this is t w news coming to you live from berlin a racist motives suspected in a new year attack in germany police say a man who ran the car into crowds in the early hours of january the first intended to kill foreigners go to our correspondent in the western city of basra also coming up. for sonora is sworn in as brazil's new president vowing to liberate his country from socialism and political correctness all right leaders election marks a radical shift after decades of centrist rule. in twenty eighteen was one of the

toughest years of on the americans career twenty nine teaching be any easier we look at what's ahead for the german chancellor. hello i'm terry march and welcome to the program german authorities say a man who bribed his car into new york crowds intended to kill foreigners five people were injured in the attack in the western city of basra with afghan and syrian nationals among the victims in a moment we'll get the latest from our correspondent there first this report. it's shortly before midnight when a car suddenly swerves towards a group of people celebrating the new year. the managed to dodge the vehicle. onlookers tried to stop the driver but he escaped. but old.

car drove through the crowd everyone jumped to the left and right and then he was gone. but as i read over charisma the driver steered towards people at three other locations leaving five injured one of them seriously syrian afghan nationals are among the victims the state interior minister says the facts indicate that the suspect a fifty year old german was carrying out a targeted attack the sanity even if the german deliberately trove interest groups of people who were to a large extent foreigners and. that means this man had the clear intention to kill foreigners. he's a man also know to do it investigators say the suspect has a history of mental illness but it's unclear whether that played a part in the attack police say he had previously come to their attention and they were not aware of any links to far right groups. alister walsh is in ball trough

covering this story for us allister what do we know about the possible motives of the matter arrested. when he was arrested he gave according to police he gave pretty clear anti foreigner statements to police that led them to believe that it was a racially motivated attack since then the state interior minister has confirmed that he had a clear intention to kill foreigners. but there's also been according to official says being reports that he had a history of mental illness whether he was currently mentally ill we don't know how are people there in basra reacting to this must have been a terrible shock for the community. everybody is being quite calm here. i don't know if you can see behind me but there's

a stage set up there's some tents i'm standing and bellina plats and isn't meant to be a place of festivities and on the off the it is that the anniversary of the town but as the night of the crime became a. coming out of. these festivities and said we can't spell it right well a woman fighting for a life we're having some problems with the seller alister the blind improves so let's continue of course this isn't the first time the foreigners in germany been attacked in violent attacks is a. there's been a few crimes this year probably most notably was in came near it's where we saw a large crowds of. far right extremists protesting against. immigration and migrants in germany and it's been a series of crimes against them just in december this month or last month now

a man who was convicted in magda berg for sending has sent his dog on a syrian family in in in eastern germany while there picnicking. and there was a report in november that said these crimes are increasing that the anti immigrant sentiment is increasing in germany and also thank you so much to watch there in basra. brazil's new president joe you're both has taken office and in his first public speech at the helm of latin america's biggest nation the former army captain declared a crusade against crime corruption and left wing ideology his second name is messy out messy us and many brazilians do see him as a kind of messiah well sonora supporters hope he can revive the economy and bring safety to the streets but others worry that his hardline policies could lead to an

erosion of fundamental rights. for god brazil's new far right president now officially in office. is vowing big changes in ways that have already polarized the country i may speak that see that caitiff asked that i expect that he'll make brazil better and safer i would have done it i'm black and gay person ourselves were useless he does not represent me it isn't in the capital brasilia tens of thousands cheered bolton are at his induction into office after being sworn in he set the tone for his term as president i near zero good will do that today is the day our people will begin to free themselves from socialism was. exhibited thought of by them to free themselves from false values from overreach by the state and from political correctness. i also naras cabinet is

mostly white and male with only two women seven of its twenty two members are ex-military their agenda is staunchly conservative the foreign minister wants to break with alleged cultural marxism and evangelical pastor will oversee a portfolio including human rights and women's issues that some optimism amongst brazil's business community many backed the incoming finance ministers pray for the market stance and his promises to privatized many industries foreign companies operating in brazil have also voiced support for his plans. the agriculture industry is hoping for good he is ahead t. has strong support from the farm. but also in are also has his critics and amongst the toughest of them is left wing congressman john willis he's openly gay and says he's receiving more and more death threats. out of it was a ball he ever said and will really do is hunt minorities i consider him

