democrat party and the social democrats form a coalition partners a potential sticking point is the refugee crisis and whether to allow the relatives of immigrants to join them in germany. it's come it's coming. i think we can do it we will work very quickly very intensively that's what we set out to do and you always think about what people in germany are expecting all of us always hope that politics will solve problems and create the framework for people to live well in our country i am optimistic about these talks but i also know that there is a lot of work ahead of us in the coming days we are willing to take on the work well for as we go straight. in the capital berlin and david what are the chances of success over the next five days. well there was very optimistic going in the the social democrat leader martin shultz was saying there will be no red lines and so i think everyone is realizing that if they don't get some sort of policy agreement between the parties then they will face either a minority government which angela merkel has ruled out or another election and everybody

democratic party and its former coalition partners the social democrats who had vowed to go into opposition a potential sticking point is europe's refugee crisis and whether to allow the relatives of people who fled to germany to join their families their governments can leave. i think we can do it we were very quickly very intensively that's what we set out to do and you always think about what people in germany are expecting all of us always hope that politics will solve their problems then create the framework for people to live well in our country i'm optimistic about these talks but i also know that there is a lot of work ahead of us in the coming days we are willing to take on the work while still ahead here on al-jazeera will tell you what's on the agenda for the french president about blowback grant during his first state visit to china and saving the great whales scientists in california develop a warning system to protect the mammals from passing ships. by the springtime flowers of a mountain lake. to the first snowfall on a winter's day. started while the wintry weather cold acro

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martin if you're now a member of the christian democratic party and you run for election then lower saxony and climb out of. political scientist now want to go into politics. my father. always said i would either become a journalist or a politician but what he meant was that i had to campaign for the whole. the stock market it was in my genes to stick up for. my own family gaining freedom for my sisters and me. as women it's not part of the plan i'll say quite honestly with. this struggle within the family gave me so much strength that i want to use it for other than the. i'll do it with a christian democrats who i believe best represent my value as. my father wasn't happy since he's been a social democrat for over thirty five years. but he has to live with us. in that when you want there are plenty of debate about restricting the numbers of refugees in your party. as the german army of kurdish origin as regards how many immigrants do you think germany can cope with before the suv and of offer per quarter if i can get the list i don't know if that's the right question at the site i keep wo

democrat party and its former coalition partners the social democrats and the seventy fifth annual golden globe awards are underway in beverly hills the ceremony has a more somber tone this year after widespread accusations of sexual misconduct in the industry in two thousand and seventeen many of the red carpet on the red carpet rather wore black as part of the hash tag me two movement which highlights the issue of sexual harassment. as the headlines on al-jazeera of shame is coming up next. valued as a gem of africa nairobi has gone through many changes over the past decades took to al-jazeera travels to the kenyan capital to hear from those who witnessed the city's progress to becoming a metropolis and discusses where it's heading now at this time on al-jazeera. twenty sixteen was the deadliest year on record for migrants and refugees attempting to get into europe. over five thousand people died between libya and italy or turkey and greece. the following film was first broadcast in two thousand and seven well before today's conflicts in the middle east. then many european migrants were

is the sister party of angular narcos christian democrats this is the party in bavaria and then fact has been saying this morning as there were entering the building behind me for these talks they were saying that they regard this preliminary document as basically fixed that it's just a matter of fleshing off the points that have been put into that twenty eight page page paper and that no further issues or no opening of new issues will be allowed by them within the christian democrats with. very own party there is some more flexibility some more preparedness actually to make concessions to the social democrats because clearly in the end what's important is that the social democratic party will present the final results of these coalition talks to its membership and that membership has to decide whether or not the party is going to actually enter a government that's really the crucial decision which is still several weeks away. nine hundred stand outside the c.d.u. party headquarters here in the butt end thank you very much. the legendary south african jazz musician and political acti

