trying to wrap up a deal between her conservatives and the social democrats who are led by martin schultz germany needs the parties to find a compromise on labor and health policies if it's to finally get a new government. these negotiations have already had their share of ups and downs today germany's main political parties had once again hoped to conclude this last phase of coalition talks and move a step closer to forming a government four months after national elections. but reaching an agreement is proving tough. but i know everyone's trying their best i'm not sure it'll work. the stilling come on the economy say at this point where the will succeed but the window is there on all sides it's just that the hurdles are still being goals health care reform has been a sticking point the social democrats want to end germany's to tear health insurance system a second optical is fixed term employment contracts which the s.p.d. wants to replace with permanent positions that provide greater job security the green party now in the opposition is vehemently opposed to the coalition agreement as it now st

the foundation for good government while social democrat leader martin schultz said the pact would bring fundamental change for both germany and europe all right let's hear what chancellor merkel said the breakthrough means for germany. those who only fund google programs i know millions of citizens have been scrutinizing the negotiations. they have to justifiable requirements of us. just doesn't and second to remember the needs and the desires of the people. and you bill clinton but the officer. dimension i am convinced remains both parties reached can do just ask the the foundation of the good and stable government that whole country me and the world expects of us all this of our destruction we had a strong influence on the agreement that we're thankful that some compromises that were hard to get by the union parties could eventually find agreement we're doing politics for the workers of this country we want permanent employment contracts to be the norm again the practice of giving out temporary contracts for no good reason will be strictly limited we've made sure there will be more equality in the health care system. th

unloved an unemployed germany's social democrat leader martine schultz rejects a top ministerial post just days after he because she hated his party's return to government that's after the party's base signaled that they could refuse to ratify his coalition deal. i'm sarah kelly welcome to the program the twenty third winter olympics has officially opened with an extravagant ceremony in south korea president moon day in declared the twenty eighty winter games open her fireworks going off over pianka chang. nearly three thousand hits from ninety two countries and for the sold out saving him during the opening ceremony the kings have had to overcome multiple hurdles at a winter sports most prestigious event the i.o.c. and the athletes will be looking to put their troubles behind them and keep. off the olympics with a bang. all the court of arbitration for sport the c.i.s. has turned out an appeal by forty seven russian athletes and coaches to compete at the games the russians have been banned from taking part by the international olympic committee over state sponsored doping in sochi fo

own a warm welcome to you i'm under thought she the leader of germany's social democrats martin schultz says he'll no longer seek the post of foreign minister in a future grand coalition government or any other post in the new cabinet on wednesday schultz a spot he struck a deal with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives should give up the s.p.v. leadership and announced his intention to take the post of foreign minister but that ambition grew strong criticism from s.p.d. members who must ratify the coalition deal in a vote show said he'd made the decision to ensure the success of that vote. now martin schultz wrote i will not be taking up a post in the german government sincerely hope this will end the debate within the s.p.d. about who does what we are all in politics for the people of this country that means my personal ambitions must come second to the interests of the party. from i'm joined now by our political correspondent of the sparrow thomas he heard what should i have to say but how much of a surprise is this development well it is a surprise because he had announced only

conservatives are pushing for a coalition deal that could keep them in power alongside germany's social democrats led by martin schultz after eleven days of negotiations could be the one also coming up an earthquake in taiwan kills at least two people and injures many more we'll get the latest on the rescue operation that's currently underway and there was a david versus goliath clash of the german cup with byron munich facing off against third division potter born could the underdogs sneak an upset result. it's good to have you with the will they won't they relationship at the heart of germany's political deadlock appears to be edging towards consummation. conservatives are thrashing out the last details of a coalition deal with the social democrats led by martin shoals it's a marriage four months in the making since voters left the chancellor at the altar waiting on a new partner and who are fourth term. at c.d.u. party headquarters in berlin reporters wait for information on the progress of talks to form a grand coalition one hundred thirty four days after germany's general election the country is still without a g

