plus in german politics a shake up at the top germany's social democratic party formally endorses its new left leaning leaders their critics of their party's coalition with merkel's conservatives we take a look at the impact that could have on germany as government. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. we begin in australia where several bushfires have joined together north of the country's largest cities sydney they've formed what's being called a mega fire that's burning out. control in an area roughly 60 kilometers across and just already say it's just too big to put out bushfires are common in australia but meteorologists say climate change is exacerbating the fire season and they're forecasting more hot dry and windy conditions in the coming days. some of the flames the 30 metres high this footage was taken by a fireman on his phone east in australia has been plagued by bushfires for weeks now at least 8 smaller fires have merged into a mega fire 16 kilometers long fire patrols are being tested to the limit. for the next there's a 30 to 40 boarders. bushfires ar

in the opinion polls so the social democrats even if they're relatively strong. lenda level at the state level where they have i think 7 out of the 16 premia ships in germany they are not in a strong position and for them to rock the boat would be be you know a callous act and also coming back to the question from before would they be able to negotiate any new coalition deal with the c.d.u. i think it's extremely unlikely and it could come. looking over her shoulder to the rights of flirtation math to pre-pay who's a challenge oh could be the challenger to so there's no way that the cd you could give way on issues on the left of the party man what is going on within the s d p then this this shift to the left why would the s.t.p. want to risk losing power and influence by putting the coalition at risk. i think one has to sort of perhaps even look at the labor party in britain and look at the internal workings of a political party like people join a political party because they have strong views now who lost the leadership election is actually the 3rd most popular

germany's ruling coalition on a collision course with the social democrat selects new leaders who want to change their agreement with angela merkel's conservatives but the c.d.u. 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 agend

germany's ruling coalition on a collision course the social democrats elect a new leaders who want to change their agreements with uncle america's conservatives the city goose is nor will merkel's government survive. and lewis hamilton puts the finishing touches on another dominant formula one season that left his rivals in a speech. welcomed the head of the u.n. has taken the world's major economies to task for not pulling their white to reduce carbon emissions until no good terrorists says the global push to stop climate change has been course actually an adequate and he just drives a point of no return as fast approaching contenders was speaking as a 2 week international climate summit gets underway in madrid on monday here's more of what he had to say we have you know the pull and we are still thinking soon it will be too deep to escape. i welcome the voices of young activists so be meeting they understand that you have a job revising their future if you fly you will continue to push every day to keep climate at the top of the international agenda. statement follows the declaratio

social democrats resoundingly voted. nobody but a boy into office over the after more narrow grassroots vote that was boyd by the youth wing of the social democrats and even that youth wing with the leader kevin not openly call for no clothes no ground coalition even when his own party went to do those talks he's sounding a lot more tame today. to michelle acoustic political editor thank you very much for that update from the s.p.d. party conference under way right now. the social democrats also the main focus of the latest poll by german research are in for a test to map it's awesome journalism with this whole newly elected leader saskia s. can and no but boy runs could give the s.p.d. a much needed boost 22 percent of germans said yes but an overwhelming majority 70 percent said they did not believe they could help the s.p.d. gain more support among voters. the executive director of in fact as dimapur reinhart's think it is in bonn and joins me now from there this is think of what that is a very decisive outcome why ja

such as kin and norbert all to borean celebrate their win more than 50 percent of social democrats voted for them as the new co-leaders of germany's oldest political party the s.p.d. ones standing side by side with the candidates they ran against in a show of solidarity doesn't i live so it's i mean we're all social democrats here that's something we really learned during regional conferences and this provides an important conversation for what lies ahead and it's up to ads to unite this party and invite our rivals to work together in the end i was just like and say i'm so glad it was clear a guy votes and vice chancellor all of schultz made the final ballot after making it clear they wanted to maintain the governing coalition with merkel's conservatives unlike the winners though the defeated duo emphasized the need for unity to clobber the i believe the s.p.d. has made a decision means new party leadership types no everyone should get behind them and . as cannon fodder boy must still be confirmed at a party conference next week and they're willing to continue the grand coalition if some

and germany's social democratic party formally endorses its 2 new leaders who are skeptical about dave he's governing coalitions with chancellor merkel is conservatives. great welcome german chancellor angela merkel has made her 1st official visit to the former auschwitz death camp the site in poland was the nazi's largest death camp during the 2nd world war chancellor merkel's visit mock the 10th anniversary of the foundation that preserves the memorial she paid tribute to the victims of the camp and spoke of the necessity of remembering the atrocities committed there. it's almost midday when german chancellor angela merkel arrives at the place that evokes the crimes of the nazi era like no other auschwitz former concentration and extermination camp the murder machine. by 945 more than a 1000000 people had been killed here by the nazis. silently merkel approaches the so-called wall of death with the polish prime minister this is the place where the german shot dead thousands of poles. this is merkel's 1st visit to auschwitz as chancellor for 24 years no german chancellor has walked th

