angela merkel would then make a statement to the bundestag.bers of parliament are expected to ask many questions. anchor: let's take a closer look with a former advisor to the chief executive of afghanistan and a former afghan ambassador to france and canada. welcome to dw. president biden said the evacuation operations are under control. is that a correct assessment in your opinion? >> it is an operation that started unexpectedly with a lot of issues. over the last four or five days, they have tried to bring it under control, and under full control, probably not. there are moments of chaos and disorganization, but it is improving. along long will this take? how many people will take advantage of this? will the taliban cooperate as they have to some extent at this point? and to what extent are the internationals going to help resettling most of these who end up in transit hubs in the gulf, so the situation is not that easy yet for the thousands of afghans who have left. anchor: the international situation all the way around appears confused. r

and german chancellor angela merkel pledges more covid-19 vaccines for africa.n a final summit before a new chancellor is chosen, she vows to make 70 million doses available to help with economic growth and stability. ♪ to our viewers of pbs in the u.s. and around the world, thanks for being with us. michael: the pentagon says thursday's terror attack near the kabul airport was carried out by a single suicide bomber in one location. it is warning that more attacks could be ahead in the coming days. the afghan branch of the so-called islamic state said it was responsible for the blast. 13 soldiers were among the dead, as well as other foreign nationals. the vast majority of victims were afghans, whoadeen hoping tfind safety elsewhere. correspondent: this is where crowds of desperate afghans were waiting as they tried to escape the country, but they never made it. instead, they were met with horror. dozens of people were killed and many more were injured in the attack. relatives are combing through hospitals in the hope of finding their loved ones alive. >> [speak

it alive. >> angela merkel has been to russia many times during her 16 years in office.he has made 19 trips. meeting vladimir putin over and over again. now is trip number 20 but if you think that is a sign of a warm relationship, think again. things are well and truly on the rocks. the problems as ominous as the russian embassy building here in berlin. top of the list as russia's annexation of crimea and his support for the separatist war in eastern ukraine. the downing of a passenger plane is blamed on the russian side . there is also the poisoning of former russian spies on british soil and in the heart of berlin, a professional murder committed in broad daylight. in russia, opposition politician gunned down on the street and one year ago, and other putin critic, alexei navalny, lucky to survive an attempt on his life. all the while, a backdrop of escalating oppreion against oppositionroups and to top it off, cyber attacks aimed at the heart of german democracy and blamed on russian hackers. all this has led to multiple rounds of sanctions against russia. all along, a

brent: merkel says the world needs to engage with the taliban rather than cut ties. that is the typical view we expect from her, isn't it? >> yes, she called it a bitter reality, but when she had to face. she said it was important to try to exert some sort of and ovens over them, not undo all the achievements, the positives of the last 20 years. they may find themselves, western governments that is, talking to themselves more about who is allowed to leave, and some opposition parties in parliament today were saying we may be facing a high-priced demanded by the taliban for individuals. it may not come to negotiations specifically, but i think it's clear once the americans have left and the taliban have full jurisdiction, these extractions just will not be possible anymore. rent: we will be talking to you later in the day about the crisis in afghanistan and the possible impact it could have on elections here in germany next month. we will be talking to you in about half an hour. here's a look at stories making headlines around the world -- a new story conducted in the

it is a blow for merkel's heir.k at the legacy for the german chancellor. >> angela merkel appear don germany's political scene after the fall of the berlin wall. she was what the then chancellor was looking for, a young ambitious woman from the east. angela merkel's journey has not been easy. she has always had a card up her sleeve. she is finding her feet, tested by the global financial crisis and negotiating a stimulus package to counter the great recession. her mantra is the euro fails, europe fails. in late 2011, she ordered the end of nuclear power in germany by 2022 in the wake of fukushima , i catastrophe -- a catastrophe over 4000 miles away. the debt crisis rolls on and merkel comes under fire over the refugee crisis. vladimir putin invades crimea, the u.k. votes to leave the eu and then there is donald trump. if postelection talks of dragon to december, merkel will become germany's longest-serving leader. battling covid may have been her toughest hand yet and it is a test that is far from over. the questi

