i live in the us i live in china before i'm french but doesn't is a very good place to raise a family. and i love it was my somebody. this is due to our viewers coming to you live from berlin uncle of michael starts what could be the toughest talks of a career three weeks after the election she's meeting parties from the left and the right to try and forge a new governing coalition but does she have the authority to seal the deal also coming up chinese president xi jinping sect's out his vision for the country at the

start of the communist party congress he says his dream is to turn china into a global superpower. and the rules of dakar it was the heart of islamic states brutal regime now the city has fallen to u.s. backed syrian forces so does the loss of the city mean the i guess it's finished. one of a warm welcome to you i'm on the dock she nearly one month after germans went to the polls chancellor angela merkel is beginning the complex task of full make the next governing coalition matters conservatives are holding preliminary talks with its two likely partners in the future government the pro-business free democrats and the green party because of the colors of these parties make up the jamaican

flags also known as the jamaican coalition for now the aim is to get all the parties to agree to launch a formal coalition talks the bat could prove tricky what is broad can say. on german foreign policy matters hope for partners have major differences over germany's positions on he was thirty migration and energy policy so for more on the story let's go straight to our political correspondent hans bron hi hunts now chancellor angela merkel is trying to build a coalition with parties which have by idly divergent issue positions on a series of topics how difficult these talks going to be for her given that this these parties have never governed in a coalition at the national level. well yes it is going to be difficult the meetings are taking place behind me here in this parliamentary association it's called something like the private club of the parliamentarians and germans parliament and i'm glad macko is obviously in charge of these the negotiations in

the sense that she is inviting all the other parties to come and discuss this with her the biggest problem is the wide spectrum of parties that are participating in these talks on the one hand the greens obviously on the left of the political spectrum on the other hand. sister party from bavaria the christian social union which is more to the right of the political spectrum and that's in fact where the problems are most likely to be at the moment because the sea is you with a very and polity did very badly in their terms in the recent elections are very worried about how they might perform in elections coming up in the coming year so they are really very urgently trying to look for a political line that will save their performance their political performance and they're pushing very hard to go towards the right in the political spectrum macro on the other hand it's trying to stay center of the political spectrum also in

order to allow the coalition partners the potential coalition partners to have some sort of common ground i don't smoke authority being reconned off to this election result because see the new boss he had won the worst result in decades he's facing discontent from within the conservative bloc under how much pressure is she going into these talks. well it's not who can be certain that she will be chancellor of the new government whatever it's going to be because her party was the strongest party in the recent general election but obviously she is weakened to some extent because the performance has been so weak and because there are other people in her party who are now saying that the party should revise its position should move towards the right so far malcolm has managed to keep her in line keep her authority in the party to keep her policies at the center of the political spectrum but

obviously there's discontent in her party and she's going to need all her authority to try and keep that going comes from thank you very much for that assessment. turning down to china where president xi jinping says his country is facing a bright future but also severe challenges his comments come as he opened the communist party congress in beijing he also said china would become a strong leader on the one stage by two thousand and fifteen the meeting brings together nearly two thousand three hundred delegates in the coming days they agree on policies to guide the country over the next five yes. a lot of talk about the party congress i'm joined by christiane shepard he's in beijing christina this is a closed door session as difficult to find out what's going on inside but as we could she didn't think has an admission and what you're looking at full.

there are lots of things we should be looking for in this congress the world court itself gave us some indication of what's to come very strong vision for the next not just five years but even up to twenty fifty there's also going to be some important personnel moves which are going to be decided perhaps have already been decided but the final decisions will not be announced until the end of the congress which will be on the twenty fourth at the same time china's facing slowing economic growth and growing inequality it's also has an aging population how is she going to address those challenges do you think she is giving us some broad indication sorts of measures that china would like to take but broadly at this stage all we know are the aspirations this was not a specific policy document this document will then be taken back and work through by various ministries and government departments until they decide exactly how they want to deal with all these issues broadly speaking what the government is trying

to do is to bring in more reforms for the lower level to bring in more market forces but also to maintain strong central government which will be led by the party and by sitting in cell like china has been expanding its influence in many parts of the world including africa and asia through infrastructure projects trade deals and so on some analysts i think she didn't think is the world's most powerful leader what do you feel about this is testament. i just really really have. been and when the season playing is the most powerful leader in the world what we can say for certain is that he has done more than his predecessor and possibly even. before it's pretty mr johnson to consolidate. and has moved away from the tendency of the last two

