if you are not of the mind i always believed that we could turn violent munich into an international brand new world. i. have mine a family. international brand. a shared passion. an exclusive journey into the soul on d w and on line. saudi arabia has a nights that a ban on women driving is to be and state media reported that king solomon issued a royal decree which is to be implemented by june twenty. ending the conservative islamic kingdom status as the only country where it is illegal for women to try a new fulfills a key demand of women's rights activists in the country and has been welcomed by

close ally the united states. after sunday's elections german chancellor angela merkel met with her first and democrats as they prepared to build a new government our coalition partners the social democrats have rolled out a continued alliance so now it's likely that our center right bloc will try to link up with the pro-business free democrats and then vironment with screens two parties with little in common. a survey by public broadcaster a r.t. shows fifty seven percent of germans would approve such a coalition meanwhile the far right alternative for germany party is facing fresh turmoil just two days after it serves to third place in the general election for the petri the f.t.'s co-chair has announced she's quitting the party she felt it was moving too far to the right alienating more mainstream conservative voters.

ireland is planning to hold a referendum on loosening its abortion laws prime minister leo varadkar nights that a vote would be held next may or june the want staunchly catholic country has some of the strictest abortion laws in the world a total ban was lifted in twenty thirteen to allow exceptions only when the mother's life is in danger. the trial has begun of a preacher suspected of being the de facto leader of the so-called islamic state in germany the thirty three year old iraqi interim known as abu allah is on trial in the city of salah accused of radicalizing young people and running a jihadist network for co-defendants stand accused of supporting a foreign terrorist organization the network is alleged to have links to the berlin christmas market attack a anas armory. french president emanuel mcconnell has laid out his vision for reforming the european union in a speech to students at sorbonne university in paris he said the e.u.

must work more closely on defense immigration and intelligence he called for a stronger eurozone budget funded by a dedicated tax as well as a joint defense budget and a shared military intervention for his proposals also included a european asylum agency and standard identity documents to improve migration flows . amano mark wrong way out his vision for the european union calling for some dramatic changes but can he sell the german chancellor and the rest of europe or his vision or germany and france now when a collision course i'm sarah harman in berlin this is the day.