for angela merkel, the situation has proven critical. german governor is coming under pressure because of a lack of preparedness ahead of that evacuation, and secondly because they had the second-biggest military deployment after the united states. -- after the united states, there is concern that angela merkel misjudged the situation on the ground too. mark: the greens, looking to succeed angela merkel in the chancellorship, are calling on the government to bring more refugees from afghanistan. how does this momentum play into the polls? maria: yesterday we were on the campaign trail in why mark with the head of the green party, and she -- in why mark -- weimar with the head of the green party, and she said they have a duty to bring people to safety, even if that means speaking with the taliban. she has taken on a more socially progressive approach when it comes to refugees and migration. that is different from what merkel's party is saying, that we need to favor humanitarian aid but cannot have a repeat of the situation in 2015. let's

merkel's journey to germany's has not been easy.he has been tested by the global financial crises and negotiating a stimulus package to counter the great recession. her mantra is if the euro fails, europe fails. in may 2011, she lauded the end of nuclear power in germany in the waco fukushima. -- the wake of fukushima. the debt crisis rules on and merkel comes under fire over europe's refugee crisis. if that is not enough, vladimir putin invades crimea. the u.k. votes to leave the eu. and then there is donald trump. if postelection talks dragged into december, merkel will become germany's longest-serving leader. battling covid a very well be her toughest hand yet and it is far from over. how will germany's next chancellor play the cards dealt by angela merkel? >> angela merkel's consequential legacy mapped out as german chancellor. as we count down to the elections taking place at the end of september, the three front runners vying to take over have faced off in the first televised election debate. the contender from angela merkel's

it is the end of an era as chancellor angela merkel plans to step down. in the runoff to the vote, we will bring you interviews with public candidates. we begin with centerleft democrats. >> here is the candidate who is currently most popular with the german public, a finance minister in angela merkel's government, with junior politicians. olaf scholz has enjoyed high approval ratings since taking over three years ago and his popularity rose further during the covid-19 pandemic. germany continues to push its own vaccination program but scholz told us he would make sure germany does not leave other countries out in the cold. >> there is no lack in willingness to spend money. we have already done that, and we continue to do so. there is plenty of willingness to conduct coordination opportunities to make sure vaccines are available. this needs to be organized on an international level and by countries affected to make sure the vaccinations reached the citizens of the global south. >> in matters of international policy, scholz vowed to take a tough stance on

angela merkel has said they could apply more sanctions on russia if it does not play ball. but russia has already been sanctioned almost to the limit already. how much more firepower do they have? >> exactly. how much more pain can you inflict on russia? i think the only thing the west really has is the nuclear option. that is to temporarily remove pressure from the international financial system, the payment system. that would get them where it hurts. i can tell you that just coming from the region, putin is making very threatening signals. he did a long tone deaf speech recently looming that ukraine's and russians are all the same people. for me, this is code for we have more ambitions for ukraine. get ready for more aggression. don't forget that they lead -- they left a lot of military manpower nearby. plenty of reason for ukraine to feel very vulnerable right now. >> we have to leave it there. thank you to all three of you. thank you. thank you for watching. you can see this program any time by visiting our website and for further discussion, go to our facebook page, fa

but germany's are going chancello, anglo merkel says there will be rules in place to protect ukraine security. he's a follow them on. we have made it clear that we will seek further sanctions within the european framework if the suspicion that the pipeline is being used as a weapon is confirmed. and we have made it clear that we as well as graph walter, see who will be our special envoy are starting negotiations about the possibility of extending the contract from 2024th. so ukraine can have security on this level as well. and i still believe that this is a witness to believe that it's possible to ignore the threat to not only for ukraine, but also for europe. i don't think it's possible to ignore that. it's a weapon. ukraine will not talk about nordstrom to from the economic point of view . you can see control gas prices in europe now and how they arise. it must be, well, here's the way that we are willing to continue transiting gas through ukraine even after 2024. but we must understand and what timeframe and what quantities. for this we must receive an answer from our european par

angela merkel's bloc slumps to an all-time low in the polls. a very good morning. welcome to "the european market open." marked joins us from singapore. nice to be back. what are the markets saying to you? mark: great to have you back on the show. look, the markets are super positive. they are excited to have you back on studio. in the context of the big selloffs we saw last week, the assets that are balancing the best in asia are the ones that slumped the most last week. the korean stock market, the taiwan stock market, metals prices. they are bouncing quite aggressively. we have low liquidity. you see dots on the iv chat. people are not around, they are on holiday. people that are around are not too focused on markets with jackson hole next week. it is a consolidation of what we saw last week. i don't think there is a change. we saw concern about global growth in china and of course the spread of the delta variant. neither of those themes has gone away and i expect them to rear their head again. anna: if you look at the preoccupations of the bears, for weeks -- t

