scenes now outside the headquarters of uncle america's party right here her conservatives and the social democrats are set to announce that they have reached an agreement to form a new grand coalition after marathon all night talks. i have seen the service going to thank you for joining us we have breaking news here at this hour in berlin it's now been confirmed that germany's two biggest political groups have reached an agreement on forming a coalition government now outside the city you had quarters at chancellor angela merkel's party her conservatives and the social democrats under martin schultz are set to announce plans for a new grand coalition any minute now you see these pictures live this follows days of negotiations in which the two were deadlocked over issues like health care reform now today's agreement still faces a vote by nearly half a million social democrat party members. and our political correspondent hans has been standing out in the cold all morning waiting and watching this story for us hi hans what details do you have for us on this agreement. well it seems clear it's clear

good to have you with us we begin here in germany we're going back as conservatives and the social democrats are reported to have cheap achieved a breakthrough in coalition talks negotiations between the two parties went on through the night michael c.d.u. headquarters here in berlin the sides disagreed over labor laws and health care reform it's been more than four months since german national elections country faced the prospect of fresh elections without a coalition deal. well for the very latest let's cross over to our political correspondent hans bond who's standing by outside the c.d.u. party headquarters here in berlin where those marathon talks of been taking place hans we're getting signals that breakthrough has been achieved in the talks what can you tell us is obviously the signals have arrived here as well that come from the online edition of a very german magazine who report from inside the coalition talks saying that an agreement has been reached and especially an agreement has been reached on the distribution of the various ministries in the new government between the two part

coalition government chancellor angela merkel called the deal her conservatives struck with the social democrats a basis for good government also szell democrat leader martin schultz said the pact would bring fundamental change for both the germany and europe his party's rank and file still have to ratify the agreement extending the country's wait for a new government by another couple of weeks. all right that does it for us on my own hauraki in berlin the news continues at the top of the hour for now thank you so much for spending this part of new day with us. frank food they hope all the international gateway into the best connections of you know the road and radio. located in the heart of europe you are connected to the whole world. experience outstanding shopping and dining offers and try our services . be our guest trend food airport city managed by from.

ministry the finance ministry and the ministry of labor especially interesting here is that the social democrats are taking over the finance ministry which for the last forward four years was run by the christian democrats by the conservatives so it seems that the conservatives have made quite major concessions to the social democrats in order to make this agreement possible hence just a note to our viewers that there's a little box in the lower right hand side of the screen while we are monitoring that crowd right behind you we're waiting for the party leaders to come out and give a statement about this final agreement we'll be listening life to that as soon as they arrive there hans but as you said there were some major concessions made by americans conservatives what does that tell us about the position that they are in . well knuckle herself when she went into the negotiations yesterday morning more than twenty four hours again ago was already speaking about the need to make what she called painful concessions and it seems very clear that that is exactly what has happened obviously both marc

the social democrats get ministry of finance right they get the foreign ministry right they get the social ministry they get three key ministries the. macas fox he doesn't get a single key ministry so when it comes to who actually gets the money to do what they want to do it's it's going to be the social democrats who decide and not the christian democrats this is amazing and if they can't sell that point the concept and the thing and charlotte quite a bit of money is involved this could be one of the most expensive coalitions ever if it does in fact keep all its promises forty five billion just for new projects the head of the social democratic party still head of the social democratic party because apparently it's going to step down from that position martin childes said when he presented the agreement that it had the s.p.d. stamp all over it would you agree with that well i think so i mean it's not very detailed so we can can't really tell but i think it caters to the labor unions that caters to the workers there are some improvements immediate improvement for for workers and terms of c

has also been controlled by i'm going to christian democrats so that has gone knowledge of the social democrats the interior minister used to be controlled by the christian democrats that's not go to the variances the party so indeed yes that seems that the christian democrats have made major concessions i'm going to marco yesterday when she came and into these talks was talking about painful compromises that might have to be made and one can probably say that these compromises in terms of the ministry's were very painful for the christian democrats to make. it was another all night marathon run a round of talks that leading up to this point what we believe to now have a breakthrough what were the final disagreements that they were trying to work out . well last night a document was leaked amongst the press here comprising one hundred sixty five pages of agreement that had been reached until then in other words a very very large very detailed volume of agreement that had already been reached and what was left over was really just a handful two or three small book not two or three small issues a

