more than fifteen hours of talks there still no agreement between angela merkel's christian democratic union party and the opposition social democrats an agreement would break a political stalemate that there's germany without a full government since elections last september david chaytor has more from berlin . this has been an unprecedented political limbo for germany so it's crucial these talks do reach some sort of result and remember that only talks about talks and now the main issues that are separating the parties are perhaps the refugees the crisis in two fifteen when one million refugees started coming into the country are they going to allow refugees to be reunited with their family also taxation taxations another real issue that separates the two sides but talking to political analysts here they say that this political limbo actually is is maschine what is a lot of common ground between the parties in the grand coalition but the real problem is that there's no chemistry between the parties and as far as the social democrats are concerned no chemistry within the party itself now the

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which is a christian democratic union to have their social values and looking at michael just as a former investment banker doesn't do his whole story just as he also was a very important part of the socialists in france so i would agree with simon we're witnessing at the moment are intelligent politicians in europe realizing that the way globalization has been conducted in the past and that the challenges of the future for example with digitalisation are such that you need to do something to make sure you have most people on board in the european union otherwise what you're going to do is just feed populism our brussels bureau chief max often tonight in brussels and simon young here in berlin to both of you thank you. here is some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a brazilian court has upheld the conviction of former president luis de silva known as lula on corruption charges two of the three judges on the court confirmed the conviction and the nine and a half year prison sentence it carries now lou look rallied his supporters ahead of the decision which

islamic immigration that was then shot down many parties including angler merkel's christian democratic union saying that anti semitism had its roots in the far right in politics in germany and elsewhere around so that's where we stand at the moment for them they've just entered parliament last september following the election this is the first time that they're really getting their teeth into legislation that you're not going well if you're an alternative which are many supporter anyway at the moment all of the other parties coming together uniting is one something we can't find them doing over any other issue here in germany to say no to the a.f.p. and no to their policies. as our breaking news story now russia and china or rather the need to counter them dominates america's new defense strategy having been given more prominence then even the war on terror the strategy was unveiled by the us defense secretary. but we will continue to prosecute the campaign against terror that we're engaged in today but great power competition not terrorism is now the primary focus of us now from security an

islamic immigration that was then shot down many parties including all anglo merkel's christian democratic union saying that anti semitism had its roots in the far right in politics in germany and elsewhere around so that's where we stand at the moment for them if they've just entered parliament last september following the election this is the first time that they're really going the teeth into legislation that's not going well if you're an alternative which are many supporter anyway at the moment all of the other parties coming together uniting is one something we can't find them doing over any other issue here in germany to say no to the a.f.p. and no to their policies. and it's not only in germany they don't impart that the f.d.a. is having a rough ride recently the facebook account of one of its members was blogs following her call for people to join a women's march against rapes and killings perpetrated by migrants i organize a women's march to the chancery almost every day we read about horrific reaps and murder of women the more women come the more pressure it will put america and politi

influx of islamic immigration that was then shot down many parties including americans christian democratic union saying that anti semitism had its roots in the far right in politics in germany and elsewhere around so that's where we stand at the moment for them they've just entered parliament last september following the election this is the first time that they're really getting their teeth into legislation.

islamic immigration that was then shot down many parties including all anglo merkel's christian democratic union saying that anti semitism had its roots in the far right in politics in germany and elsewhere around so that's where we stand at the moment for them if they've just entered parliament last september following the election this is the first time that they're really getting their teeth into legislation it's not going well if you're an alternative which are many supporter anyway at the moment all of the other parties coming together uniting is want something we can't find them doing over any other issue here in germany say no to the a.f.d. and no to their policies. and it's not only in the german parliament that the f.t.c. having a rough ride recently the facebook account of one of its members was blocked following her call for people to join a women's march against rapes and killings perpetrated by migrants i organize a women's march to the chancery almost every day we read about horrific creeps and murder of women the more women come the more pressure it will put america and politician

