future of german chancellor angela merkel's government looks shaky to have partners of the social democrats elected new latests they want to renegotiate the coalition agreement but merkel conservatives have ruled out told to change the deal can a government survive also coming out thousands of people marched on the streets of hong kong in a new wave of protest they're hoping to keep up to menton after the landslide victory of pro-democracy candidate you know lections a week ago. lewis hamilton puts the finishing touches on another dominant formula one season that left his rivals in his face. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program the future of german chancellor angela merkel's government has been cast in doubt to her coalition partner the social democrats elected 2 new leaders who are critical of the partnership norbit volta buy and saskia eschaton have indicated they want to say some major changes that could raise the prospect of an early election or a minority government if the coalition partners fail to reach a consensus. the social democrats have. cast doubt on the future of the graham coalition their coalition partners the christian democrat

coalition. in germany and they actually ran through the leadership race with the pledge that they would pull the s.p.d. out of they say current governing coalition here in germany now it seems the least if we listen to any of the. of what the new leadership was saying yesterday it seems that they are now backpedaling on that pledge saying that they are not going to push through a quick exit from this grand coalition and instead going to seek some concessions from the conservatives so this is certainly significant in terms of where the social democrats here in germany go next and of course. head of the 2021 elections as well they want to redefine the party and seek out exactly who it is that the social democrats stand for in 2019 all right kate so you say these new leaders want to redefine the party they're very critical of the grand coalition but are still willing to stay with it for now at least so what exactly are they trying to achieve and is it likely they're going to get the coalition partner partners the conservatives to agree. was actually looking very unlikely now later today they'll be some more motions passed here's the party

isn't about to agree to that so this could become a crisis in slow motion we will see the 2 governing coalition partners negotiating with each other i think the c.d.u. is that it's open to that but if they can't come to agreement that would presumably lead to the s.p.d. leaving the government then the option would be either early elections or possibly a minority government led by the conservatives not a very stable option many people in germany would certainly not prefer to see that happen there was a w chief of course on the bill in the great reporting earlier tonight or mania has the highest rate of birth spices syrian section of any country in the european union with as many as 4 out of 5 newborns and some hospitals delivered this way critics say it's because of corruption in the health service doctors make more money from c. sections than from natural births. when a little aryan goes down the slide his father's always there to catch him at the bottom his mother manuel a can only watch because of the syrian section she had when she gave birth to him that nearly killed her but the doctor deci

coalition agreement with chancellor i'm going to manacles conservatives merkel c.d.u. party is expected to find their ideas unpalatable prompting speculation that the governing coalition could be in danger the s.p. did you are says that's a discussion for another day. i the s.p.d. in celebrate a remarriage now it's official saskia esque in no but boy runs up to usher in a new era for the social democrats. 75.9 percent of the delegates voted for a scan and about a boy and scott 89.2 percent of the a mandate for the 2 grand coalition skeptics never missed it i know that and i stood for election so we could help be a speedy return to the values that the social democrats once stood for recognizability credibility steadfastness summit or he was a week ago party members nominated the a decision that rocked german media leading s.p.d. politicians expressed concerns that s can invite a boy would try to dissolve the grand coalition with the c.d.u. and c.s.u. but no one will be talking about this on the 1st day of the party conference and now all division and tension are off the agenda. is in we are in this coalition and we are in a democracy and we must be prepared to make com

that they were going to withdrawal from the grounds coalition which of course spot headlines not only in germany but across europe that the german government was about to be thrown into crisis of course we've seen these headlines time and time again over the last couple of years this current coalition. being shaky from the start and neither the grammar the conservatives know the social democrats really wanted to work together again so instead we are now seeing the new leadership backtracking a little bit saying that they are still skeptical of the successes and into also very aware of the failures of the great current coalition but instead they are keen now to open talks and hopefully get some concessions particularly on issues like climate change and also spending on digital infrastructure for example in education as well and they also want to see the minimum wage increased here in germany but so far the conservatives have ruled out any more negotiations i've said that they're happy to talk but the deal that was agreed upon in the spring of 2018 that is the deal and nothing is going to change all right did all these kids brady always a pl

