nina: and with angela merkel at the helm of it. from the outside, it looks like more of the same, but it isn't. she is under tremendous pressure here at home and i am sure we will talk about what exactly that is. anchor: i notice not the kind of question i ought to ask, but are you a fan? >> well, i am not. quality ofve the being the fan of a political figure. i do appreciate her. i appreciate of many of the things she did over the last couple of years. her in 2008 -- part of reason for being a chancellor. i like her being patient and smart and i like her way of governance. but i do not consider myself a fan. anchor: so, you like the merkel-style. issue still the dominant force in german politics? is there any doubt of that? >> i think she is one of the most powerful persons, maybe the most in germany. but i do not like the word dominant force to describe her because dominance is not the way to describe her way of governing. always theel has strategy of listening carefully to what the public mood wants to hear and essay and present

out on story and chancellor merkel. will of course be the strong man in the cabinet as the finance minister and he made it very clear this monday that you both stick to a balanced budget by the way. legally but this was also a very important signal from him a lot of question a lot of people asking can we see any successors among the people this is an interesting figure just exiting the coffin psystar get fired from the social democrats thirty nine year old woman who was the mayor of really difficult district here in berlin and she's now the new hopeful voice from east germany and this is chancellor merkel's new chief of staff spoke to do a little bit earlier in the week he was here on monday talking about the massive challenges ahead and he was one of the coordinators of uncle americal z. refugee and immigration policy so he's an experienced. and we're watching here this is by the way at the german president's official drives events bellevue palace here in berlin that we're watching here and this is where the chancer wa

that's merkel's party so already even merkel herself is taking those steps to really groom a successor. and speaking of successors the s.p.d. youth wing. leading the charge to be. this deal with chancellor merkel's conservatives why is the grand coalition so unpopular among some of these s.p.d. members well it really comes down to this kind of profile and identity crisis that they see that the s.p.d. is facing right now very much like many of the social democratic parties across europe but what was even worse for germany social democrats was that for two of merkel's coalition governments they serve with. conservatives and that's really had a bad effect on their profile now merkel moved her conservatives very much to the center and by doing so she was able to poach a lot of the s.p.d. proposals so you saw the s.p.d. the social democrats doing a lot of the legwork but not really profiting from it so right now a lot of party members of the s.p.d. party members are saying let's stand back and give ourselves time to renew and redefine our profile as a social democratic party well we wait to

welcome indeed to quadriga coming to you from the home of burley and after months of uncertainty angela merkel has finally managed to form a new coalition government she'll be sworn in for a fourth term as german chancellor next week and she will once again be at the head of a grand coalition government made up of the two biggest parties the chancellors of the conservatives and the social democrats now people are asking how wounded is angela merkel after a recent setbacks and is she a waiting force to mystically and international so a question here this week on quadriga is merkel four point zero still the power throw and even if her power is perhaps a little bit on the decline we are talking today about the most influential female politician in the world and that's on march the eighth international women's day and i'm joined here in the studio by three female commentary just let me introduce them to you beginning with my soon to melon who is with g.w. she saw no arab language desk syrian born my son says while her social democrat coalition partner struggled to revive their fortunes the chancel

of the conservatives and the social democrats now people are though asking how wounded is angela merkel after recent setbacks and is she awaiting force domestically and internationally so a question here this week on quadriga is merkel four point zero still the power throw and even if her power is perhaps a little bit on the decline we are talking today about the most influential female politician in the world and that's on march the eighth international women's day and i'm joined here in the studio by three female commentators let me introduce them to you beginning with my pseudonym ellen who is with d.w. she saw no arab language desk syrian born my son says while her social democrat coalition partner struggle to revive their fortunes the chancellor can work calmly on her legacy angela merkel is far from will do it also with mrs d. w. post political correspondent nina has certainly done argues that angle americal must take the hunger to motherwell mccraw has stretched out. they only have a narrow window of opportunity to keep you together serious stuff and it's also with us she's an au

