this is d.w. news coming to you live from berlin leading jewish figures in germany sound the alarm after the far right if tea party moves to set up a jewish group of its own the party whose leader hit the headlines for downplaying the nazi era aims to set up a jewish working group this weekend we'll find out why salt wants to join also coming up protests in congress says u.s. senators move towards confirming the appointment of brett kavanaugh to the supreme court following an f.b.i. investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct. space junk and what to do about

a problem that's been growing astronomically look at some ideas being discussed at the international astronautical congress this week plus star football christiane the result is left out of portugal squad the team captain will not play into international matches next week this after a woman alleged he raped her we'll hear from one of the journalists who broke the story. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us leading figures from germany's jewish community have reacted with astonishment and concern after the far right alternative for germany the a.f.p. said it was set up a jewish group this weekend party has faced criticism from jewish groups after failing to sanction members for downplaying the holocaust and. flirting with neo

nazi groups seventeen jewish organizations have issued a statement saying that no citizen of germany who cared about democracy could identify with the a.f.p. we'll get analysis from our political correspondent in just a moment but first this report. that he knew in a town this jewish and he supports the f.t. when he was nineteen he left ukraine and the discrimination he felt there was a jew and came to germany now he fears anti-semitism here. there are lots of problems in germany which will be fall and they're only being addressed by the way i think on. what i'm talking about the clear idea semitism you can see in the qur'an and woman. well because there are so many migrants from the region that has this religion it's clear that we're going to see more and more anti semitism in germany. on three things we're both from ha

ha ha ha ha to some observers it might seem paradoxical for jewish people to join the h.t. but they have and on sunday they're setting up a formal group and the party. spokesman is dimitri shorts he's a jew from the former soviet union and he sees a fifty is the only party fighting muslim anti-semitism i doubt it's the future torch of the unfortunately many germans have no sense of homeland and this homeland is in danger. that polling institute says anti-semitism is much more prevalent in the h.t. than in other parties and the f.t. leadership has faced repeated criticism for playing down the crimes of the nazis when there are the nazis and no more than a speck of bird poop in more than a thousand years of successful german history. sergei like routines he is a leading member of prisons jewish community and as far as he's concerned jews joining the a fifty is

a bad joke but he says the party is resonating with some jewish groups we shouldn't forget that about ninety percent of jewish people in germany are also all of eastern european origin or mostly come from the soviet union and bring the whole baggage of stereotypes and a kind of a. liberal understanding of democracy and also there are people who are german speakers speaking who. are right wing and who are trying to use this and that instrument allows this feeling and this is what we're seeing. the jews in the age group would get short shrift at the mazeltov. in berlin the jewish own across the pinsky sees the group as no more than a tactic to divert attention from if d.m. . because nations find it is irreconcilable jews cannot be involved in a party which is clearly associated with anti semitic motivations and anti semitic

people it doesn't make sense to trust people like that and mentions and. pinsky least if he is clearly anti-semitic and a group of jews in the party won't change that. well for more on this was bring in our political correspondent hons blonde from our parliamentary studios hons can you explain to us why the far right if he is creating a jewish group well the f.d.a. has said for some time that it is the only party in driven that is a real defender of jewish life in germany and all of jews in germany and is reasoning is that it's basically an anti muslim and anti reasoning if the party is a very lengthy anti immigrant party and has said that the number of migrants coming into germany from the middle east and from other as we've already mentioned jewish

organizations in germany have condemned this move by the a d tell us more about what germany's jewish organizations are saying about this. yes this is a joint declaration issued by all the major jewish organizations in germany and they say that they if the in fact is a party which has parts of it which are variant the anti semitic in fact and have gone as far as saying dot about the extent of the holocaust during the second world war and germany's responsibility for that crime they are also members of the f.t. that are very close to ultra right wing nazi parties in germany so they are saying these through organizations that the f.t. in fact is a party that promotes hate and hate crimes in germany and is not a party that in fact should be supported by any jew or any democratically thinking

