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the d.w. news live from berlin months of political deadlock and to ensure the social democrats vote to join a coalition government led by chancellor on the mantel over five months after germany's election this paves the way for a new government to form to bring you in dallas on the implications for germany and europe. i'm simply so much going to thank you for joining us a huge breakthrough in germany with nothing now standing in the way of a new government this comes after members of the social democratic party gave their backing to a new grand coalition with chance are conservatives with speculation about a close vote it was a long tense wait at the party's headquarters this morning but then the head of the

party's election committee had the results here's what he said. as a result of the ballot meet both votes cast votes in favor of what were going on two hundred six in the n.t. on the thursday nine thousand six hundred and four votes of those the against the one hundred twenty three thousand three hundred and twenty nine dollars of the s.p.d. reached i. mean still sixty six point zero two percent of votes cast in favor of inspections by invite and three point nine eight percent of the vote this cast were against the. well afterwards the party's interim leader olaf told said the grassroots the station had given the party a clear mandate and it was now time to get down to business. the members of the team have approved posts put forward by the us to do leadership so now if you have clarity that the s.p.d. will indeed enter into the new government tie up this social democrat sigma

offerman hard to struggle to with this decision we were very open and we were very transparent and we debated at length the results of the coalition agreement these rapes and interest in debate many members of the s.p.d. were not actively involved in the of our and i believe we have grown stronger through this debate and this gives us the strength that we need as a party to enter into sticking to government and to get country comes to going in the right direction and. the acting head of the social democrats they're all speaking after that momentous decision and let's talk more about the implications for germany and europe we have here in studio simon young our political editor also . with us journalist and cooper is standing by for us also at the s.p.d. headquarters good to have you all with us michelle let's start with you because you have been speaking to some people there you were there live as the results were read out give us an idea of what the sentiment is there at the moment. well there

is a sense of relief but there also is a sober realize ation on the side of those who are firmly against going into another coalition with marco that this now is a political reality we heard from kevin you know he was also here he's the head of the youth wing of the social democrats and he spearheaded this no campaign which actually saw tens of thousands of people join the party many young people in the party being energized coming out against this grand coalition calling for renewal within the party while he now said he would of course accept this result it's a strong result it actually is stronger than expected than many had expected but at the same time he said that there needs to be renewal in the party and he also hinted that integrating him into a leading position wouldn't be enough to silence those schools because he said this it was not just about appointing people about people in positions but that there

needed to be a real change in our field debate within the social democrats grassroots the big question now is can the party do this at the same time as having to play political partner and junior partner that is of course in the coming grand coalition what can now say so of course a lot of questions which are going forward and simon we're also seeing some reactions there what if we've been hearing from here in berlin you have a former leader martin sure that he's relieved about this result. of this will bring germany and europe forward and strengthen the s.p.d. you know some will say well that's rich coming from him he's the man he's put the s.p.d. in a difficult position over the last year and had to resign as leader as a result and we heard from the senior conservative be drought more also tweeting out you know forward with germany forward with europe a very positive type of reaction less positive from the head of the let the left

party because they always chris. the s.b. date but not being socialist enough and that's what he's done today of the lead a deep love bush saying that you know this coalition agreement that the government's going to be based on legal sorts of boning social questions on ellen said and that of s.p.d. members who voted against it you know clearly saw in that lot of people not happy with the grand coalition some initial reactions yes a mixed bag you know but how do you see this result the fact that the social democrats have said yes we are going to enter another coalition government with chancellor merkel's conservatives i think i think both medical and then some kind of a relief but i think many people in the within the party will also be worried since you know within the c.d.u. medicare is being attacked frequently and recently so she's her position is slightly we can see she's in a coalition with a party that has

a leadership crisis and a crisis about the political course. that could affect the efficiency of germany in europe so there is a lot of work ahead and it's not being sent that germany will keep this leading role in europe as they had in the last years a lot of work ahead and the timing was saying a lot of concerns about what that work is going to look like going for it michel coming back to you know what are the next steps you know we now do have we have passed the final hurdle rather what will we see happen next in berlin. well we hear that they will be meeting with german chancellor angela merkel on wednesday of course there were media the questions also from us who will be those ministers those six ministers joining i'm going to count becomes from the social democrat side here all of the interim party leader who was holding those cards very close to the said that they would now take the time that they needed so this could take all of this week we'll learn hopefully over the coming days. with him of course being tipped as potentially being finance minister but he wouldn't really be

drawn on that and we do expect. the markhor to actually become a german chancellor on the fourteenth of march so we could actually see a government now before easter so after these five months of one failed attempt to forge a coalition with the pro-business free democrats and the greens and then really we went full circle to coming back to another continuation effectively of the grand coalition which will bring many domestic policy changes but really not that terribly much in terms of foreign policy ok so michelle you're saying that of the chancellor will be likely voted back in and that's we're expecting it to be another chance or for another four years simon she has come through this process but not unscathed she's lost a lot of popularity over recent months and that's partly down to be some certainty has been hanging over the whole process but only six months into the election but also increasing criticism from within her own party not just from the bavarian

conservatives the old good squad but you know people like who she's now brought into her cabinet line up and others have been you know saying that they're not happy they don't like the left wing elements that she has a very very center left approach that she has they want to see more conservative. stance on the policy going forward and angela merkel. destroyed to answer that by bringing critics into the cabinet. reshuffling she'll now be the oldest member of her government to sixty three and you know there's a there's a there's fresh blood in there and possibly we'll see a new style of ball is it certainly a new stalin pol a bit with six policies battling it out and a lot of different strands within the parties you know volleying for prominence in in the political debate and you know this is a moment

a lot of people who have been waiting for now there is a new government that's going to be in place is this going to bring the stability to germany that people have been hoping for certainly chancellor merkel has been hoping for yes the million dollar question i think i'm not sure about that you have taken the opposition is much stronger than in the last four years the a deal will definitely try to get this comes of a deflating within miracles party on their side and that can you know draw the s.p.d. and the c.d.u. c.s.u. away from each other so and also the s.p.d. will find. competition on the left side so it's going to be very tense times right ten type tense times ahead and as we've been saying a lot of work and questions still remaining up in the air for chancellor merkel and her new government we have simon young with us in studio dance and michelle because now he's been covering all of this for us at the s.p.d. party headquarters thank you all for your analysis for what barbara vessel is standing by for us in brussels our correspondent there ought to tell us

more about how europe has been watching this result and barbara if you can hear me out there you are we can see you now what are some of the reactions been that you've been seeing there in brussels. all the first directions from the european commission all members of the european commission of course with really well coming because everybody here was more or less waiting with bated breath will germany continue to be the beacon of stability in a europe that is torn asunder among so many lines and that has so many weak governments and play some that is really something that we have to take into account i mean look at theresa may and she's barely clinging on by her fingernails look at spain manuel hari who's just sort of carrying on as usual but doesn't really have strong support nationally and is not a strong figure on the european scene look at italy where we have elections today i

mean the second really big question that will be decided today what will happen there very unstable government for more than a year now so we have a four way coolish in the netherlands that is seems fairly stable however i mean that means to accommodate a lot of parties. under one government so whatever you look at and then we have him on rhythm of crunk the men and friends who is writing the tiger really if you look at what he's doing there and trying to reform his country against its own will and it was a got to popularity he is about around fifty percent that's the same the market has so the two will now have to link arms in sort of slowly but surely push europe forwards in sort of he wants more integration is sort of more reluctant but they will take together for a steps but what do you think the priorities for brussels are once this new german government is now officially installed. we see the next european summit on march

twenty second so that's fairly clear what what we have on the table as breck's at the the european union has shown itself very united as route the last months will the unity hold that will largely depend on where america and mark wrong want to go and they are very the two of them are very united on that they want to sort of keep the core of the european union single market in the customs union intact make some concessions to london but not too many and then of course we have at that march summit very supposed to be a bruising discussion about poland about the deep divide that seems to be opening up between the western european countries whom want to stand up more for democracy and some eastern european countries like poland and hungary who are talking about. a liberal democracy as if something like that could happen and fairly united on

that too they want to take a firm stand and then of course the beginning discussion about reforms in the euro zone and the beginning discussion of the european budget it is a very full agenda and it will keep to be very very it will demand a lot from both of them screw up this year it will demand a lot from both of them barbara you know here in berlin there are a lot of questions about whether this is the right government to move forward for germany to create stability how is this coalition between the social democrats and the conservatives seen in brussels is this seen as the right mix. at least that it is seen as a mix i mean we've had twelve years of this and it's seen as a mix that delivers stability and stability in germany is what the european union wants now we certainly have a certain sort of division of roles in europe now if you look at him on room he is the young guy the new comer who sort of can fire people upwards his you know high

flown rhetoric however everybody in brussels where you know this is the machine room off the european union knows that big speeches are nice and good and wonderful for the sundays but on the on the on the weekdays you need somebody like marco who knows how things function how to form create compromise how to find allies and how to really get things to move and so the two of them might turn out to be really the european dream team after all the one who's sort of responsible for sort of firing up the people and the masses and talk to citizens and say europe is great and let's storm forwards and who just sort of sitting in her chair here at the european summits and delivering the european dream team something to certainly look forward to barbara vessel for us in brussels thank you very much barbara well

as barbara was just saying italians are casting their ballots today in what's shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable elections in years polls opened earlier this morning with results expected later this evening far right in populist parties are expected to make major gains in a vote dominated by fears over immigration and the economy but with polls pointing to no clear winner most observers expect a hung parliament. the only thing certain before today's vote attalia are divided numerous parties have teamed up in two opposing political alliances leaving many voters unsure which is best suited to represent italy's interests. you'll see shit everyone's very doubtful they suspect out of this a many different policies that's got people feeling pretty confused. by dint of you know what they say. the election is featuring some familiar faces including silvio berlusconi he's barred from holding office but the former prime minister has

generated a lot of enthusiasm for his center right coalition with another former prime minister but taylor n.z. is leading a center left coalition during his tenure the pro e.u. politician guided italy out of its worst recession since world war two but economic woes and high art it looks like we're having some trouble with that report but we do have our correspondent there are covering the elections for us from rome and he joins us now from our hi gary good to see you take us through some of the potential outcomes here we said this is one of those complicated elections we've seen in years in italy for many years rather how likely is that we're going to see a hung parliament let me tell you this if we will rear up for a nail biter tonight here in italy that is certain hung parliament i'd say is rather unlikely and that leaves us with three options option number one.

formed around prime minister berlusconi and couple of our right wing anti immigrant allies he has a gang to up with they have missed the absolute majority they're currently front runner so if they miss that absolute majority they are left with the option to form a grand coalition with the center left political party of current prime minister gentry loney and but to renzi but given the infighting we have seen in the election campaign also between the two sides of the center political parties it's i'd say it's a very unlikely scenario that leaves us with scenario number two that would be a populist surge many voters here told me italy is ready for something like that and then the five star movement would come to the forefront around its leader the my you who is now a hold your breath a century younger than. me as the problem here is this party has said it's an anti

establishment party and they have said they don't want to team up with anyone they threw out a coalition and finally so they're squits quite likely if we have a hung parliament we could see a caretaker government in italy gary the man that stands to perhaps win the most here is someone italians are very familiar with silvio better discone how are people responding to the fact that this is very controversial former prime minister is back on the stage and could really be the kingmaker here. i'd say never been away from the political stage rather been waiting for his chance to crit crypt power in italy for a fifth time and he has a plan to do that in fact election posters promised voters president a balance tony so many for president the problem is that for another two years he will be barred from taking any political post because he's been convicted for tax evasion but he has a plan for that he has asked. a member of the

european parliament in fact the president of the european parliament a tie down he to be basically a caretaker president until he is fit to take come back to power and i asked a number of voters here today what they make of it and many said look they've they've still find him charming he's a reliable option at a time when there's a lot of populists around and one man put to me he's he's like a warmed up soup but look warmed up soup can be rather tasty. well what do they think then of a hung parliament i mean italy is facing issues of questions of how to deal with migration how to deal with a lagging economy when a hung parliament mean that those problems wouldn't get solved anytime soon absolutely that is the big question many people have said that this election has been taken hostage by the massive problems italy is facing the country deeply in debt the migration crisis you have mentioned and the key thing is a hung parliament will mean weeks and months of especially to form some sort of

coalition at a time when everybody basically ruled out to work with the other side and so the key issue is that this will distract italy from making structural reforms from for finding a solution to the key popular problems the country's facing. garrett not just covering this a very important vote for us from rome thank you karen. now u.s. president donald trump has threatened to impose a tax on cars imported from europe that's if the e.u. retaliates against his plans for tariffs on steel and aluminum imports trump tweeted that if the e.u. wants to further increase their already massive tariffs and barriers on u.s. companies doing business there washington will simply apply a tax on their cars which freely poor into the u.s. on a friday european commission she's young cause younger said the e.u. was drawing up counter measures against leading u.s. brands such as levi's and harley davidson. two weeks russians had to the polls for

national elections president putin faces no serious challengers and his reelection isn't in doubt but that hasn't stopped him from campaigning in the past week he's boasted of russia's military might and sought to stoke nationalist fervor in moscow over one hundred thousand gathered for a star studded rally to support their president at the city's main sports complex. tickets to see russian pop star. usually cost up to one hundred seventy euros but on saturday more than one hundred thousand people saw him perform for free along with a host of other russian celebrities an extravagant campaign rally for the timea putin whose election victory is over but so. is the issue we should look he's a real man a strong president a great person but. russia is doing so much better than in the ninety's we have putin to thank for that i see is dollar. we were told to come here.

as well as public sector workers the audience included delegation said from chechnya and other russian federation republics apache attack backdrop for putin's latest appearance days after he set the course for a new arms race with washington on saturday he sought to whip up nationalist fervor . if we stand together i believe we will achieve stunning victories in the coming decades of the twenty first century we need to do that yes we know more about them . the russian national anthem topped off an appearance of just seven minutes putin seems confident that's enough to secure the support of voters in two weeks' time. because of hollywood glitz and glamour now later tonight the stars will hit the red carpet for this year's oscars and the award for best picture is already shaping up to be a tight race a fairy tale romance and a dark murder mystery are both in the running for the top prize here's a look at those films and some other contenders hoping for oscar glory later

tonight. cast from bronze freed from their molds then filed and polished to perfection. the final touch is a golden coating. oscar statuettes have been made this way since one nine hundred twenty nine these are the first steps in their journey from new york to los angeles its late night talk show starts any kennels joke to host the ceremony. there will be a. big go on scripted surprises the show. real session they want to avoid a nasty surprise like the one that happened last year confusion over an envelope led to the wrong film being me and best picture this year it's the shape of water which has received the most nominations it tells the story of an unfair b.s. creature who falls in love with a mute cleaner while trapped in a us live or a tree. the big favorite for best actor is

gary oldman for his role as winston churchill in darkest hour. you know where you should like i like award my daughter angela frances mcdormand is up for best actress in three billboards it's a tipping missouri she plays a mother who tries to shed light on her daughter's rape and murder the metal bar goddamn easter dinner for years i know chief but i think we're kind of a brothel where there is like oscar hopes to for this women series sharon and place a teenager who wants to escape from the banalities of life in suburban california in the tragicomedy ladybird and then back to city college and then maybe you're going to pull yourself off and not expect everybody to know everything. do you have the papers. less surprising though is meryl streep's best actress nomination for the post it centers around the washington newspaper's decision to publish

a secret government report on the vietnam war during the presidency of richard nixon the film is also up for best picture. that's a voter is one of two german backed films hoping for an oscar the short film is based on a real life event when islamist terrorists stormed a bus on the border between somalia and kenya wanting to kill the christians on board the militants protected them. it's a story about saw the geraghty which knows no religious by injuries oh. god the. class of two not everyone here will be able to take home an oscar but many will count the nomination alone among their greatest achievements much. time for some german fokker the one of the game of the week on saturday to dortmund in a key clash in the battle for the champions league slots the top half of the german

league is so tightly bunched that a win would have done wonders for life. as players. who till one titles together in their native austria now the old friends are rivals the stakes were high but somebody should have told the visitors. his lack of touch . for the game's first chance on nine minutes. equal to the shots. dortmund were also a threat andre sure. but the goal was ruled out for offside soon after a near repeat scenario this time was on target the officials denying dortmund again the other and not b.k. to time his past better face young kevin i was down one nil to the hosts after twenty nine minutes dortmund wasted no time in hitting back though since royce through on goal no upside this time royce rounding the keeper and slotting home.

the friends level at half time. the game got scrappy after the break. with the best chance of the second half but the cross from the touch from the chelsea loney were both lacking that cutting edge leipzig brought for more attacking threat that lingers cross sailing agonizingly and so it ended one all a result that helps neither side if nothing else and old friendship remains intact . and we just have time for a minder of our top story here on germany social democrats have voted they will once again. conservative new so-called grand coalition more than five months after . finding a new. news and analysis on the next steps for the new government and. that's coming up at the top of the hour.