or a coalition government that is now done and dusted bar the official confirmation from the the president the knesset that nobody actually came up with the 61 members required to form that coalition government so that would automatically trigger a 3rd election there is still time though after this deadline for the voting to decide the actual date and without a vote on a date then the automatic date would be the 10th of march next year that coincides with an important jewish holiday and so there had already been an agreement between the 2 main parties that they should be march the 2nd and so we're still waiting for the 2nd and 3rd reading of the bill which will ensure that it is march the 2nd but it does seem as if what everybody had been worried about what the president of israel had been warning against what the israeli electorate really has no appetite for is going to happen a 3rd election in the space of less than a year because neither benjamin netanyahu insisted on staying in office for a few months at least as prime min

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agreement that is the basis of the coalition government featuring the social democrats and chancellor merkel's conservatives they want more left left wing policies in there the conservatives for their part have say to repeated it again today note shown of renegotiation so one of the new leaders now know but the boy said to die well if that's going to be the sort of blockade as he calls it from the conservatives you know that's not a good sign and so ready hits of collision between these tea parties i think it's inevitable that in the coming weeks possibly months the s.p.d. will decide that it wants to pull out. of its coalition arrangement with medical and the conservatives that'll mean. early elections it could mean a short period of minority governments of term but her time will come to an end and elections will come earlier than planned currently the set for 2021 so i could definitely be saying some big changes in politics but this obviously signals great unhappiness with an s.p. day why are the rank and file so unhappy i think a lot of

coalition. this country is in great need of modernization and we need an ambitious program of investment that is something this government must tackle in the 2nd half of its tenure. next week the social democrats will decide which of their demands will be tied to the survival of the grand coalition. well for more let's bring in our political correspondent simon young simon this wasn't really expected out people in berlin and in germany been reacting to this a lot of the media reaction has been pretty shocked and help you know one of the newspapers saying things like. you know the s.p.d. is a bullish thing itself and they're pretty skeptical that the body can get back to the kind of 40 percent support that they had just a few years ago on the basis of this new leadership this is the party once led by the likes of billy brandt and helmut schmidt now it's being led by these 2 new politicians relatively unknown. how a lot of the media is covering some of those are saying the career of finance minister schultz is probably over as a result of this of course he was ousted by these 2 left leaning leaders he won out and some of t

coalition. this country is in great need of modernization and we need an ambitious program of investment that is something this government must tackle in the 2nd half of its tenure. next week the social democrats will decide which of their demands will be tied to the survival of the grand coalition. well with the election of these new s.p. daily it is one of the big questions now is what will happen to government can it actually survive my colleague rebecca written spoke to g.w. political correspondent simon young a little bit early on well these 2 new leaders of the s.p.d. have said they want to renegotiate the coalition agreement that is the basis of the coalition government featuring the social democrats and chancellor merkel's conservatives they want more left left wing policies in there the conservatives for their part have say to repeated it again today no chill of renegotiation so one of the new leaders now know but it's a boy said to die well if that's going to be the sort of blockade as he calls it from the conservatives you know that's not a good sign and so ready heats of collision between these tea parties i

said that's not going to happen so this could become a crisis in slow motion we will see the 2 governing coalition partners negotiating with each other i think the c.d.u. is that it's open to that but if they can't come to agreement that would presumably lead to the s.p.d. leaving the government then the option would be either early elections or as you mentioned possibly a minority government led by the conservatives not a very stable option many people in germany would certainly not prefer to see that happen yeah and it's certainly is a dent in the armor of germans debility was in the european union at the time is also not good is it i mean we're preparing for bridge and a lot of other challenges for your. right just one example of that the other rival candidate for party leadership was the current finance minister in the governing coalition schultz highly regarded by many people in germany but not obviously within his own party because he did not win the referendum that means he now goes into crucially you meetings this week to some degree discredited and with a lot of questions being raised abo

