goods that go to germany. it was a let's pull back a little bit it's been a volatile week on wall street ups and downs which we make of this. that probably that ball until it is here to stay to say as stephen dumble until you do you mention it started over 2 weeks ago as u.s. and china trade tensions escalated over dose 2 weeks we saw for the 2 wars trading sessions held this year so far and the key to end these are still resides on the resolution of the ongoing trade war between the world's 2 biggest economies also what will happen with the trade negotiations with the european union and japan and if the federal reserve will go ahead and cut rates also if i know the deal breaks it will end up materializing time from all the geopolitical tensions going on like iran north korea hong kong among others was a lose to horo in new york for us thank you. not for sale that's the message for us president donald trump from the people of greenland all 50000 of them reports that the american leader was interested in buying

germany will not take part in a u.s. led naval mission to secure the strait of hormuz foreign minister heikal mosque said his country wants to avoid a further escalation of tensions in the region washington had asked germany to join france and britain in a mission to secure shipping through the strains that. russia has deployed its military to fight forest fires in siberia and the country's far east the infernos having golf nearly 30000 square kilometers an area the size of belgium experts say the places were caused by thunderstorms during abnormally high temperatures and were later spread by strong winds. italy has allowed more than 100 migrants to disembark from a coast guard ship that had been docked in sicily for 5 days the move follows a deal with 5 european countries to take in the migrants who were rescued from the mediterranean a week ago several people were evacuated earlier on humanitarian grounds. the african union's mediator for sudan has condemned the killing of 4 student opposition protesters earlier this w

you know germany needs an economic stimulus in particular as this economic slowdown is comes from the global economy it's important for the german government to stabilize the german economy through a fiscal stimulus that's what we need now in germany the government has big surpluses it could it has the money to do so we need more public investment in infrastructure in innovation in education this is an opportunity both in the short run to stabilize the economy and to provide higher potential more growth more welfare in the long run what about lowering taxes. lowering taxes can be helpful it depends how it is done if it's lowering taxes on investment i would say that's very much needed because we need more private investment if it's about a tax cut for the rich. the economic benefits are close to nil so the government needs to get their priorities right think how can they stabilize the economy how can the best spend the money in my view the abolishment of the of the tech surcharge on income which really benefits the top 30 percent of income earners abolishing that tax. would not be to

east germany was under. the under fascist and communist rule they didn't know anything about democracy they never learned about democracy they weren't taught about democracy and now they're revolting against democracy and it's the old men who never bothered who never question themselves who who. in fact agree with the system would be their peace with the system now they found another outlet for their horrible anti democratic attitudes it's just a terrible terrible thing we were much too lenient on them after reunification but i have you actually that's exactly the point this is the thing that sermons resent if you travel to saxony to them democracy didn't deliver on their expectations of what they want the real thing promised and the last thing they want right now from politicians is to be elected on how democratic they are and whether their opinion is valid or not and this is exactly what leads to such broad support. for the far right whether you agree with it or not it's a phantom phenomenon and it's that

east germany was under. the under fascist and communist rule they didn't know anything about democracy they never learned about democracy they weren't taught about democracy and now they're revolting against democracy and it's the old men who never bothered who never question themselves who who were who in fact agree with the system would be their peace with the system now they found another outlet for their horrible anti democratic attitudes it's just a terrible terrible thing we were much too lenient on them after reunification but you're actually that's exactly the point this is the thing that you sermons resent if you travel to saxony to them democracy didn't deliver on their expectations of what they're for the real thing promised and the last thing they want right now from politicians is to be elected on how democratic they are and whether their opinion is valid or not and this is exactly what leads to such broad support. for the far right whether you agree with it or not it's a phantom phenomenon and

sent that request to germany several days ago and that there was no reply from germany at all and therefore a formal request was issued this past tuesday and it's sounds like the u.s. felt that germany was ignoring it can you confirm that do you know what happened there. i cannot confirm any of the details i was in the in the special meeting of the foreign affairs committee last week wednesday where we discussed is also was for 63 months. what i can. recall firm is that we were seriously considering the u.k. proposal of a joint 3 millette european mission and i think we would probably need to you all un approval for such a mission for political ends and legal reasons in germany. a unilateral mission under unilateral c'mon twere everybody else is just a true provider and not a party to the decision making would be very hard i think to sell leaving aside what my own party would decide it i think we would have to get a majority in the parliament and the european mission would have had the chance to get broad approval beyond. the parties supporting the government including some opposition parti

