place. to. place. because d.w. newsline from berlin the far right to make major gains in 2 state elections in eastern germany but mainstream parties managed to hold off for victory and sacked me as brandenburg results show chancellor on the back of christian democrats garnering the most votes and back to me in the governing social democrats take 1st place in brandenburg also coming out to poland marks a new year since the 2nd world war began leaders from dozens of countries joined ceremonies in warsaw germany president funny but this time i recall the war as

a german crime and asked for forgiveness. and then the emotional day in belgium as motor sport remembers on 20 back the driver was killed in a crash on saturday charlotte clare when the formula one grand prix and dedicates his victory to his dad's friend. played. a mikel for english welcome to the show. germany's farai and alternative for germany made significant gains in 2 state elections the a.v. became the 2nd strongest party in regional parliaments and both saxony and brandenburg germany's mainstream party suffered sharp drops and support but were able to maintain their top positions let's take a look at the numbers vote counting has concluded in the state of brandenburg and the preliminary official results show the social democrats are currently govern the

state at 26.2 percent maintaining the top position while losing votes the christian democrats are at 15.6 percent a heavy loss for chancellor angela merkel's party the left party is a 10.7 percent also a significant loss at the far right comes in at 23 and a half percent landing in 2nd place the greens take 10.8 percent a very good result for them regional party the brandenburg united civic movement 3 voters take 5 percent the business friendly f.t.p. and 4 point one percent gaining some but not enough to win any seats in the state parliament and other parties completing the picture at 4 point one percent counting as also ended and saxony their chancellor macko c.d.u. which currently governs in the state comes in at 32 point one percent in 1st place but significantly weakened the left party as

a 10.4 percent losing almost half of their voters the s.p.d. junior coalition partner in the state drops to 7.7 percent significantly down the far right come in at 27.5 percent placing them 2nd the greens take 8.6 percent very good for them here to the f.t.p. 4.5 percent won't get any problem entering a representation here either and the others account for 9 percent of these projected results. so now the big question is who will the c.p.u. in saxony and the s.p.d. and brandenburg team up with to form coalitions one thing is certain despite their games it won't be the f.t. . was c.d.u. party leaders breathe a sigh of relief and saxony chancellor merkel's party has been in power here since german reunification and they've retained control despite suffering considerable

losses now that we've done it this is a message being sent out from saxony tonight a large majority of people who are standing up in a positive way for this country who want something the friendly saxony is one many thanks to all of you but it will be hard for saxony c.d.u. to form a coalition the center left s.p.d. and environmentalist greens to 2 poorly state premier michele catch my has ruled out a coalition with the far right f.t. the state's 2nd strongest party which picked up a far greater share of votes than in the last election here in saxony angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party has managed to hold onto its 30 year title as the state's strongest party but not without making losses namely to the alternative for germany party or a.f.p. the far right party is now the 2nd strongest party here in saxony and the result reflects the ever present divide between western and eastern germany with many

voters here still feeling neglected and left behind since reunification in 1990 now it's up to angela merkel's government back in berlin to figure out exactly how they can win back those disenchanted voters. he also won with votes in brandenburg also becoming the 2nd strongest party in the national at the bickering for. my side but this result this prognosis shows one thing very clearly. the a.f.d. is here to stay. politics will no longer be able to be made by going around us the as they had hoped this hole in the german town of valdai in brand new book would be the place where they would celebrates becoming the strongest poteen regional elections full of very 1st time and in fact a sign behind he clearly has says to me that when history is made the eye if he didn't manage to become a strong despotic here in brandenburg not in that sense there is

a little bit of disappointment but when you speak to politicians here at the election poteet they clearly try to present the results as a victory for the if the and as as an important moment for this young job on the potty the big question now is watch a coalition will be formed here in britain and bug the center left s.p.d. remains the strongest party in vanderburgh but they need to coalition partners to be able to rule. that means that we continue to face great challenges in this country to reach out to the people and work together with them for that is my goal for the coming years as well on yahoo there is one thing that almost all parties can be happy about voter participation has risen considerably and both german states. he w.'s chief political editor mr elocution has been following the regional election results at the headquarters of merkel's conservative c.d.u. party here in berlin she sent us this assessment. there was a sigh of relief here the conservative c.d.u.