coming up, the fight to see who will succeed angela merkel. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> 16 years of angela merkel, they were good years, but a new time is beginning, and it needs optimization. i've been able to prepare myself quite well for all of the offices i've held. deck of the last few years of waiting under the grand coalition have not done this country any good, and we now need a real departure. alix: those are the highlights from last night from the debate. the german chancellor will be stepping down after 16 years in power. maria, who won the debate last night? maria: when you look at that opinion poll that was done after the debate, it said that charlotte was the winner. you could argue that armen also had a platform to jumpstart their campaign, but what i would say just before it went on air, there was a new survey that was just filled out -- put out, -- and that is a result that we really have not seen in their entire history and this is a poll, but just to give us the numbers up-to-date now signaling this is not just the cdu running v

the main candidates to succeed angela merkel as german chancellor clash on climate change and taxationn their first televised debate ahead of next month's election. demonstrators in greece clash with police over new rules that force health workers to be vaccinated against covid—19. # magic. and one of the most influential reggae producers and performers, lee �*scratch�* perry dies injamaica, aged 85. hello and welcome. let's start with some breaking news now. as many as five rockets have reportedly been fired near kabul airport in the last couple of hours. a us official said the rockets were intercepted by an american anti—missile system. it is not yet clear if all were brought down by the defence system, nor if there were any casualties. it comes a day after the us led an air strike on a vehicle in kabul, reportedly targeting a suicide bomber who was about to attack the airport. of course, we'll bring you more details as we get them here on bbc news. one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit america's gulf coast in 200 years is now approaching new orleans. hurricane ida's centre isju

maria, what is the significance of this trip, which is merkel's last?: you brought up two good points. angela merkel is someone who grew up in east germany. she is a fluent russian speaker. she has known vladimir putin for years. she has had to deal with russia for more than a decade. this is someone who has first-hand experience when it comes to kremlin politics. she is not running for reelection. it is a very strong component for europe and european politics, the fact that urkel will not be there to bridge the gap between russia and the european union. the other thing is the critical timing of this meeting. you have situations in afghanistan. the germans are rushing together people out of the country. meanwhile, the russians have decided to keep their personnel in the country. and you have nord stream 2. that project will be completed, but also the germans have just agreed with the americans to go forward with a plan that would minimize the impact on ukraine. she has also been going to ukraine after this meeting. there are two very critical components

and i think it's really incumbent upon people like cancer merkel before she leaves office to tighten this agreement up. we've, as the previous guest indicated that russia has a long record in terms of you know, aggression in terms of probing weaknesses in terms of finding out how it can leverage its geopolitical advantage. energy to, to harm others and to gain its own object. and so it doesn't look good on all sides . i think come quickly, i think that ukraine feels very again, very vulnerable and very alone right now, because it feels it doesn't have strong backing from europe any longer. let's get to puzzle. so can house take on a lot of c as being expressed here, about this perceived over dependence on, on, on russian energy and russia using that as a weapon. what do you say to that? well, your opinion be very much dependent is increasingly dependent on russia. natural gas. right now we are kind of rush of the present before, even without the nor stream to going operation hours affecting your muscles. say russia right now is cut the supply of physical supply of gas to a europe and

also at a news conference, german chancellor angela merkel called the attack "malicious." here is what we know confirmed by the pentagon. the first explosion occurred in a large crowd near the airport. the second glass was confirmed to have happened at or near the baron hotel, not are from the airport. president biden has been briefed in the white house situation room. the white house has released a statement, saying the president has met with his national security team including secretary of state antony blinken, secretary of defense lloyd austin, general mark milley, and commanders on the ground, and that he will continue to be briefed throughout the day. concerning the twin explosions, and gone spokesperson john kirby said we can confirm the explosion at the abbey gate was the result of a complex attack that resulted in a number of u.s. and civilian casualties. we can also confirm at least one other explosion at or near the baron hotel, a short distance from abdicate. we will continue to update. dow jones is reporting the u.s. ambassador in kabul has called -- told staf

social democrats overtook on below merkel's -- overtook angela merkel's party. >> i think laschet isuy to be chancellor and he has my full support. it is getting harder and not that realistic to get to 40%. now is about who will be number one in the end and who conform the government. alix: joining us is maria tadeo from berlin tracking all of the horserace into the final countdown. where are we so far? maria: i think makrus soeder is very optimistic in that tape we just played. if you look at the numbers it is not about whether the cd you can get to 40% it is whether the cdu can hold and keep 20% in this election. the fast that the spd has managed to overtake the cdu should be making everyone concerned in that party. this is a story. weeks of sustained momentum for the social democrats and the huge decline week after week for the christian democrats end up not being able to reverse that. markets a little bit too optimistic -- markus soeder a little bit too optimistic. guy: he has to talk the talk given how far down the road we are with this. a huge shift in terms of the polls but it