the golden 20's in a germany, but germany was on borrowed money and borrowed time. >> there was an outpouring of art and culture for complex reasons. the desire to escape the first world war and enjoy economic growth, berlin was the center of it all, but it is easy to forget there was also munich, dusseldorf, cologne, and a traditional germany thatat was shocked. stresemanne, gustav wanted to restore german prestige as a leading foreign nation. >> before he was a man of peace, he was a man of war. he was the longest running prime minister during the first world war and like those of his generation, this event changed him. at the start of the 1920's, he came around to the idea that re-conciliation with germany was the only possible option. >> improved franco german relations led to the addition of germany to the league of nations promoted by president wilson and established by the treaty of versailles. the treaties of 1925 saw germany recognize its new western borders, also mapped up in -- mapped out in versailles. french]g >> on the french side, they wanted to limit german by ceiling as many

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. >> departure for germany. four children are traveling to the country of the parents who joined the islamic state and died. now, for the first time and after negotiations, the german government is repatriating children born to the militants. >> it t is a welcome development for the children who had been in custody in syria were able to leave the country. this will advocate for children in similar circumstances to leave syria. there living conditions -- there living conditions -- their living conditions are far from ideal. >> german children are among those growing up in these conditions. their mothers want to return home as soon as possible. this one has been living in acreagage cap with two children for two years. >> it is very difficult for the children. my son is four years old. that is time that i won't get back. i hope that he will get picked up so he can get a second chance. >> the german government is trying to bring more of its citizens back from syria. >> william is with us to tell us more about today.

the main factor is germany's modern stadiums germany has state of the art arenas with huge capacities they're simply bigger than the ones in england. and. most of them were built all renovated for the 2006 world cup. the whole country was excited about hosting the tournament which gave football already the most popular sport in germany an even bigger boost. and that had an effect on the bundesliga as well some say germany has the best stadium atmosphere in europe definitely better than the premier. there is a longstanding tradition of fan culture and an active ultra scene in germany fans here have a saying. germany is the only top league in europe that has the 50 plus one rule which means that club members hold a majority of voting rights thereby retaining overall control and protecting their club from the influence of external investors the rule of many clubs in the premier league the bundesliga tracks more than 43000 fans on average 6000 more than any other league 5 german clubs are in the top. then when it comes to highest average attendance dorman the top of the tree with 80000 fa

richard grinnell said this america has sacrificed a lot to help germany remain part of the west germany is the biggest economic power in europe the success brings global responsibilities. and with me is that kid brady are a political correspondent sounds like payback time does he have a point to a certain degree yes and i think it's worth underlining as well the 2nd part of that quote that we saw just there from richard grinnell saying that germany is the biggest economic power in europe and with that comes responsibility and for a long time this is something that germany has really struggled with is what to do with this responsibility and whether it really has the stomach to take such a huge political move which would be to join this u.s. led a naval mission in the persian strait that germany is in a very difficult situation right now it's aware of the risks and what's at stake here the course the fears of a middle east war with these potential global repercussions they've been growing in recent months but it is worth pointing out as well that the viewpoint at least from lynn is very m

ambassador said germany's economic strength brings with it responsibility to act here's how germany's foreign minister heiko musts justified his visit from. the german government will not participate in the si mission proposed and planned by the united states we are in close agreement with our french partners in this regard we think a strategy of maximum pressure is wrong we do not want to military escalation we will continue to work with diplomacy marti's that's germany's foreign minister home us there rejecting a u.s. proposal for a joint maritime security mission near iran meanwhile germany's new defense minister and a great club has struck a different note saying no final decision has been made. we are considering this request in close consultation with the united kingdom and france. and we are doing this with particular consideration of our political and diplomatic goals and from this overall assessment a decision will be made. well for more now i'm joined by g.w. security and international correspondent christiane. christiane we've got some sounds like differing views there the

