since it is one of the few sources in the 1st thing in listening to content about sexuality and sexual matters. i'm liza modeled as an i'm going to be exploring in law and a new season of mine. just available on all platforms. this is dw, there's live at from berlin, early elections here in germany. we may just have a dates after the collapse of his coalition government last week. german transfer all i've showed says that he is open to early elections in february. we'll have more on what has to happen between now and then. also coming up, are we looking at america's next top diplomat, florida? should've there marco ruby was reportedly president elect trump's choice to be the next us secretary of state and a spanish university helping people hold on to memories by restoring photos that were destroyed in the floods in valencia.

the bread golf is good to have you with this and we begin with breaking news coming from right here in berlin, german transfer, all of sholtes and the main opposition conservatives have reportedly agreed on a date for early elections next february 23rd. the pole is being prompted by the collapse of the governing coalition just last week when schultz fired his finance minister february elections as earlier than what the chancellor was shooting for. he'd been hoping to hold a confidence vote in parliament next january to be followed by elections in march, fidelity to political pressure. he said on national television sunday evening, that he would be open to bringing the confidence vote and early elections over on the episode. and that's all right, let's go now to our chief political editor, mckayla. good afternoon. she joins me from the german windows talking to kayla. so

it looks like we're going to have elections in february. it's yes, it's not official yet. there's still a process that needs to be adhered to. first, we need to see the version of confidence then determine president normally has lost a ceremonial role. we'll have to take that decision to agree to the soul of parliament and success now for elections. having said that, it looks like it was all decided at the parliamentary group level. that's why i'm standing in parliament to yeah, we're expecting that very statement to come from last hold. so the social democratic party right behind me anytime soon. and mikayla, we know that early elections would follow a confidence vote in parliament. do we know when the chancellor will call that confidence vote? well, we expect that also to have come out of the discussions between the concepts as a democrat policy and the opposition. the definitely police maps that we expect

that to be the 16th of december, and that would mean a very short election campaign. and what it also means is that also that varies. so for an act of the demons. honda throwing out as finance minister, which sold the collapse of his 3 way co listen last week. and germany's now facing a really a moment of uncertainty where that will not be majorities to pass any major legislation . although we expect a message to go through, that would be something of a safety of bolt for the constitutional courts here in germany, because there are concerns that the fall, right? could it seek power over the constitutional cool? that kind of thing will go through but notes no major policy will be decided over the coming months until we see those elections in february, mckayla standby, we're going to take a closer look now at the events of last week that led to the collapse of the german coalition govern of the after 3 rocky years of government,

germany is now on the path to new elections. the 3 party coalition, which formed in 2021, fell apart on november 6th. when chancellor, all of schultz fired finance ministry coast young linda from the business friendly, free democrats who refused to approve new debt to fund the budget around this. there is no basis of trust for further cooperation by serious government work is not possible in this way. for now, germany is being managed by a minority government. sholtes and his social democrats are cleaning together with the green party headed by all but how back they'll need votes from opposition. parties to pass any further legislation the, all the tasks will not become any easier, neither in the present, nor in the foreseeable future. it will become more challenging for germany in particular house for another on the next step requires a confidence vote and the bonus tag members would vote on whether to continue

supporting sholtes as chancellor. a vote he's expected to lose. schultz had hoped to delay this until early next year, saying they're still important work to do. but opposition leader freely come out from the christian democrats demanded a confidence vote as soon as possible. he's seeking to become chancellor with his party riding high in the polls. these are far the chancellor most nell filled this responsibility and this is his responsibility to ensure that we can get a new federal government to quickly become a gun and then comes in election much earlier than september 2025 as originally planned. the poll now look set to take place on february 23rd. after an agreement between the governing s p d and the opposition conservatives. in the meantime, all of shoulds remains chancellor. now it's up to the voters to decide if he can stay or needs to move out to make way for a new chancellor. i'm sorry. so that's the background killer. what more do we know about the events that led to last week's collapse of the coalition government?

well, we know that there's an intense debate going on and whose fault it really was. what i felt was very beside in his statement and basically accusing his finance minister of having abused his trust of one time too many. that's what we can read into this whole thing is that germany a year of strongest economy, most important economy is so much politically missing an accent at a very crucial time. as donald trump will be sworn in for his 2nd time on the 20th of january. so there will be more than a month of where it will be unclear to will respond and how to, how many will be able to respond to a list of demands. one can safely expect from an incoming president, donald trump, who's about to also in the role in ukraine, within his 1st couple of days. use me cable except for their reporting from inside

the german book. this talk here in for the mckayla. thank well from one political restart and to another. this one on the other side of the atlantic in the united states president elect trumps cabinet, is taking shape with a promise to do what trump the candidate said he would do as trump the president. and that means getting tough on legal immigration. trump says that he plans to named thomas hohmann, acting director of immigration and customs enforcement home and was known as the borders are in the 1st trump administration. the president elect is also expected to name for it is in their marco ruby. it was secretary of state. now we have confirmed rubio would become the 1st latino to serve as americans top diplomat. a fantastic mark. oh, come on up. come on up. as donald trump campaign across the country, one of the key establishments that goes within his movement was florida senator

marco rubio. i think a lot of your a lot. rubio was once considered a potential pick to be trumps, the vice president. before the president elect settled on j d vans, the son of cuban emigrants sen. rubio has been a vocal critic of the have on the redeem. as well of the leftist running venezuela . as the vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee and a member of the foreign relations committee was in an outspoken critic of china, seeing it as an economic and security threat to the us. could the chinese government through its ownership of bi dance, could the today use take talk to controlled data on millions of users on ukraine? rubio opposed russia's invasion, but this year he voted against a major us aid package for kids. in line with trump stated ambition to untangle the us from overseas conflicts, the overall alignment between rubio and his potential next boss is a major turnaround from the relationship in the past. june the 20,

