wants to win here but the reason this really matters is because you have a battle of beliefs going on in this party right now those on the right who want to take the party back towards the rights who believe that in chasing the voters who left this party to go to the populist alternative for germany that is the key to electoral success whereas and at that compound believes that she needs the parties to stay in the center and the reason why this may have a real effect not just on the angela merkel's remaining time in office but also german politics is because this policy remains the first among equals this is the party that gets somewhere around a third of the vote nationally depending on certain states it's more some states it's less than that but generally speaking this is the major party so who runs this party as a pivotal role in german politics if you see the mets wins anger merkel then faces the prospect of having a direct drive or who she froze out of politics ten years ago in charge metaphorically breathing down her neck saying get out of the chancery i want to

myself that's what's at stake here and the vote will be taking place in the next few hours dominic cain live in hamburg right across that story for us says stay with us here at al-jazeera still to come on this program the u.s. president seems to have made a decision as to his should replace nikki haley at the u.n. . hello again well here across north asia it is the cold air that just make its way across parts of eastern russia as well as and to know if this in china now here in the satellite image notice of that area of the white that's not clouds it's actually cold air that you see on the satellite and that is going to continue to be much of a problem here across much of the region so for a lot of us a minus ten is going to be high here on saturday well in the tar how about minus

eighteen as the high overnight lows are getting much colder than that here towards china in parts of japan we are looking at that cold air pushing across for sendai it's going to be a combination of rain and snow if you six degrees in your forecast high here on saturday and then as we go towards sunday temptress still say quite low across much of that area and osaka we don't expect to see a high few of about eight degrees there will cross china it is going to be the rain across much of central areas over the next few days some areas to the north are going to be picking up snow so tempers of towards the north only into the single digits but take a look down here towards vietnam rain is on the increase over the next few days we could be seeing some localized flooding across much of that area for hong kong it is going to be a cool day for us well as rain in your forecast temps are there of sixteen degrees and for taipei rainy day for you as well with a temperature of about twenty three degrees.

my name's from the file and i an addict i'm on my phone all day every day and my tablet is never really more than a few feet away the use of the internet elevates dopamine just like gambling does and just like cocaine goes i will experience my own unusual digital detox i feel like i don't want to how this thing is there all the time anymore my d.h. to addiction an al-jazeera. time physical over the top stories here it is there a second day of talks aimed at ending the war in yemen is due to begin in sweden

any time now. day one saw a rather promising start that the arrival sides agreeing to exchange prisoners. they headed to his intelligence has briefed u.s. senators about his country's investigation into the murder a saudi journalist jamal khashoggi there's growing pressure on the white house to hold saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man responsible for the killing. they groups say they've been forced to stop the last rescue ship operating in the mediterranean after a smear campaign by e.u. governments last month italian prosecutors ordered the seizure of the aquarius accusing it of illegally dumping waste. now there's outrage in france over the treatment of students arrested by police during protests outside paris trade unions and far left parties of lashed out of what they call police brutality after this footage that you're looking at now went viral online

but france's interior minister says none of the high school students were injured during the arrests that took place in the town of moore and largely more police officers we understand are being deployed across the country as protests are expected to continue this weekend. little by little the yellow vest movement has changed as gathered fewer and fewer people there were two hundred ninety two thousand people on november the seventeenth but there are now around ten thousand it is a small minority some appear supports but others have radicalized and affected beyond the law. all right let's go live to our correspondent on the impasse in davis amy we saw the interior minister minister basically saying that the steam is running out at this protest but it doesn't seem to be the case it seems that this is gathering steam and that the confrontation with the government is becoming ever

more serious. that's right it's extraordinary that he should say that and the same time announced that there are eighty nine thousand john dams and police being taken across the country to deal with the saturday demonstrations an eight thousand here in paris he's also been to see the armored cars who are still used to break any burning barricades the protests has put up and they're closing down most of the famous landmarks here in paris the louvre the eiffel tower the optic triomphe and put huge traffic restrictions year around the best deal in the whole of central paris how much actually match is words saying just going to be ten thousand turning up clearly they're going to be many more than that and only yesterday the government was saying there's a great threat of violence even more so than what we witnessed what i would just

last saturday and these pictures of the students being corralled like that it's like something out of the occupied west bank or gaza is just extraordinary that is something that's going to really anger and ignite the students who are moving through paris today demonstrating saying they're against the reforms the education reforms the president is trying to put through that will really really angered them and also the accompanying text that the policeman who took the shots put out saying this is how the teachers should treat their pupils in the classroom bring some discipline and that is like a blue touch paper as far as the students concerned and it's going to make martine matters very much worse all right for now david thank you very much indeed david chase here is our man in paris is going to keep his eye right across those protests as we expect them to develop. the wife of