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the german chancellor, angela merkel, says she's optimistic that her centre—right christian democrat party can reach a coalition deal with the centre—left social democrats. five days of talks have just begun, three months after mrs merkel failed to win a parliamentary majority. and malaysia's long—serving former prime minister, mahathir mohamad, has been chosen once again as a candidate for the top job, at the age of 92. mr mahathir resigned as prime minister in 2003, but has been drawn back into politics because of his opposition to the current prime minister, najib razak. more than 39 people are missing after a collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship off the east coast of china. the missing sailors — mostly iranians — are all from the tanker, which is still on fire. andy moore reports. still burning fiercely many hours after the original collision, and still no confirmed news about the fate of its 32 crew. 30 were iranian and two were from bangladesh. the sanchi is more than 170 metres long. it was carrying just under a million barrels of oil. now, if the entire ca

the german chancellor, angela merkel, says she's optimistic that her centre—right christian democrat party can reach a coalition deal with the centre—left social democrats. five days of talks have just begun, three months after mrs merkel failed to win a parliamentary majority. malaysia's long—serving former prime minister, mahathir mohamad, has been chosen once again as a candidate for the top job, at the age of 92. mr mahathir resigned as prime minister in 2003, but has been drawn back into politics because of his opposition to the current prime minister, najib razak. there are fears of an environmental disaster in the east china sea, where a tanker carrying a million barrels of oil is still on fire. attempts to rescue 32 crew members are being hampered by a large oil slick and dense clouds of smoke. the tanker collided with a cargo ship early on saturday. andy moore reports. still burning fiercely many hours after the original collision, and still no confirmed news about the fate of its 32 crew. 30 were iranian and two were from bangladesh. the sanchi is more than 170 metres l

the german chancellor, angela merkel, says she's optimistic that her centre—right christian democrat party can reach a coalition deal with the centre—left social democrats. five days of talks have just begun, three months after mrs merkel failed to win a parliamentary majority. syrian state television says that the army has broken the siege of an army base encircled by opposition forces, in east ghouta, on the outskirts of damascus. rebels had widened their control over parts of the base last sunday. earlier, 18 people were killed in an explosion in idlib, to the north of the country. the explosion targeted the headquarters of a rebel group. malaysia's long—serving former prime minister, mahathir mohamad, has been chosen once again as a candidate for the top job — at the age of 92. mr mahathir resigned as prime minister in 2003, but has been drawn back into politics because of his opposition to the current prime minister, najib razak. let's take a look at yet more disruption caused by winter storm grayson, which has swept the east coast of america this week. this isjfk airport

the german chancellor, angela merkel, says she's optimistic that her centre—right christian democrat party can reach a coalition deal with the centre—left social democrats. five days of talks have just begun, three months after mrs merkel failed to win a parliamentary majority. malaysia's long—serving former prime minister, muhateer mohamad, has been chosen once again as a candidate for the top job, at the age of 92. mr mahathir resigned as prime minister in 2003, but has been drawn back into politics because of his opposition to the current prime minister, najib razak. more than 30 people are missing after a collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship off the east coast of china. the missing sailors, mostly iranians, are all from the tanker, which is still on fire. andy moore reports. still burning fiercely, many hours after the original collision, and still no confirmed news about the fate of its 32 crew. 30 were iranian and two were from bangladesh. the sanchi is more than 170 metres long and carrying just under a million barrels of oil. now, if the entire cargo ends up i

journalist setting up the microphones and cameras outside the christian democrats party headquarters petitions successfully ignoring them and interest groups are to paging because it's coolish and talk time in berlin after weeks and weeks off to a limb in every talks the real negotiations between uncle america's conservative party broke on the social democrats take off and they want to be finished within ten days. even though we will make sure to negotiate quickly at this point i believe people really expect us to work towards forming a government and i'm going into these talks with often is and i will teach them a nation that we must achieve results and to believe that it's possible in a comparatively manageable period of time. the negotiations are based on the twenty eight page agreement all three parties accepted two weeks ago but a speedy leader martin should sponsor gone to further concessions from conservative block committees and see if he thought house to be only goal to create a just and modern germany especially within the castell sector not internationally we want germany

the german chancellor, angela merkel, says she's optimistic that her centre—right christian democrat party can reach a coalition deal with the centre—left social democrats. five days of talks have just begun, three months after mrs merkel failed to win a parliamentary majority. malaysia's long—serving former prime minister mahathir mohamad has been chosen once again as a candidate for the top job, at the age of 92. mr mahathir resigned as prime minister in 2003, but has been drawn back into politics because of his opposition to the current prime minister, najib razak. let's take a look at yet more disruption caused by winter—storm grayson, which has swept the east coast of america this week. this isjfk airport in new york, where flooding has led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights. it got so bad water poured from the ceiling onto check—in desks, covering most of the floor in terminal 4. while the us east coast has been in the grip of arctic conditions, the australian city of sydney has experienced its hottest weather in nearly eighty years. temperatures reached a swelt

