judy believes that germany is europe's newest problblem.he collapse of coalition talks in berlin will have serious repercussions. and a warm welcome to anna sauerbrey, reporter with berlin's der tagesspiegel newspaper and contributing writer for the "new york times." anna says that germany is not turning into -- just as well, but there is a new disdain for compromise in this country that is worrying. thank you all for being with me here today in the "quadriga" studio. anna, i've just referred to the "new york times." the "new york times" has referred to germany's crisis. how do you assess the gravity of the crisis? anna: in american terms, there are still enough adults in germany to manage this crisis. i don't think it goes very deep. what i'm worried about is the political culture. does the political culture and disdain for compromise still fit with the political system that is based on compromise? in the midterm, i am worried. judy: it is very interesting that short termism has come to categorize german politics even though merkel has bee

post-war germany. the british director found the authentic locations for his film in the eastern german city of girl it's based on the bennett schlink bestseller the reader is a moral tale of guilt and justice. kate winslet. place hunnish mit's thirty six year old woman who has an affair with the sixteen year old misha after every tryst michelle result loud to his older lover. as he came to do. for a moment he was still inside this is disgusting. this. borrowed it from someone at school. you should be ashamed. and improve when you sell the rights to your own book you can expect to see on screen the images you had in your head in the film you see other pictures under and i'm very happy with these images that i rediscovered in the film or into the beauty of these you're confronting having meat in been using computers one day hannah vanishes years later michelle sees her again she's a young law student and she's on trial for war crimes ana was an overseer at a concentration camp kate winslet won an oscar

and germany being advanced in this case and in other aspects germany is not that much advanced compared to other countries for example the case of intersex babies born and then to undergo unconsented surgeries. that still part the surgeries without the consent of the child yes there is still legal in germany here and it is in other countries it's not possible anymore so there are other steps for germany to undergo and now it's very important time as well because the next coalition is going to be like. you got together and this demand has huge impact hopefully also on those. with. n.g.o.s that advised germany's supreme court on that one and more ruling today. leah thank you very much thank you. well how many transgender how many intersects people do you know if you've never met an openly intersex person the only encounter you may have had with the neither nor gender is probably through the media t.v. for example is a social meet and greet or so is literature well my next guest won a pulitzer prize for his book middlesex that for really the first time gave. broad treatment to a topic that

my initial comment was how germany's proceed from outside and i think what's happening in germany is extremely bad for the european union because the leader has been waiting for i'm going to record to deliver has been the president of france and he's given two major speeches about europe and those speeches about europe have been absolutely linked to the german the fact that i'm one of those speeches came two days after the storm an election that's not on speech it was a very disciplined speech was very important because. something that the big siemens deal with china a big frankly german trade deal joint venture deal but he was saying. we need the german relationship we need to be much tighter and he said come over colvin give me your thoughts about your opinion got your government together. i'm going to reckon he's never given a serious speech about europe and back home was beijing and now you have to wait a bit more his his options are limited if you think about those options and then there's his options are limited for his big and this is planned for europe. well i mean i think it

afro germany starting december tenth d.w. . gender and a step beyond bind area today germany's highest court ruled that sex is about more than a man and a woman and there are lots of places it's not as a split between the sexes. so i have to ask myself again and again how do i define myself. from the courtroom to the ballot box in the united states for the first time ever and openly transgender candidate has won a state election on the transport there yes i am a transgender want to be one because i am a transparent because of my i pad and her an identifier that despite that i never ran away from him i championed down tonight legal and political victories for people whose gender is neither nor do i bring golf in berlin this is the day. we live in the states i know what it's like to be that someone will what it's like to be too afraid danica has no record of public service but does have a record of bad judgment i know what it's like to pride myself on promoting transgender education in public schools for children as young as five

