the president and the main opposition democratic alliance had been involved in an eight year legal battle. the leader of the democratic republic of congo's opposition parties warning he would consider any delay to the country's presidential election a declaration of war against the congolese people voting was originally scheduled for november last year but the electoral commission says it needs at least five hundred days to organize a poll and at least fifty four people have been killed in severe flooding in northern and central vietnam more than three hundred homes have collapsed in floodwaters and landslides a typhoon hit on tuesday followed by a tropical depression those are the headlines on al-jazeera the stream starts right now. the man who did the dismantling of apartheid and scrapped south africa's nuclear program we needed the. south africa's former president declared al-jazeera. and you're in the stream now live on you tube today the political turmoil in kenya is the country's upcoming presidential election in jeopardy now that the opposition candidate has withdrawn from the race

the president and the main opposition democratic alliance had been involved in an eight year legal battle. spain has celebrated its national day with a huge military show. referendum paid heavily in a celebration. at the last fortnight hadn't been dramatic enough the spectacle of national day provided the finishing touch madrid laid it on thick the whole military display the flags of the regions used as an opportunity to say to the cattle lands just look how united we are nobody wants your independence the crowd of course loyal supporters of king and country. today we celebrate the day of spain which is the day of all spanish people but there's a group of us spaniards who are bent on breaking up our shared country. they should understand you've got to learn you that we belong to one country which is a pain and not just a republic which they are pushing for. for the first time in thirty years a national police were invited to rapturous applause. the government said the decisions on of them came after the barcelona attack you know just this is of course the same national police which on a r

has encouraged and benefited from the global advance of free markets, from the strength of democratic alliances, and from the advance of free society. at one level, this has been a .aw calculation of interest the 21st century features some of the worst horrors of history because dictators committed them. free nations are less likely to threaten and fight each other. and free-trade helped make america into a global economic power. for more than 70 years, the presidents of both parties believed that american security were directly tied to the success of freedom in the world. that the success depended on u.s. leadership. the mission came nationally because expressed the dna of american idealism. we know deep down that repression is not the wave of the future. that the desire of freedom is not confined to or owned by in a culture. it is the inborn hope of our humanity. we know free governments are the only way to ensure the strong are just and the week are valued. and we know that when we lose sight of our ideals, it is not democracy that has failed. it is the failure of those charged with preservi

has encouraged and benefited from the global advance of free markets, from the strength of democratic alliances, and from the advance of free societies. at one level, this has been a raw calculation of interest. the 20th century featured some of the worst horrors of history because dictators committed them. free nations are less likely to threaten and fight each other. and free trade helped make america into a global economic power. for more than 70 years, the presidents of both parties believed that american security and prosperity were directly tied to the success of freedom in the world. and they knew that the success depended, in large part, on u.s. leadership. this mission came naturally, because it expressed the dna of american idealism. we know, deep down, that repression is not the wave of the future. we know that the desire for freedom is not confined to, or owned by, any culture. it is the inborn hope of our humanity. we know that free governments are the only way to ensure that the strong are just and the weak are valued. and we know that when we lose sight of our ideals, it is not d

this is an important decision because it's being interpreted differently by the opposition democratic alliance which is doggedly pursue the president and the n.p.a. it's not as decisive as it might seem ultimately there are still several options available to president zuma who has always strongly denied the allegations the national prosecuting authority says it will do the right thing and follow the law but some opposition parties say its current here is an ally of president jacob zuma making the prosecution of a president who is facing mounting opposition seem unlikely tinier page al-jazeera bloemfontein south africa. at least fifty four people have been killed in severe flooding in northern and central vietnam more than three hundred homes of collapse and floodwaters and landslides this week and more than thirty four thousand houses have been flooded officials say it's one of the deadliest weather disasters to hit the country in years. or five five as a continuing to battle blazes have already killed at least thirty one people across the state of california dry windy conditions are making it

the president and the main opposition democratic alliance had been involved in an eight year legal battle in the trunk administration has released a document outlining the problem as it sees with the iran nuclear deal the white house says it's the culmination of nine months of discussion with congress and u.s. allies president trump has previously criticizing iran nuclear deal for not going far enough the united nations says a number of civilian casualties a sword after the u.s. run its aerial campaign in afghanistan four hundred sixty six civilians have been killed or injured by as strike since the start of the year the u.s. is the only foreign force carrying out as strikes in afghanistan as strong more than three thousand bombs on taliban and i saw fighters this year and those are the headlines the al-jazeera news is up in under thirty minutes with peter dhabi coming up next here though it's one of one east. china is holding what appears to be its most significant communist party congress in decades with president xi jinping keen to consolidate his power but what does that mean for this

