so both women they're saying that they remain committed to the grand coalition with the social democrats is that coalition in serious trouble. it could be potentially because it's simply not up to the conservative c.d.u. to decide at this very moment in time whether this coalition will continue the social democrats are yet again in another crisis we heard. she's known here. basically an expectation towards the s.p.d. to essentially get its act together to elect a new d.j. and then to continue in government and critics within the social democrats of this whole concept of yet again another so-called grand coalition with party which never really paid in at the ballot box for the social democrats in recent years they are saying that exact exactly the problem just simply soldiering on simply won't work for the s.p.d. they are in an essential crisis and the current government angela merkel's self declared last term in office german chancellor how long that will last is currently being discussed and decided in the s.p.d. headquarters my i'll just turn to you now i mean as mahela mentioned the c

directly affect the grand coalition with the c.d.u. and what impact is this going to have on the on the ground coalition well it certainly does have an impact but as we heard there from and i put. the cd you know conservative party leader the seedier is very much keen to push on with this so-called grand coalition but of course right now looking especially at the opinion polls as anything but grand about it that was the title given previously to these 2 main parties germany's big tent centrist party the social democrats and the conservatives both who have suffered huge losses especially last week in the e.u. elections and so right now of course this is yet another the decision of nonis the social democrat party leader is yet another blow to this coalition of course that really brings into question the credibility of the social democrats they don't really know where they stand for themselves so it does beg the question how if you don't know exactly how and where you stand as a party yourself why do you position yourself within a coalitio

our country if you do you will contribute to the reliability and capacity of germany to act the grand coalition for us is not a means in itself the coalition agreement forms the basis for setting the political course of germany and representing german and trusts in europe and in the world is to do you will continue contribution to working towards a strong functioning government in germany thank you. that was an update come come out ahead of the c.d.u. speaking just for some analysis on joined by political correspondent kate brady kate thanks for being here now there was an update come. appealing to the social democrats not to endanger the governing coalition is it in danger of failing it could well be i mean for many months there are basically since the get go in march 2018 this coalition has never being exactly the image of stability and of course and a great cramp carabao made it very clear clear that that the c.d.u. the conservative party here in germany want to push on with this grand coalition of course there's a very reason why as well i mean you only have to take a look at the opinion po

while the other side of the spectrum in selling to the social democrats a keen to leave this grand coalition once and for all and give the social democrats the room to redefine its profile and they see the best way forward is to leave this coalition and sit in the opposition so that it can redefine exactly what it stands for of course a lot of this sounds familiar conversations we've had before and that's because they are this is the exact same debate that the s.p.d. was stuck in back after the 2017 general election martin schulze form a speedy party leader who led the social democrats into the election and turned out with dismal results for the social democrats he said after that election that he would not lead to the social democrats into another grand coalition with merkel's government that seen among a lot of social democrats and people outside of the party as well as one of the the biggest problems that has faced the social unrest to interrupt you because angela merkel the german chancellor has started speaking now we're going across life. i would judge him across me but i also look at

lot of the social democrats so it was in fact on to be a novice who pushed a party into this grand coalition there were serious doubts about that when this coalition was false forms gone all there's a big challenge that that faction that wants to get out of this grand coalition will get a lot stronger and there are many commentators so they expect this government not to last the year well it's not the 1st time the coalitions being in trouble it's certainly is and it wasn't so long ago we were sat here for what felt like months but it was just a number of weeks in which this government found itself in the middle of a near crisis last summer it was brought to the brink of collapse over that migration. question between that and that was a large issue to lodge debate between actually within the conservatives between the interior ministry minister story and the german chancellor and of course these issues seem to keep popping up time and time again which is why the credibility of this coalition keeps being brought into question well under analysts was the 1st female leader of the german social de

to push merkel's teetering government into chaos opinion polls show both major parties in her grand coalition hemorrhaging support the chancellor insists chill stay the course and stick with the alliance with the social democrats this is after andrea and alice threw in a town just 14 months after she became the 1st woman to head the s.p.d. . i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel's governing coalition took another beating today the leader of its junior partner the social democrats and alst her resignation leaving the future of both the party and germany's government in doubt the social democrats and local conservatives were once the country's 2 biggest parties lately they have been plunging in opinion polls but promised to keep on with the task of governing. after a year in the top job at the s.p.d. andrea now this she is standing down because she feels she can't go on. discussions in the parliamentary group and feedback from the party have shown that i no longer have the necessary support to carry out my judi's on monday i will therefore resign as chair o

