party members that this is necessary and do it quickly. let's go right to our political correspondent hans frond hans a former chancellor social democrat leader with some very strong advice there how is that likely to go down with this party well obviously still a very well known and in many ways respected member of the social democratic party and when he appears at party meetings he still has the capacity as a very good public speaker to rouse the rank and file but if one looks at it a little more dispassionately i think within the social democratic party at the moment the worries taking the upper hand people are warry of that as a result of the grand coalition that the party has been in for the problems for years it did very badly in recent elections at the end of september and the fear is that another ground coalition will hurt the party even for even more so as these fears are true to is trying to speak against and at the moment i think the party rank and file is not yet convinced that another ground coalition will in fact be good for the party and indeed has there's been talk among some of the social democrats of allowing the chancellor

the driver of this car rammed the entrance of the social democratic party headquarters in berlin his vehicle immediately caught fire but the building sprinkler system prevented the blaze from spreading. the driver was treated for minor injuries in the hospital during questioning he said he was attempting to commit suicide police found gasoline canisters and gas cartridges in the vehicle as well as in other locations an hour earlier the man had dropped off a bag full of flammable material in front of the christian democratic party headquarters the doormen immediately saw the activity and reported it. but will no money it is about it's not clear why this ban chose to leave his suspicious bags that one party headquarters and drive his car into the other we're hoping to get an answer from him and us it would start with what's going to get a political motive has not yet been ruled out state security has taken over the investigation. next return to christmas celebrations christians around the world across continents and cultures are celebrating christmas hope francis has given the traditio

good morning hunt a former chancellor a former social democrat leader telling his party to get on with it let's let's move on with it he was saying how likely are rank and file social democrats. listen to that advice. well obviously get house where there is still a respect the representative of a social democratic party and when he speaks that party congress is a party meetings he is a rousing public speaker speaker and he knows how to move a crowd as it were but if you look at it a little more dispassionately in the end at the. rank and file of the social democratic party there is a lot of reticence a lot of dollars about whether another grand coalition is in fact going to be good for the party so these words from. we'll you know will be taken seriously but i don't think that they're likely to sway a lot of people very quickly at the moment and some of those rank and file members of the social democrats hands talking about a loose a pallet deal case by case cooperation with a cooling a co-operative coalition should it in the interview categorically didn't dismissing that is there any

they would for example prefer a minority government of the conservatives with another party where the social democrats would tolerate such in areas and reject other areas that would still remain as the main party in opposition there are those who say no we should certainly. try and get into another grand coalition the fear that many have is that they used to continue as they were in the last four years and in the last four years although the social democrats managed to possum important projects it wasn't going to michael conservatives who took the credit and the s.p.d. suffered a terrible defeat in the elections in september where they had their worst result in decades so there are different scenarios that they have to discuss here and the results of those scenarios obviously will determine what the move will be in the next four years thomas sparrow in berlin thank you. and let's get a quick check now some other stories that have been making news around the world with only two weeks to go until catalonia holds fresh elections hundreds of pro cattle and protesters have gathered in brussels to urge the

merkel's christian democrat party says it is ready to sit down with the social democrats, their biggest rival. for more on this, a reporter joins us from berlin. nick, the parties held discussions last night. do we have details on what was said or agreed to? we had some details which h were quickckly denied, strangelenouough. "bilt"servative tabloid said talks have begun covert which led ththe leader of f the socialal democratic party to angrily say that was not the case, that coalition talks have not yet begun. that there is a reason for that. he needs to be seen to be wooed by german chancellor angela tokel, because he has to go his party faithful next thursday and persuade them that this is a good idea.a. he is the leader of a paparty which isis currently in power wh angela merkel, in a caretaker government, at t ts currentt time. past foureen in for the years. as a consequence of that and angela merkel's old constrictor political embrace, his party has lost a record number of vovotes and atats in parliliament. getas promised d twice to not another grgrand coalalition. it looks likhe