democrats and it looked like martin shultz was set to be installed as the next foreign minister of germany friday evening and all that has gone out the window martin schultz has announced he won't be taking up that position as germany's t.v. chief diplomat and rumors are abound he's being forced to step down from that by some disgruntled colleagues high up in his own party who actually blame him for the party's current failure as well mr schultz put out a statement himself explaining in his own words why he wouldn't be taking up the post i renounce joining the federal government and at the same time i hope that this will in the personal debates within the s.p.d. we all make policies for the people in this country and my personal ambitions must be behind the interests of the party but it's a social democratic party that's in real dies straight at the moment earlier on friday we saw the current foreign ministers gabrielle lash out at martin schultz saying that all that was left was regret it how little respect there was between senior figures within the party couple that along with the youth wing of the s.p.d. a vocally campaigning against joining a coaliti

democrats and it looked like martin schulz was set to be installed as the next foreign minister of germany friday evening and all that has gone out the window martin schultz has announced he won't be taking up that position as germany steve chief diplomat and rumors are abound he's being forced to step down from that by some disgruntled colleagues high up in his own party who actually blame him for the party's current failure as well mr schultz put out a statement himself explaining in his own words why he wouldn't be taking up the post i renounce joining the federal government and at the same time i hope that this will in the personal debates within the s.p.d. we all make policies for the people in this country and my personal ambitions must be behind the interests of the party but it's a social democratic party that's in real bias straight at the moment earlier on friday we saw the current foreign ministers gabrielle lash out at martin schultz saying that all that was left was regret it how little respect there was between senior figures within the party couple that along with the youth wing of the s.p.d. a vocally campaigning against joining a coalitio

well here in germany martine scholtz has officially step down with immediate effect as leader of germany's social democrats schultz nominated andre analysis as his successor the move comes amid widespread disenchantment with schultz's leadership within the ranks of the s.p.v. party members are gearing up to vote on a deal with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives to form another groundcover ration senior s.p. two members say that they will back as nomination of knowledges as leader. so what does this mean for the party what does this mean for the country let's bring in political correspondent thomas sparrow who is standing by outside of s.p.d. headquarters here in berlin welcome to you thomas so now under a analysis we've just heard is expected to be elected as party leader in april but what happens in the meantime thomas because this is a really critical moment for the party as it gets ready to vote on a new coalition deal which is very critical for germany well in the meantime the party will be led on an interim basis by all off shows one of the s.p.d. deputies in the current mayor of. this decision was take

disarray at the moment schultz has said one thing and gone back on it so many times we've actually seen. the current incumbent foreign minister here in germany with out it martin schultz earlier on friday he said that there was only regret it how little respect there was between senior figures of the social democrats that was before of course marshals announced that he was going to step down but also we're seeing vocal criticism of schultz and of those that want to join in with this coalition from the youth wing of the social democrats they've been running a campaign saying joy and joy in the party and saying no and well over twenty thousand people have signed up for that since january we were beginning friday talking about what the future may hold for congo or merkel even if she does get a coalition how long will she stay we're ending friday with a lot of senior people across the and those in the know in the press here in germany talking is this the political end for martin schulz the former european parliamentary president well he looks lost in without any friends at the moment. so no smooth sailing for germany's government and our society is peace are live

democrats and it looked like martin shultz was set to be installed as the next foreign minister of germany friday evening and all that has gone out the window martin schultz has announced he won't be taking up that position as germany steve chief diplomat and rumors are abound he's being forced to step down from that by some disgruntled colleagues high up in his own party who actually blame him for the party's current failure as well mr schultz put out a statement himself explaining in his own words why he wouldn't be taking up a post i renounce joining the federal government and at the same time i hope that this will in the personal debates within the s.p.d. we all make policies for the people in this country and my personal ambitions must be behind the interests of the party but it's a social democratic party that's in real bias straight at the moment earlier on friday we saw the current foreign ministers gabrielle lash out at martin schultz saying that all that was left was regret it how little respect there was between senior figures within the party couple that along with the youth wing of the s.p.d. a vocally campaigning against joining a coalition

