to clear, if you choose become pools in a cru, see a political concept went, oh you lost the run starts december 18th on d, w. the it says they don't even use live from portland. germany is either or of charles loses a confidence about after the collapse of his coalition government sholtes, his failure to get the backing of the german parliament sets of the country on course for its not the elections in fabric. also a head bush or o. s on breaks his simons after his full from power in syria. in a written statement, he says he planned to keep on fighting for russia, evacuated him, and hundreds are feared dead in the french island territory of my guilt. after the worst sites alone in nearly a century, the storm white that neighborhoods in a coat of power, some survivors having hot water for days,

the popular phone in the us. welcome to the program. we start with breaking news from here in germany were transferred off schultz as low as the a vote of confidence in parliament shelves. one of the support of only 207 little makers, far short of the majority needed to win. he being expected to lose the vote after his 3 party coalition collapsed in early november when he fired his finance minister in a dispute over how to revitalize germany's stagnant economy. it pays the way for it snap elections in february. this is the moment when the result was the next. to unplug the split, the chancellor's motion did not achieve the required majority of at least $367.00 votes in favor. these rather than bonus, i will inform the president of the results of the boat without delay time is that

time as us to the end of our agenda. ok. and to the end of the coalition of the unfair, what the deputies, chief, political out of her metallic listener was at the german parliament. and tell me more about what happens next. yes. what we heard from the present the problem. and she's going to inform the presidents, germany's federal presence, who has the last the ceremonial role, and he has $21.00 days within which he can decide what to do. he could also try and get the coalition add to all the former co would us and tasks talk to each other again. but we understand from the comments he's made before that he will clear the way for elections on the 23rd of february. so its last me procedural from now on was on the road to those a snap collection. all right, so if it isn't indeed i'd just say confirmed that at the election will take place of the 23rd of february next year. what issues are set to dominate on the campaign

trail? while the big one is the economy, that's because many which is the 3rd or 4th largest economy in the world of 10, depending on who you believe. and we had both mentioned here in parliament today is has a lot of economic indicators, pointing downwards, is also in the midst of a technology transition. it's key call industry is particularly hit. also it'd be an electronic vehicle section of it, and that to sparks use concerns here in germany that toby's hey day of seeing and, and also in industrial country could be over. so that is something that's moving very large or sofas. response is a to want to pull money into the economy to give out ron, for specific industries at that is something that is counted by the leader of the opposition, the city police, mass of the, the, of a conservative cd. you see a few pos and union of for we knows i'm apple's policy. he wants to create new

dynamism by causing taxes that he has is scaling condemnation, not just of the performance of this coalition it today, but so this is the 1st day of the concept and have him as a european level. and he's also expect and other issues like migration to play, a large role, the biggest that becomes, of an issue. the more it plays into the hands of the fall, right? if the policy which is neck and neck with the chances own espy, the posse, a hovering, just below 20 percent of the leading conservative current in the polls at around 30 percent. and so these will be key issues that both sides of zooming in on and they've already each choose each other of not having done the math in the policy programs. and since the not having the financing straight. so just a quick reminder, that's the exact issue. why this whole coalition essentially implode, is certainly days now at schultz will be meeting a minority government for the next 2 months. so where does this leave the german

chancellor on the world stage because it's a pretty hectic at time at the moment. here's what time it is for me to sold, spots is remains department, they can still take decisions, but both the government on parliament conti key decisions for me anymore. so that is a huge element of a name doc, key nation here in europe. neighboring of course fonts, which has its very own struggles with political stability and, and the spotlights full of potentially be on. it's really interesting the enough when donald trump comes into office on the 20th of january and unveils what his plans are in europe and what he no longer plans to do so. and it was admitted also by the vice swanson, the green tradesman, this, the habit kit in parliament today that this comes at a very bad point in time for the piece that it simply was no longer avoidable.

this imposing essentially of what was a political experiment, a 3 way coalition, but that doesn't mean that there won't need to be another one to get some majority following this stuff. election. leave it there. mikaela. thanks for that update. still music chief political editor, metallic governor joining us from the durham permit. and the 2nd. let's take a look now at some of the other headlines making news around the world. russia's defense ministry has released footage, allegedly showing the recapture of a settlement in the country's course region. this is where you cranes ministry launched a cross border incursion in august. ukraine says at least 30 north korean soldiers have been killed in recent weeks. and course, while fighting alongside russian troops. so 3 is constitutional court has started impeachment proceedings against president in so kill it will hold its 1st hearing on december 27th. june was suspended from office after lawmakers voted to impeach him over his attempt to impose marshall. the court now has 6 months to decide if

his removal from power will be permanent. medical workers and guys, i say at least 16 people, including women and children, have been killed in his writing strike on a shelter for displaced people in the se, right? account because of civil defense agency said is right. it strikes on sunday, killed dozens of people across the street, including an al jazeera journalist of 3 rescue workers. israel has reportedly carried, i'd strikes in serious tart us region near the mediterranean coast. the strikes caused a massive explosion as seen here in footage, verified by the reuters news agency, syrian observatory for human rights, as is randy ministry to tact air defenses and me sell storage sites. nearby civilian areas were also damaged. it's all staying in syrian more than a week after being overthrown. serious, i was, did president bush or aside,

