i mean uncle americal is a scientist we mustn't forget that so she's looking for. solutions and her goal was to deliver a coalition government that is one of stability and she feels that she has to live with that and it took an extremely long time it's not her preferred option it's not a marriage of love it's a marriage of convenience and see her leaving there now. the bundesliga after being sworn in as you said you know this is been a difficult time forming the latest government we do have our correspondent michele who is standing by at the cover she was covering the vote for us a little earlier today and has been watching the proceedings for us from there michelle if you can hear us we can see you now tell us more about what the atmosphere has been like there are today. over these there's a sense of relief after what was almost six months of trying to form a governing coalition even speaking to the parties who are the big losers of this entire process like the green party who were of course engaged in that first attempt to form a governing coalition with the pro-

just threw their support behind populus also coming up at long last the agonizing wait is over uncle americal gets the backing she needs for a new government and she urges lawmakers to get to work quickly so germany can help europe confront a host of tricky issues and look around if you cut the ground to the gentlemen because we all hanslick you do it on her winter of frances mcdormand demands that hollywood give women filmmakers their due highlights of an awards ceremony a little less wind and not so male will discuss that show's stealing moment and all the big winners. thank you very much for your company everyone the ramifications of italy's national election are starting to unfold reports say former prime minister mike they wouldn't see maybe resigning from his democratic party he's expected to announce his decision momentarily frenzies party one less the nineteen percent of the vote a historic low more than fifty percent of voters cast their ballots for far right or populist parties a right wing alliance made up of the anti immigrant elite party and former prime minister silvio berluscon

they're all a match for uncle americal because her arguments aren't that strong they just have to stand up tour. which is a major difference from four years ago back then everyone including the social democrats was afraid of america's popularity. people now realize this was a mistake and that they have to show their independence and display it in public. in the september election the s.p.d. and the conservatives comprising the grand coalition were punished at the polls. also due to refugee policy what went wrong. was this we have to understand that the refugees came to europe at a time when huge discrepancies had been building up for years within western societies. so it's not the refugees who caused the problems the problems had been there much longer the refugees highlighted how many people have been left by the wayside in western societies. and of course those people will react. what we need are constructive solutions at the local government level and not cheap and to refugee talk. integration has to mean the total integration of society it's not just about integrating refugees. was

has governed together with uncle americal it's the so-called grand coalition and now we know who the share of the s.p. d.'s ministers are going to be and yes very familiar faces that in different positions some of them interesting also that there's a fifty fifty a quota three men three women so that was an important signal some new faces like francisco give from the district of north where i'm from. that is called a difficult district of lynn so she has a background of finding pragmatic solutions and that is something that machall and she said he's going as well as he's been she's a young woman's an important signals have towards s.p.d. members that the leadership is taking seriously that they want to take this rejuvenating process that many people in the rank and file of us feel that they're taking this seriously ok one of the big stories today we're looking at a trade war looming between the united states and its trading partners including the european union donald trump there singling out germany as one of the violators as he calls them conducting the assault on the united states.

next period is going to be extremely interesting in terms of watching who is going to succeed uncle americal as the leading person within the c.d.u. already some people are getting quite vocal so this will be one interesting thing to watch for whether they dare criticize her and whether they follow party discipline in certain other areas the other big thing is of course that america and the social democrats have a much narrower majority within the parliament so of course the debate in the parliament right here behind me is going to get a lot live you have because of course the parties in the grand coalition the social democrats and the conservatives also have to square the circle of redefining their own identity so that's going to be interesting well another change of course is that the far right and to immigrant and fifty party now becomes the official opposition in german parliament how is that likely to impact politics here. it has already impacted on the political debate the f.t.'s tone in the parliament behind me and some of the questions they have asked have also raised into more tradi

