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a clear mandate to lead off the sundays vote. but months of coalition talks are expected. pensions ensued on purchase the corporate end to a power sharing agreement with the military off the last weeks attempted blackouts and shortages of goods in northeastern china as a nation deals with balancing its economic growth in climate change. and road raids in the u. k. has is fray and you're curious as the government most measures and talk about favorites of all useful. the ryder cup is back in the hands of the americans also record whenever teen europe on home soil. ah, well the verses have spoken. that's the message from the leader of germany centre left social democratic policy, which was

a narrow lead and sundays parliamentary elections. of shult says he would like to form a coalition with the greens and the free democratic party. the climate crisis is likely to pay play a crucial role during the talks in the coming weeks. the veil of dick loggers, of the wars have spoken very clearly. they said, who should form the next government, the strength and 3 parties, the social democrats, the greens and f, d p. this is therefore the clear mandate that the citizens of this country have given these tree should form the next government. meanwhile, the leader of the christian democratic union says his party is also ready for talks with the green party and the f. t p. the governing conservative party trails. the social democrats, y slim margin the see to you. so it's popularity full after chance. langler medical decided to step down. this is the 1st time in 16 years, it's fallen behind in an election. it's also foggy. there is no question that this

resolved cannot, must not, and will not satisfy the union. we managed to catch up in the final spurt and prevented red red green. by the same time, there are painful losses. he was not enough for 1st place life. that was our claim . that was our ambition at all. let's not talk. horace pollen steadfast and she's in berlin for us. a step. it does seem that the c d. u is still reeling from all of this. yeah. see you later. i mean, lasha really had to bite the dust this morning when the party realized that had the big it's lost in history of the christian democrats. so it was an internal meeting in the morning and the there was a talk about soul searching and some personal responsibility also taken by lasha himself because of a really dramatic campaign he had and also the mistakes he made. but suddenly, a few hours later he came out in a press conference admitting his personal responsibility for the failure,

but also saying we still have a mandate who still have so many people in germany floating for us that just really narrowly behind to social democratic party. so he says, we still want to build a coalition as well as well, also with the greens and also with the free democrats. so this option is still really much on the table and lash at is actually in his political career known for coming back after after going down after losing an election. so it's not uncommon for him to keep fighting. although of course, a lot of people are wondering off the such a loss. can he really lead to the new government? of course. well, as we've been saying, we're still a fairways off from the actual government. this is the 1st time since the 1950 s, i believe that we're looking at negotiating a 3 policy coalition. how's that going? absolutely, and it's going quite unprecedented because at the moment the social democratic lead

all of shows this morning, immediately sat. i have to mandate, i have one the election, so i am the one with the 2 out of part is that one these elections that can build this new government, the degrees and freed democrats, the liberal party. so that was the 1st option this morning on the table, the so called traffic light. go elation. but what happened is that now the greens and the free democrats have decided to start talking, both with, with the charter 1st before talking to the large bar to stay, want to see what the differences are and see if they can come to some common ground of course they have differences on their climate policies and how to finance that. and it's been in the past very difficult to bring them together. so they need to sort out this 1st. and it's a very unusual situation in germany that the window of the election is actually now waiting behind the curtain to see what comes out of the discussion among the smaller parties. very, very interesting times i had this step pass and for us invalid thanks so much step

. well, meanwhile, the german capital berlin now look set to get his 1st female man. the centre left social democrats appeared to have defended their hold on the mayor of posts in berlin, setting francisco goofy on course to become the city top officials. initial projections indicated that the greens had one but then follow up counts, showed them falling behind. now moving on and in sudan tension is deepening between the military and civilian factions. of the transitional government. it was created under a power sharing deal to oversee the countries move to democracy. but protestors say they want the administration dissolved, accusing the military of trying to see how the armed forces have accused the civilian politicians, meanwhile, is failing to govern properly. that relationship has been further strained. since last week's attempted, the crew will defend our government. our people under democratic transition to the last drop of blood. and if there's any threat to the democratic transition,