germany agrees for the very 1st time to take back the children born to german islamic state fighters in syria but will their parents be coming back with them. and a landmark case in el salvador after a court acquits a young woman accused of murder after suffering a miscarriage the 21 year old was facing 40 years in prison. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us social media platforms twitter and facebook have shut down accounts that targeted the pro-democracy movement in hong kong the platform said the counts were part of a chinese government just information campaign aimed at groups and individuals twitter has suspended over 200000 accounts and plans to ban advertisements from state run chinese media. facebook has also taken action and it has also klout closed a number of accounts some of the posted images showed protesters as cockroaches were terrorists. to break this all down and join in the studio now by china analyst clifford good morning clifford what do you think about this what what does this tell us about the scale of beijing's online propaganda war against the prote

donated their organs after they passed away that means for every 1000000 people in germany just over 11 are organ donors and sadly just over 900 people who were on the waiting list died last year before they can receive a transplant that's an average of around 3 people a day there are many people still waiting for an organ and they all have a story one of them is sarah who is currently living with cystic fibrosis here is her story. of breathing operator is sarah shots constant companion last december she paid yet another visit to the university hospital in the german town of geese and she's a regular patient there. the 23 year old suffers from severe breathing difficulties caused by the genetic disease cystic fibrosis she's wracked by severe coughing technique this restricts her breathing her lungs are now seriously damaged. sitar these few meters tiring how shall i try and yes it's tiring if i get another coughing fits and the coughing is of course also exhausting but that's just how it is. essential. sarah has been waiting for more than 10 months for an organ transplant the health

led naval mission and not so clear about what germany france and the u.k. could possibly do together or today germany's new defense minister left the door open not we don't know exactly to what take a listen. i gather with france and great britain and germany has done everything in the past and the present to achieve a diplomatic and complete solution in iran. in me if i am called and. like other international partners we now have a 1st rough proposal such as from the united states about the possible mission. and we're currently examining these requirements in close consultation with great britain and france and we're doing this in particular against the background of our political and diplomatic objectives. in this are how to make sense of all of this this is a transatlantic story and that is how we are covering it tonight. political correspondent kate brady she joins me tonight from here in berlin and across the pond to w.'s helena humphrey joins me from washington d.c. to both of you welcome let me start with you berlin says no to washington has there be

past the leaders of germany and hungry mark in historic milestone on the road to the end of the iron curtain 30 years ago today the border between hungary and austria was opened allowing thousands of east germans to head west. plus thousands flee a raging wildfire on spain's prime canary island some 1000 firefighters are battling for control the blaze but the flames are still advancing on several fronts officials are calling it an environmental tragedy. time sumi so misconducts good to have you with us we start with a controversial decision here in germany to take and for children born to former fighters of the so-called islamic state earlier today kurdish authorities handed the children to a german delegation in syria now the children had been living in the whole camp in northeast syria where more than. $70000.00 women and children are being held it is the 1st time that germany has agreed to accept i asked children from syria other countries including france and belgium have already done so and in june a german court ruled that the country must take in children with german citizensh

huge territory spot 6 times the size of germany the british are use she's about 1.5 percent one of the security so it's is a. relation mess if changi is a stake and we dream of being a state but the way very far from. damien we heard oliver touching on it there i mean the role of the arctic is changing rapidly with global warming there's new natural resources opening up new new trade routes is greenland just the tip of the iceberg so to speak in terms of geopolitics in that region you know really that is a laboratory of the chances of us taking the ozzie and rio is also the center of the chinese u.s. competition in the arctic you have. actually when don't trumpet this week denmark. this would be. the after and shows america is actually going to iceland next week to discuss obvious issues we've heard a lot of the counterparts how to get him out. right now. all over back to you on that official visit by president trump heading over to denmark what do you think will come up in a conversation well it's not on the agenda yet greenland and there's also no official statement announced by the

don't use the r word just yes for the 1st time in nearly 10 years germany's economy contracts is the golden decade of growth coming to an end for europe's economic problems. fungus wipes out the. experts say 95 percent of the world's banana production could be at risk. this is business. as well come the latest figures published by china show from its factories is growing albeit at its slowest rate for 17 years the impact of the trade war with the u.s. is taking its toll at home thought a white house decision to delay some toes the u.s. plan to slap on chinese products because of least some hope that tensions truth easing. the delayed tariffs if they'd hit in september would have been no laughing matter for ordinary americans for the 1st time they would have affected consumer products including toys clothing and electronics that's why president trump says he's perspiring them for festive reasons explaining to reporters that the tariffs would have had too much effect on people's christmases. the president also says the decision follows constructive phone calls with the chinese beijing'