this week on think zone at the headquarters of the german social democrats in berlin our guest is staking out a deputy chairman for the party after taking a beating at the polls in september many social democrats said the party needed to reinvent itself so with the s.p.d. go into a position or once again grit their teeth and become. us thing that will come to conflict so well during and after the election compay in your party said it would not i repeat not enter a coalition government against with merkel's called server to live but that's just what you are headed. when the point was grand coalitions all the time. strengthen the extreme know that this is the past when the yesterday you said after the election is for i know and that's the right thing to do if the voters tell you twenty point five percent for the s.p.d. minus fourteen percent for the partners of the grand coalition their problem well that's our problem too so that the right answer on election day was to say our place is in the opposition but your party leader repeated the no and this was clear that it was now on you it to enter into discussions and he said no

i'm going to merkel's previous bid collapsed after the free democrats pulled out of talks with the conservatives and the green party a social democrat conference recently gave party leaders the go ahead to begin coalition talks with america's conservatives and mitchell discussions are taking place this evening as we speak but the social democrats have not yet committed to reviving the grand coalition as it's known that governed germany during the last parliament in that they were the junior partner we spoke earlier with w.'s chief political correspondent linda crean about the tough issues on which the two sides will have to find common ground there are quite a number of items on that list they range from immigration many people think that the election result and loss in support for both the chancellor's conservatives and for the social democrats will be meeting with her party this evening that the last was attributable partly to immigration that is one area where both sides do not agree others are policy on europe both parties say that one of the reasons that they need to move forward toward toured getting a government up a

here in germany the head of the social democrats martin shoulder says his party has agreed to exploratory talks with a view to forming a coalition with chance and i'm going merkel's conservatives he said the talks would likely get in early january ahead of party congress and fourteen for not he told reporters germany needs and a new governance culture and the s.p.d. has been under pressure to reconsider talking and no grand coalition government after chancellor merkel failed to get another three way coalition off the ground. that's got more from germany political correspondent simon young welcome simon tell us more about what martin short has been saying today. yes phil schultz says that he's cancelled the christmas holidays for himself and twelve senior s.p.d. politicians who are going to take part in these exploratory talks which he says can begin just after the beginning of the new year and he rather optimistically suggested they may only take a couple of weeks three to the middle of january at any rate there's going to be another meeting of the s.p.d. party membership to decide then w

this week conflict zone is at the headquarters of the german social democrats in berlin our guest is. a deputy chairman for the party after taking a beating at the polls in september many social democrats said the party.

second attempt to form a new government in germany following september's elections recent social democrat party conference gave the green light to begin talks with conservatives initial discussions to start in a couple of hours social democrats have yet to commit to reviving the grand coalition in which they have the government as a junior coalition partner for the last four years. so let's get the latest from d.w. chief political correspondent melinda crane welcome melinda so these are talks about another coalition like the one that ran this country previously what are we expecting to come out of tonight. we won't know is the very simple answer the parties have been keeping absolutely mum both about what exactly they'll be talking about they're not planning a press conference we don't even know exactly where they're meeting some think it might be the parliamentary club behind me but the parties haven't divulge their location why the big hush hush will the fact is these are very initial exploratory talks they are by no means the beginning of formal coalition negotiations and the parties are ver

elections i'm glad michael's previous bit collapsed after three democrats pulled out of talks with the conservatives in the green party a social democrat conference recently gave party leaders the go ahead to begin talks were going to hold conservatives initial discussions are taking place the same think the social democrats have not yet committed to reviving the grand coalition that governed germany during the last parliament in which the s.p.d. a served as the junior partner will ask more from d.w. such chief political correspondent melinda craig a welcome i'm ill and so what we know this evening about whether germany is heading towards another edition of the grand coalition between the c.d.u. on the social democrats. probably nothing these are very very initial tentative exploratory talks and there is no press conference scheduled we don't even know where the talks are being held the parties have been keeping absolutely moment all the details some think they may be taking place right now in the parliamentary club that you can see behind me but we don't even know that for sure so why all the hush hush well because both sides