false forms with gone no there's a big chance that that faction that wants to get out of this grand coalition will get a lot stronger and there are many commentators of expect this government not to last the year well it's not the 1st time the coalition's been in trouble it's certainly is and it wasn't so long ago we were sat here for what felt like months but it was just a number of weeks in which this government found itself in the middle of a near crisis last summer it was put to the brink of collapse over that migration. question between that and that was a large issue to large debate between actually within the conservatives between the interior ministry minister story and the german chancellor and of course these issues seem to keep popping up time and time again which is why the credibility of this coalition keeps being brought into question well under analysis was the 1st female leader of the german social democrats and before we talk more about her decision to resign let's take a quick look back at her career. it was the high point of her career in april 20000 and to be anonymous bec

to push michael's teetering government into chaos opinion polls show both major parties in her grand coalition hemorrhaging support the chancellor insists chill stay the course and stick with the alliance with the social democrats this after andre and allison threw in the town just 14 months after she became the 1st woman to head the s.p.d. . i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel's governing coalition took another beating today the leader of its junior partner the social democrats an ounce of her resignation leaving the future of both the party and germany's government in doubt the social democrats and merkel conservatives were once the country's 2 biggest parties lately they have been plunging in opinion polls but merkel's promise to keep on with the task of governing. after a year in the top job with the s.p.d. 100 now this she's standing down because she feels she can't go on. discussions in the parliamentary group and feedback from the party have shown that i no longer have the necessary support to carry out my duties on monday i will therefore resign

the one side to complete a couple of projects which can only be achieved in such a so-called grand coalition on the other side to prepare for a break ups of this coalition of the latest stage now that the opposition is going to snap elections do you think it's clear they have their high in public opinion polls and they want to be in the next government i mean this is not only for some idealistic reasons they have their own reason to fear lection for immediate elections now so you think the government is not under threat because internationally everyone looks to me as a beacon of stability but this is also i mean since those democrats inside the interim leadership in the fall the party they with this afternoon decided on an interim leadership in the parliamentary group and i think that germany be a contender to be a stable country and even if this government would change you then would have a coalition between christian democrats and greens and this would not mean a major shift of jump policy so yes there's a lot of noise a lot of conflict but as an outsider i always say compared with other e

that she is gone and there's a good chance that those forces within the party that oppose that grand coalition good could gain the upper hand and if that is the case at a special party congress which is still to be set if that is the case then the coalition government will be finished and then we might well have. then we might well have general elections in germany before the end of the year writes a bit of a few of the situations to let the s.p.d. headquarters hans drawn to debbie's political correspondent thank you very much for being us up to date from the. boeing has admitted that 40 parts may have been stored on some of its 737 airliners the company's been under intense pressure since 2737 max planes crashed within months of each other killing a total of 346 people the model has been branded worldwide since march boeing's admission has forced the azerbaijan airline to into canceling an order for 10 of the jets citing safety concerns. from cash cow to a $1000000000.00 liability boeing 737 models are back in the headlines and once again it's for the wrong reasons after the grounding of the

so-called grand coalition went in fact to the greens policy here were celebrating yet again this week after a couple of new polls came out showing them as the strongest party now in germany they've surged through the polls in recent months particularly since the 2017 federal election here in germany so it really is going to be a question of whether the whether this grand coalition which right now is anything but grand can really keep it together the the c.d.u. . merkel's conservative c.d.u. they came out this morning saying that they want to push on with this grand coalition but whether we really will see this coalition make it through to the end of that term in 2021 but still i've been well kate it's not just within germany that the center left party was struggling and so poor results in the european elections we saw this happening in other european countries as well with the the social democratic parties suffering losses. is the center left as a whole facing a real crisis briefly if you can this really as a