i mean, painting has asked anglo merkel what suppress kiev on his quote, alarming legislation, risk re igniting violence, and east of the country rushes president made the request to his german counterpart after that meeting on friday ahead of her visit to ukraine. was it what it is alarming that ukraine has adopted a number of laws and by laws that contradict the mixed agreements, it looks like the leadership of this country has decided to abandon a peaceful resolution to the situation. and in this regard, we once again off the chancellor taking into account her upcoming visit to kia, to urge the ukrainian side with regard to implementation of all earlier agreed obligations. well, patient added that more than a 1000 sees 5 i lation have been recorded in each ukraine already this month. you point to that to that new legislation being considered by ukraine's parliament with essentially mean that he has exit from the minx protocol laying at peace terms with his break away regions as well as ukraine pollutant. merkle, discuss the growing crisis in afghanistan, and also the nord stream to

angela merkel keen to make sure that does not happen again. the same goes for emmanuel macron.the fed minutes. you wonder whether power will be dovish at the minutes will be more hawkish. we will get -- we want to get sequencing in terms of how this will happen. we will hear from the dallas fed president. we will get inflation data out of the u.k. and the eurozone, and then we get to the earnings. the retail theme continues. we get tencent numbers, victoria's secret, target, nvidia, which i think will be interesting in terms of the narrative around the availability of chips. alix: nvidia also one of the lower performing sectors on the s&p. there is the issue with the takeover u.k. get company as well. there is a bidding process as well. also target. my for everything in massachusetts is to shop at target because it gives me and my daughter is something to do, but sales estimates for comps are coming in 8%. after home depot it'll be interesting to see whether target comes out. you could also argue on reopening they will do well. where they straddle in this quarter. guy: if you t

coming up as the north stream to pipeline is inching towards completion . german chancellor angle of merkel has called on russia to avoid using the project at age. your political wedge will discuss ad bitcoin is surgical as the world foremost crypto currently has cleared the $50000.00 price mark. what will the latest rally continue when he analysis is coming up, then china continues crap down on the big track as a new privacy law and for testing users, personal data goes into effect. well, this guy, we have a talk show today source di, right in the really the program with the late us on the north stream to pipeline following talks between leaders from germany and ukraine over the weekend. while the u. s. has said it would publicly drop its opposition to the project, whereas allies in europe are concerned. the buying the administration confirmed it is moving forward with sanctions against a russian ship and 2 companies involved in the construction of the pipeline. the deal between the u. s. and germany was meant to address concerns from countries like ukraine and poland, which said they stan

alix: the countdown continues to merkel leaving office and the election.ly encompasses the conversations we have had in the last half-hour. on the call, deere saying supply chain challenges are going to continue into 2022. costs will become more challenged in the fourth quarter. it feels like they may have blown the lights out on this quarter. they may have pricing control this quarter. but coming up, there is no ease to the pain they are seeing in terms of supply chains and rising costs. that really encompasses the issue we are dealing with when it comes to a lot of these names. guy: absolutely. it is going to be interesting to see whether the farmers, if these price rises keep on coming, will they be buying the vehicles to keep buying so aggressively? they are now at the point where much of this machinery is required. can they put it off any longer? alix: coming up, we will look at the office delays. those are coming back, really underscoring the challenges that businesses are still facing in returning to normal. we will cover the latest on the virus wit

let him imputed made the remarks after meeting with german chancellor anglo merkel at the kremlin. he said taliban rule is the new reality going forward and that other countries must not impose valleys on afghanistan. well, jen holly's falling events for us from london. and of course, that meeting between merkel in 2000 and comments about i've kind of sunday, obviously have very different experiences and opinions about how to move forward when it comes to the country. they see things very differently. clearly these 2 countries and i've got to stand, will have the potential at least going forward to drive a wedge even deeper in relations between russia and the west. particularly of course, native other grounds for cooperation. well, you know, possibly, and they will potentially explored those. in this meeting, the agreement was obviously reached what nato would most like. germany as well, would be to be able to find leaders of influence inside afghanistan in order to prevent it again, becoming a haven for foreign group spent on launching attacks on the west and also to try and prese

