they have no nationality and are told made up along and. that everyone has the right to. everyone has the right to say like you or. this is did have you news live from berlin uncertainty in the german capital after the collapse of coalition talks chancellor angela merkel meets the country's president with her political future in the balance will she forge ahead with a minority government or could germany be headed back to the polls or hear live from the man who brought down the coalition talks as well as from germany's

president. also coming up zimbabwe's president robert mugabe ignores a deadline to resign got his own party told him he should step down by noon on monday or face impeachment those proceedings could start as soon as tomorrow when parliament in harare reconvene. and notorious former cult leader charles manson dies in california at the age of eighty three he ordered a savage killing spree in the late sixty's that turned the hippie dream into a nightmare. i'm serious almost got to thank you for joining us we start with germany's political crisis after talks to form a coalition government collapsed the business friendly three democrats broke off negotiations last night saying they could not find common ground with chancellor angela merkel's conservative alliance and the greens america has met with the

german president here in berlin to discuss what to do next her political future has been called into question as she faces the choice of leading a minority government or holding fresh elections. let's take a closer look now at how marathon talks between the conservatives the greens and the free democrats ended in disarray. it was for a climax of a coalition talks the head of the free democrat sleeze for building to make an announcement he said his party was pulling out of the negotiations. we were being forced to cast away our principles and everything that we've fought for over the years. we will not let down our voters by standing behind policies of which we're not at all convinced. it's better not to govern than to govern badly so that you. could by. probably doesn't. there was no immediate

confirmation that the talks had collapsed for some time via the party chiefs remained inside and then they came out to face the cameras led by chancellor angela merkel. she confirmed for talks had indeed collapsed she expressed regret and was open about the difficulties she encountered by we've seen and heard a lot during these talks. there were very different styles of negotiating. but including the greens we get on with them but they sometimes took a bit of getting used to. the free democrats were very decisive but we believe that we were on the right path to securing an agreement with the india hit and i know. i think. there was disappointment over what some felt could've been and already some finger pointing. the co-head of the greens placed the blame for the failure

squarely at the feet of a free democrats we were open to an understanding up until the last second we were prepared to go the extra mile when it didn't seem possible to go any further but the other parties have to be prepared to do the same and this evening one wasn't. the collapse of the talks now puts merkel in a difficult position she could try to form a minority government if i was attempts phiona new elections may be the only way out of a deadlock. let's break all of this down with sarah brock meyer she's a political analyst at the global public policy institute here in berlin hi sarah thank you for being with us as we heard in that report there's a lot of finger pointing going on today of what happened who was to blame what do you think why do you think these talks broke down it seems like yesterday we were very close to a compromise actually the green party in the city you both argued afterwards that they were close to

a compromise it's very much that it's liberals. that obviously walked out of the talks and it's unclear whether they ever really wanted to deal to begin with right that's the question so so what do you think is the issue is it was that there was a straw that broke the camel's back that they have to pay said we cannot do this anymore what was the issue was it migration was it the environment this really had to say one of them an issue of tax and my question and climate change obviously they were arguing a lot about that. the major issue seems though that the f.t.p. qantas side whether they are basically needing the liberal liberal voters that they built renewed the f.t.p. with or whether one official little bit on the right to the city you and get some voters that might have been disappointed with refugee policy so they're internally divided and sensually that is not a good position to be and if you want to run this kind of talks it's been about two

months since germany held its elections was it too ambitious to think that these four parties that are indeed quite different have different positions on various issues as you said that they could form a government together. it wasn't vicious but i don't personally think it was too ambitious this is a democratic system in which all democratic parties should be able in theory to form a government where major compromise on the table even the green party was willing to accept some kind of compromise on migration and went towards the border or the so-called back end so that the right c.s.u. had put on the table i believe that they could have formed a government if they want to do that over grounds of an opera limit on the number of refugees that germany would accept every year where do you see this going from now we mentioned that the german chancellor was with the president today talking about those next steps but what do you think is going to happen there for options now one of the also that the f.t.p.