democratic union party and the opposition social democrats germany has been without a full government since elections last september well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people in power station that's a watching often off the head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed germans a satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily the start news biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on which is era. the move through g. people of southern argentina and chile have long protested the loss of from so strong lands at the hands of colonial era settlers territory that's never domenici by huge temperature states which have left the region environmentally depleted and the injured.

is governed jointly with the christian democrats for eight of the last twelve years after the party suffered a punishing defeat at last year's election the leader martin schulz promised to take it into opposition but pressure is now mounting on him to do a deal with marco since her proposal for a coalition with the greens in the liberal f.d.p. fell through. i think we can do it we will work very quickly very intensively that's what we set out to do and you always think about what people in germany are expecting all of us you always hope that politics will solve the problems and create the framework for people to live where little country i'm optimistic about these talks but i also know that there is a lot of work ahead of us in the coming days we're willing to take all the work. they've achieved as more in this now from berlin. this is been the longest coalition talks that we've had in post-war political german history it's running up almost to four months now and the people of germany have been under a caretaker government it's very important for angela merkel and prospective coalition part

the german chancellor, angela merkel, says she's optimistic her centre right christian democrat party, can reach a coalition deal, with the centre—left social democrats. five days of talks have just begun, three months after mrs merkel failed to win a parliamentary majority. the french president emmanuel macron, has paid tribute to seventeen victims of the islamist attack on the offices of a satirical magazine and a jewish supermarket in paris three years ago. he laid wreathes at the former headquarters of the charlie hebdo magazine, where twelve people were killed, including a police officer and outside the supermarket. a new round of strikes on the railways is due to begin at midnight, just as millions of people are returning to work after the christmas break. our business correspondentjoe lynam is at london's waterloo station. joe. yes, clive. thousands of trains are expected to be cancelled tomorrow affecting hundreds of thousands of commuters, including those here at the country's busiest station. the rmt union affects 6 rail companies: southern, northern, south western, greate

democratic party and its former coalition partners the social democrats who had vowed to go into opposition a potential sticking point is europe's refugee crisis of whether to allow the relatives of people who fled to germany to join their families that israel has published a list of activists groups and banned from entering the country twenty organizations have been blocked over their calls to boycott and sanction the jewish state for its policies towards palestinians european u.s. and south african groups are on the black list it includes the palestine solidarity campaign and the american muslims for palestine those were the headlines here there are back with more news in thirty minutes next it's inside story with harbor do stay with us. does egypt support donald trump's decision on jewish links suggest leaders in cairo don't object to u.s. recognition of the city as israel's capital and saudi arabia stands accused of secret support what does the apparent shift mean for the future of jerusalem this is inside story. hello there welcome to the program i'm laura kyle after u.s. president don

democrat party and the social democrats form a coalition partners a potential sticking point is the refugee crisis right up to date with the headlines good news are coming up in half an hour for that it is inside story. does egypt support donald trump's decision on leaks suggest leaders in cairo don't object to u.s. recognition of the city as israel's capital and saudi arabia stands accused of secret support what does the apparent shift mean for the future of jerusalem this is inside story. hello there welcome to the program i'm laura kyle off the u.s. president donald trump recognized jerusalem as israel's capital the condemnation from the arab world was swift and strong but is everyone on board the new york times reports that the gyptian media has been pressured to play down opposition to trump's decision and leaked phone recordings a senior intelligence officer reportedly told leading t.v. talk show hosts to influence their view as to back that decision contrary to widespread condemnation amongst muslims the newspaper quotes intelligence officer captain holy ghost so how is true

