over the edge. just because you can see violence against children doesn't mean it isn't there make the invisible visible of us might violence against children disappear. this is due to the news life from brilliant tensions inside and outside and musing of the far right a d party here in germany police fire water cannon that left wing demonstrators

trying to disrupt the events inside the party's leaders are engaged in a power struggle over ideology also coming up. after a transformer security advisor and with the lying to the f.b.i. over the russian best to gauge and attention turns to other members of trump's inner circle including the president's son in law. and i'm doris and gerson a curfew after an rest of the streets over a contested presidential election at least one protester has died. i know donald thanks for joining us several people have been injured in the normal northern german says year of hanover after police used water cannon to disperse a protest against the far as a.f.d. party thousands of demonstrators have gathered in the city where the party is

meeting for its annual congress protesters form roadblocks and briefly delayed the opening of the missing if tea party members are expected to elect new leaders at the event observers say a power struggle between radical nationalists and more traditional conservatives is likely to dominate proceedings. well d.w. correspondent mckenna kirchner is in hanover for us today with more on that now we have reports of violent protests as you heard there mckayla are the members there visibly shaken or is it something they've become accustomed to. this gathering here started an hour late because quite a few people have had problems getting through i can tell from my own experience of arriving here. there were several demonstrations shouting at anyone who was nearing the convention center here in downtown and of and of course we have those reports that at least one demonstration was injured several police officers also during

that use of water cannon but on the grand scheme of things this is something that the party is somewhat become accustomed to there were significant clashes in stuttgart with two years ago at the same time it's also part of the legend of the a.f.c. really everybody against us they are the the outcasts all not just politically but also feeling some aggression when they have demonstrators against them so this is something that people here are partly used to and i guess kind of a bit proud of this while. today they're there to elect a new leadership how are they present themselves that they're in the bundestag. well there certainly was a power struggle in the lead up to this party convention we saw talk of peats believe just after those elections when more than ninety eight and fifty and he's were elected into going this time for the very first time of course already being

in fourteen regional parliaments the big question was would that the right wing of around mr hooker the man who talked about the holocaust memorial as a memorial of same and then really didn't do a good job of correct him self he simply wasn't credible about that or would that gain momentum here or would a more moderate leader who's coming from the berlin era supports ascii who said he would stand here now actually potentially be elected now what we're hearing now is that there's some kind of deal going on in the background we might well see another more mainstream leader mr pitts asked to be elected but i'll be able to tell you next time around when those elections are. thanks for keeping us up to date mechanicals now for us there in hanover. the u.s. senate has already approved a sweeping tax overhaul which will slash payments for business and the rich lawmakers said by fifty one to forty nine to block the package of vote takes

president on the republicans a step closer to their biggest legislative when of the year the bill will nearly one and a half trillion dollars to the u.s. national desk democrats say it's a giveaway funded by the taxpayer. and investigators looking into possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia now have the president's inner circle at the white house in their sights the president's son in law jared costner is one of a number of people thought likely to come under a new scrutiny after former national security advisor michael flynn admitted to lying to the f.b.i. unconfirmed reports allege it was coerced or he ordered flynn to make contact with the russian ambassador. michael flynn leaving court in washington d.c. to cries of lock him up from protesters those words hark back to last year when flynn led a chance for then democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton to be sent to

jail. flint said a senior member of the trump transition team directed him to make contact with russian officials. unconfirmed u.s. media reports say that senior member is u.s. president donald trump's son in law jared coercion or if true the investigation would move much closer to trump himself democratic lawmakers have reacted with renewed calls for the investigation to include more people linked to the president . we've got a number of major figures like donald trump jr i want to bring back your question or particularly in light of some of the supposed comments that general flynn may have been making. we've got other individuals like michael cohen and others that we still need to come back and i we've got more facts together. for everybody. as for the president he has remained uncharacteristically silent about flynn but

that may have to change michael flynn was a very close advisor to trump his guilty plea raises the question how deep will the probe get into president trump's inner circle. that is of the other stories making news around the world's nuclear attack warning sirens have been blaring across hawaii for the first time since the end of the cold war emergency services have been testing warning systems in the event of a possible missile attack from north korea and why is one of the closest to us states to north korea. pope francis has visited a church in dhaka in bangladesh on the last day of his trip to asia the tour has been overshadowed by the will hinge a crisis the pope did not name the muslim minority group in landmark but he did use the term in neighboring bangladesh where more than half a million have taken refuge. german police are investigating

a suspicious device that was found near a christmas market in the city of pottstown. officers evacuated the markets while they examined the contents of the package security is high in the area. last year's truck attack. the government in honduras is enforcing a ten day curfew imposed after on rest over a disputed presidential election at least one person has died in the street protests opposition leaders have criticized the curfew which also gives extra powers to the army and the police the wait for the final results of last month's presidential election is proving a tense standoff protesters have blockaded the streets amid reports of looting and injuries in clashes with riot police both candidates in the disputed election claiming victory the people are indignant about what is happening we are peaceful people we want peace for and you're asked peace can only be achieved when all the corruption is stamped out there is no other way. with ninety five percent of the

vote counted election officials say the incumbent president won orlando hernandez has a narrow lead. to violence an arson or completely unreasonable council of ministers has declared a curfew to ensure the security of the country. being. the unrest broke out after the opposition candidate salvador nasrallah claimed election fraud demanded a recount and called his supporters out onto the streets a ten day curfew is now in place while the counting continues. you may have heard of the nobel prize that what about the alternative nobel prize its official name is the right livelihood award last life of the ceremony in sweden it was given to four people for their efforts to fight injustice. they aren't famous

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was secured by american tyler rice earlier this week on a finish twelfth in the overall rankings. and as a reminder of the top story that we're following for you several people have been injured in the northern german city of hanover after police used water cannon to disperse a protest against the far i say f.t. party the party is musing to elect a new leadership to take. ponderous isn't forcing a curfew after on rest in the streets over a disputed presidential election at least one protester has dies opposition leaders have criticized the curfew which also gives extra powers to the army and police. that's it for me for now and that is your news rob do join us again at the top of the hour in the meantime you can check out our website on d.w. dot com or you can also follow us on twitter types or watching d.v.d.'s.

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