German politics it wasnt an easy decision but it needed to be taken to avoid losing credibility. I dont demand that. The greens meanwhile find themselves getting closer to america and her conservative bloc. Think it was make most sense for parties involved to resume negotiating we are ready to talk. But at the end talking alone will not be enough in order to form a stable government chancellor merkel will have to find a clear majority within parliament and many here believe that the only way to do that are fresh elections and. More with me in the studio is a tourist and for us he is professor of Political Science at the university of berlin a very warm welcome professor i hope you can help is navigate the stormy seas as you know for much of Europe Germany is a symbol of stability its a reliable negotiating partner but thats all looking kind of shaky now considering these events that have happened right now clear this up for us is germany going through political turmoil or is this just a hiccup something normal something that happens with every Coalition Formation and this is clearly not normal these are extraordinary times neither of the options that are on the table right now we have experiences with minority governments weve never seen at the federal level new elections called right after the previous one had just taken place we have never had that so clearly these are extraordinary times interim or less a good description of what were experiencing right extraordinary times germanys present steinmeier has also weighed in hes urging the leaders of the green party and the free democrats who walked away and precipitated this crisis to return to the drawing board how likely is it that that will happen well for the liberals they have just. Left the room they have accepted these negotiating talks so its hard to see why they would come back that would be a clear sort of breach of credibility that would not be a credible step the same applies to the social democrats they have clearly said that they are not open for for yet another grand coalition so fond of the president yes he has urged the parties to come back to the table but in terms of the credibility of parties i dont really see why this would take place all right is there are several lying about all of this that you that you see it is hard to see how things will evolve in the near future i guess new elections are the most likely scenario even though the president hung photos time and said that this is something he doesnt really want to and that this is not what he sees as the next step but i dont see any other steps are probably aware open up or were ready for a new election sooner or later when uncle americal was reelected just you know two months ago everybody hailed her as the leader of the free world and now everybody is a crying her demise. We being or are people being too quick to assume to write her off oh yes i think who i mean or her election result was not a good one but at the same time there is no other alternative that is not headed by her as the chancellor and right now she seems pretty relaxed given the trauma that were experiencing because she knows in the population and with them among german people shes still quite popular weve just seen the numbers from the recent polls so thats the reason why shes pretty relaxed even though experience is experiencing these extraordinary times as shes probably going to be the next chancellor for germany regardless of what will happen in the near future all right professor torsen fast firm the Free University of really thank you so much for coming in. Hard in there ive got some Business News for you now actually its not me its hell and im my colleague good news so firm a through z. Asked Online Shoppers because its almost black friday is over its black friday and the European Union as well has made moves to end something called geo blocking now blocking essentially prevents can see Mystery Shopping on websites based in a different e. U. Country its part of that used push towards a digital Single Market remove those restrictions by the end of twenty eighteen now cheer blocking identifies a consumers location and prevents approach similar foreign retail websites under the new rules websites cannot differentiate between customers from the states for the set of online sales of goods that dont need to be physically delivered consumers will then also be able to buy services at a specific location such as tickets for an event in another country well for more on this lets turn to a financial course what i call a had was an in frankfurt now conrad surely Online Platforms have got to be seeing the euro signs with this piece of news. Some of them for sure havent now because this regulation allows businesses in the future to axes all of the consumers in the European Union with only one technical and business platform and on the other hand all of the consumers in the union will be able to Purchase Services in another e. U. Country without having to pay extra or without having to go via a National Agent unfortunately there are a few exceptions to the rule feature film producers and distributors will not be forced to distribute their content across National Borders so helena im afraid those nice french films we wont be able to stream them from the video libraries of French Television stations in the future only streaming news will be allowed to bad meanwhile here in germany the coalition gridlock goes on our investors looking as worried as some of those faces weve seen in Parliament Well you know the stock markets here in frankfurt today managed to hike but if you talk to traders you see a lot of worried faces when you talk to them about this topic the difficult search for a government here in germany its only a matter of time many of the people here are convinced until