ross atkins in berlin. merkel's legacy. ross atkins in berlin- for _ merkel's legacy. legacy. ross atkins in berlin. for the latest _ berlin. for the latest projections, go to our website. once the election stops, the negotiations for coalition begin in earnest. you go to our website. let's take a look at some of the other stories in the headlines today. voters in switzerland have given a resounding yes to a proposal to allow same—sex marriage. 64% voted for the change will give these couples the same rights as married women and men. they... both men had previously declared their innocence. the claims from beijing were based on canada's imprisonment of the hallway executive. the taliban have banned hairdressers in helmand province from shaving beards. they say it violates islamic law. anyone violating the rule will be punished. some barbers in the capital kabul have said they also received similar orders. it has been more than a month since the tele— menses control of taliban on the afghanistan and the un warned of a surge of refugees in the coming months. the uk is du

. ♪ ross: hello, i'm ross atkins with "open source."he taliban -- and afghanistan the taliban has announced a caretaker government. we learned this at a news conference. >> [indiscernible] will be the caretaker of ministers. >> a report from germany gearing up for a general election without angela merkel, the party she has led for 30 years is struggling to make an impact. huge demonstrations in brazil on independent day, primarily by supporters of resident bolsonaro . tens of thousands of those supporters have taken to the streets, supporting their man and accusing other branches of government, supreme court and congress, of persecuting the president. the taliban has started to give details of the caretaker government they will introduce in afghanistan, it took control three weeks ago and now it has been naming ministers as art of steps towards forming full government. here's some of what the spokesperson said earlier. >> until now it is a caretaker covenant. to be in charge of what we are doing today. we will have important governmenta

i'm ross atkins with — policies regarding... i'm ross atkins with outside _ policies regarding... or months of her time in charge. this election is a course about the future of germany but notjust about germany because one of the worlds major powers changes leaders after at 16 years of course that's going to have a knock on effects all around the world. i've had a look at what those effects could be. my first reason this election matters is germany's role in the european union. the former president of the european commission argues that merkel has helped set germany's path on this issue. ,, ., , ., ~ issue. she indeed developed a kind of a european _ issue. she indeed developed a kind of a european feeling. _ issue. she indeed developed a kind of a european feeling. after - issue. she indeed developed a kind of a european feeling. after angela merkel there will be no other german chancellor not being pro—european. maybe. that doesn't mean germany's approach to the eu is set in stone. as with many elements of the eu is relatively new leader but it's also about the leader who's leav

. ♪ russ: hello, i'm ross atkins, with "outside source."dent biden re-engaging with the world as he addresses the general assembly. >> we will stand up for our allies and friends and oppose the attempts of stronger companies -- couries to dominate eager ones. we are not seeking a new cold war. ross: president ben spoke about climate change and the race to vaccinate the world. also in new york, president olson aro of brazil went for a pizza and had to eat it outside. we will get into the reasons why area we will also hear the pakistani prime minister speaking to the bbc about afghanistan, saying it will take time for women to gain their rights under the taliban. and a striker gives me his take on the state of football. >> it'sn a precipice, seems to always have been. always seems to manage to stay alive. ♪ we will start in new york, where over 100 world leaders are attending the u.n. general assembly. they are there in person, something that couldn't have happened last year because of covid and there were a number of issues that were certain

. ♪ ross: hello, i'm ross atkins with "outside source." the u.s.g the covid-19 air travel ban from foreigners in november and those who have been fully vaccinated will be able to lie to the u.s. for most places in the world. now to bring you the latest on the erupting volcano in the canary islands. officials say that when the lava reaches the sea there could be explosions and clouds of toxic basses. already shipping to the west of the island has been shut down. to help you understand why, this is from early monday morning. on sunday, the a russian began andhousands of residents had to be evacuated. this footage was filmed by a local resident named sergio that was hiking on the mountain when it started and here he is when he discovered what was happening. >> i was doing a hike and it exploded near me on the ground. it moved like a big earthquake. it was like a house fell down. it was a scary experience that was fascinating. i spent the night in the volcano . we were taking photos and had to run and now i'm hiding in order to do this interview becaus

