not in favor of turning well and that's because of the debates in the conservative bloc in the c.d.u. c.s.u. because one of the main elements of. success in the past few years has been that shift of party to the center of the political spectrum the essential political spectrum where she has been able to take away some of the key debates of other parties for example at the same time however it is important to stress that in the recent federal elections the conservative bloc lost nearly a million votes to the far right alternative for germany so there's a clear need a clear debate within the c.d.u. c.s.u. to try and find ways in which they could probably get some of those votes back so that's a debate that you have in the conservative bloc on the one hand how to keep that profile being in the middle of the political spectrum on the other hand how to get those votes back from those people who switched from the c.d.u. to the f.t. and a lot of questions also with regard to what this will mean for governing because merkel says that this regional election a setback that it won't impact her nationa

the c.d.u. c.s.u. on thirty two percent the s.p.d. on twenty percent both unchanged the a.f. . he loses almost two points to stand at eleven percent level pegging with the f.t.p. not far behind the left party and the greens both at ten percent. now in the united states the head of amazon studios roy price has been put on immediate leave of absence as a scandal surrounding the producer harvey weinstein grose mr price was suspended after allegations that he sexually harassed and t.v. producer and ignored actress rosie mcgowan when she told him she had been raped by . it was in himself is facing a number of sexual assault allegations that emerged this week following an investigative report in the new yorker magazine. that's it you're up to date more at the top of the hour.

the c.d.u. c.s.u. on thirty two percent the s.p.d. on twenty percent unchanged the f.t. loses almost two points to stand at eleven percent level pegging with the n.d.p. not far behind the left party and the greens both but ten percent. for us president donald trump will give a much anticipated speech today in which he said to lay out a more confrontational approach towards iran now that could include a decision not to recertify the iran nuclear deal which was negotiated in two thousand and fifteen by tehran and six world powers including germany now the other signatories to that deal have spoken out against such a move the german foreign minister igor gabriele has warned the doing so would drive a wedge between europe and the u.s. and push the go into a common position with russia and china. now under the deal tehran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief international inspectors say iran is in compliance with the accord but the trumpet ministration disagrees saying tehran is violating the spirit of the deal. to find out more about the u.s. p

the c.d.u. c.s.u. on thirty two percent the s.p.d. on twenty percent unchanged the f.t. loses almost two points to standard eleven percent level pegging with the n.d.p. not far behind the left party and the greens both but ten percent. of the answer air balloon the also for take off but there are some big players who want to see that deal remain on the ground you can say that again bryan their deal certainly has sparked controversy in the aviation sector a low cost carrier ryanair for one wants to take the deal to european competition competition authorities then there is the german monopoly commission it is looking at starting an antitrust investigation but investors at least they welcome the takeover pushing lufthansa stock to a sixteen and a half year high under the deal germany's number one airline is buying up half of the country's second largest carrier the deal will leave you know much better position to compete with foreign budget airlines like easy jet and ryan air which dominate europe's short haul routes. all right joining me now in the studio is my very aviat

c.d.u. c.s.u. the liberal f.d.p. and the greens to form a so-called jamaica coalition the party's colors of a same as the country's flag. german seem confident that marco can forge these four different parties into a governing coalition three quarters of those polled by and for test the map think they'll strike a coalition deal only one in five think they'll fail. one of the criticisms levelled at makerere is that she had taken her conservative block too far to the left many of them want to return to more conservative roots and those calls were especially vocal from the very insistent party the c.s.u. . asked what political direction conservatives should take only a fifth of her spondon thought they should become more conservative a quarter so they should maintain the current course while almost half of all people surveyed thought the conservatives should become more centrist. pollsters and protest people whether they thought the parties have been honest during the campaign about their plans for after the election. t

and complex coalition talks with other parties the first meeting between merkel's conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. party and the pro-business free democrats took place in berlin after two hours of talks party officials from the conservatives described the meeting as constructive . and that is a view that has also been echoed by the frame democrats let's bring in now thomas sparrow who you can see is out on the streets of berlin he has been following these talks for us and he joins us now for his as always expert analysis thomas so we hear that both the free democrats and merkel's conservatives appear to be happy with the results of their first meeting does that mean that they've made some real progress here. not necessarily in fact obviously they did say that the talks had been constructive that they had been able to discuss a series of issues that both parties are interested in but that does not necessarily mean that they made real progress in fact the goal of this first meeting which took place right behind me here was to try and set the ground for negotiations that everyone involved already kn

