this is the news live from berlin a long goodbye from the long time chancellor angela merkel announces a phased out exit from german politics she will resign as party chair in december and make this her last term as chancellor we look at her potential successors also coming up deadly storms strike 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 match up in the german cup tiny britain house and play host to

a powerhouse fire in munich tonight the fourth division club is hoping for a massive upset. me so much god it's good to have you with us a day after a chance to anglo-american announces her plan to exit germany in the world look ahead to who might replace her merkel is said she will resign as leader of her party in december and step down as chancellor of 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's been no shortage of drastic descriptions. announcement. essence of. 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 will start at the election in twenty twenty one i won't run again a c.d.u. chancellor candidate nor will i run for a seat in parliament nor will i seek any other political. position and sleepy. 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 result in the election in hesse or 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 and his whose future in

the job was also being questioned it was clear that lessons have to be learned at national level you didn't fret so we are absolutely determined to ensure that we can continue our work in the coalition it needs more commitment and margit stimulation to leave behind the problems of the past few months. in. opposition parties are already seizing their chance to capitalize on merkel's weakness. america 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 a c.d.u. leader several candidates have already thrown their hats into the ring they 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. yagni a mug of interest it has always been my wish to carry out my state and party judi'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. that is the measured manacled way of saying i may not be chancellor for very much longer our political correspondent nina is covering the story for us hi nina to bombshell announcement from 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 and 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 i'm glad michael is weakened and that her non-swimmers have weakened her even further in that vote 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 those are. who is the secretary general of the c.d.u. she was chosen by angola machall and she would definitely stand for a commute 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. who's currently the health minister and there's a blast from the past who's meds who was ousted by anglo-american so sixteen years ago parliamentary group leader so the party the cd you 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 easy 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 and early and. as chancellor all right our political correspondent nina has there reporting for us thank you nina. let's catch up now on some other stories making headlines around the world a day after her announcement chancellor merkel is hosting a summit here in berlin aimed at raising private investment for africa the initiative was launched during germany's g twenty presidency last year for the

so-called compact with africa merkel met with twelve heads of state to promote economic growth on the african continent. a former nurse has admitted while in court to killing one hundred patients at two hospitals in germany forty one year old kneels who was on trial in the northern town of olden books who was already serving a life term for killing six other patients in his care. 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 following last week's synagogue massacre in pittsburgh more than sixty five thousand people have signed an open letter from jewish leaders to u.s. president donald trump saying he's not welcome in the city until he fully denounces white nationalism the president who is expected to travel to pittsburgh later has

been welcome to the city by the synagogues rabbi. at least nine people have died in italy as fierce winds and rains lashed much of the country the city of venice famous for its canals reporting record high water levels the extreme weather which has battered several parts of italy since sunday is causing severe transportation and power disruptions and led to some fatal accidents. red alert amount to the mahdi. traffic partially paralyzed in italy's northwest bad weather also inching popular holiday destination. further east 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 but the water hasn't reached this level for ten years many italian 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 killed two people and injured fifteen shipping lanes were shut down in the island of ischia off 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 . trapped six cars one person was lately endured and a stretch of motorway had to be closed 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 sea. hundreds of russians have gathered in moscow to honor victims of stalin era purges despite worries authorities will break up the event 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. and 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 we believe back daniel even of my mother she was fifty years old a teacher shot on october third one 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 thanks to 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 that. most of the participants are elderly only

a few young people are here. to continue the good but it's a tricky subject it was a doc hear it and suck it history people choose not to talk about hotly not to cause themselves any pains you know it's as much me say this i mean disappointing dust in the heart 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 and 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 as your three year old victim was held for years in a gulag was ninety you see a dual program to. when i watch russian television i see crime shows entertainment and business shows and excuse my frankness pornography.

