that is martin schulz's core messagage. why isn't he translating that into votes?: because he's trying to replacee centrist chancellor wih centrist chancellor. if you want centrist policies, we have her. why do we need to replace her? the party feels it cannot go left because the left is occupied. merkel has got the center. he is squeezed in the middle. peter: so he did a great job application to become her deputy. derek: although he only wants to be chancellor. the issue is what government is she going to get, and at the moment, nobody is sure what is going to come. peter: the lady to my left interviewed martin schulz yesterday. what did you learn? christiane: he's fighting. he's a fighter. but it takes its toll. he started off saying, i'm going to be the chancellor. he doesn't say that anymore. he doesn't at all unless you force them to. realistically, there is no chance that he can become chancellor. let's say highly unlikely. so what he fights for is to get an equitable result. it has to be above what his predecessor got, and even above that before him. when th

in the final week of campaigning here in germany it is now or never for a man named martin schulz.hancellor angela merkel's main challenger faces a grilling before pulling in the voters for the german election this sunday. also coming up, u.s. president donald trump urges the united nations to reform and pledges the full support of the united states to do it. and we messed up. the chief executive of one of europe's biggest airlines admits the company made a hash of scheduling pilots. hundreds of passengers left stranded. plus, washington comes to hollywood for this year's emmy awards. >> this will be the largest audience to witness an emmy, period. both in person and around the world. brent: a surprise controversial appearance by former white house spokesman sean spicer is the highlight of a night of political satire at the u.s. tv emmy awards. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. with less than a week to go to the german election, the principl challenger, martin schulz come has been facing questions from a live television audience. the social democrat appear d

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the leader of the spd, martin schulz criticised herforehead.do about the afd. there are two meg wishes, one is the afd. one of the senior cdu members said we have to ignore the afd. if they are going to get handed mps in the bundestag, we cannot be working with them on anything. the other thing, and you will see a lot of this, the jamaica coalition. angela merkel will have to work with two unlikely bedfellows, the free democrat party, a business man, christian linder, former amateur racing driver. he has doubled the support of the party in the last few years from nothing. that is die linke. they were the supporting coalition party in 2009. they dropped out altogether. he has spoken about how he does not like emmanuel macron's vision of europe. he was the most favourable when it comes to talks on brexit, more so than martin schulz, which might be important in discussions in the future. in crimea, is he believes that they need to move on from it. it caused a storm in the media in germany. then yedder green party, who has talked about angela merke

and so i think also, she has not had a contender up against her and when martin schulz said "she couldnment," the country fell apart laughing. i think the afd, the mood in the east, were very unpleasant, they were worse than i had expected. how did you feel about nigel farage going over there? very badly. i'm usually one of those people who doesn't mind people being a bit off in having their views and you know, you have a perfect right to exist and all of that but i think he crossed a bad line when he went up there and campaigned with the alternative fur deutschland, that was in many ways a racist rally and you have to be very careful that this extreme sort of end of euroscepticism doesn't shade into that. toby, do you agree he was wrong to address the afd? i do, and it makes life for leavers and those of us who voted for brexit much more difficult if one of the leaders of the campaign associates himself with parties like that. and gisela, the social democrats, labour's sister party in germany, actually got close in the polls a few months ago, so what has gone wrong? they did, and at o

it's the executives that at least martin schulz brought up as the target. tough. she says she is angry, but everybody knows she is still called the car chancellor. what is a win for schulz now? how does he come out of this collection as a winner -- this election as a winner? what does he have to do to stay on as head of his party? what does he have to do to convince everybody that a grand coalition is a good idea? guest: i think that will be a tough job for him because the party base, the party members don't want another grand coalition. there are also many leaders don't want a grand coalition, so you have to do good convincing work. matt: it's really a math game. to get do get enough former coalition with the cdu, that will be it. but can they come up with that more than 50%? pleasure having you on this might. more exciting than the entire debate. remember, if you are a bloomberg customer, watch using tv , as well as the video stream. you can also follow our charts and functions and mentioned -- message us directly using the i.b. function. you can messa

