the federal election where they also had a very bad result and now obviously this as well for martin short a very difficult moment and for the s.p.d. another sign of deep divisions within the party but what does it mean for the country thomas because we know that the s.p.d. they have this vote on the coalition agreement coming up next month will shortz his departure have an impact there. well that vote is incredibly important because it's the final hurdle before the grand coalition it can actually become a reality and we're talking here of the entire membership of the social democrats we're talking here of four hundred sixty three thousand people who will have to decide on the future of the grand coalition who will have to give the green light to it and many within the party in particular the youth branch of the party the so-called users are staunchly against another version of the grand coalition and all this is going to be particularly important when we start to find out the results of the beginning of may of march sorry when we will find out whether this deal in fact can be turned into

in just three short days martin schultz now finds himself without the leadership of the s.p.d. without a position of authority and without a ministerial post and with the s.p.d. reeling in chaos. let's put this move into perspective now we are joined by our political correspondent thomas sparrow we're standing by at our parliamentary studios in berlin and firstly thomas we have to talk about this spectacular fall from martine scholtz why did he have to go. and it is indeed spectacular just think about this in march last year he was elected by one hundred percent of s.p.d. delegates as the new party leader he was hailed as a beacon of hope for the s.p.d. as the s.p.d. prepared itself for the federal elections against angela merkel to conservatives and then to go into a position that changed their mind and now martin shows not only lost the party leadership but also that key position that he himself wanted namely that of germany's foreign ministers over him a terrible moment indeed for the party also a moment of crisis and if we ask what the reasons were if you look behind those

satisfied i can only warn you now that martin schultz has announced his resignation not to rush ahead and place the next candidate on a pedestal in just three short days martin shultz now finds himself without the leadership of the s.p.d. without a position of authority and without a ministerial post and with the s.p.d. really in chaos. for the latest twist in this political drama let's bring in our political correspondent thomas sparrow who is standing by at our parliamentary studios so thomas all of this hard work on the coalition agreement now this how surprising was this development but you say. well it is certainly surprising in particular for those here in germany who thought that after months of uncertainty germany's political troubles were about to come to an end with the signing of a coalition deal only a few days ago but this is just another chapter in germany's political drama as you your say and certainly big development in germany a big development also for the s.p.d. if you ask why this development happened the reason is that the debate on personnel the debate on who would do what's in a no the grand coalition overshadowed the debat

for successfully for better pensions just by this she's not very popular with the german public martin short a short tenure at the head of the s.p.d. it's over now it could be up to under the analysis to lead the party back to its former strength. as the political correspondent. who is in front of fast pity party headquarters welcome there's been lots of criticism from within the s.p.d. of this quick handover. to knowledge. that's correct phil and the reason behind that is that many people within the s.p.d. believe that they should've been included in the process of who should lead the party know their words that the new leader of the party does not necessarily have to be appointed but should instead be elected and that is why some of the regional groups of the s.p.d. have been against this probable announcement that andrea nonis will be caretaker leader of the social democrats they're not necessarily against and they're not as herself they're against the process and if you also look carefully even one med the mayor of the northern german town of flensburg said that she would like to be the

saying could this be the end of the political career of martin short the former new parliament president well he still remains a member of the bundestag but what his future holds right now is really anybody's guess that's after he said he won't be taking a seat in a cabinet with anglo merkel should that coalition deal go ahead. human rights watch has accused iraqi kurdish security forces of mass executions of suspected islamic state fighters back in august and the report claims that the killings occurred near the town of zuma where an apparent mass grave has been found the iraqi kurdish government has denied those accusations and claims that the bodies belong to eisele fighters who were killed in battle with kurdish forces we discussed the findings with its author senior iraqi researcher for human rights watch belka swiller. since september we've been looking for an eyewitness who can testify to the fact that the men were captured they were captured alive and later they were killed by kurdish security forces b.s.i. huge and and what we found two weeks ago is the actual great site and now

party leader martin short's 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 not so opposition campaign succeed. that's the army and. fire in the air and i know my. friends didn't. know at the beginning of another long day do not force us to collect his thoughts. later he'll hit the road to try to convince more s.p.d. members to vote against the grand coalition. who notice traveling throughout germany today he's in the town of bishops' time near frankfurt. lots of s.p.d. members want to have their say and there's a big crowd here today. it was the leader of the party's youth organization who launched the debate. about. our election manifestos no longer sound like s.p.d. principles but a compromise tell it 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. 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 iss