our developing story israeli leaders have now just an hour left to strike a deal to form a coalition government but with a last minute agreement highly unlikely before the deadline at midnight local time the country looks set for an unprecedented 3rd election in less. than 12 months israel's parliament has already taken the 1st steps to dissolving itself and call another election the prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his rival benny gantz both fail to form a ruling coalition after the last vote in september let's bring in our correspondent harry forsett joining us live here on the news our bureau in west jerusalem so which way do we think this is probably going to tilt. well it's going the way almost certainly that so many people have been fearing that it would go almost since the 2nd election on september the 17th the israeli president even from then was saying let's avoid at all costs a 3rd election but there was a pretty grim feeling that that's that was at least a very high possibility and it's become ever more certain as the weeks have passed since and now we're inside an hour before t

less than a year unless politicians can strike a highly unlikely last minute deal to form a coalition government the deadline is midnight local time which is now less than 3 hours away and israel's parliament has already taken the 1st steps to dissolve itself and call another election the prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his rival benny gantz both failed to form a governing coalition after the last vote in september let's bring in her a force of our correspondent in west jerusalem harry do we think this is all but inevitable now. i think so i mean it's now 2 hours and 40 minutes away the deadline there have been a couple of hints at potential moves during the day but they seem to have come to nothing and instead we have a pretty grim atmosphere in the israeli parliament the knesset where already there's been the 1st reading of the bill which would be necessary to set the date of that election for march the 2nd next year if it does take down to midnight without a deal then automatically the parliament is dissolved and new elections are triggered and along with the the grimness there is a fai

year, there have been two elections and in both of them mr netanyahu was unable to form a coalition government, he was not able to get enough olitical allies to support him to actually create a government that he could lead. hanging over all of that was the pending possibility of criminal charges on corruption cases and that, it was widely believed, was why he wanted these elections. it wasn't able to do that and that hung over his ability to form a coalition government exact made potential allies wary and in november he was actually charged in three cases of corruption. that indictment now is something that has weakened his hand going into the third election. he is very popular still, there is a lot of loyalty to him but it's beginning to show a crack. one that shows disquiet amongst members. there is a growing amount of support amongst the grassroots, the local party leaders and the concern is that mr netanyahu might‘ve lost his magic touch, that it wasn't much able to form a government and the government in this election, will not be able to form a government and the right wing could lose p

government. what they do want is to renegotiate the coalition agreement. anwhile, however, spokesman for the government have said the cdu is not about to agree to that. so both angela merkel's spokesperson and also, as we heard, kramp karrenbauer the conservative party later, have said that is not going to happen. so this could become a crisis in slow motion. we will see the two governing coalition partners negotiating with each other, i think. the cdu has said it is open to that. if they cannot come to agreement, that would presumably lead to the spd leaving the government. then, the option would be either early elections or, as you mentioned, possibly a minority government, led by the conservatives. not a very stable option many people in germany what certainly not prefer to see that happen. brent: and it certainly is a dent in the armor of german stability within the european union. the timing is not good, is it? we are preparing for breaks at and a lot of other challenges for europe. melinda: right, one example of that. the other rival candidate for par

we were in a coalition government. you said you we re never coalition government.policies, you said you'd never raise them and then when you'd never raise them and then when you are in the coalition, the tuition fees were raised. and nick clegg has apologised for that, that he couldn't see that promise through, and that happens in politics. a lot of promises are not seen politics. a lot of promises are not seen through. the labour party promised they were going to scrap tuition fees in the last manifesto but now they are saying it is an ambition. politicians have to be absolutely clear about what they wa nt absolutely clear about what they want and if they are in a majority in government, they can see it through. in a coalition, it's more difficult. thank you very much, thank you, amelia. jim what is going to speak to the snp. good morning. my name isjim moore. i stay in glasgow. i am a traditional snp supporter but i am worried this time with brexit coming along that as it looks increasingly likely the snp will get returned with a vastly greater majority so i am j

