Start of the communist Party Congress he says is remiss to turn china into a global superpower. And the ruins of iraq it was the center of Islamic States brutal regime now the city has fallen to u. S. Backed Syrian Forces so does the loss of the city mean i guess is finished. Plus in the next thirty minutes the transformative power of music and dogs. Probably will draw ject in. Has been in the german city of hamburg is bringing young refugees and locals together and giving them a new outlook on life. So in a woman im on the thai. Cheema nearly one month after the germans went to the polls chancellor Angela Merkel is beginning the complex task of forming the next Coalition Government miccolis conservative c. D. U. C. S. U. Group is holding talks with two potential suitors the probusiness free democrats and the green party its known here as a Jamaica Coalition because the colors of the parties correspond to those off the jamaican flag americas first aim is to get the parties to agree to launch a formal Coalition Talks but that could prove tricky a prospective partners have major ideological differences over a number of key issues including the austerity migration and Energy Policies and i spoke to our Political Correspondent hans brander short while ago and i asked him how tough these talks would be for chancellor merkel given that the parties differ on various important issues and had never governed in coalition at the National Level before. Well yes it is going to be difficult the meetings are taking place behind me here in this Parliamentary Association its called Something Like the private club of the parliamentarians and germans parliament and im going to makkah is obviously in charge of these the negotiations in the sense that she is inviting all the other parties to come and discuss this with her the biggest problem is the wide spectrum of parties that are participating in these talks on the one hand the greens obviously on the left of the political spectrum on the other hand. Sister party from bavaria the Christian Social Union which is more to the right of the political spectrum and thats in fact where the problems are most likely to be at the moment because the sea is you of the varian party did very badly in their terms in the recent elections are very worried about how they might perform in elections coming up in the coming year so they are really very urgently trying to look for a political line that will save their performance their political performance and theyre pushing very hard to go towards the right in the political spectrum machall on the other hand its trying to stay center of the political spectrum also in order to allow the Coalition Partners the potential Coalition Partners to have some sort of Common Ground i dont see the methods authority being reconned off to this election result because cd you bought it i want the worst disaster in decades shes facing discontent from within the conservative bloc under how much pressure is she going into these talks. Well its not who can be certain that she will be chancellor of the new government whatever its going to be because her party was the Strongest Party in the recent general election but obviously it is weakened to some extent because the performance has been so weak and because there are other people in her party who are now saying that the party should revise its position should move towards the right so far malcolm has managed to keep her line keep her authority in the party to keep her policies at the center of the political spectrum but obviously theres discontent in her party and shes going to need. To try and keep that going on sprung thank you very much for that assessment turning out to china where president xi jinping says his country is facing a Bright Future but also severe challenges his comments came as he opened the communist Party Congress in beijing he also said china could of would become a strong power and leader on the one stage by two thousand and fifty the meeting brings together dead in two thousand three hundred delegates in the coming days everyone policies to guide the country over the next five years. Now reporter kristen shepherd is following the communist Party Congress and joins me now from beijing kristen most of the talks are going to be in kill was still sessions what do you think is going to be the focus off this posse congress. A lot of the talks are going to be in a closed door session but we do broadly know the direction that this congress will be taking because we have the opening speech where he laid out a very ambitious vision for china it requires china to over the next few decades become a very strong power militarily economically on the global stage but it also laid out a vision where the party would be at the very center of running tyner so this is a very ambitious idea to have a modern state that is globally active but is also in some sense is still a very traditional communist country that china is facing slowing Economic Growth what are viewed as the main economic challenges there and how does president xi plan to address them or ties theres a lot of different pressures economically he has a huge amount of local Government Debt you have a very cumbersome space sector which has failed to modernize you have overcapacity in any Industry Sectors like coal and steel and many analysts believe that to deal with these are significant problems the government needs to push forward with gender of reform they needs to bring in more Market Forces to try and