you come to understand what happened in the past do you personally have any explanation for how martin shorts could drop in his approval ratings from one hundred percent as the party leader to just twenty point five percent as a candidate for the chancellorship. to begin with i wouldn't ever wish for one hundred percent approval rate for anybody because it makes the burden they must bear too heavy and the expectations to fulfill them too high. he will probably need a long time to restore its previous strength and i don't mean forty something i'm talking about shooting for thirty percent approval rating. that's what it takes to be a decisive force in germany to be a serious choice when it comes to electing a chancellor. if you had kept your word from back then when you were first elected into parliament you would have left a long time ago would have become a bank clerk and by now moved up to bank director you have a quiet job plenty of time for your family lots of things would have been different . yes they were you have preferred that you know i wouldn't have i made a conscious decision to en

now he's also left this idea of becoming the next foreign minister so indeed a very bad year for martin short and a very difficult moment for the social democrats the current acting foreign minister sigman garbage and also from the s.p.d. has alluded to divisions within the party and this is what he had to say he said it is sad to see the lack of respect we now have for each other in the s.p.d. and how little a previously made promise now means obviously a two must god bill is very disgruntled the question is did martin should step aside or was he pushed. well there are some within the s.p.d. who are actually saying already that gobbler should remain. foreign minister let's remember that gabriele is among the most popular politicians here in germany his approval ratings are very high and many in the s.p.d. see him as a very good foreign minister however he was obvious that is appointed by the fact that martin chose wanted that poses foreign minister himself now when you ask whether he was actually ousted or he made that decision it's a bit of both the obviously announce a decision himself but

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 parliamentary group leader is likely to be formally elected at a party conference in april bill it is a fun talk to you and i want to take on this you too it's a responsibility to the country because i will endorse entering the grand coalition . i will campaign for it and do everything i can to make. sure it's was at the helm of the s.p.d. for less than a year towards the end

fought successfully for better pensions just by this she's not very popular with the german public martin short is short tenure at the head of the s.p.d. is now it could be up to under the analysis to lead the party to its former strength. now for a look at some of the other stories making news around the world the suspect in last year's stock truck attack has pleaded guilty to terrorism on the opening day of his trial raclette said he wanted to punish sweden for fighting against so-called islamic state it killed five people and injured fifteen others the prosecutor. is calling for a life sentence. the trial of a palestinian teenager led to mimi has begun behind closed doors in an israeli military court to maybe faces twelve charges including assault and incitement for slapping and pushing two israeli soldiers last year for palestinians a seventeen year old symbolizes their struggle against israeli occupation as radio forces say she is an agitator. investigators say pilot error may have caused sunday's crash of a russian passenger plane that killed all seventy one people on board after studying

talk about the other man of the hour as fiji leader all he's no longer the leader but used to be martin short of a hard bargain and now he's slated to become potentially the foreign minister a good choice well i think that might be the right choice for him good choice from his perspective so does he of course is also very much a weakened figure through all this because you know he hasn't really looked good he struggled and don't forget the s.p.d. membership still holds a sword of damocles over the face of this new government released over the deal they're going to get their chance to vote all four hundred sixty thousand of them and a couple weeks time but assuming it goes through assuming not insurance becomes foreign minister that looks like the right job for him in the sense that it takes him away from this question of can he really need to the social democrat party it's pretty obvious that many within that party don't believe he can it plays to his core strengths is the former president of the european parliament he knows a lot of international figures he'll be a welcome german foreign min

was also forced to announce that he would not become the next foreign minister so a very bad for martin short and a very difficult moment for the german the social democrats here in germany not much insurance announcement came a day off the current acting foreign minister a signal also from the s.p.d. had this to say he said it is sad to see the lack of respect we now have for each other in the s.p.d. and how little a previously made promise now means that quite clearly got bill is very unhappy with what is actually seeing having promised the post of foreign minister in a new government. those details remain unclear but it's just important to stress that these comments by gabriele and also what has happened today to to mr schultz just show the internal divisions of the s.p.d. after the coalition deal was signed in fact many had said that the s.p.d. had managed to get a good deal out of it they got three key ministries out of that coalition deal foreign ministry finance ministry and labor ministry but it was obviously the case that within the s.p.d. there was a very interesting and a very deli

wanted namely that post as germany's next foreign minister so a very bad day a very bad year for martin short and a very difficult day as well for germany social democrats now martin chooses announcement comes just a day off the current acting foreign minister sigmund gabriele had this to say he said it is sad to see the lack of respect we now have for each other in the s.p.d. how little a previously made promise now means to me that what is gabby actually seeing how do you promise the post of foreign minister in the new government that's unclear at this point but it does reveal the deep divisions within the social democrats and deep divisions i will be particularly important on rita as the entire membership of the social democrats and we're talking here of four hundred sixty three thousand people will be voting on the ground coalition deal in other words these four hundred sixty three thousand people will decide whether that grand coalition deal the one hundred seventy seven pages that were agreed on this week can go ahead if we look at the division within the party it is definitely unclear