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. in the radiance of sermon on. sixty minutes. yes the end of gridlock at the geminis new governments members of germany says a limited tottenham but it's a fact a deal to be answered cullen issue with the now closed conservatives do not have the end of the bully name to say you've got to change. the grand coalition rhetorical mood today d.w. news flow and. make your smart t.v. the smarter with the d w four small to play what you want when you want to hope to do it extraordinary in depth you decide what songs sunbelt more. jobs more cheesy.

everybody welcome to your remarks highlights a look back at the best of european lifestyle and culture of this week here's what's coming up. festival dons found the world of a flock to southern spain. top talents the winners of this is laureus world sports awards. all the beautiful meet the twenty eight seen miss germany contestants. on a recent trip to spain i had the joy of seeing flamenco for the very first time one

thing i was surprised to find out was that the name has no connection to the flamingo but rather it is said to be derived from the hispanic arabic word fell out many meaning expelled people it has its roots. and that's where today's so kicks off with the annual flamenco festival. taking the audience on a subconscious. brilliant technique and experimental stuff. nation takes.

by delta for this it is tasteful. so your muse maki fast. and me is an imaginary individual living in a fantasy world that i carry out when i create something new i'm like a child living out my fantasy fantasy and. boldly challenges conventions questioning gender roles it's a deliberate provocation in the macho world of. the respective critics and audiences. is regarded as one of the world's greatest advances.

i don't view the awards i've won since starting to perform in dresses as praise for my own accomplishments. instead they acknowledge that everyone should express themselves and dance how ever they want. it is to make a festival has about this program. the dance originated in the region of an division and is deeply influenced by roma culture. typical flamenco clothing also has a roma flair. it flashes the figure and features lots of flounces. subsetting the traditional garments are popular when the festival is on this is rich red bulls are a. mother styles change every year some designs resemble each other costumes are traditional but they change more than any other type of traditional spanish clothing. a dress like this

can cost several hundred euros. and illusion women feel dresses are what the little black dress is to others. i've had about thirty dresses in my life it's the same for my mother and she gave some to me i mean even when i was small i got to put on the dresses and i passed them on to my children got a i mean. people from all over the world come to the festival workshops with famous artists like i said quickly picked up. lots of dancers have come especially from asia many are there for the long taking courses during the day going to concerts at night and living and illusion style flamenco pure and simple. always happy but from a half differ. it follows different feeling saw me express every day when you dance for different even if the thing music depends on the feeling when dance i think

this is just why i am. good on not this is why i am and my cultist. midnight performances in the day goes of what is up particularly popular the concept must have as the left on terra is a homage to the women. it's the classical side of flamenco. but. it's not the menko is a living culture and it just continues to evolve as it should do. the traditional form of flamenco should progress too but there are artists who are fighting for real advances or do not want to express what moves them right now to the key

because i don't know whether they need. and it's this cultural diversity that makes this it is festival so special. well it's award season all over and of course that includes the world of sports heroic performances at the olympics or world championships are celebrated every year at the laureus world sports awards in monaco the jury is made of of past sporting giants including tennis stars boris becker and martina navratilova and this year my absolute favorite tennis player was the big winner of the night. the laureus academy has chosen roger federer. everybody else was tennis star roger federer has been named sportsman of the year twenty seventeen and after he returned from a long break with an injury and then shot right back to the top of the a.t.p. rankings he was honored for comeback of the year two thousand and seventeen as well

. but this is easy because this i'm totally thrilled it's an incredible moment in my career here on the world's biggest stage in front of the academy with the world sports awards it's really a dream. the awards are presented by members of the laureus world sports academy all of them sporting legends. boris becker for one who in one nine hundred eighty five became the youngest tennis player ever to win wimbledon. and country novich who took home two olympic gold medals as a figure skater in the one nine hundred eighty s. for east germany and took her place in the ice skating pantheon. glorious members go out jogging together along monaco's waterfront. and they take a look at a sports project for socially disadvantaged kids denise and surrounding forest becker encounters the unexpected snowfall.

just. this is part of our job i think it's our responsibility to give something back we've not forgotten where we come from from sport and sport has given us all a chance to do something with our lives. the members of the laureus academy are still overwhelmingly men. something that not the celebrated rumanian gymnast wants to change she's hoping to win over. albert of monaco and his wife charlene play because. i think we're getting to a platform that the quality is to recognize that over the wall and i think that's. an amazing time for women. to learn to respect because i don't think that

a woman can do less than i thank you. i figured out whether women in their creative imaginative outfits definitely outshine the men. i think it's feels fine i think i'm more comfortable on the balance mean than on the carpet even though this is a lot lighter. but it's fun to dress up this in the set off the board so much but oh sure we're used to being on the red carpet and wearing in the nice dress. to do some work though it looks like we just snap their fingers there's always a great designer in the background well i think we would rather be on a playing field but you know we're all in the same boat so it's ok i like a very comfortable sneakers on so i'm good. but it's a man who steals the show tonight. show me the doubt said i remember coming to the laureus the first time i met famous

people and that i thought wow they're my idols and then suddenly i became one of these people. roger federer has won a laureus trophy six times already another record broken. from competitive sports to competitive looks the miss germany pageant took place recently and one of the contestants really stood out miss lois saxony also known as you want to look showed up with a crew cut a first for a mystery many pageant there was some serious buzz about it on social media so changing beauty standards making a mark on the event. twenty two contestants vying for the crown at this year's miss germany pageant. backstage hairstylists have their work cut out juggling curlers styling ones head dryers on multiple heads of long hair.

one contestant though can relax because her hairstyle is always picture perfect you want to is the reigning miss lower saxony and her hairstyle isn't just making waves backstage a candidate with a crew cut is a first here but she's not getting any special treatment in the run up to the pageant she got on fine with her fellow competitors. this is. just hair my hair is just a short it's no big deal so our personalities just clicked and that's what counts. three weeks. packing her bags for the miss germany adventure she hasn't been sporting a close cropped along. recently she looked like this but then you look gave her self-esteem a boost she entered the beauty pageant in her home city of but didn't really take

it that seriously and that she won't have me they are i wasn't hoping and praying to a winner and i think i just took part to try out something new to gain new experiences and just have some fun. at the competition awaken to ambition even though until then she'd been more interested in dance and modeling her mentor is all rounder and his studio is her home away from home after clinching the miss lower saxony title you wanna faced a barrage of criticism even abuse on social media just because of her hairstyle she was called ugly boyish sickly but the experience made her stronger. than it's ok i think it's ok if people have their own opinion you're thanks for sharing but so what it's not my problem so what is. good was good but like all of her fellow contestants in the run up to the pageant she was on her own on the canary island of puerto ventura for fitness and media training. and also professional photo

sessions the candidates got in everything they could want and the seventeen year old schoolgirl from however was transformed. this election for the finalists was just a few minutes away on his competitors with luscious logs like turkey but did they think she stood a chance. against the always and short hair she something really special she stands out of mediately look at all the girls and then bam there's you ana i think she'll definitely end up in the final. if you think the way she tells her story that she was bullied and that people said such awful things about her mentality not if there's really special personality they're in a position to have a lot of short hair long hairs does it matter that itself you know. whether the judges would see it that way remain to be seen here however the ideal of beauty seem to be narrowly defined it's basic proportions are important what's called the golden mean the eyes have to be the right distance apart and the angle of the nose

and chin has about one hundred ten degrees. size be maximum six with no center right. to the school girl from hanover looks stunning and her evening gown even with a short tap it was determined to stay relaxed no matter what. but it was time for the swimsuit competition she already had to accept disappointment on the first evening when she felt to be selected for the group of finalists. to someone else was destined to end up wearing the crown a student from stuttgart twenty three year old and a pint would be chosen as misjudge many twenty eighty. they have and i think it's going to get it yes will probably open the doors for me and i've already met so many people in just the last three weeks whom i would never have met otherwise i've had so many experiences that otherwise simply wouldn't have

been possible it just to be the man. backstage you want i was overcome with emotion to the tears were flowing because many congratulated her poise and courage. as i get to and of course on monday i'll be back in school fact to every day life but right now i can do what i like what i enjoy and i just see where life takes me it's a thoughtful misstep making this. is germany twenty eight hundred ready has a shadow for the coming year and besides wearing the crown which shorts have would have been quite a feat after all this time you just have to pin it to. now let's visit a beautiful home in france. have created quite a remarkable living space in lille where every single room has its own unique theme they've done it by using custom wallpaper that they design and sell themselves their product as they put it can turn your walls into an artistic expression.

knightly new old town is traditionally slow paced most of the buildings have been here for centuries. patrick savant's home is hidden behind this wall. hello and welcome to the young i'm glad to welcome you to my heart please join me. in the nineteenth century the building was not a studio it's still full of on today. where you don't is it him on the course we created all the decorative elements. we cover the walls with a bunch forest that lends a certain personality and then we create and make wallpaper that we then coordinate to fit. the living room is reminiscent of like in a forest there are shades of green trees and other forest motifs patrick and his wife won't make wallpaper that is far from traditional.

as opposed to wallpaper that is printed industrially with repetitive motifs we've revisited the mural panorama that was somewhat famous in the nineteenth century. it depicted grand scenes that were traditionally engraved by hand or today a digital tool gives us more freedom than one was there for the idea is to tell a story. more than your. touch of on always test new ideas in his home where he has lived for twenty years now the house is a hundred and fifty square meters and each room has a different theme. this one was inspired by francis presence in india. then. this is the pondicherry room named after the indian trading post with features such as the bengal tiger and peacocks.

favorite place is actually the garden with real life nature and views of the city he likes being here at any time of the year. whether it's wonderful to live in a townhouse and yet feel like i'm almost in the countryside we're incredibly lucky . anything goes in patrick's savant's house as long as it isn't boring and to those who might say the interior design is a bit overwhelming he says that this is exactly its charm. if your house has to be alive i think that house expresses the character and personality of those who live in it but i think our house reflects our home taste for life we like to entertain friends we're welcoming her parent to redesign makes people feel. is there

a song on there yeah. this is a home that forms a unique oasis in the middle of town and one that is packed full of inspiration. now for our last report we go behind the scenes at a top restaurant the german capital boasts a fantastic for riots of restaurants cooking up delicacies from all over the world but what's sometimes lost along the way is the local cuisine today we're visiting berlin alexandre copper he's head chef at the michelin starred sky kitchen and shows us how to make one of the signature dishes. in which you could use like a one of many countries a million others and you'll find food from all over the world in berlin i love that about this city. cup is executive chef in berlin sky kitchen restaurant he's had a michelin star since twenty fourteen. he

was born in communist east berlin in one thousand nine hundred one after leaving school he trained as a chef. he then went on to work in husam in northern germany. but berlin has remained his great love he clearly recalls the fall of the berlin wall in one nine hundred eighty nine. i was about seven when the wall fell the best thing for me was the government's one hundred mark welcome money i went over to west berlin and bought a chocolate kinda. a lot has happened since then and the buildings are completely restored. you could still see the difference between east and west but that's no longer the case it's really only the older generation who still refer to east and west berlin. and the. sky kitchen is located on the twelfth floor of a hotel in the district of liston they're not far from the train station in the past

this area was shunned by many berliners and considered unattractive. but now it's growing in popularity many families in particular are moving here because the rents are still affordable. alexander copus spent much of his childhood with his grandparents on their farm in northern germany perhaps that's why he came to love the local cuisine. the star chef still draws many of his ingredients from the region. visitors to sky kitchen can choose from three to eleven course menus and taste issues that surprise not only the palate but the eye the menu changes four times a year. we have so many great ingredients in the world fish seafood crustaceans. and you can make such fantastic dishes with. that's the

great thing for a chef. you can try out new things bring a fresh modern twist to regional cuisine you can transform it all a bit i think that's great and that's what makes my job so appealing. cauliflower with poached egg yolk is an unusual way to serve a popular german vegetable. whether cooked in the oven as a light side or as a soup cauliflower is versatile. alexander couple serves up a modern dish in which he purees the cauliflower. he also serves a vegetable made from various ingredients. traditional

german cuisine is hearty and often includes a lot of meat the star chef would like to change that so he offers a rich variety of vegetarian meals on his menu as well as meat dishes. he likes to hark back to old german cooking traditions but always takes a fresh approach. i was very fond of eating at my grandmother's she cooked very down to earth food especially cauliflower with bread crumbs not butter with mashed potatoes and roast pork that style influenced the kind of food young people grew to like and now i'm

just trying to make that a little more modern. life in cuisine the restaurants interior design also combines old and new some excess or reason furniture came from flea markets and are originals from communist east germany. the restaurant can seat up to fifty five guests and offer a unique panoramic view of berlin. it isn't. to serve as a home we're quite relaxed here the service is also more relaxed which i like. you don't have to wear a suit and we have all kinds of people who dine here completely normal people like me a lot of the locals come to celebrate a wedding anniversary or birthday you can treat yourself once a year and i think that's great that people do that. but if you want to dine at sky kitchen you'll need to be patient the restaurant is always booked out

weeks in advance but once they get here most agree it was worth the wait. shouldn't be. jets fans are going to. have time for today but you can always catch up. all reports from this week on our website d.w. dot com slash lifestyle thanks for joining us from boston now.

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news live from berlin minds of all political deadlock and in germany the social democrats vote to join a coalition government led by chance there on the american over five months after germany's elections this paves the way for a new government to form soon we'll bring you analysis of the implications for germany and europe also ahead italy votes in an election whose outcome is anything but certain migration and be khana me are among the key issues for voters with games expect expected for anti-establishment and right wing parties to go live to our correspondent in rome. hello and welcome to the program i'm mary in evanston it's good to have you with us germany's social democrats have voted yes to teaming up once again with the americans conservatives two thirds of s.p.d.

members voted in favor of the coalition deal hammered out by their party leaders and merkel's christian democrats the chancellor herself can breathe a sigh of relief more than five months after the election the uncertainty is now over the new government could be in place in less than two weeks time. all the social democrats interim leader all of scholtz said the grassroots decision had given the party a clear mandate and it was now time to get down to business. he did as he did the members of the s.p.d. have approved the proposals put forward by the party leadership by a large majority. we now have clarity the s.p.d. will enter the next german government the social democratic party did not take this decision lightly we were very open and transparent as we debated the results of the coalition agreement at length over the past few weeks these were important

unexciting discussions in which many s.p.d. members were actively involved i believe this debate has brought us closer together and it gives us the strength we need as a party to enter into the government and to get our country going in the right direction. all the talk about all this i'm joined now in the studio by correspondence i'm young and by political analyst. good to have both of you here simon i'd like to start with you we can assume that chancellor angela merkel is feeling relieved but what are some of the other reactions that you've been hearing from around germany yeah well we in fact do have a reaction from buddhists from mickle has self as she tweeted in the last hour. congratulations the s.p. day on this clear result no doubt relieved that it was a two thirds. of the speedy members voted in favor of the new grand coalition and she's looking forward to further cooperation for the benefit of germany she says

and other senior members of poets you've said similar things as live on the line the defense minister he may well remain in that role as saying that you know it's important that germany gets on with important policies that will take the country forward other people being a little less positive should i say they need to be very and conservatives a senior member of that policy saying well we want. the s.p.d. to make sure that it doesn't get cools off with all sorts of internal wranglings they've got to get on with the job of being in government so you can already see a little bit of you know digging digging there and pointing out the problems the s.p.d. has had and other opposition politicians have said that you know the grand coalition is not good news for germany they say that this will government be more of the same and won't carry out the reforms that are desperately needed so simon i guess that

twitter is now the medium that people express their views and responses the quickest we do have a few tweets more some other reactions on twitter kevin kuhn or the leader of the s.p.d. youth wing had this to say we set out to win therefore at first disappointment criticism of the grand coalition of remains the s.p.d. needs to be more like it's been in the last few weeks and less as it's been in recent years the young s.p.v. group will ensure that the party does not renew itself without us tomorrow it begins so also as you mentioned earlier the city you party tweeted this on behalf of shots on goal americal which you mentioned i congratulate the s.p.d.m. this clear result look forward to further cooperation for the benefit of our country some reactions also coming from further away in brussels p.r. muscovy chief of the european commissioner for economic and financial affairs with this tweet congratulations to my s.p.d. friends for their responsible and decisive vote germany is now ready to engage for

a stronger europe so at least the ones that we've been looking at by and large positive reactions you know i'd like to ask you though for a broader view from a european perspective is this the combination of political parties that europe wants to see moving forward is this the right combination i think for many countries it definitely is i think in the especially in paris. they will probably be drinking a glass of champagne right now. from spawn's to push your of a hand and can not do that without germany and no four this referendum would have been disastrous there is a fantastic moment right now a momentum to to reform the european union that would have never been possible if we had to wait another few months on a new german government the risk however is that the new coalition is

a coalition with to weaken parties macko has weakened within our own party the s.p.d. is very occupied with itself still which will mean that. you know germany is after more force to follow france than ever before i think so you say champagne expected in brussels celebrations and oddly enough the response at the s.p.d. headquarters when the announce announcement was made was a lot more muted in fact there were no cheers or celebrations and our political editor michelle krishna spoke to the man who read out the results s.p.d. treasurer did my need to and he explained why there was such a muted response any time there was a simple thought when you know it's the result that everybody was waiting for i have to say this is one of the most awkward moments i've ever seen in my political reporting what happened during the night when we were counting the vote we discussed. we discussed with all the people here in the house how should three

ect in the morning when we have a result and it was very clear from the beginning on that overwhelming majority of my comrades said. if there is one side. winning or having the majority there should not be behavior like it's an triumph it's great we have one it should be more quiet to make clear we haven't a result but we need everybody in spite of what position he or she had in the debate before and so this was common sense and the colleagues who were in favor against a new grand coalition said if we win we will cyle silent and the other said if we want to see this new government when we will also silent to make clear there are not winners and losers there is only one party so

a collegial of arrangement then now they're already cool for a grassroots vote on the new party leadership so a potential new rebellion within the own party will we see that no i think discussing should we have more direct democracy in the party is not on rebellion but i must tell you that the constitution of our party doesn't allow that so we will have the decision at april twenty second in the party convention this party convention could for the next time make another decision but now in the moment we can only elect our next woman or charmin on the party convention now the s.p.d. party has been emerge bruised and battered over out of the so-called grand coalitions with angle americal c.d.u. how will you avoid the same fate this time around i think we can only avoid it if we accept that

a lot of members of our party do not really how should i say feel very comfortable or happy with a new grand coalition they accepted it with a majority of sixty six percent but i think the main part for. it's now to renew the party to come to another political culture to an other way how we deal with each other and of course to shape our profile as a left wing or middle left wing party and we must do that in spite of that we are now going again in the government or in the grand coalition and i think that is now our task we need everybody in spite of his personal opinion in the decision we have made now to renew the party and i think if we knew the party we will have a better. chance in the next elections to succeed who we see as s.p.d. ministers in the new cabinet not really believe me i don't know that. this

will be work on the proposal and this proposal is going to the execute of board of the party so that would be not alone some decision and of course that takes a little bit time so i would say at the end of the this week or the beginning of the next week we will have this proposal and. i am absolutely sure that it will be an suggestion for us that finds overwhelming majority in our executed court did money time head of the internal election commission in this historic vote thank you very much for the interview. all right so as the treasurer himself actually acknowledging that there are still quite a significant number of party members who are not quite happy about joining the governing coalition with the party so divide it can we see the kind of renewal that the s.p.d. keeps talking about renewing the effort. is an enormous task when you are in

government they will always be caught between defending the policy of your own government and wanting to create a profile of your own party that's much more easier doing that in opposition and i'm also bit one hundred. feet. thing about renewing their party for more than ten maybe even fifty years already and i really don't know what they mean with this renewal and. the renewal of leadership is a renewal of a political course is a more left wing or right wing so it's very unclear and i don't expect any clarity anytime soon especially not and again another grand coalition well just thinking about leadership simon what happens next how will this government be put together in the coming weeks and months right after the relief of today they've got the support of the membership so they can press ahead with a new grand coalition and sometime during the coming week we will hear from the s.p.d. leadership who are the names of it they go to put forward to fill the cabinet posts

we've been told it will be three men and three women that's an important point for many germans but we don't know the names yet. of finance minister seems to be fairly set but who could be the foreign minister it could be a continuation with real but he's not terribly popular among his party colleagues at the moment. what we will hear those days in the coming in the coming week and that will pave the way for a vote in the bundestag we expect on the fourteenth of march when the members of parliament will vote for angle americal as the new challenge still the old child of the new chancellor the fourth term in office equaling helmut kohl of course so you know just briefly with that angle america all expected to be the new old chancellor are we going to finally get the kind of stability in germany that everybody has

been waiting for this with everybody hopes of course but with two weeks we can parties still big question if that's going to happen especially with a strong opposition the german bundestag has right now aren't political analysts you have johnson and simon young is flip a call correspondent many thanks to both of you for your analysis and your thoughts . well meanwhile italians are casting their ballots today in what's shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable elections in years olds open just over an hour ago with results expected later this evening the far right and populous parties are expected to make major gains in a vote dominated by fears over immigration and the economy but with polls pointing to no clear winner most observers expect a hung parliament. the only thing certain before today's vote tally ins are divided numerous parties have teamed up in two opposing political alliances leaving

many voters unsure which is best suited to represent italy's interests. you'll see should everyone's very doubtful that they it's a spread out say the same many different policies that school people feeling pretty confused. i didn't have before you know what they say. the election is featuring some familiar faces including silvio berlusconi he's barred from holding office but the former prime minister has generated a lot of enthusiasm for his center right coalition with another former prime minister but taylor renzi is leading a center left coalition during his tenure the pro e.u. politician guided italy out of its worst recession since world war two but economic woes and high unemployment are still major voter concerns. i'm worried i'm not sure workwise all make it to retirement. when i can get there a great concern for sure what can pensions being fifty three and uneasy about work

is hard. some voters have grown nervous at the momentum garnered by far right parties. but we're very worried because there are in my opinion many populist movements that don't really represent my d.s. very worried yes we'll see. what. the anti establishment five star movement led by that the green low comedian turned politician could end up with the most votes though perhaps not enough and joining us now from rome is our correspondent care of modest. or do we have a correspondent there you are garrick hi there garrick berlusconi is back and tell us how people are responding to this reappearance of such a controversial former prime minister. i say actually he's never been away from the political stage i mean he has been waiting some people here at this