a political fraudster and a threat to the world with me. on twitter also nara has already announced plans to liberalize gun laws part of the effets he's making to show his supporters he won't delay implementing his campaign pledges. we will make sure that proper citizens have the right to own weapons and to defend their property for the fields of. sonora is the face of brazil's political shift to the right many a painting their hopes on him while others fear he threatens democracy. take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today japan's emperor akihito has extended new year's greetings for the last time before he became its eighty five year old peer before tens of thousands of well wishers at the imperial palace in tokyo ok he has offered pod the chrysanthemum throne since the one nine hundred eighty nine he's planning to abdicate in april which would

make him the first to do so in more than two hundred years. cuba has celebrated sixty years of revolution midst economic crises and political reforms the symbolic commemoration took place in santiago de cuba at the foot of the tombs of the country's socialist heroes owes a martini and. and hundreds of people in new york city rang in the new year by taking a dip in the atlantic this year saw an unseasonably warm temperature of one thousand degrees celsius coney island polar bear. plunge began in one thousand nine hundred three raises money for various church. for more migrants are risking their lives crossing the sea from france to britain over two hundred people are thought to have made the void since november now the british government is strengthening its coastal defenses in a move the opposition has condemned as politicizing migration for this little

dinghy mated from france to england with twelve migrants huddled together on board the dangerous passage across the english channel is becoming more popular since strict road checks have made illegal crossing to britain by truck next to impossible. british home secretary sajid javid returned to the u.k. after cutting short his safari holiday in south africa his conservative party colleagues see the boat arrivals as a threat since christmas around one hundred people have attempted the journey. i hope it will come and visit to see how things are here at the frontline look to creating a patrol force with the french to make sure that any cross found in the channel whichever side of the line they are all help back safely and soundly to the french coast. up till now only one ship has patrolled britain's maritime border now the country is calling back two more ships from the mediterranean together with french

interior minister christopher custer now javid has promised tougher measures to stop people smuggling. we will do every thing we can to make sure it is not a success in the sense that i don't want people to think that if they need a safe country like france that they can get to britain and then just get to stay european law stipulates that france must take back many of the migrants seeking entry to the u.k. but if the u.k. were to crash out of the e.u. in a so-called hard brags that that guarantee would no longer apply opposition leaders in britain say to reason may's government is playing up the issue to make her proposed bragg's a deal more attractive all of this is little consolation for the migrants many of whom say they'd rather drown in the english channel than state and france. well joining me now in the studio is chris metz he's a spokesman for the un refugee agency berlin office welcome to the program and we just heard migrants there saying that they'd rather drowned in the english channel

than to stay in france or conditions that they face in france really is that now i think not but probably need to distinguish between refugees and migrants and we talk about migrants but we also need to see that many people in these boats are refugees so people were seeking protection from from persecution and in their home countries and many of these people have relatives in the u.k. they have probably seen them for a long time separated sometimes for even years and yes sometimes they do doing nearly everything to get back to their children or to their parents but it counts present off that. of course promotes always legal passageways also all these people so there is the fate. of these individuals who are crossing the channel that we're talking about irregular migration to some degree. but we're talking also about a politically charged environment in the english channel between france and britain

to what degree is britain's looming beggs it from the european union driving irregular migration across the english channel well technically that shouldn't be a reason because the u.k. has committed itself to protect refugees so again people who are persecuted in their own country of little tick or reasons when the u.k. signed the united fifty one refugee convention that will not change with breaks that are not within the u.a.e. you are not something with the migrants it it's the responsibility of the country so here at the governmental london to decide if these people can stay are not and i think that will also not change with the brakes that what is probably the case is that traffic has smugglers using this situation telling people you need to go now you need to give me your money now otherwise it will window of opportunity he will close but this is of course not because they care for the people just care for

