sixteen forty eight. to use starts october twenty fourth d. w. . this is d. w. news live from berlin a blow for german chancellor on the back goal her conservative allies in bavaria suffering huge losses in a key regional election repartition is being felt in berlin today as voters punish germany's traditional parties also coming up. a handshake but not much more surprised the talks between british and even jersey voters fail to produce any

results the main stumbling block is still the future of the border in ireland. and living in limbo we need a venezuelan man in spain who's fled hardship and persecution at home but getting permission to stay in the spain is a long process and has little chance of success. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us just how stable is chancellor merkel's governing coalition after her political allies in bavaria suffered deep losses in a regional election or conservative sister party the c.s.u. losing their absolute majority in that state after six decades of dominance the c.s.u. taking less than forty percent of the vote that's a drop of more than ten percent the greens are celebrating some strong. games now

becoming the number two party in bavaria a regional party of the three voters getting eleven percent the far right a.f. d. the alternative for germany is set to enter by various parliament for the very first time ten percent of support their support for the center left social democrats crushing by half to under a ten percent mark the f.t.p. the free democrats just passed the five percent hurdle the left party will not be in the next parliament and a moment will be going to munich and berlin first here's some reaction from key players. dismay at a watershed moment the c.s.u. loses its absolute majority but there aeons long standing loyalty is fading the party may have thought opposition to uncle america's migration policy would win it votes from the right is evidently didn't know and sometimes months off this is a bit of a painful result even if we still have to wait for the election night to end we accept the result with humility and we need to learn from the result. everything

closely one thing is certain despite some predictions despite some discussions despite some comments the c.s.u. hasn't just become the strongest party that also has the clear mandate to govern. the greens jubilation the best result ever in the state. but there yet again needs a political party that solves people's problems rather than constantly causing new problems and that dear friends is why this result has already changed many many thanks for that. loon for the s.p.d. which lost over half its share of the vote the national party leadership seemed in shock this is moving to need it's a bigger defeat. it means we couldn't convince the voters we weren't able to win the competition between the parties. that has to be analyzed at all levels but

there certainly wasn't support from the federal level on the contrary we weren't able to benefit from the policy dispute between the c.d.u. in the c.s.u. . conceded. the c.s.u. the tax on its coalition partners at the national level over migration policy clearly backfired the a.f.d. running for the first time at the state level in bavaria picked up a lot of support instead they are why. anyone who voted f.t. today in bavaria is saying that mare coal must go ladies and gentlemen. with the two coalition partners now solely weakened. the job of governing has not gone any easier. let's get full coverage now from the very elections from munich i'm joined by our chief political editor michelle acuff now and here in berlin peter craven standing by chancellor machall c.d.u. party headquarters good morning to both of you peter if i could start with you this

vote is reverberating far beyond varia what does it mean for the chancellor's shaky government here in berlin. that means for the chancellor's shaky government brian of our government is even more shaky because we've heard the numbers he said been massive set backs for the c.s.u. and especially for the s.p.d. in bavaria. very near involved in a sort of an existential battle for their very survival and that's going to have an impact i'm sure on the coalition after all the c.s.u. and the s.p.d. of the two pillars be sorry starting in america to see do you conservatives that make up the coalition but there's a third problem for i'm going to america for a second problem i think i should probably say for anglo american vote hole see hope for is still around there have been some hopes that it in some quarters and maybe i'm going to medical share these hopes that if the c.s.u. in bavaria deep down as far as thirty three or thirty four percent or so hopefully take some of the blame and resign that hasn't happened he's very much back in her

cambered cabinet he's going to be sitting firmly in the coalition to go she ations he's looking pretty smug about it he's talking about big plans for the future and this must move very disconcerting frank of america because he is peter constant disruption to coalition government since it was formed in march he's been bearing grudges against angela merkel and settling scores and so that is a real source of instability for angela merkel it leaves the coalition as a coalition that is more likely to drift apart than pull together michele a let's pick up on that in munich what's it looking like for course a whole phrase the interior minister in berlin a longtime critic of alla machall and her migration policy can he survive this level of punishment by the voters in bavaria. but he certainly thinks so he was here just a short while ago behind me facing the past and he said that he said he has no intention of stepping down that he doesn't really want to see a huge debate within the party about whose heads should be rolling right now it's

