this is due to be news live from berlin angela merkel insists her government will press on the german chancellor says she's not planning any changes to the country's governing coalition this after the surprise resignation of the leader of the social democrats a move that plunged the coalition top night into crisis. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel says her governing coalition will press on with its work despite a surprise resignation today at the top of its ranks and re-analysis announced she's stepping down as leader of germany's social democrats the junior partner in merkel's grand coalition says she also plans to give up her seat in the german parliament the announcement comes as her party recognize agonizes excuse me over its future following a double election defeat now less was under pressure after german voters handed the social democrats a worst ever result in last election in last month's european elections this pay day also lost a regional lection in the state of braman for the 1st time in over 70 years. has released a written state

america or it has welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel says her governing coalition will press on with its work despite a surprise resignation today at the top of its ranks andrea and alice announced she's stepping down as leader of germany's social democrats the junior partner in miracles a grand coalition nala says she also plans to give up her seat in the german parliament her announcement comes as a party agonizes over its future following a double election defeat now this was under pressure after german voters hand of the social democrats they worst ever result in last month's european elections the s.p.d. also lost a regional action in the state of braman for the 1st time in over 70 years. nonis released a statement about her decision she said discussions in the parliamentary group and feedback from the party have shown that i no longer have the necessary support to carry out my duties on monday therefore resign as chair of the s.p.d. and on choose day i'll resign as chair of the s.p.d. parliamentary group. chancellor merkel delivered her response to andrea non

people are looking to angela merkel. she stands more than any other leader in the world for that stability, especially in germany. she has been in power for 14 years, all of my adult life. she announced herself last year that she is not seeking another political office after her term ends in 2021, but i think this trembling today really shakes up people over germany because anything that ignites suspicion that she might leave early -- brent: that's exactly right. >> really puts people in a position to ask themselves what would germany look like after merkel actually steps down as chancellor? brent: that's a good point. the fact that people worry about her health forces them to be confronted with the period after the era of angela merkel and how that will be. thank you, leona. tonight, the european union is calling on italy to find a quick resolution to its standoff with a german ngo whose migrant rescue ship has entered italian waters in defiance of a band from rome. that ship is carrying 42 people picked up off the coas

i and he didn't mix his words when he described the growing mood of crisis surrounding angela merkel's 4th government let's listen to what he had to say and then we'll hear from. feeling that a lot of the issues that graham coalition addresses do not or no longer to reach a large majority of the futile but the coalition government let me make this very clear has gambled away a lot of trust beat. the coalition government has gone both away a loss of trust that's pretty strong words is this a dangerous time for people in government to be rocking the boat. not dangerous but the problem with the trust is that the german economy is supposed to both the middle east on to a family owned firms and the larger the list to the docks firms they are very unhappy because they're simply pointing out what everyone knows that the there hasn't been any meaningful domestic reform under merkel ever the the last big reform was a labor market reform under her predecessor since then she's managed very effectively several international crisis but she's done nothing at home and there are big problems having to

, and angela merkel argues thatitis project, and angela merkel argues that it is an economic project,ing that it would not make germany reliant on russia for energy. an interesting story. lets go live to hong kong, where we can see people still in the streets, rubber bullets and teargas were used yesterday to try to disperse crowds, the financial district is closed. government offices are closed, and as you can see it has been taking its toll on the hang seng, the main index trading. business is important, critical to hong kong. index trading. business is important, criticalto hong kong. it is seen on the international stage asa is seen on the international stage as a place where business is central, financial markets are central, financial markets are central, and it would seem for many yea rs central, and it would seem for many years as the way into mainland china. let's go to asia now, and there have been further falls on the hang seng index as street protests in hong kong continue. rico hizon is following the story. took us through the impact this is having. currently it is having

that it that is involved a particular problem this time and you heard today a german chancellor angela merkel in the report just now appointing 2 directly that problem is that the european parliament the parties there do want to see their candidate this so-called lead candidates to win the race for the top job in the european commission but they cannot group behind one of those candidates because what you need at the end of the day for the top cop in the european commission is council the member states select someone and then that person needs an absolute majority in the european parliament and that majority that simply doesn't exist another problem of course is there's another 4 top jobs 2 of which would be handed out and for those jobs something like the head of the european council or the foreign political chief of the european union something like a foreign minister of europe all those top jobs there's a lot of criteria you need to consider 2 of them should be a woman you need someone from eastern europe and all those things to be considered it is a complicated package that leaders are fa

