Government shutdown, paving the way for hundreds of thousands of people to go back to work. And germanys social democrats get set for negotiations to form another grand coalition with Angela Merkels conservatives. But the chancellor will not have an easy ride. Im brent goff. Its good to have you with us. U. S. Vice president mike pence has told the Israeli Knesset that the American Embassy will move to jerusalem by the end of next year, earlier than expected. It only adds to the controversy. Mike pence is the first u. S. Politician to visit the region since President Trump recognized jerusalem as israels capital last month. Israeliarab lawmakers made their opposition to the move clear from the start of tenses start of pences speech. Mark the protests kicked off before mike pence began his speech. Arabisraeli lawmakers were escorted from the knesset after waving signs following donald trump incendiary move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. They showing they sanctioned East Jerusalem as a message that we are against trumps decoration. East jerusalem should be capital of palestine. West jerusalem, capital of israel. Mike pence was given a warmer welcome by israeli Prime Minister netanyahu, and was unrepentant. He said the u. S. Was only recognizing fact over fiction as a worst step toward new peace negotiations between israelis and palestinians. Vice president pence the United States appreciates your governments declared willingness to resume peace negotiations with the Palestinian Authority. But today, we strongly urge the palestinian leadership to return to the table. Peace can only come through dialogue. Mark it is a dialogue that Palestinian Authority is avoiding, at least with the u. S. Palestinian present Mahmoud Abbas refused to meet pence, traveling to brussels to try to convince europe to take a stand in this conflict. We consider the European Union a true partner and friend. We therefore call on its Member States to swiftly recognize the state of palestine. There is no contradiction between the recognition of palestine and their assumption the resumption of peace negotiations. Mark the u. S. Is determined that the move will go ahead, and quickly. Pence announced the u. S. Embassy will relocate from tel aviv to jerusalem by the end of 2019. Brent for more now, we want to speak to our jerusalem correspondent, tania kramer. Good evening to you. The Vice President said he came with a message from the u. S. President , and we heard that today. What else was in pences message to the knesset and to the world . Tania we heard a speech from ham packed with biblical references, praising jewish history, praising the ties between israel and the u. S. , and praising again the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel, saying what has beenonone wrg g in the past 70 years was being done right, this time by President Trump. He also talked about iran, w whh was interesting. He said iran will never be able to develop a nuclelear weapon, d the u. S. Would not be e able to certrtify the disasastrous irann nuclear deal anymore inin the future. Alsoso, of course, what you mentioned already he said the u. S. Embassy, this very controversial jerusalem recognitioion would happen sooner rather than later, by the end of next year that it would move from tel aviv to jerusalem. Brent we also heard the u. S. Vice president saying that the u. S. Decision to move the embassy is a first step toward a new era of peace negotiations. As far as we know, he is not meeting with any palestinians while he is inin the middle eas. What are we hearing from the palestinians . They are saying the opposite, arent they . Tania they do. They would call this the end of an era for them, because the end of an era is the u. S. As peace negotiator or mediator. At the moment, there are no negotiations. We saw pictures of the israeliarab lawmakers. They had said before the speech that they would boycott the speech. They went at the beginning of the speech and they were protesting. They were removed from the knesset. They wee saying this decisionn is against any Peaceful Movement and will not bring peace to the region, and any peacece initiative. Palestinian saidid already backn decemberer, shortly after trump announceced his decisionon to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel, that they will not meet with any u. S. Administration officials, because they say the status of jerusalem should be part of final status negotiations. That is also consensus around the world arerea brent our correspondent in jerusalem, tania kramer, on the story tonight. Tania, think you very much. In the United States, the shutdown of the federal government is coming to an end after three days. The senate voted for a bill to fund federal agencies, which allows the government to resume its business. After lengthy negotiations, Democratic Leaders in the senate agreed to end their delaying tactics and return for the republicans agreeing to debate the immigration issue, especially the plight of socalled dreamers who were taken to the u. S. Illegally as children, and now could face to partition. Deportation. Our correspondent michael conecuh knigge is standing by. I have the democrats made what appears to be a sudden reversal and voted to end the shutdown . Michael that is an excellent question. The fact is that democrats did what they said they would not do before, which is folk for a bill that does not address the fate of the socalled dreamers. They basically