but i don't see many programmes of real substance would. you write to him for a month see what i mean to have such one reason why today only a minority of russians consider stalin's crimes to be inexcusable. the second round of the german cup tonight features a classic david versus goliath match up and we have max merrill from d.w. sports with us hi max so we do know that some small clubs are capable of knocking down big clubs but do you see an upset in the make here well it's very much today versus goliath we've got on one hand by many of the record holders of the german cup eighteen cup wins they've had behind them they're very much used to being in the final not just the first round but their opponents winning house and then they've never been in the first round it's the first time they've ever actually made it to the german cup and they were the last team to do so the way it works in germany is you have the top two tiers of the leagues all those teams automatically

qualify for the cup but then there's a bit of a complicated system essentially the best teams of the rest of the bunch get to come and those who win their regional cup competitions now they had to play a playoff they didn't even have a coach at the time things are a little bit more professional now but let's take a look at their preparations for the moment 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 man is determined to enjoy the occasion . in the. special games like against dresden when you see the pictures it's a fantastic feeling during the game i find their bit tougher to enjoy but this time i'd like to actually try and soak up the atmosphere is it was also is all going to be nice. certainly doesn't mean however that they're just out for a casual pick about. is that you know what i felt on the rollout really we all want

to push ourselves the limits and see what we're capable of why shouldn't we try and win. so good why not indeed the stars might just a line coach and weaker mohsen certainly isn't ruling out the possibility. because we need to play the game of our lives and we need buy in to have an absolute disaster then we might just have the slimmest of chances. one problem for rooting hausen is to ground their home the heck a v. and start your own is deemed too small to host a clash so it will be played in new true neighboring brooke the home side without their home advantage. still these players have a chance to continue writing history in the name of their modest community club they'll do all they can to take you. back they have a chance but it's pretty unlikely that letting housing is actually going to upset by yeah i mean the odds are stacked against them we are obviously. a team full of

quality and as tom mentioned then the reports they don't really have that true home advantage because they're playing an awesome book and a bigger stadium nearby and you know part of the magic of the cup is having top stars like monta. getting changed in some amateur dressing room where they can't have their usual sauna before the game but. you know it will be a lovely story if they can even score a goal and it has happened in the past now and nine hundred ninety four. knocked out in the very first round against ts follow festen back scored a lovely names club and amateur club still haven't really done much in the history since then so much so that the fact that they beat by in the cup actually got them a memorial stone in the middle of the village which is still vets of the day so the biggest achievement for them and of course the hooding housing if they can achieve anything similar it would also be the talk of the town. for centuries i'm sure all right what about the other matches is there anything else to look forward to any

other giant killings on the cards yeah lots of other matches today and tomorrow so we have fifty shimmy light sic in action against part of born who are second division side now should be lots of our former g.d.r. club that were really found in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven and qualified by winning their regional. the sacks in the cup and elsewhere we have newly promoted to bundesliga side for two an additional doff who've been having a pretty tough time in the blues to go so far for instance has been beaten seven one by func foot so they'll be hoping to give their found something to cheer about against as fellow of the fourth and then elsewhere but as your clashes between two relatively big teams have of all spoke elsewhere also spoke mines but the good thing is if they knock each other out we'll see another david versus goliath in the third round so like i say many games tonight and tomorrow and we'll be talking again some are and looking at those as well all right good luck to be underdogs there max well funded at these four thank you very much it was

a pleasure. next to the korean peninsula where sports is playing a vital role in the thawing relations between north and south on monday youth team players from both sides faced off in the opening match of a big regional tournament and there was a competitive match the atmosphere was friendly the story max for together a bit earlier. the gesture of fair play at the start of the match those teams were highly motivated for the game it kicked off in under fifteen zinta national youth tournament in june shown capital city of the gang one province in south korea the visiting team playing in blue got off to a flying start scoring twice before the break joining the match fans mostly wave flags displaying a unified korea though the supporters may not have been completely impartial north korea went on to win the match three warm since the winter olympics sports diplomacy has played a significant role in building trust amid bilateral talks and after

a lap of the young players did their bit too i hope we can go back and forth play more games and have a friendly relationship with each other. i want to see a night soon so we can play football together again the fans too seem to enjoy the friendly competition between two nations that had until recently really contested anything in a friendly manner. or a monica here with business now and some very good numbers monica from the german labor market and we're almost getting used to it already sumi because they are getting better and better germany's unemployment rate actually fell below five percent in october and that's the lowest level ever recorded by the federal employment agency in total two point two million people were without a job and that is fifty three thousand less people on the dole than in september engineers masons and programmers were in high demand the rock solid to labor market is likely to further boost consumer confidence and household spending in europe's biggest economy which has seen domestic demand overtake exports as its name growth

