also on our show, german chancellor, olaf schultz fires, is finance minister and promises a confidence vote in parliament after christmas. but the main opposition party demands elections asap saying there's no reason to wait the obviously even there is the invalid. welcome to our program. us president joe biden has spoken to the nation for the 1st time since donald trump was declared the winner of the presidential election by dang, collection workers across the country for ensuring the vote was fair and transparent. he praise on vice president complet harris for her campaign, and she promised a peaceful transfer of power to the next administration. in january. yesterday, i spoke of present electronic graduated amount, his victory. and i assured him direct my entire administration worker his team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition that's with the american people deserve. yesterday i also spoke of vice president harris. she's been a partner and the public service a shredded aspirant campaign and everyone got to see something that i learned early on to respect so much her charact

frank 5 to stein maya the day after he was ousted from the coalition government by chancellor, olaf, schultz, george, and, and then he is being replaced by schultz is economic advise the cookies means no wasted in no time in calling for new elections. when the alons golf, our country has no time to lose it, citizens must now have the opportunity to make their own decisions about the direction of their future. gemini, 1st of a 3 way coalition, government of social democrats, liberals and greens. his struggle to find confusion since its formation in 2021. it was a recent dispute over managing that limits in next to his budget in order to free up new funds for ukraine. that so tensions between schultz and the boy alova schultz 5 and saying he has broken his trust too many times. the unfolding political drama is not well received on the streets of violin. for me. i think the one being puppet show. okay. one guy says i'm the biggest. the other says i'm the biggest, i know better spices. that's all those see to have x and y. different name, the grownups are behaving like they're in kindergarten, t

we begin with some breaking news. german chancellor, olaf schultz and russian president vladimir putin spoke on the phone today. their 1st direct contact in nearly 2 years. according to the german government, schultz told fulton to in this war and withdrawal russian troops from ukraine in the call, schultz urged russia to be prepared to negotiate with ukraine with the aim of achieving. and i'm quoting here, a just and lasting peace. and reiterated germany support for you. great child spoke with ukrainian president, bottom is zalinski. we understand before is call with vladimir putin, our list. good. our political corresponded funding, young in berlin, simon. an interesting friday phone call to talk about here. what more do we know about the call between children tutor? so yeah, brand, what we've learned from a government source is, is that the chancellor schoultz condemned what's described as ross is more of aggression at in ukraine and to cold on president booting to end the war, pull out russian troops. he pointed out that from jimmy's perspective, russia has not achieved any of its

growing for some time with economic policy, causing the biggest clashes between the chancellor, olaf, schultz, economy minister, robert havoc and finance minister, fist young lender. the next selection wasn't scheduled until september of next year . now it looks like it might happen in march and campaigning. we'll be getting a lot sooner. next, mid gigabytes, personal bad. i find that totally irritating and also super disappointing. i have the feeling that we're already in election campaign mode so, so people are no longer interested in finding real solutions within the group, but only in positioning themselves. but it's in the, i think, uh does this one. i think it's an unworthy spectacle. that's happening at the moment, one working against the other with no common ground that can be established. the disagreements at the center of the collapse revolver on how to revive jeremy slightly economy, which shrink last year and barely avoided recession this year. the country continues to struggle with high energy costs and fears, competition from china, particularly in the automotive market. both co

as a reminder of our top stores, germany's governing coalition has collapsed after chancellor, olaf schultz fired his finance minister, shots has called a confidence vote in mid january and early elections could be held by the end of march. before the crisis, germany was due to elect a new government. in september 2025 vice president cumberland harris has addressed supporters for the 1st time since losing to donald trump. in tuesday's elections, harris promised a smooth transition to the new administration, as well as a peaceful, handled power. and we're up to date, we'll be back soon with more headlines. the meantime, you can find out more about these and other stories online at t w dot com. we're also on youtube or the dw news channels are significantly invalid from all of us. thanks for watching the, the welcome to focus on europe is good to have you with us. eastern spain was hit by historic floods, devastating several localities, and shattering thousands of livelihoods. flash floods caused by record breaking rain falls, swept away almost everything in the past. in the outskirts of vale

just have a dates after the collapse of his governing coalition last week, german chancellor, olaf schultz agrees to early elections in february, also a head on the program called this the, the united states and next topic diplomats, florida senator marco rubio is reportedly president electric trump choice for secretary of state plus a major legal victory for the oil giant show a dodge court over terms of landmark blue link that ordered the company to con. it's carbon emissions.