up and i can imagine barbara that one of the happiest there in europe will be one of chancellor merkel's closest allies the french president manuel mccall who has been waiting to kind of implement his vision for reform in europe and really wants germany to be a big part of that for him for his own political survival this is really crucial kaos and are key politically in germany or something really very very fragile that was something that he absolutely does not need because he is fighting a fierce battle was is own country was own citizens trying to reform france and sort of drag it into the future or at least in the present first and then into the future together was under merkel she is his closest partner he cannot do anything on the european level and on the international level without a market that's the old and famous a german french engine that sort of powers the european union and it can sort of once again go to work and that from the european perspective may be the most important thing whatever else happens whatever the crises we have and we have lots of crises look at poland loo

chancellor angela merkel disagrees. also, the story of a martial arts champion blazing a trail for muslim women. she conquered the world and kickboxing, a sport previously considered off-limits to female muslim athletes. we will hear about the barriers she had to overcome to reach the top. welcome to the program. german chancellor angela merkel is in paris for talks with french president emmanuel macron about plans to reform the european union. the summit comes days after chancellor merkel was confirmed in office for a fourth term. her difficulty in forming a coalition delayed the talks on integration. today the chancellor and the president said they would prepare a roadmap for reforming the eu and eurozone in time for a summit in june. chancellor merkel also stressed the importance of eu countries working more closely together. chancellor merkel: we are learning from experience that it is not in europe's common interest to have different rules and standards in each eu member state. we have to protect our borders, we ha

that's merkel's party so it is clear that merkel is already preparing to leave. but what's expected if there is a no result is that merkel could in fact form that minority government which she has previously rejected but then it's possible that we could maybe see her step down early and not actually hold a full four year term in office but there's a twenty eight year old gentleman kevin coonass who's the head of the s.p. d.'s youth wing and he's actually leading the charge to reject this deal with chancellor merkel because over tubes and he's been canvassing voters across the country to vote no. he doesn't look like a revolutionary but kevin kuhn it may end up reshaping german politics the twenty eight year old head of the social democrats youth wing is leading the opposition to a continuation of the grand coalition in past weeks he has traveled over five thousand kilometers and packed event halls across germany. sponsored fact we only got twenty point five percent of the vote reflects the popularity of our policies as part of the government in recent years peopl

seen it over the past few decades here in germany simply because we saw really german chancellor merkel at a loss of what to do with the options that she had the social democrats really having had a very difficult time to bring themselves to come around to the point where they would really enter a grand coalition i mean just to remind of what brought us here really germany was heading in a completely new direction and merkel was trying to forge a coalition with the pro-business free democrats and the green party which at the national level would have been something genuinely new a new political setup here in germany now that failed last moment because the free democrats pulled out they are suffering at the polls for it and then the only option that was left was kind of same old ground coalition which the social democrats now have to prove will not be same old what we saw and the lively debate that we saw to me is a sense that there really is people in the political scene we see a we enter reenergized political debate here in germany ever since that political earthquake the first one of

and angela merkel is once again back in charge.nt: i'm joined here at the big table by jackson james, director at johns hopkins university and he is an insider you could say, on both sides of the political atlantic. due to have you back on the show. angela merkel takes the oath of office today for a fourth term. does cd to take stock of light took so long to get to today? jackson: i think it was a definite problem of reaching a consensus. her own party be at little at odds with each other. don't underestimate the internal squabble with a think is still going to continue. she was putting in a lot of different things together under one roof. brent: this third grand coalition has a long, long, long to do list. what we do say are the first things they need to tackle? jackson: trust. brent: from who? jackson: from the german public. they are going to have to figure out how to say this is 3.0, this is something new, it is not going to be more the same. that is a big cell and she has a hard and loud opposition party that are going to remi

