nina: and with angela merkel at the helm of it. from the outside, it looks like more of the same, but it isn't. she is under tremendous pressure here at home and i am sure we will talk about what exactly that is. anchor: i notice not the kind of question i ought to ask, but are you a fan? >> well, i am not. quality ofve the being the fan of a political figure. i do appreciate her. i appreciate of many of the things she did over the last couple of years. her in 2008 -- part of reason for being a chancellor. i like her being patient and smart and i like her way of governance. but i do not consider myself a fan. anchor: so, you like the merkel-style. issue still the dominant force in german politics? is there any doubt of that? >> i think she is one of the most powerful persons, maybe the most in germany. but i do not like the word dominant force to describe her because dominance is not the way to describe her way of governing. always theel has strategy of listening carefully to what the public mood wants to hear and essay and present

angela merkel and the centerleft get ready to govern together again. we look at the challenges that merkel would be facing. reporter: as angela merkel embarks on a fourth term, the first challenge she faces will be to restore discipline within her own party, the christian democratic union. following its poor result in federal elections last september, the cdu found itself weekend, struggling to form a government. when initial talks collapsed, months of deadlock ensued. the social democrats were left as the only possible partner. but to get the spd to sign on to another coalition, the chancellor had to make concessions, seeding key ministerial roles, including the cost of miniature of finance -- minister of finance. >> the fourth grand coalition in germany did not start as a marriage of love. [laughter] csu, and spd, are despite their differences in a position to work constructively together, and govern decently. that is the job we have, and we will fulfill it. reporter: the cdu will also have to battle the rise of the extreme right. frustration with an

emmanuel macron could give angela merkel a new burst of energy. emmanuel macron is very happy she will be remaining in power. you can see the two leaders post,in the huffington responding it is good news for europe. it will be preserved to help carry europe through this brexit age. genie: give us a little glamour now. the oscars took place in hollywood. i have two words for you that provoked quite a bit of inclusion. inclusion writer --of confusion. inclusion rider. alison: if you're confused by them, you're not alone. "the guardian" comes to the rescue with an explainer. is a classn rider and actor can have inserted in their contract that requires the cast and crew of the film to meet a certain level of diversity. this phrase comes from a tech talk from professor smith, and elated frances mcdormand gave her a shout out in her speech, and she is hoping now she will get a lot of calls from agencies, actors, and actresses who want to put inclusion riders in their contracts. genie: a warning about a very male profession -- priests. alison: that is ri

merkel after they got six ministries amongst them. in that coalition agreement the finance ministry as well which really is a key ministry here in germany that something magical got a lot of criticism over from her own party that she gave away that one key ministry so this is something the social democrats simply didn't want to say before they learned the result of the vote because they're very keen on at least dimming down this debate this bruising battle that there has been over posts and people and names within the party and certainly if they were seen to already divide up the ministries before they even know what they're.

merkel. macko has certainly done her bit to avoid that outcome she convinced her c.d.u. party to back the coalition despite the feeling that she gave away too many key ministries to save for a second attempt at forming a government. and you. can be a liberal we all fought hard and we're all disappointed and yes i too feel the pain of losing the finance ministry. that disappointment has dented mackerels authority as party leader mended for now by allowing in a party critics more of a say yet germany's political future right now lies in the hands of machall opponents the vote count at the s.p.d. headquarters in berlin is expected to be close after all party members are being asked to vote for the very option ruled out on the night of bitter election defeat another coalition with the s.p. deal as angola macros junior partner that promise now haunts the woman destined to take over at the helm of the speedy and they are now less sums up the hours that lie ahead. yeah you know followed by noon yes

merkel warm words that i would like to use about angela merkel is that she sometimes appears to be a little bit noble she's even nickname sometimes the speaking so one thing that people often ask is relevant to do those discussion here on quadriga is she a feminist. angle america has links to surround herself with women she can trust for example she brought on a great comp caught on by the state premier exile and to prevent and make her the c.d.u. secretary general it's an important post still some in islam doesn't seem to play a big role in the chancellor's universe do you consider yourself a feminist. theory and. even so more women are no joining methods cabinet three out of six of you ministers will now be women one is already a known quantity defense minister was a funded i and continues in her fold role and the sexes are also evenly divided among social democrats for the first time in its one hundred fifty year history the party could soon be led by a woman under the analysis the labor minister in the last grand coalition of women in positions of political power in germany now m