charges of course an eight year legal battle between the president and the main opposition democratic alliance the charges relate to an arms deal dating back to the early one nine hundred ninety s. as tanya page reports. president jacob zuma could face up to seven hundred and eighty three corruption charges they relate to a multi-million dollar still from the one nine hundred ninety s. his former financial adviser should be a shaikh was jailed for corruption relating to the deal and his trial judge linked to zuma to it the scandal prompted then president tavon bikie to fire zuma who was his deputy but soon after zuma deposed mbeki as leader of the a.n.c. and before too long the party recalled and diesel elected tabo mbeki he lost his presidency prosecutors then announced that they were dropping the corruption charges against president jacob zuma completely their decision was based on secret really secretly recorded phone conversations as the spy tapes which allegedly showed political interference if it to prosecute zuma the dropping of the charges cleared the way for jacob zuma to become presi

the president and the main opposition democratic alliance had been involved in an eight year legal battle. the leader of the democratic republic of congo's opposition bodies warning he would consider any delay to the country's presidential election a declaration of war against the congolese people voting was originally scheduled for november last year but the electoral commission says it needs at least five hundred days to organize a poll and at least fifty four people have been killed in severe flooding in northern and central vietnam more than three hundred homes have collapsed in floodwaters and landslides a typhoon hit on tuesday followed by a tropical depression those are the headlines on al-jazeera the stream starts right now. the dismantling of apartheid and scrapped south africa's nuclear program we needed the bomb that some of my producers just that they want to use you as a. south africa's former president declared. and you're in the stream now live on you tube today the political turmoil in kenya is the country's upcoming presidential election in jeopardy now that the oppositio

this is an important decision because it's being interpreted differently by the opposition democratic alliance which is doggedly pursue the president and the n.p.a. it's not as decisive as it might same ultimately there are still several options available to president zuma who has always strongly denied the allegations. the national prosecuting authority says it will do the right thing and follow the law but some opposition parties say its current here is an ally of president jacob zuma making the prosecution of a president who is facing mounting opposition seem unlikely tony a page al-jazeera from from time south africa. firefighters are continuing to battle wildfires that have already killed at least thirty one people across california dry windy conditions are making it hard to bring twenty separate blazes under control hundreds of people have been injured and four hundred are still unaccounted for around three and a half thousand homes and businesses have been destroyed what's being described as the most lethal fires in california history investigators believe they may have been started by

this is an important decision because it's being interpreted differently by the opposition democratic alliance which is doggedly pursued the president and the n.p.a. it's not as decisive as it might same ultimately there is still several options available to president zuma who has always strongly denied the allegations the national prosecuting authority says it will do the right thing and follow the law but some opposition parties say its current here is an ally of president jacob zuma making the prosecution of a president who is facing mounting opposition seem unlikely tinier page al-jazeera bloemfontein south africa. the un human rights chief has warned there are serious abuses happening in libya as migrant attention centers dried out hussein says thousands of people are being held in prisons where they're being tortured but the head of the guardian detention center says staff they don't have the right resources to cope six hundred thousand refugees and migrants across from libya to italy since twenty four. lost most of come here on al-jazeera prince of colombia there's justice for the killi

the charges cleared the way for jacob zuma to become president of south africa the opposition democratic alliance one access to the spy tapes and use them to argue there wasn't enough proof of political interference last year the high court agreed and said the decision to drop corruption charges against president jacob zuma was irrational and they should be reinstated the president and the national prosecuting authority have challenge the high court decision at the supreme court of appeal and now we're waiting to find out how the judges with. the chinese artist ai wei wei has installed wire fence exhibits across new york city to highlight the plight of refugees kristen salumi explains. two people cut through the fence that now blocks the triumphal arch in new york's washington square park a giant work of public art inspired by the global refugee crisis it's called good fences make good neighbors but these fences found in parks and on sidewalks all around new york city have openings one of things i love about the park system in this city is that you never know what you're going to cross so there's