when chancellor, olaf schultz fired finance ministry coast young linda from the business friendly, free democrats who refused to approve new debt to fund the budget around this. there is no basis of trust for further cooperation about serious government work is not possible in this way. for now, germany is being managed by a minority government. schultz and his social democrats are clinging together with the green party headed by o, but how back they'll need votes from opposition. parties to pass any further legislation the all the tasks will not become any easier. neither in the present nor in the foreseeable future, it will become more challenging for germany in particular house for another out. and the next step requires a confidence vote and the bonus tag members would vote on whether to continue supporting shoulds as chancellor. a vote. he's expected to lose. schultz had hoped to delay this until early next year, saying they're still important work to do. but opposition leader freely commands from the christian democrats demanded a confidence vote as soon as possible. he's seeking

on friday, germany's chancellor, olaf schultz just pretend to pull troops out of ukraine, but admitted he showed no signs of backing down from it. you see a cloud, it is very clear to me that we must not be under any illusions we must not be naive . russia and the russian president has thought that this will have expanded an unbelievable way and to prepare to risk a great deal of material and above all their own lives with a plan to conquer land and deny ukraine sovereignty and democracy. the legacy of nevada only may have left a mark on the opposition movement from the burden of his vision is on those who remain in exile, but determined to continue. so to get all of his era and opposition protests to in georgia has flashed a member of the electoral commission with black liquid after controversial parliamentary vice last month's disputes with elections. 5 weeks of protest with accusations of fraud and russian interference. the ruling georgia dream positive one more than 50 percent of the device you as president joe biden has arrived in brazil for the g 20 summit. he will join latest fr

also at our show, german chancellor, olaf schultz fires, is finance minister and promises a confidence vote in parliament after christmas. but the main opposition party demands elections asap saying there's no reason to wait.

i'm backing at olaf schultz in state. are you going to say point the finger at the cd policy or doherty's, uh, the people who sort of manage things that haven't really delivered on what they are supposed to do, really, which is to keep the policy together. they take the groceries in june with the heavy white politicians and inviolate. and so it's been a very shaky start to this campaign as the campaigning gets on the way. i think the s b d will be hoping that there are no more questions going forward about where the o f shows is the right language. have to wait and say to the by the way, the still has to be actually officially confirmed by a policy conference is going to be held in mid january. so polls so support for the s p d collapsing. so what could germany's next government off the election february potentially look like? yeah, well that by the way, isn't increasingly difficult question to all the say in germany. there are more policies uh than that used to be. and we've also got another thing, the phenomenon of a pe

the german chancellor, olaf schultz has addressed parliament for the 1st time since the collapse of his 3 party coalition. he appealed to lawmakers to pass a key measures before a february snap election shows also said europe had a responsibility toward ukraine, but that should not come at the cost of cutting social support at home. you as president elect donald trump, has met with president joe biden at the white house, both pledged a smooth transition between their governments. the meeting is 8 for.

resists calls for an immediate confidence, bowed after the collapse of his governing coalition. olaf schultz remains type lipped on germany's political crisis. as he faces the media of the european summit in hungary, at home pa, position parties are calling for snap elections as early as january. also coming up, russia's president congratulates donald trump on his huge selection when flooded me per diem. describes america's new president elect is courageous and says he's ready for adults plus dw visits for swing county in the swing state. the pennsylvania find out why more people they're boded for donald trump then campbell harris the little. i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. we begin with the unfolding political crisis here in germany were transferred off. schultz is coming under increasing pressure to hold an election after the collapse of his governing coalition. these remaining tight lips though, on the issue as he attends europeans, some of the brussels opposition parties demand an immediate vote of confidence as snap selection was brought on. as soon as january, so it kept the w