our country if you do you will contribute to the reliability and capacity of germany to act the grand coalition for us is not a means in itself the coalition agreement forms the basis for setting the political course of germany and representing german interests in europe and in the world this you do you will continue to contribution to working towards a strong functioning government in germany thank you so both on it and both saying the city remains committed to the grand coalition with the s.p.d. is that coalition in fairest trouble now. well it could be and what also becomes clear with the knicks like who with just under 2 minutes spoke almost twice as long as. both not taking any questions which of course would have been very interesting . is that they could come combo formulated a bit more of an expectations towards the social democrats to basically get their act together and to stay within this government and to basically make this government work so that is a slightly softer tone coming from an it could have come combo of of both of course knowing that the ball is firmly in the course of

of the european elections is not a grand coalition anymore the people expect us to do more than what we're doing right now and i think it's just not good we're just not going to be able to fulfil what we need to do with conservatives what happens to the s.p.d. now because i mean your party is bleeding voters not only on the german level but also you know generally speaking on the european level as well and especially to the green party yes that's true because the climate change is the biggest winning topic at the moment and i think the social democracy was not able to push that topic as much as we would have needed to do that and to also make it a social question the climate change like how we're going to. how are we going to finance it how we're going to do it without losing jobs and what are we going to do with the people who really losing the jobs how do we invest all these questions are on the table and social democracy well we do with doing coalitions of deals with the with the conservatives who are doing nothing but protecting the economy even if we need huge changes economies

still committed to the grand coalition the future of the grand coalition depends on its performance the performance was not very good so far and. if we will still have a grand coalition around christmas is open it depends on. the question whether we get a compromise on carbon tax on how to run a concept to fight global warming as well as a minimum pension for working people who have worked for 35 years and all these questions have to be answered in a very convincing way otherwise the grand coalition is not justified anymore. that was s.p.d. lawmaker told us over a month speaking with us earlier or today is world bicycle day a survey by a german insurance company has named the dutch city of as the most bicycle friendly city in the world authorities there are a range of measures to encourage people to ride bikes some are quite surprising and as we report tracked was not always known for being a good place to wheel for. australian kylie fun dummy could not imagine life without a car in her homeland but since moving to the dutch city. she almost always rides a bike for transport that took s

was false forms gone no there's a big challenge that that faction that wants to get out of this grand coalition will get a lot stronger and there are many commentators are they expect this government not to last year well it's not the 1st time the coalition's been in trouble quite certainly is and it wasn't so long ago i was sat here for what felt like months but it was just a number of weeks in which this government found itself in the middle of a near crisis last summer it was brought to the brink of collapse over that migration. question between that and that was a large issue to large debate between actually within the conservatives between the interior ministry minister story and the german chancellor and of course these issues seem to keep popping up time and time again which is why the credibility of this coalition keeps being brought into question well under analysis was the 1st female leader of the german social democrats now before we talk more about her decision to resign let's take a quick look back at her career. it was the high point of her career in april 20000 and to be anonymou

was it a mistake to enter into this grand coalition again. many would say so the s.p.d. has been weakening and losing its its main its main. party lines its main its main talking points for years of the c.d.u. a lot of s.p.d. policies over years of being a government the cd you have been implemented with the s.p.d. has been getting credit for it that's been agel americal conservative the majority ruling party in the government will remember that a year ago the government had a very. very hard time getting finding coalition partners to form a government the s.p.d. was in a way dragged into it the president the national of the president of germany friend of steinmeyer said please do this for the good of the country please put aside your partisan bickering and the s.p.d. entered this government and now we're seeing the effect of this now with the s.p.d. again weakening in the polls and people voters struggling to see what the s.p.d. stands for and what good it is for voters to be voting for them. kate see you so people are struggling to understand what the s.p.d. stands for

heard just from america herself it seems that she and the conservatives the major party in this grand coalition that we have at the moment here in germany that they want to power on with this coalition of course they've already come against up against some obstacles since they formed this coalition back in march 2018 and it's long been seen of convenience for both of these parties and neither of them want to do right now is risk going to the polls but the conservatives and the social democrats are doing extremely badly in the polls compared to the usual levels so right now merkel is very much king to keep pushing on through until the end of her 4th and final term as chancellor and 2021 hands all come back to you as we just heard from kate. kane to keep the government going she wants to continue doing their work but how likely is it that the social democrats want to continue being part of the coalition. well in fact the social democrats have already scheduled a special party congress later in this year to consider exactly that question and the background to that is that there will be regional el

