olaf scholz, the german chancellor speaking here in magdeburg just in the last couple of hours. visited and laid flowers. you can see here even more people are coming all the time trying to get candles to light in this bitterly cold wind and the rain starting to fall here. leaving flowers and candles and tributes. one of the victims, we know one of the five people killed was a toddler. very much of the focus of those tribute is where you actually saw olaf scholz standing and speaking just a moment ago. i want to show you love pictures of this spot. it isjust show you love pictures of this spot. it is just on the other side of this market square and has become a focus for people. a lot of people standing around there, many of them in quiet contemplation. really trying to work out what has happened to the city which this time yesterday was celebrating, people in this busy and bustling market. people coming out this friday for christmas. also you can see, ijust want to show you what is happening behind me, which is where you can see christmas lights which are still twinkling and wo

you have frederick mertz saying olaf scholz is a failed counsel -- failed chancellor. now you have the afd, the voice of the far right, now impossible to ignore in german politics. they saying that germany is on the brink of collapse and a vote for frederick mertz is basically a vote for war with russia. this was the rhetoric and the sort of temperature going into this no-confidence vote after he lost and olaf scholz went to the president, who will dissolve the parliament and set the stage for this campaign and later today we will hear again from olaf scholz and the spd at 2 p.m. when they lay out their party platform and basically what their agenda will be and what they will be campaigning on for the next couple of months. >> an important day for them as they lay out those policies. at least on the surface, the german economy is facing a major problem. what is the policy prescription that each party's laying out to address the challenge? >> again, highlighted again yesterday when you had the german pmi data coming in yesterday, missing estimates and extending that str

that is essentially the underlying problem of olaf scholz�* outgoing three—way coalition. parties going on three different directions and that will not go away because adie will get stronger. it will not get into government but it will make it more difficult for other parties to form a stable coalition. this instability is likely to be something we will see again going forward in german politics. that crisis is not going away. let's get some of the day's other news now. medics and civil defence workers in gaza say israeli bombardments on sunday killed at least 53 palestinians, including three rescue workers and an al—jazeera cameraman. israel says it killed dozens of militants. police in the us state of massachusetts have arrested two men for flying drones massachusetts have arrested two men forflying drones near boston's logan airport. there have been a spate of drone sightings across six north—eastern states that caused widespread confusion. police have given no indication whether it is connected to these arrests. research suggests more than eight million vapes are throw

that is the translation of that post by olaf scholz. the german chancellor on social media.han that, we have been relying on local media and the news agencies to bring what few details we have. we have had one question answered in the last 10 minutes or so which was the working assumption of authorities, that this was an attack. of course, it looked like an attack with the scale of the response, scale of what happened there but we didn't have any confirmation at that stage. in the last hour, a car driven off course, some accident or awful accident, see mingly hitting a group of people, but the assumption now is that it was an attack using that car. in terms of motive for this attack, we still don't know. the driver of the car, the identity of that person we don't know. we don't know if that person was acting on their own or with other people at the scene, people behind the scenes. all of those questions, of course, we will attempt to answer in the hours and days to come. for the moment, we are still trying to get to grips with some of the most basic information including the

chancellor olaf scholz faces a vote of no confidence — it's a vote he wants to lose so as to triggerrocess towards an early election in february, in the hope that he can weather a political crisis and win a second term. germany's coalition government collapsed last month after a row about spending, which led to the chancellor sacking his finance minister christian lindner. chancellor scholz is speaking now ahead of that vote. we'll bring the result live to you here on bbc news. and ahead of that, we'll get more analysis on the significance of this — notjust for germany, europe's largest economy, but on the impact for the continent. we will be talking about that throughout the day. let's now bring you right up to date about what is happening in mayotte. it's taken more than a day — but the scale of the disaster brought to the french overseas territory by cyclone chido is starting to emerge — �*and the reports and the reports are horrifying. senior officials say they fear hundreds are dead — and over the next few days, as they try to reach devastated areas — they say that figure could