this is deja news coming to you live from berlin unloved and unemployed germany's social democrats oust their leader martin schultz just days after you negotiated their return to coalition government what's more he lose out on the post of foreign minister i ask our correspondent why now. also coming up south korea officially kicks off the two thousand and eighteen winter olympics fireworks filled the sky over the host city kyung chung but they do not bring good cheer to everyone a final ruling baal's dozens of russian athletes from the competition. this olympics brings the first ever visit to south korea by a member of north ruling dinnerstein kim jong own sister what's behind a diplomatic trip across the border. last so long farewell readers in goodbye the words some brits just refused to say can a new campaign convincing you kids gregg's it be a republic to back a second referendum on europe. hello and welcome i'm under that chiba the leader of germany social democrats martin show says he really no longer seek the post of foreign minister in a future grand coalition government or any other post in the new cabine

plus unloved and unemployed germany social democrat leader martin schultz rejects a top ministerial post just days after he negotiated his party's return to government that's after the party's base signaled that they could refuse to ratify this coalition deal. and refusing to wave goodbye to europe at a new campaign convinced the u.k.'s brags it will republic to back a second referendum. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us in south korea the twenty third winter olympics has officially begun after an extravagant opening ceremony thirty five thousand. people packed. stadium to watch the ceremony which kicked off the games in style along with an artistic performance spectators saw the athletes perception with sports stars from north and south korea walking out together under the flag of the korean peninsula. the president in that officially opened the winter sports most prestigious event the ceremony closed with the lighting of the olympic flame of course. and following all the action for us was very own matter men joining us now from our sports desk so matt i mean

for a coalition deal that could return them to power and all that's alongside germany's social democrats led by martin schultz expectations are rising that eleven days of talks could be almost over also coming up turmoil on world markets the dow jones stirs the bleeding after opening sharply down but asia and europe who weren't so lucky we'll have more on what's got investors still.

conservatives are pushing for a coalition deal that could keep them in power alongside germany's social democrats led by martin schultz after eleven days of negotiations could be going on also coming up an earthquake in taiwan kills at least two people and injures many more will get the latest on the rescue operation that's currently underway and there was a.

in germany martin childes has officially stepped down with immediate effect as leader of germany's social democrats schultz nominated andrea knowledge as his successor the move comes amid widespread disenchantment with chilton's leadership within the ranks of the s.p.d. party party members are gearing up to vote on a deal with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives to form another grand coalition senior s.p.d. members say that they will back chilton's nomination of knowledge as leader. and for more on this let's bring in political scientist christophe wind who is from berlin's free university thanks so much for joining us this evening first off we know that the s.p.d. that they're trying to manage a smooth transition now from schultz to knowledge but it's also a very critical moment not only for the s.p.d. but also for the country because the party itself needs to vote it needs to approve this proposed coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives so does this throw a wrench into that process now well i think the hope was that the leadership transition will be smooth that's him stepping down wo

are pushing for a coalition deal that could keep them in power a long start germany's a social democrats led by martin schultz after eleven days of negotiations could to night be the night also coming up an earthquake in taiwan kills at least two people and injures many more latest on the rescue operation that's under way. also tradition.

for a coalition deal that could return them to power after the long side of germany's social democrats led by martin schultz expectations are rising here in berlin that eleven days of talks could be almost over also coming up an exclusive report from kenya where a victims of alleged police brutality are filling nairobi's morning's news hears from one officer willing to speak out plus of the turmoil on world markets the dow jones down still bleeding after opening sharply down but asia and europe weren't so lucky we'll have more on what's got investors so spruiked and it will look at a soccer clash to save her third division part of board host the mighty byron munich in tonight's a german cup quarter finals is a giant killing on the cards. in any. way iraq thanks for your company everyone here in germany ugly americans conservatives and the center left social democrats are still working on forming a government and they're still far apart on several key issues leaders on both sides are pushing hard for an agreement as a deadline after deadline passes. it's decision day in berlin again conservatives and social

