it's all about the stories in some. it's all about george chance to discover the world from different perspectives. join us and be inspired by distinctive instagram hours at g.w. stories you talk to each week on instagram. this is d w news live from berlin not terrorism but blackmail authorities say if the vicious pockets that calls a bomb scare in a town near berlin was in fact an attempt to extort cash also coming off. hard

liners when a power struggle in the far right is alternative for germany party so what does that mean for the country and the party that could to become the main opposition in germany's parliament. and another coaching casualty in the bundesliga as pay just to go waves goodbye to cologne after four and a half eventful years. i know donna thank you for joining us as this vicious taco found at a pharmacy near a christmas market in the german town of pottstown on friday was not terrorism related says the interior minister of brandenburg as days and side berlin were pattani as the case had said that a suspect had demanded money from d.h.l. as a german delivery company at. package was not a finished bomb but it included

a blackmail demand imbedded in a q.r. codes a similar device was found in a city in eastern germany and that was in november. for more on this story now we're going to be joined by political correspondent case brady here in studio thanks for joining us. do you know anything else about this blackmail letter well all we know so far is that the letter was in fact inside the package and it was actually encrypted in i.q. all cards and police are now linking this to a similar case in mentioned in another eastern german town that was back in november but in that case the black my lesson was lost as that package actually caught fire as it was opened one thing that the police have also been able to determine of course is that the christmas market in potsdam was not in fact the target of this package so the christmas markers wasn't actually

a target but what about the device itself did it ever actually pose a threat to the christmas market or completely contrary to what was being said yes there's a bias or cities in brands and bags the package is not always the two of actually being explosive it had several hundred grams of nails in there and obviously could have caused severe injuries and even death is what authorities are now saying and that's completely off as to what was being said yesterday when they said that that powder that was and i wasn't in fact explosives are ok so. also on social media i think people tend to jump to conclusions the last people instantaneously assume the worst. they get may have been a failed terrorist act you think the suspects may be using bash to his advantage do you think that other people might be using this kind of fear of terror to their advantage well we do see that reaction a lot on social media but also even from the german or storage fees as well as some . times i'm so there is the chance that that fear could be abused by

a perpetrator and of course germany is still on high alert at the moment it's coming up to a year as well since that terror attack here in berlin so a lot of people are wary at the moment it is still on high alert so there is still that chance that that fear could be taken advantage of kate brady had you very much for joining us in studio. germany's populist anti immigration party alternative for germany has elected a new leadership team in what could signal a further shift to the rice if the members chose hardline nationalist alexander garland as one of their co-leaders during a party conference in the fifty of hunt over drawn for the post at the last minute after another more moderate kinds of fails to win a no vote. more than fifty thousand people are still living in shelters in bali after being evacuated last week because of signs the island's volcano was about to

erupt the volcano has come down over the last few days but authorities say that the threat of a major has not receded is a number of international airlines have again been forced to cancel flights because of smoke. prayers at bally's biggest temple on the slopes of mount where shippers with face masks at the ready to protect them from the fumes and ash being spewed out by the volcano. the island of bali is indian easiest top tourist destination the visit to trade has been hit hard by the travel destruction which forced the airport to close for two days the run up to christmas and new year is normally high season not this year. some guests cancelled when most again began erupting but the worst came after the airport closed almost ninety percent of the guests cancelled their bookings. for

those who reached bali the volcano's the spectacle in itself. kind of excited. exciting like i've never seen something like this before. but it's fun it's fun it's. not quite so much fun for the forty thousand local people evacuated from their homes many are survivors of mountains lost bigger option which killed more than a thousand back in one thousand nine hundred sixty three. after the volcano stopped or up to the last time i went back to my host and planted. corn crops were good but now it's happening again and. what's happening now is still nothing but then mud flow was coming down from the crater followed by a big explosion. the question now is whether the rumblings of the last week will be followed by a full scale eruption. the other stories making news around the world.

china has begun its annual world internet conference inviting top tech c.e.o.'s for talks on the future of the internet in a message read by a communist party official president xi jinping said china went in. close its doors to the global internet but it still favored regulations foreign firms face tight controls in china such as forced censorship and surveillance. at least thirteen people have been killed after a fishing boat collided with a tiger and capsized off the coast of south korea the vessel was carrying passengers on a fishing tour rescue divers have been searching the ship which remained partially above water. hundreds of people have been evacuated across southern albania after heavy rainfall flooded patterson's of homes at least one person has died and several have been injured in the last three days flights have also been suspended from the country's only international air force. and in the german city of

at least four people are reported to have died in a fire in a high rise block of flats police said one person was seriously injured as she jumped from the roof of the building. and us media reports have suggested president donald trump may soon officially recognized them as the capital of israel to spice warnings from top palestinian officials. to make the controversial declaration and move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem previous u.s. presidents have to climb to do so amid fears the move which enraged palestinians who claim east jerusalem as their capital the issue is deeply divisive in israel and across the region let's have a listen to how some israelis and palestinians are reacting to the rumors of trump's decision. this is a. will. with

one part. i think. immediately when he became the president i think this is a christmas this is one of the most surprises and chopped surprises that we as a palestinian people have received this statement and this time. it's like and. then i think president trump making jerusalem the capital is amazing because the whole state of israel flourishes from jerusalem from the city of jerusalem it means that a decision to completely. jerusalem is the capital the only capital for. the capital of the.