it is well that that many social democrats blame angela merkel. they will have to find a way to come together. they have just lost their leader, martin schulz, the former leader, martin schulz, the former leader of the european parliament. he resigned because this has been such a pickle, for want of a better phrase. a new leader in waiting has been appointed and she will have to unite the party but angela merkel herself has got to unite this government. it will be a difficult task and he has got to regain the trust of voters, who i think by and large over the last few months in particular have been rather disillusioned by the political wranglings of germany's two biggest establishment parties. jenny, thank you very much. you are watching bbc news. it is 24 minutes past midday. a full sports round—up for you from the bbc sport centre with olly foster once again. hello. deonte wilder says he's ready to take on anthonyjoshua in the heavyweight unification fight that all boxing fans want to see. that's after the american retained his wbc belt overni

merkel warm words that i would like to use about angela merkel is that she sometimes appears to be a little bit noble she's even nicknamed sometimes the speaking so one thing that people often ask is relevant to today's discussion here on quadriga is she a feminist. angle america's likes to surround herself with women she can trust for example she brought an a great comp caught on by the state premier exile and to prevent and make her the c.d.u. secretary general it's an important post still feminism doesn't seem to play a big role in the chancellor's universe do you consider yourself a feminist. theory and. even so more women are now joining methods cabinet three out of six of you ministers will now be women one is already a known quantity defense minister who is left under law and continues in her old role and the sexes are also evenly divided among social democrats for the first time in its one hundred fifty year history the party could soon be led by a woman under the labor minister in the last grand coalition of women in positions of political power in germany now a commonplace

and angela merkel is once again back in charge. brent: i'm joined here at the big table by jackson james, director at johns hopkins university and he is an insider you could say, on both sides of the political atlantic. due to have you back on the show. angela merkel takes the oath of office today for a fourth term. does cd to take stock of light took so long to get to today? jackson: i think it was a definite problem of reaching a consensus. her own party be at little at odds with each other. don't underestimate the internal squabble with a think is still going to continue. she was putting in a lot of different things together under one roof. brent: this third grand coalition has a long, long, long to do list. what we do say are the first things they need to tackle? jackson: trust. brent: from who? jackson: from the german public. they are going to have to figure out how to say this is 3.0, this is something new, it is not going to be more the same. that is a big cell and she has a hard and loud opposition party that are going to

merkel we heard the announcement just a short while ago from the s.p.d. party headquarters where we find our political editor michelle across there and michelle i understand you've been talking to a few people there what are some of the voices that you've been hearing. well this is the democrats are saying a very upbeat mood here now this is certainly a sense of relief that this vote went through i just the premise of my voice is also here seeing this as a signal of really having a mandate for renewal within the party i mean what else are they frankly say the social democrats have really had a very tough time they had a very bruising election campaign the result of twenty point five percent was frankly a slap in the face the party was infused by the promise of never going into a grand coalition with german chancellor angela merkel again and yet that's exactly what they are doing now that's a lot of a credibility gap to bridge they got their party base to give them a mandate to do exactly that and now they have to prove that they can do something that they

site to go along with angela merkel. shery: what happens after the sunday for angela merkel because we are expecting another term for her, but look happens after her? who can takers over the german economy? don't think angela merkel will serve out the four or five years of her term. there are challenges to her, to the satisfaction within her own party. she has make concessions with democrats to get them on board, so i don't think angela merkel is there for very long, and she has been grooming somebody to replace her. there is another candidate that andikely to be her heir, that would be good to see a transition. the worst scenario on sunday would be for the social democrats not to vote to go into coalition because then they would have a minority government in germany, or germany would go to a fresh election, and that would not be good for stability. thank you for, joining us. governor, new jersey -- is he in favor of the president's tariffs? will find out next. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: the earliest reaction from pre

support joining a government that would be led by chancellor angela merkel let's go live now to berlin and the social democrats party headquarters our correspondent dominic. cain is there at the minute by what sort of margin did the social democrats agree to join mrs merkel in what's known as a grand coalition. martin in a pretty clear margin two thirds to one third the party members have voted what you might say decisively in favor of another grand coalition with angle americal and the point to make is that there isn't really a sense of jubilation amongst the the rank and file or indeed amongst the the leadership here of the social democrats hearing with the prime minister of the minister president of the state of hamburg so he's not got his hands in the air he's not overjoyed at this result this is because this is basically a decision of the head that the social democrats have made rather than the hearts of the people who in conferences up and down the country over the past few months have been saying they don't want another coalition with angela merkel was saying that they feel that