influx of islamic immigration that was then shot down many parties including merkel's christian democratic union saying that anti semitism had its roots in the far right in politics in germany and elsewhere around so that's where we stand at the moment for them they've just entered parliament last september following the election this is the first time that they're really getting their teeth into legislation that's not going well if you're an alternative which are many supporter anyway at the moment all of the other parties coming together uniting is one something we can't find them doing over any other issue here in germany to say no to the a.f.p. and no to their policies back in just a few minutes with the latest news headlines. with the islamic state in its many confederates defeated or facing defeat in syria what is next for this war torn country what justification exists for the us to maintain military forces that does washington want syria partition. and why. yes it was pretty hard to please walk up you something. yeah i mean the whole philosophy. the more it's almost the young thing we we

islamic immigration that was then shot down many parties including all anglo merkel's christian democratic union saying that anti semitism had its roots in the far right in politics in germany and elsewhere around so that's where we stand at the moment for them if they've just entered parliament last september following the election this is the first time that they're really getting their teeth into legislation you're not going well if you're an alternative which are many supporter anyway at the moment all of the other parties coming together uniting is one something we can't find them doing over any other issue here in germany to say no to the a.f.d. and no to their policies. and it's not only in the german parliament that the f.d.a. is having a rough ride recently the facebook account of one of its members was blocked following her call for people to join the women's march rapes and killings perpetrated by migrants i organize a women's march to the chancery almost every day we read about horrific creeps and murder of women the more women come the more pressure it will put america and politicia

which is a christian democratic union to have their social values and looking at michael just as a former investment banker doesn't do his whole story just as he also was a very important part of the socialists in france so i would agree with simon what we're witnessing at the moment are intelligent politicians in europe realizing that the way globalization has been conducted in the past and that the challenges of the future for example with digitalisation are such that you need to do something to make sure you have most people on board in the european union otherwise what you're going to do is just feed populism our brussels bureau chief max often tonight in brussels and simon young here in berlin to both of you thank you it's not u.s. president donald trump is mourning turkey to stop its advance into northern syria or risk confronting american troops on the ground turkey's incursion began last saturday in the region of a freed kurdish militia which helped the u.s. to defeat islamic state in syria control offering but are considered by the turkish government to be terrorists. the shut to

islamic immigration that was then shot down many parties including angela merkel's christian democratic union saying that anti semitism had its roots in the far right in politics in germany and elsewhere around so that's where we stand at the moment for them if they've just entered parliament last september following the election and this is the first time that they're really getting their teeth into legislation it's not going well if you're an alternative which are many supporter anyway at the moment all of the other parties coming together.

be formed after hours of talks there's still no agreement between angler merkel's christian democratic union party and the opposition social democrats germany has been without a full government since elections last september well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people in power stations are watching my phone off. head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed job as a satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily a study his biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. the uproot the people of southern argentina and chile have long protested and also from stressed lands at the hands of colonial era settlers territory that's maraton and cheap by huge timber stakes which have left the region environmentally depleted and the indigenous inhabitants mired in poverty but recently the simmering resentment have been coming to the court weeping to find that walk. me. pass a

keep northern iowa's democratic unions. she relies on getting this through. this will move bridget forward and shows little success. theresa may traveled to funds in september to make a big speech, offering assurances on eu citizens rise and urging a new economic and security relationship of the future. and while that may have been seen as a step forward, there was is -- a distinct wobble when they hit the prime minister had struck down with this approach by a prankster and standing in front of a disintegrating background. so there was wanted to talk about when parliament returned and mrs. mccann to the commons to update mps. speaker, this is between the sovereign united kingdom and a strong and successful european union, it is our ambition and friends,rary european achieving the partnership will require leadership and flexibility, not just from us but from our friends from 27 missions on the eu. demonstrated the scale of the mess the government is making of these negotiations. on from the referendum, bear no clearer about what the future of this country will

so the ruling christian democratic union will now have five days to enter into a so-called grand coalition and both symes sides seem fairly confident of success at this point now forming an alliance with the social democrats is the only live option for. the previous coalition talks with the green party in the free democrats collapsed two months ago the current political crisis is seen by some as the worst in germany for years. sizes up moguls chances of resulting it to put together a coalition it takes a match angle has been desperate to make any match she hopes her party could match with the greens. but that plan also required matching with the d.p. or the free democrats are rights why appear to. but no it's a match pop ups and go all those got it right with the green party but she's still in favor of using coal power plus her transport minister in the old government called the greens tofu that has fallen into our meat when it comes to the d.p. these folks were nowhere near matching with deep divisions and how to deal with tax and solemn and environmental policies the event was that we wi

