this is news live from berlin germany verses of the state has a inflicts more punishment on chancellor angela merkel's shaking coalition government as both the main topic here the losses social democrat administrations of with the coalition. is this the beginning of the end for the chancellor. as pittsburgh mourns the victims of the synagogue shooting many are blaming the killings on the current political climate the f.b.i. has praised the quick response of the police say more would have died otherwise.

and brazilians are on the verge of electing a populist far right president. it's the country's most part arised election in decades. challenges same democracy is at stake. i'm christine one welcome to the program voters in the german state of has have to live in a blow today to chance and i'm going to machall in regional elections the vote is widely being seen as a test off the national popularity of the paci the conservative c.d.u. let's take a look at the latest projections chancellor merkel's c.d.u. on twenty seven point eight percent that's a fall of ten point five percent since the last his the election in twenty thirteen the social democrats or s.p.d. at nineteen point five percent a draw. eleven point two percent the greens nineteen point five percent that's

a rise of eight point four percent the left party their own six point nine percent an increase of zero point eight percent the liberal free democrats or if seven point nine percent rise of two point nine percent and the far right alternative for germany or a d. rise up by twelve point five percent and that's an increase of eight point four percent. i'm now joined by political correspondent simon yanks i mean it's it's good to see it let's talk us through these results right so what does it mean we've got the big parties each losing at least ten percent yeah i think that's the that's the big story it's a continuation of a trend and it's obviously worrying for angle america's government in berlin which consists of both of those biggest parties dropping in support you know votes is many of them will have been voting of course on on regional issues in this regional election but some of them clearly wanting to sort of send that message to berlin

they're not happy with the way things are going at national level the other thing i think you're seeing is surging greens support. in some ways a reward for their work as part of a coalition errington coalition now in the head with the christian democrats and they're obviously done what a lot of voters lights and they look like apology of government and so i think they've they've they've earned their spurs for that the other thing the a.f.d. the far right and the immigrant party now represented in all the parliaments around the regions of germany and you know there are nationwide phenomena and one that a lot of people say is not welcome but it's definitely a fixture now on the german political scene you've hinted at it and i want to bring us back to the point of why regional elections at such a time matters so much why are we watching these results so closely yeah well i mean this is a this is more than

a poll it's an election people actually went there and they actually cost their vote so in a way it means more than the polls that we see every every few weeks and that we talk about here on d.w. this particular election coming now at a time of the sense of crisis for the for the national government will inevitably be studied more closely for what it means about the mood of voters but i think also a big. in particular chancellor merkel's position and indeed the leadership of the of the social democrats both both sides of the the leadership is wobbly and you know people are looking to vote well is it just about good enough still can we keep going is there something positive to draw from this or is it really time for change in both the bigger parties i think are thinking along those lines tonight and we'll be doing so in the coming days all right so stay on that. one of the spokespeople

for those big parties spoke a short while ago and i want to have all of us listen to that we've got the general secretary of the concept of cd that's merkel's party that's a great company but it's have a listen to what she had to say i on this list seems to me we can already draw some conclusions it's been painful for the c.d.u. that we've lost a lot of votes but also that full could do for a friend who has to have achieved their goal for this election this course of. an image and what we've prevented a left wing majority and we will be able to continue the work of the c.d.u. green coalition led by phone could move. that is down to our friends in heads and we congratulate them for that. all right seven current bob talking about a painful result that we're clearly seeing that the big parties are losing support why is that well i mean what you're seeing there is you know the big party is saying we've understood this is the message the the people aren't happy with the

way the grand coalition in berlin has been caught up in all sorts of little scandals and squabbles and they haven't seemed to be really getting on with the issues that people care about in the country at large and that's got people frustrated is a sense the you know this grand coalition has been around for too long under the leadership of language america she's been around for too long and you know it's getting worn out and that's just a sense the lady you're watching there is a medical loyalist but she's one of those he's been suggested her name has been put forward as a potential successor to anglo-american and this is the this is the background here you know when will the successes be sort of named when will they come out of a cover and start to put their hands in the ring because you know that will be a problem for the christian democrats going forward in a night like tonight begins to concentrate minds around that i also want to take

some reaction from the social democrats she spoke moments ago as well it's and what she had to say today in for loose politics at a federal level contributed a lot to our losses and has a and there are two reasons for that first something has to change in the s.p.d. . we have a lot of work ahead of that. we have to make it clear where we differ from the work of the government so i wouldn't second the condition of a government is unacceptable we expect the conservatives to draw the consequences and resolve their political and personal differences as quickly as possible. ok so tough words from that is there but could we see this resulting in them leaving the grand coalition base speed leaving the grand coulee there's been a lot of speculation about that and you know andrea knowledge is a speedy leaders her job's not safe either she's having to send that message oh well i've understood i need to know something's got to join the other day she was saying if there's