this is it over news live from berlin combative and confident chancellor angela merkel is out of her new government's vision to german lawmakers immigration industry and criticism of the war in syria all featured prominently we'll get the details from our correspondent also is this the man who got donald trump elected cambridge alec c.e.o. alexander nicks pays the price for his part in the facebook data abuse scandal that insolvency firm suspends him for boasting about using dirty tricks to swing elections and the book over a romp pre-schoolers of kidnapped schoolgirls as a warning for parents don't try to educating your daughters again or we'll be back really costs. down while of iraq thanks very much for your company everyone german chancellor angela merkel has marked the beginning of her fourth term in office with a wide ranging policy statement the chancellor addressed a number of issues in her speech she had harsh criticism for turkey's that military operation in the syrian town of pasadena she also spoke about migration and islam in stark contrast to her newly appoint. interior

chancellor angela merkel disagrees. also, the story of a martial arts champion blazing a trail for muslim women. she conquered the world and kickboxing, a sport previously considered off-limits to female muslim athletes. we will hear about the barriers she had to overcome to reach the top. welcome to the program. german chancellor angela merkel is in paris for talks with french president emmanuel macron about plans to reform the european union. the summit comes days after chancellor merkel was confirmed in office for a fourth term. her difficulty in forming a coalition delayed the talks on integration. today the chancellor and the president said they would prepare a roadmap for reforming the eu and eurozone in time for a summit in june. chancellor merkel also stressed the importance of eu countries working more closely together. chancellor merkel: we are learning from experience that it is not in europe's common interest to have different rules and standards in each eu member state. we have to protect our borders, we ha

angela merkel will now be sworn in for a fourth term in office. bbc correspondent jenny hill is in berlin. germany has been waiting a long time for this. now has its government which is in effect occurred continuation of the last one, coalition between angela merkel‘s conservatives and the social democrats, spd. it has been a long and painful process. it all began backin and painful process. it all began back in september when a german elections or angela merkel leto conservatives to a pretty poor election result. social democrats suffered a similarfate. election result. social democrats suffered a similar fate. mrs merkel tried but failed to secure a coalition agreement with two other parties. that was their preferred option. finally after a very long and drawn—out process, she managed to get her coalition agreement with herformer partner to get her coalition agreement with her former partner is the social democrats. before that could go ahead, the spd membership at the final say. it has been a pretty nerve—racking weekend for mrs merkel, a

i can hear the music the clock is ticking time is nearly over just like it's rescue angela merkel still the power from i think she still is i mean appointing young and on the compound while it was a. turning point. from the left i think still. the power follow up again with the french president ok much look forward so thank you very very much for joining us here today on quadriga you've enjoyed the show come back next week we've been talking about i'm going to medical four point zero still the power for health thanks very much for joining us. we can all raise a cup of java. milledge abends. one hundred ten years ago she invented the coffee. an essential ironing. one of the women. in our sous for international women's day. thirty minutes. first called to millions of species. worth saving the global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas that protect the climate boost clean energy solutions and reforestation the boozing interactive content to inspire people to take action most mobilized to the multimedia environment series on w. we make up abo

and then of course there's the chancellor, angela merkel herself. this means that she will serve a fourth term as the german chancellor, but she has been severely weakened by this process, very damaged, domestically and also in the world stage she has been preoccupied with domestic events for so preoccupied with domestic events for so long now it is most hard to imagine her back leading the european agenda. that is what she hopes to do and certainly what she wa nts to hopes to do and certainly what she wants to deliver, a stable government in germany, it is what she promised to germany. she has given them the government but she has her work cut out to deliver on stability, ruling this country back together and restoring faith but only in her government but in our leadership. the polls have opened in italy in a general election characterised by a divisive campaign, dominated by immigration and the economy. the centre—left government faces a stiff challenge from a right—wing coalition and the populist 5—star coalition and the populist 5—star c