driver in recent years. so a solid labor markets rising consumer confidence economic stability developments well whole too familiar with under the chancellor ship of i'm going to america but following disastrous results into regional elections merkel announced on monday that she will step down as leader of the conservative party and not seek another term as chancellor at the end of this legislative period twenty twenty one political opponents chia supporters of why what will come after her and what about business well let's ask you came a chief economist at command who joins us now and frank good to have you with us we know that the euro slipped and that stocks rose on the news what do you read into these initial reactions. where the source only initial reaction of let's say fifteen minutes. and nothing. durable i would say

and the reason is that that under the americans stay in the chancery means that there is an orderly transition of power that means there will be no elections which would only result in a steep increase for the right wing and left wing populist party instead the traditional parties have more time to build up new candidates and this suggests more political stability and therefore we have seen. a very short moderate positive reaction of the market from other more all right so you talk of an orderly transition and new candidates we will know more in december when one of them will be elected as new leader of the conservative party but for years we've been talking about lack of investment here in germany also under the chancellorship of machall is her step by step departure now opening the door for some fresh momentum.

well i hope so you're absolutely right yes germany county enjoys a very good economic fundamental strong g.d.p. across low unemployment you mentioned it before however the reason for this has a lot of to do with the previous as of mr america the then chancellor schroeder from the social democrats who had implemented fire reaching labor market reforms and mrs road to back these reforms mobile she's responsible for for a mess of investment in public infrastructure that means the next government will have a lot of work in front of it to make sure that germany maintains its strong economic position exactly i mean germany is still europe's economic heavyweight what change of course do you suggest is needed to keep it that way. well first of all no father rollback of labor market reforms and secondly the investment in

public infrastructure has to has to increase this is not only a question of more money it's also a question to reform. the admission process the legal processes to make sure that the investment happen more quickly right there chief economist at command joining us in france thank you so much. language is considered to the biggest barrier to successfully integration in germany migrants are a quiet to first learn german only then they're allowed to take up a job regardless their professional qualification that's a problem not just for them but also for germany's labor market now germany's job agency has joined forces with the battles munched if they want to help unlock skills and fail some vacancies. waleed rajiv finally has a job again he came to germany from syria three and a half years ago he was

a prancer cylon and started looking for work but it wasn't easy because he never received any formal training while in syria. body so that when i was in syria a friend of mine taught me all the theory he had a lot of experience in welding you know when i got a job in a company and i was able to put the theory i had learned into practice over in this video because i never received any formal training. courses available worry that too specialized what they were too far away for eight months but not. without formal qualifications or certificates getting a job in germany is usually very difficult something the federal employment agency is looking to change it's come up with a new detailed test over the course of four hours it tests both technical know how and practical skills. does is to mind it's very fast and very clear

and it means job centers no longer have to rely solely on a c.v. or an interview with the applicant sides here you have very specific scientifically validated results tailored to a particular job knows that's what is involved but tests are only available for a job so far ranging from a chef to metal worker after passing the test while he broad immediately got a job with an agency that supplies workers for the world in the industry it was the test result that convinced his new employer. had access the same sort of said mr rigi but chief the top score and the analysis of the test result is very details so that we could see clearly that he has what it takes effect he understands the materials he's working with the n.t. understands the theory he wheels walid rajeeb says the welding equipment and regulations are different in germany but after a few months of training he now feels comfortable in his new job. in a few days he will have his first assignment working at an outside firm the job

itself doesn't worry him but the german language still poses a challenge because. of on but i was coming and i was right it's all no doubt be tougher. but given the charm and contact with others it will improve it's important to learn the language but to anything up to more it will become more like a second native tongue for me i have to learn the language so you can participate in life here germany is like my second homeland now the hottest lot of the town in . germany plans to expand the range of aptitude tests to include thirty professional fields in the near future. the united kingdom says it will begin taxing large online platforms like facebook and allison in twenty twenty the most significant effort yet to reshape tax codes to. digital era the two percent tax will target online firms earning more than five hundred million pounds annually

finance minister for the palin said such companies quote to generate substantial value in the u.k. without paying for it the measure is expected to raise four hundred million pounds annually the e.u. has been debating a similar tax. and is a reminder of the top stories we're following for you a day off to chancellor angela merkel an ounce to planned exit several potential successes on jockeying for position said she will resign a chair in december and has ruled out running for reelection as chance of that. they're watching the news coming to you live from but then more coming up at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website that is dot com i want to jones and then thanks for joining.

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