Islamic kingdom status as the only country where it is illegal for women to drive the move fulfills a key demand of womens rights activists in the country and has been welcomed by close ally the united states. After sundays elections german chancellor Angela Merkel met with her christian democrats as they prepared to build a new government her Coalition Partners the social democrats have rolled out a continued alliance so now its likely that our center right bloc will try to link up with the probusiness free democrats and then vironment with screens two parties with little in common. A survey by public broadcaster a r d shows fifty seven percent of germans would approve such a Coalition Meanwhile the far right alternative for Germany Party is facing fresh turmoil just two days after it serves to third place in the general election for. Petry the f. T. s cochair has announced shes quitting the party she felt it was moving too far to the right alienating more mainstream conservative voters. French president and man a woman krones laid out his vision for reforming the European Union in a speech to students at Sorbonne University in paris he called for a shared European MilitaryIntervention Force and Defense Budget he also proposed the creation of a European Intelligence Academy to improve the fight against terrorism. Mccall said the eurozone needs its own budget to finance joint investment and ensure stability against financial shocks his proposals also included a European Asylum Agency and standard e. U. Identity documents to improve migration flows. Turkish president recha type erda want says iraqi kurds will go hungry if his country stops the flow of trucks and oil across the border with Northern Iraq he warned that all options from military action to economic measures were on the table the threat came a day after iraqs semi autonomous kurdish region held an independence referendum and initial results show overwhelming support for independence. Baghdad is opposed to the move. On tuesday turkish and iraqi soldiers held joint military drills along turkeys border with the. Region. A new european trying to make is on track across the deal billions. And francaise alstom confirm that joining forces also coming off one of the worlds most famous names in