convention party members agree to change course and form a coalition with angela merkel's conservatives rather than enter the opposition i think that if i were going to negotiate and get some more good results that's why voting yes today is worth it. now as was the party's 1st female leader since it was founded more than 150 years ago she was tasked with steering the s.p.d. back to its left wing roots but many are now asking if the decision to again partner with the center right c.d.u. was indeed worth it. all right we will be joined now by william green coffee political correspondent william the big question how will nala says resignation impact the governing coalition with. well is a member of parliament and she of course until today was leading the s.p.d. she was not did not have a role in the german government per se so there's no direct impact you could say on the german government but this is yet another sign of how weak i'm going to michael's junior partner in this so-called grand coalition is it how weak it's become in the last year or 2 since the 2017 national elections here in

this is deja vu news live from berlin angela merkel insists her government will press on the german chancellor said she's not planning any changes to the country's governing coalition and this comes after andrea analysis surprise resignation as head of the social democrats plunged her coalition into crisis. a minute cuba's mackinnon thanks so much for joining us german chancellor angela merkel says her governing coalition will press on with its work despite a surprise resignation today at the top of its ranks and they are not as announced she is stepping down as leader of germany's social democrats as the junior partner and metals coalition says she also plans to give up her seat in the german parliament and announcement comes as her party agonizes over its future following a double election defeat now this was under pressure off the german voters handed the social democrats their worst ever result in last month's european elections the s.p.d. also lost a regional election in the state of greyman for the 1st time in more than 17 years . the. chancellor merkel delivered her response to under th

convention party members agree to change course and form a coalition with angela merkel's conservatives rather than enter the opposition. designed we're going to negotiate and get some more good results that's why voting yes today is worth it. now as was the party's 1st female leader since it was founded more than 150 years ago she was tasked with steering the s.p.d. back to its left wing roots but many are now asking if the decision to again partner with the center right c.d.u. was indeed worth it. all right kate while with nala stepping down what's next for the s.p.d. well there will be a lot of soul searching now to see exactly how they are speedy wants to move forward as a party or are we actually going to see a leader that is going to move the social democrats further left and of course that could have huge repercussions in terms of the s.p.d. role in the governing grand coalition of course this is a huge deal. as well she's currently the leader of that governing coalition the so-called grand coalition between the conservatives and the social democrats but if the. last year and als

fire from some on the left of the party who were against re entering a coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservative after the 2017 election. before it's right and we'll bring you more on that breaking news story in a few moments including what it means for chancellor merkel governing coalition of the joint shortly by political correspondent kate brady but 1st we turn to our other top story in sports liverpool have been crowned champions of european soccer after defeating tottenham to mail in an all english champions league final in madrid liverpool's german coach you're going cup tasted european glory for the 1st time after a heartbreaking lost in the final last year the win also broke club's drought of 6 defeats in cup finals. well the match got off to a controversial start just minutes after kick off we have all the highlights in this report. a dream start for liverpool fans who saw their side awarded a penalty for handball after just 24 seconds mohammed solo took responsibility and smashed a powerful drive down the middle of spurs keep a shooter receives goal. and forwards 5th goal

convention party members agree to change course and form a coalition with angela merkel's conservatives rather than enter the opposition. hands on i think we're going to negotiate and get some more good results that's why voting yes today is worth it. now as was the party's 1st female leader since it was founded more than 150 years ago she was tasked with steering the s.p.d. back to its left wing roots but many are now asking if the decision to again partner with the center right c.d.u. was indeed worth it. no kate and then all those informed her party members of her decision to step down in writing what's been the reaction among party members they seem a real mixed reaction it is interesting that there were just there was a statement just yesterday from some leading figures in the social democrats actually that said you know we are the party of solidarity reaffirming that position saying that they still stood behind andrea not us despite these dire results just 7 days ago in the elections and so some people were taken by surprise that she decided to kind of step back from the double at

here in berlin questions are being asked about whether angela merkel's coalition government could be on the verge of collapse they come after the leader of her junior junior coalition partner quit without warning on sunday andrea nala stepped down after her social democrat party's disaster is showing in the recent european elections but also after being criticized for her performance as party leader merkel says that she will push ahead with the coalition but others are not so sure it will survive. after a year in the top job with the s.p.d. and to know this as she's standing down because she feels she can't go on. discussions in the parliamentary group and feedback from the party have shown that i no longer have the necessary support to carry out my duties on monday i will therefore resign as chair of the s.p.d. and on tuesday i will resign as chair of the s.p.d. parliamentary group nala says resignation follows the party's dismal performance in last month's european elections its worst ever showing at the polls given city vivisect the results that we have so far are extremely disapp

