twenty one when our term would be up and one of the questions was how difficult will it be for her to continue international goetia especially when relations between germany and the other country are difficult as she lost a sense of authority and that is a fair question isn't it. i thought it was interesting to see how i'm going backwards very much in control of the situation and you know i mean this move by her was so well prepared she announces that she's going to step down as party chair the next day she has a lot of influential african leaders here commending her for her efforts in the refugee crisis including l.c.c. we heard in the crew to see who says i congratulate you and thank you very much germany so you know ungrammatical seize this opportunity to essentially work on her legacy because of course she sees her decision to not close the borders in the twenty fifteen crisis as one of the main points she is leaving behind but she wants

everybody to understand that she stands by this decision and she still believes that it was a good one and she also wants to be seen as somebody who is still very much in control and has the reins in her hands and this was a perfect opportunity for her to make to make it clear to everybody ok you may struggle about who's going to succeed me as the party chair and yes there will be a bit of squabbling and i won't really meddle with it myself because it's an open democratic decision that my party will have to have but i'm here as a chancellor and i'm not going to go away and still those questions about who will succeed or haven't died down and that was part of the question to the chancellor was a member of her party finished matz has officially now thrown his hat in the ring who are the favorites here looking ahead well officially of course she says that she's not going to interfere in this process and she hasn't really said who she will support but everybody knows that her favorite candidate out of the three names that are currently floating around is on the great come couple who is the. the

secretary general since this year she was appointed by anglo american she was chosen very similar in style of very similar to the core policy areas except of privilege mets is the arch rival of unglue americal he was ousted as parliamentary group leader for meds is of course the politician that the journalist asked after some sixteen years ago and so he then left politics he joined an investment bank and wasn't seen any more because he was really just pushed aside by anglo-american and now he sees it as time for revenge and the party the conservatives here in germany will have to decide which direction do they want to take do they want to move further to the right again and compete with the new party and that would be something that's a little a schmetz could support or do they want somebody who represents a continuation of anglo-american that would be unlikely come and we'll see who else

is going to put their hats in the ring at a lot of different angles to pick apart here in the political events taking place in berlin today thank you to both of our correspondents abraham and nina hard to get to speak to you bill. well let's move on to some other news now 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 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 unwanted also a. traffic partially paralyzed in laguna and it's at least northwest. bad weather also inching a popular hold a destination. further east st mark's square was submerged up to a metre 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 are on highest alert with schools closed in rome the scene here measured elsewhere in italy firefighters and civil defense working around the clock. a falling tree near room killed two people and injured fifteen. shipping lanes were shut down around the island as a skier of 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 a mudslide 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. let's catch up on some other

stories making headlines around the world a day after her announcement chancellor angela merkel is hosting a summit 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 met with twelve heads of state to promote economic growth on the african continent a court in ecuador has rejected wiki leaks founder julian assange has a lawsuit over the conditions of his asylum staff at the country's london embassy had imposed stricter rules which isn't argued violated his rights ecuador granted a songe asylum in two thousand and twelve as he tried to avoid extradition to sweden over sexual assault allegations a caravan of central american migrants continue to travel from mexico towards the united states eight hundred u.s. troops are reportedly now on their way to america southern border military sources say there are plans to send more than five thousand soldiers there this week now to

germany's biggest serial killing case in post-war history a former nurse has admitted to killing one hundred patients at a trial for mass murder in the northern city of bremen forty one year old nias hogle is already serving a life sentence for previous killings at two different hospitals the scale of his alleged crimes has shocked the country. the defendant is accused of committing mass murder his motivation according to the prosecution boredom and vanity an unusually large crowd turned up to witness the proceedings the trial was taking place in a conference center to accommodate the crowd many relatives of the victims there's a fine is also. the trial is unusual because there are so many people involved so to since there are a hundred twenty six hope plaintiffs in there being represented by seventeen lawyers that means the trial is huge just because of the number of people involved and the defendant is alleged to have injected his victims with drugs to bring about

