was his forte is a tide in the right wing coalition that is not decided yet but for sure about its kone who many people thought his put it to get that is back on the stage than say get and rome with the latest thank you. at long last the wait for a new german government is over and that's because the social democrats have voted yes to joining a coalition yet again with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives the vote is a huge relief for makyo who will soon be sworn in for a fourth term as chancellor but for the center left social democrats getting to this point has brought out internal divisions that may prove difficult to heal. a nightmare for s.p.d. party leaders didn't come to pass as the results were announced there was no applause and no cheering instead a reserved reaction from a cautious party leader who fought very hard for this yes is a tell him across the bow tie at sixty the social democratic party did not take this decision lightly and for the past few weeks they discussed the results of the coalition agreement openly and transparently these work important and exciting deb

lam has made a surprise strong showing in a republican stronghold over republican candidate rick so kone the vote is seen as a litmus test for donald trump's republican party ahead of midterm elections in november. high school students across the united states have walked out of their schools to protest against gun violence calling for stricter gun laws in the capital washington d.c. students marched to the white house in staged a seventeen minute silent protest a minute for every victim of the mass shooting that took place in florida last month claire richardson reports from washington. they're sick and tired of fellow students being gunned down while at school these young demonstrators at the sandy springs friends school in maryland are some of the tens of thousands of students who took part in a nationwide walkout to demand tougher gun control measures. we reckon they should have. records of what. we are sending this message in solidarity with schools across the nation i think it's so powerful that schools can go out and do this and have this message be a nationwide message that we're

lam has made a surprise strong showing in a republican stronghold over republican candidate rick so kone the vote is seen as a litmus test for donald trump's republican party ahead of mid-term elections in november slovakia's prime minister robert fico has offered to resign to resolve a political crisis sparked by the killing of a journalist and his fiance in late february you know so larky was thrown into crisis after the murder of young. who wrote about fraud cases involving businessmen and the mafia with political talk. here in germany chancellor i'm going to medical took the oath of office today for the fourth. and her conservative block has one say again formed a coalition with the social democrats just like the two previous government so you could say a lot or more of the same of the german president frank walters steinmeyer he spotted the danger here he went so far as to warn the coalition parties that they must now prove that there is something here new and different. after a nearly six month long wait germany's new government has finally been sworn in a new cabinet with a well k

possibility that if they're not strong enough on their own the right center right coalition on the bonus kone could start talking to the center left on the matteo renzi under a so-called grand coalition that's something that not many voters would like to see because that really would be a return just to politics as it always has been in terms of the same faces but it remains possible. and. we've been latest now from rome. dean for the moment thank you and here in the studio we're joined by for that eagle sun teams an italian political analyst for the eurasia group now you've had a look at these exit polls we have to say that they're not particularly reliable they've been very wrong in the past however from looking at what you're seeing what jumps out at you you know that you had to mention that it would be wrong i think about too much faith in these numbers particularly so this time around given that the electoral system has actually changed recently and it's quite complex so we have to wait until we get not just a final results but also the actual distribution of seats in parliament which is

that stands to perhaps win the most here is someone italians are very familiar with silvio bettis kone how are people responding to the fact that this is very controversial former prime minister is back on the stage and could really be the kingmaker here. i'd say never been away from the political stage rather been waiting for his chance to crit crypt power in italy for a fifth time and he has a plan to do that in fact election posters promised voters president a balanced tony bennett story for president the problem is that for another two years he will be barred from taking any political post because he's been convicted for tax evasion but he has a plan for that he has asked. and. a member of the european parliament in fact the president of the european parliament a tie down he to be basically a caretaker president until he is fit to take come back to power and i asked a number of voters here today what they make of it and many said look they've they've still find him charming he's a reliable option at a time when there's a lot of populists around and one man put to me he's he's like