germany will not take part in a u.s. led naval mission to secure the strait of hormuz foreign minister hark omar said his country wants to avoid a further escalation of tensions in the region washington had asked germany to join france and britain in a mission to secure shipping through the strains that. russia has deployed its military to fight forest fires in siberia and the country's far east the infernos having golf nearly 30000 square kilometers an area the size of belgium experts say the plays this were caused by thunderstorms during abnormally high temperatures and were later spread by strong winds. a roadside bomb has torn through a bus in western afghanistan killing at least 32 people security has been the cheering across the country with both the taleban and so-called islamic state fighters carrying out attacks almost every day. the african union's mediator for sudan has condemned the killing of 4 student opposition protesters earlier this week and called for a speedy trial for those responsible demonstrators t

his pictures show the effects of germany's rapid reunification and what was effectively east germany's submission to the west. germany insisted on its own way of doing things most east germans lost their jobs and the country they had lived in vanished. the work we lost all faith and everything to do with the east we thought west german milk and sugar was better than our own even their people were superior. many west germans wanted to profit for example those who judged one of east germany's beauty pageants it was held in life 6 just 2 months after the berlin wall came down as adama. back then i was shocked by how these human bodies were suddenly being exploited for capitalist game. we need to know looking at these pictures today they seem like an allegory of east germany's demise. the ladies got dressed up as a given code gave it everything they had really. took and less fat stupid jersey god just sat there smoking cigars and grading them everything had begun so will the crowd shouted we are the people i was rulon and joyous met an october 9th 1990 s. the most decisive rally at the tim

used to take on by a break italy in the league but now find themselves in germany's 4th tier. cutbush has seen better days it actually has 1st division pedigree having played 6 seasons in germany's top league between 200-2009 but then the club began to decline steadily ending up in the semi pro 4th division or regional leak as it's called in germany but hope springs eternal they say in fact the team's coach thinks this draw couldn't have been better for his squad. as a 4th division side knowing that you're not going to go too far in this cop you hope for a draw like this by munich will pack the fans in. no wonder byron is chockablock with stars not to mention the dizzying number of titles it's won at home and internationally the bavarians biggest problem seems to be whether they're going to make another big signing before the bundesliga season starts next week and they also want to make a better impression this season after losing to dortmund in the super cup. it's not about wanting a specific result but up out the way we played. not letting the rivals have the opportunity to

camp in northeastern syria some european countries have allowed the sound of them to come home now germany has agreed to take 4 born to german fathers or mothers. also coming up the french president in michael about the home hosts his russian counterpart for a rare meeting with a number of crises fueling tensions between moscow and the west can't even find common ground with flags here but it. also coming up thousands flee a raging wildfire on spain's front canary island some 1000 firefighters are battling to control the blades of the flames are still advancing on several fronts officials are calling it fire mental trash. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we start with a controversial decision here in germany to taken for children born to former fighters of the so-called islamic state earlier today critics of the words handed the children to a german delegation in syria it's the 1st time germany's agreed to accept i asked children from syria other european countries including france and belgium have already done so. departure for germany for children are traveling to the c

in that mattered in germany germany was still a country that respected its doctors and professors. would have. i made. it $933.00 hitler surprised the world with his sudden rise to power. he was appointed german chancellor despite having garnered only 37 percent of the vote. with the new he would need to unite germany behind him to achieve the greatness and the conquests he had fantasized about in mind come. with use of goebbels out his side he drew on one of the ideas he had talked about in his book propaganda. all affective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must reiterate these slogans until every member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan. what is the tools for influencing the masses was mind con it soon became required reading for government employees. in 936 the state began giving a copy to nearly wets as a wedding gift. by then hitler had won over much of german industry thanks to his re armaments program porters increased up to enfold companies like steel make a club gave every employee a copy of the book. the boards. it

barely 11 months later germany is reunified. but to flourish in landscapes the leaders promised haven't materialized instead eastern german industry has been languishing more than a 1000000 eastern germans are out of work. western germany still dominates the economy not a single tax listed corporation is based in the east. germany 15 the refugee crisis brings feelings of discontent in the east to critical matters. increasingly migrants are seen as competitors for both jobs and social benefits. 2000000000 euros of investment are helping the east to catch up with the west but at around 70 percent unemployment is still above the average in the west are eastern germans 2nd class citizens. without question to michelle or are eastern german 2nd class citizens the question that ma says when individuals go into a polling booth is whether they feel they are 2nd class citizens and saxony is the economically most successful eastern state and bats with the a if t. is likely to come out potentially as the strongest policy that's where the c.

