this is live from the business as usual for germany's outgoing chance about a day after announcing a phased withdrawal from politics and. african leaders including egypt's abdel fattah el-sisi at the g. twenty compact with africa summit also on the program. the man accused of being germany's worst post-war serial killer admits a hundred people prosecutors claim the former nurse murdered patients out of boredom and vomiting. and deadly storms strike it's of

a fierce wind at least ten in various swamps with high water. welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has returned to business as usual following monday's announcement that she will retire from politics in twenty twenty one today she's hosting african heads of state at a summit in berlin the chancellor has pledged a billion euros for a new fund that ems to tackle under development on the continent mass migration from africa has been one of the topics that has dogged her chancellorship as a controversial decision in twenty fifteen to allow in more than a million refugees. on the sidelines of the summit chancellor merkel told the press that her phased withdrawal from politics would not affect the german foreign policy . i think the negotiating position

in international negotiations will not be changed or affected in any way you can only say that i will now fully focus on my job to stay ahead of government and as far as a list of possible candidates for the chairmanship of the c.d.u. party is going to and as i said yesterday it is an open process and as the previous chairwoman in my political life i've learnt that question of succession are questions that you shouldn't intervene in because it's never worked and that is something i will definitely a stick by so this is an open press is the very people of throwing their hats in the ring we will watch it and we'll see what happens at the party conference in hamburg. thank you let's hear more from dublin chief political correspondent belinda crane welcome linda so i'll go back and says this is business as usual the negotiating position will not change but can she now be relied on to deliver for

international partners. certainly they seem to hope so there were a number of european and international legal leaders who have essentially paid tribute to her decision over the past twenty four hours and said that they expect to continue doing business with her until the end of her term as chancellor in twenty twenty one and clearly the chancellor's take on this is that she and her government can now finally get down to business yesterday when she announced her decision she said that her government had conveyed a completely unacceptable image and in fact the perception not only here at home in germany but amongst many international partners of this country is that the government has been very very self-absorbed riven with internal dissent essentially ever since it took office just last week i have to diplomats one for perhaps one from poland told me that they have the feeling germany has been absent in international discussions of crucial e.u.

issues over the past six months so clearly the hope would be that now with this matter clarified that the government can begin to look toward the future and can begin to actually do the real work of governing including in our national relations is the chancellor herself as a broker as an international leader weaker than she was at the height of her power absolutely but is she weaker than she was say the day before yesterday or at the beginning of this last term in government no absolutely not and i think she remains a vastly respected figure in europe and internationally and i wouldn't i wouldn't be too quick to call or a lame duck and tell you so that's got to go and be chancellor internationally and fly the flag while here in germany well very must be a good deal of horse trading going on talk us through the whole trading on the

reactions and political beldin. absolutely there is a scramble for the position of her successor that will not be decided until early december at a conservative party conference but a number of hats have already been thrown into the ring and they range from outspoken rivals and critics of the chancellor one of whom she actually pushed out of power as the head of the c.d.u. parliamentary group years ago he's now come back and said he'd like to lead the party in a new direction there is another critic of hers the quite conservative health minister young. a fairly young member of her party and then there is her designated successor her favorite who is currently the general secretary of the party that's on the great camp colleen power she certainly would carry on in the chancellor spirit if she were to take over probably the chancellor absolutely would stay out her term if either of the other two rivals and critics take over the party leadership we may see uncle america's term in power and sooner rather than later

chief political correspondent linda craig thank you. to germany's biggest post war serial murder case and to form a new us is missing killing one hundred patients forty one year old made the admission during his trial for mass murder in the northern city of bremen is already serving life for previous killings at two different hospitals the scale of his alleged crimes is shocked the country. the defendant is accused of committing mass murder his motivation according to the prosecution boredom and vanity and unusually large crowd turned up to witness the proceedings the trial is taking place in a conference center to accommodate the crowd many relatives of the victims is a fine. the trial is unusual because there are so many people involved with and one hundred twenty six plaintiffs in having represented by seventeen lawyers that means

the trial is huge just because of the number of people involved 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 which up to about i'm expecting us to get justice for all the victims and that the defendant will have his sentence extended 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 if on the world of. the clinic and. a verdict is expected in may next year. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world britain's prime minister has once again ruled out a second referendum of the country's membership of the european union speaking in no way to reason may also deny that there were plans for

a general election to break the deadlock she's in of there to discuss the u.k.'s departure from the bloc of nordic and baltic leaders. more than sixty thousand people have signed an open letter from jewish leaders in pittsburgh to donald trump saying that the u.s. president is not welcome in the city until he fully denounces white nationalism the president and first lady are two to visit travel to pittsburgh later following last week's synagogue massacre in which eleven people were killed. thousands of central american migrants continue to travel through mexico towards the united states eight hundred u.s. troops are reported to have been sent to america southern border military sources say there are plans to send more than five thousand soldiers there this week. of course in ecuador has rejected a lawsuit brought by wiki leaks founder julian a song show the conditions of his asylum staff at ecuador's embassy in london had

imposed strict rules which is zones argued violated his rights the country granted her asylum in twenty twelve hours and tried to avoid extradition to sweden over sexual assault allegations. though least nine people in italy have died as rain and fierce winds lashed much of the country the city of venice famous for its canals is reporting record high water levels extreme weather which is bad at the country since sunday as cause severe transportation and power disruptions as well as fatalities. red alert unwanted also omari. traffic partially paralyzed in league in italy's northwest. bad weather also in a popular holiday destination. further east st mark's square was 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 in ten years. many italian regions are on

highest alert with schools closed in rome the scene here in madrid 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 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 american city. experts from boeing

on their way to indonesia to help with the investigation into monday's crash in which one hundred eighty nine people on board were killed. into the sea off. shortly after takeoff search and rescue workers are now trying to locate the wreckage and the flight data recorders as passengers families wait for their worst fears to be confirmed distressed family members comfort one another as they wait for official news in jakarta some are resigned to grief. while others refused to give up hope riskless father was on board the flight. my father was there we're still hoping for the best because there hasn't been an official statement from lion air. this man's brother had a ticket to. a big i mean we're hoping for a miracle that he is fine and healthy maybe stranded somewhere. in the us the.

sea had it though. at the port the business of finding answers is under way fuselage piled in with fragments of life. and 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 and safety inspections on all the 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 the one hundred meter nine on board the flight now feared dead dive teams are stepping up the search for the doomed aircraft black box recorders and with them clues as to why this brand new plane crashed. somewhere football and tonight second round of the german cup features a classic a david versus goliath confrontation as mighty byron munich play fourth division birding hausen it may not be a walk in the park for violent clubs already knocked out second division dynamo president to get this far and they're eager to put up a strong fights against the reigning champions. amount to the korean peninsula where sports playing a role of thawing relations between north and south on monday you theme players

from both sides faced off in the opening match of a big regional tournament and though the match was competitive 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 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 during the match fans mostly way 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. that's it you're up to date i'll have more for you at the top of the hour get hot alpha's will behave in just a moment your business update starting with some good news from germany have a good day. my first my second was a sewing machine. i come from women or dolls. something as simple as learning how to write a bicycle isn't. since i was unmoved i wanted to add the bicycle of my home and it took them until. finally the game has been mentioned by me and i say that and three times.