here in germany they had of the social democrats martin schultz says his party has agreed to exploratory talks with a view to forming a coalition government. with chancellor merkel's conservatives the s.p.d. has been under pressure to reconsider joining a new grand coalition government after chancellor merkel's failure to launch a separate three way coalition speaking to reporters mr shultz stressed that the s.p.d. was still undecided about whether and how they might support the chancellor's conservatives biggest question and i mean it's an open question whether these talks will lead to forming a new coalition you know we 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 forum do we get all these belong to cough and that's got more from germany political correspondent simon young welcome simon tell us more about what martin short has been saying today you know phil schultz says that he's canceled the christmas holidays for himself and twelve senior s.p.d. politicians who are going to take par

germany's two major political parties the christian democratic union and the social democratic party have agreed to hold exploratory talks about governing together talks begin on january seventh and the parties will announce five days later whether they'll pursue formal coalition negotiations germany has been without a government for three months since inconclusive elections in september. ok we want to go back to that story now about that impending tax reform in the united states our correspondent in washington is karsten phenomena he joins us now good evening to you karsten what is the current state right now of this much anticipated tax bill. well the house of representatives is still debating but the vote will take place very soon and everybody expects that once again the halas pos this law and it will be sent over to the white house to be signed by president on a trump all ride in cars we want to let our viewers know that we're watching live pictures from the floor of the u.s. congress nancy pelosi speaking right now what are the controversial elements of this bill. well most of

and to use call for a united states of europe but first he has to persuade his own social democrat party to start coalition talks with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives news has an exclusive one on one with s.p.d. leader watching schultz. i'm sarah harman welcome to the show it's good to have you with us one person who has been killed in clashes on the israeli gaza border following a day of violent protests that as the united nations middle east envoy one. and about the risk of a violent escalation following the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel he told a gathering of the u.n. security council at the move might trigger you know a lot of the actions which would make a peace deal harder to reach the security council meeting was requested by britain and france and half a dozen other countries. there's a palestinian ambassador to the u.n. riyadh months or to say about trump's titian. going to be really. or do but and is the this decision by the u.s. should be. should be. loosened a monitoring that emergency u.n. security council meeting is to w.'s carson va

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 not be t

both now to some of the other stories making news around the world the leaders of germany social democratic party have agreed to hold talks on the possibility of forming a new coalition government with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives and their decision still has to be approved as an s.p. the party conference later this week leader martin short's initially ruled out a coalition with the conservatives but his face increasing pressure to change course over recent weeks united states and south korea have become their biggest ever combined therefore sexercise involving more than two hundred thirty fighter jets this is drawn a predictably angry response from north korea the 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 catalan cabinet ministers who were being held in custody for their parts in catalonia declaration of independence however the judge upheld the jailing of four of a man who have been imprisoned since november. police in multi have arrested ten people in connection wit

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

for all and police say they believe a man who crashed his car into the headquarters of the social democratic party on christmas eve was trying so aside the fifty eight year old been hospitalized for minor head injuries police found several canisters of petrol and as car. iraq saw it and austria's valls valley has cut off an entire village from the outside world rock soil and trees fell across the communities main service road just ten minutes before the rocks came down a number of locals and travelled the road to get to christmas mass no injuries have been reported. makes me queen elizabeth has given her traditional christmas day address she paid tribute to the london and manchester city's for their handling of the terror attacks this year the queen also remember the seventy one victims of the ground felt tower fire this marks the sixty fifth christmas speeches monarch and the first televised broadcast then since nine hundred fifty seven sixty. presenter. alright looking now at some christmas celebrations around the world across continents and cultures christians have been celebrating christmas po

leaders of germany social democratic party have agreed to hold talks on the possibility of forming a new coalition government with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives their decision still has to be approved at an s.p.d. 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 wa