comes back to the negotiation table which seems very unlikely there's a grand coalition option still on the table bitch would be the c.d.u. and the s.p.d. . but also that seems unlikely because the s.p.d. has already the social democrats have already declined this option then the main options now are a minority government led by michael with the c.d.u. probably with the green party where they have to basically get votes or decide on policies and last vote by vote in the bonus tax propped up by the social democrats on occasion the fourth option are indeed next elections which would happen most likely around spring so to update our viewers we have actually gotten the announcement that the social democrats have said they will not enter a coalition government with the chancellor and that means as you said she's left with those other options and none of them are particularly popular now for democrats that actually broke up this coalition talk they're about to hold a press conference and let's just listen to what they have to say. you know.

you. just got to. you know i would be done with a minor no thank you very much just me one of the others here in a museum here with you know god knows more than the gave me the flaw. lies in turn around. and it's forced on them they really are. a parliamentary group. here. the board of the party we assessed the expertise to talk with you to do you see as you ran the grains we find an invitation chancellor and you explore what it's on whether we should start and could start a coalition negotiation at the end of which we would have to form a government you will remember that at. the very beginning of these acts were very talks we made it clear that this is the coming together of all parties with

contradictory election platforms. shyly and therefore. i assessed the probability of a successful exploration chance of fifty per cent they fray democrats. and gauged. with even intense talks within hartness we had a working groups in which we discussed and debated issues in the form. of affordable. and ok we have been listening to the leader of the free democrats making their christian lehner and i know the logical democrats have also been speaking they're holding a press conferences now as well now. ninety percent of voters who

voted to have in favor of it as we need it out you have an obligation to make an attempt. to get through as much of the program that you were voted for. so we lost fourteen per cent during the general election. that was basically a fourteen percent who voted against the grand coalition and the four parties who held the expert tory talks that very clearly said that they live for a mandate to form a government and a mandate they received from the voters and they turned out not to be able to exercise this mandate and because of the red card. a voter's that we received. we have a very clear position it was a very clear rejection of the. correlations with the same time it was

a mandate to the four parties to form a government there's about a turn out not to be able to and in such situations the voters the sovereign have to reset the situation mr brown and. mr told me to a question or listen to change your attitude towards a grand coalition. where a. leading candidate of. what about you personally and in case of a fresh election would you be running as candid as again. do you see as you. start it with a candidate. and presented. as they are counted so it was ms merkel who got it from the voters now to. have a party bodies take a decision to exchange the top kind of did i think that's not the way democracy

works so there is i believe a reason to turn to voters again you know that i am the. head of a party bald and i will apply for this position again on the next occasion. a chairman of the board has a record have to make a proposal regarding the top candidate and i will make use of it. can you imagine. except my. and tolerate a minority government run by america and what do you make of the statement of the. international community needs clarity as fast as possible regarding how germany is going to go on. regarding your second question is if i got it is right it is clearly the case that.

capacity of government. of global challenges and european challenges the intensity to be able to act is clear. as a result of the talks when you see. the. government was represented trying to climate talks by a social democratic and so the democratic minister. is right we need a government able to act. germany is the largest member country of the european union and it's high time that a positive answer be given to the french government regarding the european union because the global challenges can only be tackled through a. strengthened european union. the union needs rules and

european union needs rules and no national stage can assert these rules the european union can and therefore the negligence. with which. germany is being led to. the legends with which europe is dealt with can be tolerated anymore and therefore we need clarity. germany. and that gets me back to you are the first question has an active government in which social democrats. do excellent. work. we have to govern the country carefully while the. talks collapsed. and there are other representatives who talk about the consequences of a social summit or you go to board refer to barbara any breaks and her work on the

occasion of the climate summit the s.p.d. lives up to its response ability being a very active and very responsible part of the acting government believes. mr shultz and i'd like to repeat one question regarding the grand coalition did i understand you correctly that you said that you exclude a grand coalition and the second is question is whether.