in the center left social democrats are set to form what's known as a grand coalition that is if the bride can be persuaded to go along for it remains to be seen whether the social democratic party base will approve the deal so is this at best a marriage of convenience lacking in vision or could this grand coalition outperform expectations. government wanted how weak is our topic on quadriga and here our guests charlotte potts is a political correspondent here at the w and she also works for the german broadcaster. she says the new grand coalition lacks vision and so does. alan posner is with us once again he's a commentator for the daily newspaper and he says if merkel's grand coalition holds she'll be the strongest politician in the west however the s.p.d. rank and file could put a spanner in the works and then america would be the weakest politician in the west and it's great to have your young son on the show once again he's a dutch journalist and a political analyst who also worked for the election campaign of the social democrats in germany and in the netherlands he says this c

well i think you have to say that the social democrats certainly drove a hard bargain here that the social democrats were able to push through quite a large number of concessions not only on content but also on this distribution of ministries in the end giving up the finance ministry which is what conservatives have been controlling have been running for the past four years i think is a major concession on. on the part of i'm going to knock off conservatives america herself yesterday already said that she was expecting that her party would have to make painful concessions i'm sure that is one of them there is another one the interior ministry which is also being controlled recently in the past four years by going to marcos consulates was is now more lot more than likely going to the bavarian sister party of anglo-american through the varying christian social union so there too i'm going to america and her closest party colleagues have agreed to give up a major ministry all of these concessions seem to have been necessary to make this deal possible and in some sense one can say the social d

it remains to be seen whether the social democratic party base will approve the deal. is this a marriage of convenience lacking in vision? or could this grand coalition out perform expectations? weak isnt wanted, how merkel? charlotte potts is a correspondent. she says the new grand coalition lacks vision and so does angela merkel. is with us once again, a commentator. he says if merkel's grand coalition holds, she will be a strong is politician and the west. but the rank-and-file could put something in the works and then she would be the weakest in the west. and it's great to have job janssen as a guest. he says this contuation of grand coalition, politics might lead to stability and progress in europe, but -- in germany. charlotte, the coalition agreement, essentially the blueprint for the government and its goals and plans, has a visionary title. new impetus for you to -- for europe, new vision for germany. your statement seems to indicate you don't think the content lives up to the billing. charlotte: that's true. those are grand words that do paint a vision for th

the imprint of the social democratic party that was something that the social membership social democratic membership had absolutely demanded they were very reluctant to enter these negotiations at all they held a special party conference in order to decide whether to go ahead after the initial exploratory talks at that conference they raised the ante on two very important points for them on health care policy and on labor market policy and we see in the draft agreement real concessions on both of those points so i think that there negotiators i think the over time was absolutely about these two issues they did more than two days of over time and in the end i think they got some really significant movement from the conservatives and then the other point of course the distribution of the ministries this leaves the social democrats holding some of the most powerful ministries in the german government and for one very core area that is going to be significant namely european policy european union the coalition agreement contains some very significant changes in the german approach to the euro

also coming up a shock result as the far right alternative for germany overtakes the social democrats for the first time in a national opinion poll that says the social democrats launch a make or break vote to enter another coalition government will get no. i'm serious almost kind of thank you for joining us the united nations is warning that the situation in the syrian rebel held on klav of eastern hotel is spinning out of control. the syrian observatory for human rights says government air raids on the area close to the syrian capital damascus have killed there are only two hundred civilians since monday many of them women and children the suburb has been under siege by regime forces for more than four years. let's bring in i've not had died a syrian opposition activist who's been observing the situation from a turkey i'm not good to see you thank you for joining us you're in contact with people in how to what are they telling you and why is the syrian government attacking this area now. especially today with hitting mode and. people calling you know crying describing the situation