to the going to say going out and cologne have confirmed that they have parted company with coach after four and a half years at the helm. cologne into europe for the first time in twenty five years but this season has seen a catastrophic run of form with the club still when left in the make after fourteen games not even a fighting draw with chalk on saturday could save them. well in the studio to talk of a pay to status sacking is nick mechanic kind of from the sports nick he's gone and not even this troll could have saved him tell me i mean he hasn't actually want to think again this whole season how is it that he hasn't been sacked up until now so this is difficult do you think usually when after the way we talk about my stay fourteen two points running into this match day he would have been sacked usually but cologne have this feeling i have this atmosphere that they. thought the peters to go would be the man at the helm until the end of the season that they'd be

willing to be relegated with him and i thought personally think it's a bad idea for the club to have sacked even a local newspaper actually asked to cologne fans in the city today eighty nine percent agree that it should have stayed i fear that cologne are suffering from delusions of grandeur that they now think that they qualify for europe every single season that's not going to happen that's not the kind of club they are they have to come to terms with the fact that they are maybe one of the best twenty to twenty two clubs in germany which means that they like freiburg they can be relegated come back up go back down again it's just they're not the club they used to be winning titles so i think they should've stayed with the drop down of the plan for the future and maybe realize that the coach in this particular case wasn't fold so you think it was actually a bad idea now sterger took them into you europe as you said for the first time in twenty five years last season what's the difference between that and now there's a certain amount of mismanagement of the club the main one one man's already already gone the. has anybody asked who left in the summer he was their best their best player last season lots and lots of goals they never they didn't replace him

properly but also other players there's been lots of injuries and the club haven't really they haven't had it easy this season with suspensions as well so the depth of those of the squad has shown that there is no depth they had last week they had the second youngest bundesliga player on the pitch to sixteen a lot saying he's a bad player all i'm saying is that he probably wouldn't have made his debut until he was seventeen eighteen in any other season it's just that cologne really been hit hard and that has been their problem that's the difference between last season and this season so injuries a bad decision to let go of this coach i mean can anybody turn this around at this stage the guy they got in the step on the wooden back he's only in for the next three games so any and so the mid-season break i don't necessarily i don't think actually think he is the man to turn things around he hasn't had particularly good spells and in the second division or hurt. what's going to have to happen at this club is they will have to look long term i don't think that a short term solution is going to be what they was going to turn things around they really have to come to terms the facts with two points so far this season they

probably were the gates of which is why long term is their solution name mechanic thank you so much for joining us in studio. well in saturday's win the league action dortmund travel to laverick isn't looking to end the thinks much when lets run but they face a tough task against the hosts who haven't lost an eight games. five. the pressure was on for pits of bush and the dortmund bosses were hoping for a helping hand from above. it was the wayside that took the first hits in the opening minutes maximillian philip one of four changes in dorman's line up injured his knee in this challenge with jonathan tar the club fear he'll be out for weeks. defending has been diabolical at times this season and it raised its head again in the thirtieth minutes given full and let the defenders in his wake as he stormed forward to take the lead. is the lead of who is a man's fourth goal in four games both sides took a hit when when dale wiped out dortmund's gonzalo castro the video referee had his

say deeming this crunching tackle a red card offense when del was off for an early shower while castro joined filip on the doctor's examination table. come the second half dome and had the better flow and combined well. again and under his sure sure to under malenko one one in the seventy third minutes. the pressure on boss began to let up but he would have had a scare as later cruising came frighteningly close with two minutes left to go. dormant kept fighting for their coach and made one final push in the dying seconds of the match to grab all three points but to no avail. frustration on the pitch as the game ended all even and peter bush he's still a job at least for the time being. but let's check in now all the fun to take a result so far this weekend. well there's shell and cologne and they share the spoils hoffenheim beat light sick and then there's that leverkusen draw with

dortmund by in munich then handled hanover braman defeated and downed minds and on friday firebreak shared the spoils of how america now underway hertha berlin for us is frank first and then later on sunday volves for we'll also take on a lot. that's it for me for now but there are more there is more news coming up at the top of their in the meantime you can check out our website that detail that you dot com or follow us on twitter types or watching d.v.d.'s. they know what like they know what we like. and they're leaving no.