is g w news live from bergland germany's political party sign up for government chancellor angela merkel joined the leader of the social democrats to sign a new coalition government into existence it brings to an end almost six months of political uncertainty we will have analysis. also coming up the axe body and his daughter poisoned in britain it's nothing to do with us say the russians british prime minister to resign manning is due to update in parliament at any moment. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. germany's new government is preparing to take office after the participating parties signed a much anticipated coalition agreement the document sense out of sets out the program agreed between angela merkel's conservative bloc and the social democrats it marks the end of long and difficult negotiations that have kept germany on edge the party leaders say that their joint program would address the concerns of those germans who feel left behind. it took them six months to finally agree on this coalition all three party leaders made it clear today that they wan

the results and i guess open the way for a new german government but no one could put chancellor merkel's political future on the line well the likely announcement shortly. i'm to be so much going on this kind of welcome to our special coverage of the next step in germany's efforts to form a governor. and now more than five months after elections here the wait for a new government could finally be over the social democratic party is about to reveal the results of the key ballot s.p.d. leaders asked the entire party membership whether or not they should enter a new grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservative almost half a million a party members were eligible to vote completed ballots from across germany arrived at s.p.d. head foreigners in berlin and officials have been counting through the night the national party treasurer is due to read out the results in the coming minutes and will be going live to that announcement. while this s.p.d. membership ballot as part of the party's old guard who want stability against its strong youth wing who are calling for a change and re

we look at the challenges that merkel would be facing.orter: as angela merkel embarks on a fourth term, the first challenge she faces will be to restore discipline within her own party, the christian democratic union. following its poor result in federal elections last september, the cdu found itself weekend, struggling to form a government. when initial talks collapsed, months of deadlock ensued. the social democrats were left as the only possible partner. but to get the spd to sign on to another coalition, the chancellor had to make concessions, seeding key ministerial roles, including the cost of miniature of finance -- minister of finance. >> the fourth grand coalition in germany did not start as a marriage of love. [laughter] csu, and spd, are despite their differences in a position to work constructively together, and govern decently. that is the job we have, and we will fulfill it. reporter: the cdu will also have to battle the rise of the extreme right. frustration with angela merkel's liberal migration policy propels the alternat

chancellor merkel herself and now the man. at the forefront of all picture that undress scheuer the general secretary of the christian social union to the the varian conservative allies of chancellor merkel next up all of the. parliamentary party leaders of all three parties so in the middle we have andreea knowledge of the new parliamentary party leader of the social democrats and very much the center of power now in the social democratic party. to her. let me see right is for a counter he remains the parliamentary party leader of. chancellor merkel's christian democrats a man of huge experience and a lot of influence those two hundred dollars and folk account of will need to strike up a very close partnership one of the key relationships in the next government because they will be securing parliamentary majority as for all the legislation that goes through and to the left of andrea now this. alexander door brint he is the new sector general of the c.s.u. the christian social union in bavaria so then now signing the coalition

a new governing coalition is confirmed in germany giving chancellor merkel a fourth. with their life and also coming up. populist and euro skeptic parties are expected to make gains as voting gets underway in italy's election. the syrian government advances in the people there find new ways to deal with the food shortage. in this year's famous alaskan dog sled race hit by claims of doping. but breaking news is what we start with today the news from germany where it's the end of months of political deadlock in europe's economic powerhouse the results are now in the referendum for germany's political future and they show that members of the center left s.p.d. support joining a government that would be led by chancellor angela merkel let's go live now to berlin and the social democrats party headquarters our correspondent dominic. cain is there at the minute by what sort of margin did the social democrats agree to join mrs merkel in what's known as a grand coalition. martin in a pretty clear margin two thirds to one third the party members have voted what you might say d

d w news live from berlin germany's political parties sign up for a government chancellor angela merkel joins the leader of the social democrats to seal a new coalition government into existence it brings to an end almost six months of political uncertainty and we will have full analysis that's. also coming up at least forty nine people are dead after a bangladeshi passenger plane swerved and burst into flames as it attempted to land in katmandu airport we'll hear from an eyewitness. and colombian voters back conservative opponents of the government's peace deal with former marxist rebels and the former bar guerrillas failed to win support in their first ever election. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us germany's new government is preparing to take office after the participating parties signed a much anticipated coalition agreement the document said south the program agreed between agel america's conservative bloc and the social democrats it marks the end of almost six months of difficult negotiations that have kept germany on edge the party leaders said that th