polling station told me in the background to crap power for a fifth time in italy in fact if you look around the country election posters are promising a president to balance tony so a ballast tony for president that could of course mean that his center right coalition could provide the president but he if you ask me i think he has laid out a quite a smart plan how he could do it as we've seen in the report he's barred from taking political office for another two years and in the meantime he has found a caretaker the president of the european parliament a thai yani who has agreed to take responsibility and if there was tony would come out strongest force in the center right movement he in this coalition he has created teaming up with far right parties he could not become president until in two years time berlusconi could come up again and one voter here said to me look it better still is a bit like a warmed a super. rewarmed soup but it india at the end of the day given this political

message from all the populace it's better than having no food at all on the table all right well with we keep saying that this election can go either way and nobody really knows what's going to happen walk us through some of the potential outcomes how likely is it that italy is heading for a hung parliament. ok let's take a look at the three options here in case of a hung parliament and that means a battle still he didn't get the absolute majority didn't reach forty percent that would mean he would have to look for other partners if you would come out strongest force with his coalition and one option is of course to look towards the center left to the agenda that the party around the current prime minister agenta loney but given the kind of fighting we have seen in the election campaign i think it's a rather unlikely scenario which takes us to option number two a populist search some boaters here told me italy is ripe for something like that

and then we look at the five star movement a party founded by the comedian beppe a gringo that is now run by a man who is how for a century younger than bella stoney luigi the my old he's a charismatic young leader some have said he's someone like the french president who could gain this race and the problem the only problem he has he is not predicted to get an absolute majority so he would have to look for a coalition partner but the five star movement have categorically ruled out that they want to form a coalition and that finally takes us to option number three and that would be a caretaker government until there's another election in italy well this election is of course being very closely watched by the rest of europe what in particular what are the concerns among other european countries. here's the big concern of course. it was quoted. basically said in brussels ahead

of this election the worst outcome that's prepare for the worst outcome and that would be a hung parliament with no government in italy with no one who could take desperately needed. decisions in at a time when the country is deeply in debt but but here's another worst case scenario for europe and that is if. who is the far right coalition partner of school and if he would come out strongest they have made an agreement in the center right coalition that whoever comes out strongest as an individual party in this coalition can put forward the prime minister and salvini is someone i've met him in . a year ago and talked to him for quite a while he is very euro skeptic he's strongly on the migrants he has radicalized years about europe and that would come at a sensible time for europe it be the worst case scenario for the european union all right garrick matis reporting for us from rome thank you so much

on now to some of the other stories making news around the world and swiss voters look unlikely to abolish their t.v. license fee poll suggests a clear no vote in sunday's referendum on whether to accept mandatory fee for radio and television programming the license fee is around four hundred euros and provides funding for public broadcasters the votes being closely watched across europe. airbus says it plans to meet with the european works council next week following a media report that it wants to slash thousands of jobs the french magazine challenges reported that the aircraft manufacturers considering more than three and a half thousand layoffs in response to production cuts jobs in germany spain and britain could be affected. in slovakia hundreds of people attended the funeral of the journalist yun krycek he and his fiance were shot dead in their home a week ago. working on

a story about italian organized crime in slovakia before he was killed seven italian nationals detained in connection with the murder have been released. a mali based affiliate of al qaeda has claimed responsibility for twin attacks in the neighboring burkean a faso that left sixteen people dead and scores of others wounded on friday the group said it carried out the assault on the french embassy and the fosses military headquarters in the capital of want to do good eight jihad as gunman were among the dead. the u.s. secret service says a man has fatally shot himself next to the white house fence police and medical personnel swarmed the area which was quickly cordoned off the man's identity has not been released president donald trump was in florida at the time of the shooting . well u.s. president donald trump has threatened to impose a tax on cars imported from europe that's if the e.u. retaliates against his plans for tariffs on steel and aluminum imports truck

tweeted that if the e.u. wants to further increase their already massive tariffs and barriers and u.s. companies doing business there washington will simply apply a tax on their cars which freely poor into the u.s. on friday european commission chief john kohut juncker said the e.u. was drawing up counter measures against leading u.s. brands such as levi's and harley davidson. well in two weeks russians head to the polls for national elections president putin faces no serious challengers and his reelection isn't in downs but that has not stopped him from campaigning in the past week he's boasted of russia's military might and sought to stoke nationalist fervor in moscow over one hundred thousand people gathered for a star studded rally to support their president at the city's main sports complex. tickets to see russian pop star. usually cost up to one hundred seventy euros but

on saturday more than one hundred thousand people saw him perform for free along with a host of other russian celebrities an extravagant campaign rally for virginie a putin whose election victory is over but. just be sure we should look he's a real man a strong president a great person but i mean is there much that russia is doing so much better than in the ninety's we have putin to thank for that there is serious dialogue. we were told to come here. as well as public sector workers the audience included delegation said from chechnya and other russian federation republics apache arctic backdrop for putin's latest appearance days after he set the course for a new arms race with washington on saturday he sought to whip up nationalist fervor . sheet if we stand together i believe we will achieve stunning victories in the coming decades of the twenty first century we will do that yes we feel that there.

the russian national anthem topped off an appearance of just seven minutes putin seems confident that's enough to secure the support of voters in two weeks' time. some soccer news now in the bundesliga game of the week on saturday live hosted dortmund in a key clash for the champions league slots the top half of the german league is so tightly bunched that a win would have done wonders for lifes. as players dortmund spanish to and leipzig zuroff thousand who till one titles together in their native austria now the old friends are rivals the stakes were high but somebody should have told the visitors manuella kanzi his slack touch let in team over no for the game's first chance and nine minutes. remember if he equal to the shots.

dortmund were also a threat andre sure left lady amaechi batu i but the goal was ruled out for offside soon after a near repeat scenario this time marco it always was on target the officials denying dortmund again up the other end not b.k. to time his pass better for his young kev and i was down one nil to the hosts after twenty nine minutes dortmund wasted no time in hitting back though mark sanchez roy's through on goal no upside this time roy's rounding the keeper and slotting home. in the the friends level at half time. the game got scrappy after the break. but she y.-e. with the best chance of the second half but the cross from diode and the touch from the chelsea loney were both lacking that cutting edge leipzig brought bruma for more attacking threat but wingers cross sailing agonizingly wide and so it ended one all a result that helps neither side if nothing else and old friendship remains intact

. history was made in formula e.'s car racing series in mexico city as daniel up became the first german to make the top of the podium started fifth on the all electric car grid but after a mandatory pitstop for a mandatory change of cars the audi driver found himself in front of the pack that lead and in hot conditions the german kept his cool to the end relief for his team after a string of poor a lot earlier in the season i a reminder now. our top story germany's social democrats have voted they will once again team up with uncle america's conservatives to form a new so-called grand coalition more than five months after elections chancellor merkel will finally be able to form a new government. you're watching directly news coming to you from berlin we'll have another update for you at the top of the hour in the meantime you're going to

always get the latest news and information on our website that's that w dot com marian evans thanks for watching. the. small cultist and community in the lesson american country of three. located as the aids council can no materials from the town of transit in saxony germany. but these

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a long time but the savior granted me much grace. finally he does and box a part of my ribault on the northeast coast of south america. johann yours in fact is the descendant of fugitive slaves from the plantations of serrano. the path we are following is the same one taken by the missionaries centuries ago. the journey was arduous and still is the former slaves lived deep in the rain forest. along with the bible the moravian brethren brought education medicine and practical knowledge. that the syrian river i had. been missionaries came up disregard anything bringing

us churches schools and doctors when our ancestors escaped from the plantations they came here you have to cross the rapids so it was a difficult journey that hasn't changed how do you know no. to. the moravian brethren arrived in suriname in the eighteenth century by then fugitive slaves from the sugar plantations were living in the rainforest the missionaries began baptizing converts building schools and setting up clinics in seventeen twenty two a german count nicholas found since an doff had given refuge to moravians fleeing religious persecution on his estate in saxony the evangelical christians founded the community of han haute. the pious count encourage them to become missionaries

and to take the gospel to the four corners of the globe when he learnt of the plight of the slaves in south america he sent moravian brethren to the caribbean and to surinam. and hooks on the polish german border became the center of an international missionary enterprise. the syrian army river is the only link between the capital part of maryborough and the interior of the country johann yosef that regularly goes home to the village of bottle pasi deep in the rainforest and i care about him while i was talking with you. this is where i grew up i think you will live in what the moravian brethren did for us still has a positive effect on our village new when i walk it back a fool i like to come here and see that their hand at their new rock you know i just so many went and i i kind of walking. the missionaries first challenge was to learn shrine and tongo the creole language spoken by the local communities that

allowed the missionaries to provide the education that helped the freed african shape their own future. their. their job to moravians built a church they just and a school like this one without the mistake they provided doctors i myself went to school here until sixth grade it's their class they go says their class know him from the dark you know after that i went to paramedic. and this is how the ice hockey practice anything. on sundays some of the villages attend services at the local chanche the architecture is typical of a moravian charge so is the service moravians practice the same liturgy in their churches throughout the world. the haram was

. the salman and community prayer are at the heart of this religious celebration. i must. let our faith not fail we are prepared and know that jesus will return all the come back. lesson learned our blessing in honor and glory to him who is seated on the throne. and to the lamb forever and ever. after the service in

a palace has work to do in the office. she looks after the parish registers including the registry of births and deaths and issues certificates when required this function is traditionally passed down from mother to daughter. married there. the descendants of the africans who escaped the colonial plantations were known as maroons after they established their independent communities in the rainforest they maintained many of their african traditions. the women of surinam have played a vital role in preserving their culture and passing on the faith from one generation to the next. i want to.

thank you. just asked when in a has finished the housework she reads from the bible to her daughter and granddaughter. and thinking god has appointed his son the heir of all things through whom he also created the world glory for god he is the radiance of god's glory and the exact imprint of his nature and he upholds the universe by his powerful words. he fought them. men. when they were. not good i want you that now do. so in the arabian brethren help the local community to become self-sufficient the former slaves and their descendants build boats and simple houses for their

families the women also took up handicrafts including traditional wood carving. sheesh. the patterns decorating the bowls and calabashes are handed down within families from one generation to the next. yes you are who you are no minority africa skeer. in her small shop had a lean sounds plastic kitchen utensils that are brought up the river from paramount ribault and items that she makes herself. just. we return to panama first on the river. and then by rote.

the bible shop is a treasure trove for the faithful and a meeting place for people interested in christian literature. the bible. was founded in nineteen sixty six when referenced from the more equal church came from the netherlands finishing their study and started the bible society where the small amount of one which he received from the dutch bible society. and the task of the bible society is to reach everybody with the word of god in the language that this most close to his heart the official language of syrian army is done but the various ethnic groups in the country also speak their own languages here johann use of attend his coworkers translate various writings of the moravian brethren from dutch into various local languages the most important of the bible verses of the day three hundred sixty five old testament verses that

serve as a motto for each day of the year. so you know it's a mode of cultural contrary so we want to work and to tory each everybody from the different ethnic backgrounds with the word of god. driving through part of maryborough with power daughter it seems as though there's a church on every street corner. the moravian church has more than forty thousand members here have you have the wine and church you have the marquee a key you have the north us that's going to give the combi church then you have the you have to offer also the hindustani church which is just before dawn not a static or. earth all of us there are quite some churches in the in a in a very small surrounding. paramour ribeiro is home to many different religious communities.

the moravian church in suriname is not only the largest protestant denomination but one of the most influential forces in surinamese society. the whole over there are various cultures and religions in syrian i'm living together in peace with muslims hindus christians because the street is a good example what if you know home here you see a synagogue there may also an agressor that's right next to one mosque the farm in africa their neighbors and it's not a problem. other than old sparky a plaque on the corner of a even share a parking lot. we live together in harmony here but still in the hole over belle epoque leave. the quarter stance kaka's the wooden clapboard building in downtown padam ribault affectionately known as mama kathy mother church the theological

seminary and the city mission which operates numerous social programs are also located here. text around the church which says brace a must try you me see. the sea side they don't need any more praise to have santana which is a song which says. praise the lord of all my soul and all that is in me shout praise his holy name. psalm on the tree first one to. basically all the more reason churches are white from the inside if you go to the all the churches assume you will find white banksias white churches saw it i think

at this very similar. for before that for them or even church the building of a dam to produce hydroelectric power in the early one nine hundred sixty s. had a devastating effect on many local communities in the country's interior. before the dam bust belt all this was far less and there were some villages in the forest and this is what is left over after the day half built the dam more than two centuries of history sank with outranks when the waters rose. am seventh did thirty five hand who curse the morefield brother if the bull didn't come into the game to sit in the mob and they get permission from the government to work on that decide that the ran over the moon once and this that

is the both the in a village somewhere here in seven hundred sixty five and they built a school a church and a medical bowls and gonzi and guns they was one of the village serious one of the twenty five villages that were here in this leak then they would know what the started to go. did and then believe. they didn't believe that the what the would come so high that they wouldn't be able to live if. the waters rose until they covered more than fifteen hundred square kilometers the local maroons demonstrated in vain against the destruction of their homes and wildlife they were moved to government established villages in a resettlement that tore apart the fabric of their community. so when the demonstration that it put the lead edward the women who were in. iran

the women bow and demonstrate. children with their so it was very heartfelt to see women and children fighting for something what they thought that was not right. at the bottom of the timeline the remains of the twenty five villages built by the descendents of escaped slaves many of them were christians they lost their challenges as well as their homes. the church of god see played a special part in this it was the last church in which the residents gathered before being forced out of their homes with assistance from the moravian brethren the surinamese government provided the victim rooms with new houses and churches and these included a perfect replica of the ganci chanche pound odds grandfather was the country's first afro surinamese bishop. in one thousand nine hundred sixty three he

consecrated the brethren's new church yeah there's. this yes that's the church we saw in the film. my grandfather bless the church in. the. the mirror when the dam was filled the people of new gansey and new lumbee came here and i knew along the. four pound daughter and his wife accompanied by a senior member of the congregation it's a heart wrenching experience he hasn't been here for twenty five years. this picture is the church of. the ceremony conducted here by powell daughter grandfather in one thousand nine hundred sixty three it was recorded on film.

my granddad was standing here. a bible in the shrine and tongo language rescued from the old church is opened at the same chapter. there are. my are being. buried. oh. there's just an. athame laden for power daughter the film of his grandfather is one of his greatest treasures with oil. suriname is one of the world's poorest countries many members of the church struggle to make ends meet and feed their families tending to the local community many of whom are deeply religious is one of system ariel's many responsibilities. was. that there was

a seat belt at the end and here is the church and it can fit if they're lucky because the last time that i was here there was no bell and no doubt it's a bell. many young christians in suriname express their faith in practical ways they get involved in social projects. where poverty in suriname began in the colonial era and the population continues to suffer from poor infrastructure and governance women and children are often the victims of domestic violence. many seek refuge with the moravian brethren here they are helped to find solutions to their problems from unemployment to h.i.v. infection. so stop the day to talk because female empowerment instructor explains the gender issues are all about power encourages the women to take responsibility for their lives and pursue their goals with confidence.

and that march twenty eighth scene will mark another important step in achieving gender equality christian women in suriname are organizing the well day of prayer. if you bring the issue from gender and. only from a women's point to feel they don't get the results that we want because we want the man to understand that god said that men and woman. need them looking like new and we hope from the eyes of the law but they are equal that is a balance between man and woman they are not the same. but really have the beer if you have the same failure for the lot maybe on paper you could you please. as one of the can escape loss. i

was. i. was doing i. was that they are i that fresh eyes that i was that serious that i was i was. yet. most of these women will be attending the inauguration of the new bishop in the main charge on sunday the gallery across the street shows walks by young syrian amaze artists muriel held tries to make contact with them especially the artists involved in preparing for the well damn.

erotic roma whose family came from java was commissioned to design the official poster it highlights a theme close to miriam's heart. a mother and her daughter. and there some more than one doctor and then he had. to say i'm bored at home what is this for the who. is the one the funder who like this that happening to look up to you made by this woman but that's. the well damn prayer led by the christian women of suriname aims to embody the values of justice peace and gender equality in the charge and society. woulda go hostile reynaldo say pouncer checks on the preparations for his

a pistol ordination or what they may have a mouth guard for what more do and mock them and i hope that our course is the rent one of unfit. and that i think sarah lyall will be celebrated here at seven o'clock to see. the people from many of the churches and members of this that are on the street outside of the cordoned off of the who will be a big celebration with a quiet on the lord and with him a hero and i am grateful to the lord that he has chosen me and i hope god will give me his blessing. see. the challenges packed for the inauguration of the new bishop. transmitters open the ceremony which is a big social event and kind of maryborough representatives of the proper judges and congregations as well as high ranking in discipline officials are in attendance.

in the big one the climax of the ceremony is the ordination of the new bishop. you know what it was that it was. that if you. don't get caught one of them was that was. not a he but i hope he. was was the the tide.

here. on a form would be he was. here reading i did pull their high i was there. was the. it was. was. these papers stars are a tradition of the moravian charge almost as familiar as the brethren's bible verses of the day. the reagan brethren in surinam are an influential charge they haven't suppressed the role they played in this country's history all their attitude toward slavery in the colonial era now they want to shapes are an arms future and be part of a modern society proud of its traditions. i for many years

this small country was the object of greed and plunder. forty landed at the mouth of the tsunami river where the capital paramount was eventually belt is a reminder of the rivalry between the european powers and their insatiable greed for new territories there was a lot of war going on between the british and and the dark and the portuguese and the spaniards they all were fighting for their for different colonies and. now and then a ship from them would come in and then they would attack their ship from the fourth. it commemorates the conflicts and troubled history of a country the english portuguese spanish and of course. the record commemorates the moravian missionaries who. and who helped shape this proud

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this is doable you news live from berlin months of political deadlock and in germany the social democrats vote to join a coalition government led by chancellor angela merkel over five months after germany's elections this paves the way for a new government to form soon we'll bring you analysis of the implications for germany and europe also coming up italy votes in an election whose outcome is anything but certain migration and economy are among the key issues for voters the gains expected for anti establishment and right wing parties. and the biggest blunders the go to plan for the weekend featured apparent top tier clubs with

champions league expectations we'll tell you what happened when dortmund travelled to like the. hello and welcome to the program i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us germany's social democrats have voted yes to teaming up once again with uncle america's conservatives two thirds of s.p.d. members voted in favor of the coalition deal hammered out by their party leaders and merkel's christian democrats the chancellor herself can breathe a sigh of relief more than five months after the election the uncertainty is now over and government could be in place in less than two weeks time. well the social democrats interim leader all of schultz said the grassroots decision had given the party a clear mandate and it was now time to get down to business let's have a listen. dhimmitude s.p. do the members of the s.p.d.