a cardiac arrest he then tried to resuscitate them as a way of impressing his colleagues he allegedly killed more than one hundred people like this some of his colleagues are accused of turning a blind eye. it's up to about i'm expecting us to get justice for all the victims and that the defendant will have his sentence extended to both i also hope that in the course of the trial we will find out more details about the role of the hospital's involved as before you go to. the clinic and there was. a verdict is expected in may next year. hundreds of russians have gathered in moscow to honor victims of stalin era purges despite worries that authority authorities would 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. 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 if janja even my mother she was fifty years old a teacher shot on october third one thousand nine hundred thirty eight. 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 that. most of the participants are elderly only a few young people are here. to continue the but it's a to this subject it was

a dark period and subject history that people choose not to talk about happily not to cause themselves any pains it's as much nice to send them to support and it's not just in the mood of 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 stalin his regime eighty three year old victim was held for years in a gulag was ninety you see a dual program today when i watch russian television i see crime shows entertainment and business shows and to excuse my frankness pornography is easy to create here on this. day but i don't see many programmes of real substance. mollison to write it in for a month see my view perhaps that's one reason why today only

a minority of russians consider stalin's crimes to be inexcusable. experts from the plane maker boeing are heading to indonesia to help with the investigation into an air crash that killed all one hundred eighty nine people on board the lion air flight plunged into the sea off the capital jakarta on monday search and rescue workers are now trying to locate the wreckage and its crucial black box recorders as families of passengers await confirmation of their worst fears. distressed family members comfort one another as they wait for official news in jakarta some are resigned to grief while others refuse to give up hope. riscos father was on board the flight. my father was there because we're still hoping for the basic because the hasn't been an official statement from lyon at. this man's brother had

a ticket. say had people. out the port the business of finding answers is under way fuselage piled in with fragments of life. said john rescue vessels returning from the vast crash site unload body bags alongside debris. while workers begin the mammoth task of carefully laying out the aftermath of this tragedy rules of wallets and purses salvaged from the sea. indonesia's president visited the site today as the government announced the inspections on all aircraft of the same model. officials briefing on the search and rescue described a complicated recovery situation. so far we have twenty four body bags with various parts in them they have been sent to

indonesian police for identification. with all one hundred eighty nine on board the flight now feared dead dive teams are stepping up the search for the doomed aircraft black box recorders and wish them clues as to why this brand new plane crashed. here watching the news still to come u.s. president donald trump flies to pittsburgh in the wake of america's worst ever anti-semitic attack that members of the jewish community say he stopped to division in society and unwelcome in the city mourn how that argument has played out online . but first gary hart is here with the latest german employment figures his unemployment rate fell below five percent in october it's lowest level of unemployment ever recorded since reunification only two point two million people

are without a job the continued to show a downward trend despite the headwinds in the global economy. bust economy has helped push germany's joblessness rate down for the first time since the one nine hundred ninety unemployment has fallen below five percent. the unemployment rate has fallen from five point eight percent in general to four point nine percent in october that is the lowest rate recorded since germany reunified in one thousand nine hundred ninety. the trade dispute between washington and brussels doesn't appear to have had an adverse effect on the german job market and neither has the us china trades but the recent turbulence in the market has strengthened the dollar over the euro that means that german products have become cheaper abroad also record unemployment has helped boost consumer confidence and household spending in europe's biggest economy but despite that the rate of people at risk of

poverty is rising in germany according to experts that figure has more than doubled since two thousand and five more germans now have fixed term contracts or work part time while there is more work job security is diminishing. the low unemployment figure also show why germany needs immigration of skilled workers migrants are required to first learn at least basic german and let me tell you my mother tongue is a difficult language only then they're allowed to take up a job regardless of their professional qualification now germany's job agency has joined forces with a month foundation to help unlock the hidden talents of fill some bacons. walid rajiv finally has a job again he came to germany from syria three and a half years ago he was granted asylum 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. and this minute i never received any formal training. courses available worry that too specialized they were too far away. 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. this is. it's very fast and very clear and it needs job centers no longer have to rely solely on c.v. or an interview with the applicant. here you have very specific scientifically

validated results tailored to a particular job yes yes that's what is involved but tests are only available for a job so far ranging from chef to metal worker after passing the test while the 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. by a black person's order 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 he understands the materials he's working with the n.t. understands the theory he wheels while they did rajiv 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'll have his first assignment working at an outside firm the job itself doesn't worry him but the german language still poses a challenge. but i was coming and i was right all no doubt be tough at the

beginning but given time and contact with others it will improve by it's important to learn the language that even 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 home land 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. straight to our financial correspondent on a cold in frankfurt unemployment on record lows is that another sign that the german economy is just going full steam ahead. well the engine get out of the

