and i feel obliged to miss him to many of the others just. one quick. surfer was fighting against him simply. starting january seventh in t w. this is d w news live from the third turn of the fall right in austria at the conservative strike a coalition deal with the anti immigration freedom party handing them control of key ministries europe's youngest media promises his government will crack down on

illegal immigration and strength at the economy but what is also true has moved to the bronx mean for the continent also coming up in a tight race to replace south africa's jacob zuma as the country's ruling a party prepares to vote for a new leader can the scandal weaken day and see when the back public trust in time the twenty nine thousand election. on how to humphrey good to have you with us austria is on track to become western europe's only country with a far right policy in government off the conservatives struck a coalition deal with the freedom party australia's new chancellor coats will become the continent's youngest leda off to his policy one october as elections with a hardline against immigration were there to vienna to find out what the return of the far right means for the country's future but first this report. the deal is

done for a new government in austria and it's one that shifts the country sharply to the right sebastian cortes the leader of the conservative people's party will become chancellor and europe's youngest head of government at just thirty one he has partnered with karl heinz tata the leader of the far right freedom party their top goal to curb immigration. our goals are very clear we want to reduce the burden on taxpayers we want to strengthen our position to secure our social security system above all we want to ensure more security in our country including fighting illegal immigration. kurtz's hardline stance on immigration was one of the main reasons he topped the october poll he addressed the anxieties of many voters about the refugee crisis calling for tougher border controls and promising change his party won the election with thirty

one point five percent of the vote. you know it's very more looking exactly two months ago the austrian people voted they made a clear decision for a change in our country. and we want to secure this change together in the next five years. austrian president alexander founded balun is expected to swear in the new government on monday but it's not one that he like the green leaning politician is an open critic of the far rice just one year ago he narrowly won the presidential election against the freedom party's candidate. or as he waits a journalist at austria's public broadcaster is covering this story for us a short while ago she gave us this update. we will hear later this afternoon who will get what ministries although the people's party has just confirmed that the

freedom party will get the interior foreign and defense ministries now those are important ministries for a junior coalition partner it's also been reported that sebastian cook's has secured a guarantee from the freedom party that there will be no breck's it style referendum in austria and he's repeatedly said that the new government will be pro european the last time that the far right and to government in austria the e.u. impose sanctions in protest can we expect a reaction now from brussels we are expecting a more muted response definitely not sanctions as as far as i know because there's been a rise of anti establishment and right wing parties across europe for example in the recent elections in france in holland in hungary so we think it will be a more muted response but yet some of these far right parties did not make such a game that they have in austria so i mean what's the distinction that what

propelled the far right to a strong part of the vote in austria. well the freedom party certainly positioned itself as more moderate than in previous years campaigned very heavily as did the people's party on immigration and the fact that during the the refugee crisis a large number of asylum seekers came to australia ninety thousand people it's a small country and that certainly had an impact on voter opinion particularly in rural areas now straka the head of the freedom party and sebastien could have both said that they want to make fighting radical islam a priority and of course people have seen attacks across europe and that has spread fear over those that haven't been any such attacks in austria both parties also oppose turkish membership of the e.u. and polls here regularly show that most austrians agree with that rosy wait indiana

thank you very much now to south africa where the ruling african national congress has opened a conference that will elect a successor to a party leader and president jacob zuma is shaping up to be a tight race one of the from honest is in his ex-wife and full of foreign minister . ashley's unless it is to use voted to improve prospects for the country's black majority she's up against a deputy president so they're really ramaphosa he is a business friendly trade unionist and one of the wealthiest people on the continent. of a more on this i spoke to genesis for that event from the mail and guardian in johannesburg and i asked him whether either of the two main candidates and ramaphosa could truly bring about change in the a.n.c. . that is really the question in the war we watch today just how deeply divided because our tears were right down the middle is the split the more difficult to see

to bring it together again the. history of making its policy since us is very much consensus driven party but at the moment it is a ribbon party and the question so much is not who will be the next event but will actually be able to lead a party all we have a party that remains divided against itself and in a state of civil war going into future elections right you point out there is future elections despite the fact that the a.n.c. has been plagued by scandal and corruption allegations some say it's almost certain to win those elections next year why is that. well the a.n.c. has easily won all elections that the whole. lot in south africa and even the loss of elections with a sharp decline in that supports the old saw around fifty four percent of voters voting for it at the moment its popularity is that climbing quite quickly but a lot of voters tell us that they are simply no alternatives yes no opposition parties that they believe and so chances are perhaps

