this is deja vu news live from berlin a blow for german chancellor angela merkel her conservative allies in the various suffer huge losses in a key regional election the rubber questions are being felt in berlin as voters punished germany's traditional parties also coming up and a major diplomatic victory for syrian president bashar last the main border crossing between syria and jordan is reopened. and germany football coach hakim love is fighting for his job ninety percent of fans in a newspaper survey have called for him to go he faces

a big game against france on tuesday. i'm sunni so misconducts good to have you with us germany's governing coalition is facing an uncertain future today after allies in bavaria suffered a huge defeat in a regional election leaders of the main parties are meeting to discuss the way forward after voters deliver what's being called a resoundingly slap to the government in the poll in bavaria voters deserted the traditional parties in droves. in the morning after. the bavarian state election made one thing very clear germans are not happy with the coalition government. they should still finish their real time anyone who hasn't heard the warning must know that this wasn't a dummy shot from munich it was proper cannon fire. and the one thing that

is very clear is that things cannot go on the way they are right the s.p.d. in particular suffered heavy losses half of their version shipped s.p.d. party leader and they anonymous was deeply disappointed. that's a positive feat it means we couldn't convince the voters we weren't able to win the competition between the parties to return. many of the grass roots and the s.p.d. would only be too happy to see the party leave the grand coalition. what is clear that just because the s.p.d. had good reasons for joining the grand coalition to not leave the country at the mercy of the right wing doesn't mean we will stay in it at all costs. us the debate continues to simmer behind the scenes but come the next takes elections and has an in two weeks time things could well come to a head as a debate simmers let's bring in peter craven he's standing by at brandenburg gate hi peter so this election result is reverberating far beyond bavaria what does it

mean for chancellor merkel's government in berlin. well i think in the first instance it means that her coalition a grand coalition of three parties is badly damaged because two of those parties have taken historic hits at the same time there's another story that i think is very very important i think a lot of people have thought that horsey hope for the interior minister and the head of the bavarian c.s.u. might take you see how it might grow might resign after this election if the c.s.u. were done as badly as had initially been anticipated down in the low thirty's that didn't quite happen the result was a little bit better than it had been and anticipated all it was all for the whole city hall for hasn't resigned i mean he's going to be sitting in the heart of angela merkel's coalition being as disruptive busy has since the get go really a man with his own agenda has been clashing with the chancellor left right and center and preventing germany many would say voters and people involved in politics as well preventing germany from doing what it should really be doing which is

attending to business like breaks it like global warming like you reform all these kind of stories not to mention the challenges put down by messrs trump and add one and putin and now germany should be turning to those towns todos challenges but i also say i think the disruptive elements in the church in the in the coalition is going to remain and peter there's another test for michael and her coalition in two weeks when the state of has to go to the polls are we expecting more bad news from apple there. there's every likelihood of more very bad news bad news on the scope of the election defeat in bavaria and i think a lot of people would then start thinking well ok one shocking election defeat for angle america. is a big problem too shocking election defeats in a row is a pattern and then people would begin to start thinking about whether this isn't it's time to really begin to move away from the merkel era towards what comes next

it's very difficult though it remains very difficult in germany to see who could possibly step forward and challenge anglo-american at this stage that is what is being talked about nevertheless behind the scenes. i get it he's peter craven reporting for us peter thank you very much. now at some other stories making headlines around the world the once jailed malaysian politician on why you were him has been sworn in as a member of parliament two days after a landslide byelection victory the move seals abraham's political comeback following a two thousand and fifteen sodomy conviction which he claims was politically motivated prime minister mahathir mohamad has designated for him as his successor. british and a unit goshi agers say they have not been able to seal a break the deal ahead of an e.u. summit this week despite a flurry of unscheduled meetings on sunday the e.u. chief negotiator michel tweeted that key issues were still open in particular the need to avoid a hard border between the u.k.'s northern ireland and the irish republic.

kensington palace says prince harry and his wife the duchess of sussex are expecting their first baby in spring the announcement comes as harry and megan arrived in sydney at the start of a sixteen day trip to australia and the pacific region. as fighting in many parts of syria eases the country's neighbors have begun easing border restrictions israel says it will allow u.n. forces to cross jordan on monday jordan reopened its main crossing to civilians for the first time in three years syrian government troops return to their side of the checkpoint in july the move restores a commercial lifeline to syria clearing a route for its exports to arab countries this man was among the first to cross you know no i'm serious a hold of syria is a syria is beautiful and the land in the sea of syria and say. let's bring in correspondent bora she's following events in syria for us from beirut is that man

that we just heard right is syria now safe again. or to consider several things if you go to say whether seriously for not to the extent that yes the war is nearing an end and for the last seven years the people of syria have been facing bombings from several sides and intensive fighting in that context yes it would be ok to say the thoughts of syria on the phone to all of us are now safe i can also say that based on my first experiences of traveling to sit in the sit in government has made us certain amount of effort in sending the message that under their control a state that's only in the context of no wall there are several things that come into play when you talk to such an city in a refugee is actually several of them would say is they feel they'd be treated as straight as they would be arrested in even the executive by the government because there have been this us enough practice. be pretty strong in city i

