friedrich merz is still way ahead with the cdu and olaf schultz is behind 15%.you won't get that complicated system... we are not comparing reform uk and afd here, obviously the challenges from it is a split within the right and obviously there is this talk of coalition here in the uk as well so the parallels are similar.- parallels are similar. yes. i cuess parallels are similar. yes. i guess once _ parallels are similar. yes. i guess once you _ parallels are similar. yes. i guess once you are - parallels are similar. yes. i i guess once you are associated with someone you don't want to be associated with, it is difficult to step back from that. at the same time here in germany, in this example was on migration and clearly friedrich merz was able to tap into an issue that many people felt unhappy about. that is where his conservative cdu are pulling strongly which are top of the list of concerns, immigration and the economy, when they got to the polls, at the same time nobody really likes friedrich merz that much. he has a hard time particularly with female vot

german chancellor olaf scholz and election frontrunner friedrich moritz go head to head in the first television debate. with the health of europe's largest economy dominating the conversation. >> i was. >> stunned. >> which i'm. >> shocked at how you're. >> interpreting the situation. >> we are. >> now in the third year. >> of a recession. >> this has. >> never happened in germany before. >> we are. >> we are better than others when it comes to exports. that's why we also feel, to a greater extent, what's happening in the global economy. >> french president. >> emmanuel macron. >> pledges more than ■k7100 billion worth of ai investments. >> as top names. >> in the private and public sector descend on paris for the ai action summit. we'll hear from meredith whitaker, president of signal, this hour. >> a very good morning to you, and welcome to the program. another turn in the trade war is on the agenda. this morning, president trump says he will impose a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports today on top of existing duties. speaking to reporters on board air force one, trump al

and we have heard this reaction from the german chancellor, olaf scholz.ranslation: what | happened is terrifying. the entire country, like me, is on the side of the victims a headlight has popped out and the windscreen is andvyhat lopksfmm what they think has happened is that a vehicle that the police car and caused a collision, leaving police have identified a suspect as a 24—year—old afghan national. among other things. in germany, where immigration is one of the major issues. i asked our correspondent, damian mcguinness, in berlin i mean, this is an annual event with, as you say, annita, global leaders. on the whole have really picked up on to an unprecedented about migration. and some quite hard line rhetoric from some politicians just now, who is a centre—left politician, sounding incredibly who have committed offences. that's already happening just ten days before the election. an impact on the votes cast for alternative especially in the east of the country? you know, i think it really depends what how the mainstream politicians react. what we've s

in the meantime, olaf scholz remains _ even may.olaf scholz remains as a caretaker? . scholz remains as a caretaker? that exactly how it would work, ca reta ker caretaker the a caretaker government. the of it would stay on as current of it would stay on as a minority government, which also means they would be no decisions made. the that mam; expectations that so many people have for to people have for investments to to unleash also private come, to unleash also private this will again be which also the stalled, whichealso means the economy would not get german economy would not get of this current out of this current state of stagnation at least the stagnation at least until the summer. stagnation at least until the summer- — stagnation at least until the summer. . , 5 ., summer. 0k, carsten brzeski of research summer. 0k, carsten brzeski of - research in _ summer. 0k, carsten brzeski of - research in frankfurt, - ing research in frankfurt, thank for that. support for anti—immigration parties has grown but many germany's labour shor

olaf scholz is open to negotiating with the u.s. terrorists.e heats up and asian stocks again as optimism drives a tech powered rally adding a trillion dollars in value. we are building on equities, we did rally last week on some optimism manifested in european equity markets. ftse 100 inching toward the green, key data and u.k. inflation, s&p and nasdaq starting off the week off in the green and we will get thin trading, fomc minutes in focus. flipping over a couple of market moves in europe, look at 10 year bond futures, the bond futures are down. we were talking to valerie that investors are hoping for issuance to account for defense spending as a catalyst for bonds. the euro is back at one .05, relief from the tariff discussion, tariffs have not been applied. brent has strength coming through despite talks between russia and ukraine, they will hopefully progress. gold up 3/10 of 1% though trading sideways, bit of a drop but the trajectory has been positive. president donald trump says zelenskyy will be involved in peace talks after advisors