germany's governing party is on a collision course the social democrats elect new leaders who want to change that coalition deal with conservatives the government. i'm phil gallo welcome to the program. we begin in madrid to add data gets from a 200 countries have become a 2 week climate summit admitted growing sense of crisis u.n. secretary general antonio tatar she's calling for a bold action warning that the world risks passing the point of no veto negotiators have been tasked with ironing out the rules for implementing the 2015 paris climate agreement which countries have agreed to demi to global warming to less than 2 degrees celsius above pre-industrial temperatures united states one of the world's biggest carbon emitters is represented even though president trump pulled his country out of the deal but that doesn't take the full effect until late next year . we are indeed still in. unfortunately we are having to fight our way through a bit of a blockade by the fossil fuel industry but that will not prevail and the america that you know the america of leadership the america of pr

hello welcome to the program i'm adrian figure in germany a social democrat so s.p.d. have chosen to leaders who want to leave angela merkel's grand coalition many of the party members say they want to focus on rebuilding support in the opposition the coalition between angela merkel's christian democrats and the s.p.d. was formed last year at the s.p.d. as new leaders ran on a joint ticket with a promise to renegotiate a partnership deal on issues of spending and climate policy it's congress is expected to decide by next week on whether the policy will continue to support merkel but should the s.p.d. decide to leave the chancellor has the option of leading a minority government or forming a new coalition with smaller opposition parties a snap election is also on the cards with one of the s.p.d. as new leaders dull but volatile boyens spoke about the importance of keeping his party strong. well. we are very aware that this is not a question of victory or defeat but this is a question of keeping this great social democratic party together and bringing together again wher

democrats a swing back to the left but other people see this as a grave concern the former social democrat charles de gaulle should have won he has criticised the result saying that it would make the party's problems and work as outside the policy we heard earlier the. conservative leader come on by us he said it would be jobs for them it's business as usual the left casi for once they have come out and praised the new leadership. germany needs more left leaning politics and they move away from this centrist coalition the gun tradition and the others on the other end of the spectrum we have the business friendly free democrats they say this is threat to the country and that it could bring down the government how likely is the government because these leaders are critics of this of this coalition well. that is a big question of course many senior positions in both coalition parties have said they believe that the social democrats will choose to stay in the coalition. we heard in the report the 2 new leaders they want to see concessions if that happens from the christian democrats one for ex

in the opinion polls so the social democrats even if they're relatively strong. lenda level at the state level where they have i think 7 out of the 16 premia ships in germany they are not in a strong position and for them to rock the boat would be the you know a callous act and also coming back to the question from before will they be able to negotiate any new coalition deal with the c.d.u. i think it's extremely unlikely and it could come. it's looking over her shoulder to the rights of flirtation math to the challenge oh could be the challenger to so there's no way that the cd you could give way on issues on the left of the party man what is going on within the s d p then this this shift to the left why would the s.t.p. want to risk losing power and influence by putting the coalition at risk. i think one has to sort of perhaps even look at the labor party in britain and look at the internal workings of a political party like people join a political party because they have strong views now who lost the leadership election is actually the 3rd most popular politic

out in the future policy of the social democrats vidia the s.p.d. party conference thank you very much for keeping track of developments that. you've got indeed have been used let's turn to some other news a 6 story building has collapsed in kenya's capital nairobi authorities say some people could be trapped in the debris military personnel have arrived to assist with the search and rescue operation after locals pulled still survive 10 survivors from the rubble with their bare hands. the world health organization says the number of deaths from mazes is on the rise the latest figures show the disease killed 140000 people last year nearly 15 percent in the before its sides failure to vaccinate children as a key reason for the increases. and now to animal conservation the mountain gorillas of rwanda were on the brink of extinction but after a concerted campaign their numbers are rising again a decade ago they were just $680.00 but now they're more the death house and their status has changed from critically endangered to just endangered so how did tha

