germany's social democrat leader martin schulz is consulting with senior leadership. the spd is under pressure to join a coalition to stop elections. he was pressed to reconsider the decision after the clash between angela merkel's conservatives and two other parties. for more let's cross over to thomas standing outside the social democrat headquarters in berlin. has anything been decided? correspondent: no. nothing has been decided. the social democrats under martin schultz are discussing what path they should take. the are debating what he discussed with walter steinmeier . until now, social democrats have been reluctant to move from the position they announced after the election. they had a bad result and it brought the other party to say they would not join a coalition with angela merkel's conservatives. after the coalition collapsed, pressure has increased on martin schulz and the social democrats to see if there is enough common ground for another grand coalition. it seems unlikely but that is why it was important for martin schulz to meet with president steinme

it wasn't tactical to do these open accusations in parliament on behalf of martin schulz what we were saying, siemen s is living on state support. that probably made mr. kaeser write that letter saying we have wired more than 20 billion euros over the course of five years to you, the german state in taxes, social security spendings, we don't live on anything from the german state we don't know whether they get subsidies. but probably that siemens is probably a net pay when it comes to taxes and social security so it was just outrightly wrong to call them living on state support on behalf of martin schulz and joe kaeser is known as a man who does not like to be accused of things he thinks are unfair so, he's written that letter, it was eloquently leaked to the press. he's saying spd, you have to act responsibly. it's not us, the irresponsible component in the equation, it's you. the question is the stability of germany. we are not talking just about one company. so he's putting the ball rightly back in the field of martin schulz's spd the spd has a hard time now one has to say we were

leader martin schulz german president. reportedly pressed the social democrat to reconsider forming another grand coalition with the conservatives but with shows us party leader coalition talks seem difficult he had rejected the idea of taking on the responsibility of government twice while rumors had it that schultz might step down as party chief members of the conservative c.d.u. show optimism gap it is wooden as president and the president's appeal that every party has to make sure that there can be a stable government in germany has some impact we have to start talking with the s.p.d. as soon as they are ready and form a new government soon i. think. it's a tough choice for s.p.d. leader martin schulz cooperate with a break his promise or put the political stability of germany at risk well i did have use for a correspondent thomas ferrer is on the story for you thomas get to say what i would convince the s.p.d. leader to reconsider his position. i would say two things laid out on the one hundred obviously the conversat

martin schulz wants to have new elections. that was his slogan since they had a crushing defeat in the elections in september when the goo majamaica coalitiot out, he said if he talks fail i want new elections to ask the sovereign, ask the people what they really want it looks like martin schulz is getting increasingly under pressure within their own party. there are more than 30 lawmakers in his parliamentary group which are openly saying -- not openly, but inside the parliamentary group saying that they are in favor of a grand coalition among them is a prominent figure, the vice chancellor who might be very well interested in martin schulz's job. he was already once the party leader i think we're headed for difficult times inside the spd a power struggle might be well ahead. also who will be the leader of the spd. what will the spd do will they form a grand coalition with angela merkel and by that actually play the role they should play as a party -- as the second biggest party in germany according to many analysts and lawye

leader martin schulz said his party would not rejoin the. slurs the so called grand coalition. this despite the as p. d. being merkel government partners the past four year. fifteen i'm disease thst a spanish view of september's election results. and we are not available to join the so called grand coalition soon finished. sayfullo. if we are not afraid of new elections on fire and not nish. sold six to go into opposition after september's poll handed his party its worst election results since nineteen forty nine. but not all of spd wants to go into opposition such as president frank walter steinmeier who has urged schultz to reconsider talks. in a bid to avoid new elections steinmeyer has met with the leaders of the other potential coalition parties. the greens. and the pro business at d. p.. merkel however said she favors new elections over leading a minority government. according to a recent opinion poll by german broadcaster zdf fifty one percent of germans support new elections while forty three percent oppose it. for more on this story we can bring in found cocoon milt mi