have approved the proposals put forward by the party leadership by a large majority that needs to vote and we now have clarity the s.p.d. will enter the next german government the social democratic party did not take this decision lightly we were very open and transparent as we debated the results of the coalition agreement at length over the past few weeks these were important unexciting discussions in which many s.p.d. members were actively involved so i believe this debate has brought us closer together and it gives us the strength we need as a party to enter into the government and to get our country going in the right direction. of shoals there the acting head of the s.p.d. speaking right after the results of that crucial vote were announced and to talk more about all this i'm joined here in the studio by do believe political correspondent simon young and political analyst. and standing by at the f.t. headquarters is our political editor mr have occurred so thanks to all three of you

for joining us me start with you because you were there as these results were announced and you've also been talking to party members over the last couple of hours what's the overall sentiment within the s.p.d. . well let me start with that one awkward moment that there was after that result was announced two thirds in favor and then there was an awkward silence almost that it turned out afterwards that the those that team of people who'd been counting those ballots all through the night had pretty much agreed that there would be no deering there was nothing really much to celebrate because they really didn't want to see more division within the social democratic party that's what everybody here is still afraid of we saw that bitter infighting at the top of the social democrats which also ended in martin sots the former head of the european parliament who became party leader and the top candidate resigning in the end also over his

promise not to go into yet another grand coalition well that's exactly what's happening right now once again the social democrats become the junior partner effect to be helping german chancellor merkel stay in power not a proud moment for the party even those who voted in favor really don't feel that way but they see this as something that is necessary first of all to have a stable country but also to stabilise the party which quite clearly is still in the midst of an identity crisis all right so a very muted response among the s.p.d. what about outside the party itself i'm sure. it was quite relieved simon of what other reactions have you been hearing yeah the jones just tweeted out that she's very relieved the clarity of this result because that's important to have that sense of stability that will come with the new government that can now be formed

joe i congratulate yes b d i look forward to further cooperation for the good of germany so big relief there are some warning noises from the from the sort of tough conservatives in the various c.s.u. some of them warning you know that the s.p.d. needs to make sure it doesn't carry on with. it's internal wranglings it's now got to get down to the serious business of governing and quite a few opposition politicians for instance the left party leader saying you know this coalition agreement really isn't the right thing for germany atoll and you know it doesn't address the burning social issues that they're all there so a range of opinion and already a sort of taste of the kind of tensions you're going to see in the months ahead well what about outside of germany from a broader european perspective. do europeans feel that the german coalition is the best choice moving forward for germany and for europe yeah i guess many pro

european countries think so and not all of the countries what we will definitely see also that this this new government will be you know have has to weaken parties and it's we still have to see if german can maintain his role as you know did leader order. the driving force behind european integration that will be very interesting to see and the respectively in the relationship with france president micro over there is making big steps and he wants to he's very ambitious and we will have to see if this relationship will change because of these we can parties in government now all right well michelle why don't you explain to us what the next steps are to actually get the new government in place finally. well basically we will see a meeting between the leadership of the social democrats and of the machall that's finance for this wednesday and we're also to learn who those six ministers will be

who this social democrat sent into the cabinet who they wouldn't be drawn on that today but quite clearly all of sorts who is the interim leader is expected to potentially play a role as a potential finance minister for instance in then the big question of course is whether the current foreign minister gobbler can remain in place having become deeply unpopular among his peers in the own party and at the same time being the most popular politician in germany right now so and we have a very interesting week ahead but in terms of building a government and seeing sometimes the macro elected by the bundestag because that's what is the next step what has to take place that we expect to happen as early as the fourteenth of march and then we should see yet another continuation of the so-called grand coalition with the social democrats before easter all right so simon a question to you now that it's confirmed the s.p.d. will be joining the c.d.u. c.s.u. in a coalition it means the largest opposition party in parliament will be the far right

a s d so what kind of an impact is that likely to have on german politics. or a protest party they've got making a lot of noise already about the immigration issue and concerns people have over that issue which is one of the things of course they've been able to attack angle america so you know we're going to see a robust palm tree presentation from them i think going forward he started to see that as the bones dog started working in recent weeks and you know that would be the question for this new grand coalition is it absolutely rock solid supporting all the government program you know you have one leading social democrat said the other day he was about as keen on ground coalitions as he was on athlete's foot you know it's not. so popular thing even at the top levels of the policy and you know you're going to see some sniping from within the social democrats from within the conservatives and america's going to bring all that together and both these parties

in coalition are going to have to make sure that the dissent is also get their voice and you going to hear that voice i think in paul a moment quite loudly as well yes so who said german politics is dull certainly not simon young political correspondent johnson political analyst and he's had a career for our political correspondent at the f.t. headquarters many thanks to the three of you. turning now to some other news and italians are casting their ballots today in what's shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable elections in hears polls opened this morning with results expected later this evening far right and populist parties are expected to make major gains in a vote dominated by fears over immigration and the economy but with polls pointing to no clear winner most observers expect a hung parliament. the only thing certain before today's vote tally ins are

divided numerous parties have teamed up in two opposing political alliances leaving many voters unsure which is best suited to represent italy's interests. you'll see shit everyone's very doubtful they suspect out of the same many different policies that school people feeling pretty confused didn't have before you know what they say. the election is featuring some familiar faces including silvio berlusconi he's barred from holding office but the former prime minister has generated a lot of enthusiasm for his center right coalition with another former prime minister matteo renzi is leading a center left coalition during his tenure the pro e.u. politician guided italy out of its worst recession since world war two. but economic woes and high unemployment are still major voter concerns. me you know i'm worried i'm not sure workwise all make it to retirement. when i got it there are

great concern for sure what can pensions. being fifty three and uneasy about work is hard. some voters have grown nervous at the momentum garnered by far right parties. that will provide people with very worried because there are in my opinion many populist movements that dana really represent my vs very worried yes we'll see . what. the anti establishment five star movement led by that agree low a comedian turned politician could end up with the most votes though perhaps not enough to govern outright barring election day break out an indecisive vote could lead to a hung parliament and political gridlock in europe's fifth largest economy. and some soccer news now in the bundesliga game of the week on saturday leipsic hosted dortmund in a key class for the champions league slots the top half of the german league is so

tightly bunched that when what i've done wonders for lives like. as players dortmund's pater's digger and leipzig zuroff pozen who till one titles together in their native austria now the old friends are rivals the stakes were high but somebody should have told the visitors manuella his lack of touch let in team over know for the games first chance on nine minutes. remember key equal to the shots. dortmund were also a threat andre shore left lady and me she vowed to i but the goal was ruled out for offside soon after a near repeat scenario this time marco it always was on target the officials denying dortmund again up the other end not be kate at times his past better for his young kevin i was down one nil to the hosts after twenty nine minutes dortmund wasted no time in hitting back though mark sanchez royce through on goal no upside this time royce rounding the keeper and slotting home. the friends

level at half time. the game got scrappy after the break. but you are you with the best chance of the second half but the cross from diode and the touch from the chelsea loney where both lacking that cutting edge like sick brought bruma for more attacking threat the wingers trust sailing agonizingly why and so it ended one all a result that helps neither side if nothing else an old friendship remains intact. british athlete roger bannister has died at the age of eighty eight that from media in the united kingdom citing a statement from his family and esther was the first man to run a mile which is just over one point six kilometers in under four minutes and achievement that was considered next to impossible in one nine hundred fifty four. now history was made in formula e.'s car racing series in mexico city as daniel opp

became the first german to make the top of the podium started fifth on the all electric car grid but after a mandatory pitstop for a mandatory change of cars the audi driver found himself in stunt of the pack with that lead and in hot conditions the german kept his cool to the end relief for his team after a string of poor luck early in the season. a quick reminder now of our top story germany's social democrats have voted that they will once again team up with uncle america's conservatives to form a new so-called grand coalition more than five months after elections chancellor merkel will finally be able to form a new government. you're watching d.w. news coming to you from berlin we'll be back again at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can get all the latest news and information on our website that's that g.w.

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deputed comes to africa join us on facebook t w africa. you're going to is executive director of environmental action germany we'll be talking about the arrogance of the auto companies the failure of politics and the power his organization has welcomed i'm sure to look at. your organization has won a victory after a court gave german cities the go ahead to impose driving bans to curb air pollution this even put you on the front page of the new york times. times. how do you feel when you take on big companies and the government and when how long did you celebrate on tuesday. i thought if there wasn't a lot of time for celebration but i had

a glass of wine that evening alone in my favorite pub to calm down a bit. it was a great day for clean air in germany we fought thirteen years for that we filed every possible legal challenge and won them all but this was confirmation that it applied to all other cities. that this could. have had some successes when you started working for environmental protection when you were still a student. you helped to introduce deposits on cans and bottles in germany but as tuesday's decision your greatest success. it would have i think it is i have been fighting for clean air for three decades but i put it up there was the introduction of catalytic converters or my campaign twenty years ago to bring sulphur free fuels to germany and europe with both big steps. but let's just say that apart from the publicity and the social impact. this victory of clean air over the interests of the car companies has done just

a bit more. but why was this court ruling necessary to you why pollutants limits have been in effect since two thousand and ten but they didn't apply in germany they were only on paper the guy who is responsible for that can be fun for them but this is good although if that's the problem the limits applied in germany obviously politicians often don't employ and laws or regulations anymore especially if they don't match the interests of large industrial companies that the government starts behaving like a common criminal that doesn't respect the law and that is why have we won every single case for thirteen years partly because we have good lawyers but above all as we just said it's the law we have a limit to be met it prevents thousands of deaths the courts have decided that this is true but the government is violating this law and will to stop. those are strong words to accuse the government of criminal behavior are you saying that the

german government puts the interests of auto companies above the common good. absolutely and i can prove it by the automotive industry rules germany through the individual states and through the chancellor's office. car makers chancellor angela merkel has perfected that role. she is directly committed to automotive interests in the e.u. . and she told state officials in california in two thousand and ten that they have to relax their emissions limits are saying they're bad for the german auto industry . thank. you but that's not her job she should work for the good of the people not the profit interests of a small group of companies going to name. your close friend and former colleague on environmental protection matters is the bottom of it and back state for near them free. also in the auto industry's pocket. yes even to be honest green

party state premier faces this problem but i still like him despite the contradiction. they're still close to do it with the hope of course is if i still like him and we get along well but decision demonstrates the power of the automotive industry like his state premier comes into office and says fewer cars are better for the environment and more cars he'll get plenty of heat from the industry and he'll soon behave like his predecessors. and that applies to the c.s.u. the s.p.d. and all political parties in germany. when the industry has so much power and can also play the jobs card with the politicians as blackmail that it could not and was always going to have some sympathy for the german car industry generates a huge amount of revenue and a lot of jobs depend on that industry but let's take a look at the admissions fraud scandal the w. and the others treated air pollution limits as a technical hurdle. that's just plain wrong.

lawmakers taking the right approach to deal with these situations if they could if the night. we do a lot of attention to this cam in two thousand and seven and in two thousand and eleven we gave the german government detailed information about the w's one eight hundred nine engine which later became notorious in the california case and how this engine produced such different results on the route compared to the lab where the cheating took place. but the politicians weren't interested they wanted to help the car industry. auto executives told them it was becoming more expensive to meet emissions limits and asked them to help by turning a blind eye gentlemen and there was obviously a gentleman's agreement here as long as you meet the test standards we won't look at the road results so despite our demands they never did and that and you know

with all of those thoughts that i want somebody but it often takes two sides to commit fraud the cheaters and those who agree to be cheated. for example every driver knows that they'll never come close to the fuel mileage listed on the sticker. what does that say about us germans is environmental protection important only on paper and not such a big deal in practice we live in that we have become a bit complacent for years germany has been a leader and a country has stood on climate protection and c o two reduction we've made no progress in recent years. that's. for a lot of countries have overtaken us in other areas too. and right now we're in the bottom served of e.u. members on all sorts of environmental standards thing. we also a bit fickle on environmental protection a few years ago the diesel was considered a clean engine but not anymore. still lots of people trusted those claims

and bought diesel cars. because they do there's always this up and get caught. but i think it's even worse than that consumers are still quite concerned about the environment and they simply trusted the auto industry and the authorities when they claimed that diesels were clean and climate friendly. but there has been massive cheating in germany that it's at least as extensive as what we saw with microsoft's side and carbon dioxide numbers. gets in full speed and we've already uncovered several cases. this cheating such as how they faked lower fuel consumption levels in tests this is criminal behavior with the german government is looking into this for the first time but it's not doing enough consumers thought that the new diesels were cleaner but when it comes to nitrogen dioxide there are actually four to seven times dirtier than a thirty year old diesel think is

a few months ago. so millions of people who bought diesel cars are now threatened with driving bans in city centers and with. nine million people bought diesel cars that have the latest certification they were told at the cars were environmentally friendly and city driving wouldn't be a problem for a long time with which they are but what should they do with their cars now. they should wait a few more days and hope that we can reach an agreement with lawmakers to would require the auto industry to retrofit the engines. or they could go to their dealer and demand their money bag or a retrofit that would set a precedent but that's now the job of politicians to finally forced the auto industry to do this and they do have the means to do this. they can apply e.u. law and impose severe penalties. to hear stuff of who. will soon close

the first streets to dirty diesels that people just take other routes how does that help the environment. and if it was because the courts have said that bypass roads must also be blocked as soon as people start using it you will be watching that development very closely and i'm booked on but no but it'll be traffic chaos if not if you don't block off the whole city that's why we were able to push through a second option to ban diesels from the environmental design car at the entire city is an environmental dissolvable if diesels are kept out there's no more bypass traffic this also has to be done and how bored. what. is it. that's remarkable. here you are an environmental organization and you're suing the government to force it to implement its own laws as that and you've been doing that a long time. and you've been successful month and you seem to be on a personal campaign for the environment as

a sort of white knight how do you see yourself. with a foot from what i have been doing this now for thirty five years and i do it once and to see as a man great joy every day. but i enjoy it most when we don't have to go to court. we try to convince industry and increasingly government officials dialogue so that they'll obey the law that's. we shouldn't have to demand that the police chase a bank robber. but what do you do when you see the police robbing the bank. do you call the state must enforce air and water quality standards they can't stand idly by and say there are targets that we can't meet so we let thirteen thousand people die every year four times more than in traffic accidents and it's a trivial offense. and in the us b.w. executives are behind bars for violating clean air regulations but here they get

medals for sort of good things but when it becomes this what the squads. that were coming to the end of our interview. like you to complete the sentences. my most beautiful car journey was. we can fall on my bike go no car. drive a car but i really don't like to tell me that i prefer to go on a bike tours around lake constance with my electric bike of course. and you also like to take your solar boat out on lake constance. what's the best thing about that and i'm just. going to relax and contemplate the future so i just wish that in germany we would further develop this symbiosis between nature humanity and culture and i'm not happy that we can make a small contribution including more livable cities the state the future the future of my children i would most like to see. all the living area clean water you're

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fuck. welcome to in good shape coming up. the kissing disease how to treat mononucleosis. losing weight and building strength how to get in shape for summer. and the trouble with gluten why some people avoid it. and here's your host dr constantly today this show is about my most favorite topic it's about food can food make a sick that's what i'm going to talk about with dr storm here live at the red cross clinics in. welcome to in good shape. a.

doctor in the u.s. storm is an expert on nutritional medicine just friends or on a just and head of the clinic for internet. you all were to eat however not everything work is good for us being a row for breakfast and a plate of pasta for dinner for me that's delicious but for many others this poses a health risk based food can cause bloating and stomach ache and can even be dangerous the reason is gluten sensitivity. jessica has to plan more time for her shopping than most other people because she can't eat anything with gluten. gluten is a protein complex contained in wheat and other cereals such as right body and spelt it's also hidden in many convenience foods which is why jessica is always careful to check the product ingredients gluten can spot a cute danger for the seventeen year old. deciding how food as he says i'm get

stomach ache after eating i know my parents thought it was because that swallowed too much and ate something that didn't agree with me pollute and never occurred to us to fatah. jessica suffered from recurring stomach aches and diarrhea she was pale and had trouble focusing. then a blood test and a colonoscopy produced a diagnosis celiac disease. gluten causes an inflammatory reaction and a small one test which in turn damages the vilified that damage reduces the body's ability to absorb nutrients this results in well known disorders such as diarrhea mineral deficiency anemia and similar symptoms. and. jessica is at least fortunate to have received the diagnosis at such an early age. as to parts in the lung it side and some patients with relatively minor symptoms

live for many years with undiagnosed celiac disease they might not know they have it until they're forty or fifty and the long term inflammation they suffered means that they're then at greater risk for contracting cancer. that's what happened to sabina coyote she was diagnosed with celiac disease two and a half years ago and that was just the beginning this anatomy six more i did for six months i had a completely gluten free diet and then i started having problems again they don't get about some severe stomach pain nausea and vomiting came back down it dragged on for nine months until they found the cause it safely theme to. go away plummeted from fifty four kilograms to forty finally doctors detected a tumor in the small intestine line at my doctors told me it was directly linked to celiac disease. because the celiac disease went undiagnosed for so long the chance

of developing a tumour was eighty times higher than for people without the disease i spy nish to toughen. sick jessica is very careful not to come in contact with clinton she even has her own separate area in the kitchen. this is my gluten free corner i've got my own dish cloth and here the bread knife and on this side is all the cutlery. that's just an extra precaution because other family members could for example have touched a bread roll made with wheat flour and would have gluten on their hands. just as it's difficult if you want to go out to eat a while on holiday it's hard to avoid gluten contamination when you're away from home for anyone can. subpoena kyle's tumor was removed along with an affected lymph node she underwent chemotherapy today one year later she's healthy again.