i hear that he is that absolutely hi william let's talk a little bit more about the this the grand coalition between the c.d.u. and the s.p.d. now some political analysts say governing with michael cd was simply a mistake was it a mistake for the s.p.d. to join this coalition it certainly looks that way the s.p.d. has been struggling as kate has pointed out for years to define itself as distinct from the c.d.u. the c.d.u. has slowly over many years under the leadership angle americal been nudging to the left taking going into s.p.d. territory so to speak taking up a lot of the s.p.d. issues and leaving the s.p.d. with very little to stand for if we go back to the 2017 election campaign here in germany this was very much the same topic of conversation at the espy needed to revitalize itself redefine itself march in schultz on the eve of that election after he failed to deliver the results of his party was hoping and medical was seen to be the victor the victor again said there would be no no grand coalition again and sure enough 6 months later there was again a grand coalition so the s.p.d. h

but i'm going to make quite clear that's not going to happen and however that goes maybe the grand coalition comes to an end because the s.p.d. will leave the coalition but it's not i'm glad americans are giving up and it gives some people within the c.d.u. and i don't think it's a k.k. maybe now a chance actually to kill 2 birds with one stone by kicking out the s.p.d. and then taking over and maybe after snap elections we will even see a green chancellor because the greens are rising in the polls because they're doing fantastically totally it's absolute bring in their cards to please come back and i don't listen again thank you so very much i'll have monica coliseum analyst. boeing has admitted that faulty parts may have been installed on some of its 737 airliners or the company has been under intense pressure since it 2737 max planes crashed within months of each other killing a total of $346.00 people well the model has been grounded worldwide since march boeing's admission has pushed the azerbaijan airline assault into perspiring in order for 10 of the jets citing safety concerns. from

role in the governing grand coalition of course this is a huge deal. as well she's currently the leader of that governing coalition the so-called grand coalition between the conservatives and the social democrats but if the. last year and also it was shown as anything but grand about that coalition right now both the conservatives and the s.p.d. and doing extremely badly in the polls right now but the c.d.u. merkel's conservatives have come out today and said that they want to push for was with this grand coalition but of course it is extremely fragile and the fact is well the angela merkel has self is due to give a statement later today following this resignation of the s.p.d. leader say's a lot about the significance of this move and how serious this could be for germany's government which was already extremely fragile well kate is there any indication of who could possibly replace and hand knowledge in her role as leader of the party and also her parliamentary seat well there's no real likely successor right now which of course was also a bit of a pr

and chancellor merkel said they remain committed to the grand coalition with the s.p.d. is that coalition now in danger. well i actually was pretty much in danger from day one they're just just very different nuances i dare say that this is the most serious point yet i think this is a potential real breaking point for the social democrat s.p.d. if it doesn't manage to make this work to take this over the summer also through what is expected to be further election defeats in eastern states going to the polls where the far right a 50 is expected to strongly and deal a blow to both big tent parties the social democrats and the conservative c.d.u. here so why fall apart now if you are expecting yet another defeat that is the real risk that the conservative c.d.u. is also taking very seriously here at gathering which essentially was scheduled to look take a hard look at their own losses those european elections just of a week ago and now suddenly we saw the succession of high level statements also from the chancellor so this is taken very very seriously indeed but nothing wil

show just published an article coincidentally yesterday in which he was saying you know a 3rd grand coalition is not good for german democracy and you know shouldn't be contemplated and then frankly the left wing of the s.p.d. never liked the idea of this left right coalition with medicals conservatives that they've gone into in the andrea knol is really argued for and so i think it's difficult to say how it will pan out as i say a lot depends on who's the new leader the timetable at the moment looks to be that the party will probably choose a new leader. perhaps around september and it'll be up to them as i say to decide whether they think they should get out of the coalition with merkel if they do that then it's very likely that within a few months anyway there would be new elections because the government would fall simon young emperor len thank you. so where does germany where does the s.p.d. go from here for an inside look let's bring it on a closer leader of the pearland branch of the s.p.d. is youth organization he is us thank you so much for joining us this morning was she right to re

