this is the news live from berlin a record high for germany's environmentalist green party of major opinion poll shows the greens would come in 1st in a national election edging out council reckless conservatives are we witnessing a major shift in german poll that is also coming up. british prime minister frees a man steps down as the leader of the tory party today we take

a look at the candidates vying to take her place at number 10 downing street. and the women's world cup kicks off in france there are a number of favorites to win the trophy in what is shaping up to be the toughest competition in the tournament history. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us we begin here in germany with what is a major surprise for the nation today environmentalist green party has outperformed chance for all americans conservatives as the country's favorite party a new poll shows a general election were held on sunday there would be a truly historic result for the very 1st time the greens would come in 1st with 26 percent although i'm ackles conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. bloc falling to 2nd place 25 percent and coming in 3rd. the right wing populist at

13 percent another jolt machall coalition partners the center left social democrats dropped to 4th place with only 12 percent the market friendly f.t.p. getting 8 percent and the far left left party 7 percent ok an incredible result more on that let's talk with your political correspondent good morning hans the greens began their rise didn't they in many ways their steady rise last summer with the drought that that swept across large parts of europe and it hit germany in a hard way is that what's behind their strong showing climate change well they certainly that train that climate issues environmental issues have become the top subject for the sub top concern for voters in the last year and a half was partly i think this is the draw it's a very hot summer that we had last year was one bush factor in that. and generally that was this friday future movement kind of. pupils and students going to the

streets every friday pushing environmental issues all of that has contributed to that and it has seen the stadia rise in environmental questions coming through before and as a result the green party which is seen as the only party that has a consistent policy on this has done very well just 2 years ago it was migration and issues like the pensions that were topping the polls for absolutely just 2 years ago just before the last general election at the end of 2017 those were the issues the issues for voters that were most important standard issues one might say unemployment migration of pensions issues and that sort of thing and environmental questions were far down in the scale at the time ok let's take a look now at at how the greens have moved from the fringes of german politics in 1980 s. to take the top spot in the polls for the very 1st time. i it's been

a long time coming for decades in the wings on germany's political stage the greens have come into the spotlight they almost joined on the america's government after the 2017 general elections they won big in recent european elections more than doubling their seats in brussels what's their secret the party leader offered his theory following the european election result. it changes its young people involved immediately you don't have to climb a long letter before you get hurt instead you can prove yourself quickly that makes us accessible and open to social changes shifts new forms of communication new issues and fresh views. but the greens also find themselves at the right place at the right time though no longer a single issue party they've always been foremost about the environment and it seems enough of the electorate now is to climate change has become a top issue fridays for future has grown from

a weekly student strike to an organized movement with political influence meanwhile the german auto industry's diesel cheating scandal has hurt america's climate reputation and her government has had to admit it will fall short of its climate goals this is fertile ground for green momentum but only a national election will show a growing popular support translates into real political power. ok a lot of this has to do with trust according to the poll the greens the most trusted party one opinion poll question showing that come out of the top if a national election were held next week that's what we've seen so how do the greens policies compare with those of the other political parties. which party has the best answers for the future that is what the pollsters asked specifically with 27 percent the greens have a massively chancellor merkel's conservatives coming in 2nd with 12 percent or coalition partners as and all of social democrats alling to

a devastating 2 percent. on says looks like a seismic shift in how voters perceive the political parties here is i think what we have to emphasize here is also the weakness of the traditional governing parties in this country the conservatives and i'm going to markland the social democrats they've been ruling they've been forming the government as a coalition for this for this and previous governments and in that time they seem to have lost a lot of support most recently both parties have been having quite intense internal debates and internal weaknesses new leaders are moving on both sides are going to merkel has said that she's stepping down as chancellor at the end of this governing period so there's a lot of. uncertainty about what's going to happen in these 2 governing projects and i think that is also contributing to the rise of the greens who are seen as more reliable and more steady on on the issues in their policies and this

fracturing leading to the rise of the f.t. on the right as well one reason for the greens strength appears to be as you mentioned the other party's weaknesses the opinion poll asks this party is not paying enough attention to the issues people really care about here are the results for the governing parties 77 percent of all voters saying that about the c.d.u. c.s.u. 72 percent have the same verdict on the social democrats. anstice results would appear to demonstrate the claim made by the right wing populist a.f.d. that the conservatives and the social democrats have become decoupled that they are no longer connected with the issues that voters care about is i think we have to say this is something of a an emotional response to some extent that these parties as i was saying. in the presence of restructuring themselves the social democrats will completely. helpless

