afro germany starting december tenth d.w. . this is due to the news live from berlin sky high political stakes in berlin tonight the next few hours could decide whether on clerical remains chancellor of germany the talks to form a new coalition government have gone down we're tracking the latest also coming up will his exit be dignifying new pictures are published of robert mugabe after

meeting with the military so what have they decided. is sold. five hundred year old masterpiece by their not heard eventually becomes the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction so who thought this incredible painting . i'm sorry so much got a good to have you with us a decisive moment could be at hand here in germany the political parties involved in talks to form the next coalition government have just a few hours more before a crucial deadline to be able to form that coalition a failure could mean new elections chancellor merkel is confident there will be a deal tonight but serious differences remain talks have been suspended for now well that an update from those talks in a moment but first let's get up to date on what's been happening today. night has

fallen in berlin but for the negotiators here there's still a lot of work to do before they can sign this document a sixty one page draft agreement for exploratory talks they must resolve points of contention like migration climate and transport policy. then that's killing if we succeed and in this time of great polarized nation we can accomplish something what is really important for our country namely that all of us from very very very different positions and never the less able to work together for the people of this country. a major political statement and an appeal to the four parties to overcome their differences compromise is the word of the day or it's i'm talking. today is a day when we can impression people with courage and energy and you solutions. if you that should also motivate all four parties today to come to the table in the

spirit of problem solving and not in the spirit of saving face. easier said than done for four weeks now the negotiators have been searching for a consensus well each party sticks to its guns that's this means that we have to fight for the things that are important climate change a humanitarian assign a policy and an orderly right to asylum the greens top priority is reuniting refugee families who hold limited protected status the same policy is an absolute no go for the c.s.u. . so we had this limited protected status as a special status in germany and now we feel it's simply unsustainable we still have high numbers of refugees coming in so continuing this program is not possible. negotiators have until early morning to reach the necessary compromises. and let's go right to do that is all over salat he is following these negotiations for as high oliver we have heard that these talks have been suspended for now while the

four parties are meeting in smaller groups to talk over their positions what are you hearing. well it's quite a dramatic situation right now really as you've said the talks were suspended at least across party lines and they're now continuing to find strategies in smaller groups within their parties to find a strategy how to continue how to tackle these very contentious issues that are on the table here tonight and that might certainly mean on the one hand that it could mean an end to the exploratory talks it could mean failure but they will certainly get together on the big table in the bigger form it later so we might even have a positive outcome here tonight it's all open so far the hold old here it seems is the c.s.u. party that is the smaller the very and sister party of americal c.d.u. party a very conservative party that has a number of issues here especially on migration policy and that seems to be here

the number one contentious issue here tonight it's all over the question everyone is asking is what happens if these talks fail and what will that mean for the american. it will be a very difficult situation she is put in first of all if the talks fail there will be two scenarios here the number one scenario would be a minority led government a very popular option here for historical reasons because a minority led government would mean an unstable government it would be led by the biggest party which is on the american but she is certainly not very much in favor of such a scenario the other option would be snap elections and both of these options by the way are sort of unheard of and they have never happened in modern german history no snap elections could mean that the far right party would come out even stronger than they did in the last election so it is also a very unpopular situation this scenario the stakes are very high here tonight for

the negotiators to find a solution crunch time indeed oliver salat are following these talks for us here in berlin thank you all of our very much now to some other stories making headlines around the world in the u.s. the republican controlled house of representatives has passed a broad package of tax cuts with a vote of two hundred twenty seven to two hundred five the proposed overhaul of the tax system as a major policy goal of the trump administration it will need to pass the u.s. senate before it can be implemented more than a dozen people have been killed by a suicide bomber at a political rally in the afghan capital d. a 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. turkish authorities have banned a gay film festival citing public safety and terrorism risks the event was set to

showcase for movies by german directors and non-corrupt homosexuality is not a crime in turkey but allegations of discrimination against members of the gay community are on the rise. now there are new photos tonight of zimbabwe's president robert mugabe the first since tuesday night's military takeover the images show mugabe holding talks with the military there is also a delegation from south africa including jacob zuma who says the political situation will become clear very shortly the opposition has called on the gobby to quit but reports from harare say he is refusing to stand down. these images show robert mugabe meeting zimbabwe's army chief and two south african envoys brought in to mediate at his official residence in herat it reports claimed the long term president is refusing to step down but mugabe is under pressure to resign zimbabwe's opposition leader morgan tsvangirai said the president in power

