this is deja vu news live from berlin a long goodbye from the longtime chancellor angela merkel announces a phased exit from german politics should resign as party chair in december and make this her last term as chancellor look at the future of europe without. also coming up deadly storms strike italy fierce wind and rain lashed the country killing at least nine people and then as we get swamped reporting record high water looks.

to me 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 in 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 and see the

chancellor candidate it nor will i run for a seat in parliament nor will i seek any other political office and of its of them . 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 result 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 has also been questioned it was clear that lessons have to be learned at national level. here yet in france we are absolutely determined to

ensure that we can continue our work in the current listen it needs more commitments and margit stimulation to leave behind the problems of the past few months. opposition parties are already seizing their chance to capitalize on medicals weakness. america is giving up the wrong job this won't make government more stable it will merely slow the death of the coalition. for long. 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 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 yagni i'm

against 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 merkel way of saying i may not be chancellor for very much longer. well the chancellor's announcement marks a sea change here in berlin but also in brussels where she's played a key role in european politics as well did he spend frequent is standing by for us there with more on this story barack what has reactions there been to chancellor merkel's announcement. many observers here in brussels say there is a long phase of uncertainty now ahead for the european union and this comes at a time vested fuzzed leadership would be needed in the you which in itself is in a crisis but you cannot expect that from

a woman who's poa base is eroding now in germany but the experts also say europe is and has to be possible also was odd because at some point because a change in leadership is enormous in many member states and as a member states who are quite relieved that medical bills go at the certain point for example of the populace governments in the east in the south of europe. not so happy about what america did in the last year is on the other hand there's also support for a. long time the french president amount of cologne came out to visit support for. he said he you want it will be it's her decision and i found it very respectable i just had the chance to express my admiration and my friendship to her it's been thirteen years that she's been chancellor with a mandate ending in two thousand and twenty one and she spent eighteen years in charge of her party she's faced many challenges the modern and financial crises and

she's never forgotten the values of hero and she leads her country with a lot of courage in. something so bad a message of support from the know what i'm on about calling there what impact will also impending departure have on european politics. but as i said his standing is of cause diminishing not only after these two regional actions it's already became clear in the summer over the summer that have fragile coalition in berlin is a hindrance for her to actually do european politics in this visit not be better in the future in business people listen to under that arc of what she has to say and many waiting that she will also resign from the chance of ship earlier than the three years that lie ahead because it's very unlikely that any decisions can be taken with a weakened chancellor many decisions in the making for example of the budget for

the european union after twenty twenty one and that being said she has said she would like to stay on till twenty twenty one she is still chancellor how will she be viewed in brussels still less someone who commands authority or someone has time is running out. but she would be viewed to say it bluntly as a lame duck because it's clear that now she has to call her party leader in berlin if she wants to decide something and have power base is clearly eroding so it makes it very difficult for her to to take steps for but to give the european union the needed push and it's also difficult for him on the knuckles for example the french president to push over this reform agenda for the eurozone all right good he's been very reporting for us from brussels thank you dan. let's catch up 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 initiative was launched during germany's g twenty presidency last year for the so-called compact with africa america 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 a two hospitals in germany forty one year old vs hogle is on trial in the northern town of olden book 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 blacks' box recorders of a passenger plane which crashed into the sea on monday to lie in the 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 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 is reporting record high water levels the extreme weather which has battered it several parts of italy since sunday is causing severe transportation and power disruptions and led to some fatal accidents . red alert unwanted also a. traffic partially paralyzed in league it's at least northwest. bad weather also inching to a popular hold a destination. for the east st mark's square was submerged up to a meter high. schools and universities have been shut flooding is not unusual in venice the water hasn't reached this level in ten years. many italian regions around highest alert with schools closed in room the scene here measured elsewhere in italy firefighters and civil defense working around the clock. a falling tree near rome killed two people and injured fifteen. shipping lanes were

shut down around the island of ischia off naples and off calabria at the tip of italy's boot. there was chaos at the brenner pass the main route through the alps between italy and austria among six cars one person was lightly injured. there was also red alert in the northern italian region of south to rule meaning there is still the possibility of major marriage and sea. 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 air 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 and for many of these are the names of their relatives . who we believe back again yet even though 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 to. most of the participants are elderly only a few young people are here. who continue to go but it's a to do subject it was a doc hear it and suck it history people choose not to talk about me not to cause

themselves any pains you know it's as much me say this i mean disappointing dust in the mud 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 a google program today one out. watch russian television i see crime shows entertainment and business shows and excuse my frankness pornography is easy is a crazy on this. but i don't see many programs of real substance. mala said you write to him for a month see what you have such as 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 mighty byron munich play against fourth division leading hausen it might not be a walk in the park for byron though the amateur club has already knocked out second division dumas dresden to get to where they are and they are eager to put up a bit of a fight against the club. to the korean peninsula now where sports is playing a vital role in the thawing relations between the north and the south on monday youth team players from both sides faced off in the opening match of a big regional tournament and though it was a competitive match the atmosphere was friendly. the gesture of fair play at the start of the match both teams were highly motivated for the game it kicked off an under fifteen international used 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 i'm joining the match fans mostly flags displaying a unified korea though the supporters may not have been completely impartial north korea went on to win the match three one since the winter olympics sports diplomacy has played a significant role in building trust amid bilateral talks and after a lap of honor 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 rarely contested anything in a friendly manner. reminder now our top story here indeed of you a day after chancellor angela merkel announced her plan to exit several potential successors are jockeying for position a couple of said she will resign as party chair in december and has ruled out running for reelection as chancellor. she's. still to come germany's unemployment

rate is at its lowest since reunification first has the numbers for you coming up in business. scars cover don't forget women in russia have to live with violence sexism and depression along.