reporter: schulz lined out what kind of policy he means.ender equality and a relatively liberal approach to immigration. he rejects the idea of a maximum number of refugees to be allowed into germany. schulz also wants germany to be at the heart of a much more integrated e.u. >> comrades the europe we want , does not exist right now. we will have to create it. if we want europe to stay strong, we must make sure it is capable of acting. europe must make a noticeable difference in everyday lives. reporter: this spd convention was widely seen as a test to the authority of martin schulz as spd leader. [applause] schulzand indeed martin passed the test with over 80% of delegates voting to keep him as hearty german. we want to pull in our reporter at the convention. good evening to you. what does all of this mean? will there be a new government in germany soon? reporter: we are definitely one step closer, but we are nowhere near actually having a new government. they show it will be a lengthy devils in the -- and the here is in the details. we ar

christian democrats and we're now waiting to find out how they're going to move forward will martin schulz eventually say i'm in or i'm out ok and we are we're waiting for word this morning possibly in the next few hours on that but that's just the beginning of a process for the social democrats isn't it any decision has to go to the party base that's right and that might happen by the end of the week but we have to stress here that it's completely unclear what the party base will say just to get started there's a lot of opposition from within the parties many people are unhappy about that u.-turn that martin shields would have to do really first of all promising not to go into government and then if he decides to move ahead and go into exploratory talks and this would be a u. turn and he would certainly have to sell this u. turn to its party base and the fear is that there might be a high price tag on it that the social democrats might try to. through more or a lot of their social democratic policies for instance getting rid of the jewel health care system that we have here in germany so

leader martin schulz. thank you very much for your company demonstrations have been held around the world as anger intensifies over donald trump. decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel or earlier and bethlehem police fired tear gas at people who gathered after friday prayers to protest the u.s. decision israel's government has stepped up security in the country after palestinian groups called for a day of rage. emotions are running high across the border we can get you the latest now. kramer is in jerusalem and journalist for the katon is in bethlehem want to start off with you fadi how are people in bethlehem reacting there right now. people are reacting great now there's nothing happening on the ground as you've said of her fight the prayers that husband a reaction there was a small practice if we look at the progress of the groups the country is not you've been very small compared to the expectancy time you want to get to is the city on high alert to respond where you are. when i think

. >>> martin schulz will face two tests later today when the spd congress begins in berlin. party leaders will decide on whether to have open ended talks and decide whether he can stay on as party leader annette is joining us from frankfurt. it's been ten weeks now, there's still no dance party >> for now, it doesn't seem as they were willing to give a lot of concessions to them just before those coalition talks will start i guess there will be some movement when it comes to social spending during the coalition talks. that's something the spd wants to increase. that's like their traditional pledge to increase social spending in order to level out inequality in germany. of course as well they will talk about refugee issues that's a critical point, i guess, during those potential coalition talks. for now those talks are still, like, not far away but still in a sort of distant future the social democrats today are discussing whether they actually will start those potential open-ended talks as they like to coin it. and also martin schulz will need to be re-elected as party leade

something martin schulz said would not happen. something martin schulz said would not happen.ocrats and the greens — those talks collapsed though. the third, is a fresh election. the talks are in berlin — so is jenny hill. the meeting between angela merkel and martin schultz in effect gets the ball rolling, and the very beginning of talks, which might end in germany forming a new coalition government. it would have been a very interesting meeting, not least because it is the first between angela merkel and mr schultz, since he performed a u—turn, and went backwards on his vow never to work with her again. mr schultz's party did badly in the september elections, and he had said he would ta ke elections, and he had said he would take them into opposition. that has all changed, now the leaders are talking, the parties are ready they said to begin the first of a 2—part process. the first step is exploratory talks. if those are successful, then proper coalition negotiations can then begin. already there are clear disagreements over health care policy, refugee policy, the future of

schulz proposes a cooperation deal but merkel backs the offers straight back.e will get the latest from berlin. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: 16 minutes to the market open. let's get a bloomberg business flash. here is juliette saly. juliette: walt disney is expected to announce the acquisition of a large chunk of 21st century fox. the entertainment giant will pay 28 to $29 a share including a channels,io, cable and international assets. at around $60 billion including debt it is the biggest deal ever for disney and a significant milestone in the career of rupert murdoch. to buy thehe bid security software maker saying it is significantly undervalued. the company's board of directors rebuffed the bid also citing doubts about strategic rationale , uncertainty about integration and insufficient guarantees the deal would go through to the end. will proceed despite the rejection. the head of ubs's wealth management unit is stepping down. they help oversee retail banking and corporate lending for swiss clients and he will succeed him in january. the move is the second d