and olaf scholz's coalition collapsed, paving the way for this. if you think about the timeline, no member five -- november 5 until the vote today, this highlights part of the issue that germany has been grappling with over the last for years, which is not being able to get things done and get things done quickly. heading into the polls, we have looked at something that has not changed since november 5, where you have the cdu leading. you look at that historic average and that will be quite a bit lower than what we have seen in terms of a leading already in germany since the turn-of-the-century. merkel was always doing about 30%. much better than olaf scholz, who had the lowest governing majority with about 25%. so what friedrich merz is hoping to do is consolidate some of that vote and power and be able to lead a strong coalition at a moment when not just germany but all of europe needs to move faster. tom: and the polling suggests there is little chance of an absolute majority, as you highlight. talk us through the potential coalition options th

olaf scholz struggling to land a decisive blow. he urgently needs one as the front runner in the german snap election. frederick mertz stood head-to-head with them in the tv election debate just two heads -- two weeks ahead of the vote. both candidates outlined their strategies for dealing with donald trump. analysis with oliver crook in berlin. who won? >> these are two candidates not known for being the most exciting or best communicators so at certain points it was slow but it kicked off on one of the main debate, immigration, which is where merz wanted to land a blow on olaf scholz, but they quickly moved to this question of afd, a party on the german far-right, scholz saying merz would be willing to enter into a coalition with the afd, which is something that merz rejected, saying there is no overlap between the afd and cdu. one of the points was debt. that was centered around defense and oil. the defense obligations of germany and what needs to spend to get their defense and military to where it needs to be. olaf scholz says

sitting down with german chancellor olaf scholz on trade regulations. markets. i'm kriti gupta. europe is bracing for president trump's reciprocal tariffs. we spoke with chancellor olaf scholz on trade relations. >> i have to admit that i'm in favor of free trade. i think this is a big advantage we have in the world. many of the world, is because of free trade. there must be free trade. free-trade is better than tariffs and protectionism. when it comes to the european union, everyone knows that we are a big economic area with a lot of strength. policy about tariffs is something that is common policy, so we have to be strong enough to everything that is harming the european economy. we should react always, but in a way that is offering the chance for an agreement. it is better for all parties involved, especially on both sides of the atlantic. >> is the european union considering cutting tariffs before any announcement? >> we invite the united states to discuss with responsible authorities on what we can do for a better progress that serves all of us. th

es geht. >> all right, well, olaf schultz has begun speaking in german.e returns back to english, we'll keep a listen out and come back to any comments that he delivers. now norway is on track to become the first country in the world to transition completely to electric vehicles in its new car market, ev sales in the country soared to nearly 89% of total auto sales last year, according to data from the norwegian public roads administration, up from less than 1% in 2010. and it says to 96% in the first few weeks of this year. so remarkable progression. let me welcome christina boot to the program secretary general of norwegian ev association. christina, great to have you with us. as norway approaches this milestone, really remarkable. and i think countries around the world are looking and asking the question, how did norway do it? so when you look back at the last decade, the last 15 years, really, what have been the most effective strategies to ev adoption? >> well, i think it has. >> all to. >> do with having. >> a clear. >> goal and. politics that has s

to germany and politics of that nation as they lead up to the elections pray chancellor olaf scholz ising on undecided voters to close a big gap in the polls ahead of next week's elections. scholz spoke during a q&a on german television, adding that he is still optimistic he can win. a spring in christoph in frankfurt with more. what is the reality and the likelihood that scholz can in fact turn things around. 22 data, around 40% of voters are not fully committed to a party. >> yes, this was actually the one new line olaf scholz offered on tv last night. as you said, the numbers for him look pretty much unchanged for several weeks. he is gradually running out of time. we only have one more week until the federal election on sunday on february 23. people did not learn a ton of new things to be honest last night. he essentially repeated his narrative on domestic security, how to revamp the economy but it was difficult to see how that debate would spark new momentum for him in the election campaign. tom: what are the latest polls showing about the leading parties, how are the cdu doing ve