worth highlighting angela merkel has unique profile when it comes to russia.-- he is someone who grew up in east germany. she is fluent in russian and has been in power almost as long as bonhomie or prudent. this is someone here -- as vladimir putin. this is someone he respects. it is interesting to note she said we have to accept the taliban has way more support than we anticipated. this is about getting the people out of the country, both european nationals and the staff that have worked for them. the situation is not political. there has been no political debate as to what happens next. how do we get all of these people out in 10 days? alix: thank you very much. maria tadeo joining us. all of that for the backdrop of the next couple weeks before the german chancellor elections. what does that mean when we have pmi data next week? holger schmieding, berenberg chief economist joins us now. we get pmi monday, the german confidence data next, what will we learn about the sentiment in germany as we head towards the election? dr. schmieding: we know sentiment is

and over the course of the 15 years, merkel was in power. they managed to establish a pretty solid basis of communication on a variety of fatal issues from ukraine. busy to syria, to libya, janice dan as well as issues of european security and global. busy importance so that experience will be a loss by don't really see that much of a change in german policy, i think arm and marsh it and focusing on dialogue. busy will continue with it, of course, much depends on the make up, the buddhist. but i think that merkle legacy will continue even if her personality has departed, you know, get on to the future. maybe because she was kind of, she is a formidable political play. i mean, she's softly spoken, you would want to cross her though, if my general impression. but she does have a respect, but is a forwarded to her by vladimir putin. what was infinitely respect that was afforded . busy to her by vladimir vuitton, similar to the relationship, though quite different, forgetting how mccolan brazelton was more defensive and was more operative. but i

they know it's over the chancellor merkel of germany, angular merkel in her press conference up to the virtual g. 7 meeting said that the conference had not led to an agreement on extending that deadline, and i think that is reflected both in what you heard from prime minister barak johnson a while ago who was sharing the make team talking about conditions and talking about leverage over the top bon scan is done and it's the fact is that virtually nobody right now is saying that they will have enough time to get everybody out. but they had on their lists including even the americans is kimberly was just talking about. and so they really are focusing their attention that one what happens from next wednesday, hence the colds from the outside world for the taliban to continue to allow people to leave the country. now on the line, for example, the had the president of the european commission has been talking about leverage on the taliban. she has said that humanitarian aid will continue to go into afghanistan. and she's talked about the, the need for immediate aid for those at greatest ris

maria: that was angela merkel speaking yesterday.rifying moment for many on the ground, especially women and girls. that was echoed by emmanuel macron. the tone was very different yesterday coming out of europe. francine: the biden administration hailed this as a turning point in eu-u.s. relations. has this affected that? maria: yes, when you look at the statement yesterday, this was potentially the would be successor to angela merkel, he said it was the biggest debacle since nato was formed and missions were sent to afghanistan. emmanuel macron highlighting this point that europe needs to come up with its own plan to deal with the repercussions from this. angela merkel not blaming the united states, but stressing this was widespread misjudgment, not just on the german part but across the europeans. to some extent, american foreign policy has a strong domestic component, about polls in the united states and not the international domino effect it has triggered. this morning the european say the operations at the airport have resumed,

the polls with just five weeks to go until the general election as support for chancellor angle merkel's wanes in the largest drop since 2017. >> translator: remaining 35 days, every hour to ensure the csu is strong every hour to ensure we shape germany well and lead it into a good future and that we do so, of course, with our future chancellor >>> nato secretary general tells cnbc the organization is working around the clock to get as many people out of the afghanistan as possible blaming the failure of afghan leadership for the taliban takeover >> the speed of the collapse of the afghan government and security forces, but we also need to look at nato and our engagement ♪ >>> good morning again, everyone welcome to "street signs." we have a lot to get through on this show, but first i just want to bring you the eurozone flash pmi data for the month of august that we're getting just to tell you that the comp sit number has come in at 59.5, just a smidge below the consensus expectation of 59.7. but still, very small dip from the very high number that we had back in july that was almost a

for one of the candidates campaigning to succeed angela merkel, a meeting with elon musk seemed a bit of a gift. >> what an impressive visit here . this is the future. the future of energy, the future of sustainability. we thank you for this investment in germany. >> it is a pleasure to be here. we are looking forward to making the most advanced electric cars in the world as well as battery packs for home and utilities. generally helping accelerate the green revolution. >> two years ago, elon musk chose this site for his first tesla giga factory in europe. the 5.8 billion euro plant will manufacture tesla model three and model y electric cars. as well as battery. he showed himself to be somewhat out of -- >> what is the future of cars? >> he is confident that he can mount a serious challenge this season. >> it is very exciting. the group has played so well in training every day. we have enjoyed our time together. we are a good team and now it is time to share all quality. both marsh and the other have their new coach. the title was 19 years ago. if they are to end at the top, they wil

