while merkel spoken berlin her interior minister horst zehava held a news conference in munich he's supposed to be merkel's ally but today the two sounded like fierce rivals they hope for war and germany would act alone if the e.u. summit doesn't yield a solution. we saw pay no workable decision is made i have decided and the party leaders agree with me that at that point it will be necessary to turn away refugees borders. records they hope for says he's determined to carry. that policy even if germany has to go it alone but acting against america's will would probably lead to his dismissal and the dissolution of the governing coalition was a hunter and merkel battle it out the coalition's third political party the center left s.p.d. made its allegiance clear by raising the e.u. flag at its berlin headquarters when it comes to migration the social democrats agree with america compromise with europe is the only way forward. kind of way forward let's talk about that now with our political correspondent simon young he joins me here at the big table you know we said at the top of the show that t

to the brink of its own political crisis merkel is locked in a rout with her interior minister horst zehava he has threatened to defy her and go ahead with plans to unilaterally tighten germany's borders merkel is adamant a european solution must be found. and it's always nice to hear about a happy ending firefighters in italy have come to the rescue of three distressed kittens the tiny creatures had become trapped in a plastic pipe just centimeters wide in the town of buso langdale in northern italy children playing nearby heard the mewing and alerted their parents firefighters ustream to horse the kitchens to safety and reunite them with their mother. and just a reminder of the top stories we're following for you at the world cup in russia for the first time in thirty six years germany has lost their opening match the defending world champions fell to underdogs mexico one nil shock result now puts their title defense in trouble. conservative newcomer even as one colombia's landmark presidential election took it was running against former rebel and leftist just awful pants from his victory

led by interior minister horst zehava have given me a july first deadline to come up with a new migration policy supported by the european union if she fails to do that the current german government and chancellor merkel could be history. the special e.u. summit at the weekend didn't bring any relief for german chancellor angela merkel she wasn't able to negotiate any concrete results on asylum policy back in berlin merkel c.d.u. party is supporting her search for a european solution. if europe is not an addict and showing solidarity towards refugees i believe that bilateral or even trying not only grievance could be an alternative. then the italians could exit the convention and stop registering refugees and then in the end we will have more refugees in germany than we used to and that's why we need an orderly system and that will require lots of discussions and they just need time inside the other party in miracles conservative bloc to see su wants to begin rejecting refugees at the border. terrier minister must present a problem and offer solutions that's what he's doing he can't be bl

an allies of angular merkel specifically under the leadership of the federal interior minister horst zehava he is the man at the at the center of this storm as it were because it's he who wants to reinstitute border controls effectively to send back people who come to germany claiming asylum you've already claimed asylum in another e.u. state that's what he wants to do but angle americal does not want to do that she says a european solution is the best answer not just for germany but for the whole of the e.u. that's what seen in play here and over the course of today there will be news conferences given both by mr hoffa and by angle americal later on today she'll be back here in the chancery behind me meeting the italian prime minister and clearly that will be an issue there as well so lots of meetings but lots of tension today about what each party is going to do so let's talk about that tension and this particular moment how significant is this moment in german politics. well the point to make here is it shouldn't be so tense because these are historic allies the christian social union th