Welcome to. Move into the northern. City of. The u. S. Vice president begins a controversial. President has polarized the nation. On the Intercontinental Hotel at least five civilians have been killed has been from the top of the five star hotel. To the. Three attackers have been killed. One hundred and fifty three people including foreigners have also been evacuated lets go to our correspondent jennifer glass now shes joining us on the phone from kabul we had heard from afghan authorities that the sea was over but. What do you hearing. Thats right a little bit im just outside the Intercontinental Hotel mini road i can see the hotel parts of it are charred black from fires that during the evening in the last hour at least half a dozen large explosion quite a lot of small and heavy arms fire and just five minutes just know we saw Afghan Security reinforcements getting to that hotel into trucks because large machine. And on the back of them so this siege by no means is over yet still hea
Fired after a bitter defeat against cologne. Im michel henery thanks for joining us german chancellor Angela Merkels future hangs in the balance today the countrys center left social Democrat Party is due to hold a key vote on whether to Enter Coalition talks with merkels conservatives social democrat leader martin shelf is in favor of forming a coalition but he faces strong resistance from within his own party a no vote could lead to minority government which merkel has already said she wont lead or to fresh elections. Im joined now by our correspondent Thomas Sparrow at the s. P. D. Congress in bonn. Thomas thanks for joining us. The congress has just started whats the plan for today the congress is about to start here in bonn and the delegates will soon be discussing the different options in other words whether to join the formal Coalition Talks with Angela Merkels conservatives or whether to reject that plan whether to decide against another grand coalition the party is indeed divi
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But also all employees of the prison are in a state of shock people were angry because its been a week since we created a National Movement following the aggression right now were waiting for the measures that our bosses and the Penitentiary Administration will take with respect to the management of inmates. A number of attacks on guards have been recorded in french prisons of late the latest incident was on friday when two guards were injured in a stabbing attack by an inmate who had reportedly been radicalized while in another jail on monday seven security staff were attacked by an inmate according to officials the perpetrator had also been radicalized and a week ago another three guards were injured when a prisoner assaulted them with scissors and a razor blade or following the incidents the Prison Guards a union issued a list of demands aimed at improving their working conditions theyre asking a. To create more than a thousand new jobs in french presence as well as to fully isolate
With him its in these Coalition Talks weve achieved a paradigm shift in the european politics of germany away from the policy of austerity because it gets on my nerves when people say the s. P. D. Has now adopted the responsibilities of a civic minded citizen as if any other Political Party in this country could be more qualified to represent the people than the s. P. D. And we cannot allow the far right f. T. To lead the opposition that would be unacceptable we just have to look at other European Countries we cannot allow them to run in a grand coalition were going to become the steer upholders of the conservatives i think wed be better to go into opposition. Its good to have you with us german chancellor Angela Merkels future as well as the political stability of germany could very well be decided this hour the countrys central. Social Democratic Party is due to hold a key vote on whether to enter Coalition Talks with medicals conservatives after septembers elections social democrat