conservative bloc is sitting down for its fifth day of discussions with the center left s.p.d. led by martin shuls now the two sides are said to have made progress on issues like taxation and clean energy but have left the more sensitive policy disagreements until today if successful the parties will enter into formal coalition to go she ations if not germany could face fresh elections and that means an uncertain future for chancellor merkel. let s bring in our political correspondent michelle and krisna with us here in studio michelle good morning to you what is the thirty percent that is keeping the two sides apart. well there s a lot on substance and now this new is the self set finishing line that i believe could well be extended into friday that s not hold our breath on that. it gets to the issues that are really at the hospital what these parties stand for and there we see taxation the question of social justice here in germany was something that the democrats really tried to fig
simon rattle was acting on the baton as head conductor of the berlin philharmonic the british maestro charted a new processor one of the world s most renowned orchestras bringing it up to date for the twenty first century. i m sumi so much going to thank you for joining us german chancellor angela merkel is visiting jordan today a major refugee host country amid an escalating domestic conflict over migration that has shaken her coalition government held talks with jordan s king abdullah where refugee policy top the agenda hundreds of thousands of displaced syrians including some initially hosted by jordan have migrated onward to europe with germany as a key destination. is chief political editor michel are krisna is traveling with the german chancellor let s hear how america is working with jordan on the migration issue. in jordan german chancellor angela merkel pleasant just one