the centre left candidate had kept his lead in the polls, boosting his hopes of becoming germany s next chancellor and leaving the cdu with less than two weeks to try to avert what would be a historic defeat. sara monetta, bbc news. let s get some of the day s other news. israel s foreign minister has unveiled plans to improve life for palestinians in gaza, on condition that hamas militants stop their attacks against israel. yair lapid said the territory of two million people would get an infrastructure upgrade. a nicaraguan political activist is critically injured sorry, i beg your pardon. several hundred brazilians have protested in sao paolo demanding presidentjair bolsonaro be impeached. the demonstrations come days after more than a hundred thousand people gathered in the same city
could make other choices and they don t- they don t. really interesting to net they don t. really interesting to get your they don t. really interesting to get your analysis, - they don t. really interesting to get your analysis, wanqi l to get your analysis, wanqi professor kelly forjoining us. professor kelly for joining us. professor kelly forjoining us. thank you. let s get some of the day s other news. israel s foreign minister has unveiled plans to improve life for palestinians in gaza, on condition that hamas militants stop their attacks against israel. yair lapid said the impoverished territory of 2 million people would get an infrastructure upgrade, including repairs to the electricity network, significant improvements to the healthcare system, as well as the rebuilding of the housing and transport infrastructure. several hundred brazilians have protested in sao paolo, demanding presidentjair bolsonaro be impeached. the demonstrations come days after more than 100,000 pe
won t be a deal this week. if there is anything next week and there is still differences they need to bridge there. but on infrastructure, the central piece of joe biden s agenda, what happens there is big question. there are those bipartisan negotiations that are happening. but there is major skepticism within the ranks on both sides that a deal could ultimately be reached. and there is also concern particularly within the senate democratic caucus that this effort to negotiate with republicans in their view is fruitless and they say essentially pull the plug and try to move a bill along straight party lines. but talking to key negotiators, democrats and negotiators that are part of that group today, they re urging the caucus to be patient. do you believe in reconciliation if this doesn t play out? i don t want to cross that bridge until we come to it. it country needs major infrastructure upgrade. i don t think there is much doubt about that. the i say let s give it a little more
Disbelief and shock were Whangarei Mayor Sheryl Mai’s first reactions to news that four laning to Marsden Point, a regional transport priority for more than 10 years, has been struck from Government’s Infrastructure Upgrade programme. “My .