this is an important decision because it's being interpreted differently by the opposition democratic alliance which is doggedly pursued the president and the n.p.a. it's not as decisive as it might same ultimately there are still several options available to president zuma who has always strongly denied the allegations the national prosecuting authority says it will do the right thing and follow the law but some opposition parties say it's current here is an ally of president jacob zuma making the prosecution of a president who is facing mounting opposition seem unlikely tinier page al-jazeera from fronting south africa asia's biggest film festival has opened in south korea a year after a political scandal almost threatened its future former president park geun to hey had a blacklist of artists that were critical of her government some filmmakers boycotted last year's event in protest well now with park impeached and out of office the stars are returning to the red carpet rubber bride reports from both sides. on the red carpet there were stars and glitz in abundance but the opening was still

this is an important decision because it's being interpreted differently by the opposition democratic alliance which is doggedly pursued the president and the n.p.a. it's not as decisive as it might same ultimately there are still several options available to president zuma who has always strongly denied the allegations the national prosecuting authority says it will do the right thing and follow the law but some opposition parties say it's current here is an ally of president jacob zuma making the prosecution of a president who is facing mounting opposition seem unlikely tinier page al-jazeera bloemfontein south africa still to come on the program just two survivors from tens of thousands the freak weather that's why ted a whole generation of penguin. and the genre defying african film is breaking new ground in this year's london film festival all that and more when we come back. welcome back we have a trough of low pressure which is going to cause some problems across eastern parts of australia you see this line of facilitation extending down through towards brás been that's where we could s

adam, clearly a monumental day for the syrian democratic forces in the international alliance that backs them. what more do we know at this hour about the last hours of fighting in raqqa, and how this battle appears to have wrapped up? they are now saying they are in complete control of the city, the syrian democratic forces, in coalition with u.s.-backed forces, together with coalition parties who announced the same thing. until --ing did go overnight. last night, they took some of the major installations that the islamic state group was still holding onto, including a hospital and a stadium. in those locations, they said they have been raising flags. most of those are the flags of the kurdish fighters, who are ,he prominent group in this sdf syrian democratic forces, alliance. it is not a surprise this would happen. they have been s saying since before the weekend that they expected to take back the whole of the city, saying they could have done it by sunday. it took a little longer, but that was sped up by the f fact that t there was an agreement tr the weekend d whereby a lot of .sla

the president and main opposition democratic alliance had been involved in an eight year legal battle tanya page as the latest from south africa's judicial capital one take. it was a unanimous decision delivered by a full bench of supreme court of appeal judges they have decided to dismiss the appeal by president jacob zuma and the national prosecuting authority that means the decision of the high court last year should stand according to legal experts how ever although it seems clear cut it has been left open to some interpretation some legal experts i've spoken to say it's quite clear at what the high court ordered that the decision to drop hundreds of corruption charges against jacob zuma who was deputy president at the time almost ten years ago that that decision to drop the charges was irrational and the charges should be reinstated however the national prosecuting authority which is under different leadership than it was all those years ago it says the ball is being left in its court and now it is up to the prosecutors to decide whether to pursue an investigation and prosecution

this is an important decision because it's being interpreted differently by the opposition democratic alliance which is doggedly pursued the president and the n.p.a. it's not as decisive as it might same ultimately there are still several options available to president zuma who has always strongly denied the allegations the national prosecuting authority says it will do the right thing and follow the law but some opposition parties say its current here is an ally of president jacob zuma making the prosecution of a president who is facing mounting opposition seem unlikely tinier page al-jazeera bloemfontein south africa. that said you are up to date b. can't find much more about the stories we're following at our website the address is debbie debbie debbie del al-jazeera dot com. let's take another quick look at the top stories u.s. president donald trump has laid out an aggressive new strategy on i won but he didn't pull the us out of the nuclear deal struck in july twenty fifteen he wants congress to find a way to punish iran for its ballistic missile program in addition to its nuclear activi

has encouraged and benefited from the global advance of free markets, from the strength of democratic alliances and from the advance of free societies. at one level this has been a raw calculation of interest. the 20th century features some of the worst horrors of history because dictators commited them. free nations are less likely to threaten and fight each other. and free trade helped make america into a global economic power. for more than 70 years the presidents of both parties believed that american security and prosperity were directly tied to the success of freedom in the world. they knew that the success depended in large part on u.s. leadership. the mission came naturally because it expressed the dna of american idealism. we know deep down that repression is not the wave of the future. we know that the desire for freedom is not confined to or owned by any culture. it is the inborn hope of our humanity. we know that free governments are the only way to assure that the strong are just and the weak are valued. and we know that when we lose sight of our ideals, it is not democracy that ha