and germany's governing coalition partners on a collision course with the social democrats electing new leaders who want to change their coalition deal with all americans conservatives can her government survive. and in formula one racing lewis hamilton and his for save his team putting the finishing touches to another dominant season it's left his rivals in a spent. our brian thomas great to have you with us the head of the united nations has taken the world's major economies to task for not doing enough to reduce carbon emissions i'm tony of the terrorists as the global push to stop climate change has been quote utterly inadequate and he says no point of no return is fast approaching the terrorist was speaking as a 2 week international climate summit gets underway in madrid here's more of what he had to say. we have you know the poll and we asked you thinking soon it will be too deep to escape i welcome the voices of the young activists i've been meeting they understand that you have jumper guys in their future if you fly i will continue to push every they to keep climate at the top o

which answer i'm going to ruling a coalition could be and shovel that off to the center left social democrats or s.p.d. elected to new leaders who are critical off the chancellor now the s.p.d. form part of the government along with merkel's conservatives and all but valid to boreanaz and saskia s. can say they want to renegotiate a coalition deal with the conservatives to focus more on social justice and climate policy and they have not ruled out the idea of leaving the grand coalition altogether. and d.-w. political correspondent 5 enough on a demo with me in the studio good to see fabio firstly what can you tell us then about these new tests well both certainly not from the 1st row of german politics they both have a disc distinct left wing profile within the social democrats guest and she's a back bencher in the blue in the stock expert digitalisation no but the board and the regional politician is the former finance minister of north rhine-westphalia and earned kind of a reputation as a robin hood because the fault tax evaders pretty hard and they both were supported heavily by the young

norbit volta boy celebrate their win more than 50 percent of social democrats voted for them as the new leaders of germany's oldest political party the s.p.d. standing side by side with the candidates they ran against in a show of solidarity what goes into our lives it's our you know all social democrats that's something we really learned during regional conferences and this provides an important conversation for a lot lies ahead except i have to unite this party and invite our rivals to work together in the end it was just like the. vice chancellor made the final ballots after making clear they wanted to maintain the governing grand coalition with nickles conservatives like the winners the defeated you emphasized the need for unity. the i believe the s.p.d. has made a decision means new party leadership everyone should get behind. volta boy that must still be confirmed as a party conference next weekend both of them are critical of the grand coalition as we dock level pulls it so we must clear positions to our coalition partners and to find the areas where we can work together meet wha

and germany's coalition partners on a collision close to social democrats elect new leaders who want to change their coalition do that under the americans conservatives can hold government survived. in sport not bought much back to the top of the industry the hosts b. to find work for to me not that impressive display are they not serious contenders for the title. of a myth that she was good to have you with us. we begin in madrid where delegates from almost 200 countries have begun a 2 week climate summit amid a growing sense of crisis negotiators are tasked with finding out the rules for implementing the 2015 far as climate accord that's when countries agreed to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees celsius above pre-industrial temperatures but would it be another case of too little too late during his opening remarks u.n. secretary general antonio good tennis cordon delegates to take bold action as he outlines to a different visions for our future by the end of the coming decade we will be on one of 2 paths when is the path of 3rd round where we have 3 paul cook past the poi

democrat so s.p.d. elected to a new leaders who are critical of the chancellor and the s.p.d. form part of the government along with nicholas conservatives now no but valid tibor yes and saskia s. can say that they want to renegotiate that coalition deal with the conservatives to focus more on social justice and climate policy they have not ruled out the idea of leaving the grand coalition together. or for this. political correspondent 5 enough on a demo case with me in the studio good to see fabien firstly what can you tell us then about these new leaders well both certainly not from the 1st row of german politics they are both have a disc distinct left wing profile within the social democrats and she's a back bencher in the blue in the stark expert digitalisation no but valid avoidance of the regional politician is the former finance minister of north rhine-westphalia and earned kind of a reputation as a robin hood because the fault tax evaders pretty hard and they both were supported heavily by the y

in the opinion polls so the social democrats even if they're relatively strong. lenda level at the state level where they have i think 7 out of the 16 premia ships in germany they are not in a strong position and for them to rock the boat would be the you know a callous act and also coming back to the question from before would they be able to negotiate any new coalition deal with the c.d.u. i think it's extremely unlikely and it could come. looking over her shoulder to the rights of flirtation math to the challenge oh could be the challenger to so there's no way that the cd you could give way on issues on the left of the party man what is going on within the s d p then this this shift to the left why would the s.t.p. want to risk losing power and influence by putting the coalition at risk. i think one has to sort of perhaps even look at the labor party in britain and look at the internal workings of a political party like people join a political party because they have strong views now who lost the leadership election is actually the 3rd most popular politician