put in a phone call to the russian president on friday, germany's chancellor, olaf schultz just pretend to pull troops out of ukraine, but admitted he showed no signs of backing down. from it. you see a club. it is very clear to me that we must not be under any illusions we must not be naive. russia and the russian president has thought that this will have expanded an unbelievable way and to prepare to risk a great deal of material and above all their own lives with a plan to conquer land and deny you claim sovereignty and democracy. the legacy of nevada only may have left a mark on the opposition movement from the burden of his vision is on those who remain in exile, but determined to continue. so any idle to 0 volunteers have made this will progress and rescuing hundreds of legal mind is trapped in a disuse goldmine in south africa's northwest province. police say at least 3 people have been brought to the surface. i remember the tacit report from outside the mon and south africa's northwest town of still phone time. police in south africa wait outside this mine shopped in, still font

program summary for breaking news from here in germany, german media reporting that the chancellor olaf schultz has dismissed his finance minister, christie, and a is from the business, from the liberal democrats in fulton, parts of the country, 3 way coalition government with the greens of this comes after admitting to be paid to report to be suggested holding snap elections. this is very recently. so let's see if we can get more from dw, is that head of news max hoffman. welcome max. what more can you tell us at this stage? a good evening. so we're in a breaking new situation with things really developing extremely rapidly. so i'm going to give you what we have at the moment what you just said we were able to independently confirm. so the german chancellor of charles has dismissed the german finance minister cuz young didn't the, i'm just to give everybody sort of the background of how germany politics works. because not everybody might be familiar with that. germany governs with coalition, so different parties joining forces to have the majority in parliament right now we have a coalition ma

this listen into what the german chancellor, olaf schultz had to say about trump and his rectory. and certainly many things will be different on the government clock led by donald trump. you always made that clear all messages, all clear. firstly, let's gemini will remain a reliable transfer that and pick pops up by talk. we know about your contribution we make to this path to shop and we'll continue to make the will. this also applies to the threat rush it represents, according to the view of alternate to at lies for security in it least on your own . most atlantic space was discussed, and secondly, that your opinion must undergo closely until act this way. as a german chancellor. what to watch that today i had an exchange with president chrome tomorrow we will meet the of the heads of state and government. so in the future we will close the line now, selves there and continue with that. and then weeks to come. more european leaders have been congratulating donald trump hungry is a right wing, prime minister, evict or bon a close ally wrote the biggest come back and us political

on friday, germany's chancellor, olaf schultz just pretend to pull troops out of ukraine, but admitted he showed no signs of backing down from it. you see a cloud, it is very clear to me that we must not be under any illusions we must not be naive . russia and the russian president has thought that this will have expanded an unbelievable way and to prepare to risk a great deal of material and above all their own lives with a plan to conquer land and deny ukraine sovereignty and democracy. the legacy of nevada only may have left a mark on the opposition movement from the burden of his vision is on those who remain in exile, but determined to continue. so to get all the 0 in george's capital to be see thousands of people in stage protests, i have a pile of entry election results. the countries election commission confirmed a moving georgia dream policy as the winter. however, opposition groups, electric election fold, unexcused, the governments of leaning towards the russian testers have slumped a major street in the capital and holding a twins floor i was sitting outside of parliament o

so that'd be a person and chance a lot. olaf schultz spoke for the 1st time and nearly 2 years. so in case of the conversation or things of pandora's box and added that it undermines if it's to isolate the kremlin, told me that kind has moved from breland. it is almost 2 years since the last time that these 2 man, how the conversation of any kind with each other. we know that the thrust of the discussion between them, the situation in ukraine, both government saying afterwards, effectively what their position is happening for some time, the german government saying that let's shots cool. don't pretend to withdraw his troops to end the war and full, the persian government spokesman saying effectively, many deal it may ever emerge from this crisis. this war has to reflect that will territorial realities on the ground and rushes, security interests. the interesting aspect, apart from the fact that it's taken so long for these conversations take place is that president savanski in key if was unhappy, then the conversation took place and said subsequent to the conversation. but this

you, where does this leave a johnston, olaf schultz, then as well, he is currently in a difficult position, but it's gotten to a point where he has taken a charge in a way, in this situation. and now that he has a fired his a finance minister and that's the ftp the business friendly party is leaving the coalition. it does also give the chance of the possibility to speak more freely. now these parties have been in contrast for many months, even though they have to work together as a coalition governments. and now that the f d p is not in the picture anymore, shows can really speak more freely about what he thinks did not work in that coalition. we already heard that yesterday when the chancellor gave a speech about the end of this coalition government where he very clearly spoke against clarity on it now, who is the head of the ftp, the liberal party. he clearly said that he had this a point that shows that shows was the pointed in what a, how little conducted himself and his party within the coalition. and this gives him also a chance to, to show that he is now ready to, to move on. and th