party leader martin schultz resigned earlier this month and the s.p.d. is lower in the polls than ever germany and all of europe are asking will crew nuts all position campaign succeeds. and it will be no shots to our family matter. and yeah i was. interested in this. at the beginning of another lot of day to not pauses to collect his thoughts. later he'll hit the road to try to convince more s.p.d. members to vote against a grand coalition. cannot is traveling throughout germany today he's in the town of bishop's time here frank. lots of s.p.d. members want to have their say and there's a big crowd here today. it was tonight the leader of the party's youth organization who launched the debate. about. our election manifesto is no longer sound like s.p.d. principles but a compromise tailored to a grand coalition we know we have few options if we want to get into government we can only do it with the conservatives but isn't this the way it is and that is why we limit ourselves in developing new ideas. it is clear that we've given up and are not willing to come up with real solutions to current i

martin shultz the leader of germany social democrats and former chancellor candidate has officially stepped down schultz has nominated andrea knowledge as his successor the move comes amid widespread disenchantment with shelters leadership within s.p.d. ranks party members are currently preparing to vote on a deal with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives to form another round coalition. martin short sleeves empty handed just a week ago it looked like he would become foreign minister and new government now he's given up that ambition as well as the s.p.d. leadership. the only people to have resigned from my s.p.d. post and from the government because i want to help and the debate about personalities in the party. members can focus on the coalition agreement. s.p.d. members will vote on the coalition deal between the social democrats and conservatives early next month it's fear that grassroots members could reject it out of frustration with debates about ministerial posts. many members believe could now rejuvenate the party the s.p.d. executive has endorsed charles schultz a successor. the former par

democrats a basis for good government social democrat leader martin schultz says that the pact will bring fundamental change for both germany and europe. after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around for that. entered the conflict zone confronting the powerful this week on conflict zone i miss them both to talk to rob to come back to cut myself to his ruling puppies the a.k.p. she speaks for a coffee on shouldn't. the government assumes military operations in syria and continues to crack down on civil liberties well not sure of this principle. in sixty minutes. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine but me all stick up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters for g.w. made for minds. he tells us. stories. makes us laugh. and cry a. tremble and smile. images from the emotion below cost. go from the seat to every weekend on d w c. beat the germans new and surprising aspects of placenta culture in germany. us american keep news of take a look at germany to sink receives the two traditions for every day lives and

germany's social democrats have ousted martin schultz from a possible government role the move comes just days after he completed the negotiation of a coalition deal with conservatives says he will no longer take up the coveted role of foreign minister after party in the fighting. what we have been with us here now wall street opening to another day of uncertainty ben what are we expecting now from new york to expecting an opening flat as you can see here we've got live pictures from wall street flat to lower basically. we are on course for the worst week in six years that's a long time to remember so you me the most the wall street in new york stocks have been doing a fantastic past decade you know no news of almost an interrupted growth is is pretty amazing stuff we've got the dow jones industrials there unfortunately in the wrong format but. it is up slightly. by almost one percent so perhaps a slight recovery today not sure exactly a lot of people one of the downside that we could see further falls but not for the big fall now we've been hearing a lot of investors reassuring peop

core show for a coalition deal that could return them to power that's alongside germany's social democrats led by martin schultz the expectations are rising here in berlin that eleven days of talks could be oh most over also coming up power struggle in paradise tourist hot spot them all these faces a political craziness after the country's president imposes a state of emergency on out the the all.

germany's social democratic leader martin schultz resigns after having recently agreed to form a so-called grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel. yet another resignation in europe today the foreign minister of the netherlands quit after admitting he lied about a meeting with vladimir putin the russian leaders intentions to forge a greater russia. also ahead on the program in the exclusive interview with r.t. the head of the court of arbitration for sport defends the olympic committee's decision to exclude russian of pleats which the court itself had already cleared of doping allegations. the fact that the unable to show the guilt of an athlete that has nothing to do with the case. you're tuned in to our two international live from moscow i'm you know neal hello and a warm welcome our top story this hour germany's social democratic party leader martin shools his resignation within media to affect his decision comes after he lost all its in the german election to chancellor angela merkel and then faced criticism over agreeing to a grand coalition government for a second he said his d