not just that he has a personal interest in that it's also talking to scenes he doesn't see here there is a sense that more are you. more in-fighting could harm them even further i got the chance to ask him how he would explain this election result to the german chancellor and then he said well we need to think about this think hard but that he feels that the very should still have a very strong voice in berlin meaning of course also himself the interesting point here is that you can have an interest. to be toppled anytime soon because it's not as if it's all smiles if it's someone else from the seat you were sent there for now the pressure is off with these elections here being over with this political earthquake having taken place and having not been quite as feared by many people back to berlin doesn't sound like there's a lot of soul searching going on in bavaria or in berlin and there's another

electoral test for american coming up in two weeks time in the state of house so it will be voting as well can we expect more bad news for the coalition. what we're being led to believe brian willie we're imagining that the setback for the c.d.u. angle america of the c.d.u. conservatives will be of something of the similar scale to the setbacks suffered by the c.s.u. in bavaria and they've that with their case that would be too serious setbacks for anglo-american in two weeks in just a fortnight and that would be a major blow a major blow to her credibility and people are already beginning to wonder whether she has. to lead her coalition is without a doubt if a crisis also an important date is coming up at the beginning of september i'm going to mouth is going to be going up to be to attempt to be revoted back in as policy chairman as party leader and there are also already room is behind the

scenes that there could be a challenge to her there so increasing pressure on the german chancellor ok that vote in december for the chancellor following the one in october peter cravin at seaview headquarters here in berlin we could be hearing from the chancellor shortly where later today michelle a governor in munich thanks to both. there's much more on the bavarian elections and their fallout at our website the state of u. dot com let's move on to some of the other stories making the news this morning the once jailed malaysian politician on more abraham has been sworn in as a member of parliament that's two days after a landslide by election victory the move seals his political comeback following a two thousand and fifteen sodomy conviction he says was politically motivated prime minister mohammad as designated to bring him as his successor. u.s. president trump has acknowledged that the climate is changing speaking in an interview

with c.b.s. he said he did not believe the climate change was a hoax but he did cast doubt on human activity as the cause saying that many scientists quote have a political agenda. leslie has lashed north spain urgency services and barcelona are called out to deal with flooding warning drivers stay off the roads was lee had earlier wreaked havoc in northern portugal cutting power to three hundred thousand homes. while british and the e.u. negotiators say they have not been able to seal breaks a deal ahead of a key summit this week that despite a flurry of un scheduled meetings on sunday. the british press that minister dominic robb met the used to think there's haider michel barnier in brussels while twenty seven even bastards also had a hastily arranged meeting but barney barn a later tweeted that some key issues were still open in particular the need to

avoid a hard border between britain's northern ireland and the irish republic. it let's get more on this now from london with our correspondent big big it why did yesterday's talks end up without any agreement. well really it seems that the problem is here at home for two reasons may she needed to promise different things to different factions of her own party and different factions here at home she has probably the most one of the most difficult jobs in the world she needed to promise friction this trade with the e.u. to business is to prove europeans and their own party and yet that there is a strong minority within our party you want to be out of the you for whom the e.u. is a they were cracked. and they want to get out as quickly as they can and cut the ties

also as clearly as they can so the reason may is trying to develop the most of the damage and it seems like she she thought she had found a compromise with brussels where there wasn't the where there was not a lot of damage but then again she you had to have doubts whether this could be. this same compromise could be reached at home so now for now it's seems like it's on hold ok well compromise at home and hold on hold doesn't sound very good for london do politicians where you are feel that these talks can somehow get back on track that the compromise at home can be worked out to do so. well somebody has said it's like landing at joan jumbo jet on the penalty spot and i think that's a really good and it's super tricky to achieve what she wants and chief friction is straight also having the solving the issue with northern ireland and keeping the

border open with northern ireland she's been bolstered by the by the northern irish unionist party and they do not want any hard border between northern ireland and the u.k. main that at any cost and the issue is about the backstop of northern ireland is there any situation where this could be the case in the future this is where the negotiation has really stalled at the moment and it seems like there needs to be more groundwork done here at home before the talks to move forward ok now there is though a lot of pressure coming out of brussels you officials are warning that real progress needs to be made at the summit that's starting on wednesday well what we hear is that many people don't believe that there is going to be a major progress at this you summit there are some also you say well maybe this is in the way and element of political theater that's involved maybe people need to go