had to courses when those results came through showing that the c.d.u. hot not indeed as it's lost to the far right if the saxony that it is in the lead of trying to fool another government and that also the coalition partner here at the central level the social democrat s.p.d. true wasn't beaten by the far right if dean so a collective sigh of relief and both posse headquarters at the same time the assessment is that this makes wrangler machall self declared final to his german chancellor government neither more nor less stable through these results but also because the message here is that the c.d.u. cost to learn the lesson that it wants to listen more closely to those regional bush's and that the far right if t. is a party to watch out for. hong kong is bracing for more disruptions on monday

with calls for a general strike after a weekend that saw some of the worst violence and 3 months of anti-government protests on sunday demonstrators blocked roads near the city's airport they also disrupted train and bus service causing gridlock on routes to and from one of the world's busiest travel. outside tung chung metro station protesters set fire to road barricades there determined to keep the world's focus on their message of free hong kong. inside the destruction continued they dismantled surveillance cameras destroyed signs and turnstiles. a fire hydrant gushed water across the floor. bus loads of riot police arrived to stop the destruction arresting some people outside the building.

earlier demonstrations focused on hong kong's airports again protesters urged the public to help them block all road links to the area they want to make international travelers aware of what they say is beijing's increasing control over the territory. with train service also disrupted arriving passengers had no choice but to walk. was really striking about this 13 week frank says moving now is how the president really has managed to keep up the immense and they keep reinventing themselves finding new ways of dating international attention what we're seeing at the airport is one of them we know that they've tried that tactic before it failed because that phrase is working is it being too violent at that app or they're now trying a different way disrupting transport links to the app this really is an ever evolving and ever changing the. demonstrators say they won't give up but hong kong has been in crisis for 3 months now with ever growing concern about how beijing

will respond. dozens of leaders from across the world have joined ceremonies in poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of world war 2 polish president on jay duda said there are still lessons to be learned from the war and his german counterpart. described it as a german crime that his nation will never forget. 80 years after the war began the heads of state of poland and germany shake hands together they remember the crimes that began on september 1st 1939 steamy scrawled on the view today we honor all the victims of the 2nd world war. we bowed to them and with gratitude we kissed the hands of the veterans so we're meant to come but on the. pier on pilsudski square in the middle of warsaw was where the saxon palace once stood it

was destroyed by the nazis the german president had clear words he's a great go of this war it was a german crime. the history of this place is testimony to that. early in the morning the 2 presidents had met in the town of a loon at the exact hour when the german military launched the war's 1st air raid and the 1st war crime the attack on the militarily insignificant city claimed some 1200 civilian lives. in both velu and later in warsaw president steinmeyer asked for forgiveness from the polish nation it fun eigen me and i bow my head in grief before the victims pain. i ask for forgiveness for germany's historical guilt. and they recognize our enduring responsibility. u.s.

vice president mike pence was also among the speakers but russian president vladimir putin was not invited to the ceremony poland's president made reference to russia's 2014 annexation of crimea and had a message for moscow. mommy wars that mean time should go even in europe we observe a return of imperialist tendencies with attempts to change borders by force attacking other countries occupying land citizens being kept in bondage. this is nirvana and you. the ceremony concluded with the ringing of the bell a firm member ends and hopes that the lessons of the past are not forgotten. for rice shiela cleric has won his firth's ever formula one grand prix and belgium but his victory was 10 years with sadness after his good friend on 20 ban was

killed in a crash on the same track just yesterday. everyone's thoughts on the grid in belgium with the brother and mother of antwon who bear the dog after a high speed crash in the 2nd tier of formula to race on saturday. monaco's charla clay grew up with frenchmen in junior racing he had taken pole in spa just hours before his 22 year old friend was killed. to continue dangers of motor racing were clear with several collisions jury race luckily no one was hurt. leclaire was fairly untroubled on route to his maiden formula one win at the age of just $21.00 it was also ferrari's 1st victory over a year that supposedly promised so much. but the celebrations were muted from both team and driver who dedicated the win to

a bit. on one hand but a dream seizing side that has been read by the other hand has been a very difficult week and since yesterday we are close to a friend 1st of all but. i think it's very difficult in this county to be in the situation so yeah like to dedicate my 1st ring to him lewis hamilton was 2nd as a 6 formula one toddled draws near assad wakened from motor sport yet the racing goes on next weekend in easily. coming up after just a short break. honestly the show my colleague nick mckenna kline will be taking a look at the impact of a lady on the league after their shock win over doughton on saturday will also bring you all the highlights of sunday's matches like this go you see in a 2nd that graham and josh sargent i know if he was enough to help his team past out school.

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