majority government and avoid yet another election the social democrats and the ruling christian democratic union will now have five days to enter into a so-called grand coalition and both sides seem fairly confident of success. and i am optimistic about these talks but i'm aware there's a lot of work ahead of us in the next few days that this. in the design of the this is a special political situation in which the s.p.d. c.d.u. c.s.u. came together here today and that was obvious at the beginning of the preliminary talks we are all aware of the responsibility we carry for the future of germany and europe. does a seat cities everyone knows that it comes down to this week that the people expect to get a stable government and i think it's possible that we will have a good result by thursday that's what we will work on now so forming an alliance with the social democrats is the only live option for. the previous coalition talks with the green party and the free democrats collapsed two months ago the current political crisis is seen by some as the worst in germany in years. trying to size up michael'

forming a coalition government after months of uncertainty chancellor angela merkel's question democratic union and the opposition social democrats have reached an agreement to move forward with negotiations the parties found common ground on the contentious refugee issue agreeing to limit migrant arrive also around two hundred thousand a year the draftee and also commits funds to bring economic stability to the eurozone and the blueprint outlined sponsor immediately and weapons exports the countries involved in the war in yemen let's speak to david in berlin so david talk us through this progress that said ben made how big of a breakthrough s.s. . well it seems to be the end of the political limbo that germany's been suffering since the september elections a marathon session of talks for twenty four hours capping five days of negotiations between the parties and they produced this twenty eight page blueprint with some detailed areas of agreement on several policies now the most important one as you suggested is of course the one on refugees and immigration is going to be a cap on on migrants a

islamic immigration that was then shot down many parties including angela merkel's christian democratic union saying that anti semitism had its roots in the far right in politics in germany and elsewhere around so that's where we stand at the moment for them if they've just entered parliament last september following the election this. the first time that they're really getting their teeth into legislation it's not going well if you're an alternative for germany supporter anyway at the moment all of the other parties coming together uniting is one something we can't find them doing over any other issue here in germany to say no to the a.f.p. and no to their policies ok peter thank you for those details as artie's peter all of us speaking to us live from berlin. the u.s. ambassador to the un nikki haley claims that the trump administration's policy in afghanistan is working with peace being closer than ever before however the un recently reported that almost half a million people were displaced in the country in two thousand and seventeen alone let's have a look at some of the latest pictures

leaders of merkel's christian democratic union and the social democrats have been at the headquartersn berlin with no sign of an outcome. the parties have set themselves a deadline of yesterday, though merkel said at the outset the talks would be arduous. china's exports rose last month, capping a year of stronger trade growth buoyed by a robust global economy. exports rose 10.9%, topping estimates. at the same time, import growth slowed to 4.5%, leaving a trade surplus of $54.7 billion, well above forecast. donald trump is said to have decided to extend sanctions theef for iran, leaving nuclear cord in tact. the administration is also preparing new sanctions against iran over ballistic missiles, human rights and cyber violations. the justice department meanwhile said it will establish a toancing and terrorism team target has block, which u.s. continued -- considers a terrorist organization. donald trump has triggered accusations of a foulmouthed outburst about immigrants. the president is said to have made the comments about haiti, el salvador and african nations as he questioned sen

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christian democratic union will now have five days to enter into a so-called grand coalition and both sides seem confident of success forming an alliance with the social democrats is the only option left for on the local previous coalition talks with the green party of the free democrats collapse two months ago the political crisis is seen by some as the worst injury of many theists any of which i guess sizes up michael's challenges of resolving it. to put together a coalition it takes a match angle has been desperate to make any match she hoped her party could match with the greens but that plan also required matching with the d.p. or the free democrats or rights why appear to but no it's a match pop ups and go all those got it right with the green party but she's still in favor of using coal power plus her transport minister in the old government called the greens tofu that has fallen into our meets when it comes to the d.p. these folks were nowhere near matching with deep divisions in how to deal with tax solemn and environmental policies. we will not abandon our vote for a policy