germany's governing christian democrats have rejected calls by its social democrat coalition partner to boost government spending yesterday also wants to raise germany's minimum wage and increase taxes for the rich the social democrats have just held their annual party conference under a new leadership that is i mean to take the coalition to the left. money money money the topic on the last day of the s.p.d. conference and the one thing the party has been spending his time talking about financial policies more investment that's what the new party leaders are calling for and that's why they want the government in effect to take out a loan they want germany to get over its fear of loosening its purse strings a move tied into no business in this country or any country would consider letting a factory rot away just so that they could avoid taking out a loan to repair it they would take advantage of the opportunity for more profits the next day. also in the cards asking the rich to reach deeper into their pockets they want those with assets of more than $2000000.00 euros to pay wealth tax

to take a look inside the government in germany diminishing coalition in 45 minutes on t.w. . it was the speech of his life perhaps his best certainly his most difficult. the speech by calling dresden on december 19th 1989. shortly after the fall of the lead of the chancellor addresses the people of east germany. the mideast tense the crowd clamors for german unity journalist peter lim borg was at the scene. 30 years later he looks back on the time in dresden. starts december 19th d.w. . welcome to global 3000 growing up is all about taking charge of your ira life but sometimes that means i have a coming some serious challenges as we find out from a young cuban dumpsite his passion for ballet has meant leaving her homeland. we need to sing a desperate to.

he also hasn't been able to form a coalition government, a national unity government and so, the likudaker and ultimately the right wing will lose its grip on power and mr netanyahu's rivals, also a centre right party but allied to more centrist and leftist parties, will get in. it is about party politics, about pragmatic things like will they will be able to keep their seats? there is a great deal loyalty towards mr neta nyahu in the party itself, there is a tradition of fierce loyalty to the leader. nobody has ever unseated an incumbent before. but if it looks as if he is gradually going to lose his grip or his touch in terms of providing them seats in government, then you may see this dissent grow. they are celebrating hannukah holidays there, how do they feel about another election, they have a third general election coming up and a vote within the likud party, is there some fatigue setting in? the fatigue has very much set in, there was a great deal of unhappiness when the third election was announced, and there was great deal of sort of a blame game on either side, in mr netanyah

a coalition government had been attempted after the second election. caretaker government, but one that can make decisions also on social issues. it is a very unpopular election coming up. that is adding to the disquiet. thank you very much. a murder investigation has begun in south—west london after a man was shot dead on christmas eve. police were called to battersea church road at around 9pm on tuesday where they found the victim, believed to be in his 30s. no arrests have been made. the royal navy had to skip yesterday's festive celebrations in order to monitor a russian ship as it made its way through the english channel. the hms tyne was sent at short notice from portsmouth to track the vessel over a 48—hour period. the commander thanked his crew and said national security didn't stop for christmas. shoppers are expected to spend £200 million less in the boxing day sales this year, with environmental concerns being the biggest reason for the drop. nearly seven in ten consumers plan to spend less on so—called fast fashion because of the impact of

well the future of germany's government is in doubt off the chancellor merkel's coalition partners the social democrats elected to new leaders critical of her partnership with the chancellor's conservatives they've indicated they want to see major changes raising the prospect of the coalition's collapse potentially causing either an early election or a minority government. it sounds good i ask in and norbert font a boy the newly chosen leaders of the social democrats will their election mean the end of germany's coalition government. the results of the s.p.d. poll came as a surprise as did the clear margin of victory the new leaders to be want to make their own mark and chart a new course for the party they also want to reopen negotiations with chancellor angela merkel on future government policies that this has the responsibility of the social democrats to make policies for the low and medium earners at this time and again we see clauses in our contract with the c.d.u. that are not in their best interests and that has to change with. the conservatives are willing to talk with the s.p.