feeling that a lot of the issues the grand coalition addresses do not or no longer reach a large majority of the futile but a coalition government let me make this very clear has gambled away a lot of trust which beat. the coalition government has gambled away a lot of trust that's pretty strong words is this dangerous time for people in government to be rocking the boat. not dangerous but the problem with the trust is that the german economy is suppose both the middle east onto a family owned firms and the larger the list the docks firms they are very unhappy because they're simply pointing out what everyone knows is that the there hasn't been any meaningful domestic reform under merkel ever the the last big reform was a labor market reform under her predecessor since then she's managed very effectively several international crisis but she's done nothing at home and there are big problems having to do with investments that are too low germany has been investing too little both public and private sector. there's the big issue of china and america and little germany and europe getting grou

still committed to the grand coalition the future of the grand coalition depends on its performance the performance was not very good so far and. if we will still have a grand coalition around christmas is open it depends on. the question whether we get a compromise on carbon tax on how to run a concept to fight global warming as well as a minimum pension for working people who have worked for 35 years and all these questions have to be answered in a very convincing way otherwise the grand coalition is not justified anymore. and that was the senior s.p.d. lawmaker thomas over month speaking with us earlier in china the upcoming 30th anniversary since the deadly tiananmen square crackdown is being marked with silence the chinese government's crackdown in and around tiananmen square in 1809 came to be symbolized by this iconic image of one man blocking a tank from advancing for weeks students had occupied the space demanding economic and political reforms and eventually officials had enough they declared martial law and the military moved in beginning of the early hours of june 4th soldie

you know and we all thought this will be the breaking point for the grand coalition but with these polls i don't think that either city you know s.p.d. will go for snap elections we will see uncle america as a chancellor for a bit longer. than it was just pushed forward than 2 years and when we do have elections let's say that the greens do come out on top who would be the logical green chancellor this is really an interesting question because the greens have a tradition off to a leadership and this is the situation we have right now they have 2 people at the top of the party the hugely popular for about harvard and not so well known 30 year old 38 year old i'm not a bad book and. you can't say the one is the natural candidate for chancellery and the other isn't so what are they going to do are they going to split the job are they going to swap pathways through. this is this is interesting to see how they deal with that situation and at this moment right now it's not clear what majority they could get together but they would have to put some type of coalition government together and if y

conservatives they've come out today and said that they want to push forward with the so-called grand coalition and of course neither the s.p.d. nor the c.d.u. will be wanting to put that coalition on the line right now with the chance of for example fresh elections of course if the current opinion polls are anything to go by then they wouldn't be doing well at all but of course this is going to be a chance for the s.p.d. wouldn't again to go forward with some sense of renewal now. so be interesting to see if they choose. perhaps a little further to the left of the of germany's political spectrum something which country and alice have promised to do but we can have a little look back now exactly where she is and what she has done so far. sundry analysis 1st joined the social democratic party more than 20 years ago as the leader of the party's youth organization she studied german and political science in one of her very 1st interviews she told g.w. that a career in politics was not in the cards. for you but i don't want to stay in politics for the rest of my life so after being chair i want to

indeed to quadriga and our focus this week is on dramatic developments here in german politics the grand coalition government in berlin has for up being thrown into disarray by the resignation of the leader of the social democrats the junior coalition partner andrea no less her announcement that she was frying in the towel came after a disastrous showing for the s.p.d. in the recent european election chancellor merkel said she regretted the decision but pledged that her government would somehow soldier on critics though are not convinced saying the end is no life for the coalition and that would also spell the end for the chancellor so a question here on quadriga this week his coalition crisis met coal teetering and so answer that question i'm joined here in the studio by journalist and author and various klute who say he's in fact angela merkel now runs a caretaker government with no residual ambition at all that is tragic for germany and tragic for europe indeed also with us is from that's the view from sites online who argues that the ruling coalition is shying away from a reset as she puts it

