this is. who wants to be the next. race to succeed. today. in his bid to lead to germany's christian democrats he was once sidelined by chancellor now he's. also coming. to find out why so many people fear for their lives walking to the united states knowing that president as. a christian

woman sentenced to death for blasphemy. and they want the judges. to be executed. it's good to have you with us tonight we are getting a clearer picture of who could possibly try to become the next chancellor of germany it's been barely two days since that she will step down as a leader of her party and not seek reelection as the country's chancellor today one of her longstanding critics launched his campaign to take her place. says he is the to unite a divided party meet chancellor. the man she once ousted is back to challenge her. it's good to see you needs

a fresh start and renewal. needs a forward thinking political discussion and i believe that means the scene you has to be clear about its core values i'm going to america had taken over fleet his position as parliamentary leader of the conservatives sixteen years ago many say he's never forgiven her he carried on as her second in command for a couple of years then in two thousand and nine he left politics he returned to his day job as an attorney joining an international corporate law firm he's also sat on the board of governors for several companies including the world's largest asset management firm blackrock so far is one of three contenders for the party leadership he's considered the most conservative among them and would represent a clear break with merkel style of politics. although he's been a critic of the chancellor and her government since she took power in two thousand

and five he says now they could work together he's been. convinced that angle america and i will get along under these changed circumstances. and in a way that we both see fit. mass is a business friendly conservative has close ties to the private sector are controversial and has made him a target for criticism the christian democrats will decide who will succeed chancellor merkel as their leader at a party conference in december if matz gets the job germany's conservatives will have to brace themselves for drastic change not least because of his rise could spell the end of on the america as chancellor given their differences she may not want to stay in office much longer. well i'm joined now by our chief political correspondent melinda gray i mean these events know how are taking place quickly melinda what would a friedrich merits christian democratic union party look like he hasn't given us

a lot to go on so far but what we do know is that he is business friendly always has been both when he was back when he was a politician and now as a corporate lawyer for the last nine years he was also always a big advocate of tax reform of making the tax code so simple and a tax declaration so easy that could be written on the back of a coaster for a year so that probably indicates that he would implement more friendly business policies beyond that he made it clear that he wants to open the doors to let voters who have drifted away to the far right nationalist party return to the fold how exactly he would do that is unclear because they don't care about business friendly policies what they're interested in is migration stopping it he we do know that as a politician he was very much in favor of stricter measures for assimilation to what was known as leading german cultural values so possibly we would see something

along those lines but it's hard to say what i do think we can say is that what people see in him is a return to the old glory days of the c.d.u. as a mass party whether he can accomplish that i think is very much an open question and what about his foreign policy positions let's take a listen to what he had to say about the european union today or european union reform proposals that have been put forward by the french president take a listen. i am certainly concerned that we do not have enough of an answer to the suggestions of among them a call. oh. cool. i think he deserves a more substantial answer from germany. until. we have to speak about the central questions of the future of the european union and i know that the biggest challenge involves keeping the eurozone together. so is that

good news or bad news for you what he was saying well. yes that is a question you can pose but i think the fact that he did raise it today and in fact it was the most concrete point on which he clearly voiced a discrepancy with the current policy you know essentially germany during this coalition government has been asleep at the wheel people throughout the european union feel that germany has not given the kind of leadership that it has the fact that he referenced that point indicates to me that there are at least some of macross proposals that he does think are positive and would want to move forward on perhaps common security and foreign policy for a start so i think that is positive for france and for germany and for the e.u. now what else he would do on the foreign policy side is very hard to say he called himself a convinced transatlantic chancer would say the same is there something we know that he is leading in the polls right now but he does have competition doesn't mean

absolutely he does at least two others have thrown their hat in the ring and who knows whether more hats may come but among those are the chancellor's own designated successor and a great calm qanbar she is currently the general secretary of the party and she would keep the party essentially in the central part of the political spectrum so not such a sharp turn to the right as i think we'd see under if and then there's he's currently the health minister significantly younger than the other two quite conservative as well sir. john boehner seem to like him but at the moment he's trailing behind the others if you look at the polls but it's early days and there's a reduced chief political correspondent linda thank you you thank. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi was strangled to death immediately after entering riyadh's consulate in istanbul that's according to the city's chief prosecutor he says because showing his body was then cut up in disposed of saudi arabia's