brigades is covering the beginning of yet another grand coalition force today let's talk about uncle americal she took that oath of office for a fourth time it seems like everyone is saying that this is going to be her last chance there but has she said that she has said that she will the full term she's always asked whether she's going to the full term but i don't know any politician any leader with any experience who'd give you a different answer because if they say well i'll step down after two years in the immediately a lame duck leader so she almost has to say that she was off that question. excuse me again today and said to that she basically pushed that question away by saying listen i always on questions when they become relevant and before that i don't give any spoken like a true politician there. we know that there was only six months of haggling negotiating before we got a new government we've never seen that before in germany so we're going one of the priorities the first to do list for this new government well has been sending a few signals today the first thing she's going to be

something along these lines but you know this is what is famous for he's always been the foreigner in uncle americal side especially when it comes to the migrant crisis and to the migrant policy off the open doors allowing more than one million refugees coming here to germany in two thousand and fifteen and this is the picture he's trying to draw off himself for the bavarian voter the guy from bavaria who comes to berlin defending conservative values here the question is going to be very interesting to watch right now whether this plan will work out because no doubt he's a good p.r. guy but the question is will voters appreciate this roof or will it fire back and resolve in a further. support in the if the party getting stronger as a result of that because those who are the ones today who are applauding the lot of the loudest given what you've said about playing to the crowds i wonder how the chancellor and her interior minister playing good cop bad cop on this issue as they try and get back of voters who left them for the. say office says the unsayable rebukes but that message still gets out there

waiting for germany to get a move on so that they can implement these reforms but at the same time uncle americal needs to get her own household in order and there is a lot of opposition we'll see how that will balance so domestically and internationally a lot to do for all of acol you know hasa thanks so very much we have live coverage of that of course later today. let's get your monitor now one of the top stories we're covering for you right now world famous theoretical physicist stephen hawking's. will be remembered for his groundbreaking work in black holes of general relativity and for the final limits of his disability. seventy six years old. and the fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has warned of russia's quote troubling behavior and actions in a statement after being sacked by president trump the president officially fired till some via twitter cia director mike pump as his replacement. this is the interview news live from berlin i'm brian thomas for the entire d. the view news team thanks so much for being with us. automotive highlights a. march on display in the geneva motor

also coming up a fourth term as german chancellor uncle americal the world's most powerful woman made a promise today that she will probably never make again. if. i say that have looted a cage my efforts to the well being of the german people. mind you she's conscientiously and to justice to. the vase and help make aunt. we begin the day with the first response to the first ever chemical weapons attack inside a member of nato the country attacked britain the country behind the attack russia now that is the conclusion of british intelligence following last week's poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter more than one hundred people are still feared to be in danger due to exposure from the nerve agent that was used yet prime minister to resign may she has yet to describe the incident in such stark terms the un security council and the european union will hold meetings on the attack but so far the retaliation remains a british affair today may told parliament that she is expelling twenty three russian diplomats suspected of being spies and there will be a royal boycott no membe

italy what about here in germany will they survive another coalition with the conservatives of uncle americal we have this report. germany's conservative bloc says enough waiting around let's get to work and the chancellor got the ball rolling this morning. it is good and important for things to get started in a few days since with our coalition agreement we basically have a full book of orders and tasks to execute namely with a view to the people in germany who are rightfully waiting for a government that's able to act like. the c.d.u. already introduced its team of ministers more than a week ago now bavarian sister party the c.s.u. has followed suit. gets to stay on as development minister he's known for being a team player c.s.u. chief. will be the next interior minister and transport minister both said to enjoy the political rough and tumble. but the social democrats have yet to announce their cabinet ministers their biggest problem what to do about popular foreign minister. who is highly controversial among his own party members. so far the s.p.d. has revealed very little. of the subject

but also in recent recent years that we've seen similar results it's not a dramatic loss for uncle americal the share of politicians who vote against her is not dramatically different to. last time for example last time around and also i think it's interesting that for her what counts is that she was reelected in the first round and this is what matters at the end of the day nobody looks at which martin was there but do you see her going into this possibly last term week and i think she definitely is under a lot of pressure. has hinted at it and view that she has a point at some of her harshest critics into her government she has had to make major concessions she has had to hand over the finance ministry for example to the junior partner in the government that is seen as a major concession that the s.p.d. are now representing the finance ministry with all of our shows so at home she is tremendous pressure but like you say there are a lot of issues on the table that need to be tackled and the good news is that germany does have a government yet well it's been in a holding pattern as we've sa