news live from berlin germany social democrats decide whether to team up once again with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives with hundreds of thousands of ballots now being counted party leaders are optimistic that members will approve the deal so will germany finally get a government or could this be the start of a political crisis also coming up. a star studded rally for the russian president over one hundred thousand turn out in moscow to cheer on vladimir putin he's hoping to coast to an election victory in two weeks' time. and the bundesliga show follows after the news take to just be the best of the action and all of saturday school. i'm edith kimani welcome to the program five months after the elections here in germany the wait for a new government could finally be over members of the center left social democrats have voted on whether or not to enter a new grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives party does one hand this evening as volunteers started processing the ballots almost half a million do you thing s.p.d. members who are eligible to vote the result

angela merkel's political rivals confirm they'll go back into coalition with her giving the german chancellor a full. with al-jazeera live from doha also coming up as many watch another european country fairing elections that will deliver populist and euro skeptic against. syrian government forces edge further into battered. trucks loaded with can't get in but you go i thought it would be just for communicating with our family or never anticipated that he would have so many followers what started as a daily message to his grandchildren turned this man into an internet sensation. it's a result which ends months of political uncertainty in europe's economic power and gives a fourth term to its longtime leader the german chancellor angela merkel center left rivals a social democrats have finally announced that their members of overwhelmingly voted to approve a new grand. relation with her conservatives now this is the third such coalition since two thousand and five but the social democrats they were also known as the s.p.d. were deeply divided about it that's because they've been punished at su

news live from berlin germany social democrats decide whether to team up once again with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives with hundreds of thousands of ballots now being counted party leaders are optimistic that members will approve the deal so will jenny finally get a new government or could this be the start of a political crisis also coming up. election day is on the horizon in its political parties have made their final appeal to voters who cast their ballots tomorrow but with no clear frontrunner who will italians choose to navigate their country's turbulent political landscape. it's been called a bomb inside clone a mammoth winter storm battered the u.s. east coast accused five people have been killed the fierce weather has knocked out power in more than a million homes. i'm you money welcome to the program five months after the elections here in germany the wait for a new government could finally be over members of the center left social democrats have voted on whether or not to enter a new grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives now the last batch of c

the std's members back another grand coalition led by angela merkel. questions swirl over how long she will last and what her cabinet is going to look like. her potential successor is going to give us an exclusive interview later on today. premium bed. xlnce's axa agrees to buy for $15 billion, a more than 30% premium to friday's close. are we at the start of another m&a wave in the insurance sector? welcome to "bloomberg markets european open." i am matt miller in berlin alongside guy johnson at bloomberg's european headquarters in london. europe is bid this morning in terms of the sector story. we tell, oil and gas, technology trading well. there are interesting downside moves because we are seeing the auto parts sector down by .8%, down to the trump tweeted over the weekend and the german auto the european auto sector. that is manifesting itself. the axa stock is trading softer this morning on the back of the bid. it is a chunky premium that is being paid. will others be forced to follow? the insurance sector being dragged down by that. let's get a

chancellor angela merkel's center left rivals the social democrats have overwhelmingly voted to approve a new grand coalition with her conservatives it turns months of political uncertainty the investigation into russian interference in the election of donald trump has reportedly been widened to include the united arab emirates the new york times says investigators have been questioning george neda american lebanese businessman who's now buys or to the crown prince of the u.a.e. those are the headlines stay with us around inside story coming up next. conflicts of interest in the white house donald trump son in law is reported to have used his influence with the president to boost the family business and cushion or has had his top secret security clearance downgraded is that a sign of more chaos in the president's inner circle this is inside story.

merkel warm words that i would like to use about angela merkel is that she sometimes appears to be a little bit noble she's even nicknamed sometimes the springs and one thing that people often ask is relevant to today's discussion here on quadriga is she a feminist. angle america's ranks to surround herself with women she can trust for example she brought on a great comp caught on by the state premier exile and to berlin and made her the c.d.u. secretary general hits an important post still feminism doesn't seem to flay a big role in the chancellor's universe do you consider yourself a feminist. in reaction. even so bored as women are no joining methods cabinet three out of six e.u. ministers will now be women one is already a known quantity defense minister was left underline and continues in her old role and the sexes are also evenly divided among social democrats for the first time in its one hundred fifty year history the party could soon be led by a woman. labor minister in the last grand coalition women in positions of political power in germany now were commonplace idea. good

