this is do w. news live from berlin chancellor angela merkel's party is in turmoil over scathing criticism involving the far right national wide outrage in germany puts conservative and liberal parties under huge pressure after regional leaders broke a decades long interview against working with far right parties also coming up the french president emanuel not court urges european nations to push for international arms control he warns they cannot just look on as a potential nuclear arms race on focus. also on the show it will take you to brazil

are endangered while dolphins are helping disabled children in a very unique and playful almost therapy. i'm gerri thanks for joining me and the outcry over the role of the far right in the german regional election has plunged chancellor angela merkel's conservative party the sea the year into crisis earlier this week some regional c.d.u. lawmakers sided with a populist alternative for germany to install a liberal premia in the east instead of through the move shattered a post-war consensus among mainstream parties to shun extremist politics. it's been a tough few days for the leader of germany's conservative christian democrat so

c.d.u. i'm a cut come come by well widely seen as chancellor angela merkel's protege has been caught in a political fiasco ever since her party's regional leaders in the state of thuringia teamed up with far right politicians to elect a new state for a new year on friday can come back again and went on the record saying her party would not work with the far right put it into order to run for the c.d.u. in germany and also the c.d.u. in the range it's still the case that there will be no cooperation with the f.t. either directly or in directly from for years with michelle econ carbondale had said fresh state elections was the only way to solve the crisis and through injury but on friday the party's regional leader mike moore thing appeared determined to again buck the party line. no one in the regio wants new elections i don't think anyone would understand the politicians inability to prevent them before my. now in an apparent back down come carbon bow says she will give

legislators some time to try and find an alternative solution to the crisis it's a major setback for the c.d.u. chair still struggling to establish yourself as a potential future chancellor candidate meanwhile the german chancellor angela merkel has been on a state visit in angola she decided to weigh in on the thuringia crisis saying it was unforgettable the lawmakers in the state including members of her own party had voted alongside right wing populist. back in germany the move is also being widely condemned i was. in the school i think it's good that there was such an outcry this move was just not accepted but it's good things didn't break out into chaos. to be honest i don't think having fresh elections is the best solution. i think you

would be best to have a premier from one of the big parties. since i think it's terrible that there in japan has such rightwing tendencies i myself am from through india i was born there and the situation is terrible. talks you know planned in berlin over the weekend containing this regional fiasco so that it doesn't turn into a national political crisis. well as we just saw this crisis came to a head while chancellor merkel was out of the country on a 3 day visit to southern africa. in angola the 2nd stop of course trip he told us that the political situation back home has been very much on the chancellor's mind. the developments and germany are following the german chancellor all the way here to angola we understand from her delegation that she is very much in contact with the leadership of her political party and she is trying

to work on a solution as well but she did not want to talk about it she of the journalists tried to ask her questions during a press conference she refused to address the issues in germany and said this will be happening tomorrow instead she tried to divert attention to the real reasons why she came here she wants to intensify the cooperation between angola and germany specially because the current government of drought that has been in power for 2 years now has been trying to push forward a course of reform going against the trend of massive corruption that the country has seen here go in so it's trying to go out after the very people who used to be in his own party and stole money from the country and so was asked in a press conference if you would like to have more international support and freezing assets off people like isabel do santos the daughter of the 1st former president and he said yes he would appreciate that but he would even appreciate it more. international wall which helped bring these assets back to angola. well here's some of the other stories making news around the world the french army

says it's killed more than 30 islamist militants in mali in a tweet the army said 3 separate operations targeted groups linked to al qaida and so-called islamic state francaise about 4 and a half 1000 soldiers in the region and its announced plans to boost its military presence further. the u.s. says it has killed the leader of al qaida in the arabian peninsula around me was reportedly targeted during a counterterrorism offensive in yemen the terrorist network has not confirmed the killing the group recently claimed responsibility for the shooting at a naval base in florida that killed 3 american soldiers and. the trumpet ministration has 5 top white house ukraine specialist lieutenant colonel alexander . inman had provided damaging testimony about president trump during the recent impeachment process media reports say trump is also recalling the u.s.