their money what kind of risks kind of dangers do irregular migrants face in trying to cross the english channel well we've seen that for years in the mediterranean and just last year about three thousand people died drowned in the mediterranean in the channel these are not so many people now but it's a different situation it's not that big then the mediterranean but these thirty plus kilometers we have over between calais and over and of a parts we have one hundred two hundred kilometers and don't forget it's winter now so it's much colder than the mediterranean we have rough weather there and these people using very often very small boats made actually four of four shallow waters or even lakes ok chris let's leave it there chris meltzer spokesperson for of the un refugee agency the u.n.h.c.r. here in berlin thanks for being with us if you are. you're watching the news still to come a new year's miracle in the ruins of

a damaged apartment building in russia we have a report on a ten month old baby who survived more than a day in subzero temperatures. for german chancellor angela merkel twenty eighteen was one of the toughest years of her career it took her months to form a new government she faced stiff opposition from populists at home and abroad and suffering in the polls she relinquished the chairmanship of her conservative party will twenty nine hundred be any easier here's a look at what's ahead for the german chancellor. so far i'm going to america as gradual exit from politics appears to be going to plan but remaining silent slow for the coming year won't be that easy with a whole list of potential pitfalls. in anecdotes can come and our america got the successor as party leader she wanted a k.-k. as she is known is a much needed ally who will help keep merkel's in

a party critics say. but the political comeback of merkel's former rival free to fish mats has loosened her hold on the party mats aim to join the machall cabinet has been rebuffed for now but many back his claim to power direct threat to america. europe's crunch time elections in may could also be a turning point for the stability of germany's government. if angela merkel's coalition partner the social democrats take yet another beating at the polls they may see no other way forward than withdrawing from the government that would most likely end up going to medicals time as chancellor. those polls are expected to see a further rise of the populist right across europe an angle americal is set to feel

those effects back home. here in germany the f.t. publicly closed ranks with a rightwing extremist during street protests in the eastern city of chemists last summer united by a determination to end the magical era the populist movement in germany make gain new momentum. with three eastern states going to the polls this coming all to the a if d. will have to prove whether it can become the strongest political force in any of these states. if the far right are targeted for germany manages to replicate its general election results from twenty seventeen it could become the strongest political force in saxony a defeat for the c.d.u. and yet more state elections would also be seen as a rebuke for chancellor merkel's leadership. all of those

factors will also play a role in the half time assessment of the coalition partner of angela merkel's government the social democrats wrote an exit clause into their coalition deal if they trigger that. could crash out of her last term in office. reporting the well joining us out in the studio is our political correspondent look at about morning repair morning now there's been a lot of talk about the embattled social democrats maybe pulling out of the coalition government early what would that mean for i'm going to go well quite simply first of all will mean that she would lose her majority within parliament and she would set out then we'll have to set out to find new partners and this is very difficult have already seen at the beginning of this term who didn't want to enter government with the social democrats but with the. ecological friendly green party the free trade friendly liberal party of these talks failed and then she

entered the talks with their social democrats the other parties in parliament the right wing populist they've d. all these socialist left polity we can use the fall for talks to form a government so the only option then left would be a minority government something highly volatile something the germans don't really like so we don't really know what's going to happen then if the. if the social democrats pull out the end of probably would mean snap elections definitely not smooth sailing in that scenario let's assume for a moment the social democrats do stay in the government would that allow medical then to complete her term for sure or could other pressures possibly see her leaving office early the way i see it it all depends on what out of office even if some of the crucial regional states elections we have already heard about in the report these go bad for the c.d.u. party even then if

a party goes into open revolt against they want to push out of office they don't really have any leverage to do so and it would mean that even if on a good come come come come both new pontiff would then. try to gain office as a chancellor. she would have to find new majority's with them polman something really unlikely we have already talked about this so if she wants to stay in office i'm the social democrat state with a partner she's very likely to feel fulfilled of with term yes thank you so much our political correspondent look at it your welcome. least nine people are known to have died after an apartment block collapsed in russia on monday a massive search operation is underway for more than thirty people still missing thought is believe a gas leak caused the blast in the city of mike nieto barsky about seventeen

