face impeachment those proceedings could start as soon as tomorrow when parliament in harare we convene. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us we begin with germany's political crisis talks to form a coalition government have failed chancellor angela merkel has met with the german president here in berlin to discuss what to do next now her political future has been called into question president find fault or steinmeier has ruled out fresh elections for the time being here is what he had to say. next days to come i. talked to the. persons of the parties involved in the tri talks but i will also talk to the chairperson of those parties where

a election program over that. allows not to exclude the possible formation of a government i would also talk to the heads of the other because it usually organs the presidents of both chambers of parliament i will talk to the president of the federal constitutional court let's get more now on the german president's speech and on the situation here in germany we are joined by political correspondent thomas sparrow who is outside of the german parliament building in berlin welcome to you thomas we just heard the german president urging all political parties to reconsider their positions and find compromises to form a government but what is the most likely scenario at this point is that the one that he wants. sorry we will probably see in the next few days is a series of conversations of dialogue between the political parties and in particular a dialogue as we just heard by the german president frank by. what he wants to

avoid is a snap elections he said political parties have to assume their responsibility and constantly return that responsibility to the voters here in germany that's probably what we will see in the next few days more and more discussions to try and find common ground to try and find compromises between the parties and one of the parties the party with the second highest number of seats in the parliament doesn't look like it is in any mood to work with mark all i want to just listen in to what the head of the s.p.d. party said a short while ago. we believe it is important for the citizens of our country that is the voters to assess the new situation in germany. we're showing we're not afraid of new elections. following the results of the election on september twenty fourth we are not

available to enter into a grand coalition because of course. there you have a speedy once again reiterating the fact that they are not going to enter a coalition with german chancellor angela merkel c.d.u. c.s.u. thomas how likely are new elections and what would that mean for the balance of power in the country and specifically for the chancellor angela merkel. well we just heard martin shows there and if we look at what happened in the election on september twenty four his party the s.p.d. had a terrible result a result that was blamed on the fact that he and his party had previously formed that grand coalition and that's something that we heard him say he wants to avoid at all costs although however some people in the party some of the members of the party have also mentioned that they are at least willing to talk and that's something that again the german president flanked by the time i will be discussing with martin shows but it is clear at least from now that the s.p.d.

is not wanting to to form that grand coalition that has prepared itself for a role as the major opposition party in germany. germany we have to talk about the country just generally speaking thomas because i mean this is a country it has really been a big fan of stability in the past year especially we've seen the rise of populist movements in other countries regs it for example as well the fact that there is now political uncertainty in germany what does this mean for the country's partners in europe and around the world. that's correct sarah germany's stand standing in the world is based on the fact that it is politically stable just think about the fact that anglo-american has been in power for for twelve years whereas in other countries presidents and prime ministers have come have come and have gone obviously now we have this political uncertainty and that essentially means that germany will be looking first and foremost at itself it will the political leaders

here will be trying to form the new government i will not be in a capacity to try and for example think long term when it comes to europe when it comes to international problems because first and foremost they have to see how they can form a government here and what their government will look like and to figure out where you're going you have to figure out your past where things went wrong i just want to have another look at what exactly happened here to these coalition talks because ultimately the f.t.p. called them off let's listen in to what the party leader had to say today. to begin you will remember that at the beginning of these talks four parties came together time. with sometimes conflicting election programs. therefore from the outset. estimated the chance of success in these exploratory talks at fifty fifty fifty percent is that the don't recognize that we were not able to bring these talks to a successful conclusion we know what

a difficult situation the country is in now and we recognize also the challenging position of the free democrats. thomas why did these talks fail i mean was it about the issues in the end or is this just playing politics here. well what mr lynn also said is that there was a lack of trust among the parties and trust among parties that want to form a coalition is an absolutely key aspect but we mustn't forget here that we're talking about parties that in many cases in many political positions obsolete diametrically opposed when you look at climate policies when you look at migration policies you have pro-business party you have an environmentalist party you have parties on the right of the political spectrum on the left of the political spectrum so it was going to be a very difficult challenge for these parties to try and form a coalition and what we saw in the last few days what we also saw last night is

that they didn't manage to find a doctor common ground there was as i mentioned these from mr lynn the respective lack of trust among the parties wanting to form the coalition and now german politics has been plunged into the unknown thomas sparrow out in the field helping us make sense of it from the german parliament thank you so much for your reporting . and our political team not just thomas there is of course following events throughout the day for live updates you can follow them on twitter and on instagram at the politics you can also check out our website for in-depth analysis that's a t w dot com in the meantime let's go to another top story that we have been following for you here at g.w. robert mugabe has ignored a deadline from his own party to step down as i'm bob noyce president of the embattled leaders refusal to quit following a military intervention is it plunging the african nation into crisis now his party's lawmakers are reportedly gathering to discuss pietschmann proceedings has

tries to shed almost forty years of mccarthy's autocratic rule and we spoke to zimbabwe as who are living in neighboring south africa about their hopes for a future without him. zimbabweans are celebrating what they're calling the new independence of their country. up until a week ago no one would have dared to protest against robert mugabe's rule in front of a consulate in johannesburg now. are making no secret of their contempt for him. even if you put a monkey as long as it's not. me james we can continue like this if not for us for our children and our grandchildren i believe. after mugabe. or even me i can do a better job than mugabe but not all zimbabweans and downtown johannesburg are feeling this kind of excitement for them mugabe's designated successor emerson

