to w.c. november focus. this is g.w. news live from berlin a long goodbye from the long time chancellor angela merkel announces a phaseout exit from german politics children sign as party chair in december and make this her last term as chancellor we take a look at her potential successors also coming up a deadly storm striking italy fierce wind and rain lashed the country killing at least nine people and venice get swamped reporting record high water levels. and a david and goliath matchup in the german colony powerhouse barn

a car on the prototype tiny birding hausen tonight and the fourth division club is hoping for a massive i'm sure that. i'm seeing you so much going to thank you for joining us a day after chancellor angela merkel announces her plan to exit germany and the world look ahead to who might replace her merkel has said she will resign as leader of her party in december and step down as chancellor at the next election the move follows heavy losses for her conservatives and recent state elections one thing is clear the person who succeeds merkel will have big shoes to fill. an earthquake a bombshell a day of destiny there has been no shortage of dramatic descriptions for because announcement. essence. firstly at the coming

c.d.u. pasi conference in december i have decided not to run again for c.d.u. party. and secondly this fourth term is my last as chancellor of germany. but the election in twenty twenty one i won't run again a cd you chancellor cand nor will i run for a seat in parliament nor will i seek any other political office invites of them would use an unstated. method has previously said that the two jobs chancellor and party leader should go together but after eighteen years heading the christian democrats she said the moment has come where she can only do one of them. back and said the disastrous result in the election has said should be seen as an opportunity for the whole government to change above all governing coalition partners christian democrats and social democrats must cooperate better. for their part the s.p.d. are also licking their wounds after

a terrible outcome in sunday's regional vote their leader and not as whose future in the job has also been questioned it was clear that lessons have to be learned at the national level. he didn't fight so we are absolutely determined to ensure that we can continue our work in the coalition it needs more commitments margit to me nation to leave behind the problems of the past few months. opposition parties are already seizing their chance to capitalize america's weakness. for market is giving up the wrong job this won't make government more stable it will merely slow the death of the coalition. from its but the much diminished grand coalition will limp along for now with a severely weakened chancellor at its head there could yet be a public battle for the soul of the c.d.u.

. our political correspondent nina is covering the story for us hi nina to bombshell announcement from angela merkel she's stepping down as party leader in december and as chancellor and twenty twenty one where does this leave her coalition government. well the elections both in bavaria and in his suit in recent weeks delivered tremendously bad results for all the coalition parties that are involved in the current government coalition here in berlin and they were really really bad that was a lot of pressure that something needed to change and uncle michael believes that by announcing that she will step down as party chair and that she will not run for a fifth term as chancellor that she has somehow helped shift the focus away from those in a party in a coalition struggles and back to content and that the coalition can get back on track and actually tackle some of the projects that they have agreed on in the

coalition treaty but then there are also voices who are saying that michael is weakened and that her announcements have we can turn even further in that those in a coalition struggles will only continue now it is also open the door to a lot of speculation around who merkel successor in her party might be who has emerged as a possible favorite there. well there are three names that we have to focus on three people have put their hats in the ring and they stand for two different directions in which the party the conservatives the c.d.u. could be heading in the future first there's a young. who's the secretary general of the c.d.u. she was chosen by angle of machall and she would definitely stand for economy to new ration of merkel's policy but she's also very similar in style and then there are two of merkel's most vocal critics first those spawn who's currently the health minister and there's a blast from the past who's feebly humid who was ousted by anglo-american so

sixteen years ago as parliamentary group leader so the party the c.d.u. will have to decide which direction it wants to take in the future by choosing anglo-american successor at a party conference in december you know with all the speculation the chancellor has said she would like to remain chancellor until twenty twenty one can she do so it depends very much on just how well she can work together with her successor as party chair spawn all of to take meds wouldn't make her life easier as chancellor that's for sure and then of course there's also the s.p.d. the junior partner in the coalition they have a lot of soul searching to do they have to decide themselves whether or not they actually want to stay in this coalition government that has hurt them so badly because they've lost their profile voters don't know what they stand for anymore and they have had the west results in their party history and so they are looking ahead to some important meetings where they will decide whether or not they will stay in the coalition if they pull out of course we are probably looking at fresh

elections and that could spell an early end to anglo backhauls term as chancellor all right our political correspondent nina has there reporting for us thank you nina. now to some other stories making headlines around the world a day after her announcement that chancellor merkel is hosting a summit in berlin aimed at raising a private investment for africa the initiative was launched during germany's g twenty presidency last year for the so-called compact with africa merkel is meeting with twelve heads of states to promote economic growth on the african continent. a former nurse has admitted while in court to killing one hundred patients the two hospitals in germany forty one years old is on trial in the northern town of oldenburg google is already serving a life term for killing two people in his care between two thousand and two thousand and five. indonesian authorities are using underwater beacons and sonar detectors to try to find the black box recorders of a passenger plane that crashed into the sea on monday the lion air flight lost