speaking of german politicians, the chancellor olaf scholz was here earlier today. for a service that's been happening, a vigil happening this evening. he also was on the other side of this market square for the p was laying flowers, he talked about the investigation that would be happening. there was also some discontent, there was some booing around there as well, people concerned about the security of these christmas markets, which we've seen attacked before for example in berlin in 2016 for the people feeling they should've been more secure than they were. also issues about what to do next year. olaf scholz call for unity and there has been a good deal of unity on display here throughout the day for the people coming out, standing together but also strong political views for that we heard from. political views for that we heard from batoul nayouf, lives in magdeburg and is a member of the city's syrian—german cultural association. she says this attack will be used to create a bigger division within german society. let's put this clear, of course with everything

we heard a little from the german chancellor olaf scholz — he pledged that germany would respond "withul and joyful place where people come together to enjoy christmas, to think about christmas, to drink wine and eat grilled sausages. what a dreadful tragedy for so many people were injured and killed with such brutality in a place like that. we have now heard that more than 200 people have been injured. there are five fatalities so far. and so many people are critically injured that we are severely concerned about what will happen to them. it is a dreadful catastrophe. we would all like to express our empathy and sympathy to those who are injured and to the families of those who are injured, to the families of those who have been killed, and i would like to express their solidarity of the entire country. we are all profoundly touched and shocked by this and we need to stand together and pull together and will indeed do so. it is very impressive that's only people stepped in to help immediately, including all the people who were working at the christmas market and visiting the christmas

we've heard a little from the german chancellor olaf scholz. full force of the law. translation: now, normally, a christmas market is a very i peaceful and joyful place, people come togetherjust before christmas in advent in the run—up to christmas to enjoy christmas and to think about christmas, to drink gluhwein and eat grilled sausages. what a dreadful tragedy that so many people were injured and killed with such brutality in a place like that. we've now heard that more than 200 people have been injured. there are five fatalities so far. and so many people are critically injured that we are severely concerned about what will happen to them. it's a dreadful catastrophe. we'd all like to express our empathy and sympathy to those who are injured and to the families of those who are injured, to the families of those who have been killed, and i'd like to express their solidarity of the entire country. we are all profoundly touched and shocked by this and we need to stand together and pull together and will indeed do so. it's very impressive that

olaf scholz laid a white rose.e other side of the market, you can see, between the buildings, a large church rising into the sky. in front of that, we have seen many people laying flowers. that's a realfocal point for flowers and candles and for people to gather and express, as we saw when olaf scholz was here, dissatisfaction at the security but also to come together and think about what happened here last night. i want to play you in full what the german chancellor had to say a couple of hours ago outside the church. translation: we have a translation now of the press conference taking place. translation:— conference taking place. translation: ., , translation: two minutes past seven in the _ translation: two minutes past seven in the evening, _ translation: two minutes past seven in the evening, we - translation: two minutes past seven in the evening, we were i seven in the evening, we were informed of the events, we received the first call over our emergency number. the first caller imagined that it was an acci

it's after chancellor olaf scholz recently lost a confidence vote in parliament.ned in the studio by lauren taylor. tell us what has been going on in germany. tell us what has been going on in germany-— in germany. this is confirmation - in germany. this is confirmation that l in germany. this is l confirmation that we in germany. this is - confirmation that we were expecting that parliament has been dissolved and an election will take place. this is after the collapse of the ruling coalition and olaf scholz had cold a vote of no confidence and he wanted to trigger the process which would lead to new elections. olaf scholz is lagging behind in the polls, his rival in the opinion polls but it's the traditional parties have always been very powerful in germany but the support has been eaten away by the radical left and radical left on both sides and germany is ready and, as you remember, from the attack only a short time ago on the christmas market in magdeburg on the right—wing party, the afd has been dry to capitalise on the anger in the aftermath of that, turning

germany is heading for an early germ election after olaf scholz lost a confidence vote in parliamentase voting 394—297 with 116 abstentions. olaf scholz said he want to elections actors through a coalition fell apart last month in a row over spending. polls have the opposition conservatives i had partly because they are talking tough on immigration. as mp5 debated the confidence vote chancellor said germany was facing many challenges including the war in ukraine and an energy crisis and unfair competition. however, my reason to end the governing coalition was based on something else. the reason even more important question. how and whether we invest in our country with vigour and determination or small—mindedness, everything else depends on this question. our security, else depends on this question. oursecurity, our else depends on this question. our security, our future, else depends on this question. oursecurity, ourfuture, our prosperity, the competitiveness of our economy, good work and education and last but not least, the social cohesion of our country. dr henning hoff, executi