for germany party discussing germany's failed coalition talks and what consequences may have for germany and he has a whole now germany a symbolic president frank walter stand by or set only holds sway wright says he has the power to appoint and she has or he wants can persuade his former party the social democrats to enter in a grand coalition with merkel to prevent calling another vote. so it just true that the president now is in a very strong position because. the stock cannot be finished and we will not have new election without his the president's decision so he's the one to take that decision he cannot appoint any cut any chancellor he wants to this has to come from the polman but still he could he could keep the current government in power for a long while so he's in a very strong position and he is now pushing the basically the big parties the biggest parties is a christian democratic union and the social democrats together into talks because he is he's not willing to easily have a new election year election a very expensive if it will not change the political majorities so he k

word but the payment isn't sometimes germany. should germany be doing more to shake up the system. definitely yes it should be more innovative in the way that it gives more opportunities and room for those schools who actually do completely different things than the usual schools like to do and to foster and to give reduced resources to these kinds of pilot projects resources may means money time and also a positive evilly ation of the job of teachers in itself ok back to you in a moment hunt first of all we like to go to a vocational school that is getting a bright the elizabeth is obituary in the city of hama and it was given top boxes germany's twenty seven thousand school of the year we wanted to know its recipe for success. we're starting in two minutes get the meatballs ready sauce and meatballs they will be in the kitchen classroom practice sessions with a former chef the students here have a secondary school education and this is where they experience the practical side of their future profession are the potato croquettes getting some color not really enough yet but the gue

studied in germany and the us. haven't lived here for twenty years but there's always something that they draw . and i think the country has just this magical special energy that kind of pulls you back. when she came back to mongolia she had trouble coping with the small and pollution she developed a skin rash and started looking for cosmetic products that were chemical free. studied international energy management she worked on the construction of mongolia's first wind turbine. park. so you've been studying being abroad gaining lots of experience in this sector here. why did you kind of. going through a complete different direction course medics the main thing that i started thinking is what is my internal driving force and my driving force was. really to use everything i've learned with all the experience with living abroad with even this sector because i think our going to renewable energy is the same it's the same and it's just a different means because it's using natural forces it's using what nature gives us

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well authorities in germany repeatedly said that germany as other european countries is in the focus of international terrorism that the threat would be abstract but of course we've also seen in two thousand and sixteen several islamist terrorist attacks in germany of course most severe the one almost a year ago on the christmas market in berlin where a man killed twelve people but ever since then no other attack was successful in germany successful in inverted commas police could plot foiled quite a few plots also may be today but of course police also know is that there are some seven hundred potential terrorists in germany and there's also still a risk of returning foreign fighters from syria and the authorities it's very difficult to have all these people on their radar but it looks as if at least today it might have been that authorities could foil a major terror plot in germany did have used on the mark thank you. i mean for i let you go when remind you of our main headlines this hour. german chancellor anglo american says she would prefer new elections rather they're not rule

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for germany party it's. the coalition talks in germany and it's. that's it for this latest edition of see you next time. serious years long catastrophe just coming to a close foreign backing of opposition and terrorist forces are in retreat in face to ratification but the struggle just far from over the war is essentially won the winning a lasting peace will be no easy. she'll be. still dependent miles from the. depends on the search for that day and with. that. we will meet and they. were sort of my limit was particular him to me or the now with jamie as a hunk on the move. now at the fight at the. hill i got money but that never i see like him to make the boy or me or the on the metro have one thing closer he got because of me it's because he is so see so when i when i would . come up to the feet of the belief la. la la. la. la. la. la mole. hill police would not know about the chapel hill alone one of the. with germany still without a government and setting up a temporary fix just to keep calm and took a look at how the french president sees the

