to. 2 2 waste humans far closer to achieve pansy in santa chimpanzee, is even to a dog. a dr. series about our complex relationship with animals. watch now on youtube. d. w documentary the this is dw news live in from berlin, early elections here in germany. we now have a date after the collapse of his coalition government last week, german transfer or watch shows as agreed to early elections in february. we'll have more on one has to happen between now and then. also coming up, are we looking at america's next top diplomat toward the end of their marco rubio, which reportedly president electronic choice to be the next us secretary of state and a major legal victory for the oil giant shell, dutch court as overturn the landmark rolling that ordered the company to cut its

carbon emissions and a spanish university helping people hold onto memories by restoring photos that were destroyed in the floods in valencia, the hybrid golf is good to have you with this, we begin with breaking news. coming from right here in berlin, german transfer, all of schultz and the main opposition. conservatives have agreed on a date for early elections. february 23rd. the snap election was prompted by the collapse of the coalition government last week. when schultz fired his finance minister and election in february is 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. but bowing to political pressure, sholtes has agreed to hold the confidence vote in december and the elections in

february. all right, let's go now to our chief political editor because the company she joins me now from the german one to start some mikaela, leading politicians like they've been speaking about the situation is the election date on february 23rd. can we say that that is confirmed out of the we can say that it's confirmed that that's what they will propose a to determine president of those to the desk of salts himself and the leader of the opposition, who will be his key rival in the upcoming elections for the parliament and thereby for tons to the but in the present will have the final say he is also from the social democrats policy. we expect that to basically sale through the constitutional requirement, the president setting that particular date. and this results the not the, the, the entanglements that followed the breakup of the a 3 way code us and let's fight

demons, hans, that will not sold what it doesn't do. is trudy speed out a process of a germany that is very busy with itself as it since just is being hit by the news of that donald trump victory in the united states. nobody's talking about that. germany is very busy with itself right now. yeah, it's been that way now for a good week. what are the next steps, miguel? let me before we get these early elections, there has to be a vote of confidence in parliament. right. do we know when that's going to take place? yes, we know that that will be formally inviting, sent to parliament by sounds, assaults. on the 11th of december, on the 16th of december, he will have that vote of confidence which is expected to lose in parliament. and that will then lead the presents with 21 days to accept the proposal of the

solving durham and parliament and setting a date for the elections. within 60 days, though, the parliament is fully dissolved, it's still able to actually take decisions and pos legislation, although no major legislation is supposed to be launched during that time. so and germany will be able to actually come to decisions, but also will be elaine doc, chance that alright miguel is stand by, we're going to come back to you in just a moment. we want to take a closer look now with the events of last week that led to the collapse of the german coalition go 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 old schultz fired finance ministry coast junglin 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. schultz and his social democrats are clinging together with the green party headed by o, 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. what i know about 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 there's still important work to do. but opposition, leader, freedom of commands from the christian democrats demanded a confidence vote as soon as possible. he is seeking to become chancellor with his party riding high in the polls of these a father,

chancellor must never 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 an 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 f schultz 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. mckayla. so that's what happened leading us up to the collapse of the coalition government in the last week. we have seen donald trump re elected in the united states. we think the german government here, the coalition government class. and now we're talking about a very short campaign for early elections. this is a lot for voters to process. what do you see as the main challenges for political berlin moving forward of the well,

the main towns will be to actually get people out to vote and to get a positive feeling of going into a few to demons of land to lot of the last year of what is not possible, what's not possible in a 3 way coalition that became a political experiment and that is seen as having fails. but having said that, the done political landscape has become more fragmented. there is the far right if the policy would also be s w, which is a mix of left wing and writing policies. it's also anti migration. so having a stable government, having what gemini became so famous for on the, on the mackerel, the stability brand of politics getting that spark is something that germans clearly want. you can see it from the opinion polls with the frustration of the government and meeting those expectations will become very complicated indeed. if