on monday, martin schulz said categorically they are not going into a coalition again.said, well, we have to consider it because it is our responsibility. someone has twisted his arm. people within the party but mainly president steinmeier, who invited him to the palace on thursday. they are from the same party, but he obviously said, this is a moment of great responsibility for your party. so martin schulz yesterday was at a youth congress of his party and tried to sell the idea and it did not go well. very much so within the party for the time being it looks like a majority does not want it. they will have a vote on this, so even if the top of the party might agree to go into coalition with angela merkel, the party members might vote it down. so it is tricky. you could have that situation where, for several weeks on paper, the coalition has been agreed, but your sense is it could be voted down? at the end of the day, it looks like the spd will always be the losers because, even by this situation, a new election is triggered, they will be hammered in the polls. they wi

as we go to air, it seem the spd leader martin schulz has softened his position, and talks will resumeelection? we all know what the knock—on effect might be. where do you think talks are? crystal ball time. it is a difficult thing. it is a very fluid situation. 0n difficult thing. it is a very fluid situation. on monday, martin schulz said categorically they are not going into a coalition against, now it is saturday and he has said, well, we have to consider it, because it is our responsibility. someone has twisted his arm. people within the party but mainly president steinmeier, he obviously said, this is a moment of great responsibility for your party so martin schulz yesterday was as a youth congress of his party and tried to sell the idea and it did not go well. very much so within the party for the time being it looks like a majority does not want it. they will have a vote on this so even they will have a vote on this so evenif they will have a vote on this so even if the top of the party might agree to go into coalition with angela merkel, the party members might vote it down. s

leader martin schulz german president. reportedly pressed the social democrat to reconsider forming another grand coalition with the conservatives but with scholz us party leader coalition talks seem difficult he had rejected the idea of taking on the responsibility of government twice while the rumors had it that schultz might step down as party chief members of the conservative c.d.u. show optimism that it is news president and the president's appeal that every party has to make sure that there can be a stable government in germany some impact we have to start talking with the s.p.d. as soon as they are ready and form a new government soon. and i think. it's a tough choice for s.p.d. leader martin schulz cooperate with and break his promise or put the political stability of germany at risk. political correspondent hans brandis following this for us hi hans so now we know next week there's going to be a meeting with angle markel the leader of the s.p.d. martin scholz and the president from steinmeyer does that mean we cou

d ishe news that the sp trying to push martin schulz into a coalition?ter: the news is they are no longer ruling it out. there is no ultimate to city that they are going into a grand coalition. all of these questions are still open. int: there is not much between. a minority government is something merkel has said she would prefer not to do. she said she would rather have new elections. is that a political move, or do you think she would really calm elections before calling -- before a minority government? betweenif the choice is a minority government and new elections, that would fall onto someone else to decide. it is not a matter of choice alone. that is hard to say at the moment. guy: if there was to be a new coalition government, would that mean that the alternative is the opposition party, and would that be up problem -- and would that be a problem? rainer: that would mean the art -- that would mean the alternative for germany would be the biggest opposition party in parliament. that is something the spd has said it wants to avoid. decide to goto b

on monday, martin schulz said categorically they are not going into a coalition again.eone has twisted his arm. people within the party but mainly president steinmeier, who invited him to the palace on thursday. they are from the same party, but he obviously said, this is a moment of great responsibility for your party. so martin schulz yesterday was at a youth congress of his party and tried to sell the idea and it did not go well. very much so within the party for the time being it looks like a majority does not want it. they will have a vote on this, so even if the top of the party might agree to go into coalition with angela merkel, the party members might vote it down. so it is tricky. you could have that situation where, for several weeks on paper, the coalition has been agreed, but your sense is it could be voted down? at the end of the day, it looks like the spd will always be the losers because, even by this situation, a new election is triggered, they will be hammered in the polls. they will be seen as not wanting to take responsibility. angela merkel could ta