manning is as bad as the president. this man was just ten years old when he witnessed the massacre of them in the battle of people that was more than thirty years ago he says the former vice president was behind the massacres you see people screaming. for help. things but they wouldn't get help. the only thing that these people. was just shooting in the air instead of. more than twenty thousand zimbabweans died back then says lloyd. the human rights activist says the net abella were targeted because they were seen as critical of the government and he says there's evidence that implicates. who was then security minister. before you are very closely with president mugabe in terms of dealing ruthlessly with the opposition and and including perceived opposition

you know any person who might pose a danger would pose a danger to political hedging money but many zimbabweans in south africa now want to look forward. rather than back they see the chance of a new beginning for their homeland and many are already heading home so they can be part of what's happening. it seems like a dream too good to be true the days of the long term dictates are about to have finally come to an end but some people wonder what will happen in the post mugabe era really just be the replacement of one dictator by another or will there really be the democratic change that so many people have been waiting for. kenya's supreme court has upheld the results of the country's repeat presidential election held last month the court dismissed an opposition petition claiming that the vote wasn't conducted according to the law it's a victory for president. he won the election rerun with ninety eight percent of the

vote amid an opposition boycott the ruling sparked violent clashes on the streets of nairobi between the army and opposition supporters they say that they won't recognize conduct as government. charles manson the us cult leader behind the killing spree in the one nine hundred sixty s. california has died at the age of eighty three he had been serving multiple life sentences for orchestrating the murders of actresses shannon tate sharon tate's rather and six others back in one nine hundred sixty nine the killing shocked the world manson said that he hoped to spark an apocalyptic race war but ended up behind bars he was still in custody when he died of natural causes. some football news now and in sunday's one his legal action child at hamburg looking to stake their claim as one of the league's top clubs hamburg meanwhile

were hovering down at the wrong end of the table. schock are having the best season in years and they haven't lost a hamburger at home since january twentieth levon fifteen minutes in gideon young brought you haven't gone up leon go down in the box penalty for the hosts franco de santo took the initiative and gave shaka an easy lead his first goal since march twenty sixth. after the break the guests had the better of the chances and feed to our hamburg seventeen year old shooting star set up aaron hunt who hit the post was on shell because. with ten minutes on the clock shako were on the attack again and it paid off. konoplyanka got the ball to books who netted shock as second. hamburg lose their fifth away game on the bounce well shaka are up to second in the

table for the first time in five years. and now let's take a look at all the bundestag of results this weekend there is that bremen win against hanover and earlier shellcode defeat at hamburg on saturday gladbach it had to berlin fire ninette to care for. leverkusen drew with life sake as it hoffenheim with frankfurt winds down to cologne and will spark delta freiburg a loss and on friday stood guard eight dortmund. a quick reminder now of the top stories that we have been following for you here at g.w. german president frank buckley steinmeier says that he is not yet prepared to call fresh elections after talks on forming a new coalition government collapsed steinmeier said that he will now meet with various parties and urge them to rethink zimbabwe's president robert mugabe has defied pressure from his party to step down by bid day today that is despite being sacked as the party's chief ruling party lawmakers are gathering to discuss

mugabe's possible impeachment. you're up to date on t.w. news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thanks for watching we'll see you next. week in the interest of time he says there's one other thing i think it's really important to give a bit of time and look back to the families who make so much effort. once upon a time there was

a country the largest in the world in fact it was an empire it was called the soviet union shortly before it seventieth birthday it vanished from the map. to. be a sheepish east asia with a group usually due diligence get to the still preview. we are everywhere all over the world a star shines goes an old pioneer socialist youth organisation song by the end of the one nine hundred ninety s. that star was no longer shining almost a decade after the collapse of the soviet empire the old republics of the u.s.s.r. had gone their separate ways. the

baltic states of estonia latvia and lithuania and decisively turned their backs on moscow and were on their way to becoming members of the e.u. and nato. the other successor states are often referred to by moscow as the near abroad reflecting an ardent desire for them to somehow still belong to russia but many of them were also now looking to the west. in most of the newly independent states the hoped for economic upturn hadn't materialized in russia reform had largely failed a few people had made themselves very rich while many went on great but it wasn't only social divisions that rocked the country ranch. this is where we used to live . there was an apartment block here. there was a table underneath this tree and the men were always playing dominoes there. the windows of my apartment directly face this intersection. you have to cry

now. we were all really friendly and had good relations our children grew up here and suddenly this disaster befell our house. for twenty five years this building was the center of tatiana buddha told us live. on off street residential complex number nineteen moscow with all of us. it was the eighth of september it was warm that day. i came home late. my son sister in law and the four year old granddaughter were here everyone was sleeping. and suddenly there was such an explosion all the window panes were blown out and even the doors. on the night of september eighth to september ninth one thousand nine hundred ninety nine a four hundred kilo bomb destroyed the entire central section of the nine story

building. the explosion was so violent that reinforced concrete slabs tore holes in neighboring buildings. ninety four residents were killed and more than one hundred fifty injured. seem my son cries mama don't go out how far flight has gone mama don't go out there. we lived on the third floor and all the rubble lay at our feet i heard screens shouting and from below someone was pleading save us help us at least save our child. even taller apartment blocks quickly sprang up in place of the demolished house. the rubble left by the attack was quickly cleared away but the pain remained. the attack on the building in the southeast of moscow was just one of many. from

late august to mid september one nine hundred ninety nine more than three hundred people were killed in a rash of bombings but terror through the entire country into a state of emergency everyone felt vulnerable it was a new low point since the end of the soviet union russians have become used to political instability and economic misery but now they feared for their lives. in moscow there was terrific fear of the attacks in desperation the government posted a soldier in front of each building. one of these boys said outside my building it was clear that he couldn't protect us from an explosion but it was a desperate attempt to reassure the population. independent journalist under his old outof has been running in.