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which can just come out of my lungs are your home. brewed. liquor. d.w. dot com the german. this is d w news live from berlin the return of the far right in austria the conservatives strike a coalition deal with the until immigration freedom party handing them control of key ministries europe's youngest leader promises his government will crack down on
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illegal immigration and strengthen the economy but what does austria has moved to the right mean for the continent also coming up. south africa's ruling african national congress to crossroads. jacob zuma ones internal divisions pose a threat to the a.n.c. and survival as delegates needs to elect a success of. and a gym in saudi arabia where women are testing the boundaries as a conservative kingdom stops to give women more right. i'm welcome to the program all strata is set to make a shop turn to the rights with a new governing coalition taking office on monday now austria's a thirty one year old political rising star sebastian cook of the. seventy of
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people's party will become chancellor making him the youngest head of government in europe he'll govern with the far right euro skeptic freedom party the two parties have promised to tighten the country's asylum and immigration regulations but they also affirmed austria's commitment to the european union. the day after concluding their negotiations the leaders of austria's new governing coalition met the press the best encodes as people's party will receive eight ministerial positions the far right freedom party will get six including the foreign ministry. we have agreed on a clear pro european course with the goal to strengthen the subsidiarity in the european union a european union which should be stronger in bigger questions but takes a step back and small topics. this pro-u. stance marks an about face especially for the euro skeptic freedom party according to insiders austria's green laning president alexander fund better than was crucial
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in getting this policy point on the new government's agenda both members of austria's new coalition have been outspoken in their desire to end illegal migration freedom party leader heinz posts laid out the government position at saturday's press conference. when it comes to immigration we have clearly defined that we want to stop illegal immigration but also stop immigration into our social security system the benefits for asylum seekers will be reduced to three hundred sixty five euro. and with the interior ministry and with that the control over austria's police going to has freedom party it's expected that the new government will move quickly to crack down on illegal migration has already announced plans to add over two thousand new police officers to the force. far right populist from around
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europe gathered in prague today to demand an end to the european union yet failed us from the netherlands and from penn of the fungus you know also took part in today's rally and said she was encouraged by the freedom of austria's recent success and called it good news for all of europe. fielder's also renewed his call for europe to clamp down on migration and described the e.u. a threat for all nation states. to south africa now where the ruling african national congress is fighting for its future at least those are the words of a south african president jacob zuma in a speech to a conference that will elect his successor the race to replace the scandal plagued zuma has caused deep divisions in the a.n.c. observers say it's in danger of splitting into the a.n.c. led the battle against apartheid and has governed south africa since the country's first democratic elections in one thousand nine hundred four.
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howard to the people south africa's president jacob zuma trying to conjure up some of the former spirit of his party the african national congress led the fight against apartheid demanding justice and equality for all. for some it almost sounds like mockery president zuma faces dozens of allegations of corruption blackmail fraud and money laundering for years he's used his presidential immunity to remain in power. though the mood at this party gathering seemed upbeat divisions run deep assume himself acknowledged them and. a group grow. by we identify me. as. a serious threat to the a.n.c. . to look. we've been
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our organization. observers say the party is in danger of splitting into into camps headed by the two main candidates looking to succeed zuma as party leader around the post us who must care and deputy and one of south africa's richest men is battling closest manager mina zuma the president's ex-wife from a process seen as someone who could revive the party and its fortunes he has repeatedly spoken out against corruption in the country he also pledges to bring south africa's flagging economy back on track. zuma was for many years ahead of the african union if she is elected to eggs has been jacob zuma might enjoy continuing immunity from prosecution observers say is zuma might stand down early and not wait until the next elections due in twenty nineteen if his ex-wife does take over the party helm many in south africa would like to see zuma go or
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what they're looking at looking at him as a look in your to as a lie and all those names that has been painted with. it's like the people that are supposed to be protecting the company country don't care at all so it's about time they did step down it's. the parties expected to announce its new leader on sunday they did earlier. well in studio with me is dr who was a correspondent for us in south africa for many years thank you for joining us in studio so and say a party that's plagued with scandal and corruption is this conference sort of the last kicks of a dying horse. not really the a.n.c. is going to stay there and it's probably also going to be elected again in the next elections in twenty nineteen but one has to really say it's lost its importance and its credibility in the last twenty three years there is corruption in the a n c