since one nine hundred eighty should go quietly in the interest of the country and elections should be called. transitional mechanism. and the reports that since the nature and character of that mechanism be agreed upon by all nationalistic. reforms who are free and fair and credible election to be heard. rumors have been flying about whether mugabe's wife grace is with him or whether she managed to flee the country before the military action on wednesday. grace's ambitions to succeed her husband are said to be behind the current turmoil last week mugabe's shock his vice president the army potentially saw this as paving the way for grace to take over the military's actions though have put a stop to her hopes for now the second vice president emerson or non-god why is

tipped to head a transitional government backed by the military an option the african union said it wouldn't support. it if indeed we in the african union are against any violent government overthrow or have issued a statement saying the army should retreat and return to constitutional order we support the legitimate zimbabwean government and in no case will we accept the forceful seizure of power. to force it but of course it remains to be seen whether robert mugabe can hold on to his tight grip on power. lebanon's former prime minister saad hariri has accepted an invitation to travel from saudi arabia to paris president michael mccall had invited her to stay for a few days but his exact arrival date has not yet been announced levanon had accused saudi arabia of holding her very hostage following his shock resignation

earlier this month saudi arabia has denied the allegations says i really is free to travel to paris at any time. and non of us buyer has spent a record stop on a work by the renaissance painter leonardo da vinci it is an astounding price for a painting once thought to be by one of his students previously the work had changed hands for just a few thousand dollars but at christie's in new york it was a very different story. ladies and gentlemen we moved to the little dick cheney the subject of modern day the masterpiece probably not of christ the savior of previous in the clutches of three kings of england savior of the world trade to jesus christ one of fewer than twenty paintings known to exist by their own a son's must a ninety minute a looking for ninety five in house christie said the presale estimates at one hundred million dollars but that was soon exceeded ninety five and i gave one third of it one out and said 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 francois in a fifth place that one hundred ninety billion out o. one hundred ninety two million give me two hundred one ninety is two hundred million it's bid that so you are good million two hundred million just how high could you 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 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 four hundred million the and.

they're not a sovereign somebody selling here christie's four hundred million dollars is the bit the piece is sold. with an extra fifty million commission for christie's the total price tag four hundred fifty million dollars the bio has so far remained anonymous so we don't know if the public will ever get a chance to see the work again thanks ok time for some sports to this weekend's bunder sligo once dominant to dortmund will be hoping to get back to winning ways when they play stock art on friday night dortmund have a slipped down the table after a poor run of results and to top that off and said on thursday that their star pierre emerick open my young has been suspended from the squad for disciplinary reasons. go get her peer in obama young is out don't many gave no further details on why he has been disciplined and dropped from the squad obama young was

hoping to end his goal drought in the game against stuttgart the striker has been a miscreant's lot lately no goals in his last five outings peter boss has been under pressure due to dortmund sudden decline from the top of the table to third their last win the league came back in september. on the ice that money could enter if you don't you know if you don't win the big question and. if you want to call that opposing wins then yes we feel the breeze that's for sure. and over the last three weeks the winds change quickly in the post office after the last international break the first match against leipzig and that's when it began as well and we definitely feels. that for me that's the challenge to once again turn it around. i'm sure we'll manage does mean the show friday night could be perfect timing for dortmund to turn it around history is on their side the black

and yellow won the last five matches in stuttgart but stuttgart is not a cakewalk especially when playing at home this season so far they're undefeated. dortmund on the road firepower a league high twelve goal. against the league's best home defense is a stage set for three men. are just about a tennis now and roger federer made it three wins out of three and the season ending a.t.p. finals in london federer took on mario in a rerun of this summer's wimbledon final once again and. with that came from a set to down to win six seven six four six one federal play either team or gave the go far in the semifinal on saturday. a reminder now of our top

story at this hour german chancellor angela merkel has warned there are still serious differences between the conservatives at potential coalition partners a deadline for exploratory coalition talks and later tonight if a deal cannot be reached germany could face fresh elections. we'll be back with more on that story for you at the top of the out. this month is germany is a strong country. we have achieved so much we can do this and if something hinders us we must.