as finance minister. he is still quite popular across germany. not as much so within the party. it would be really hard for them to break through. akk has her own problems and challenges within the party. the real potential winner here is the leader of the greens who is the most popular politician in germany. matt: it's a really fascinating aspect to this whole thing. they have gained so much power so quickly. thanks for joining us. chad thomas, managing editor for western europe. berlin. my boss. luca paolini is still with us in london. what do

you have angela merkel there. that will certainly be about pay 2g% of your gdp toward defense. that has been the issue between the united states and germany, and the president got a lot of credit yesterday from stoel stoltenberg. so we'll move on to the house you disturbry committee, just houring away from holding its first public impeachment hearing after receiving the intelligence committee's final report. four constitutional expert will lay the groundwork talk about justice, high crimes and misdemeanors. it makes the case that the president compromised national security. it asks, quote, whether we as a nation are committed to the rules of law or instead whether we as a nation are committed to the rule of law or instead whether a president who uses the power of his office to coerce foreign interference in a u.s. election is something that americans must slim get over. >> reporter: they voted on the-on-tuesday night to send their more than 300-page report to the house judiciary committee. of course, this is a significant step as the house intelligent committee is concluding it

we in changing the you think it is time that germany did something similar it is time for chancellor merkel to put it on the agenda of the upcoming european council to talk about a common european perspective on posing sanctions and i wouldn't oppose these talks about sanctions definitely not and you have made that point clear earlier but there is a joint european solution the only way what is preventing germany from acting on its own. well i would love to have germany act on its own and also take steps for a european common answer to these human rights violations in china so far germany has not stood up i hope that chancellor merkel will do so the upcoming week but so far i am very certain that we need a common european answer because china. it is we're talking about over a 1000000000 people and a european answer would be a balanced way to to have an answer to china definitely and let's just run focus on what germany could potentially do you said germany has not stood up why has germany not stood up. well at 1st i think we need to think about the chronology of these camps also we are just

and then merkel is hungry for russian gas and does not want to pressure putin much. very complex situation. kevin: i can't let you go without asking about the other develop and from putin's perspective. the issue of the olympics. on a day in which that news is breaking, line there putin now at the meeting -- vladimir putin now at the meeting, how is that going to cast a shadow on this meeting? michael: right. knowing what we know of vladimir putin, this strikes at the heart more than anything else, more than sanctions, more than leaders shying away from him like at the g7 or the g20. it is something that he can't go back to russia and say this is nothing to the russian public. because this is something the russian public will really react to. this is shameful that our russian athletes have been put in this position. and i think quickly, i think it will further work to isolate russia both in the mentality of the russian people and also in terms of their leader. we will see how that plays out. it turned out not to be a good morning for vladimir putin today. vonnie: glo

girls in changing their think it is time that germany did something similar it is time for chancellor merkel to put it on the agenda of the upcoming european council to talk about a common european perspective on posing thanks and i wouldn't oppose these talks about sanctions definitely not and you have made that point clear earlier but then is a joint european solution the only way what is preventing germany from acting on its own. well i would love to have germany act on its own and also take steps for a european common answer to these human rights violations in china so far germany has not stood up i hope that chancellor merkel will do so the upcoming week but so far i am very certain that we need a common european answer because china. it is we're talking about over a 1000000000 people and a european answer would be a balanced way to to have an answer to china definitely and that's a strong focus on what drove in you could potentially do you said germany has not stood up why has drawn in not stand up. well at 1st i think we need to think about the chronology of these camps also we are ju

social democrats alleged new leaders who want to change their coalition agreement with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives but the c.d.u. says no it will not cause government survive. thousands of people march on the streets of hong kong in a new wave of protests hoping to keep talking and mentum after the landslide victory also proved mark received candidates in the elections a week ago. and lewis hamilton puts the finishing touches on a not a dominant formula one season that left his rivals in a speech. i'm jarred great welcome the head of the un has taken the world's major economies to task for not pulling their white to reduce carbon emissions antonino good terrorist says the global push to stop climate change has been course actually an adequate and he describes a point of no return as foster approaching terrorist was speaking as a 2 week international climate summit gets underway in madrid on monday he is more of what he had to say. we hired in a deep hole and we are still digging soon it will be too deep to escape i welcome the voices of young activists so been meeting they understand

