how. do you. make me. feel this is the w.'s lies are from off the monk's own deadlock here's a new german government now in sight chancellor angela merkel says she hopes to form a ruling coalition by have potential partners with social democrats face a battle as leader i'm not trying to win over that skeptical members also on the program u.s.

president donald trump threatens to pull out of iran nuclear deal unless what he calls it dissolves just floors of this book talk about the impact of the ultimatum which the e.u. and russia according a grave mistake. and a step forward for women's rights in saudi arabia the first time ever women have been allowed to enter a stadium to watch a life football game. in the uk. i'm not at all free thanks for joining me german chancellor angela merkel says she hopes to form a new government by easter which force on the first of april that's off to have conservatives reached agreement with the social democrats yesterday on who want shing formal coalition talks our previous attempt to form a coalition with smaller parties failed late last year so friday's breakthrough has eased months old political uncertainty in germany but there are still several

hurdles to overcome sussed. social democratic leader martin schultz still has a lot of selling to do at a special conference later this month he'll ask six hundred party delegates step back formal talks to renew the grand coalition with angela merkel's conservatives but it's the party's four hundred thousand members who will lend have to give their approval to the final agreement the party's youth group plans to lobby hard against another grand coalition. medical speak to form a new government is already the longest coalition building process in post-war germany and it looks likely to drag on for weeks if not months even so many of her christian democrats are upbeat. view. the results are good for our country the chancellor negotiated very well but the social democrats also achieved a good deal if we come together it will be good for the country. germany's european

partners including neighbors france and austria have also been expressing relief that a coalition appears to be in the works but in germany itself reaction is mixed the largest opposition party the nationalist f.t. has criticised the plans calling them a desperation move and. i fear we will get a bad government the last four years have shown that things have been going downhill in a number of areas and since this coalition of losers wants to stay in power i fear more of the same. many voters simply want the politicians in berlin to get on with the business of governing. if you just i think it would be good to have a grand coalition soon the one we had in the last few years wasn't bad and it's better than new elections that's too expensive. germany still needs to be a stabilizing force in europe sol that if they manage to resolve their interior conflicts and find all ways to work together be

a good thing for everyone especially in current situation euro but whether germany is led by another grand coalition will ultimately hinge on what the social democrat rank and file think of the final deal. turning to the us now where president donald trump has decided to stick to the international nuclear deal with iran at least for now but he says he won't approve it again unless it's changed all trump says the deal contains what he calls for terrible floors and suspends international sanctions on iran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program and every few months the president is required to sign a series of waivers to keep those sanctions suspended but the e.u. and russia have warned that ending the twenty fifteen deal would have negative consequences. well the iran expert ten days a top of his frequently in teheran for us joins us now in the studio now iran's foreign ministry has already put out a statement in response to donald trump's remarks i just want to take

a look at it now because it says that the islamic republic of iran stresses clearly that it will take no measures beyond its commitments on the nuclear deal and would accept no changes to this agreement now or in the future such as this that means that teheran is expecting its preparing itself for a confrontation with the united states over this it looks that way to iran's been preparing for the worst case scenario for more than a year a member of president rouhani his office just recently said and who can blame them for that because president trump has basically started threatening to rip the deal apart the moment he went on the companion trail so it's an option they've got to consider but you have to see that it wouldn't be a confrontation just between the u.s. and iran but more for confrontation between the u.s. and all the other countries that signed the deal because europe and russia and china think that the nuclear deal is working and that it should be preserved i mean of course europe has its own concerns about iran in the midst of progress about its

influence in the region and human rights issues but they think that should be treated separately because that was not part of the deal let's just take this deal down from its diplomatic a little bit and think about how important it is for the economy of iran and the people living there that this deal is preserved it's very important that's why it's had that much support in iran in the first place because the sanctions were taking their toll on iran's economy that's why president rouhani agreed to limit the country's nuclear program in return for sanctions relief but you have to see that iran has met its commitments the international atomic energy agency certified that on a number of occasions and the deal was signed but the u.s. has not really lived up to the spirit of the agreement because they basically started threatening to rip. depart the moment they signed it so and that has caused many european companies especially to kind of shy away from doing too much business with iran because they're afraid they might be punished for it now or in the future

so many average iranians haven't really benefited from the deal if much as they could have and we've seen incredible scenes in iran as of late as well with the biggest. anti-government demonstrations i mean is that then any chance that this could see those kind of demonstrations break out again well any economic decline could because the economic situation was the reason these protests started in the first place high unemployment rising prices and inflation and all of which hardliners blame on rouhani by the way because of your nuclear deal has improved the situation the way you promise so. if the deal was terminated now or in the future by the u.s. that would likely get even worse than that and the honey would be weakened a lot and hardliners would benefit but that of course. would end in a way where europe and the u.s. would have no chance at all to talk to iran about other issues there are unhappy

