d.w. your expert on germany's bundestag election two thousand and seventeen. has taken germany decides the german bundestag election two thousand and seventeen on d w. this is d w news live from berlin ahead of sunday's german elections a final pitch to win over undecided voters with just two days to go can chancellor merkel and her main rival martin schulz prevent a late surge from the far right alternative for germany we'll have coverage of that

last minute push for votes also on the program we may be leaving the european union but we are not moving the euro britain's prime minister setting out her vision of future relations with the european union it was long on rhetoric and short on detail will it be enough to revive stalled brags that negotiations. rocket man versus the doe todd kim jong un and donald trump trade insults as the war of words between the u.s. and north korea gets personal. and is set to lose its license for london as the city's transport to authority just drives the ride sharing app as not fit and proper will take a look at the road ahead. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have. you with this voters here in germany are gearing up for federal

elections on sunday both candidates for the post of chancellor have been making a final push for votes today the latest polls haven't been encouraging for martin shorts and his center left social democrats they're trailing chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats by a wide margin surveys suggesting her conservative bloc is likely to take about thirty six percent of sunday's vote. well as the campaigning draws to a close you dummies mckayla cousteau has been monitoring events for us in munich where chancellor merkel delivered a speech eliot today we also about the choice of venue. this is to decide between the c.d.u. c.s.u. of the conservatives. you see the german johnson even though i mean what is very much unusual to get me to say to you is these protests it. does seem that there are several thousand people turning out to support the germans also the same time we

see people chanting. when with we see that we're seeing that happening that is. what all of this campaign that is wanted a campaign of the time and saw the recent weeks these are very few people i must say just a couple of dozen have you know with whistles who are clearly identifiable as honestly not. as usual no one was making a lot of not also you know it was the night of the c.s.u. call to the party out of the magazine joins us a couple minutes ago. that this was about democratic debate the sudden be about the words the sounds around but. once again the dimension of this is basically one of the noise. if you get a message when over this many undecided voters you see here and. less than twenty four we actually know how these elections played out. mckayla coup for their

reporting from munich. speaking in munich the main challenge of social democrat martin schulz was so holding a large rally here in central but they're not chief political correspondent melinda crane monitoring vast event for us we also what she says key message for voters was . he said in the last couple of weeks that the s.p.d. a stitch and centrally stands for four things in this election campaign and they are equal wages for men and women they are is shoring up pensions to make sure that people can retire at the age that's been promised they are better education particularly for those who are disadvantaged and standing up for german values including values of inclusiveness so essentially for values that put the ass back in s.p.d. looking at the social nature of the party and trying to win back a lot of voters who feel that the party has forgotten that side of their history

and their promise so again a clear focus on those voters who say you know what the economy is doing well but we're not feeling it. linda crane in central berlin and as campaigning draws to a close ahead of sunday's elections why not join our conversation online you can get all our coverage at our web site that's t w dot com there's also plenty of content on our facebook page and on twitter just look for the hash tag germany decides and as mentioned do get involved tell us what you think. now britain's prime minister has delivered a major policy speech in italy in an attempt to give fresh impetus to bragg's that negotiations which the e.u. is describing is stalled speaking in florence to resume a call for a two year transition phase after britain leaves the european union to help businesses adjust the prime minister also stressed that london wants to be

a strong friend and partner for brussels she also sought to calm the fears of europeans who live in britain and brits who live in europe. denied a vote denied a voice the u.k. prime minister to resign may's visit to florence has brought these british citizens together the majority live in italy and their concerns are plentiful pensions their future status in the european union and the u.k.'s relationship with the e.u. just a few of the major points to dog regs are negotiations. but yeah i think it's just to clarify what's going on. how it's going to affect everybody. you know and even the u.k. but with europe as well and i'm really really that night at the brits and it. is another year to be the hammer is going on. over here we've been assured we are a priority well if we're in. nearby and amid tight security may arrived for

