our documentary series slavery routes starts march 9th on d w. this is news live from berlin the german politics a shake up over a scandal involving the far right conservative and liberal parties are the huge pressure after breaking a decades long to prove against working with far right parties. german chancellor and the man who keeps an eye on developments actually visits angola to forge economic ties. there is growing outrage over the death of the doctor who 1st

sounded the alarm on me coronavirus threatened by the police chinese authorities involved investigation. unfold welcome to the program it is the chancellor merkel's conservative c.d.u. party have been holding crisis talks over a political scandal involving the far right after in an unprecedented move the c b u b a s d you supported the election of a new liberal premier in the eastern state of touring any form of coordination with the far right has long been sealed as politically to boom in germany the development has been condemned by political leaders across the country and the state's new premier thomas said that he will stand down but not immediately.

a c.d.u. posse leader. held a press conference a following not to a crisis meeting once again she categorically rejected any form of cooperation between her party the c.d.u. and the far right after. it is. for the c.d.u. germany and for the c.d.u. to keep the principle still stands that there is no cooperation with the f.t. either directly or indirectly for. this cd you would not vote for a candidate of the f.t. or the left party in addition this cd you would not vote for any candidate that is dependent on the votes of the a.f.d. . take a closer look at the story with the dublin chief political correspondent melinda crane welcome so we have a state crimea who is a member of a f.d.p. who was elected because a vote for his own party the c.d.u. in the far right anywhere else is sort of cross party support to be held as a victory for consensus politics so why is this

a problem in germany. 1st of all because of this country's history because of the fact that the rise of the nazis in the 20th century brought disaster throughout europe and that is a very strong reason for the fact that there is an absolute red line when it comes to cooperating with the far right secondly this particular party the a.f.d. its local branch in the state of the regio were all of this took place is particularly rabid it has statements of party positions that very much echo some of those of the nazis very anti migrant very discriminatory and it is in fact under watch by the german security services so the fact that mainstream parties like the liberal free democrats or the chancellors conservatives the c.d.u. that they actually voted side by side with the a.f.d.

breaks the taboo and it lends an aura of legitimacy to the far right and for all that reason it has absolutely provoked an outcry in this country so despite all the c.d.u. into ringette is resisting pressure from the national leadership to fix this so what does that tell us about the authority of the party leader and about come and indeed of the german chancellor. certainly and a great crime cowan powers authority is looking very tattered indeed and to some degree so is the chancellor's crum cowan bauer apparently talked to the head of the local conservative party before this maneuver took place and strongly warned against it he did not heed that warning then on wednesday after this voting maneuver had taken place she said that it was absolutely out of bounds and that new elections should be held in the state of cheering and he is resisting that

essentially saying no we don't want. new elections and for a pretty clear reason there he afraid that the party his own party the conservatives would do worse in new elections and that the far right would gain however it's all about tactics and it's not about principles and therefore crime cowman powers authority in trying to reinforce those principles is looking quite weak at the moment melinda this is all going on the chancellor arrives in angola she's there in southern africa for trade talks with president joe lauren so it's the 2nd day of a 3 day tour of the region which began in south africa their meetings likely to focus on improving the political and economic relations between germany and poland chancellor merkel's also expected to show her support for lorenzo's a fight against corruption and his attempts to boost the economy so melinda cry how much has the chancellor been dealing with his domestic control mostly while she's away. well it clearly is on her mind and she's had some quite strong words to say

about it she said that that voting maneuver on wednesday in which her own conservatives the local branch there in 3 india in which they voted side by side with the far right party the a.f.d. that it was inexcusable that it was a bad day for democracy and for the values and convictions of her party that said the fact is the chancellor is very good at multitasking and she's had plenty of attention to focus on the topics at hand in africa including as you mentioned the africa the angolan government's fight against corruption and its reform course there is currently an investigation going on into the daughter of the former president of angola her name isabelle dos santos she's been accused of laundering millions of dollars that essentially belong to the state and it seems that western firms were quite closely involved in that laundering process so the chancellor said

that germany would absolutely be supportive and the effort to provide transparency on what occurred they are going forward and in general had very complimentary things to say about lorenzo's reform course thank you for the chief political correspondent melinda crane. and we'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world politicians in ireland are wrapping up their final day of campaigning ahead of saturday's general election polls predict a tight race between the prime minister and their referent because finnick gael party the sense right fin a photo and for the 1st time. the left wing nationalist party led by mary lou mcdonald is offering policies to tackle iman's housing and health care crisis. in the united states the democratic party has declared that people would use the he will of the iowa caucuses monday's contest was the 1st to choose the democratic candidate to run against president trump in november's election. came back a bit just