show in the world devoted to the latest music from germany. on this edition with touring in africa with maybe a little. more growth and b u s with einstein thing. and we'll also be checking out d.w. stuff to mentor a superstar takes me in care. we begin with me got a little one of germany's biggest hip hop artists he's got a new project called the black superman group or just me s m g and he just released an album called platt's and is on it or a place in the sun a reference to european colonialism in africa he recently went to the continent with the good to institute which promotes german culture worldwide. meghalaya plays the rwandan capital kigali the track jesse owens pays tribute to the african americans brenda who won four goals of the one nine hundred thirty thinks a limpid game is held in nazi germany the most of the rap is current album is actually about africa and now he's the himself divisive us from new york this trip was planned a long time ago before i finished the album release it later than expected we wanted the videos to come

their black and living in germany. is reminded what that means on a daily basis presenter like this not being able to blend in and i was. taking a holiday. you know different than the way. she travelled across germany to meet other black people and to hear their stories. i grew up in a white family in a white neighborhood it was definitely a challenge. she decided to put me up for adoption. so the main thing was to keep your head down and your mouth shut of course of the face like this i could never completely disappear if you see all these stereotypes about africa it's good to see you. do something for your country but you're still the black. afro germany starting december tenth d.w. . this is d.w. news live from berlin germany faces an unprecedented situation after coalition talks fail that's the verdict of the german president on culture steinmeyer up the pressure on the parties to reach a deal indicating no fresh elections are planned for now i'm going michael's political future hangs in the balance as her only oth

i have always said that i am ready to serve germany for a further four yea rs. serve germany for a further this coalition failed its negotiation talks, but that does not meani negotiation talks, but that does not mean i will forget the promise i made. earlier today, angela merkel met the german president to discuss what is next. you can set government forming or a fresh elections, both 110w forming or a fresh elections, both now carrying a real risk the far right could benefit. translation: this is an unprecedented situation in modern germany. this goes beyond party interests. concern may well start to grow outside germany as well. if politicians do not live up to their responsibility in this, the strongest nation. what does this all mean? it depends on who you speak to. here in germany tonight, the biggest question is will angela merkel survive this, the biggest political crisis of her career? political are people in the german chancellery also has issues elsewhere. the eu feels pretty bullish of late and is planning reform of the eurozone and defence cooperation. all with germany in the

this is d w news live from berlin angela merkel under pressure as germany is plunged into political uncertainty after coalition talks collapse the german chancellor says that she would prefer fresh elections over trying to leave a minority government we will ask does this mark the end of the merkel era. also coming up optimism in zimbabwe as the nation prepares to usher in a new era that is part of that is that its parliament to get that to vote on president promises god is good pietschmann. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us germany is in political limbo after talks to form a new coalition government collapsed chancellor angela merkel has been in office for twelve years but for the first time her future looks uncertain and even ordinary germans are split on what should happen next in a national poll by the german broadcaster a r d fifty seven percent said that they were disappointed to see the coalition talks collapse while thirty one percent were pleased. when asked what they want to see next only twenty nine percent said that they supported a minority government wel

and germany being advanced in this case and in other aspects germany is not that much advanced compared to other countries for example the case of intersex babies born and then to undergo unconsented surgeries. that still part of the surgeries without the consent of the child yes there is still legal in germany here and it is in other countries it's not possible anymore so there are other steps for germany to undergo and now it's very important time as well because the next coalition is going to be like. you got together and this demand has huge impact hopefully also on those. you're going to go with. that advised germany supreme court on that one and more ruling today. thank you very much michael. now here are some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world donald trump is in china for talks with chinese president xi jinping she and his wife gave the u.s. president and first lady a lavish welcome starting with a tour of beijing's forbidden city talks between the leaders will focus on north korea and trade the two nations are expected to sign deals worth nine billio

my initial comment was how germany's proceed from outside and i think what's happening in germany is extremely bad for the european union because the leader has been waiting for i'm going to deliver has been the president of france and he's given two major speeches about europe and those speeches about europe have been absolutely linked to the german the fact that i'm one of those speeches came two days after the storm and election that's around speech it was a very disciplined speech was very important because. gave me something that the big siemens deal with china a big frankly german joint venture deal but he was saying what we need the german relationship we need to be much tighter and he said come over call and give me your thoughts about your opinion got your government together. angle america has never given a serious speech about europe and back home was waiting and now you have to wait a bit more his his options are limited if you think reckons options are limited his options are limited for his big ambitious plan for europe. well i mean i think it's true that there is some