german powerhouse is still running at a very high level i would say but many analysts are telling us also that we are not anymore on this record level that we had about a year ago and this is not just in germany but also in the rest of your we've got the latest growth figures a short while ago for the eurozone which is declining by zero point two per cent in the third quarter of this year mostly italy is giving investors quite some headache at the moment and talking about the i'm employed numbers and that is very interesting there are also eight hundred and twenty four thousand open jobs forty four thousand more than one year ago highly specialized and trained people are missing teachers are very much wanted lots of open jobs also in the health and health sector. for some time v.w. has been making good money despite the diesel scandal but revenue growth is now slowing it seems is that the fall out of diesel good. well the numbers could be

certainly better but investors are actually telling us also that they don't have that much to complain they didn't believe the numbers would be as strong as they turned out to be now because guess what stagnant still having issues because of a diesel again there is still also in the process of getting new vehicles through emission tests that made sales numbers a slam so the company now reported it sold eight point one million vehicles in the first nine months of this year's sales revenue rose two point seven percent to a level of one hundred seventy four point six billion euros i was talking to investors they believe that the outlook for the rest of the year looks also rather promising our financial correspondent reporting live from mine. the former c.e.o. of audi who punched star has been freed from prison as the investigation into his

suspected role in the wide ranging diesel emissions scandal continues munich the judge ordered the release on bail four months after his arrest posted bond and was told to stay away from witnesses his june arrest which then while he was c.e.o. is a high point of the investigation by german prosecutors into efforts by german comic is to for dylan really blow their vehicles emissions test readings out his parent company folks has since fired start like. germany's black area lost tons us says it will raise ticket prices in twenty nine thousand following disappointing earnings in the recent quarter profits sunk to roughly one point four billion euros between july and september eleventh percent less than the same period last year germany's largest airline has been hit hard by a combination of soaring fuel prices competition from budget airlines and compensation payments to customers due to flight cancellations.

there generally payment company wild card has had better than expected growth during the first nine months of the year revenues for the period to september rose to more than five hundred forty nine million euro's substantially beating analyst expectations earnings jumped by thirty six percent to one hundred fifty million euros also much higher than anticipated wild card is expecting business to keep expanding in the fourth quarter while carter plays germany's second largest lender comments bank on the blue chip stocks index only in september. it's asian markets were rattled tuesday on fears that trade tensions between the u.s. and china could worsen that after blue book report that the u.s. is planning further terrorist if upcoming talks between the two sides failed markets in hong kong and shanghai were both down on the news following losses on

wall street u.s. president told trump he's stated to talk trade with chinese premier jujube ping on the wings of the g. twenty summit in late november. and that's all your business is to sue me for i think i have now u.s. president donald trump is due to travel to the city of pittsburgh later today to meet with community leaders following saturday's mass shooting there eleven people were killed during sabbath services in the attack at the tree of life synagogue prosecutors are treating the incident as a hate crime and they've charged one man over the killings it is the worst instance of anti-semitic violence in recent u.s. history. present from faces an uneasy welcome in pittsburgh ahead of us arrival local residents and the wider online community have been urging him to delay his visit until he fully denounces white nationalism our social media jared editor jared reed has been looking further into the story for us hi jared tell us

more about this online push against. jewish leaders in pittsburgh have created an online petition that's in fact been signed by over sixty thousand people and they say that trumps divisive rhetoric and the fact that he's embraced by white nationalist groups means that he should stay away until he does denounce white nationalism and they say that contributed to the killings in pittsburgh and other instances of extremism the petition is created by a jewish group cold bends at the ahc they've got a list of demands heah. states president trump the violence against jews in pittsburgh is the direct culmination of your influence we demand you on the republican party denounce white nationalism stop targeting minorities cease your assaults on immigrants and refugees and commit yourself to compassionate democratic policies that recognize the dignity of all of us and other religious leaders