person in germany now you already mentioned that this move seems to be one that is targeting muslims in germany have we had any response from germany's muslim community so far no i haven't heard anything from muslim community on this issue at the moment but it is clear that certainly it is the case that because of the immigration into germany from the east there is a new form of anti semitism an anti israeli sentiment especially an anti israel sentiment coming into germany at the same time one has to say that that is not a particularly strong feature of german society and muslim organizations in general have been saying that they do not support those form of anti-semitism in germany so in a sense all sides are saying that what we need to do is to talk to each other rather than to continue confrontation just briefly what do we know about this event that

the a.p. is planning for sunday where it's actually going to establish its jewish group. well it's going to be a fairly small occasion in the city near frankfurt a couple of members of the a.f.p. leadership will be there one doesn't quite know how many jews in fact are going to be involved one also has to see it in the context of the region where it is taking place the federal state of her so there will be elections there later this month and the people organizing this event are in fact also involved in those elections so it is also a campaign. that has to do with those regional elections thank you so much for now d.w. political correspondent. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today former rap mogul marion the show good night has been jailed for twenty eight years for manslaughter knight was a co-founder of death row records which released records by stars like to pop shock

or dr dre he was convicted for ascent and sentence for carrying out a fatal hit and run three years ago. a stranded humpback whale has been returned to the sea off argentina after a twenty eight hour rescue operation around thirty people helped save the animal after it had become beach rescuers celebrated in the sea following the whale for a short time. the u.s. senate is a step closer to confirming president trump's nominee for the supreme court brett kavanaugh after the f.b.i. released its report on allegations of sexual misconduct against judge cavanagh two senators republicans say it contains nothing to substantiate the claims but democrats and protesters say the probe was incomplete comedienne amy schumer was among three hundred people arrested at a rally inside

a senate office building they were detained after refusing to leave the site. fena terrorist could hold a first vote on judge kevin else nomination later on friday and f.b.i. report to the f.b.i. report has done little to ease tensions over the controversial candidate have. i. outside the supreme court in washington d.c. protest is called on senators to vote against points cavanagh's consummation of the rally coincided with the completion of an f.b.i. investigation into the allegations against the judge democrat and republican senators had very different takes on the findings democrats dianne feinstein said the most notable parts of the report was well it was. didn't the f.b.i. did not interview brett kavanaugh nor did the f.b.i. interview dr lazy for what we've heard from numerous people over the last few days

seeking to provide information to the f.b.i. we have seen even more press reports of witnesses who wanted to speak with the f.b.i. but were not interviewed the absence of witness testimony how did different reason according to a republican in senate majority leader mitch mcconnell chairman grassley fight it this morning knew that the judiciary committee nor the f.b.i. could locate any third parties who are going to try to any of these allegations no back up for any witnesses including those specifically named as i witnessed as by the people who brought the allegations on first reuters. reporter opens the way to something these protesters have so sue avoid a vote on cavanagh's confirmation in the full senate where republicans hold the seat majority that could now take place as early as saturday.

week after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit indonesia ways the island the death toll has now passed fifteen hundred and tens of thousands of survivors need urgent help and indonesian navy ship has landed supplies at a point in the stricken town of palmer with more international aid supplies expected later on friday meanwhile president search for survivors continues with hopes of finding any more people alive in the rubble fading. more let's bring in correspondent max walden in jakarta max it's been a week now since the earthquake and tsunami what's the situation for people in the disaster zone now. well it does seem that. trickling in and some delays lack of access. the electricity thing

turned on but some people in fallujah and certainly markets i think back on it does seem to be a return to an extent of some sense of normalcy however of course search and rescue efforts are ongoing today's the deadline set by the government after weeks to expected. in the rubble could not be alive and also up to the day of the death toll that you just mentioned there was also flagship attentional the off to a thousand feet trapped underneath stands where the ground liquified due to these earthquake in certain parts so certainly there have been buried and not identified because of the threat of disease so it's an ongoing however it does seem that for the survivors their life improved in the months we've heard a report from the aid group save the children saying that six hundred thousand children have been affected by the disaster and many of them have been separated

