Be refusing to quit. And demons announces plans to cut nearly seven thousand jobs most will be a germany the unions are calling it an attack on the employees. Plus an unprecedented sale at christies in new york. The big spears so. A five hundred year old masterpiece by Leonardo Da Vinci becomes the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us. It is a decisive day in german politics talks aimed at forming a new Coalition Government after september the general election have entered their final day now if these talks collapse then the country could face new elections merkel says that she is confident that they will succeed but the parties are still far apart on many key issues the list of those issues is outstanding it is a long one but one of the main Sticking Points is migration with disagreement over family reunions and the deportation a failed Asylum Seekers climate protection an energy also bones of contention now the
Break down some of those topics if you look at the refugee issue for example where do they differ and where do you see a potential consensus emerging i think the problem for the refugee policies is the sees you right so they they want to close borders sensually they want to cut Welfare Benefits for refugees especially having in mind that they will have to face. So an election in bavaria coming up this year so they want to take a more conservative stance towards immigration and but i think in the end it should be able they should be able to to reach an agreement and the tax policy obviously also is a huge problem here. But. As i already said they should be able to compromise on these points and as we heard from rupert on it seems as if a compromise might actually have emerged there on the tax policy that it might have been been a win for Angela Merkel and her party in other words no varies in the taxes for that upper bracket tell us a little bit more about health care or the other outst
Unrest. Austerity measurures led to in a countryger already battered by high unemployment. We begin in germany. This is where chancellor Angela Merkel and her party are one step closer to a coalition government. Spdconservatives and the have made an agreement after marathon talks. As a party, we have unanimously decided to support this agreement and to recommend to our spd party to give a mandate to the spd representatives to form a coalition. The world is waiting for us. Start forfresh europe. We need to work with the party fresh start find a for germany and europe, too. Lets speak with our guest from the German Council of foreign relations. Thank you for being on the program. Outline, thishis blueprint. All sisides have built this is a compromise. From your take, who has given the greatest concessions so far. D is making thesp biggest concession by entering parliament. They ended it Election Night last year saying that they would stay on the opposition. They are taking a very step ba
Will prioritise interactions between family and friends, over media and business content. As the queen marks 65 years since her coronation, her majesty left the lead for the first time on what life is like when you have two win a heavy crown. You youre watching bbc news on friday 12th january, im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Donald trump has confirmed he wont be visiting britain next month. It had been thought that the us president would come over to mark the official opening of the new American Embassy in south london. It replaces the existing us embassy in the centre of the city. But in the early hours of this morning President Trump tweeted that he had cancelled his planned visit because he was not a big fan of the new embassy, which he said had been commissioned by his predecessor, barack obama. The move was actually initiated in 2008 under the George W Bush administration. Meanwhile, the president is facing backlash over reported comments he made out during talks
Security council well tell you why operation all of brown says pounding the area and explain who the players are in the complex landscape of syrias War Coalition is the word of the day in germany a vote is taking place that could unite some of the countrys largest Political Parties could this bring stability to the government and whats at stake if a deal is not reached and defending his bosses decision to recognize drucilla as the capital of israel the u. S. Vice president mike pence visits the middle east with stops in jordan and israel the womens march continues in cities around the world amplified by the me to move the will be able to change policies in washington i mean a lot of snow to thank you its a new spirit. Deal with the news good were live on. There were streaming online to you tube Facebook Live and that aljazeera dot com act with restraint france cautioning turkey over its new military offensive against curtis armed groups in Northern Syria its calling for an Emergency Un