who might notice on the petition this angle they wished president trump would stay away until after the funerals have taken place because some feel that his presence is distracting from remembering the did as the funerals do take place but it's important to say that the rabbi of the synagogue where the attack took place his name is geoffrey my as he has said trump is welcome in his church and in pittsburgh it's important to say it's not just drawing responses from the u.s. but also from israelis tell us more about that's right so one thing that this massive seems to be doing is highlighting a divide between liberal and more orthodox jews when the massacre took. many israeli leaders came out and said they offered their condolences and said they were broken but someone who's come under a lot of criticism is israel's chief rabbi his name is rabbi david la and that's because israel doesn't officially recognize non orthodox denominations in judaism

and he has said that the tree of life in fact wasn't a synagogue synagogue he's described it as a place with obvious jewish characteristics but not explicitly a synagogue and he's been criticized a lot about on social media by people like. from tel aviv university he tweeted the chief rabbi refuses to say it was a synagogue and this is when jews were killed while praying even according to the jewish laws this was a synagogue this is the face of the orthodox regime referring to. the former ambassador to the u.s. michael oren had this to say he writes the conservative jews of pittsburgh were sufficiently jewish to be killed because they were jews but their movement is not recognized by the jewish state israel must bolts to these communities already challenge by assimilation by strengthening ties with them some pretty strong words

there another thing that the massacre is doing is focusing how anti semitism is being fueled by height on social media on social networks and we've got more on our website d.w. dot com all right our social media editor jared reed thank you so much sherrod. well the shooting in pittsburgh has also fueled a better run up to the u.s. midterm elections those are now just one week away. take place halfway between presidential elections every four years democrats and republicans are vying for control of both houses of the u.s. congress here's what's at stake. the midterms are first and foremost about congress and they can make or break a president's agenda republican control of both houses has made trump's life relatively easy so far but if democrats flip one or even both the good times may be over the entire house all four hundred thirty five seats is up for election as it

is every two years republicans currently hold two hundred thirty five over democrats one hundred ninety three all eyes are on the thirty or so toss ups races that polling data have is too close to call. on the senate side republicans rule with the slimmest of majorities fifty one to one hundred seats but polling data suggest maybe just six seats are toss ups. if the democrats win the house the senate or both they could block trump's agenda. they could investigate allegations of abuse and misconduct facing trial in the senate democrats could reject trump appointees and they could even have the numbers to start the long and fraught process of an peaching trump. are you watching don't forget you can always get the news on the go down letter out from google player from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as

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anything at all. is real peace and impossibilities. nineteen eighty-four not forgotten to w.'s november focus of. a comeback you're watching to get your news our top story at this hour german chancellor angela merkel has met with her egyptian counterpart tell c.c. in berlin as part of a fundraising drive for development in africa it was mecca. first high profile appearance since you ruled out standing for another term as chancellor. while merkel is hosting the compact with africa summit here in berlin aimed at raising private investment on the continent she's meeting with a twelve heads of state as we said including the egyptian president el-sisi that the two countries have been holding bilateral talks on the sidelines mainly aimed

at tackling terrorism illegal immigration and other regional issues cairo is keen to boost cooperation with germany which had the summit last year he will be in the capital until thursday well after a meeting with l.c.c. merkel addressed the press for the first time since announcing that she would gradually leave frontline politics she said it was business as usual for her government. i think the. position in international negotiations will not be changed or affected in any way you can say that i will now fully focus on my job the head of government understands the list of possible candidates for the chairmanship of the c.d.u. party is going to announce a city is that they ease and open since. the previous chairwoman in my political life that question of succession questions that you shouldn't intervene

in because it's never worked and it's something i will definitely stick by so this is an open process some people of three in the house in the ring we will watch it and we'll see what happens at the party conference in hamburg. all right that comment from a chance of michael at a joint press conference with the egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi in our correspondents need bream have been following this story for us good to have you both back with us let's start with you what is the main aim of this meeting between egypt and germany it's meant in the first place to strengthen and further develop economic cooperation that's been going on between egypt and germany to increase investment to somehow as presidency see in the press conference mentioned restore trust in egypt especially in the areas of tourism which has suffered in egypt since heavily in egypt since twenty twenty a level but in the in their in the words that both of the leaders gave you saw some of the other priorities that came up

chancellor merkel touched upon and named as one of the main domestic policy challenges not terrorism not infrastructure but young people and their aspirations of course giving a nod to the deteriorating. unemployment rate for the youth and the lack of opportunities and and the human rights situation she also talks about how present a c.c. would benefit from or would see invited him to see an opportunity in having a more active civil society the. has been. all but stifled since he rose to power in twenty thirteen first first in his military role and then as an elected president he is now enduring of course as the chancellor mentioned his second second term in office president sisi had other key words or main topics that he touched upon terrorism he talked about military cooperation is something that he emphasized on and that it was important for border security to fight illegal immigration that comes from egypt into libya and then moves on to europe and in

