this. time. starts february 7th w. o l. this is the down very nice lie from by late night german politics rocks by a scandal involving the far right the premier of the east in a space of 3 injured steps down a day off to being elected with the help of extremists also coming up the fallout from a coronavirus in beijing a busy capital that now looks like a ghost town this is usually

a bustling commercial street not so souvenir shops mark shops tourists who visit to beijing usually come to spend time here today i'm the only one. and the fight to stamp out of practice which has caused misery to millions of women around the world victims of female genital mutilation tell us that story. i'm going to home free glad you could join me a scandal over the involvement of the far right in a no many obscure regional election has shaken german politics to the core now the extremist alternative for germany party helped install a liberal premier in east of the eastern state of through india he's now been forced to stand down off to widespread condemnation the affair is seen as having broken

a to do with working with the far right wing government. state premier for just 24 hours thomas announced his resignation a day after being sworn into office. we will be requesting new elections in order to rid this dane of a.s.d. support from the office of state premier. mr president. the pressure had proven 2 great candidates found himself on the front page of almost every german newspaper the election of the free democrat politician with the help of the far right a f t had set off a political earthquake the shock waves reverberated all the way to south africa where the visiting angela merkel made her position clear. as this was foreseeable it must be said that this is unforgivable and that's why the results must be reversed.

kemalist had been the head of the smallest party in the state parliament is election was only made possible with the help of votes from the f.t. and the c.d.u. the latter leads germany's national government. the handshake between the new state premier and the range is a hefty chief b.n. hooker left many disgusted the head of the rangers left party threw a bow k. at kemah they feet during the inauguration ceremony other parties joined in the chorus of criticism this is a problem it's an unacceptable breach of the day to be elected state premier with a f.t. vote and especially with the vote of mr hucker as well this was a planned long ago this was prepared it was a very clear goal that the f d p c d u n a f t enter into a joint alliance and elect a state premier mr president v.m. . within hours of the vote people had gathered all over germany to protest against

fascism and to reject a state premier who made it into office with the help of the far right soon they will get their chance to vote again. wells unpick this story for us i'm joined here in this year by emmanuel shah's a d w political correspondent good to have you with us here so now we're say seeing that the free democrats say that they actually want to dissolve the state department and it's a fast moving story tell us what that would entail what would that mean well tell us carries to new the elected primary of just say that he would resigned resign and he called for new elections and now the damage has been done regardless because a traditional party has crossed a line for the 1st time in defend our republic of germany is the history for the 1st time since over world war 2 a traditional party the democrats have excelled has accepted to work to come to

cooperate with the far right the right of the d.'s so even if now. the free democrats call for new elections the damage has been done to a reputation now has been damaged and also. the reputation and with the direct attention over all the traditional parties here in germany in over the course of one day we should say you know over that course of that one day was now also seen the f.t. f.t.p. excuse me completely turned its back on the f.t. which begs the question why doesn't the c.d.u. do the say well there have been a very strong words from members of the city you especially chancellor angela merkel talked today she say that such an election was inexcusable that it was a bad day for democracy i quote her she said that something must be reversed here she said to be so a breach of a democratic values and she repeated. to never work with the fire right now that's to death and the city you had

a longstanding wish into range out to to prevent the left party from ruling so the question is why traditional would traditional party no accept to work with such. parties like to deal with the far right party so as to reach our top sides so as to retain power on the other side is that we should say that the f.t.e. is a democratically elected party so why sit should a decision be reversed that was you know of course conducted in a democratic way well new elections were bound to happen as is than because thomas kenniff said he had said he wouldn't cooperate in a government with the a.v.n. he could have only managed to govern with a majority. including the a of these since no one wanted to cooperate with him now if we see new elections in 3 there's bound to be some shifts because but we're not sure they're going to

benefit traditional parties now because there's a breach of trust between the people and traditional parties after what just happened yesterday is so new elections and the result is very uncertain all right monitoring all of it for us and by the way political correspondent thank you so much. the world health organization is calling for almost 700000000 dollars to help fight the coronavirus it says that the money is needed to help countries that don't have systems in place to combat the virus meanwhile the death toll is approaching 600 people and more than 28000 people have now been infected with china's capital beijing is not at the center of the outbreak that correspondent but he is spreading out found its streets and squares deserted as the government attempts to bring the disease under control. a rare sight in the dry winters of beijing the gate to the forbidden city covered in snow a few people have come out to take in the spectacle but getting inside is out of