democrats a basis for good government while social democrat leader martin schultz said the pact would bring fundamental change for both germany and europe his party's rank and file still have to ratify the agreement extending the country's wait for a new government by another few weeks you. are into it you can always get the daily news on the go just download our app from google play or from the apple store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use if you have the app to send us photos and videos. all right thank you so much for spending this part of your day with us the news continues at the top of the hour. munching fashion. numbed by. yes. chilling to critics to mexico pastries full. greater attention to detail goes into this edible first of all. the results are estimates is to image. first they cheated on diesel emissions then they experimented on monkeys and humans . fox wagon faces global outrage again and again still business is booming group sales top ten million dollars last year how do they do it how big companies strug

push for a coalition deal that could return them to power all that's alongside germany's social democrats led by martin schultz expectations are rising that eleven days of talks could be almost over also coming up turmoil on world markets the dow jones stirs the bleeding after opening sharply down but asia and europe weren't so lucky we'll have more on what's got investors are so screwed plus an exclusive report from kenya and they were always morgues are filling up with victims of alleged police brutality. years from one officer willing to speak out also traditional for torture it's been the harrowing fate of two hundred million women worldwide an international zero tolerance day we'll look at efforts to stop female genital mutilation and for sports fans the winter's big event is almost upon us we travel to appear on chang in south korea to check to check out the preparations and head of the winter olympics the games start in just three days' time. i am. i am. thank you very much for your company everyone. here in germany and america is conservatives and the center left social democrats are still working on f

one of her cheap minces germany's minimum wage law she also has fought successfully for better pensions despite this she is not very popular with the german public martin schultz a short tenure at the head of the s.p.d. is over now it's up to andrea noticed and lead the party back to its former strength. if she gets the vote let's talk to dublin political correspondent who is in front of a party headquarters welcome. so the handover from. is this a done deal. well there is certainly skepticism phil among many in the party about not necessarily under the analysis such but about the way things are being handled by the party leadership by the fact that this was not something that was elected by the party members but rather appointed or decided by martin shows and knowledge so it is certainly not just yet a done deal it is very probable that under there not as will be the next party leader but she also will have to deal with a lot of members within the social democrats who are not necessarily in favor of the way things are being handled there are certain regional branches of the s.p.d. that have voiced their concerns and there's also in the northern german town of

thank for joining us germany's two biggest political groups have reached an agreement on forming a coalition government conservatives and the social democrats under martin schultz are expected to announce their plans shortly now the agreement follows days of negotiations and protracted attempts to form a new government after elections in september so let's bring in our political correspondent hans bronte is standing by for us outside the c.d.u. party headquarters that is anglo-american a party if you can hear me we can't see you yet but this is a long awaited break through what we're details can you tell us about this agreement. well the most the most controversial points in the end at the end of the negotiations over the last roughly twenty four hour. where the ones concerning labor law reform and. medical aid to reform as well as discussions about all the various ministries would be distributed between the two party blocks and these controversial points were cleared up during the night and the final agreement was reached sometime this morning i think what one can say is that the social democrats especially seem to have gotten quite a lot of mileage out of thi

basis for a good in stable government while social democrat leader martin schultz said the pact would bring fundamental change for both germany and europe his party's rank and file still have to ratify the agreement extending the country's wait for a new government by another few weeks. and we have a lot of parts back with us here in studio for more analysis on this or look to what did you make of those two statements that this is the basis for a good and stable government and that it will fundamentally change german do you think that's true well first of all i think it is basis for a stable government which was about time we've been waiting for this for four months ever since the election and september is this going to change germany definitely not so we are seeing continuation of the last four years of the grand coalition they've been governing for the last four years together they've accomplished quite a few things there but they haven't fundamentally changed germany and this is what we are seeing now and this coalition agreement they are not going to be huge reforms or the deep underlying issues such as the pension system