and called for a united states of europe but first he has to persuade his own social democrat party to start coalition talks with chester on the americans conservatives news has an exclusive one on one with the s.p.d. leader marchin schultz. i'm sarah harman welcome to the show it's good to have you with us two palestinians have been killed and scores more injured in a day of clashes in the west bank and gaza a violent response to donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel israel is secure. the forces cluster of palestinians in gaza the health ministry there says at least twenty five people were injured israel says it bombed last targets in gaza and were telling nation for rocket fire that as the united nations security council met to almost well late condemned trumps move u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nevertheless insisted the u.s. is pushing for peace the united states has not taken a position on boundaries or borders the specific dimensions of sovereignty over jerusalem are still to be decided by the israelis and the palestinians in a negotiation israel wi

for when police say they believe a man who crashed his car into the headquarters of the social democratic party on christmas eve was trying to commit suicide fifty eight year olds but hostile. from minor head injuries police found several canisters of petrol in the vehicle. a walk slide in austria's the vols valley has cut off an entire village from the outside world rocks oil entries fell across the communities main service road just ten minutes before the rocks came down a number of locals who travelled out world to get to christmas mass no injuries happened reported. turning out to christmas celebrations christians around the world across continents and cultures are celebrating christmas pope francis has given the traditional be at or be a blessing from a balcony overlooking st peter's square as one of the most sacred addresses in the catholic calendar. they put in these. days. it's the week. some ten thousand catholics and to risk gathered outside st peter's to hear the pope's traditional blessing be at all be means to the city and the world and the pope also had a will be matter on his min

for limply to say they believe a man who crashed his car into the headquarters of the social democratic party on christmas eve was trying to commit suicide a fifty eight year old has been taken to the hospital for minor head injuries police found several characters of petrol in his car. the united arab arab emirates says intelligence about a possible terrorist threat was behind its decision not to let several tunisian women board a flight to the u.a.e. on friday emirates airlines prevented the tunisian women from flying without giving an explanation in response to mission authorities suspended emirates airline flights to the north african country made a marco has joined the royal family for their traditional christmas day service at the queen's that send them a state gets a break with tradition unmarried partners of or else have previously not been invited to the state well prince harry and marco are set to marry in may. president has pardoned the country's former leader alberto fujimori on medical grounds throughout the one nine hundred ninety s. for him or any held in iron grip on power in

the jailing of four other men who have been imprisoned since november leaders of germany social democratic party have agreed to hold talks on the possibility of forming a new coalition government with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives the decision still has to be approved at an s.p.d. party conference later this week party leader martine jolts initially ruled out a coalition with the conservatives but he has faced increasing pressure to change course in recent weeks. let's head to the middle east now where the radio station of yemen's who controlled interior ministry says that the group's rival president ali abdullah saleh has been killed this comes after earlier reports that his house in the capital sanaa had been blown up this was the last time that saleh has been seen in public here in this video. on december second he gave an interview to a local t.v. station at the time he said that he was ready for quote a new page with the saudi led coalition security has been heightened in sanaa where fighting has intensified leaving at least one hundred twenty five people dead in the past six day

berlusconi said to believe a man who crashed his car into the headquarters of the social democratic party on christmas eve was trying to make -- who said he was trying to commit suicide. he has been hospitalized and always found several canisters of petrol in the vehicle. a rockslide in austria has cut off an entire village from the outside world. rocks, soil and trees fell across the community's main service road just 10 minutes before the rocks came down, a number of locals traveled the road to get to christmas mass, no injuries have been reported. the queen has given her traditional christmas day address. she patriot to the cities of london and manchester for their handling of this year's terror attacks. the queen remember this 71 victims of the granville towers fire. we turn now to some christmas celebrations around the world as christians across continents and cultures have been celebrating the holiday. pope francis get the traditional blessing from a balcony overlooking st. peter's square, it is one of the most sacred addresses in the catholic calendar. >> 10,000 catholics and touri