such as kin and north of all to borean celebrate their win more than 50 percent social democrats voted for them as the new co-leaders of germany's oldest political party the. standing side by side with the candidates they ran against in a show of solidarity doesn't olive so it's only are all social democrats that something we really learned during regional conferences and this provides an important conversation for what lies ahead except to have to unite this party and invite our rivals to work together just like. clara guy votes and vice chancellor made the final ballot after making it clear they wanted to maintain the governing coalition with merkel's conservatives unlike the winners though the defeated duo emphasized the need for unity to clobber the i believe the s.p.d. has made a decision means new party leadership types everyone should get behind them. as cannon fodder still be confirmed at a party conference next week and they're willing to continue the grand coalition if some changes are made. clear positions to our coalition partners and to find the areas where we can work tog

the social democrats have cast doubt on the. future of the grand coalition but their partners in that coalition the christian democrats are attempting to shrug off any such suggestion for on a great card or it's business as usual. for the c.d.u. one thing is clear we're going to stand by this coalition on the basis of what we've already negotiated. and we want to get back down to work quickly. but the new s.p.d. leaders norbert. are critical of the political partnership they have new demands on the minimum wage pensions and the climate that they want to be met. and thus. this is not possible if this is blocked then the party conference will have to think about how to overcome these differences for policy is the most important thing and that is what will decide whether this coalition has a future there is in the s.p.d. want to prevent that party debate from happening. this was all about a person no change in the s.p.d. and it doesn't necessarily mean that the party is going to rethink its policies. the trade unions are urging the

germany's ruling coalition on a collision course with the 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 w

of the social democrats like many social democratic parties across the european union even they have really lost their way in recent years and that position in the opinion polls has just become low and low and low and i currently polling at around 13 percent so this is very much part of the shift to realign exactly what it is that the social democrats stand for and of course they are looking ahead as well to the 2021 elections to decide exactly what it is that they stand for what kind of social democratic party they want to be and this is the change in leadership as well specifically with skin and all but what about a boy suggest as well the exceptions that that is room to be critical of the grand coalition the government the government's current coalition with conservatives they have both been extremely critical of this grand coalition and that was largely the issue that got them into the leadership of the social democrats in 1st place all right so if this new leadership is critical of the grand coalition what exactly are they hoping to achieve and is it likely that their coalition

democrats or the s.p.d. elected to new new elitists who are critical of the chancellor of the s.p.d. for part of the government along with america's conservatives to boy bands and saskia s. can say that they want to renegotiate a coalition deal with the conservatives to focus more on social justice and climate policy and they have not ruled out the idea of leaving the grand coalition once again. political correspondent fabiana fun a democrat with me in at the studio good to see you fabien firstly what can you tell us then about these new leader as well both certainly not from the 1st row of german politics they are both have a disc distinct left wing profile within the social democrats so i suggested she's a back bencher in the bundestag expert digitalisation know about wagner borden's the regional politician is the former finance minister of north rhine-westphalia and earned kind of a reputation as a robin hood because the fall of the texas invaders pretty hard and they both were supported heavily by the yo

germany's social democratic party is expected this week to come from its 2 new leaders challenging the coalition deal there with those so. welcome to the program france has been paralyzed by one of its biggest nationwide strikes in decades many joint. across the country public transport schools and hospitals have been seriously disrupted public sector workers are protesting against president plan to reform the pension system each union is deciding how long to keep its members are out on strike but further protests are expected on friday and in the days ahead. 3 very loud very angry and united in their opposition to the policies of french president emmanuel mccall. 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 was 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 the rights of future generations for their pension and security barely afford to eat. who don't have enough t

the social democrats have. cast doubt on the future of the graham coalition their coalition partners the christian democrats are attempting to shrug off any such suggestion for an internet camp catherine but it's business as usual. but it's a view war is for the c.d.u. one thing is clear that we're going to stand by this coalition on the basis of what we've already negotiated. and we want to get back down to work quickly. but the new s.p.d. leaders norbert fatah boy and susskind s. been critical of the political partnership they have new demands on the minimum wage pensions and the climate in the us mr manison is that it's not possible to meet these demands if this is blocked in the party conference will have to think about how to overcome these differences for us policy is the important thing and that is what will decide whether this coalition has a future at others and yes p.d. want to prevent a party debate from happening. now is a lot of fine governesses was all about a personnel change in the s.p.d. and it