germany's defeat was inevitable the fighting exceptionally fierce. the world was beginning to grasp the unprecedented scale of the conflict. more than 50000000 people lost their lives no warhead ever claimed so many casualties military and civilian. soldiers of the victorious allied forces discovered the concentration camps. in germany american troops were so appalled by what they found they brought civilians from the surrounding area to see the horrors of the camps with their own eyes. many germans claimed to have know nothing of what went on in the camps or the holocaust. at the post war nor bad war crimes trials even some leading nazis proclaimed their ignorance when confronted with evidence of the atrocities. committed with you to get rid of. british prosecutor frederick l. when jones was among those who insisted this could not be the case he believed that there had been a virtual blueprint for the holocaust but finding out. the not taking it all secret off. the top of the wall. this is the story behind one of the best selling political manifesto

it's also on the show factor orders down in germany germany makers are sounding the regs and trade wars are weighing on business. business of your business. in berlin welcome germany is famous for manufacturing the best for cision machine tools in the world mechanical engineering is one of the backbones of the country's economy no other sector employs as many workers not even the car industry but trade wars bags and the darkening outlook for the world economy have hit the sector hard the lobby group of germany's machine makers has now presented latest figures for factory orders and it's not looking good the sector has already lowered predictions twice for this year. the slowdowns already left its mark year engineering company shipped in cologne has seen orders slump by 20 percent this year the company had to introduce a short time work in may managing director carl martin vertica hopes that will see the company through the worst the whole sector is affected. in many regions like barton vert and back engineering companies and especially our customers as well are having to resort to a sho

am i walking through the countryside here with the future chancellor of germany. because i'm most of all you know walking next to a party. leader he was campaigning in saxony in brandenburg together with his colleagues at the beginning of the year everyone said sure you have good opinion polls which you will get are crushed in brandenburg and saxony and then the opposition could happen as germany's big 10 parties lose support the greens have been going mainstream. are the greens the new center force of junk politics. your visits nearly certainly hold positions other parties used to hold the forests and that have become part of germany's d.n.a. like the fact that a social market economy is there to serve the people and that we don't want to die hard capitalism and that europe has to be the core aim of germany foreign policy. the former rebel greens at ease with becoming establishment so again ready for chancellor that's a fair question as we've been around the 20 percent mark for a while now but it's too early for that. in saxony the greens try to prove they are un

with them on this in a camp in northeastern syria and some have been taken in by european countries germany has agreed to take 4 children the offspring of german fathers and mothers. also coming out on the world humanitarian day as we look at the work of the u.n. so why tell that in syria saving survivors of a brutal civil war. and chalks up the mantra marks a historic milestone on the road to children dream if occasion she joins hungary's leader to remember the day i tell it years ago when bordeaux fishes stick to open the bog why a barrier between 100 pastrana and allow thousands of east germans to meet they'll be west. just a rough welcome back to the bundesliga linea by 4. laps to deliver a full as crash into the new toward side for their fans in the german capital. other work of the touchy job is a greeter take in 4 children born to former fighters from the so-called islamic state kurdish authorities have handed the children to a german delegation in syria at the border crossing with iraq after the meeting the children received. being driven away they had been living in the camp in the

what should germany do they should meet the goals that they agreed to we have 52000 troops in germany. germany is not living up to what it is supposed to be doing which we speculate on the thing is though opposition politicians here have requested from the finance ministry documents that show that actually germany has been spending more than was thought for the privilege of having u.s. troops in their country over the last 7 years germany's contributed 243000000 euros directly to the us armed forces for things like pension contributions and building maintenance there's also being a previously unheard figure of 480000000 euros that's actually germany's contribution to the nato construction budget however the documents that were requested by the left party show this money went almost exclusively to u.s. projects the m.p. who made the request is far from happy about what's being revealed germany is a half of global u.s. small flamm it's subsidized by the german taxpayer must be stopped at last a recent poll of german citizens found that 3 quarters of those asked didn't think they'd be an

