i mean. this is deja vu news coming to you live from berlin leading jewish figures in germany it sound the alarm after the far right if the party moves to set up a jewish group of its own parties been accusing accused of flirting with neo nazis but now it aims to set up a jewish working group find out why some want to join it 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. plus star football or close to other rinaldo is left out of portugal's 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 party the a.f.p. said it was setting up an internal jewish group the party has faced criticism after failing to sanction members for downplaying the holocaust and flirting with neo nazis seventeen jewish organizations have issued

a statement saying that no citizen of german in 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. virgin unite on this jewish and he supports the f.t. when he was nineteen he left ukraine and the discrimination he felt there is a jew and came to germany now he fears anti-semitism here. there are lots of problems in germany which weren't there before and they're only being addressed by the way i think on the we're talking about the clear anti-semitism you can see in the qur'an one. 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 look at me. and think that it is working but from that five process some observers it might seem

paradoxical for jewish people to join the a fifty but they have and on sunday this setting up to form a group in the party. the spokesman is dimitri shorts he's a jew from the former soviet union and he sees if he is the only party fighting muslim anti-semitism i doubt it's your future torch the one fortunately many germans have no sense of homeland and this homeland is in danger and that in spite of pulling institute says anti-semitism is much more prevalent in the h.d. than in other parties and the f.t. leadership has faced repeated criticism for playing down the crimes of the nazis were literally the nazis are no more than a speck of bird poop in more than a thousand years of successful german history. sergey like the d.n.c. is a leading member of president's jewish community and as far as he's concerned jews joining the h.d. is a bad joke but he says the party is resonating with some jewish groups and we

shouldn't forget that about ninety percent of jewish people in germany are also eastern european origin 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 juice in a veggie group would get short shrift at the mazeltov and in berlin the jewish own across the pinsky sees the group as no more than a tactic to divert attention from if g.m. . sometimes. business is fine you just 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 so i just mentioned that

. 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 from our parliamentary studios hans 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 of jews in germany and its reasoning is that it's basically an anti muslim and anti. reasoning 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 islamic countries are threatening

german society and one aspect of this according to the f.t. is an increased anti-semitism an increased threat to jewish people so the f.t. has always presented itself as a preserver as it were of. jewish life in germany. as we've already mentioned jewish organizations in germany have condemned this move by the a.f.p. 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 have in fact is a party which has parts of it which are very an anti semitic in fact and have gone as far as saying dr ball to the extent of the hollow calls during the second world war and germany's responsibility for that crime they are also members of the a.f.p. that are very close to ultra right wing nazi parties in germany so they are

saying these jews 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 and 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 communities of on no i haven't heard anything from them 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 of this form of anti-semitism in germany so in a sense all cold sides are saying that what we need to do is to talk to each other rather than to continue confrontation thank you so much for now d w political correspondent. now to some of the other stories making news around the world today a week after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit indonesia's super wheezy island the death toll has now risen to over fifteen hundred the search for survivors is continuing but hopes of finding any more people alive are fading tens of thousands still need help supplies or arriving now at the port in the stricken city apollo. russian president vladimir putin is in new delhi for annual talks with the indian prime minister in a render a modi officials say they'll sign a raft of agreements including a deal to buy air defense systems worth five billion dollars this despite u.s.

sanctions on a russian defense exports. the u.s. said it is a step closer to confirming president trump's nominee for the supreme court brett kavanaugh this after the f.b.i. submitted its report on allegations of sexual misconduct against judge kavanaugh republicans say it contains nothing to substantiate the claims but democrats say and protesters say the probe was completely. inadequate comedian 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. senators could hold a first vote on judge kevin also nomination later today the f.b.i. report has done little to ease tensions over the controversial candidate for how i mean i was. outside the supreme court in washington d.c. protesters called on senators to vote against bretz cavanagh's consummation 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 what was not in it the f.b.i. did not interview brett kavanaugh nor did the f.b.i. interviewed dr blasi 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 had a different reason according to republican and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell senator sherman gruffer cited this morning knew that the jewish or a committee know the f.b.i. could locate any third party if you're going to trust to any

of these allegations no back up for any witnesses. and clearing those pacifically names as eyewitnesses by the people who brought the allegations on first reuters. report tapings the way to something these protesters have suits to avoid of the time cavanagh's consummation in the food senate where republicans hold a seat majority that could now take place as early as saturday. portugal football star coach john the rinaldo has been left out of his national team squad for their international matches next week it comes after a rape allegation made against him by an american woman his club event historian have been criticised for their tweets on the matter initially praising him for his professionalism since joining the summer a second tweet goes on to say that the alleged events do not change their opinion

of him calling him a great champion this stance has been widely condemned on social media. all right dollar has vehemently denied the allegations and threaten to sue the german magazine der spiegel which first reported the story a week ago. he's one of the most recognizable faces in world football there christiane over now though is now at the center of rape allegations catherine new yorker has filed a lawsuit against her an alto claiming he repeatedly raped turn a los vegas hotel room while she screamed no back in two thousand and nine or now to himself use twitter to deny the allegations calling ripen abominable crime may yoga told her story to german magazine der spiegel who had been investigating the allegations for more than a year this story has involved evolved since then obviously we published three articles about it and then there was the need to movement coming in a couple of months later and catherine new yorker says that she was encouraged by

this me two movements to actually speak out for herself too because she witnessed many other women spoke out for the first time about what they experience may yoga claims are now paid her an out of court settlement of three hundred seventy five thousand u.s. dollars her lawyers say the settlement is void juta medical condition suffered as a result of the assault. based upon his examination dr waiting diagnosis catherine is suffering post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression. in dr reitman's medical opinion these psychological injuries were caused by christiane over now those two thousand and nine sexual assaults. the pressure is mounting on ronaldo now is big name sponsors have voiced their concern amid a police investigation. now it's an ongoing investigation as the police of las

vegas confirmed a couple days back there's a civil complaint filed by katherine may yaga and her lawyer last week and we have now the first statements from a sports who published the nineteen video game with not on its cover and in fact nike coming out and saying that they closely monitor the situation and nike saying that they're very concerned about this. one of the biggest names in sports and his accuser face a nervy few wakes as the investigation picks up pace. the norwegian nobel committee will announce this year's winner of the nobel peace prize shortly the committee has received three hundred thirty one nominations the second highest number of candidates ever the selection process is highly secretive but there has been a lot of speculation over who might win the coveted award this year among those put

forward this year are the syrian civilians rescue group white helmets u.s. anti surveillance activist edward snowden and german chancellor angela merkel last year's winner was the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. and we will be bringing you live coverage of the announcement at the top of the next hour to tune in for watching d.w. news see you see you in just few minutes. here's what's coming up for the book is leave you have plenty to talk about here one that it's time to take a look at what all that means for the paper of course. the bundesliga every weekend here on t.w. .