after the float merkel was sworn in by german president. one hundred seventy one days after germany's national election last september the country finally has a new government. let's get more mr mcchrystal spray gator welcome christopher six months of political hide playing now she's back in everybody must be breathing a sigh of relief over the bow in the stock very much so on the government benches smiles everywhere chancellor merkel herself beaming as she was sworn in. some of her new ministers absolutely and clearly thrilled to finally be taking up their posts it has after all taken one hundred seventy one days i don't know whether you know this phil double the previous record i mean i mean if you do german coalition negotiations as you do know do take a long time traditionally but you know this is absolutely unprecedented german politics jumping through all sorts of hoops two rounds of coalition negotiations party conferences the entire membership of the social democrats voting on the final coalition agreement now everyone is sworn in t

to already divide up the ministries before they even know what the party base wants them to join merkel's cabinet once again that ford of really decrease the chances of this vote going in the direction of the party leadership wants to see and for a viewers are just joining us michelle we are waiting for the social democrat party to reveal the results of that key ballot and we are hearing some unconfirmed reports at this point we should stress that these are unconfirmed that the party base has voted in favor of supporting another coalition government with a chancellor angela merkel's conservatives were again waiting as you said michel for mr newton to reveal those results confirm that information but that is what we are hearing from reports here at d.f.w. and i can imagine simon and yobe as well also listening to you and if i can yes please michele it. you know what could have happened as we saw those people who counted the ballots behind us and they disappeared just a couple of minutes ago now i would expect them to have been handed back their mobile phones so i could because they were to

rexx it so is merkel going to be asked by the u.k. to get inside the head vladimir putin as she has done before well i don't know if anybody can do that she certainly has the context and the and the and the access but no one that i know really knows much about what's going on in moscow now my sense is that her need now is to stand side of the with mrs may and england and europe in general to stand up to a bully and i think that if she doesn't do that it's going to weaken nato and to some extent i think that is by the way something that the united states should do immediately but we don't have time it seems to me to waste on whether or not we do with this or not this is a this is a major attack on an alliance. right that's a big open question and i think we're going to see how that plays out in the next couple of days jack chain's with the american institute for contemporary german studies we appreciate you coming in and it's good to see you have you back on the show thank you very much. the renowned british physicist stephen hawking h

merkel's husband you are put in a first appearance of such an election and merkel's next cabinet is also new in many respects the numerical government is noticeably younger and includes more women than previous ones its main priorities. we need to ensure domestic security and the welfare of society we need to figure out how to positively tackle the challenges of global competition. after the bring the stuff vote merkel was sworn in by german president trying to shine maya through one hundred seventy one days after germany's national election last september the country finally has a new government. all right let's talk to our chief political editor michelle who is at the bundestag for us covering today's events. this was the end of months of gridlock in berlin tell us how significant this final step was for the chancellor. yes absolutely and for germany it was important because germany's now back to political business there are key decisions just to name one the e.u. budget coming up this summer but it would have been very difficult without a very strong stable voice from germany and for

merkel's or work starts now.mocratic party agreed to join the chancellor for another coalition government. merkel says a strong german voice is needed. among the issues facing the new government, president trump's threat of terrace and china's global investment push. the alleged victims of the most senior vatican official charged in the church sex

it has been a pretty nerve—racking weekend for mrs merkel, as 400,000 spd members went toa merkel, asliver their verdict on whether they wanted to go back into coalition. it has been a very painful topic for the spd. there has been a lot of opposition to the idea of working with mrs merkel again. many social democrats blame four years in her shadow for the terrible election showing back in september. many still believe that this coalition could destroy the party. it has been a very difficult time. finally this morning it was announced in the last hour that two thirds of the spd membership voted in favour of that coalition. germany has got its government. in theory angela merkel should be celebrating but it doesn't feel like much of a victory. that is for several reasons. first of all the social democrat party themselves have really torn themselves apart in this process. they have really slumped in the opinion polls as a result and many fear for the future of the party. secondly there is limited public enthusiasm for this coalition government. that is partially because it has been such