forming a coalition government after months of uncertainty chancellor angela merkel's christian democratic union and the opposition social democrats have reached an agreement to move forward with negotiations the parties found common ground on the contentious refugee issue of grain to limit migrant arrivals to around two hundred thousand a year the draft and also commits funds to bring economic stability to the euro zone and the blueprint outlines plans to immediately and weapons exports to countries involved in the war in yemen are both chancellor merkel and martin short agree the goal of any coalition deal is to strengthen and unite europe. and in the long side in the long time since the elections we've seen that the world is not waiting for us and as far as europe is concerned we're convinced that we need a new awakening for europe and have developed the corresponding ideas for this so i have no doubt it will be able to find common solutions and partnership with france emerge design just completed the coalition document is a new start for europe germany will keep it strong position in the blo

from the christian democratic union party david mcallister he suggested that members of the european parliament should be banned from speaking to r.t. or sputnik whilst they're on e.u. premises so that's perhaps something to look forward to in the future what we will hear though is that they'll publish the findings of following from this debate on whether there needs to be more financing for the east struck on task force in the spring keeping an eye on not expect to see this debate over fake news not going anywhere anytime soon. the most popular news channel in the world was still remain number one paper over thank you. thank you so much for being brave enough to tune into all propaganda hope you've absorbed it all up and often i. remember when you know when you don't. you are. not. left alone. claiming to know. that. you speak french. or the mainstream media intentionally gaslighting the public against president donald trump three first appears to be equally true trump goes with style gaslight the media what kind of body politic is this creating has the us become a collection of hys

more than fifteen hours of talks there's still no agreement between angela merkel's christian democratic union party and the opposition social democrats an agreement would break a political stalemate that's left germany without a full government since elections last september ecuador has granted citizenship to wiki leaks founder julian assange has been holed up in its london embassy since twenty twelve astray and born activist has been avoiding extradition to sweden he was wanted there for questioning over a rape investigation which was dropped last year at the moment assad fears extradition to the u.s. where he could face charges of a wiki leaks release of thousands of classified military documents. now a report released in the u.k. warns that nuclear weapons systems around the world are increasingly vulnerable to being hacked by rival states or other groups the chatham house think tanks is the spread of digital technology makes it more likely that cyber attackers could disable or even launch nuclear missiles the report calls on governments to work with the private sector to stay at the cutti

which paves the way for the next stage of talks on forming a grand coalition merkel's christian democratic union party and the center left social democrats as spend five days finding common ground germany has been without a full government since september's elections david chaytor is in berlin david what do we know about this progress. jane the political limbo does appear to be over for the moment there is an agreement that formal coalition talks will now take place and there is of course the problem of exactly what the comprehensive statement will see today does contain because there are crucial issues hurdles as called by anger merkel that they were discussing and those discussions went on throughout the night so clearly they've got to form some sort of statement which will allow the social democrats leader martin schulz to try and sell this deal at a special delegates conference on january twenty first and that itself could be a problem that's the final hurdle so yes this is as you said some form of a breakthrough but martin children the socialists have yet to decide and put it to their deleg

stalemate that's left germany without a government since an election in september merkel's christian democratic union party and the opposition social democrats are trying to find common ground before starting formal talks on forming an alliance. colombia's l.-n. rebel group is urging the government to resume talks the president suspended negotiations when rebels launched attacks after a cease fire expired and more from bogota a historic three months long ceasefire now over and in the worst way as the rebels resumed attacks in colombia many hoped for an extension of a truce which this five violations have been considered a success but on wednesday colombia's last active rebel group perpetrated four attacks wounding two colombian marines and affecting an important oil pipeline colombian president juan manuel santos spoke forcefully against them. laura the government deplored the airline's decision to restart its terrorist attacks on the general public the armed forces and on parts of the national infrastructure we were always i repeat always ready to extend the ceasefire with the airline and negotiate

