but. this is why from the race to fill the big kids european heads of government meet in brussels to discuss a replacement for commission the president. of france i'm sure many appear to be heading for a showdown over the issue also on the program a big surprise in german football outsiders one year old brother ben told our way into the borders league of the 1st time. this little club's big victory and their relegation plan.

welcome to the program. european heads of government to meeting in brussels to negotiate their picks for the top jobs within the blocks bureaucracy of following last week's parliamentary elections the heads of major e.u. institutions and now need to be replaced including the head of the european central bank and other key jobs up for grabs is that of commission president which is currently held by john paul 2 whose turn is due to end on the 31st of october but e.u. leaders disagree who should succeed him and how that count as it should be chosen the german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccraw are at odds over these issues get more from brussels bureau chief max often in just a moment 1st though let's take a look at what makes the job of the european commission president so important now the european commission proposes legislation so the president has

a powerful role in shaping laws that affect to be entire a u. secondly the commission president appoints the e.u. commissioners with one commission from each member state the president decides who's in charge of what which countries commission is responsible for trade migration energy and so on so let's take a look at the 2 front at the front runners 1st of all germany's money for the vague he is the leading candidate for the largest group the parliament the conservative european people's party backed by german chancellor angela merkel. then we have funds to moments from the socialists and democrats a group heading from the netherlands he's calling for most social justice in the e.u. and then we have a vest from denmark alliance of liberals and democrats gained 40 seats in last week's election actually has the backing of the french president emmanuel.

w. brussels a beautiful chief. is following the summit so let's get the latest welcome max so is there still quite a lot of disagreement. because successor there is but lucky are those groups in the european parliament that have a so-called so you know a lead candidate because not all groups in the european parliament have what you just mentioned 2 of the most prominent one which is monthly to be able for the conservative funds to moments for the social democrats and so i talked with a woman who's the leader of the social democratic group in the european parliament and who has been fighting for this process all along and he seemed quite happy when i when i told him that even the german chancellor coming into this european council here supported this process with lead candidates take a listen. it's an awning process for remember 5 years ago.

jump for what it's all democracy and still pinion that is widespread in the european parliament but even if she supports much that vevo so the other spits in coney dogs not your spitz a county that is going to be enough of us this fund simmons is going to become the next president of the european commission what makes you so certain about that i've been wondering because after all you are not the strongest group in that you are part of the smell the wind of change it's very obvious that the people of europe want to see very courageous fight against climate change it's very obvious that the people of europe the monsoon szell just as in fairness also in the aerial for taxation so somebody has to go to the forefront who is courageous enough doing that to be decision this and democrats developed a very appropriate program for that and funds to months is the right guy to lead but you lost a lot of votes so it doesn't seem like the voters in europe see you as the ones to

be able to do all the things you just said look the p.p.p. lost at least as much as we did. we are very much in touch with our citizens on the ground and seeing people being disappointed about the pos that we have 15 years amol conservative leadership in europe is an additional stimulus for us to change to pay the social democrats also that we had sort of a grand coalition in the last years how are you going to shake that off and how are you also going to shake off that you lost so many seats in the parliament we had an institutional collaboration between the 2 big party families if you would like to call it a grand coalition but you haven't really function like that in the last man that it was only defers to an obvious there was no grand coalition by definition. in the last 2 and a half years so don't over estimated to dition of grand coalitions we will always

fighting our cases we will always looking focus of majorities so this saying about the permanent kind coalition is an overestimation but how are you going to shake off the losses of the day are real and you said as much on sunday after the election that the social democrats may be in this doubt on the topic of climate change but now you seem optimistic what happened no you have to distinguish between my comments on the response in germany and my comments on the european scale also on sunday you said it's very obvious that we had. ups and downs and areas conference different also countries where we were doing very well like in spain portugal and the netherlands but if you. come to a common resume i think the i close to divonne $150.00 seats and in total of all the because the forces of the house we are taking the lead. seems to be very optimistic that indeed there spits it will make the race in the end thank you very much for talking to us. to be fair not

everybody is as optimistic as it were that there spits in kenya that will make the race in the end that indeed any doubt will make the race in the end because when things start getting complicated in the end and leaders of europe heads of state government need to start dealing in wheeling and they might pop up that we don't have on the list at all yet ok so when should we expect a decision this sounds like it's going to take forever. it might but it might not get them back of the german chancellor mentioned she wanted things done by the beginning of july because that's when the new european parliament will convene and conveniently the leaders will come together right here at the end of june so that's the goal but some pessimists here in brussels and there are a lot of them say the situation is rather complicated you know also it's also with the new right wing populists in the european parliament and with for example about