the city now belongs to a mix of fighters, some of them from the syrian democratic alliance, there's acked by us airstrikes. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin sommerville reports. at the heart of raqqa, they're giddy with victory. the syrian democratic forces controlled the city the syrian democratic forces control the city that the so—called islamic state hailed as its capital. paradise circle, it's called, and here they beheaded people. their hatred crossed continents. three years ago, is did victory laps here. but their caliphate is now in ruins and they're on the run. it was arab and kurdish fighters, men and women, who did a jig, celebrating the islamic state's retreat. the sdf fought in sandals and the most basic of weapons but they had a killer advantage. coalition air power. that helped drive is out, but it also emptied the city of a quarter of a million people. hundreds of civilians may have died in the western bombardment. younus 0mar and his family, though, survived. they've onlyjust managed to escape. is used them and thousands of others as human shields. his wife says

this is an important decision because it's being interpreted differently by the opposition democratic alliance which is doggedly pursued the president and the n.p.a. it's not as decisive as it might same ultimately there are still several options available to president zuma who has always strongly denied the allegations the national prosecuting authority says it will do the right thing and follow the law but some opposition parties say its current here is an ally of president jacob zuma making the prosecution of a president who is facing mounting opposition seem unlikely tinier page al-jazeera bloemfontein south africa. weather if you're in europe. and america so for europe. well you are all old enough to remember the great storm of one nine hundred eighty seven back in the u.k. anybody of our age remembers a great storm of eighty seven now i'm not saying there's a great storm coming towards the u.k. but it's going to have very interesting as we approach the thirtieth anniversary of that particular event and it's because of this hurrican ophelia that we have at the moment now ophelia is a cate

ations relate to an arms deal dating back to the early ninety's president and main opposition democratic alliance have been involved in an eighty year legal battle that's cross live now to south africa's judicial capital bloemfontein and our correspondent tanya page joining us on the news so tiny of these allegations that just the allegations that refused to go away. oh absolutely and they go back as you said to the nine hundred ninety s. when it's alleged the president was involved in a multi-million dollar steel corruption linked to that deal of those charges against him were controversially dropped in two thousand and nine by that then he had of the national prosecuting authority when jacob zuma was deputy president on the basis of secretly written recorded phone conversations which the then hid of the n.p.a. the prosecuting authority said indicated political interference now after this long legal battle last year the high court in her toria said that that decision to drop the charges was a rational that should be reinstated the president and the prosecuting a cut off already came to the supre

this is an important decision because it's being interpreted differently by the opposition democratic alliance which is doggedly pursued the president and the n.p.a. it's not as decisive as it might same ultimately there is still several options available to president zuma who has always strongly denied the allegations the national prosecuting authority says it will do the right thing and follow the law but some opposition parties say it's current here is an ally of president jacob zuma making the prosecution of a president who is facing mounting opposition seem unlikely tinier page al-jazeera bloemfontein south africa witchcraft and zambia toxic masculinity in south africa and folk tales from swaziland are just some of the african themes at this year's london film festival zero as charlie angela reports on how filmmakers from the continent are challenging the way africa is depicted on screen it looks like a western a familiar genre for audiences but five thing is for must say it's set against the backdrop of south africa's eastern cape. director michael matthews has dusted down the john are c

this is an important decision but because it's being interpreted differently by the opposition democratic alliance which is doggedly pursued the president and the n.p.a. it's not as decisive as it might seem ultimately there are still several options available to president zuma who has always strongly denied the allegations. the national prosecuting authority says it will do the right thing and follow the law but some opposition parties say it's current here is an ally of president jacob zuma making the prosecution of a president who is facing mounting opposition seem unlikely tinier page al-jazeera plan from time south africa. at least two protesters in kenya i've been shot dead in more demonstrations against the electoral commission police used tear gas to disperse opposition protests in the country's three main cities kenyans a jew to vote in two weeks time in a rerun of august presidential election which was allowed by the supreme court opposition leader called out of the race this week he says the election board had failed to institute reforms to guarantee a free and fair vote for media mille

