this is news coming to you live from berlin germany's far right if da emerges as the 2nd strongest force into regional elections for the leaders of the alternative for germany save mainstream parties will now have to reconsider their refusal to work with them will break down the results with our political editor also coming up hurricane dorian wreaks havoc in the bahamas one of the largest storms to hit the island since records began is now heading for the u.s. .

below i'm terry martin good to have you with us germany's main political parties are meeting today to assess the fallout from 2 state elections had the weekend which saw a surge in support for the far right the alternative for germany or a.f.d. emerged as the 2nd strongest force in both saxony and brandenburg in the east of the country mainstream parties managed to hang on to power in both states but the results are raising questions about how they should deal with the. was c.d.u. party leaders breathed 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 has 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 environmentalists the greens did too poorly state premier michelle clutch man 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. the f.t. also won more votes in brandenburg also becoming the 2nd strongest party there but they fell short of the victory they hoped for was i am sorry 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 center left s.p.d. remains the strongest party in brandenburg but they need to coalition partners to be able to rule. it means that we continue to face great challenges in this country

to reach out to the people and work together with them and that is my goal for the coming years as well. there is one thing that almost all parties can be happy about voter participation has risen considerably and both german states. in the past our party leaders have given a press conference on their election performance co-chair of exam the goal and predicted that sooner or later mainstream parties would have to work with them. if coalition building between the other parties doesn't work then it will be very difficult for the c.p.u. leadership. especially in saxony with the c.p.u. it's very conservative. it will be very hard for them to justify their position of never dealing with the idea of. election results but in the long term we cannot be left out of decision making we are going to set the

agenda. g.w.s. chief political editor make followed that press conference for. xander gollan who we saw just there he said that his party is now going to set the political and at least partly in germany will be. well they have done that in the possibles and so regional actions of the various. where they were rather successful. forcing other parties to follow their agenda a lot of it is migration which undoubtedly is also something that is on the minds of people here in germany as an issue that society has to deal with but. mr allen also told me just after the press conference that he now expects these so-called grand coalition i'm going to mackerels basis for the last time as german tonsil to stay stable and to remain in government and that clearly was also the

target of the far right a 50 to topple one of those big tent posses so badly particular social democrats to force the destabilization that the central government they didn't manage to do that but clearly made a point and the figures prove it that they are political forces to stay and to be listened to take a quick run through those figures of 4 we continue to look at the preliminary official results from the regional elections in saxony and brandenburg we start in brenda burke where the governing social democrats maintain their top position with more than 26 percent while losing votes heavy losses for the christian democrats chance of going to michael's party who came in 3rd 15 percent the left party drops to just 11 percent the far right if he takes 23 and a half percent lending in 2nd place and the greens rising to almost 11 percent.

and we also have the results from saxony of course for the governing c.d.u. have secured 32 percent coming 1st but significantly weakened the left party lost almost half their votes there some 10 percent the s.p.d. the junior coalition partner in the state dropped significantly with 8.6 percent. so make the greens party did perform better than ever then it they've ever performed in an eastern german state how do they explain that. is that they actually didn't match what the expectations were in the end because they were expected to double their results that's what the polling indicated that didn't really come true but the greens certainly admit that the issue of environmental protection climate change was on people's minds and their co party leader harvick this morning told public radio that he also sees

a very different trend he says he doesn't see a shift to the right through the f.t. he sees an energized and emerging democratic debate in that it's now up to other parties to. explain to voters that they offer solutions to the problems that they face every single day so a very different take on that and i also was reminded today of after the general elections i'm going to set off to have to do party suffered some losses that nobody can form a coalition against as well that is something that the. can now watch other parties do can those parties this fragmented party spectrum form a coalition that leaves the a 50 outside except the political spectrum for the future as well you know thank you so much c w cheap political editor. so you look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the us china trade war has escalated with both sides having fresh tariffs on each