the making a lot of gains in italy that it might take a lot longer than that i've even heard some say they think it'll take until the end of the year max hoffman in brussels thank you. don't least 11 people have died trying to climb the walls highest peak mount everest the season most believed to have suffered from altitude sickness caused by low levels of oxygen in the and the number of deaths being blamed on overcrowding. they came for an adventure in the remotest place on asd. queues carnage and tragedy. the man who filmed this long breathless crawl to the top of everest turned back fearing for his life it has become a death race there because there was massive traffic jam and people are pushing themselves or not even care people of doing it they do it to try to summit and they instead of summiting they kill themselves and it's turned into

a bad thing and i think people should really look into it. the reason for the sneaking lines of mine into near is that the top of the world a record number of parent and a narrow window of good weather the delays made the already extreme conditions worse according to this climber who has the scars to prove it. but i had to wait a while for the traffic to decrease so we could go. back that because of that i was very cold and i was protecting myself and. that if there was no traffic then maybe this frostbite would not have happened. early on real robin fisher is one of the 11 people to have died this season he shot this video describing the conditions as he set out for the summit.

but it is at the death zone near the hillary step where the congestion is most dangerous to resume officials have promised to implement safety barriers but. the number of climbers who come to our mountains is actually quite low compared to other countries we're not going to fix or limit the number of climbers we're trying to get more tourists and climbers to come to nepal by giving them better facilities and safety we want to encourage them to come for both pleasure and fame. as cleanup operations gets underway on everest it's not just rubbish to collecting for more bodies were plucked off the mountain another reminder that the pursuit of pleasure and fame can come at a grievous price. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a man armed with knives has killed 2 people including a child in a stabbing spree near tokyo japanese media report the suspect killed himself after the attack which targeted schoolgirls are waiting for

a bus tour in the morning rush hour. opposition groups in sudan are holding a 2 day strike to protest the slow pace of talks with the building military council because asians aim to transferring power to a civilian health or to stall this week after the 2 sides agreed a 3 year transition period and a legislature. officials in medicare said japanese man has died on the flight after swallowing nearly 250 packets of coke a 42 year old has been traveling from bogota in colombia to tokyo his plane made an emergency landing in northern mexico after a flight attendant spotted him convulsing. a hiker who survived for 17 days with a broken leg in a hawaiian forest has been welcomed home by hud the community amanda allen from maui went missing on the 8th of magnusson job stream water and plants until she was spotted from a helicopter and rescued on saturday. malaysia is to repatriate $3000.00

tonnes of non-recyclable plastic waste amid concerns of the country is becoming a dumping ground for china back waste imports last year causing countries like the united states and britain to start shipping the material to malaysia turning it into the world's main destination for plastic waste days ago the philippines said it would return tons of trash to cattle. now only on birdman have made history they're moving up to the top tier of german football for the 1st time and relegated stuttgart in the process onya in pole position after drawing their 1st like 2 wall in stuttgart with a partisan behind them the same set for a tense night of football and bout it. in the last 10 attempts but with the backing of

a typically raucous. they would have been confident of bucking the trend but got started better and looked like he'd scored a beauty of a free kick but the video assistant referee spotted and no goal. remained. got sweating blood for the cause a new one came into the game after the break this was the 2nd time they were foiled by the woodwork at the french world cup when i. came closest to rescuing the day for stuttgart who have but held on was nil nil the final score but 2 goals last week meant they had finally reached the promised land they promoted to germany's top tier for the 1st time and the fans joined their heroes on the pitch to celebrate their moment in history. now the european central bank has released a new versions of the highest value banknotes even more secure than ever the new

$1200.00 euro notes feature intricate printing some of which only shows up under ultraviolet lights they're hard to forge thanks to details like a new hologram and complex watermarks and improved textures and made things easier for the visually impaired and you don't 2nd the 2nd generation of euro bells. and finally here in germany traffic police s.p.t. motorists has been saved by photo bomb or all the different kind of speed cameras caught this vehicle traffic at 54 kilometers an hour and a 37 just a pigeon flew from top the car and spread its wings obscuring the driver's identity saving him. the 105 fine they say that mr driver should take this is a sign from above to slow down. that you are just asking next be dead business africa with ben fizzled out the back of the to. yourself good

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