what would be a lengthy attempt at breaking the deadlock in bragg's that talks which are set to resume on monday since u.k. voters. their ballots in june twenty sixth dean and decided to leave the union london has been in a boxing ring with brussels both sides throwing punches over a range of issues migration being one of the most divisive to the six hundred thousand italians in the u.k. and indeed to all e.u. citizens who have made their lives in our country that we want you to stay with al you and we thank you for your contribution to our national life and it has been and remains one of my first goals in this negotiation to ensure that you can carry on living your lives as before. may address the range of issues notably her hopes for a strong bond between the u.k. and the e.u. but let's think creatively beyond bishes about what we can achieve because as i said we start from an unprecedented position in terms of our current relationship

with you we remember we're coming out but that enables us to build a different sort of partnership for the future may speech has been met with a cautious welcome in the u. the iconic flag of europe punctuated with gold stars is still very much a symbol of unity democracy and freedom for many british citizens march twenty nine thousand will signal the beginning of the end for britain's e.u. membership. ok we're going to get both the british and the european perspectives on this our london correspondent get mass with us and so is our brussels correspondent barbara vase or good evening to you ladies any response from brussels yet barbara on this idea of a two year transitional roughly two year transition after bragg's it how is that going down in brussels. the e.u. chief negotiator reacted to that and said ok the european union would consider

the demand so that is not like throwing the towel in and saying oh wonderful we're going to start was this immediately but we know that michel barnier he wants to settle the divorce obligations first and that he still does not see enough progress in those questions his reaction is definitely muted if we look to the european parliament the leader of the parliamentary group there you felt that he said ok so it at least shows a sense of realism that to reason may now says we need a break sit transition period because otherwise we will just not get finished those talks however again he also does not see enough progress in what reason may says so mainly the reactions are muted to that verging on the negative ok well let's go to the get in london how is the speech going down back in london

especially this talk of the transitional period. well many people are also complaining that it's not enough detail as far as the long term deal is concerned as far as the transition. period is concerned for example the labor party is saying well she's basically adopted labor's policy also to reason they will be very happy that have brought her cabinet color colleagues for example boris johnson has been gushing about the speech and has really come behind which is something that she will be very happy about because. of a few days ago there was talk that he might resign over breck's ed and for example he was for a much shorter transition period not as much as these are two year that she has decided so then again we have brics it tears and they think that's an absolute catastrophe that she's pandering to the brussels elites and it's basically

a fog and that maybe breck said will never happen so you have a bunch of reactions many people who are hoping that it won't be a hard bricks it are still puzzled and they don't know what is actually going to happen after this transition period so a lot of people are not happy with the speech or are waiting for more concrete proposals and one of the areas where tourism a appeared to be conciliatory she was saying the british courts will be guaranteeing the rights of citizens who live in the u.k. is that going to ease their concerns. well e.u. citizens in the u.k. are generally very nervous they don't know what's going to happen will they be x.'s able to access health care what about schools what about universities what about family members that they might want to have in the country and get put into the country for example older relatives so all this is still is to worry for them and

we've had on twitter we've got we've had representatives of these of these groups and they still don't know what does she mean it's a considerate tone but really all right it's going to be guaranteed and then who's going to look after them many people are hoping that it's not the u.k. courts but that the european court will play play a bigger role so again also here people are waiting for more concrete proposals and just quickly back to brussels barbara another very hot issue the exit bill that britain is going to have to pay before it leaves the e.u. theresa may saying britain will honor the commitments it has made what are people in brussels reading into that. it's unclear because she said that she would fill the gap in the european budget however if she wants a transition period she has to pay for that anyway so this might be a is zero sum game apart from from that we don't know anything and their action in poland is really interesting because the polish european minister came out and your

minister came out and said risk britain will not get anything no transition deal if they don't pay their full obligations so the first country is starting to play hardball over money and the coming negotiations may be tougher and harder than we have seen them turn now ok barbara visible in brussels back at last in london many thanks to both of you. time now to catch up with some of the other stories making news around the world police in london have charged a man in connection with last week's bomb attack at parson's green underground station eighteen year old ahmed hassan charged with attempted murder and causing an explosion that's after a device detonated on impact on the ground train last week injuring thirty people. the iranian president hassan rouhani has pledged to strengthen his country's defense capabilities at a parade in the capital tehran the country unveiled a new missile with