then of course martin schultz said he would talk to angle of merkel about forming another so-called grand coalition this was between his party the social democrats and the c.d.u. to rule germany now in that he said that he wanted to be foreign minister and he accepted that that would be his position if that grand coalition go ahead but he gave up on that too just in the last few days saying that he wouldn't be the foreign minister in that government if that government takes place now the current german foreign minister had something to say about it all at least his young daughter did she was widely quoted in the media and they had a hoot about this as apparently turning round to her father and saying you know daddy don't worry you'll have more time to spend with us talking about the fact that he could be losing his post and then turned around and said well that's better than spending time with the man with the hairy beard of course referring to schultz and he's famous with well back now to his resignation and martin schultz has said quite clearly what i was signing a leader of the social democrats he will be able to help internal divisions within his party his party members h

martin schultz gave to members so again this is still going to take quite some weeks political correspondent kate brady at the headquarters of the social democrats in berlin thank you. now here in germany the domestic intelligence agency says that north korea has regularly procured nuclear weapons related equipment through its embassy in berlin a united nations report as accuse european countries including germany of not doing enough to stop young yang acquiring a nuclear weapon know how. these north korean agents wanted ukrainian rocket designs instead they walked into a trap set by ukraine's intelligence service that was in two thousand and eleven but german officials confirm that spies in north korea's embassy in berlin still try to obtain high tech. when we learn about something like that we stop at all but we cannot guarantee that we always detect and prevent every operation. north korea's missile capability has made rapid strides in recent years despite u.n. efforts to enforce sanctions on technology when south korea recovered a north korean missile from the sea they made startling discoveries most tied to. overtake from you know former soviet union. u.s. south korea so all count

martin schultz says there was optimistic today when he promised that this will be the day that the tussauds finally reach an agreement a deal would end almost five months a record of political limbo here in germany. so let's pull in our chief political correspondent linda crane she is at the headquarters of the c.d.u. that. conservatives where the coalition talks are ongoing this evening good evening to you melinda so here we are again are we nearing the end of these talks what are you hearing i know i asked you that last night is tonight any different. tonight is different because this is basically the end of the overtime that these two parties had allocated for themselves they had initially set a buffer zone of two days and this is the end of day two or as one politician who entered this building a little while ago put it if this were soccer we would now be in minute one hundred fifteen and as you know that means way into overtime so they are down to the wire but we've heard it could go late into the night they have accomplished an enormous amount we know that because the document that they're working from was leaked to the press a bit earlier it's one hundred sixty seven pages long and as i w

europe as it is the following schultz is going to be martin chose from yesterday is going to be foreign minister he's the most euro file foreign minister. in government germany has ever had the natives are in him would call himself he is going to aim for a sort of a macall type europe a tight integration of the euro zone possibly a european finance minister european economic economics minister possibly even euro bonds and obviously america isn't going to stop him big because the finance it was so i vote for in trouble in the finance ministry with europe now the s.p.d. has got that too so this is quite incredible i mean i'm i magine champagne bottles of popping all over the palace and the ballet mall the seats of the european commission in us and same fact one person who has been waiting a very long time for a german government to get up and running is french president and when i call in a speech at the store bun last september he outlined his vision of europe's future including a common strategy on financial foreign and defense policy he said quote i don't have red lines i have only horizons americal and martin schultz agree on many european policy issues in

germany's two biggest political groups have reached an agreement on forming a coalition government now outside the city you had quarters at chancellor angela merkel's party her conservatives and the social democrats under martin schultz are set to announce plans for a new grand coalition any minute now you see these pictures live this follows days of negotiations in which the two were deadlocked over issues like health care reform now today's agreement still faces a vote by nearly half a million social democrat party members. and our political correspondent hans has been standing out in the cold all morning waiting and watching this story for us hi hans what details do you have for us on this agreement. well it seems clear it's clear now that an agreement has in fact been reached just a few minutes ago the former general secretary of the social democrats entered this building just behind me and spoke to the press briefly he confirmed basically that the social democrats have been given the finance ministry the foreign ministry and the ministry of labor these are clearly three very crucial ministries for the social democrats and mean that they have driven a hard bargain in this discussion with the conservatives until n