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particularly in the provinces and president president atoll posts are being bought . politically motivated murders we've seen thirty of them this year alone. that's alone in the a.n.c. and then the president himself he's faced with hundreds of corruption charges fraud extortion and money laundering so all this together has led to the party losing voter support and that has meant that the party has lost all. the major cities in south africa so it's the opposition party the main opposition party the democratic alliance running the major cities now so obviously the hopes are now on the two main candidates. and fiddled around a process do they have a chance to actually change the party well the party is deeply divided and one has
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to also see that both candidates are former freedom fighters they're part of the a.n.c. establishment so one cannot expect a massive dress tick change or turn around but they're very different so. she was the chair of the african union commission she was also a minister in south africa for many years so she's got political experience she has the lifters for instance she wants land reforms without compensations taking land from white farmers and she's also zoomers ex-wives she's got his support. because he expects her to grant him immunity if she becomes his successor and then there's a posse he's an economist mining magnate he's one of the richest men in the country . economists hope at the moment and he was also the one that mandela want to succeed him didn't work at the time maybe it does this time if he'd be the one to
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bring about change and turn it around in south africa remains to be seen but he's definitely the bigger chance and ok well thank you very much for that analysis we obviously will be waiting to see what happens in south africa in the coming year. time now for some of the other stories making news around the world clashes have erupted between police and palestinian demonstrators in the west bank the violence followed the funeral for a disabled man killed by israeli forces at a rally tension has been running high in the region after u.s. president donald trump recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. activists in front of much to call for the passport controls to be ended at the border of the border with italy hundreds gathered in the border town of one told to have their voices heard many migrants hoping to pass into france have found their way blocked
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their bio for it is nearly twenty have died trying to illegally cross. opposition supporters in honduras have taken to the streets to protest the country's disputed presidential election now they're demanding a full recount of the initial results put incumbent president juan orlando hernandez in the lead vote counting has been marred by delays and irregularities final results are expected later this month. thousands of romanians have attended a state funeral for their late michel he died in exile in switzerland earlier this month age ninety six he had ruled romania twice before being forced to abdicate one thousand nine hundred forty seven by romania's then communist rulers for decades saudi arabia has had some of the world's tightest restrictions on women its new crown prince has been shaking up the kingdom and acting new reforms including
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more rights for women and for the first time women there are allowed to drive many barriers still remain but we have this report about a kickboxer who's teaching saudi women one way to flex their newfound muscle. an unusual sight in saudi arabia. is a kickboxer she gives private lessons to the women in this city of jeddah. and her gym women are free from the constraints of conservative society all of them trained here they are free. everything is. behind closed doors. and this is definitely i closed doors i mean i have you know i'm on the street my glasses fogged out from the outside the only indication that this is a special place of a women arriving for training not many vo know about her studio the women who come
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here are affluent and aspirational they're part of a select group in saudi society. these women are not part of it this is a course for women from less privileged backgrounds organized by applying it to charity students and young professionals all of them veiled like most women in saudi arabia the course is designed to boost their self-confidence and help them assert themselves among male bosses and family members each participant gives a presentation and then receives feedback. perhaps it is the candidate that had once offered to talk well nothing can stop you from expressing yourself not even avail what. government reforms are also slowly beginning to improve conditions for women in saudi arabia a new economic reform plan called vision twenty thirty aims to get more women into
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work since oil prices tumbled the government can't afford to exclude half of the population from the labor market women cannot be seen working in retail or in engineering to soko believe years ago this would have been unthinkable. for how kick boxing isn't just a sport she sees it as the way for women to break the chains of patriarchal society . you see her or her self going from some very self-conscious to someone who's like standing up a little bit taller you know walking out of the space a little bit you know happier you see it you see it it's insane how that can happen it can happen in our. house to put on a video when she leaves her gym she doesn't wear a black one value instead of shops for more colorful design. real madrid have
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retained their club world cup title after defeating brazil's gremio one nil in abu dhabi wells but wild player of the year christiana ronaldo who scored the winner early in the second half it's the fifth time in five years that a european side have lifted the club world cup you're watching news coming up next in the bundesliga show there were bags of drama in saturday's matches including in the standout game between mind and hoffenheim. is waiting in the wings and we'll be bringing you that and much more. migration to sign him seekers remain hot topics in your view and politicians trying to provide counselors times.

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