using interactive content to inspire people to take action on global and spoke multimedia environment series on w. . this is state of the union is live from berlin the german chancellor names her picks for the new coalition cabinet markel surround herself with fresh faces including a cabinet job from one of her fiercest critics also coming up you. know responding in syria despite a unanimous u.n. vote for a cease fire the bombs keep raining down on the people of eastern kentucky.

i'm michelle henery welcome we begin with some breaking news british police are responding to what they're calling a major incident in the city of leicester video posted on you tube appears to show a fire in a building in a residential street local media oakland witnesses who say they heard a large explosion authorities are vices people to avoid the area. for more on this story let's bring in detail because big of mosques in the british capital. what more can you tell us about this reported explosion in leicester. well it is something that was first reported just over a couple of hours ago and it's something that the police have not confirmed what it

is just that it is a major major incident and that it appears that all the local fire and rescue services are at the scene social media of course has a lot of eyewitnesses also pictures and some video footage from the scene and as you said the loss is appears to have been quite enormous there are reports that it's a polish shot that was affected and that it was more or less flattened appears to be one of flattened a shop with also a flattop stance this is all unconfirmed also the police are not confirming if any people are actually trapped or injured at this point in time. if you could mass thank you very much for the updates. german chancellor angela merkel has announced her cabinet nominees to solidify a grand coalition with the social democrats pending their final approval of that

coalition choices will determine the future direction of the cd u.s. political compass and several senior politicians in her party have been outspoken about wanting to pivot the party's politics to the right as expected merkel appointed u.n. spawn as health minister the and vicious young conservative has been an outspoken critic of her welcoming refugee policy but the choice will appease calls for fresh talent in the party as will the appointment of you the clock on or as minister for agriculture the forty five year old is known as a loyal ally of markel another ally the current defense minister was lower fund a lion will keep her position despite a series of scandals and abundance fair here's what the chancellor had to say about her cabinet picks. for me this not particularly easy time ask involves making sure in consultation with many others that our team is shaped for the future. noir because if all that it combines experience with new

faces and importantly that it also leads to a renewal of the cabinet months of. info. earlier today i spoke to database mckenna coffin her and asked her if chance the merkel's new cabinet picks would lead to any real changes in policy. or we can certainly expect a different kind of tone what she did is she brought in someone who is completely unknown really on the broader political scene on your card or check season and he who comes from the same region as you and spot news is very prominent critic of the oven chance i'm going marco who is now taking over is set to take over the health ministry and if this coalition comes together because. that's by no means certain in the end the social democrat party those grassroots will get to vote on this but if it does this means somebody who's an open critic of merkel taking over from

hammond who for many years has been a very close ally of the epitome of loyalty within her own party and this shows really that there isn't just a change of tone really there but that merkel feels she has to react to criticism and she has to open the door to those in the party critics who so in the past of taking the party further towards the left than many conservatives feel comfortable with and mckillop let's talk about foreign policy can we expect a new direction here or is it a bit of the same old same old. well let's put it this way the social democrats would be able to nominate the prime minister currently that's it my god will who's embroiled in a deep within his with his own party whether he can keep that job is unlikely that he will be able to one thing is to show that both the social democrats and the c.d.u. party of uncle americal both have

a rather broad consensus that the need to be a first commitment to europe that's also the first chapter in the coalition agreement that's on the table and that will be voted on by c.d.u. delegates meeting here in berlin on monday morning and they are expected to vote for the resoundingly yes to this more question marks over how the social democrats will in the end vote on this because the grassroots get to have a vote there but on the whole there is a positive sign from this potential new government also to call in france who wants to take your forward he wants to really make headway also on the eurozone moving closer together he's likely to have more bucking now with this new government with the social democrats strengthened within that continuing potentially continuing coalition. or thank you very much the former leader of the main syrian conflict kurdish political party known as the p y d has been arrested in

prague at the behest of turkey augur has been seeking salim muslim after a turkish court charged him with sedition turkey launched a military offensive last month in serious afferent region against his party's armed affiliate which is perceived as a terrorist cell a muslim spoke to earlier this week host sara kelly asked him if his party had links to the p.k. k. a kurdish movement outlawed by turkey. i let's just ask you turkey says that the why p.g. and that the people id that these are terrorist organizations. they say that they are no different from the p.k. k. which we know that many governments around the world have classified as a terrorist organization the links are strong aren't they know it's not true but i mean we're where you yourself though once with the p k k no i wasn't really them. and so there will be. was and i didn't even know why