policy hard last eight percentage points during the election and the the the used organisation of c.d.u. c.s.u. the today was quite ambivalent in taking this in there was of course quite a lot of applause for party leader and chancellor angela merkel but there also was protest people holding up signs saying stop migration drop consequences out of the election result but in the end this protest was rather well behaved it was only one insists saying it again in one person who said needs to step back anyone else. first and then there was a little criticism but the criticism is there but only where a little. just how much pressure what you say is merkel and her party under because of the search of the port for the far right and. well the pressure of course is rather high especially coming from the more conservative sees you sister party this is the party that the that is exclusively in the very i see is you house called for a maximum number of refugees coming into germany for quite a while now but i'm glad merkel today said again this not this top won't be coming at all this shouldn't this wouldn'

beginning the complex task of trying to form the next governing coalition merkel's conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. group is holding talks with two potential suitors the pro-business free democrats and the green party. that's known here as the jamaica coalition because of the colors of the parties correspond to that of the jamaican flag america's first aims to get the parties to agree to launch formal coalition talks but that could prove tricky prospective partners have major ideological differences a real number of key issues including. migration and energy policy now political corresponds dramas keeping a close eye on those talks and joins me now hi hans the just american has been talking to the free democrats this morning you just listen to a briefing of what came out of the story what do they have to say well first of all they're trying to say that everything is going for you well in other words they're trying to say that the atmosphere is good that they are talking. in a sort of businesslike manner that in some ways there is also an atmosphere of friendship almost being built that they're dec

and the green party wanted the conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. parties oppose it environmental protection might be another issue the green party wants a fast brown coal face out the f.t.p. does not in fact they might become the most complicated coalition talks in decades . it's the we have a lot software to do now not only in berlin but also between the sea as you and the c.d.u. to find common ground for exploratory talks for years on the playing itself in the one all parties involved are aware of that but most of them look like they're keeping their cool. my motto is strength lies in peace it's in the semi it for us who let there be some peace and quiet reflection first. isn't moment enough cause we are now moving quietly into a complicated situation. but that complicated situation seems to be the starting point to forming a coalition because the social democrat s.p.d. has announced they will go into opposition following their election defeat. and german voters prefer that sixty three percent support the s.p.d. going into opposition only twenty

c.d.u. and c.s.u. of the sister parties of the conservative bloc and after they reached that agreement now angela merkel and horst they hope for today in that press conference so that they were ready to launch their negotiations with the two minor parties the greens and the liberals and that's something that's going to start next week it's going to certainly going to be something very difficult sorry they have many many differences on a wide range of issues and one of those issues probably the most important issue is is migration already the greens for example have said that they disagree with what the c.d.u. on the c.s.u. agreed yesterday and that's something that probably won't have a coalition agreement if they do manage to get that coalition agreement so this just shows how difficult things will be in the next few weeks when i'm going to call a horse a horse and the members of the other party sit down at the same table and try and find wherever possible some sort of common ground in other words to

policy to move to the economic ministry but luckily the c.d.u. c.s.u. f.t.p. and greens agree on some topics like digitalisation and education. this coalition if it actually happens in the end needs a bundle of money to improve the situation in our schools we have to detach educational success from the country of origin job and income of the parents. but more than anything the parties share the goal of making some progress in these talks because with the s.p.d. declining more firmly than ever to participate in another grand coalition with the c.d.u. the only option left is the jamaica coalition or reelections. jordan has taken in one point four million refugees from the war in neighboring syria many a house in refugee camps but most scratch out an existence as urban refugees in towns and cities the city of in a bid lies about to ten kilometers from the board. with syria and houses one of the biggest syrian refugee communities correspondent tony credit reports now on the davie struggle facing refugees who fled syria as children. he should be at school but moham

the c.d.u. c.s.u. on thirty two percent the s.p.d. on twenty percent both unchanged the air. the losers almost two points to stand at eleven percent level pegging with the n.d.p. not behind the left party and the greens both at ten percent. well now to a country that is preparing to head to the polls because today is the last day of campaigning in austria's general election before voters cast their votes on sunday while opinion polls suggest that the next to go month could take a hard turn to the right let's take a look now at the main candidates and their policies let's start with austrian chancellor because john kerry and he has the social democrats and they are currently the biggest party in the parliament there center left and are strong supporters of the european union but karen is trailing in the polls behind his foreign minister kurtz of the people's party he made the headlines being the youngest foreign minister on the international stage curt's is the clear front runner to head the country his party is deeply conservative and has vowed to clamp down on immigration bu

one a month after germany's general election chancellor angela merkel and her conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. party have started what could be difficult and complex coalition talks with two possible partners one of those partners the pro-business free democrats disk.