base approving this decision and he wants time for that to get the best deal for his party to negotiate social democratic policies with the conservative party. oliver salat covering this for us are oliver thank you very much for your insight. to some other news now and the pope francis has asked for forgiveness from rohingya muslims for the quote indifference of the world the head of the catholic church met with a small group of refugees during his tour of bangladesh he held hands with them as he listened to their stories there were hinges and just a few of the more than six hundred thousand to have reached the country after fleeing their homes in me and maher the united nations has described their persecution as ethnic cleansing earlier pope francis praised bangladesh for giving shelter to working to refugees and called for decisive action to end the humanitarian crisis his visit though was aimed at reaching out to catholics in the capital dhaka he led an open air mass for a crowd of tens of thousands. even though catholics make up less than one percent of the population it felt like most of them had tu

well i think that party conference that was mentioned of the social democrats is likely to agree with clenched teeth and by no means with an overwhelming majority to let the party's leadership begin coalition negotiations but that does not mean that another edition of the grand coalition between the s.p.d. and chancellor merkel social christian democrats and christian social union that the variance sister party is by any means assured the fact is whether the s.p.d. does agree then to actually enter a coalition i think will very much depend upon the results of the talks and in particular on whether the s.p.d. get significant concessions from the chancellor's party there is one plus for the s.p.d. 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 fo

a man has rammed his car into the headquarters of germany 's social democratic party in berlin.olice say the 58-year-old intended to kill himself. he had gas cartridges in the car and cans of petrol. the man was injured and taken to hospital. he also left a bag containing gas canisters in front of the headquarters of chancellor angela merkel's party. a diplomatic row between venezuela and canada has intensified. canada has announced it is banning venezuela's ambassador to ottawa from returning to the country and is expelling the d'affaires. the canadian parliament says the move was in retaliation for the expulsion of its most senior diplomat from caracas over the weekend. the bbc's americas editor explains what the row is about. reporter: well, it is about the opposition in venezuela and the way president nicolas maduro handled the opposition movements this year. in april, maduro announced he was going to convene an assembly. it was very controversial, because the new assembly, the new body would take over power and basically replace congress in venezuela that was controlled by

the social engineering, foreign policy based on moral treaty. the longest part of one-party rule, social democratic party claiming direct liberal consent. a policy ernie sanders wants them to be. in 1971, the london observer scandinavian correspondent wrote a book they argued that this democrats were pioneering a new form of soft totalitarian is in. a few centuries before they developed a centralized operator. when the government was first formed in 1921 and made them adapt to the central bureaucracy. the legislative is weak, after centuries real power has laid in. does that sound familiar? sense to be of what barack obama's administrative wanted it to become. they became a perfect instrument to carry out the most prolonged experiment social engineering outside the social engineering. they wanted to replace the family. operated a eugenics program the student protests in late 60s and 70s used anti- americanism as a safety valve and allied sweden. sweden had a policy neutrality, yet how many know that suite had a secret military alliance with washington were that they were in the pro-syrian wing of t

you have a germany social democratic party convention as a coalition talks with angela merkel. the united states you have a potential government shutdown as well as a u.s. jobs report. still with me, michael, robert and diana. looking for to next week. payrolls friday. what is your base case? diana: i expect we will see in line with 200,000 new jobs and at 4%.ent rates steady nothing really that will derail the markets too much, but signs that the economy will bump trend. jonathan: we talked about breaking asset and 2018. is there reason to believe unemployment rates will go lower and wage growth will squeeze down in a material way? rateel: the unemployment continues to decline. we do think we will continue to see it decline and we expect to tenths takena few off next year, probably go down 3.7. wedo expect to see -- where are in terms of tightness in labor market and the amount of hiring we are talking about here is likely to lead to some level some level of inflation. it doesn't have to be out of control to get rates. do you anticipate a conversation with you and i this time