a coalition government had been attempted after the second election. emate. they wanted a government, not a caretaker government, but one that can make decisions also on social issues. a very unpopular election coming up. that is adding to the disquiet. thank you very much. turkey has announced military backing for libya's internationally recognised government. in a speech in ankara, president erdogan said he will present a bill to parliament on the deployment of turkish troops. last month, turkish and libyan officials, signed an agreement on security and military co—operation. let's hear more about what the turkish president had to say. translation: god willing we will pass it in parliament onjanuary eight and ninth and does respond to an invitation. we have given and will give all forms of support to the tripoli government which is fighting against the general backed by arab countries and europeans. the royal navy had to skip yesterday's festive celebrations, in order to monitor a russian ship as it made its way through the english channel. the hms ty

his promise to step down by the end of the year it made that commitment in a deal to form a coalition government 3 years ago and iraq's president turns until the end of monday to nominate a new prime minister mahathir resigned last month but that stunned little to calm protests years demanding a complete overhaul of the sick tarion political system. from iraq to lebanon the lebanese president says consultations with political parties that were supposed to leads to the naming of a new prime minister there this follows another night of violence for security forces for tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters outside parliament saying a father has more from beirut's minutes before the constitutional process to form a new government was set to start lebanon's presidency postponed consultations until thursday politicians were to name their choice of prime minister and saddle had a caretaker prime minister was supposed to be renamed but he requested the men to avoid in his words violating the constitution and preserving unity among the nation sects. it seems the christian participation or vote is the

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the ministers for a meeting to figure out what to do next know how to talk to members of the coalition government have been saying inciting if the inciting statements got some others have to push and are saying that this law is ill timed and what we've been saying seeing is like it is not a sick tarion kind of a protest a lot of the people that we've been seeing are students civilians who have come to the streets in saudi directv the students in solidarity with the muslims and it's they are now talking about the constitutional crisis and existential crisis and the fundamentals of which on which this has constitution of india is based on so enough thank you so much. senior regional politician from india's governing party has been sentenced to life in prison for raping a teenager cool deep seeing a single a former b j p legislator was convicted earlier this week the accuser who is 17 at the time of the attack attempted suicide last year accusing the police of inaction her family was put under protection in july after she was injured in a car crash and 2 of her family members were killed is expected

refusal to accept a coalition government in the south and the refusal to accept the idea of neutralism as basically being procommunist meant that these opportunities were always closed off. a second point is that the indochina wars lasted altogether roughly 45 years if you take the point from the end of the second world war to the end of the war over cambodia which was coming to a close in 1990. that's a very long time and over that time the point i want to make is that the political configurations on all sides evolved. the people we started out fighting changed their complexion over time. and in particular some of the sides changed dramatically. there were different ideologies in the soviet union that changed 1965.n 1964, the chinese communist party was all over the map in these years and of course once mao zedong and the cultural revolution -- it effective life wasn't the only influence. the communist parties involved were far from monolithic. the u.s. hard-line towards the nationalist communist in vietnam in fact in my opinion pushed their party towards a much more rigid stance and

there was not a liberal democrat government, it was a coalition government. as the major western powers tried to renew their alliance for the modern age. and we'll have a look at how russian tv networks — loyal to the kremlin — have been reporting on the summit. in samoa, they are pulling out all the stops to combat a deadly outbreak of measles. this tweet says... that from the samoan government. that from the samoan government. that got under way a few hours ago. residents have been told to hang a red flag outside their homes if they haven't been vaccinated. more than 4,000 people have been diagnosed since the outbreak started in october and 60 have died — the majority of them are young children. this is all happening in a tiny island nation. samoa is in the pacific ocean north of new zealand and is home to just 200,000 people. the head of unicef pacific — sheldon yett — says he thinks the red flag programme will be a success. there is a tremendous demand now for vaccination. there is not a corner of this country that has not been affected by this outbreak,