in a phone call to the russian president on friday, germany's chancellor, olaf schultz just pretend to pull troops out of ukraine, but admitted he showed no signs of backing down. from it you see a club. it is very clear to me that we must not be under any illusions we must not be naive. russia and the russian president has done said this will have expanded it an unbelievable way and are prepared to risk a great deal of material and above all their own lives with a plan to conquer land and deny ukraine sovereignty and democracy. the legacy of nevada only may have left a mark on the opposition movement from the burden of his vision is on those who remain in exile, but determined to continue. so to get all the 0 the, the others are the best buy for people in golf mold and full 100 days into israel. is bombardment, at least 70 palestinians being killed in buildings across the strip on sunday. most of the dead were in the northern city of berkeley here where 50 palestinians died in a residential building. lean of actually ripples. this is what's left of a multi story building. bonzai is re

the german chancellor, olaf schultz was announced a vote of confidence in parliament. next month i had a snap elections next year. the government tell this 1st cabinet meeting on wednesday after the collapse of the coalition last week, the 3 party alliance split after a route over the 2025 budgets. souls confirm that snap elections would take place at the end of february. that one has been definitely justified soon. i'm very happy that the parliamentary group on the blender stock has reached an agreement on how this can take place quickly and in an orderly manner. so citizens, guys are talking about the time of the end of february has now being said, i'm very grateful for that. i've just been as sean so that i will do my part to make it possible for the vote of confidence. you requested on december 11th. when the bonus can decide on the 16th of december, and that is the basis of votes in gemini and so the citizens can express what should happen next and no contract on the going block. several international airlines have grounded flights. the engine as an island of bali

also coming up german chancellor, olaf schultz fires has finance minister and promised as a confidence vote in parliament after christmas. but the main opposition party demands elections asap saying there's no reason to wait.

on friday, germany's chancellor, olaf schultz just pretend to pull troops out of ukraine, but admitted he showed no signs of backing down from it. you see a club, it is very clear to me that we must not be under any illusions we must not be naive . russia and the russian president has thought that this will have expanded an unbelievable way and to prepare to risk a great deal of material and above all their own lives with a plan to conquer land and deny ukraine sovereignty and democracy. the legacy of nevada only may have left a mark on the opposition movement from the burden of his vision is on those who remain in exile, but determined to continue. so any idle oh to 0. in on gold and 45, probably the bulk is active as all g to be sentenced this week. and the china is national security though. but facing charges of conspiracy, they carry sentences of life imprisonment, fail tycoon, invasion critic, jimmy long has been tried for collusion and is due to testify on wednesday. international rights group, cyber security law was being used to punish critics that condemn the trials is politic

the german chancellor, olaf schultz was announced a vote of confidence in parliament. next month i had a snap elections next year. the government held us 1st cabinet meeting on wednesday after the collapse of the coalition last week. the 3 party alliance split after a route over the 2025 budgets. sol confirm that snap elections would take place at the end of february when he's been there for dusty park soon. i'm very happy that the parliamentary group on the blender stock has reached an agreement on how this can take place quickly and in an orderly manner.

on friday, germany's chancellor, olaf schultz just pretend to pull troops out of ukraine, but admitted he showed no signs of backing down from it. you see a club, it is very clear to me that we must not be under any illusions we must not be naive . russia and the russian president has thought that this will have expanded an unbelievable way and to prepare to risk a great deal of material and above all their own lives with a plan to conquer land and deny you claim sovereignty and democracy. the legacy of nevada only may have left a mark on the opposition movement from the burden of his vision is on those who remain in exile, but determined to continue. so any idle to 0 from the farm is of built a road would practice and protest against the european union supply and free trade agreement with the microsoft or trading bulk. they say an increase in agricultural inputs from south america. well, her livelihoods natasha butler, was that one of the protests. well, this is a main road into paris and one thousands. the farms of don is driven that attractive and that vehicles called them on this r