that sense there are many commonalities between germany and egypt egypt offers to fight this illegal migration and germany. wants to decrease the flow of migrants into europe but the question of what a lot of people see is a crackdown on dissent in egypt since he came to power as you said in two thousand and fourteen since he was an elected leader how much has that gotten in the way between more cooperation between these two countries i don't think it's gotten in the way as much i mean the chancellor merkel in an interview with right before the elections this question specifically about egypt was was was addressed directly from from from our reporter he asked her about the security agreement that the german and egyptian interior ministry signed egyptian interior ministry according to human rights watch and other international organization has been given free rein to violate human rights with impunity things like torture arbitrary arrest the

disappearance of activists has become increasingly common and the chancellor said well of course these are we are having these as she called them difficult sometimes difficult conversations with our egyptian counterparts but then she emphasized on the importance of making sure that egypt has a sustainable economic path of growth that is true means a stable country because it is a key player in the region and if egypt finds itself in a situation like iraq or or syria. this would be this would create another headache another headache for europe so it doesn't so it seems from the chancellor side that it's something that she brings up but on the ground as far as cooperation and trade and even arms trade goes it's business as usual business as usual something that chancellor nina emphasizes while she was asked specifically we heard that sound bite from her whether she can continue with business as usual after these massive announcement yesterday that she'll be stepping down as the head of her party and that she will no longer a pursue her position as chancellor after twenty twenty one after her current term

is up how much has this diminished her standing internationally in her relations with other countries that in her position as chancellor of germany. i think there are there are two differing sides differing viewpoints on this and what these announcements whether they've been beneficial to the current government coalition and her position as chancellor or whether they're detrimental and of course only time will tell we'll have to wait till december because that's when the c.d.u. will choose the success of america as party chairperson and the c.d.u. is very much in a position where they have to choose which direction the party will take will it sort of choose a successor who's very much like anglo-american all and follow in that down that pos all will they go for somebody who brings back the conservative values to the party because she has somewhat shifted there's no doubt about that the party to the center of politics and if she if the party decides to go for somebody who is

essentially represent a representative of the conservative wing of her party then of course her life as chancellor is going to become more difficult will know december the successor is going to be but she has said that she does want to remain chancellor she wants to last and she wants to finish her term which officially ends in twenty twenty one but of course she's somewhat weakened because it's no longer. just her decision we also have to remember that there are there's a junior partner in this coalition government with her so it's not just her successor as party chair person who's going to play an influential role in her position basically is john so there's also the s.p.d. the social democrats who will have to decide whether or not they want to stay in this coalition government where they have lost that profile where voters don't know what they stand for anymore and they just can't seem to get their own messages through and they're in a tremendous crisis they're in the historic crisis and so they will have to see

whether they want to continue this coalition government if they don't then of course there could be fresh elections and that could then spell in early end to anger americans to the right our correspondent dina has an abraham thank you both very much for your analysis. now as we said the clock is ticking towards the u.s. midterm elections and although some have predicted a strong performance from the democrats supporters are taking nothing for granted the party was shocked and splintered by president trump's victory over hillary clinton in two thousand and sixteen now many are asking what the party stands for beyond its anti trump stance. if there is a blue wave coming to washington it might look something like this during brett kavanaugh confirmation hearings for the u.s. supreme court angry activists of all genders and colors turned up to protest in numbers this is a key strategy the democrats have been banking on make people show up and party leaders are pushing the message that to restore democrats to office people

especially women need to vote i'll just let women know in america that their voices do matter that their vote the votes matter and that what they do with their time between now and november absolutely matters is how do you think democrats are going to do in the midterms are you optimistic they will win. many democrats agree with gillibrand assessment they think voters are motivated and of just enough show up the democrats will have an easy victory. people are really fired people are angry and people are going to vote i do hope so i think that there's a lot that needs to be done and i think hopefully this is mobilizing people to take some action i think that people need to get out. because the people are going to be the ones to change the tide. but it's a tale of two parties for everyone who's pushing voter turnout there are plenty wondering exactly what they're turning out for and the democrats seem to rouse together and actually put together a proper candidates platforms that aren't just anti charm the democratic party is

