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The US Senate has reached a two-year, $400bn budget agreement that raises spending for defence and some domestic programmes. We hear from Democratic Congressman Jim Himes. Germany's CDU and SPD parties have reached an agreement to form a new government. We get reaction to news of the coalition deal from Joergen Hartt, who is a member of the German parliament for Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU. And Gustav Horn, director of the German Institute of Macroeconomic Policy in Berlin tells us how the country's economic policy might now change. Also in the programme, our US commentator Irwin Stelzer of the Hudson Institute looks ahead to next week's expected plan to overhaul US infrastructure. Plus we hear about efforts in Mozambique to get more young people involved in classical music.

(Photo: The respective Democrat and Republican Senate Leaders Chuck Schumer (L) and Mitch McConnell (R) arrive at Congress together to announce the deal. Credit: Reuters.)