Coming up kenyas chief election official calls the forthcoming election into doubt by saying that he cannot agree to a free guarantee a fear free and a fair vote. And chinas president xi jinping heralds a new era for his country at the opening of the communist Party Congress in beijing. Plus ten days that shook the world a new exhibition opens in berlin looking at russias october revolution of one nine hundred seventy and an event that sent shock waves out around the globe one hundred years ago. And in football byron are back firing on all cylinders in the bundesliga under new coach bill pond tests and they do the same in europe we will look ahead to their Champions League clash with celtic. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us. Nearly one month after germans went to the polls chancellor Angela Merkel is beginning the complex task of forming the next governing coalition now merkels conservative c. D. U. C. S. U. Group is holding talks with two potential suitors the probusiness free democrats and the green party its known here as a socalled Jamaica Coalition because the colors of the parties correspond to those of you guessed it the jamaican flag now workers first aim is to get those parties to agree to launch formal Coalition Talks but that could prove tricky her prospective partners have major ideological differences over a number of key issues including e. U. Austerity migration and Energy Policy heres more. Black yellow and green for now the colors of the jamaican flag are just hot air on the banks of the reverse the. Bloody exploratory talks underway chancellor merkels conservative c. D. U. In the sea as you first met with the business friendly f. T. P. Party and later with the greens. The Jamaica Coalition would be an exotic combination that has never existed before at the National Level if negotiations fail new elections could be called. This for france and well be professional about this we are aware of our responsibility we will be reasonable but until the actual negotiations have started its hard to predict what will happen in deformed or in iraq and it fulfills the. Members of four potential Coalition Parties are now trying to find Common Ground on several divisive topics such as immigration they could become the most complex negotiations in decades. We talked about all the issues that are important for us the subject of immigration is important to both sides but for different reasons. To have perspective on friday the exploratory talks will continue with all four parties meeting at the same time it may be weeks before a final agreement is reached. And for more lets cross over to our Political CorrespondentThomas Sparrow who is standing by for us outside of the building where those talks took place today thomas welcome to you the first talks have on this potential Coalition Partnership fair to say that they made progress today. They made initial progress thus that way i would summarize the talks and i would say initial progress because they met they started discussing what possible topics they are interested in what proposals they have and also how the actual negotiations will take place in other words and what sort of format and what working groups there will be here and there but i wouldnt say that they have made substantial progress on the something that you could also read between the lines when some of the members of the participants came out and spoke to the press this often and this evening and to that something thats particularly clear one of the participants for example said that they all knew what they were looking for but they still didnt know what they would find out at the end another one for example said thats where i was that it was between germany and jamaica was more than a thousand kilometers up to now they had only managed to advance the first few meters of the dock just gives you an impression of how difficult this will be not only as far as the talks but most importantly about the content and about the different positions that each party in this possible coalition represent so still so much more work to be done there before any consensus can be reached thomas we know that these talks that they will likely go on for at least two more months what does that mean for europe and germanys other international partners. Well there are some people who have said that germany is now looking inward that now german politicians are first and foremost focused on this Coalition Building frozen trying to have a working government as soon as possible. But at the same time it is clear the germany still has a government still has obviously officials are not only here but also around the world so although i think you can see a bit of both you can certainly say that germany is looking towards its own particular circumstances and at the same time i dont think much will change into an International Arena at least until the new German Government is formed once a new German Government is formed we will start to see how it will changed in compare in comparison to what we saw for example the last four years. Correspondent thomas farah thank you. Lets get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world police have conducted dozens of raids across germany to gather evidence against the hells angels biker gang they seized items including motorcycles and computers the gang has been active in germany since the early one nine hundred seventy s. Some members have been implicated in crimes including selling weapons extortion and murder. Portugals interior minister constanza. Has resigned after wildfires killed more than one hundred people in the last few months her department has been widely criticized she said that she cannot continue in the job for political and personal reasons. Amazon studios chief roy price has resigned following Sexual Harassment claims by a producer working on an amazon t. V. Series the accusations come in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal rocking hollywood price has also been accused of ignoring Rose Mcgowans claims that weinstein raped her. Officials say that an italian priest kidnapped at gunpoint in nigeria has been released after five days this as a Police Report for british missionaries have been kidnapped in the southern delta state they are said to be a doctor his wife two preachers who provided Free Medical Services militants are believed to be responsible. Chinas president xi jinping has declared a new era for his country and said that its time for china to take center stage in the world at the first conference of the communist Party Congress in beijing she also pledged to open his countrys economy further and pursue a policy of zero tolerance against corruption during the weeklong congress a new politburo to run china for the next five years will be selected. Its a meeting on the grandest of scales. Nearly twenty three hundred delegates representing the eighty nine million members of chinas communist party. And the focus of it all one man president xi jinping. She praised chinas achievements during his stewardship but he said the country must not stand still. Ok china has made major breakthroughs in its Reform Campaign where now in high gear and full steam with deepening comprehensive reforms and resolutely removing all systematic problems these reforms have been carried out in an indepth them fundamental manner his speech may have been light on details but she promised to continue Economic Reforms fight corruption and open the door to more Foreign Investment as part of a new era of chinese development. She also set the tone for chinas role on the International Stage in the coming years. One focusing on Economic Development and environmental protection. But she also cautioned world powers against taking his war more as a sign of weakness. China pursues an independent Foreign Policy of peace and respects the rights of other countries to choose their own development road china while never pursued development at the expense of others interests and will never give up its legitimate rights and