knows that these remarks made by hall see hopeful that it's basically the first clash between uncle americal and one of her new ministers but it's not the first clash i have to say between hall c. hall for and. he had before becoming the interior minister who was a leading the very insistent party see as you and they've had many differences they are over the question all the refugee policy allowing when the chancellor allowed more than a million migrant coming into the country back in two thousand and fifteen but now these remarks made as an interior minister do do spark a very heavy debate here in germany because simply we've heard the opposite in the past many times before including by the former president and christian wolf that it was a very very famous quote of him islam belongs to germany that was back in two thousand and ten and anglo-american said the same thing in two thousand and fifteen and therefore immediately also disagreed with her interior minister today but if you take a closer look if you listen exactly to what they say then the diff said than the differences are quite slim

misconduct good to have you with us months of political gridlock in germany have come to an end as uncle americal is sworn in as head of a new coalition government the ceremony took place in the last hour michael took the oath of office from the bundestag president both in short blocks in front of lawmakers who earlier had narrowly voted to reelect first chancellor her nomination comes after a near six month struggle to form a government securing her fourth term after finally convincing her conservatives that the center left social democrats to come together for another grand coalition . the bundestag vote was tighter than expected or dr. doctor i'm glad he has the necessary majority of at least three hundred fifty five votes and has been elected chancellor according to article sixty three paragraph two of the constitution your business. exam the result. yes mr president i deal. with that merkel was officially elected to a fourth term chancellor. it's her third time in a grand coalition the social democrats. it took a while for merkel to win over the s.p.d. but in the end the junior partners offe

had a little piece that we just watched we were all amused but it's an important moment i think uncle americal pasko was asked is she a feminist and she struck her she hummed and she hardly is a feminist it's a difficult thing with a feminist because it's become a very dubious word if you ask me i would say i'm a feminist. you have it's it's a complicated world but no i don't think she was she's in what she embodies because she's you know the queen of europe the most powerful woman in the world and and because maybe because also hostile is maybe feminine not so aggressive not so i mean compared to get out toto be as big and slow who's a much or where she listens to people that's maybe a feminine style but she hasn't done very much for the cause of women in her country i mean she's been very drawn back to go along with this most of i think she is she did she did very clearly and she's been through the twelve years he's been a chancellor she's been playing down her gender just to avoid any label of feminism that's just making it seem as though it's the most normal thing in the world of the chanc

push that's true that's true and i don't think that there was much resistance on the part of uncle americal when it came to this so what we see is a report titian of grand coalitions who are very much leaning to let's say a left of center when it comes to to d.c. elements and this is what we have to expect and that is my democrats. to have lead happy with the result and so was by the way. only just heard of reserve. i mean the name of the says it all it's a christian social union and they have federal strong roots and. in the working class and of area and toss they go for said on monday we are the party of the little people which is so that. he is very close to the social democrats and he made that very clear and this is what you have to expect ok now you have the social democrats at the base especially from the youth voters immense pull to the left. is that going to affect this coalition and where it's headed when you look at the pressure from the left wing of the social democrats you know what do you think yes that was a tremendously big campaign led by of course the leader of young socia

talking to the mayor you begin to understand why uncle americal was keen for germany to accept so many syrian refugees here bombing anslinger id's let him go through me that's good but are you voting one. reason to deploy the bomb you're going to. do that before i was shown almost one hundred chance to win the business by. which four hundred fifty refugees living in this small town there is the potential for conflict and misunderstanding but the mayor has set up a committee to avoid just that. showed up from this is the meeting this is the meeting of the. entire block oh oh. social services the job center churches schools and businesses all sent representatives here hardly dislike them in the present that even from them flicking going to hear anything. you do yeah. yeah but maybe it's a good idea. dr morse you can also hold classes rheumatism i should just remove for pulling teeth pulled from. my new. year's aircraft in the woods and much to do with. this time clean. in a while not confined to the shots from here. this short. while i live all in the willing and. ready to shoot it was a