is it that the most influential why is it then. that was still a muslim the former leader of the main syrian kurdish political party the p y g speaking with sarah kelly last monday so a muslim was arrested in prague sedate at the request of turkey you can watch the whole interview with him on our website d.w. dot com. the place where christians believe jesus was crucified and buried has closed i'm in a rally with israeli authorities the church of the holy suffer kershaw to store sunday its leaders are protesting legislation that would tax church assets and allow that the state to seize church property they called it an unprecedented attack against christians in the holy land no word was given on how long the closure will last. germany's chancellor merkel and france's president emmanuel mccrone have urged russia to cooperate and maintaining a ceasefire in the rebel held on place of eastern tom in

a conference call today they called on president putin to put maximum pressure on the syrian regime yesterday the u.n. security council voted to pass a cease fire resolution but despite that vote deadly airstrikes by russian backed syrian forces continue. there was supposed to be a break in the bombing instead. responders are back plucking life from the rubble it has been a long and deadly week in this rebel held enclave. and at this hospital doctors are seeing the washed of it most of their patients have grown up and the seven year war medical supplies are running out now for these children any truth cannot come soon enough this is a matter of life every hour counts at the moment if the cease fire has been agreed the u.n. security council there's no reason why it should be able to come into effect immediately. without people getting food.

every day more schools hospitals destroyed. the more fuel. for seven days the syrian regime has been bombarding the suburb of the capital trying to wipe out the rebels who control that. just a few kilometers along the road to damascus it feels like a different planet. once looked like this empty street speak to a fear of mortar shells fired from the nearby rebels. in a well managed since mortar started to hit the area no one has been on the street and if you find anyone they're probably going only to do something very important or to buy stuff. or. in downtown damascus signs of life but let's all hope there's a crucible end this war. well you know the truce is useless i

mean after thirty days everything will return to the way it was whatever happens it is a chance for vital supplies to reach their cities desperately hungry and it's injured . now to some of the other stories making news around the world. china's communist party has proposed removing a two term limit on how long the president can stay in power that would be in prison issues and pain could remain in office after his second term ends and twenty twenty three he's already the most powerful chinese leader in decades his ideology was enshrined in the party's constitution last october. thousands of russians have marched in moscow to mark the third anniversary of opposition leader or snaps off murder five chechen men have been convicted of his assassination and the top will concede the church that protests came after months of tension sparked by president joseph kabila spill your to hold elections in the fast and chronically unstable

country. bollywood is mourning the last of its first female superstar sri difficult poor died suddenly at the age of fifty four she is considered a legend in indian cinema and reportedly suffered a heart attack after attending a wedding with her family known for promoting strong women in her films bollywood fans are remembering the impact she had through her work. she was the actress known by one name sridevi was a pioneer in indian cinema she wasn't just a leading lady she starred in her own films a first for bollywood thank you sridevi was known for playing independent women strong characters who were anything but submissive. at the age of four she began acting in films multi-lingual and versa tieless she became one of bollywood's biggest drug cards adored by hundreds of millions of people. in two thousand and thirteen she was honored by india's president for her contribution to the film

industry she reportedly died of cardiac arrest while in dubai for her nephew's wedding her death comes as a huge shock to her fans and peers. some in a town it was not the time for her to leave us which means she would have celebrated our fifty fifth birthday in august. we're all curious to know what happened to jewish and it's a great marks for the entire film industry as. davies last film was called mom she is survived by a husband and two daughters her eldest is set to follow in her footsteps with her debut film due for release this summer. some football news now and it's time to take a look at all the bundles later results so far on match day twenty four last place cologne upset rb leipsic in the sunday late game wash aka took care of live across an earlier on saturday bremen beat hamburg hoffenheim drew with freiburg glad back

got the better of hanover she just got down frankfurt and byron munich split the points with her to pull in on monday dortmund face oxburgh and back on friday night when minds true with ferg. now let's take a look at what all those results mean in the standings with eight of nine matches in the books byron munich have a whopping twenty point lead despite their draw against her mission gladbach move up to seventh after their win and down at the other end stage heart to well clear of the drop zone bremen moved up to fourteenth but things are still looking very bleak for hamburg and cologne. that's all for now join us again at the top of the hour in the meantime you can get all the latest headlines on our website or follow us on twitter and so watching us.

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