the debate about personnel and in particular about martin short his announcement that he wanted to become germany's next foreign minister overshadowed the debate about content on what was actually in the one hundred seventy seven pages of the coalition deal and what type of policies or social democrats would be implementing this part of that new government and that was precisely why martin chose announced that he would not become germany's next foreign minister for martin short so me this is a very difficult moment just remember that about a year ago he was elected party leader with one hundred percent of the votes since then his party has lost three regional elections the federal election martin shows then lost the party leadership and now he has lost the foreign ministry as well so a very bad for martin schulz a dramatic one indeed thomas now he said as you were saying this decision is to make sure that when s.p.d. members of vote on this coalition deal they'll vote in favor will it now. well it's important to stress that the party membership and we're talking here of four hundred sixty

also depends, not only on the tweety -- treaty itself and the in negotiations, but the role of martin shortsmartin schulz, is he going to be foreign minister in this new cabinet? there are still some questions and doubts about his person and his role -- very strong and very broad. rochelle: there's still a lot of uncertainty on the horizon. let's think about the opposition for the moment. where does that leave them in all of this? emanuel: the o opposition, you mean the other parties which are not involved in the coalition? rochelle: absolutely. emanuel: well, they already criticized to the whole coalition negotiation's because they said that is nothing that is really -- that really provides some really new ideas about what germany needs -- what needs to be done and the - -- in the particular area. that is just known that their position is dissatisfied with the's negotiations. --ould say it's sustainable and reasonable. the reaction of opposite parties. all of them are waiting to get a andrnment that is stable leads germany into the next four years.s. dissatisfied, but in officially, i would

nice everyone can laugh at jokes about the recently departed party leader martin short it's there are too worried about the future four hundred sixty five thousand rank and file members now have to decide whether to approve or reject the coalition the rift between young and old in the party runs deep. predicated i'm voting against the grand coalition because i'm in the young socialists and i don't think i'd be good for the s.p.d. . or been a member of this party for over forty years. if the majority decides it doesn't value all the things we've achieved plus the good ministerial posts all cancel my membership. for the. state now wants to talk his father out of the grand coalition that's despite five being one of the negotiators who spent weeks working out the deal with the christian democrats. self happens to work as a volunteer helping refugees. he says the agreement doesn't take them into account adequately. if you voted how feasible is it to make compromises and say we're at least trying to prevent the status quo of migration and refugee policy from getting worse. pretty sets of re

the wives of martin short me now is political scientist madea two from the university in berlin academic focus is on comparative political behavior welcome to you first of four how surprising did you find martin schulz decision to give up on the post of foreign minister well not very surprising actually i mean he has strong competence based on his experience as a former president of the e.u. parliament however there was strong criticized criticism insight of the party and he knew his standing wasn't very well so i didn't find it too surprising in fact as you said not everyone in this body was happy that he might have become foreign minister let's take a listen now to the acting foreign minister a sigma also from the s.p.d. party this is what he had to see it is sad to see the lack of respect we now have for each other in the s.b. to how little a previously made promise now means those were the words of gabriela maria what did he actually mean by that have previously made province promise and do you think that influence the decision of not insurance definitely has been a part of the equat

martin short sleeve same tea hand it just a week ago it looked like he would become foreign minister in america's new government now he's given up that in bishan as well as the s.p.d. leadership. spots. i've given up my s.p.d. post and any position in the future government because i want to help end the debate about individual members of the party so members can focus on the coalition agreement. s.p.d. members will vote on the coalition deal between the social democrats and conservatives in the coming weeks supporters of a new coalition worry that all the party infighting could hurt the deals chances are they hope this woman under this could now reassure the rank and file and help rejuvenate the party she's been endorsed to show successor but the party won't formally elect a new leader until april special conference which bit is if i'm told to the end i want to take on this is you it's the responsibility to the country because i will endorse entering the grand coalition. i will campaign for it and do everything i can to make it was finding this of killing it. scholz shots at the top

very much on the table and they haven't agreed on that the leader of the social democratic party martin short's who just entered the building behind me a minute or two ago say that these are issues of social justice which are very important especially for the social democrats and he is hoping that today these issues will be resolved the s.p.d. a demanding big changes to germany's health care system and they're asking for a reduction in fixed term employment contracts are the conservatives likely to go along with that. there has been some indication from the conservative side to sit on the health care that may be a possibility of some concession but i think the major sticking point really is this question of fixed term employment all the extent to which temporary employment is to be at all out in germany this is something which is obviously of very great importance especially to young people who are not able to plan their future if they only get contracts for a year or two at a time and the social democrats have put a lot of emphasis on that on the other hand the christian democrats according to

