you knew from burning in a far right one politician tells us. that the nazi is not to. be alternative for germany control with his comments minimizing the. german history also coming up. new prime minister prepared to be the minority government. is sworn in but he now faces an old challenge catalonia as new leader has also taken office today and tories. joined fresh independent.

money i'm glad you could join us here in germany a far right politician has sparked controversy after dismissing hitler and the nazi era. into the cold. for germany was speaking at a meeting of the party's youth wing on his comments of caused outrage with other politicians in the parliament condemning. the seventy seven year old co-leader of the eye of the alexander garland has been accused of dismissing the crimes of nazi germany as a blip in history in comments at the f.t. youth wing's congress he said that historians have placed too much emphasis on the twelve years of hitler's rule. years we recognize our responsibility for the twelve years but dear friends hitler and the nazis just

a bird dropping in over a thousand years of successful german history. of the gold and has repeatedly argued that germany should be proud of its world war two veterans he's also been criticized for failing to rein in the extreme fringes of the party. the a.f.d. tapped into anti immigrant and anti establishment sentiment to win twelve point six percent of the vote in last year's parliamentary elections that makes them the third largest party in the bundestag and the largest opposition party. now those comments from the air. have spot a massive controversy here in germany and the political correspondent. is with me here in studio so what have some of the reactions to gollum's comments we have heard reactions from more or less all the major parties in germany and all of them

want to speak of discussed the first react because the secretary general of the c.d.u. that's the conservative party of. going merkel. and she used her for her reaction and she wrote fifty million bore victims the whole cost the total war are just good for the a d. and go around this is the party's true nature revealed behind its middle class respect ability and more or less the same said the counterpart from the social democrats the last thing he said. attorney general of the the s.p.d. he wrote to me when i called him he told me that alexander golden statements have root revealed what lies behind the eight of these to say this is a terrifying minimization of the nazi era it's shameful that people like him in the german bunds talk and we have several of these reactions also talk to the leader of the left party comes to keeping and she said that quite frankly these are the words

of a fascist talking about fascism so what we hear from all parties in germany is discussed and so very strong statements coming in from a very strong statement that was also made by god but can saying something like this attract consequences for him here in germany well there are rules in germany and other european countries it is forbidden to deny all the whole calls to deny the victims of the nazi era but it is not forbidden to say something what gulden just said he didn't say was no hold of course he didn't say it didn't kill six million jews and he didn't say hitler didn't start the war what he said was in the end but compared to two thousand years of german history the twelve years wouldn't mean very much this is of course as reservation of of of the nazi era this of course is disgusting but probably it won't be a metaphor for judge well but this is obviously not the first time that god is

making such statements as it has a history of doing this yes alexander go on to become quite a tory is for doing so stuff like this it's not only him also his party colleagues have become quite an tory is a vote for saying things like for instance one of his one of the needing a few figures has been talked to and he he has called of the holocaust memorial in berlin memorial of shane and not because it remembers us of our shame because he said it's shameful that we have such a memorial. the idea of de we know that this is strategy. we've been know from from for internal paper which we could see just before the last election campaign. wants to get. publicity to it to the stable and they want us the press to report on this breaking the taboo in the end

and this is this makes it very difficult for us as the press so we always have to decide is this so bout that we have to talk about it or should we can go for it but ignore east of it's very difficult for the press to so we are in some kind of a dilemma so disgusting comments as you've called them bringing up a time for self affection for the media thank you very much but it evolved you're welcome. time now for some of the other stories making news around the world the finance ministers and top officials of the world's seven biggest economies have wrapped up a meeting in canada now the global leaders expressed quote concern and disappointment to washington after u.s. impose tariffs on imported metals on its allies canada's finance minister said each country would respond individually to the tariffs which have led to fears of a possible trade war thousands of palestinians have attended the funeral of. a young woman who was shot dead by israeli troops on friday relatives said joe was

a volunteer paramedic she was reportedly shot while attempting to evacuate a wounded man by the border between israel and gaza israel's military said it was investigating the incident. in egypt abdel fattah el-sisi has been sworn in for a second term as president since he won a landslide victory in the election in march of two all of the serious opponents had withdrawn his all the egyptian parliament whose main aim was to achieve peace and improve the economy. media reports in the u.s. a tech giant google and a project with the pentagon using artificial intelligence in the military the maven project to interpret videos and improve drone targeting google's decision comes after thousands of its employees expressed their opposition. spain has a new minority government as the new prime minister is sworn in as will sanchez the