other's exports the united states is imposing levies on an additional $112000000000.00 of chinese exports like speakers headphones and shoes beijing is retaliating with tariffs on $75000000000.00 of u.s. goods and u.s. crude oil. hostilities are flaring on the israel lebanon border the lebanese militant group has fired a volley of antitank missiles at an army at an israeli army base on sunday israel responded by shelling a village in lebanon no casualties were reported. u.s. states of florida georgia and south carolina have issued evacuation orders as hurricane dorian approaches as many as a 1000000 people could be forced to leave their homes the powerful storm is forecast to hit the eastern seaboard of the united states by tuesday dorian is currently pounding the northern bahamas. hurricane dorian slammed into the

southwestern bahamas as a huge category 5 storm packing winds of nearly 300 kilometers an hour officials warn storm surges up to 7 meters high could be life threatening in the low lying island chain bahamian prime minister hubert mini's said parts of the island where dorian made landfall were already flooded. is already under water. and. the difference as to the beginning of the st louis ocean begins. to storm us weather officials called dorian quote the strongest hurricane in modern records for the northwestern bahamas the storm's huge size and power become apparent when seen from space. like indies nasa images film from the international space station meteorologist say dorian might be back out to sea away from the eastern u.s.

but it might also slam headlong into the southeastern coast. we just don't know when exactly it's going to turn north it could turn north obviously we want to have that turn as quickly as possible to minimize the impacts on florida but if you look at the forecast it absolutely could impact the coast and turn once it hits the coast and so we've got to prepare for that eventuality as here in florida people along the southeast coast are preparing for the impact of one of the fiercest hurricanes for a long time. hong kong is bracing for more disorder on monday as some pro-democracy protesters call for a general strike thousands of hong kong university and school students walked classes for demonstrations on monday so they just act of defiance in the weeks long movement some pro-democracy legislators have been attending protests in an attempt to discourage further police violence as our correspondent reports from hong kong.

he's a familiar face among people him democratic lawmaker luncheon taking notes this protest isn't authorized police have made clear anyone taking pot faces arrest. but still his head another defined figure in the crowd of about. 5 weeks of violence of shots of his faith in the police he's come him not to make noise but to act as a witness to what he says and nightly injustices i think it's my duty to call the to the lower enforcement of the police force and if they try to. we say and they skews to a bit to address me then i could only defend myself in the court. he knows all too well the risks he's taking on friday 3 of his fellow lawmakers were

arrested for that and edged role in protests. then there's the physical risk to eat i was back in july protesters were attacked by a gang of men at the u.n. in a train station and i was he was among the fast on the scene and live stream for he saw us in media was the only way i was referring to his was was he finally who was i was. he was left with a fractured wrist and a cut to his face he says police failed to stop the attack oh yes i was with a i will be best by the police or attacked by the king's service or king. it is not the letter i have to question anymore i too good of

a phone call me people is try. oh it best to fight for democracy all phone calls and. protests against the evil though. it's not long before reports of clashes outside the government complex come in and he's on the news. during the week this is his office but today he can only stand back and watch as the chaos unfolds far from the front lines but close enough to witness as molotov cocktails thrown from one side take ass and water cannon on the other he regularly posts updates on his social media using his platform to urge tens of thousands of followers to stay safe knowing that for some it will be futile. now here in berlin zoo's female giant panda ming maying has given birth to twins it's a major breakthrough for the zoo's breeding program its 1st ever giant panda births

gave birth to the 1st panda baby on saturday evening an hour later the 2nd piece of this it says mom is doing fine and don't worry so i would just say it's completely normal for a giant panda moms to gently carry their babies between their teeth. this is t w news our top stories leaders from the far right alternative for germany say mainstream parties will have to reconsider their refusal to work with them after making big gains in state elections spite the populist surge mainstream parties managed to retain control of governments in saxony and are. watching t.v. news from berlin coming up next our documentary film follows a polish filmmaker whose grandfather had served in the german army during world war

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