democrat party and its former coalition partners the social democrats who had vowed to go into opposition. it's going to come really. i think we can do it we will work very quickly very intensively that's what we set out to do and you always think about what people in germany are expecting all of us always hope that politics will solve problems in create a framework for people to live well in our country i am optimistic about these talks but i also know that there is a lot of work ahead of us in the coming days we're willing to take on the work david chaytor has more from berlin. this is been the longest coalition talks that we've had in post-war political german history it's running up almost to four months now and the people of germany have been under a caretaker government it's very important for angela merkel and her prospective coalition partners that she sort out in these talks and remember there are only talks about talks in the next five days exactly where the red lines are what form of they can get where immigration is how can they get another form of to reshape immigration polic

the german chancellor, angela merkel, says she's optimistic that her centre right christian democrat party can reach a coalition deal with the centre—left social democrats. five days of talks have begun, three months after mrs merkel failed to win a parliamentary majority. a 60—year—old man has been killed in sweden after picking up an object which exploded in his hand. police say it was probably a hand grenade. the object was found outside an underground station in a suburb of stockholm. the incident is not being linked to terrorism. the bbc‘s china editor carrie gracie has resigned from her post, citing pay inequality with male colleagues doing the same kind of work. in an open letter to licence fee payers, she accused the corporation of having a "secretive and illegal pay structure". the bbc has responded saying a review last year showed "no systemic discrimination against women" among rank and file staff. 0ur media editor amol rajan is here. what does the letter a? carrie gracie is a hugely respected international editor who has been at the bbc for over 30 years, and her

democrat party and its former coalition partners the social democrats and the seventy fifth annual golden globe awards are underway in beverly hills the ceremony has a more somber tone this year after widespread accusations of sexual misconduct in the industry in two thousand and seventeen many of the red carpet on the red carpet rather wore black as part of the hash tag me too movement which highlights the issue of sexual harassment. as the headlines on al-jazeera of shame is coming up next. valued as a gem of africa nairobi has gone through many changes over the past decades took to al-jazeera travels to the kenyan capital to hear from those who witnessed the city's progress to becoming a metropolis and discusses where it's heading now at this time on al-jazeera. twenty sixteen was the deadliest year on record for migrants and refugees attempting to get into europe. over five thousand people died between libya and italy or turkey and greece. or italy the following film was first broadcast in two thousand and seven well before today's conflicts in the.

democrats and the sister party c.s.u. in bavaria which is suffer daily and which faces recent elections this year it is very much afraid of the alternative to many and it is picking up some of their rhetoric as well and they are convinced there's a quote of a former leaders saying nothing should be no legal party should exist further to the right of the c.s.u. now this is the democrats are pretty much the other end of the spectrum and putting all of that together is rather difficult the f.t. is still a single issue party it's very much. that was being anti you're on to europe then the migration crisis came and this is what they cashing in on right now that simply is no appetite for. further large groups of migrants coming to germany i think this is also what made it slightly easier. leader that not to grandstand on principle and go along with the seize a huge amount to further extend this while pretty much ban on relatives of asylum seekers or people who have less a status here in germany to come and to limit this to real

is the sister party of angular marcos christian democrats this is the party in bavaria and then fact has been saying this morning as there were entering the building behind me for these talks they were saying that they regard this preliminary document as basically fixed that it's just a matter of fleshing off the points that have been put into that twenty eight pay page paper and that no further issues or no opening of new issues will be allowed by them within the christian democrats with the. very own party there is some more flexibility some more preparedness actually to make concessions to the social democrats because clearly in the end what's important is that the social democratic party will present the final results of these coalition talks to its membership and that membership has to decide whether or not the party is going to actually enter a government that's really the crucial decision which is still several weeks away. nine hundred stand outside the c.d.u. party headquarters here in berlin thank you very much. ok let's not talk about the one to economic forum which is offi

leader within the christian democrats party. and she was so powerful, she even eclipsed her own coalition partners, the social democrats. and for so many years, she has brought this very stable powerful presence to germany. and now, she finds herself in a position that she might have to lead a minority government with a far right nationalist party in parliament, as well. and so, she would find it very difficult to pass through legislation as a minority government with these various opposing forces in parliament. she's gone from being a very strong politician, someone who was considered arguably the most powerful woman in the world to someone who is very vulnerable. >> atika shubert, thank you for the reporting. >>> well, we've lost a giant in the culinary world from france. legendary french chef paul beaucous is being recorded as a leading figure in transforming french cuisine. he died saturday. he was 91. he was a mentor, a savvy businessman, and one of the first celebrity chefs. >> he built an international culinary empire, wh