people heckled germany's chancellor, olaf scholz, when he came here yesterday.ho say much more should have been done to stop this kind of thing happening. we know from the authorities that the car was able to enter the market through a route that was intended for the emergency services, so it wasn't blocked off with concrete blocks. people are asking whether that was a bad mistake. and also there is this mixture. while again, we saw last night the vigil held at the cathedral for the victims and the tremendous outpouring of sadness and solidarity there, at the same time, there was a demonstration in the town at which far—right slogans and xenophobic slogans were heard. so a very uncertain, quite swift—moving picture here in terms of the mood. thanks to bethany. the israeli military has carried out a wave of attacks across the gaza strip, hitting targets in gaza city, rafah, khan younis and elsewhere. local reports say at least 11 people were killed when this building was hit, in the central area of deir al balah. several children are feared dead. there are also r

what happened is the coalition collapsed in november, olaf scholz�*s governing coalition and he requestedunders like after losing the no—confidence vote. the constitution doesn't allow them to dissolve themselves so it was up to the president to make that decision. he has now called election for february the 23rd. but campaigning had started already because people were anticipating an election and we have seen olaf scholz has been trailing behind, he is on the centre—left and he has been trailing behind his rival. but those traditional parties are increasingly being attacked from both sides, from the radical left and the radical right, both by populist parties. this has been happening in the context when germany was reeling from this attackjust recently germany was reeling from this attack just recently on germany was reeling from this attackjust recently on a christmas market when a man drove his car into a christmas market and killed five people and injured hundreds more. the leader of the far—right party had been trying to capitalise on the anger that had come up through that issue. bl

chancellor olaf scholz�*s government loses a confidence vote in parliament deepening germany's politicalnd economic crisis. bitcoin bull run breaks new barriers, passing the hundred and $5,000 mark for the first time as president elect trump promises something great for crypto. and signed, sealed and delivered. the uk government approves the sale of the 500—year—old royal mail to a czech billionaire we will talk somewhat about the royal mail in just a we will talk somewhat about the royal mail injust a moment we will talk somewhat about the royal mail in just a moment but we will start this programme in germany where olaf scholz�*s coalition government has lost a vote paving the way for an election in february in the new year. german ministers voted down the minority administration led by the chancellor in a move that he himself sought as he looks to form a new majority government. the move creates a whole new layer of uncertainty for what is your�*s biggest economy, of course suffering from stagnation and industrial unrest in its particularly key automotive sector. let's talk to chris w

earlier today, chancellor olaf scholz came to lay a white rose and promise an investigation.: it is a dreadful tragedy that so many people i were killed and injured. it is a dreadful catastrophe. we send our sympathy to those who are injured, and i express the solidarity of the entire country. as specialist police continue their investigations just a few metres away, the collection of flowers and candles here just keeps on growing. this bitter december wind is not keeping people away. they want to be here, they want to be together and to remember the friends that they've lost. christmas feels very different here now. the stalls won't be reopening. the focus turned instead on remembering the victims, helping the survivors and making sure a tragedy like this can't happen again. i spoke to anna a short while ago live from magdeberg. anna, thanks so much for being with us. what more at this stage are we learning about the suspect? stage are we learning about the susect? h, . stage are we learning about the susect? ,., . ., ., stage are we learning about the susect? . ., ., , susp

the german chancellor olaf scholz came to lay a white rose and promise an investigation.a dreadful tragedy that so many people i were killed and injured. it is a dreadful catastrophe. we send our sympathy to those who are injured and i express the solidarity of the entire country. a specialist police continue their investigation —— as specialist police continue their investigation just a few metres away, the collection of flowers and candles herejust keep on growing. this better december wind is not keeping people away, they want to be here, they want to be together and to remember the friends that they've lost. christmas feels very different here now — the stalls will not be reopening. the focus instead turned on remembering the victims, helping the survivors and making sure a tragedy like this can't happen again. anna foster, bbc news, magdeburg. let's go live to magdeburg now and our correspondent bethany bell. these are the pictures lie. people coming to continue these are the pictures lie. people coming to continue and stand for and they met in front of the sea of fl