one a month up to germany's general election chancellor angela merkel and her conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. party have started what could be difficult and complex coalition talks with two possible partners one of those partners the pro-business free democrats describe.

one a month up to germany's general election chancellor angela merkel and her conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. party have started what could be difficult and complex coalition talks with two possible partners one of those partners the pro-business free democrats disk.

merkel is beginning the complex task of forming the next coalition government miccolis conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. group is holding talks with two potential suitors the pro-business free democrats and the green party it's known here as a jamaica coalition because the colors of the parties correspond to those off the jamaican flag america's first aim is to get the parties to agree to launch a formal coalition talks but that could prove tricky a prospective partners have major ideological differences over a number of key issues including the austerity migration and energy policies and i spoke to our political correspondent hans brander short while ago and i asked him how tough these talks would be for chancellor merkel given that the parties differ on various important issues and had never governed in coalition at the national level before. well yes it is going to be difficult the meetings are taking place behind me here in this parliamentary association it's called something like the private club of the parliamentarians and germans parliament and i'm going to makkah is obviously in charge of these

policy to move to the economic ministry but luckily the c.d.u. c.s.u. f.d.p. and greens agree on some topics like digitalisation and education. this coalition if it actually happens in the end needs a bundle of money to improve the situation in our schools we have to detach educational success from the country of origin job and income of the parents. but more than anything the parties share the goal of making some progress in these talks because with the s.p.d. declining more firmly than ever to participate in another grand coalition with the c.d.u. the only option left is the jamaica coalition or reelections. for kenya's president kenyatta has been declared the winner of last week's presidential election rerun he received more than ninety eight percent of the vote the incumbent was widely expected to win after his main opponent withdrew from the race and called for a boycott kenya's electoral commission described the poll as free and fair despite widespread violence voter intimidation and a low voter turnout. supposes of kenya's incumbent president couldn't b

one month after germany's general election chancellor angela merkel and her conservative c.d.u. c.s.uparty have started what could be difficult and complex coalition talks with two possible partners one of those partners the pro-business free democrats.

one a month off to germany's general election chancellor angela merkel and her conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. party have started what could be difficult and complex coalition talks with two possible partners one of those partners the pro-business for democrats to see.

c.s.u. and the c.d.u. in the last few months and years so yes in a way she is giving that concession to her sister party but when she comes to sell that she will probably say that she is still against the orbit and see us as such ok now as you mentioned there's a lot of importance you're being placed on the wording there's a lot of wiggle room as well for both sides in this agreement will that make the issue of migration easier to deal with when miracle talks to her potential coalition partners well in a way all these cabinets could prove to be helpful when the different parties sit down at one table and try to find common ground but it is important to say that this will only make the situation more difficult in general because any type of a cap is something that the green party for example will probably reject in fact some members of the green party have already said that they're against the agreement reached by the conservative block so although there is room cap such the limit and that magic number that

c.d.u. and c.s.u. but we have to address it now and i'm fairly sure we will succeed and his ability is and we always conclude our talk with our three incomplete sentences and request that you finish the danger that the right wing populist these voted into the next bundestag as well can't be ruled out as could depends on how democratic people act . in the opposition my social democrat party. will have to work hard to avoid remaining in the opposition over long term going to become capable of governing again. until the palin war has fallen in the minds of eastern and western germans it will still take you know the wall is gone there are lots of differences west indies north and south young and old city and country rich and poor of a few we shouldn't keep speaking retrospectively of this wall in people's minds it's really not that bad despite all the differences. volved contests that thank you very much for this talk you're welcome. rationalists are on the rise with world light to make your country great