leader of spain socialist party took the oath of office before king philip no he will now leave the country after hours to his predecessor mariano to haul in a no confidence motion in. the vote was called a pressure group to resign following a corruption scandal involving his conservative party meanwhile in barcelona catalonians new leader kim toro swore in his new cabinet. earlier i spoke with ferdinand or via spin he's a professor of political science at the autonomous university of madrid and i asked him what's the number one challenge for spain's new prime minister pedal sanchez. well i think it is indeed catalonia but. you know it in perspective i would say what he has to do is to first to create and the effective government panel with with enough backing in parliament in order to be capable of introducing some very

needed measures regarding. their regeneration of the political aisle for us into shreds as you really. achieving it was asians with was cut only with bush catalonia at the forefront of his challenges and now the new separatist catalan president king tara once in dependence starts with the new spanish prime minister what concessions do you think such as is likely to make. but also his he has any chance of making great because actions because they're named obstacle fall out for solving the problem is really that the spanish prostitution forbids referendum on independence right so first of all this fascist russian would have to be reformed and this still no consensus regarding the reform of the situation came today is part of it. but i think it is it is the good news. because. we have been too separated for height as never even talked to to the capital

representatives and. i think this is this is a very good chance and soon a good chance to start talks to start oppositions to him sternly to see actions is see what we have had we can work together. that was ferdinando via spin professor of political science of the autonomous university of madrid to an important success for animal welfare now the population of mountain gorillas has actually risen by more than a quarter in central africa and that's all thanks to tourism that's according to a new report by the dying for sea gorilla fund the apes remain one of the most endangered species on the planet as they face threats including limited habitat disease and climate change. the mountains in northern rwanda this sanctuary in the heart of africa is home to the mountain gorillas it requires a long hike to get here but suddenly they appear the mountain gorillas are

extremely similar to humans if you think you want to take me because i'm not sure my bank can afford it the second time. it's. a cost several hundred dollars to spend an hour with the gorillas but the high price is an integral part of a conservation plan to save these endangered animals. the money they pay when there . is. a very huge a road towards the north only even. around. they could define it. there are numerous schools hospitals and jobs in the villages surrounding the sanctuary experts say that is a sign of how valuable the animals are to the people in the area. they are the only apes whose number has grown in the last few decades everywhere else we are losing the battle to protect nature the orangutang the bonobos the chimpanzees the eastern

and western lowland gorillas these mountain gorillas are the only ones whose numbers are growing. but the rapidly growing population of africa promises to be a threat to the sanctuary the mountain gorillas will remain an endangered species. germany faced austria in a friendly match ahead of this month's world cup of the game was nearly counselled every rain hail and thunderstorms in the austrian city of plugging for it delayed kickoff for more than ninety minutes now when the game did eventually start germany was quick to score after just eleven minutes nestled all still capitalized on a mistake. but in the second half wall streeter made a massive marketing. in time he got the level of time to forty points germany up to manuel neuer couldn't keep two hundred feet in his first game since september play

to germany he did again i listened. to when i was sixteen. and the french open in paris men's number one rafael nadal quest rafael nadal's quest to reign and eleventh title is very much on track now he earned a straight sets win over richard gasquet to make the last sixteen and over to the women's side of the draw top seeded simona halep had her hands full against andrea petkovic but after taking the first set in a tie break of the remaining overpowered hope on and closing after the match with a six love second set elsewhere in the draw and seeded serena williams continued to look shop in her first grand slam since giving birth making quick work of germany's you know you get your guests in straight sets the formal world number one will face old rival maria sharapova in the next round. now the belgian national football team has been caught napping after a t.v. report on the personalised mattresses seem to review its world cup squad much

earlier than planned no five players are due to be cut from the twenty eight member scored on monday but the story apparently revealed all days earlier each mattress you see bore the name of a plan but there were only twenty three of them there was no room at the inn for the likes of goalkeeper muscles and for others they'd be forgiven for not quite giving their all in belgium's final warm up against portugal tonight. and to end it on a high note a student pilot in california had a lucky escape when she was forced to make a successful emergency landing on a busy street in los angeles have a look at that now the final said she experienced engine trouble before bringing the aircraft down she landed the plane without hitting any power lines or causing any injury. spectacular or you're watching d.w. news will have more coming for you at the top of the hour but don't forget you can

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