conference party chairman martin scholtz asked his fellow social democrats to give the green light for coalition talks scholtz initially ruled out the option after the party performed poorly in september's general elections said that the success of the talks would depend on what parts of the party programme could be accepted into a new government coalition. we must govern at any price but we must not go into a position in the process what matters is what policies we can push through. to accept. for more let's bring in our political correspondent thomas sparrow he is standing by at the s.p.d. party convention and a historic moment about to get underway there thomas just walk us through what's happening. well this party conference here in berlin is about two very important aspects deciding the leadership of the social democrats and deciding the direction that the social democrats will take in the next four years and regarding this second point the direction martin shows the leader of the social democrats has proposed to leave all options open to talk to other parties to see if

germany talks will start next week between chancellor angela merkel's conservatives of the social democrat party and forming a governing coalition it's a move that could end the current political stalemate in europe's largest economy did obvious thomas paris spoke exclusively with the s.p.d. party leader martin schultz who told him the outcome of those talks is still far from certain. 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 germany afford to be so long without a government there is first of all a government in office which is by the way. composed by the christian democrats in the search of democrats that are going to america first 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 speed up especially looking to the fact that the so-called john mica allies crashed complete

i think the left can provide some answers but right now the social democrats and the left party are feuding and the greens are much closer to them when it comes to the issues. the greens are not closer to the christian democrats they are to the social democrats or the left party. we need an alternative to twelve years of anglo-american something that tells people that we want to future based on solidarity and ecologically sound policy thus. we need parliamentary majority is that don't include the christian democrats. but the greens need to join a coalition in the last parliamentary election they won just eight point nine percent of the vote they are the weakest party in parliament ninety one percent of germans didn't vote for them what does that say about the party's future. best. i think that election results don't necessarily say much about the party or its future of course our results were not particularly good two thousand and nine was better but i still see plenty of potential. but he stuck to stick with rigorous year of the year actually a party that represents a lot of high income en

a man has rammed his car into the headquarters of germany's social democratic party in berlin.e 58—year—old was intending to kill himself. he had gas cartridges in the car and cans of petrol. the man was injured and taken to hospital. authorities in the philippines have ordered a criminal investigation into a shopping mall fire in the southern city of davao. at least 37 people died. deadly blazes occur regularly in the philippines, particularly in slum areas where there are virtually no fire safety standards. a diplomatic row between venezuela and canada has intensified. canada has announced it's banning venezuela's ambassador to ottawa from returning to the country and is expelling its charge d'affaires. the canadian foreign minister said the move was in retaliation for the expulsion of its most senior diplomat from caracas over the weekend. the bbc‘s americas editor leonardo roccha explained what the row is about. it is about the opposition in venezuela and the way the president handled the opposition movement in protest this year. in april, president maduro announced he woul

the german head of the social democratic party said yes, it is time for france and germany to work togethert'll be easier without britain and they will be happy to see the back of us. that is where we came in, the whole point was we were going to prevent germany and france doing deal. how is that working out for you. that's all we have time for this week. do join us again next week same time, same place. but for now thank you for watching and goodbye. after a wintry weekend where the call some significant disruption, during monday morning, icy conditions on any untreated surfaces. some rain, sleet and snow into the south—east. away from the south—east of england, more sunshine and dry conditions in most other places but the cold northerly wind brings snow showers to northern scotla nd brings snow showers to northern scotland and northern ireland. temperatures across the country will struggle to get much above freezing. that mix of rain, sleet and hill snow clears away so that mix of rain, sleet and hill snow clears away so again, a very cold and icy night to come. we can also see some freez

the german head of the social democratic party said yes, it is time for france and germany to work togethert forward, it'll be easier without britain and they will be happy to see the back of us. that is where we came in, the whole point was we were going to prevent germany and france doing deal. how is that working out for you. that's all we have time for this week. many thanks to my guests. do join us again next week same time, same place. heavy disruptive snow moving up in the south—west. treacherous driving conditions. amber weather warnings remain in force until this evening. official reports of snow depths recorded to date. one foot in wales. 14 centimetres in high wycombe. unofficial reports of higher than that in the chilterns. amazing photograph in wrexham. showing the depth of the snow on the garden table. you can see the rain and snow radar, where the heaviest has—been. assista nt radar, where the heaviest has—been. assistant in wales, the midlands and the south—east of the billy mckay east anglia. starting to fragment and break—up. generally speaking they should be dry interlude

