Manages to get this socalled grand coalition together she for herself is pretty much ruled out. Majority government she doesnt feel that that delivers the kind of stability one needs and if there are fresh elections were in completely New Territory but were not there yet recollect if one of them thank you so much for your continued coverage greatly appreciate it. All right i want to tell you know about some of the other stories that were following for you right now. In japan more than four hundred people were stranded on a train overnight after heavy snow the train got stuck some three hundred kilometers northwest of tokyo officials decided against evacuating passengers until daybreak some power of northern japan have seen ten times the average snowfall this winter. Saudi arabias first car show geared to women drivers has opened a Shopping Mall in the city of jeddah exhibit an is taking place just months after king solomon ordered an end to the countrys ban on women driving saudi women
Resigned. And all of these events are taking place against a backdrop of growing saudi arabia and saudi and iranian tensions that has everybody on edge daniel agger is a mideast expert and chief editor of Current Affairs magazine xenophon a very good evening to you daniel so this scene for us please if you will where why this hardline now against lebanon why is saudi bahrain kuwait and the u. A. E. Taking on beirut. I think because they can and because they think its an appropriate moment in particular this accounts for a moment in some on the powerful crown prince of saudi arabia he feels that this is this moment he has the backing of the United States because there is no real u. S. Presence and no yet real u. S. Policy on the middle east and i think its for him i understand that this is an opportune moment for him to try his luck but with regard to the other gulf states that are of course very close to saudi arabia and coordinate the policy in particular but in the United Arab Emirat
Twenty five years is republican opponent roy moore couldnt overcome damaging accusations of Sexual Misconduct also coming up powerful brakes in effect Northern Ireland report from the emerald isle as the british and European Parliament debate its future we ask the Prime Minister theresa may compete her promise of no hard order. Plus in the German Bundesliga dog been receiving a lifeline in a must win game under their new coach pay to go the team defeat mine is to get their first win in nine matches. Well im terry martin welcome to the program. Delivering a humiliating blow to President Trump the democratic candidate doug jones has won a u. S. Senate seat in the deeply conservative state of alabama his republican opponent roy moore the roy Moores Campaign was overshadowed by allegations of Sexual Misconduct accusations that repelled many moderate republicans and kept them away from the voting booth. Of all the states in which the democratic fight should take shape alabama was an unlikel
A stunning victory for u. S. Democrats as their candidate doug jones claims victory in alabama a special election his opponents defeat a major setback for the Republican Party that could orto the balance of power in the senate. And british cycling icon chris froome has an abnormal test results recorded during his ridden at a race in spain could this be because of an astronaut medication an investigation is under way. Glass on the catwalk showing off less fabric but more really to german designer who hopes to make it big with our own killed in line and says a hit job can be fashionable to. Hide in a womans continue im on the thought she. Turkish president Richard Avedon has called on all countries to recognize jerusalem as the capital of palestine he was speaking as he hosted a summit off the organization of islamic cooperation in istanbul he called and leaders to forge a united response the u. S. President trumps decision to recognize terrorism as the capital of israel and call that mo
Divided the Security Council fails to agree on a coordinated response to the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria the u. S. Says damascus and russia are to blame. And germanys new cabinet members stand shoulder to shoulder or do that theres discord in the ranks as chancellor merkels ministers gather to reset their priorities and. Im brian thomas a warm welcome to the show he had a facebook one of the worlds most powerful companies has been answering questions before hearing of u. S. Senators Mark Zuckerberg was called to the senate after revelations that millions of people had their private data misused by the political can fall a Consulting Firm Cambridge Analytic facebook is now under fire for its lack of privacy protections. It was the social Network Versus the u. S. Congress facebooks Mark Zuckerberg one of the worlds youngest c. E. O. s testifying before one of americas oldest senates almost half of the u. S. Senate took part in a hearing that lasted more than five hours zucke