well it was always the big strength of angela merkel being good at reacting being with the balancing that's her kind of leadership but now i think we have quite at some point that is comparable to the point that that her predecessor. was at he. had. we remember maybe it was sick man of europe germany isn't working all these things and had its huge labor market reform we're still. seeing the profits of that and now we're in a situation that. should react and the latest election results are a big sign now to do something kind of change it's not just about having a price on carbon and having some tax maybe it's about restructuring the whole economy and she should be bold and now taking the step taxes all the industry will be changed if you go on that path for some super nice sort of what is a stake here in germany what is going to stake in europe in this crisis. we can see in each country populism rising especially the right wing populism and i think that germany now has to be strong show that we can be like a modern working society that can also tech the climate crisis and stay open no

over who should become the next president of the european commission and germany's chancellor angela merkel this morning base may not reach an agreement at a summit in brussels today also coming up iran says that it is quote ready for war after shooting down what it says was a u.s. spy drone iran says that the u.s. crossed in the red line and raising fears of a military confrontation abducting between tehran and washington today. china's president xi jinping arrives in north korea and is greeted by cheering crowds which ties down strains between the 2 nations she adored korea's kim jong un will take up the stalled talks on the doorstep deeply resent that. add to the woman's world cup in france scotland on their way home after a rash and bird against argentina has got to look certain to win until their opponents mounted a rolex and controversial comeback. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program we begin in brussels where a huge leaders are meeting at this moment to discuss who should fill the blocks top job that's following last month's european parliamentary elections the most prestigious po

convention party members agree to change course and form a coalition with angela merkel's conservatives rather than enter the opposition of the good side and we're going to negotiate and get some more good results that's why voting yes today is worth it. now as was the party's 1st female leader since it was founded more than 150 years ago she was tasked with steering the s.p.d. back to its left wing roots but many are now asking if the decision to again partner with the center right c.d.u. was indeed worth it. has there been any reaction still from the s.p.d. so far well interestingly on the hasn't actually been any statement official statement as such from the s.p.d. yet but there has been mixed reactions even on social major from lead in s.p.d. members. this situation is very very serious at the moment to say otherwise would be wrong we are aware of this and therefore it is important for me to again to state clearly that we are not going to make any rash decisions rather we will consult with one another and think carefully about our next steps it is important to send the signal that t

in germany brace for crisis talks as the questions are raised over the survival of chancellor angela merkel's government it follows the shock resignation of the leader of her so she will democratic coalition partners andrea and alex. also coming out u.s. president donald trump and his wife along the as to the u.k. for state visit hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are expected to turn out the process the capital evil ask why his trip is dividing the country plus we'll visit the city names in the survey as the closest type of friendly in the world what does the tracks and the netherlands have going for. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program questions are being asked here in berlin about whether angela merkel's coalition government could be on the verge of collapse they come after the leader of her junior coalition partners quit on sunday i'm sorry i'm alice stepped down after her social democrat party's disaster is showing in the recent european elections but also after being criticized for her performance as party leader merkel says that she will push ahead with the coalition but others

could do basically do a long internship to become angela merkel wasn't born chancellor either if you go back to early years as minister and then as party leader. she she had a lot of learning to do to do as well and so she knows a k.-k. has to do that is less popular now than merkel is german still like merkel she's also less known and she's struggling a bit now but. but that's what they're going to work on is basically give her an internship on his return back so you have it because you know bew breaking a law. saying that she says she's still pretty much on course but at the top of the show we had you saying if i'm going to the helm if i can't thank you government with no residual ambition i was always talking to her medicare just simply her ability to stay in power ok now the question is she doing anything with that power and you already heard that from cordele she hasn't really done much with her power all these years so the last big reform was her under her predecessor set for migration but except for the 2 decisions i want to nuclear power which probably was the wrong one as we

there are new concerns tonight about the health of the german chancellor angela merkel another episode of shaking today her office said that she was fine later as she headed for the g 20 summit in japan and it is there where she will face new yet over criticisms from u.s. president donald trump tonight the u.s. president accusing germany and the european union of pickpocketing the u.s. economy i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day.