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and chancellor olaf scholz tables of vote he knows he will lose, triggering a snap election. we will be live in berlin. happy monday. it is the final full week before the end of the year. european futures pointing lower after some losses for european and u.s. stocks. upfront, the central-bank action , but before there, the federal reserve. the fed expected to cut 25 basis points. ftse 100 futures pointing higher and nasdaq 100 futures also unchanged. let's look cross asset. one of the worst weeks of the year in terms of the selloff last week particularly for the 10 year, around 24 basis points higher, little bit of money moving back in but after the selling of last week. euro-dollar getting a lift, gaining .2% and bitcoin smashing through fresh records. it had been above 105,000 on the news that microstrategy will be included in the nasdaq 100. some strength came through last week, currently down by .5%. let's check in on the asian markets, front and center with the data out of china and softness in retail sales and what that tells us about the weak consumer in china even as

olaf scholz, the chancellor unceremoniously firing his finance minister, christian lindner. two massively disagreed about germany's economic future the chancellor gave me an ultimatum to suspend the constitutional debt break. >> i couldn't do that because i would have been breaking my oath of office. >> but the divisions between governing parties go far deeper than a financial mechanism. >> all three parties contributed to why this coalition fell apart by provoking one another by publicly fighting. >> leonie von randow is a political reporter at welt. she's covered the coalition since it was formed. she says the euphoria of this government ended abruptly, triggered largely by the war in ukraine. >> the government had to take on a huge debt to kind of put more money into defense and into the army and also the economy started to really stumble because we were so largely dependent on russian gas and oil. so that's kind of where it all went downhill by throwing out the liberal party in his traffic light coalition, a reference to party colors, olaf schulz was forced to call a vot

the german chancellor, olaf scholz, is making an unexpected visit to the ukrainian capital, kyiv.opportunity to express solidarity with ukraine and has promised kyiv a fresh package of military aid worth more than 630 million euros. germany is currently the biggest european supplier of defence equipment to ukraine. paul adams has this update from kyiv. we don't know what the package includes and we won't know probably until later on in the day. i think it is unlikely that it includes any reference to the taurus long—range missile. ukraine has been asking germany for that missile for a long time. it may be hoped after the britain, the us and france gave the go—ahead to use the atacms and storm shadow missiles that olaf scholz would follow suit but the chancellor has had reservations on that and regards that as an escalation and so far we have seen no indication that he's willing to budge on it. i think it is fair to say that chancellor scholz has a mixed reputation here in ukraine. as you mentioned in the introduction, germany is by far the largest european provider of military ass

>> one thing to note from the statement you just read from olaf scholz which is worth noting there is no specific point to any kind of causation. so as you mentioned, he said the reports from magdeburg suggest something bad. my thoughts are with the victims and their families. again, not exactly pointing to anything, as we can typically here with government leaders went something like this hap happens. it's very often that we do hear them make a quick claim of who this could be, who could be behind us. as we know, one person according to local media is in custody. this is the driver who allegedly drove into this christmas market, which is about two hours outside of berlin. you can see the sea of police cars and ambulances, and we have been watching the live feed of what has been happening on the ground there right now. you can see completely empty chrima. two hours ago, this would have been packed with people. what we can see just there in that shot that you are showing right now, we actually saw police running earlier, carrying weapons. we don't have information just yet on where the

you're seeing german chancellor olaf scholz arriving. obviously, the attack that happened last night at that christmas market. an attacker driving through a high speed through a crowd of people just at the christmas market. just doing some christmas shopping and checking out the scene. and you're seeing the german chancellor arriving just there. he is going to be speaking later. and we will bring you the latest on that. he has already spoken about this and responded to the attack, saying at the time, my thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones. we stand by their side, by the side of all magdeburg residents. my thoughts to all of the emergency services in these difficult hours. as i told you earlier, this is just one month on from the interior minister saying that we need to be more vigilant at these christmas markets so people will be asking why wasn't more done before this attack? okay, back to our top story as lauren just reported. trump's confidant and informal adviser elon musk helped torpedo a bipartisan deal earlier this

