the cultural magazine. or twenty one. g.w. . bush . this is the w. news live from berlin the stakes could not be higher the next few hours could decide whether angela merkel remains chancellor of germany as talks to form a new coalition government go down to the wire. also coming up it's time to go the opposition tell zimbabwe's leader robert mugabe to stand down but he is reported to

be refusing to quit. and demons announces plans to cut nearly seven thousand jobs most will be a germany the unions are calling it an attack on the employees. plus an unprecedented sale at christie's in new york. the big spears so. a five hundred year old masterpiece by leonardo da vinci becomes the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. it is a decisive day in german politics talks aimed at forming a new coalition government after september the general election have entered their final day now if these talks collapse then the country could face new elections

merkel says that she is confident that they will succeed but the parties are still far apart on many key issues the list of those issues is outstanding it is a long one but one of the main sticking points is migration with disagreement over family reunions and the deportation a failed asylum seekers climate protection an energy also bones of contention now the greens that is of course a political party here in germany they want to shut down cold fire power plants the other parties they are against it the list goes on and on you saw it at the top there are you know basically cycling around here the final negotiations are expected to be tough and go deep into the night. four weeks of negotiations have seen the chances for a so-called jamaica coalition hover at fifty fifty one thing is clear there's still no love lost between the very parties who say they want to govern under chancellor

on the america will. talk today is the day when we have to put ourselves in the shoes of the other side and ask what is important to them. on balance a lot you can achieve that kind and if we do we will also achieve a positive result at the end of these negotiations and when stephen negotiators come and go those who face the microphones are still busy placing blame and stressing their own limits notably when it comes to the right of all refugees to have their families join them in germany. i need to say one thing is clear we will insist on the right of refugees with subsidiary protection to be reunited with their families in germany that's an issue of trust for us here. when i look up to but other parties already fear a public backlash if thousands of migrants are allowed to bring their families to

germany. because. we can't assign things here that could fan on extremism in germany. that is why we are available for a fact oriented solution rooted in humanitarian reasoning german foreign policy appears to have become the latest casualty in the struggle to strike a deal between the four parties. we've taken a step back and now that the foreign deployment of german forces became an issue again all foreign policy issues are back on hold. while the exploratory talks for a government coalition could be extended public patience with unlimited efforts to forge a coalition is running thin. and let's get the very latest now on the status of these talks very own charlotte potts is joining us live from berlin so charlotte just walk us through why this particular round of talks is so important. sure sara

good to see you it's really a make or break moment that we have to witness tonight we have to remember it's been eight weeks since the german elections they've started the negotiations four weeks ago it's been quite a while and basically what the politicians are negotiators are saying look if we haven't found any compromises up until now we're not going to find any compromises but we might we might tonight so there is this deadline the self said deadline of the end of the exploratory talks and it looks like we are going to have some compromises coming out of that tonight but this is only one step and then after that there will be a coalition talks where the parties will have to agree on policy proposals that they want to implement for the next four years and then form a government so it looks like it is going to take some time until germany has a new government in place that might be until christmas or even after christmas and

we heard ago americal basically acknowledge how difficult these talks have been saying that there was indeed still work to be done although we have to also mention striking a bit of an optimistic tone charlie what do you make of what we have heard so far from these various participants how likely do you see an agreement. well negotiations have been extremely tough negotiators a saying it may be the toughest negotiations ever and post world war german history and if you look at the ideological differences between the parties from the greens to the business friendly f.d.p. to the bavarian conservative arm of conservatives the differences are stark on issues especially for example on issues such as migration from what we've been hearing and i think that it is very likely that there will be some kind of compromise coming out of the talks tonight or maybe they are extending these talks into tomorrow but there will be some kind of compromise most likely because the

stakes are just too high for the parties to not reach a conclusion and to let these talks fail charlotte just very briefly before we go if they fail what is that likely to mean for angela merkel and her party is very there could be a minority government more likely that they will call for a snap election so new elections and that would be how some negotiators have been saying really a catastrophe for he is a very skilled negotiator and if she lets those talks fail that would definitely weaken her position and could in the end we can have position as a possible chancellor so the pressure again is very high to find compromises in these talks and anything is possible at this hour d.w. charlotte potts with the very latest from berlin following the german coalition talks thanks for your reporting reports from zimbabwe say that president robert mugabe is holding talks with the country's military and envoys from south africa

