bangladesh the dawn of islamism and exclusive d.w. report starts october eighteenth. this is the w. news live from berlin a blow for german chancellor on the machall her conservative allies in bavaria suffering huge losses in a key regional election the precautions for being felt in berlin today as voters punished germany's traditional party who's also coming up. living in limbo we meet a venezuelan in spain who's fled hardship and political persecution at home to get

information to stay in spain is a long process with little chance of success. and germany a football coach you all can love is fighting for his job ninety percent of fans in a newspaper survey have called for him to go faces a huge game against france on tuesday. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us just how stable is chancellor merkel's government after her political allies in bavaria suffered massive losses in a regional election yesterday her conservative sister party the c.s.u. lost their absolute majority in that state after six decades of dominance the c.s.u. took less than forty percent of the vote that's a drop of more than ten percent the greens are celebrating strong gains now becoming the number two. party in bavaria

a regional party of the free voters getting eleven percent the far right alternative for germany set to enter by various parliament for the very first time just over ten percent of support there and support for the center left social democrats crashing by half two hundred ten percent mark you have to be the free democrats just passed the five percent hurdle the left party will not be in the next parliament here's some reaction now from key political players i see in dismay as a watershed moment the c.s.u. loses its absolute majority but there aeons long standing loyalty is fading the party may afford opposition to uncle america's migration policy would win it votes from the right is evidently didn't know and sometimes months off this is a bit of a painful result even if we still have to wait for the election night to end we accept the result with humility and we need to learn from the result will analyze everything closely one thing is certain despite some predictions despite some

discussions despite some comments the c.s.u. hasn't just become the strongest party it also has the clear mandate to govern. among the greens jubilation the best result ever in the state. but there yet again needs a political party that solves people's problems rather than constantly causing new problems and that dear friends is why this result has already changed many many thanks for that. loon for the s.p.d. which lost over half its share of the vote the national party leadership seemed in shock this is moving to need it's a bigger defeat. it means we couldn't convince the voters we weren't able to win the competition between the parties. that has to be analyzed at all levels but there certainly wasn't support from the federal level on the contrary we weren't able to benefit from the policy dispute between the c.d.u. in the c.s.u. c.d.o.

and c.s. the c.s.u. the tax on its coalition partners at the national level over migration policy clearly backfired the a.f.d. running for the first time at the state level and very picked up a lot of support instead we are forced to. anyone who voted f.t. today in the area is saying that america all must go ladies and gentlemen. with her two coalition partners now sorely weakened. the job of governing has not gone any easier. peter craven has been covering the election fallout from much as america's party headquarters here in berlin and i asked him what this vote means for the chancellor's shaky government. it means for the chancellor's shaky government bryan the very government is even more shaky because we've heard the numbers he said be massive setbacks for the c.s.u. and especially for the s.p.d.

in bavaria. there is now involved in a sort of an existential battle for their very survival and that's going to have an impact i'm sure on the coalition after all the c.s.u. on the s.p.d. of the two pillows besides anglo-american c.d.u. conservatives that make up the coalition but there's a third problem for a. second problem i think i should probably say for angela merkel that whole see hope for is still around there have been some hopes that in. some quarters and maybe i'm going to medical share these hopes that if the candidate cabinet is going to be sitting firmly in the coalition to go she ations he's looking pretty smug about it he's talking about big plans for the future and this must move very disconcerting frank of america because he is peter constant disruption to coalition government since it was formed in march he's been bearing grudges against angela merkel in settling scores and so that is a real source of instability for angela merkel it leaves the coalition as a coalition that is more likely to drift apart than pull together. peter craven

there talking with me earlier we have much more on that election our website w dot com time now for some of the other stories making the news today saudi arabia has warned it will retaliate against any sanctions imposed over the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi. the u.s. has threatened severe punishment of suspicions are confirmed that he was murdered and dismembered inside riyadh's embassy in istanbul turkey. germany france and britain have called for a credible investigation walked away as announced its support for saudi arabia. jordan has reopened its main border crossing with syria to civilians for the first time in three years the move restores a crucial commercial lifeline to war torn syria clearing a route for its exports to arab countries reopening comes after syrian government troops three tuck. their side of the crossing in july. he wants jailed malaysian politician on more abraham has been sworn in as member of parliament two

days after a landslide by election victory this move seals his political comeback following a two thousand and fifteen sodomy conviction which he claims was politically motivated prime minister mahathir mohamad has designated him bring him as his successor. kensington palace says prince harry and his wife the duchess sussex ours expecting their first baby come spring now spent comes as harry and megan arrived in sydney at the start of a sixteen day trip to australia and the pacific region. well it's to south america and spain now more than three million people and people have fled venezuela as that country's economic and political crisis deepens most had for neighboring colombia and brazil but thousands of also applied for political asylum in the e.u. mainly in spain but as the w.'s follow foley ileus reports from madrid most of those applications are rejected. this is