also have to change because what it has done so far hasn't kept a lot of it's also held. white men and women in power when it needs to also highlight more diverse voices and hold onto a status quo that's not going to cut it anymore because it doesn't include enough people. what do the democrats stand for this has been the question the party has been unable to answer since the last in the twenty sixteen presidential elections and while the kavanaugh confirmation hearings may have activated the democratic voting base it also riled up republicans the only thing that is sure the democrats cannot simply be the party of not trump. it's one thing to take advantage of the mood in parts of the country but analysts say that approach needs to be paired with a solid party platform professor jason moloch od american university in washington d.c. says that if democrats merely engage with trump style of politics they were grab it they need to come up with a different strategy and i think if they end up losing and not gaining any seats or

gaining one or two but the republicans still a power they're going to have to think of a different strategy going into the presidential election just. feeling in the country didn't succeed in this case brett kavanaugh was confirmed it was a strong message the democratic party needs to give americans a reason to vote for it beyond not liking donald trump. you're watching the news still to come a performance with a different set hamburg's out filling money and our extra syrian ex-pats fills the iconic concert hall with music from their homelands. but first to get hard and the u.k. takes on the world's tech china. that's right the british government says it will begin taxing large online platforms like facebook or amazon that operate in the u.k. by the year twenty twenty that's the most significant effort yet to reshape tax codes to the digital era the two percent tax will target online firms earning more than

five hundred million pounds annually finance minister for the puntland said such companies quote generate substantial value in the u.k. but paying corporate taxes in low tax jurisdictions the measures expected to raise four hundred million pounds annually the e.u. has been debating is similar to this. when the britain leaves the european union not only england scotland wales and northern ireland exit the block but also other sovereign british territories like to roll it up or even smaller areas like british military bases in cyprus for example and that's posing a huge problems to all the farmers there because they rely on open borders to sell their goods. they may be small but these olives play an outsized role for andreas for to you their own oil is his life blood flow to you farms land owner british air force base an operative on the southern tip of cyprus the relationship between

farmers and the british military has existed since cypriot independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty but it could change dramatically in the event of a no deal breaks in. the middle of the well nobody has said anything not the cypriot government not our foreign minister or the british foreign minister about how this is going to work and all of oil imported from outside the e.u. is subject to a fifteen percent tariff at the moment for to you and other cypriot farmers on akrotiri and another british base to kill you in the country's east pay no taxes lawyers disagree whether the two bases would be considered non e.u. lens in the event of a no deal breaks at the cypriot government says the farmers trade is safeguarded the u.k. parliament terry committee has said trade protections would lapse after brags that paying tariffs would cut deeply into farmers bottom line making production impossible for many. of us that we are facing a situation that is uncertain and that's causing us problems. it's another

seemingly small but significant consequence of the u.k.'s messy divorce from europe . for years now as have suffered the embarrassment and chaos from the construction site for the new capital airport here in berlin now mexicans seem to have a similar problem the new government no longer wants the billion dollar port and has decided to simply stop construction the incumbent president says as long as he still has a say construction will go on. should they stay or should they go talk of a complete halt on construction in mexico city is causing widespread insecurity. with this in a sense yes. yes it them they've already made the decision to build it or not i don't know if it's a political whim or not. there but it's but all of us who work on the site think

it's a real setback for the country. isn't it the us is a lot better than that. but if i say the airport will cost around twelve billion euros mexico's president elect andreas obrador who takes office at the beginning of december complains that the project is too expensive and that orders are being distributed in a corrupt manner the left wing politician repeatedly railed against the project during the election campaign and instead advocated the expansion of an existing military airport at the beginning of the week us citizens vote initiated by obrador resulted in seventy percent of voters wanting construction to stop. where we're now this innocence made a very good decision which we support because we are going to govern by obeying the people. i will not see in them. but only one million people took part in the referendum and that's one of the reasons why the outgoing

president enrique pena nieto doesn't accept the decision. of the current administration meaning from here to november thirtieth no modifications will be made to the construction of the airport project you need a kick in fueling that were yanked will it work so the cranes on the site will remain in action for the time being at least until the new mexican government takes over. and that's all your business inspect assuming all the sports i think you get hard now football's german cop is known for matching powerhouse clubs from the bonus legal with lower division teams the dream of making it big tonight mighty byron munich play against fourth division loading house and it may not be a total blowout for byron though the amateur club has already beaten a second division team and they are eager to put up a fight against the defending german cop and one to slay the champions. human being