before germany goes to the polls in the first election for over 15 years in which chancellor angela merkelill not be standing. last night, the leaders of the main parties who hope to succeed her took part in a televised debate. germany faces huge economic issues — not least its recovery from the pandemic — so what did we learn about the candidates and their plans? joining me now is christian schulz, economist at citi. good to have you with us. morning. good to have you with us. morning-— good to have you with us. morninu. ~ ., ., ,, ~' morning. what do you think we learn from _ morning. what do you think we learn from the _ morning. what do you think we learn from the debate - morning. what do you think we learn from the debate on - morning. what do you think we learn from the debate on the i learn from the debate on the economic agendas? in learn from the debate on the economic agendas?- economic agendas? in the debates they _ economic agendas? in the debates they went - economic agendas? in the | debates they went through economic agendas? in the - debates they went through the various t

i think you were talking about lash at who is sort of would be successor to angler merkel. she's got just about another month, a month and a bit of her very long term in office to go before the election there. and he has declared that this is the biggest fiasco in nato's history. and that is angular merkel herself addressed her colleagues, talking about the 10000 people that need to be taken out german citizens. and i've come support staff during this chaotic lift that they're all undertaking these e u countries in the u. k. as well. and all the while of course, everybody engaging in sort of anguish behind the scenes policy making, trying to decide how to deal with the taliban empower whether to begin to deal with them will consider them a legitimate government and office will consider continue to consider them as many have a terrorist group, but in a sense this evacuation is giving some cover to those instance. the is the need for that decision to be taken. the urgency is to get people out. so whether it's germany or the u. k or, or problems or the netherlands of the check

among them chancellor angela merkel. >> >> there have been several earnings of such attacks over the past few days. it is sad to hear this has taken place. we don't know all the details yet, but we know the terrorist targeted people waiting at the airport for a chance to leave the country. only one did safely and in freedom. that is why this is an especially despicable attack in a very, very tense situation. my thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones. brent: that was the german chancellor speaking. the german defense minister has confirmed that the army evacuation mission is now over in afghanistan. she said that german soldiers, diplomats, and members of the police force have been flown out of the country. the final plant left kabul moments after the twin suicide bombing in what was described as an emergency departure. thousands of afghans have also been evacuated with the german airlift evacuees been taken first to uzbekistan and onwards from their. defense minister describe the mission as being in the most hectic, dangerous, and sensitive phase. let's go to our chief po

on the lives merkel's block trails the social democrats and polls for the first time in 15 years.

polls show chancellor angela merkel, her preferred successor is failing to impress at the polls.have more on the election risk right here on bloomberg. ♪risk right here on bloomberg. ♪ manus: it is daybreak europe. with just over a month to go until election day, the latest polls show support for angela merkel's party and its affiliate . while the social democrats have risen to almost a for your high. maria tadeo is in berlin and the polls have a screaming message. how worried do you think they are at the cdu? berea: -- maria: they are very worried. we have entered the critical stage of the campaign and the polling numbers for armin laschet look like a big disaster. the cdu has lost more than 10 points as a party and he himself as a political party, a potential candidate, is also slipping on that basis. one problem is a candidate that has not been successor -- successful on the campaign trail and the cdu slipping week after week. if you look at the latest polls coming out, they show that they are polling 22 percent. the spd that was third and discounted from the election is polli

and angela merkel makes her less trip to russia, as german chancellor -- last trip to russia, as germanhancellor, vowing to maintain a dialogue. you are watching "france 24." good to have you with us. u.s. president joe biden has defended his country's to mull to his exit from afghanistan as chaotic scenes continue to unfold at kabul airport. speaking from the what has come about and promised every american who wanted to would be evacuated. he also said the u.s. government does not know how many of its citizens are enough kenaston biden has pledged to get those with siv visas out of the country, too. >> there's no one mourn port and then bringing american citizens out, but they are equally important as almost all those siv's, who in fact help us to -- helped us, they were part of the operation. as well as we are also trying to get out as many ngos nongovernment organizations, women's organizations, we are doing all we can. >> we spoke to france 24's washington correspondent earlier, to unpack a little bit of what he said during today's speech. here's what she had to say. reporter: he st