is in the moment and then looked set to be appointed as martin short's a successor like you said but then criticism grew from the rank and file of the s.p.d. that this when's against the protocol that if the chairman steps down it's actually one of the deputies who has to succeed but bride to be fair you have to say that all of this insisting on the process by the posse base is also just an expression of the mistrust in the s.p. these leadership in general and so now all of choice the mayor of hamburg is going to be the interim leader of the s.p.d. and knowledge is once to be appointed or elected by the party conference in april but there are no long weeks between now and april there certainly are not very and also set off in that time for a road show to convince the party rank and file to seal the coalition deal would ackles conservatives but there's also another row show planned as well what can you tell us about that. exactly the leader of the young socialist student called kevin has been complaining from the very beginning against the grand coalition he says the s.p.d. needs prop

seems sentiment is rather finally divided if they vote against the deal that's been agreed by martin short the leader then we're back into the unknown and potentially more elections in germany very interesting few hours and days ahead thank you very much for that for now paul we will of course be going back to paul if we hear any more about this possible coalition but let's move on to other news for now and a magnitude six point four earthquake has hit eastern taiwan killing at least five people and injured more than two hundred others were far far to say at least five people are still trapped inside a hotel on the brink of collapse in the port city of one hundred forty five people remain unaccounted for john de silva reports. working against the clock to search for survivors. rescuers are using cranes to get to those trapped in what's left of while ins marshall hotel when the earthquake struck just before midnight local time the ground floor katie dean leaving the entire building slanting on its site. you go to the. one of them says. there are two people left inside the house one is my ol

martin shields short tenure at the head of the s.p.d. is over now it's time to see if they are not as can lead the party back to its former strength if she can unite the party behind her this might give her the necessary boost to become the next s.p.d. chancellor can't. well the announcement of a new grand coalition is sparked a heated debate online especially among party members and we have federico bozzio our social media editor with us here in the studio frederick you've been looking into some of those responses what if you found well sumi it's sparked a pretty clear and loud no at least online among many party members and to give you an idea of how fierce the opposition is among some of them take a look at this it's the moment when the announcement was made and there's been an immediate backlash we can take a look at some of those comments that have been among the thousands that have been pouring in this person says i will vote a big fat no at the party member ballot and after that i will leave the party another person here says i fe

and center left martin short as s.p.d. it's perhaps not surprising that they're finding it quite difficult to tie down the final details of this coalition treaty it looks like they've agreed things like energy and agriculture policy but in the matter of labor reform health policy and housing policy there's still some distance apart from each other and we heard it when the two leaders went in that they sounded sort of they were making the right noises were preparing people for a long night ahead and so it's proved the indications that we're getting from those talks are that it's not going to be concluded by sunday night it's going to go into monday and no surprises realistically there and the reason really is because the s.p.d. the center left need to have a deal on the table that they can actually sell to their membership because it's the membership of the s.p.d. who will have effectively a veto on this if they come out with an agreement the can't be sold to the center left voters and frankly it's dead in the water costa r

social democrats leader revealed the no longer so you could ministerial position more on what martin short his decision means for the country's current turbulent political scene is all these peter all of it in berlin. on wednesday it seemed we may have been getting to the bottom of germany's governmental crisis a deal had been hammered out between angela merkel's conservative bloc in the center left social 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

martine shields short tenure at the head of the s.p.d. is over now it's time to see if under they are nonis can meet the party back to its former strength if she can unite the party behind her this might give her the necessary boost to become the next s.p.d. chancellor candidate. rescuers in taiwan are combing through the rubble following tuesday strong earthquake around fifty people are still unaccounted for at least nine were killed and hundreds more injured in the quake aftershocks combined with rain and low temperatures are hampering rescue efforts. hard to believe that this was once a three star guesthouse in a taiwanese beach town today while ian's marshall hotel is just a pile of mangled wreckage. how low can you hear me the rescue is you know they're hoping that somewhere in the rubble someone is left alive but this search is proving very difficult and dangerous. aftershock the rescue his colleague and he's walkie talkie here so the first responders of forster trait for now many of the quite victims why the inside the mosque or no