once you've learned you have a tumor the fear makes you extra vigilant about eating the right diet and avoiding gluten. i try to avoid falling into any traps so managing celiac disease is a lifelong process. but. around eight hundred thousand people in germany are afflicted with celiac disease. at minds university hospital dr shu paan and his team are working on a special pill to help remedy the problem. to take one of these pills once or twice a day that coats and protects the intestine and there are also other exciting approaches for example and sime cocktail that were to grade traces of gluten in food and. broken down the immune system would no longer recognize that this is

a move just means in this case the pill is currently undergoing human trials and in the united states research as a working on a vaccination to combat celiac disease. than head start to tell them and it's really important that you wash your hands before serving. in the future things could be a lot easier for people like jessica and. what exactly see that disease so certainly disease disease we have the. surface of the small bowel is disappearing patients are not able to absorb nutrients for example iron or folic acid. so the body is starving when you perform gastroscopy which seems that it gives you a hint that the patient suffers from the citizens if you go with the endoscope it's a small bowel which is depicted here you can see very nicely the increased surface of the small ball year so the canopy of the folds it's

a typical sign for surgery at disease we go in to take biopsies and the pathologist will tell us that it's a decreased surface and this is the first hint of select disease where does it come from it's an immunological disease so the background is genetic so somewhere we have chromosomes is determined that you will develop certain disease later in your life say anything which can trigger it like the use of alcohol for instance unfortunately we do not know any triggering factors it would be nice to know it because we know that families with the how prevalence of disease if your father or siblings have already. disease it would be nice for you to prevent it however as no medication or there's no action which can prevent a disease and what are the usual symptoms how would i know that i suffer from silicon zs it depends a bit on the age of diagnosis for infants usually it's a richard ation of the groups exploding it's

a kids are not developing nicely and so they go into the paper attrition and then some blood test will give you the results with older a grown up people usually it's a neo you feel fatigue you feel tired you know you're your face gets pale if you go to the doctor and he will diagnose anemia if he does next step then you know that you have to disease and other any risk groups who more often would develop see that disease yes you know it's a disease more of the white people and more females but however there are many countries in the world the problems that diagnose. this is not really made due to inability of endoscopy and blood tests but until now we know it's more in the western countries and that's a patient's number vary from country to country so the western countries are more effective and save the asian countries there's a high incidence of disease in india too and also it's coming up in china we do not have good numbers for africa for example and how do you treat serious disease the

most important treatment is wish. to avoid it in your daily food because it triggers inflammation. you have to avoid allergic medication which is in that case so after three to six months your g.i. tract is normal again but it's difficult to avoid getting in your daily life and can you cure the disease it's a genetic disease and there's no q available really for genetic diseases maybe twenty or thirty years we do not know that but you can decrease the symptoms of the disease and you can live a normal life with a normal life expectancy but it's normal it's important that you're not starving in that your iron and folic acid and so on so force is restored to normal and is this disease dangerous yes it is first of all if you do not have enough nutrients you can stuff people can starve to death if the diagnosis is not set on the other side you know if you prevent glutin you know usually you have a normal life expectancy however some patients might develop an lymphoma due to

continuous inflammation we have to diagnose it early and have to treat risk chemotherapy i guess many of your patients would like to have a normal diet in the normal life with eating gluten but there's a new trend world wide to skip gluten from the diet but what is true is futile really dangerous to all of us. in recent years there's been a growing demand for gluten free products supermarket shelves these days are full of them. i've tried them i think everyone should give them a go. why did she try them. i wanted to see what they taste like and i wanted to make a healthy choice. consumers often assume that regular food products aren't is healthy is gluten free food. the food industry welcomes that because gluten free products tend to cost more. than

free products really healthy. according to nutritionist daniel i clear not necessarily. skipped i also feel hollywood's lots of hollywood stars talk about losing weight on gluten free diet that's absolute nonsense people who are healthy don't need a gluten free diet and it's not even desirable especially because these products often have a very high fat and salt content. and. some people of course follow gluten free diet a good reason and she has been tested for celiac disease she doesn't have it but she does suffer abdominal pain after eating. why the rush i brought even if i only ate two or three slices of bread i felt awful because littles who understood my stomach would bloat i felt very lethargic my digestion was slow and i had terrible

gas. she consulted a doctor who diagnosed gluten intolerant. and she for had a number of tests done and also underwent a gas just copy it showed that she also wasn't allowed to eat nor was there any indication that she was suffering from an organic disease. nonetheless her doctor suggested she try a gluten free diet. after just a few days she started to feel better. people who don't have celiac disease but react badly to gluten i characterized by doctors as gluten sensitive. they can ingest gluten but they experience discomfort they're not suffering from any organic disease their organs work perfectly well and they're getting all the nutrition they need but they do suffer discomfort. not much research has been done on the

disorder still people who are gluten sensitive might want to give some of the gluten free products a try. healthy people probably shouldn't bother. me is it right to say that gluten intolerance can lead to celiac disease nor that two completely different disease entities the silicon disease is an allergic diseases the blue tooth sensitivity is called normal disease sensitivity so it's an intolerance of gluten and nothing to do with disease so is it those dependent then indeed allergic diseases independent from the amount of and in most cases but if you have just the sensitivity it might be the case if you are tolerating low doses of gluten or advantage in a high dose may cause of bleeding or for cheek which is often a symptom of intolerance when you look through the internet or through all the social networks i think that this is more like

a trend right now we see with the gluten sensitivity so do you think it's a trend on the one hand yes you know a lot of. people now have to insensitivity but on the other side we are changing our michael for us don't forget that our genetics are determined for ten thousand years at the micro for a change in the last ten to twenty years repeatedly depending on food from chinese restaurant indian restaurant from our traveling which has increased in the last decades so a micro for a change and so on tolerance to work food is changing too so if i would think that i am gluten sensitive what should i do so what you should do go to a doctor and check if you have disease if you do not have so your disease which can be determined blotto by and last copy try to avoid it try to decrease to destroyed looted from your food there are signs here in germany or other countries here greenside we can show or can see that there's no getting of very very low doses of

routine and try to eat it it's most chances and it's inconvenient because you cannot go just easily to restaurants and eat whatever you want but if you want to avoid it that's the best way to do so he said the right choice to skip gluten altogether no that's not the case gluten is not healthy or it's not dangerous it's just the heart of wheat so if you want to avoid it it's fine but eating as healthy too and you cannot save any calories and get obese no that would be nice it would be. neat if we could have you christopher from russia maria summer nava wants to know if you can just cook her food in a certain way to get rid of gluten you cannot destroy gluten by cooking so you have to buy nutritious which are gluten free you cannot get it out of your food if i tolerate gluten as a kid cannot develop the gluten sensitivity over the years yes you might you know that a lot of people have a different michael for the young people and so you tolerance to it different

nutrient nutrients or sugars is changing yes you can develop it later in life and if i'm going to sensitive to my life partners nada. is it dangerous for me to use the same knife for instance of the same plate if you have to distinguish between gluten sensitivity and serious disease if you have gluten sensitivity in you to nothing happens we support it just like loading when you come from the us but there is no damage to your body so when your girlfriend or boyfriend cuts a knife that's different activities which is an allergic disease and you should avoid if you must avoid future in this case thanks so much for inviting me to be there for you having you here thank you thank you and if you've got any questions you like me to ask our experts be sure to write me an email i want to chance to win a backpack full of exercise gear just tell us your favorite home remedy or send us a picture tips for treating a stomach ache a cold or just stress. is too good shape at d w dot com be sure to

write poll remedy in the subject line we look forward to hearing from you. i think i'm infected and the woman behind the camera is too and perhaps you are too with the virus most of the times it doesn't cause any problems during your lifetime but it can cause a serious disease the infectious mono closes this disease is very painful but it has a nice name d.c. . infectious mononucleosis or glandular fever is called the kissing disease because it spread through saliva so the infection can also be transmitted by sharing food and drinking utensils the symptoms can be quite severe. but. first i had a really bad sore throat then i had swollen glands and tonsils and i was in the hospital for eight days i could hardly bear to swallow my throat hurts so much.

is usually caused by the epstein barr virus which almost every adult has. been exposed to. frost almost ninety percent of all people have been infected with this on their lives but usually with no clinical symptoms however some people come down with a serious infection small owing is painful they get a high temperature swelling glands and the neck swelling of the liver and spleen in these cases motto can be dangerous. when on a birch it came down with a sore throat she thought she had a cold she stayed in bed and took over the counter remedies but she felt worse and worse. and hammer. i couldn't eat or drink and i was taking really heavy. it's nothing and. after a week her throat was so sore and swollen that her boyfriend took her to an ear nose and throat clinic. that the doctors

took a blood sample that's the easiest way of testing for the epstein barr virus would often are. but doctor also examined her throat as well as causing a red swollen throat mano makes the tonsil swell up and develop a whitish yellow coating. mononucleosis tends to affect teenagers and young adults in most cases it's hard to know exactly where the virus was contracted. by. the epstein barr virus can also be contracted via exposure to coughs and sneezes. once it's in the saliva it's attaches to the mucosal cells in the fabrics and multiplies. from that it spreads to the lymph glands. on

colors five you can easily mistake mano for tonsilitis or angina because the coating that forms on the tonsils is very similar to the thing especially when the mononucleosis has persisted for several days but missed. the epstein barr virus is not restricted to the throat but spreads throughout the body. and ultrasound examination of on a but his abdomen reveals that her liver and spleen are swollen these are complications of mana that can be dangerous. yes to complicate saw the worst complication of mononucleosis is that the liver and the spleen can be so badly affected that their function as a pair they could even rupture which would result in a severe loss of blood in the abdomen. that's why the doctor prescribed an a virtual lots of bed rest she even had to stay in the hospital. when she was given antibiotics pain relief and lots of fluids. she still had difficulty

swallowing and could only soft foods. after a few days she began to feel better but a boyfriend still had to keep his distance can disappear but you should avoid kissing and close personal contact with others for the next four to six weeks for a family. and for the next four months i have but you have to avoid physical exertion and drinking alcohol which could damage her liver and spleen. at least once she had recovered she could kiss her boyfriend again. me here in germany we say goodbye to winter and hello spring time and we already have booked our holiday trip but how can you hit the beach when you're not in some shape me. stuff and would like to lose weight she was in a car accident and for a long time she was unable to exercise and put on weight as

a result now she hopes junks training will help her shed some of it has been more time extremely motivated we're always bombarded with images of fit and trim women and i don't want to walk around with a big fat tummy when i'm at the beach. i'd like to be slimmer and more toned and maybe lose a few kilos so i don't and other people for. personal training young enough one of money is going to help the first thing she does is take measurements help waste measures ninety six centimeters hips one hundred twelve her thighs at sixty centimeters and thomas are thirty at the start of her fitness regime is have a way sixty seven kilos. oh again you know draws up a training program designed to tony's up as tom and legs after warmup she gets going with some exercises for the abdominal muscles. is this and if this is

torture it's really hard it's been ages since i did any exercise and i really feel that i. can feel the fat burning that you know. the next exercise she does is even harder it's designed to strengthen the deep muscles he said but has to do three sets of twelve repetitions. if you love women often think they should do lots of repetitions with light weights that's all well and good but you're more likely to get the desired effect with heavier weights percent of. the same with need bends the last three or four should be tough if they don't feel difficult you need to increase the weights on. the last step of ease as fitness plan is triceps training now comes the hard bit of it has to stick to the plan for eight weeks she'll be keeping a video diary that charts have progress. you will be asking about yeah i've survived the first two weeks and i feel great about my muscles were unbelievably sort first

but that's past. i've made progress i've lost two kilos like he was my clothes are starting to feel baggy was. visible so adjusted her diet she's avoiding sweet treats and eating lots of vegetables in addition to strength training she's doing insurance training to test stamina and burn fat. eight weeks of up she's lost four kilos. she's lost twelve centimeters around her waist. and four centimeters from her hips. toms haven't changed but they do look a lot more toned. if most using four kilos in two months is optimal it's not too fast she didn't have to go on an extreme diet she did a lot of exercise and made healthy food losing four kilos is ideal. like it's been

i'm really into it now and i want to know so even more weight losing weight takes hard work but it's fun has proved it can be done. wow good job and what do you do to be in some a shake send us a photo via facebook and see you next week and until then let's all try to stay in good shape. q.

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new governments members of germany essential democrat tottenham budgets they stopped the deal to reenter a coalition with the knuckles conservatives. have the end of what will remain the same what will change. the grand coalition revival movement today john w. moves on. would it be fighting for the case to be taken seriously in the words of what appears what's come out. on top of. the studio superhero on a mission to change how to smart women spot smart trucks smart street alleging the fierce and by no means missed out on the brink recently and dangerous stuff w. . bush told us because he made

a post. representing. me. architect of east germany's police. to the moon if i had my way. east germany would still be. faster. than what you know. started in march thirteenth d w. this is d.w. news a line from berlin and runs on political deadlock finally ends in germany the social democrats vote to join a coalition government led by chancellor on the america over five months after

germany's election this paves the way for a new government to form soon to talk about the implications for germany and also for europe also coming up italy votes in an election whose outcome is anything but certain gains are expected for anti establishment and right wing parties like migration and the economy among the key campaign issues. and the biggest blunders legal clash of the weekend featured a pair of top tier clubs with champions league expectations will tell you what happens when dortmund travel to licensing. hello welcome to mary in evanston it's good to have you with us germany's social democrats have voted yes to teaming up once again with conservatives two thirds of s.p.d. members voted in favor of the coalition deal hammered out by their party leaders

and merkel's christian democrats the chancellor herself can breathe a sigh of relief more than five months after the election that the uncertainty is now over the new government could be in place in less than two weeks time. when the social democrats interim leader all of the grassroots decision had given the party a clear mandate and it was now time to get down to business let's have a listen. he did as he did the members of the s.p.d. have approved the proposals put forward by the party leadership by a large majority. we now have clarity the s.p.d. will enter the next german government the social democratic party did not take this decision lightly we were very open and transparent as we debated the results of the coalition agreement at length over the past few weeks these were important and exciting discussions in which many s.p.d.

members were actively involved i believe this debate has brought us closer together and it gives us the strength we need as a party to enter into the government and to get our country going in the right direction. on to talk about all this i'm joined now in the studio by correspondence i'm young and by political analyst and good to have both of you here simon i'd like to start with you we can assume that chancellor angela merkel is feeling relieved but what are some of the other reactions that you've been hearing from around germany yeah well we in fact do have a reaction from bones from medical has self as she's tweeted in the last hour. congratulations the s.b. day on this clear result no doubt relieved that it was a two thirds. of the speedy members voted in favor of the new grand coalition and she's looking forward to further cooperation for the better if they have germany

she says and other senior members of a party have said similar things as live on the line the defense minister may well remain in that role as saying that you know it's important that germany gets on with important policies that will take the country forward other people being a little less positive should i say they'd be very and conservatives a senior member of that policy saying. well we want the s.p.d. to make sure that it doesn't get cools off with all sorts of internal wranglings they've got to get on with the job of being in government so you can already see a little bit of you know digging digging there and pointing out the problems that the s.p.d. has had and other opposition politicians have said that you know the grand coalition is not good news for germany they say that this will government be more of the same and won't carry out the reforms that are desperately needed simon i guess that twitter is now the medium of that people express their views and

responses the quickest we do have a few tweets more some other reactions on twitter kevin kuhn or the leader of the s.p.d. youth wing had this to say we set out to win therefore at first disappointment criticism of the grand coalition of remains the s.p.d. needs to be more like it's been in the last few weeks and less as it's been in recent years the young s.p.d. group will ensure that the party does not renew itself without us tomorrow it begins so also as you mentioned earlier the city you party tweeted this on behalf of shots on goal americal which you mentioned i congratulate the s.p.d.m. this clear result look forward to further cooperation for the benefit of our country some reactions also coming from further away in brussels p.r. muscovy chief of the european commissioner for economic and financial affairs with this tweet congratulations to my s.p.d. friends for their responsible and decisive vote germany is now ready to engage for

a stronger europe so at least the ones that we've been looking at by and large positive reactions you know i'd like to ask you though for a broader view from a european perspective is this the combination of political parties that europe wants to see moving forward is this the right combination i think for many countries it definitely is i think in the especially in. barris they will probably be drinking a glass of champagne right now. from spawn's to push europe by hand and can not do that without germany and no four this referendum would have been disastrous there is a fantastic moment right now a momentum to to reform the european union that would have never been possible if we had to wait another few months on a new german government the risk however is that the new coalition and this

coalition with to weaken parties macko has we can within our own party the s.p.d. is very occupied with itself still which will mean that you know germany is after more force to follow france than ever before i think so you say champagne expected in brussels celebrations and oddly enough the response at the s.p.d. headquarters when the announce announcement was made was a lot more muted in fact there were no cheers or celebrations and our political editor michel that krishna spoke to the man who read out the results s.p.d. treasurer did my need to and he explained why there was such a muted response any time there was a simple science when you know it's the result that everybody was waiting for i have to say this is one of the most awkward moments i've ever seen in my political reporting what happened during the night when we were counting the vote we discussed. we discussed with all the people here in the house three

ect in the morning when we have a result and it was very clear from the beginning on that overwhelming majority of my comrades said. if there is one side. winning or having the majority there should not be behavior like it's in triumph it's great we have one it should be more quiet to make clear we haven't a result but we need everybody in spite of what position he or she had in the debate before and so this was common sense and the colleagues who were in favor against a new grand coalition said if we win we will cyle silent and the other said if we want to see this new government when we will also silent to make clear there are not winners and losers there's only one party so

a collegial of arrangement then now there already cools for a grassroots vote on the new party leadership so a potential new rebellion within the own party will we see that no i think discussing should we have more direct democracy in the party is not on rebellion but i must tell you that the constitution of our party doesn't allow that so we will have the decision at april twenty second in the party convention this party convention could for the next time make another decision but now in the moment we can only elect our next woman or charmin on the party convention now the s.p.d. party has been emerged bruised and battered out of these so-called ground coalitions with angle americal c.d.u. how will you avoid the same fate this time around i think we can only avoid it if we accept that a lot of members of our party do not really how should i say feel very comfortable

or happy with a new grand coalition they accepted it with a majority of sixty six percent but i think the main part for. it's now to renew the party to come to another political culture or two and other way how we deal with each other and of course to shape our profile as a left wing or middle left wing party and we must do that in spite of that we are now going again in the government or in the grand coalition and i think that is now our task we need everybody in spite of his personal opinion in the decision we have made now to renew the party and i think if we knew the party we will have a better. chance in the next elections to succeed who we see as s.p.d. ministers in the new cabinets not really believe me i don't know that. this

will be work on the proposal and this proposal is going to the execute of board of the party so that would be not alone some decision and of course that takes a little bit time so i would say at the end of the this week or the beginning of the next week we will have this proposal and. i am absolutely sure that it will be an suggestion for us that finds overwhelming majority in our execute of court t.v. money time head of the internal election commission in this historic vote thank you very much for the interview. all right so as the treasurer himself actually acknowledging that there are still quite a significant number of party members who are not quite happy about joining the governing coalition with the party so divide it can we see the kind of renewal that the s.p.d. keeps talking about renewing the s s b d is an enormous task when you are in

government they will always be caught between defending the policy of your own government and wanting to create a profile of your own party that's much more easier doing that in opposition and i'm also but one. thing about renewing their party for more than ten maybe even fifty years already and i really don't know what they mean with this renewal and. the renewal of leadership is a renewal of a political course is a more left wing or right wing so it's very unclear and i don't expect any clarity anytime soon especially not in again another grand coalition well just thinking about leadership simon what happens next how will this government be put together in the coming weeks and months right after the relief of today they've got the support of the membership so they can press ahead with a new grand coalition and sometime during the coming week we will hear from the s.p.d. leadership who are the names of that they're going to put forward to fill the cabinet

posts we've been told it will be three men and three women that's an important point for many germans but we don't know the names yet it says of finance minister seems to be fairly set but who could be the foreign minister it could be a continuation with real but he's not terribly popular among his party colleagues at the moment. what we will hear those days in the coming in the coming week and that will pave the way for a vote in the bundestag we expect on the fourteenth of march when the members of parliament will vote for angle americal as the new chancellor of the old chancellor the new chancellor fourth term in office equaling helmut kohl of course so you know just briefly with that on the america all expected to be the new old chancellor are we going to finally get the kind of stability in germany that everybody's been waiting for this with everybody hopes of all right political analysts you have

johnson and simon young flip a correspondent many thanks to both of you for your analysis and your thoughts. well earlier our brussels correspondent barbara vessel told us there is also widespread relief among european leaders falling to yesterday's decision to join forces again with on the americans conservatives. are the first reactions from the european commission or members of the european commission of course with really well coming because everybody here was more or less waiting with bated breath will germany continue to be the beacon of stability in a europe that is torn asunder among so many lines and that has so many weak governments and place them that is really something that we have to take into account i mean look at theresa may and she's barely clinging on by her fingernails look at spain manuel hari who's just sort of carrying on as usual but doesn't

really have strong support nationally and is not a strong figure on the european scene look at italy where we have elections today i mean the second really big question that will be decided today what will happen there very unstable government for more than a year now so we have a four way coalition in the netherlands that is seems fairly stable however i mean that means to accommodate a lot of parties. under one government so whatever you look and then we have him on room across the men and france who is writing the tiger really if you look at what he's doing there and trying to reform his country against its own will and it was a got to popularity he is about around fifty percent that's the same that angle america has so the two will now have to link arms in sort of slowly but surely push europe forwards in sort of he wants more integration is sort of more reluctant but

they will take together first steps. and that was our brussels correspondent barbara vessel speaking a short time ago and as barbara mentioned italians are casting their ballots in what's shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable elections in years polls opened earlier on sunday with initial results expected later in the evening far right and populist parties are expected to make major gains in a vote dominated by fears over immigration and the economy but with polls pointing to no clear winner many observers expect a hung parliament. the only thing certain before today's vote attalia are divided numerous parties have teamed up in two opposing political alliances leaving many voters unsure which is best suited to represent italy's interests. you'll see shit everyone's very doubtful the vase is spread out the same many

