proprietary limited in highest off the rim go which was once in east germany close to the border with bavaria in west germany they manufacture technical ceramic components the workforce here was born and bred on both sides of the border in this if i'm from west germany but it doesn't really matter it's decided to go on he said you know some of us are from the west some from the east but we all get along with each other very well so i think that what you meant in one still uses the expressions investee and aussie but actually nobody cares don't go to. the factory stand in the middle of what used to be no man's land between the ranger and varia on the death strip between east and west germany. this in here going on here right in the form of border strip there used to be rifles on tripwires and landmines. like everyone around here all an annoyed by our remembers the time when germany was divided only a few meters from the factory there's still a small piece of wall as a reminder the citizens of the g.d. were told it was for their protection. they were under special observation here in the border

the sea in bavaria will see of there's a confirmation.t make it harder to form the jamaica coalition? joerg: absolutely because the jamaica coalition here in berlin is basically torn in two directions. the csu but also the pre-democrats were pulling angela merkel's conservatives farther to the right. he had the greens who are trying to keep the coalition of the left, pulling it further into the center. difficult convocations with the coalition. elections the austrian -- if the freedom party is brought into the coalition with the people's party which is in certain yet. he could go back and make a coalition with the social democrats. doesn't this joy summer line between eastern european countries and western european countries? where the populace in czech republic as well -- we have the populists in czech republic as well. joerg: it has been a trail blazer. [no audio] they were put on political sanctions. for austria, this is nothing new. i do think that it is certainly -- it has certainly strengthened a trend. if you look at the population

the factory stands in the middle of what used to be no man's land between the ranger and bavaria on the death strip between east and west germany. is in here you know i mean right in the form of border strip there used to be rifles on tripwires and landmines. like everyone around here all an annoyed by our remembers the time when germany was divided only a few meters from the factory there's still a small piece of wall as a reminder the citizens of the g.d. were told it was for their protection. they were under special observation here in the border zone then on the nineteenth of november one thousand nine hundred nine everything changed all and noid i was there when these pictures were taken. from the east people came running towards the still closed and heavily guarded border. town bands from both sides were also there peacefully and without violence they broke the wall down. there. was an alley have you but if they all rushed over there everyone was in each other's arms and then the two music clubs united and played together then we all marched over in the direction of highness doff.

the strip extends for one thousand seven hundred kilometers from the bowl take to bavaria as borders with the czech republic. even species believed to be almost extinct such as wildcats to found a habitat here. one man in the third of valley worked hard for nature conservation in the border area long before the iron curtain came down trained pastry chef vollard from brown eyes who lives in nearby ash vega it's only a few kilometers from his home to the goober to the hill range between north hassen and the ice float in. the soils here are choking that's evident in the white cliffs and rock formations in the vera valley. boardroom bonuses recognized its value as a natural habitat years ago. when i come up here hundreds of times a year to check all the spots a pair of peregrine's is nesting here. these are the descendants of the birds we spent fifteen years reintroducing into the wild from one thousand nine hundred seventy eight. that these farm bred birds only needed to breed once in the wild to produce a new stock of wild peregrine's in the. peregrine falcons find ideal nesting condit

crystal from bach we've left berlin far behind and journeyed to the small provincial town of hoff in bavaria yes and we have come to attend a unique film festival with a long and illustrious tradition. for the past fifty years the whole international film festival has no joy or reputation as an industry get together for german language filmmakers renowned directors mingle with students and produces this one is undiscovered talent. and hope wouldn't be hope without the festival versus filmmakers football match. many famous directors from the era of new german cinema have graced halls from fassbender. vendors to camps org the story chick you know the whole film festival is the home of german cinema this is the place where cultural identity in german films has found its place. and this is the man who brought it all to life heights part of its fifty years he was at the helm of the festival providing a showcase for films beyond the mainstream bringing the industry together and discovering talents like tom take a. part of it sadly passed away last year but the festival lives on. and here we are th