those polls translate into an extra results, ok dw, as be kelly typically with that the news a february 23rd dates set for early elections here in germany. makella. thank you. then take the day off. brent, i will not alright from one to political restart here to another across the atlantic in the united states. president of like, trump is quickly assembly his cabinet with the promise to do what trump the candidate said he would do as trump the president. and that means getting tough on and legal immigration. trump says that he plans to named thomas home and acting director of immigration and customs enforcement home and was known as the borders are in the 1st trop administration. the president elect is also expected to name florida. senator marco rubio as us secretary of state though, if 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 left is running venezuela . as the vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee and a member of the foreign relations committee within an outspoken critic of china, seeing it as an economic and security threat to the u. s. could the chinese government, through its ownership of bi dance conduct 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, a package for kids. in line with trump stated emission to untangle the us from

overseas conflicts, the overall alignment between rubio and these 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 runners 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, bygones and now bygones as the world watches to see what u. s. foreign policy will look like over the next 4 years. i spoke with mike cooper and he's a us politics analyst with the european university, the rena. i asked him what he makes of marco rubio as the next the us secretary of state. yeah, so it's cool to still have the ultimate site in the direction of us foreign policy, but the radio, of course is going to be the mountain to move in the room,

meeting foreign leaders and doing the actual work is representing the united states and high level negotiations and kind of strategic alliances. i remember the, the, the review i will, whoever becomes the secretary of state is also going to be in charge of managing thousands of diplomats and civil servants around the world. i would imagine many of those people would have been fine, a consent when the election outcome came in. i would think that they would be somewhat more relieved this morning to see that as rubio as the name of the see mentorship, particularly, you know, rather than someone from kind of outside of washington politics for example, you know, someone from the mag, oh, well, i think these people would have, would have struggled to walk under by circumstances. and yes, so this disposition is obviously really important announcements and seen as the most important, a cabinet that we know that rubio has had a pro, trump of typically of late. and we also know about trump's demand of total loyalty

. i mean is that the most important qualification for anyone who wants to be in his cabinet? so i think we've long known the donald trump is willing to be pretty flexible on, on policy positions on, on various different things as long as you kind of swear and obviously loyalty to him. and i think if we look at the confound appointees side of the fall, i think we can see that i strongly agree with this, this assessment. so we've got 6 confirmed positions size box plus another 2 that we kind of strongly as you know by 6 that we've seen as a inconvenience. i would, i think you could make an argument to all 6 of the kind of trunk lawyer. so that susie whiles has been named as the chief of style, steven miller, who's been named as the deputy, cheapest author, policy, tom harmon as the borders of these eldon as the environmental protection agency. michael wolf's, as a national security advisor. and at least the phonic as the ambassador to the

united nations, one of these, the board to varying degrees. i've had that policy disagreements with trump over the years, and i think the sign can be that's a pretty it from the click that already i the what they've done is they've decided not we will, we will put all loyalty to trump ahead of whatever other concerns we have and they, therefore they favored was and i had to ask you about the billionaire eli and musk . now we don't know if he's going to have an official role in this new administration. we do know that he reported we sat in on the call with ukraine's president last week meeting. could he also play a role in u. s. foreign policy? so i think at this point the on mosque is, is going to play song kind of a role in us foreign policy, whether or not he has an official position. so obviously he's, he's the head of spies, x which operates stalling. i think the same, this kind of a tight, logical and then global strategic importance, as we see most obviously in the car. and example, uninstalling cars, really been

a crucial way of maintaining communication networks in the country during the war. and so his decision making regarding installing cause already had qualified diplomatic effects. and there's been kind of discussion or suggestions about whether he would allow, continues, would allow stalling to continue to operate and eventually he'd become a t stakeholder. and you can really apply pressure and potentially influence outcomes. he may even prefer not to have an official government role because that might kind of remove any kind of constraints or part of the colors around the team, particularly when we think here it is all the cool for interest. you know, i'm sorry, it might be that much for fuzzy to know like an honest visual government role. but yeah, that would also mean that he would not have to get approval by the us senate, which would take the politics out of it. may i ask you about trump? the candidates in trump, the president elect while he was running for office,

