my livelihood. but day by day i disagree. and so does everything i get. two billion people care about me. me me. and now. i need you. german chancellor angela merkel has become a tough task of trying to build a government after her conservative bloc place first in sunday's general election the center left social democrats say they oppose a continuation of the current coalition we will be. having exploratory talks with

the f.t.v. and the green party but also with the s. he will be. because i believe it is or it needs that germany have a stable home and government i have heard them and heard what the s.p. days position is but i believe it's important to stay in a dialogue. the anti immigration alternative for germany or a.f.p. is now said to be the third largest party in the german parliament but their celebratory mood was cut short at a press conference when the party's co-chair from the petrie such he won't be joining the new parliamentary caucus. petrea was long the face of the air of deep at last influence earlier this year when she tried to steer the far right party toward a more moderate position. millions of people in iraq's autonomous region of kurdistan have voted in an independence

referendum ignoring pressure from baghdad turkey and iran the vote is not binding and is not expected to lead to independence anytime soon on monday iraq's parliament approved several tough measures in response to the referendum including the closure of all border crossings with the kurdish region the final results of the vote are expected within three days. the white house rejects claims by north korea's foreign minister that u.s. president donald trump has declared war on pyongyang press secretary sarah huckabee sanders called the allegations absurd earlier told reporters his country reserved the right to take countermeasures including shooting down u.s. bombers even if they are not in north korean airspace. britain and the e.u. have begun a new round of breck's at talks in brussels three days after prime minister to

reserve may try to revive the process in a keynote speech but the frustrations are still apparent the e.u. is chief negotiator said brussels would not discuss may's call for a two year transition deal until progress is made on citizens' rights arland in a financial settlement british breck's it minister david davis urged him to stop stalling talks on future trade relations if he wants london to settle its bill. germany after the election the twilight of the chancers power and the dawn of the far right rise now that is one way to read the results tonight europe's strongest nation asking itself is the glass half empty or is the glass half full.