at the moment also in the way that they operate and the conservatives as well are trying to find new leadership trying to redefine their policies and so on and so there is a sense of emotional kind of rejection of what's happening there while at the same time one has to say that this government this governing coalition is actually doing its job they all kind of have an agreement on what they're going to be doing in their time in government and they are following that agreement they are processing the policies that they have agreed upon but that is not really something that seems to impress voters at the moment he doesn't impress them so it's a matter of perception a lot of that driven by by social media yes i think that's a very important aspect of it opinions and sentiment moving a lot more quickly through social media as a result of social media than the traditional parties are used to that have not really found a way of responding to that. as the greens as we have just perceived as being

a young party a mobile and agile party that's something you can say about the constitution is in the search for them thanks so much for coming in this morning else. let's brief you now on some of the other stories making the news today mexico as the poit 6000 troops to its southern border which was a moment that an attempt to stem the flow of migrants heading to the u.s. as part of mexico's efforts to ward off new american import tariffs washington says it will impose a 5 percent tax on mexican goods on monday if no deal on legal immigration is reached. and initial probe by saudi arabia the u.a.e. and norway suggests the damage to their oil tankers in the persian gulf last month was likely caused by quote a state actor photos provided to the un are said to show evidence of a naval mine attack the u.s. and saudi arabia have blamed the run for the sabotage but tehran denies any involvement. 3 more bodies have been recovered along the danube in hungary

following last week's boat collision in budapest bringing the death toll to 19 sightseeing boat carrying 33 south koreans sank after being hit by a large cruise ship the captain of the larger ship is in police detention. the brazilian soccer star neymar has testified to police in rio in connection with the rape charge against him they mar was questioned about his social media post showing images and messages of his accuser a woman alleges that neymar assaulted her in a paris or tell room last month he denies any wrongdoing. now to britain where prime minister threesome a is stepping down as leader of the conservative party later today a resignation 2 weeks ago it golf the race to replace or as head of the party and of the country 11 conservative lawmakers are vying to be the next british prime minister let's have a look at 3 of the favorites leading the race is 1st johnson the former foreign

minister about to take the country out of the e.u. on october 31st quote deal or no deal and vironment minister michael gove has backed teresa mayes bracks and strategy and says he believes he can unite the tory party another talk and that dominic rob who resigned as minister over recent days deal rob wants to renegotiate the departure deal with the e.u. . for the very latest let's go straight to london and use a bag of moscow morning bagot who has the best chance how long is it going to take before there's a new party and national leader. well it's an intricate process brian say 1st of all it's up to conservative m.p.'s to come up with a shortlist of 2 candidates and then this short list will be decided on in the end by the party membership and the whole process is going to be over by the end of july that is what we expect sorry. if.

so read about that the clear front runner at the moment is boris johnson the former foreign secretary and also for my male flunder and he is a controversial figure some say that he is donald trump's mini me they criticize him for racist comments that they say he has made others think that he's a tonic for the party and he's charming and he's witty and that he's the person who can unite the party and also the country. a big it wasn't soley teresa mayes failure to deliver a workable bret's a deal that led to this juncture where we are today in british falters well the conservative party has tapped aired its have tears of up over breaks it for a long time and it wasn't an easy task for anybody and i think people agree that reason has really tried her best and she was incredibly hot wacking she's made a lot of mistakes i think allie on she's titers house had had her own hands by

coming up with these red lines when she went into the negotiations with the european union and she hasn't really meant that if she wants to keep freedom of movement if she wants to if she wants to control britain's own borders that has economic consequences say she has made clear about it if she really does stick to red lines particularly when it comes to immigration that the comes at a cost economic cost so now we see with this deal that she just hasn't managed to gather support for higher deal and that's have a look at how this all unfolded. it was a tearful end to one of the toughest cakes in politics. i will shortly leave the job that it has been the on of my life to hold. the 2nd female prime minister but certainly not the last i do so with no ill will but with enormous

and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. this was 2 reason may as she announced her resignation 3 years into her premiership . when she took over the job from david cameron the u.k. had just voted to leave europe it soon became evident that the brigs it made could deliver was not the breaks that many had voted for. but may wouldn't be deterred and smiling through gritted teeth she carried on with the task of pushing through bricks that come what may bricks it means bricks it and we're going to make a success of it bricks it needs frex it i'm very clear breaks it does mean bracks it. happens cisterns true pretty kewl from the opposition. and she got flak from within her own ranks with several of her key ministers resigning as a break that. finally against all the odds and after months of

