A step forward for womens rights in saudi arabia for the First Time Ever theyve been allowed to enter a stadium and watch a soccer game live. Hello and welcome my name is Christopher Spring a good to have you with us german chancellor Angela Merkel says she hopes to form a new government by east that is off to her conservatives reached agreement with the social democrats yesterday on launching formal coalition chalks a previous attempt to form a coalition with smaller parties failed late last year so fridays breakthrough has eased months of Political Uncertainty here in germany but there are still several hurdles to overcome. Social democrats leader martin shorts still has a lot of selling to do hes asking the partys executive to back formal Coalition Talks with merkels conservatives at a special conference later this month hell then have to convince the partys rank and file to give their approval to the final agreement the partys youth group plans to lobby hard against another grand coalition. So chancellor merkels bid deforming new government already the longest Coalition Building process in postwar germany is likely to drag on for weeks if not months. Nevertheless many of christian democrats are upbeat. View the results are good for our country the chancellor negotiated very well but the social democrats also achieved a good deal if we come together it will be good for the country too and this is im. Going to. Germanys European Partners including neighbors friends and austria who have also been expressing relief that a coalition appears to be in the works. But in germany itself reaction is mixed the Largest Opposition Party the far right after he has criticised the coalition plans. To sift and i fear well get a bad government the last four years have shown that things have been going downhill in a number of areas. And since this coalition of losers wants to stay in power i fear more of the same sense of what i think in many voters simply want the politicians in berlin to get on with the business of governing. I think it would be good to have a grand coalition the one we had in the last few years wasnt bad and its better than your next no thats too expensive germany still needs to be stable like. The many. Conflicts and find out ways to Work Together be a good thing for everyone especially situation. But whether or not germany is led by another grand coalition wont be certain until social Democrat Members of the final deal a thumbs up. For more now our Political Correspondent simon young with me in the studio simon is there actually a possibility that the two sides the conservatives in the social democrats could seal a Coalition Agreement only to see the espys members voted down where yes indeed there is a huge amount of frustration and disappointment to whats been agreed so far among the rank and file members of the s. P. D. And of course theyve been offered their say on any ultimate Coalition Program thats going to be put forward but even before that in a weeks time theyll be a special conference of s. P. D. Delegates from around the country to be aust where theyre going to greenlight the full Coalition Talks could follow you know the left wing within the party are already mobilizing against it they say theres not enough in this preliminary agreement to be the basis of a social democrat policies the leader of the youth section of the s. P. D. Says hes going to travel around the country even as his party leader is doing the same to drum up support he says hes going to find people who oppose this agreement so theres a long way to go within the s. P. D. Before this can be done lets go briefly into the detail of that document you just mentioned the twenty eight page document setting out the cornerstones of a potential Coalition Agreement that was the result of these exploratory talks is there enough in that document for martin shorts the leader of the social democrats to take to his members. And argue that yes we should enter a coalition with Angela Merkels conservatives well of course schultz says there is he says that eighty percent of the s. P. D. Selection program is in they still human and he can see a clear way forward to a new grand coalition and there are some social democrat policies in there you know things like more help for young families boosting job creation schemes help for the on him long term unemployed stabilizing the Pension System on the other side people are saying it doesnt go far enough you know the tax system they say will remain unfair Germanys Health care system will remain unfair and they also say limiting immigration in the way that set out here is just pandering to the far right so youve got a lot of pro and a lot of anti and thats all going to be thrashed out in these Party Meetings in the next couple of weeks so its on a knife edge essentially i think it is there could be theres a chance that could be a new government quite a good chance i suppose right now but equally we could find our way back to new elections because america has said she doesnt want to rule in a government of conservatives alone without other Coalition Power be the minority government option. And she shes not going to go for that when shes repeatedly said she doesnt want to govern alone just as a conservative government and she wants Coalition Partners so she may have to go back to the country and you know get another mandate the question would be of course will the voters do anything different from what they did last september ok so i mean young from our political desk many thanks. Turning to the United States now where president own trump has decided to stick to the International Nuclear deal with iran at least for now he says he wont approve it again unless its changed trump says the children taking what he calls terrible floors that suspends International Sanctions on iran in exchange for curbs on its Nuclear Program every few months the president is required to sign a series of waivers to keep those sanctions suspended but the European Union and russia have warned that ending the twenty fifteen deal would have negative consequences. Well in the meantime the African Union is demanding an apology from donald trump over his alleged use of an expletive to describe countries on the continent w. Has decided not to repeat that explained to the president alleged to have used it during a meeting on immigration at the white house he referred to haiti and african nations as quote asshole countries trying to bring fears they criticized for that with some people calling the comment racist the