a media he's made his whalen and seeking asylum in spain earlier this year and mido fled his home country and arrived in madrid. he told us his story. as it was. ordered by the thai suffered political pacification for munching for protesting for being in complete opposition to what's happening at the moment i was threatened harassed and ropes. i left because i got sick and also because of the political issues i tried to stay in my home in my country with my people. call me. a meter arrived in spain on a tourist visa and didn't seek asylum upon arrival he instead waited for five months. i was scared i asked about how asylum was what would come of

it and what i wouldn't be able to do it was always happens is they take your passport from you you can't leave the country and you don't know how long the process takes you don't know what pandora's box it will open so it was for those reasons i decided to take the time and seek political asylum spain's interior ministry turned down our request for an interview but official figures for twenty seventeen have shown the vast majority of asylum applications made by venezuelans in spain were rejected or simply not processed due to a large backlog of applicants over twelve thousand venezuelans have sought asylum so far this year here in spain for various cultural linguistic historical and family reasons spain is the number one destination for venezuelans fleeing their country. of the united nations refugee agency explained the reality of the asylum application process in spain is the cases of people waiting one or two years and

that includes venezuela one process to stay in the country must be cancelled or closed before another can begin one person who has been in spain seeking international protection who's been seeking asylum for two or three years can then include that time in other processes for immigrants to legalize insoles they can use it to prove they have settled in spain or seek spanish nationality. for immediate the legal limbo has been difficult but he remains positive about his new life in madrid. i don't know what's going to happen sometimes i feel positive sometimes i feel down sometimes i really want to push forward but other times i feel like i want to give up i sometimes think of giving up my asylum application but like everyone i have dreams i want to come true i have goals and i think spain can allow me to achieve them perhaps a small glimmer of hope for the increasing number of venezuelans seeking asylum in

spain. some football now in germany's national football team is that a new low point to last three nil to the netherlands over the weekend that's the biggest the feed ever to their traditional rivals. job is as a result now in question on tuesday the team faces world champions france. it's all downhill from here that's what yohimbe lives critics are predicting as the shop to call on since germany's disastrous world cup campaign continues his team has now failed to score in three straight competitive matches for the first time ever in the country's history germany are in danger of being relegated from the nation's league group or that we're all being heavily criticised me as the coach has to take responsibility but we somehow have to block that out in the next two days and show some character and face france because it's actually our last chance

promise changes to the teams playing style have failed to materialise despite the poor results some of germany's old god belief they're still performing. and it's not probably be accused of not being critical enough but i don't think we played a bad game against. we have a lot of top players we usually have a good national team being treated like amateurs if you follow. yet among the teams younger players the so for flexion has been more critical that. we do not make the mistake of talking or part of a foreman says if you're always losing in such a way that it can no longer be a coincidence. for him. something needs to change that much is clear another object performance against france on tuesday and even more fans will be calling for love to pack his bags. to hawaii now and that the iron man world

championships there the defending men's and women's champions both took home another title in the two did. record fashion but in the case of the men's champion the action did not stop at the finish line. the fortieth iron man world championships also became the fastest ever meeting early on in the women's competition was britain's lucy charles who set a new world record in the swimming event. but then switzerland's daniela got past her in cycling at the one hundred five mile mark the swiss then held on from there also excelling in the marathon to take first place with charles settling for second and a house of germany coming in third in the men's germany's patrick lang it was trailing until the final running stage that's also perhaps because he had been stung by a jellyfish just prior to the competition and wasn't sure if he could compete but compete he did and how finally making his mark late on and beating the previous

race record by almost nine minutes he then dropped to his knees to propose to his girlfriend. long also became the first athlete in history to finish the competition in under eight hours. northern ireland's jonathan wright has set a new supers bikes a record in argentina he becomes the first rider to win ten straight super bike races having already retained his world title calls arc rider started eighth but battled his way up to first gaining momentum with every lap it was not though such a happy race for eugene lafferty though he crashed out the season ends in two weeks in qatar. let's get your miner now of our top stories this hour german chancellor all americans allies in bavaria suffered major losses in a regional election the fetus calling into question the stability of her governing

coalition here in berlin as voters show their dissatisfaction with traditional parties. give more on these and other stories at our website interview dot com for now though for me bryan thomas the entire team here thanks for being with us. nico is in germany to learn german. village people why not learn with him online on the immobile and free stuff from the w z learning course nico streak.