a warm welcome in israel but most indian leaders refused to meet with him after trump s decision on jerusalem is america s binged because a peace broker in the middle east. hello i m terry martin good to have you with us a glimmer of hope for chairman chancellor merkel after four months of political gridlock the social democratic party has voted to enter formal coalition talks with merkel s conservatives to form a new government but the chancellor herself says the negotiations ahead will be no easy task just a slim majority of the s.p.d. rank and file backed the move and that could help the s.p.d. demand more concessions from chancellor or from conservatives rather who don t want to lose another grab coalition. it was a nail biting finish to our long debate with three hundred sixty two voted yes with