interests either no one should expect china to swallow anything that undermines its interests. She is widely seen as chinas most powerful leader since miles they dont but hes still trying to rally support for a new term in office and his message to these embley was clear stay the course and clear the way for a new era of prosperity. So what will be agreed at this Party Congress to talk about this im joined now in the studio by stefan from the macarthur institute for china studies which provides independent information to Decision Makers thanks so much for joining us this afternoon and you know we know that this is most in closed door session but nevertheless i mean what should we be looking out for in terms of clues as to whats going on and what has to be out to you so far. Well today the speech that was given was basically the political report it gives you like an assessment of what has been done in the last five years and also what theyre going to do like in the future and the point that weve been looking for is what is actually deviating from what theyve done in the past five years and so we can see that there are quite a number of really Ambitious Goals that have been spelled out that are going away from what theyve done in the past that even go beyond that course of action one of the things is for example the role that the party will play in the upcoming five years that will actually move much more to the center stage and governing not only the party of course but also like to society and also like the economy so tell us a little bit more than about what chinas role now is not only Domestic Labor but also in the world just generally speaking because you know if you turn to some alice they say that its potential that shes in pain is actually the most powerful person in the world right now i mean china has Infrastructure Projects in africa throughout asia especially whats your assessment its quite interesting like the strategy of the initiative that he has spelled out the bed and wrote initiative john is much more president all parts of the world at this point in time so we can see that they actually go down this pass and different from the european or like the u. S. Theyre going there were like the message you can develop with china has like a developmental model on offer that is very different from what you hear from the western countries you can stick to the own traditions to you and governance systems and we provide the input that you can develop so we will see much more of china in the world and we can also see now that trump is actually moving the u. S. Out of the center stage that china will actually try to move in all of into all these voids that are left open by the u. S. You were telling me a little bit before the show that you were actually struck by how confident here it is that in this congress why do you why did you see that specifically as being significant weve seen like speeches of his before and also of his predecessors. But it was not that weve seen such a leader who stood there was such a confidence like knowing these gentlemen and ladies were sitting here in this room like two thousand three hundred delegates are sitting there are following my course i can be sure of their support and i thought vision where i want to move china like domestically but also its position in the very world so that was really amazing and very different from what weve seen from his predecessors or him at previous occasions. At that. Angle on that the Chinese CommunistParty Congress now thing is at it again painting a beautiful picture of china which few outsiders recognize and certainly business terms in his opening speech on wednesday he promised to protect the rights of Foreign Investors saying all businesses would be treated equally but so far foreign firms in china complain of only realistic bureaucratic hurdles and say chinese subsidies give Domestic Companies the upper hand. Foreign Companies Inside china prize their secure data connections with their headquarters that way they can keep Sensitive Information within the firm but now china is said to ban the technology that makes this easier many see it as yet another obstacle to doing business in china. Im calling is a German Company that provides data system consultancy to foreign firms with operations in china. The beijing government is now planning to block access to Virtual Private Networks all v. P. N. Encrypted connections that tunnel data traffic to a proxy server. V. P. N. Sconce just a few euros and it become a critical tool for secure communication between foreign based companies and their headquarters. Theyre also used by millions of individuals to circumvent chinas censorship system. Because. Most of our clients are very concerned. If not horrified upon it. Because of how dependent they come on v. V. Ends. For been known for lawson and. The author of interfered with b. P. s before especially in the run up to communist Party Congresses but the regime had appeared wary of enforcing a complete lockdown on v. P. Ends probably out of consideration for the Business World but in the new year beijing will order telecoms providers to close the data tells us if this is serious this time they mean it and theyll go through with it too. Many Details Remain unclear. But for the European Business community in beijing chinas internet policy has always been troublesome. We see it as kind of sort of a tax on doing business in china and and thats not good for trying to you what were looking at creating more productivity more efficiency in the economy certainly ensuring that companies have readily timely and stable access to information is important and it hurts Foreign Companies even more and theres more in store for those companies a new law on Cyber Security introduced even more rules to an already highly Restricted Technology regime certain data may now only be stored on the mainland for example for Foreign Companies in particular the assessments and adjustments involved will be a major burden. In the Service Ultimately the Cyber Security law means that youre not being compliant can get your company into serious trouble it could even mean the company being closed down or having to disclose all of its data and no company want to start this machine were going to get to my. What is already clear is that the new law will make life difficult for smaller foreign based enterprises and prevent others from even starting up here. Greeces Prime Minister alexis is defying followers of his countrys financial fortunes saying he expects the economy to grow by up to two percent and twenty seventeen and thats despite new figures out today saying the economy actually contract it last year the thing is he is now starting to convince creditors with his optimism. And warm embrace for Christine Legarde the head of one of the institutions keeping his country of flows the greek Prime Minister and the i. M. F. Chief both won greece to return to selfreliance as soon as possible with that in mind Alexis Tsipras presented an optimistic outlook for the future of the greek economy. After several years of economic depression. Hes turning a page i q three six and those seventy have subsided. We cannot make recovery is gaining traction. In. The two thousand and seventeen expected growth rate of. Approximately close to two percent have not been seen Something Like that seems two thousand and seven but is the outlook really that rosy lets take a look at the numbers one in five greeks are still lies of work figures released by the country Statistic Agency on tuesday showed that the economy actually contracted last year and g. D. P. At one hundred seventy six billion euros was down from the year before those figures have come as a surprise to lenders in expecting modest growth despite that the i. M. F. Appears ready to support his desire for an imminent exit from its third Bailout Program i believe that a resolute implementation of this program together with an agreement with greeces European Partners on that relief or essential to support greece return to S