same parties that are involved but of course a lot has changed since september elections and uncle americal is under pressure at home the parties don't have the same force anymore in the bundestag they have a narrow majority than they used to have so there are lots of domestic issues on the table they have a very strong opposition with four political groups in the you know we're going to leave it there because you see the chancellor is very interesting going by what she has to say to her colleagues ladies and gentlemen here almost six months ago september twenty fourth and twenty seventeen a new german parliament was elected and one week ago finally the new government of the grand coalition between c.d.u. c.s.u. and s.p.d. was sworn in discussions to set up a circle jamaica coalition hunt previously failed so it took hundred seventy one days to form a new government as long as never before in the history of the fed republic of germany just these difficult circumstances indicates that in this country quite obviously things have changed and all of this despite the fact that all countries look

a new government for our political correspondent tells us about the challenges piling up for uncle americal if he takes on a fourth term as transfers. and historic changes underfoot in china as a legislator start opening the path for president xi jinping to stay in office indefinitely we look at how he's managed this assent to power. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us. hollywood's brightest stars gathered in los angeles for the ninetieth annual academy awards on sunday the night's big winner was filmmaker guillermo del toro's the shape of water which next is him two oscars for best picture and best director gary oldman picked up his first oscar for his portrayal of winston churchill in the gritty world war two drama the darkest hour and frances mcdormand took best actress for audience favorite three billboards outside of being missouri. well for more on the oscar night we're joined by d.w. film buff scott roxboro hey scott fellow the shape of water great film one of the favorites nominated thirteen times do you think that movie is worthy of the best picture award which it won y

four eight of the past twelve years the social democrats have been in a government together with uncle americal so three of the people who were appointed today have an experience of ministers with until america and three are completely new people so it'll be you know an experience right and now they've appointed or nominated heikal mosse the former justice minister as the new foreign minister not key comes in at a difficult time with a trade war looming between the u.s. and europe as well as germany tell us about him and his experience as an interesting character he was a pretty unsuccessful regional politician until my galbally a. form of foreign minister appointed him to become justice minister has served as justice minister he has cabinet experience but he lacks foreign policy experience he has zero experience that but he has an extremely good foreign affairs experienced members of staff that he can rely on good team and also people say don't underestimate him because in the cabinet he has challenge people like the extremely influential conservative politician and he has managed to actually

the political limbo is over after months of waiting a new government is finally in place with uncle americal embarking on a fourth term as chancellor or conservatives are teaming up with the social democrats out their party members gave the green light to a new so-called grand coalition all sunday on the americans made it clear she wants to hit the ground running. germany's conservative bloc says enough waiting around let's get to work and the chancellor got the ball rolling this morning. as this fifth visit is good and important for things to get started in a few days since with our coalition agreement we basically have a full book of orders and tasks to execute namely with a view to the people in germany who are rightfully waiting for a government that's able to act like. the c.d.u. already introduced its team of ministers more than a week ago now bavarian sister party the c s u has followed suit. gets to stay on its development minister he's known for being a team player c.s.u. chief will be the next interior minister and transport minister both sent to enjoy the political rough and tumbl

chancellor the fourth term in office equaling helmut kohl of course so you know just briefly with the uncle americal expected to be the new old chancellor are we going to finally get the kind of stability in germany that everybody has been waiting for this with everybody hopes of course but with two weeks we can parties still big question if that's going to happen especially with a strong opposition the german bundestag has right now aren't political analysts you have johnson and simon young his political correspondent many thanks to both of you for your analysis and your thoughts. well meanwhile italians are casting their ballots today in what's shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable elections in years polls open just over an hour ago with results expected later this evening the far right and populous parties are expected to make major gains in a vote dominated by fears over immigration and the economy but with polls pointing to no clear winner most observers expect a hung parliament. the only thing certain before today's vote tally ins are divided numerous parties have teamed up in two opp