a flyer coalition that soul of the a.n.c. will maintain power comes great in ninety all right philip ivette in johannesburg thank you now some of the other stories making news around the wild romania has held a funeral african michael who died at it this month after a long struggle between tamia and skin cancer and he died at the age of ninety six in exile in switzerland microbrew germania twice before he was forced to abdicate by the country's former communist regime nine hundred forty seven. german chancellor angela merkel's bavarian conservative sister party has relented a horse as its leader but with his weakest supports are far zahle first been under pressure since his father's poor performance in september's elections earlier this month he announced he would step down next year as the very governor otter may as posse media found all of canada in canadian pharmaceutical giant apple tex perry

sherman and his wife honey have been found dead in their home in toronto police say that the circumstances of the day were what suspicious showmen seen here in the bar a tree made his fortune manufacturing generic drugs. a powerful earthquake has struck indonesia has made an end of java killing at least three people and injuring many more the six point five magnitude quake destroyed dozens of homes and forced authorities to evacuate patients from damaged hospitals. in india rahul gandhi has taken over as the leader of the main opposition congress the forty seven year old becomes the sixth member of the country's narrow dandy political family to head the party dandy faces the tough task of resurrecting a party that's struggling to make a comeback from its worst ever election showing in twenty fourteen when the hindu nationalist b j p a prime minister modi swept to power with a landslide victory. well joining me live from delhi is the editor of the court's

india website debi york to go show what's the main challenge would you say that rahul gandhi now faces. the main challenge will be reviving the electoral fortunes of the congress party after the jobbing in the twenty fourteen general election which was the party's was devil performance where they want only forty four seats the party's also lost a string of provincial elections so the hold on the you know has to overhaul the organization that's something he claims he's been doing for some time now that specifically he needs to reject the leadership team he needs to infuse new life into the rank and file he needs to sort of reexamine the craft the party's electoral strategy and essentially rebuild the communist party. into a force to be reckoned with can he do that can he take on prime minister narendra modi in the general elections plants that twenty nineteen so you know at this point

given no what we've seen so far of this performance of handling credential elections no not really prime minister more the and his lieutenant ahmed shah have built a formidable electoral machine and they've and they've got the results. prime minister mo this party and its allies now control it team of investment united states that said hold on the has taken the fight to mr modi in the ongoing elections in concert which is the prime minister's home state the results are out on monday so we'll see how well he's done and if he does manage to pull out you know pull off an upset it will change the dynamics there is a little bit of resentment against mr modi with two specific moves one is the note that he did last year and an implementation of a new tax to him this year so it's all going to be has a window but the question is can he actually capitalise on that when he entered into politics a little over a decade ago and he came with great promise a lot of hope what happened since then. so you know in the earlier

days he didn't come across as a national politician he for people to connect and therefore he was the norm at what was the more the in the twenty forty in the election and you know since then he hasn't had much luck in the provincial elections either inside bottom and he's he's he's attempted to make an impact but it's not been consistent of but now there is you know he's tried to transform himself in recent months and particularly with what's happening and in particular with the good up elections so you know can he deliver i think we still got shot in a sense will be the litmus death ok editor of course india thanks for your insights thank you some sports news now it's the final weekend of play in the bundesliga before the winter break and don't monday in particular are hoping to make the most of it under new coach payton dortmund broke and eight match winning

streak earlier this week they face a stern test at home against hoffenheim. has still got found the solution to endorsements beyond this league of freefall just two days after taking the helm the former cologne coach led to black and yellows to victory at mines but this weekend he faces a test in front of the club's home supporters. this is i'm really looking forward to the home game there's no doubt about it it was very important for us to go into this match on the back of a win i'm feeling positive and playing at home with a sense of achievement equipment. has been working hard with his players over the past few days the austrian coach sees him self a something of a psychologist he'll go head to head with you on saturday night off and i'm boss watch dortmund's last game from the stands fueling rumors that he's being lined up to become dortmund's new coach this summer. to make it is not it was a chance to spend half

a year here is so huge and so great that's how i see this opportunity the topic of nigel's man doesn't concern me but i will say that he's a good man and always does a great job. has no desire to play games with the media noddles minds focus is firmly on remaining above dortmund in the standings after this weekend's clash. doesn't know if we need to be prepared even though there are a large number of dortmund players i'd enjoy it even with their missing players they still have a top quality squad but so do we and we feel good going into the match. a hard fought battle is in store but dortmund are hopeful another win can mark the end of the wildly volatile part of their season. in skiing norway's. dominated the slopes in the downhill event in nevada got a dana it's in a single charge to a convincing victory making this his second wealth cup downhill win this season spend on the top of the standings in the wilds cup american lindsey vonn powered to

victory in a super cup race in neighboring frons she now takes her record tally of wild cup wins to seventy eight. the top story we're following for you austria's conservatives has struck a coalition deal to bring the far right freedom party into government is about to become the continent's youngest head of state after his party one of those elections with a hardline against immigration. you're watching news from berlin well coming up at the top of the hour you can always get the latest news on our web site . by now. your home. because of persecution new york city five people new home in a foreign land with their stories and music they've built bridges to the past.