secretary of state mike pompei a one german chancellor angela merkel could agree on very little except their shared values on trade security and iran are germany and the u.s. postwar allies and partners drifting ever further apart. if i think the united states is and continues to be the most important partner for germany outside of europe germany is a great important partner an ally of the united states and it's i think we agreed that we have to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. thank god it's no secret that we have differences with regard to the right approach to this and we will do our best to enforce the american sanctions regime that is what it can put in place. also coming up on the day smoking is bad for you but what about vaporing on world no tobacco day we look at a popular alternative to regular cigarettes and find out just how good an alternative it really is we know from animal and soul experiments that the paper causes inflammation in cells. well does this suggests that in addition to inflammation it could result in long term damage such as cancer. which start wi

angela merkel failed to win support for her pick. manfred weber led the picks.mmanuel macron pushed for chief brexit negotiator michel barnier, who ran an unofficial campaign against weber, even though they are in the same party. >> it as clear as day now that emmanuel macron and angela merkel do not see eye to eye on the issue. they will have to clarify who becomes commission president before they can focus on the european central bank. we could see a delay or a transition period that becomes very long. the problem is mario draghi needs to leave the central bank by the end of october. vonnie: the standoff between e.u. and italy continues. italy said to respond to the european union as it faces a multibillion-dollar euro penalty from the commission due to the country's failure to rein in debt. it does seem like we have been here before. why is this time different? >> yes, well, it is different because the balance of changed inside the coalition. we now have matteo salvini, of the league, who is the dominant force in the coalition, because of this massive win in

merkel, her, angela majesty, the queen, and theresa may.w were hearing about the resistance. >> charles de gaulle, more seriously speaking, he felt marginalized. the run-up.s in he had been in northern africa. flown over by a chartered jet at the last minute. verbalas a lot of fierce shouting matches and showdowns between charles de gaulle and the allied commanders over the role he should play, how things should proceed. reinforce theto image of a free france. we need to get this done, we need to get t this right. he was a respected figure among the french. he was only a two star general, , whichhcted the regime would become the nazi he wasratingg regime always in the backdrop to the french. to joineies did not want in france's future leadership. they said we are not here to install u.s. the next leader of france. this will be something for the french to decide. there was always standoff. obviously charles de gaulle needed the allies. >> a letter from captain skinner, royal army service corps, to his wife. my darling, this is a difficult .e

angela merkel failed to win support for her pick. manfred labor, her official pick.uel macron pushed for chief brexit negotiator michel barnier, who ran an unofficial campaign against weber, even though they are in the same party. >> it as clear as day now that emmanuel macron and angela merkel do not see eye to eye on the issue. they will have to clarify who becomes commission president before they can focus on the european central bank. the risk is that we could see, transition or b , a period that becomes very long. the problem is mario draghi needs to leave the central bank by the end of october. vonnie: the standoff between e.u. and italy continues. italy said to respond to the european union as it faces a multibillion-dollar euro penalty from the commission due to the country's failure to rein in debt. it does seem like we have been here before. why is this time different? >> yes, well, it is different because the balance of changed -- the balance of power has changed inside the coalition. we now have matteo salvini, of the league, who is the dominant force in

but let's take a look now at the top 3 candidates german chancellor angela merkel is backing conservative man for very of the central right european peoples party but it's unclear if they were will be able to win enough support from the other groupings in the parliament another contender is the danish liberal margret to vestavia the e.u. competition commission are known for taking on u.s. tech giant apple and google she would be the e.u.'s commission's 1st female president then there is current vice president franz timmermans the candidate favored by the socialist and democratic group but he's unpopular with some eastern european countries who he has accused of flouting democratic values so let's make sense of this all we are joined now from brussels by georg mathis to tell us a little bit more about 1st of all the importance of this job and 2nd of all why has it become so contentious. no sir i think on days like this where we talk about horse trading behind closed doors one should emphasize that of course the european re-union is run by e.u. member states they're the ones in the trying s