girls in changing the i think it is time that germany did something similar it is time for chancellor merkel to put it on the agenda of the upcoming european council to talk about a common european perspective on posing sanctions and i wouldn't oppose these talks about sanctions definitely not and you have made that point clear earlier but there is a joint european solution the only way what is preventing germany from acting on its own. well i would love to have germany act on its own and also take steps for a european common answer to these human rights violations in china so far germany has not stood up i hope that chancellor merkel will do so the upcoming week but so far i am very certain that we need a common european answer because china. it is we're talking about over a 1000000000 people and a european answer would be a balanced way to to have an answer to china definitely let's just run focus on what drove in you could potentially do this or germany has not stood up why has germany not stood up. well 1st i think we need to think about the chronology of these camps also we are just thi

two pairs of candidates face off in a leadership election that could determine the fate of angela merkel's coalition government. what exactly is happening with the spd? what is the politics story? chad: what we have is a face-off of leadership of the spd, the junior coalition partner in merkel's government. we will find out the results of this face-off. the voting has been going on among party members for the last week or so. we will find out tomorrow evening who won. it is really important in terms of the future of the government, , these if olaf schulz finance minister, wins this, it is likely he will push to continue on in this coalition with merkel. the challenger to him for the party leadership has basically said he does not really believe in this grand coalition with merkel and that is hurting the party. it is much more likely the social democrats would consider pulling out of the coalition if the challenger were to win in the vote that will get announced tomorrow. it is the moment retailers have been preparing for all year long. black friday underway in the u.s. the national retail

leaders to be want to chart a new course for the party and reopen negotiations with chancellor angela merkel on future government policies. has the responsibility of the social democrats to make policies for the low and medium earners at this time and again we see closes in our contract with the c.d.u. that are not in their best interests and that has to change. but the conservatives are likely to resist any major changes to government policy only 2 years before the next election see do you leader on it could come common power made this clear. we stand by this coalition on the basis of what we've already negotiated. 100 m. we want to get back down to work quickly but. the opposition green say berlin is headed towards a government crisis b s b did the s.p.d. has to clear this up this week do they want to govern this country yes or no you can't govern if your answer is maybe. the s.p.d. has veered left what this means for german government should become clear over the coming days. crane can guide us through this welcome. is this a crisis. it is certainly a shock a shock even to members of the

of the future of germany's government is in doubt off the chancellor merkel's coalition partners the social democrats elected to new leaders critical of her of the partnership with the chancellor's conservatives they've indicated they want to see major changes raising the prospect of the coalition's collapse potentially causing an early election or a minority government. it sounds good to ask and norm but fatah boy runs the newly chosen leaders of the social democrats will their election mean the end of germany's coalition government. the results of the s.p.d. poll came as a surprise as did the clear margin of victory the new leaders to be want to make their own mark and chart a new course for the party they also want to reopen negotiations with chancellor angela merkel on future government policies that this has the responsibility of the social democrats to make policies for the low and medium earners at this time and again we see clauses in our contract with the c.d.u. that are not in their best interests and that has to change with. the conservatives are willing to talk with the s

war have been held a pair sat down with french president emmanuel mccraw and german chancellor angela merkel who both brokered the meeting the conflict started in 24. it has killed more than 13000 people and displaces 4 than 1000000 u.p.d. and the 2 leaders made separate announcements after those closed door negotiations that. the parties have reached an agreement on liberation all the prisoners before the 31st of december following the principle of all by all here it has been agreed to verify the list of prisoners and provide access by the red cross to all prisoners. but some of them is going to know coming to the trauma krista lu she. was sheep in the disputed for months and this is certainly an important step towards deescalating the situation in eastern ukraine as well as easing tensions you know that our correspondent as is and paris has been covering those talks and he says in the paris 1st meeting it's a man's lansky were able to find some common ground where the french president put it in a nutshell and said they haven't found a magic formula there's no silver bullet coming out of th

well the future of germany's government is in doubt off the chancellor merkel's coalition partners the social democrats elected to new leaders critical of her partnership with the chancellor's conservatives they've indicated they want to see major changes raising the prospect of the coalition's collapse potentially causing either an early election or a minority government. it sounds good i ask in and norbert font a boy the newly chosen leaders of the social democrats will their election mean the end of germany's coalition government. the results of the s.p.d. poll came as a surprise as did the clear margin of victory the new leaders to be want to make their own mark and chart a new course for the party they also want to reopen negotiations with chancellor angela merkel on future government policies that this has the responsibility of the social democrats to make policies for the low and medium earners at this time and again we see clauses in our contract with the c.d.u. that are not in their best interests and that has to change with. the conservatives are willing to talk with the s.p.