negotiations london and brussels agreed on a draft frags a deal. e.u. leaders approved it but may fail to drum up enough support for the deal at home. mutinous members of her own party seized the moment to challenge her leadership. but mason family of diverge of no confidence amongst tory m.p.'s. a dog fight over head deal ensued and drags it was postponed in the end it was a battle that may just couldn't win. a bracks it was certainly a battle that theresa may failed to when can her successor wherever that is do any better. well it's a hard job for for anyone and i think people in the u.k. agree and it's almost

a lot of people are puzzled why so many want to be the success of the reason may because it's just almost a conundrum to solve and i think knights of farrar's with this practice of policy is putting a lot of pressure on the traditional parties particularly on the conservatives he doesn't have any m.p. just yet and just failed in a by election to get in his fast m.p. but he's certainly putting the pressure on the conservative party he seems to have easy answers he pretends to have easy and says the conservative leadership so far didn't didn't give in to to his demands but he will continue and that's why many people in the conservative party think that boys johnson who also is a charismatic figure like nigel for us is the only one to to be the tonic that the party needs and move the country forward but the actual bracks income nunda definitely is not going to go away ok so come end of july when we have

a new tory leader or a new prime minister we're likely to be back with the bracks a process that. definitely we are going to start again and the question is we had none of the front drollness all remain a so everybody is for 4 breaks it and the question is what's all they going to dia are they going to try and renegotiate the deal this is satiny what for us johnson is intending to do and then the question is what is brussels reaction going to be so far we've had that there is no opening up of the withdrawal agreement botts boris johnson has been saying that he always has always maintained that he can negotiate a better deal so his tactics how will be will be crucial and this is all going to start off at the sama ok bigger thanks very much for that from london today. well here in germany people have been both shocked and puzzled by the death of

a popular politician in the state of hassle. was found dead from a single gunshot wound to the head last week he was a leading advocate for refugees and migrants. brought him death threats over the past few days disturbing remarks gloating over his death line a reporter traveled to his hometown of to find out more. it was a shock to the had a very close friend here in front of his house c.d.u. politician but to look was found by a family member sunday morning since his death no clues have a much talk about the perpetrator or the perpetrators and habitants of his home village east has shocked the world. it's a very difficult situation for the town and for me too he had his own views views that you could run up against that you could debate with him. at a community meeting in 2015 look his stood up for refugees telling those who

disagree that. you have to stand up for these values whoever doesn't represent them can leave the country at any point. members from the far right where i would very much by his words. look even received death threats afterwards now in the days after the killing disturbing cummins appeared on line you don't have to be sad it's a reason to be happy you get what you deserve he was a trader of the people. many people are shocked by the commons german president. condemns the hateful speech the monks here are true in the way that some individuals on social media are attacking his death. taking satisfaction from it and applauding it is simply cynical tasteless revolting and offensive in every way

. very well on a german t.v. show the police issued an appeal for everyone with information to come forward with the president they are hoping to find witnesses who went to a fair fight next to look because home the evening of the crime. we're obviously hoping to receive information that can help us solve the crime it's really a unique situation we're talking about a type of crime scene that hasn't been seen and has a for a long time so you can go to the killing of a to look has left many of the people here in his home village in shock a german politician shot that on his own terrace to some it seems like a planned execution the case raises many questions which will hopefully be answered soon by the police. and we have more on the story online at the w dot com we have some sports now in the women's world cup starts later today looks set to be the

most watched woman's football tournament ever anthony howard did of your sports is going to fill us in on that anthony how will this tournament unfold $24.00 teams $52.00 matches and 9 host cities the 1st team and the 1st city of course is paris that's where the french women will kick it off to not against korea at the pack to print sis and i want to do what the men's team did in 99 he had not been the host nation to win the tournament they're trying to do that one departure if you like from this tournament a one point of difference is that we want a way through france and michael white to lead on that's the home of the limply on the power in french football that the domestic champions they're also the champions league winners of this year to such a great place for the final it's really the seat of power in the women's game is a fantastic venue for this france is looking very strong as you mentioned and the united states do have a favorite pick if you pressed a really good why they do it in women's football as the usa they're always going to be there they are the favorites america's if you like that one of the 3 times japan

lock was germany as well brazil have a player that pele himself has nicknamed pele in a skirt and nobody is getting up and she plays in shorts the jamaican so out of there on the back of the boat molly foundation giving them money you know a break and easy go this great stories there's many many favorites and that's really a theme of the piece that we're going to take a look at as we count down to kick off that there are many many favorites in a really broad field. 7 games separate these players from immortality the usa have won the world cup 3 times making them the most successful country in the competitions history but they've never retained the trophy the team has the quality to do just that at least on the round strikeout it's more good is one of the best goal scorers in the world and she has support from stars like megan rapinoe and carl you know what they are defending champs by. at the same time i think the game has evolved so much i think that there's going to be challenges that present itself in there in france the u.s.