making has taken its first shaky steps deals sealed yet still subject to a membership but on the social democrats if they don't give the green light what's the alternative also coming up. north korea analysis that kim jong il and sister will attend the winter olympics but u.s. vice president says the following relations between seoul and pyongyang are a distraction and promises tougher sanctions from. washington prevent another government shutdown that could come down to immigration policy and speak to a congressman who himself was once an undocumented migrant. well i'm terry martin and welcome to the show germany's two biggest political parties have finally agreed on a deal to form a coalition government they made the announcement in berlin after another grueling game of give and take more than four months after the country's elections but both chancellor going to buckle and her social democratic counterpart month in child say the agreement is the only way to guarantee german stability. after a marathon thirty four hours of negotiations it was old strained smiles for the would be coalition partn

the finance ministry in other words three key ministries especially for the issues that the social democrats wants to push forward in this new government and then there is some indication that the interior ministry is going to go to the variances the party the christian social union of the conservatives which would leave most of the other ministries to the conservatives or to be distributed amongst the parties so that's as far as what we what we. appear to know at the moment. thank you so much for now. bunce there is the new party headquarters where we are hoping to hear an announcement soon with us here in the studio is our political editor nina she's been following these negotiations very closely nina it's been now more than four months since germany had its election we're finally at a point where looks like we might have some kind of agreement in announcement seems imminent we have already we're hearing some details leaking through now about which parties are going to ok stand by need i'm told are getting an announcement right now we're going to cross over to. i believe to the c.d.u. part

civil war also the shock result as the far right old turn it took for germany overtakes the social democrats for the first time in a national opinion poll that says the s.p.d. launch a make or break vote and for another coalition government get analysis from our political correspondent. and by munich hit the champions league trail tonight the german giants have a tricky home game against. turkey. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us. the united nations says the syrian government is targeting civilians in the rebel held enclave of eastern and that it must stop syrian observatory for human rights says that government air raids on eastern go to close to the syrian capital damascus killed at least one hundred people on monday around four hundred seventy were injured suburb has been under siege by regime forces for more than four years. this as syrian media report that militias loyal to the syrian government will soon be entering the northern region of freen to help kurdish militias there repel turkey turkish troops. an entire town in mourning this is become a familiar sight in a free

big fish obviously and the minister of ministry of labor which is especially important for the social democrats and their voters their. their membership so they have been major concessions on the part of the christian democrats are for i'm going to malcolm's party but at the same time i want to say obviously i'm going to marco is going to stay chancellor for another couple of years or so at least so in that sense all parties seem to be satisfied with the outcome of these elections they have all i know officially confirmed that an agreement has been reached but i have to add there has not been an official announcement that's right time so we see all the cameras behind you and we're all waiting for that announcement for someone to come outside and i tell them more about this agreement but what exactly has been holding up this agreement has so long what are what is the point that they have been wrangling about for weeks now. well one has to say that they did negotiate pretty quickly if you consider that this has been going on for just over a week and they leaked last night and agreement one hundre

for the first time in a national opinion poll that says the social democrats launch a make or break so to enter another coalition government we'll get analysis. and there were more medals up for grabs at the winter olympics that's including in the ice dance competition where canada's graceful couple virtue and moir were vying for another gold will get you caught up on day eleven and sean chen. i'm sumi so misconduct good to have you with us the united nations says the syrian government must stop targeting civilians in the rebel held on klav eastern hotel. now the london based syrian observatory for human rights says that a government to air raids on eastern how to close to the syrian capital damascus has killed nearly one hundred fifty people since monday hundreds more were injured the suburb has been under siege by regime forces for more than four years. let's bring in i've not had died a syrian opposition activist who's been observing the situation from a turkey and not good to see you thank you for joining us you're in contact with people in how to what are they telling you and w

having lost some key ministries and the social democrats and the christian social union having gained but on the whole undoubtedly the politicians are relieved as well they went into more than the overtime they had allotted themselves and they were looking very weary indeed earlier all right now in a long awaited breakthrough and give us the broad strokes what do we know about this agreement. the agreement is intitled a new start for europe a new dynamic and new cohesion for germany and so one of the central questions to raise obviously would be does it live up to that rather grand title and i think the answer is in many respects it does do the job that it sets out to do as described by that title if you look at the measures that are outlined here in the area of education in the area of digitalisation where for example the parties have agreed that every german has a right to a fast broadband connection by twenty twenty five whether they live in the countryside or the city if you look at the measures agreed in the area of health care to equalize the situation of those insured by public