this starts to weigh on sentiment and you know today the german chambers for the industry and commercial said that at the moment business is here in germany are much less optimistic than they were at the beginning of the year contrary reason in Frankfurt Stock Exchange thank you. On his back of the now oh i thank you so much helen i want to remind our viewers of that reeking news the as weve been on the air zimbabwean rule of robot Robert Mugabe has resigned the speaker of parliament made the announcement just as Lawmakers Debate an impeachment motion a guest mugabe take a listen to what was said. To. The. Members of parliament cheered when the news that mugabe has given up power was announced mugabes resignation had been a key demand of his zanu p. F. Party and the army the opposition supported the impeachment motion against him who had been accused of allowing his wife grace to usurp the constitutional power. All right we want to take you now straight to harare a to raid the loo for a journalist in harare where a first often describe the the situation around you. Well scenes of jubilation and not out of the rain but our of the way out of the fray new m. P. s at their death rates to vote for the impeachment of president Robert Mugabe and regular gluckstein to shooting proceedings again theyre. Going to theres the Justice Minister came and spoke to the speaker of parliament to notify most the letter of resignation by the engineer get in there right now see that youre getting a stream of people away overjoyed and screaming and happy that finally president or government decided to resign step down from office re the scenes of jubilation around youre also showing pictures as well of that was this expected at all or were some bobby gearing up for a long fight. When i guess there are right now are president obama grabbing head cream and note that its been wonderful. And unfortunately we just got to disconnected from harare but it was good to get a to get to rays description there of the scenes of jubilation around him since the news broke that long feared longtime ruler of zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has stepped down. All right were going to head to soccer now and two german teams are in Champions League action tonight in the last round of group stage matches which could prove to be very decisive no runs are looking to save their season in their match at home to tottenham this week could prove crucial for their coach with a game against fierce rival shocker this weekend a dismal run of results at home and in europe has left the dutch coach on the brink of dismissal all right in the other one is like a side in action tonight are Champions League newcomers leipsic the goals are third in their group and still in with a chance of advancing to the knockout stage but first they face a tough day at bottom side monaco. Coach ralph is in a somber mood ahead of his sides must win game against monaco the bulls debut Champions League campaign has been lackluster to say the least but they are the only Disappointing Team out there on tuesday much of his fall of sixty both teams will play to win because otherwise the chances to advance are as good as gone if we cant get three points on the road we dont deserve to qualify for the next round thats it end of story but monaco are a far cry from the team that reached the Champions League semifinals and were crowned french champions last season the club sold most of their standout players during the transfer window colombian striker about a male and coach leonardo you deem remained behind in the principality doesnt underestimate the challenge at hand. The goal to qualify for the next round of the Champions League is not in our hands. But qualification for the Europa League his. Job is to win this match thats the objective of the much. Tuesday night as a final showdown for the money and the bulls on the court does the winner is virtually assured of extending their european campaign. And out to some surfing as top surfers met up at the hole why in a provenza brazilian the philippe to ledo wowed the crowd and jury with his performance in windy conditions with two metre high waves on monday while the event was held ahead of the worlds surf league a lead elite championship toy in which the top thirty six surfers in the world will compete to become the twenty eighteen world champion. All right want to remind you now of our main headlines right now. Zimbabwes president Robert Mugabe has resigned after thirty seven years in power his letter of resignation read out in parliament sparking celebrations lawmakers have been pursuing mugabes impeachment the name his three year old had been clinging on to power in the weeks following a military takeover and expulsion from his ruling zanu p. F. Party and german chancellor Angela Merkel says she would prefer fresh elections rather than rule with a minority government thats after Coalition Talks collapse the countrys president hung closer steinmeyer will now try to persuade the potential Coalition Partners to return to the go shooting table. All right on the rock n roll in about half of all of us here thank you for watching well see you going to the top of the hour. And. Take off the bundesliga highlights. Dortmund sink deeper into crisis a steel box and the heat and down to fifteen the table. Good enough to go for bream and as comes a trick against come over. Comes in their first win all the seats. To go next to dublin. His friends used to live out on the street. Now theyre going. To have big plans for the future how did they get where they are whos behind it. A story of trust activism and boundless up to. Sixty minutes long d. W. Every journey begins with the first step and every language of the first word i looked in the. 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