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 ever competitive captain daniel flood not 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 that bit tougher to enjoy but this time i'd like to actually try and soak up the atmosphere as it was all things are going to be nice. certainly doesn't mean however that they're just out for a casual pick about is that you don't want to fall on the last really we all want to push ourselves the limits and see what we're capable of why shouldn't we try and win then he was so good why not indeed the stars might just a line coach and we can amass and 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 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 new true 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 though do they can to take you. next to the korean peninsula where sports is playing a vital role in the thawing relations between the north and the south on monday used 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 in

under fifteen international 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 one 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 rarely contested anything in a friendly manner. music

from a concert last night in the outfield. given by the syrian x. money market street which is made up of syrian musicians who have had to flee their homeland since the beginning of the civil war. robin merrill is here from culture to tell us more about this hi robin so this was part of a whole series of events in hamburg around the subject of exile yeah it's been going on for two weeks goes on for another two weeks called the days of x. and the idea is create greater understanding about people being exiled from their homeland and to encourage dialogue between the local population and the new arrivals as it were and this particular concert of course is one of a number of artistic events taking place as germany's had a huge. influx of refugees in the last year is the estimates that in twenty ten the

were one hundred thousand syrians here in germany there are now estimated six hundred fifty thousand some of them are rather could. and they make up. the orchestra and let's hear more from the orchestra and hear more about the orchestra and they played syrian classical music last night is different tonalities different sort of harmony is through our western ears. unfamiliar sounds at the el for the money the syrian export orchestra is playing music from the homeland. of the musicians live in exile in countries across europe they come together to play concerts many know each other from happier times in syria from music school band orchestra in damascus. a lady has been living in hamburg for three

years she studied cello back in syria and is now pushing a second career as a dentist she looks forward to making music with her former colleagues from back home the tough ones on the fear targets and we need about four days before a concert and then we rehearse intensively together. because sometimes i have time and sometimes i don't but i always try hard to arrange things so i can do it because it's such a joy to play with my friends and former colleagues again mackinnon. founded the orchestra three years ago his goal is to marry classical and traditional styles and to keep syrian music alive it's a lot of organization for around six concerts a year. in the european union.

and we can meet and the hours and concerts in the same time this project it's really cost a lot because you have to cover the travel calls from all over europe and the concert hall and accommodation etc. they are hoping to attract funding and perhaps to get their own concert hall but the biggest dream is to play a concert back in their homeland syria could at the time of peace. incidentally the oldest known song that's written down is said to be syrian but in the nineteen fifties in the. city the ancient port city of who got it they found a tablet with sort of musical notation on the end even how to play all malarkey and that tab it was found to be three thousand four hundred years old so it's considered the world's earliest melody that that we don't have this written after

president rather before this event for the concert and the exile turkish journalist john dowd he also gave a talk about living in exile he did indeed became the editor in twenty fifteen of comedy at the sort of left leaning newspaper in turkey he didn't last very long he was in jail by the end of the year all rather sort of trumped up charges of espionage and anyway he was released in twenty sixteen but he survived an assassination attempt he came to live safely here in germany he gave a talk in titled mental exile is more painful and before the concert we also know about his feelings about being in exile when you. have to leave your own country where you go you are still a foreigner and. so in the end you don't have a place you don't have a country except writing except your books except your language

except your ideas. so the literature. has become your new country. if you are right to make. beautiful sentiment their literature becomes your new country rather this days of exile initiative it is still continuing yeah it continues to develop of the sixteenth results of exhibitions and talks and the busy even a jam session of the libertarian east and west of your i'd like to be about right robin merrill from debbie culture thank you. and we just have time for a mind of our top stories or indeed have you german chancellor angela merkel has met with her a gyptian counterpart abdel fatah sisi in berlin as part of a fundraising drive for development in africa it was merkel's first i hope all appearance and she rolled out standing for another term as chancellor. thank you for watching do you have your fill gal we'll have an update on her headlines in

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