a no point one percent lead over senator bernie sanders and so both were awarded the same number of delegates. australia's encloses welcomed its heaviest rainfall for nearly 20 years the down 4 has helped put out some of the country's devastating bushfires and brought relief for farmers battling a prolonged drought the rains also have caused flooding and the risk of landslides . and swedish climate activists gratitude has been taking part in a school strike in lapland joining teenagers from the indigenous sami people she's on a visit to the region to find out more about how climate change is affecting the arctic it comes as un experts on the other side of the world measure a record temperatures in antarctica for now doctors in china have launched an investigation into the death of the doctor who 1st sounded the alarm about the coronavirus lee went down award fellow medics about the virus and was then threatened by police and reprimanded for spreading rumors and then tragically

became infected himself. dr lee when liang is dead 5 weeks ago on the 30th of december he noticed a virus similar to sars a kill a chinese virus from 2 decades ago he posted a warning on the we both group for fellow doctors 3 days later the 3rd of january he was reprimanded by officials and forced to sign an apology who had shut down its food and wildlife market the origin of the virus on the same day but then officials delayed a citywide lockdown and the virus spread weeks later the city announced the virus and the official lockdown came but according to statistics that was too late the virus is now spreading rapidly in china although it's only caused a few 100 cases worldwide and it's killing people dr levy one of many in life he sparked a national conversation about freedom of speech in china and in death he's become

a national hero. there were there she said to him that i deeply regret his death and feel very sad we need to see if his death can change anything and i hope he did not die in vain and that the russians from doha china says it's now effectively dealing with the spread of the virus. paying emphasize that since the outbreak of the corona virus the chinese government and its people have been making great efforts in fighting the epidemic. but many people feel otherwise for them dr lee's story shows that chinese officials priorities are about control and political self-preservation. the president of france has called for a more coordinated european union defense strategy following the departure of britain from the e.u. in a speech to graduating military officers in paris emanuel mark krause sat out

a defense strategy in which france is the use of we posed to present nuclear power we offered a strategic dialogue with european partners about the role of french nuclear deterrent policy in european continental security he also called for a surge in european defense spending. most europeans must now collectively realize that in the absence of a legal framework they could quickly find themselves exposed to a new conventional or nuclear arms race on their own soil even if they cannot confine themselves to the role of spectators it is unacceptable for europe to return to being the theater of confrontation between external nuclear powers it's going to marina strauss who's been following

a president back or speech there in paris welcome marina so what does the president wants european countries to do. actually a president to tell you sir that the world us dramatically changed with the last couple of years and we're seeing a crisis of mozzie lateralus and for example the us withdrawing from the i enough treaty from the our new deal and he says he has actually criticized his european partners the law a lot he said you have all been witnessing these prices but you haven't done anything you haven't put any money on the table that has to change we have to work more closely together regarding defense and i hear you really urge a serious european partners you member states to do more when it comes to defense so where would that leave nato. it's actually not bad so mr mccraw didn't repeat his nato's brained quotation remember he said that a couple of months ago in an interview he actually today used transatlantic ties

are still very important that the relationship with nato is still in pardon but he also like on the other hand he said no matter what because you rely on the us for ever we can maybe rely on nader forever be also have to strengthen our own. alliance within europe that's very important for him and it was also very clear today that france is ready to take the lead there i mean we have to remember that france is now the only remaining nuclear power in the european union since great britain decided to lease the e.u. . mccraw wants to spend $37000000000.00 euros on nuclear defense until 2025 and it's also clear that he will view status of by going to within the e.u. when it comes to budget talks and she will clearly make that we will come a clear that francis ready to take the lead there the president micro also had the united states in his sights when he talked about europe's need for digital

sovereignty yet it's actually not only like that conventional or nuclear ones that he ones he wants europe to to work more in the us assess your pass to do more and additional fealty once you have to pick a more independent from from china and from america and she really wants europe to do to do their own projects there and yes to become more independent or less dependent on other nations where it is trust in paris thank you. in football as i balin defined a jordan tune of riga has filed a criminal complaint claiming he was racially abused by fattens during a midweek cup match the german 22 year old of nigerian heritage says was abuse during tuesday's german cup match at shelter which the hosts won 3 time an extra $32.00 with extra time the place the german football federation unsheltered all

investigating to file the complaint in order to make a statement against racism with palin paying his legal costs. and a quick reminder about top story a german politics has been shaken by scandal of the far right time however the far right. conservatives have been holding crisis talks over the role of a populist alternative for germany in a regional connection and for the national business news africa in just a moment more wealthiest for the top of the day. in the fight of climate change. for a. story. for the future. called for to make a city. inside. enter. southern napalm

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