different policies that school people feeling pretty confused. i don't have you know what they say. the election is featuring some familiar faces including silvio berlusconi he's barred from holding office but the former prime minister has generated a lot of enthusiasm for his center right coalition with another former prime minister matteo renzi is leading a center left coalition during his tenure the pro e.u. politician guided italy out of its worst recession since world war two but economic woes and high unemployment are still major voter concerns. you know i'm worried i'm not sure workwise all make it to retirement. in the high court is there a great concern for sure what can pensions before the being fifty three and on easy about work is hard. some voters have grown nervous at the momentum garnered by far right parties. that will provide people with very worried because there are in my

opinion many populist movements that jane really represent my vs very worried yes will thing. but. the anti establishment five star movement led by that agree low comedian turned politician could end up with the most votes though perhaps not enough to govern outright barring an election day break out an indecisive vote could lead to a hung parliament and political gridlock in europe's fifth largest economy. well joining us now from rome is our correspondent garrick montas so there are guys we've been saying this is one of the most unpredictable elections that really has seen in years walk us through some of the potential outcomes is the country heading for a hung parliament. i think that's the most likely scenario that we will see a hung parliament and that basically leaves us with three options the frontrunner

currently in the race is the center right coalition around silvio berlusconi who has teamed up with a number of far right wing populist parties now they were in the case of a hung parliament they would have to look for a coalition partner and one partner could be the center left government around the current prime minister gently loney now a grand coalition as we have it now in germany i'd say in italy is rather unlikely given the kind of fighting we have seen throughout the campaign which takes us to option number two which is the populist option the single strongest party according to the polls will be the five star movement now the problem here is they have a charismatic young leader they have a lot of support there they're about to get a lot of strong support in the south of italy in particular but they've ruled out categorically any coalition and by themselves they probably won't get enough so final option is a caretaker government some sort of government that will be put into office until

it's only has another election so there you mentioned silvio berlusconi he's an incredibly controversial politician the former prime minister what are people make of his reappearance in politics. well he tried very hard to sell himself as a wise owl in this race trying to gain power for a fifth time and in fact if you look at election posters you could read president a bell a story basically saying only for president the only thing is that he actually in the next two years is barred from public office because he has been convicted for tax evasion but guess what he found a solution for that he has asked the president of the european parliament jani if he would want to become prime minister in case he makes the race and then he could in two years take over from tel jani and actually become a prime minister for

a fifth time that people here really have mixed feelings i asked at a polling station let's let's listen what people had to say about the scenario and he's like a cartoon character who wants everybody to like him and what makes me laugh is the fact that in two thousand and eleven he was absolutely finished destroyed devastated to detect by everyone but now he's supposed to be the savior of the country so. little school year. is unique only he can adapt this way. and i admire him a lot for his tenacity. maybe it's better to have sukkot on top again to nothing at all. italians here are really desperate for change and ironically you have to say given the euro skeptic extremist in the race even for the european union

a moderate or he at least he presents himself moderate palestinians is not the worst choice all right gary mattis reporting for us from rome thank you. now look at some of the other stories making news around the world and swiss voters look unlikely to abolish their t.v. license fee exit poll suggests a clear no vote in sunday's referendum on whether to accept mandatory fee for radio and television programming the license fees around four hundred euros annually and provides funding for public broadcasters there's been an escalation in violence in syria's eastern guta hundreds of people are reportedly fleeing advances by government forces as damascus presses an offensive to crush the last major rebel stronghold near the capital is comes despite a u.n. ceasefire call a week ago. u.s. president donald trump has threatened to impose new tax on european cars he tweeted

quote that if the e.u. wants to further increase their already massive tariffs and barriers and u.s. companies washington will simply apply a tax on their cars which freely pour into the u.s. now in two weeks russians head to the polls for a national elections president vladimir putin faces no serious challengers and his reelection is not in doubt but that hasn't stopped him from campaigning in the past week he's boasted of russia's military might and sought to stoke nationalist fervor in moscow over one hundred thousand gathered for a star studded rally to support their president at the city's main sports complex. tickets to see russian pop star. usually cost up to one hundred seventy euros but on saturday more than one hundred thousand people saw him perform for free along with a host of other russian celebrities an extravagant campaign rally for the to me

a putin whose election victory is all but certain that it was the issue we should look he's a real man a strong president a great person but i mean it was that russia is doing so much better than in the ninety's we have putin to thank for that very serious dollars. we were told to come here. as well as public sector workers the audience included delegation said from chechnya and other russian federation republics apache arctic backdrop for putin's latest appearance days after he set the course for a new arms race with washington on saturday he sought to whip up nationalist fervor bluejay sheet if we stand together i believe we will achieve stunning victories in the coming decades of the twenty first century we will do that yes we really work out there. the russian national anthem topped off an appearance of just seven minutes putin seems confident that's enough to secure the support of voters in two weeks' time. you're watching d.w.

news if you've just joined us the center left social democrats have voted yes to teaming up once again with uncle america's conservatives to form a so-called grand coalition two thirds of s.p.d. members voted in favor of the coalition deal hammered out by their party leaders and miracles conservatives the chancellor herself can breathe a sigh of relief this is more than five months after the election in germany the uncertainty is now over the new government could be in place in less than two weeks time. so soccer news now and in the bundesliga game of the week on saturday like sicko's to dortmund in a key clash for the champions league slots the top half of the german league is so tightly bunched that a win would have done wonders for leipsic. as players dortmund spader's digger and live six roughhousing who until one titles together in their native austria now the old friends are rivals the stakes were high but somebody should have told the

visitors manuella his lack of touch let in team over know for the games first chance and nine minutes i remember key equal to the shot. dortmund were also a threat andres sure lovelady amaechi bochy why but the goal was ruled out for offside soon after a near repeat scenario this time marco it always was on target the officials denying dortmund again up the other and not be caged at times his past better phrase junk of an obvious down one nil to the hosts after twenty nine minutes dortmund wasted no time in hitting back though mark sanchez roy's through on goal no upside this time royce rounding the keeper and slotting home. the friends level after. the game got scrappy after the break. but she y.-e. with the best chance of the second half but the cross from diode on the touch from

the chelsea loney were both lacking that cutting edge lights a broader room for more attacking threat wingers cross sailing agonizingly why and so it ended one all a result that helps neither side if nothing else an old friendship remains intact. some tragic news now from italy's soccer league the serious ah where few are in tina's reporting the death of team captain davey day a story the club says that the defender died overnight after a sudden illness a story was found early today in his hotel room before his club snatch against. all seven of syria sunday matches have now been postponed. a quick reminder now of the top stories we're following for you this hour germany's social democrats have voted that they will once again team up with uncle america's conservatives to form a new grand coalition more than five months after elections will finally be able to

form a new government. and italians are voting in a general election today after a campaign focused on migration and the economy with the polls pointing to no clear winner a hung parliament could be the most likely outcome. up to date now on news will be back again at the top of the hour and marian evans steen from all of us here in berlin thanks for watching. your a mix this week's highlights. assured beauty makes when he accepted miss germany contest. victorious roger federer is sportsman of the new. uninhibited flamenco star in chance with

dazzling choreography. is to be. every move he makes has a global impact. but when has president putin lead russia during the in the know. is his strategy working. or has he miscalculated. putin monsta of the game. in forty five minutes to. the. quiet and dortmund show good life. it's a good thing as a favorite seems so we've got all the best goals we've got all the action the double is the home of german football share the experience of every match that someone just league of every weekend here on w. climate change.

waste. pollution. isn't it time for good news eco africa people and projects that are changing our environment for the better it's up to us to make a difference listen splinter child. became an environment magazine. on d. w. . everybody welcome to your remarks highlights a look back at the best of european lifestyle and culture of this week here's what's coming up. festival dons found the world of

a flock to southern spain. top talents the winners of this is laureus world sports awards. all the beautiful meet the twenty eight seen miss germany contestants. on a recent trip to spain i had the joy of seeing flamenco for the very first time one thing i was surprised to find out was that the name has no connection to the flamingo bird but rather it is said to be derived from the hispanic arabic word fell out many meaning expelled people it has its roots. and that's where today's so kicks off with the annual flamenco festival. dance and. taking the audience on into the subconscious.

is a brilliant technique and experimental stuff. nation takes. by . for this it is tasteful. so you know. that's me. and me is an imaginary individual living in a fantasy world but i get at it when i create something new i'm like

a child living out my fantasy in the fantasy and. boldly challenges conventions gender roles it's a deliberate provocation in the macho world of. the respective critics and audiences. is regarded as one of the world's greatest advances. i don't fear the awards i've won since starting to perform in dresses as praise for my own accomplishments. instead they acknowledge that everyone should express themselves and dance how ever they want it. it is flamenco festival has about this program. dance a region ated in the region of and illusion and is deeply influenced by roma culture. typical flamenco clothing also has

a roma flair. it flatters the figure and features lots of flounces. subsetting the traditional garb and so popular when the festival is on this year which reds and purples are right. i mean flamenco styles change every year some designs resemble each other costumes are traditional but they change more than any other type of traditional spanish clothing. a dress like this can cost several hundred euros for and illusion women flamenco dresses a what's the little black dress is to others. i've had about thirty dresses in my life it's the same for my mother and she gave some to me i mean even when i was small i got to put on the dresses and i'll pass them on to my children got a i mean. people from all over the world come to the festival workshops

with famous artists like i said quickly booked up. lots of dancers have come especially from asia many are there for the long haul taking courses during the day going to concerts at night and living and illusion stop filming co pure and simple like you only have the wealthy are always happy but from a half differ. it follows different feelings. express every day when you dance for the friends even if the same music depends on the feeling when i think this is just why i am. good this is why i am my counters. midnight performances in the day goes of head as a particularly popular the concept must have as the left is the homage to the women . it's the classical side of flamenco.

but. i. guess. it's not the mango as a living culture it just continues to evolve as it should do. the traditional form of flamenco should progress too but there are artists who are fighting for real advances or do not want to express what moves them right now to the key because i don't know but if they need. and it's this cultural diversity that makes the hairs festival so special. well it's award season all over and of course that includes the world of sports heroes performances at the olympics or world championships are celebrated every year at the laureus world sports awards in monaco the jury is made of of past sporting giants including

tennis stars boris becker and martina navratilova and this year my absolute favorite tennis player was the big winner of the night. the laureus academy has chosen roger federer. everybody else was tennis star roger federer has been named sportsman of the year twenty seventeen and after he returned from a long break with an injury and then shot right back to the top of the a.t.p. rankings he was honored for comeback of the year twenty seventeen as well. for this is easy because this i'm totally thrilled it's an incredible moment in my career here on the world's biggest stage in front of the academy with the world sports awards me the award show me a dream. the awards are presented by members of the laureus world sports academy all of them sporting legends. boris becker for one who in one nine hundred eighty five became the youngest tennis player ever to

win wimbledon. encountering of it who took home two olympic gold medals as a figure skater in the one nine hundred eighty s. for east germany and took her place in the ice skating pantheon. glorious members go out jogging together along monaco's waterfront. and they take a look at a sports project for socially disadvantaged kids in nice and surrounding forest becker encounters the unexpected snowfall. this time this is part of i think it's our responsibility to give something back we've not forgotten where we come from from sport and sport has given us all a chance to do something with our lives. the members of the laureus academy are still overwhelmingly men. something that not

celebrated or maybe in gymnast wants to change she's hoping to win over. albert of monaco and his wife charlene played the cards. i think we're getting to a platform that you quality to recognize the all over the world i think that's. an amazing time for women to speak i want to learn to respect because i don't think that a woman can do less than i thank you. i think the women in their creative imaginative outfits definitely outshine the men. i think it's feels fine i think i'm more comfortable on the balance beam down on the carpet even though this is a lot whiter. but it's fun to dress up it's in the set off the boards i want so much oh sure we're used to being on the red carpet and wearing in the nice dress.

but it is work though it looks like we just snap their fingers there's always a great designer in the background well i think we would rather be on a playing field but you know we're on the same boat so it's ok i like a very comfortable sneakers on so i'm good. but it's a man who steals the show tonight. is coming to the outside but i remember coming to the laureus the first time i met famous people and i thought wow they're my idols and then suddenly i too became one of these people. roger federer has won a laureus trophy six times already another record broken. from competitive sports to competitive looks the miss germany pageant took place recently and one of the contestants really stood out miss lois saxony also known as

you want to look showed up with a crew cut a first for a mr many projects there was some serious buzz about it on social media so are changing beauty standards making a mark on the event. twenty two contestants vying for the crown at this year's miss germany pageant. back stage has stylists have their work cut out juggling curlers styling one's head drives on multiple heads of long. one contestant though can relax because her hairstyle is always picture perfect you want to is the reigning miss lower saxony and her hairstyle isn't just making waves backstage a candidate with a crew cut is a first here but she's not getting any special treatment in the run up to the pageant she got on fine with her fellow competitors. this is. just tear

my hair is just a short it's no big deal our personalities just clicked and that's what counts that's what gets. three weeks you want to use packing her bags for the miss germany adventure she hasn't been sporting a close call for a long. recently she looked like this but then you look gave her self-esteem a boost she entered the beauty pageant in her home city of but didn't really take it that seriously and then she one day i thought i wasn't hoping and praying to the winner and i think i just took part to try out something new to gain new experiences and just have some fun. at the competition awakened her ambition even though until then she'd been more interested in dance and modeling her mentor is all rounder and his studio is her home away from home after clinching the miss lower saxony title you wanna faced a barrage of criticism even abuse on social media just because of her hair style

she was called ugly boyish sickly but the experience made her stronger. and it's ok that i think it's ok if people have their own opinion but thanks for sharing but so what it's not my problem so what. good was good but like all of our fellow contestants in the run up to the pageant she was on her own on the canary island of four to ventura for fitness and media training. and also professional photo sessions the candidates calling everything they could want and the seventeen year old schoolgirl from however was transformed. this election for the finalists was just a few minutes away janice competitors with luscious logs liked her but did they think she stood a chance. against the always and short hair she something really special she stands out of mediately to look at all the girls and then bam there she wanna go i

think she'll definitely end up in the final how everything you think you see is the way she tells her story that she was bullied and that people said such awful things about her mom talking about there's a really special personality there because in a state it's had a lot of short hair long hairs does it matter. whether the judges would see it that way remains to be seen here however the ideal of beauty seem to be narrowly defined basic proportions are important what's called the gold maybe the eyes have to be the right distance apart from the angle of the nose and chin at about one hundred ten degrees. size be. with no center light on. the stool go from hanover look stunning and her evening gown even with her shorts have you and i was determined to stay relaxed no matter walked. but it was time for the swimsuit competition she already had to accept disappointment on the first evening when she felt to be selected for the group of finalists. someone else was

destined to end up wearing the crown a student from stuttgart twenty three year old out of a bind would be chosen as misjudge many twenty eighteen. we have and i think it's going to get it yes will probably open lots of doors for me and i've already met so many people in just the last three weeks whom i would never have met otherwise i've had so many experiences that otherwise simply wouldn't have been possible a place to be as i am. backstage your honor was overcome with emotion to the tears were flowing because many congratulated her poise and courage. as we get to want of course on monday i'll be back in school back to every day life but right now i can do what i like what i enjoy and i'll just see where life takes me. to step it came to this. is germany twenty eighteen zero ready has a shadow for the coming year and besides wearing the crown which shorts have would

have been quite a feat after all this time you just have to pin it to. now let's visit a beautiful home in france and love also have created quite a remarkable living space in leo where every single room has its own unique theme they've done it by using custom wallpaper that they design and sell themselves their product as they put it can turn your walls into an artistic expression. knightly new old town is traditionally slow paced most of the buildings have been here for centuries. the tricks of alms home is hidden behind this wall. hello and welcome to yong i'm glad to welcome you to my heart please join me. in the nineteenth century the building was an artist's studio it's still full of art today. where you don't is that in one because. we

created all the decorative elements that's our job and. we cover the walls where that large forest that lends a certain personality and then we create and make wallpaper that we then coordinate to fit. the living room is reminiscent of like in a forest there are shades of green trees and other forest motifs patrick and his wife florence make wallpaper that is far from traditional. as opposed to wallpaper that is printed industrially with repetitive motifs we've revisited the mural panorama that was somewhat famous in the nineteenth century. it depicted grand scenes that were traditionally engraved by hand or today a digital tool gives us more freedom measures than one was there for the idea is to tell a story. more than your. touch of on always test new

ideas in his home where he has lived for twenty years now the house is a hundred and fifty square metres and the true has a different theme. this one was inspired by francis presence in india. so they. don't this is the pondicherry room named after the indian trading post it features such as the bengal tiger and peacocks. this favorite place is actually the garden with real life nature and views of the city he likes being here at any time of the year. whether it's wonderful to live in a townhouse and yet feel like i'm almost in the countryside we're incredibly lucky . anything goes in patrick's house as long as it isn't boring and to those who might say the interior design is

a bit overwhelming he says that this is exactly its charm. of your house has to be alive and i think that house expresses the character and personality of those who live in it but i think our house reflects our home town taste for life we like to entertain friends we're welcoming or so have our interior design makes people feel like a young is there someone there yeah. this is a home that forms a unique oasis in the middle of town and one that is packed full of inspiration. now for our last report we go behind the scenes at the top restaurant the german capital boasts a fantastic variety of restaurants cooking up delicacies from all over the world but what's sometimes lost along the way is the local cuisine today we're visiting

berlin alexandre copper he's head chef at the michelin starred sky kitchen and shows us how to make one of the signature dishes. in which you could you should get one of many countries a million others and you'll find food from all over the world in berlin i love that about this city. xander cup is executive chef in berlin sky kitchen restaurant he's had a michelin star since twenty fourteen. he was born in communist east berlin in one thousand nine hundred one after leaving school he trained as a chef. he then went on to work in husam in northern germany. his great love he clearly recalls the fall of the berlin wall in one thousand nine hundred nine. i was about seven when the wall fell the best thing for me was the government's one hundred mark welcome money i

went over to west berlin and bought a chocolate kinda. a lot has happened since then and the buildings are completely restored. you could still see the difference between east and west but that's no longer the case it's really only the older generation who still refer to east and west berlin. sky kitchen is located on the twelfth floor of a hotel in the district of least in bear not far from the months. in the past this area was shunned by many berliners and considered unattractive. but now it's growing in popularity many families in particular are moving here because the rents are still affordable. alexander spent much of his childhood with his grandparents on their farm in northern germany perhaps that's why he came to love the local cuisine. the star chef still draws

many of his ingredients from the region. visitors to sky kitchen can choose from three to eleven course menus and taste dishes that surprise not only the palate but the eye the menu changes four times a year. we have so many great ingredients in the world fish seafood crustaceans. and you can make such fantastic dishes with. that's the great thing for a chef. you can try out new things bring a fresh modern twist to regional cuisine you can transform it all a bit i think that's great and that's what makes my job so appealing. cauliflower with poached egg yolk is an unusual way to serve a popular german vegetable. whether cooked in the oven as a light side dish cauliflower is versatile.

alexander serves up a modern dish in which he purees the cauliflower. he also serves a vegetable made from various ingredients. traditional german cuisine is hearty and often includes a lot of meat the star chef would like to change that so he offers a rich variety of vegetarian meals on his menu as well as meat dishes.

he likes to hark back to old german cooking traditions but always takes a fresh approach. i was very fond of eating at my grandmother's she cooked very down to earth food especially cauliflower with bread crumbs nut butter with mashed potatoes and roast pork that style influenced the kind of food young people grew to like and now i'm just trying to make that a little more modern. like the cuisine the restaurants interior design also combines old and new some excess a reason furniture came from flea markets and are originals from communist east germany. the restaurant can seat up to fifty five guests and offers a unique panoramic view with berman. it isn't so you will

discover the zone where quite relaxed here on the surface is also more relaxed which i like. you don't have to wear a suit and we have all kinds of people who dine here with guns completely normal people like me a lot of the locals come to celebrate a wedding anniversary or birthday you can treat yourself once a year and i think that's great that people do that. but if you want to dine it's got to be patient the restaurant is always booked out weeks in advance but once they get here most agree it was worth the wait. shouldn't be. an opportunity. that's all we have time for today but you can always catch up. all reports from this week on our website d.w. dot com slash lifestyle thanks for joining us five hours from now.