that she's made in this factory for example is being cut using machines made in bavaria multi-block is just one of many german companies benefiting from trade with iran exports from germany to iran rose twenty six percent in two thousand and sixteen according to german industry lobby b.t.i. in the first quarter of this year exports grew even more forty percent compared to last year q one. so plans by the u.s. to renegotiate the iran deal being watched closely by investors and the german government we have a great interest in the continuation of this international unity if one country an important country like the united states comes to a different conclusion as appears to be the case we will work even harder with other partners to maintain this cohesion. many in iran and elsewhere will be watching closely to see whether the new us through grand strategy affects the a business interests. and i know someone else who will be watching closely our new york financial correspondent and scott it was joining us now hi it's good to see you again now trump from what we've seen is not pulling out

of bavaria which tends to be a party on the right of the political spectrum and the environmentalist greens who tend to be on the left side of the political spectrum so obviously you can see that there are plenty of this plenty of space between the two blocs their own areas for example migration if we're talking for example about the goal to reach two hundred thousand refugees per year all the possibility or not possibility of having family members reunited with refugees here in germany those are all issues where the c s u in particular on the greens do not see eye to eye but it's not the only issues we have differences on climate differences on on europe so in particular the conversations between the greens and the conservative block will be very difficult and that's something that members here have already expressed publicly so a lot of work there still to be done as those talks are underway thomas sparrow with as always your expert analysis outside of where that meeting is taking place with thank you very much for your reporting thomas. and there is news of a setback facing chance

has also grown very strong in bavaria and bought and driven back there twelve percent of men and even more in eastern germany. everywhere in eastern germany that's right. and first we must say something obvious and is that. the voters themselves are always to blame. they carry the responsibility for home the electorate and voters in germany could know whom they were voting for and even then because the f.t. is already represented in a number of state parliaments especially in eastern germany where it's done nothing constructive he just made hate speeches high party is fragmented but that didn't interest the voters obviously they wanted to vent their anger their disappointment and their protest and that's why they went for the f.t. one hundred stuff they also say. isn't it a little too simple to say the vote to stop the bleeding don't the democratic parties including the social democrats bet some of the blame that the f.t. has entered several state politicians. i'm merely saying that it's become customary for fish that to excuse the voters and to drip with the sympathy when speaking of

also coming from the cd used to variances to party c s u the party fears losing the elections in bavaria next year and sees its only viable chance of moving further to the right members of the scene those with a lesson learned is that we need to form a stable government in berlin and the near future. a government in which we as the c.d.u. and sees you leave a distinctive conservative moderate. conservative. so confident. the center left green party is one of the two potential coalition partners of america's christian democrats together with the free democrats both also have lost votes during the election and those saxony and both made it clear today that they do not want to give up ground during the upcoming talks about the social democrats today it's all smiles the s.p.d. celebrated their victory in those saxony and were convinced refusing to build another coalition with anglo america has already paid off. and for more on this let's bring in our political correspondent thomas sparrow who is standing by in our parliamentary studio hello to you thomas i want to begin first with those clea

this morning the christian democrats of angular marco sister party the christian social union from bavaria and the free democrats the market liberals all said that this first initial talk went well but they expected to take a lot more time and a lot more effort actually to bring results but john still michael is not going to be talking to the green party another potential coalition box know what are expected to be the pressure points in those talks that are going to take place in the building behind you. well exactly this is the parliamentary association it's a kind of private members club of parliamentarians see a sort of neutral ground i think you can say for all of those involved and obviously the green party they're the most left wing party involved in these talks on in terms of these talks on the left spectrum and the furthest away from them all the big variance the christian social union they are trying to push anglo-american into a right wing more right wing policies the greens obviously have no intention of going along with that merkel at the moment is managing to keep her policies

sister party from bavaria the christian social union which is more to the right of the political spectrum and that's in fact where the problems are most likely to be at the moment because the sea is you with a very and polity did very badly in their terms in the recent elections are very worried about how they might perform in elections coming up in the coming year so they are really very urgently trying to look for a political line that will save their performance their political performance and they're pushing very hard to go towards the right in the political spectrum macro on the other hand it's trying to stay center of the political spectrum also in order to allow the coalition partners the potential coalition partners to have some sort of common ground i don't smoke authority being reconned off to this election result because see the new boss he had won the worst result in decades he's facing discontent from within the conservative bloc under how much pressure is she going into these talks. well it's not who can be certain that she will be chancellor of the new government whatever i