a country has been plunged into uncertainty since the military seized power and put mugabe under house arrest opposition leaders are calling on mugabe to step down after nearly forty years in power and allow free and fair elections but it is still unclear how the crisis will be resolved. tanks are still in key positions on the streets of zimbabwe's capital harare a day after the military seize control of the country. the streets a bustling again after many businesses shut their doors on wednesday. this issue which is going to keep people where they are now returning to their jobs. in the quiet way in a good way. everything is normal ever is normal the shops are open people are back to work everyone that is except zimbabwe's a ninety three year old ailing president robert mugabe he hasn't been seen since the military takeover but he said to be under house arrest and saif rumors are

flying about whether his wife grace is with him or whether she managed to flee the country before the military action grace's ambitions to succeed a husband a said to be behind the current turmoil last week mugabe sacked his vice president the army potentially saw this as paving the way for grace to take over the military's actions dari have put a stop to her hopes for some zimbabweans that is welcome news. the division breaks about is very good because you are looking hard for news about the biggest about the sacrifice president emerson. is tipped to head a transitional government backed by the military an option the african union said it wouldn't support. you know we in the african union are against any violent government overthrow. issued a statement saying the army should retreat and return to constitutional order. we

support the legitimate zimbabwean government and in no case of good will we accept a forceful seizure of power or force. paying that power belongs to you still and i can question. for more let's bring in our correspondent christine one who is standing by with the very latest she is covering developments from johannesburg south africa so christine you know it appears that there is a deadlock between mugabe and the military are things not moving and why have we not heard anything. they say are quite simply we've not heard anything because from what it appears and from what is being reported they have not made progress in that they're not reaching an agreement with president robert mugabe the military is trying to put pressure on him to to preside to step aside we understand that he is refusing to do so going as far as insisting to come petey's to which comes to an end in two thousand and eight when saval pick those two and in the action now as

you have heard. in the piece we played it would be difficult for the ability to forcefully remove president robert mugabe because that would encourage intervention from regional bodies like the african union and close it's said to the regional body southern africa and there's a lot at stake in the region and southern africa as you mentioned especially in south africa perhaps you can remind us as to why and let us know what the preferred outcome seems to be. well south africa has a very unique position in all of this in the sense that this is the one country that has all the brands off zimbabwe's economic and political crisis for the better part of the last decade really a lot of zimbabweans have flops to this country many of them even seeking a bit of futures to escape the turmoil back in zimbabwe south africa and officials at many stages say that they simply cannot pay that but in fact there was many fear

is that this the end city would post a notice of all the it's the country sad thing for south africa the interest here would be if there is going to be a transition of power that it has to be a smooth transition of power that they cannot be any violence associated with it and most crucially i think for south africa would be that president mugabe himself has conceded to that and has not been forced into that transition and of course mugabe quite famous for his grip on power in the country after nearly four decades in power is that the end of mugabe has something changed this time around. so i don't know a single person who would tell you that mugabe could survive this listening to press conferences held by key opposition figures in the country people pretty much on the consensus that this is the end of the mugabe era how long it will take to get to that point really is what remains at some reports saying that you know a statement is imminent and that's up reason mugabe would eventually concede and

resign but it doesn't look like he's going to survive this one and the fact that he has not been able to come out and make a statement on these really shows that he is you know like we all recall saying that he is been detained by the military he is that the house ways he has been significantly significantly disempowered him surviving this seems very much and likely we are talking about the end often say or as you say often nearly forty it's within sight and firm grip on power christine one well with the very latest on the situation in zimbabwe and the impact there in the region we thank you so much. let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world cambodia supreme court has granted a government request to dissolve the country's main opposition party after it was accused of conspiring to seize power critics have said that the decision is a tactic to strengthen prime minister hun sen's position ahead of elections next

year. lebanon's former prime minister hariri has accepted an invitation to travel from saudi arabia to paris according to france's foreign minister this after beirut had accused riyadh of detaining harari following his shock resignation earlier this month his arrival date has not yet been announced. more than a dozen people have been killed by a suicide bomber either a political rally in the afghan capital kabul the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility it is the latest in a wave of attacks in afghanistan that have killed and wounded thousands this year alone. british police have said that the final death toll from the grenfell tower fire is seventy one including a stillborn baby official said that investigators have pushed at the boundaries of what was scientifically possible to identify the victims the blaze broke out overnight in june quickly spreading through the tower block and trapping people