has broken his silence about his full from power in a written statement posted on social media. i said, says he never planned to add to a funds in his country as rebel forces post in on damascus. he claims he initially moved to a russian base in western syria to continue fighting that says russia evacuated after the bass came under attack. he also denied so serious new leaders as terraces you don't, you corresponded to abraham is in the syrian capital damascus. a little earlier, i asked her if this statement from bosher outside seemed genuine. to this message did appear on the telegram and facebook accounts that have been thus far controlled by the syrian presidency, or i should say, the former syrian presidency. but of course, in the midst of this chaos, it's really difficult to tell who is actually in control of the social media accounts. i didn't, whether it was actually resorted. i said himself to sort of put a pen and paper together and wrote this down. so it comes from accounts that have

been associated with the presidency, but there's no way to tell for sure if this is coming from the former president smiled directly, especially that we've essentially not heard from him since his removal for a departure or whatever you want to call it over a week ago. yeah. and actually tell us a little bit more about that because as a side claims that rush of force him to abandon the country. right. right. the letter is quite long and essentially what for sure, as i said, if he is indeed the real author of this letter tries to do in this letter is put a lot of blame outside of himself as a delegate. a lot of the agency that he had as the ruler of syria, a we from the actions or the sequence of events that have happened that have unfolded a, you know, last week and essentially the 2 weeks before that led to his ouster. so there's

a lot of blaming, a lot of, uh, sort of, i did my best, i stood my ground for as long as i could. and essentially that what happened leading to his departure, what was not his fault and this is to be expected. i think that nobody was really expecting an apologetic letter or an apologetic statement. you know, taking any kind of blame for what has happened from the former president. so it's been met with quite a bit of, uh, i would say laughter and uh, and humor here on the streets of damascus. all right, so to say, or even ask, does he actually still exercise any influence in syria or, or support or still there have you, what are you seeing there on the ground day and we don't have a huge amount of time unfortunately. but if he could tell us about that would be great. sure. i mean his supporters have so far been silent. i think i, the fear of retribution is one, but i think even among his supporters there's just a lot of disappointment from what the former president has done. i mean, this is that he's basically left them to fend for themselves. and so you can

imagine what's going through the heads of many of his lifelong supporters, but so far there's a lot of, you know, piece and quite here on the ground. and these seem to be like to learn. i mean, of his supporters are here. there's certain bits certainly been a quiet so far. i think that's great and great to see you in damascus. the w corresponded to abraham authorities in the french overseas territory of my yacht, sir. hundreds, perhaps even thousands of people have been killed by the most destructive psych phone in nearly a century. the islands of the east african coast were already francis, poorest overseas regions before. so i tell him, chico, flattened, entire communities, cutting off electricity, water, and communication links. the main hospital has been severely damaged with field clinics now being settled as part of the emergency response. while the french military has delivered aid supplies as rescuers race to stave off a humanitarian disaster. first came the winds and rain from cycling chito.

and then came the next thread, the wind spread destruction left behind them. i don't wonder frances, poorest overseas territories rescue teams have already started to clear the debris left behind by the storm. and help is on the way from france in the form of american see workers and humanity hearing aid a badly needed lifeline for those who have already lost everything. come to get something to eat for the kids. and for us adults as well. we've got nothing left to wins taking it all the way we had stocked up at the wing took a couple of days. typically it was the one i probably would have had no water for 3 days now. so it's starting to be a lot. we're trying to get the bare minimum to live on, because we don't know when the water will come back in to do. the full scale of the

destruction is visible from the air. more than 3 quarters of the islands, 300000 people live below the poverty line. most were living in a mixture of homes in slums and shanty towns which have now all but been wiped out the throughout the hell the house was built. every thing here has been give a station. i think you can see it all around me. i'm actually walking through debris is or people one day off to the side car, not really busy rebuilding the homes, but the work is going to be extremely long to model. while some start to rebuild, others are left only to say their final farewells. as my young starts to recover after the war cycle and in almost a century, they don't use lisa louis has been following events in my yard from pirates. sons gave us this update, slow, the situation is getting more die by the hour. we've heard now that

a to 5 percent of the electricity network has breaking down, which makes communication was very difficult. also, 8 workers have been saying that hunger is mounting. people that really help not saying that facing a water, there is no food. and obviously, as we just heard, 8 workers rescue rockers are trying to clear the roads to get to those who are in need. it is a race against time, really, because there's also the fear that if you know clean water access, it's not restored very soon. and there is the risk of water, bone disease, dw, correspond at least to lose their, this time for a quick reminder now of our top story. this are the german chancellor or shaw says last, a vote of confidence in the parliament. the result puts the country on course for snap elections in february, the vote follows the collapse of his coalition. government schultz has now ask the german presidents plank, father stein might have to dissolve parliament. so for now, next planet of

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