from berlin tonight. political leaders says the time has come for change german chancellor angela merkel says this is her fourth and final term in office. today also announced that she will resign his head of her conservative c.d.u. party at the end of the year disastrous regional election results are just one factor forcing the chancellor to plan after more than

a decade in power also coming up brazilian voters chosen a populist president. south america's biggest country sharply divided over the election of a former soldier a torture advocate and a self professed homophobe. goff it's good to have you with us tonight we know when the. scheduled to end germany's chancellor will today announce that she will relinquish the leadership of her political party in december and step down as chancellor at the next election in two thousand and twenty one the move follows disastrous results for her conservatives in recent state elections chancellor merkel has been at the forefront of german politics for almost two decades but she has been under siege domestically ever

since last year's national elections. an earthquake a bombshell a day of destiny there's been no shortage of drastic descriptions for angle america's announcement. s. is. firstly at the coming c.d.u. party conference in december i have decided not to run again for c.d.u. party leader and secondly this fourth term is my last as chancellor of germany. at the election in twenty twenty one i won't run again a cd chancellor candid it nor will i run for seat in parliament nor will i seek any other political office. and sleep. merkel has previously said that the two jobs chancellor and party leader should go together but after eighteen years heading the christian democrats the moment has come where she feels

she can only do one of them. a disastrous results in the election in her search should be seen as an opportunity for the whole government to change merkel said above all the cooperation between christian democrats and social democrats needs to improve for their part merkel's s.p.d. coalition partners are also licking their wounds after a terrible result in sunday's regional vote their leader andrea knowledges whose future in the job was also being questioned it was clear that lessons have to be learned at national level. he didn't fret so we are absolutely determined to ensure that we can continue our work in the it needs more commitment and more determination to leave behind the problems of the past few months. opposition parties are already seizing their chance to capitalize on medicals weakness. it is giving up the wrong job this won't

make government more stable it will merely slow the death of the coalition. but the much diminished grand coalition will limp along for now with a severely weakened chancellor at its head who will follow her c.d.u. leader several candidates have already thrown their hats into the ring there could yet be a public battle for the soul of the c.d.u. for now merkel's tone remains thoughtful and sober as ever but as the chancellor spoke it was impossible not to feel that slowly she is giving up power yeah. it has always been my wish to carry out my state and party judy's with dignity and one day to leave them with dignity but i know that in politics this cannot always happen in a planned way i split the plan. that is the measured magical way of

saying i may not be chancellor for very much longer. well i'm joined now by our chief political correspondent melinda grains are melinda i guess you know would have to come the end of the medical error is beginning i mean how important is that for germany it's very significant and she has been head of that party head of the conservative c.d.u. for eighteen years she has been chancellor for over twelve years so she is a very historic figure in this country she has taken the c.d.u. and brought it into the center of the political spectrum opened it for different groups opened it for new topics and issues modernized it as you know many people in the party didn't like where she took her and took it but in fact she has made it electable for many people who would never have cast a vote for the conservatives before hand she also has a very important legacy again controversial in her policy on immigration and she

accepted hundreds of thousands of immigrants in twenty fifteen she was controversial but also often viewed as an important leader for what she did during the financial crisis and the sovereign debt crisis in europe so she's a major figure for the history books what she has done today is to ensure that she now will time her exit and shape her exit herself rather than being a victim of a messy transition process so she will now be leaving with some dignity and control and i think that's very important for her where this change takes us we don't know you know certainly it's the unimportant close to an era i mean she wants to control the controllable is if you will i mean she there were two announcements today she's going to step down as party leader at the end of the year and then she will step down as chancellor at the end of this term and twenty twenty one what does that mean though for the coalition government in power right now this coalition has been

riven with divisions divisions within the parties themselves divisions between the . it is particularly between the chancellor's conservatives and their bavarian sister party the c.s.u. and the chancellor herself today as she made to announce a decision that the government has been conveying an image that is absolutely unacceptable and the fact is they have come up with some pretty solid legislative achievements that message has not been getting out so what her decision does is it gives them a chance to press the restart button it basically gives them a chance to separate themselves from the controversial person of the head of the c.d.u. the chancellor herself and also to begin to look toward the future rather than the past and constantly rehash the decision about immigration which is what's been happening over the past six months whether this change really does in a new dynamic depends both on who succeeds her as head of the conservative party and on what the other parties do will we see other heads roll in the coming