the german chancellor dominates a tv showdown with her main electoral rival, martin schulz. bbc investigation finds recruiters from so—called islamic state were trying to direct would—be attackers a year before westminster and london bridge. and i'm sally bundock. a flight to safety — donald trump warns he could sever ties with north korea's trading partners in response to the missile threat. counting the cost of hurricane harvey. the deadly storm has knocked a quarter of the us‘s oil refining capacity offline. we'll ask an expert what this could mean for the world's largest economy. hello and welcome to bbc world news. the united states says it's ready to use its nuclear capabilities to defend itself and its allies against threats from north korea. the white house issued the statement following a phone conversation between president trump and the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe. it was made in response to north korea's sixth, and most powerful, nuclear test. south korea says its forces have carried out a live—fire ballistic missile exercise following the north's nuclear

she asked for the support of the other eu countries like watches show has done. -- like martin schulz has done. but they both say we can handle this only if the european union is trying to do something together. otherwise, germany cannot be the only country receiving a lot of refugees, so i do not see a big difference between schulz and merkel. as she has been changing her policy regarding refugees since , i think this is even a strong point for her right now. peopleleay she has this and will be able to handle it in the future. in termslet me ask you of what people think, to what degree is migration a high priority for a number of german voters? malte: i think it is in the head of many voters. it is not a real, substantial topic in the election campaign due to the fact that the migration policy of angela -- even by the opposition partrty, there was no representation for all the fears of all the things that people were asking for. they had no political representation, so all parties were involved in the process. there is no party right now who can really point the finger if we are not

martin schulz.an democratic union should remain the largest and is likely to fall short of a majority. let's talk more now about those coming elections in germany. it is they go to the polls next sunday, on they go to the polls next sunday, on the 24th of september. the angela merkel is the clear favourite to secure a fourth term in office. what could mean for germany, europe and the uk if she is re—elected? i'm joined the former lab mp who was born and raised in germany. she is in hour was the studio. thank you giesele forjoining us. we have had lots of surprising political results around the world. our people right to be so certain that merkel will be no fourth term? -- will win. if you look at polling results it's usually the trend and indicators and the problem with the social democrats is that it problem with the social democrats is thatitis problem with the social democrats is that it is simply not getting any better in returns so i would rather regrets that it is not look as bob martin shilts

martin schulz tried his best to connect. >> youtube reaches a wide audience.ften watch youtube videos to get a feeling of what is happening. my attitude towards life is that of a 61-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman. -- and not a 21-year-old woman. reporter: each of them a star on the youtube universe after hosting chancellor merkel, they received a lot of criticism. this time they did a better job of focusing on topics their audiences interested in. for example, online surveillance. >> it has to be limited in such a way that privacy rights are not violated. a very difficult decision. reporter: just over one hour. that is how long schulz was given to impress the young community. they now know that he prefers reading books to gaming and at least got a notion of what it is like to -- what it is like to be martin schulz. brent: still to come, football clubs keep spending more and more money but is it getting out of control? we will hear what people involved in buying and selling players think about the transfer market. meanwhile, it is a subdued mood on financ

schultz was left to press deflect -- reporter: martin schulz is still putting up a fight despite theact the current poll results show angela merkel as the more popular chancellor candidate after sunday's tv debate. on monday in a bavarian beer tent, he went for a full frontal attack on merkel's policies. >> there is someone who wants to administer the past and it is angela merkel. there's someone who wants to shape the future and his name is martin schulz and he will tell you how it is done. reporter: he was less aggressive during the tv debate still tried to rattle merkel. first he attacked her immigration policy. he accused the chancellor of opening the borders two years ago without having cleared it up with germany's european partners first. the chancellor defended herself. >> sometimes in life there are moments, even in the life of a government leader, where you must make decisions. i had lost all hope that victor or bond would change his mind. reporter: he then criticize her decision on turkey, surprising or. >> if i have a chance after i am sworn in i will suggest the european