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starting march tenth on g.w. . this is news live from berlin months of political deadlock and in germany the social democrats vote to join a coalition government led by chancellor angela merkel over five months after germany's elections this paves the way for a new government to form soon we'll talk about the implications for germany and europe also ahead. italy votes in an election whose outcome is anything but certain

gains are expected for and he established man and the right wing party with migration and the economy among campaign issues. and thanks for joining us germany's social democrats have voted yes to teaming up once again with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives two thirds of as feeding members voted in favor of the coalition deal hammered out by their party leaders and christian democrats this gives the chancellor another term in office her fourth and a new government is expected to be in place within just two weeks. credits of journalists and much anticipation at the social democrats headquarters after speculation about a close result all eyes were on the s.p.d. as it revealed its decision one hundred sixty days after germany's election but the

mood inside were strained after the result was announced meet john hart and thirty nine thousand six hundred four s.p.d. members voted in favor one hundred twenty three thousand three hundred twenty nine s.p.d. members voted no this corresponds to an approval of sixty six point two percent of the votes cast. six and sixty. cents to up you gave in and stephen no applause no cheering and a cautious party leader who fought very hard for this yes it. is a social democratic party did not take this decision lightly in the past few weeks they discussed the results of the coalition agreement openly and transparently these were important and exciting debates in which many members of the s.p.d. actively participated with the chief the top the result of the members vote is not exactly cause for showing off s.p.d. leaders know that many in the party have struggled with this decision fearing that

the s.p.d. will be completely sidelined in another grand coalition. s.p.d. youth wing boss kevin cornered back in the spotlight he became the figurehead of the resistance against a grand coalition and despite his disappointment is rick conciliatory significant it is a democratic vote and of course we accept this result that we are not sore losers and we will try to make the best of it can dispense to. to mom andrea knowledge the s.p.d. is most powerful woman at the moment is pleased with the result but doesn't want to say who will get which ministries. when will you announce the s.p.d. personnel line up. on monday week from monday or maybe earlier but soon. people where's my car. how do the germans feel many are just happy to see a government take shape. we've been going through a period of standstill in business as well and i believe that now there is security and soon we can begin making progress if it's good for the s.p.d.

in the long run i don't know but how long this back and forth continue it's been months if they can push through everything they're planning slightly otherwise new elections what good would that do us now and i said no it's naive on its part now i know america is due to be sworn in again as chancellor within the month and scrutiny returns to a new edition of the grand coalition. to discuss this further i'm joined here in studio by the political correspondent simon the r. and political analyst european fenceline we'll start with you the s.p.d. has obviously voted yes and the chancellor is surely breathing a sigh of relief but what are some of the other reactions you're well within the speedy of. relief and people saying you know this gives us the basis to do the tea things we need to do get on with the work of government but also to read new policy which has been in such trouble in recent months and some senior s.p.d. people like thomas all comment saying that very surprised that the saudis of this

majority voting in favor of it he wasn't expecting that another senior social democrat drawing has said that you know there really is still no passion for the grand coalition so it is a mixture of reactions some of them a bit lukewarm and just pick out one other thing from the opposition far right a f d policy that we've heard so much about lately they're already saying well this is bad for germany but it's good for us because you know the d.s.p. days just a club for electing angle a macro list shots though they've got no ideas of their own and we're going to go off to the government on migration on on europe and those are the things where they think they can really attack this government so there's a a warning in that well talk about f.t. in just a moment but you know coming to you now the european perspective on this move now what are they thinking i think also europeans. very relieved although you must also see that europe also looks at a german government that has the kind of verbal this time you have for the two

parties in government now that are still working on themselves miracle got a lot of criticism within their own party s.p.d. of course is has a leadership crisis and that is a crisis about that the course they want to go so it could be that we get a german government that is less effective so europe doesn't really know what's going to happen with germany and the position of germany and europe and that can change back and change a lot of course the s.p.d. membership themselves were not exactly all on board with this plan let's take a quick look at how they vote it so sixty six percent of those two thirds voting yes to just about thirty four from the no camp clearly the final result didn't end up being as close as many had expected and there's the result as you mentioned earlier will give chancellor angela merkel a fourth charm an office simon now the question remains what happens next with regard to this long awaited government in terms of the process we still need to

find out who is going to be the ministers from the s.p.d. side in the cabinet medical's the way he named her people but there are six ministries the social democrats who have we here there they're going to be three men and three women in charge. already the mantic for the finance ministry but names still to come out the of the varian c.s.u. of all those are going to name their people that's going to happen in the next few days and by the fourteenth of march it should be possible for palm and to vote on who will be the chancellor of all these leave that will be angela merkel because there's no majority there for that and the government can can get on with its work by east and the timetable of course it's a long long way that we've come since the elections back in september absolutely as you mentioned of course will become chancellor be sworn in again simon she gets what she. wants but she hasn't walked away with us on skates sorry i thought no don't know for sure like i said within the c.d.u.

down to criticism on i'm going to morocco has grown in the last month there is especially from the more conservative people within the party who they are not that satisfied with the coalition make this rather leftist they're not happy with how the ministries have been divided between the two parties so there is definitely a lot of work ahead for merkel to restore credibility and our officials see as i mentioned earlier about the f.t. they're saying that maybe this isn't necessarily good for europe but it's good for them they will now go into official opposition what kind of impact is this going to have. is going to be i think the impact will be that the a.f.d. will try to get the get under discussion of this conservative flank within the c.d.u. and you know the more the deal will grow the more loud this conservative flank within the c.p.u. will become and that's of course a problem when you have

a coalition with a leftist party of a social democratic parties who feel the pressure coming from the left side again yes and of course we'll be watching that very closely political analyst johansson and our very own political correspondent simon young thank you very much and while the uncertainty surrounding a government simmers down in germany it appears to be bubbling up in italy voters there are casting their ballots in what's shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable election in years far right populist parties are expected to make major gains in a vote dominated by fears over the economy and immigration but with polls pointing to a no clear winner most observers expect a hung parliament. joining us now from rome is our correspondent garrick mathis good to see you a hung parliament and unclear options for a government coalition that feels

a lot like the political limbo germany west back in for just the last few months which scenarios could italy now be facing a no absolute majority in the building which you see behind me the italian parliament that is the most likely scenario and a hung parliament will mean three things the center right coalition around dallas county will have to look for a bigger partner to team up with and that could be the center left the government around to give the current prime minister a gentle loney it's an unlikely remarriage scene that they had some serious fighting throughout campaigning which takes us to option number two a populist choice the five star movement is the single biggest party according to polls that could come out of the race as the winner but they have ruled out categorically to form a coalition so finally what not option number three would be a caretaker government until the italy holds another election. potentially another election and silvio berlusconi is in the thick of things yet again this despite

scandal after scandal and tax fraud convention conviction rather could we really see him climbing back to the top of the italian political mountain look silvio berlusconi is an experienced mountaineer he's been up on that peak four times why not climb a fifth time the only problem he has really is that within the next two years he can hold a public office of being convicted because of text evasion but guess what the political dinosaur if you want has found a trick around that caretaker if you want he asked the president of the european parliament to jani if he would want to become prime minister in italy until in two years he could take over and fulfill that promise that you finally election poses throughout the country it says president to balance tony. and like you have the big picture just as germany europe is watching a italian a lecture rather closely what's at stake for the e.u. . basically if there's a hung parliament that would be

a massive destruction it could take months of negotiating and it could distract from actually making necessary reforms to bring the country back on its feet taking it out of a deep debt crisis resolving the crisis in the country on the other hand the euro skeptic rhetoric if you want has been toned down throughout that's complain ever since a practice that whenever it became clear that there are advantages in the european union and also since marine le pen's the french of far rights complain really failed the the populace in italy have to have really toned down there there are euro skeptic rhetoric in this race. matheson rome thank you very much. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a century after british women won the right to vote activist celebrities and

politicians are joining a rally for gender equality on the streets of london demonstrators on the march for women are calling for an end to violence and discrimination in the workplace. voters look unlikely to abolish their t.v. license fee exit polls suggest a clear no in sunday's referendum on whether to axe a mandatory be for radio and television programming the license fee is around four hundred euros annually and provides funding for public broadcasters. u.s. president all of trump has threatened to impose a new tax on european cars he tweeted quote that if the e.u. wants to increase their already math of tariffs and barriers on u.s. companies washington will simply apply a tax on their cars which she says for freely into the united states. the violence in eastern africa waiting as hundreds of people are reportedly fleeing

advances by syrian government forces damascus is pressing forward with an offensive to crush the last major rivals stronghold near the capital this just by an approved u.n. ceasefire called a week ago. british athlete roger bannister has died at the age of eighty eight that report coming from british media citing a statement from his family bannister was the first man to run a mile just over one point six kilometers in under four minutes it was a task of both speed and endurance in one nine hundred fifty four and it was considered one of the defining sporting achievements of the twentieth century his accomplishments didn't end there though after his running career bannister became one of europe's leading neurologists. and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you germany's social democrats have voted they will once again team up with anglo-american as conservatives to form a new so-called grand coalition more than five months after elections chancellor

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sharia. this is a story. of one man's wounded pride and his revenge a man who experienced russia's loss of superpower status and who wants to restore his homeland to its former glory. in twenty twelve bloody mere putin was elected russian president for another six years. the former k.g.b. agent had now already ruled the country for twelve years during which he restored order to a country facing disintegration silence the opposition and brought the media into line but the pomp of the inauguration ceremony was deceptive the election had left

putin weaker than ever before. the largest demonstrations since the collapse of the soviet union spread across the country the protesters condemned alleged election fraud and called for putin's resignation falling oil prices were causing widespread economic hardship and corruption was rife put in himself was accused of becoming one of the richest men in the world through graft. the ruler in the kremlin was very worried and hid himself in his palace. and he started to fight back using a tried and tested method accusing the west america and the cia of conspiring against him.

and we do have serious concerns about the conduct of the elections russian voters deserve a full investigation of all credible reports. and manipulation and we hope in particular that the russian authorities will take action on the recommendations that come forward putin had heard this statement by the american secretary of state on t.v. the night before as have most of russia he called it a declaration of. due to him. and you did signal solution. to maintain his power and mobilize the russian public putin wanted to make russia a world power again and recover the status lost to the west twenty years earlier

with the collapse of the soviet union but in order to achieve that he first needed to reconfigure his own power structures. liberals and surrounded himself with hardliners many were either former k.g.b. like him. his friend. a former k.g.b. officer or a wealthy businessman and pious creditor joined the inner circle that unofficial advises the russian president. with a distillation of the. it's there any ground. struggle . you sides. she says

the troops. everyone. that is them in asia and that can lead to actual error over you war water or you know are ya logical or cold war whether. this new cold war is of course directed against the winners of the previous one against the us and its armed extension in europe nato. since the collapse of the u.s.s.r. in one thousand nine hundred ninety one the transatlantic alliance has encroached on moscow's spear of influence poland romania and the baltic states which were occupied by soviet forces sought nato as protection. nato carried out a series of large scale maneuvers in response to putin's nationalist rhetoric

a rhetoric that worried his neighbors. the united states pushed ahead with plans for a new state of the art missile defense system throughout eastern europe hooten saw that as an unacceptable challenge to his quest for power. in june twenty twelve he confronted the western alliance at the g twenty in mexico an economic summit that brings together heads of state once a year. behind the scenes these summits give the participants a chance to weigh each other up to negotiate and to display their own strength a modern equivalent of the battle grounds on which the great powers used to meet. this is the military and political system of the western world from this point of view if you know the threat of communism disappeared this simple question is why why maddow is growing.

coutinho nato's de facto leader would listen to what he had to say he was meeting u.s. president barack obama on the international stage for the first time three years earlier obama had signaled a desire to reset relations with russia. it was a to the clinton administration in nato enlargement president obama always engaged mr putin a spirit of logic and the logic that we saw in the relationship was not necessarily the same logic that mr putin saw when somebody is trying to assure you listen i come with my tanks they come with my you know military equipment to your big heart but because that is looked against you would you believe and then there was also i think a geo political argument that the west should take advantage of this time to move east and to make sure that poland and hungary and

a stone are for ever outside russia's sphere of influence free states should be able to say we're in nato we're not in nato we're in the e.u. we're not in the e.u. who is russia to tell them how they should behave. the deployment of the missile defense system was no longer negotiable that's what obama told putin the press conference was frigid it was good to be. competitive. he also discussed international that all interested parties in trying to find a resolution to this problem. from obama's point of view how important was putin the leader of a country with a gross domestic product that barely matched that of spain. the meeting ended on a note of deep discord. but they did look can see that russia the equal part. goot norbit good but equal. then to be old

behavior was a clear this time who for the feeling of superiority. kind of fear no. what you languish to show is that you're on with like me so if i did not feel that there was a good personal relationship between president obama and vladimir putin that for some reason that relationship was straight and the result was that i think import it contributed to a breakdown in the relationship between our two countries. put is very russian. there's a thing inferiority complex about how the west doesn't take us seriously days c.s.

as the kind of retarded little brother that they can just kick and insult all the time they had been a great power. that was on par with the u.s. that was calling the shots all over the world and now people don't even listen to them. not only was the west not listening to russia it was also moving closer and closer to russia with its bases. in the summer of two thousand and twelve a civil war had been raging for over a year in syria an old ally of russia the opponents of president bashar al assad received weapons from europe and the us. there was no doubt in putin's mind that the west had ordered a regime change as it had done in two thousand and three in iraq and in libya where

the deposed president mohamed gadhafi had just been killed. when vladimir putin got a hold of the video of khadafi being killed lynched in the streets. he watched that video on repeat he just watched over and over and over again. and apparently he did the same thing but the video of saddam hussein's execution i think he takes these things very personally. was watching it to understand that should someone stand up to the united states should there be a real fright real confrontation well should expect no mercy. the events of the arab spring also reminded putin of the demonstrations against him that had taken place a few months earlier in order to counter western ambitions in syria he threw his

weight behind a regime on the verge of collapse. two years later ukraine twenty fourteen. in the capital city kiev the population rebelled against a corrupt and pro moscow leadership the crowd's loudly called for closer ties with the european union. even worse for putin the americans were there and obama adviser personally handed out food to opposition activists on my town square. or putin believes that after the fall of the soviet union the united states should

have committed itself to never integrating ukraine into the western camp. certain behavior could be. state in the key if sam sam people would prefer to interpret it as their current over. reaction of the whole population of the agree against corrupt of authorities and this is a false description. feb fifteenth everything came to a head the russian hockey team played it decisive match against the united states. in ukraine the pro western opposition was increasingly undermining the government it was a nightmare for putin who feared that the country would soon turn towards nato which would place the alliance just over five hundred kilometers from moscow. to the russian president's great anger the u.s.

one in the penalty shoot out. putin called a meeting of his security council in moscow his plan was to invade crimea which was part of ukraine its population is russian speaking and there is a russian naval base on the peninsula. but a military invasion of a european country was not an easy step to take. put into liberated and sought counsel. in the upper echelons of power the hardliners demanded that he take the offensive. one of those making the case was constantine malouf a of. a young only garc and an ultra nationalist champion of the great christian russia.

that was she's decision. and i can again you know just to tell you i. what are you scared that it was not easy and of course you know that was debated and to realize there what would happen after and what would be their reaction from from the west from from americans who support the sorts of. this in kiev and of course there is their reaction the soldiers. three don't you know jury . to believe that obama would not dare to oppose him and gave the green light. on the twenty third of february putin attended the closing ceremony of the olympic games and three days later the crimea awoke to find itself in the hands of russian special forces went landed during the night. one

sovereign state ukraine had been invaded by another russia. we were surprised when he went into crimea we saw that this was a potential. but it was a surprise that he did in the way he did his goal is to keep ukraine destabilized and to make sure that it never completes any kind of western orientation he's not as we like to think of him especially here in the us a grand strategic thinker and chess player he plays blackjack you know it's a very high acceptance of risk and that's a very russian mentality there's a russian word called a voice which is like basically a wing it and see what happens. obama called putin and talked for more than an hour threatening him with sanctions if he went ahead and annexed crimea but who didn't ignored the threats from the west and went even further. in the summer of

twenty fourteen russian troops without uniforms started arriving in done by. and eastern region of ukraine to support progress in separatist rebels against the new government in kiev it started a dirty war. feel. feel what do they want five hundred miles from moscow they wanted us to stay and see how they would kill our people there so we have to protect ourself and it means that it will protect our interests. our borders the west suspected malouf a.f. of financing separatists and imposed sanctions on him. for putin and

his entourage the war came at a price. lower to us remake a libyan mission city. no brain chemical room for the timber but he was afraid he would election of some of the around fifty people from putin's circle were banned from traveling to the west and their assets abroad were frozen both europe and the us imposed heavy sanctions on oil exports banking and armaments. stupid. enough to put in front. of. the pages. of this. school to finish the book. in feb twenty fifth scene put in finally agreed a ceasefire negotiated with the western powers in minsk he had the upper hand in

a conflict that he could ratchet up at will he had ensured that ukraine wouldn't join nato or the european union in the near future but at what cost. may twenty fifteen saw great celebrations to mark the seventieth anniversary of the soviet union's victory over national socialism. but the pomp was deceptive. western sanctions had had an impact on the economy the ruble had collapsed and even the military budget had had to be cut back. and had promised the russians glory but they had paid dearly for that vision. prices were rising poverty was increasing but he remained deaf to the worries of russian business leaders. what mainly preoccupied him was the fact that he had become

a pariah at the head of an ostracized state. the refusal of western leaders to participate in this important anniversary was a devastating humiliation worse still the man who wanted to rebuild russia as a world power was even excluded from the g eight the summit of the world's leaders . he fancied himself a great world leader when he was denied a platform around the world and when people wouldn't meet with him i think that had an impact. so putin was left with only provocation to remind the world that he at least still had a powerful army. for the first time since the cold war russian jets buzzed american ships in the baltic . but that brought nothing but contempt from the president of the world's only

superpower i think the overwhelming majority of the world rejects russia is a regional power. that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors. not out of strength but out of weakness see crazy you know we should play best of all too much the old desk and look at the globe the future read anything in the history botstein growth you know he really believes that we are a regional power the only poet in the world he shares equal. the power minister power. to the united states of america at least it would be wise even if you think so the palate. just preceded them let's look at this look at the look you did you did over in your little

continue even using me yeah but it didn't that actually is good for you to it's still sort of middle of shit which is where you use wayne to use the b.s. and he got stood. at the end of summer twenty fifteen in his luxurious villa on the black sea putin suddenly seemed quite relaxed. he had understood that direct confrontation was not a good strategy for breaking out of isolation and he had a plan. the time for revenge to come. north of the organization so the is the water was what it really. was it was the most of the got a first of all he pushed ahead with a daring move in syria.