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we may have them in the store of if i remember that german chancellor, olaf schultz came here once to try to purchase some brazilian guns for ukraine. i told my friend, olaf schultz that i am not willing to sell weapons to kill russians or anyone else . i want to apologize, but brazil will not sell the weapons you need. my priority is peace. if i want peace, i cannot support war. i cannot take a privileged side. i must criticize both parties involved in the conflict. my responsibility is to support everyone who seeks peace, brazil's position remains steadfast. we want peace between russia and ukraine. this can only be achieved if both sides are willing to negotiate. so it it last show that's all we have presently. as, as a lensky tries to scramble, will any remnants of support that he has left? and i guess the only time will tell whether she is ready to accept. so not only the conditions presented to him by political power houses around the world. but more importantly, his own people who were well basically ripped off their rights to elect their own president. now hop on the heels of

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top story this hour, the munich security conference is continuing today with world leaders including olafcholz and volodymyr zelenskyy discussing global security challenges there. uk foreign secretary david lammy is also calling for european sanctions on people smuggling gangs, and will co—host a migration roundtable later with italy. he also says he and us vice president j.d. vance agree ukraine must be part of any peace talks with russia. as sir keir starmer pushes for kyiv to join nato. meanwhile, boris johnson has backed donald trump's message to europe, urging nations to man up and step up their support for ukraine. thousands of people are expected to march to the us embassy today in protest against donald trump's plans for gaza. it comes after the us president said he wanted to take over the territory and turn it into the riviera of the middle east. the counter—protest by stop the hate will take place along the march route near vauxhall bridge. the met police say there will be a major security operation to keep the groups apart and to minimise disruption. they've also imposed condit

and yet the likes of the german chancellor, olaf scholz, will not be drawn on this issue.here is so much uncertainty at all clear what the us is actually going to do. have talks on their own without including the eu or kyiv. now they are saying, oh, we might include more people. clear if this willjust providing support or if it will be sending troops onto the ground into ukraine. there are so many questions. germany has an election coming up, it makes sense it has chosen not to do that, at the expense of its economy relax this debt break they have, which will be important for defence, also. christie, there. rising to record levels, driven mainly by defence earnings in the industry to continue to increase. james hughes, is co—founder of the financial content i put to him that markets can be quite brutal in these the money will be next to go up so that means there will be investment, and that is exactly what we saw yesterday, and really that is exactly what we have seen since we knew donald trump was going to be president in the us. about what he will do with the russia and

. >> speaking to reporters after the meeting, german chancellor olaf scholz expressed his frustration with questions over potential troop deployments. >> this is. it is completely premature and completely the wrong time to have this discussion. now i'm even a little irritated by these debates, i have to say. people are talking here about possible variants of outcomes over the heads of ukraine, about the outcome of peace talks that have not taken place, and with which ukraine has not said yes and has not sat at the table. this is highly inappropriate, to put it bluntly and honestly, we don't even know what the outcome will be. >> now, french president emmanuel macron said he spoke to us president trump and ukraine's president zelenskyy after that meeting, calling for strong security guarantees for ukraine and increased defense investment. let's get out to charlotte, who joins us now from paris. charlotte. macron clearly trying here to take a lead in aligning europe in its response to calls for more support for ukraine. but after more than what sounds like a three hours of discussion at

now, vance did not meet with germany's actual leader, chancellor olaf schultz, instead choosing to elevate alice weidel, leader of the anti-immigrant party called afd. he chose to meet with her instead. our producer there, claudia otto, confirmed some details of this meeting, including that it lasted 30 full minutes. it comes just weeks after elon musk addressed the afd party convention, sending shockwaves throughout europe. as musk told the party not to be ashamed of germany's past. >> i think there's like, frankly, too much of a focus on on past guilt, and we need to move beyond that. >> german chancellor schulz, in an incredible moment after that, slammed musk's decision to meet and cozy up to the far right party's main candidate. he said this to our fred pleitgen. >> what is new is that he is intervening in favor of right wing politicians all over europe, and this is really disgusting. >> well, musk is not alone now because jd vance had that meeting today. we are told that that 30 minute sitdown again, that he did with the far right party when he did not meet with the leader of germany

