the book and. all of that you don't want to. listen to the view news live from berlin sky high political stakes in that for lent tonight the next few hours could decide whether i'm glad michael remains chancellor of germany but talks to form a new coalition government have gone down we're tracking the latest. also coming up

will his exit be dignified new pictures are published of robert mugabe after meeting with the military so what have they decided. and the been. so. tired your old masterpiece by leonardo da vinci becomes the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction so who bought this incredible painting. i'm sorry so it's gonna 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 been wrangling all day and night and there's still no agreement failure could mean new elections chancellor merkel is confident there will be a deal tonight serious differences remain we'll get the latest in a moment but first let's get up to date on how we got here. 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 polarization we can accomplish something was really important for our country namely that you know 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. and 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. because it's. easier said than done for four weeks now the negotiators have been searching for a consensus well each party sticks to its guns 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. . 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 all of our salat is following the negotiations for us and joins us hi oliver so there were rumors of talks being deadlocked particularly over this question of migration as we

saw in our report what are you hearing there we're hearing now is that the talks are actually continuing again it's quite a roller coaster ride here tonight just a while ago they were as you mentioned interrupted these talks and in service even were talking about the possibility that the talks might fail and that it would not come to a coalition as this coalition is called by its parties that would be forming a government here together so if the chief negotiators then interrupted these talks and only across party lines and only party members then try to find strategies how to tackle the most contentious issues here one of them as we've just heard in the report is migration of course and it seems that the major hold all here is the c.s.u. party the bavarian sister party of the conservative c.d.u.

of america that very much opposing certain migration policies here tonight the fear is very tense there's a lot of state at stake here at the negotiations tonight where you mentioned all of us a bumpy road so far so what does happen if these talks fail. well there are two scenarios first of all would be the scenario of a snap election and that is a very unpopular optional course especially for america because a snap election might even strengthen the far right a if tea party and. this scenario would mean that she might have to resign from her party presidency and that would mean certainly an interchange ship in turn that she would not have a fourth chancellorship following a snap election the other scenario is a minority government and that is also again a very unpopular option here in germany for historical reasons of course it might

be let then by the strongest party which is going to merkel c.d.u. party but again a very unlikely and especially unpopular scenario here all of you said yourself a lot is at stake here are the hours are ticking down things are not looking good just briefly if you can how tense is the atmosphere over there well as you can imagine it's it's a tense atmosphere because we're going back and forth you know and there's been a very tough tone in the debate here especially over the last days and now we don't know of course if that is just a big show where parties want to please their own voter base or if it really reflects the tone that is currently trade taking place here in that building behind me where the negotiations are taking place there were some pictures of negotiators on twitter early of before where you saw a lot of serious faces but certainly everyone involved in the negotiations is aware of what's at stake and the pressure is really high on the people who are

negotiating tonight. are celebrating us the very latest thank you all ever. 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 is a major policy goal of the trumpet ministration 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 kabul the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility it's the latest in a wave of attacks in afghanistan that have killed and wounded thousands this year alone. and 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 in ancora homosexuality is not a crime in turkey but to 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 to take over the image as a show mugabe holding talks with the military there's also a delegation from south africa including jacob zuma who says the political situation will become clear very shortly the opposition has called on mugabe 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. since the nature and character of that mechanism be agreed upon by all nationalistic. that is the reforms who are free and a 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 sacked 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 i 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 and. force if but of course it remains to be seen whether robert mugabe can hold on to his tight grip on power. now and i'm not a misfire has spent a record a song 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 well previously the work had changed hands for just a few thousand dollars but it christie's in new york it was a different story. ladies and gentlemen we move to dick cheney the subject of

mourning the masterpiece probably not of christ the savior previous in the collections of three kings of england savior of the world a poor traits of jesus christ one of fewer than twenty paintings known to exist by their own a son's master ninety minute 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 why not instead i have it one hundred ten million give 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 three hundred million. and even though it's was in the top. three hundred seventy million back to front as well as clause three hundred and seventy million dollars it was four hundred million the in. and out of service will not be selling here i 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. to sports now in this weekend's bundesliga once dominant dortmund will be hoping to get back to winning

ways when they play start on friday night and have slipped down the table after a poor run of results and to top that off and said on thursday that their star here and mark of a my own 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 miscreant's lot lately no goals in his last five outings peter boss has been under pressure due to dortmund sudden decline from top of the table to third their last win in the league came back in september. on the ice that money could enter and if you don't you know if you don't win they'll be expression and interest if you want to call out 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 feel so. that's not for me that's the challenge so once again turn it around. and i'm sure we'll manage when does mean the shelf. 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 along the road fire power a league high twelve goal. against the league's best home defense is a stage set for three men. to

tennis now and roger federer made it three wins out of three at the season ending a.t.p. finals in london federer took on a rerun of the summer's wimbledon final and once again federer came out on top that's what came from a set down to win six seven six four and six what federer will play either dominic team or does he go far in the semifinals on saturday. thanks for watching everyone back at the top of the hour. i'd. find tens of thousands of fans for their mega life sets. it's just a really beautiful moment.