well you i. this is day to every news live from berlin germany's foreign minister calls for a lasting cease fire in northern syria miles in ankara for talks with his turkish counterpart who dismissed as unrealistic and knowledge and the proposal for an international security zone in the region also coming up. germany's social democrats move a step closer to choosing new lady and i think members whittle down their list of candidates to 2 tains one that wants to stay in government with angela merkel's conservative the other is not social.

i'm rebecca raters welcome to the program germany's foreign minister heiko mass is called for a lasting cease fire in northern syria has also urged turkey to comply with international law when dealing with refugees masses in ankara for talks amid tensions over turkey's military campaign in the region. it wasn't an easy visit for heiko mass in ankara it's better to talk to each other than about each other germany's foreign minister said that the 2 countries difficult relationship in spite of serious differences turkey remains a close nato partner maher said in an attempt to set a more positive tone but he acknowledged that in light of the agreement between turkey and russia it was time to face the new realities in syria and to protect the civilian population but think of the fight. with regard to the sochi agreement it

is of paramount importance that we 1st ensure that the cease fire is maintained and extended. it must demanded turkey's presence in syria must not be permanent said germany's criticism was unfair as was the criticism of the plan for patrick nation of refugees he said both russia and the us had accepted turkey's military operation. we will continue to ensure that refugees return to syria only voluntarily and under safe conditions but we expect the international community especially germany and the e.u. to help. the president at the land made the point even more clearly he said that if europe didn't help with the return of 2000000 refugees to syria then he would have no option but to open turkey's doors and let the people make their way to europe. ankara believes it's operating from a position of strength germany's defense minister and a great crime current proposal for

a protected securities zone wasn't under discussion. dismissed the plans as unrealistic. germany's social democrats have moved a step closer to electing new leaders and a decision on what the party's direction should be years of being the junior partner chancellor angela merkel's conservatives has seen the s.p.d. his popularity slumped to record lows some party members believe the only way the s.p.d. can recover is by ending the coalition and going into opposition others support staying in the governing coalition the 2 tames of candidates that survive the 1st round of voting by party members represent those 2 opposing sides. both for being counted or the social democrats headquarters from the early hours of the morning. almost 430000 party members were eligible to cast ballots online or by post in the end turnout was 53 percent. there was no clear winner so

2 pairs of candidates will take part in a runoff vote all of. a boy received $440967.00 votes which corresponds to a share of 21 percent. of its intellectual it's received $40473.00 votes which corresponds to a share of 22 percent. schultz here on the left to his right and to the run off as pragmatic sober minded representatives of the status quo shorts as vice chancellor and finance minister wants to continue with the governing grand coalition with germany's conservatives. it's good to know it's about how we can make the s.p.d. so strong that it can play its role in germany as a party that stands for fairness and justice gets their rivals take a different course. and not provide a boy and offer an alternative vision and they've made no secret of their

skepticism about continuing the grand coalition. we need to say clearly how we intend to provide fairness in this country. we can't keep rolling over to special interests that want to have a say in how things work. and that means we need to put the social democracy back in the s.p.d. and win back voters trust. in november party members will vote on who will lead the s.p.d. which couldn't turn decide if germany's grand coalition holds on to power. for more i'm joined in the studio by anika closer from the espy's youth wing thanks for joining me eva did today you happy with the result well i'm happy that a left wing team got to choose a runoff now was not but that's a variance and just as good i'm not so happy that a more conservative team got the 1st place in the 1st part of the elections and also by the voters turn out which has been quite though. we're seeing quite

a split in the party between as you are talking about the more established we and the more left wing let's say a part of the party with the with the losers of next month's runoff election whether they be either the conservatives or the left wing side will they be able to get behind the opposing side and unite the party but i hope that this is going to be the case everyone every team that was campaigning pledged to support the winner at the end but i think it's also a question of what the winner is going to do if the conservatives when i would expect them to step forward also talk to the left wing innocence of youth and make them. give us some propositions on where we can work together form also should have more prosy for being more critical or even leaving the great i think those are talks which need to happen but 1st of all i think our main goal is going to be to win for the left wing team and just our audience obviously know under merkel's conservatives and they. the chancellor. the so-called grand coalition that you're

talking about with p.d. if your wing of the party win and they want to break up the grand coalition what does that mean for an american as chancellor. well i'm not so sure what it means for her i mean she could always try to form a new coalition and also it's not a done deal yet that even if the left team wins that we're going to leave the great coalition because that's up to the party congress in december but i think there like many press positions that we have put forward which needs to be done the 'd huge investments 500000000 euros investment in our infrastructure more engagement for climate against climate change and more involvement a few things especially in politics so i think we're going to put forward these propositions which are left wing or left wing propositions and i don't think the conservatives like on the spot of that on top of the contract that we already have so i think most likely would be a new election but we don't really know for sure so possibly