with us. german chancellor, olaf schultz says defense spending must increased significantly to counter the threat from russia. speaking at the munich security conference shows also responded to controversial remarks from us, vice president j. the vans who urged europe to open its doors to far right parties . scholes and germany had the right to decide how it deals with fund ride hate speech. also in munich, ukrainian president wrote them years lensky warrens, that russia posed a danger to all of europe launch. he said new russian military divisions destined for bellows could attack nato country once the landscape also called for the creation of a european army to deter russia. let's be on us now. we con, throughout the possibility that america might say no to europe on the east, that threats and that many, many leaders have told it was your that me, it's its own military. and i me, and i mean of you are a and i and i, i really, i really believe the time has come on forces of your must be created and, and his address to the conference room and chance are all of sold called on europe . a

german chancellor olaf scholz expressed support for of president trump to call him a "dictator". willme. it was russia that started the war. so i think we should keep calm when it comes to very, very fast, dramatic social media announcements right now. it has been a very rough patch. i was at the security conference over the weekend listening to the us vice president more or less endorse a far—right party, with links to extremist neo—nazis. now you have zelensky and trump trading insults in a way that is very, very counter—productive as i actually think trump has done the right thing by trying to establish a dialogue with russia, by calling trump and zelensky need each other. because the us is its main backer, so i hope we can move past this 24—48 hour period in which the relationship seems to have spoiled. it is time for hard homework to create a real plan, socialising with ukraine and europe, and then try to negotiate it with russia. when president trump says today he is the one that has trump is right that part of what is at play here he wants to talk to the united states. trump ca

of voting taking place on sunday. a snap election which was triggered by the collapse of chancellor olafts — led by friedrich merz — are on course to be the largest party. he's ruled out working with the hard right afd significant gains. our chief presenter sumi somaskanda about high energy costs, inflation they believe has hit the german economy especially hard, the biggest economy the christian democrats — led by friedrich merz — the economic situation to not get worse and everybody has a different idea on where that comes from. best shape the future and our fears. about that at my age. how to deal with the rise of the far right, the afd to the polls on sunday. this is bbc news. you're welcome back. after the trump administration stunned europe with its decision to start talks with russia about ending to see what washington has in store for them. the us still underwrites the security of japan still based there, and the us navy's pacific fleet almost with other navies. our south east asia correspondentjonathan head a 100,000 ton nuclear powered behemoth, and the most visible its 60 stat

on sunday, the british prime minister met the german chancellor, olaf scholz, with sir keir saying hets it is attending those meetings as an observer. commitment to strengthening the uk's partnership with the eu. to russia's war in ukraine, are at the top of the agenda. our security correspondent frank gardner outlines we can expect from the summit. but there are a number of kind of negative factors one is that, as you rightly mentioned, that the kind and that will be good news for those countries countries like hungary and slovakia. for countries to spend more. to spend on defence. a lot of western nations have emptied their armouries britain's army is dwindling in size and there is that it could be in quite a difficult position. particularly in terms of missile defence, there is another factor here that is really worrying people, wanting a deal for the united states to buy greenland. initially to her country don't worry, you know, it's not for sale. where president trump has said, "no, i'm serious." in beijing, as well, because it undermines western unity taking what they want. what

