secretaryjustine greening, sir malcom rifkind, who served as foreign and defence secretary in the thatcher and major governments, and catherine haddon from the institute for government. hello, welcome to the programme. after one of the driest summers on record, the notoriously fickle british weather turned of course it did just at the very moment liz truss arrived in downing street this afternoon. and as the heavens opened, drenching the loyal conservative members who had gathered to greet her, the sketch writers might have been tempted to draw analogies with the deluge of issues, that are now piling up on the new prime ministers desk. not that she seemed fazed by the challenge ahead. this is a storm we can ride out, she said, to become the modern brilliant britain i know we can be. i m honoured to take on this responsibility at a vital time in our country. what makes the united kingdom great is our fundamental belief in freedom in enterprise and in fair play. our people
Choose a new leader current president jacob zuma whos accused of corruption is stepping down as head of the a. N. C. But the party is deeply divided over who should succeed him the main contenders are former cabinet minister and. Hes also his exwife and Deputy President and prominent businessman Cyril Ramaphosa the winner will be announced on sunday addressing the event jacob zuma acknowledged failures that threaten the partys future the fifty Fourth National conference is taking place at a time when i was. At a crossroads. Why do we identify corporate it. As posing as serious threats to the a n c. We shouldnt need to look. We are going to. Turn a page report from there and see conference in johannesburg this African National congress selective conference opened with a warning by the current speaker of the house billiken betty she said delegates shouldnt sing a divisive songs in support of one candidate or another and she also said no one should be throwing cheers thats because at the
A prominent groups the Concerts Motto was we are more it began with a Moment Of Silence for the victim of the attack the prompted the initial protests a young man who was stabbed allegedly by migrants now in detention. The far right can germany defeat its demons thats our topic this week on quadriga and here are our guests its a pleasure to welcome Matthew Carney jake back to the program hes chief europe correspondent for politico and he says germanys demons are necessary and will never be overcome the question is whether germanys political elite is drawing the bright lessons from history the events of the past week suggest theyre not and its a pleasure to have valerie who theyre with us shes Political Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of spiegel online and shes been reporting on cam thats the f. T. Community is gradually merging with right wing extreme the. Groups in germany she
says if the moderates in the party fail to take a stand against this development they will inevitably be d
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and international trade. But donald trump spent with his host french president michel and the trade war with china can derail everything. The british Prime Minister might use the occasion 5 great press and show. Reporting from the g. 7 meeting in p. R. Its life for d. W. I. News. Kids lives in kenya its the city which has come to symbolize the rise of the far right in Eastern Germany the
Taking on the countrys political elite. Im sumi so much gonda good to have you with us italy is stepping up pressure on its European Partners to take more migrants rescued at sea italys defense minister elisabetta trend to announce that she will ask fellow e. U. Defense ministers to rotate the ports that migrants disembark at calling on other countries to share the load that used joint Naval Mission the mediterranean operation sophia was created to target people smuggling but it has rescued thousands of people since its launch in two thousand and fifteen now under current rules operation sophia brings all of those rescue to italy and rome says that that practice is no longer acceptable once it changed or else it could stop accepting migrants. They use chief diplomat federica mongering he says its a divisive issue and one that e. U. States need to tackle together heres what she said a short while ago the issue of how to share the management of migration flows that is not an issue for on