this is. from the bush's and the german state has a inflicts more punishment on chancellor undermanned shaking the government as both the main. medical social democrat politicians threaten to cut the alliance will be all skiing is this the beginning of the end for the grand coalition. brazil is on the verge of electing

a populist far right as president. of the contest has polarized the country both in our respective challenges ses democracy is at stake. i'm christine one goal welcome to the program germany's governing policies have been hits with big losses in regional elections today the results from the state of the threaten the survival of the federal alliance between medical's conservative c.d.u. and the social democrats let's take a look at the latest projections the c.d.u. one twenty seven percent a fall off eleven point three percent since the last election in twenty thirteen the social democrats speedy twenty point one percent that's a drop off ten point six percent the greens nineteen point six percent a rise of eight point five the left there on six points. percent that's an increase

of one percent liberal free democrats or if d.p. won seven point seven percent that's a rise of two point seven percent and the fog if germany or if they got thirteen point one percent and that's an increase of nine point zero percent as a national level the loss for both of the main parties is putting further the strain on the backs of coalition and byrne than the social democrats say they'll review their federal alliance with merkel's conservatives it's another disappointing result for the chancellor following elections in bavaria two weeks ago but what did today's results mean in the sate of has it now it suggests that the conservatives can continue governing in a coalition there although possibly without a majority. it's been a sobering night for chancellor merkel's christian democrats and the has the state capital the c.d.u. premier can remain in office but no one is calling this result a success and the disappointment is even greater among the social democrats this is

the s.p.d. as worst result in has a state elections. out of nearly four and a half million voters and has about sixty eight percent cast their ballots the results underscore the flagging support for chancellor merkel's coalition government in berlin with punishment for both the c.d.u. and the s.p.d. . party leaders in berlin are now ready to change course. students for loose politics at the federal level contributed a lot to our losses and has a and there are two reasons for that firstly something has to change in the. we have a lot of work ahead of us so at the condition of the government is unacceptable accept dusty's i think you will even we have to ensure the government does what it was elected to do an end are fighting. whether we can govern together or not the people expect us to do what's right and deliver results in the front. supports of the greens doubled from has as

a last election five years ago it's their best result in the state of venice i'm believe. this result is evidence that people from mainstream society a longing for another kind of government with different ideas. but this is the this while arguments of. the far right a.f.d. party garnered nearly thirteen percent of the vote and it's entering has a parliament for the first time that means it will be an all sixteen of germany's state parliament following the election and has a pressure is bearing down on the government in berlin to turn its words into action. i'm joined now by political correspondent simon yes i mean it's good to have you all right so the major parties the cd even the s.p.d. losing around eleven percent each how shaken should they be with this result i think really shaken i mean the cd use been in power and has for the last twenty years and before that for a very long time it was in social democrat hands so both of these parties you know

feel at home there but they've been told by the voters of this important state in the sense of germany you know we're not happy something's wrong and it causes the politicians there in that state have been saying well a lot of it is about people's reaction to the government of angle americal in berlin which consists of these two larger parties you know they're in a coalition together which a lot of people feel has lost its way and that's a certain amount of what is in your protest votes rules are seeing a surge for other parties like the greens like the f.t. people are looking for other offices all right so there are rumblings that this result in his it could end the federal grand coalition what do the parties need cities in order to save this alliance you know what they're saying tonight that they need to do is to sort of press the reset button find a new way of working with each other in particular because what a lot of people have said is it's not so much about a lack of policies as the tone and in the coalition government which has been

you know very much about sniping against each other and caught up with the personalities and that has created a sense that you know the government isn't moving forward but i think more than that the parties need to communicate they've got ideas but you could say the problem is just in the system if you have the two parties the largest parties center right center left together well you know that covers a lot of political ground but it also means that you know the vote is co really see the difference they don't really know. which way the government is leaning and it creates a sense of you know drift i think and that's possibly the result we've seen not just in this election but other regional elections recently a party that's been affected from that sense of drift. we now see that after this there are bound for the his state legislature for the first time always looking at all rather how are you reading what is seemingly an unstoppable rise of the tea

party yeah i mean now here they are in all the sixteen regional parliament around the country as well as in the national parliament so you've got to say this party has arrived nationally as they said they would some rich wrote them off it originally as a sort of just a far right and the immigrant kind of marginal phenomenon but they've they've got a grip across the country i think it is largely about a protest vote nonetheless. and people saying you know we want something different to happen it's not just the migration issue although that does mobilize a lot of air support those there are many people who perhaps might also equally vote for the far left party but have chosen to sort of send their message here by voting for the f.t. and we'll see whether their support really is lost in the years to come all right simon young political correspondent thank you for your reporting. now to some of

