she only took the helm of the sdp 14 germany.from martin shilts. like her predecessor, her demise has been triggered by poor election result. in a statement, ms nahles said that with after discussion with party members she no longer had necessary support to carry out her duties. the sdp is a junior partner in germany's coalition government with angela merkel‘s christian democrats. last year they trailed third hide the cdu and a resurgent green party. their 16% share of the vote was an all—time low. 16% share of the vote was an all-time low. despite this, ms nahles's resignation was a big surprise to her coalition part owners and political analysts. translation: of course i also have respect for the decision the party must make in respect to the success of 41 the. regardless, i would like to say on behalf of the government we will continue the governments work with all seriousness. the ce ntre—left work with all seriousness. the centre—left sdp has been in coalition with the cdu since 2017 and that is due to last until 2021. but a

of course i also have respect for the decision the party must make in respect to the success of the sdphe government we will continue the government's work with all seriousness. the centre—left spd has been in coalition with the cdu since 2017 and that is due to last until 2021. but andrea nahles has been criticised by those from the left of her party for remaining part of the coalition. but the fear for many in the cdu is that the resignation of ms nahles could lead to the spd leaving, triggering a snap poll. translation: i assume the spd will undergo a quick succession without hindrance to the functioning of the grand coalition. in the cdu we believe that there is no time to play politics. we stand by the grand coalition. the most recent opinion polls put the spd share of the vote at 12%. but an imminent election could also be bad news for their senior coalition partners. for the first time ever, the greens have overtaken the cdu as germany's most popular party. this week, commemorations will take place across britain and france to mark the 75th anniversary of the d—day landings — the

the fear for many in the cdu is that the resignation of ms nahles could lead to the sdp leaving, triggering the coalition. translation: i assume the spd will undergo a quick succession without hindrance to the functioning of the grand coalition. in the cdu, we believe that there is no time to play politics. we stand by the grand coalition. the most recent opinion polls put the spd share of the vote at i2%. but an imminent election could also be bad news for their senior coalition partners. in that same poll, for the first time ever, the greens have overtaken the cdu as germany's most popular party. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, motor racing meets agriculture — we'll tell you about tractor racing in russia. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower shall be shot off. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 74. outspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three t

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creating a deficit of 192 million pounds, and other sdps could be rated to bail them out. what would my right honorable friend say to my constituents including those in places -- in areas of deprivation with extensive inequalities when they ask why their services should suffer to meet the deficits of others? >> i say to my honorable friend that of course we want to ensure that all health services are indeed operating properly within their budgets and are able to balance their books but i would say to his constituents that i am pleased this government has been able to increase funding available to national health service and that will go towards increasing and improving the services his constituents are able to receive. >> the private a is a busy woman, she's not seen the latest report from inside housing, inside housing reveals 3 successive ministers were written to over a total of 21 times over four years by the old party group on fire safety urging them to act to make sure we avoid another fire. the last of those 21 lectures was written a month before the fire, no action

sdp we're n >> we're not talking about a ton of money to make sure kid kid soap and toothpaste and theapers. >> you have have to have the will to want to do it. we start with separating them from families and now the detention centers with horrible conditions. the department of justice lawyers saying what does a blanket mean, what does a toothbrush mean. it's a resource issue. limited resources that you can still make it and have it. it's disgusting and really immoral. >> let me shift gears. i want you thoughts on what the president told the hill about his potential democratic rival, joe biden. >> i think he can only go down. i don't think he's going up. he doesn't have -- there's something different. he's a different person than when he was four or five years ago. he wasn't so hot four or five years ago. there is something going on in that brain of his. >> does the president see biden as real threat? >> clearly. what's interesting about this, there's lots of ups and downs about joe biden. one positive is it's harder for donald trump to redefine him for the american public. people have

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is a seat that voted 60% leave and even back in the ‘80s at the height of the alliance between the sdpmstances by 9%, translate that across the country and that is hundreds more seats for the liberal democrats. white mica but it does demonstrate how difficult it is going to be for you to crack constituencies like this, you look at the eu referendum vote, and voted to leave my 61%. so it is going to bea to leave my 61%. so it is going to be a huge challenge. what do you away in terms of efforts to make further inroads in this type of constituency? a couple of things. first of all, we are never going to expect to win peterborough, but it does bode well for other seats that perhaps had a different balance of leave and remain. we learned a lot in that campaign. we built infra structure on the ground and hopefully, that will one day translate into local government seats. but more broadly, there are a lot of remain voters who voted for labour in that constituency to stop the brexit party getting in. that is partly why labour won. the fact that labour are now going around the country saying,

the book "the controversy of sdp zion" by douglas reed delved into the intertwined roots of bolsterism and zionism. one of his last books was "200 years together." that book, is it not an accident, shall i say, because it's never been translated into english, only german and french. a very important book to understand russia and its perception of external threats. >> we have one more, i think. >> hi. i'd love to hear what you think c-2 looks like inside cyberspace because that's one area where china is ahead of us. commandant control. >> so i have -- how do we win on the battlefield? how do we define global competition? is there any possibility for deconfliction such as having some trilateral conversation, and how do we really understand russia and its perception over the threat, and how do we deal with c-2 in cyberspace? none fortunaof the panel have t address all these things, but if you have a particular insight, please. >> i'll just start with the first question. it's true china is aware it hasn't fought a conflict in a long time, so as a result, they say that is a weakness that th

the brexit party does, your vote, their vote, the stp are even standing on a pro—brexit platform, —— sdpin 2017 was you were not going to deliver. everything a predicted then in my campaign has come to be absolutely true. you have also said you want to cut all times with the eu. that is the kind brexit you want. what does that mean? we want to cut all the ties that hold us in. we don't want to cut trade ties, because obviously we want to trade with people. but if you look at everything that holds you look at everything that holds you into the eu, you can't actually get a ship out to see unless you cut that anchor. we want to cut that anchor to sale free intake course that we want. ok, final question. we don't know if nigel farage is here at the moment or not. we expected him to turn up. what would you say to him if his party pounced yours into the ground tonight? if it is a few percentage of votes and he comes first or second? congratulations. time to defect? i don't know what they stand for thank you very much. that isjohn whitby, the candidate for ukip at the moment. anything the new l

the liberal democrats through the ‘90s, the sdp, it is the smaller parties that tend to have sensationaly suffered the same fate, nigel faris's old outfit. it did well when there was pr being used in the 2014 parliamentary elections. it got the cla cton parliamentary elections. it got the clacton by—election. i think the brexit party might face the same hurdles that smaller parties face but let's not underestimate the impact the brexit party are having on british politics, the fact they can come so close to on british politics, the fact they can come so close to winning here after being in existence for a few months shows how they are shaping the actions of the two main parties and certain the tories now. they don't need to tell any of the candidates running for the tory leadership, the brexit party and the anger they are tapping, the sense of betrayal among many lever voters is acute and that is framing, to a large extent, the argument within the tory partyjust now. the brother of the leader of the london bridge attack khuram butt have said the family is sorry from the depths of their h