democratic party and its former coalition partners the social democrats who had vowed to go into opposition. and israel has published a list of activist groups banned from entering the country twenty organizations have been blocked over their calls to boycott and sanction the jewish state for its policies towards palestinians european u.s. and south african groups are also blacklisted those were the headlines and back with more news in thirty minutes here on al-jazeera next it's al jazeera world do stay with us. says. the government after months of trial and years of preparation for his fate that prosecutors say he was a fund raiser for hamas convicted of funneling millions of dollars to the palestinian militant group. hamas. many. had to prove. beyond reasonable doubt to a jury. conspiracy that spanned a thirteen year period to support it curious organization among them in the loop hole while maher you'll probably know when. you're hunting down the murderers you support and we will use this case unjust and unfair to not only the individuals involved in the book entire community and for the

democratic party and its former coalition partners the social democrats who have vowed to go into opposition a potential sticking point is europe's refugee crisis and whether to allow the relatives of people who fled to germany to join their families their governments can leave. i think we can do it we will work very quickly very intensively that's what we set out to do and always think about what people in germany are expecting all of us always hope that politics will solve their problems think we can frame let the people to live well in our country i am optimistic about these talks but i also know that there is a lot of work ahead of us in the coming days we are willing to take on the work. iran's revolutionary guard says the wave of unrest linked to anti government demonstrations have now ended the families of some of the hundreds of demonstrators arrested have been protesting outside the prison in tehran where some of them are being held rising costs unemployment and accusations of corruption sparked violent protests in a number of cities and towns at the end of last month at least twent

democratic party and the social democrats the former coalition partners a potential sticking point is the refugee crisis and whether to allow the relatives of immigrants to join them in germany. is coming. i think we can do it we will what very quickly very intensively that's what we set out to do and only stayed about what people in germany are expecting all of us you always hope that politics will solve that problem think we the frame let the people to live when it all country and i'm optimistic about these talks but i also know that there is a lot of work ahead of us in the coming days we are willing to take on the way a man has died after an explosion at a train station in sweden police say witnesses saw the victim pick up an object which then exploded in his hand a woman received minor injuries to her face and legs from the blast experts are examining the device. as six holders have been injured in tacony in western rakhine state in may and while the army says they were attacked by the outer kind of salvation army or hinge a muslim separatist group it follows a separate incident

democratic party and its former coalition partners the social democrats who had vowed to go into opposition a potential sticking point is europe's refugee crisis and whether to allow the relatives of people who fled to germany to join their families there is going to come really. i think we can do it we will work very quickly very intensively that's what we set out to do and you always think about what people in germany are expecting all of us always hope that politics will solve their problems and create the framework for people to live well in our country i am optimistic about these talks but i also know that there is a lot of work ahead of us in the coming days we are willing to take on the work or they were cheated has more from berlin. this is been the longest coalition talks that we've had in post-war political german history it's running up almost to four months now and the people of germany have been under a caretaker government it's very important for angela merkel and her prospective coalition partners that she sort out in these talks and remember there are only talks about talks

democratic union party and the opposition social democrats germany has been without a full government since elections last september well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people in power stations are watching my phone off. head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed job as a satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily a study his biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. the uproot the people of southern argentina and chile have long protested and also from stressed lands at the hands of colonial era settlers territory that's maraton and cheap by huge timber stakes which have left the region environmentally depleted and the indigenous inhabitants mired in poverty but recently the simmering resentment have been coming to the court weeping to find that walk. me. pass a guinea and a vast wilderness of lakes forests and mountains that straddles the n.d.s

democratic union party and the opposition social democrats have been trying to find common ground to begin formal negotiations on an alliance david chaytor has more from berlin. this has been an unprecedented political limbo for germany so it's crucial these talks do reach some sort of result and remember that only talks about talks and now the main issues that are separating the parties are perhaps the refugees the crisis in two fifteen when one million refugees started coming into the country are they going to allow refugees to be reunited with their family also taxation taxations another real issue that separates the two sides but talking to political analysts here they say that this political limbo actually is is masking what is a lot of common ground between the parties in the grand coalition but the real problem is that there's no chemistry between the parties and as far as the social democrats are concerned no chemistry within the party itself now the that means that there's no real vision if they do come to agreements on having coalition talks there's no real vision that the