be on the cards there are different mixes indeed we could see a left leaning social democrat green left party allianceand if that happens if the left party makes it here into the regional parliament that could make it more difficult to reach some kind of agreement with the greens at the national level so it could all get very complicated here is well that could feed right through to those talks all right that's michelle a curfew reporting for us from lower saxony thanks very much a devastating attack on the somali capital has left more than two hundred thirty people dead hundreds more are wounded many are fighting for their lives after a massive truck bomb blast reduced buildings to rubble the explosion took place in the capital mogadishu on a busy street near key ministries the government has blamed the al-shabaab extremist group for the attack a second smaller blast also took place in the city's medina district adding to the destruction. the first blast tore apart a busy street in central mogadishu. it said cars on fire and flattened buildings. offices restaurants and kiosks that once stood at this

he could go back into another coalition with his former partners the social democrats but their alliancelier this year and thatis acrimoniously earlier this year and that is why there has been this early general election. some people believe he may decide to go into an alliance with the far right freedom party because they have campaigned on quite a lot of similar issues, particularly when it comes to the question of migrants. mr kurz has taken a tough line on illegal migration, saying he wants to stop it and the far right freedom party often accused him of stealing their policies particularly on migrants. that would be a controversial choice: another headache for the european union dealing with nationalist parties rising across europe. there would be a lot of complicated negotiations before the shape of the new government emerges. sebastian kurz on stage right now, he's very young, described his rise to this level prominence. he's had an interesting and swift career. he entered government in 2009 and became austria's foreign minister in 2013. he took over the leadership of his party ear

we come from a small town outside of austin called dripping springs and they have a democratic alliance of people in hayes county and blanco county. so they're all local. and it's very gratifying to see that there is some more awareness being raised at the local levels about issues. especially our issues. >> my name is ahmed. and yes, we do live near dripping springs, but technically, we're in austin. we have been very active in the community, the muslim community also. we have helped them a lot to get activated. we have in fact about 26 million texans. i don't know how many arabs. i'm considering more considering how many you see, but we have been very active because the texas legislature, thank god they meet once every two years. they met this year, so we had a muslim legislative day. we have over 200 muslims go there, and we had about 2,000 people came to protect the muslims who went to go into the legislature because last year they were attacked. the muslims that were there. but also now we have people engaged in the process, so we work very closely with the latino community. texas

-- we come from a very small town outside of austin called dripping springs and they have a democratic alliance -- so they're all local and it's very gratifying to see that there is some more awareness being raised at the local levels about issues, you know, especially our issues. so did you want to say anything? >> my name is achmed. we do leave near springs but we're in austin. we've been very active within the community, the muslim community also -- we've helped them a lot to get activated. we have in texas about 26 million texans, about 480,000 muslims. but we've been very active because the texas legislature thank god they meet once every two years so they met this year so we had a muslim legislative base so we had over 200 muslims go there and we had about 2,000 people came to protect the muslims who went to go into the legislative because last year they were attacked. the muslims that were there but also now we have people engaged in the process so we work very closely with the latino community. texas is about half -- 50% latino. they are not represented in the government but we work ver

supporters of the alliance democratic party believe the directive is politically motivated to prevent members of the opposition and their candidate from campaigning ahead of the presidential election into their party headquarters it was set alight when sarah believes the ruling party is behind the fire from political internation with some form of political. and i democracy we need to allow people to speak up. and peaceful ways the government deny any wrongdoing saying it is promoting democracy. in such a large group. the reason why we continue to be the most peaceful country in west africa it is because the citizens all of. us because of the history we had with the conflict in the ninety's the decade long civil war that left fifty thousand dead in the one nine hundred ninety s. still haunts your leone the police are taking extreme measures to avoid violence it is possible to run in groups it requires the prior permission from the inspector general of police. he says this isn't a political decision but one to guarantee public safety human rights organizations are not convinced with thi

so we'll keep our eye is a stronghold of the opposition the national super alliance but specifically the orange democratic party that forms part of that alliance we were in q bear earlier in the week speaking to people there and many had told us that they would prevent the election from taking place they would prevent people from voting in areas of kibera we do know that there are some areas today there that are very tense at least two polling stations have. and open to toll five others have there is some vote voting taking place but ultimately the concern there is security and people being prevented from going to the polling stations are one area of concern of course and what we've seen in kenya for a number of years is an issue of tribalism and people are forming alliances along these lines now given that a key player in is made up primarily by local people they would then. to they would want to support the opposition alliance and this is partly why we're seeing some of the polls or some elect elections taking place in some of the areas in to vera of a member we'll leave it with you for me to cross over