with any more because hardliners are not going to negotiate with their arch enemy in washington about their ballistic missile program for example right now there's a topper thank you very much. the african union is demanding an apology from donald trump over his alleged use of an expansive to describe countries on the continent i decided not to repeat that expletive that the president is that edged reviews it during a meeting on immigration the white house referring to haiti and african nations as quote s. whole country has been seized he criticized many have termed the comment racist but the president has denied using the term. sometimes the president shed killing is unwittingly troublesome on friday he made an appearance with the nephew of martin luther king jr in honor of the famous american civil rights campaigner just as accusations of racism were being hurled at him from around the world at a meeting of republican and democrat senators on thursday the president is alleged

to have said. why are we having all these people from s. dot dot dot a whole countries come here. this was trump's alleged angry reaction to a compromise proposed by senators on immigration reform thank you they are willing to restrict the so-called green card lottery but want to retain limited protected status for people from el salvador haiti and certain countries in africa anybody can report on trump's comment unleashed ridge in their story but there's no other work on can use but racist. you cannot dismiss the entire countries and continents bottles whose entire populations who are not white therefore not welcome on twitter trump said he never said anything derogatory about haiti that the democrats had made it up and that he ought to record meetings in future but by then the remarks had already made headlines around the world. now some of the other stories making news around the world south and north korea have agreed to another

round of talks on monday this up to the north proposed ending a performance art group to next month's winter olympics in china is the latest sign all they saw in relations between the two koreas. the death toll from a mudslide in want to seem so california has risen to eighty five fighters are still searching for another seven people he's been missing since tuesday emergency services have ordered the remaining residents to evacuate they want to bring in additional heavy equipment and intensify the search. firefighters in australia have been working to contain bushfires as the country experiences some of its highest temperatures in decades aircraft were deployed near the east coast city of new castle is the flames threaten the air force have been no reports so far of any human casualties or damage to property.

although winter break has come and gone on the bundesliga is back on the way once again things started last night with another victory for raving at champions brian now playing away against neva couzin it was a case of business as usual for the varians have you must you know as go by and all still fly in the thirty second minute off to frank i bet he made it to nail never couzens kevin then paul won but that a spectacular free kick from james rodriguez made it three one three points for buying the result keeps them on track for a record six consecutive title. well the big game today sees leipsic hosting shouter and both clubs start the second half of the season competing for a champions league spot shaka ended the first half and better for an unbeaten run of unleavened games like stick however have one of the strongest home records in the league. the winter break has done shellcode good could have been

a long time since the entire squad trained together one of their new year's resolutions is to get more dangerous in front of goal coach domenico to desk go sees room for improvement in the second place side. gives you in some games we were missing verticality in some games we had a lot of possession we really kept our opponents on their feet but at a certain moment we were lacking the change of the tempo necessary to attack the opponent's goal to get militias to a new arrival on loan from eventis marco piazzi should help in that to pay. i meant the croatian lingere has great acceleration and strength in the tackle he could make his debut as a starter against leipsic course because of marco is a quality player and we have a lot of quality players and so we have to see who will play against leipzig but marco is definitely one of many options so i'm not at rb leipzig rumors that gainey and midfield star not b.k.

could move to liverpool six months earlier than agreed have hung over their preparations but they're confident they can be choke says he says estimate a few and emotion isn't the first time a team having such a good run has paid us a visit hoffenheim were undefeated when they came to town at this point last year but we're going to need to put on a chopping performance today even fasten it top prize to only two points separate like a second shocker in the table in their first clash of the second season half they both want to stay in the mix at the top. thousand a small but possibly significant step forward for women's rights in the gulf region the first on ever women in saudi arabia have been allowed to enter a stadium and watch life subtle women turned out in force last night for a day when the city of jeddah excitement around the stadium was palpable. young saudi girls excited at going to watch the football a normal sight in most countries. but their mothers and grandmothers didn't have

that privilege in a nation the tourist for its hugely restrictive stance on women's rights. yet on friday in the western city of jeddah women were allowed to attend the football much for the first team. many marked the occasion with a message on a special wall. inside they took one of ten thousand seats allocated as a special family section and ready to cheer on local favorites. i'm happy to be at this event and i congratulate the women and girls and families who enter the stadium and we're happy because we're the fans and we're cheering for a team i wasn't disappointed the result was a thumping five nil win for the home side. afterwards there were selfies to cut to the moment one which many saudi women feel is long overdue so now has this decision should have been made a long time ago but thank god that it came at the right time and hopefully what's to come is even better for women with the lifting of the football bond following

a similar one on driving it looks like saudi women are on route to a more liberal era and just a reminder now the top story we're following for you german chancellor i'm going to moscow has said she hopes a new government will be in place by easter was also a major breakthrough in exploratory talks between how conservatives and the social democrats channel has been without a government since the elections in september. more news coming up at the top of the hour here than. you.

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