post political correspondent nina and media argues that angela merkel must take the under to manual mark wrong to stretch the. they only have a narrow window of opportunity to keep you together serious stuff and praskovya is also with us she's an author and journalist for the french magazine one and she says a disastrous result in september's election followed by moments of quarrelling and deadlock. we can dangle americal there will be sworn in next wednesday plenty of interesting stuff i'd like to begin with you neal you've been following events very closely in the recent weeks and months lots of coral in lots of hard links finally we have a new government what should we expect from this new coalition well from the outside it may look like we're going to get more of the same because we of course have to remember that the past eight of twelve years we the german people have been governed by a so-called grand coalition and of course there is frustration here in germany that people are getting the feeling that whatever they vote for they always end up with a grand coalition and we're going

merkel to find out what it means for germany and europe also coming up. next any votes in an election whose outcome is anything but sit in the polls show a sergeant support for superbugs county and south bronx block as well as the anti establishment five star movement migration to be economy are among the key campaign issues. i'm edith to money welcome to the program at long last the wait for a new german government is over and that's because the social democrats have voted yes to joining a coalition yes again with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives now the vote is a huge relief for makyo who will soon be sworn in for a fourth time as chancellor but for the center left social democrats getting to this point has brought talks internal divisions that may prove difficult to heal. a nightmare for s.p.d. party leaders didn't come to pass as the results were announced there was no applause and no cheering instead a reserved reaction from a cautious party leader who fought very hard for this yes is a fellow democrats apartheid sixty centrist social democra

merkel to find out what it all means for germany also coming up. it's a vote in an election whose outcome is anything but certain polls show a surge in support of silvio berlusconi's center right to block as well as the m.p.'s top twenty five star movement migration and the economy are among the key campaign issues. the long. time welcome to the program at long last the wait for a new german government is over and that's because the social democrats have voted yes to joining a coalition yet again with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives now the vote is a huge relief for macko who will soon be sworn in for a fourth term as chancellor but for the center left social democrats getting to this point has brought out internal divisions that may prove difficult to heal. a nightmare for s.p.d. party leaders didn't come to pass as the results were announced there was no applause and no cheering instead a reserved reaction from a cautious party leader who fought very hard for this yes it's our democratic but tie at sixty two the social democratic party d

reporter: the tone for angela merkel's fourth term as chancellor is set. also what can be expected from the leading opposition party. brent: here are some other stories making headlines around the world. former french president nicolas sarkozy has reportedly been released from police custody. this follows 1.5 days of questioning over allegations he accepted millions of euros in campaign financing from the late libyan dictator moammar gaddafi in 2007. an explosion in the afghan capital cabell has left at least 26 people dead and 20 others wounded. the afghan interior ministry says a suicide bomber on foot that needed his explosives on a roll leading to a shiite shrine. today, kurds are celebrating new laws which marks the beginning of spring and kurdish new year. festivals went ahead here in southeastern turkey as you see there, as well as iraq and other kurdish areas. the festival is also a show of support for kurdish independence. a teenage palestinian girl will be sentenced to eight months in prison for slapping an israeli soldier. she reportedly accepte

merkel's conservatives the last batch of completed ballots have now arrived at the s.p.d. headquarters almost half a million party members were eligible to vote and the results will be announced on sunday. the truck carrying the ballots arrived at the social democrats berlin headquarters with a police escort but no fanfare. party bigwigs made a point of staying away gathering instead at a nearby hotel to discuss how to rejuvenate the party they want to show that regardless of how the rank and file have voted they recognize the need to strengthen the party's message. guns but most of those we made a conscious decision to start this meeting before the votes were counted and could see that that also could see this just for once show that we're taking a long hard look at whether our answers are also good enough for the future. party leaders say they want the rank and file like here a nuremberg to be part of this process. is really going to go under that are not confidence because i went to one of the regional conferences and i really got the feeling from our leaders the thing

and jim the social democrats announce who's getting top posts in chancellor angela merkel's new coalition government key among them a foreign minister largely untested in international diplomacy. but unwelcome cheema well leaders have been responding to a potential breakthrough in the nuclear standoff with north korea german chancellor angela merkel spoke just a short while ago she gave a cautious welcome to the prospect of a summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong il and here's what she said . this is my hopeful smile colas a glimmer of hope it needs work because of course really seeing a deescalation would be wonderful because for all of us the nuclearization of north korea has been a grave concern. in. so that was chancellor angela merkel of germany no other key players in the north korean nuclear crisis have also weighed in china urged the two countries to find a political solution russia court the fullest ever plans talks between the leaders of the u.s. and north korea a step in the right direction and it was south korea that dippy has to have conv