yes can and norm of all to borean celebrate their win more than 50 percent of social democrats voted for them as the new co-leaders of germany's oldest political party the s.p.d. ones standing side by side with the candidates they ran against in a show solidarity goes into our lives so it's only all social democrats here and that's something we really learned during regional conferences and this provides an important conversation for what lies ahead except to have to unite this party and invite our rivals to work together in the end it was just like. her a guy votes and vice chancellor a lot scholtz made the final ballot after making it clear they wanted to maintain the governing coalition with merkel's conservatives unlike the winners though the defeated duo emphasized the need for unity to clobber the i believe the s.p.d. has made a decision just means new party leadership types everyone should get behind obama. as cannon fodder to be confirmed at a party conference next weekend they are willing to continue the grand coalition if some changes are made. clear positions to our coalit

enjoy his coalition partners on a collision course the social democrats and the new leaders who want to change that coalition deal with love matters will serve the tips can help government survive. among the. we begin in madrid the delegates from almost 200 countries have begun a 2 week climate summit amid a growing sense of crisis negotiators are tasked with ironing out the rules for implementing the 2015 paris climate accord that's when countries agreed to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees celsius above pre-industrial temperatures but would it be another case of too little too late during this opening remarks un secretary general until you go to school and delegates to take bold action as outlined 2 very different visions for our future by the end of the coming decade we will be on one of 2 paths when is the path of 3rd round where we have 3 borked past the point of no return job provide the health and safety of everyone on this planet do we really want to be remembered as the generation that birdie having to stand there. while the planet burns the other option is the pat

which really put the social and social democrats right and so that's a decision that's received a lot of praise on the left including from the head of the left party benefits thing i says congratulate them and says the s.p.d.m. the country desperately need left wing policies instead of the uninspired meandering other grand coalitions. within the s.p.d. though that mean this has been fairly divisive. especially from the party establishment obviously we saw a former social democrat chance again still kind of a big figure when the party sharply criticized the outcome saying this would only worsen the party's problems and also from the center right from the free market f.t.p. we saw this criticisms from marco bushman who's the party whip is that the s.p. d.s. descending into chaos threatening to take the country down with it merkel most now clear clarify how she intends to continue costly giveaways to this body have been futile so far we need a new course free markets not bureaucracy investments not restrict redistribution so a very divisive and potentially you know a decision that could

germany social democratic party concerned it's too late this was skeptical about the party's governing coalition with that chance for that matter conservatives. i'm from gail welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has made her 1st official visit to the former death camp the site in poland was the nazi's largest death camp during the 2nd world war chancellor merkel's visit mark the 10th anniversary of the foundation that preserves the memorial she paid tribute to the victims of the camp and spoke of the necessity of remembering the atrocities committed there. it's almost meat day when german chancellor angela merkel arrives at the place that evokes the crimes of the nazi era like no other. auschwitz former concentration and extermination camps the murder machine. by 945 as many as 1500000 people had been killed here by the nazis. silently merkel approaches the so-called wall of death with the polish prime minister. at this wall the germans shot dead thousands of poles. this is merkel's 1st visit to auschwitz as chancellor for 24 years no german chancellor has walked thro

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 that the scots has the responsibility of the social democrats to make policies for the lower 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.d. but say renegotiating parts of the coalition agreement is not an option the women's council and the chancellor is fundamentally prepared to cooperate and that's the way it should be in a coalition she is willing to talk as is usual in a coalition. brahe ya talk yes but we can renegotiate the coalition agreement incidentally that would also involve the s.p.d. discussing it all 1st with

or germany's social democrats have formally confirmed the new leadership was a boy. the new leaders want changes to their party's coalition agreement with chancellor merkel's conservatives merkel c.d.u. party is expected to find their ideas unpalatable prompting speculation that the governing coalition could be in danger the s.p. day says that's a discussion for another day. i the s.p.d. in celebrates a remote now it's official saskia and skin and no but vita boyens are to usher in a new era for the social democrats. 75.9 percent of the delegates voted for skin and about a boy and scott 89.2 percent of the a mandate for the 2 grand coalition skeptics never nice to know that and i stood for election so we could help the s.p.d. return to the values that the social democrats once stood for recognizability credibility steadfastness summit or it was a week ago party members nominated a decision that rocked german media leading s.p.d. politicians expressed concerns that esk an invite to boy would try to dissolve the grand coalition with the c.d.u. and c.s.u. but no one wil