it's the end of the grand coalition it's going to be the s.p.d. the f.d.p. and the greens. now the s.p.d. has put on the brakes stop have a rethink and turn around a trio of leaders will likely take charge of the s.p.d. temporarily. it's not just a question of which heads will lead but instead of what is new after all we've switched people a lot already and the question is what does the s.p.d. stand for. the s.p.d. earthquake as rattling the entire german government. boeing has admitted that faulty parts may have been installed on some of its 737 airliners the company has been under intense pressure since 2737 max planes crashed within months of each other killing a total of $346.00 people the model has been grounded worldwide since march boeing's admission has pushed the azerbaijan airline as all into perspective on an order for 10 of the jets citing safety concerns. from cash cow to a $1000000000.00 liability boeing 737 models are back in the headlines and once again it's for the wrong reasons after the granting of the knox's comes the news that that current model could h

governing coalition itself and yet they have said they were absolutely committed to the to the grand coalition with the social democrats why are they why do they seem to be clinging on to something that just isn't working that well. well the line here is that they want to do a bit of governing for a change it took more than 6 months for germany to actually have a functioning government. after this election 2017 it's nearing half time where reassessment was due anyway and the argument of the chancellor who spoke clearly as chance and not as the party political figure was that there are simply great challenges that need to be tackled in europe the most the core leadership of the european union is being decided over the next couple of weeks if there's a lame duck government in germany that would not be a good sign for the stability of the european union what it's and that's a concern that is driving everybody here but also nobody wants to see new elections simply mathematically looking. opinion polls at the moment it doesn't make sense for the conservative c.d.u. to strive for that and it also ce

this is the end of the grand coalition the it is they espied a earthquake is rattling the entire german government but on the sidelines of the conservatives post e.u. election summit it was all smiles from chancellor merkel she vowed once again to push on with her ever fragile coalition yet of course we now have to respect this phase in which the s.p.d. has to make its decisions had but from the conservative side it's clear there's a lot to do in our opinion and the ability to work is not only desirable but imperative. crisis avoided for now but with predicted losses in eastern state elections this fall fresh national elections could come soon and the medical was hoping. fifa is still examining allegations that members of the gonna stun national women's team were sexually and physically abused by men from the country's football federation former player and current team director how lead up to pa one of the whistleblowers has questioned why she and others are still waiting for an outcome the allegations 1st surfaced publicly in november last year the 1st suspended 6 people including the

meet feeling is attainment a lot of the issues the grand coalition and dresses do not or no longer reach a large majority of the total. television government let me make this very clear has gambled away a lot of trust which peake. the coalition government is gambled away loss of trust that's pretty strong words -- is this a dangerous time for people and governments to be rocking the boat. n. not dangerous but the the problem with the trust is that the german economy is supposed both the middle east on to a family owned firms and the larger the listed stocks firms. they are very unhappy because they're simply pointing out what everyone knows is that the there hasn't been any meaningful domestic reform under merkel ever them the last big reform was a labor market reform under her predecessor. since then she's managed very effectively as several international crisis but she's done nothing and and there are big problems having to do with - investments that are too low germany has been investing too little both public and private sector -- there's the big issue of china and america and little

>> either it will be the end of a grand coalition if it continues, or they will change something andwill see what the new plan is. then, maybe. >> this is the end of the grand coalition. >> the earthquake is rattling the entire german government. on the sidelines of the post election summit, it was all smiles from chancellor merkel as she vowed to push on with h her ever fragile coalition. >> of course, we have to respect the ways in which spd has to make its decisions. from the conservative side, it is clear there is a lot to do in our opinion and the ability to work is not only desirable, but imperative. >> >> crisis avoided for now. with predicted losses in eastern state elections this fall, fresh national elections could come sooner than merkel was hope. >> in china, the upcoming 30th anniversary since the deadly tiananmen square crackdown is being marked with silence. the chinese government's crackdown in and around tiananmen square in 1989 came to be symbolized by this iconic image of one man blocking a tanks advance. for weeks, students had occupied the space, demanding econom

