Socalled grand coalition the social democrats are tired of helping their historic rivals will they swallow a bitter pill for the good of the country also coming up. Pope francis breaks his silence on the plight of the pro hinge are calling for decisive International Action on the refugee crisis has been celebrating in outer mass in bangladesh for more than sect six hundred thousand will enjoy are now living after fleeing the violence in the unmarked. Im brian thomas welcome to the show today sees a key meeting of germanys social democrats as they edge towards a possible agreement on joining talks where a new Coalition Government now this follows a push by germanys president to get council maclin social democrat leader Martin Scholtz to break the impasse over. Forming a new government they met last night at the president ial palace here in berlin a dull view but discussions lasting more than two hours chance of machall has been trying to put together a workable Alliance Since september
Consider helping break weeks of political deadlock just on the machall is hoping for their support to form a new government and and the political stalemate in germany but will she get Martin Schulz on board also coming up. Pope francis breaks his silence on the plight of the row hinge are calling for decisive International Action on the refugee crisis hes been celebrating an outdoor mass in bangladesh where some six hundred thousand the hens are now living after fleeing the violence and me and mark. Plus the countdown to next years world cup in russia begins with excitement growing ahead of todays draw for the tournament groups. And. Im brian thomas welcome to the show today sees a key meeting of germanys. Social democrats as they edge towards a possible agreement on joining talks for a new Coalition Government now this follows a push by germanys president to get a machall and social democrat leader Martin Scholtz to break the impasse over forming a new government they met last night o
Reporting from abidjan we apologize for the quality of that line lets move on to some other news now and bitcoin is in the headlines again lets bring in your house for more on that today its for Different Reasons and reasons rather because after weeks of stunning gains big is tumbling the Virtual Currency has been all the rage lately inspiring ever more investors to jump on the bandwagon just this week the price hit a record high of over eleven thousand three hundred dollars but since then bitcoin has lost over twenty percent of its peak value reaching a low of nine thousand dollars its recent volatility has prompted warnings from prominent investors that bitcoin is well into bubble territory we spoke to analyst robert hover asking him whats fuelling the price volatility. But reese dont measure owns a journal kabob shop in the busy mitten neighborhood of berlin and he does a Good Business here but kabob shop owners around germany are up in arms about a new e. U. Regulation that would b
A coalition with chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives but it is far from a done deal. Also coming up pope francis breaks his silence on the plight of the rohingya he is calling for decisive International Action on the refugee crisis hes been celebrating an outdoor mass in bangladesh for more than six hundred thousand warheads are now living after fleeing from violence and me and mom. And on World Aids Day we meet a woman who is fighting to break the stigma associated with the disease shes speaking out about living with hiv in india in a bid to end the social isolation that often comes with aids. Im susan whats going to thank you for joining us we start right here in germany where the leader of the social democrats Martin Schultz has said his party has decided not to rule out any options for a new government. Although shells denied media reports that hed agreed to Coalition Talks with chancellor Angela Merkel that you know conservatives his statement is a softening in stance after th
A little bit of euro area pmi figure. Little more than expected that is getting a little bit of a list to europe. The stoxx 600, little bit down. Maybe a little bit of angst about what is happening in the u. S. Tax reform. We were expected to have news yesterday. The vote has been delayed to this morning. Im looking at dollar index. That is a tax reform story. Any moves on the asset classes. Coming up, i am excited about talking markets. , he is at Goldman Sachs. Durlacher is the international ceo of julius baer. We will speak to Woody Johnson. Lets get to Bloomberg Business flash with nejra cehic. Nejra in the u. S. , the white house is weighing a plan to replace Rex Tillerson with mike pompeo. That is according to three of ministers and officials amid frustrations with the top diplomats so place just slow pace of hiring. Slow pace of hiring. U. S. Diplomats have trapped plans for donald trump to make a trip to britain in january. The president had been penciled in for a working visit