trust now that republicans, as they promised to do, will take up the issue of the dreamers separately in early february. The reason why democrats might have done this is because they were probably afraid that this shutdown would be blamed on them, especially for those democrats running in competitive races in the midterm elections. What is interesting is this could spell trouble internally for the democrats, as many leftwinning progressive democrats, some of the most wellknown democrats Bernie Sanders and elizabeth warren, but also cory booker and Christian Gillibrand voted against this bill. As could spell trouble for the democrats in the future. Brent , november. Come november. What does this mean in terms of another shutdown . Does this mean the matter is off the table and the government will be funded in definitely . Michael no, it does not. It is just kicking the can down the road, so to speak. This extension of the funding just runs until early february, and then the whole matter will come up again in the congress, and it remains to be seen if congress can come up with a fullfledged resolution of this issue, once and for all. But until then, we could face the same situation again in early february. Brent this was a two or three day shutdown over the weekend. We cannot talk about a lot of impact it had on the lives of many americans, can we . Michael no, it did not have such a big impact. As you said, this was mostly just over the weekend, and the government will resume operations now again. Probably one of the most crucial issues was that the centers for disease control, who monitor the current flu epidemic that is raging in the u. S. And has left some 30 children dead so far they have stopped monitoring that flu epidemic, and they will continue working on that again. That is good news, that the shutdown has ended now. Brent washington correspondent Michael Knigge on the story tonight from the u. S. Capitol. Thank you. Here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. Fighting on the turkeysyria border intensified today as turkish troops and their allies advanced on the kurdish enclave of afrid inside syria. The offensive is aimed at neutralizing a u. S. Backed Kurdish Militia that turkey cocontent considers to be a terror organization. The town is said to be surrounded, but the kurds say they have repelled turkish troops from two o villages seizd on sunday. Pope francis h has apologized fr insisting that victims of pedophile prieiests shall proveo be believed, butut continued to defend chilean bishop accused of covering up the most notorious pedophile priest. Francis repeated that anyone who makes such accusations without providing evidence is guilty of slander. Germanys social democrats are promising some tough negotiations with Angela Merkels conservatives on forming a new government. The spd voted by a slim margin to join formal Coalition Talks on sunday. The party says that it is not satisfied with a luminarias agreement reached more than week ago, and is calling for a renegotiation of some key issues. Spd leader Martin Schulz had this to say today. Martin as a social democratic party, we go into these Coalition Talks with the aim of giving germany a new government that not just improves the lives of the people in this country, but fulfills germanys international obligations. With a view to the e. U. And the unity of europe. We will lead the discussions tonight in that spirit. Brent we want to pull in our political correspondent, who is outside the headquarters of the christian democrats, Angela Merkels party in berlin. Good evening, simon. What can we expect to come out of these talks . The leader of the young wing of the spd says the coalition can only be a repeat of the past four years. Simon yes, brent. Although there has been a decision by social democrats to press ahead with full Coalition Talks with Angela Merkels conservatives, we are going to have to be a little more patient, as the spd saving the more time say they need more time to decide how they will appreciate these talks, with what team. They will come to negotiations, that where they are going to try to push for more concessions. So many people in the social Democrat Party have said that is what they are looking for. So tonights meeting here at cdu headquarters with Martin Schulz, the spd, and the conservative leaders, is just to set the agenda, set the timetable for talks we expect will begin later this week. Brent we have heard the spd party leader Martin Schulz says he wants to revisit all the key issues in these formal talks which are about to begin. How much pressure does this put on these negotiations . Simon there is a lot of pressure, because we have seen such a Division Within the spd. So many people very unhappy about the fact that being in grand coalition is essentially seeing them loose support over the years in successive terms. But it is also they feel buried, the social democrat agenda. That is the danger for them. That strengthens Martin Schulzs hand. He can say to angela merkel, i have my people waiting at home. They are going to begin in a vote on this coalition deal, if we put one together. If there is no red meat for social democrats to get behind, there has to be something in terms of policy on the labor market, on the health care system. Some of these key areas that have been identified, where social democrats would like to see some concessions from Angela Merkels side. Brent we have about 20 seconds left. Give us a