Colleague ros atkins in berlin for a special Coverage Programme of the general elections. Stay tuned. German elections. Hello, im rosa hoskins. Welcome to berlin and a bbc news special on the german election. In the next five minutes the polls will close, moments later well get an exit poll which has a track record of being accurate. Itll be the first indication of whether Angela Merkel will govern germany for a fourth term and whether she will continue as one of the worlds most influential leaders. The result is certainly not going to be the end of the matter. Unless polling has been wrong, no party will gain a majority, so this minute exit poll will fire the starting gun on detailed and Difficult Coalition negotiations. Angela merkel voted earlier in berlin, shes focused the effo rts earlier in berlin, shes focused the efforts of her Christian Democratic Party on families, a pledge to avoid tax increases and the importance of increasing german security. Above everything, though, the
Hitting the gas. China is requiring a minimum alternative Energy Output for all Car Companies by 2019. That is not very far away. We will talk about has a and p. M. W tesla and bmw. Over thatisagree coin. We will speak to the former coo of skype. Michael jackson. Matt take a look at what the equity Index Futures are doing. Big gains across the board after we closed in the green yesterday. And the u. S. Gained as well. I have seen the word search used. 4 game could be called a surge. I would call it a rise. You see is up on futures. 1 of 1 on the stoxx 50. Take a look at the bunds. Moving in ave been tighter range than even the s p 500. Here back up to about. 5 of 1 is what youre getting for lending your money to the German Government for 10 years. Bunds yields coming back up. If you look at it over six months, does not look that impresses. Were not really at the top of the range. So keep that in mind. What else are you saying . A lot of moves because of the trump tax plan . It is the r