further need to get to was the end of the year need to really look over the cliff because if there is no deal with process it opens up really a can of worms there will be all sorts of difficulties for electricity supply for businesses for cross border trade huge pay then maybe people need to go really right up until the edge to see well we don't want this we have to accept a compromise this is one way to look at this ok and that begins at home of course looking for that compromise bigamous for us in london thanks very much. all staying in britain the royal family will be getting a new edition early next year can see the palace says prince harry and his wife the duchess of sussex are expecting their first baby in the spring. it comes as harry and megan markel start a sixteen day trip to australia the couple married of course in may this year and

are said to be delighted to be able to share their happy news with the public well more than three million people have fled venezuela as that country's economic and political crisis deepens most had for neighboring colombia and for brazil but thousands of also applied for political asylum in the european union especially in spain but it's the w.'s problem foleo his reports from madrid they're facing a long and difficult process. this is a media he spent his wailing and seeking asylum in spain earlier this year and mido fled his home country and arrived in madrid. he told us his story. suffered political persecution for marching for protesting for being in complete opposition to what's happening at the moment i was threatened and harassed and robbed i left

because i got sick and also because of the political issues i tried to stay in my home in my country with my people. call me. a media arrived in spain on a tourist visa and didn't seek asylum upon arrival he instead waited for five months. for me and i was scared i asked about how asylum workers what would come of it and was i wouldn't be able to do was always happens is they take your passport from you you can't leave the country and you don't know how long the process takes you don't know what pandora's box it will open so it was for those reasons i decided to take the time and seek political asylum. spain's interior ministry turned down our request for an interview but official figures for twenty seventeen have shown the vast majority of asylum applications made by venezuelans in spain were rejected or simply not processed due to

a large backlog of applicants over twelve thousand venezuelans have sought asylum so far this year here in spain for various cultural linguistic historical and family reasons spain is the number one destination for venezuelans fleeing their country. the united nations refugee agency explained the reality of the asylum application process in spain is the cases of people waiting one or two years and that includes venezuela one process to stay in the country must be cancelled or closed before another can begin one person who's been in spain seeking international protection who's been seeking asylum for two or three years can then include that time in other processes for immigrants to legalize in a selves they can use it to prove they have settled in spain or seek spanish nationality. for a meeting the legal limbo has been difficult but he remains positive about his new

life in madrid. i don't know what's going to happen sometimes i feel positive sometimes i feel down sometimes i really want to push forward but other times i feel like i want to give up i sometimes think of giving up my asylum application but like everyone i have dreams i want to come true i have goals and i think spain can allow me to achieve them. perhaps a small glimmer of hope for the increasing number of venezuelans seeking asylum in spain. we have some sports now and germany's national football team is at one of its lowest abs and decades the team lost three nil to the netherlands saturday was the biggest defeat ever to their traditional rivals coach you all who love is now under intense scrutiny on tuesday the team faces world champions france as they battle to turn their form around. it's all downhill from here that's what yohimbe lives critics are predicting as the shop to coin since germany's disastrous

world cup campaign continues his team has now failed to score in three straight competitive matches for the first time ever in the country's history germany are in danger of being relegated from the nation's league group. that we are all being heavily criticised me as the coach has to take responsibility but we somehow have to block that out in the next two days and show some character and face france because it's actually our last chance promised changes to the teams playing style have failed to materialise despite the poor results some of germany's old god belief they're still performing. and it's not probably be accused of not being critical enough but i don't think we played a bad game against them. we have a lot of top players we use they have a good national team and being treated like amateurs if you follow. yet among the teams younger players the so for flexion has been more critical. we do not make the

mistake of talking no part of foreman says if you're always losing in such a way that it can no longer be a coincidence. for him. something needs to change that much is clear another object performance against france on tuesday and even more fans will be calling for love to pack his bags. now it's to hawaii and the iron man world championships there was a place you have to swim about four kilometers cycle another one hundred eighty kilometers and then just run the marathon the defending men's and women's champions both took home another title and they did so in record fashion but in the case of the men's champion the action didn't stop at the finish line. the fortieth iron man world championships also became the fastest ever meeting early on in the women's competition was britain's lucy charles who set a new world record in the swimming event. but then switzerland's daniela got past