inside. well time now for business news and news for siemens employees and some news that was faired daniel has the story for us right and they've been waiting for this news all day and this story is breaking one of germany's best known multinational conglomerate siemens says it's going to slash some six thousand nine hundred jobs worldwide as part of a major restructuring effort in germany some two thousand six hundred of those jobs are in its fossil energy and power units which make gas turbines for power plants like that behind me but demand has collapsed with major changes in the energy market worldwide siemens forecast global demand for only one hundred new turbines next year and that's across all manufacturers alone has capacity to make one hundred thirty turbines far more than the market can bear capacity among all of the world's turbine makers together is four hundred units a year the story alone suggests why siemens needs to make big changes its turbine

subsidiary is one of the biggest in the company last year before orders dropped off sharply turbines were a key profit center the cutbacks will have a major impact on siemens operations in germany operations in two german cities like taken gurlitz will be shut down costs in the local economies the nearly one thousand jobs workers were out protesting the cuts before they were made official union members are calling on management to show some vision above all they don't see why they should lose their jobs when the zealand's conglomerate as a whole is still raking in billions of euros of profit. and trucking this from frankfurt is a gentle dream alone gel we've seen the shift to renewable energy coming from for a while now why this sudden drop in demand why now. well it's true that renewables have steadily been getting cheaper throughout the past years but there was this tipping point reached fairly recently where solar power power

for example became similarly priced or even cheaper than traditional fossil fuels in at least thirty countries that's according to world the world economic forum which released this data last year but of course that wind and solar just don't require as much industrial machinery as these fossil fuel forms such orders for things like gas turbines are really set to suffer siemens itself is framing it this restructure as something that had to happen eventually increased momentum in rio in renewables in the last year alone meant that it had to act now the board itself said that this decision was three years in the making ok three years in a making it seems that they have some kind of long term plan there at least so off to siemens far as these thousands of workers what happens next. well first of all they would have to get these plans through they of course face stiff opposition from the unions workers have already said that they would carve out a quote a path of creative resistance to the company's plans but you have to think of this

restructure as part of a larger strategy set out by chief executive joe kayser to make the company more future proof or at least in his perspective one that's realigned more towards automation electrification and digitization and one that operates with several small independent units operating under the banner of the siemens holding company as a sprawling conglomerates seem to be going out of fashion so that changes won't interfere ginnell thank you very much for. another corporation laying out its roadmap for the future is coming to folks the supervisory board will confirm its plan tomorrow so billions of euros in spending of the next five years what's already clear they'll invest as she was of cash in the world's biggest come market china. china is the world's largest market for electric vehicles and it's growing exponentially by twenty nineteen the government says ten percent of all new registrations must be e-cards so fox bargain is taking the initiative over the next seven years the

german company and its brands are teaming up with their chinese partners to invest ten billion euros in e. mobility to increase the range of models to forty by twenty twenty five and v.w. hopes to sell four hundred thousand eat cars a year in china. that's way more than germany where a total of eighteen thousand e-cards are expected to hit the road this year politics are driving the car boom in china the smog there has led the government to restrict the number of new cars with combustion engines the much sought after new registration plates are sometimes put up for auction or as lottery prizes however while electric cars can do a lot to combat city smog they often know solution to the gridlock on the roads. twenty countries and two u.s. states have joined an international alliance to phase out coal from power generation before twenty thirty the global alliance to power past coal was unveiled

on thursday at the cup twenty three international climate meeting in the german city of born coal is possible for more than forty percent of global emissions of greenhouse gas c o two the new alliances committed to phasing out coal sharing emissions reduction technology to the rest of the world to come cultures. to work about now not talk about myself and talk about something costing hundreds of millions of euros i think i'd spend my money on something so you wouldn't spend four hundred fifty million dollars on one painting danielle no no my thing really somehow well i'll tell you what because one buyer certainly did that it was a painting by the renaissance master of the in out of the vinci one anonymous buyer in fact lay down all of that cash it is an astounding price for a painting that was once thought to be by one of his students and it turns out that previously it had changed hands for just a few thousand dollars but at christie's in new york it was quite a different story. thoroughly ladies and gentlemen we move to the davinci the

