A look at fresh air. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the feud over north Koreas Nuclear program moved to center stage on the eve of the Olympic Games in south korea u. S. Vice president mike pence has arrived in seoul on this promising new more aggressive sanctions against the north he met with south korean president jay is following on this warning not to allow him to quote hide behind feeling it fam and today kim jong un presided over a military parade or show of force after sending athletes and performers over the border that move seen as either a bid to thaw in relations with the south or a ploy to provoke the u. S. North korea and the United States are still sending mixed messages a day before the twenty teen winter games. Despite signaling it was willing to talk north korea hasnt traded the savior for the olive branch quite yet pyongyang staged a massive military parade marking the founding of its armed forces. Addressing his troops north Korean Leader kim jong
Dreamers. We will look at their fight against the trump administrations immigration crackdown. Plus, the lowdown on the latest arrivals at the pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Not athletes, but an orchestra from north korea, sent over the border to perform at the Opening Ceremony. Can they bring a little harmony to the troubled peninsula . Brent im brent goff. Its good to have you with us. Germanys main Political Parties have finally agreed to a deal to form a coalition government. They made the announcement in berlin after another session of allnight talks, another grueling game of giveandtake, four months after the countrys elections. Both Angela Merkel and her social democrat counterpart Martin Schulz said the agreement is the only way to safeguard german stability. Reporter after a marathon 34 hours of negotiations, it is all strained smiles for the wouldbe coalition partners. With a working compromise achieved, relief from the chancellor. I am convinced that the Coalition Agreement we
Next german finance minister could well be this man hes a probusiness centrist all of charlottes for his from the social Democrat Coalition partners and could soften the harsh face of austerity. And Business Executives will struggle to convince schultz to adopt a new Corporate Tax cuts modeled on those passed in the United States which have triggered a flood of investment the last Corporate Tax overhaul here was a decade ago the association of german chambers of commerce and industry praises the Coalition Pact for investing in Digital Education and broadband but theres criticism from other groups that nothing much is going to change under another grand coalition we spoke to tino boatmen of germanys Engineering Association the v. D. M. A he was certainly rather lukewarm about the coalitions tax plans. There is no increase of income tax only very very little to refuse the taxes in germany for the time being small things like what we call in germany. Are going down but not for everybody o
Province the u. S. Led coalition in syria says that its carried out airstrikes against what it calls a pro Regime Forces it says the bombing was in response to an unprovoked attack on its ally the s. D. F. The mainly kurdish s. D. F. Controls an area in northeastern syria which borders one held by forces loyal to syrian president bashar assad and Amnesty International report says the Ethnic Cleansing Campaign against the rohingya continues unabated in me and mark refugees who arrived in bangladesh in recent months are describing a Systematic Campaign of force starvation kidnappings and sexual violence. Israeli media say the police will recommend the Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges netanyahu and his wife are suspected of receiving illicit gifts from billionaire benefactors including a major hollywood producer hes also alleged to have been involved in a deal with a leading newspaper which would have weakened a rival daily in return for favorable covera
Bitter medicine is taking effect greeces back on International Markets today scheuer has already moved on to his new job as president of the bundestag and the next german finance minister could well be this man hes a probusiness centrist all of shots for his from the social Democrat Coalition partners and could soften the harsh face of austerity. And Business Executives will struggle to convince schultz to adopt a new Corporate Tax cuts modeled on those passed in the United States which have triggered a flood of investment the last Corporate Tax overhaul here was a decade ago the association of german chambers of commerce and industry praises the Coalition Pact for investing in Digital Education and broadband but theres criticism from other groups that nothing much is going to change under another grand coalition we spoke to tino boat man of germanys Engineering Association the v. D. M. A he was certainly rather lukewarm about the coalitions tax plan its there is no increase of income