not be more different you have the conservative bloc in particular anglo-american sister party from bavaria the c.s.u. on the right you have the environmentalists greens you have the pro-business f a d.p. they're all obviously interested in defending their own ideas but in some point they will obviously have to to compromise and find common ground if this so-called jamaica coalition is to succeed let's talk a little bit more about those ideas thomas because there are some significant sticking points walk us through them well give you one very concrete example if you look at migration policy you have for example the conservative bloc they agreed internally that they wanted to have a goal to try and cap the number of migrants arriving in germany the greens on the other hand say under no circumstance then there's the issue of family reunification in other words if refugees are allowed to bring their families to germany as well that's something that the conservatives are not very happy about on the other hand the greens would say well this is something that we should do in germany or we should

thomas knows all about working with kids back in bavaria as a so-called training camp coordinator he specialized in the early development of young talents. to sing its fit so it can go here about forty kids here who get to train together on half a soccer field. quality of the training is fine you want even fine coaches who can do this everywhere in germany well if i'm being a bit provocative here. and if it's. at their five i get dressed and come to our and close at seven it's. so difficult to say first time but it's ok you know. for now i mean i met from egypt and the from morocco the day starts in the gym fifteen male and female footballers on scholarships from eight our countries warm up at the international coaching course at leipsic university and. in recent years german football training has been among the best in the world we've come here to learn from all that experience. taking them by student. stephan kiner is one of the most experienced fitness. in germany. your hand elbow and shoulder should be in one line. with shoulder to elbow to hand one descending line and here to gi

the end because i think it is very controversial within her own conservative bloc, especially in bavaria where the sister party to merkel's party, they do not want to shift anything to brussels. please address the arguments you have just heard, but also, couldn't we argue that austria, if it positions itself european those eastern centrall countries, might even play a mediating role that might even allow for t the integration of these blocks? frank: a lot of these countries will have to change their , and thisoward europe year necessity in the block. feeling that the reaction to elections in austria will be that we will have more europe and a couple of years' time. the group will integrate further . austria's most important neighbor, hungary, for example because the prime minister is arguing with less europe rather than with more europe. when hungary was a candidate for the europe, a lot of people invested and got credit in euro currency and then had problems paying back their mortgage. he won a lot of votes and won the latest election. a group of core european countries will create the

irish american singers twenty seventeen album id shot into the german top ten he currently lives in bavaria. i i. he used to perform with the famous kelly family as a kid then one day he'd had enough. in two thousand and four he withdrew from the limelight and lived as a monk in a french ministry for six years there he drew inspiration from the bible hundred songs in latin brew and. he released them in twenty sixteen on a spiritual pop music album titled which is hebrew for spirit. it's a lot. people out there. have a spiritual dimension to their music but we don't go very public about it and destroy express a chapter in my life through an art form. but what's unique about michael patrick kelly's album is that he produced it without the support of the major label even so made it into germany's top twenty. kelly has enjoyed success with both secular and religious pop music. the band's p.v.a. is all about the christian faith. the musicians belong to and even jellicoe free church community in leipsic they want to praise the lord through their songs with catching up beat pop music. heavy metal

thomas knows all about working with kids back in bavaria as a so-called training camp coordinator he specialized in the early development of young talents. the singlets feel so kinda there are about forty kids here for get to train together on a half a soccer field. the quality of the training is fine you won't even find coaches who can do this everywhere in germany well if i'm being a bit provocative here. and if it's. at their five to like it praised and come to our and close at seven it's. so difficult to keep a first time but it's ok you know but. for now i mean from egypt and the from morocco today starts in the gym fifteen male and female footballers on scholarships from eight our countries warm up but the international coaching course at leipsic university. in recent years german football training has been among the best in the world we've come here to learn from all that experience had been. taken on by skint. steffen kiner is one of the most experienced fitness instructors in germany. with your hand elbow and shoulder should be in one line. with shoulder to elbow to hand one