ambassador to the gordons. wise testified against the president. and 600 kilos of fine quartz sand stolen by tourists holiday souvenirs have been returned to. most of the sand was seized during baggage checks of the island's ports but some towns now have plainclothes police officers patrolling the beaches to prevent theft of the sound. or french president emmanuel mccall is calling on europe to do more to boost did sign defense capability back home once european countries to work more closely together and is offering allies the chance to partner with france in its nuclear deterrence program speaking at the military academy in paris the french leader also argued that europe should become less dependent on the u.s. for defense. since taking office mccrone has positioned himself as the

driving force for a more coordinated defense strategy within the european union but this keynote speech was delivered to a domestic audience at the paris military academy. opinions need to be clear that they could be confronted with a conventional threat or even a nuclear threat. but i can't just take on a bystander role to speak to the crown says france's national interests have taken on a european dimension especially after the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. france is now the only nuclear power within the black american believes says capabilities should benefit the e.u. this would develop and i would like a strategic dialogue with willing european partners about the role of france's nuclear deterrence and our collective security. on the 2 security. fronts maintains the world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal meaning it's the only e.u.

country that doesn't rely on the u.s. ports nuclear deterrent. problems ruled out placing french nuclear weapons under you or nato command. is offering e.u. partners the opportunity to participate in french nuclear deterrence drills. the world health organization says the death toll from the corona virus outbreak has risen to 630 with more than 31000 can see. cases in china the agency is staging an international research conference next week to fast track promising drug and vaccine projects in the rice to contain the virus in other developments u.s. secretary of state. america is ready to spend $100000000.00 helping china and other affected countries and one company here in germany is hoping that its technology can also make a breakthrough. the pressure to produce a vaccine for the novel coronavirus is high and given the worldwide competition

time is of the essence in the german city of tipping in the cure of that company has been awarded about 7000000 euro's thanks to a vaccine initiative the german government and investors like bill gates the fund is also backing companies in the u.s. and australia. clinical trials will tell us which technology is most effective we're glad other companies have different approaches to dealing with this virus. we're relying on our technology. here's the difference with current vaccinations it's the weekend virus that's injected after which the human body develops antibodies to fight it the german researchers one of that scene that bypasses the virus their process aims to get the human body to simulate just a crucial part of the corona virus in order to protect itself against it. from lost of so i'm assuming the 1st clinical trials with vaccines for the new coronavirus

can be launched this year including in germany. but approving a vaccine could take years so it may come online too late for the current epidemic . or to football news on trust from fed have extended their unbeaten league run to 4 games following a 5 mill victory over the weekend early fixture goals from timothy chandler. and philip cost it went unanswered as. the visitors to 9th in the table augsburg meanwhile stayed put in 11th after 21 matches played that can still all change though with the rest of the weekend's fixtures to follow on saturday and sunday. how to beilin defend jordan told the notary guy has filed a criminal complaint claiming that he was rationally abused by fans during a midway cup match the 22 year old german of nigerian heritage says he was abused

during choose days german top match at which the horse won $32.00 in extra time the police the german football federation and shall go all investigating tone of ego filed the complaint in order to make a statement against racism we'd have to ballin paying his legal costs. now to brazil where a small area of the amazon where in a small area of the amazon endangered wild dolphins play a crucial pos in the lives of some very decidable children. jessica found sikka decided to become a physical therapist in order to help her daughter glenda the 12 year old was born 5 weeks premature and weighed just 750 grams one of glenda's biggest achievements is that she is no longer afraid of animals. washed she never used to want to leave the house because of all that noise outside then she started therapy with the horses but landed just wanted contact with any animal since we've become the

dolphin therapy she's willing to accept other types of therapies start coming into . today is the highlight as a month for a small group of children and young adults with different disabilities. they ride on the small speed boat on the wide amazon river and later continue down a tributary the rio negra. those of experience the journey and look back on it with great joy. the waterways get narrower and narrower until they find the anchor the boat on a wood pontoon this is a free water therapy room and the only one of its kind in the entire world rain begins to fall on the brown warm water a therapist eager simo as does volunteer work one of his patients used to sit in a wheelchair for 4 years the amazon dolphins help to get back on his feet again now he can walk with. the other 3 in

a. humans and dolphins like to play together and they enjoy each other's company the dolphins can grow up to 3 metres in length when they get older the skin color these highly intelligent and playful animals becomes paying. and. 'd this is important for our children and for alice it's so different from our daily reality.

they head back to monotonous exhausted but happy. you're watching news from vending i'll be back. at the top of the hour with more news coming off the news africa with my colleague christine follow us on twitter and instagram i dealt with in years and our great. southern napalm 250 blind people are about to see again lassie is one of them. the company an improvised clinic is being set up in the tunnel complex. and to the next stage. to see.