martin schultz's done well in the past he actually resigned from his job as president of the european parliament he said he wanted to fight the german elections and to become the chancellor of germany as we know in those elections in september he failed to do that in fact his party did so badly in those elections that they lost forty seats now following that defeat in the elections he turned around and said i will never be a minister. led government and that led to angela merkel and her c.d.u. having to seek out potential partners for forming a german government that fell by the wayside and then of course march issue he would talk. about forming another so-called one coalition this was between his party the social democrats and the c.d.u. to rule germany now in that he said that he wanted to be foreign minister and he accepted that that would be his position if that grand coalition go ahead but he gave up on that too just in the last few days saying that he wouldn't be the foreign minister that government if that government takes place now the current german foreign minister had something to say about it all at least his young daughter did she was widely quoted in the media and the

germany's two biggest political groups have finally reached agreement on forming a government four months after the country's election chancellor angela merkel's conservatives will again govern with the social democrats s.p.d. leader martin schultz is to be replaced by the party's parliamentary chief and less now one last hurdle remains as.

germany's two biggest political groups have finally reached agreement on forming a government four months after the country's election chancellor angela merkel's conservatives will again govern with the social democrats s.p.d. leader martin schultz is to be replaced by the party's parliamentary chief i'm dry and alice now one last hurdle remains the.

germany's two biggest political groups have finally reached agreement on forming a government four months after the country's election chancellor angela merkel's conservatives will again govern with the social democrats s.p.d. leader martin schultz is to be replaced by the party's parliamentary chief less now one last hurdle remains the s.p.d. .

germany's two biggest political groups have finally reached agreement on forming a government four months after the country's election chancellor angela merkel's conservatives will again govern with the social democrats as speedy leader martin schultz is to be replaced by the party's parliamentary chief andre and alice now one last hurdle remains the s.p.d. is members must vote on whether to approve the deal. the us government could be facing its second shutdown of the year if lawmakers fail to approve a by.

minister one of her chief minces germany's minimum wage law she also fought successfully for better pensions despite this she is not very popular with the german public martin schultz a short term you're at the head of the s.p.d. is over now it's up to andrea not just to lead the party back to its former strength. there's no doubt growing up political correspondent thomas sparrow welcome to honestly you were at the meeting where the former s.p.d. leader martin shows is said to hand over the leadership and not just doesn't look like it's going to go as he planned. well certainly not everyone in the party is happy about the prospect of on their not as becoming the next leader of the social democrats in fact there are several regional branches of the s.p.d. that are essentially saying that the party membership should also have a say in who leads the party that it shouldn't be a decision about someone being appointed it should be someone being elected and that is why among other things there is also skepticism on one s.p.d. may in the northern german town of flynn's book has already said that she would also like to be the leader of the party so this is essentially a ve

the leader of germany's social democrats martin schultz has given up plans to become the country's foreign minister. the u. turn comes following massive pressure from his party ahead of a crucial vote on the new coalition deal with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives. brazil's world famous carneval has kicked off in rio de janeiro the mayor handed the symbolic keys of the city to king momo the fictional character in charge of keeping the world's biggest party going for nine days. to korea's march as one as the winter olympics officially open these games the diplomacy is just as striking as the athletics i've seroquel in berlin this is the day. fireworks filled the sky over south korea's. the winter olympics kick off with a show of unity among south and north korean athletes but how long can the song last. and a german coalition already in crisis the social democrats former leader martin schultz withdraws from a post as foreign minister bowing to pressure from his party the announcement.

the leader of germany's social democrats martin schultz has given up plans to become the country's foreign minister. the u. turn comes following massive pressure from his party ahead of a crucial vote on the new coalition deal with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives. brazil's world famous carnival has kicked off in rio de janeiro the mayor handed the symbolic keys of the city to king momo the fictional character in charge of keeping the world's biggest party going for nine days. at the. u.s. markets end of friday with modest gains after a rocky trading week investors are still getting their heads around what happened and what comes next. we'll cross to wall street for the analysis also coming up. colombia's flower industry provides a lifeline for destitute refugees from neighboring venezuela and. uganda is one of the world's top coffee exporters but hardly anyone likes to drink it we meet someone who's trying to change that. and daniel winter in berlin and this is your business update friday's battle between bulls and bears on the markets saw the dow and the s. and p. five hundred st