the german chancellor angela merkel has clashed with her rival martin schulz over foreign policy in the only live televised debate of the election campaign. polls after the debate indicated that mrs merkel came out ahead. a bbc investigation has found that so—called islamic state was secretly directing would—be extremists to murder people at both london bridge and westminster nearly a year before each attack. german bomb disposal experts have defused a massive unexploded bomb from the second world war. around 60,000 residents of frankfurt were evacuated from their homes. now it's time for world business report. a flight to safety — donald trump warns he could sever ties with north korea's trading partners in response to the missile threat. counting the cost of hurricane harvey. the deadly storm has knocked a quarter of the us‘s oil refining capacity offline. we'll ask an expert what this could mean for the world's largest economy. welcome to world business report. i'm sally bundock. in a minute we'll take a hands—on look at the latest gadgets to be unveiled at europe's biggest technolog

current german chancellor angela merkel has gone head to head with her main challenger martin schulz in a live t.v. debate it was their last big chance to sway voters polls open for the election on september twenty fourth to bring in a new parliament and would also decide whether merkel remains in office for a fourth consecutive term artie's peter all of our picks up the story. well this debate was set up as a a big stage for martin schulz the social democratic party leader and challenger to angola merkel to be the next chancellor of germany where the debate though was ultimately scored as a fifty five to thirty five victory to angela merkel the big thing is that there's not too much difference between the parties on the major issues but when it came to major issues particularly the chancellor's twenty fifteen refugee policy martin schultz said that there were things done back in twenty fifteen that should there be a chance to do them again or they should have been carried out in a different manner. or way stressed that we need to find a common european solution according to the dubl

martin schulze meeting his supporters two days before polling he's determined to fight on despite being given almost no chance of beating merkel tomorrow some say his main campaign issue social justice has failed to energize voters yet this is the issue to which he returns at a rally in berlin. when we talk about fair wages about collective wage agreement the jobs with permanent contract should be the norm in germany which is the basis for a good future for the next generation. the passion of schulz's speech left many supporters frustrated by his low standings in the polls. i just don't get it because i think these are the issues that should be important in germany still hope he will win it. shouldn't always listen to what the polls say whether they're representative or not is another question but after what he talked about today i don't understand it. hundreds of kilometers further south in munich the scene is very different crowds cheering the whistle of the rally by chancellor merkel didn't survive as the highly literate but we can agree on one thing we definitely won't shape germany

in the speedy martin schulz scarcely. noticed. i think so far on the campaign trail and the chancellor doing her very best not to essentially be an election campaign mode. but simply to govern and reap all the benefits of the coverage the chancellor gets by virtue of her position so this is the night where much insults can become visible. and where the chancellor perhaps has to come out of that restraint and that unruffled behavior and maybe start tele parrying. a few attacks but we'll see will too isn't it do you think that mr schultz will be able to bring the chancellor out of her. comfortable course it will be very tough for him because see is running against another social democrat said in essence an. mrs merkel is very calm. and to use air missiles is very few topics that he can provoke chrome mrs merkel was not on refugees because that would mean he would need to go to the right. but this is not all about shows and merkel tonight to remember that said voters go baback after this debate and they don't just have shorts in amer

martin schulz is the leader of the social democrats.so spoke earlier, and acknowledged this problem. translation: this coalition lost 14% of its voters yesterday. i think it's clear from that the voters did not want to continuation of the coalition. therefore, in the current situation, the spd‘s role is to make the difference between the democratic right and the democratic left more visible. i have been fascinated by this issue. there was such an issue at the centre but it alienate its people? after a boring period of election campaigning, we are answering the interesting phase of the election campaign. you will now see what the parties have in mind. we will now see the open debate because the results for the afd forces the other parties to speak out publicly about what they call the truth, but to have an open dialogue on what this country is challenged by in the future. someone watching in the uk hasjust said, what does this mean for german politics? we could talk about it for the next hour, but what do you think are the main conclusio