i am nota martin schulz is entitled to his.it is not a copy of something historic, it is not out of the theory book, what someone hasjust it is not out of the theory book, what someone has just thought of, it is not out of the theory book, what someone hasjust thought of, it is concrete and develop democracy based on european history and i think that is a good thing. i think we are developing according to what people want. the prime minister of the uk said that she wanted a deep and special partnership with the european union but there is a lot of frustration at the moment directed at ireland because it has these corporate tax rates at 12.5% and we have talked about the difficulties that has posed in relation to apple, are you concerned that when britain isa are you concerned that when britain is a sovereign state and the government is making sovereign decisions that it will exist as a low tax economy off the european mainland? the uk is an active part of this tax alliance and they see no reason why the uk should leave that. it

mr schulz had previously vowed he wouldn't work with mrs merkel‘s conservatives again.the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm tulsen tollett — coming up in your wednesday sport briefing. manchester city head to swansea looking to make it 15 consecutive premier league wins, real madrid are in club world cup action and former world heavyweight champion tyson fury is free to return to boxing after accepting a backdated doping ban watch out for cartons of milk and flying drinks bottles — manchester city are heading to swansea city on wednesday! the premier league leaders have been criticised by the red half of manchester for their celebrations at the weekend. will pep guardiola care? probably not. his side are 11 points clear at the top and are strong favourites to win the title. as far as he's concerned though there's still work to be done. we show we are able to do good things of bigger stages and that doesn't give you the guarantee, the guarantee is going to happen in the future, nobody knows, because there can be injured players, bad conditions, bad moments so

artan schulz has the bigger challenges. he is partrt of a party who has had its worst score since the second world war and the recent legislative elections. he promised d to have a new and aggressive european policy to answer the calls of french president emmanuel macron for more european integration. artan schulz was the former speaker of the european parliament, so what does that mean? it means the employment of a european union finance minister, a harmonization of tax policies, so there inono social l dumping across europe. it means domesestically for r sl democrats that this is something you can pitch to the party faithful. they will be able t to s spend t is described as a cash mountain. germany y not running a deficit to help then order disadvantaged.d. that is what a sococial democrat party shouould do. he is spending on education, police, infrastructure -- all kinds of things to make the people who a are more didisadvantaged in this countnty share in i its prospererity. onone fil word -- thisis chimesn with what he

martin schulz sound like he is driving a hard bargain. what exactly do the social democrats want?schulz is at pains to keep stressing that these talks are beginning without any presumption that they will lead to a grand coalition with angela merkel's conservatives. he says they could be under minority government or there could be new elections. who knows? he has been pretty clear about ideas of what he would want to see in a coalition agreement. he was talking today about a new political culture in germany with dialogue between politicians and the general public. he was also saying that germany needs new investment for education, and care for seniors, affordable housing, and many other specific policy ideas. he has also said to the european union -- that the european union needs to be relaunched. he has some fairly clear things on his agenda that he would want to see and any coalition agreements that he might ultimately sign. host: listening to that, chancellor merkel has been speaking to conservatives where you are. what did she have to say and how united is her part in going int

-turn for martin schulz as i just outlined. and the fear is high that the s.p.d. might put a very high price tag on cooperating once again they could sort of try to push through further social democratic policies one for instance that is discussed right now is demolishing demolishing the jewel health care system this would be quite a revolutionary step actually for germany and the christian democrats conservative they would not be very much in favor of these policies so what we can expect if these process moves on it will be a complicated one and we have also heard a social democrat leading figures since last night saying that if it happens it will be slow rather than what the c.d.u. claims and calls for which is a fast process ok with all of this in mind what about the concerns about the stability of the german government right now is it business as usual in berlin germany still has an acting government and of course it is stable right now i think the interesting question here is what's going to happen after that will there be another grand coalition and by the w