schulz, week, martin the social democrat leader and merkel, who is at this point the acting chancellorrt of under the auspices of the german president. matt: i wonder what people think about the longevity of martin schulz in his position as leader of fpd? dead body tover my something they will now start talking about is a possibility, the spdid preside over 's worst result since the second world war. can he stay in power there? tony: there is a lot of speculation about his future, although they try to put the kebab on that yesterday and today for obvious reasons because the party is already -- theyurmoil having to try to pull back from the political process, but now it is being thrust back in by the pressure of events. space to watch. there are some people who are in the wings, some contenders. schulz. in their is a convention in two weeks. these things tend to be quite orderly. germany only -- germany ultimately. the gravitating towards a solution that does not hurt to many people. schulz tony, does the weighing have the option to agree to minority-led government? how would that chang

collapsed under merkel was turned down by another coalition suitor this time the social democrats martin schulze saying there would be no return to a grand coalition if. on september the twenty fourth the grand coalition lost fourteen percent so it's clear we were shown the red card in view of the election results we are not available to join a grand coalition with that off the table one other option available to angela merkel would be to rule over a minority government most likely with the green party. but a minority government. would be unstable at best and would certainly require horse trading on gargantuan proportions with the other four parties in parliament if the government was to well pass anything more than just time in the chamber it's also worth noting that this would be a first in modern german history and wouldn't exactly fit the profile of the german voters who do live in presidency has executive power instability germany is faced the russian embassy in france is dead. from a budget as i'm going to many in the british capital human rights associate plan to write out a benefits sche

has invited chesser on the american and social democrat leader martin schulz to talks next week on forming a coalition government there so a big gap to close out yesterday had previously been strictly opposed to joining a coalition with merkel but a meeting with the president seemed to produce a change of heart. for martine schultz another term for the s.p.d. in a grand coalition is not an appealing option after the election he repeatedly stressed the need for the party to undergo a period of renewal in the role of opposition. now sense agreed to enter into talks but he's promised the grassroots the final say. so should such talks leaders to participate in a government in which have a form however such a government would look it will be the party members who get to vote on this. the s.p.d. faces a crucial test at a meeting with german president. shultz was reportedly pressured to reconsider forming another grand coalition with the conservatives one s.p.d. politician who would welcome another grand coalition. who's clearly been enjoying his job as foreign minister. nonetheless he cautions a

as martin schulze was threatening to resign what's behind that. well this is this is really a rumor that has not had any confirmation from any side whatsoever clearly there is a lot of tension within the social democratic party because martin short its leader and the entire leadership standing behind him have for me for weeks said that they are not going to enter into a coalition talks with the conservatives that they're not interested in having a rerun of the grand coalition that has run germany for the past four years but now with the pressure being piled on right here by the german president on to his social democratic party colleague to reconsider their decision obviously there are many discussions within the social democratic party to decide how to respond to that and there will be a meeting of the party of the ship later this afternoon after shorter spoken to the state president to try and decide how to respond to this pressure hans given all that what can we expect from this meeting between the president and martin. well they are both socia

martin schulz is prepared to officer -- offer omitted support.k her in government that won't offer another grand coalition. they say he intends to tell president frank-walter steinmeier of this when they meet today. federal reserve officials have signaled a december rate hike remains on the cards, despite ongoing debate in week price growth. fok price growth. incoming president has told supporters that the nation is witnessing a new unfolding democracy. , he thinkst speech sin armed forces for taking control of the government after he was fired. he is due to be sworn in tomorrow. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am nejra cehic. this is bloomberg. francine: we're just getting some u.k. gdp figures. the economy grew .4% in the third quarter, matching the initial estimates. baby it is a little bit more on the back of what we heard yesterday. i think it has more to do with we have seend what with philip hammond. we will get back to that in second -- to that in a second. phili

you can see martin schulz hiding here in a corner from this cartoon as angela merkel in the backgrounds running around searching for him. martin schultz has refused already to form a coalition with merkel. german papers are continuing to hope that it could. this writer says the socialist party should have the guts to show that it is ready to take on more responsibility. >> moving now to the united states. u.s. president donald trump has announced that haitians granted refuge in the u.s. after the devastating 2010 earthquake will have to get ready to pack their bags. theevastating news for 60,000 haitians living in the u.s. for over seven years now. many of them have started families. they will lose deportation protection in 2019 which means they have 18 months to get their affairs in order. the trump administration says this is because of extraordinary conditions that justified their presence in the u.s. are no longer valid. the miami herald points out this isn't true. they say haiti is still struggling and even the u.s. failed to deliver on its post-earthquake promises in haiti and th