a ukrainian intelligence officer detained by russia has appealed to president putin for his relief release vasily said arca was one of twenty three servicemen held after three ukrainian boats were fired on in the black sea last month moscow's accused kiev of orchestrating the confrontation and says the boats were in russian waters our correspondent andrew simmons has this exclusive report from a desa this two year old boy wants to know why his father perceivers doesn't come home anymore the two were inseparable until we left for work two weeks ago boxer rochas mother. didn't know where his father had gone but it was twenty four hours before she found out he beat it see i was injured and captured by the russians jane. i don't want to even think about him going to jail i hope there are

reasonable people that can help us get out of this situation and survive this ordeal this torture that's my only hope i don't want to think about him standing trial. if you're able to put mrs through to the world would be. i would ask putin don't explain to me where my husband is try to explain it to my son why is he running towards the door waiting for his daddy why after each phone call he hopes his daddy is calling him let him try to explain to a two year old child why his father is so far away from his family irina's husband has worked for ukraine security services the s.b.u. for the past three years he's never divulge the exact nature of his work she fears that he's in more danger than the rest of the men because of his status as a counter intelligence officer. vassily is reported to have a serious more hand injury and is in a medical unit with a moscow detention center his father has had access to intelligence reports saying

he's been heavily drugged as part of his interrogation. the latest information is that the security services are using psychotropic substances on the captured officers including my son i urge russian officers if you still have a drop of dignity of stop using the prisoners of war. back at the family home in reno soroka says it seems as if time is standing still. there show. i can hold on and keep a grip on things only because i'm looking off to my son i feel like i'm living in a nightmare and i call it white cop i've lost touch with reality i don't know what day it is. and unlike the politicians rena says it's pointless laying the blame on anyone i'm drew simmons adesa ukraine. there are

reports coming in that suggest that seventeen people have been killed in the democratic republic of congo according to a local official it says says it happened during an attack by an armed groups and attacked by an armed group at a time when of course the d.l.c. is in election mode because presidential candidates out around the country rallying supporters for this month's election twenty third of the month it's to to be held twenty men one woman are competing to succeed joseph kabila the latest suburban break and as we've just heard security problems are among the big issues on voters' minds. hundreds of jordanians braved strong winds and heavy rain to protest against what bay described as the government's corrupt economic policy is. far

the demonstrators gathered outside government headquarters to demand prime minister results step down they're angry over a controversial new income tax law. the oil producing green opec is trying to reach an agreement with russia on how much it will cut its output of crude oil ministers from member countries meeting in vienna have agreed to reduce production because of an oversupply but russia which isn't in a peg has opposed big cuts on thursday oil prices fell as a result of the deadlock. in the u.s. president trump is expected to pick heather nauert to be the new ambassador to the united nations have a now it is a spokeswoman for the state department her nomination would need to be endorsed by the republican controlled senate if she's approved now it will replace nikki haley who leaves at the end of the month.

tarver says take a look at the top stories here at ows is there a second day of talks aimed at ending the war in yemen is jew to begin in sweden pretty soon day one saw a promising start with the arrival sides agreeing to exchange prisoners. turkey's intelligence chief has briefed u.s. senators about his country's investigation into the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi there's growing pressure on the white house to hold saudi crown prince mohammed the sound man responsible for the killing aid groups say they've been forced to stop the last rescue ship operating in the mediterranean after a smear campaign by e.u. governments last month italian prosecutors ordered the seizing of the aquarius

accusing it of illegally dumping waste. germany's ruling christian democrat party is set to elect a new leader to replace angle americal mrs merkel's given her last speeches party leader in hamburg ahead of the secret ballot a thousand delegates would choose between three candidates to replace mrs merkel including her chosen successor and the good at. as well as her former rival friedrich matts mrs merkel is not seeking reelection but the winner will determine how long she can stay on as chancellor. there's outrage in france over the treatment of students arrested by police during protests in a western suburb of paris trade unions and left leftist parties have lashed out at what they call police brutality after this footage appeared online but france's interior minister says none of these high school students were injured.

do so little by little the yellow vest movement has changed as it gathered fewer and fewer people there were two hundred ninety two thousand people on november the seventeenth but there are now around ten thousand it is a small minority some appear suppress but others have radicalized and affected beyond the law hundreds of judaism brave strong winds and heavy rain to protest against what they describe as the government's corrupt economic policies they're angry over a controversial new income tax or a joke today those are the very latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera coming up next inside story.

a critical moment for donald trump and his relationship with the saudi crown prince u.s. senators blame mohammed bin sound man for the murder of john this jamal khashoggi but can they force their president to drop his defense of the saudi royal this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program my mouth seen dennis six senior u.s. senate is from across party lines have introduced.