weeks that is a very important thing to keep speaking of parties you know the story is will say that i'm left with the far right you have tea party represented in every regional parliament that's one part of the story but there's another story as well be very salute leah's and this is certainly a story that can reassure all of those who are asking themselves is democracy and danger in germany and certainly the far right the rise of the far right at times has been portrayed as a real danger to germany and it certainly does deserve our attention but the fact is the party that has gained most in these two regional elections that were so crucial the party that has gained most from the disarray of the big parties the christian democrats of social democrats is the green party firmly rooted in the liberal democratic political spectrum a party with a lot of modern ideas a party that does not simplify its message as

a party that is the antithesis of populism so i think that is a very positive story as we look at your of democracy our chief political correspondent and when it's always thank you. and here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the prime suspect in the deadly synagogue shooting in pittsburgh has appeared in court forty six year old robert bowers is accused of carrying out the mass killing in the u.s. on saturday a memorial has been set up outside the tree of life a synagogue in the city eleven people were killed as caravans of central american migrants continue to travel through mexico towards the united states eight hundred u.s. troops are reportedly now on their way to america's southern border military sources say there are plans to send more than five thousand soldiers there this week. around three quarters of the historic center of venice and has been flooded after strong winds raised water levels to a ten year high tours were evacuated from st mark's sware much of italy is

under alert after extreme weather lashed the country. turkey's president has unveiled its temples giant new international airport the government claims the ten point five billion euro mega project will be the biggest airport in the world when it reaches full capacity. or tonight in indonesia officials say the pilot of a lion air flight that crashed into the sea asked for permission to return to jakarta just minutes after takeoff air traffic control lost contact with the plane shortly afterwards rescuers believe that all one hundred eighty nine people died when the plane plummeted into the ocean monday morning. as darkness fell in indonesia rescuers started the grim task of carrying the bodies of those killed to shore. they had initially been talk of finding people alive but as

the divers began locating human remains they ruled out the chance of anyone surviving the impact of the crash. my prediction is no one has survived because we only managed to retrieve body parts that are incomplete. and it has been hours since the crash so it is possible all one hundred eighty nine people were killed. people are still waiting for answers as to why the plane went down one specialist aviation web site checked its progress minutes after takeoff the pilot reported a problem and requested to be allowed to return to the airport the request was granted but then the plane made a sudden sharp dive into the sea. for the families and loved ones waiting at the destination the region about one hour north of jakarta the news could not have been

worse. i waited until after eight am but there was still no word so i asked an official then he said the flight lost contact. with. the crash is also a blow to indonesian safety record the plane a boeing seven three seven max eight was just a few months old the airline said a recent technical problem had been repat now the pressure is on for the country to get to the bottom of what caused this tragedy. for right wing the leaders around the world are expressing their delight of the election. as president of brazil u.s. president says the. had shared an excellent telephone call today while russia's vladimir putin and italy's meant to be also welcome the news also nado swept to victory in sunday's presidential runoff despite his support for torture self professed

homophobia and his plans to open up the amazon rain forest to big business. change has come to brazil. after a decade and a half of leftist and centrist rule the far right has emerged triumphant. the president the high like it because it represents a shift in power we have the same group ruling the country for sixteen years and these results are making the people happy and they washed a divisive i think you'll be good for brazil we need to change i'm sick of so much corruption there are many things we need to change something to help me. yet others see a darker side to the news as has any such obvious that elections in reality have revealed the west mankind they have shown the soul of human beings. that's how i feel about it and i feel saddened really saddened that down. the division in brazilian society

it was clear to see after the results came in sunday evening a crowd of both sinatras supporters gathered to celebrate outside the prison where former leftist candidate lula da silva serving time was the election's front runner until he was jailed on corruption charges. and in the city anger towards the winner with many protesters shouting not him. many fear the sudden rise of both sinatra could mean a threat to their democracy he has praised dictators supported torture and just before the elections he promised to purge the country of leftists. in his victory speech also not to appear to dial back his extreme views. but of their lives not the oh this is a country for us all brazilians by birth or heart you know brazil of diverse opinions colors and orientations as a defender of freedom i will lead

a government which defends and protects the rights of citizens who comply with their duties and respect the laws they thought they were. in two months brazil will begin to see what kind of change it voted for also in our will take office on january first. we're up to date with the news for all of us here in berlin thanks for the company will be back at the top of the hour with more world news. rearing to me. not everyone who loves books has to go in saying. that t.w. literature list one hundred german must reads.