angela merkel's conservative bloc would drop to second place with 25%.hen comes the right-wing populist party with 13%. merkel's current coalition partner would drop to fourth place with only 12%, and the business-friendly ftp would get 8%. the socialist left party would be in last at 7%. the green party in germany is already celebrating a stunning result in a recent european parliamentary elections. they surged to second place, winning over 20% of the vote. voters abandoned major parties over concerns about climate change. the party is also doing well in state elections here in germany. these are big changes going on in the political landscape. talk about that, i'm joined by our political correspondent. it is a big deal. if elections were to be held next sunday, the green party would come out on top. >> yes, and you said it -- this truly is a historic result. the greens have been on the rise for quite some time, for the last few years, and they were reckoned to come out really strong in the european election two weeks ago, but -- which they did, but how

as for angela merkel the chancellor switch to attack mode responding with a sideswipe of her own. even though mine was invited like to once again point out that this government has been in office for a year and 3 months i could talk about how many hours are spent focusing on the loss of trust in the german auto industry and the breaking up through its i don't want to do that now. let me just say we have a common responsibility to get mines on the front but to do list is extensive the b.t.i. says germany lags behind in digital infrastructure many c.e.o.'s bemoan the rising cost of energy which they attribute to a flawed climate change policy and with all the crises the government faces industry fears its needs are being neglected but for today at least it appears the lobby is harsh criticism has struck home. economic progress often comes at a cost we know that take india for example many of its urban areas are drowning in rubbish new delhi's landfill has become a trash mountain $1.00 that could soon top the country's famous touch. looming around the surrounding buildings of new del

this is angela merkel fighting to save it. chancellor merkel: towards the end of the year, the dispute settlement mechanisms of the wto won't work anymore because there won't be enough judges appointed. that is why many said it is important to organize the world trade organization. of course, we have a number of the bilateral trade agreements, and we hope that on the fringes of this summit, the talks between china and the u.s. are successful. reporter: but here in osaka, it appears that the multilateralists are losing ground. the g20 is starting to crumble at the edges. and that is because the u.s. hasn't altered its position and is gaining more allies. one of them is jerry bolsonaro,-- jair bolsonaro, the newly elected brazilian president. he is developing a close relationship with his u.s. counterpart, saying he has been a great admirer of trump for some time. that spells trouble, not only for global trade, but also the fight against climate change. negotiators are reporting that in those areas, an agreement for a final commu

on the show ahead of the key meeting between german chancellor angela merkel issues a profit warning saying investors can expect a serious hit to its bottom line. and kristen synthetic fuel is power the way to a more environmentally friendly future progress is being met. this is your business i'm going to have an office in berlin welcome it looks like a military confrontation between the u.s. and iran was only narrowly averted last week off the washington blames tehran for attacks on ships in the strait of hormuz later today the u.s. is to announce a fresh round of trade sanctions against iran is the latest development in a political ask the escalation between the 2 countries over iran's nuclear program u.s. president donald trump said he hopes that fresh sanctions will bring iran back to the negotiating table. for many iranians it's becoming increasingly hard to get by the reintroduction of u.s. sanctions has had a crippling effect on the economy. the value of the rio has plummeted pushing inflation to over 30 percent and us president donald trump's attempt to destroy the country's

was once a big tent party but years of playing 2nd fiddle in chancellor angela merkel's government have left the social democrats struggling to stay relevant new polling puts the s.p.d. a just 12 percent a distant 3rd behind the greens and conservatives merkel's coalition has found it difficult to make headway since its painful formation after the 2017 german election merkel wants to see out her final term until 2021 year period we will continue the government's work with all seriousness now we will above all do so with a great sense of responsibility for. the issues we have to solve our for germany and europe and the rest of the world with this mindset we will continue working to hold that's likely to prove no easy task especially with both the main parties seeing their support ebbing away. let's bring in our political correspondents now hans brant who's at the social democrat headquarters in berlin and here with me in the studio is our in cape brady hi kate thank you both for joining us hans i'll start with you how is the s.p.d. coping with this shock and now it's meant. well 1st of a

it wasn't exactly a defeat but german chancellor angela merkel can't be happy with the result at this hour none of the lead candidates so she puts in confidant still in the running chancellor merkel's last ditch efforts appear to have failed. so much digits as minutes after talking with donald tusk it's now clear to me that none of the leading candidates have been able to secure a majority in the european council and i can't see how that's going to change european council president also seemed flustered the problem that i have nothing to add to what i said yesterday well because i have some fee chris but. i have nothing new to to communicate today. so the leadership question remains unanswered for now but this was not the only setback to emerge during the 1st summit after the e.u. parliamentary elections state leaders and governments disagree on a number of issues including climate policy where eastern european nations continue to block progress. same commercial starting climate change we unfortunately fail to reach an agreement on the goal of being carbon neutral by 2050 but not ever