it took a while for merkel to win over the s.p.d. but in the end the junior partners offered their congratulations. to the chancellor remains the chancellor and that's cause for happiness and i think this is good news for the citizens of our country and good news for europe. who did nothing. but at least thirty five members of merkel's coalition failed to support her in the end her margin of victory was nine votes including her own in a parliament of seven hundred nine deputies that's hardly a dream start to the latest magical government. husband. put in a first appearance at such an election and merkel's next cabinet is also new in many respects the numerical government is noticeably younger and includes more women than previous ones its main priorities. we need to ensure domestic security and the welfare of society we need to figure out how to positively tackle the challenges of global competition. after the been a staff vote merkel was sworn in by german president. one hundred seventy one days after germany's national election las

news live from berlin congo americal is reelection to her fourth term as german chancellor merkel windsurfer reelection bid by a slim margin attributes lower house of parliament but her victory puts an end to months of political paralysis will bring you live coverage and analysis. also coming up the world renowned physicist stephen hawking has done a good boy shows a super hero to me i would pick superman and everything like that i don't know if. the confined to wheelchairs or motor neuron disease his groundbreaking work with black holes and relativity pushed the boundaries of human knowledge. and students sped up the fear you give you visits high school activists who are planning a walk up to protest mass shootings and call for tighter gun control. i'm simply so much going to thank you for joining us we begin here in berlin where i'm going michael has just been reelected for a fourth term as chancellor putting an end to months of political paralysis lawmakers in parliament voted narrowly in favor of her appointment this comes nearly six months after merkel's conservative bloc suffered a poo

angela merkel's political rivals confirm they'll go back into coalition with her giving the german chancellor a full. with al-jazeera live from doha also coming up as many watch another european country fairing elections that will deliver populist and euro skeptic against. syrian government forces edge further into battered. trucks loaded with can't get in but you go i thought it would be just for communicating with our family or never anticipated that he would have so many followers what started as a daily message to his grandchildren turned this man into an internet sensation. it's a result which ends months of political uncertainty in europe's economic power and gives a fourth term to its longtime leader the german chancellor angela merkel center left rivals a social democrats have finally announced that their members of overwhelmingly voted to approve a new grand. relation with her conservatives now this is the third such coalition since two thousand and five but the social democrats they were also known as the s.p.d. were deeply divided about it that's because they've been punished at su

the president called for more than just a repeat from merkel and her new ministers. a mere reissue of the old will not be enough to win back lost trust this government must prove it is new and different view. a gentle reminder that the chancellor chose not to take his criticism because supported the formation of a government within his mandates framework and he has told us what is necessary i believe that's also reflected in what we have worked out. at the top. one hundred seventy one days after the general election last september germany finally has a new government and. is once again back in charge. well i'm joined now here at the big table by jack janes he is the executive director of the american institute for contemporary german studies at johns hopkins university he knows the insides of the outsides of german politics and u.s. politics it's good to have you back on the show you were at the swearing in today what was it like well i think it was less enthusiastic than i am dissipated i mean i think the vote was a foregone conclusion and i think what now is the qu

while the der party establishmt iseen to ren the coalition with chancellor merkel, the youth wing wants the party to go into opposition. this split is even apparent in families. we met with ralf stegner, the deputy party chairman who was instrumental not only in the negotiations for the coalition agreement, but also in convincing members to support it, members like his son fabian. he's concerned about the party's sinking approval rating, and wants them to take a new direction. >> carnival season in marne, northern germany, and a chance for the social democrats to get into the party spirit and forget about their troubles and miserable ratings -- for one night, at least. deputy spd chairman ralf stegner is here to drum up grassroots support for a grand coalition in berlin. his son fabian takes a more skeptical view. as a member of the spd's youth wing, he's against any renewed alliance with angela merkel's conservatives. as part of the festivities, his father plays a waiter trying to whet his fellow party members' appetite for the coalition. >> we've got it right here, 177 pages long. tak