be on the cards there are different mixes indeed we could see a left leaning social democrat green left party alliance and if that happens if the left party makes it here into the regional parliament that could make it more difficult to reach some kind of agreement with the greens at the national level so it could all get very complicated he is well that could feed right through to those talks that's michelle a curfew reporting for us from lower saxony thanks very much let's return to our top story this hour australia's voting and national elections we have a correspondent in vienna max hoffman who's following developments there for us as we wait for the first accept polls max what's the feeling there as this is building . yeah everybody's very well can't wait any more because the projections are really do within the next seconds the feeling here is that most people think the polls will be correct the polls we saw we've seen over the last week so save us and chords coming out on top and probably the right wing populist coming in second and the social democrats as coming in third but of course you have

but the social democrats say the real danger is an alliance between the conservatives and the far right populists. they want to right wing austria that will put a stop to that and i'll tell you why we are not impressed we will stand against them. that is a third option at least in theory a coalition between the social democrats and the far right this time them already runs the government of one austrian region. well for more let's go to vienna or did obvious class pumpers is standing by class for sebastian kurtz and his conservative people's party the run what the runaway favorite for this election what could the rest of the world expect from a chancellor kurtz. first of all he would be the youngest head of government was in the uk twenty seven even younger kids and provinces around with michael second he built up a movement like mccall didn't out of his old conservative works better in austria and he was very successful giving people the impression given to be a fresh candidate only being thirty one years old for example years already done two terms in government since twenty eleven an

but the social democrats say the real danger is an alliance between the conservatives and the far right populists. they want to right wing austria that will put a stop to that and i'll tell you why we are not impressed we will stand against them. that is a sad option at least in theory a coalition between the social democrats and the far right this time to more ready runs the government of one austrian region. to our reporter calls prosperous is on the story and he joins me now on the line from vienna qualifies for being with us sebastian choruses thirty one years old is the runaway favorite to become the next austrian chancellor what can your rest of the world expect from a chancellor court. but if you were is less you're open to more national policies dealing with everything we talk about so we're going to contain the farm and move when i came on i must point did and obviously you convince voters here represent the pressure proceeded to form a new style info to see the new party at all and it's going to be a more widely. before though he will path of two government between people and

but the social democrats say the real danger is an alliance between the conservatives and the far right populists. they want to right wing austria that will put a stop to that and i'll tell you why we are not impressed we will stand against them. that is a set up sheehan at least in theory a coalition between the social democrats and the far right this time them already runs the government of one austrian region. while the story let's cross to vienna now we're. following that story for us cos good evening sebastian courts and his conservative people's party of a runaway favorites here what can the rest of the world expect from a chancellor courts. story of the government he used to say to be yes i did run him out of the cold a few did seem so to people's property but michael didn't promptly proclaimed in it that well as you can take it. he did it successfully he could be he pressured ok i'm really sorry krauss but unfortunately the audio quality just isn't what it should be able to try and come back to you later in the program for the latest on austria's elections coming up on sunday wh

on bill wrote and of nature twenty five years ago you know he nine have tried to build alliances with the democratic party have you given up on that. yeah i find that both parties are at fault here the. because you know what we really need to do is make the price of fossil fuels honest and so are you does that mean that means add in collecting a fee from the fossil fuel and then the subsidies well ending the subsidies or be nice but that's hard because so many different in so many different places so it's easier just to add a fee collect it from the fossil at the domestic mines and the ports of entry and if you would give the money to the public an equal amount to all legal residents then most people would come out ahead and they would then be willing to see the price of gasoline at the pump going up but what the democrats want to do is grab the money you know and use it for their. favor social policies and the public will never accept that because that means they'll see the price of gasoline going up in the say this is a tax and we and we don't want that when you buy pushing the price up then your

what constellation of parties is going to lead the country just all americans conservative alliance the free democrats and the greens are still deep in coalition talks they took a break on thursday over policy differences but talks are set to resume and that's reports that party leaders have been trying to find a common line one of the biggest sticking points migration and asylum honey saw need flood syria's civil war in two thousand and fifteen he arrived in germany alone but he was determined that his family join him my his own and what would my son do in syria with a war going on here and he can't go to school and he can't play there. john and. sundays family are now with him but germany has since blocked reunions for asylum seekers who don't qualify as full refugees but have so-called subsidiary protection status something the greens hope to change however the chancellor's conservative alliance want to make the current policy permanent yeah they did with sign. the ruling must be that anyone who only has subsidiary protection must return home after the end of the civil war. if we take our basic law