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this is d.w. news live from berlin and zimbabwe's president robert mugabe faces the end of his nearly four decade rule the country's ruling party has expelled mugabe as its leader thousands of the bomb plans have demanded his immediate resignation but he's showing little sign of being prepared to step down also coming up deadline day for
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german chancellor angela merkel talks on forming a new government enter their final day after another round of negotiations yet differences still remain on key issues if no deal is reached by this evening it could be the end of the road from apple. plus chileans head to the polls to pick their next president but can billionaire conservatives about ten thousand euro win enough support to avoid a runoff in a race crowded with the left leaning challenger it's. good to have you with us i marian and steen zimbabwe's ruling party has removed president robert mugabe as leader and expel both him and his wife gray's from the party zanu p.f. party has installed the country's former vice president and recent non. goggle and
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misplaced party members celebrated after an official announcement sacking zimbabwe's ruling party has now given mugabe less than twenty four hours to step down as president threatening him with impeachment if he does not comply. with the commission is moving. more of a tribute. to those in need for the. full day de golyer did lose. such an agent who didn't. publish. well short time ago i asked him to leave correspondence privilege move on here eat in harare if the military was prepared to remove mugabe should he does should not to step down in the coming hours. they've maintained that they will not do that because that's why you hear they want to follow the
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constitution when the embargo on what. one. wants to take is they are saying that this is not a call the seed. they want for the constitution therefore. why. come up with the regions of study to inform the party if you. want to leave it down then they will pick it up to. parliamentary movie is the average pay to the government. now here in germany talks on forging a new government are entering what is supposed to be their final day chancellor angela merkel conservatives are looking to form a coalition with the pro business free democrats along with the green party and they're hoping to reach
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a deal by the end of the day but after weeks of negotiations and still unclear if the parties will be able to reach enough common ground. well one deadline has already come and gone the next one is just a few hours away for the latest on the progress of the coalition talks we're joined now by correspondent jefferson chase so jefferson it's been about four weeks now that these parties have been holding discussions why is it taking so long. well mary and it's. this is what usually happens in germany i mean you have to remember this isn't like it is in the u.s. where the head of state just basically wins and a vote and then and then forms a new government i mean germany's always run by parliamentary coalitions. to give you a bit of a comparison the last one which only involves three parties took eighty four days to hammer out at this time around we have four parties involved so if you look at
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it that way it's actually not that far behind schedule that said they need to make some progress today they need to at least say we think we can do a deal and then they get answers sort of talking about the nitty gritty of all the details all right so just what is the nitty gritty or let's say what are the main sticking points that they're having such trouble agreeing on. well boy and the main one is of course the refugee issue i mean this coalition that. the chancellor merkel is trying to put together encompasses. the very conservative c.s.u. from above area and the fairly left wing green party the c.s.u. wants to see the number of of refugees per year in germany capped at two hundred thousand and the green say they'll agree to that as a as a as a flexible target we'll see in a few hours whether that's enough to convince the conservatives to go along with
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them the other main issue is whether refugees family members will all be allowed to join them in this country again the greens say they won't but at the c.s.u. says no way they're in this building behind me right now trying to hammer out a compromise and they've said that we may and i stress the word may get an answer by six o'clock tonight all right we'll just have to wait and see we'll check in with you again jefferson chase reporting on the coalition talks many thanks indeed well now to some of the other stories making news around the world and the argentinean military believes the crew of a missing submarine may have attempted to transmit a distress call it detected several failed transmissions and believe may have come from the vessel and international search operation has been unable to locate the submarine it went missing three days ago with forty four people on board. gerry
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adams has announced he's standing down as leader of the irish republican shin fein party and he also says he will not stand for election to the irish parliament adams was a controversial figure as the voice of the political wing of the ira terrorist group . pope francis has denounced indifference towards poverty calling on people to help others in need earlier the pontiff welcomed thousands of poor homeless and unemployed people for lunch and a special mass at the vatican it marks the catholic church's first world day of the poor now voters are going to the polls in chile to elect a successor to center left president michelle bachelet the current favorite is billionaire conservative candidate sebastian pinera who preceded bestial lead as president but with eight candidates standing it's unlikely he'll win enough votes in the first round to avoid a runoff. he's been here before sebastian
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pinera back on the campaign trail and looking to return to the office he vacated in twenty fourteen the billionaire businessman wants to cut tax and boost investment in a flagging economy. we have a country that is stagnant in which the majority of chalons believe that we're moving backwards. a country in which most challenge don't trust and don't support the government the. poll suggests this man i am very i will force pinera into a second round runoff next month as a former t.v. anchor and if the continuity candidates pledging to press on with the incumbent michelle pascha let's liberal reforms. i would have been historic of continuing on the path the democratic chile has built which is secured many advances to large sectors like trade unions communities a middle class up professional class education for health.