the body arrived in texas for the funeral in washington dc, the guestbook on the page that angela merkelthe condolence book which is turned to barack and michelle obama and the program, from the service and u.s. senate condolence book which is turned to mitch mcconnell's signature. we have a photomontage throughout his life. the early life. they were married younger. he was still in the navy when they got married. we have a montage of photos from his life and career at the library and some photos, a nice photo in texas as you before the 141 traveled from houston to the library carrying the body with an intersection of railroad track that was cut out by you. a section that the train actually went over and one of my favorite cartoons, one of a series of two, mrs. bush died there was a cartoon of mrs. bush going to heaven and being greeted by her daughter and when president bush died 6 months or 8 months later, the cartoonist from jackson, mississippi did a cartoon of president bush meeting robin and mrs. bush in heaven and from the train, president bush loved trains and railroad travel and

what we are doing now is calling for announcement that chancellor merkel needs to do in the upcomingession on the 20 for the august, to explain herself and theay the government acted on this behalf. the next legislative term that is starting this fall in germany , we have to have a mission that is a mission of inquiry, looking very deeply into the whole mandate of the afghanistan action and the afghanistan mission that the bundeswehr has been engaged in for the past two decades. michael: what sort of situation are those who assisted german forces in now? >> the situation on the ground in kabulbut also in other provinces in afghanistan, is very volatile. depending on who you are asking and also depending on how good your networks are, myself, i haven't been to afghanistan, so i am very dependent on people who have better networks in the region. they report and we saw that on your reports just a few seconds ago, how angry on one hand but also how scared people are and how uncertainty leads to these drastic situations that we saw in the past 72 hours. from kabul airport. we need to asse

just weeks before germany goes to the polls, the three candidates competing for angela merkel's job as the next chancellor faced off in a tv debate last night and we will tell you what they said good -- said. ♪ two our viewers -- to our viewers around the world, welcome. the u.s. security council is requiring the taliban to honor their commitment to allow afghans to leave freely if they want to, but it will not include the creation of a safe zone. as the tuesday deadline for the u.s. withdrawal approaches, the pentagon warning of further real and specific threats by militants to disrupt evacuations at the airport in kabul. earlier monday, u.s. missile defense systems shot rockets targeting the airport, and an affiliate of is-k says it was behind that attack. reporter: a plume of smoke near kabul's international airport. witnesses say rockets were launched from this car earlier monday morning. >> our house is here. we were sitting in her home when a terrible explosion occurred. i thought a rocket hit somewhere. when i looked out of the gate, iselle rockets being fired at the airport fro

johnson, chancellor merkel of germany, president macron of france.e all agreed we will convene the g7 meeting next week, a group of the world's leading democracies, because together we can coordinate our mutual united approach on afghanistan moving forward. we are united with our closest partners to execute the mission at hand. we have also discussed the need to work with the international community, to provide humanitarian assistance, such as food aid and medical care for refugees that have crossed into neighboring countries to escape the taliban. and to bring international pressure on the taliban with respect to the treatment of afghan people over all, including afghans, particularly women and girls. the past week has been heartbreaking. we have seen got wrenching images of panic people acting out of sheer desperation. it is completely understandable. they are frightened. they are sad. uncertain about what happens next. i don't think anyone of us can see these pictures and not feel that pain on a human level. now, we have a mission to complete in a

on the lives merkel's block trails the social democrats and polls for the first time in 15 years. key allied says the group will undershooting selection goals next month's race. president biden resist mounting pressure to delay the final pullout of afghanistan but asks for a contingency plan instead. very good morning. welcome to the european market open. 7:00 here in london. mark is with us in singapore. what are the market saying to you? mark: good morning morning to you. i'm afraid to say that markets are uninspired today. there's a lack of broad direction. monday was a great session. tuesday was positive. the u.s. session was more mixed. in asia, we started out positively enough. the pboc offered liquidity to the system which took it to the positive side. tech stocks soared on the open. the golden dragon index in the u.s. rose a percent overnight. that enthusiasm tailed off. since then, we've been pretty flat. anna: pretty flat and directionless. the same applies to european features as well. put those up in the screen. this is what we have. entirely unchanged euro stoxx 50 fu