coalition. this country is in great need of modernization and. we need an ambitious program of investment that is something this government must tackle in the 2nd half of its tenure. next week the social democrats will decide which of their demands will be tied to the survival of the grand coalition. let's bring in our political correspondent kate brady for more on this good morning to you kate is the survival of the grand coalition now at stake is it that serious. well this is certainly a serious threat to the future of our so-called grand coalition which for a long time now has been anything but grand of course you have to remember that this coalition between the social democrats and the conservatives here in germany was never strong to begin with and both sides went into this coalition dragging their feet after the 2017 elections but of course now that we have seen this relative shift to the left at least at the leadership level in the social democrats this could pose a risk to the future of that coalition as we had then the report the 2 new candidate those 2 new leaders sorry of the s.p.d. they'll be confirmed as the new leaders later this week

but from 2010 — first under the coalition government and then under the conservatives — it was below t has already promised more than 3% until 2024, with labour's campaign pledge above that, and the lib dems in between. hospital bed numbers in england have fallen steadily under successive governments, from around 300,000 in the late 1980s. in the last financial year there were fewer than 150,000. this partly reflects more patients being looked after in the community and fewer overnight stays for surgery. but the question is, has it gone too far? we are seeing the highest ever a&e attendances and we are seeing the longest wait for treatment, but this hasn't come overnight. this has built up over a period of time and what we are seeing is demand outstripping supply, so there isn't the money or the workforce to actually treat people. a key indicator is a&e performance. 83.6% of patients were treated or assessed in four hours in england in october, the lowest ever. in scotland, where it is snp run, the figure was 86%. in wales, run by labour, it was lower at 75.3%. in northern ireland, wh

now the 21 day period for israel to form a coalition government is coming to an end but prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his main rival benny gantz still haven't managed to agree on a unity government and if an agreement isn't reached by midnight local time israel could see its 3rd election and less than a year before that reports from western. a wintry gloom over israel in recent days and even the prospect of a distant spring isn't bringing much comfort just about everyone expects the change in season to usher in another phase of slow motion political crisis with a 3rd election on the 2nd of march. 3rd. because all the parties. give up. this is tragic for the country there is no government right now everything in the country is disabled and obviously people are the ones paying the price. there is still time to stop it the deadline for a member of the israeli parliament or knesset to gain the backing for a coalition government is midnight on wednesday but the main players a deadlocked on the whole benjamin netanyahu now indicted in 3 separate corruption cases has taken to social m

let's talk about that these people are critics of this coalition how what is this bill for the longevity of the government right what they have sadie's the they want to renegotiate the coalition agreement is the basis of the government they want to see much more much clearer social democrat policies in that things like massive program of investment for the climate for infrastructure also increasing germany's minimum wage for instance and various other things like that they say if they don't get that they don't get those need policies then they are inclined to withdraw support for the coalition the conservatives on their side except a leader anyway has said the question of renegotiating that coalition agreements are pretty much seems is the 2 partners in government are on collision course and what we're going to see is probably least a period of minority government for the conservatives next year and i would predict a. you know the next election if you're set for 2021 will be earlier than that and indeed the end of chancellor merkel will be earlier than expected as well so it's a very interesting times ahe

his promise to step down by the end of this year he made that commitment in a deal to form a coalition government 3 years ago but has since changed his mind saying he'll serve his full 5 year term beryl's 2016 election victory ended the 22 year rule of former leader. nicolas huck is in banjul where protesters say president barrel has made living conditions worse than they've been in previous years. the beginning there was hundreds of people and then the crowd swelled up to tens of 1000 and they've successfully handed over their petition to the spokesperson of the government a petition asking for adam barrow to step down their slogan is which in the local language means it's time it's time for adam a barrow to step down remember in 2016 on this very road there were tens of thousands of people protesting against the former longtime president in support of adam a barrow today we saw the same people who supported adam a borrow asking him now to step down he had made a promise that he would stay in power just for 3 years but it seems he says that he will continue to stay to power complete his full man