germany's social democrats need to regroup they're still the second largest party in parliament but their standing has been flagging since the party's poor election results last september the latest polls suggest if people voted now chancellor angela merkel's conservatives would score thirty three percent of the vote far ahead of the s.p.d. which would get only eighteen percent and that's just four points ahead of the far right alternative for germany party which would score fourteen percent the business friendly f.t.p. would score ten percent the greens and the left party eleven percent each the center left s.p.d. recently agreed to formal talks with chancellor merkel's conservatives with the aim of forming another grand coalition public opinion on the prospect is mixed. to this means a standstill nothing will get done it's a lame compromise thanks for that it's crucial for germany that the two parties unite at where i was hoping for a different result less than half of those polled forty six percent approve of a grand coalition government fifty two percent disagree but just over half st

weeks of very intense discussions leaving the country somewhat in the lurch and leaving both the social democrats and the christian democrats very little option but to agree on another grand coalition in the similar way that the grand coalition had that has existed for the power. for years that has ruled the country for the past four years so since some time before christmas we have finally been on the rights to this agreement that has been reached today and it will be a relief not only for people here in germany but also for europe and probably for the world especially i think you can say in the european union one has been waiting for germany to have a government again that can make major decisions and that country can contribute major decisions to. issues that are waiting in your in the european union union major decisions that have been taken in brussels for the european union our political correspondent hans brian taking us up to date thank you hans. and we have our political editor with us here in studio again who's also been following the story very closely for us we heard there that does s

as the basis for good governments while social democrat leader martin schultz said the pact would bring fundamental change for both germany and europe. all right well let's hear what chancellor merkel said the breakthrough means for germany. if i knew you would fund google and google as i know millions of citizens have been scrutinizing the negotiations. yes they have actually justifiable requirements of us. first films and even government and second to remember the needs and the desires of the people. until collision with the officer this is dimension i am convinced remains both parties reached can do just that the the foundation of the good and stable government that our country needs and the world expects of us all the support we had a strong influence on the agreement that we're thankful that some compromises that were hard to get by the union parties could eventually find agreement we're doing politics for the workers of this country we want permanent employment contracts to be the norm again. the practice of giving out temporary contracts for no good reason will be strictly limite

announced the deal it means merkel will keep the chancellor's post but the social democrats will have control of some of the most important ministries the deal still has to be approved by that's party's rank and file. more that story now with our political correspondent hans brandt with us here in our studio and also max hoffman a standing by in a process good to have you both with us let's start with you as we said germans finally have a blueprint out for a new government if the s.p.d. rank and file approve it that is the next hurdle what did you make of this coalition agreement what is the vision here what stands out well the vote by the social democratic rank and file still has rejected as you say but i think in the end they're likely to approve of the deal simply because the alternatives are to costly to call contemplate as it were for new elections in which the social democrats would likely lose even more support if you look at vision in this in this coalition agreement vision is in short supply in politics at the moment but i think the strongest point is european policy they mak

expectations were high especially among martin schultz's social democrats the s.p.d. party base will have the last word over the next few weeks the parties roughly four hundred sixty thousand members will decide whether the agreement will stand as the foundation for a new grand coalition shields's message success he's a target stock we had a big influence on this agreement and we're grateful to the union parties for making compromises that were difficult for them but it chiva ball in the end just. one example in the coalition agreement fixed term employment would likely be the exception to the rule in future repeated contract extensions a thing of the past a clear concession to the social democrats another key demand from the s.p.d. made less headway little progress on a major overhaul of the german health care system the conservatives knew they needed to compromise in order to secure a coalition deal even the leader of the cd used by variances to party the c.s.u. had nothing but praise for the s.p.d. and the agreement with the. beast anyone who reads these one hundre

