German politics it wasnt an easy decision but it needed to be taken to avoid losing credibility. I dont demand that. The greens meanwhile find themselves getting closer to america and her conservative bloc. Think it was make most sense for parties involved to resume negotiating we are ready to talk. But at the end talking alone will not be enough in order to form a stable government chancellor merkel will have to find a clear majority within parliament and many here believe that the only way to do that are fresh elections and. More with me in the studio is a tourist and for us he is professor of Political Science at the university of berlin a very warm welcome professor i hope you can help is navigate the stormy seas as you know for much of Europe Germany is a symbol of stability its a reliable negotiating partner but thats all looking kind of shaky now considering these events that have happened right now clear this up for us is germany going through political turmoil or is this just
Are fresh elections are i want to tell you now about a touching story in israel where a one hundred two year old holocaust survivor has been reunited with a nephew you never knew we had well they discovered their Family Connection thanks to an online database of Holocaust Victims created by israels holocaust memorial. It may be one of the happiest days of his long long life at the hour who has finally met the nephew he never knew existed until two weeks ago. When he thought his entire family had perished in the second boat war. Im so happy i can talk to you and see you such a good man and you are a copy of your father. John xander a son of piotr younger brother who died six years ago. Now he has come at his fathers place all the way from russia. It really made me very happy that there is at least one other remnant from my brother. And that is his son. Pietro was only twenty four when he fled poland for the us s. R. In one nine hundred thirty nine. His parents of one of the standard bro
Hello from doha everyone im Kemal Santa Maria welcome to the news hour from aljazeera. Thank north korea releases pictures all of its latest Ballistic Missile launches International Calls for more sanctions against pyongyang a growing. Diplomatic tensions this is the u. S. President hitting back at the u. K. Prime ministers criticism of his reach weights of anti Muslim Videos pope francis lands in bangladesh the final leg of his tour of a region tainted by the plight of six hundred thousand who fled me and all of that splice. Im going to hell unless boss island greece where thousands of Asylum Seekers are living in such appalling conditions that some of prepared to commit self harm in the hope of getting out. And have all the days sport including brazilian signed grammy await argentinas lanas to win south americas biggest Club Football optician a cover letter to doris point. First time in a year. So we have now seen the first video of north koreas latest intercontinental Ballistic Miss
U. S. President donald trump is set to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel today. The controversial move comes despite frantic warnings from u. S. Allies around the world, and potentially violent protests. We will start first with the biggest news here in france today, the death of french rock icon Johnny Hallyday. It is really hard to overstate just how much johnny really means to the french. He has been part of peoples lives for almost 60 years, selling over 100 million albums and starring in close to 30 films. He has also become part of peoples lives as they lived vicariously through his five marriages, his battle with addiction, and of course his music. We report. Reporter the rockstar Johnny Hallyday was considered the french elvis. He was one of frances most loved performers. His career spans half a century. In that time, he sold more than 100 million records. He appeared on French Television for the first time in 1960. He was 17. He had his first hit shortly
Move to declare jerusalem as the capital of israel. Watching aljazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up fighters battling flames in Southern California gain some ground but theyre also facing unrelenting wins. Under arrest georgias former president Mikhail Saakashvili says hes on a Hunger Strike after the police in ukraine detained him. Bidding farewell to a rock icon thousands of fans lined the streets of paris to face their pay their final respects to the french rocka Johnny Holiday. Our top story the arab league is holding an emergency meeting later. On saturday to discuss Donald Trumps formal recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel now the move has drawn International Condemnation and sparked protests around the globe. On the ground Israeli Forces are firing tear gas at protesters in bethlehem on friday Israeli Forces killed at least four palestinians in shootings and airstrikes after demonstrations in the occupied territories more than seven hundred