i was talking to secretary schulz earlier. i went to recognize secretary schulz in the front row. it is great to have you here, sir. [applause] >> and, he was telling me about , youfghanistan is treated know, as a whole country but in reality it is controlled as we know by these kind of warlords in different pockets of afghanistan. talk about the challenge of dealing with place like afghanistan. after all the years, it is the longest war with had with america. a challenge and frankly that is the reason we're still there and still plagued because it is not easy. it is not easy. it wasgot afghanistan -- the place where al qaeda came together and developed plans for 9/11. we drove into afghanistan and the leadership from al qaeda made its way into the tribal areas and pakistan so we then had to take them on an pakistan and thanks to the agency that we were involved with, i think we did one hell of a job going after their leadership. at afghanistan remains continuing challenge. for a lot of reasons. first of all, the challenge of being able to go after the television effectively -- th

can this man solve germany's political woes social democrat leader martin schulz refused to form a coalition government with uncle america's conservatives after his party's election defeat but now he may be changing his mind. and hot dry winds fanning the flames of massive wildfires in southern california people flee their homes hundreds of houses are destroyed and thousands more are threatened as firefighters struggle to contain the infernos. thank you very much for your company. u.s. president donald trump's controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the palestinian group hamas has called for an uprising while israel's president lavished praise on president tom's decision but the palestinian president says he is rallying international opposition to the move which he called an unacceptable crime. it was a day of fun rest in many parts of israel thousands of palestinians took to the streets to protest against u.s. president donald trump's decision to officially recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. and in many parts of the country protesters clashed with securi

party conference later this week party leader martin schulz initially ruled out a coalition with the conservatives but has faced increasing pressure to change course over recent weeks. and british media reporting that a deal has been breached of the significant stumbling block in bracks it talks if true the agreement would ensure that there is no hard border between northern ireland which is part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland which is not britain's prime minister teresa mayes in brussels for a day of talks on the country's exit from the european union there had been worries that the reimposition of border controls on the island of ireland would threaten the good friday agreement which sealed the peace after decades of armed conflict european negotiators have that refused to discuss britain's future trading relationship with the block until that issue was settled. so who's agreed to walk in how is that going to go down let's get more from d.w. correspondents gheorghiu matters in brussels and burke at mass in london welcome both let's start with you gay org who's agreed to wh

it's a balancing act for martin schulz most germans want another grand coalition but the social democrat party leader knows that this option is not well loved by his party base. it's an open question whether these talks will lead to forming a new coalition i must repeat this again in all seriousness the fact that we are having exploratory talks doesn't mean we have committed to any particular coalition in fact the opposite is true. in these talks it's all about how we discuss topics and how we can push through a social democratic platform for this country the s.p.d. agreed unanimously to continue talks leading to a repeat of a coalition with the conservatives whether the result will be a grand coalition a minority government or new elections depends on how many social democratic issues can be put into any agreement. it is important to me that we talk about the topics that move people for example german families who need to be relieved of daycare fees and families who need better options to care for relatives that person. agreeing on the subjects of free day care and family support may no

martin schulz, germany's social democrat party leader, had initially ruled outjoining with chancellorllowing september's election in which both parties lost votes. formal negotiations are planned for friday. syrian state media is reporting that air strikes by us—led coalition forces have killed at least 23 civilians. the strikes targeted a village in the deir al—zour province, on the eastern banks of the euphrates river, which is controlled by islamic state fighters. the dead include eight children. judges in el salvador have rejected an appeal against a 30—year prison sentence for a woman jailed under the country's strict abortion laws. teodora vasquez has already served ten years in prison. she says she passed out because of abdominal pains and awoke to find her baby dead. el salvador is one of six countries where abortions are completely banned. in business the great debate about who owns the internet is back on the agenda in the us. regulators could be about to scrap rules guaranteeing equal treatment for all web traffic — a principle known as ‘net neutrality‘. it was enshrined in

to take into talks as anglo-american on forming the country's next government party leader martin schulz stressed the role of germany in europe pledging to push for reforms that would have. lead to a united states of europe. delegates voted on thursday for coalition talks with merkel's conservatives will start next week after more than two months since germany's elections to w.'s thomas sparrow spoke exclusively with martin shields and asked him if that wasn't a bit too we'll. many countries in europe and indeed around the world are looking at germany and wondering when there will be a formal government and now the social democrats have agreed on a procedure that could take weeks if not months can't germany afford to be so long without a government there is first of all a government in office by the way. composed by the christian democrats and the social democrats that are going to america less chance to see my god where this first chancellor saw germany for the time being as a rule by a next thing government and therefore the government has a parliamentarian majority we have no need to