future government and germany of course is in a good position now to and out structural reforms such investment in areas like education digitalisation and infrastructure will be key to germany's future growth i'm sure he is now a strength in genoud the e.c.b. use case for slowly reducing stimulus. exactly the improving economy within the euro zone was of course one of the key justifications for mario draghi to stop dragging his feet as it were and slowly signal in a pullback of stimulus but the me that you see these unmanned mission is august need to maintain price stability and inflation isn't quite where it's supposed to be just yet as it happens there's actually a central bank conference going on now in frankfurt with a big for the bank of england the bank of japan the fed and the e.c.b. they'll be talking about communication between central banks but really investors will be scanning their speeches for clues as to where the policies will go from here with the exception of the bank of japan the central banks have mostly turned towards tightening all right no more draggy dragging h

from germany starting december tenth. this is deja vu news live from berlin a political crisis looms in germany after coalition talks collapse the head of the liberal free democratic party on expectedly bails out of negotiations to form a new government is this the beginning of the end for chancellor angela merkel we'll bring you the latest. also coming up zimbabwe's president robert mugabe ignores a deadline to resign mugabe's own party told him he needed to step down by noon on monday or face impeachment now he could face proceedings as soon as tomorrow when parliament reconvenes in harare. and the tories former cult leader charles manson dies of california at the age of eighty three he ordered a savage killing spree in the late sixty's that turned the hippie dream into a nightmare. i'm so me so much going to good to have you with us talks on forming a new coalition government for germany house collapsed a business friendly ask j.p. party broke off negotiations saying it could not find common ground on issues with chanc

obviously it's important germany's very important player in germany in europe and in the world of course we do have a government in germany at the men who have an acting government and it is able to take decisions is able to keep things going is not of as if germany is at a standstill but for the very large shame potent decisions that are being planned especially in europe reform reforms of the european union financial reforms in the european union all those kind of very substantial decisions need a new government in germany so that they can also be supported from the side from the stronger state in europe and i'm just going to ask you briefly it's a question that people are not asking in germany but they are asking our side of germany if i'm going to mark of job on the line well we're remain chancellor she's chancellor at the moment she will lead a new government whatever form it takes a minority government grand coalition she will be chancellor but we all know this is her last period of office. in the next four years if it goes that far one would expect her to either resign or to be pu

germany has made huge strides in the area of climate protection germany has made renewable energy affordable and that's why it's booming around the world but new germany has done practically nothing in the last few years it remains bound to old technologies especially coal and that's making it a problem for germany to be taken seriously at the international level. after the latest round of exploratory coalition talks the green party has now agreed to compromise on some of its key environmental issues it wanted to shut down the twenty most polluting coal fired power plants in germany by twenty twenty and ban the internal combustion engine by twenty thirty the greens now say these goals are unrealistic. the last night spots that next year is the world cup in russia will be decided on a frown. except days of action on thursday croatia host greece in the first match of a two legged play off for one of the european places while switzerland travel to northern ireland and incredibly the swiss failed to qualify automatically despite a run of nine straight wins in the group stage. it's not that belfa

their black and living in germany. is reminded what that means on a daily basis presenter john up like it was nothing i wanted to blend in and i was kind of. taking a holiday group and being you know different than the way. she travelled across germany to meet other black people and to hear their stories. to see that. i grew up in a white family in a white neighborhood it was definitely a challenge. she decided to put me up for adoption. the main thing was to keep your head down the conveyor mouth shut of course of the face like this i could never completely disappear if you see all these stereotypes about africa it's good to see you. do something for your country but you're still the black guy. afro germany starting december tenth d.w. . german chancellor angela merkel says she would rather face a new election than lead a minority government for party talks aimed at forming a new government collapsed late on sunday after the business friendly free democrats pulled out.