we had the guestbookok from blair house which is on the page that merkel signed. which is turned to barack and michelle obama. we also have the program from the service. we have the u.s. senate condolence book which is turned to mitch mcconnell's signature. we have a photo m montage throughout his life. of course the early life, they were married young. he was still in the navy when they got married. we have eight montagef otos fro his life and career here at the library. and some photos, a nice photo from texas as the u pete 4141 traveled from houston appear to the library and carried the body with it. and then a section of the railroad track that was cut wils bush. and then the light from the train, president bush crazy loved robo travel and early the planning process for this funeral, he wanted to be brought from houston to the station as his final resting place. library and in the train and so, the drone light from the train and then that you be you and some of itsts heritage fle, to bring the family and they had a car specially designed for the casket and the

olaf skrrkcholz said he is the l candidate into the post-merkel era. >> i have a plan i have been able to prepare myself well for the offices i held in the past. >> and the green candidate hit out at the spd coalition accusing it of failing to push ahead on key issues slick climate change >> the last few years of the spd and cdu have not done this country any good we need a real departure for me, the central issue for any coalition is climate protection the next federal government must set the course for climate neutrality in our country. it has become very, very he cl this is not the cdu position >> let's get to anetta with the latest following the latest and speaking to you the last several weeks, the standout is the p popularity of olaf scholz. what made his campaign so successful >> i think this time, it is the first time in many years that the social democratic party is standing united behind one candidate and he is not doing anything wrong whereas the others were not popular right from the beginning with the general voters and they had their communication mishaps and lies in the

we have the guest book firm blair house, which is on the page that angela merkel sign and then we have the condolence book, which is turned to. barack and michelle obama and then we also have the program. and from the service and we have the us senate condolence book, which is turned to. mitch mcconnell's signature we have a photo montage of throughout his life. of course. the early life they were married young. he was just still in the navy when they got married. and so we have a montage of photos from their life from his career. here at the library. and some photos a nice photo from tomball texas as the up 4141 traveled from houston up here to the library and carried the body with it and then a section of the railroad track. that was cut out by up. but that's a section that the train actually. went over and then one of my favorite cartoons there's this is one of a series of two and mrs. bush died. there was a cartoon of mrs. bush going to heaven and being greeted by her daughter and then when president bush died about six months or it's later ramsey mcdonald our marshall ramsey. sorr

merkel's hand gesture.f you want the politics, you have to get away from the state oriented social democratic program. i didn't notice anything along those lines yesterday and didn't see him as a fireworks show of ideas. >> a series of polls have seen the center left social democrats overtake the conservatives for the first time in about 15 years. the greens s remain steady in third at 17% the yields have risen back to the 0.4% on the prospect of spending in berlin without the conservatives at the helm and greens as part of the ruling coalition. i'm pleased to welcome danyal bayaz. state minister for the greens to the program. thank you for taking the time to speak with us. it has been a roller coaster in terms of the polling over the last several weeks and months. the greens seeing a significant rise in popularity earlier this year things have become more difficult of late. are you satisfied with the performance of your party? >> i think we are doing quite good the situation is like that and angela merkel

let's take a look at angela merkel. >> things have really sped up. the afghan army has failed to provide any resistance or very little resistance, for whatever reason. on this we all made an incorrect assessment and this was not just a misinterpretation on the parts of the germans, it was widespread. >> that's chancellor angela merkel speaking of the very serious misjudgment on the international scale when it comes to afghanistan. the positive news coming out of the country today is at the rescue mission from the european union does seem to be on track. we know a german plane landed at the airport and they will repatriate european hospitals and afghans who have worked for european institutions throughout the year. dani: thanks to simone foxman and argus for giving us the reaction from the fallout. let's get to the first word news with juliette saly. juliette: the chair of the u.s. security commission has issued his most direct warning yet on the risks of investing in chinese companies listed in the u.s. he says he ordered the sec to pause green light

angela merkel's successor. the futures as we close in to this friday open here in europe. a muted session in asia after some solid gains another record on wall street. here is what we are looking at across the european session as things get underway this friday morning. we talked about a muted session in asia with continued concerns over the delta variant. and the continued regulatory push by chinese regulators. the ftse 100 eking out some positive movement. the politics intertwining with the corporate story around the future of autos and tesla. elon musk will be on the ground in about an hour. the ftse 100 of 0.2 percent. the cac 40 in more modest positive territory. and flat on the ibex in spain. investors may be taking a pause after a season of solid earnings. earnings topping estimates. there is a debate for investors. italy is flat. a bit of a muted session. strongest gains in london with the ftse up 0.2 percent. the reflation trade taking a comeback as u.s. 10-year gilts head for their first back-to-back