motivated and aimed at disrupting germany's upcoming election in just over a week. german chancellor, olaf shows, has visited the site of the attack in munich, dw, as chief political categor. mckayla's listener has more as he came to the scene here twice today, a 1st to lays down some flowers at this crossing. it was some 30 people were inches when this young man drove essentially into crowds into a demonstration. this is the kind of demonstration for the rights and he then went and spoke to the emergency services for almost an hour. and then he were tons of to once again reiterate that she is the very decisive in acting where action is needed. and so that's the full low need to apply a full set to turbo acts. this of course being of mine, a young man who came here as a teenager. then he was erotic, who lives here in germany and authorities believe that there was a religious extreme. this motive behind this, so what i saw, it's clearly very moved off to having spoken to the emergency services. today. its thousands have marched through central berlin in support of eligibility to rights ahea

chancellor olaf scholz with sir keir saying he wants neighbours, but britain will not be rejoining thethat a british prime minister will attend a european council meeting. downing street says it represents sir keir�*s with the eu. to russia's war in ukraine, are at the top of the agenda. expect from the summit. there's a very strong statement that's been put out in advance to destroy russia's war machine, to take advantage of the economic sanctions on russia, to not let up, to push on and to try and kind of press ahead invasion of ukraine. here which are probably not mentioned in that. of the person who's not of this, of course, to end the ukraine war. slovakia. but then there's also the whole business of how much money countries spend on their defence. some cases, on defence. to spend on defence. a lot of western nations have emptied their armouries itjust simply hasn't got enough muscle, in some cases, there is another factor here that is really worrying people, wanting a deal for the united states to buy greenland. denmark's prime minister, mette frederiksen, said initially to her c

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during a debae with the social democrat rival olaf scholz he warned of the consequences of failing togration and germany's flagging economy. >> then we will finally slide into right-wing populism. i'm standing here to avoid that. i will only sign a coalition agreement that includes a turnaround on the immigration and the economy. reporter: the outgoing chancellor signaled his willingness to get tough on immigration. >> perpetrators must be severely punished and if they have committed such offenses and don't have german citizenship, they must expect us to return them to their country of origin. reporter: the mainstream parties and they have agreed to keep the far-right out of office. but can they create a stable coalition government without the support of the afd? catherine is a german-american political scientist. >> if the coalition holds then he can absolutely sidelined the afd. is the majority going to be stable enough for the afd to not hit the coalition with a lot of obstructionism and make their life hard? those are what the numbers on sunday will show. right now those numbers a

european union's largest economy is holding a snap election triggered by the collapse of chancellor olafsuggest the conservative christian democrats — led by friedrich merz — are on course to be the largest party. he's ruled out working with the hard right afd and its leader alice weidel — but the party, which is putting a big focus on immigration, is expected to make significant gains. the first vote is cast directly for a candidate from one in each of germany's 16 states. if a party wins at least 5% of those votes, it is awarded allocates according to its state lists. of mps could vary — 736 were elected last time, in but changes in the electoral law mean that total needed to form a majority. let's speak to freelance journalist james jackson what can expect from these elections? there hasn't been that much the polls in recent change in the polls in recent weeks and months despite a number of such as attacks in munich and terrorist attacks in munich and nearby austria and where nearby austria and places where terrorism be suspected, the terrorism can be suspected, the focus has really b

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german chancellor olaf scholz also conceding that there now, sir keir starmer has confirmed that he ispresident trump, and he believes and after that meeting concludes next week, mr starmer said he will host a meeting with the same european leaders to carry on the conversation. where things are going next. now on tuesday, of course, will be that key meeting meeting in turkey with his turkish counterpart. to some of the soldiers who've been fighting close to the border with russia. the killing power in this small room near the russian border is formidable. each drone, all made in ukraine, costs around £300. ukraine's success in drone warfare, and the fact they're killing russians a day ago in kursk — that ukraine invaded. of the soviet union. they haven't been listening to team trump's lectures when he was a drone pilot in the field. now too busy here to follow the news. it's like a 24/7 job. and you know, it's more important for us what's happening right now on the front line ukraine and the rest of europe that's been happening in the last few days hasn't reached this place. a russian