shun some of these older more comes and sectors into life however the scene in speech hasnt given them much hope he largely reiterated previous promises on which have been going very slowly and said that the party who continue to play a guiding role in the economy. This is the son who said that shes in the being is now there was one spouse for the leader how was he viewed in china. So you believe actually very popular in china to be among people who think hes done a very good job of fighting corruption has had a hugely hope. In what has taken down about one point four million officials over the last five years this also gives him a huge amount of stature within the party he has been able to grow more power than his predecessor and recesses predecessor which made him one most powerful in china some people comparing him to even dont help being one of the. Founder of the idea of opening up in china or perhaps even tomorrow the dawn. Christian shephard in beijing thank you very much thank you let me bring you some other stories making news around the world a top kenyan election official has quit and fled the country just days before a rerun of the president ial vote there wasnt a combo is said that next weeks election would not be free and fair last big Opposition Leader of the island pulled out of the president ial runoff citing illegalities portugals interior minister kan tons are ordered by no dsouza has resigned from her post after wildfires killed more than one hundred people in the last few months dsouza his department has been widely criticized thirty did not have the political or personal conditions to continue in the job. Amazon studios chief roy price has resigned following Sexual Harassment claims by a producer working on an amazon t. V. Series the accusations come in the wake of Harvey Weinsteins scandal rocking hollywood price also also been accused of ignoring rules mcgowans claims that weinstein rape her. Diana joins me now from our business desk going to seems hope on the horizon for greece helena athens certainly seems to think so. Greek Prime Minister alex tsipras saying his country is turning the page after years of Economic Hardship citing for costs of two percent growth for this year he made those comments during a meeting with the i. M. F. Chief Christine Legarde but the latest figures suggest greeces goal of quitting its Bailout Program next year could be overly optimistic a warm embrace for Christine Legarde the head of one of the institutions keeping his country of flows the greek Prime Minister and the i. M. F. Chief both won greece to return to sell for lines as soon as possible without in mind Alexis Tsipras presented an optimistic outlook for the future of the greek economy. After several years of economic depression. Greece is turning page acute risks and the certainty have subsided we cannot make recovery is gaining traction. In. The two thousand and seventeen expected growth rate of. Approximately close to two percent has not been seen Something Like that since two thousand and seven but is the outlook really that rosy lets take a look at the numbers one in five greeks are still lies of work figures released by the country Statistic Agency on tuesday showed that the economy actually contracted last year and g. D. P. At one hundred seventy six billion euros was down from the year before those figures have come as a surprise to lenders in expecting modest growth despite that the i. M. F. Appears ready to support greece is desire for an imminent exit from its third Bailout Program i believe that a resolute implementation of this program together with an agreement with the greeces European Partners on debt relief or essential to support greece return to Sustainable Growth and a successful exit from any official financing as soon as next year after three bailouts and years of a staring greeks are keen to wave goodbye to their creditors but for that to happen the numbers will have to match the optimism. Now an incident involving an airboat in flight to just hold off on tuesday evening is being investigated by germanys aviation authorities instead of landing an air berlin plane take a look at this it made a low pass over the airport for coming around and landing an unusual for a commercial flight other pilots who has been suspended said he wanted to send a message and a dignified and emotional goodbye last week of tense acquired a large chunk of evelyn but the future is uncertain for most of its staff an estimated sixty thousand people could lose their jobs. Well lets get a basis from frankfurt now we can bring in our financial correspondent conrad who is an icon right as we just mentioned there six thousand people from berlin could stand to lose their jobs in this insolvency but c. E. O. Thomas finkel man could see a guaranteed payoff of one Million Euros its not going down well is it. Its not going down well in the german media and if you talk to people here most understand how people working for. Especially people who are going to lose their jobs must feel right now when they hear how well paid the c. E. O. Who is going out of this affair but i have to say not many people here are very surprised already long before the insolvency of. When. This ex manager of lufthansa got the job as c. E. O. At evelyn it was clear for everyone here that he only got that job to make sure that you know the takeover of air berlin towns are can happen smoothly and that he would only accept this job with a very good contract and with a secure payment thats the