news line from berlin germany social democrats decide whether to team up once again with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives with hundreds of thousands of ballots now being counted party leaders are optimistic that members will accrue the deal so will germany finally get a government or could this be the start of a political crisis also coming up. a star studded rally for the russian president over one hundred thousand turnout in moscow to cheer on vladimir putin is hoping to close to an election victory in two weeks' time. and the bundesliga show follows after the news takes you to see the best of the action and all of saturday school. i'm edith kimani welcome to the program five months after the elections here in germany the wait for a new government could finally be over members of the center left social democrats have voted on whether or not to enter a new grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives party leaders won hands this evening as volunteers started processing the ballots almost half a million do you thing s.p.d. members were eligible to vote the results

merkel's conservatives the last batch of completes of ballots have now arrived at the s.p.d. headquarters almost half a million party members were eligible to vote and the results will be announced on sunday. the truck carrying the ballots arrived at the social democrats berlin headquarters with a police escort but no fanfare. party bigwigs made a point of staying away gathering instead of a nearby hotel to discuss how to rejuvenate the party they want to show that regardless of how the rank and file have voted they recognize the need to strengthen the party's message. of all standards we made a conscious decision to start this meeting before the votes were counted and could see if it also could see this just so and so for show that we're taking a long hard look at whether our answers are also good enough for the future. party leaders say they want the rank and file like here a nuremberg to be part of this process that's really going to go up on that you cannot confidence because i went to one of the regional conferences and i really got the feeling from our leaders the thing

emmanuel macron was elected, angela merkel is there. there is an impetus for more integration, emmanuel macron is very pro—european union. and like most young europeans and young british people, they want more integration, it's going to happen. i think, it doesn't mean that, you know, the complacency and lack of democracy in the european institutions shouldn't be addressed. i think there is recognition of that. brexit was a shock. i think it will be addressed. i think there is a real question over this french and german plan for closer integration now, as a result of this election. more than 50% of italian voters voted for anti—european parties. italy is now dominated by politicians who have promised deep tax cuts, lavish spending programmes, and who are anti—eu. look at the plan to have a banking union in europe. you really think german banks are going to sign up to a banking union when italy is dominated by politicians which have decided to blow budget spending? you are taking a longer view... right, in the broader context, we h

might go even down by more than fifty percent we are also getting word from chancellor angela merkel her spokesperson said that terrorists on steel and elam in you would be of wrong decision so yeah lots of uncertainty dos of questions and big losses here in the financial world then you're hoping for a verb thank you. britain's prime minister tourism a is scheduled to reveal her demands for the u.k.'s future relationship with the european union today britain's decision to leave the block has left many companies worried about their business with the rest of europe one sector debt ceiling particularly an easy is the highly integrated pharmaceutical industry. these pills can help prevent seizures in adults and children who suffer from epileptic attacks the drug offender mike is manufactured in britain but can be sold across the e.u. how will all this work after breck's it europe without borders means that we have products which move present their components for use that phrase their ingredients will move seamlessly across europe many times to produce the final medicine this is our numbe

merkel kicked off the show at a gallon tuesday for the first time the i.g.b. is official partner region is a german state mecklenburg for partner and in the north east of the country. the baltic beaches of the i.t.v. partner region are thronged in the summer time but when it's winter there's hardly a soul in sight. second book for palm on where nearly two hundred thousand people depend on tourism wants to attract more visitors with creative accommodations like the sleep hours at a campsite and named off or the equally unusual dock in hostile environment day where you can spend the night in every fish at cargo container and more and more guests are checking in even in the winter time. absolutely. everything is. at. the hospital which opened a year ago has already won a national tourism prize. made a statement with their architecture that attracts young people who might otherwise not have had vandeman to on their temporary. hotel operators on the baltic coast can't guarantee sunshine instead they offer activities for bad weather like dawkins indoor bouldering gy

this is g w news live from berlin germany as political parties sign up for government chancellor angela merkel join the leader of the social democrats to sign a new coalition government into existence it brings to an end almost six months of political uncertainty we will have analysis. also coming up the axe body.