he has to persuade his own social democrat party to start coalition talks with angela merkel's conservatives. dw has a one-on-one with the leader. coming up in the business news, the ups and downs of bitcoin. the roller coaster ride continues, but after massive gains, the crypto currency lost almost 1/5 of its value in a single day. experts are warning this could be a bubble. ♪ host: welcome to the program. my name is sarah harman. it is good to have you with us. one person has been killed and scores injured on the israeli- gaza border following protests. that is as the envoy warns of the risk of more violence following president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. he told a gathering at the un security council to move might trigger unilateral actions, making a peace deal harder to reach. the meeting was requested by britain and france and half a dozen other countries. at the meeting, nikki haley said decisions on borders should be left up to israelis and palestinians. ambassador hakey the united stas has noley: -- ambassador haley: the united states has not tak

social engineering, the foreign policy based on moral preening. the longest period of one party rule in any western democracy. a social democratic party claiming direct dissent and the party bernie sanders was the democrats to be. there's a lot of reading "green tyranny" for the reason. roland oxford served as scandinavian correspond to the new totalitarianism. one would argue that the swedish democrats were pioneering a new form of soft totalitarianism. and a few centuries before napoleon, sweden developed a centralized administrative apparatus in the social democrats form their government in 1921, it gave them a political system that what says adapted to this with intentions of the central bureaucracy. legislatively we, the executive strong and for centuries the real path laid in the government administrative machine. does that sound at all familiar? sounds to me like what obama's administrative state wanted to become. the swedish state became the perfect instrument to carry out the 20th century's most prolonged and thorough experiment in social engineering started by the soviet union and communist china. it pioneered a cradle

started that i think even more sent in here this i think it's a huge humiliation for the social democratic party of germany because their leader martin schultz said times i'm not going to go into this big coalition i'm not going to go into this because. i say normal politics to this 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 nine hundred ninety 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 you can for this it must be it can it is this establishment feel that they're in title to rule ok this is and i see this all the way with the whole issues with brakes at 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 mr ideology or ideology great is 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 pow

in germany, leaders of the social democratic party have agreed to start talks about a coalition.hat moves angela merkel one step closer to forming a new government. there has been three months of political stalemate since the election in september. global news 24 hours a day. i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. nejra: thanks so much. let's get back to the markets. a lot to digest following the central bank decision and european leaders warning the hardest part is yet to come in brexit talks. joining us is luke hickmore, senior investment manager at aberdeen standard investments. great to see you. it has been a bonanza of a week for central banks. you have had at least a dozen decisions. the bias is towards gentle tightening globally in 2018. they are reluctant to take the punch bowl away quickly it seems. does that mean volatility will stay repressed? >> i hope so in a way. and yet i also hope it is not. as an active fund manager, it gives you more chances to get where you want to be. i think we get free of the fed next year. i am afraidhe case, you're probably right, we ge

while this was going on, the german head of the social democratic party said yes, it is time for francethout britain and they will be happy to see the back of us. that is where we came in, the whole point was we were going to prevent germany and france doing deal. how is that working out for you? that's all we have time for this week. do join us again next week same time, same place. but for now thank you for watching and goodbye. sunday morning starts on a bitterly cold note. temperatures down to perhaps —14 degrees. across the snow cover of scotland. further south, a band of rain, sleet and snow and increasingly, it is turning to snow as it pushes into the cold air. ice also an added hazard during the course of sunday morning. the met office has issued a what —— and amberwarning. be office has issued a what —— and amber warning. be prepared for disruptive snow into it mid wales into parts of northern england and down to the midlands. 5— ten centimetres at low levels, 20 centimetres at low levels, 20 centimetres possible over high ground. we will continue to see the band of sleet and s