a range of two thousand kilometers the move coming in clear defiance of the united states which has demanded iran cease its ballistic that's our program. meanwhile another country whose relations with the u.s. are increasingly tense as north korea its leader kim jong un has been trading insults with u.s. president donald trump as the war of words between the two countries heats up and it's getting usually personal. north korea's leader didn't pull any punches in a scathing statement read out for him live on north korean t.v. on friday. kim jong un branded donald trump a rogue and a gangsta rather than a politician and want he would surely indefinitely detain the mentally deranged us doted we find out. these statements broadcast around north korea were a heated reaction to trump's united nations speech earlier in the week when he mocked kim jong un as rocket man and threaten to totally destroy north korea if

need be trump on friday was quick to lob abuse back tweeting that kim jong un who is obviously a mad man who doesn't mind starving or killing his people will be tested like never before. the war of words comes against the backdrop of north korea speeding up its military testing kim is now threatening to retaliate at the highest level north korea's foreign minister hinted in new york when he's speaking at the united nations that a new nuclear test could be on the horizon. could be the most powerful detonation of a hydrogen bomb in the pacific ocean. holding a press conference at the u.n. the russian foreign minister said it was time for both sides to calm down. it's an acceptable to simply sit back and look at the nuclear military gambles of north korea but it's just as an acceptable to provoke war on the korean peninsula we'll

continue to strive for a reasonable rather than an emotional approach instead of a kindergarten violent between children with very little goodies the bills. no easing of tensions inside the insults could well continuing. and those tensions are leading some countries to reconsider their decision to send two years to the next winter olympics in pyongyang in south korea let's just show you the geography involved here the host city for the twenty eighteen games east of the capital seoul and just eighty kilometers from the demilitarized zone south korea's border with north korea winter olympics heavyweights austria today joining france and telling the organizers that if the safety of their athletes can't be guaranteed then they are thinking of keeping them at home. another month another north korean missile test tensions on the peninsula have seldom been higher and with the twenty eight thousand winter olympics due to take place in south korea in february that

has some countries worried. austria has no said that it could pull out of the games if the safety of its athletes can't be guaranteed meanwhile france's sports minister told french radio station air t l that she is keeping a close eye on the situation and it will never put our team in danger they are aware of the situation we have asked them to remain focused on their objective and if things get worse and we can't assure their security the french team will stay at home and put the sports governing body the i.o.c. is adamant that the slopes will see olympic action come february. these resolution can and will be an important symbol for the commitment to peace of the international community speaking now about different scenarios for the olympic winter games would send the wrong message it would be

a message against our own belief in peace and diplomacy it's an admirable stance but withdrawals from winter olympic powerhouses like austria could eventually force the committee's hand. they're watching t.v. news still to come on this program. people on the pleasure and they still hope they can find victims alive under the rule yes it is a race against time. our correspondent carolyn chinoy with the latest from mexico city in just a few minutes rescue teams there still hoping to save lives after tuesday's earthquake. first though weather is here with some news that has uses holding their breath at the moment that's right at least in london christopher where we are seeing some bad news we were transported forty's in london have decided not to renew operating license that means drivers might not be able to

continue offering their services within a few weeks transport for london says is not fit and proper and public safety and security but not for the reasons you might think. the loss of its license is more than a small road bump for labor but the right healing service says it's planning to power through by preparing an appeal it accuses london's transport regulator of unfairly favoring the city's traditional black cab drivers disgruntled at market share grab . but i think what's clear by this decision is the man transport from london has paid them to train pressure in this small number of individuals and groups that want to restrict choice to consumers and competition within the impact of that decision if it stands with over forty thousand licensed drivers out of work with no means to support themselves their families their loved ones the transport authorities took issue with hoover's approach to reporting serious criminal

offenses background checks on drivers and its use of grey ball a software that looks like to passengers from using cars like investigators or regulators for example but while hooper has run into regulatory trouble in many cities in addition to london the service has been quite popular here goober cars make up a third of all privately hired vehicles this is obviously the most she was going to try and boss still feel like um i don't feel like i'm paying ridiculous amounts to get a job was a good move for our kind of history of us you know but it's only bouncer as an accountant we got our slot but it's going to be a little money the loss of the license is just the latest in a spate of problems which forced out the company c e o but whether new management will be able to push past this latest roadblock will be an important test for the company's ability to stay on track. look at that happy face apple's latest i phone has hit the shelves today the i phone eight boasts