in the meantime, olaf scholz remains as a caretaker? on as a minority government, which also means there would be no decisions made. all the expectations that so many people have investments, this will again be stalled, which also means the german economy would not get out of this current state of stagnation at least until the summer. towards the milestone of $3,000 an ounce. often seen as a safe—haven asset in times of turbulence, the investor interest is partly triggered by concern about a potential tariff trade war between the us and its partners. there's also a theory that gold itself could be subject into the us before any such in london, where $500 billion she told about the significance of gold at $3,000 an ounce. five years from around the $2,000 level, but it really started to take off last year. the price last year was up about 25% and this year it is up around 12% so it is quite significant. as you say, there are a number of reasons for that movement — not least tariffs — but prior to that you and right now you have this oppo

on sunday, the british prime minister met the german chancellor olaf scholz with sir keir saying he wantst be rejoining the eu. commitment to strengthening the uk's partnership with the eu. defence and security — including europe's response to russia's war in ukraine — are at the top of the agenda. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman gave me his assessment of what might come out of this meeting. that keir starmer is going to attend tonight will take that's not what keir starmer is doing today, but he is hoping that this dinner will pave the way to a better relationship, a reset relationship, as he repeatedly where the uk is strong, particularly when it comes will be hoping to use the uk's presence there, european union countries when it comes to defence spending and when it comes to supporting ukraine to do more now. better relationship in other areas as well. and henry, iwanted to ask you, of course, also impose levies on the uk, well, i don't think downing street knows i mean, they, like us, are waking up to interpret what donald trump has said overnight, and that's to have

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german chancellor olaf scholz said the eu was strong enough to react to any u.s.evees although the goal he said should be cooperation. overnight, president trump said that u.k. was also out of line on trade but hopes something could be worked out. sir keir starmer has traveled to brussels tonight to be in talks with a reset on the european union. our political chris mason has been watching. chris: the headquarters of the european union, the clubs leaders mingling in brussels. their focus today to defend ukraine but defending their trade with america uppermost in mind, too. you can imagine how the talk of tariffs have gone down here. >> we have to do everything to avoid this totally unnecessary and stupid terror before, trade war. >> what is clear is there are no winners and trade wars. if the united states and the u.s. starts a trade war, the one laughing on the site is china. >> this is one of the most important things. i will not start a war. i want to start negotiations. chris: just before european leaders landed in brussels, president trump landed in washingto

trond olaf kristoffersen, the cfo of hydro, joins me now. thank you so much for being with us. i'm going to cut right to it, because i think this is where the broader market is focused right now. and that is on the potential impact of tariffs from the us. right. in your statement today, toward the beginning, you note that as the us is a major aluminum importer, tariffs will likely raise premiums and costs. how do these tariffs affect you. >> well good. morning and. >> thanks. >> a lot for having me this morning. so on the tariff question the tariffs create an uncertainty in the market. but what we know and what has been decided so far is the 25% import duty on aluminum. >> into into the us. >> for us as a company is has very. limited impact on our operations and financials based on what has been decided so far. but but on the market side, we see already that aluminum premiums. >> in the us. >> has reacted, and the current aluminum prices. >> in the. >> us is now mostly pricing in the 25% import. duty into the us. >> are you already. seeing a

and i think the shock you heard there from olaf schultz, the german chancellor, is what's loudest atoment, certainly amongst ukraine's allies, many of them still reeling from the speech that vice president jd vance gave in munich at the weekend, where he essentially called all of america's western democracy allies essentially totalitarians who were afraid of their own voters, calling them an enemy within. a remarkable statement to hear from a serving u.s. vice president that, i think, compounded the shock that many european nato members felt after hearing u.s. secretary of defense pete hegseth just earlier that week as well, saying that america was no longer wishing to be the guarantor of european security. talking about how ukraine could never be part of nato. really pulling the carpet under decades of security infrastructure across all of europe. and now that is the context and the background for this exceptionally complex piece that kyiv, frankly exhausted, needs russia. it seems to need as well. but it's being negotiated between the united states and russia. at first, it seems it