so i would say it's a foot to the extent of the want to send in perhaps that would be an ok analysis to make though overall it would be safer everybody doesn't turn just yet until from the regimes perspective how important is this border reopening for efforts to restore normality to parts of the country that are controlled by assad. yes our government again along with russia has been trying to send the message of the war is nearing an end we are bringing a country back to normality russia wants to be like a statesman not just as well which of course it has not become by the region i mean the middle east and they were trying to say that things are getting back to normal so it does play a huge role but it has economic aspects of it it has diplomatic auspex and also security. to aid the opening often also border with jordan ensures that the villages in that area have a rely on the economy on the border crossing will continue to get more walk it also means that refugees sit in effigies in jordan will get to go back to syria and

things would ease out of the opening with a go along between israel and syria means that it's going back to be syrian uprising days when they had a dispute when they were not an act of war with each other which means the fear of a broader vision of warning is you eat on and others are also easing up so that's basically the message that's being sent. things on easing up how it turns out to be is something dependent on several other factors but the opening on the border crossing is certainly good news for all parties concerned until we can't forget that the fate of the last rebel held province adlib is still unclear a cease fire deal is due to come into effect today is everyone abiding by it. the main point of the deal was that the extremist group. known as double to last saw and also an ally of an affiliate of tennis organization will actually move out of this demilitarized zone and also give up its heavy weapons they have not said anything yet yesterday to all of this time they did come out with

a statement essentially the statement says that we will not be giving up on jihad and says that the appreciate the efforts of followers within sudan outside syria meaning turkey to stop what they call would have been a catastrophe or a massacre by the russians and the syrian government they also say that there's no need to just russia so it's sort of makes messaging what they're trying to say is that we understand that the deal is important but they're not quite saying whether they're going to be getting out of the demilitarized zone and giving up they have eleven's from that area so we don't actually yet you know battle of live clouds of uncertainty if i mean is that both of those are still there we don't know but the breathing factor here is that russia has said it's not about a deal with fifteenth deadline it can take a few more days as long as a deal is delivered on so still uncertain if the ice is still developing there's no need to panic of is no need for. our correspondent on following the developments in syria for us thank you. now the need to movement is beginning to take off

in india women in many industries are naming and shaming men they say have sexually assaulted them at the workplace but many of the claims are being met with what one activist calls aggressive pushback one bollywood star told her whole joke a car how she was sexually harassed by a fellow actor ten years but that no action was taken despite her pleas for help. lights camera. action for the. welcome to india's entertainment capital that churns out well for hollywood dollars of so. song and dance sequences. for many this is the bollywood dream but for some the sexual harassment while filming the dream has turned out to be a nightmare at an event called be the women held in the indian city of bangalore by well known journalist but could up bollywood star doctor spoke out about how she

was sexually harassed on the film set by fellow actor not a particle. introduce a dance to which in which she has to feel me up so after i complained of his behavior and they assured me that they wanted to kill off it now they introduce a dance to manufacture a dance step where he can basically more you listen or you know yeah we are to says that nothing happened after her complaint and somebody asked me why the need to movement is not happening in our country so my answer was hollymead a woman happened here when ten years ago what happened to me has not been addressed there's no not been any kind of a tradition to it not been any kind of justice and all we did out in that matter. the actor not a particle who mistah to has accused has consistently denied few accusations but

the organizer of the the women says that the campaign to uncover abuse is only slowly gathering pace it's difficult for any woman anywhere in the world but i think in india the process is still starting and that's why you see this very aggressive pushback whether in terms of legality of legal notices or character assassination and i think that's what women really dread you will see the floodgates have opened and having opened i don't think they're shutting any times. the floodgates have indeed opened in india several women have taken to social media to make their complaints public against actors editors and even government ministers i think it's an awful warning at least for some time for men to sort of at least they can second guess themselves and say you know maybe i'm not doing the right thing saying that for an industry that treats its leading me the stars with legendary adulation the me too moment may have come as an unexpected twist in the tale. i'm in one of my eyes the biggest and most an iconic bollywood studios

hundreds of films not shot. but is this really bollywood smee to moment yes and no yes because it leaves some people are willing to talk about these issues no because some of the bollywood's biggest stars have chosen to remain silent about the me to campaign. as the industrial example nearer to itself will it take up this chance to clean things up over will it be business as usual. now more than three million people have fled venezuela the country's economic and political crisis deepens most have for neighboring colombia and brazil but thousands have also applied for political asylum in the e.u. mainly in spain but as did all these public fully ileus reports from madrid most of the applications there are rejected. this is a meeting he's venezuelan and seeking asylum in spain

earlier this year m.e.d.o. 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 harassed and robes 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 buy me. a media arrived in spain on a tourist visa and didn't seek asylum upon arrival he instead waited for five months. i was scared about how asylum workers what would come of it and what i wouldn't be able to do it 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 has 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 and they can use it to prove they have settled in spain or seek spanish nationality. for him 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.