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but away from the rallies on the streets of santiago you wouldn't guess there's an election happening the campaign posters don't exactly take pride of place here political scandals and slow progress with passion that's reforms have contributed to growing voter apathy and with voting no longer compulsory many say they simply won't bother. i don't know i'm a lucky guy but i'm not going to say if i do cast my vote i'm going to scratch the whole ballot shapes because i don't feel like voting for anyone you know no one invites because i don't identify with any candidates we're going to. a lower voter turnout would likely benefit piñera as in twenty ten chillies political pendulum looks like it will swing to the right. now it's a private matter for public health the invention of the flushing toilet has saved more lives than any other invention in human history and that's being commemorated
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as part of the un's world toilet day but four point five billion people around the globe still live without proper sanitation in india the problem is particularly acute. early in the morning when the call of nature comes these village residents take to the fields despite the risk of disease and sexual assault millions of indians difficult in the open. but not d.v. she is now the proud owner of an outside toilet. finally we have a toilet we used to have to go to the fields and if anyone came we hid here we just knocked the. cash is a man with a mission he's a teacher and an official toilets commissioner it's his job to make sure that every family here has
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a new which isn't always easy. some families just won't be convinced no matter how often i visit them they have no concept of hygiene or disease they just can't see the advantages of having a toilet. india lacks public sanitary facilities the government wants to fix that it's promised one hundred million new toilets and is paying a subsidy to help people build one gram of a ta took up the offer. we have a choice like the government wants but we don't use it we prefer to go in the fields. the women in the family also avoid the new strange object behind the house whenever the no. no not on the toilet i don't like it it's not nice. but. this house also has a new toilet but it's not used either but. we have a toilet but no water. so you don't use it without water where are we supposed to
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get it from. so some villages do what they've always done washed the fountain and relieve themselves in the fields while others build laboratories to prove that complying with the government's demands. to refuse will get into trouble people who don't build toilets will lose their right to social benefits. for many that's a threat to fall. at the heart of good health at the heart all of good nutrition at the heart of being you know is civilization which would be so promising. we have converted it as an act of criminalizing open difficult isn't just a problem in rural areas many people relieve themselves publicly in india's cities too with little or no access to proper sanitation they have no alternative.
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so sports news now aware saturday's blunder thing actions of byron munich battling their fellow bavarians oxford after a shaky start to the season byron have looked unstoppable since you took over as coach opponents have had a solid campaign but the last time they faced byron they were slaughtered six nil. robert levin dusky was sporting a flashy new haircut his boy and welcomed alex burke to munich and the starstruck who was involved as the host took the laid heading down from a set pace a scrap in the box ending with a tour of the town firing home. the chilean second goal they say isn't out struggle to threaten boy and skull their best chances coming from set pieces stand equal to this effort from me here gregor rich. guy and soon doubled their advantage that men live in dusty celebrating his new look with an us cool finish.
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violence pressing for sky ubaid to spill the ball the counterattack executed to perfection. by headed into the break to no love. and the game was over as a contest early in the second half levin dusty grabbing his price and his thirteenth goal in just twelve point is the gangs out extensive defense giving the marksman free reign in the box. almost doubled his tally with this set up. but the game finished three nil by and now six points clear at the top of the table feel pikas celebrating his life consecutive victory in all competitions. in tennis grigor dimitrov has earned a place in the a.t.p. world tour final in london later on sunday the bulgarian came from
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a stand down in the semifinal to be american jack saw four six six love six three wins that's of a final showdown with go fan dimitrov already defeated the belgian in a round robin match earlier this week. a quick reminder now of our top story zimbabwe's ruling party has removed president robert mugabe is a leader they threatened him with impeachment if he refuses to resign his office but so far mugabe is showing little sign of stepping aside. you're up to date now on the deadly news we back again at the top of the hour thanks for watching. the. interest that i've received that's what i do i think it's really important to give a bit of time and love back to the families who make so much effort.
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