she also has a reputation for being outspoken some say it was her speech at the social democrats party conference that secured the votes needed for starting coalition talks with angle america's conservative block. we will not give up our s.p.d. party beliefs if we decide to govern in a coalition. and renata started out more than twenty years ago with the in the s.p.d. youth organization the young socialists she became the leader in one thousand nine hundred five back then she was a student of political science and told torture velour in one of her first interviews that she didn't plan a political career. for you i don't want to stay in politics for the rest of my life so after being chairwoman i want to look for a real job and for that i need a good degree of knowledge finished her studies four years later and to stayed within the ranks of the s.p.d. ever since as m.p. party official and later as labor minister one of her cheap minces germany's minimum wage law she also has fought successfully for better pensions despite this she is not very popular with the german public martin schult

that sounds like committing suicide for fear of dying he says his father's afraid to give the social democrats new our intentions for the club whatever social democracy is that's where i want to see this society go because the social democrats will first have to focus on keeping the party together on everyone closing ranks and staying in line. one members sums up the s.p.d. situation. regrettable but we have ourselves to blame. but could a grand coalition itself perhaps help the party get back on its feet s.p.d. deputy chairman have stayed there believes that in the end the rank and file will play along i think a bit jorrocks he will say yes if we can convince them we'll have to make good use of the next few weeks i'll try to do my part. his son and many other young social democrats are not convinced and they'd like a bigger say in running the party in the future. doesn't just look i want to see a stronger push moving forward not just the string quartet but some heavy metal to on the political stage. on this stage at least sings the praises of party unity however the vote may go. it may not be

well the young social democrats the youth wing of the social democratic party has in fact been running a campaign for people to join the party in order to participate in this vote and to reject the grand coalition but you have to say that somewhere on four hundred sixty thousand members of the social democratic party maybe some twenty thousand have recently joined it's not a number that is likely to swing the votes in one way or the other. but you have to say that the question of whether or not such a grand coalition is good for the social democratic party is one that's been discussed for a long time and very controversially within that party and many people in the party feel that another grand coalition will in massacre lay the social democratic party will weaken it further since recent elections have shown the party has done badly really badly in these elections the worst results it's had ever had since the second world war so the questions about whether a grand coalition is going to be good or bad for the social democrats is going to be crucial in the next three weeks when this vote

the parties involved in these talks but we heard as well from martin shultz the leader of the social democrats this morning who said despite this progress there are still many issues which need to be resolved and a lot of these obstacles revolve around social policy and we've already also heard today that the c.s.u. that's the bavarian sister party to merkel's conservatives that they've actually already canceled a board meeting for tomorrow which could indicate of course that these talks will be expected to extend into monday and of course today's deadline so to speak was a very loose deadline and the parties have given themselves a two day buffer so it could well be that we are still here in two days' time or a case to tell us more then about these topics that are still causing trouble. or the main obstacles are as i mentioned these social policies that martin schulz mentioned and they cover the german health insurance system and also limited contracts in the german work market and also and and so these are going to be more obstacles to overcome and the conservatives are very much against any

this is due to all the news coming to you live from birmingham unloved and unemployed germany's social democrats oust their leader martin sure just deal's off to you to go see to their return to coalition government what's more he loses out on the post of foreign minister and ask our political correspondent why now also coming up south korea officially kicks off the two thousand and eighteen winter olympics fireworks filled the sky over the host city pyong chung but they do not bring cheer for everyone a final ruling bars dozens of russian athletes from the competition. and this olympics brings the first ever visit to south korea by a member of the north's ruling dentistry kim jong un's sister what's behind a diplomatic trip across the border. you. own a warm welcome to you i'm under thought she the leader of germany's social democrats martin schultz says he'll no longer seek the post of foreign minister in a future grand coalition government or any other post in the new cabinet on wednesday schultz a spot he struck a deal with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives should give up the s.p.v. l

together today german chancellor angela merkel's conservatives put on a united front with the social democrats but are they really ready to work together and what message does this deal send to the world also coming up a powerful aftershock hits taiwan amid rescue efforts following tuesday's earthquake at least seven people died and many more were injured and music for the games the latest arrivals at the pyong change the winter olympics not athletes but an orchestra from north korea sent over the border to perform at the opening ceremony. i bring golf it's good to have you with us after a final twenty hours of marathon talks germany's biggest political parties have announced an agreement to form a new government chancellor angela merkel praised the deal that her conservatives struck with the social democrats as the basis for good government social democrat leader martin scholtz said that the new grand coalition will bring fundamental change for both germany and europe. here's part of what chancellor angela merkel had to say about the breakthrough. fund google goggles i know millions of our ci