the main factor is germany's modern stayed. germany has state of the art arenas with huge capacities they're simply bigger than the ones in england. most of them were built renovated for the 2006 world cup. the whole country was excited about hosting the tournament which gave football already the most popular sport in germany an even bigger boost. and that had an effect on the bundesliga as well some say germany has the best stadium atmosphere in europe definitely better than the premier. there is a longstanding tradition of fan culture and an active ultra scene in germany france here have a saying. germany is the only top league in europe that has the 50 plus one rule which means that club members hold a majority of voting rights thereby retaining overall control and protecting their club from the influence of external investors who rule over many clubs in the premier league the bundesliga tracks more than 43000 fans on average 6000 more than any other league 5 german clubs are in the top 10 when it comes to highest average at

east germany was under. the fascist then communist rule they didn't know anything about democracy they never learned about democracy they weren't taught about democracy and now they're revolting against democracy and it's the old men who never bothered who never question themselves who. in fact agree with the system would be their peace with the system now they found another outlet for their horrible anti democratic attitudes it's just a terrible terrible thing we were much too lenient on them after reunification but i mean you actually that's exactly the point this is the thing that east germans resent if you travel to saxony to them democracy didn't deliver on their expectations of what they. promised and the last thing they want right now from politicians is to be elected on how democratic they are and whether their opinion is valid or not and this is exactly what leads to such broad support. for the far right whether you agree with it or not it's a phantom phenomenon and it's that i think that they do it

the man behind germany's wildly successful hosting of the 2006 world cup are in trouble on tuesday the swiss attorney general's office brought charges against former german football association president's new year's bokken tayo sponsored go and former general secretary horst are schmidt the 3 stand accused of falsely claiming a payment of $6700000.00 euros from the german if a defeat was depression the financial world cup gala an event that never took place in 2002 then world cup organizing committee boss france beckenbauer received 6700000 euros from entrepreneur robert louis dreyfus back in bauer then transferred this money to former qatari official mohamed bin hammam who has since been suspended for life due to corruption the central question of why be in hama and receive the money is still unclear to investigators into. 1005 the d.f.t. then transferred 6700000 euros defeat supposedly for the 2006 world cup kickoff gala but then transferred the money directly to louis dreyfus swiss authorities are investigating franz beckenbauer in a separate case on account of his current state of

referring has turned into a crescendo you know stuff about germany i mean germany honestly is not paying their fair share do you think germany is doing enough to meet the press on target you know. what's that going to do they should meet the goals that they agreed to we have 52000 troops in germany. and germany is not living up to what they're supposed to be doing with respect to later on the thing is though opposition politicians have requested from the finance ministry documents that show that actually germany has been spending more than was thought for the privilege of having u.s. troops in the country over the last 7 years germany's contributed 243000000 euros directly to the u.s. armed forces for things like pension contributions and building maintenance there's also been a previously unheard figure of 400000000 euros that's actually germany's contribution to the nato construction budget however the documents that were requested by the left parties show this money went almost exclusively to u.s. projects the m.p. who made the request is far from happy about what's being revealed ger

reunification of west and east germany that the f.t. has been strongly criticized for co-opting this language for their own political purposes all right our political correspondent william noah glue cross thank you so much. to sports in bundesliga news philly could genial has taken to the training pitch at his new club munich for the 1st time continues being touted as the next big thing in bahrain but he's only on loan from barcelona the team that spent a staggering 160000000 euros to get him fans of all sizes withstood the rainy weather to get a glimpse of byron's new number 10 foot lead could see neo the announcement on the club's instagram page was their 1st post to gain over 1000000 likes of the thing and well i think good seno for the loan in other words was a good decision. because he's a strong player and and i think he'll do good. still as with biron players like robert levin dusky some fans wish the club would be more ambitious in this transfer window. i had wished for a little more for a bit more euphoria from the transfers bu

plus germany's far right to a.s.d. party is counting on coal to deliver them big games in an upcoming state elections look at how the f.d.a. is fighting to keep the coal industry alive and despite government plans to shut it down. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we start with a deepening political crisis in italy just a little while ago to set picante officially tendered his resignation as prime minister and accepted a caretaker role until the country can form a new government country's resignation caps a dramatic day in which he lashed out at right wing interior. minister of any for toppling his ruling coalition earlier this month south any pulled his support for the coalition in a bid to force fresh elections opinion surveys that signaled a snap vote could see salvini become italy's next prime minister. oh she is and she is for the italian prime minister as he arrived at the senate in rome for a crucial debate on the government's future was in a dramatic announced he resigned from his post bringing