really. just making it there that'll be fun to watch. this is d w news live from berlin angela merkel under pressure as germany is plunged into political uncertainty after coalition talks collapse the german chancellor says that she would prefer fresh elections over trying to leave

a minority government we will ask does this mark the end of the merkel era. also coming up optimism in zimbabwe as the nation prepares to usher in a new era that is part of that is that its parliament to get that to vote on president promises god is good pietschmann. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us germany is in political limbo after talks to form a new coalition government collapsed chancellor angela merkel has been in office for twelve years but for the first time her future looks uncertain and even ordinary germans are split on what should happen next in a national poll by the german broadcaster a r d fifty seven percent said that they were disappointed to see the coalition talks collapse while thirty one percent were pleased. when asked what they want to see next only twenty nine percent said that

they supported a minority government well more than sixty percent would like to see elections as for angela merkel's future herself while fifty eight percent said that they would prefer her to stay on as chancellor while forty one percent would not merkel says that she would prefer to run for chancellor again in a new election rather than trying to lead a minority government. at least the arsis and germany's parliament can stick to their regular routine they cordoned off areas for t.v. interviews and prepare for the upcoming session otherwise nothing here is business as usual when there's talk presidential voiced his concerns. starts from four year old state power comes from the people the people have spoken to us with these elections and now we must act in accordance responsibly and. although the

failed coalition talks were not officially on the agenda america was under close scrutiny today would she try to persuade the social democrat leader martin shows to join a new grand coalition that would be the easiest way out of the great luck of the s.p.d. doesn't seem willing to help the chancellor. has failed miserably with the coalition she wanted she cannot lead a princely she has lost her touch and now parliament can try but self to make progress perhaps it will even be better for the people within. the pro-business free democrats have also had enough of merkel for the moment they walked out of the talks on sunday and although party leader christian lynn is due to me german president steinmeyer in the afternoon he and other party members seem reluctant to go back to the negotiating table. until now and nothing was achieved in the talks we weren't able to bring change and reform into german politics it wasn't an easy

decision but it needed to be taken to avoid losing credibility. in the brains meanwhile find themselves getting closer to america and hope conservative block. ok i think it was make most sense for parties involved to resume negotiating we are ready to talk. but at the end talking alone will not be enough in order to form a stable government chancellor merkel will have to find a clear majority within parliament and many here believe the only way to do that are fresh elections. and for more we're joined now by did obvious political correspondent hons brown two is standing by for us at the german parliament hello to you hons we've heard that germany is now plunged into the political unknown but how dire is the situation really. well it depends from whose perspective you look at it certainly germany is going to continue operating as a state obviously there is still a government in place even though it is an acting government remains chancellor

even though she is acting chancellor so it's not dire and the sense that everything is broken down broken down and chaos rules in berlin or in germany on the other hand in terms of the political setup in terms of deciding on a new government on the political future here and that is an on president president a situation in germany that modern german state has never faced such a situation so in that sense you could say the situation is on president and in some sense dire on the other hand there are procedures in place and. these procedures are taking time at the moment the president of the speaking to all the parties as we've heard some sort of solution is going to be followed but at the moment nobody knows what direction things are going to be taking and as the president takes on that responsibility in order to build some consensus here parliament is also now in session what is the mood there today what do they have on the table their hands and of course keeping in mind that some of these lawmakers

they have just been elected and now they might have to face fresh elections in just a few months time. yes indeed i mean there are more than seven hundred parliamentarians this time around in this parliament they've all just set up office there for all just look for places to have their offices here in the parliamentary buildings and to have some place to stay in berlin i presume and all the prospect looms that they will have to give all that up and go back to their constituencies and try to be reelected in just a couple of months time apart from the huge expense that's involved in that it obviously puts a shadow over the session of parliament over the talk that is happening here today and one can feel the tension in the parties are throwing barbs at each other and not being particularly friendly to each other it's a very tense and very uncertain atmosphere for them as well so what can we expect just generally speaking over the next couple of weeks hons and walk us through the possible scenarios well there is going to be simply

a kind of hiatus in german product takes for the moment at the moment as we've heard the german president is going to be talking to all the parties that are coming to question as for forming a political alliance for forming a coalition he's going to try and push them to do this again to reach trying to build a government before calling new elections it seems very unlikely that that will happen that the coalition will be formed there are then two possibilities one is fresh elections the other possibility is a minority government i'm going to malcolm has said that she's not in favor of a minority government there are other political forces who feel that that might be an interesting option an option that will give parliament a particularly strong voice in german politics and might in fact be a fresh impetus for governing in germany. brand with the very latest from the german capital as the country as we mentioned faces an unprecedented

