magical images and emotions going out. can go to go see every weekend on d w up steam. this is d.w. news live from berlin tonight the first steps in trying to form a new german government never before have four parties trying to tie the knot and share power can they put their significant differences to the side and find common ground that question weighing heavily as the first round of coalition negotiations

gets underway here in berlin also coming up a promise that cannot be kept kenya's chief election official calls into doubt the upcoming election by saying he cannot guarantee a free and fair vote and china's president xi jinping heralds a new era for his country at the opening of the communist party congress in beijing . i'm bored gough it's good to have you with us tonight germany's political leaders are trying to build bridges in territory that they've never heard never seen before today german chancellor angela merkel began reaching out to other political parties with the goal of forming a new coalition government now she has done this several times before but this time she's trying to bring four parties together to form one federal government it's

never been done if it works it would be called a jamaica coalition because the colors of the political parties here are the same as the flag of jamaica. black yellow and green for now the colors of the jamaican flag are just hot air on the banks of the river. but exploratory talks are under way chancellor merkel's conservative c.d.u. and c as you first met with the business friendly f.t.p. party and later with the environmentalist greens the jamaica coalition would be an exotic combination that has never existed before at the national level. the talks were reasonable there was no tension but we all know how hard it will be and how different our political cultures are equal to and here to some and the c.d.u. n.c.s. use prospective partners have major differences over a number of key issues including the european union and austerity policy migration

and energy. this could become the most complex series of negotiations in decades. before the talks were shaped with the intention of looking for solutions about how to reach a cohesive society but it is also clear that there's a long way ahead of us. this views the munging moves on friday the exploratory talks will continue with teams from the potential coalition parties meeting together it may be weeks before a possible jamaica coalition becomes reality. and for more i want to pull in our political correspondent thomas sparrow he is following the talks force good evening to you thomas so after this first day can we talk about any type of progress being made. i think there was initial progress brant this was the first time that these parties formally met after the election and they were actually just trying to find

out where their priorities lie what i've of policies what type of red lines if any they have but it is clear that they have still a long long way to go before they can find some common ground one of the participants said after the talks that they all knew what they were looking for but they didn't know what they would find in the end so this just gives you an idea of what type of problems here we're looking at i'm going to who is leading this talks has the huge task of trying to make friends trying to make allies out of political parties that in many cases are diametrically opposed and obviously this is a process brant that will take a very long time yeah what we said at the beginning of the sure you know you've got probably titian's here in germany who are trying to build bridges to to each other into places that they've never been before and you wonder if it will work and how long it will take and we heard today that it could be sometime in december it could

be christmas before we have a new government what does that mean for europe in germany's other international partners. well certainly i mean even though the analysts here are saying that germany should be happy if by christmas it has a working government they have to sort out why it range of issues as we saw in our report and obviously the fact that those political leaders have to sort out those issues means that to a certain extent germany is now looking inward germany is now focusing on its own internal problems its own internal debates but at the same time it is also clear that the government is still working at the government is still reacting to some of the political issues that are happening not only in the country but also internationally so i think you have these two processes working simple tenuously on the one hand obviously political leaders looking at the current situation and trying to find that new coalition government on the other hand obviously still focusing on the problem then the issues that affect the country both nationally and

internationally. for their political correspondent almost bear on the story for us tonight here in berlin thomas thank you very much for the head of kenya's over action commission have said it will be difficult to guarantee that next week's presidential election will be free fair and credible while. he said that was due to interference from politicians he spoke after an election commission member quit and left the country rosalyn said that the vote would not be free and fair because the commission was quote under siege a last week opposition leader. pulled out of the presidential race citing illegalities called for a mass protest on election day raising the prospect of confrontation between protesters and voters. well i'm joined now from nairobi by the w.'s kenya correspondent catherine haven't it's good to see you the election board the

chairman said that he cannot guarantee a free and fair election can the vote go ahead. all the vote it's up in the air at this point because is what we know we know that he says he's under siege and the people to blame here ruling party and the main opposition which is the national super alliance on one hand you have the main opposition which is trying to ensure that reforms and they have twelve irreducible minimum and on the other hand you have accusations that the ruling party has at least four of the seven commissioners in their hands and they're the ones who are frustrating the chairman's efforts to move forward and make preparations for this particular vote operational wise the chairman says he's ready but if this still meddling going on within the commission then he can also assure the lection on the