a short while ago we heard from the german chancellor, olaf schultz take a list. this to him, full bottom. i have already commented on the terrible attacking munich and i want to again stress avery sentence. there must be decisive action investigations are on the way. i do not want to present their conclusions, but alcohol works uh with the victims and know they have families. some of the victims were very, very seriously injured. yeah. yeah, for let's all you want to take a closer look now at how events spend folded today and meaning it's please send emergency services. a rush to the scene of storage. he said some of the victims were very seriously hurt. may have included children. please said most of the injured had been taking part in a demonstration linked to a strike in the city center. the suspect driving a mini cooper overtook a police vehicle is scolding the demonstrate to us from behind. the suspect then accelerated and drove into the crowd. must be clean. colleagues caught the perpetrator soon after the vehicle was shot at once, that the perpetrator was

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i do not think anyone expects olaf schulz to be the next chancellor. very much like friedrich merz is going to take over, and the cdu is going to be the largest party, though this may be. maybe the afd is going to surprise us all and come out as the largest party. but i think it's clear that that friedrich merz is going to be the next chancellor of germany, and he has given speeches and presentations where he's mentioned commerzbank and unicredit. and it's a bit unclear really what he means, though he sort of thunders and pounds the podium and makes very strong statements. but when you really listen or look at the words that he's using, he's really not saying anything. i'm very concerned about it. but at the same time, he said he's not against banking consolidation happening within europe. and this, of course, would be a step in that direction. so i think we can expect him to be more positive about this acquisition than than all of us would be. >> octavio, there is a debate as to whether andre o'connell needs this commerzbank takeover, because i think

olaf schultz said this is not the conversation to be having right now.nd then you've got russia coming out saying that they are categorically opposed to european troops deploying to ukraine. so are the europeans just totally off base, focusing their efforts on troops at this point? >> well. >> if this is indeed. >> not the key issue at the moment. having said that, if there is an armistice, it would have to be policed, as trump has ruled out directly having us troops on the ground, european troops would be the ones as to whether it's the right moment for it to discuss that, well, it's always good to make plans for that, and it would be good to tell the us and russia that europe would be ready for such a role. as to the german part in it. ask us, please, the day after the election, not just a few days ahead of the election, as this is, of course, a hot topic, i am fairly confident that in the end, europe would be willing and hopefully able to field troops to police an armistice in the in ukraine. but to do that effectively, to really deter russia from any

. >> trump's comments on zelenskyy drew condemnation from european leaders, with german chancellor olafz criticizing the remarks as wrong and dangerous, while uk prime minister keir starmer phoned the ukrainian leader to reiterate his support. european leaders held a second round of talks in paris yesterday, with french president emmanuel macron saying they share the us objective to bring an end to the war, but reiterated both kyiv and europe must be involved in any negotiations. steve will be speaking with the former ukrainian foreign affairs minister, dmytro kuleba, as the country prepares to mark its third anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. we'll bring you part of that conversation tomorrow. a breakthrough in the ukraine war could speed up unicredit's exit from russia. that's according to ceo andrea orchard in an interview with the financial times. orchard said the developments could help the bank to secure better terms for its russian unit, after previously refusing to offload the segment unless it achieved a fair price. on the macro front, german producer prices came in l

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there's a nimble that they have to cover it because the police, the german chancellor, olaf schultz, is holding his final rally ahead of sunday's election. he's facing stiff competition from the far right alternative for germany. but whoever wins one of the most urgent tasks for the next government is to fix the country's ailing infrastructure. its estimated $600000000000.00 are needed to deal with the prompts . step fast and reports from dressed. a few minutes after the last drum passed, one night in september, the 55 year old code, a bridge collapse into the river. alba, nobody was injured, but the broken bridge has become a symbol for the diet state of gym needs infrastructure between fast oxygen i am almost 80 years old and i have never experienced that a bridge collapse is not even during socialism. it's unbelievable, as it's openly collected, the $5000.00 highway bridge is upset to be in critical states. 7000 kilometers have multiple ways and 4000 kilometers of train tracks are in urgent need of repair. traffic in germany has become a challenge with long traffic jams and trains

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