at the end of the year he promised to leave office after 3 is as part of the deal to form a coalition government protests to say he's made living conditions one. has more on this from joel. they shout in the local language it means it's time time for president adam a barrow to leave power and says he broke a promise he made to the people of gambia who brought him to power 3 years ago so we are protesting because our president. and i remember when they got. in 2016 that he would serve a transitional government for 3 years thereafter he would hold a presidential election. in which it would not be a participant and where but imagine as the winner of that election he would graciously hand over to that person instead barrow says he wants to stay in power and complete his mandate until 2021 saying he's respecting the constitution but in 2016 with most political leaders in jail the opposition rallied behind president barrow then a political outsider they had protested under the slogan gambia has decided when longtime president john we refused to concede defeat during that year's presidential elections

minister 34 year old santa marin has been nominated by the social democrats who lead the 500 coalition government parliament is likely to confirm her as the new head of government next week. when demonstrators have taken to the streets of the bellary capital minsk to protest against closer ties with russia sunday marks 20 years since the 2 countries agreed to strengthen their relationship a recent push by russia towards a so-called union state has angered many in the country her. passions are running high here as plain clothes police trying to keep this rally under control it's unusually large for bella ruse several 100 people are demonstrating against a closer union between moscow and minsk. 6 protesters shout long live dello russo and some report photos of russian president vladimir putin. the demonstrators appear a closer union could mean a loss of independence some point to the war in ukraine and russia's annexation of crimea as a cautionary tale. russia. russia means evil russia means war russia means poverty we have to move towards a civilized world of course we should have some sort of tra

minister 34 year old son of marin has been nominated by the social democrats to leave the 5 party coalition government parliament is likely to confirm her as the new head of government next week. there's been scuffles in istanbul between police and protesters at a demonstration against violence against women the issue of femicide shot to prominence in turkey last year this year after the murder of a woman by her ex-husband in a restaurant as her 10 year old daughter looked on advocacy groups say violence against women is widespread in turkey and that hundreds of women were killed last year. oh ok oh yes the song and dance about a matter of life or death and it's some bull women perform a protest song that originated in chile called a rapist in the past demanding an end to violence against women. that's a long standing problem in turkey the group we will stop fantasizing counted 440 women murdered in 2018 more than a quarter of these killed by their husbands they say a major problem is turkey's justice system. because a lot of femicide are happening in this country i don't know maybe people just get us

minister 34 year old son the matin has been nominated by the social democrats who need the 5 poxy coalition government on interest confirmed as the new head of government next. the man behind a sesame street's big bird has died at the age of 85 carol spinny who works on the iconic children's educational t.v. show from its start 50 years ago until he retired last year had been suffering from a most interesting. well demonstrations have taken to the streets of the better russian capital minsk to protest against closer ties with russia now sunday marks 20 years since the 2 countries agree to strengthen their relationship a recent push by russia towards the so-called union state has angered many in better routes. for. passions are running high here as plain clothes police try to keep this rally under control and it's unusually large for bella ruse several 100 people are demonstrating against a closer union between moscow and minsk. the. 6 protesters shout long live bellow groups and some reports photos of russian president vladimir putin and the death. straighter sphere are closer union could mean a loss

his promise to step down by the end of this year make that commitment in a deal to form a coalition government 3 years ago. in the supreme court was due to hear petitions challenging a controversial citizenship law on a stick and go over the legislation has not spread to university campuses. lebanon's president has delayed consultations with political parties that was so posted lead to the naming of a new prime minister calls on other nights of violence where security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets a protest site paula meant to halt a has more from beirut minutes before the constitutional process to form a new government was set to start lebanon's presidency postponed consultations until thursday politicians were to name their choice of prime minister and saddle heidi the caretaker prime minister was supposed to be renamed but he requested the postponement to avoid in his words violating the constitution and preserving unity among the nation sects. it seems the christian participation or vote is the reason why. the lebanese forces party is refusing to name a prime minister from the p