he was very vocal and loud about almost everything. but since being re elected trump has largely been absent from the public eye. what's your read on that? so i wouldn't take too much away from that. i wouldn't, i wouldn't inspire too much that by all accounts, that has been a lot of activity at mar, lock i. we've seen a lot of important people coming and going, and he's really been busy kind of taking meetings and shaping his team. we not, you know, in 2016 and much of the conservative movement was skeptical as to whether or not trump could, could really when the elections. i think there was a much looser plan put in place. and we saw kind of a huge amount of style type a in the potentially connected to it. i think that's very different. this time this time there was a clear plan. we saw a lot from organizations like the heritage foundation, with that project 2025 plan. and this time there was a strong expectation that trump could win i. so what we're seeing now is,

is those plans rapidly being put into action? but i also imagine he's also just very tired of that was been a very intense campaign. and remember, this isn't mine. we're talking about here time. 78 earlier this yet. that's right. the oldest man elected to the office of us president. we can't forget that the political analysts, mike cooper and mike, as always, we appreciate your analysis. thank you. great estate, you're good. like what donald trump's when last week sent the value of bitcoin through the roof. the crypto currency hit get another all time high in monday, trading, following your record breaking weeks. donald trump, as we know, is a big supporter. he has budget and makes the united states the world's crypto capital. the trump used to be quite skeptical of bitcoin and other crypto currencies, but his tone has changed during his latest campaign for the white house, trump didn't praise crypto going as far as to buy burger sports fans and paid with bit calling. vegas. trump has

also recently joined the crypto scene with his own platform with liberty financial . it was much ridiculed, but has helped to trump position himself as the trip to president. what does it mean? experts are hoping for lose the regulation that have also been criticisms that the way the securities and exchange commission going off to a number of crib type funds. and that appears to be a willing list to bring in regulation that could bring more crypto firms. and that will peroration coins and tokens into the regulatory space. yeah. in recent days, bitcoin has clients to over $80000.00. now with trump set to a point loyalist, so the see, there are plenty of experts suggesting the rallies far from over, including stefan evolve coined house. we expect this bullish trend to continue for a long time about a year. he says,

the next level for me is $100000.00. another factor behind the rise of crypto heading into a trump presidency is 11 musk, the 1000000000. it was close to trump throughout the campaign at might well be part of a new administration. reports show mosque and trump have discussed crypt a policy with most the insights potentially shaping trumps approach to digital assets. suggesting, of course, that most viewers could indeed impact their regulatory trajectory of trip to in the us as well as investors seem to keep firing up crypto. but buying in that are record high still seems to be a higher risk investment at the best it was, laura told her their reporting. let's get you caught up now with some of the other stories that are making headlines. elise in china say 35 people are dead and dozens injured. after a man rammed the car into a crowd at the southern city of zoo high, the driver was arrested at the scene. authorities have not said whether the incident was intentional. it came ahead of 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 in the has bola stronghold to lead earlier israel. struct targets in lebanon's north killing at least 8 people. israel's defense minister said his country will continue hitting hezbollah with full force. it is a big and court victory for the oil giant shell. the company is one. it's appeal against a landmark ruling that ordered shelves to drastically reduce its carbon emissions. adults appeals court has dismissed all claims from that climate change dating back to 2021, stating that shell was already on track to meet its emissions targets. were earlier i spoke with lori fund, a board campaign manager at oil change international. now that's a group that supports a just to transition away from fossil fuels. i asked her if she plan to push for

further litigation against other oil, john yes, certainly. and yet today's brooding is carry a set back, but it also has some strong elements that actually will help us hold big polluters going forward. the cord was very clear that not just states, but also companies including shall 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 specific emission reduction obligations for show, based on global emission pathways. and this that the lot the court to dismiss this may smell 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 political responsibilities. i quote, to take their responsibility in this respect. that was laurie fundable and speaking