german chancellor angela merkel has called for police to investigate whether the recent killing of a german politician was linked to the right wing a terrorist group the n.s.u. falta look joe was shot dead 3 weeks ago in front of his home after receiving multiple death threats over his progress fiji's dangerous one man is currently in custody. some 10000 people have taken to the streets of the romanian capital bucharest for the city's pride parade event organizers hope to bring attention to the need for tolerance of the elegy beseech huge community in romania the frayed was one of almost 40 such events this week. hundreds of georgians have demonstrated in a 3rd night of anti-government anti russia protest that says the kremlin announced it will impose a flight ban on georgian airlines entering russia and russian planes flying into georgia tension has been mounting since on test began in the capital tbilisi on thursday i. millions of voters in istanbul were turned to the polls on sunday to cast their ballots again in a rerun of the city's mayoral election president's wrench of type of

are some of the other stories making news around the world manfred vapor and german chancellor angela merkel is out of the running to become e.u. commission president that's according to the german newspaper un some tog the paper says e.u. leaders at the g 20 summit in osaka took the decision to rule out germany and france had previously clashed on the issue with paris unwilling to back the german lawmaker. in india at least 15 people are dead after a wall collapse onto workers' huts in the country's west a rescue operation is underway it's feared that others are still trapped underneath the debris the collapse happened after monsoon rains hit the city of panay. a salvadoran woman whose husband and nearly 2 year old daughter drowned trying to cross the rio grande to the united states has returned home tania was met by government officials at san salvador is international airport they say she has asked the media to respect her privacy in leave her alone. the captain of a humanitarian ship banned from docking in italy is being questioned by police after entering the port of lampedusa without p

angela merkel failed to win support for her pick. macron pushed for chief brexit negotiator, who ran an unofficial campaign, even though they are in the same party. >> it is clear that micron and merkel do not see i to i on the issue. clarify whove to becomes commission president before they can focus on the european central bank. or auld see a delay transition that becomes very long. the problem is mario draghi needs to leave the central bank by the end of october. standoff between deq and italy continues. italy set to respond as it faces a multibillion-dollar euro penalty from the commission due to the country's failure to rein in debt. >it does seem like we have been here before. why is this time different? >> the balance of changed in side the coalition. the dominant force in the coalition because of this massive win in the european parliamentary election is taking a brussels-bashing stand, and the latest is he is preparing for a collision course with brussels. >> the chinese government's first seizure of a bank in two decades is

answer one very tricky question do they think it's better to pull out of a grand coalition with angela merkel to try and pursue a different policy or do they stay in merkel's government knowing that each day that goes by their opinion poll ratings fall further away that's the dilemma the social democrats face right now liverpool fell abraded its champions league victory with a parade on sunday tens of thousands of people took to the city's streets after the team's victory over tottenham in saturday's finally madrid this is the 6th time living poor have been european champions but this is the club's 1st tracing since 2012 and the 1st since manager year klopp took charge i was a lot of the people i could see it in their eyes in their reaction it's been so much and it's beautiful for us because we get so much on the pitch and there whenever you come back and you get a welcome back this is always good i cried as well though because it's so overwhelming all the people are good when you have a direct eye contact you can see how much it so that. that's touching. time for us to take a look at the top

i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel's governing coalition took another beating today the leader of its junior partner the social democrats an ounce of her resignation leaving the future of both the party and germany's government in doubt the social democrats and merkel conservatives were once the country's 2 biggest parties lately they have been plunging in opinion polls but merkel's promise to keep on with the task of governing. after a year in the top job with the s.p.d. 100 now this she's standing down because she feels she can't go on. discussions in the parliamentary group and feedback from the party have shown that i no longer have the necessary support to carry out my duties on monday i will therefore resign as chair of the s.p.d. and on tuesday i will resign as chair of the s.p.d. parliamentary group nala says resignation follows the party's dismal performance in last month's european elections its worst ever showing at the polls given city vivisected results that we have so far are extremely disappointing for the s.p.d. everyone knows th