political situation but thank you very much for putting it into perspective for us . well meantime german police have arrested six syrians suspected of planning an attack in germany on behalf of the so-called islamic state the suspects were detained during raids in the cities of hanover essen castle and life say they had all the plight first silent in germany but prosecutors have not said whether they were granted refugee status local media is reporting that the men were planning to attack a christmas market in essence that has not yet been confirmed by investigators and our political correspondent poppy and founder mark is following the story for us so fabienne what more do we know about these rights if they were carried out early in the morning today understeers day by five hundred police officers all over the country in four different states they have surged flats and the parent lee that's what we're hearing the police was to has been tipped off by refugees and this is

something not that unusual police received many hints by refugees by people from syria here in the country but at least these six men obviously were connected they have shared their radical views they have also planned this attack and that's why the police conducted the raid today in the morning and we mentioned that the german daily builds that they said that a christmas market was the intended target has that reporting been substantiated no that wasn't confirmed by or thorough tease but they do say that these six men have planned an attack on a public target and that they planned an attack with weapons and with explosives and this is of course something quite a sophisticated plot that we haven't seen in germany so far we had those so-called primitive attacks by knives or cars but nothing of this scale of a hit team that acts with weapons and explosives after you've seen that in paris or

brussels for examples but police also says that these plans have been finished. yes i want to talk about one of those plans which was actually brought to fruition we know the attack at the bright side glass that christmas market there of course you know these these reports of these raids it conjures up those images fabienne just generally speaking how high is the risk of a terrorist attack in germany right now well authorities again and again stress that germany is in the focus of international terrorism and there were of course a number of attacks last year with the worst attack on the christmas market here in berlin and with twelve people killed that you've just mentioned but ever since then there weren't any attacks and this is of course a success for authorities that have also for use other plots not only today but also before but then again they also know that there are some seven hundred potential terrorists threatening people in germany there is the risk of foreign

fighters returning from syria after the fall of the islamic state president vladimir putin and his syrian counterpart bashar al assad have revealed that they met yesterday in sochi the two leaders agreed to switch their efforts in syria from military operations to the search for a little solution to the country's civil war. american journalist and talk show host charlie rose has been suspended by two networks over a series of sexual misconduct allegations at least eight women have accused him of harassing groping them rose issued a statement saying that he was embarrassed and apologized for his behavior. u.s. president donald trump has declared north korea a state sponsor of terror trump said that the move to blacklist the regime again was long overdue jiang yang was removed from the list in two thousand and eight north korea and the u.s. are at loggerheads over kim jong un's controversial nuclear program. zimbabwe's

former vice president has urged president robert mugabe to resign immediately and acknowledge the nation's insatiable desire for leadership change people have gathered in front of parliament to celebrate what they hope will be the start of a new political era zimbabwe's will and party is expected to begin impeachment proceedings soon against the embattled leader and the got his refusal to quit following a military intervention has plunged the african nation into crisis it's for decades the stude mugabe's sight no one time allies of the embattled president sign the motion to remove him as their party leader next it's impeachment. the party has instructed be careful we have to proceed. with the impeachment process is against the mugabe. as it is not to deceive the anticipated confirmation of medicine from this peacock.

mugabe who stunned the nation on sunday when he refused to quit and plan to hold a weekly cabinet meeting today. meanwhile the general who led this bloodless coup said there had been contact between mcgahee and his likely successor the man he did emerson man and god. there's a. new development. in the country short. for his part say he will not return to zimbabwe until his safety is guaranteed and his former boss has stepped down. the country's longest standing university for streets and students down desperate to call on mugabe to go. when. he spoke we were.

more protests are planned along a polarizing figure mugabe is now uniting former frames. against him. let's get a quick reminder now of the top stories that we are following for you here in t.w. german chancellor angela merkel says that she would prefer fresh elections for other than ruling with a minority government that is after coalition talks collapsed the country's president competition meyer will now try and persuade the potential coalition partners to return to the negotiating table. and zimbabwe people have gathered in front of parliament to celebrate with they hope will be the start of a new political era president robert mugabe is facing possible impeachment proceedings today brought by his ruling zanu p.f. party. you're up to date on d w i'm sarah kelly in for lent thanks so much for watching we'll see you again at the top of the.

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