Following suit to Martin Schulz social democrats the sp de currently it twenty percent so not to the dramatic the much feared to drop below the twenty percent at the moment. But just at twenty percent left party at nine percent the green party nine and a half percent so we just heard earlier that theyre thinking about a possibility of entering a governing coalition. Was nine and a half percent there is a chance. The Free Democratic party the business Friendly Party here in yellow with ten a knockoff posts and a very very strong comeback of to for years. Out of parliament when they failed to make the five percent total and the a fdc the are far right. Alternative for germany started and a half percent so pretty much with what opinion polls suggested earlier. We just briefly look at the gains and losses here clearly the cdu csu from last election four years ago very very strong losses he a down. Nine percent of the votes s. P. D. Also shedding substantial amount of votes four point seven
Welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in barcelona in support of spanish unity. It follows madrids decision to take direct control of catalonia after regional leaders there voted to declare independence on friday. The sacked catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has called on his supporters to show democratic defiance of direct rule from madrid. But supporters of spanish unity have been calling for mr puigedemont to be jailed. Gavin lee is in barcelona. The organisers of this prounion demonstration say the silent majority are coming out. Police say there are 300,000 in the crowd, organisers say more than a million. This is what has developed over the last few hours. Claiming back their streets. Thousands of catalan protesters marching through the city of barcelona saying no to an illegal declaration of independence by their now ousted government. This is expected to be the largest demonstration yet in support of unity. Well, this is becoming
Where Emergency Workers are hoping for lower temperatures and winds after at least 61 people were killed and as many again injured in a huge forest fire at the weekend. Many died in their cars while trying to flee the densely forested district of pedrogao grande. Portugals Prime Minister has declared three days of mourning and officials expect the death toll to rise as more bodies are found. Paul adams reports. A desperate, sometimes hopeless, battle against nature. Searing heat, strong winds and low humidity, the worst possible conditions. Large areas of Central Portugal now ablaze. This mountainous area is no stranger to forest fires, but these are some of the deadliest ever. The speed and ferocity of the flames catching people in their cars and homes. A woman screams for her house. As the fire rages on several fronts, entire villages have been evacuated. Officials still not sure what remains. Translation we were inside the house, the fire was all around us. The firefighters came to
Senator Chuck Grassley is the committee chair. This part of the hearing is about 90 minutes. Today, the committee will examine the Justice Departments enforcement of the Foreign Agents registration act. I want to thank the witnesses here today for working with the committee to schedule this hearing. I know that some of you even had to change your travel plans, and i want you to know that the committee appreciates your cooperation. We had to postpone this hearing while trying to schedule two new witnesses and obtain the cooperation of a third who was first invited on july 5th. It is unfortunate when uncooperative witnesses cause unnecessary inconvenience for those of you who are easy to work with. After a failure to negotiate with the committee in good faith, i issued a subpoena with cooperation with senator feinstein to simpson for his appearance today. I withdrew the subpoena after mr. Simpson agreed to a tr transcribed staff interview about, number one, his involvement in creating th
Good wednesday morning, everyone, im amen mohyeldin. Im frances rivera. You havent slept at all, leaving many on both sides in awe. Hillary clinton has conceded the president ial race and donald trump set to become the 45th president of the United States. Voters across the country co pundit headed into this historic election and made the billionaire our next commander in speech. The next leader has no military or Public Service experience to draw upon and trump made sure to revel in his antiestablishment, antiwashington persona during his victory speech earlier this morning. The president elect of the occupation of america, donald complicated business complicated. Now its time for america to bind the wound of division. We have to get together to all republicans and democrats and independents across this nation, i say, it is time for us to come together as one united people. As for Hillary Clinton, she just could not hold open to the same democratic firewall that was able give president