from berlin germany's social democrats decide whether to team up once again with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives ahead of today's vote count party leaders have said they're optimistic that members will approve the deal so will germany finally get a new government or could this be the start of a political crisis also coming up. it's being called a bombsite blown a mammoth winter storm pummels the u.s. east coast and these five people have been killed the fierce weather has knocked out power in more than a million homes. also coming up on the program oscar fever ramps up ahead of tomorrow's academy awards but first to spare a moment for the films that didn't make the cut the golden raspberry awards are around these honor the best of the worst in hollywood. a maverick all of us and welcome to the program it's been five months since the election here in germany and the wait for a new government could finally be over members of the center left social democrats have voted on whether or not to enter a new grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives and the last batch of

well filled parliament convenes on wednesday morning to formally elect chancellor merkel as the next head of government she needs what's called a chanceless majority there are seven hundred nine members of parliament at the moment so she needs three hundred fifty five yes votes the coalition government that she controls has three hundred ninety nine members of parliament so it should be a formality. is this is this coalition likely to last the next four years. well the outgoing government is also the incoming government it's the same political constellation a grand coalition so many of these people have been working with each other for up to four years now or four and a half if you include the time we've been waiting for this new government so you know working relationships are already in place there's a certain amount of political trust in place so that is good the thing that's different this time is that. both chancellor merkel's conservatives and the center left social democrats lost a lot of support in last september's election so they're both keen to sharpen their profiles while

is merkel given free reign to make policy over europe?m rain to make -- reign to make other foreign policy. very tight.e held it will be interesting to see if merkel does give whoever will be the minister for the social democrats, more maneuver. the social democrats can go back and say we are no longer in this coalition. something to contribute. will this coalition back mr. weidmann to be the next head of the ecb? me?: you're asking i think this is a tough question. i don't think the finance ministry will be either. i think maybe next week, we might know a bit more. guy: judy, thank you very much indeed. great to get your take. judy dempsey, fellow at carnegie europe, joining us from berlin. still with us, rupert watson. offgoing to shift gears talking about europe. let's talk about you margin markets. you and i were joking around at the break what we would have in the portfolios if we were to have options, and you said your big regret was not having more em. europe is fine. europe is going to outperform a little bit probably. the u.s. ma

simply becoming a junior partner in a coalition that keeps being led by a german chancellor angela merkel so this is a question of of heart over head if they voted with their hearts were more likely to see a negative outcome here but most broadly expect certainly the entire party leadership who signed under that plea really to their party base to give them this yes vote they are hopeful they're optimistic that this one will pass without that political quake that would otherwise certainly unfold here this sunday we have been hearing michelle a lot of confident voices coming from the s.p.d. head of the result that we are still waiting for how far away are we from hearing that result. well we are minutes away but i can't tell you how many minutes we're expecting a slight delay there what i can certainly tell you is that we don't expect the three quarter plus majority in favor that we saw in two thousand and thirteen when the social democrats decided to go into that past coalition and there's an expectation that this won't just be a lot less that this could indeed become a tight vote in the e

after the been a staff vote merkel was sworn in by german president. one hundred seventy one days after germany's national election last september the country finally has a new government. done. so can we expect more from christopher spring gator apollo in studio welcome chris almost six months after this election there must be a sense of relief that the bundestag absolutely filled a lot of smiles in the houses of parliament the german house of parliament this morning anglo michael herself the old and new chancellor beaming as she was sworn in many of her new ministers clearly thrilled at finally being able to take up that new posts one hundred seventy one days it took to cobble together this new ruling coalition that doubled the previous record german coalition negotiations always take a long time but this is precedented the german president said it's good that this time of uncertainty is over everyone is now sworn in the work of government can begin to fade figures are interesting though thirty five members of her own coalition government did not vot