martin schulz has offered limited support for a fourth term.vernment but he has ruled out repeating the grand coalition that governed germany for eight out of the last 12 years. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 100 -- 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. jonathan: for more on merkel's path forward, let's get over to berlin. our understanding was that chancellor merkel did not want to be in a minority government. does this change anything for her if these talks do go through? >> it is hard to say at the moment what the actual outcome of this is. we know that the spd is very reluctant to change course. at the beginning of the week, they made a clear choice not to engage in any talks over a grand coalition and now it seems they have to offer something after spd's martin schulz meets with the german president. the outcome is completely open. there might be a signal they are willing to support a minority government. jonathan: i don't want to get stuck too much on the -- in the german political we, but are they uni

a bid to break the coalition deadlock president hunk of the steinmeyer is taught to have urged martin schulz to reconsider his opposition to joining chance i'm going marcos to joining chance i'm going to go in a new government. all right thank you so much for watching on mylar rock n roll and it's our harmony is up next. a monk who believes in the power of love to get. in your debt. and an orphanage in the hague this. touching in fifteen minutes. g.w. diversity. where the world of science is at home in many languages. on top of that i've been going there in. our innovations magazine for. every week and always looking to the future fund d w dot com science and research for. every journey begins with the first step and every language with the first word published in the. nico is in germany to learn german why not learn a simple online on your mobile and free to suffer from. learning course nikos fake german made easy. the more your five keys to safer food. to prevent companies. so. separate draw and cooked foods to avoid cross contamination. cook thoroughly to kill microorganisms. keep food it

table following that statement prone chancellor angela merkel the leader of the social democrats martin schulz said that yes he would take part in coalition talks with representatives of angola merkel's christine union and the german president frank walter steinmeier in berlin on thursday now when it comes to talks on a grand coalition this really represents a one hundred eighty degree turnaround from martin sure if we compare what he said today to what he said last monday or you can have for yourself. be a nice you know we're not entering a grand coalition we said this clearly in loose room after the elections and we still stand by this. guy for shut out the s.p.d. party has confirmed that i should accept the invitation from the german president to take part of the took with the chairman of the c.d.u. c.s.u. passes next thursday. while somebody with far more insight than myself once said that a week's a long time in politics and it's also proved true for chancellor angela merkel a week ago she was well picking up the tatters from failed coalition coalition talks for the jamaica coalition she

years the chancellor sees the alliance has pretty varied effective on the social democrats with martin schulze up the helm seem to have softened their position too we had previously refused to deal with merkel again we asked some members of germany's political parties about the recent twists and turns in the. i would be surprised if we had fresh elections but apparently stated that we are going to have them both fall she has always clung to power and i thought she would have sought another negotiated solution so everybody is supporting just the f.t.p. but in the end to to make a coalition of the three the f.t.p. the c.s.u. the c.d.o. was a very very unlikely construct a very strange construct that. cannot work and we could see that the country is in turmoil here but this indeed to the unprecedented situation it's going to be new elections i'm pretty certain the f.t.p. and probably also the ifi the opposition party that will gain because this. is quite a silent significant part of the population that's once a change in the immigration policies r.t. faces more pressure from google's purr and com

reporter: spd chief martin schulz has probably started to reconsider.denly, he is reported to have said that the spd will put the country's interests ahead of its own. schulz is due to meet president steinmeyer on thursday. sarah: to turkey now, where the trial of 11 human rights activists on terrorism-related charges resumed today in istanbul. among the defendants is taner kilic, the chairman of amnesty of amnesty international in turkey. taner is still behind bars. eight other activists including german national peter steudtner were released on bail last month. all of them deny the charges against them. our correspondent julia hahn has this report from istanbul. julia: their supporters came to make a point. this banner says justice for rights defenders. it's a reference to the 11 activists on trial. >> today, many of your friends have gathered here. rights defenders from turkey and other countries like brazil, the u.s., india, ireland, and germany. >> it has nothing to do with the rule of law. this is a politically motivated case. the court is just fo