for the post of chancellor are making a final push but it is polls have not been encouraging for martin schulz the center left social democrats trailing angela merkel's the christian democrats by a large margin surveys suggest her conservative bloc is likely to take about thirty six percent of sunday's vote. and all the chances for final rally is in munich in bavaria where the cd used judea part of the c.s.u. holds power and i did political correspondent is there. welcome michela. why munich father michael's final campaign stop. this is a tradition between the c.d.u. c.s.u. of the conservatives. you see the german chancellor speaking behind me very much on usual really i mean just show you this is going to. find us there are several thousand people turning out to support the germans also the same time we see people chanting. we see that whistling that heckling that is so you become the whole song of this campaign that was called to the campaign of the german saucer in the recent weeks these are very few people i must say just a couple of thousand have you know with whistles who are clearly ide

the weak current german chancellor angela merkel has gone head to head with her main challenger martin schulz in a life t.v. debate it was the last big chance for both candidates to make their case to german voters general election shuttled on september twenty fourth will bring a new parliament the bundestag but will also decide whether merkel remains in office for a fourth consecutive term peter all of a picks up the story. well the scores are in following sunday night's debate between the two challengers to become the next chancellor of germany the incumbent angela merkel and the challenger martin schultz and well the scores say that it was pretty much a resoundingly win for the incumbent angola merkel fifty five to thirty five over martin schultz in total but this really was the the big chance for martin schulz and the social democratic party to put across what type of leadership they want to bring to germany we haue saw a lot of agreement on key issues between schultz and merkel where there was difference where it was when it came to under merkel's refugee policy back in twenty fifteen th

final pitch to win over undecided voters before sunday's elections in germany but i met colin martin schulze prevent a late surge by the fog lights alternative budget. welcome to the program britain's prime minister has just delivered a major policy speech saying it's early in an attempt to revive stoled present negotiations speaking in florence theresa may said the e.u. and the u.k. were moving through a critical period in their relationship and that she looked ahead to press it with optimism the prime minister also stressed that london wants to be a strong friend and partner to brussels. our decision to leave the european union is in no way a repudiation of this long standing commitment we may be leaving the european union but we are not leaving europe our resolve to draw on the full weight of our military intelligence diplomatic and development resources to lead international action with our partners on the issues that affect the security and prosperity of our peoples is unchanged the european union never felt to us like an integral part of our national story in the way it does to so many

the polls show martin schulz failed to score a breakthrough. novartis -- the at at novartis. david davis should stem reports that the prime minister is said to approve an eu exit payment of up to 50 billion pounds. i am mark barton in london. plenty of great guess including raghavan seetharaman on who joins us in half hour for his first interview of the day. let's have a check on what is happening to european equity markets. .5%.toxx 600 is down by south korea detecting that north korea is continuing to prepare for a possible intercontinental ballistic missile launch, a move that would further raise tensions. choice is the haven of in the currency market. it is rising against all 10 of its major peers. the dollar down by .7%. the german ten-year yield is falling by two basis points, down to 36 basis points. high.ising to an 11 month bloomberg first word news with juliette saly. juliette: market, u.k. brexit secretary says he dismisses nonsense reports that theresa may approved to pay as much as 50 billion pounds to leave the european union. brexit talks may fail to move on to

to win over undecided voters with just two days to go can chancellor merkel and her main rival martin schulze prevent a late surge from the far right alternative for germany we'll have coverage for you of that last minute push for votes also on the proof maybe leaving the european union but we are not leaving europe britain's prime minister is setting out her vision of future relations with the european union speech was long on rhetoric and short on detail will it be enough to revive stalls brags that negotiation. and rocket man versus the doe todd kim jong bowden and donald trump trade insults and the where the war of words between the u.s. and north korea gets personal. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring and thanks for joining us voters here in germany are gearing up for federal elections on sunday both candidates for the post a chance they have been making one last big push for votes today the latest polls have been encouraging for martin schulz and his center left social democrats that trailing chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats iowa wide margin today show its app