the cause of this shortage of resources, before germany became germany when it was pressure, has always fought wars this way. what you have is you have mastered the operational command. you hate your enemy incredibly hard at the point of impact. then you do a cauldron were, annihilate your enemy before they have the chance to recover their balance and can fight back, and you went very quickly. you go into poland and it is over in two weeks. you going to the mainland and in france, it is over in six weeks. that is the kind of fighting germany does. problems arise when you don't have that complete victory in that period. unfortunately for germany in 1940, they don't defeat britain. the army leaves its kit at dunkirk, as we've all been reminded with the film, but the army is intact. the army from britain was incredibly small. they had to rebuild from scratch, pretty much. the army from the u.s. was also pretty small and they had to rebuild from scratch in 1940. but there were also other aspects of britain's empire, the world's largest navy, the largest merchant navy, a huge amount of resea

s in germany's borders target. he's the second youngest member of parliament and that helps make him a media favorite. but he uses that to champion a minority government. at the end of the day we have to accept that the authors of our basic law our constitution did not rule out a minority back to chancellor. it's like the bundestag has convened a plenary session to prepare for the coming weeks to spined lacking a government so what happens next well i'm glad merkel stay at the helm will the social democrats join a coalition after all. philip i'm torn has mixed feelings about merkel. their electoral districts are right next to each other at the baltic sea in northeastern germany. merkel once gave a young politician advice. during a coffee break i'm told recalls that conversation. well at the beginning of the year we talked about what it was like when she campaigned in her first general election. i like that. she enjoyed remembering those times in the one nine hundred ninety s. when she went from one community to the

their black and living in germany. she is reminded what that means on a daily basis a presenter like this not being able to blend in and. they can holler to a group and be you know different than the rans. she travelled across germany to meet other black people and to hear their stories. it seems as. i grew up in a white family in a white neighborhood it was definitely a challenge. she decided to put me up for adoption. the main thing was to keep your head down the conveyor mouth shut of course of the face like this i could never completely disappear if you see all these stereotypes.

as the bedrock of stability that germany was long viewed as. you know it does not christopher you're right and of course this morning a lot of pundits and also economic lobby groups business lobby groups come out with concerns that you know the failure of those talks might undermine the confidence in the country you know the belief that our public political system works and of course this failure means that a lot of important topics for businesses like broadband like the future of energy get postponed even more but i can only repeat myself as long as the fundamentals are ok from the markets from an investor's point of view this is not a very big problem yet and conrad one of the sticking points of these preliminary talks has been energy and the future of fossil fuels now shares of energy giant r. w. e. are surging this morning any connection there with the coalition crisis in berlin. absolutely r.w. is one of the country companies with a lot of power plants fueled by coal and it's also one of the biggest coal producers in the country so people

brent: germany has been thrust into political uncertainty. talks to form a new coalition government collapsed late on sunday after four weeks of marathon negotiations. they could -- the german president will try to cut a deal. johnson a angela merkel is weighing her options tonight. she says she is ready to run for chancellor again in a new election if necessary. >> she would have gladly spared herself and germany from this walk of shame but after the collapse of coalition talks it is up to the german president to decide what the next step will be. forming a new government is always a difficult political process involving struggle and disagreement. this is possibly the most important task that voters give their representatives within a democracy. the german president plans to make up for talks with various parties over the next few days. he has told his own party, the social democrats that they cannot shirk their responsibilities just because of poor election results. >> we are not going to pull our ministers out of the serving government so