date we could see a new government here in germany. Simon there is a few more weeks of talks, brent. Then, there will be a vote of the spd membership to see if they approved the deal. It could be midmarch before any new Ran Coalition government is sworn in. Brent simon young on the story in berlin. Simon, thank you very much. In russia, Opposition LeaderAlexei Navalny has suffered another setback after a moscow Court Ordered a Foundation Supporting him to shut down. The Justice Ministry had filed a lawsuit against the foundation, citing various irregularities. Last month, Election Officials barred navalny from running in marchs president ial election. This is the latest blow against kremlin critic alexa and a balmy a judge in moscow has decided the opposition foundation, the fifth season of the year, must be shut down. She found guilty of the, including listing a wrong administrative address. The foundation has been used to pay rent and salaries at the politicians offices across russia. His lawyers see the decision as politically motivated. The sentence is illegal. We will appeal it. I am sure the decision will be revoked or found to be a breach of human rights conventions. Reporter the trial happened so quickly it the trial happened so quickly it is obvious this is to shut down the foundation as quickly as possible because authorities do not like that navalny is organizing a boycott of the elections. Reporter last month, Alexei Navalny took to youtube to tell his supporters to boycott the elecection this march. H. This came after he was barred from takaking part in the race because of a previous front collection. He says this is a trumpeped up charge, and w without him, the elections wiwill not be legitimate. Vladimir putin is scared, afraid of computing with me. He sees the competition as a threat. Reporter last week, several of the politicians came Campaign Offices were searched by police. Police are preparing for boycotts. They say the Court Decision will not change that. Brent you are watching dw news, live from berlin. He spent many hours in stadiums, but not like this. The former football star george weah is sworn in as liberias new president. He has some lofty goals. Speaking of lofty goals and altitudes, we are going to the top of the swiss alps tonight to talk about World Economic news. Javier that is right. That is going to start. That means a lot of big names british Prime Minister theresa may, french president emmanuel macron, and the brazilian president are just some of the World Leaders that are expected to attend the World Economic forum in doubles in davos. We cannot forget u. S. President donald trump. Davos is known for a broad array of participants and topicscs. Here is s a first look at what s coming. Getting rid of the snow. That could be one of the most important jobs in davos. Roads need to be cleared for many World Leaders to make their way to the ski resort. The first time in almost two decades, a sitting u. S. President will be taking part. Something he needs to have discussions with other foreign leaders more than anyone. I think what is important is that whoever is the leader of a country does n not have just a national perspective, but an international perspective, a global perspective. And so president s of the president of the United States will come. We will hopefully provide him even better with a global perspective. Alex but locals have a different view. The u. S. President s attendance means tighter security endeavors, and many here are not excited about trump. I dont care whether he is coming or not. One does not even see him, and i do not want to see him either. I am not really interested, and i dont think reporter until friday, 70 heads of state and government will be in discussions about the Global Economy with the Global Business world and ngos. We have 3000 participants coming together at the time where we see a lot of geopolitical challenges. At the same time, we see that growth is back in the Global Economy. For us, it is very important that this growth is more inclusive and creates more jobs. Reporter but it is not just about the Global Economy. Other topics on the agenda include technology and its challenges, the gender pay gap, and wealth inequality. Javier speaking of wealth inequality, just like last year, the International Ngo oxfam released its annual inequality report in time for the World Economic forum. Oxfam says the number of billionaires worldwide has increased to 2049 in the past year, with their combined wealth going up 13 . There is nothing bad with more billionaires, but it comes at a price. Lets look at some of those figures. 82 of the Global Wealth that was created in the last year got to the wealthiest 1 . That is what oxfam is saying. Lets put that into perspective. In just four years, the ceo of one of the worlds top fashion brands earns as much as a seamstress in bangladesh her entire life. To make things even worse, oxfam also notes that billionaires are usually experts in tax avoidance. They are paying about 2000 billion dollars less in taxes than they should, according to the respective loss of their countries. Compare that to Development Aid paid out by the leading industrial nations to less developed countries, which is just 145 billion. While the world is looking at millionaires and stars in davos, here is a look at those who struggle. Reporter the oxfam inequality report does not just say the rich are getting richer. Its as the fortunes of the worlds poo