radio: whether merkel or schulz becomes chancellor, one thing is certain.ream is set to move to the right. dw, berlin. a year and a half on and daham finally has the job he was waiting for. everything here is so complicated. stefan is daham's new boss. we have the idea of looking among those people who came in 2015—2016. we assumed there would have been quite a few qualified workers. why did you think that? because here the saying is the syrians are the engineers of the middle east. by late 2017, daham's daughter, nour, was about a foot taller. and the population of gera is visibly changing. the number of people in the city defined as foreign has doubled from around 2500 in 2014, to almost 5000. a third are syrians. when did you open? hello! the al—mohammed family have been allocated a bigger house now. because there's a new baby, their first born in germany. mohammed, can i sit next to you? you're so german! apart from her getting noisier, how has life changed since i was last here? september's german elections saw huge gains for far right party the afd, a

recognition of his vision of a new your previous winners include pope francis and german politician martin schulz. the european union and britain have reached an agreement on bragg's it which means they can now progress to the next round of talks u.k. prime minister theresa may and european commission president drunk logio grisette they've agreed on key issues like the rights for citizens in the u.k. and guaranteeing no hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland it means they can now move on to negotiations about future trade relations . are more about this important development with quinten appeal is that our parliamentary sitio season analysts with u.k. think tank chatham house a very good day sir is this a break sir. it's certainly a good thing it's the first serious sign of progress we've seen for about six months they had to get agreement on these three big issues in order to clear the way to the really serious round of talks ahead on what the future trade relations and totality of the u.k. e.u. relationship would look like and they don't very bug done on these issues t

and reminder right now of our top story in germany the leader of the sultan democrats martin schulz has denied reports that his party is ready to enter exploratory talks on forming a government this comes after last night's meeting with the german president and chaffed americal merkel has been trying to form a government since the september elections thank you for watching t w we'll have an update on the story for you at the top of the. kick off. independence cyprus site and you have to go unfed pick up sites socially controversial. new video evidence designed to make decisions by bundesliga referees more transparent and thus farah. but it doesn't want. to go next to g.w. . the more intriguing international talk show for journalists discuss the topic of the week following the e.u. african union summit europe and africa work together as equal partners to do young africans a brighter future on their own car that's our topic this week on quadriga join us. in sixty minutes on. the w.'s program guide on the internet the highlights. the home. dot com highlights. when i'm traveling i like to b

seb leader martin schulz urged -- spd leader martin schulz urged party member's to party lines.pd official city do not expect a form a coalition until march. bill gross has been warming about the damage that low interest rates caused to banks. writing an investment note he says there is little room for error and should a crisis arise the ability to offer protection would be impaired. the fed is expected to raise rates next week with more hikes in 2018. margarita and pizza maker on the world heritage list. the agency says the art of pizza throwing is part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. italy has been campaigning for years for the award saying it involves know how passed down through generations. global news 24 hours a day. this is bloomberg. paul: i do worry about what it says about our civilization. we are counting down to the market opening in seoul. investors rekindling enthusiasm. today is a gdp update will it add to that? >> in a nutshell, they do remain sound so one could argue that the correction we see in japanese stocks flies in the face of a booming ec

the cdu and spd saw huge losses in last september's election, and that prompted schulz to go into opposition. the collapse of the talks with the greens and pro-business free democrats made him reassesses party's stance. and we may soon see change at the top of ubs's $1.3 trillion wealth management unit. sources say president urich silver is preparing to step down and news may be announced later this thursday. wealth management is a key profit driver. the divisions earnings rose more than 16% last quarter. and the long-awaited disney fox deal is expected to be announced later thursday. sources tell us 21st century fox will keep its real estate portfolio, and that includes a 20th-century film and television loss when it sells a chunk of asset to disney. we are told fox will spin off the assets it plans to keep, with disney acquiring the studio. the international assets, all in a deal valued at $60 billion, and that includes debt. powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in 120 countries, i am ramy inocencio, and this is bloomberg. haidi: thanks for that. the federal reserve raising r