generations of leaderships in china to share even among the top leaders so he's a very very powerful leader but comparing him to other leaders globally is a. christian shepherd in beijing thank you very much thank you. look at some other stories making news around the world a top kenyan election official has quit and fled the country just days before a rerun of the presidential vote there rather than a calm busy said that next week's election would not be free and fair last week opposition leader pulled out of the presidential runoff citing illegalities. portugal's interior minister has resigned from her post after wildfires killed more than one hundred people in the last few months constanza ordered by law d'souza whose department has been widely criticized said she didn't have the political conditions to continue their job. american or her george saunders has won the

prestigious man booker prize for his novel lincoln in the bardo the book tells the story of abraham lincoln's grief after the death of his son saunders is the second american author ever to win the award worth more than fifty five thousand euros. us back forces in draka carrying not mopping up operations one day off they took the city from so-called islamic state they are removing landmines and clearing main roads they're expected to announce the formal liberation of the city later today syrian forces captured the former i s stronghold on tuesday off an intense four month campaign after an assault lasting for months they finally taste victory syrian fighters raise their flag in russia's main square. where near the main roundabout and we haven't seen any i asked fighters we haven't seen any near the stadium either i think the city will be fully cleared in the next

two days. how do i feel i'm flying look at me i'm flying and i'm so happy. on the spot known as the round up out of hell over the past three years my ass used for public beheadings and crucifixions shoring the terror to characterize the militants rain. in twenty fourteen it was here that i celebrated its push into the city rocca was declared the defacto capital of its self-styled culliford it became home to thousands of jihadists from around the world after a call by the i.r.s. leader. to migrate to the syrian city it's sort of was where they plan terror attacks across the globe. this is rockers municipal stadium the militants set up a prison here torturing people who oppose their rule it's where many of the foreign

jihadists were killed making a last stand after refusing an offer of safe passage. small pockets of i asked militants who are still thought to be holed up in the city but there's another danger to be faced in these ruins booby traps and mines the u.n. says there has already been staggering loss of civilian life and rucka well over a thousand were killed in the battle for the city with hundreds more bodies feared buried in the rubble used off of the end of sport and in the champions league defending champions real madrid played out a one hour draw at home to tottenham the guest took the lead in the twenty eighth minute raphaël varane turned on the ball in his own net under pressure from harry kane madrid was awarded a penalty just before halftime and christiane. to up to equalise from the spot in

madrid pushed on for the winner but found. both who were loris in fine form the game ended one or what. and here now is a look at all the results from tuesday's champions league action as we saw. drew as a dork one and leipzig defeated portal elsewhere they were wins for a liverpool and spartak manchester city defeated not fully and friend nord came undone at home to dani at sq and the champions league action continues to live and buy and host celtic not the bavarian seem to be in crisis just a few weeks ago but the return of club legend a year prime case has tended the ship and now they're looking to push on with a win against the scottish champions. your pine pierce has only been back at buy in for one game but already it feels like things have returned to normal the team

trained ahead of the celtic match fresh from thrashing freiburg at the weekend. five goals including this cheeky back heel from your shoe acumen and should have successful starts a high end is his latest spell in munich now the coach is urging his players to keep up the good work. hours as the players put on a very good performance because i. hope that we can now build on our performance on saturday. said but we know that celtic are a very strong and aggressive team and i can see them on shift is the mood among the players seems to have improved but the pressure is still on for buying in the champions league after a heavy defeat to p.s.g. on the last match they left them trailing the french powerhouse in group being. very slow but i think the pressure is always there for us of course tomorrow is an important match after a defeat in the champions league you obviously want to follow it up with

a victory. and a win against celtic is a must if the high and his honeymoon is to continue. and the national anthem protests in the n.f.l. have taken center stage during official talks between players and owners in new york players have nads during pre-match anthems to draw attention to racial and social inequality amid protests outside a group of eleven owners and more than a dozen players met on tuesday with one topic discussing the players' platforms for speaking out on social issues earlier this week n.f.l. quarterback cullen cavanagh who was the first to protest more than a year ago filed a grievance against the n.f.l. accusing owners of colluding to deny him work. here's a recap of the top stories that we're following for you. nearly one month of the

german election under the american is talking difficult talks to try and form a new government to succeed she will have to bridge the divide between parties from the left and the right. and president xi jinping to sets out his vision for china at the start of the communist party congress he says his dream is to turn the country into a global superpower. you're watching the news coming to you live from berlin up next we have business news helena would have the details for you do stay with us if you can. take a trip to a world of listen to. me.