talks then we will see coalition talks with the christian democrats and then the social democratic party base is going to vote on those results so it's going to be some weeks before germany will in fact if these talks are successful see a new government all right i don't want to put any words in your mouth shut up or go doesn't sound very encouraging. well it's not going to be like both parties are painting a vision for germany for what they want to change in the next four years that's going to be a rather pragmatic thing it's not going to be a very euphoric new grand coalition that we are going to see if these talks are successful and it's really rather a forced marriage then you know a coalition that is painting a painting a vision for the next four years but they have reached agreements on quite a few issues and we'll see. tomorrow night if they are acts least seeing that through if they come to a positive conclusion of these talks pots reporting thank you. french actress catherine deneuve has criticised the b two movement for going too far saying men should feel free to make advances

democratic union party and the opposition social democrats an agreement would break a political stalemate that's left germany without a full government since elections last september ecuador has granted citizenship to wiki leaks founder julian assange has been holed up in its london embassy since twenty twelve astray and born activist has been avoiding extradition to sweden he was wanted there for questioning over a rape investigation which was dropped last year at the moment assad fears extradition to the u.s. where he could face charges of a wiki leaks release of thousands of classified military documents. now a report released in the u.k. warns that nuclear weapons systems around the world are increasingly vulnerable to being hacked by rival states or other groups the chatham house think tanks is the spread of digital technology makes it more likely that cyber attackers could disable or even launch nuclear missiles the report calls on governments to work with the private sector to stay at the cutting edge of technological developments rebecca johnson is an anti nuclear weapons campaign

talks then we will see coalition talks with the christian democrats and then the social democratic party base is going to vote on those results so it's going to be some weeks before germany will in fact if these talks are successful see a new government i don't want to put any words in your mouth shut up or go doesn't sound very encouraging. well it's not going to be like both parties are painting a vision for germany for what they want to change in the next four years it's going to be a rather pragmatic thing it's not going to be a very euphoric new grand coalition that we are going to see if these talks are successful and it's really rather a forced marriage then you know a coalition that is painting a painting a vision for the next four years but they have reached agreements on quite a few issues and we'll see. tomorrow night if they are acts least seeing that through if they come to a positive conclusion of these talks the pot's reporting thank you. and we shift our attention now to the u.s. where from the ultimate white house insider to banished outsiders stephen bannon has stepped

democrat party and its former coalition partners the social democrats valid to go into opposition a potential sticking point though the refugee crisis and whether to allow the relatives of immigrants to join them in germany we s.p.d. is governed jointly with the question democrats for eight of the last twelve years after the party suffered a punishing defeat at last year's election they did not in shills promise to take it into opposition but pressure is now mounting on him to do a deal with marco since her proposal for a coalition with the greens and liberal f.d.p. fell through these governments can really. i think we can do it we will work very quickly very intensively that's what we set out to do and you always think about what people in germany are expecting or those who always hope that politics will solve the problems and create the framework for people to live well it'll come true i am optimistic about these talks but i also know that there is a lot of work ahead of us in the coming days we're willing to take all the work. al-jazeera is david has more from ballin. this is bee

from the christian democratic union party david mcallister he suggested that members of the european parliament should be banned from speaking to r.t. or sputnik whilst they're on e.u. premises so that's perhaps something to look forward to in the future what we will hear though is that they'll publish the findings of following from this debate on whether there needs to be more financing for the east struck on task force in the spring keeping an eye on not expect to see this debate over fake news not going anywhere anytime soon. the most popular news channel in the world was still remain number one paper over thank you. thank you so much for being brave enough to tune into all propaganda hope you've absorbed it all up and often i. remember when you know when you don't. you are. not. left alone. claiming to know. that. you speak french. or the mainstream media intentionally gaslighting the public against president donald trump three first appears to be equally true trump goes with style gaslight the media what kind of body politic is this creating has the us become a collection of hys