germany's national football team is at a new low point it lost three nil to the netherlands of the weekend the biggest a feat ever to their traditional rivals. job is now in question on tuesday the team faces world champions france. it's all downhill from here that's what yohimbe loves critics are predicting as the shop to call and 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. as we are all being heavily criticised and i as the coach have 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 team's playing style have failed to materialise despite the poor results some of germany's old guard belief they're still performing. probably be accused of not being

critical enough but i don't think we played a bad game against and. we have a lot of top players we use they have a good national team being treated like amateurs if you follow me. yet among the teams younger players the so for flexion has been more critical. we do not make the mistake of talking or part of foreman says if you're always losing in such a way that it can no longer be a coincidence. 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 football and table tennis are two of the most played sports in the world but what happens when you combine the two what you get a sport called tech mall the world cup was held over the weekend and it was such

a success that organizers are now targeting a spot in the olympics. tech ball may have originated in hungary but the sport is gaining ground across the globe this is world cup was hosted in france rumania spot nash a z one the meant to last final and took him ten thousand dollars not bad for sport that's only four years old technology is fairly simple his can use any body part just not the hands and it already has the speed of approval from a top football name but i know that our goal is to get into the olympic games so all do all that is in my power to get them to integrate it into the olympics but otherwise the main thing is for people to discover a new sport and i can assure you it's a real spectacle. double the money in the deviled montenegro's bok done model you have any cold i need toto call in the top on. the future looks promising for tech by this second edition of the world cup was so successful they

had to add extra spectator seats for the finals. looks like a fun game i could just figure out how they play it and i really ok monica investors are giving saudi arabia the cold shoulder yes because for one reason or that or the effect is that saudi arabia's economy is in turmoil now following the disappearance and suspected murder of a dissident a journalist the stock exchange was down as much as seven percent on sunday and to top business leaders including the heads of us and to j.p. morgan chase have been pulling out of a major investment conference now that had been meant to showcase saudi arabia's away from an oil based economy a week ago washington post columnist jamal. entered the saudi consulate in istanbul and was never seen again turkey says it has video of it is he was killed and to dismembered there the united states at the kingdom deserved severe punishment if it

is responsible saudi arabia threaten. and to retaliate against any sanctions imposed on it. well for more on the impact on business and to markets this cross over now to our financial market correspondent in france only big names are pulling out of a very big investor conference including europe's ab us how important is saudi arabia for european companies can they afford to shun the kingdom. there's an additional market and yes the contracts there can be potentially lucrative and it's a good thing to have but i doubt that it would hurt most western companies at least in any substantial way if they have to forgo a contract in south saudi arabia. i suspect they wouldn't even have to issue a profit warning project there fell through what's more serious so this kind of pressure keeps mounting on saudi arabia and there are sanctions back and forth and

perhaps the population gets restless and also the region. is not only saudi arabia in turmoil economically but the region in doubt because saudi arabia plays such a huge role at the moment with the kind of stability it has for the stability in the middle east and also when it comes to the stability of oil prices i mean u.s. sanctions obviously likely to hit what will be the impact on the oil market. was already having an impact the impact would be to drive oil prices up and already the possibility looming is pushing up the price of brant for example that's for the barrel of north sea oil was up by as much as two percent with this back and forth and there is a natural limit though i think which both sides have to consider how far they can go in driving prices on the oil market up with sanctions like this lastly it would

hurt the saudis more than the customer countries if it had to pull back its oil production because it relies so heavily on that in the canonically right tony potts in frankfurt thank you so much. well there is a more uncertainty there certainly for european markets the british pound is under pressure as a no deal breaks it seems increasingly likely that following an unscheduled meeting between the use of the case chief breaks it negotiators over the weekend that failed to reach any breakthrough and another major headache 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 ready issued 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 italy's 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 italy's debt burden which about two point two 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. is that 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. we're going to reap. 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. well across the atlantic u.s. department store chain sears has filed for bankruptcy c s was once the country's biggest retailer famed for a catalog that sold everything from clothing to toys and appliances but the firm

has struggled since the one nine hundred eighty s. hit first by discount retailers like wal-mart and then by online shopping now runs the company but it has failed to find a profitable strategy leading to massive job cuts. and here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. german chancellor angela merkel's allies in bavaria has suffered major losses in a regional election the defeatist calling into question the stability of merkel's governing coalition and glenn as voters show their dissatisfaction with traditional politics. you're watching news coming to you live from berlin well coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime you can get the latest news and all the information around the clock on our website to those d.w. dot com as you said.

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