the other stories making news around the world a memorial service is being held for the victims of the synagogue shooting in pittsburgh eleven people were killed and six others wounded when a gunman opened fire at the tree of life synagogue on saturday a forty six year old man is in police custody. a part situational crisis has escalated with one person killed and two injured when a sect cabinet minister tried to reenter his office this comes just days after the country's president removed the prime minister and installed a powerful ally of china in his place. fans of the british football club list the city have been paying tribute to the victims of a helicopter crash just after a match the club's chairman confirmed it's been confirmed that the billionaire owner was on a problem and four others were killed after the aircraft spiraled out of control

and crashed into flames on saturday night police have launched an investigation. in brazil polls have closed in a presidential runoff and for the first time in decades it looks like a far right contender baldwin former army captain who has been criticized for making a string of sixes homophobic and racist remarks he's also repeatedly praised the military dictatorship that ruled the country for decades. holmes joins me now from rio de janeiro feel of this is brazil's most divisive presidential election in decades tell us what the atmosphere is like. well the atmosphere has been very polarized but what i can tell you at the hour now is that the first results we're seeing confirm what the latest polls have been showing and that is that you will tomorrow will be brazil's next president would fifty six percent of the vote one of the main media conglomerates here has already

announced him as the winner and this will probably not and the division in the country for a long term but at least for the next couple of months after it has been so polarized with so many protests ongoing in very different cities around brazil it wasn't as polarized in the second round as it was in the first one but many will be very happy and some others will be disappointed but that's just how it goes you're talking about that disappointment ophelia. has been known to make denigrating remarks about women about gays and about blacks how has he still managed to gone to the amount of support that he has while many people wonder how someone like that is likable but to be honest also not know is a phenomenon that has been very much compared to that of mr donald trump in the

united states as he sells himself as a different candidate as an outsider of this political elite that has been ruling brazil that is the workers' party for almost fifteen years and he promises to make things different people like his strong authority his strong comments and these sexist and racist comments haven't been taken that seriously as they probably would in different countries around the world because many people in brazil are sexists themselves and they're also very conservative. judging by this it's a poll number that we're looking at it looks like has won this country what does he is victory will run the selection what is his victory mean full that country. well it's going to be a very big change not only in the economic front something that many investors celebrate about him is that he will liberalize the market in brazil and he has

promised to private ties and or close about fifteen state owned companies and to fuel foreign investment this will also maybe increase the cooperation with other neoliberal. new liberal. governments around the region like colombia and chile also argentina which is one of the biggest cooperation partners of brazil but it will also mean a big change in the cultural and educational aspect he only he doesn't only want to bring the military to the street to fight insecurity and criminality he also wants to bring it into the education system with more military schools all around the country all right reporting for us in rio de janeiro thank you in formula one lewis hamilton has. championship despite finishing fourth at the mexican grand prix the maceda strive to wins the title two races of the twenty

eight hundred season live to space mets stuff and won the race on sunday ahead of ferrari's a bus in visual and commuter i can and the championship may be over for vettel this time around but he's ferrari team are still in a chance of winning the construction's championship. now only one driver in the sport has ever won more championships and lewis hamilton retired racing legend michael schumacher with seven here's a look at what makes hamilton the driver to beat. lewis hamilton champion again his fifth formula one world title has arguably been his toughest the mercedes driver expected and initially got a big challenge from ferrari before he was able to streak away to overall victory i think it's just really about been consistently been the most consistent so far. but says it seems it started off a little bit up and down to begin the season initially the briton struggled to keep

up with title rival sebastian fettle at the mid-season break the ferrari driver was in the lead with four wins and eight podium finishes defending champion hamilton was trailing sat in a technically inferior car. but the team and their star driver didn't pan. spirit within the team is stronger than it's over them and these experiences that we've been having and how we've been handling them have really united us more than any other year the team's engineers showed their worth they moved quickly to modify a few parts and make technical changes which got rid of the traction issues that had slowed the car down they were ruthless his miss a these teammate valtteri bottas was relegated to a supporting role vessel didn't have that type of support from his teammates and while the ferrari driver faltered hamilton cruised through the second half of the season with aplomb michelle schumacher was record of seven world titles may now be

in sight for a dominant donald. ok match tonight in the bundesliga is done and dusted will be bringing you the action in just a few minutes you find out of shell combative city and a disappointing start to the season around in live stage and how grim and fit against a struggling leverkusen side. that's a new structure that is again at the top of the hour i have more news seen a sec. every journey begins with the first step and every language but the first word published in the. rico is in germany to learn german why not learn with them simple online on your mobile and free seven easy learning course nikos fake german mating see.

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