democrats were s.p.d. elected to new to this and they are critical of the chancellor while the s.p.d. form part of the government along with nicholas conservatives and all but to boy bands and saskia s. can say they want to renegotiate a coalition deal with the conservatives to focus more on social justice and climate policies and have not ruled out the day of leaving the grand coalition all together and political correspondent fabiana fauna democrats with me in at the studio good to see fabien firstly what can you tell us then about these new need as well both certainly not from the 1st row of german politics they are both have a disc distinct left wing profile within the social democrats so i suggest and she's a back bencher in the buddhists are an expert digitalisation no but rather borden's the regional politician is the former finance minister of north rhine-westphalia and earned kind of a reputation as a robin hood because the fall to tax evaders pretty hard and they both were supported heavily by th

at germany's governing cause he's on a collision course the social democrats elect new leaders who want to change that coalition deal without going to macas conservatives so can the government survive. i'm phil gallo welcome to the program. we begin in madrid where delegates from nearly 200 countries have begun a 2 week climate summit amid a growing sense of crisis u.n. secretary general antonio good tara she's calling for a bold action warning that the world risks passing the point of no return negotiators have been tasked with finding out the rules for implementing the 2015 paris climate agreement and which countries have agreed to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees celsius above pre-industrial temperatures the united states one of the world's biggest company made says is also represented president trump has pulled his country out of the paris accord but that doesn't take full effect until late next year we are indeed still in. unfortunately we are having to fight our way through a bit of a blockade by the fossil fuel industry but that will not prevail and the america that yo

and children is coalition top news on collision course the social democrats elect new leaders who want to change their coalition deal with the matters conservatives can hold government survive. class in sport gone back watch back to the top of the bundesliga the host beat freiburg 42 in another impressive display they are now serious contenders for the time on thought. pattern of a warm welcome to you i'm on that. we begin in madrid where delegates from almost 200 countries have begun a climate summit amid a growing sense of crisis let's take you live day over the next 2 weeks that goes here to us will be ironing out the rules for implementing the 2015 paris climate accord of that's. country that's what countries agreed to when limited to was warming to less than 2 degrees celsius above pre-industrial temperatures but really be another case of too little too late ahead of the summit u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorist warned that the agreed to target for reducing carbon dioxide emissions are to low single rapidly approaching the point of no return take a listen we heart you k

the social democrats have cast doubt on the future of the grand coalition but their partners in that coalition the christian democrats are attempting to shrug off any such suggestion on a great car or it's business as usual. for the c.d.u. one thing is clear we're going to stand by this coalition on the basis of what we've already negotiated. and we want to get back down to work quickly. but the new s.p.d. leaders norbit. are critical of the political partnership they have new demands on the minimum wage pensions and the climate that they want to be met. and thus. this is not possible if this is blocked then the party conference will have to think about how to overcome these differences for policy is the most important thing and if that is what will decide whether this coalition has a future there is in the s.p.d. want to prevent that party debate from happening. this was all about a person no change in the s.p.d. and it doesn't necessarily mean that the party is going to rethink its policies. the trade unions are urging the s.p.d. not to abandon the grand coalition. this country is

well germany's social democratic party has confirmed its new leadership the jiro norbert and saskia s. can see new leaders want to want changes to their party's coalition agreement with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives but merkel cd party is expected to find their ideas on palatable and that is prompting speculation that the governing coalition could be in danger of collapse. the s.p.d. in celebration remote now it's official saskia esk n n no but vita boyens are to usher in a new era for the social democrats. 75.9 percent of the delegates voted for s. can and about a boy and scott 89.2 percent of the vote a mandate for the 2 grand coalition skeptics not the other nice thing only freedom norbert and i stood for election so we could help the s.p.d. return to the values that the social democrats once stood for recognizability credibility steadfastness a week ago party members nominated a decision that rocked german media leading s.p.d. politicians expressed concerns that s going and vote a boy runs would try to dissolve the grand coalition with the c.d.u. and c.s.u. but no one w

but an uproar ensued after chancellor merkel's coalition partner the social democratic party made a u. turn the new party leader wants an overall speed limit of 130 kilometers per hour the transport minister a conservative is against it we have far more outstanding tasks than raising up this highly emotional topic again and again for which there is no majority support . in october a parliamentary majority voted against a speed limit the issue has been debated in germany for decades. naughtiest for motorists and the auto industry have always triumphed but their opponents have another argument climate protection a general speed limit would reduce c o 2 emissions that's part of the social democrats recommendation to the transport minister. that he could win a point this way just by doing something small and easily achievable for climate protection it would increase road safety improve traffic flow and we'd be in line with all of europe and most countries in the world. the social democrats want to continue government discussions about a speed limit but for now more than 2 thirds of german