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now, the vote today came about because olaf scholz is bickering.overnment collapsed back in november when he fired his finance minister, christian lindner. the two had been bickering for some time over a financial mechanism and germany's economy. but what resulted in this was scholz leading a minority government. that meant he had very few other options left to him, apart from calling this confidence vote. what the opposition party saw, though, in schultz's weakness, was the ability to force him to make the call on having the confidence vote and the election earlier than he had originally wished. that animosity was very clear to see on the floor of the bundestag today, with all parties leveling accusations at one another. schulz took another opportunity to remind the german people that the reason this government collapsed in his mind was because the liberal partners in his coalition were not prepared to agree with his policies and timetables. the cdu, the former party of angela merkel, now led by friedrich merz and one of the front runners to be th

olaf scholz said earlier today as he visited the scene where all of this happened, and i was actually able to get into that street on that christmas market that that car plowed through. and i can tell you it looked like absolute carnage there with a lot of the stalls badly damaged. and you could see that for the people who were there. the place was jam packed. when all of this was happening, there was really no way to escape because on either side you had these stalls so they couldn't go to the sides. and at the same time, you obviously can't outrun a vehicle that is going at that pace. so there is obviously a lot of anger and a lot of grief here in the city of magdeburg and germany itself. also, the germans are saying that of course, in the future they are going to have to see how to better secure christmas markets. it's been an ongoing topic here in this country. the christmas market industry is gigantic in germany, but from what we're hearing from the local authorities is that they say for right now, for them, this is a time of mourning. this is a time to remember those who are sti

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the german chancellor, olaf scholz, is making an unexpected visit to the ukrainian capital, kyiv, todaycholz said he wanted to use this opportunity to express solidarity with ukraine and has promised kyiv a fresh package of military aid worth more than 630 million euros. germany is currently the biggest european supplier of defence equipment to ukraine. our world affairs correspondent paul adams is in ukraine and explained the significance of this visit. the chancellor has a somewhat mixed reputation here. everyone is acutely aware that germany is, as you said in your introduction, the largest european provider of military assistance by far, something in the region of 28 billion euros worth of military aid so far. and he was bringing a fresh package with him today. but on the other hand, there has been this reluctance to provide long—range missiles, the taurus missile, which the ukrainians have been asking for for some time now. he was asked again about that today and he rather dodged the issue. president zelensky, for his part, said that was an issue that they were still discussing. he

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now, olaf scholz, the chancellor, visited the site today and promised no stone would be left unturned what we know, alex, about the suspect. he is a 50-year-old man from saudi arabia. he came to germany in 2006 at the age of 32, and he has worked as a doctor, in fact, a psychiatrist. this was confirmed to us by the clinic where he worked or has been working since 2020. this was in a nearby town. according to the interior minister, he has expressed over time islamaphobic views, had a history of anti-islam rhetoric. his motive is still unclear according to officials, but they are investigating the possible connections to saudi causes. so, again, motive still unclear, but his connections to saudi arabia will be part of the investigation. authorities say that this all happened within a 3-minute window, that he managed to enter the market area through the emergency access route, approaching slowly, still able to injure people, but then accelerated very quickly into that scene you saw just a few moments ago. and olaf scholz also referenced, and it's impossible not to, what happened almost e

we will get the same from olaf scholz later at 8:00 a.m. eastern time.ll be a lot heavier on the spending. the reality is they will have to be a coalition after this and a fear you will get basically trading one dysfunction for another. jonathan: oli, appreciate it. we talked about this a few times. the big fear going into the u.s. election was dysfunction and american politics. in not having a clear winner. working at how this could play out the next two months. maybe we would sitting in january not knowing. the truth has been, the stability of american politics. the instability is all most everywhere else. annmarie: my sources outside of washington saying if they are in the goal for europe about how conflict was brewing in america but it's actually the opposite. there are two hot wars and political instability stretching from south korea to germany to france to now canada. jonathan: let's focus on europe. claudia buch, welcome to the program. a difficult moment for europe. how are you preparing for the upcoming trump administration? what are you sugges

xijinping said — here in the uk, foreign secretary david lammy wrote on x — and german chancellor olaf scholz to find out more about this story you can head to the bbc news website were you can follow our live page for all the latest updates and developments. protestors have again taken to the streets of the georgian capital tbilisi with the swearing—in of the country's controversial new president, mikheil kavelashvili. there have been weeks of demonstrations against his governing georgian dream party and its victory in the recent disputed elections. the new president is a former manchester city footballer and also a hardline critic of the west. the four main opposition groups have rejected him over fears he will move georgia closer to russia, and they've boycotted parliament. they insist that the elections held in october were rigged. on saturday, thousands of protesters in georgia formed a human chain in the capital, tbilisi, to mark a month of daily pro—europe demonstrations. similar rallies have been held in other towns and cities across the country. mass protests have gripped georgia sin