sadly the schulz home burned in the fire. his widow says this community hasn't forgotten the victims. >> the love and caring that comes out helps to heal all of us. we give some, we get some. it heals us all. >> reporter: the sharks alumni won 7-3, but both sides scored big, raising $40,000 to benefit fire relief charities. in santa rosa, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> good saturday morning to you. some of those areas inland feel like an ice rink this morning, with many 30s. we're looking at clear conditions, a few high clouds. hazy skies out there. a big ridge of high pressure is our dominant weather feature, going to stay that way for today, tomorrow, next week. it looks like it could be this way through christmas with the storm track diverted to the north. you can see the flag blowing. some of these winds, these offshore gusty winds have allowed for temperatures to stay in the upper 50s to low 60s half moon boy. the re -- half moon bay. we're in the low 40s. it's 40 in oakland. you're sitting at 40 all morning long. ever

sadly the schulz home burned in the fire. his widow says this community hasn't forgotten the victims. >> the love and caring that comes out helps to heal all us. we give some, we get some. it heals us all. >> reporter: the sharks alumni won 7-3, but both sides scored big, raising $40,000 to benefit fire relief charters. cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> fires in southern california. warmer weather here. and take a look at this rare sight throughout the south. check out this drone video taken yesterday in georgia, northwest of atlanta. while it looks beautiful, schools are closed and thousands are without power. it's the same story in mississippi, where some cities are receiving record amounts of snow, six inches or more. there were even snowflakes in new orleans. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. >>> oh, that looks so pretty. back home, we have the clear sky and you are shivering in the north bay. boy, is it mild right here in san francisco. all due to some gusty east winds that are allowing for temp

schulz saying he told angela merkel they cannot promise a grand coalition.eemed angela merkel appeared to have staged one of the greatest political escapes by saying she was ready to talk with martin schulz and amongst each other, they would form a coalition. martin schulz seems to be, i do not know if it is backtracking, but saying there are options to be discussed but he cannot guarantee a grand coalition. tom: as we look at oil in the view forward for 2018, edward job is tomorse's day provide help to the american theater. in his spare time, he does some investments. wonderful to have you with us. what did you learn about the ballet in vienna? edward: it was not playing, so there is not much to learn. tom: there was not much going on? edward: there was not much going on. tom: i want to bring up the chart of the many opecs, because i want you to tell us what this was compared to previous ones. oil adjusted for inflation and rising incomes worldwide. you and i remember the hatred of opec, the collapse of opec in 1986, persian gulf. a china boom, and down we

you're watching news still to come on the program as the social democrats and their leader martin schulze start talks with chancellor angela merkel to plan a coalition government we examine a major opinion poll to find out what the average german thinks of the state of politics today. and speaking of other big questions christopher copper is here with quite a doozy how to prevent another financial crisis in fact that is a very good question and did an international committee of regulators as agreed to new rules to keep the banks from toppling like dominos in the face of another potential global financial crisis the basel committee on banking supervision met in frankfurt and it set restrictions on the ability of banks to diverge from new regulations about the amount of cash they must have in their reserves. if there's anything to learn from the financial crisis of two thousand and eight it's that taxpayers shouldn't be the ones bailing out the banks ever again since then central bankers and financial supervisors have been handling over new rules for banks to avoid future bailouts now the s

sadly the schulz home burned in the fire.ays this community hasn't forgotten the victims. >> the love and caring that comes out helps to heal all of us. we give some, we get some. it heals us all. >> reporter: the sharks alumni won 7-3, but both sides scored big, raising $40,000 to benefit fire relief charters. in santa rosa, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. >>> good morning to you. here's live doppler 7. a little bit of cloud cover at the south end of the bay. some very chilly temperatures and dry atmosphere here in the bay area with relative humidity in half moon bay at 22%. we have fog and freezing temperatures in santa rosa. and still a stagnant ridge of high pressure that is diverting the storm track well into canada and extreme fire danger in southern california is where we start, where we have over 7 million people affected. this is in effect all day today, all day tomorrow, and we're still looking at some gusty offshore winds, 20 to 30 miles an hour. starting ri

schulz are keyed to get on with reforms with mr. macron. that is a win for emmanuel macron.ings and france together will be a victory for germany as well and probably for the broader you are area. area --ader euro broader euro area. that is everybody is a winner. matt: what kind of reforms do you expect them to get done if this works out well? banking union is one everyone can agree on. richard: they inch toward having a euro area finance minister. i don't think we are going to get this federal europe that mr. schulz was talking about last month. european reforms is two steps forward and one step back. reform hee banking discussed is the low-lying fruit. matt: richard, thanks for a much. -- thanks very much. guy: matt, this is a subject that we kicked around. a slew of major u.s. businesses say they will give handouts to workers try to celebrate the republican tax bill. there's a lot of new pieces on the bloomberg which is fascinating. i wonder whether or not actually while this may look like politics, there is more to it. it is verynk interesting and a little bit surprising