the leader of germany's social democratic party martin schulze sees the country is facing a challenging period after talks to form a coalition government fell through germany is in a complicated state. the attempt by the su to use c.s.u. after the green use to build a government has failed spectacularly after weeks of negotiations well germany's role as the he use it main player is looking shaky now squabbling over coalition terms continues to leave the country without a government for now a special puddles being set up just so that parliament can keep on working but it's taking berlin's attention away from its power highest position on brussels top table that could mean opportunities for others and us or europe correspondent explains. it's not often in a game of cards that a joke beats a queen but in the game of e.u. power poker the money call may be trying to do just last and use her coal is the use de facto leader not so long ago this would have been unthinkable as uncle merkel was proclaimed foreign white as the leader of the free world. the chancellor's attention focused firmly on

martin schulz is prepared to offer her limited support for a fourth term. says he could back merkel in a minority government. precisely what she does not want. bloomberg's ramberg and joins us berginrlin -- rainer joins us from berlin. german statey, on television that she would rather hold new elections than a minority government. is that going to change? rainer: she said she would prefer one over the other. she said the minority governments, she is skeptical. definitely something that has never been tried in germany, that has not been tested, that creates all sorts of difficulties, but it may be still the better alternative to going into new elections because the german voters may feel that it is not the way to go forward. matt: what about the spd? i fail to grasp how that would help that party. csu do i getcdu, past, they get credit for. anything that they can't pass because the spd goes against them, the spd gets the blame. they don't get strong influence. why? rainer: it is a good question and one of the reasons why some of the parties say that this is

mrs merkel‘s former coalition partner, the spd leader martin schulz, has again ruled out continuing with. the european union's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has said the eu would prefer an ambitious future partnership with britain once it leaves. but he's also warned member governments to prepare for no deal. vessels searching for a missing argentine submarine in the south atlantic say they've picked up noises on their sonar equipment which the navy is now investigating. the noises were detected at a location that was on the route the submarine would have taken. the vessel, with 44 crew on board, had reported an electrical breakdown before it disappeared five days ago. victoria's secret‘s glitzy fashion show has hit the stage in china for the first time but without several of its star names including the model gigi hadid and pop singer katy perry. the run—up to the show was dominated by hadid's withdrawal and reports about visas being denied over political sensitivities. at a 2015 concert, katy perry appeared to show support for taiwan. now, pictures of a lucky escape for all

berlin, germany‘s president frank—walter steinmeier will holds talk with social democrat leader martin schulzmerkel‘s conservatives. the much anticipated ashes first test has started at the gabba in brisbane. england won the toss and chose to bat. with 40,000 fans looking on — joe root‘s side have a lot to prove — england haven‘t won at the gabba since 1986. it was a bad start for the tourists though — australia claimed an early wicket — opening batsman alastair cook went cheaply in the morning session. england have steadied themselves. james vince has reached his half century — the team are now on 101 runs for one wicket. we‘ll have updates as the game progresses. now the rest of today‘s sport briefing. hello. welcome to sport briefing. coming up,jose hello. welcome to sport briefing. coming up, jose mourinho says manchester united could have scored five. a ended up losing by one. what happens when you are on a hat—trick but your wife is about to give birth? we will let you know. arsenal are flying high at the moment after are flying high at the moment after a 2—0 win over rivals tottenham i

mrs merkel‘s former coalition partner, the spd leader martin schulz, has again ruled out continuing with chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has said the eu would prefer an ambitious future partnership with britain once it leaves. but he's also warned member governments to prepare for no deal. an update on a story that we've been following here on newsday. an argentine navy spokesman says sounds picked up on sonar equipment did not come from a missing submarine in the south atlantic, dashing hopes for the search and rescue operation. the vessel — with 44 crew on board — had reported an electrical breakdown before it disappeared five days ago. us television presenter, charlie rose, has reportedly apologised for what he called ‘inappropriate behaviour‘ after allegations of sexual harassment. his network shows were suspended following a washington post report in which eight women accused him of harassment. in a statement carrying his apology, rose said he did not believe all the accusations against him were accurate. now — pictures of a lucky escape for all involved when a small plane