from their parents what are aid agencies doing to help them. yeah so i've spoken to representatives of units and there is a lot of concern due to the fact that around the children it's away so you don't have kids of course means that. at least fifteen hundred people that have died many of these people of course the parents and their children who are on the company who potentially unaccompanied now without it because it's extremely difficult to link a child to a family so certainly groups like save the children need to father. about the potential targets. due to the fact that these kind of circumstance anyone can take it. in order to try and. children with parents then i would try to. remember that their extended family. is such

a challenge when the right of a. whole week we've been hearing reports of people complaining that the aid effort has been way too it's just been simply insufficient briefly if you can what are authorities saying now. again i think this is the key challenge getting in and out of it. and the problem. really military quine's. twenty quite around the world including the u.k. and other parts of europe heading to. the major challenge even with. getting. married to the extent of. max thank you very much correspondent max walden there talking to us from jakarta thank you. now

a senior russian minister has warned the united states that its allegations of cyber attacks by russian intelligence could dangerously escalate tensions between the two nuclear powers deputy foreign minister sergei. accuse the us of deliberately inciting tensions in relations between the nuclear powers the us britain australia canada and the netherlands have all accused russian agents of involvement in a series of cyber attacks around the world the u.s. has charged seven russians while dutch officials say they foiled an attack on the world's chemical weapons watchdog. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons in the hague dutch authorities say it was the target of an attempt attacking attack back in april investigators allege four russian spies parked a car full of electronic equipment at side the u.n. chemical weapons watchdog. if you think of.

this russian military intelligence service operation targeted the o.p.c. w.y. fine network from short range with a view to hacking and infecting it we consider this a close access hack operation. at the time the o.p.c. w. was working to identify the substance used in the poison attack on former russian spy sergei script out in the british city of salzburg. britain says the dutch allegations further incriminate russia. have evidence of the russian military forcing a cyber attack on the ferry organization international organization in the netherlands sets up to investigate protection why would you do that if you were guilty of the us canada and australia also issued statements blaming russia for some of the biggest cyber attacks in recent years the allegations came as nato defense

ministers met in brussels. basically the russians got caught with their their with. three quitman. people who are doing it and they have got to pay the piper they're going to have to be held to account russia must stop this reckless pattern of behavior including the use of force against its neighbors attempted interference in the election process and widespread this information and campaigns russia has denied the allegations dismissing them as fantasy bullshit up his inventing going if they suck like to meet them the kremlin says the cyber crime allegations are part of an us to come pain reminiscent of the propaganda of the cold war. into space now and especially the part of it closest to us here on earth the problem is we're filling it up with trash almost

two thousand new objects were added to the astronomical rubbish dump last year alone and scientists warn that it's endangering space expeditions so this week thousands of experts are meeting here in germany to try to find a solution to the ever increasing problem of space junk. the international astronauts congress posted this year by the german city of cleveland covers rockets satellites and even space stations anything that humankind launches into orbit but the more we shoot into near it space the bigger our problem with potentially damaging space junk becomes the soviet vehicle gets like a bullet in some object a satellite for instance it will damage will sometimes even destroy it for example if it hits a fuel tank or a battery and causes an explosion or if an object like that even a small one collides with the international space station it can punch a hole in the hull causing an air leak. and fight our modern societies have become

dependent on such satellite systems for telecommunications navigation and weather forecasting as well as much more that's why experts say we need to act quickly to reduce the risk of damaging this delicate orbiting equipment which is what we need is something like a vacuum cleaner but that wouldn't work in space of course it's a real challenge some objects will return to the atmosphere in just burn up that's the low orbit of characters at an altitude of four hundred to five hundred kilometers those in high orbits will stay in place more or less forever. some possible solutions are in early development and scientists say we need to act quickly before the space around our planet becomes too crowded for us to use. footballers here at least and personalities there too of course rinaldo main sponsors u.s. companies nike and e.a. games have both voice their concern about a rape. allegation against the u. ventas and portugal footballer as the two companies say they will closely monitor the situation on wednesday the portugal captain had vehemently denied the

