America. Plus, in sports, looking to regain composure after two poor results in a row. Facing a difficult trip on saturday and i have Bayern Munich on their tail. Sarah im sarah kelly. Welcome to the program. Thank you for joining us. German chancellor Angela Merkel has had her first full round of talks to piece together an unprecedented multiparty National Government coalition. 50 politicians from her conservative cdu, the fdp and the greens met today to see if they can Work Together on topics ranging from the european union, to finance, to foreign policy. Their political differences are significant, but so is the pressure to succeed. Correspondent more than 50 negotiators, four parties and one common goal rming an unprecedented coalitn that does n really fi together. After two days of amicable preliminary talks, they are finally getting down to business. Chancellor merkel i am happy that we are Getting Started today. There will be definitely a number of differing opinions , but i hav
Attack at a seaside resort. Stabbing spree. A knife attacker goes on a rampage in the next city in a finnish city. I am sarah kelly. Thank you for joining us. The white house confirmed Donald Trumps chief strategist steve bannon is leaving his post. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the chief of staff john kelly and ba nnon agreed today would be bannons last day. He was a key advisor during trumps president ial campaign and has been a polarizing presence in the current administration. He is known as an economic nationalist and an advocate of the president s America First policies. Critics have accused him of harboring antisemitic and White Nationalist sentiments. Carson is on the story. This is a big deal. And it is said to be the brains behind trumps messaging. Some say he was the man who helped but from the white house. Why is he out and why now . We can still may speculate. Steve bannon has always been a controversial figure. Moderate republicans never liked his nationalist antiestablishm
Dozens die in india as supporters of the guru of bling riot. A court convicted the spiritual leader of raping two of his followers. Anchor and sarah harman. Welcome to the program. The u. S. Court has sentenced a volkswagen engineer to 40 months in jail and a 200,000 fine for covering up emissions cheating. The judge said he played a key role in the serious crime. Liang worked at vw for 35 years and is the first person to be convicted as part of the u. S. Justice Department Investigation into vws emissions rigging. Iraq he may not have masterminded the cheating, but he kept his mouth shut about it for years. That according to the judge amounted to a serious crime. It is the first conviction in a criminal profiler Justice Department into emissions rigging at vw. Others are under investigation. The sentence was harsher than expected. He was likely spared the maximum term because he cooperated with authorities. The scandal broke in september of 2015 when it emerged the carmaker installed
Main stronghold for more than two years. Iraqi and Kurdish Forces say the militants are withdrawing from some areas while others are striking back with suicide bombings. The president of iraqs kurdish region said the operation marks a turning point in the fight against terrorism. He said the Iraqi Government and iraqi Kurdish Forces have taken back about 200 square kilometers of farmland and villages. But pentagon spokesperson peter cook was cautiously optimistic. We are in the first day of what we assume will be a Difficult Campaign that could take some time. He also said it remained to be seen whether Islamic State members would stand and fight, but hes confident in the capabilities of the iraqis. Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte will arrive in beijing tuesday for a fourday trip to china. Its his first visit to the country since taking office in june. He is expected to meet separately with the president and the premier. The visit comes after an arbitration tribunal in the hague r
Main stronghold for more than two years. Iraqi and Kurdish Forces say the militants are withdrawing from some areas while others are striking back with suicide bombings. The president of iraqs kurdish region said the operation marks a turning point in the fight against terrorism. He said the Iraqi Government and iraqi Kurdish Forces have taken back about 200 square kilometers of farmland and villages. But pentagon spokesperson peter cook was cautiously optimistic. We are in the first day of what we assume will be a Difficult Campaign that could take some time. He also said it remained to be seen whether Islamic State members would stand and fight, but hes confident in the capabilities of the iraqis. Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte will arrive in beijing tuesday for a fourday trip to china. Its his first visit to the country since taking office in june. He is expected to meet separately with the president and the premier. The visit comes after an arbitration tribunal in the hague r