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when the time for that comes our let's talk about the man of the hour he drove a hard bargain martin short we've just had confirmation a little early on he will become germany's foreign minister good choice well i mean he would be the natural choice in in some ways because of course he had a formal life as the president of the european parliament he knows all the international figures he'll be a welcome german foreign minister as he comes with a full a full wallet because this government has said it's ready to inject cash and support the european process it particularly means the struggling nations of the e.u. so you know be a good role for him what it really does it takes him out of national politics it means that he no longer carries this burden of trying to renew his policy making votes a bill again in future people didn't believe that he could do that don't forget martin shields was only eleven months ago that he actually became the party leader ironically enough of course his predecessor became foreign minister well now he's getting that job so it's a real revolving door at the s.p.d.

that is the big question martin short's just said in that statement that he hopes the members will read the contract that they will look at what has actually been decided rather than simply voting on a gut feeling of rejecting a grand coalition but as we know twenty four thousand new members have joined the party in recent weeks a number of them in response to a drive by the party's youth wing to get new members precisely in order to vote no on the ground coalition the new membership represents almost five percent of the party so that is not obviously enough to win on its own but it's it will remain very suspenseful for several weeks until we have the outcome of that vote which is probably not going to be before the end of february early march the chief political correspondent linda crane at that press conference that just took place melinda thanks very much for that we'll be talking about later. and lot are coming back to you now hearing about all of these concessions and of these the step forward for the social democrats where does this leave chance well i'm going to america well she

no relation of knowledge as leader let's take a listen to what martin short's has been saying. because even if i thought first of all about that i will inform you that doesn't mean i haven't formed the s.p.d. leadership that effective today i am resigning as the leader of the social democrats. i enjoyed serving the social democrats in this capacity. however with the step in the process of distributing positions within the s.p.d. i hope to respect the views of s.p.d. members in regards to the coalition agreement. that's joined a doubly political correspondent thomas aspira outside espied the party headquarters welcome thomas so he's officially gone does that mean gets the job. not just yet i mean it was definitely clear that he is leaving his post today it is also clear that the party leadership has backed and they are possible successor but what shows didn't specifically mention any fact he was asked but he left before giving any answer is what will happen until the s.p.d. delegates vote on whether to approve on their knowledge as party leader that vote will take place in april

and center left martin short as it's pretty it's perhaps not surprising that they're finding it quite difficult to tie down the final details of this coalition treaty it looks like they've agreed things like energy and agriculture policy for the matter of labor reform health policy and housing policy still some distance apart from each other and we heard it when the two leaders went in that they sounded sort of they were making the right noises were preparing people for a long night ahead and so it's proved the indications that we're getting from those talks are that it's not going to be concluded by sunday night it's going to go into monday and no surprises realistically there and the reason really is because the s.p.d. the center left need to have a deal on the table that they can actually sell to their membership because it's the membership of the s.p.d. who will have effectively a veto on this if they come out with an agreement the can't be sold to the center left voters and frankly it's dead in the water. cyprus's incumbent president has won the runoff election there with fifty s

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 flensbu

martin shields short tenure at the head of the s.p.d. is over now it's time to see if until they are not as can lead the party back to its former strength if she can unite the party behind her this might give her the necessary boost to become the next s.p.d. chancellor candidate. you're watching t w news still to come the olympic torch is edging ever closer to young chang making its way to the winter games in spectacular fashion week we'll have our own take a round up a little bit later in the show. but first take your heart with some a good news on the world economy indeed to have good news on the world economy and here it is well the company is doing just fine and here's some proof if you need it to fresh sets of figures out today number one comes from germany's national statistics office german exports hit an all time high in twenty seventeen home country of diamonds are the dozen becks beer shipped close to one point three billion euros worth of goods to the rest of the world an increase of more than six percent compared to the previ

in just three short stays martin schultz now finds himself without the leadership of the s.p.d. without a position of authority and without a ministerial post and with the s.p.d. reeling in chaos. friday nights wonders they get a lot of runners up or been leipsic back up to second in the table after a straightforward two. hole outbreak. grabbed the second goal on seventeen minutes it's the first time leipsic have scored from the direct free kick and they're pleased they get history although it did take a big defection before crossing the line. but in saturday's action the lake sees two of germany's cup semifinalists faceoff child to travel to buy in and while the hosts have the league title as good as one of their visitors have pledged to play for their part of a group of teens beneath the champions all pushing to qualify for the champions league. shellcode might be riding on the right path to success in the cup but in the bundesliga the royal blue still face an almighty battle to finish in the top four and the next obstacle is the toughest in the division a trip to buy in munic

show dubinsky took a brief look back to our martin short career as s.p.d. leader we know that resignations is something that martin schultz's done well in the past he actually resigned his job as president of the european parliament last year because 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 martin said 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 ahead but he gave up on that too just in