i think many people in the social democratic party want martin schulz as leader of our party. we have elections for the leadership of the party in december marnt sh martin schulz is the right person to lead the party >> i think the internal power struggles have now just started. we have seen this agreement, the chief whip of the party in policy, so that's just the beginning of the story i think everybody keeping their feet quite -- keeping it very quiet at the moment before these upcoming elections in lower saxony it could be a bad sign also for them to lose another federal election this year so coalition talks only will start after the 15th of october in germany and could drag on as we were saying for quite a long time there is, of course, an adverse risk scenario that if they are not coming together, those three or four parties, if you take into account the bavarian sister party of angela merkel's party, it could also -- we could also end up in a scenario where germany could end up in new elections this is something that could drag seriously on the german economy nobody want

had been during the entire election campaign and you know and one has to wonder where was this martin schulz actually during the campaign because you know his party very optimistic when he when he first was unanimously voted by the party in order to be their candidate for chancellor in fact. what would you say oliver i mean what do you make of this change of tone perhaps from charles now the new role i would say he's embracing his new role as c.e.o. position leader but he of course he has also to come for to is his. his party and tool to thank them for them indeed good campaign that they delivered it so that was part of i think of what we see and what we heard but the new role is decisive and within this new role the party i think the s.p.d. the social democrats have to eventually pose a question which comes as sort of uncomfortable for them means what i would full what what is the role what why do we need to the social democrats in parliament so to say so that is the question i think you have to take with and it's going to be a very difficult one. surely university in our very own hands but

will say what martin schulz will say. in this regard what the strategy will be moving forward if indeed martin short's right here confirms that the next four years the spd will be the main part in the opposition. okay toys that you stand by their. i'm linda. but we seeing happening here. out you see me scribbling notes right. one note to that particular conversation one of the things they need to do in opposition is start to modernize their voter base if you look at the. average s. p. d. voter here she often tends to be. a union affiliated. person living in one of the more industrial areas of germany often in the industrial north or in the populace. industrial state of north rhine westphalia. that basis is not broad enough to sustain of what i it was like the recipe brazil last party yes exactly. if. trump voters were all the republican party had then they would be in trouble in national elections so that is one very important. issue for the s. p. d. i think the other thing now is to start talking about what kind of change

that with all the votes now counted but it's been a disappointing night for her closest rival martin schulz the time of celebration for the alternative for germany party. for this is a big day in history. we've entered the store and we will change this country to achieve what happened today at six o'clock these are pollution. thank you all this li the c.d.u. would have hoped for a better result but we mustn't forget that we achieved our strategic objectives we are the strongest party we have a mandate to form a new government and no government can be formed against or without us. thank you different. democracy now. after losing action. we lost the federal election. here are the official results of the top three parties leading the way after expected is angela merkel's christian democratic union with thirty three percent martin schulz scientist social democratic party are in second place with twenty one percent for the main two parties their results look to be their worst in post-war history that's incredible but a strong showing for the alternative for germany party and they're now set to e

and the —— angela merkel has been taking on martin schulz in a live tv debate.lash survey suggests she made a better impression on voters than martin schulz. those are your headlines. at ten o'clock michelle hussain is here with a full round—up of the day's news. now it is time for a special programme. africa is in the midst of a baby boom. the mean age gci’oss midst of a baby boom. the mean age across the continent is just 19. the bbc investigates in africa's population explosion. the population of africa is set to double by the year 2050. to 2.5 billion people. the young are moving from the countryside to the towns. unfortunately for us, in the last two, three years it's been a deluge. but many end up in slums and cities are struggling to cope. an industrial revolution could transform african countries and lift millions out of poverty. every year it grows, 20 millionjobs per year over the coming decades. an industrial revolution could transform african countries and lift millions out of poverty. every year it grows, 20 millionjobs per year over the coming deca

policy martin schulz said that there were things done back in twenty fifteen that should there be a chance to do them again or they should have been carried out a different manner if we always stressed that we need to find a common european solution according to the dublin convention they should stay with a first arrived and so they are not allowed to come to germany and those states couldn't manage the flow think we should have asked our neighbors for help in dealing with the refugee crisis so i definitely wouldn't say that everything back in twenty fifteen was done right the kids are nothing. i see this completely differently and i know that mr schultz also knows that this is not right in two thousand and fifteen we all knew that we've got a big problem here it's like but still we are european states couldn't find any consensus on a solution to the refugee issue i acknowledged that taught so i think the decision was right there was a chance for obama shills to get a little more impassioned if you will when it came to talk turkey and what type of solutions could be found to dealing with p