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reporter: expectations were high, especially among martin schulz's social democrats. spd party base will have the last word. over the next few weeks, the party's roughly 460,000 members will decide whether the agreement will stand as the foundation for a new grand coalition. his message -- success. >> we had a big influence on this agreement and we are grateful to the union parties for making compromises that were difficult for them, but achievable in the end. reporter: one example in the coalition agreement -- fixed term employment will likely be the exception to the rule in the future. repeated contract extensions, a thing of the past -- a clear concession to the social democrats. another key demand from the spd made less headway -- no movement on a major overhaul of the german health care system. the conservatives knew they needed to compromise in order to secure a coalition deal. even the leader of the cdu's variant -- bevarian sister party, the csu, had nothing but praise for the spd and the agreement. >> anyone who reads these 177 pages -- and i hope they will b

negotiated cooperations between the social democrats and the christian democrats. i think that it will work people who are waiting finally waiting you rather restlessly said that the government should be formed as fast as possible now if these deal stands germany will get the same all the political arrangement the same grand coalition that got friend germany sense two thousand and thirteen even though the very difficulty of forming this government stems from the fact that german politics has changed and the election results do demonstrate that do you think it's a good idea in principle to have the same all political arrangement when the politics has changed so much no it's not it's not a good idea. because it came along because it seemed very difficult to form a government because we didn't have a two party system it would very much easily work one way or the other but we have an open system where everybody who has more than five five percent of the electorate on its side can be will be a member of or will be represented in the parliament. now we had small parties

expectations were high especially among martin schultz's social democrats the s.p.d. party base will have the last word over the next few weeks the parties roughly four hundred sixty thousand members will decide whether the agreement will stand as the foundation for a new grand coalition shields's message success he's a target stock we had a big influence on this agreement and we're grateful to the union parties for making compromises that were difficult for them but it chiva bowl in the end just. one example in the coalition agreement fixed term employment would likely be the exception to the rule in future repeated contract extensions a thing of the past a clear concession to the social democrats another key demand from the s.p.d. made less headway no movement toward a major overhaul of the german health care system. the conservatives knew they needed to compromise in order to secure a coalition deal even the leader of the cd used to variances to party the c.s.u. had nothing but praise for the s.p.d. and the agreement. least anyone who reads these one hundred sevent

the social democrats the government as a gift gifts the government to these social democrats they feel in other words that criticizing them on the number of can say is that our new american made this is the five but i got mine aside and so largest conservative newspaper in germany business friendly it's very neutral the conservatives and the social democrats have agreed on a coalition this is more conservative newspaper i deviate from berlin him berlin macko this last stand and it's gives an overview of the number of cabin opposed that have been given to the social democrats more cabinet plus the size of democrats than to merkel's own party the christian democrats this is the left of center. it's headline says two winners and mako ultimate flying tomato has given up too much or given up a lot and this is the. weekly newspaper which in fact was not able to. report on the agreement focalin but its headline says the republic germany is on the edge of a nervous breakdown this is a reference to the fact that the political landscape in germany is changing drastically at the moment and that o

well let's put it this way the social democrats would be able to nominate the prime minister currently the sick man god will who's embroiled in the deep awful within his with his own party whether he can keep that job it's unlikely that he will be able to one thing is to show that both the social democrats and the c.d.u. party of angela merkel both have a rather broad consensus that there needs to be a fresh commitment to europe that's also the first chapter in the coalition agreement that's on the table and that will be voted on by c.d.u. delegates meeting here in berlin on monday morning and they are expected to vote through the resoundingly yes to this their more question marks over how the social democrats will in the end vote on this because the grassroots get to have a vote there but on the whole there is a positive sign from this potential new government also to them on my call in france who wants to take your it forward she wants to really make headway also on the eurozone moving closer together he's likely to have moved backing now with this new government with the social demo