a new display in wireless charging among other features excitement is high but some apple fans do have doubts about the new release. people have come out in the hundreds to buy the i phone eight in front of apple's flagship store on fifth avenue in manhattan considering the crowds that used to come back out for days ahead of new apple product releases this is a modest showing but hardcore apple fans are under target by their dwindling numbers. if you want when you know it's really expensive you have to but it's convenient if their family. they were locked in. the i phone eight has a faster processor of rational age to screen and wireless charging a plus version offers more features but reception has been lukewarm as competing products already come with bigger screens and wireless charging for less than the i

phone eight hefty seven hundred dollars price tag and then there are those who are skipping the i phone a still hold out for the i phone ten and the features that come with it like facial recognition. but that's not till november as a thousand dollars a pop it's set to attract an even more commission user base but the question of course it will bring that a lot of money for apple that's the question let's ask our financial correspondent in new york at the new york stock exchange watching the apple stock for us now so all of that we just saw sounds like good news for apple but that's not how investors see it right. exactly that was a bad week for the apple stock at least for the week shares of apple are down close to six percent so far the worst performing week ever prior to an i phone or apple watch launch so the company says more than fifty billion dollars from its market

value since its launch the new products according to fact sent data investors are disappointed because as you mentioned i phone a demand is lower then i phone six and seven demand at this point in the cycle and one reason might just be the ads from ten i don't think that anyone is planning on buying both the eight and the ten so i guess people are just waiting for november third now apple fans in the u.s. can buy their i phones through their mobile service provider and it seems like we're seeing some changes there too. yes so first of all these are reports that haven't been commented on the vendor data yet by any of the two involved companies but according to a report from the test team all by us is about to close the deal too much with the brands people familiar with the matter said on friday and this was indeed to change the american market a lot for telecom and communication so if you ask at the new york stock exchange

thank you very much and have a good weekend. well and speaking of change tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in france to march against president emanuel mccall's controversial labor reforms which he earlier signed into law the measures to make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers and allow small companies to negotiate directly with their employees instead of resorting to trade unions now mccall was elected on the promise that these reforms would help reduce france's unemployment rate which is currently at nine and a half percent. that's all for business and it's now back to christopher for the latest on the developments of the mexican earthquake that's right three days after that powerful earthquake that struck central regions of the country toppling buildings killing almost three hundred people emergency services are working around the clock to find survivors this report now from two w.'s catalina in the capital

mexico city. this has become the most important symbol of hope for mexico city after the earthquake it sounds far silence someone might be calling for help under the rubble. volunteers are equipped at least with a spade or a hammer see going to dollars game and either everyone helps with a hammer or with bare hands lifting stones. have you found people. yet as i suppose that yes of course a lot of the little while i was there at least eight people do because do you remember to prison is just a go. but meanwhile there are hundreds of people willing to help around the colored buildings in the city some are even turned away by the authorities country ask for more control that's what they're doing but what is it about. losing it's about controlling the number and they aren't there. once we are inside the end to see as

and goodwill of the people seems unlimited. people are working here for hours many of them for the last two days either non-scientists one has been here for over twelve hours even fell unconscious but she still wants to help. that is why she was transferred from moving rubble to helping distribute food and beverage as. she strongly believes that there are still victims who are alive under the rubble. you can see yes i really think so. this is why i'm still here. even though i fainted at least i can help a bit here. and stay up. until when. i think it's about them to know i can no longer do so because these are my people this is my country i'm going to stay here like you are yes. according to the major

of mexico city at least forty buildings in the capital have collapsed like this one experts say that people could survive up to three days under the worries this is why the atmosphere witnessing here is very tense people and the pressure and they still hope they can find victims alive under the roots it is a race against time. singer songwriter nick cave celebrating his sixtieth birthday today we're going to leave you with one of his top singles where the wild roses grow a duet with fellow astride in cali when i go back in just a second with the day. studios or i knew this was the one. yet in my. room with the call that. the were all the year was.

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