leadership to move to move towards a new grand coalition martin schulz the leader of the social democrats a former president of the european parliament he was the social democrats chancellor candidate in the election and in the end the party got a very poor showing in that election some say he should step down do you think he will i think he will the party will have a convention in two weeks time and my guess is my educated guess is that we will see a new leader then now there there is a lot of discussion going on right now about how will germany get a new government it's been two months since the last election within. the s.p.d. some are now talking about a completely different coalition one involving chancellor x. conservatives the social democrats and maybe the greens what do you make of that i think is very unlikely it doesn't really make sense. a grand coalition with the us but you would have a clear majority and not as big as it used to be but big enough and it doesn't make sense to us interesting i was at an event where it was last night and she talked about a minority government a

also coming up the leader of germany social democrats martin schulz under pressure to enter a coalition with chancellor merkel's conservatives he says he won't but some in his party reckon it's time to think again. and ukraine marks four years since the orange revolution but european union leaders deliver a tough message closer ties yes but no membership just yet. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us. emerson is to be sworn in as him bob weighs president shortly but after the euphoria of removing robert mugabe from power and was returned to harare people are starting to wonder whether he's the right man to steer the nation back to democracy and rebuild its battered economy he is after all mugabe's former deputy and longtime comrade. they call him the crocodile partly because of his hooded eyes but mainly because of his fearsome reputation and now emerson is the crocodile who snapped back sacked by the ousted president robert mugabe earlier this month returned in triumph this week after the military forced an end to mccartney's thirty seven year rule. jamie five zero zero zero is

parties this evening's time i will be hosting talks between chancellor matters conservatives and martin schulz is center left social democrats the aim is to kick start negotiations over a grand coalition between the country's two largest parties and that would be a u. turn for sure who originally said the social democrats would not be available for another grand coalition meanwhile jimmy's interior minister has reassured the country that the current deadlock in building a new government will not have a negative impact on germany security have a listen to. a stable government is always good for the security of our citizens but no matter what german security services will continue to conduct their daily operations and i'm grateful that under the current legislative powers they govern the security agencies we can continue to do this night and day throughout christmas and new year's over the versa. so that was jimmy's interior minister to musty musea that we now draw in detail his political correspondent thomas fellow he joins me now let's talk about this formation of the new government when what

merkel's party won the most seats in september's election but hasn't been able to form a coalition martin schulz previously insisted that his party should go into opposition. i am not striving for a new election i'm not striving for anything but what i am striving for is that we discuss with one another the best ways to improve people's lives a little bit every day both nationally and internationally as try for about eleven people have been killed in a fire at a luxury hotel in the georgian black sea resort city of tommy twenty one others are being treated in hospital at least one hundred firefighters were sent to tackle the blaze but the cause of the fire is not clear the family of the woman shot dead by paralympian oscar pistorius says justice has finally been served south africa's supreme court has more than doubled his prison sentence for murdering his girlfriend in two thousand and thirteen the court said the original six year sentence was shockingly lenient tanya page has more from pretoria. it only took a moment for the supreme court of appeal to deliver its ruling that responded sentence

merkel's party won the most seats in september's elections but hasn't been able to form a coalition martin schulz previously insisted that his party should go into opposition. i am not striving for a new election i'm not striving for anything but what i am striving for is that we discuss with one another the best ways to improve people's lives a little bit every day both nationally and internationally to strive for that. eleven people have been killed in a fire at a luxury hotel in the georgian black sea resort city of but to me twenty one others are being treated in hospital at least one hundred firefighters were sent to tackle the blaze but the cause of the fire is not clear. and jurors are going to the polls on sunday to elect a new president public safety is a major concern for voters because their country has one of the highest murder rates in the world as mariana sanchez reports. young innocent often the victims of gang violence for now with extra security forces deployed to this neighborhood children can play without watching their backs. on average more than three hundred people male and

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