c.d.u. and c.s.u. have wasted too much time on the matter and in the starkest so this is not about what one party wants this is about the federal republic of germany about taking on responsibility for a nation everyone involved has to do their bit. more details are expected later on monday on this change in germany's migration policy. now for more on this political correspondent is with me in the studio but walk us through this you know what do we know so far about this. agreement in principle as i think is what they're calling it yes it seems a bit that as if chancellor angela merkel made sees you t. foresee who for. a compromise or gave him the. said and offered him a compromise he couldn't really resist to saying yes we will have a maximum gap on some part of the migration but we still will have other migration to how are they how are they distinguishing between different types of migrants well basically it's the humanitarian migration and other migration i would say so. people coming in on economic

c.d.u. and c.s.u. parties will join the talks behind these walls all four potential coalition partners will negotiate together for the first time. only enough talk about present day europe ancient rome is the place to be it is a big day for comic book fans as millions of copies of a new asterix book are being released here in europe this time fans can follow their heroes as they compete in a race across italy going to happen we're going to get that report the ok i've just been told that the story for some reason about technical problems it's not running that can happen when you are trying to race back to the future all right let's do a sports story for you now we're going to go to the europa league it has been another bad night so far for german sides here to berlin last two one at ukraine's and cologne went down one no at borisov in cologne have only won one match in all competitions so far this season and that was against a fifth division team in the german cup hoffenheim are playing now. here's a re

c.d.u. and c.s.u. parties will join the talks behind these walls all four potential coalition partners will negotiate together for the first time new zealand has a new government the country's labor party will join forces with the new zealand first party and the greens and thirty seven year old just send arthur becomes the country's youngest prime minister and its third female leader here's part of what she had to say today live ahead why east believed that government should be a pattern. and ensuring an economy that works and to live is for new zealand. we also believe in a government that looks after its environment and that also mentally looks after its people and i believe that life it has found true allies in palm and to deliver on that as the new prime minister there of new zealand and finally scientists here in germany are all about is with concern over the fate of flying insects a new study shows that the number of insects in germany has dropped dramatically. nature thrives on diversity if it w

c.d.u. and it's been very insistent party the c.s.u. the liberal f.d.p. and the environmentalist greens now that stuff to make a coalition because the party's colors of the same as that country's flag well german voters surveyed by and for test the map are already fairly sure that a jamaica coalition will be there next government three quarters of all respondents thought the parties would agree on a coalition deal only if the thought that they would fail i'm joined now by reinhard from in for test the map the polling institute that conducted that survey welcome to the show the germans seem to be ready for a jamaica coalition but what are they welcoming the prospect runner. who doesn't like to make a screen. full of good music we all remember molly yes the majority of the they do welcome. to make a coalition is about sixty percent most much more important the full it was of the three parties which would be involved in the. more than seventy percent say yes it's a good girlie should we want to form it ok now the election also saw of course chancellor merkel

the the use the organisation of c.d.u. c.s.u. the you know in your own today was quite ambivalent in taking this in there was of course quite a lot of applause for a party leader and chancellor angela merkel but there also was protest people holding up signs saying stop migration drop consequences out of the election result but in the end this protest was rather well behaved it was only one insists saying it again in one person who said uncle america needs to step back anyone else talking to angola markel first and then there was a little criticism but the criticism is there but only where a little. just how much pressure would you say is merkel and her party under because of the surge the support for the far right and left. well the pressure of course is rather high especially coming from the more conservative sees you sister party this is the party that that that that is exclusively in the very i see is you house called for a maximum number of refugees coming into germany for quite a while now but i'm glad merkel today said aga

c.d.u. under c.s.u. to have some sort of common ground in order to be able to negotiate with the other two forty's but whether that will affect i'm going to call in the long term that is really something that will have to be seen once the agreement is in place once the coalition is formed tom aspera with the very latest from our parliamentary studios thank you. and let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world turkey has reduced visa services that its mission in the united states in retaliation for a similar move by washington the us saw one of its consular office officials arrested in turkey last week and says that it will reassess the security of its personnel in the country. the international committee of the red cross is set to drastically reduce its operations in afghanistan the aid group says that it was forced to take the decision after the attacks that have killed seven of its staff this year. the oscar winning hollywood movie producer harvey weinstein has been fi