josef: well, schulz is trying to hedge all his bets. temporary leader of his party after the colossal loss in the elections. he has got to pick up all the areas around which the wings and factions of his party rally. the general health insurance scheme is one of those issues. this is not something that an spd co-led government would do, but it is something he asked for to please the various constituencies he needs to stay at the helm. matt: i wish they would focus on fixing the autobahn. josef janning. coming up, airbus faces a possible leadership change amid reports that its ceo will exit the company. we'll get the latest. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: 53 minutes into the market session. airbus might have to find a new ceo. that is if the reports suggesting tom enders won't stand for a third term are correct. airbus has described the report as pure media speculation, adding that no decision has been made. before i get to my colleague, who covers all of this, i want to show you the gb function. nothingennest, there's to see. that tells you

you know phil all the martin schulz is saying that these talks are going to begin without preconditions without any presumption that they will lead to a new edition of the ground coalition with angle america's conservatives he seems to have some fairly clear ideas of what he wants he says there should be a new political culture in germany and more dialogue between the government in the public but he also was talking today about investing more in education in care for the aged. doing more to promote affordable housing on ing out to imbalances in germany's health insurance system and a number of other things you also say is a restart for the european union's importance so he's course of pretty cold creature ideas he's going to want to see some of that in any coalition agreement that he might ultimately sawing. to simon i would liming what the s.p.d. wants what as far as the conservative coalition are going to be the main sticking points. well one of the main points actually that merkel drew out stay she addressed the c.s.u. here in europe that was actually the proposal from the social dem

saying,tin schulz is going toward the united states of europe, 2025.is a bit of a stretch, a bit of an ask, but movement towards that, -- brexit being as the topic of brussels, are migration and the euro reform. but also the fact that france and germany might not be on the same page. how is positioning around the euro -- >> it makes it tricky because when everyone agrees with you it makes you want to bite the bullet. growth is heading higher. the ecb is talking about when they will normalize. that is not adding that pop toicy -- that is not adding that policy, it is taking it away. q3, will finish tapering by so a bit more hawkish. q1 2019, the first second half of next year is what we will be pricing in. about thetalk possibility of rate hikes in europe. on the grey swan, there is a possibility of rate cuts. i am guessing you are looking at the u.k. because it is about the housing market decline. is that the case? >> it is not the u.k.. we are looking at two hikes next year. swan is about the hot money inflows we saw in australia, canada, norway, swed

block the latest push came from former president of the european parliament german politician martin schulz has proposed the creation of a united states of europe i want to new constitutional treaty to establish the united states of europe a europe that is no threat to its member states but a beneficial addition the convention should draft this treaty in close cooperation with the civil society and the people its results will then be submitted to all member states any state that won't ratify this treaty who automatically leave the e.u. a number of other measures to boost european unity of previously been proposed among them the creation of a european army european version of the international monetary fund and having an e.u. finance minister earlier on i discussed this with the head of people's party michael mcgurk a man who says that europeans are worried are the prospects of a united states of europe. if you look at all the polls today from cities and from all over europe they don't want to more severe and for the e.u. they want to the contrary that the member states get back more seventy

dw's thomas spoke exclusively with martin schulz and asked if it was not a bit too long. >> many countriesn europe and around the world are looking at germany and wondering when there will be a formal government. now, the social democrats have agreed on a procedure that could take weeks, if not months. can germany afford to be so long without a government? >> there is a government in office, which is composed by the christian and social democrats. germany for the time being is ruled by an acting government. therefore, the acting government has a parliamentary majority. we have no need to speed up, especially looking to the fact that the so-called jamaica allies crashed completely with negotiations. they took two months out of the election after the votes to disagree. they needed two months to disagree about everything, so two or three weeks time to check to make sure it makes sense to continue on the basis of this sustainable program, i think that is justified for us. >> one of your key proposals is that idea of a united states of europe, but wouldn't it be also important to focus on the u