surely martin schulz of the social democrats is the bull. defending democracy. wow this is an opportunity for the social democrat and to use their very own history is germany's largest party who stood up to right wing extremism once before in german history unsuccessfully to to basically do we discover their own profile because they very badly need to do that because they have been governed into the ground in a grand coalition with the chancellor angela merkel at the same time you know it's not it's not that anybody's. roll the a if t. . who has declared they're going to hunt the government the big question is will they stick to the rules everybody has to play with and if they don't will there be enough resilience to go off the bat here and it well but the main question this morning is not what role will. play in german politics the big question this morning is what will the u. future coalition bring to the table in germany and also in the world ok then i'm going to ask you then it's to explain the jamaica coalition for us this is tell me the judge made it wasn'

and a reminder that one of the reasons why martin schulz, the leader of the social democrats struggledland a punch on angela merkel during that debate was that it is because he has a similar position to her on that issue of immigration. something, senior islamic figures said was plain into the hands of the right wing afd who criticise angela merkel‘s policy on this. look at this story from the view of one man who has experienced it. callard came to germany from afghanistan ending up to germany from afghanistan ending up in to germany from afghanistan ending upina to germany from afghanistan ending up in a town not to four —— not too farfrom up in a town not to four —— not too far from cologne. this up in a town not to four —— not too farfrom cologne. this is his story. ican farfrom cologne. this is his story. i can stay in my new home. i found a job here. since last year, a lot of things change. we do not know anything and we cannot speak with anyone. all the people are looking at us and i do not feel comfortable. i will try to be quiet and do not say anything, because we are scared, w

it looks almost certainly now as if it will be angola merkel it would take almost a miracle for martin schulz to pull it back but why isn't he able to go on the attack against the incumbent chancellor somebody who's bait in power for an awfully long time one of the big reasons for that is of course that his party the social democrats or they've been in coalition with angela merkel for eight out of the twelve years that she's been chancellor so if she if he was to go out on the offensive into lambaste her legacy to lambaste her policies he would ultimately be essentially attacking his own party's legacy and its own party's policies which is why we're probably not going to see too much change on the german political landscape over the next parliament after the ninety minute showdown was over the german public was quick to react online as many had hoped to see a more heated exchange. if you look at the t.v. a debate between merkel and sure. there was not really a difference they were both saying exactly the same and on the board prism of a system in germany was not bringing any change so basical

martin schulz taking a bullish position saying several times that donald trump and this leadership hadld should forge an was a diplomatic solution to the north korea crisis without the us president. angela merkel would not go that far, she insisted that this has been her position for several weeks that it is important to seek a peaceful and diplomatic solution but she also said the us president would have to be part of any solution like that. another key subject that came up that. another key subject that came up was that of turkey. the relationship between turkey and germany has been deteriorating fast over the last few weeks and months, particularly following the arrest and detention of over ten german nationals in turkey. mrs merkel, ironically, because she herself admitted she had known this for a long time that she did not want turkey to be a member of the eu, she said she would not go as far as schulz. she is the main architect of the migrant deal between turkey and the migrant deal between turkey and the rest of the eu and she takes few. she is a politician who likes to talk and

it was a perfect format for martin schulz as a former small town mayor he knows how to approach people and promised to address voters' concerns. long. in four years' time i also want us to have invested in schools nurseries and infrastructure if this country continues to follow i'm going to fly in that everything's going to be fine well just carry on living off our capital and in four years time will be worse off than today. with just days to go till the election supposed special it's the social democrats look graham but they candidate proved in this town hall that he's not giving up the five cents yet. so in the buddhist leaders midweek action on tuesday night shaka will lock horns with byan munich in a marquee match up chalk i have been on a roll so far this season and are expected to give the reigning champions a run for their money especially with byan keeper money well neuer out injured again. child is impressive start to the bundesliga season has a team full of confidence under first season coach domenico to tesco the side from gals and kishan have experienced many changes in sty