confidence itself to the governing coalition collapsed. 3 policy lines fell a pause of to chance that olaf schultz fired the finance minister in a dispute over economic policy. charles laid out his preferred timeline, which includes a confidence bite in january, followed by an early election. germany's president has edge old policies to act responsibly. and what is the concept ms. gibson could be as many people in our country are worried about the uncertain political situation in our own countries in europe, in the world, and also after the elections in america. this is not the time for tactics and trickery, but it is a time for reason and responsibility. i expect all those responsible to do justice to the scale of the challenges. to hey, volcano, in the eastern, indonesia has abrupt it for the 2nd time in a week spewing a massive column of ice. witnesses said it was the biggest eruption ever observed for mount landlords. he'll be lucky. lucky interruption on monday till 9 people on the island of flores and forced 16000 villages to evacuate that homes. i went to my house yesterday. when i got insi

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stories sell. germany's coalition government has collapsed after chancellor, olaf shots fired the country's finance minister. schultz has announced the confidence vote for mid january paving. the way to new parliamentary elections in march. shield says he was forced to fire christian lender of the business friendly free democrats for his obstructive behavior on budget disputes. the move comes after governments after the government's 3 coalition parties, the social democrats, the liberal, free democrats, and the greens, failed to reach an agreement over how to plug a multi 1000000000 euro budget home.

stories. sell. germany's coalition government has collapsed after chancellor, olaf shots fired the country's finance minister. schultz has announced a confidence vote for mid january paving the way to new parliamentary elections in march shots as he was forced to fire christian lender of the business friendly freed democrats for his obstructive behaviour on budget disputes. the move comes after governments after the government's 3 coalition parties, the social democrats, the liberal, free democrats, and the greens, failed to reach an agreement over how to plug a multi 1000000000 euro budget home.

airport city, managed by frank bought the news and these are our top stories. german chancellor, olaf schultz, has addressed parliament for the 1st time since the collapse of his 3 party coalition. he appealed to lawmakers to pass a key measures before a february snap election shows also said europe had a responsibility toward ukraine, but that should not come at the cost of cutting social support at home. he was president elect donald trump, has met with president joe biden. at the white house, both pledged a smooth transition between their governments. the meeting is a traditional part of the peaceful hand over a power or ritual. trump declined to participate in 4 years ago. us secretary of state antony blinking says the best way to help and gardens is to end the war in the palestinian territory. he said israel can stop the conflict now that it has met its security aims there. at the same time, the u. s. has decided to continue army israel siding, what it calls limited improvements in allowing a deliveries into gaza. is indeed a view news from berlin that you will find much more on our webs

university building, national police say 7 police officers were among those killed. german chancellor, olaf schultz has reiterated his stance that germany will not deliver at long range . torres missiles to ukraine is comes despite us president joe biden's policy shift on weapons used by ukraine. bite and gave keep his approval to use us supplied missiles, destroy targets deeper inside russian territory. some parts of india and pakistan are experiencing some of the worst air pollution on record. schools in delhi have been closed as the capital is enveloped by severe smog that is far above the maximum limit recommended by the world health organization. in pakistan's, 2nd largest city lahore, the small clouds and become so sick they could be seen from elder space. is the dw dues from berlin, and you can get more news on our website at the w dot call, or the innovation green, the green revolution global. so listen to a whole lot of climate problems, people to see if they care about signing something, subscribe to those channels. we've got every friday, subscribe to plan, it's a. in 1985, we were screw

stories. germany's coalition government has collapsed after chancellor, olaf shots fired the country's finance minister. schultz has announced a confidence vote for mid january paving the way to new parliamentary elections in march shots as he was forced to fire christie on lender of the business friendly freed democrats for his obstructive behavior on budget disputes. the move comes after governments after the government's 3 coalition parties, the social democrats, the liberal, freed democrats, and the greens, failed to reach an agreement over how to plug a multi 1000000000 euro budget home. us vice president campbell of harris has spoken to our supporters for the 1st time since we're election defeats the republican donald trump harris accepted the laws of howard university in washington dc where she originally planned to hold her election watch party on tuesday of love in her speech harris looked to console her supporters and urge them to never give up america when she said she had to accept the results of the election. but said she did not share trumps sufficient for the country. we. this is due to the news