minister 34 year old son irene has been nominated by the social democrats who need the 5 party coalition government parliaments likely to confirm her as the new head of government next week. a top out repeated to be hit those is among a rebellion handed over to israel's main holocaust museum by a lebanese businessman he hit the headlines buying up a large collection of nazi era items he had originally intended to destroy them to stop them forging into the hands of mere nazis. well hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets of the better russian capital minsk to protest against closer ties with russia sunday marks 20 years since the 2 countries signed a union agreement that in this is a close political economic and military relationship which stopped short of a single nation but a recent push by russia towards the so-called union state has sparked anger in but every. passions are running high here as plain clothes police try to keep this rally under control it's unusually large for bella ruse several 100 people are demonstrating against a closer union between moscow and minsk. 6 protesters

minister 34 year old son a marie has been nominated by the social democrats who lead the 5 pardon coalition government all 5 parties now have women at the helm greens appointment is expected to be approved by parliament this week that would also make her the world's youngest serving prime minister. the world anti-doping agency known as wada has banned russia from taking part in international sporting competitions for the next 4 years water ruled today that russia should be punished for manipulating laboratory data planting fake evidence and believing files a link to positive doping test test that could have helped identify drug cheats the ban rules russia out of the upcoming tokyo olympics next year and the football world cup in 2022. it was wada who persuaded russia to turn over data from the testing labs as part of the thames of a deal to rejoin the international fray after and mitchell banned for state sponsored dumping offenses 4 years ago. russia has afforded every opportunity to get its house in order and to rejoin the global and to talking community for the good of its our seats and for the int

germany social democratic party concerned it's too late this was skeptical about the party's governing coalition with that chance for that matter conservatives. i'm from gail welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has made her 1st official visit to the former death camp the site in poland was the nazi's largest death camp during the 2nd world war chancellor merkel's visit mark the 10th anniversary of the foundation that preserves the memorial she paid tribute to the victims of the camp and spoke of the necessity of remembering the atrocities committed there. it's almost meat day when german chancellor angela merkel arrives at the place that evokes the crimes of the nazi era like no other. auschwitz former concentration and extermination camps the murder machine. by 945 as many as 1500000 people had been killed here by the nazis. silently merkel approaches the so-called wall of death with the polish prime minister. at this wall the germans shot dead thousands of poles. this is merkel's 1st visit to auschwitz as chancellor for 24 years no german chancellor has walked through this g

minister 34 year old son amar and has been nominated by the social democrats who lead the 540 coalition government all 5 parties now have women at the helm of point is expected to be approved by parliament this week that would also make her the world's youngest serving prime minister. in sydney australia as iconic opera house and harbor bridge are shrouded in smoke from wildfires weather conditions and worse and across the state of new south wales and fanned the flames weather forecasters say temperatures are set to rise above 40 degrees. a least 5 people have been killed in a volcanic eruption off the coast of new zealand's north island 8 others are now known to be missing the folk already volcano also known as wind island erupted suddenly shortly after 2 pm local time on monday stealing plumes of ash into the air. panicked tourists watch as a wall of volcanic ash threatens to envelope them. minutes earlier they'd stood on the volcanoes edge now they bore witness to its might. 47 people were in for carry island at the time of the eruption some managed a narrow escape. when rain look we've just wi

the tipping point one media commentator said here this morning it's now very clear that the coalition government must recalibrate its climate and energy policy its. ok looking at these fires some of them are being described as out of control how exactly are your forties coping. well these are extraordinary conditions with heat wave records being broken lawless every day earlier this week we have the latest average temperature across australia ever recorded and the temperature generally is in the low forty's in many parts of the country and that's that's that's not long for this time of year it's only the beginning of summer normally we don't get this all the temperatures drop but general for every 10 pictures have been unduly high at the same time the bushfires have been much more intense and much more extensive than they normally are we've seen as i say the mercury getting 40 degrees almost every day and although the weather's a bit cooler here in sydney today fortunately because about a southerly flow out from victoria on the southern ocean and tomorrow it looks like a return to those of blist