chancellor olaf scholz is expected to get there in the coming hours. there in green and red that are supposed to stop cars from ploughing into the crowds and running into the crowds. how the driver managed to do that and to drive for so long is yet unclear. christmas markets in germany have a very long tradition. this is something that especially families and young children look forward to in the christmas season. they usually start in the last weekend of november and go through even after christmas. and today is a friday where people on a busy friday afternoon were out to do their last minute christmas shopping and gather at the christmas markets. there was lots of families. the christmas market is known and famous for its attractions for children. over here we can see a ferris wheel. and a small theatre set up over there where we cannot access now. but christmas markets in general, especially in the in the former eastern states of germany, in the former east of germany, are very famous. and people actually have the tradition to visit christmas market

germany's chancellor olaf scholz visiting the scene.man leader said 40 of the injured are in critical, and we fear for their lives. and, guys, that comment from the german leader gives you a sense of how horrific this attack and sadly the death toll could rise further. there is a real sense of disbelief in this german city that an attack at a christmas market just five days before christmas could take place, and i think it's really important to underline, guys, unlike a previous terrorist attack eight years ago, this attack last night has not been called a terrorist attack, and there is no islamist link at all to the horror that unfolded at that christmas market late last night. janai? >> janai: and certainly not only there in germany in disbelief about the idea of carnage at a christmas market. tom, thank you. and, of course, because christmas markets are so popular everywhere, authorities in the u.s. are taking extra precautions. abc news has learned the nypd is adding more resources to christmas markets here in new york city, just ou

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chancellor olaf scholz lost a confidence vote earlier this month — two months after his coalition governmentrty has been trailing heavily in opinion polls. moscow's ambassador to beijing says china's president — xijinping — will make a trip to russia next year. the two countries have become increasingly close allies in recent years — with china offering support to moscow in its military operation in ukraine. china's foreign ministry has yet to confirm the trip. a 49—year—old man is being held on suspicion of murder after two women died from suspected stab wounds. it happened in the bletchley area of milton keynes on christmas day. a teenage boy and a man were seriously injured in the same incident, and a dog was also killed. news correspondent zoe o'brien is at the scene and gave us this update on the investigation. it's a quiet and cold morning here on santa cruz avenue in bletchley, but we've already seen more police arrive in the last half an hour. they are, of course, now 36 hours into a double murder investigation. well, we know that they were called at 6:30pm just after 630 on christma

secretary david lammy wrote on x — "deeply saddened by news of the plane crash and german chancellor olaf scholzo terry tozer, a former airline pilot and author of the book confessions of an airline pilot: why planes crash. what are your thoughts about the causes of this crash in south korea?— the causes of this crash in south korea? hello. well, i think the — south korea? hello. well, i think the theory _ south korea? hello. well, i think the theory that - south korea? hello. well, i think the theory that this i south korea? hello. well, i. think the theory that this was caused by a bird strike is pretty flawed, really. there appears to have been a bird strike and it looked from some of the video footage to have affected the right—hand engine, but that should not have caused any major problem. these aircraft flight perfectly well on one engine. obviously, we don't know what else happened, but the thing that doesn't add up but the thing that doesn't add up is why this aircraft was on the runway without any undercarriage and travelling at high speed. the undercarriage on these aircraft will fall

we could see the social democrat party of chancellor olaf scholz back again, but it would likely be aspartner. the question is whether it will be the social democrats or the greens. there is a concern that the far-right alternative were germany could have a strong showing as well, after it did in regional elections last year. anchor: new analysis shows fossil fuels are supercharging heat waves, leaving millions prone to deadly temperatures. it shows the climate crisis caused an additional six weeks of dangerously hot days in 2024, and nearly half the world's countries endured at least two months of high-risk temperatures. earlier i spoke to a scientist from climate central and asked her which areas had been worst affected. >> we found that the places that are most affected by climate driven extreme heat tent to be in tropical areas, countries like barbados or trinidad, whereas the effects were somewhat less in places like europe. anchor: how easy is it to accurately obtain this data and get a real sense of how many deaths these heat waves are causing? >> that is a great question, becau

