Gets underway here in berlin also coming up chinas president xi jinping heralds a new era for his country at the opening of the communist Party Congress in beijing and a promise he can not keep kenyas chief election official calls the upcoming election into down by saying he cannot guarantee a free and fair vote. Its good to have you with us tonight germanys political leaders are trying to build bridges to places that theyve never seen before today german chancellor Angela Merkel began reaching out to other Political Parties with the goal of forming a new Coalition Government now she has done this several times before but this time shes trying to bring four parties together to form one federal government its never been done before if it works it would be called a Jamaica Coalition because the colors of the Political Parties here are the same as the flag of jamaica. Black yellow and green for now the colors of the jamaican flag are just hot air on the banks of the river. But exploratory talks are under way chancellor merkels conservative c. D. U. And c as you first met with the business friendly f. T. P. Party and later with the environmentalist greens the Jamaica Coalition would be an exotic combination that has never existed before at the national level. As the talks were reasonable there was no tension on what we all know how hard it will be and how different our political cultures are equal to and here to some and the c. D. U. N. C. S. Use prospective partners have major differences over a number of key issues including the European Union and austerity policy migration and energy. This could become the most complex series of negotiations in decades. Before the talks were shaped with the intention of looking for solutions about how to reach a Cohesive Society but it is also clear that theres a long way ahead of us. This views the munging moves on friday the exploratory talks will continue with teams from the potential Coalition Parties meeting together it may be weeks before a possible Jamaica Coalition becomes reality. And for more on a poll in our Political CorrespondentThomas Sparrow he is following the talks forest good evening to you thomas so after this first day can we talk about any type of progress being made. I think there was initial progress brant this was the first time that these parties formally met after the election and they were actually just trying to find out where their priorities lie what ive of policies what type of red lines if any they have but it is clear that they have still a long long way to go before they can find some Common Ground one of the participants said after the talks that they all knew what they were looking for but they didnt know what they would find in the end so this just gives you an idea of what type of problems here were looking at Anglo American who is leading these talks has the huge task of trying to make friends trying to make allies out of Political Parties that in many cases are diametrically opposed and obviously this is a process brant that will take a very long time. What we said at the beginning of the sure you know youve got probably titians here in germany who are trying to build bridges to to each other into places that theyve never been before and you wonder if it will work and how long it will take and we heard today that it could be sometime in december it could be christmas before we have a new government what does that mean for europe in germanys other International Partners well certainly i mean even though the analysts here are saying that germany should be happy if by christmas it has a working government they have to sort out a wide range of issues as we saw in our report and obviously the fact that those political leaders have to sort out those issues means that to a certain extent germany is now looking inward germany is now focusing on its own internal problems its own internal debates but at the same time it is also clear that the government is still working at the government is still reacting to some of the political issues that are happening not only in the country but also internationally so i think you have these two processes working similar tenuously on the one hand obviously pretty. Leaders looking at the Current Situation and trying to find that new Coalition Government on the other hand obviously still focusing on the problem than the issues that affect the country both nationally and internationally. For their Political Correspondent thomas spare on the story for us tonight here in berlin thomas thank you very much. And as the chancellors party looks for Common Ground after the election its poor showing in one region has already claimed a casualty one of the c. D. U. The conservatives key figures says that he is stepping down the state premier of saxony stanislaw tillage says that his state needs new leadership to lead future challenges this after the far right party pushed his party into second place in the eastern german state in last months general election it was a major embarrassment for the conservative c. D. U. As saxony had long been a c. D. U. Stronghold. Are to syria now the cleanup of raka is underway just a day after u. S. Backed forces said that they had taken full control of what was called the capital of the caliphate of socalled Islamic State the troops made up of syrian kurds and arabs have been clearing roads and landmines small pockets of i guess militants are still thought to be holed up in the city the u. N. Says there has already been staggering loss of civilian life in iraq well over a thousand people were killed in the four month long battle for the city. Chinas president xi jinping has declared a new era for his country and said it is time for china to quote take center stage in the world at the first session of the communist Party Congress in beijing she also pledged to open his countrys economy further and pursue a policy of zero tolerance against corruption during the weeklong congress a new poll that bureau to run china for the next five years will be selected. Its a meeting on the grandest of scales. Nearly twenty three hundred delegates representing the eighty nine million members of chinas communist party. And the focus of it all one man