islamic immigration that was then shot down many parties including all anglo merkel's christian democratic union saying that anti semitism had its roots in the far right in politics in germany and elsewhere around so that's where we stand at the moment for them if they've just entered parliament last september following the election this is the first time that they're really getting their teeth into legislation you're not going well if you're an alternative which are many supporter anyway at the moment all of the other parties coming together uniting is one something we can't find them doing over any other issue here in germany to say no to the a.f.p. and no to their policies. and it's not only in the german parliament that the f.t.'s having a rough ride recently the facebook account of one of its members was blocked following her call for people to join a women's march against rapes and killings perpetrated by migrants i organize a women's march to the chancery almost every day we read about horrific reaps and murder of women the more women come the more pressure it will put america and politic

from the christian democratic union party david mcallister he suggested that members of the european parliament should be banned from speaking to r.t. or sputnik whilst they're on e.u. premises so that's perhaps something to look forward to in the future what we will hear though is that they'll publish the findings of following from this debate on whether there needs to be more financing for the east struck on task force in the spring keeping an eye on not expect to see this debate over fake news not going anywhere anytime soon. russia's investigative committee is claiming new evidence refutes allegations of state sponsored sample swapping at the start elim pigs are to be done hawkins has more. well this is the result of a low inquiry by russia's investigative committee going all the way back to last year with regards to that doping scandal they've looked into some new details of course of google account before head of moscow's anti doping approach really from now whistleblower and fugitive in the united states into some of the technical details in his allegations namely how allegedl

the christian democrat union and the social democrats have been holed up in berlin with no sign of anutcome. they set a deadline for yesterday. u.s. president donald said to have decided to extend sanctions leaving the accord intact. according to officials, the president is preparing new sanctions against iran. the justice department said it will set up a financing and terrorism team to target hezbollah which they considered a terrorist organization. donald trump has triggered fresh accusations of racism after a about haiti,mments el salvador, and african nations. white house spokesman did not dispute the claims. he said president trump will always fight for the american people. president trump is concerned his trip to the cable not go ahead in response to reports. the president said the reason he canceled the trip is he is not a fan of the obama administration. having sold the best located in finest embassy in london for peanuts. putinn president vladimir has said kim jong-un won the match in acquiring nuclear weapons. he called kim and educated and mature politician. north korean an

there were also plenty of democrats that did not attend or boycotted that state of the union. at least 11 democratic lawmakers had planned to boycott the capital during the state of the union address. than the 60r lawmakers that boycotted president trump's inauguration, but still a significant amount. several folks on twitter, while watching the event last night, and it out -- pointed out that congressman luis gutierrez ended up leaving the state of the union address. here is a tweet from the daily wire, one of the reporters showing the moment when the doubt, hen storm said, of the state of the union. congress and gutierrez put out a statement last night after the state of the union address, saying his thoughts about the state of the union. canan show that when we pull that off, but let's go to jimbo in bakersfield, california in the meantime. caller: i want to say thank you to brian lamb, my american patriot. without c-span, i would not know what my house of representatives and senate were up to. so kudos to brian lamb. and i am really concerned that we will start having mass

spain reached to move forward with negotiations between chancellor angela merkel's christian democratic union and the social democrats the parties have found common ground on the contentious refugee issue agreeing to limit migrants arrive also around two hundred thousand a year the draft deal also commits funds to bring economic stability to the eurozone and the blueprint outlines plans to eat mediately and weapons exports to countries involved in the war in yemen and speak to al-jazeera is david chase and was in berlin for us david so a breakthrough but how big of a breakthrough. fully though those are certainly marathon talks we've just witnessed more than twenty four hours and they produced a twenty eight page blueprint and the committees for each of the parties involved are still working on various amendments to the those particular paragraphs in the dossier but you've mentioned some of the headlines now important concessions made on both sides of course as we expected that the only way a grand coalition can work but perhaps the most contentious issue for martin chills in the social democ

that's left germany without a full government and inconclusive elections and semper christian democratic union party in the opposition social democrats have been trying to find common ground to make and formal negotiations on an alliance david schaper has more from berlin. this has been an unprecedented political limbo for germany so it's crucial these talks do reach some sort of result and remember that only talks about talks and now the main issues are the separating the parties are perhaps the refugees the crisis in two fifteen when one million refugees started coming into the country are they going to allow refugees to be reunited with their family also taxation taxations another real issue that separates the two sides but talking to political analysts here they say that this political limbo actually is is more skiing what is a lot of common ground between the parties in the grand coalition but the real problem is that there's no chemistry between the parties and as far as the social democrats are concerned no chemistry within the party itself now that means that there's no real vision if