well the point to make is that they will now be alongside angela merkel in cabinet there will be six social democrats ministers in cabinet three men three women and the important element from the social democrats point of view certainly that's what the leadership says is a take a look at the ministries that they will control now not ordinarily in german coalition government the leading party controls the finance ministry the money decisions as it were while the social democrats will control the finance ministry and the man you heard from just then is the shards well he will be the next finance minister certainly that is what the social democrats say so you get a sense there that he is saying to his party look yes we have to go go into. with christine them it's democrats again yes they have the chance to rebut look at the posts that we will control and from angela merkel's perspective well she has tweeted already following the results saying she's looking forward to governing with the s.p.d. but in a certain sense you would expect her to say that her difficulty is that she has had to

german chancellor angela merkel but he's also hoping that it will give them the strength to launch this process of renewal that also is a standing process from the past you just have to that party base which saw and kevin the head of the young social democrats who led the campaign against the growth code the so-called grand coalition he will remain the spearhead for that renew it will be very interesting what the manages to bind him into this process that's certainly coming here. as you said i think was about seventy eight percent of the party members that ended up participating in this vote so that indeed does give the party a bit of strength but this was also one of the questions to the acting head of the party offshore says you know with around sixty six percent voting in favor of this government is this party really going to come closer together as he is saying it will going forward. well the question really is can it be divided any further than we've seen recently and you can look at it from from two different directions and what i find really interesting is that there was stronger

angela merkel even as she is putting together a coalition. brooke: they want to be competitive in the race for .echnology and automation they don't want to feed whatever advantage they feel the company has to chinese acquirers. they are being sensitive about this. david: is it a matter of we want to protect our industry which is understandable, or is it that there has been a lot of hacking going on? ownershipd is foreign in some of the companies that might give a back door to get in. qualcomm does work for the u.s. government, and i think there was concern among members about another company having control of that. it is important to mention that broadcom is trying to redomiciling itself as a u.s. company. a broadcom has said all the board numbers are american and we have some business in america and we're going to move there and we should not be subject for it. the move was blatant. they have to take a look at this to ward off copycats who might say maybe we could reincorporate in america and try to do a deal. the language that broadcom uses

merkel's new coalition government we will find out what exactly is behind the departure. also coming up on this international women's day we take a look at demonstrations around the world including in istanbul where thousands are marching to demand an end to oppression and violence against women. and the u.s. president donald trump is due to sign off on a controversial steel and aluminum import tariff shortly will you deliver more clarity on what he's got planned out plus aid convoys blocked again as the assault intensifies on eastern ghouta syrian government forces seize half of the rebel held territory around four hundred thousand people remain trapped in and around a line of fire.

news live from berlin what's in store for germany's chancellor angela merkel is due to address the parliament shortly laying out her government's priorities for the next four years can she could beenz critics that she's taking the country in the right direction will have loud live coverage also coming up did he help donald trump to victory cambridge analytical c.e.o. alexander dix there suspended after posting on hidden camera about using dirty tricks to swing election and what it facebook know about how his firm was manipulating data for millions of its users. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us german chancellor angela merkel is about to lay out her government's plans for the next four years that's after being sworn into office for her fourth term last week but she faces a tough crowd after months of wrangling to form a government many in parliament are still a deeply unhappy with the resulting coalition between merkel's conservatives and the social democrats her job today is to win their confidence that she has the right road map for germany's future and we'll be going live

it means he will be part of angela merkel's new coalition government. and u.s. president donald due to sign off on a controversial steel and aluminum import tariff shortly. will he deliver more clarity of what he has planned? ♪ sarah: i'm sarah kelly. welcome. thanks for joining us. on this international women's day, women around the world have staged protests against gender inequality. thousands have flooded spain's capital, madrid and women across the country are staging a 24-hour walkout to demand an end to unfair wages. and from this morning women have been gathering in solitary around the me too movement in various cities including new delhi and jerusalem. in turkey's capital, istanbul, thousands to to do street this evening calling for an end to violence against women. a short while ago our correspondent in istanbul talked to us from the center of the demonstration. >> we are at one of the major demonstrations in istanbul today. the atmosphere is full of excitement. it is a cheerful atmosphere. the women are trying to make some noise, many are blowing wh