putin ordered a massive intervention in support of bashar al assad's regime. hundreds of missions were flown to destroy any resistance against the syrian dictator in months of bombing. the west was surprised but nevertheless allowed putin to carry on not without its own all teary or motives our calculation was that russia risks being in a situation where it was stuck like afghanistan where over time it would have to spend more and more resources to prop up assad and thus far russia has not become unfortunately exhausted by its intervention in syria. although the russians wanted to avoid getting bogged down in syria and their intervention enabled the assad regime to fight the rebels the war in syria was also

a war of images. during the syrian conflict putin saw how much he could use communications for his own ends . when your military budget is ten times lower than that of the united states then it is a weapon of the week so he asked his new chief of staff general valery gas him off to come up with a new military doctrine or we knew was going to shoot all i want to ship was working with the resource toughness of the people to do it sure as a musician that the student isn't there to shoot yourself a petition us to shoot a story to get us to move doctrine is one of hybrid warfare subversion espionage propaganda and cyber attacks are designed to influence the shape of an opponent's political and social landscape. mission the most important one i think is is

information because it never stops if the mission was there is twenty four seven. it never stops. and in that information was fear. the west primarily the united states of the designated the the not the story or even the many pushing used to compute. the way look dozens of numerous guests putin celebrated the success of state television which he had created to spread russian ideas throughout the world. for the person he and his mug was originally from the very source torch starts this thread and the station to meet up iraq to look at all the notion that they just if you just. meet you will notice that he is there when they go to the sports. because i'm slow. and you know there was a little bit of. bulls. to solution it. just

like rockets and pipelines russia today is seen by moscow as a strategic instrument. russia today is broadcast in five languages to about one hundred countries. on the internet the technology at the heart of russia's strategy more people view its video clips than those of c.n.n. and the b.b.c. . but they're also. a primary target of russia today is the u.s. . it's where the station has its most important bureaus worldwide. new report shows viewers are leaving the mainstream media by the droves so looks like people are turning elsewhere to get their news for example a couple days after i had started that there was

a protest movement here called occupy wall street and i had covered that we were. we covered actually extensively. police brutality running wild in new york we blew it out of proportion and now i realize why it's there a jury of. americans protest and americans themselves voicing their distrust of the system of american democracy and capitalism and americans themselves saying that the system isn't working. guten had understood that public opinion was the achilles heel of western democracies. in the early summer of twenty sixteen he surely had this lesson in mind when obama's secretary of state visit him in the kremlin.

well this president we're very presented with the opportunity to have a serious conversation about serious issues. with john kerry dampen putin's hopes of a relaxation of sanctions if he did not change his policy in ukraine and syria. or worse still he announced the imminent completion of the missile defense bases behind russia's borders but what worried putin even more was that six months later he might be dealing with an individual who is even more intractable when he had publicly accused of sending a signal to his opponents back in two thousand and eleven putin's red rag hillary clinton the firm favorite to win the twenty six thousand us elections he's a very arrogant. person to deal with like many bullies he is somebody who will take as much as he possibly can russia is trying to move the boundaries of the post world war two europe we've got to get nato back working for

the common defense. faced with this prospect putin was surprised to see an outsider appear on stage a populist who position to himself as well disposed towards russia and critical of nato you know hillary likes to play tough with russia putin looks at her and he laughs ok he laughs russia doesn't like isis any better than we do would it be nice if we actually got along with russia and you could knock them out together would not be a good. choice for us was between. who's clinton made the beach and. the street my me of course. hogan of course. and his money there is no chance the thing she was out of the katie was a no fly zone in syria to me that was in. an invitation to a shooting match between the u.s.

forces and the russian forces in syria because clinton was so risa for because so trained in this now conservative style that i'm now the leader of the global water and i favor rival province called to russia who is you know doing something wrong. of course we prefer truck. type of hybrid war was launched against hillary clinton russian hackers pretending to be americans generated more than a million hostile tweets against the democratic candidate. over several weeks on facebook their messages were shared with one hundred twenty six million users. the pro russian media spread rumors and misinformation. the following video alone got nine million hits. in twenty vincy ninety six percent of the claims charity was of themselves the rest of their charitable donations from the air went west that was really a desert classic terry that failure that failed charity made

a seven hundred thousand dollars a year or so much surprised to see how frightened the so-called west became receiving just one single dermott of cheer no fruit from the eastern front from russia. and putin kept going what followed next was what the k.g.b. calls active measures. a total of ten advisors and associates from the trump team were approached. the american intelligence services were facing an unprecedented scenario. in any what they call active measures would call covert action the united states' efforts to influence an election or to influence the way a foreign government acts is going to involve human element so i can say with all certainty the russians would be looking for people. we've seen information on the

edges of suggests that perhaps some people are on the top team had been engaging with the russians notion that hey. we can help you with information that we have on hillary clinton and. political opponents if in turn you take the idea of ukraine off the agenda you know as we can make a deal here. at the end of august twenty sixth seen three months before the elections putin's hybrid war was stepped up even further hackers gained access to the clinton team's computers to steal emails containing content that compromised hillary clinton. the use the. voting machines were also the target of attacks the heart of american democracy was under threat this time u.s. secret services were no longer in doubt as to who was behind it our intelligence

community was able to conclude that there was a serious effort on underway by russia to interfere with the election they say that vladimir putin directed an information operation against the united states elections and that his goal was first to weaken american democracy to get us to fight amongst ourselves and second to increase the chances of donald trump and decrease hillary clinton's chances. the obama administration was perplexed by this unprecedented attack how do you defend yourself against it. a cyber attack on russian infrastructure is was under consideration. you spent a lot of time on to decide whether there should be some. price paid for what they've already done some punishment. that last piece we thought could wait and we could say we could work on it and think about it the most important thing was to get them to stop and prevent them from doing it again. the white house decided to

treat the case with the utmost secrecy. because we thought the main russian objective was to create doubt and accelerate a crisis of credibility and legitimacy about our institutions we have to be very careful in how we talked about this in public because even if we had said the president had said this is what they're trying to do but they won't succeed it still might have created the very doubt russia was trying to so they thought that hillary clinton would win under any circumstances they didn't want to. develop a whole new political issue plastically obama you know it was paralysis by analysis let's talk about it let's think about it let's let's get it just right you know it's the exact opposite of putin who doesn't consider all the strategic implications they want to consider every possible angle every possible repercussion there are a lot of lawyers in the room to make sure they don't break any laws. obama therefore

decided to clarify the matter hisself in private with putin on the sidelines of a g. twenty meeting in china which had long been planned for september fifth twenty sixteen. the president was very direct and very clear with mr goulden that we knew what they were doing it had to stop and if they're good if it did there would be consequences . and nobody. neither mr obama nor any security service in the world has ever provided us is any kind of evidence of russian interference. blue. blah blah you know that you have interfered. it's very difficult to deal with someone who again. lies on a regular basis. he's a former k.g.b.

officer i think intelligence officers around the world have very similar way of looking at the world there's a barter training facility that has sort of a funny phrase up above the bar and it says admit nothing deny everything make counter-accusations so there are so many i'm very sensitive village delicate issues which could have them itch the election compete of my them clean them there's some genius in the in the in the here administration in atlanta viz that we are out blaming grosser for for meddling. everything we saw after that suggested that as far as we could tell russian efforts to exfiltrate information. and then turn around and use it in some fashion seemed to stop but at that point it was actually too late because they had given it to third parties. and

and those parties could put out the information whenever it was convenient for months and months to follow. this third party was the whistle blowing website wiki leaks. october seventh twenty sixteen one month before the election the cia finally published its information on russian influence was secretary clinton mr truong the russian government has engaged in espionage against americans in the following hours wiki leaks released the how to emails from hillary clinton's team weakening the candidate considerably to run for the presidency china's knowing details there is a risk russia or china already. in this close election in which every vote counted the months of russian interference were of great importance for the outcome of each

fortune. was. am. but you're both very good because you know to see the showing in. spite you the only way to. really know what i was in was to know you know. what i see. kernel of the k.g.b. had pulled off a master likud by influencing an american election now he even played the role of godfather to the new president of the world's leading power. how he must have savored his revenge. hootin had come a long way since the collapse of the soviet union in the one nine hundred ninety s.

washington had made his predecessor boris yeltsin it's vicarious agent but putin now still had to get what he was after from the newly elected us president first the lifting of sanctions against his country secondly this is spent nato enlargement in july twenty seventeen he finally met donald trump. to be. just. at i level with an american president at last this personal meeting which putin considered crucial had been carefully orchestrated with the american team. this is russian protocol for a longer time of that meeting. of. president putin himself a few men relations was vamping to establish some kind of personal chemistry. you

see trump if you meet with him one on one if you're able to give him the impression that you click with him that you understand him that you think he's you know brilliant if you flatter him. she'll give you what you want americans to see sits on shorter time most of the week thank you. for that would give you the key of why . they mention him in was interrupted because nobody want to meet president putin you know to talk to that so that was their point there we go thank you thank you. ted had to face facts trump couldn't commit to anything and remained evasive he is kind of being bummed that asked if you know what i mean and he cannot do what he promised to the no agreements were reached yet still far far away from each other and they believe that the new

story. hooten had not expected that by trying to thwart hillary clinton he may nevertheless still face a weakened president and a united states that was more hostile than before. trump's hands were tied by an investigation into his relations with russia rather than lift sanctions against moscow congress reinforced them furious over russian interference the former head of the f.b.i. james comey testified before the senate intelligence committee we're talking about a foreign government that using technical intrusion lots of other methods tried to shape the way we think we vote we are that is a big deal. but putin had no intention of stopping moscow is now also suspected of having interfered in the twenty six thousand breck said referendum and in the french presidential elections in the spring of twenty

seventeen. yes and because there's a good question but. you know i think that putin is a very complicated mix of someone who is tactically quite shrewd. but at the same time he he is caught up in his own rhetoric in the long run is this a win for russia that it's isolated that it faces economic sanctions this is undoubtedly the price putin has paid for his revenge on the west for now it has allowed him to hold on to power in russia but where will his desire for revenge leave. how far is president vladimir putin prepared to go thank you.

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good move on to move food food food food food food food. this is news live from berlin and months of political deadlock are over and germany the social democrats vote to join a coalition government led by chancellor angela merkel over five months after the country's election this paves the way for a new government we'll talk about the implications for germany and europe also ahead. italy votes and election outcome in anything but certain games are expected for m.p.'s doubtless men and white women parties with migration and the economy among the key campaign issues.

and welcome to the program the wait for a new german government is over and that's because the social democrats have voted yes to joining forces yet again with chancellor angela merkel's conservative a majority of members voted in favor of the coalition deal hammered out by their party leaders and miracles christian democrats this gives the chancellor another term in office her fourth and a new government is expected to be in place within just two weeks. credits of journalists and much anticipation at the social democrats headquarters after speculation about a close result all eyes were on the s.p.d. as it revealed its decision one hundred sixty days after germany's election but the mood inside were strained after the result was announced meet ya two hundred thirty

nine thousand six hundred four s.p.d. members voted in favor one hundred twenty three thousand three hundred twenty nine a speedy members voted no this corresponds to an approval of sixty six point zero two percent of the votes cast no applause no cheering and a conscious party leader who fought very hard for this yes. sixty's and the social democratic party did not make this decision lightly and in the past few weeks they discussed the results of the coalition agreement openly and transparently these were important and exciting debates in which many members of the s.p.d. actively participated or two fatalities topped the result of the members vote is not exactly cause for showing off s.p.d. leaders know that many in the party have struggled with this decision fearing that the s.p.d. will be completely sidelined in another grand coalition. as p.d.u. swing boss kevin cornered back in the spotlight he became the figurehead of the

resistance against a grand coalition and despite his disappointment is rican celia tory the son of the more coffee shops tomorrow it is a democratic vote and of course we accept this result we are not so lose this if you will try to make the best of it can dispense to. andrea in all its the s.p.d. is most powerful woman at the moment is pleased with the result but doesn't want to say who will get which ministries. but if you can when will you announce the s.p.d. personnel line up. on monday week from monday or maybe earlier but soon and i still feel people where's my car. how do the germans feel many are just happy to see a government take shape. we've had a standstill including in business and i believe now there's security and we can begin making progress again and you know i don't know whether it's good for the s.p.d. in the long run how long should this back and forth continue it's been months if

they can push through everything they're planning ladner otherwise new elections what good would that do us now and i said nothing they have on it's because now i know america is due to be sworn in again as chancellor within the month and scrutiny returns to a new edition of the grand coalition. to speak about the latest chapter in the grand coalition we're joined here in studio by peter crave ended up the senior correspondent here grant cole it coalitions are out there are an exception in germany but the center right used to be in excess of either sex together in an area we expect next week we expect next well that what where it's where we're going to wait for the dust to settle on today's events and then tomorrow the berrien wing of angela merkel's conservative party the c.s.u. are going to announce who then free ministers includes the interior minister also that's quite an important day and then we just heard andrea no less being very unspecific about when she's going to announce the six ministry. contenders for their cabinet seats and i think that's probably likely to be on the twelfth of

march and that would open the way from the thirteenth the fourteenth of march for anglo american to be sworn into office on the rest of a compass and then we would have a new government but i urge caution around all of this because. certainly in terms of their expectations which half of this new government remember both of these policies were losers in the election this a temper election that we had to see the conservatives lost by eight percent the s.p.d. lost by five percent so that wounded policies wounded parties when they're moving along just to get a quick look at the numbers now let's take a look at how the s.p.d. vote it the final result didn't end up being as close as many had initially expected about sixty six percent so two thirds voting yes there while about thirty four percent rejected that deal and this result of course that chancellor merkel up for a fourth term in office. peter those numbers tell a tale of a strong yes vote but there were some differences and divisions within the party specifically from the youth wing it is interesting we have been expecting it to be much closer because the head of the youth wing kevin kuhn

a twenty eight year old as we just saw in the one in the in the report he's very very eloquent very dynamic a real new face in the policy and huge resource for the policy and it looked as though he was going to have a huge influence and make that vote much closer but i think what happened was that many members of the of the social democrats they looked at the old turn as if they fell to a vote this coalition down this could easily lead to us not the election and we could be obliterated quite literally they've looked at what's happened to the social democrats in recent times in in the netherlands and friends and so on and they don't want that to happen to their own policy so they became very very cautious especially because just a couple of days ago there was an opinion poll that showed the far right alternative to germany scoring higher than the social democrats who are after all the oldest politician of two hundred fifty years old but they were overtaken by the populist far right suddenly yet you thing is obviously concerned about the party's future and worrying that entering another grand coalition could potentially bolster the afghan the far right but if the subsidy postponing the challenge that is always

made by those on the left and those on the right at times of a growing coalition this is the third grand coalition is that they marginalized and what happens if the election time is that people go out and vote for any of up to seven policies now in germany what you get at the end of the day is the grand coalition you get medical you get the medical system they say there's something profoundly troubling about that maybe they have an argument you know in a certain way and what if we look broadly at europe the man on the cross is in france right now chomping at the bit to push through his reforms at the european level he must be happy about this outcome yes september that was the election here in germany and on the very next day he went out to the so bone university and gave a major address laying out his vision for the future of europe with much more federalism with the european finance minister with. a european monetary fund and with jointly paid defense capacities he's been talking about alyssa's been wanting germany to come on board to get on that tandem that we so often talk about with him

and he had to wait six long months so far we're going to see what comes next so wait just a couple more weeks for the government to form peter graven senior correspondent here at the deli thank you very much to you. that's some of the other stories making news around the world syrian troops and allied militias have captured a number of villages and towns near rebel held eastern ghouta hundreds of people are reportedly fleeing the largest advance since an offensive began last month to crush the last major rebel stronghold near the capital damascus. with voters took on likely look on likely rather to abolish their t.v. license fee exit polls suggest a clear no vote in sunday's referendum on whether to accept a mandatory fee for radio and television programming and licensing fee is around four hundred euros annually and provides funding for public broadcasters. a

century after british women won the right to vote activist celebrities and politicians are joining a rally for gender equality on the streets of london demonstrators on the march for women are calling for an end to violence and discrimination in the workplace. to italy now are voters there are casting their ballots and what's shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable elections in years far right and populist parties are expected to make major gains in a vote dominated by fears over the economy and immigration but with polls pointing to no clear winner most observers expect a hung parliament. joining us now from rome as our correspondent garrick mathis it's good to see you a hung parliament and unclear options for a government coalition that sounds a lot like the political limbo germany was stuck in for just the last few months which scenarios could italy now be facing. no absolute majority in the building which you see behind me the italian parliament that is the

most likely scenario and a hung parliament will mean three things the center right coalition around dallas county will have to look for a bigger partner to team up with and that could be the center left the government around to give the current prime minister a gentle loney it's an unlikely remarriage scene that they had some serious fighting throughout campaigning which takes us to option number two a populist choice the five star movement is the single biggest party according to polls that could come out of the race as the winner but they have ruled out categorically to form a coalition so finally so no option number three would be a caretaker government until the italy holds another election. potentially another election and silvio berlusconi is in the thick of things yet again this despite scandal after scandal and tax fraud convention conviction rather could we really see him climbing back to the top of the italian political mountain.

silvio berlusconi is an experienced mountaineer he's been up on that peak four times why not climb a fifth time the only problem he has really is that within the next two years he can hold public office of being convicted because of texas beijing but guess what the political dinosaur if you want has found a trick around that a caretaker if you want he asked the president of the european parliament to jani if he would want to become prime minister in italy until in two years he could take over and fulfill that promise that you finally election poses throughout the country it says president to balance tony. and like you have the big picture just as germany europe is watching the italian a lecture rather closely what's at stake for the e.u. . basically if there's a hung parliament that would be a massive destruction it could take months of negotiating and it could distract

from actually making necessary reforms to be bring the country back on its feet taking it out of the deep debt crisis resolving that my current crisis in the country on the other hand the euro skeptic rhetoric if you want has been told down throughout that's complain ever since a practice that whenever it became clear that there are advantages in the european union and also since a marine le pen's the french of far rights complain really failed the the populace in italy have to have really toned down there there are euro skeptic rhetoric in this race. matheson rome thank you very much to soccer now in the bundles league as game of the week which took place on saturday leipsic hosted dortmund and a key clash for the champions league slots the top half of the german league is so tightly bunched that a win would have done wonders for leipsic. as players dortmund's pater's to a girl and. her to one titles together in their native austria now the old friends

are rivals the stakes were high but somebody should have told the visitors manuella his slack touch let in for the games first chance on nine minutes i remember key equal to the shot. dortmund were also a threat andre sure the play to me she vowed to i but the goal was ruled out for offside soon after a near repeat scenario this time marco to always was on target the officials denying dortmund again up the other end not b.k. to time his past better phrase junk and i was down one nil to the hosts after twenty nine minutes dortmund wasted no time in hitting back though i would sent roy's through on goal no upside this time roy's rounding the keeper and slotting home. the friends level at half time. the game got scrappy after the break. but she why you with the best chance of the second half

but the cross from diode and the touch from the chelsea loney were both lacking that cutting edge like sick broad bruma for more attacking threat the winders trust ceiling agonizingly why and so it ended one all a result that helps neither side if nothing else an old friendship remains intact. tragic news from italy's football league city ah where fear and tina is reporting the death of team captain story the club confirms us story died overnight after what it calls a sudden illness beyond playing in florence the thirty one year old has played for italy's national squad he was found early this morning in his hotel room just hours before his club snatched against me to naysay all seven of syria's sunday matches have been postponed. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you. germany's.

chancellor. and a new government.