and what the politicians olaf scholz and that state governor said is that, of course, germany is going to have to speak about security at christmas markets. of course, that is something that this country is going to have to talk about in the future. but they also say that right now is not the time for that. right now. this country is in mourning right now. this country, as they said, is showing great solidarity with those who were affected by all of this. and so therefore that is going to happen. and then they say, will be the time when germany will deal with the future guys ismail haniyeh. >> all right. >> fred pleitgen, thank you. party city is officially going out of business after 40 years. the company announced it will close down all of its stores. employees learned friday that the company is winding down operations immediately, and we're told that they will not receive any severance pay, ceo barry litwin said they were unable to contend with inflation and decreased consumer spending, and big lots is preparing to close its remaining 963 locations after a sale to save, the company

hundreds gathered inside saint john's church, including german chancellor olaf scholz. all there to remember the five people who were killed and the dozens more badly injured after a car plowed through the crowded market friday night. cnn's fred pleitgen is joining me right now. uh, all right, so that crowd was pretty extraordinary, both at the makeshift memorial there as well as at that church yeah, absolutely. >> it's been pretty much the entire city. and i think a lot of people also from the surrounding areas coming out here to magdeburg to pay their respects, but also, of course, to mourn together. i think one of the things that we've seen as we've been on the ground here in magdeburg is that this society, the city, has really been hit extremely hard by what happened here in the evening hours of last night. in fact, i'm going to get out of your way once again, fredricka. we can see the sea of flowers that just continues to grow. it's something that we've been seeing the entire day, that people have been coming out here in streams, laying flowers, laying toys. in som

german chancellor olaf scholz has lost a vote of confidence in parliament, putting the country on thee seven months earlier than scheduled. mr scholz called monday's vote and had expected to lose it to trigger an early vote. mr scholz�*s fractious governing coalition collapsed last month, in a row over spending. our correspondent, damien mcguinness, has more from berlin. the german chancellor lost his photo in the parliament and thatis photo in the parliament and that is what he wanted. that is because it is the only way to spark early elections. since his government collapsed in november he has been leading a minority government effectively a lame duck administration because he needs the opposition conservatives to pass any new laws. for mr schultz, the only way forward is early elections. he appears convinced he can win these although his poll ratings are absolutely terrible. his only hope is his main rival, the conservative leader, is also pretty unpopular, but the conservatives are in the lead according to current polls, so as things stand, they could well lead the next coalition

the german chancellor, olaf scholz, said in a social media post the incident leads us to fear the worstes on most exactly eight years after a truck was delivered lee riven into a christmas market in berlin, killing 12 people and injuring more than 70 at that time. let's talk more about what we know at this time. we are joined by our security correspondent, frank gardner. we should say at this point we don't have any information regarding motive or intent of this individual who has been arrested. what are we seeing in terms of the response from the german authorities to what has happened? frank: obviously, it has been a major incident for first responders. we were very quickly on the scene. if you look at the footage of his actual arrest, ensure you will have access to that. it has been playing on local television and on international. you will see there is a relatively undecided response by the german police. they approached the van. they order him to get on the ground. but they seem at one point to pull back because they are clearly afraid that he might have an explosive vest. there is

german chancellor olaf scholz has lost a vote of confidence in parliament, paving the way for early electionst he has hopes that an early election will revive his political party. this comes after his coalition government collapsed last month about spending updating you on the breaking news, there has been a 7.3 magnitude earthquake striking vanuatu. authorities have removed a tsunami warning. it is unclear the extent of any damage at the moment, but we will keep across it for you and bring you any updates. do stay with us for plenty more news. business today is up next. hello there. it's been a mild start to the week. temperatures at swanage in dorset on monday reached 13 celsius. it'll be mild on tuesday as well, but again, there'll be a lot of cloud around. we're on the warmer side of thejet stream, and that's why we've got these higher temperatures, there's the position of the jet stream, it's to the north of the uk, so we're on the warmer side of that. but along a weather front, we've seen a lot of rain in the northern highlands, that's moving away, but this area of low pressure will bri