the spd of martin schulz also lose votes and are quick to announce they were quitting the grand coalitiono head into opposition. the far right afd were the big winners — coming third in the polls. butjust a few hours later they were already squabbling amongst themselves. the alternative for germany is now the third biggest party in this country. it's anti immigration, anti islam and anti merkel. its vote exceeded most polls and reached 12.6%. over a million voters left the christian democrats for the afd. almost half a million from the social democrats did the same. co—leader alexander gauland repeated today a key message. he said "we say i don't want to lose germany to an invasion of foreigners from a different culture." but national representation brings with it a new level of pressure — and already the afd is showing the strain. at the the same news conference another party leader, frauke petry, said she'd notjoin the afd's parliamentary group because of "disagreement over content". and she said this. an anarchic party translation: it's been said that the afd has become an anarchic par

our challenge our martin schulz knows that too well his disappointment head in behind a white smile. though a heavy weight of european politics he was a newcomer to the german scene when he joined the race in january after an initial spike in the polls the s.p.d. has struggled to gain ground on their biggest opponents. he called time on the partnership with the cd. he sent us here and i want to be clear i started this race to replace the chancellor that's also why i didn't join this current cabinet as a minister therefore i believe it is consistent and right and that's why i have recommended to the social democratic leadership that we join the opposition. out of power and out of favor s.p.d. leaders hope that by ruling out more coalition and offering strong opposition they may yet hold their beleaguered party's decline. so big losses for germany still biggest leading party meanwhile the far right are the ones where as a style the now take a detailed look at the numbers so far. this graph will give you a result of where things stand right now these are projected results based on the d

it looks almost certainly now as if it will be angola merkel it would take almost a miracle for martin schulz to pull it back but why isn't he able to go on the attack against the incumbent chancellor somebody who's bait in power for an awfully long time one of the big reasons for that is of course that his party the social democrats or they've been in coalition with angela merkel for eight out of the twelve years that she's been chancellor so if she if he was to go out on the offensive and to lambaste her legacy to lambaste her policies he would ultimately be essentially attacking his own party's legacy and his own party's policies which is why we're probably not going to see too much change on the german political landscape over the next parliament. after the ninety minute showdown was over the german public was quick to react online as many had hoped to see a more heated exchange. if you look at the t.v. debate between macklin and sure. there was not really a difference they were both saying exactly the same and on this lee they are both president of a system in germany that was not bringi

to win over undecided voters with just two days to go can chancellor merkel and her main rival martin schulz prevent a late surge from the far right alternative for germany we'll have coverage of that last minute push for votes also on the program we may be leaving the european union but we are not moving the euro britain's prime minister setting out her vision of future relations with the european union it was long on rhetoric and short on detail will it be enough to revive stalled brags that negotiations. rocket man versus the doe todd kim jong un and donald trump trade insults as the war of words between the u.s. and north korea gets personal. and is set to lose its license for london as the city's transport to authority just drives the ride sharing app as not fit and proper will take a look at the road ahead. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have. you with this voters here in germany are gearing up for federal elections on sunday both candidates for the post of chancellor have been making a final push for votes today the latest polls haven't been encouraging for

just like america's main challenger martin schulz from the social democrats has cast his vote in germany's general election michael is expected to win a fourth term in office this uncertainty about what kind of ruling coalition will emerge. control of the police force has been taken away from catalans regional authorities it's the latest move by the spanish government ahead of an independence referendum in a week but dread says the vote is illegal that is deploying thousands of extra officers penholder reports from barcelona. these are the two letters fueling a. crisis. is spanish for yes vote for catalonia to break away from spain. this is a revolution to achieve a yes vote and it's a revolution to be allowed to vote. catalonian authorities already have limited powers to run the region's affairs but of course the referendum on full independence next weekend but the spanish government has ordered police and state prosecutors to block the vote the left wing c u p party is one of many pushing for separation. this is a peaceful revolution we want to change the system but not continue the cycl