took 3 years to organize a meeting like this and the french president and german chancellor angela merkel have quite a bit of put a bit of leg work into organizing this meeting so the fact that both leaders have met here today is already a positive sign i mean this is the 1st meeting between ukraine's president alinsky and russian president putin who holds the cards you're gay or. that of course is the big big question because on the one hand you have a real heavyweight in political bargaining and diplomatic bargaining flooded new putin and of course you have the newcomer president selenski a former comedian and actor who is really walking a tightrope here on the one hand he one his elections to become president on the back of promises to end this this this bloody conflict which has claims over 30000 lives and on the other hand he people are concerned that he might sell out to the more experienced leader which is fighting the putin our correspondent you know my thoughts on this report covering this force in paris tonight thank you. at least 5 people have been killed in a volcano eruption

vladimir putin's comments on the killing monday at a press conference with german chancellor angela merkel he said the man who was shot dead got what he deserved and the german lawmakers should be happy about that . mogul and putin both still have something to clarify the meeting in paris should actually have been about ukraine but merkel was concerned about something else. really was shot twice in the head at close range in broad daylight at the end of august in central berlin a targeted assassination. the suspect a russian citizen was later arrested gradually investigators gathered evidence indicating russian intelligence may have been involved in the killing. as a result berlin expelled 2 russian diplomats from germany the reason russia did not cooperate in the investigation of the case. at the joint press conference in paris the russian president shot back he said the georgian who was killed it was a killer himself. that. he was a bandit a bloodthirsty brutal person which among other things he was involved in planning an attack on the moscow subway i don't know what happened to him but

she opposes us saying sions against the north stream to gas pipeline from russia to germany i'm going merkel suggesting talks are needed to resolve the issue the u.s. congress approved the same sions on tuesday washington says the almost completed pipeline will make the european union dependent on russia for energy. well the german chancellor today entered into the controversy over whether the chinese telecoms company who way should be allowed to participate in germany's 5 g. network. china's ambassador has hinted that his government might retaliate if who way is excluded from the process but merkel says she has not been told of any threats by chinese authorities she repeated today that she is against banning any company before the 5 g. roll well w. has been to take a look inside who always extravagant offices and we have an exclusive interview with the company's chairman. it looks like a renaissance castle in the middle of europe but it is actually only a modern replica and part of the research and development operations at china's tech supreme oh huawei the campus outside of shenzhen was o

merkel is obviously walking a tight rope in 2016 china surpassed the u.s. is germany's biggest trading partner and that gives china valuable leverage just a few days ago the chinese ambassador here in berlin threatened retaliation if who way is banned well threats they come more easily and more quickly than trust in an exclusive interview w.'s in his poll spoke with the man at the top of her way she asked him about tech and trust more and more governments really expressing openly their concerns when it comes to trustworthiness and its pure knowledge regarding specially when they're talking about building or when you want to build the 5 g. net there are now within the power law in gas for pain as for 5 g. the world is now attaching more and more importance to it in the thanks to the hype from the us he says so why would the truth is that while waiting is leading in 5 g. because we began investing heavily early on giving us competitive advantages in 5 g. technologies here products and solutions in china thousands in which at the time can would you choose from

all german chancellor angela merkel has defended a different action at the nato meeting in london reporters asked if she discussed the matter with her nato allies. i'll be meeting the russian president next week and then i will let you know whether i have spoken with him and how that goes and we've taken this measure as you know mainly because we have seen that russia is not supporting us in investigating this murder and of course i've spoken with allies about this through bilateral contacts. in kentucky so why don't you just call it up in that you know. well let's go to let's get more on this from data because of all the maximally on the close each in front of the russian embassy and then the end of the show with the moscow welcome both so with maximilian the killing was 3 months ago was it taken so long for germany to expel these diplomats. now the decision comes after months of continuous efforts here by a bird in authorities to investigate the killing of the victim in august this year and the foreign ministry here in berlin has giving the decision to expel or to russian diplomats declar