first destination breaking another record for the heaviest load ever transported on the roads of bavaria the journey from neighboring switzerland took several days finally at the end of july everything is in place for the next stage pulling the cable to the summit ironically it's to be carried out there using the pulling cable from the old cable car. even for the seasoned experts who made the cables it's a first. and. the only enormous difference in elevation two kilometers and the forces involved and we're inching the cable out of the top of the highest we've ever had which is. land once the cables in place they'll be more world records in store although hardly for the place of installation a special winch hoists the metal road up the mountain at two hundred meters per hour. the one kilometer mark poses the first serious obstacle the cable has to be pulled over the new support tower at one hundred twenty seven meters the tallest in the world. it will replace the two older and smaller towers. a man from the engineering team has to check that the cable is threaded precisely on to the roll

rather left wing greens to on the other side of the political spectrum the christian social union from bavaria the sister party of i'm going to marcos christian democratic union in other words the conservatives but the variance are particularly conservative in the spectrum between the big variance on the one hand and the greens on the other hand that's the gap that has to be that has to be in some sense covered. so that makes it very difficult germany has very little experience of these kinds of coalitions at national level husband optimistic because i want to thank you very much he is a freak of the top story that you're following for you. the spanish government has announced a professor headbutt steps to suspend the autonomy of cotton off to the region's leaders threatened to declare independence madrid says it will discuss the steps of an emergency cabinet meeting on saturday. that's it for me and that she much of the news team but we'll be back with you in half an hour with more news and current affairs to join me then if you can. enjoy the conflict zone confronting the powerful. it's a ye

the lakes that berlin might have but you've got the lakes of course you've got the rolling hills of bavaria and then you're on the doorstep of the alps and it's kind of a. i said also italy is not too far that cold residents and visitors alike appreciate the beauty of the city and surrounding country. and in time magazine we enjoy taking holidays it makes them back and coming to munich now and then for a little city life in the sense that this is somebody is the worst of all it's a big city where you can get everything but it's quiet like a village you know people and you meet them all the time so it's like the world's biggest village choice and often it's on your it's a village that's growing by leaps and bounds what the ranking team would like to see more of was affordable housing that's what helped secure i mean it's place is one of europe's most livable cities in the future. and will be featuring but living on the show tomorrow is a change in that but in this i mean one of my favorite cities was is you do write in and tell us why you love it so much as well when you're doing your name w

for that you just have to get yourself to a bus stop in bavaria. first driverless bus in germany has taken to the streets and it is free. reporter: this tiny vehicle is cutting-edge technology. at first glance that might be hard to believe but as the first driverless bus operating in germany. it has been tested in the street in a small bavarian town two hours from munich. >> here in the countryside w here there is a lack of affordable transportation we need a service that is sufficient, and affordable. and at the same time environmentally friendly. reporter: the bus is fre to -- free to the public. and it's slow. but riders probably have time to spare. the short route connects the city center with a spa. helena: hold onto your hats if you are on that. a vision or a mirage? saudi arabia is planning to be a mega-city in the desert. robots, drones and driverless car's will dominate. the price tag is a cool $500 billion. reporter: it will be the largest building site on earth covering more than 26,000 square kilometers. that is an area of land half the

they welcome bayern munich to celtic park having lost to the same side three—nil in bavaria a couplen rodgers' team's second heavy defeat this season — having lost their group b opener 5—nil to paris saint germain. chris mclaughlin is in position for us. another champions league night and another huge european side for celtic to content with in the east end of glasgow. bayern munich word three have nil winners in a matchup between the sides in germany a few weeks ago. and most of the 60,000 fa ns weeks ago. and most of the 60,000 fans who will pack out the stadium this evening are coming more in hope than expectation. but the manager is a lwa ys than expectation. but the manager is always confident, always assured and looking for patients. they are an honest group of players and they give everything to their work, they're super professional. they've shown it consistently, growing at this level and we have a lot of young players gaining invaluable experience. it takes time. but we hope some were soon experience. it takes time. but we hope some were soon we can get a good result. celti