chancellor angela merkel is seeking a fourth term — and has been facing her main rival martin schulz— but another topic raised was the talks on turkey's future as part of the european union. our correspondent, jenny hill reports from berlin. it was supposed to be the highlight of an otherwise lacklustre campaign. but those hoping for a rich oratory bloody nose were disappointed, as were viewers hoping that martin schulz could at least taste victory on national television, although unlikely to win. he bullishly approached relations on turkey, pledging to cease talks with turkey and the eu. translation: if i become chancellor i will call off turkey's succession talks with the eu. we have come to a point where we must end the financial and economic ties. we can't do that alone. we must talk to our european partners about it. i think the next chancellor has a duty to protect germany. he attacked mrs merkel‘s refugee policy. she insisted she was right to open germany's doors to hundreds of thousands of migrants. translation: what could i have done? i am familiar with these scenarios that

it was a perfect format for martin schulz as a former small town mayor he knows how to approach people and promised to address voters' concerns. most of us. in four years' time i also want us to have invested in schools nurseries and infrastructure if this country continues to follow i'm going to fly and that everything's going to be fine well just carry on living off our capital and in four years time we'll be worse off than today. so with just days to go till the elections of poll specials the social democrats look grim but their candidate proved in this town hall that he's not giving up the five just yet. well ahead of sunday's election we've been talking to people all over the world as part of our series view of germany to find out how this election is being seen abroad today we have. to the small greek island of south of the capital athens to speak to demetrius shino who runs a small hotel on the island athens and berlin have had rocky relations because of greece's debt crisis and the german government's demands for austerity. when i worked in hotels in their money i learned about

ahead of next month's election. debate with her rival martin schulz she said she will suggestr turkey's the most devastating floods to hit south asia in a decade have killed more than 1,400 people and focused attention on lack of preparedness for annual monsoon rains, as authorities struggle to get aid to millions of destitute. as authorities struggle to get aid justin rowlatt is in bihar, one of the poorest states in india and the worst affected by the floods. they're mixing up huge pots of vegetable curry and dhal. food for those left destitute by the floods. and there is no shortage of demand. destitute by the floods. i'm helpless, raju tells me. destitute by the floods. the floods took everything we own. destitute by the floods. it was terrifying, says kavita. destitute by the floods. there was just so much water. destitute by the floods. we were lucky to survive. destitute by the floods. but you can rebuild a house or replant a field. there are some things you never recover from. so they came down here to get provisions, and the water was just up to their knees, and then

fueling uncertainty about what kind of ruling coalition will emerge from the vote main challenger martin schulz has urged germans to boycott the far right anti immigration a.f.d. party a long sleep is alive in the german capital for so long as merkel does seen a short of victory this is a piece of history in germany isn't it. well yes i mean clearly unless every single opinion poll by every single respected german pollster is wrong by about fifteen points then then yes mark is absolutely going to win and that will be historic because she'll end up almost certainly being in power as long as helmut kohl who was you know the father of modern germany in the same sense that merkel's now regarded as the mother of twenty first century germany i mean there is no other european politician who can remotely match in terms of longevity credibility among her own people it is impossible to imagine a conservative politician or even to look any any in any other european country taking in a million refugees and surviving politically you know that's that's how strong. and she's basically a social democrat wrappe

for the social democrats this was a disastrous election martin schulz led them to their worst result since world war two this week he and his party will now form the main opposition in parliament which means angle americal must now trying to form what's called the jamaica coalition after the colors of its national flag taking in the greens and the free democrats a combination that has never been tried at a federal level she it looks like and lament is the comfort of a winner but if she really lost significantly and she needs the party what's lost most in this election in comparison to the last election so hopefully the c.d.u. world learned its lesson too that they have to change something because otherwise they will be defeated at the next elections. the first they're democrats if they have the enjoy this and the fact that some of the muslims in this thread might well be told how difficult it will be to form a coalition in the next government the federal government and some members of the far right in that moment and have done have just come from a bank of america little card has the