attorney general has now left turkey after talks on the kill the rebel leader has returned to south sudan to celebrate a peace deal with longtime rival president salva kiir the world's youngest nation was plunged into civil war in two thousand and thirteen when president here sacked massaro as his vice president the country has seen a string of failed a cease fires and peace deals ever said it's as the u.s. city of pittsburgh continues to grieve and bury its dead after that synagogue shooting a grand jury as charged the suspect robert bowers on forty four different counts including hate crimes eleven people were killed in that attack on saturday. u.s. president donald trump has said that the u.s. could send up to fifteen thousand troops to its border with mexico as a convoy of central american migrants travels north thousands of people have been walking for more than two weeks in search of a better life in the u.s.

they're leaving home dearest a country plagued by poverty sexual violence and gang brutality the w.'s i tore sigh as has been to the capital to go to find out more about the life that they are leaving behind every friday armed gangs forced these young barbers to cut their hair on one occasion they were caught up in a shootout with police the barbers close their solemn to escape but lived in constant fear for their lives that's why they decided to abandon their homes and sets off for the united states. if. i had to go to thinking members to cut their hair. but i couldn't keep doing it out of fear. i said i spoke about it with my cousin and we decided to flee. and i was more afraid and just want to work in peace. as well as

violence economic problems are pushing people to migrate almost three quarters of all hundred and live in poverty according to some estimates and more than half of the self employed there live in extreme poverty. and i'm your quote there we are searching for a better homeland and opportunities to work where is not going to want to move our families forward people cannot bear the situation any longer the crisis has been getting worse for years and it's happening because of the political situation that's why people are fleeing now they have nothing to eat. but by i'm supporting these migrants they're fleeing because there's no work here how can donald trump treat them as murderous. they know poverty in one judas is on the rice even though the government has invested more in social programs.

this woman has tried seven times to reach the united states only once did she make it across the border only to be deported but her situation is so desperate that she plans to try again. your ok your look i just can't go on like this even if i could find a job i wouldn't earn enough to support. the babies just to love i have three children who need to be fed. on her last journey she was fleeing an abusive husband she took her three children on the arduous trip they suffered hunger and illness eventually they were arrested by mexican authorities and deported. this is not it by two and i reported it to the police and sought protection in mexico as they fled with my three children he notified the migration authorities and we spent eight months in detention. women suffer other types of violence they

are victims of domestic and sexual abuse and are threatened by gangs who try to recruit their children. that's why twenty percent more women than men are fleeing honduras according to a migration expert. city is. they are pressured into prostitution or are forced to live with people who are involved in organized crime . it's a symptom of the vulnerability of women. migrants or refugees it's hard to draw a line in a country where desperation and danger go together for them escape seems the only option a court in pakistan has freed a christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy the mother of two bibi was condemned to hang in two thousand and ten for insulting islam prophet muhammad well

since today's ruling thousands of islam is activists have blocked roads and ransacked government property in protest with one group even calling for the execution of the judges who overturned the said. she has spent most of the past eight years in a prison cell in solitary confinement. bibi has always maintained her innocence the christian farm worker and mother of two was convicted in two thousand and ten of blasphemy she was accused of insulting the prophet mohammed after muslim women from her village objected to her drinking water from their shared class because she was christian bibi then became the first woman to be sentenced to death by hanging under pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws but now pakistan's highest court has decided to overturn the verdict and said b.b. the ruling was immediately met with angry protests by hard line islamists.

the only punishment for a blasphemer is beheading they shout and we won't obey this oppression. the leaders of one islamist party have even called for the death of the judges who ruled in favor of us and bebe's release. her story began in a rural pakistani village but what started here has stirred intense emotions around the world. in the past islamists have murdered some of those who spoke out in her favor. today's reactions show that their anger has diminished a little since her breast nearly ten years ago. and a bit by now that i'm going to start the sports news now the second round of the german cup continued on wednesday and here are the results from the first four games of penalties in cologne as did nuremberg in stoke dortmund needed extra time

and a last minute penalty to edge past burley even thrashed it with your side flynn's book the days remaining four games are still underway. you're watching the news live we'll be back at the top of the hour with more boldness. and more. elite her please ily. lead.