giving freedom for. those that matters to me. news live from berlin the islamists on the streets of pakistan are fresh demands. christian. before insulting islam this after pakistan's supreme court unanimously acquitted her for lack of evidence we'll talk to a correspondent close to the case also coming up. devastation in storms and more people rescue divers and imagine. looking to save the lives of people. and with one day left before u.s.

sanctions. of iran's economy thousands of iranians rally in the streets of tehran we'll look at the impact of the new sanctions on people's lives their. money welcome to the program islamists in pakistan army nearing the coals for death by hanging for bibi angry protesters have staged rallies since how was announced on wednesday pakistan's supreme court said there wasn't enough evidence to convict the christian woman of insulting islam bibi sat on death row for eighty is awaiting a decision husband has now asked a number of countries for help citing fears for her life. i'm now joined by shanel shams from data asia really it's good to see you so we've just had that begins husband says how life is in danger what's the latest information you have on how

well being. well we received an order you clipped from a person very close to the b.b. family and he said that b.b. said life is still in danger the family's life is in danger and we know that. husband also pleaded appealed to the u.s. president and the british prime minister that they should do something about it try to get the family out of pakistan but things have become really complicated the protesters are still calling for her death and we know that the protesters kind of forced the government to strike a deal with them and the government agreed to to their demands so it does become it is becoming increasingly difficult for us here bibi to leave the country or to live safely in pakistan shadow you say a difficult situation so how likely is it that be this family will be able to leave the country as the husband appeals for international help well he has appealed to

a number of countries and we know that the that france and spain have offered asylum to the family to be b. but the question is what is the government going to do about the agreed to a deal in which they said that they would do to. try to to take measures to ban bibi's departure from pakistan if that happens then it will become very difficult for bibi to leave pakistan and life will remain under threat. from d w a h a i think you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a group of central american migrants heading for the u.s. has begun splintering off of to mexican officials broke a promise to supply buses the group of about four thousand people is traveling through an area locals call the route of death the governor of veracruz had offered safe passage to mexico city on buses but officials later withdrew that offer.

us president donald trump is spending the final weekend before tuesday's midterm elections campaigning for republican candidates at a rally in florida he told supporters a vote for democrats is a vote for socialism that would turn florida into venezuela he repeated calls for border security to keep immigrants out who he is depicted as dangerous. the pacific a chip of new caledonia hazards of nations observers and delegates from metropolitan france said the vote was peaceful and orderly french president emmanuel mccall welcomed the outcome. is in berlin today there kills c.d.u. will be holding their first session since the chancellor announced she would stand down as party leader of the social democrats will debate whether they want to continue working with mechelle and have party calls for an exit from the governing coalition have been growing louder after the s.p.d. suffered bruising results in two recent state elections their leader and renate's is under pressure to shop in her party's profile or pull the plug on the current

conditions. for more let's speak to w.'s chief political correspondent and she's in front of the c.d.u. party headquarters so we kill of the cd use primary concern is discussing a successor for party leader one of the next steps. well everybody who walked into the building behind me here today from the cd you could the conservative party leadership was in favor of so-called regional conferences to basically give those candidates and their three key contenders at the moment the chance to introduce themselves one of course being on a kid. who is seen as angela merkel's favorite although magical will of course not say so publicly but also finish math who's a former political foe really who left politics because she actively pushed him aside more than a decade ago now he's back and he's actually seeing

a surge in the polls and then there is the young health minister. who in the polling isn't doing that terribly well but certainly threw his hat in the ring so a lot of debate about personnel here but i spoke to briefly we heard from the trade minister walking into the building peter altmire who said that of course the government wouldn't forget to govern the country well all this talking about the new potential heads here at the c.d.u. is going on mikaela what about the social democrats to use coalition partner how is the party planning to reinvent itself. well that's what it's still debating and what we've seen so far is the party leader and put on the table demands which essentially is softening what is already in the coalition agreement with angela merkel c.d.u. party to see some movement to actually see some political successes that the social democrats could then really cash in with the voters seeing a bit more popularity there but the social democrats have been in free fall for

a very long time this is continuing also a trend of the big ten parties here in europe being so under pressure that the social democrats one has to say are still struggling to formulate a strategy out of the this in the polling where they are right now now both parties the c.p.u. and suffered heavy losses during the last state elections to much smaller parties and extreme and how stable is the grand coalition right now. it's not that terribly stable one has to say that the social democrats are having a nervous breakdown free of once again and the conservatives are very busy with themselves and the infighting going on particularly with the variances to party the c.s.u. at the same time the green party but center left has been doing rather well