germany's social democratic party has confirmed its new in leadership geo norbert norbert. and saskia escott and he leaders want changes to their party's coalition agreement with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives and merkel c.d.u. party is expected to find their ideas unpalatable prompting speculation that the governing coalition could be in danger but the s.p.d. say that is a discussion for another day. the s.p.d. in celebrator remote now it's official saskia esque n n no but vita boyens are to usher in a new era for the social democrats. 75.9 percent of the delegates voted for s. can and about a boy and scott 89.2 percent of the vogues a mandate for the 2 grand coalition skeptics robin is to know that and i stood for election so we could help be a speedy return to the values that the social democrats once stood for recognizability credibility steadfastness. and a week ago party members nominated a decision that rocked german media leading s.p.d. politicians expressed concerns that s can invite a boy and would try to dissolve the grand coalition with the c.d.u. and

and germany's coalition partners on a collision course the social democrats elected new leaders who want to change their coalition deal with. conservatives can hurt government service. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us the head of the united nations has taken the world's major economies to task for failing to reduce carbon emissions warning that the point of no return is fast approaching an tonio guitarist says the global push to stop climate change has been utterly inadequate he was speaking as an international climate summit gets under way today in madrid here's more of what he had to say we have in a deep hole and yet still thinking soon it will be too deep to escape. i welcome divorces of the young activists i've been meeting they understand that you have jumper guys in their future if you fly i will continue to push every day to keep climate at the top of the international agenda i'm tony oh good tell us there while many parts of the world are of course already feeling the effects of climate change to the seychelles it is an island chain in the indian ocean threatened by ri

democrats party conference that it seems the social democrats are going to instead of saying we are going to leave the grand coalition there instead going to put office on the table to renegotiate the grand coalition deal which so far conservatives have said no so we'll have to see whether the conservatives will be willing to budge there and if they will be willing to renegotiate the deal in order to save the grand coalition that said it's not just the leadership of the s.e.p. the voices seem to be getting that skeptical of as a whole the grand coalition for a while has been riddled with problems that said 64 percent of germans still some want to see the ground coalition continue and if there's one thing that we know about german vice is its stability and although there are a lot of issues and a lot of problems to be resolved in this current government it seems that germans on yet ready for that change and even germany's political parties all of them right now are not in a position to be facing fresh elections none of the process really have a single strong candidate who they would

and children whose coalition partners on collision course for social democrats elected new leaders who want to change their coalition to live on the left as conservatives can have government survives. on the touch of a good to have you with us. we begin in madrid there delegates from almost 200 countries have begun a 2 week climate summit amid a growing sense of crisis negotiators are tossed but i mean out there zeus for implementing the 2015 paris climate accord that's when countries agreed to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees celsius above pre-industrial temperatures but will it be another case of too little too late and during his opening remarks the u.n. secretary general antonio the terrace called on delegates to goad action as the outline 2 very different visions for our future have a listen by the end of the coming decades we will be on one of 2 paths when is the path of 3rd round where we have 3 baulked past the point of no return job providing the health and safety of everyone on this planet do we really want to be remembered as the generation that birdie having to s

needs to reboot it needs to return to its democratic roots the social democratic roots mind you. but it is a result that's really divided the political landscape so we have. praise from the head of the left party benefit who says the s.p.d. in the country desperately need left wing policies instead of the uninspired entering of the grand coalition and on the other end of the spectrum you have the whip of the free market f.t.p. marco bushman who says the s.p.d. is descending into chaos threatening to take the country down with it merkel most now clarify fi how she intends to continue to give away suggested you've been futile so far we need a new course free markets not bureaucracy investments not redistribution the big question now on everyone's lips is of course what does this mean for government right that is the $1000000.00 question as we saw just before these 2 newly designated leaders have come out criticizing the grand coalition sharply there is a growing consensus within the party that it's really hurt the party's image it's basically become indistinguishable from the seavi

but an uproar ensued after tensile america's coalition partner the social democratic party made a u. turn the new party leader wants an overall speed limit of 130 kilometers per hour the transport minister a conservative is against it we have far more outstanding tasks than raising up this highly emotional topic again and again for which there is no majority support . in october a parliamentary majority voted against a speed limit. the issue has been debated in germany for decades. not be asked for motorists and the auto industry have always triumphed but their opponents have another argument climate protection at general speed limit what we do c o 2 emissions that's part of the social democrats recommendation to the transport minister. that he could win a point this way just by doing something small and easily achievable for climate protection it would increase road safety improve traffic flow and we'd be in line with all of europe and most countries in the world. the social democrats want to continue government discussions about a speed limit but for now more than 2 thirds of germa