is beginning the complex task of forming the next governing coalition now merkel's conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. group is holding talks with two potential suitors the pro-business free democrats and the green party it's known here as a so-called jamaica coalition because the colors of the parties correspond to those of you guessed it the jamaican flag now workers first aim is to get those parties to agree to launch formal coalition talks but that could prove tricky her prospective partners have major ideological differences over a number of key issues including e.u. austerity migration and energy policy here's more. black yellow and green for now the colors of the jamaican flag are just hot air on the banks of the reverse the. bloody exploratory talks underway chancellor merkel's conservative c.d.u. in the sea as you first met with the business friendly f.t.p. party and later with the greens. the jamaica coalition would be an exotic combination that has never existed before at the national level if negotiations fail new elections could be called. this for france and we'll be professional about

the conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. parliamentary group has nominated volved as the new president of the bundestag but the choice of vice president is stirring up controversy for the social democrats the bundestag vice presidency is one of the few attractive post left the party is actively preparing for its role in the opposition a lot of all of the in the face of extreme left wing and right wing populism all rolled demands that we make constructive suggestions that are distinct from those of the government and that represent a real alternative to government policy. is political. the far right a f.t. also has a nominee for the vice presidency and if the choice is raising eyebrows many delegates reject his comments on his lawn and freedom of religion that's a democrat i believe whoever wants to be vice president of the bundestag must accept the constitution and that includes freedom of religion whoever does not accept it is not someone i can vote for. given the presence of the far right a.f.p. it will not be the oldest m

merkel is beginning a complex task of forming the next governing coalition merkel's conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. group is holding talks with two potential suitors the pro-business free democrats and the green party is known here as the jamaica coalition because the colors of the parties correspond to those of the jamaican flag the magnets first aim is to get the parties to agree to launch a formal coalition talks but that could prove tricky for prospective partners have major ideological differences over a number of key issues including e.u. austerity migration and energy policy hundreds brand of political correspondent has been listening to a briefing given after chancellor merkel finished her informal talks with the free democrats i asked him what they said. well first of all they're trying to say that everything is going pretty well in other words they're trying to say that the atmosphere is good that they are talking. in a sort of businesslike manner that in some ways there is also an atmosphere of friendship always almost being built that they're deciding what subjects are going to be the

c.d.u. in the c.s.u. first met with the business friendly f.t.p. party and later with the greens the jamaica coalition would be an exotic combination that has never existed before at the national level if negotiations failed new elections could be called. for france and will be professional about this we are aware of our responsibility we will be reasonable but until the actual negotiations have started it's hard to predict what will happen we can devolve into a new open your vocals or even. members of four potential coalition parties are now trying to find common ground on several divisive topics such as immigration they could become the most complex negotiations in decades. we talked about all the issues that are important for us the subject of immigration is important to both sides but for different reasons. to have perspective on friday the exploratory talks will continue with all four parties meeting at the same time it may be weeks before a final agreement is reached. let's bring in now thomas sparrow who you can see is out on the streets of

c.d.u. and c.s.u. parties will join the talks behind these walls all four potential coalition partners will negotiate together for the first time. the new zealand labor party has completed coalition talks and formed a government with the new zealand first party and the greek thirty seven year old yes send it comes the country's youngest prime minister and its third female leader here's a little of what she had to say when she announced the coalition to. labor his or why east believed that government should be a pattern. and ensuring an economy that works and to live is for new zealand. we also believe in a government that looks after its environment and that all humanly looks after its people and i believe that life a has found true allies in palin meant to deliver on that and there was the new prime minister there in new zealand just into our speaking former soccer player george ware has taken the lead in liberia's presidential election the country's electoral commission announced that where had recei

c.d.u. and c.s.u. parties will join the talks behind these walls all four potential coalition partners will negotiate together for the first time after thursday's talks ended i spoke with our political correspondent thomas sparrow and i asked him whether the greens and the three democrats found any common ground today but i think the idea sorry to be honest was to try and see where there was a possibility of finding common ground this is only the first meeting between these two parties and as we saw in our report the key word i would say is minimum level of trust that's precisely what they were trying to find today it was not about finding a compromise on those very tricky issues that we saw in our report are something that will come in the process in the next few weeks and months for now it was a first meeting trying to set the framework for what will come next and what will come next are very difficult negotiations not only between the two parties that held talks today but between all parties involve