merkel hundreds of thousands of s.p.d. members cast their ballots on saturday five months after the country's general election and painstaking talks about forming a new government a no vote by party members might force a new national elections could spell big political difficulties for the most powerful politician dominic cain has more from berlin. thursday night in leipzig and for the social democrats the hot topic is coalition across germany the party

the leading figures still angela merkel. she promises things will continue adding new clip. -- at a new clip. >> i think everyone feels it is time to start working. a new start for europe. new cohesion for our country. this is what we set out to accomplish. for the spd, social issues are especially important. the social democrats struggled for a long time. >> fourth grand coalition in germany did not start as a love match. this cdu, csu, and as pd will remain fundamentally different parties, and they will still be able to work constructively together and govern properly. >> the third coalition partner, the csu, calls this a grand coalition for the common people. >> to list the keywords, job security with the promise of full-time employment, a basic pension, pension credits for stay-at-home parents. >> the opposition parties described the agreement in negative terms, protesting the future government's program. >> there are major gaps in his coalition agreement, especially when it comes to future challenges. above all, climate

after weeks of political wrangling, the fate of the potential coalition between angela merkel's conservatives and the social democratic party now lies in the hands of the almost half a million spd party members who have a postal baot on theerms of the agreement. but the vote could go either way because the spd is divided. while the der party establishmt iseen to ren the coalition with chancellor merkel, the youth wing wants the party to go into opposition. this split is even apparent in families. we met with ralf stegner, the deputy party chairman who was instrumental not only in the negotiations for the coalition agreement, but also in convincing members to support it, members like his son fabian. he's concerned about the party's sinking approval rating, and wants them to take a new direction. >> carnival season in marne, northern germany, and a chance for the social democrats to get into the party spirit and forget about their troubles and miserable ratings -- for one night, at least. deputy spd chairman ralf stegner is here to drum up grassroots support for a grand coalition in berlin. his

merkel. macko has certainly done her bit to avoid that outcome she convinced her c.d.u. party to back the coalition despite the feeling that she gave away too many key ministries to save for a second attempt at forming a government. and you. can be

merkel kicked off the show with a gallon tuesday for the first time the i.t.v. is official partner region is a german state. mecklenburg for come on in the northeast of the country. the baltic beaches of the i t v's partner region are thronged in the summer time but when it's winter there's hardly a soul in sight. second book for palm and where nearly two hundred thousand people depend on tourism wants to attract more visitors with creative accommodations like the sleep owls other camp site in need off or the equally unusual dock in hostile environment or where you can spend the night in a reef fish a cargo container and more and more guests are checking in even in the winter time . absolutely. everything is. i think is. the hospital which opened a year ago has already won and national tourism prize. made a statement with their architecture that attracts young people who might otherwise not have had vandeman on their temporary. hotel operators on the baltic coast can't guarantee sunshine instead they offer activities for bad weather like dawkins indoor boulderin

news line from berlin germany social democrats decide whether to team up once again with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives with hundreds of thousands of ballots now being counted party leaders are optimistic that members will accrue the deal so will germany finally get a government or could this be the start of a political crisis also coming up. a star studded rally for the russian president over one hundred thousand turnout in moscow to cheer on vladimir putin is hoping to close to an election victory in two weeks' time. and the bundesliga show follows after the news takes you to see the best of the action and all of saturday school. i'm edith kimani welcome to the program five months after the elections here in germany the wait for a new government could finally be over members of the center left social democrats

merkel kicked off the show at a gallon tuesday for the first time the i.g.b. is official partner region is a german state mecklenburg for partner and in the north east of the country. the baltic beaches of the i t b s partner region are thronged in the summer time but when it's winter there's hardly a soul in sight. yet and book for palm on where nearly two hundred thousand people depend on tourism wants to attract more visitors with creative accommodations like the flea powells a comp site in need off or the equally unusual dock in hostile environment it where you can spend the night in every fish at cargo container and more and more guests are checking in even in the winter time. absolutely i love it. everything's. at the right. the hospital which opened a year ago has already won a national tourism prize. made a statement with their architecture that attracts young people who might otherwise not have had vandeman on their. hotel operators on the baltic coast can't guarantee sunshine instead they offer activities for bad weather like dawkins indoor boulderin