Merkel expected to survive Germany coalition turbulence

Germany's president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called on parties to rethink their positions after coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel collapsed. Germany's president is to meet party leaders after talks to form a new government between Ms Merkel's conservative bloc, the left-leaning Greens and pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) broke down at the weekend. Mr Steinmeier is expected to begin talks with the Greens and FDP. Ian Johnson from Deutsche Welle is on the line from Bonn and tells us it's expected Ms Merkel will "hang in there".