will fill the streets and will be at the forefront. that's our responsibility. hibbon morgan has worn out from cartoon after the attempted call last tuesday when the political parties came up and demanded that the military be transparent with regard to its investigations with the officers who were allegedly responsible for the attempted coup. now the political parties have been saying for months now that the military needs to be reform, that they need to be a restructuring of the army. and that is something that the military has rejected that include the prime minister, the prime minister has long to initiative a few months back, saying that the military should be reformed as part of the steps to make sure that students transition to democracy is complete. and that the country is not applied between a but by the political parties, or rather by the roof, between the political parties and the military. now, that idea of reform has been strongly rejected by the military. but that's something that the political parties have been repeatedly talking about over the past week. so we have some statement from the military,

especially the head of the sovereignty council. i will put the hum, who's also the commander in chief of the army, saying that the army responsible for the cohesion and the unity of the country instability and that its political parties. abby has of both parties who are focusing on positions and power and ignoring what the people of them want, which is better economic conditions and better living conditions. so those accusations did not help threaten the relationship between the 2 sides. in fact, we've seen yesterday, the military withdrawing military security from the committee to disband the former regime. that's a committee that was set up following the formation of the transitional government to disband any association or anything related to the regime of the former president bush. you on there still plenty more had fear this needs are including bangkok, balls and nights life, sand idle, despite the government's desire to bring back toward what kind of explosions is often le palmer. but there are still fear the hot club might flow into the ocean,

forcing coastal towns and lockdown. awesome, i'll get one over on the big london rivals. tottenham that i've been coming up on several provinces and china's northeast and region are experiencing power cuts because of coal shortages and tightening emission standards. initially, it affected manufacturers across the country, many of whom have had to stop production. in recent weeks, china is highly dependent on coal, the power but debasing aims to car pollution and emissions of climate change in gases. and the mock is a senior research fellow at the center for china and globalization. he says the government's priority is to keep people both safe and warm. ah, there are some production disruptions, but more importantly in the northeast of china,

it can get bitterly cold. and as winter comes on, ensuring adequate heat and electricity for the people. the north eastern part of china i think is a top priority. this is a short term, cyclical problem. and we have to also look at it in the longer term context that china is moving towards carbon neutrality. and this is playing a role in this as it strengthens emission standards that looks to reduce the energy intensity of producing one unit of g d p. so this is certainly playing a role, but i think if we look at the curb at hand jamming, we can glean some insights here as to how things we proceed in that what china has done is put human life 1st. and of course, this is brought some economic cost and inconvenience, but that this shows, i think the priorities of the government. and we'll see something similar here that

the priorities making sure that people are able to stay safe to stay warm. and then to mitigate as much as possible, the short term disruptions. now the british environment secretary says a backlog of truck driving test is to be cleared by bringing in trainers from the ministry of defense that follows days of long queues at filling stations with many of them being forced to close. the business secretary has already suspended competition laws for the fuel industry to allow supplies to target filling stations, which are running low. well, let's speak to andrew simmons, he's out of petrol station and london 4th. and you can you talk through what you've been seeing the well curious lots of them. no one behind me hasn't got any shorter all day, half a kilometer long. unfilled people are wondering where this is leading. well, it certainly isn't leading to a solution. and it's gone soon by no means at all,

no matter how many times the government blames panic buying for the problem, it isn't going to work. and now what we're seeing is a backlash amongst motorists, against panic. buying. yes, it may have happened, but right now people are fully aware that the federal supplies themselves all the diesel supplies themselves. but the problem is the fact there aren't enough laurie drivers to get the fuel to the pumps. yet the government keeps saying, look, get back to normal, you know, the, the supplies are there. if people want to stop slowing slow, start slowing down and in terms of buying that, that problem would be so, but no, no, no, no, no. we've just been speaking to a number of people who are right on the line, one woman in tears because she'd run out of fuel. another case where, where really essential workers have no priority. so they're indeed needing to get you to do that job. to do that work. so yes, it's a, it's