a bad result tonight we shouldn't lose our hades we should stick with it sort of suggesting they would stay with medicals government in berlin maybe tonight she's under a bit more pressure to look like she's at least considering all the options and i think the s.p.d. will be doing that going forward of course if they pull out of the government they'll be new elections those aren't terribly attractive to the s.p.d. either because their support nationwide has been dropping with every passing election over recent years so they might prefer to stay in the government but there was. while the government thank you for that that's our. correspondent reporting for us there for now to some of the other stories making news around the world one man was killed and two others wounded when shots were fired in sri lanka bodyguards for the petroleum minister opened fire on a crowd loyal to the president after the minister's office was the seeds the country was plunged into crisis friday when the president sect the prime minister

and appointed a new one. fans of the british football club in leicester city have been paying tribute to the victims of a helicopter crash next to the team stadium a source ses the billionaire owner fisheye down a profit and four others were on board the aircraft that burst into flames shortly after taking off police have launched an investigation into why the aircraft fell to the ground. there's been a wave of international condemnation off to eleven people were killed in the deadliest attack on the jewish community in the united states the alleged killer the warm glow of candles song and prayer. thousands gathered in pittsburgh to mourn the dead and express their solidarity with the jewish community as well as foist their outrage that this may have been heading for the past few years but not see the anti semites white supremacists and the like are feeling completely emboldened

and more competent and confident to go out and express their hateful believes in this political climate i feel like the leadership in our country right now is just encouraging violence and i wish to stop. on saturday morning after reports of a gunman at the tree of life synagogue police and a heavily armed swat team descended on the scene. by the time the attacker was apprehended eleven people were dead and several more injured. police say the suspect told them his aim had been to kill jews. president donald trump called for tougher punishment for such crimes but he rejected the idea that stricter gun laws could have prevented the attack to. pittsburgh mayor bill to do toad did not agree i think the approach that we need to be looking at is how we take the guns which is the common denominator of every mass shooting in america out of the hands of

those that are looking to express hatred through murder in jerusalem the israeli cabinet observed a minute of silence to honor the victims. oh sure. they're not looking me up because in the hood we stand as one front against anti-semitism and against these barbaric manifestations i call on the entire world to unite in the fight against anti-semitism in every place. investigators say the attacker likely acted alone to get the shooting comes just days after a suspect was arrested in a right wing mail bomb plot and in just over a week u.s. voters head to the polls in a highly anticipated midterm election. brazilians all voting in a runoff presidential election today and for the first time in decades a far right candidate is set to win going into votes opinion polls we're giving jay

of both an hour and eight to ten point lead over he's left his rival fernando had. this is brazil's most polarized election in decades many voters are hungry for the radical changes promised by far right candidates both so narrow others fear he could pose a threat to democracy. you think of our country needs change we've had enough of the same thing over and over i think plus an auto is our chance to change and if it's god's will he'll be a good president is the age of eighteen and i voted for fernando because i don't agree with both his rhetoric his inciting hatred. if he becomes president to legitimize all that hatred in people as a black and woman i'm afraid. dire both so narrow the man who looks likely to become brazil's first fire rights president since the

end of the country's military dictatorship in one nine hundred eighty five he's been charged with making me such a mystic homophobic and racist comments has defended torture and praised the military dictatorship many political analysts say his sudden popularity is a symptom of the multiple crisis besetting brazil bilson are splats to crack down on rampant corruption and violence and to rescue an economy in turmoil in a final call for voters he posted this message to facebook on the eve of the election. this sunday the twenty eighth of october is the future of brazil is in our hands i ask all of you who want a different brazil a better brazil for all of us a peaceful brazil to vote nothing is decided yet let's participate. by see what is this book you for. meanwhile leftist presidential candidate for nanda how dad is battling to narrow the gap.

the nation is at risk democracy is at risk individual rights are at risk. we represent the restart of the process the deepening of democracy of freedoms and of the battle against inequality in our country. have dads has been making up ground in the last two weeks but with both so narrow on the brink of victory it's unlikely to be enough to turn the tide. and just a reminder of the top story we're following for you exit polls in the german state of hess a inflict more punishment and a fresh blow to german chancellor angela merkel coalition both the main. aim supports the far right if he called enough support to enter the regional parliament for the first time and the greens also made gains. ok that's join us again at the top of the hour or you can check out our web site that's com

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