16 republican primary, rubio escaping about trump. he began to unmask the true nature of the front runner so far in this race. 5 days ago, we began to explain to the american people that donald trump is a con artist. but a lot can change in the political world. and in this case, by going and now by guns as the world watches to see what us foreign policy will look like over the next 4 years. been. all right, let's get you called up now with some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. police in china say 35 people are dead and dozens injured. after a man ran the car into a crowd at the southern city of zoo 5, the driver was arrested at the c. authorities have not said whether the incident was intentional. it came, it had the opening of a major air show in the city, a series of explosions as rock southern b routes. they came less than an hour after these really army called for residents

of neighborhoods. and the has full, a strong hold to lead earlier israel struct targets in lebanon's north killing at least 8 people. israel's defense minister said that his country will continue hitting, has beloved with full force. the international criminal court has announced an external investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct involving the courts, chief prosecutor kareem khan. he has denied the allegations and said that he plans to cooperate with the investigation khan has called for an internal watch dog to look into the claim sold as a court enroll him as rude at migrants held. and it didn't tell you to run screening center and now being you must be brought to italy. the southern men were picked up by the italian navy in the mediterranean. and the ruling is the latest set back to the government's plans to process asylum seekers outside the european union. are you k prime minister here a storm or has announced a more ambitious climate goal for his country saying he would come to greenhouse

gas emissions like 81 percent? by the year 2035. he made that statement at the united nations cop $29.00 climate summit. un secretary general says the summit must reach a deal that does not lead poor countries empty handed as they fight climate change . staying with climate change, it is a big court victory for the oil giant shell. the company is wanted to appeal against a landmark ruling that ordered shell to drastically reduce its carbon emissions. adults appeals courts has dismissed all claims from decline, decays, dating back to 2021, stating that show was already on track to meet its emissions. and the target space ha. or earlier i spoke with laurie fund, their board campaign manager at oil change international. and that's a group working to support a just transition away from fossil fuels. i asked her if she plans to push for

further litigation against oil, john yeah, certainly, and yet today's reading is clarity of set back. but it also has some strong elements that actually will help us hold big polluters, going forwards. the record was very clear that not just states, but also companies including shell, have a legal obligation to reduce their emissions, to protect human rights and build their duty of care. and it said that it cannot survive and specific emission reduction obligations for show based on global automation pathways. and this that the lot the court to dismiss, dismiss, know your defense, these claims. but the court this recognize the new investments in oil and gas fields are incompatible with climate goals. and then companies have legal responsibilities. i quote, to take their responsibility and disrespect. the step was laurie funded board speaking with me earlier, spain's prime minister is pledging billions of bureaus to rebuild the communities

that were devastated by recent flash floods. many survivors lost their homes and possessions, including family photo albums. but a project at the university of valencia is helping restore what photos can be saved, preserving people's cherished memories. these exports are working to restore photos damaged by flood waters, helping families because of precious memories of loved ones. for many, these mementos our own they have left is around because i'm as then with my mother's house when they passed away my siblings and i did not remove anything. so all our history is there, like one of them is the most because furniture on appliances can be replaced and the sooner or later we'll have that back to assess for this. but we don't have been negatives for those photos. despite being material things, the emotional value they have is impossible to measure company the sentiment then

in kind of the level of the deadly floods in spain, one of the worst. and it's more than history claimed over $200.00 lives and caused widespread devastation of the photos that were able to be saved. many, our fragile water logged and faded, some are stuck together, making the restoration process more difficult once restored these photos. and we were done to their owners, the university that is working to rescue these has created a registry to insure each one reaches the right family. on the phone or when slot middle school or email us up in what they tell us is that they're very thankful because many of them have lost everything gospel, something to be the these are photographs of the grand parents birthday parties and they are family memories and you'll see that it's a little bit more. yes, i mean, yeah. why many have lost everything? this initiative offers

a chance to save their irreplaceable family memories. you're watching the w news up next business beyond considers how the china is trade surplus is impacting developing economies. i'll be back in the top of the hour with more of old news. i hope to see you then the i want to tell you something. it's a very nice my house. i to raising awareness of h o d and on and we're still in test. shane assignments, and we need to break out of and i want to tell you something how to tennessee chris starts november 29th on dw china is counting on its world beating export machine to help pull it out of its economic slump. but that's the strategy is been

complicated by wave of terrace and it's not just the usual suspects in the west.