a situation where the government's coming on the big pressure. now this is not going to go away. okay. the, the government is very concerned. what can they actually do at this stage? sullivan? blame, panic, buying? well other a number of things that could do what hasn't been rolled out is using the military to actually drive the trucks. that's what it's about driving them. that could be some help given that on, on turning on the, the supplies to get the, the, the truck filled up and, and also to do the same here, which is obviously a skilled job. there is also a measure that's been taken already, which is the government has lifted a system whereby advanced competition rule which, which means that the now the can be the cooperation between both parts of the industry to try and solve the problems. but it's not clear where that will lead, it certainly isn't going to lead to an immediate solution. furthermore, there is,

as you mentioned in your introduction, the move environments secretary saying that they would be number of ministry of defense stuff used to help prevent the backlog of a truck driver actually getting their tests and so qualified to get a job. but, you know, all of this is not really going to solve it immediately. the issue is that it was mainly breaks it which, which actually got rid of free movements and the jobs of, of the people from the europe and other places where, who are driving trucks in the u. k. granted cove, it also has an effect on this, but rex, it was a big part of it. and so that isn't going to be solved overnight. that is, however, a moved by the government, which is already being introduced to allow visas, temporary visas for 3 months. up a 5000 drivers. now,

how quick will that be if i have any effects, not clear. also questionable as to how many drivers will indeed want to come back having being kicked out and now told what we got to problem come back to you can drive truck for us. the issue is about the pe, the petro industry was to basically get cheap drivers. they were doing that from the european union like they can't do that so easily now. so we have this strange situation where a conservative government is having a go, the fuel industry for trying to cheat scape the thing, and using cheap labor and not paying good wages to british drivers. all this is going around in a way that's really not impressing the public opinion. polls show that more than 60 percent of people feel, the government hasn't handle that situation very well. furthermore, 68 percent saying that they think it's caused by brett's. it's not necessarily wholly truth. also, the pretty big mood of depression out there anyway,

because of the issue with extraordinarily high gas charges, which is a global issue. but here in the u. k, people are finding that the energy companies are going bust overnight. that's not impressing people. furthermore, c o t c o 2 shortages the, the gas to they're leading to the possibility of process meach, stopping production altogether. a whole host of issues that oh again to do is deliveries with supply chains and post code post breakfast situations. pretty much a mess. anderson and then at a petrol station in london for us. thanks so much andrew, for that update. well, meanwhile, are la sholtes, the front run to take over chance or off japanese elections. you had found that he has weight in and he says, this british truck driver shortage as a consequence of breakfast and low wages. he was answering a question by a british reporter at a press conference. and balin, let me just at,

it might have to do something with the question of wages. if people want to decide for a certain job, they want to know if it's something very good for their whole life. and if you understand that being a truck or something which many people really like to be and you find not enough, this has something to do with working conditions and this has to be thought about. well, let's now bring in tom, ready. he's a transport consultant at green candle attraction and is also a lori driver. he joins us now from stratford upon, even in the united kingdom. by some estimates we're looking at a shortage of something like a $100000.00 drivers. as andrew was saying, the government wants to issue $5000.00 special visas, is that actually going to be enough to and short turkeys on tables at christmas? it's not going to mature anything. it's a very basic mechanism. we need to take the steps put in place, but the industry in general is quite uncertain as to the uptake of the process. but

at a minimum, we need to have the option. i can. so us, you say you're worried about the uptake. do you think the drivers will actually want to come? it's questionable. there's been some questions about the very bad treatment of the, the european american workforce in the u. k. for such a long time and having roles that they can't remain here. i haven't applied to assessment, they now can come back and so there's definitely going to be reluctance from that side of it. oh, this is presumably an attempted quick fix, but people will still obviously need food and fuel after christmas. presumably you need to then find bread to actually want to be truck drivers and we had sold there in germany saying it's an issue about wages and conditions as a truck driver yourself. do you find that a lot of other people want to be a truck driver? i would say no, it's always traditionally been we've always had an aging generation of truck drivers in this country that the youngest m a graphic on taking up the positions