there's left germany without a full government since elections in september mrs merkel's christian democratic union party and the opposition social democrats have been trying to find common ground to begin formal legacy ations on an alliance sheet of farm. we've made a lot of preparatory work but there are still big hurdles to clear i can say that our party will be constructive to find the necessary compromises but of course we will also focus on the knowledge that we have to conduct the right politics for our country here we are. poised to be we will look at the progress made over the past four days in its entirety which is quite a number of issues we have identified together as common interests but there are still big hurdles to clear and it will definitely take all day. let's go live now to our correspondent david chase is there in berlin sounds very much david as if they're trying to manage expectations do we think that there will be a deal which will allow them to go into formal negotiations by the end of the day or not. good question martine it's been an extraordinary period of political limb

that's left germany without a government since elections in september this is merkel's christian democratic union party in the opposition social democrats are trying to find common ground before starting formal talks on forming an alliance. we've made a lot of preparatory work but there are still big hurdles to clear i can say that will be constructive to find the necessary compromises but of course we will also focus on the knowledge that we have to conduct the right politics for our country. here we are. poised to be we will look at the progress made over the past four days in its entirety which is quite a number of issues we have identified together as common interests but there are still big hurdles to clear and it will definitely take all day. in just a couple of minutes rob will have the weather and also coming up on this al-jazeera news hour we'll look at columbia's peace process with his last after rebel group. the peace process in danger of. its efforts to stop smuggling of a synthetic drug has led to a nationwide epidemic. of top level football and basketball collide with mixed results

there were also plenty of democrats that did not attend or boycotted that state of the union. least 11 democratic lawmakers had planned to boycott the capital during the state of the union address. than the 60r lawmakers that boycotted president trump's inauguration, but still a significant amount. several folks on twitter, while watching the event last night, and it out -- pointed out that congressman luis gutierrez ended up leaving the state of the union address. here is a tweet from the daily wire, one of the reporters showing the moment when the doubt, hen storm said, of the state of the union. congress and gutierrez put out a statement last night after the state of the union address, saying his thoughts about the state of the union. canan show that when we pull that off, but let's go to jimbo in bakersfield, california in the meantime. caller: i want to say thank you to brian lamb, my american patriot. without c-span, i would not know what my house of representatives and senate were up to. so kudos to brian lamb. and i am really concerned that we will start having mass de

this still had been done at the start of december but those hopes were targeted by the democratic union as party leader she made it fair to theresa may that she would not accept a deal. so after some frantic telephone diplomacy, a compromise was finally reached a few days later. in the early hours of the morning, theresa may appeared in brussels alongside the european commission president jean-claude juncker to announce that his -- that an interim deal had been struck, aligning progressions for phase two. returning home, theresa may made a long-awaited statement to him signed ino mps, britain's negotiators had argued robustly for the outcome that was achieved, which were -- : this is a deal that will guarantee the right of more than 3 million eu citizens sitting in the u.k. and a million u.k. nationals living in the eu so they can carry on living their lives as before. a fair assessment of the accounts, meaning all rights and the party member state in the spirit of our future partnership. and a community maintain the common travel area with island to uphold the belfast agreement and to

forming a coalition government after months of uncertainty chancellor angela merkel's christian democratic union and the opposition social democrats have reached an agreement to move forward with negotiations the bodies found common ground on the contentious refugee issue agreeing to limit migrants arrive also around two hundred thousand a year the draft also commits funds to bring economic stability to the eurozone and the blueprint outlines plans to immediately end weapons exports to countries involved in the war in yemen both chancellor merkel and martin shores agree the goal of any coalition deal is to strengthen and unite europe. you know i'm in the long side in the long time since the elections we've seen that the world is not waiting for us and as far as europe is concerned we're convinced that we need a new awakening for europe and have developed the corresponding ideas for this so i have no doubt we'll be able to find common solutions and partnership with france the most designers those overcomplicated views of the coalition document is a new start for europe germany will keep it strong

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