twenty sixth of october. you know we've already seen protests on the streets the media how divided is the country to not. the nation is very divided because you have a combo who resigned earlier. today and she says as much as she says that their issues within the electoral commission you have some kenyans who are saying or who are looking at her resignation as something that is political rather than something that is pointing to an issue within the electoral commission that needs to be changed before the elections and then you have another side of the country that says that they don't want to participate in the elections in fact there was some training of i see you electoral commission officials in western kenya which is a stronghold of the opposition and we had a lot of trainers from the from the electoral commission shoved off from the from whether it was supposed to have the training so you see

a country that one side doesn't want to have elections and will participate in protests and then on another come another side of the country that is willing to have elections irrespective of reforms you know the tension it sounds like is growing leading up to next week's election day catherine and want to report in tonight in nairobi catherine thank you very much joiners president xi jinping has declared a new era for his country and said that it is time for china to take center stage in the world at the first session of the communist party congress in beijing she also pledged to open his country's economy further and to pursue a policy of zero tolerance against corruption during the weeklong congress a new poll bureau to run china for the next five years will be selected. it's a meeting on the grandest of scales. nearly twenty three hundred delegates representing the eighty nine million members of china's communist party. and the focus of it all

one man president xi jinping. she praised china's achievements during his stewardship but he said the country must not stand still. ok china has made major breakthroughs in its reform campaign where now in high gear and full steam with deepening comprehensive reforms and resolutely removing all systematic problems these reforms have been carried out in an in-depth them fundamental manner his speech may have been light on details but she promised to continue economic reforms fight corruption and open the door to more foreign investment as part of a new era of chinese development. she also set the tone for china's role on the international stage in the coming years one focusing on economic development and environmental protection. but she also cautioned world powers against taking his

warm words as a sign of weakness. china hearses an independent foreign policy of peace and respects the rights of other countries to choose their own development road china will never see a development at the expense of others interests and will never give up its legitimate rights and interests either no one should expect china to swallow anything that undermines its interests. she is widely seen as china's most powerful leader since mao's they don't but he's still trying to rally support for a new term in office and his message to these embley was clear stay the course and clear the way for a new era of prosperity. so the billionaire investor george soros has given a whopping eighteen billion dollars to his charity the open society foundations that amount represents a huge chunk of the hungarian born investors wealth of twenty three billion dollars

and his charity fund civil society groups that promote education democracy and public health but soros is not alone other american billionaires like bill gates and mark zuckerberg have also been made in huge chunks of their wealth. in the champions league by earns a new coach europe this oversaw a return to form for the german giants in group b. they bounce back from defeat against paris son jim on to run out three winners over scottish sign celt thomas mueller opened the scoring for the host after just seventeen minutes. made it to just before half time and mavs home only got the third after the break the win put byron second in the group behind p.s.g. who won four in the away to underlay. to going to clubs are involved in your local league action on thursday cologne face borisov in belarus while hoffenheim host

istanbul bashar say here it's colognes first european campaign in twenty five years and hope it harms first ever but both clubs they've found out how unforgiving european football can be. cologne started the season with such optimism they back in europe after a twenty five year absence but not a smiles have disappeared domestically cologne have yet to find a shooting boots they have picked up only one point in eight the games. the signing of thirty nine year old cloud on a free was perhaps a cry of desperation the europa league form hasn't been any better one goal in two games no wonder they have lost both day matches but they determined to make a breakthrough in blood loose. doesn't it seem to feel it's our goal to first win

a game so that we can get that monkey off our backs and this is what was why shouldn't we pick up points just because we have none in the air up a league doesn't name a flood of belarus and get destroyed and if something doesn't give a coach pay to the man that took cologne to the european competition after such a long wait could be on his way out. of cologne are not the only german team struggling in the europa league it's hoffenheim suppressed every european campaign but they still waiting for their first ever euro win to salvage any hope of making the knockout stage they need a victory after suffering two losses in the group stage both hoffenheim and cologne will be hoping thursday could be a turning point. for them and some good news now about one of the world's a threatened species a southern right whales a cover say a conservation group has announced that record numbers have been spotted in argentine waters the well conservation institute says the seven hundred eighty

eight counted this year is the highest number since records began back in one nine hundred seventy one every year southern right whales migrate from their feeding grounds off antarctica to warmer climates further north many breed and nurse their young just off argentina's patagonia region while. you're up to date with g.w. news we'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news see if the. nationalists are on the rise with morning light to make your contract great again that is their slogan their focus put your nation first i am taking you know the answer is to highlights different shades of nationalism and to find out what their nation.