because it's not particularly appealing in terms of the working hours and the poor conditions pay does pay play a part in it, but it's not the whole story. we do expect a lot from our, from our truck drivers in the u. k. and we need to start looking at the overall structure of the role and structure of the industry to see. because otherwise, if nothing changes, there's not going to be a future for truck drivers in the u. k. it's not a job people want to do in the 21st century. well, if we try to attract people with higher wages, presumably cost of transport will also go up and that would end up with consumers. do you get the sense of that's going to be addressed by the government? i don't think the industry has always been left to do what private industry does. the margins in haulage in, in the transport industry across the board are very, very tight and increasing dr. a wages and has to be reflected ultimately in the consumer, which will be good for the drivers in the short term, but in the very short time, over the longer period,

we're going to notice that we already are a general rise in prices. the inflation effects, which by giving them already taken steps to address. and unfortunately, the people at the lower end of the accounting spectrum are kind of stuff of the most as a result of well, there were warnings all throughout the very prolonged breakfast process that something like this might happen. do you feel like those warnings were taken seriously? of my personal opinion is, is no. i think we have been down by our government in so many ways and for such a long period of time now. and it's a difficult situation, but the writing has been on the wall for the transfer industry for, for 1015 years or more in terms of the shortage, the goals, the build up, the breaks it again, that was we could see what was coming round the corner and the industry had been quite vocal in what they were concerned about. and now we're seeing very, very acute effects. the eye of the storm. if you like, with the situation, there's no easy way out and there's no quick fix. and what we're doing now in terms

of the measures taken the visa situation, talk of the armed forces supporting. it's all very, very questionable about where we go from here. tom, ready, their transport, consultant and a truck driver speaking to us from stratford upon a them. thanks for sharing your thoughts with us, tom and joining us on out there. thank you very much. thank you. now, iran has rejected a complaint by the un nuclear watchdog that it was blocked from a nucleus site. the international atomic energy agency says tara did not allow its inspectors to enter the test carouse complex, but around says the facility was exempt from that recent agreement. the facility makes components with centrifuges which are key to producing nuclear fuel. the us has one to run of diplomatic retaliation at the board of governors within days. if it doesn't open up access to that site. me the well,

it is now the final day of the un general assembly. and in his address israel's prime minister of tale bennett, talked about iran's nuclear ambitions to bowing that israel will not allow iran to acquire and you can weapon. all the red lines have been crossed. inspections ignored, or wishful thinking. proven false. iran is currently violating the safeguard agreements and it's getting away with it. they are ross inspectors and sabotage their investigations. and they're getting away with it. they read you re uranium to the level of 60 percent, which is only one step short of weapons grade material. and they're getting away with it on despite the line up man, law and kind of stone will not address well need is at the general assembly. this year because both representatives often ousted governments,

there has been competing claims, fast, honest, on un seats, and the taliban seized power last month. well, that's not bring and kristen salumi, she's at un headquarters in new york for us. kristen, as we were saying, i've got to sounds master was going to speak. now it appears he isn't. who else is on the agenda today? that's right. well, the united nation still officially recognizes a man by the name of google on use x i as the representative for afghanistan here at the united nations. but we have confirmed that afghanistan has withdrawn from the list of speakers today. this as there is some debate over who should be representing the country here, the taliban has requested that its own representative be recognized and heard from the united nations to hail shaheen, who served as the taliban mediator and peace talks in. doha has been put forward as they are nominee, but the credentials committee that is responsible for recognizing the officials has

yet to meet on this subject or on me and mar, so we have yet to get an answer from them. but the russian made it known over the weekend survey, la rob, the foreign minister of russia, speaking on saturday, gave the opinion that i did not speak for afghanistan any more given. he was nominated by a president who's left the country and is no longer in charge at the same time, the west has been very reluctant to recognise the taliban officially at the united nations, given that many members of the government are still on the international sanctions left among other concerns, so at this stage, it looks like until the question of who can represent afghanistan is settled that there will be no one speaking on behalf of the country here at the general assembly and christian off to the events that we've seen over the last couple of weeks,