it is well that that many social democrats blame angela merkel.rtin schulz, the former leader, martin schulz, the former leader of the european parliament. he resigned because this has been such a pickle, for want of a better phrase. a new leader in waiting has been appointed and she will have to unite the party but angela merkel herself has got to unite this government. it will be a difficult task and he has got to regain the trust of voters, who i think by and large over the last few months in particular have been rather disillusioned by the political wranglings of germany's two biggest establishment parties. jenny, thank you very much. you are watching bbc news. it is 24 minutes past midday. a full sports round—up for you from the bbc sport centre with olly foster once again. hello. deonte wilder says he's ready to take on anthonyjoshua in the heavyweight unification fight that all boxing fans want to see. that's after the american retained his wbc belt overnight. luis ortiz was also unbeaten and he looked to have him on the ropes in the sevent

has been speaking with chancellor merkel's chief of staff about her plans. this one as. chief of staff you will effectively be one of the people who work most closely with the german chancellor and what do you have at the top of your priority list for this upcoming government it took a little time to build this new government so now we have to be really fast because a lot of things are changing around for example the european union the pricks said and also the question how will the monetary union perform within the next years so there are some international topics we have to deal with very fast and also some national topics for example more money for families and solving the problem of integration of the refugees that came two thousand and fifteen and my special topic will be also being fostered in all the belongings of digitalization of our society that will be a new role but throughout what became known as the migration crisis you will see in coordinating germany's response for the between the federal and the local level well very hearing a shop a tone from germany's i

role german politicians are lining up to distance themselves from the comments including chancellor merkel. in the four million muslims who currently live in germany practiced their religion. and they belong here just as much as their religion. in the standoff between russia and western allies of the poisoning of a former double agent in britain britain's foreign minister boris johnson says it's highly likely that russian president vladimir putin personally ordered the nerve agent attack on circus and his daughter the kremlin described that statement as shocking and unforgivable moscow denies any involvement in the attempted not us in london british foreign secretary boris johnson visited a memorial from world war two back then russia was an ally now russia and britain are in a war of words over the poisoning of the former russian spy. on british soil. is that putin's credit and with his decision and if you like but it was his decision to direct the use of agent on the streets of the u.k. on the streets for the first time since the second world war that is that is why. we've been on the ca

ceasefire fails to offer relief to people trapped in syria's eastern guta german chancellor angela merkel and u.s. president obama trying to pressure russia to do want to stop the bloodshed. and it is decision time for song for in the future of video assistance will you still see referees on the pitch requesting help from video technology we'll tell you about the decision that could affect top tier football including this summer's world cup . time sumi so much gonna welcome to the show we start with some breaking news authorities in burke enough fossils say an armed attack is underway in at least two locations in the capital walk a dupe witnesses say they heard machine gun fire immediately before a blast at the army headquarters in the west of the city thick smoke could be seen coming from the site meanwhile the french embassy said it was under attack there are reports of five armed men heading towards a building in a truck there are no there is no word yet rather on any casualties. for more on the story we can talk to d. that he was adrian krishi joins us from lagos in nigeria good to se

w news collide from for lead germany's political parties sign up for government chancellor angela merkel joins the leader of the social democrats to seal a new coalition government into existence in spring then and two almost six months of political uncertainty we will have an analysis also coming up of these forty nine people are dead after a bangladeshi passenger plane swerved and burst into flames as it attempted to land at katmandu airport we'll hear from an eyewitness and the acts by and his daughter poisoned in britain it's nothing to do with us says the russians or london embassy warns britain you are playing with a very dangerous game. also coming up the children left behind by islamic states brain of terror autumn's mother was a user the raped by and i guess militant we were poor probably a mobile orphanage and find out what's being done for iraq some day and didn't and orphaned children. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks so much for joining us. germany's new government is preparing to take office after the participating parties signed a much anticipated coalition ag