system thats how it works it really doesnt help to complain about it or winge about it now if you want to change the System People here say you have to go see your m. P. A change the law. Well the tax jumping to a record high today whats keeping it happy. Well relatively good earnings reports for example from i. B. M. The large computer and Services Company and then theres this correlation of a weak euro and increasing equity prices here the euros got weaker after this decision by the German Constitutional Court not to block the European Central banks generals Monetary Policy and that has caused the Euro Dollar Exchange rate to go weaker this is helping actually prices up here kind of had risen in frankfurt thanks a lot. Now you just heard it there with the likes of the c. E. O. The rich might be getting richer but not seems donald trump although his Business Empire has continued to operate alongside his presidency the billionaire has dropped nearly one hundred places in a prestigious list of americas wealthiest people now this year the forbes list ranks President Trump position two hundred forty eight now according to forbes the president s total wealth the school than six hundred Million Dollars to a net worth of three point one billion largely due to a weakening of the real estate market. Rita now for the latest on the often off of the fight for rocca in syria thanks helena u. S. Backed forces in iraq are carrying out mopping up operations one day off of the took the city from socalled Islamic State theyre removing land mines and clearing main roads theyre expected to announce the formal liberation of the city later today Syrian Forces captured the former i s stronghold on tuesday after an intense four Month Campaign after an assault lasting for months they finally taste victory syrian fighters raise their flag in russias main square. Where near the main roundabout and we havent seen any i asked fighters we havent seen any near the stadium either i think the city will be fully cleared in the next two days. How do i feel im flying look at me im flying and im so happy. Jubilation on the spot known as the round up out of hell over the past three years my ass used for public beheadings and crucifixions suring the terror the characterize the militants reign. In twenty fourteen it was here that i celebrated its push into the city rocca was declared the defacto capital of its self styled culliford it became home to thousands of jihadists from around the world after a call by the i. R. S. Leader. To migrate to the syrian city its sort of was where they plan terror attacks across the globe this is rockers Municipal Stadium the militants set up a prison here torturing people who oppose their rule its where many of the foreign jihadists were killed making a last stand after refusing an offer of safe passage. Small pockets of i asked militants still thought to be holed up in the city but theres another danger to be faced in these ruins booby traps and mines the u. N. Says there has already been staggering loss of civilian life and rucka well over a thousand were killed in the battle for the city with hundreds more bodies feared buried in the rubble bringing refugees and young journalists closer together a musical in the german city of hamburg has an International Cost its the project called welcome voices. The last rehearsal before Opening Night flying high is turning these teens into singers actors and friends. Ive made new friends. That was really great for me. I didnt really know anyone before. We were hers just once a week. And when im here i forget the whole world im just here with my friends. My hair is eighteen zina is seventeen two years ago maharaj in germany alone from syria xena is german and has lived in berlin for eight years for her the musical provides a creative balance to her preparations for High School Graduation exams. The teens have been rehearsing together for half a year they developed a musical from their own ideas the plot a peaceful people is attacked hostages are taken and adventures and soon. Director Todd Jonathan fletcher wrote the script based on the teens ideas and composed the songs hes been working with youth for thirty years. My aims are to show the kids that theyre capable of more than they ever imagined possible these people who have ended up in europe from whove come from somewhere else can contribute not just be here not just be integrated in the sense is the sense of the word integrated but contribute which is beyond integration and i think thats what people want to do. Even at break time the teams learn each others language and. I have tried if ive never had anything to do with refugees before and it was interesting to get to know another side of them. And see what kind of people they really are. And. Then a quick cost of check. The performers even so their own outfits. Have to fight off. Ive acted in a few things to groups before so this was like more training for me. Its just not in my case im doing all of this for the first time. Acting and singing are now my main hobbies and its. My risk playing the lead role in the musical he emerges as the hero of the story. I told my parents about it and they were pleased theyre proud of me. It starts. My hair and xena like the others are doing all this in their free time and often for the first time. For this particular project. The art is a means to an end. And so weve strangely achieved that goal. Of integration and bringing people together and we now have to still keep working on the m