this raises the question whether there could be a new set up but both parties the social democrats and the conservatives see do you know that if there were fresh elections they were to lose so this coalition is being held together by the fear of things potentially getting worse if there were fresh election did abuse chief political correspondent mccain of course now thank you. it's at least storms have killed at least twenty nine people this week the harsh weather is especially battering sydney where dozen bodies have been recovered from floodwaters one family lost nine members overnight and forecasters warn more severe weather lies ahead. this is where an entire family lost their lives after a nearby river and gorged by heavy rainfall burst its banks. among the dead a baby and a three year old relative. and that is that the probably rented

a house for a union but we don't know exactly why yet. the only thing we know for sure is that nine are dead it's unfortunately the more serious all the. more victims were found in their cars which respect away by the flooding. heavy storms have better the whole of italy for week the worst hit areas are in the north. centuries old forest like this one in the benito region destroyed within just a few days. in the province off bellew winds reach one hundred ninety kilometers an hour and proofs of houses. so i went out here and looked upward and i shouted that the roof was blown away that we were stuck five days without a phone without electricity without anything and because nobody could reach and see as. residents here were cut off after a landslide damaged

a major mountain wrote. no we're worried the road might collapse. because underneath the road we saw a crack that would mean the support of you have to tell us that. this storm damage in italy is estimated to run into the billions and weather warnings are still in place six italian regions remain on high alert for new storms. iranians have staged mass protests against the united states one day before new american sanctions going to effect anger against the u.s. has spiked since president trump decided to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal and tens of thousands took part in protests across the country which also mocked the storming of the u.s. embassy thirty nine years ago a key event ahead of the islamic revolution. i show of defiance this protest takes place annually but this year tensions are running high.

facing new american sanctions on monday the regime is shopping its rhetoric. in parliament the man once in charge of negotiating nuclear policy with washington compared the united states current leader to one of iran's bitterest enemies. now mr donald trump like former iraqi dictator saddam has decided to fight the iranian nation he wants to directly oppress and torture the iranian nation. but elsewhere in tire on worries a growing about the impact of the sanctions they're expected to further drive up consumer prices and why heavily on the country's growth right which had been recovering from an earlier round of penalties. we can see the effect of sanctions in this bizarre. there was a man here today who did not have money to buy a lotion for his baby because the economic situation is getting worse the people

are very poor and times are hard he. expects leak around sludge antigovernment protests in january to the country's deteriorating economic situation the fear among regime supporters the latest u.s. sanctions will only deepen iran's problems and further undermine the foundations of the islamic republic. they because then headed into a one to see go weekend in outstanding form after two wins in the past week which saw them score eleven goals along the way but the run came to an abrupt end on saturday as they were given a taste of their own medicine by a resurgent and high. leverkusen fans were likely expecting another explosive performance against hoffenheim given their team's recent run of form and they looked to be right when leverkusen seemed to have matched the opener just ten minutes him but celebrations were cut short as

a play was ruled offside. and leverkusen hopes were further dash by rhys nelson's curling shot in the one nine hundred minute. the english youngster now has six league goals to his name. and this one might have been the best of the bunch. never cusins reaction was a swift one. mitchell visor split open hoffenheim stiff fence with precision and kathleen bell it abi was there to rifle it into the far corner to equalize one one half an hour in. but hoffenheim weren't content to split points just four minutes later in a wide open jol intone headed home pavel caught a shot pics cross in the visitors were back ahead. five minutes after the break and jol intone was brought down in leverkusen xbox then chance of grief calmly stepped up and slotted at home from the spot. jol

intone burst pass a leverkusen offense in the seventy third minute picking up his second of the match and piling on to lever cusins misery. it ended for one tough pill to swallow for leverkusen and likely the opposite end of the result expected to be given their recent performances. so late because it's good form ended up here the rest of the results from match day tense so far one has legally does more and one at a full spec by andrew at home with a book like this and it has a strong start to the season while shall cast so off hanover i'll expect and drew and on friday frankfurt got a good win at strip got their two more games to look forward to sunday. it watching d.w. news live from berlin more coming at the top of the hour thank you for taking.

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