hundred kilometers east of moscow but there's also been jubilation after rescuers found a baby boy alive under the rubble. it felt like nothing short of a miracle as a baby boy was pulled from the rubble a life thirty five hours after the collapse. rescuers say he survived temperatures of minus eighteen degrees celsius because he was wrapped up warmly in a cradle but he does have some serious injuries amazingly his mother also survived the collapse and has now joined her son at the hospital. it was a rare moment of joy in what has been a grim operation for rescuers. the only people they found otherwise who are already dead. local residents are in shock many have come to the

scene to express their grief openly. my colleague from work died here she was only young she's gone if you will. with full read so many of us have lost loved ones we must be strong. first responders had to temporarily hope their search on choose day while workers try to remove or stabilize sections of the building which were in danger of collapse the ten story apartment block was home to many ordinary families dozens of people are still missing but given the freezing temperatures in russia's year old manton's region hopes are fading of finding them alive. some businesses that are asian markets start the year on a dull beat no monica let's course a call it cautious the berry cautious terry certainly in asia they started like

that to twenty nine thousand that of course after figures showing that china's manufacturing sector contracted for the first time in almost two years ago. across the region were broadly low on hong kong's hang seng index was the worst performer on the first trading day of the new year losing more than two point three percent in morning trade a series of purchasing managers indices show that factory activity dropped i mean the u.s. china trade route and a slowdown in chinese demand markets in south korea and australia are also down only the tokyo exchange is closed for a holiday. european alan minium producers say that u.s. president donald trump's tariffs a backfiring despite having to pay higher duty is on their products shipped to the united states they say there's been an unforseen move in the markets that's actually benefiting them. each of these aluminum blocks weighs more than

nine tons specialist producer alli max uses them to make extra durable industrial components since june the german company has had to pay ten percent in import duties in the u.s. but al emacs is actually making more money that's because the tariffs have pushed up the price for aluminum. and that's one reason why the company's c.e.o. wants to increase production and its plant in south carolina. the america he fought but the more value creation we do on site the less we have to import it from our point of view and the result will be that the tariffs will have no effect in the future because the more we produce on location which trump wants the less the tariffs terribly. the german companies the u.s. operations only account for ten percent of the company's total revenue but that will soon change as it out. is by this year of american operations in our total

global business will certainly at least double in the coming year and by that i mean the revenue profit and even increase more. demand is on the rise the company special aluminum and her quired in medical technology as well as in solar cells and cars. peppa is an increasingly popular crop in cambodia which is home to a special variety they come port to pepper. protected geographical indication state as much like coming back she's from france or italy. it's dramatically changing things for the local paper industry a bumper crops expected this year. this could be the cash crop for one of asia's poorest countries complet pepper has grown on about four hundred fifty farms income podia said to be ideal for the spices because of its oil industry is the biggest employer in the impoverished provinces of complet and camp you can no more. growing

complet pepper has allowed me to take care of my family and have a good standard of living. i one come godi in snow how important it is to grow here . during communist era the coming rouge cut down the production saying it was decadent the crop was revived in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. its rebirth helped the local community and pay for new roads medical clinics and schools the e.u. has given comfort to pepper protected does it nation that has pushed prices higher and opened up new markets. for next time if they hear the phone call from f.m. for expecting production to increase in twenty one thousand i definitely rather complet pepper is already well known in some international markets but we also developing some new markets going to feel like you are developing the new markets gentle quality and reputation of complet pepper that which is considered to be the best pepper in the world by at the pub i hear a lot of the family you know those are the revival of farming here has transformed

lives and the landscape and created an awareness of the region among peppa loving consumers across the world. and he is a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. german police say a fifty year old man who ran into a car into new york crowds intended to kill foreigners five people were injured in the attack in the western city of with afghan and syrian nationals among the victims. and brazil's new president jeb also narrow has taken office in his first topic speech the film on the captain declared a crusade against crime corruption and left wing ideology. you're watching news from the left and more coming up at the top of the alice.

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