Im sorry kelly welcome to the program and thank you for joining us we begin here in berlin where german political leaders are reported to have reached a breakthrough in precolumbian talks chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives and the social democrats led by Martin Schultz negotiated throughout the night to find the Common Ground needed to enter formal Coalition Talks now merkel has been heading a caretaker government since the National Election more than one hundred days ago she and her conservatives have been in exploratory talks with the social democrats since sunday for more lets bring in our Political Correspondent rupert vietor volves who is standing by at the social democrats headquarters where the talks are taking place and rupert im looking at the scene there behind you it is quite different from the scene that we saw about an hour ago when we spoke with you last tell us a little bit more about whats been going on. You know since we talked about one hour ago there was this ne
Also coming up the man accused of carrying out the new york terror attack tells a court he feels good about what he has done donald trump says a suspect should be given the Death Penalty. A controversial anniversary britain and israel celebrate the agreement that led to the creation of israel for palestinians though it marked the start of a struggle that goes on to this day. Also coming up british central bankers try to minimize the fallout from brags that the bank of england raises Interest Rates for the first time in over a decade. And it took them fifty six years but the Houston Astros and finally taken baseballs top prize the world series will take a closer look at how they did it. Im simply so much going to get to have you with us were. Ports from spain say a judge has ordered the arrest of the dismissed Catalan Leader Carlos Boozer tomorrow the move comes after pushing off failed to show up in court in madrid to answer questions on catalonia declaration of independence he is curr
Bank and gaza as palestinians took to the streets in protest Gavin Williamson has been appointed britains new defense minister he replaces Michael Phelan who resigned after allegations emerged about inappropriate sexual behavior fallons departure is the latest twist in a growing scandal over abuse in the u. K. s corridors of power here in germany more than a month after the National Election and the country is still struggling to form a Coalition Government and theres no sign of a breakthrough the parties the Political Parties are trying to hammer out an agreement on a host of issues but negotiations are becoming as we hear it increasingly contentious the greens have accused the free democrats of using populist platitudes the free democrats have called for more mutual respect. Negotiators arriving for the latest round of exploratory Coalition Talks foreign and Security Policy is one area where the parties have widely differing positions the c. S. U. Wants a complete home to negotiation
Take baseballs champ. This was the astros first ever World Championship in their 55 year history. We take a look at how they did it. Brent im brent goff. Good to have you with us. Today, he defied an order, but the ousted catalan president is not facing arrest, at least not tonight. Reports from spain say that a judge will not issue an arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont today. What happens tomorrow remains uncertain. Carles puigdemont failed to show up in court in madrid today, to answer questions on catalonias declaration of independence. He is currently in brussels, along with four other members of the dismissed regional government. The judge in madrid sent eight other members of the former Catalan Cabinet to prison today without bail. Correspondent freedom, chanted the demonstrators outside of the Catalan Government building in barcelona. A show of support for the sacked officials appearing in court in madrid. They are facing possible charges of rebellion, after the region last we
Bit of help. And, most of all, some understanding. The foreign secretary borisjohnson travels to libya to urge military and political leaders to restore peace and stability in the north african country. And test match special is 60 years old today we look back at that very british institution. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, there is a very tough draw for Tottenham Hotspur and celtic, as this seasonss Champions League groups are revealed. Good evening. Net migration to the uk thats the difference between the number of people entering and leaving has fallen to its lowest level for three years, mainly because of the large numbers of eu nationals whove decided to leave. Its prompted warnings from employers about the risk of labour shortages. The latest figures from march 2016 to march 2017 show net migration now stands at 246,000. Thats a fall of 81,000 compared with the previous 12 months. More than half of that change is due to the fall in net migration of eu citizens which is d