her in cycling at the one hundred five mile mark the swiss then held on from there also excelling in the marathon to take first place with charles settling for second and a house of germany coming in third. in the men's germany's patrick lang it was trailing until the final running stage that's also perhaps because he had been stung by a jellyfish just prior to the competition and wasn't sure if he could compete but compete he did and how finally making his mark late on and beating the previous race record by almost nine minutes he then dropped to his knees to propose to his girlfriend. long also became the first athlete in history to finish the competition in under eight hours. looking at the diminishment of davos in the desert that sounds almost poetic bra and i were talking about saudi arabia its economy is then turmoil following the

disappearance and suspected murder of a dissident journalist the riyadh stock exchange was down as much as seven percent on sunday and top business leaders including the heads of us and j.p. morgan chase have been pulling out of a major investment conference that had been meant to showcase saudi arabia's move away from an oil based economy let's remember that a week ago washington post columnist joe kushner entered the saudi consulate in istanbul and he was never seen again take he says it has the video evidence he was killed and dismembered there the united states said to the kingdom to severe punishment if it is responsible saudi arabia is threatening to retaliate against any sanctions imposed on it. p. and markets are bracing for a week of uncertainty for one the british pound is under pressure as a no deal breaks it seems increasingly likely that following an unscheduled meeting

between the e.u. said you case chief breaks it negotiate over the weekend that failed to reach any breakthroughs and then there's another major headache that comes from southern europe today the italian cabinet is expected to approve a costly twenty nine thousand budget despite criticism from the european commission the government backed by the right wing leak and the anti establishment five star movement as a ready issue to the financial framework for the budget raising the target for next year's deficit to two point four percent of g.d.p. . less will sterrett see and more investment it's of these government wants to spend billions of euros fulfilling election campaign promises such as a basic income for the unemployed it doesn't seem to be worried by its unease debt burden which about two two point. trillion euros is the highest national debt in the e.u. and it's about to get bigger even more than originally planned italian economic growth is also slowing the government doesn't see any red flags it's convinced it's

on the right path. it's not true that our budget works against the e.u. this is the narrative of members of european parties who are currently sitting in european institutions italy is one of the founding countries of the european union and we've always said not only do we want to remain in it but also to improve this union and make it more democratic make it more supportive. but on the street opinions differ about borrowing more money to finance campaign promises. i'm optimistic about the government but i'm worried about these attacks from outside a government that's finally thinking more about italians than others is attacked on all sides i hope it lasts. i'm feeling more worried than confident. today italy will submit its draft budget proposals to the

european commission for approval after the eurozone financial crisis the commission was given the power to veto member budgets if italy became financially unstable it would pose a much greater risk than comparatively small a grease ever did rome has already said it couldn't care less what the european commission decides alright and for more let's cross over to our financial market correspondent barbara standing by for us at the frankfurt stock exchange really italy is going to present its costly draft budget today how big of a worry is that for markets. that's a big headache for the markets especially when the kind of budget planning that the italian government is handing in there is a company by the kind of rhetoric that we just heard quoted in the piece they couldn't care less and that's very dangerous that's sending a very dangerous signal a lot of people here believe now the market reaction it's

a little bit on the big nine side but of course it's already put pressure on the markets and especially on italian bonds in the past so a trader telling me today that talian bonds are actually recovering a little bit. coming down but this has to be seen in the context of previous losses over the worries of this very very important country in the european union and in the euro zone perhaps heading into an irresponsibly kind of planned financial future with a default videl e which nobody could here fathom and which would really in danger of the euro and lots of people believe if italy really became under big pressure in the financial markets then the euro would actually be gone so it's a big big topic here today been on reaction so far ok and only in thirty seconds how is the possible no deal breaks it's an aria since this weekend going down when . not very well putting further pressure on the pound sterling and of course serve

raising the likelihood that inflation will rise to the detriment of the british consumer and lead to higher rates and of course undermining the confidence and growth of the british political system and the e.u. in failing to reach an agreement so far and cream and seems very unlikely that's also a big headache for the markets and will continue to be this week so i don't know about the front foot thank you so much. us department store chain sears has filed for bankruptcy was once the country's biggest retailer famed for a catalog that sells everything from closing to toys and appliances for the firm has struggled since the one nine hundred eighty s. hit by discount retailers like wal-mart and then by online shopping now runs the company but it has failed to find a profitable strategy meeting to massive job cuts. you're watching the news coming to light them and more coming up at the top of the hour let's see it and.

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