with me earlier now that ruling comes as a comp 29 global climate conference in jersey. it's the 2nd day in baku iser by john for testers, have accused the host country of green washing the swedish climate active his credit tomb bear appeared at the demonstration of the georgian capital tbilisi. today she said petroleum exporting, either by john, we have such defend, has been suppressed, is more concerned with securing oil and gas investments. then with solving the climate crisis is very officials is said that their capital was chosen because of its green energy initiatives, are showing few signs of winning the country off of petro dollars. the world has to move away from one and us. of a john is made clear. there's no intention of changing its business model for the sake of the climate. 60 percent of government revenue come from fossil fuels, which are the main driver of the climate prices. having oil and gas because

it is not our fault. it's a gift was a good deal climate act and try to get it the worst possible rating for climate protection. critically insufficient as evidence emissions are set to rise by the for the 20 percent in the coming years. see the red line in pub, of the countries on climate targets the fall cried from the emissions reduction. as i bet john needs to aim for to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees shown here in green, called 29 president and chief negotiator is moved up by you up at johnson, minnesota for ecology and natural resources and formal officials of the state or the company analysts like on sent to climate negotiations only work if you have a very strong and very credible and very trustworthy presidency. so by john is not that is a fossil fuel country. it's an ultra cripps country,

are human rights are difficult, and they are displaying themselves better than they really are. mean, why the human rights situation in the co cause this country is disastrous? the experts, numerous political prisoners are in jail, where many of being taught should say human rights organizations. critics say they've been systematically silence, particularly in the run up to the climate conference among them. but she just totally monthly from the, as about john and g o climate of justice initiative google. so that'd be as forming a coalition, we wanted to draw attention to these problem that's highlighting the need in the country for an environment where people can express their opinions and voice to grievances raised issues and comfortably expressed themselves naturally. before we could achieve this, it was stopped. people were arrested boom box to all of the reporters with on board as press freedom ranking, also painted green picture. as i bet, john takes place 164 out of 180 countries. the petro state has also been rated as

one of the most corrupt in the world, according to a transparency international report. then there's the conflict with neighboring a media semester. yeah. is that the john took over the region of my god, no cut out bucks, which lead to more than 100000 a median please. the outcome of the comments um it does not depend solely on the host country to prevent devastating floods, as seen recently in spain, in brazil, and support countries hit by climate catastrophes is the responsibility of high emitting nations, namely industrialized the western countries as well as china and oil rich gulf states to now to the aftermath of that recent devastating flooding in spain, which scientists say was made that much worse by 5 and change. spain's prime minister was pledging billions of bureaus to rebuild communities that were devastated by the floods. many survivors lost their homes and possessions including family photo albums. but the project at the university of valencia is helping to

restore photos and to preserve memories. these exports are working to restore photos damaged by flood waters, helping families preserve precious memories of loved ones. for many, these mementos our own, they have left. it's ironic us. i'm as they were at my mother's house when they passed away my siblings and i did not remove any thing. so all our histories, they're like, one of them is the most because furniture and appliances can be replaced and the sooner or later we'll have that back to assess for this. but we don't have the negatives for those photos. despite being material things, the emotional value they have is impossible to measure company those and the mentality in kind of collaborative 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 that 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 victims call or email us something that's what the tell us is that the very thankful because many of them have lost everything costs or something to be there. so these are photographs of the grand parents for the parties have when they are family memories, simply i noticed that it seems 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 alright, here's a reminder now of our breaking news earlier in german chance or luck. schoultz has reached an agreement with the main opposition. conservative. on a february 23rd to date for early elections,

shields fired his finance minister last week leading to the collapse of his 3 way governing coalition. you, what you need to do is i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news. i hope to see you then the, [000:00:00;00]

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