a compromise at the european union level what we heard from the back door meetings going on is that on issues certainly germany did given in brussels but when it comes to german chancellor angela merkel is still seen as a beacon of stability in the european union she has more friends at that summit than she thought she had before and that certainly vocally would say they support the german chancellor. chief political editor. thank you and now some of the other stories making news around the world the syrian army has made further gains against opposition forces in southern province state television cast residents in the town of de groot at least celebrating after the only entity rebels in the region say peace talks with government ally russia failed. that the u.s. is examining options for withdrawing its forces stationed in germany that s