. ♪ ros: i'm ross atkins with outside source -- "outside source." at least 15 people in the u.s.ee states have declared a state of emerg as the storm ida wreaks havoc along the eastern coast. president biden has blasted a new law in texas which has banned most abortions. on wednesday, the so called heartbeat and became law in texas, making it illegal to terminate pregnancies after six weeks and allows anyone to sue people who may help women get an abortion. president biden called it a non -- an unconstitutional assault on women's rights and is looking at step the government can take to make sure women in texas have safe and legal access to abortions. here, she explains what the biden administration cld do. >> what the federal government can do, this is a time for the senate to get to the filibuster and enact federal law protecting women's rights. if there was ever a timeo do it, this is the time. it's a scary time for women in texas and women of ross america with the incredibly -- across america with the incredibly restrictive law that went into effe in texas yesterday. texas has

do join ross atkins and his guests and berlin from 1530 as germans vote to decide who is going to succeednment is responding to the shortage of lori drivers by setting out on sunday, due of the visa scheme, making it easierforforeign nationals due of the visa scheme, making it easier for foreign nationals to take up easier for foreign nationals to take up thejobs was easier for foreign nationals to take up the jobs was the becomes of your problems and supply chain and many petrol and diesel billing stations ran dry and the visa scheme to bring around 5000 drivers but the industry itself says that they actually need 100,000. people have been told not to panic buy, there is no shortage of fuel itself but again today motorists were queueing at petrol stations. in some areas, there has been traffic chaos as a result. petrol is on zero, i am not going to make it, people have half a tank and they are going in there to fill out. it is ridiculous. i am on a red and i need to get petrol as soon as possible. eg group which operates 400 sites has set a £30 per customer limit. the initial problems ex

ross atkins, thank you very much indeed. story is going to be covered on the pages on monday morning, we will find out what they say at 10:30 pm and 11:30 pm later this evening. they guessed joining me tonight, well, james markham of the cheap business commentator for the cheap business commentator for the independents, and benedict, the uk correspondent at france 24. now, early results from a referendum in switzerland suggest voters have supported same—sex marriage. bringing the country into line with most of western europe. chanting —— cheering. -- cheering. celebrations can as you can see, the first projections showed around two thirds of those voting the legislation which will give same—sex couples the same rights under law as a married men and women. in the boat, church groups and conservative political parties oppose the idea, saying it would undermine the traditional family. saying it would undermine the traditionalfamily. 0k, saying it would undermine the traditionalfamily. ok, let's take a look at the government's la

ross atkin suspense during this through this weekend and we were talking and the last half hour, justbut i do not since this will be done in a hurry. do not since this will be done in a hur . �* , ., ., ., do not since this will be done in a hur. �*, ., ., ., hurry. it's not going to be done in a hurry because — hurry. it's not going to be done in a hurry because the _ hurry. it's not going to be done in a hurry because the coalitions i hurry. it's not going to be done in l a hurry because the coalitions have built parties who do not share the same policies and where the most noteworthy aspects of this german election result is that none of the two big parties are anywhere near 30% but that doesn't mean the going to have to find one coalition partner, in all likelihood the left to find two and if view to gain three political parties in a democracy, putting them together and a coherent coalition for the said range of policies, that is clearly going to take some time. be your point is well made because as well as democracies in the uk in the us, you can expect a lot of clarity over who

lots coming up on the programme, but first up let's catch up with ross — ros atkins in berlin.one was predictable and one was new. the predictable and one was new. the predictable part is we are into coalition associations. it's governments have been made up of coalitions. politicians are used to it and germans are used to this. while in some democracies, you have the campaign and the result and that's it, it's normal in germany to enter a period of negotiations. that's where we are. the thing that is new is that it's not normal for the two biggest parties in german politics to both be around the 25% mark. that is what one person has called identification of german politics. we're seeing more parties doing better, and that's impacting on the domination of the two traditional biggest parties. there are lots of people in the mixed who will all be relevant. one of them is the green party. they had one of their best ever results. this is one of its members of.— of its members of. today is a response _ of its members of. today is a response ability _ of its members of. today is a re