i'm edith kimani welcome to the program five months after the elections here in germany the wait for a new government could finally be over members of the center left social democrats

i'm edith kimani welcome to the program the leader of the french far right fondest an all party marine le pen has proposed changing the party's name to. which roughly translates as national rally that's one of a number of changes delegates are considering of the party's conference in the north and city of leo now the gathering is aimed at rebranding the party arena penn was reelected as party leader and delegates also cut their last formal ties to her father for found my reef in the pen abolishing the post of honorary presidency and effectively stripping him of his job. as i'll talk to our correspondent in paris lisa lewis it's good to see you lee says so what is marie le pen hoping to achieve by giving her name a party rather a new name. but she wants to show that this can really be a fresh start for the party she said in her speech used to be a protest party now we have become an opposition party and we want to become with this new name a party of government obviously she's also addressing concerns about herself since the debate before the elections last summer where she performed re

i'm edith kimani welcome to the program five months after the elections here in germany the wait for a new government could finally be over members of the center left social democrats have voted on whether or not to enter a new grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives party does one hand this evening as volunteers started processing the ballots almost half a million do you thing s.p.d. members who are eligible to vote the results will be announced on sunday. but the outcome of that vote isn't the only thing on s.p.d. leaders minds they know their party needs to rediscover its mission. the truck carrying the ballots arrived at the social democrats berlin headquarters with a police escort but no fanfare. party bigwigs made a point of staying away gathering instead at a nearby hotel to discuss how to rejuvenate the party they want to show that regardless of how the rank and file have voted they recognize the need to strengthen the party's message. guns but most of those we made a conscious decision to start this meeting before the votes were counted and could see th

i'm edith kimani welcome to the program the policeman who offered himself as a hostage during a supermarket shooting spree in south of france has died in hospital. on all trauma is being hailed as a hero for saving lives he switched places with the last remaining person being held captive inside the store locals in the town of have been leaving flowers outside the police station where beltran worked three other people died in friday's attack which authorities allege was carried out by a twenty five year old moroccan born french national he was shot that. the face of a hero colonel are nobel terms switch places with the hostage but kept his phone switched on and so helped bring the deadly standoff at a supermarket to an end france's interior minister said well trump's heroism and bravery and sacrifice would never be forgotten. the country's president emanuel praised the swift action of the police. i want to salute their engagement and their professionalism but especially their courage. particularly the courage of an officer of the gendarmerie who volunteered to take the place of a hostage. t

i'm edith kimani welcome to the program vote counting is under way in its cities parliamentary election after a tight race initial exit poll suggests the right wing alliance led by silvio berlusconi will be the largest bloc in parliament however it's fallen short of the absolute majority needed to govern the anti establishment five star movement which is. largest single pot to the wrong thirty percent of the vote thirty one year old who had to do my own has capitalized on public anger corruption and economic woes the ruling center left coalition trails in said. and joining us now from rome is our correspondents banned it's bad it's good to see you so the first unofficial exit poll as we've said suggests a hung parliament with none of the parties able to gather an absolute majority it's only had it for political gridlock. you know there's a really telling drama in voting no because no party and no coalition not on the right enough and the left can actually govern in italy they would have to form a coalition but they all said we don't want to have a coalition partners so we have to see an