president xi jinping. She praised chinas achievements during his stewardship but he said the country must not stand still. Ok china has made major breakthroughs in its Reform Campaign where now in high gear and full steam with deepening comprehensive reforms and resolutely removing all systematic problems these reforms have been carried out in an indepth them fundamental manner his speech may have been light on details but she promised to continue Economic Reforms fight corruption and open the door to more Foreign Investment as part of a new era of chinese development. She also set the tone for chinas role on the International Stage in the coming years. One focusing on Economic Development and environmental protection. But she also cautioned world powers against taking his warm words as a sign of weakness. China ever says an independent Foreign Policy of peace and respects the rights of other countries to choose their own development road china will never acquire suit development at the expense of others interests and will never give up its legitimate rights and interests either no one should expect china to swallow anything that undermines its interests. She is widely seen as chinas most powerful leaders and smiles they dont but hes still trying to rally support for a new term in office and his message to these simply was clear stay the course and clear the way for a new era of prosperity. So heres some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the russian t. V. Personality to say yet some shock has announced that show challenging president Vladimir Putin in next years race for the kremlin you see her right there the thirty six year old socialite said that she wants a different russia that is civilized and european but critics call her move a publicity stunt that could further fragment the countrys opposition in order to go members of the countrys parliament have observed a minutes silence to remember the more than one hundred People Killed by recent forest fires those forest fires have swept across large swaths of the country since early summer. Officials say an italian priest kidnapped at gunpoint in nigeria has been released after five days this as Police Report for british missionaries have been kidnapped in the countrys southern delta state they are said to be a doctor his wife and two preachers who provided Free Medical Services militants are believed to be responsible. The head of kenyas Election Commission has said it will be difficult to guarantee that next weeks president ial election will be free fair and credible what. You said that was due to interference from politicians he spoke after an Election Commission member quit and left the country rosalynn the combi said the vote would not be free and fair because the commission was quote under siege the last week Opposition Leader while loading are pulled out of the president ial race citing illegality he called for a mass protest on election day raising the prospect of confrontations between protesters and voters. Thats. Why im joined now from nairobi by g. W. Kenya correspondent catherine wonder how that its good to see you the election board the chairman said that he can not guarantee a free and Fair Election can the vote go ahead. All the vote its up in the air at this point because this is what we know we know that he says hes under siege and the people to blame here ruling party and the main opposition which is the National Super alliance on one hand you have the main opposition which is trying to ensure that the reforms and they have that twelve irreducible minimum and on the other hand you have accusations that the ruling party has at least four of the seven commission is in their hands and theyre the ones who are frustrating the chairmans efforts to move forward and make preparations for this particular vote operational wise the chairman says hes ready but if this still meddling going on within the commission then he can also assure and election on the twenty sixth of october and you know weve already seen protests on the streets of media how divided is the country tonight. The nation is very divided because you have a combo who resigned. To use our idea today and she says as much as she says that there are issues within the Electoral Commission you have some kenyans who are saying or who are looking at her resignation as something that is political rather than something that is pointing to an issue within the Electoral Commission that needs to be changed before the elections and then you have another side of the country that says that they dont want to participate in the elections in fact there was some training of b. C. You elect to Commission Officials in western kenya which is a stronghold of the opposition and we had a lot of trinas from the from the Electoral Commission shoved off from the from whether it was supposed to have the training so you see a country that one side doesnt want to have elections and will participate in protests and then another come another side of the country that is willing to have elections irrespective of reforms you know the tension it sounds like is growing leading up to next weeks election day catherine on one day reporting tonight in nairobi katherine thank you very much are now two womens soccer and resolved to pay dispute involving the danish Womens National team has forced the countrys f. A. To cancel a world cup qualifying match against sweden it now risks disciplinary action fines or even a world cup expulsion by fee for the National Team players are demanding the same pay in rights as their male counterparts the danish f. A. Said it is willing to double the annual payments to the team to some six hundred eighteen thousand euros a similar dispute in norway was recently resolved very payments to female players were increased as were bonuses similar to those made two to demands. And before we go a spanish paraglider made his dream of flying like a bird come true by joining thousands of starlings in Southern Denmark in flight were going to leave you with this stunning new footage of that well be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day well see that. Iraq. The whole d w one the. Fourth been focused Global Insights the news that the