a viable coalition option although the big tent parties rule that out for now but the very fact that john the leader of the extreme right wing of the 50 welcomes new leaders suggests that he too thinks that the extreme right can build a political home in the a if dean so overall this could once again be a further shift to the right. the so-called islamic state group says one of its fighters was behind friday s stabbing attack in london which left 2 paypal dead british police identified the attacker is 28 year old was found in com he was convicted in 2012 of terrorism offenses and granted early release from prison about a year ago during a visit to the side of the stabbing prime minister barak s johnson expressed his opposition to the early release of convicted terrorists. onlookers captured the moment members of the public disarm an attacker on london bridge he was wearing
come the general elections and 2021 or earlier could be seen as a viable coalition option although the big tent parties rule that out for now but the very fact that john the leader of the extreme right wing of the 50 welcomes the leaders suggest that he too thinks that the stream right can build a political home in the a d. so over all this could once again be a further shifts to the right. now to some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of anti-government protesters in iraq take a pick up the pressure a day after prime minister addle abdul majeed marty announced his resignation they say his departure is not enough and are calling for sweeping reforms and an end to corruption. a fragment of wood believed to have been part of the manger in which jesus was born has been returned to the holy land the relic was sent to rome as
in favor of abolishing the current two tier system here so we still have a way to go for it kate dare i ask what happens if these talks for a grand coalition fail. well as we know you the only other coalition option for merkel with the business friendly f.t.p. in the greens is already off the table those talks fell through back in november so the only other options would be a minority government which merkel has already rejected on several occasions and the only other option then would be a new election something that all of the parties are against and most certainly the social democrats who saw their party plummet down the polls again this week and they re currently at eighteen percent and so they ve already fallen another two percentage points since those elections back in september so there s really no good option for anyone right now so merkel is certainly keen to get
in favor of abolishing the current two tier system here so we still have a way to go or at kate dare i ask what happens if these talks for a grand coalition fail. well as we know the only other coalition option for merkel with the business friendly f.t.p. in the greens is already off the table those talks fell through back in november so the only other options would be a minority government which merkel has already rejected on several occasions and the only other option then would be a new election something that all of the parties are against and most certainly the social democrats who saw their party plummet down the polls again they so weak and they re currently at eighteen percent and so they ve already fallen another two percentage points since those elections back in september so there s really no good option for anyone right now so merkel is certainly keen to get
process of searching for a possible coalition option that will work you know i hope her supporters drop back up personal support has dropped back another ten points she s she s now at around fifty percent a lot of political leaders would would take that as not a bad number but you know america has been a lot higher than that in the past and i think this is partly a deed to the uncertainty that people don t even like and they associate it of course with the leader. of america who said the other day in a speech you know this whole process is not really being a glory moment for german politics generally with all the squabbling going on and i think she s not just been talking about the coalition talks that failed talks with the two smaller parties and now these very protective talks with the s.p.d. but also she s been doing about squabbling and disagreements within her own