the question just like almost all publicly solidities beijing's most famous historic site remains closed i think it's good that the government took these measures we support them we'd appreciate even strength to meshes. business activity has largely come to a horde across much of the capital this is usually a bustling commercial street lots of souvenir shops snack shops tourists who visit beijing usually come to spend time here today and the only one. every day human interaction has become suspicious this shop asked its customers to stay outside and communicate their needs from the outside. some pharmacies take the same approach everyone is wearing. because the younger it's a national emergency we stand together for one a standing together should not be taken literally residential complexes keep

strangers out in this compound visitors have to register with their id the guards look for the place of birth who are only people can't get any even if they live here they'll be quarantined the only people from who by a province where the virus originated are to be isolated in this hotel discrimination against them is now rampant. at the entrance to the subway system a mandatory temperature check. at the same site as everywhere in the city lots of space. trains are running as usual it's the passengers who are like. this circle line then some of beijing's most patient shopping area is the railway station.

paging has reported less than $300.00 cases so far but fear here has spread much faster than the virus ever could. now as a practice that causes lifelong physical and psychological damage female genital mutilation or g.m. the united nations has said today they seek the slavery as an ideal day to draw attention to the problem which is more wide spread than he might think that f.e.m.a. is carried out in communities around the world but it is particularly prevalent in these regions in africa in the arab world as well as in asia now the practice consists of the partial or total removal of a girl's external genitalia and it's thought that up to $200000000.00 women and girls have undergone some form of a g.m. now egypt ethiopia and indymedia have the most cases by far in a fact in egypt 87 percent of women between the ages of $15.49 a thought to be affected but the problem is not limited to just that these

countries here in the european union for example is thought that about 600000 women and girls will they live with the consequences of female genital mutilation many survivors live in france and we met a group of women they're fighting to end the practice. fatima john her daughters on the mater enjoy preparing food for their extended family some cousins live with them and friends often stop by they enjoy having an open house where i was going to quit making yes it's an african dish that even the son have especially in mauritania mali and above all in senegal. where we were going to go or sell a house cook is one of the traditions she holds dear from her country of origin mauritania. but there are other traditions that she strongly rejects.

me. i was cut. my 3 oldest daughters. i know that my 2nd daughter had complications when she gave birth. but i had my daughter's cut because i was afraid of my mother's influence. you can see her picture there she said if you don't have a done to your daughters their prayers won't be heard. working as a midwife in mauritania in the 1980 s. turned her against the practice. i've met many women who've suffered from fistula or incontinence they couldn't hold back their urine anymore they have to change their clothes all the time even some who have become completely isolated. when fatima jock came to france as a political refugee in the 1990 s. she started her campaign against female genital mutilation she founded an

association that campaigns for women's rights in communities where the tradition is still accepted she's also part of a european network the lobbies members of the european parliament to take a more active stance against it her daughter solemn ata has also joined the effort. i was lucky not to be affected by f. g.m. i grew up in france and i think the question never came up for me but people around me people i know are affected by it in my community even in my family that's why i feel it's important to fight against it. solow model and her cousin a launching a youtube channel about the risks of f g m. although i have to say hello to all and welcome to the you tube channel purple chair my name is howard . f.d.m. is illegal in france and the rest of the e.u.

still there are as many as $125000.00 survivors of the practice in france alone in the chances are confident about the impact of their outreach. they didn't realise this is an act of violence done to small girls who've done nothing wrong maybe it'll follow them until their death that's not good what ever happened so i know this is a fight i will continue. and i won't give up before i see concrete results. and some sad news from hollywood is the screen legend cut douglas has died at the age of 103 now he made his name in tinseltown as golden age and was one of the biggest box office stars of the 1950 s. and sixty's his son the actor michael douglas announced his death saying to the world he was a legend but to me and my brothers he was simply to us. watching news from by then coming up business news africa with benzene and is coming up next

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