skins and norbert baltar bore youngs 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. 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 use 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 c.d.u. 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 greens say berlin is headed towards a government crisis the s.p.d. the s.p.d. has to clear this up this week do they want to g

germany's governing christian democrats have rejected calls by its social democrat coalition partner to boost government spending yesterday also wants to raise germany's minimum wage increase taxes for the rich and social democrats have just held their annual party conference under a new leadership that is aiming to take the coalition left. money money money the topic on the last day of the s.p.d. conference and the one thing the party has been spending his time talking about financial policies more investment that's what the new party leaders are calling for and that's why they want the government in effect to take out a loan they want germany to get over its fear of loosening its purse strings a move. no business in this country or any country would consider letting a factory rot away just so that they could avoid taking out a loan to repair it they would take advantage of the opportunity for more profits the next day. also in the cards asking the rich to reach deeper into their pockets they want those with assets of more than $2000000.00 euros to pay wealth tax something germany a

germany's governing christian democrats have rejected calls by its social democrat coalition partner to boost government spending yesterday also wants to raise germany's minimum wage and increase taxes for the rich the social democrats have just held their annual party conference under a new leadership that is i mean to take the coalition to the left. money money money the topic on the last day of the s.p.d. conference and the one thing the party has been spending his time talking about financial policies more investment that's what the new party leaders are calling for and that's why they want the government in effect to take out a loan they want germany to get over its fear of loosening its purse strings a move tied into no business in this country or any country would consider letting a factory rot away just so that they could avoid taking out a loan to repair it they would take advantage of the opportunity for more profits the next day. also in the cards asking the rich to reach deeper into their pockets they want those with assets of more than $2000000.00 euros to pay wealth tax

it sounds good i ask in and norbert fanta 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 does 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 with. the conservatives are willing to talk with the s.p.d. but say renegotiating parts of the coalition agreement is not an option he wants counseling is the chancellor is fundamentally prepared to cooperate and that's the way it should be in a coalition she is willing to talk as is usual in a coalition is leash brahe ya talk yes but we can renegotiate the coalition agreement incidentally that would also involve the s.p.d. discus

germany social democratic party confirms it to new leaders who are skeptical about that party's governing coalition with tons of americans conservatives. i'm phil gale welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel is on her 1st official visit to the former auschwitz death camp the site in poland was the nazis largest death camp during the 2nd world war chancellor merkel's visit to motz a 10th anniversary of the foundation whose job it is to preserve the memorial she paid tribute to the victims of the camp and spoke of the necessity of remembering the atrocities committed. it's almost meat day when german chancellor angela merkel arrives at the place that evokes the crimes of the nazi era like no other. auschwitz former concentration and extermination camps the murder machine. by 945 as many as 1500000 people had been killed here by the nazis. silently merkel approaches the so-called wall of death with the polish prime minister. at this wall the germans shot dead thousands of poles. this is merkel's 1st visit to auschwitz as chancellor for 24 years no german chancellor has walked

but an uproar ensued after chancellor merkel's coalition partner of the social democratic party made a u. turn the new party leader wants an overall speed limit of 130 kilometers per hour the transport minister a conservative is against it we have far more outstanding tasks than raising up this highly emotional topic again and again for which there is no majority support . in october a parliamentary majority voted against a speed limit. the issue has been debated in germany for decades. not be assessed for motorists and the auto industry have always triumphed but their opponents have another argument climate protection a general speed limit what we do c o 2 emissions that's part of the social democrats recommendation to the transport minister. that he could win a point this way just by doing something small and easily achievable for climate protection it would increase road safety improve traffic flow and we'd be in line with all of europe and most countries in the world. the social democrats want to continue government discussions about a speed limit but for now more than 2 thirds o

but an uproar ensued after chancellor merkel's coalition partner the social democratic party made a u. turn in the new party leader wants an overall speed limit of 130 kilometers per hour the transport minister a conservative is against it we have far more outstanding tasks than raising up this highly emotional topic again and again for which there is no majority support . in october a parliamentary majority voted against a speed limit. the issue has been debated in germany for decades. lobbyists for motorists and the auto industry have always triumphed but their opponents have another argument climate protection a general speed limit would reduce c o 2 emissions that's part of the social democrats recommendation to the transport minister. he does he could win a point this way just by doing something small and easily achievable for climate protection it would increase road safety improve traffic flow and we'd be in line with all of europe and most countries in the world. the social democrats want to continue government discussions about a speed limit but for now more than 2 thirds of