a new election in germany before the end of the year no not before the end of the year because we don't know yet what the credit congress is going to vote on and then there were going to be talks with a question and we don't know what is going to do if she's going to try a minority government or if she's going to have coalition talks others parties or even maybe the conservatives are going to agree to our propositions for left wing politics which we would also like support now the social democrats have been losing popularity across the country you know regional elections of late even with this election which was today with party members voting the turnout was really low just about 50 percent. what is the what's the future of this piece is there a future for the s.p.d. in germany yes there is a future we had $23.00 regional conferences during this campaign to this period and there was so much life and so many people showing up debating i think there's

a lot going on as the d.n.c. turnout i think was no because there was 7 teams running and some people couldn't decide so i expect to turn out to be much higher in the 1st route and also we've seen for other parties that the turnout was about the same in the 1st round so i'm expecting to be better know ok very positive thinking and i close a from the young socialist thank you. turning now to some of the other stories making news around the world iraqi officials say at least 7 protesters were killed in anti-government demonstrations on saturday police used live ammunition and tear gas to disperse crowds in baghdad in the southern town of nasiriyah more than 40 were killed in clashes on friday. after 10 days of largely peaceful protest clashes have broken out between the army and protesters in lebanon the clashes took place we need tripoli after the army tried to move protesters who

were blocking a road the protests are part of a nationwide campaign on anti-government civil disobedience. medical workers in hong kong joined a rally in the heart of the city's financial district center on saturday they were demonstrating against alleged police brutality during more than 3 months of anti-government protests protesters are angry at what they see as creeping chinese interference in hong kong. in barcelona police backed up by riot vans have charged that catalan pro independence demonstrators who gathered outside police headquarters some protesters threw eggs and other projectiles at offices while others vandalized police vehicles earlier on saturday an estimated 350000 people took part in a largely peaceful rally. a woman who confessed to spying for russia has returned to moscow after serving more than a year in an american jail ri of the tane as case rose to prominence around the

same time as the minor investigation into alleged russian meddling into the us presidential election she and russia's president vladimir putin still insist she did nothing wrong in the gulf war the battle for more civil war white flowers for maria bettina can't hear me. think you very much i want to be at home i need some time to adapt. at the moment i only want to be reunited with my family and thank everyone was supportive to me i would not have made it without my people citizens of my country thank you very much feel that deal with the city but she's now a free woman by her father's side with the foreign ministry watching closely. but if you ask the united states she's a convicted russian agent who confessed to infiltrating the american gun lobby in order to gather conservative political contacts sight reading the same 4 things he

. or so gun rights come to me and it was like oh my god i have seen this knowledge russia carol asked russia yeah all you like the mission was to promote russia's interests among senior republicans it got her as far as direct contact with donald trump before his election as well as with one of his sons putin has said that she's innocent the foreign ministry says she was humiliated as a human being as a woman. just as a citizen of a. country we should have absolutely east am very friendly. on here my yeah the only thing. she was really just supporting their relationship and friendship to the people not the country she's now been released from prison early describing her own fight to get out of jail she said quote

russians never give up. some sports news now in the football champions behind munich have gone to the top of the bundesliga after a $21.00 win over union robert levin dusky scored bines decisive 2nd goal and set a new record in the process he's the 1st bundesliga player to score in each of the 1st 9 games of the season. let's take a look now at the rest of the results so far from this weekend's bundesliga games shock and dortmund played out a goalless draw hoffenheim 132 away at her berlin freiburg beat 21 part of 0 and one for the 1st time this season against just a little off and leave a couzin and raymond play out an exciting 2 played out an exciting 22 draw on friday months won against cologne. and we can take a look at how those results affect the bundesliga table by our own top followed by this season surprise package fry book involved will both have the chance to move

into 1st place on sunday at the bottom part of owen's win isn't enough to lift them off 18th place well dusseldorf and union berlin remain just outside the relegation zone despite suffering defeats thing to rugby and the rugby world cup has its 1st finalist after england sensationally bate new zealand in the semi final in yokohama the all blacks were defending champions and favorites for the tournament but england stifled their attack to go 10 nil up by half time england's stranglehold continued after the break and they eventually won $19.00 to $7.00 to reach their 4th world cup final they play the winner of sunday's semi final between whiles and south africa. well taiwan has held its 1st pride parade since it made history in asia by legalizing gay marriage some 200000 revolution months for the capital taipei and i have plenty of reasons to celebrate more than 2000 same sex couples have tied the knot in taiwan since the law came into force in may.

the watching date of the news live from berlin coming up next a day w. documentary about the philippines fight against islamic state insurgents i'll be back at the top of the hour i'm rebecca reaches thanks for watching. the interest of the famous naturalist and explorer. jerusalem the bridge of comics on the front it's 251st day we're importing them on a voyage of discovery. expedition voyage on t.w.a. .