that's by no means certain in the end the social democrat party those grassroots will get to vote on this but if it does this means somebody who's an open critic of merkel taking over from hammond who for many years has been a very close ally of the epitome of loyalty within her own party and this shows really that there isn't just a change of tone really there but that merkel feels she has to react to criticism and she has to open the door to those in the party critics who so in the past of taking the party further towards the left than many conservatives feel comfortable with and mckillop let's talk about foreign policy can we expect a new direction here or is it a bit of the same old same old. well let's put it this way the social democrats would be able to nominate the prime minister currently that's it my god will who's embroiled in a deep within his with his own party whether he can keep that job is unlikely that he will be able to one thing is to show that both the social democrats and the c.d.u. party of uncle americal both have a rather broad consensus that the need to be a

its first shaky steps together on going merkel's conservatives put on a united front with the social democrats but are they really ready to work together our correspondents have the answer also coming up more misery in taiwan a powerful aftershock disrupts rescue efforts after the earthquake that struck the country on tuesday that killed at least seven people many more are missing plus the power struggle in the mall deaves the worst ones that says authorities charged top judges with attempting to overthrow the government. and elsewhere space x. launches the world's most powerful rocket it's the latest milestone for billionaire tech wizard ilan musk and another step toward setting foot on mars we'll tell you about its unusual cargo pants and then shrieking clash in the german cup on tuesday evening as buying music faced off against third division part of war and we look forward to this evening's tough match. thanks very much for your company everyone. after marathon talks germany's biggest political parties have announced an agreement to form a coalition government just anglo-american hailed th

news live from berlin from hero to zero in less than a week the social democrats here in germany are ousting their leader martin schulz just days after she negotiated there were turned to a coalition government what's more chill lose out on the post afford minister. also coming up south korea officially kicks off the two thousand and eighteen winter olympics fireworks fill the sky over the host city pyong chang but not everyone is in the mood to celebrate a final ruling bars dozens of russian athletes from the competition. this olympics brings a first ever visit to south korea by a member of the north's ruling dynasty kim jong il and sister what is behind her diplomatic trip across the border. and skiers are falling hard for these slopes the all time mountains in northwest china are off the beaten track but tourists are flocking here now to the land where some say skiing may have been. time sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the leader of the germany's the social democrats martin chill says he will no longer seek the post of foreign minister in a future of grand coalition

social democrats don't forget the social democrats for a very long time were if you will they're not. home of germany's working class and the us i think stand they've lost that idea of being the natural home of germany's working class so the fall of the of the. in the accounts for the fact that they've lost their profile as that party on the left side of the political spectrum and tell us stay with us because this supreme poll comes just as the s.p.d. members are due to vote on whether or not to join transfer merkel's conservatives in another grand coalition government it's a topic that deeply divides the s.p.d. even even family as this report. father and son one for the grand coalition the other against at this s.p.d. event in northern germany there's only one question on everyone's minds should the party risk another coalition with anglo merkel's conservatives it's up to party members to decide including five b.n. stake now the critical young socialist and his father the veteran s.p.d. man and takes the lead with the party rush take now. i bel

merkel's conservatives have voted in favor of entering a coalition government with the center left social democrats the chancellor as christian democrats approve the coalition with a broad majority the move was expected the social democrats are voting next week an early america announced her picks for the new cabinet most of the candidates are younger and there are more women of a chance are also named in one of her fiercest critics to join her cabinet. dishnet c.d.u. conventions to applaud party leader and chancellor angela merkel after the speech as long as possible this time the delegates managed to play for little more than four minutes considerably shorter than in recent weeks this reflects the growing dissatisfaction with merkel's policy and the disappointing result at the last national elections and she's aware of that that's the good news and this result is not at all what we were hoping for we all fought hard and we were all disappointed we need to do better the next time. that's your belief my view that this option. but many delegates whether this can be done with a new grand coalition to