s increasingly see merkel focused on her european legacy. constantly at a loss of i believe she is focusing everything on the germany you council presidency but that won't be easy that will take more than launching a successful e.u. china summit and the fall in house as a dozen short hearted it will be a tough program if she wants to celebrate becoming the big european leader at the end of her chance or ship out. with germany's e.u. presidency coming up in the 2nd half of 2020 machall needs to mend the strategically important marriage with france to fulfill her key aim a united europe that can stand up to an increasingly dominant china back home her own party worry that her refusal to actively back a successor could weaken germany's position speaking of political leadership i think she. should think about supporting someone so to give. the germans and the europeans and everybody out there who could play also a role for stability in that someone is still widely tipped to be his successor as party leader anecdotes come catherine also defense m

all speaking of the nato meeting in london german chancellor angela merkel defended her government's actions reporters asked if she discussed the matter with allies. everyone in a position i'll be meeting the russian president next week and then i will let you know whether i have spoken with him and how that goes and we've taken this measure as you know mainly because we have seen that russia is not supporting us in investigating this murder and of course i've spoken with allies about this through bilateral contacts not the on contact the whether through all that problem it was for you know. let's get more on this from d.w. political correspondents 1000000 other. russian journalist and political commentator constantine i get welcome to both let's start with you max a 1000000 or so selling tell you that in congo severely killed 3 months ago so why are these diplomats only just now being expelled so the german foreign ministry gave a statement today saying that they declared 2 russian diplomats persona non-grata says that's diplomats speak for them being expelled off this services here

could mark a new escalation in relations between russia and western countries german chancellor angela merkel has defended the expulsion of russian diplomats after germany's federal prosecutor general said evidence points to russian state involvement. i'll be meeting the russian president next week and then i will let you know whether i have spoken with him and how that goes and we've taken this measure as you know mainly because we have seen that russia is not supporting us in investigating this murder and of course i've spoken with allies about this through bilateral contacts. that. in august a georgian national was shot in berlin in broad daylight soon after the assassination suspicions arose that the russian intelligence services were involved the victim was a formal rebel commander in the early 2000 he fought against russia in the 2nd chechen war this is specter the killer is a 49 year old russian currently in custody moscow denies any involvement in the killing. the investigation is underway in germany we don't have anything to say because we don't possess any information relation to th

faster angela merkel's ruling coalition could be in trouble here in germany after the center left social democrats are s.p.d. elected to new leaders who are critical of the chancellor social democrats form part of the government along with merkel's conservatives. say they want to renegotiate their coalition deal with the conservatives to focus more on social justice and climate policies and they have not ruled out the idea of leaving the grand coalition all together. i think earlier we spoke to our political correspondent. we asked him about the new leaders and the future of the grand coalition. this is certainly the most important question now will they stay in the coalition with conservatives they both were critical as you sat and they said that they want to renegotiate the coalition treaty the coalition deal with the conservatives the conservatives have rejected that already they said we have to deal and that's the basis for a work together so really next week's party conference of social democrats will show that they want to discuss how to continue whether they want to step out of th

the future of germany's government is in doubt the chancellor merkel's coalition partners the social democrats elected to new leaders critical of the partnership with the chancellor's conservative they've indicated they want to see major changes raising the prospect of the coalition's collapse potentially close causing either an early election or a minority government. it sounds good i ask again and norbert font oh boy the newly chosen leaders of the social democrats will their election mean the end of germany's coalition government. the results of the s.p.d. poll came as a surprise as did the clear margin of victory the new leaders to be want to make their own mark and chart a new course for the party they also want to reopen negotiations with chancellor angela merkel on future government policies it does so it has the responsibility of the social democrats to make policies for the low and medium earners at this time and again we see clauses in our contract with the c.d.u. that are not in their best interests and that has to change. the conservatives are willing to talk with the s.p

german chancellor angela merkel is making her 1st visit to the ask. it's birkenau memorial in poland on friday it's the site of the nazis la just death camp during the 2nd world war now who will be attending a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of a foundation that funds conservation efforts are reported rats visited the memorial at the chancellor's abroad. for many people this sign is a good photo op it translates to work sets you free the nazis inhumane slogan looms above the entrance to the auschwitz memorial the horror of the past is the tourist attraction of today visitors from around the world come here over the past 10 years the number of guests has doubled over the past 20 years it has quintupled now there are more than 2000000 visitors a year breaking to see how cruel people can be and it's it's very moving through hard not to cry and we'll see on t.v. on freedoms many many times 1st time that you see in the 1st time in person that's pretty reset itself is really important like a place it's giving great people kind of impression about what