we stand by the grand coalition.f the vote at 12%. but an imminent election could also be bad news for their senior coalition partners. for the first time ever, the greens have overtaken the cdu as germany's most popular party. this week, commemorations will take place across britain and france to mark the 75th anniversary of the d—day landings — the allied invasion of normandy in 19114 which did much to change the course of the second world war. our special correspondent allan little has been been meeting people who witnessed the battle for normandy. what happened on these beaches changed the course of human history and helped liberate a continent. desire dajon—lamare was 12 years old, and kept a diary. he lived near the beach, in the path of the biggest naval invasion force ever assembled. where the weight of battle had fallen heaviest, it was a scene of utter destruction. the battle to take the city of caen lasted weeks. allied bombardment destroyed most of it. 20,000 french civilians would be killed in the three—

we stand by the grand coalition.hare of the vote at 12%. but an imminent election could also be bad news for their senior coalition partners. for the first time ever, the greens have overtaken the cdu as germany's most popular party. us federal aviation administration has warned that some boeing 737 planes may have faulty parts that need replacing. csaa says over 300 aircraft could be affected. the plane was grounded globally in march after two crashes and concerns over its new anti— stall software. wildfires are raging in alberta, canada, where a lack of rain has led to multiple blazes. around 10,000 people in the north of the province have been forced from their homes as fire crews battle as many as two dozen fires. the dry weather has increased the risk of fire spreading, and officials say they don't expect any rain in the area for at least two weeks. this week, commemorations will take place across britain and france to mark the 75th anniversary of the d—day landings — the allied invasion of normandy in 19114 whi

we stand by the grand coalition.vote at 12%. but an imminent election could also be bad news for the senior coalition partners. for the first time ever, the greens have overta ken first time ever, the greens have overtaken the cdu as germany's most popular party. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: motor—racing meets agriculture. we'll tell you about tractor racing in russia. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the momemt of crowning in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower shall be shot off. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 7a. outspoken but rarely outfought, he transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times a world champion. he was a fighter and he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles album sergeant pepper's

rank and file are going to still agreed to stay within this grand coalition and there's a lot of thought that that's going to be the case that was under way on all of knowledge basically to push the party into this grand coalition and with her gone now that a wing of the party the more left. well i think we seem to have some trouble with that was our political correspondent talking to us from outside the s.p.d. headquarters here in berlin you're watching the news coming up ahead well we look at the radical changes in the city of utrecht in the netherlands to encourage cycling. but for us boeing has admitted that 40 parts may have been installed on some of its 737 airliners the company's been under intense pressure since 2737 max planes crashed within months of each other killing a total of $346.00 people the model has been grounded worldwide since march boeing's admission has forced the azerbaijan airline into counseling and order for 10 of the jets citing safety concerns. from cash cow to a $1000000000.00 liability boeing 737 models are back in the headlines and once again it's for the

false temp file for 10 years now on the 2 plans that make up i'm going to be coalitions of the grand coalition and people are fed up with that done that one. on one part of voters turn to the greens and the other all the pot turns to the the right wing i think exactly the way we have to look kindly where the electorate is moving is going to give us an indication as you say how the greens can develop because as much as they're taking bloods if you quoted from the center left and right conservative and does sort of a cut to parties they're also letting blots to the left so what we've seen in the national election 2017 is that as much as the greens had gained votes they're also lost a couple of votes to the left especially in these metropolitan areas and in these state elections where we have a much more rural community but we also see the greens of seeding we can feel it get a bit of a feeling for the potential they can have with a lesser elitist part of the german electorate and i think that is why the upcoming elections in the east of germany will be especially interesting because there we wil

on the federal level the greens have now prepares to attack one of the holy principles of the grand coalition the black 0 i mean we've seen a policy proposal that's an interesting line to corina's and this is something we would have expected from the social democrats by the grace to say we need to. address the investment gap we need to go away from the black sero policy and we need to think about structural investments in our infrastructure in our telecommunications that works and we need to find a different policy for this and i mean for our policies deficit spending caps that is about as it came from the european level down to a trickle down to the to the german level and i think that the fiscal competence of the green party mainly is on the european level and not so much on the german level but on the other hand it is the only party which is. just prepared to stop the black 0 and i'm not so sure whether this is something many people in germany would agree to but the social democrats already recognize that this flex year or never have been a traditional social democratic policy yet they're