this is it abuse line from berlin gender rights germany could become the first sticky new country to allow people to be registered as a third gender that's after a top court ruled that present laws discriminate against intersex people also coming up. the german economy continues to fire on all cylinders but a panel of economical wise men who are in the economy could overheat if not properly monitored also high stakes encounter china's president xi jinping rolls out the red carpet for u.s. president donald trump but ten stocks still lie ahead the two powers are at odds over trade and cracking down on north korea. thank you very much for your company germany could become the first you country to allow people to register as a third gender a move that is a boost to intersex rights the country's top court ruled that official documents must either recognize a third gender or remove gender entries altogether the decision is designed to find discrimination. against intersex people born neither male nor female under current rules babies have to be registered as either male or female or parent

afro germany starting december tenth d.w. . this is due to the news life from berlin a make or break moment for i gather merkel with the social democrats now open to coalition talks the german chancellor rejects the idea of fresh elections and says she wants a new government as soon as possible also coming up. islamist hardliners turn up the heat on talk of down the government with calls for a general strike after six people are killed in violent clashes. and as pope francis traveled to myanmar aid agencies say they're concerned about the safety of rohingya muslims set to return under an agreement reached earlier this week many of the refugees don't want to go back. i'm out on a welcome to the program of germany's post election deadlock may be nearing an end with signs another grand coalition could be in the works chancellor angela merkel has been meeting with leaders of her c.d.u. parsi in berlin to discuss their options after coalition talks with the greens and the pro-business f.d.p. collapsed and she says a new decision mus

despite anti-semitic experiences in germany my positive experience is. the solidarity of my colleagues and of people i know. but also of many people i don't know who have sent me handwritten letters telling me how shocked they were. and that they support us it's like. that's for me and my family leaving germany is. so it's only out of the question. we have to continue struggling and working to ensure that germany doesn't regress into a terrible anti semitism so that remains an open democratic society for my son oscar i wish to say that he's never attacked in this way again venza mccoskey thank you very much you're welcome to. find him i wasn't always successful i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth i had to find success they offered him. it's all about the moments that. it's all about the story in so. it's all about george chance to discover the world from different perspectives. join us inspired by distinctive instagram or see at g.w. stories new topics each week on instagram welcome to quadriga. if you're looking back there is music are you rea

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also coming up we'll germany's social democrats ballot of pressure to solve the country's political crisis their leader agrees to talks on a possible coalition was angling marigolds conservatives i will quote myself. with the way he pulls you back there and it's. sold out to go through emerson mungana why is sworn in as zimbabwe's new president shared on by tens of thousands he promises democratic elections and reaches out to his rivals to work with him to rebuild the economy. i'm sorry welcome to the show it's good to have you with us it's one of the worst attacks and egypt modern history militants target a packed mosque on the sinai peninsula detonating explosives and spraying worshipers with bullets more than two hundred people are dead scores wounded there's been no claim of responsibility yet but the so-called islamic state is waging an insurgency in sinai and egypt's president has promised a brutal response he also declared three days of mourning inside a mosque the bodies of those who were killed the attackers detonated their explosives here then opened fire outside on people runnin

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us we begin with germany's political crisis talks to form a coalition government have failed chancellor angela merkel has met with the german president here in berlin to discuss what to do next her political future has been called into question and president frank steinmeyer has bowed out fresh alexion for the time being here's what he had to say a short while ago. next days to come i. talk to the. persons of the parties involved in these patrols but i will also talk to the chairperson of those parties where a election programme over that. allows not to exclude the possible formation of a government i would also talk to the heads of the other organs the presidents of both chambers of parliament i will talk to the president of the federal constitutional court. for more on the situation facing german politics and what the german president had to say a short while ago let's bring in a political correspondent thomas sparrow he joins us from the german parliament in berlin i tell you thomas we just heard the german president urging

like germany and the prospects for those returning. join the discussion on d w dot com and on facebook. prospects for returning news d.w. may form on. what does a football loving country need to reach its goals. we'll tell you how german soccer made it back to the top. in our web special w dot com football made in germany. here in barcelona the battle over catalonia has independence has swung at least for now in favor of the spanish government but jade is info control now of the region and has been.