allegation tweeting that rape is an abominable crime last friday the german magazine der spiegel reported that american catherine mayorga is accusing rinaldo of raping her in a los vegas hotel in two thousand and nine with the los vegas police investigation now under way the store will forward has been left out of his national team squad for next week's international matches. here with the business and a look at what's driving the booming u.s. economy terry the world's biggest economy is currently firing on all cylinders economic growth came in at more than four percent recently and unemployment is skating near a half century lol more good news as expected later today when the government releases its latest jobs figures one of the key questions being asked corporate profits are surging will people's wages also continue to rise. workers

at online retail giant amazon in the usa now earn a minimum of fifteen dollars an hour from eleven the company is growing fat in prosperous times business is booming in the usa people are spending more companies are investing and exports are growing in the second quarter the most recent for which data is available growth was at a record breaking four point one percent that's twice as high as in the previous three months u.s. president donald trump has no doubt who's responsible for the sustained upswing himself it is that really so. unemployment in the us for example has been falling for some time the economic upswing began long before trump came to office under his predecessor obama critics also point out that part of the recent positive data is due to increased orders from foreign companies that wanted to stock up before new tariffs were introduced that showed up as an uptick in exports

a one off effect that can't be sustained. let's take a closer look at what's driving the u.s. economy with stephon legacy he's an economist at the university of gallon in switzerland welcome stefan president trump likes a talent his own economic policies and how much of the current growth can he actually take credit for. well you can take credit for some of the growth that we've seen in recent quarters. in the second fourth of two thousand and eighteen we saw g.d.p. growth of four point one percent of we just heard and large a large part of that is driven by private sector consumption that's actually the lion's share and a mind driver of economic growth that we see currently and that has a lot to do with the tax cuts and jobs act signed in two thousand and seventeen now takes a fact into those eighteen so the regular tax payer in the united states has about one thousand to two thousand dollars more to spend and given the high propensity of

many americans to spend additional income the policy of mr trump has actually contribution to more spending and that has driven the growth numbers that we see in this quarter now when do you think donald trump's economic policies say the other part of these policies will have a broader impact on the u.s. economy i'm talking about the tariffs here. the tariffs so far have not shown up in the statistics as a poll the chair of the federal reserve just announced but it will have an effect and we just read this morning the vice president pence announced a tougher stand on china so if the united states follows through and to reach a deal with china we might see escalating trade conflict between china and the united states and for sure they will have an impact it already shows that some companies stockpile. to prepare themselves for rising tariffs if that happens.

so far the policies of mr trump have boosted economic growth but in terms of the trade conflict that is looming we have to wait and see how that affects economic growth in the next couple of quarters unemployment in the united states is at historic lows and more positive news is expected later today how much actually does that tell us about the state of the u.s. economy. well the unemployment rate is one of the key statistics to look at for the state of the economy yet it's not the only one of the united states unemployment is a very low level just below four percent which is very positive and has steadily decreased since two thousand and nine however we also have to look at how many people have jobs that is the great and if you look at that number it's still far below where it was before the financial crisis so there's still lots of people who are potentially dropped out of the labor market or they don't show up in

unemployment statistics but that doesn't mean that they don't want to work. from the university thank you for your insight. count as hosting senior ministers from thirteen nations later this month to discuss the future of the world trade organization however only ministers from quote likeminded countries are invited and that means that the united states is off the list as is china the like minded countries include australia japan south korea and the european union the talks will aim to find consensus on reforming the w t o when those countries which believe in international free trade agree others can join the talks later the canadian trade minister said u.s. president trump has been repeatedly critical of the w t o's saying it treats u.s. companies and workers unfairly. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour a leading german leading jewish figures in germany have sounded the alarm after the far right of the party said it was going to set up a jewish group of its own the party has faced criticism from jewish groups after

failing to sanction members for downplaying the holocaust and flirting with a neo nazi so. you're watching news coming to you live from berlin we have a fresh bulletin coming up at the top of the hour meanwhile you can always get the latest news information on a website that's the doctor dot com for now thanks for watching.

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