subject of modern day the masterpiece fallen out of christ the savior previous in the collections of three kings of england savior of the world a portrait of jesus christ one of fewer than twenty paintings known to exist by their own a son's master at ninety minute looking for ninety five in house christie said the pre-sale estimate at one hundred million dollars but that was soon exceeded ninety five and i gave one third of it why not instead i have it one hundred ten million go get me one twenty the bidding via phone just getting going on ninety has been you heard it you place your place with francoise in a fifth place that one hundred ninety for the leonardo at one hundred ninety million give me two hundred one ninety is bit two hundred million is bid at two hundred million two hundred million just how high could it go at two hundred eighty million dollars so we're all down maybe not.

don't take a photograph quite the next milestone three hundred we'll give it to ninety six. i thought so the old three hundred million. and even though it's was in the top. three hundred seventy million back to france was plus three hundred and seventy million dollars they said it was for him it is. not a sovereign somebody selling here christie's four hundred million dollars is the bit of the piece is so. with an extra fifty million commission for christie's the total price tag four hundred fifty million dollars the buyer has so far remained anonymous so we don't know if the public will ever get a chance to see the work again. and for more on this absolutely astounding sale we

are joined now by martin kemp he is a professor in the history of art at oxford university and a leading leonardo da vinci expert thanks so much for joining us. pleasure now you have actually seen this painting up close what would you say is so special about it and is it really worth the four hundred fifty million dollars that it fetched at auction. i would separate out these two things it's worth what someone is prepared to pay for it which is different from the question as to whether it's a great painting on art it is very extraordinary the line are those have a special presence i've seen mona lisa twice out of her throne and they have a kind of living presence which is very uncanny very extraordinary it's difficult for artists to do that rembrandt can do. your can do that at his best but they do have that extraordinary presence and lennart also in addition to that

very strange psychological effect incorporates enormous amounts of knowledge into his works of art in a way in which the followers didn't i mean he understands arctic sea understands anatomy he has an interest in what i call the science of art not just whether it's making or an effective picture so is that what you were then looking at when when you were basically called in to verify that this painting was genuine i mean what was it specifically about this painting that allowed you to roll out that it wasn't a genuine and that it wasn't painted by one of his students i should say what i'm doing what i do is i research who works whether their own privately or in public without any favor while my own the other so i'm not really setting out to authenticate things but obviously the more you find out about painting and the more it seems consistent with really low knowledge and the more it supports the the

attribution i first saw it in the national gallery in london a nick penney director said we got something which i think you'd like to see so i went to see and sorest in the conservation studio and immediately there's a sense of wow this is. no not really that you don't do a lot of research to try really fascinating stuff and martin kemp we were very much appreciate you joining us to tell us a little bit more about this painting your impressions of it as an expert as we mention to our viewers you are a professor in the history of art at oxford university and a leading leonardo da vinci expert we appreciate it some sports news for you now russia's hopes of making february's winter olympics still hang in the balance this after the world anti-doping agency decided not to lift its suspension the international olympic committee will make the ultimate decision either banning russia outright or allowing some athletes to compete under

a neutral flag but that too could cause some problems here's why. this is sold and the world anti-doping agency's latest meeting the verdict it doesn't look good for russia the country's anti doping body has met our wada requirements to have its two years suspension lifted and it could cost them a spot at the winter games the greedier route for compliance for the russian one to do the agency has been fulfilled in many ways but there are still two issues which remain unfulfilled the main reason the refusal to publicly accept allegations of state sponsored doping. which look with what is the sponsor doping it's the practice of doping drugs with state money or drugs that are given to athletes that cannot have been the case. that's not our access to the urine samples from suspected cheats is the second sticking point our moscow reporter doc savage has the latest on the sample controversy in. the russian unto doping agency isn't

allowing sealed samples from russian efforts to be tested at tests could prove that even more efforts to performance enhancing drugs there we know of so far russian president vladimir putin is under pressure but the country's sports minister has already come out calling the latest decision political in character the investigative reporter higher post says altimetry russia may not be able to compete under its own flag. if that will happen and it has been said already by the russian government and the russians it will not go to the olympics it will be a boycott that will be really a dramatic development. the international olympic committee will have the final say in december. and with that you are up to date now on your news i'm sarah kelly and forget as always the conversation continues on you can follow us on social media

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