all right a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world german chancellor angela merkel has called for police to investigate whether the recent killing of a german politician was linked to the to the right wing terrorist group and this you all to look to was shot dead 3 weeks ago in front of his home after receiving multiple death threats over his pro refugee stance one man is currently in the custody of. u.s. president donald trump has said he plans to impose additional sanctions on iran and that they would take effect on monday trump also said the pentagon was still considering military action against iran the statements come after trump called off a strike on iranian targets after the revolutionary guard shot down a u.s. intelligence drone. people in istanbul are preparing to go to the polls tomorrow in a reborn of the city's mayoral election that was an old in may polls show the now the guild room of the ruling a k party again trailing edge from the mallo of the opposition opposition c.h.p. . won the initial vote in march which was then controversially scrapped alleg

there have been differences between france's president emmanuel netball and german chancellor angela merkel over how to go about allocating the use top jobs the main sticking point who should succeed claude as head of the european commission for the next 5 years here are the leading candidates for the top job in brussels presenting themselves before a debate. the people who will decide are you heads of state and it largely boils down to these 2 german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccall they've had an intense behind the scenes battle about how to pick the commission president says america long pushed the candidacy of manfred vaibhav the german head of the european peoples party which got the most votes for parliament merkel says that should qualify him for the top post but she recently softened her insistence. that i support finding a solution i'm glad it looks like doing so on the basis of the 2 candidates will be a possibility. and then we'll see what comes out of that. candidates are part of the solution and that is quite important. doesn't. call wants a differe

i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel's governing coalition took another beating today the leader of its junior partner the social democrats and alst her resignation leaving the future of both the party and germany's government in doubt the social democrats and local conservatives were once the country's 2 biggest parties lately they have been plunging in opinion polls but promised to keep on with the task of governing. after a year in the top job at the s.p.d. andrea now this she is standing down because she feels she can't go on. discussions in the parliamentary group and feedback from the party have shown that i no longer have the necessary support to carry out my judi's on monday i will therefore resign as chair of the s.p.d. and on tuesday i will resign as chair of the s.p.d. parliamentary group nala says resignation follows the party's dismal performance in last month's european elections its worst ever showing at the polls in city view to see the results that we have so far are extremely disappointing for the s.p.d. everyone knows that the s

a compromise will be really tricky here because a german chancellor angela merkel emphasized again that she is in favor of a lead candidate system that means only those people qualify for head of the european commission who have run the can paint for the parties in the european parliament now friend french president by car arrived today he said he doesn't like that process at all and he'd like to see as someone else now a potential compromise candidate could of course be michele dunne you the chief rex of negotiator who is a you is a conservative and so someone who politically could work for angela merkel but of course the problem is he's not a lead candidate he hasn't run yes been running a quite campaign behind the scenes but he hasn't officially run for a party in the european parliament so it's really a deadlock we're seeing here between france and germany and what it takes to resolve this is a franco german deal. matzos with a view from brussels thank you eric. the united nations says that a record number of people worldwide have been forcibly displaced this year by war persecution

staying in germany and chancellor angela merkel welcomed ukraine's recently elected president will admit vilinsky in berlin but why the military band played the national anthems in very hot weather the german leader seemed unaware shaking at times but when she walked by the guard of honor the trembling seemed to have stopped maggie said later at a press conference that she had some water to drink it was feeling much better the end is in the german capital for discussions on bilateral issues on the minsk peace process to resolve ukraine's tensions with russia. let's talk to our correspondents in but in we have a political correspondent emma chairs and in kiev we have a nick carly ellen let me start with you 1st of all we saw this bridges of chance the anger messy not looking very well do we know how she is now. well she suddenly seemed afterwards to feel much better but a scene earlier on today while the 2 national anthems were playing were actually was actually quite impressive reso chancellor angela merkel shaking and she was visibly trying to contain the situation. under the sun is qui

last year angela merkel imposed an arms embargo on saudi arabia for its role in the a more this week she welcomed the u.a.e. crown prince mohammed bin zaid i'm pretty strength and business links critical country no mention of arms exports weapons are delivered to dubai the united arab emirates in fact there is no expert ban for weapons they're delivered to the military partners of saudi arabia people are dying anyway we need an e.u. wide expert ban germany which had different times has had various restrictions or rates are in trade with the united arab emirates over yemen claims there is no solid evidence that german made weapons are used in the conflict and therefore the country's guidelines have not failed its embargo with saudi arabia still in force and the general drop in germany is arm experts proves that the country that stands for peace making moves in the right direction which probably means that the massive abu dhabi berlin trade with or without weapons is said to flourish i think it's the absolute apex of the prophecy to be talking business to dictate who is at the same tim