contact with ground staff shortly after takeoff with one hundred eighty nine people on board search teams do not expect to find any survivors. and more than sixty thousand people have signed an open letter from jewish leaders in pittsburgh to u.s. president donald trump saying he is not welcome in their city until he fully denounces white nationalism the president and the first lady are set to travel to pittsburgh later following last week's synagogue massacre in which a live in people were killed. and brazil's president elect i are both in our us promise to withdraw government advertising from media organizations he deems to be lying also in our one sunday's presidential vote by a landslide despite his support for torture plans to open up the amazon rain forest to big business and a derogatory comments about women people of color and members of the community. at least nine people have died in italy as fierce winds and rain lashed much of the

country the city of venice famous for its canals is reporting record high water levels the extreme weather which is battered several parts of italy since sunday is causing severe transportation and power disruptions led to some fatal accidents. red alert and. traffic partially paralyzed and in italy's northwest bad weather also inching to a popular holiday destination. for the east st mark's square was temporarily closed submerged up to a meter and a half schools and universities have been shut flooding is not unusual in venice the water hasn't reached this level for ten years many italians regions are on highest alert schools were closed in rome and the scene here mirrors that elsewhere in italy. firefighters and civil defense workers working around the clock a falling tree near room killed two people and injured fifteen shipping lanes were

shut down around the island of ischia of naples and off calabria at the tip of italy's boot the poor weather has practically paralyzed the country from top to bottom there was chaos at the brenner pass the main route through the alps between italy and austria a mudslide trapped six cars one person was lightly injured and a stretch of motorway hard to be closed while rail traffic was also stopped there was also red alert in the northern italian region of south to rule meaning there is still the possibility of major american city. hundreds of russians have gathered in moscow to honor victims of stalin era purges despite worries that authorities would break up the of that participants read out the names of those killed during an era of political repression starting in the one nine hundred thirty s. many russians remain unaware of the stalin regimes dark history.

moscow residents wait for hours in the cold for their turn they read out the names of those murdered under stalin for many of these are the names of their relatives. who believe that even of my mother she was fifty years old and teacher shot on october third one thousand nine hundred thirty eight over. russian politicians hadn't wanted this ceremony to take place here directly in front of the headquarters of the russian secret service but in the end it did sangster the persistence of human rights organization memorial looking as if we cannot bring the murder back to life but we can honor their memory by trying to understand how all this could happen and how we can ensure it never happens again. most of the participants are elderly only a few young people are here. who can use the but it's a tricky subject it was

a doc period and subject history that people choose not to talk about hardly not to cause themselves any pains you know it's nice to be a semi i'm disappointed this is just in the mood of a new there's no remorse shown on a national level not like it's done in today's germany for example to me i'm more according to opinion polls half of all russians think positively about stalin soviet victories in the second world war are on the curriculum in schools and universities but fewer and fewer russians are aware that millions of their countrymen were executed imprisoned or deported under stalinist regime eighty three year old victim was held for years in a gulag was ninety you see or do. when i watch russian television i see crime shows entertainment and business shows and excuse my frankness pornography. but i don't see many programs of real substance. mollison do write to inform not see why we have such one reason why today only

a minority of russians consider stalin's crimes to be inexcusable. to sports now and football's german cup is known for matching powerhouse clubs from the bundesliga with lower division teams that dream of making it big and we have one such match coming up tonight mighty byron munich play against fourth division leading hows and it may not be a total walkover for biron though the amateur club has already knocked out a second division team to get to where they are and they are eager to put up a fight against the big club. moving housings cup dream continues they've already knocked out one huge opponent to normal to grazed in the first round and now they find themselves the center of attention once again this time every competitive captain down your throat not is determined to enjoy the occasion. and some special games like against dresden when you see the pictures it's a fantastic feeling during the game i find that bit tougher to enjoy but this time

i'd like to actually try and soak up the atmosphere because it was nice. certainly doesn't mean however that they're just out for a casual pick about. it's a you know it's wonderful on we're all out really we all want to push ourselves the limits and see what we're capable of why shouldn't we try and win. why not indicate the stars might just a line coach and rico mohsen certainly isn't ruling out the possibility. because we need to play the game of our lives and we need to have an absolute disaster then we might just have the slimmest of chances. one problem for rooting hausen is the ground their home the head curvy and start your own is deemed too small to host a clash so it will be played in neutral neighboring brook the home side of the us without their home advantage still these players have a chance to continue writing history in the name of their modest community club

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