i was talking to secretary schulz earlier. i went to recognize secretary schulz in the front row. it is great to have you here, sir. [applause] >> and, he was telling me about , youfghanistan is treated know, as a whole country but in reality it is controlled as we know by these kind of warlords in different pockets of afghanistan. talk about the challenge of dealing with place like afghanistan. after all the years, it is the longest war with had with america. a challenge and frankly that is the reason we're still there and still plagued because it is not easy. it is not easy. it wasgot afghanistan -- the place where al qaeda came together and developed plans for 9/11. we drove into afghanistan and the leadership from al qaeda made its way into the tribal areas and pakistan so we then had to take them on an pakistan and thanks to the agency that we were involved with, i think we did one hell of a job going after their leadership. at afghanistan remains continuing challenge. for a lot of reasons. first of all, the challenge of being able to go after the television effectively -- th

leader martin schulz and asked him if this whole process isn't taking a bit too long. many countries in europe and indeed around the world are looking at germany and wondering when there will be a formal government and now the social democrats have agreed on a procedure that could take weeks if not months on germany afford to be so long without a government there is first of all a government in office religious by the way. composed by the christian democrats in the search of the mill crafts that are going to america's chance to see my god where is first. germany for the time being is a rule by a mixed thing government. therefore the government has a parliamentarian majority we have no need to speed up especially looking to the fact that the so-called john mica. crash completely with the negotiations. they took two months of the. election after the vote. to disagree they needed two months to disagree of the vote everything so. two or three weeks time to check if it makes sense to build to continue on the basis of a sustainable program incorporating i think that's justif

and in fact an attempt to increase the influence of the european union in europe as a whole martin schulze a social democratic leader in fact has called for a federation federation similar to the united states something like the united states of europe that's a very very far away goal by the churches the kinds of issues that are at stake here are really substantial and it's specially for the social democrats it's important that they can show that some of their issues are being considered in exchange for agreeing to re entering such a grand coalition such as a mark on her conservatives or moving a very carefully here to ensure that these talks don't fail but if they do what would it mean with the chancellor have to resign. well it's chancellor at the moment in an acting capacity and if these talks fail one possibility is that there will be a minority government in other words that are going to knock her and her conservatives on their own form a government which does not have a majority in parliament that would mean that for every issue that is voted on of parliament a new majority would hav

the latest push came from former president of the european parliament's german politician martin schulz has proposed the creation of a united states of europe i want to new constitutional treaty to establish the united states of europe the europe that is no threat to its member states but a beneficial addition the convention should draft this treaty in close cooperation with the civil society and the people its results will then be submitted to all member states any state that won't ratify this treaty automatically leave the e.u. a number of other measures to boost european unity have previously been proposed among them the creation of a european army european version of the international monetary fund and having an e.u. finance minister. and i'm joined on the line pleased to say now by the head of belgium belgium is people's party that's michael modicum and mark a very good evening to you united states of europe i mean it's a catchy name do you think she also being serious though. no i say it's a very bad idea and first of all let's look at. from where does it come from mr sure kind of

the recent past that left us with only twenty percent of the polls we did not end up winners martin schulze had initially agreed with the sentiment after the election he had ruled out any government participation but then the party establishment stepped in now he had to sell this turnaround to the delegates. we are most in need we must not govern at any price but we must not go into opposition at any price what matters is what policies we can push through this must be a thought since. then lined out what kind of policy he means gender equality in the workplace and a relatively liberal approach to immigration he rejects the idea of the maximum number of refugees to be allowed into germany schultz also wants germany to be at the heart of a much more integrated e.u. . we're going to get most of these comrades the europe we want does not exist right now we will have to create it if we want europe to stay strong we need to make sure it remains capable of acting people must realize that europe can make a noticeable difference in their everyday lives this is pretty conventional was widely seen as

the party leader, martin schulz, had initially ruled this out. sides are quite far apart on key issues, from migration to eurozone reform. theresa may and her officials have been assessing whether they've found a way to unblock the brexit talks. if they think they've resolved the dispute over the border between northern ireland and the irish republic, the british prime minister will fly out to brussels. the report is in downing street and said there is a big push to get these negotiations moving. passionate our reporter. —— our reporter. there had been intense talks and many phone calls here, trying to get a deal and both sides are sounding cautiously optimistic. this follows several days of negotiations between london, brussels, belfast and dublin, and while there is nothing official yet, there are some positive signals. the bbc understands that if a deal can be reached, that's a big if, then there are plans in place for the prime minister theresa may to travel to brussels first thing in the morning to sign on the dotted line. let me remind you