democrats and america's party and the social democrats who may or may not enter into formal coalition negotiations soon to form a new government they have agreed on a basic paper that could be the god line for coalition to go she asians and in this paper they make reference to capping immigration now this is something that the chancellor is conservatives and especially her but very very conservative christian social union partners this is something they have long wanted it definitely represents a concession on the part of the chancellor herself and on the part of the social democrats now austria has been working for some time with that kind of a limit and that's very much what mr cortes means when he talks about other countries moving in the right direction beyond that we were told just now by the chancellor that discussion of what's happening in the balkan not only in terms of migration but the general political situation there which is not viewed as stable that that was a very important topic on which the two countries with the two leaders have just spoken and on which there was a l

from the christian democratic union party david mcallister he suggested that members of the european parliament should be banned from speaking to r.t. or sputnik whilst they're on e.u. premises so that's perhaps something to look forward to in the future what we will hear though is that they'll publish the findings of following from this debate on whether there needs to be more financing for the east struck on task force in the spring keeping an eye on not expect to see this debate over fake news not going anywhere anytime soon. russia's investigative committee is claiming new evidence refutes allegations of state sponsored sample swapping at the start elim pigs are to be done hawkins has more. well this is the result of a low inquiry by russia's investigative committee going all the way back to last year with regards to that doping scandal they've looked into some new details of course of google account before head of moscow's anti doping approach really from now whistleblower and fugitive in the united states into some of the technical details in his allegations namely how allegedl

democratic union party and the opposition social democrats are trying to find common ground before starting formal talks on forming an alliance. colombia's l.-n. rebel group is urging the government to resume talks the president suspended negotiations when rebels launched attacks after a cease fire expired and more from bogota a historic three months long ceasefire now over and in the worst way as the rebels resumed attacks in colombia many hoped for an extension of a truce which this five violations have been considered a success but on wednesday colombia's last active rebel group perpetrated four attacks wounding two colombian marines and affecting an important oil pipeline colombian president juan manuel santos spoke forcefully against them. laura the government deplored the airline's decision to restart its terrorist attacks on the general public the armed forces and on parts of the national infrastructure we were always i repeat always ready to extend the ceasefire with the airline and negotiate very quickly a new cycle of talks even it will she have. inexplicably not only rejected thi

democratic union party and the opposition social democrats have been trying to find common ground to begin formal negotiations on an alliance. at least seventeen people are dead after mudslides taken by heavy rain destroyed homes and swept away cars in southern california and rescue operation is underway to find more than a dozen people still missing and to reach hundreds of others stranded in the disaster. reports on. the day after disaster struck monta seato mud and storm water covered highway one hundred one the main road connecting los angeles and santa barbara were crews in heavy trucks fire engines and police cars were the only vehicles plying the normally busy highway which could now remain closed for days. the force of tuesday's mudslide smashed metal barriers and swept cars downstream from the canyons above residents describe a terrifying night of poor in the rain and roaring flood the sound with boulders and huge boulders because after storms like this you can go down the creek and there's boat was the size of votes wagons left that you have behind eighty year old bernard s

democratic union party and the center left social democrats as spend five days finding common ground germany has been without a full government since september's elections david chaytor is in berlin david what do we know about this progress. jane the political limbo does appear to be over for the moment there is an agreement that formal coalition talks will now take place and there is of course the problem of exactly what the comprehensive statement will see today does contain because there are crucial issues hurdles as called by anger merkel that they were discussing and those discussions went on throughout the night so clearly they've got to form some sort of statement which will allow the social democrats leader martin schulz to try and sell this deal at a special delegates conference on january twenty first and that itself could be a problem that's the final hurdle so yes this is as you said some form of a breakthrough but martin children the socialists have yet to decide and put it to their delegates and only then after they get agreement on january twenty first if they do get a

democratic union party and the opposition social democrats have been trying to find common ground and began formal negotiations on an alliance david chaytor has more from berlin. this has been an unprecedented political limbo for germany so it's crucial these talks do reach some sort of result and remember that only talks about talks and now the main issues are the separating the parties are perhaps the refugees the crisis in two fifteen when one million refugees started coming into the country are they going to allow refugees to be reunited with their family also taxation taxations another real issue that separates the two sides but talking to political analysts here they say that this political limbo actually is is maschine what is a lot of common ground between the parties in the grand coalition but the real problem is that there's no chemistry between the parties and as far as the social democrats are concerned no chemistry within the party itself now that means that there's no real vision if they do come to agreements on having coalition talks there's no real vision that the part