i imagine the french foreign minister is also in the spotlight that that's right. we are expecting to hear from french foreign minister john eve, luxury all in a pre recorded address to the general assembly. interesting, since he was here in person earlier in the week, but not expected to given in person address, will be listening to hear what he has to say about the whole region of africa. in particular, molly, on saturday, molly's prime minister attacking france for drawing down troops in their country while they are still dealing with armed groups, were very much said that they were not consulted on that. we'll see if the french foreign minister has anything to say. there are about it's other relations with the united states and other countries that have been under strain. also, we're expecting to hear from the condition foreign minister today. mon geraint jer jer, randi is also expected to speak, live here addressing the general assembly. while back home,

protesters are in the st against his government and his president, for what some are calling a cru attempts to consolidate power. they are, they are describing it as a national emergency protesters saying that the president is under democratically consolidating power there. so that will be another speech will be watching for here in new york and do kristen telling me that for us at the united nations? thanks so much kristen. on the meantime, yet another stop warning about the impending humanitarian catastrophe that africans are facing this time from the norwegian refugee council. the council secretary general young edgarland is in cobble where he visited and an internally displaced camp. he says, hundreds of thousands of afghans, urgently need housing, food, and clothing to survive. the very harsh winter ahead. well, we can now speak to mister edgarland in cobble. i mister glen. thank you so much for your time with us here on on to 0. kelly, this enormous urgency when it comes to getting

a distributed but obviously funds have been frozen to avoid further empowering the taliban. how do you navigate that? do you actually want countries to unfreeze funding? absolutely. no funding should go to the taliban. no funding should go to political groups, the funding would go to girls and boys, men and women who are now on the brink of starvation who are not going to survive this winter. this a money is not unfrozen and we were, the frontline organization are not able to scale out that the winter. it's 7 weeks from now and it wouldn't be harsh really. and i met people in recent days who are now living virtually in the open. some trying to build houses from money at the moment they have nothing here is and they cannot collapse. and the donors need to help us from the people they left behind when they went for the door while

you're talking about direct assistance, right. but that's still requires a working relationship with the taliban. i knew previously they used to impose a tactical jacket on humanitarian aid and some of the areas under their control. all you concerned that that might happen here, especially in rural areas. when being we already active, we are really doing a lot of what we have already, girls and boys in our school. we are now scaling up for the winter by crypt, procuring a lot of winter station equipment. impact is done. we're not going to pay anything for the customs of that tax. so anything we're helping people here are met with and tyler bond today that top leaderships and i brought up the need to go to the education across the nation. they need for or t med stop to be allowed back to start to work in all of the provinces and not only

in the heart of them where they're working today. we're making progress, but then we need, we need fuel in our process. we are now writing a burning, rachel? hi, i'm really of need here. well, let me ask you then about the situation with regard to when i see 80 percent of those displaces, here are women and children. and obviously given cultural constraints in some areas, only female aid workers can actually speak to women. that obviously require fema aide work is to be able to work and travel. and as you say, that varies from province to province. now, if so many african lives are on the line, all you personally willing to resume full operations without guarantees of the entire safety of your female staff. we're not assuming operations in the areas. if we are not also able to employ the full force of $1.00 to $4.00 p made but we wouldn't be doing that. i was today and yesterday

meeting a lot of people in need with our main colleagues. and indeed we need them. they call about leadership, say also that they will help us in the district to get 4 men and women back on the job. and of course, we cannot let the girls and women parish this winter. we need to be able now to employ the full force of the, of the human community immediately, but don't us and others need to help us provide funding. oh, that's encouraging. but mr. england, many would argue that after so many years of humanitarian assistance, i've got this don paul t finds itself in this situation also because of a dependency. now, given the need of direct aid that you're referring to, are you worried that the aid community is now potentially going to institute expensive parallel systems that bypass already exists the health sector, for instance? what it is true, but the system which was there before the about took over was not the most

efficient. 170 percent of the public sector was from.