party conference later this week party leader martin schulz initially ruled out a coalition with the conservatives but has faced increasing pressure to change course over recent weeks united states and south korea have begun their biggest ever combined air force exercises involving more than two hundred thirty fighter jets this is drawing a predictably angry response from north korea with state television there describing it as an all out provocation that could lead to nuclear war. of course in spain has ordered the release on bail of six former cattle on cabinet members who are being held in custody for their part in catalonia declaration of independence however the judge upheld the jailing of four other men who've been in prison since november. you're watching d.w. new still to come police in multan arrest ten people in connection with the murder of a journalist on the island is this a significant breakthrough or just rounding up the usual suspects you'll hear from the multis capital. first. and the business news just coming through that apple will have to pay that huge tax bill he

can this man solve germany's political woes social democrat leader martin schulz refused to form a coalition government with angle america's conservatives after his party's election defeat but now he may be changing his mind and. hot dry winds fanned the flames of massive wildfires in southern california people fleeing their homes hundreds of houses destroyed thousands more threatened as firefighters struggle to contain the infernos. thank you very much for your company in response to u.s. president donald trump's controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the palestinian group hamas has called for an uprising israeli security forces have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters in the streets of the west bank both the palestinians and the israelis see jerusalem as their capital and the city has been a key issue in decades of conflict but has ignored international warnings by recognizing it as israel seat of government saying it's time for a new approach all right and we can get reaction now from c.n.n. she joins us now she's a palestinian lawmaker an

think it's a huge humiliation for the social democratic party of germany because their leader martin schulz said of times i'm not going to go into this big coalition i'm not going to go to these big. guys i know all politics are this big coalition so it's a huge humiliation for him but i think it's not the first humiliation for s.p.d. basically not don't forget it was the social democrats who warmed to yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred nine it was the social democrats that first used the german troops abroad after the world war two so if they have one communication more it doesn't make any money if you for that it is this establishment the feel that they're entitle to rule ok this is and i see this all the way with the whole issues with brakes that all the way across the continent because the e.u. beating up on poland in and i'm hungry if you deviate from the ideology is driving . and you have to or ideology criticize criticize or this is the they don't learn from their mistakes they just double down just like the democrats are in the us angela merkel has been in power for more than a

have been quite behind if we remember just last week martin schulz in the s.p.d. at that party conference very much pro you are from very much for more social equity on a communal level across the your opinion union so there will be domestic and international issues on the table at these talks so when you read the runes for us are we likely to see a new government sued or might we face a new general election. well for that is still a possibility martin schultz says that these exploratory talks are going to begin soon after the new year and he suggested today that murder only take a couple of weeks but he'll be going back to the s.p.d. membership to get the go ahead for full coalition talks if that's the way the the thing pans out nobody in berlin really believes there could be a new government before march and if these talks are tricky as we expect they will be it could even be later than that so many young in the brady in your book thank you both. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world and russian courts are sentenced form

martin schulz as many of our viewers will probably remember served for a long time in brussels in the bureau paean union he's very interested in shaping policy towards europe and being in the coalition in a grand coalition would allow him to do so but that is not a real vote getter among the parties rank and file so what they will be looking for are very visible concessions visible benefits for the middle and working class perhaps along the lines of health insurance reform and if they don't get that then i think it's not at all likely that we'll see a grand coalition. that was melinda croyde now some breaking news for you from the united states former national security advisor michael flynn has been charged with lying to the f.b.i. court documents show that he's accused of willfully and knowingly making false statements to the federal bureau of investigation while serving in the trump administration now this comes as part of an investigation by special counsel robert muller prosecutors with motos office safely and falsely stated to the f.b.i. that he had not had contact with the russi

the party leader, martin schulz, had initially ruled this out.ides are far apart on key issues, from migration to eurozone reform. the us democratic senator, al franken, is stepping down after a number of women accused him of sexual harassment. nearly 30 senior democrats had urged him to resign. mr franken insisted he'd done nothing to bring dishonour to the senate. i will be resigning as member of the united states senate. i of all people am aware that there is some irony in the fact that i am leaving, while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault seats in the oval office. and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the senate with the full support of his party. for more on this we can speak with eric and, political expert and author of the work the gop civil war. —— eric ham. author of the work the gop civil war. -- eric ham. did our franking resign or was he forced out by his party? i think alf rankin was certainly forced out by the party, especially by the number of democratic women who coalesced