president himself has denied using the term sometimes the president said doing is unwittingly troublesome on friday he made an appearance with the nephew of Martin Luther king jr in honor of the famous American Civil Rights campaigner just as accusations of racism were being hurled at him from around the world at a meeting of republican and democrat senators on thursday the president is alleged to have said. Why are we having all these people from dot dot dot whole countries come here. This was trumps alleged angry reaction to a compromise proposed by senators on Immigration Reform they are willing to restrict the socalled green card lottery but want to retain limited protected status for people from el salvador haiti and certain countries in africa anybody can report on trumps comments unleashed outreach. Sorry but theres no other word one can use but racist. You cannot dismiss entire countries and continents polls whos in top populations who are not white. Therefore not welcome on twitter trump said he never said anything derogatory but he that the democrats had made it up and that he ought to record meetings in future but by then the remarks had already made headlines around the world. Ok lets catch up now and some of the other news stories making headlines around the world the death toll from a mudslide in mom to seeto california has risen to eighty five his own still searching for another seven people have been missing since tuesday Emergency Services have ordered the remaining residents to evacuate they want to bring in additional heavy equipment and intensify the search. Firefighters in australia have been working to contain bushfires as the country experiences some of its highest temperatures in decades aircraft were deployed near the east coast city of newcastle as the flames threaten the airport there there have been no reports of injuries or any damage to property during the blazes. And heavy snow has brought chaos to northwest japan as much as. Fresh snow falling in Niigata Prefecture forecasters are warning motorists to drive carefully and hundreds of commuters were stranded on this passenger train. With Emergency Services taking hours to rescue them theres little rest by two expected with more snow fall cost over the weekend for. Fall the winter break in germanys bonus league has come and gone so the league is under way again things starting last night with another victory for writing champions but munich playing away against leverkusen it was a case of business as usual for the bavarians martinas judging by an offer to fly out in the thirty second minute after he made it for the diversions leaving couzens kevin fallen and pulled one back. A spectacular free kick from some is the biggest made it three one seen in the points for buying the result keeps them on track for a record sixth consecutive title. Count for that free kick now the big game today sees light say hosting shall cut both club starting the second half of the season competing for a Champions League spot the end of the first half in better form after an unbeaten run of eleven games like that however have one of the strongest home records in the entire league. The winter break has done shellcode good to have been a long time since the entire squad trained together one of their new years resolutions is to get more dangerous in front of goal coach to many go to disco sees room for improvement in the second place side. In some games we were missing verticality in some games we had a lot of possession we really kept our opponents on their feet but at a certain moment we were lacking the change of tempo necessary to attack the opponents goal. A new arrival on loan from eventis marco pierre should help in that department the croatian winter has great acceleration and strength in the tackle he could make his debut as a starter against leipsic was because i was a quality player i knew we have a lot of quality players and so we have to see who will play against leipzig marco is definitely one of many options. At rb leipzig rumors that gainey and midfield star not b. K. Could move to liverpool six months earlier than agreed have hung over their preparations but theyre confident they can be choke says. This isnt the first time a team having such a good run has paid us a visit hoffenheim were undefeated when they came to town at this point last year. Were going to need to put on a chopping performance. On the two point separate leipzig and shaka in the table in their first clash of the Second Season half they both want to stay in the mix at the top. Now its a small but possibly significant step forward for womens rights in the gulf region for the First Time Ever women in saudi arabia allowed to enter a soccer stadium and watch life for both female fans turning out in force on friday for a game in the city of jeddah excitement in and around the stadium is palpable. Young saudi girls excited at going to watch the football a normal sight in most countries. But their mothers and grandmothers didnt have that privilege in a nation materials for its hugely restrictive stance on womens rights. Yet on friday in the western city of jeddah women were allowed to attend the football much for the first time. Many marked the occasion with a message on a special wall. Inside they took one of ten thousand seats allocated as a special family section and ready to cheer on local favorites. Im happy to be at this event and i congratulate the women and girls and families who enter the stadium and were happy because were alali fans and were cheering for our team they werent disappointed the result was a thumping five nil when for the home side afterwards there were selfies to capture the moment one which many saudi women feel is long overdue that has out with this decision should have been made a long time ago but thank god that it came at the right time and hopefully whats to come is even better for women with the lifting of the football bond following a similar one on driving it looks like saudi women are on route to a more liberal era. Thats your world news update for now more from us at the top of the hour in the meantime of course you can always get the latest updates from a website. Dont call me you can also follow us on facebook and on twitter up next new business. But endorsement shell to leipzig playing educated seamlessly got all the best goals weve got all the action the double is the whole german football share the experience everybody if someone does leave the weekend here on t. W
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