that she's made in this factory for example is being cut using machines made in bavaria multi-block is just one of many german companies benefiting from trade with iran exports from germany to iran rose twenty six percent in two thousand and sixteen according to german industry lobby b.t.i. in the first quarter of this year exports grew even more forty percent compared to last year q one. so plans by the u.s. to renegotiate the iran deal being watched closely by investors and the german government we have a great interest in the continuation of this international unity if one country an important country like the united states comes to a different conclusion as appears to be the case we will work even harder with other partners to maintain this cohesion. many in iran and elsewhere will be watching closely to see whether the new u.s. grand strategy affects their business interests. and i know someone else who will be watching closely our new york financial correspondent yes carter who's joining us now hi it's good to see you again now trump from what we've seen is not pulling out of the

realized he had the world at his feet to show nowadays he travels a lot for work from his home in bavaria to belgium and france and takes pictures for his photo series on the side finding new motifs isn't always easy danger from the middle east of the children that was there a wonderful mosaic floors in there and so but the doors locked and there's no one to let me and it's really frustrating the phone with a postman opens with a little grin so he's really glad when things actually do work out even some five star hotels allow sebastian to enter when he explains what he does his instagram account now boasts over six hundred photos he just has to make sure he doesn't spend all his time looking down. boy getting a neck ache. you know. look left right and down for a while you really feel that. creation floors now more than one hundred fifty thousand followers on instagram sébastien at us has also caught the eye of major companies one now sponsors the shoes he posts new photos several times a week and they're no longer limited just to paris. in venice sébastien at us has also been photographin

italians the variance maybe even so it is not doable they've better stay out of it yeah independent bavaria can you imagine that all right let's move to saturday and let's look at what is expected to happen and that is suspending catalonia is regional government and madrid taking over what does that mean do we know what it's going to look like. this there are two options there is a soft option and a hard option the soft option is that madrid just takes over the key elements of self government here in catalonia and that would be particularly finance and supposedly police maybe even the regional broadcaster and then they would let leave the rest of the administration to sort of model. along under their own steam the hard option would be that they really sort of behead politically completely the regional government that they send ministre to from madrid and that is just they take over everything including the schools including the whole system and all the other parts of the relative autonomy that catalonia already has so those are the two options and we don't know yet which one the cabinet in

the cheese made in this factory is being cut using machines made in bavaria.his is one of many companies benefiting from trade with iran. exports from germany to iran rose 26% in 2016, according to the german lobby. exports grew even more this year, 40% compared to last year q1. so plans for the u.s. to renegotiate the deal are being watched closely by the investors and the german government. >> we have a great interest in a continuation of the international union, if one country, an important country like the united states, comes to a different conclusion then we will work even harder with other partners to maintain this cohesion. correspondent: many in iran and elsewhere will be watching closely to see whether the new u.s. iran strategy will affect the business interests. >> i know someone else who will be watching, our new york correspondent who is joining us now. jens, good to see you. donald trump is not pulling out of the deal yet, but he is getting one step closer to pulling out. what does this mean for companies planning on doing business with iran, li

in the end because i think it's very controversial within her own conservative bloc especially in bavariawhere the sister party to merkel's party where many people also want to have this europe of the regions as they call it they don't want to shift everything to brussels from kauffman please address the arguments you've just heard but also couldn't argue that austria if it positions itself closer to those central eastern european countries might even play a mediating role that would allow for a reintegration of these different blocs possible but then a lot of these central is new countries will have to change the policy towards europe and to join again the that the way and the policies of of good arguments and and the sheer innocence. necessitate in the bloc i have the feeling that it's a reaction to those elections in austria will be that the that we will have more europe in a couple of years' time i think a bloc a core european group will integrate further as a reaction also to what happened in central eastern europe austria's most important neighbor hungary for example is suffering be