could well come up against a familiar opponent they face japan in the last 2 world cup finals captain seche kumagai will lead the team at her 3rd world cup she scored the winning penalty when japan took home the trophy in 2011 and to my guy has an extra motivation to repeat those heroics she plays her club football in leone where the final will be held on the 7th of july. germany to have a star in their ranks creative midfielder jennifer marriage and will be one of the key players for the 2 time champions in front of her captain alexandrov pop will have to be on top form for germany to have a chance of a triumph a 3rd title would be a monumental achievement for coach martina voss tech limbaugh given that she only took over the site earlier this year. not to we have to look at france but also england spain and the usa japan have shown time and again that they raise the game at tournaments there's the scandinavians we as germany always get mentioned the

netherlands are european champions i've already mentioned so many teams it was wonderful. indeed the former champions are all in contention to win football's biggest prize but with this year's world cup promising to be the most open tournament ever many sides will arrive in france dreaming of glory. in that report shows some of the incredible growth of women's football seen over the last few years what's been driving that t.v. is always the driver there are $206.00 associate members of a friend each has its own broadcast deal to broadcast every game of the women's world cup you will see the number way where in the world you have no excuse you can get to see these games and that's the digital foundation on which the growth is built you can talk about it you can see it the game will be considered more high. ali what's interesting is that it will be seen and i will be center stage but what will buy a site what will the women cite now that they've got the mocker phone for a month that seems like it's going to be all about pipe parity fee for want to talk

about parity but really in terms of money there's a simple glaring difference between the $2.00 the men's game had 360 feet 366000000 euros in russia or is that as the money the women only have 27 credible literacy 10 so that huge discrepancy is simple you can dig in and look for reasons to rationalize why that is but the women are trying to keep it simple voice here asking a simple question when the women in the men at roland garros in the tennis a play for equal money why is that not the case in football why that big discrepancy is the countdown to this tournament going to be the countdown to the day that we can say in men's and women's football that it will be parity in by and it kicks off today looking forward to ok the beginning of the answer perhaps begins on friday thanks very much as they howard all men's football the netherlands will play host portugal in the final of the inaugural nations link that's on sunday they be england 31 in their semi last night to calamitous errors by england in extra

time handed the dutch victory for to go beat switzerland in wednesday's 1st $75.00 . tennis now and to the french open the men's quarterfinal matches were finally completed after rain postponed them for a day and the results mean world number one novak djokovic will face dominant team in the 70s. defeated alexander surveyor evan 3 straight sets the victory for the one step closer to securing his 2nd french open title earlier world number 4 dominant team loss from last year's final made light work of his opponents option off with rafael nadal and roger federer also in the mix the semifinals will feature the top 4 ranked men. get you a quick reminder of our top stories at this hour after the surge in the elections a major opinion poll shows germany's environmentalist greens have overtaken on limb

ackles conservatives as the country's most popular party the far right party placed 3rd in the. race is on to replace british prime minister theresa may she steps down today as leader of the conservatives but stays on as prime minister until the party chooses a new leader that should be next. up next quadriga i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for being with us.

good. morning greta international talk show before journalists discuss the topic of the week well the pundits are saying that the end is not only for german chancellor

angela merkel suddenly had a coalition government appears to be on its last legs so does it all mean for germany and its international partners find out cocodrie go shortly. quadriga next on d w. climate change is affecting us all. rising sea levels and. the us and i feel our streets. is. a. true entire community.

the good news is our own choices in energy conservation. recycling. in transport can help the line find out what you can do today at redraw the lines. well in a very warm welcome indeed to quadriga and our focus this week is on dramatic developments here in german politics the grand coalition government in berlin has for of being thrown into disarray by the resignation of the leader of the social democrats the junior coalition partner and notice her announcement that she was

frying in the towel came after a disastrous showing for the s.p.d. in the recent european election.