this is do w. news live from berlin chancellor angela merkel's party is in turmoil or those of us getting criticism involving the far right now action wide outrage in germany puts conservatives and liberal parties under huge pressure after regional leaders broke a decades long to boot against working with foreign policies also coming up. china's response to the coronavirus under fire plus people green for the doctor punished for raising the alarm do you like to die from the disease. process french

president emanuel mccrone urges european nations to push for international arms control he warns they cannot just look on as a potential nuclear arms writes off. also in the show we'll take you to brazil where endangered wild dolphins are helping disabled children in a very unique and playful form of therapy. thanks for joining me an outcry over the role of the far right in the german regionally election has plunged chancellor merkel's conservative party the c.d.u. into crisis earlier this week some regional cd your lawmakers sided with a populist alternative for germany to install a liberal print media in the east instead of through india now this move shot it up

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 could come widely seen as chancellor angela merkel's protege has been caught in the 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 me on friday. again and went on the record saying her party would not work with the far right you need to do order trends 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 form fields with michelle econ calvin ball 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 a syringe 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 itself as a potential future chancellor candidate it meanwhile the german chancellor angela merkel has been on a state visit in angola she decided to weigh in on the through a 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 it would be best to have a premier from one of the big parties. since i think it's terrible that has such rightwing tendencies i myself am from ther in jan born i was born there and the situation is terrible. more talks. over the weekend containing this regional fiasco so that it doesn't turn into a national political crisis. now the some of the other stories making news around the world people in india's capital delhi are voting in local elections it's the 1st test in the national government passed controversial citizenship laws prime minister narendra modi's hindu nationalist party is hoping to wrestle control of daily from the opposition the city's chief executive has campaigned for reelection

on his record of improving public services. the trumpet ministration has fired top white house ukraine specialist army lieutenant colonel alexander vin. had provided damaging testimony testimony about president trump during the recent impeachment process media reports say trump is also recalling u.s. ambassador to the e.u. gordon. wise testified against the president. the us has said it is killed the leader of al qaida in the arabian peninsula. me was reportedly targeted during a counterterrorism offensive in yemen the terrorist network has not confirmed the killing the group recently claimed responsibility for last year's shooting at a naval base in florida that killed 3 american silas. the french army says it has killed more than 30 islamists in mali in

a tweet he said 3 separate operations targeted groups linked to al qaida and so-called islamic state france has about 4 and a half 1000 soldiers in the region and has announced plans to boost its military presence further. 600 kilos of fine sand stolen by tourists tourists as holidays or even is have been returned to beach inside denia now most of the sand was seized during baggage checks at the island's airports bought some of the towns now have plainclothes police officers patrolling the beaches to prevent fifth's. chinese health authorities say the number of new coronavirus cases is on the rise again and this reverses the decline that had been reported in previous days most of the new infections were from the bang province the virus is at the center which has been on lockdown for 2 weeks they've been close to 35000 infections willed wide and in china the virus has

killed more than 700 people the chinese government's response to the epidemic is also increasingly under fire after one of the thirst doctors to warn about the disease died from it. was a makeshift memorial outside one central hospital dr lee when yang is now seen as a martyr by many in china after sounding alarm in december about a new sars like virus. and online postings here just colleagues to protect themselves with face masks. but his warning didn't sit well with regional officials meet with someone by police who accused him of spreading rumors he and 7 other doctors were reprimanded a story carried by chinese state t.v. in early january while the afterwards doctors kept silent all. week and i specialist was infected several days later the 34 year old father succumbed to the virus on thursday. on the internet police death is the top news story

generating 350000000 clicks. there's been an outpouring of public grief and anger. on social media many users have posted lisa photo on their profiles in some cases replacing his face mask with barbed wire. the hash tag we demand free speech has gone viral but comments and response have since been censored online protests on this scale are rare in china. meanwhile in japan the number of cases on a cruise ship under quarantine up yokohama. continues to rise those testing positive have been taken to hospitals under tight security. the more than $3000.00 remaining passengers and crew won't be allowed to disembark until later this month. while mainland china remains by far the worst affected by the outbreak more than 300 corona virus infections have been confirmed in some 2 dozen other countries. the

french president emanuel my call is calling on europe to do more to boost its own defense capability and i call once european countries to work more closely together and he's 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 mccaughan has positioned himself as the driving force for a more coordination defense strategy within the european union but this keynote speech was delivered to a domestic audience at the paris military academy. europeans need to be clear that they could be confronted with the conventional threat or even a nuclear threat. well. you know but i can't just take on a bystander role to speak that mccrone 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 blank america capabilities should benefit the e.u. this with develop until august 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 committee fronts maintains the world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal meaning it's the only e.u. country that doesn't rely on the us sports nuclear deterrence. bronze rule french nuclear weapons under. command. is offering e.u. partners the opportunity to participate in french nuclear deterrence. to football news now and i have extended their. following

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to go to brazil now where in a small area of the amazon endangered wild dolphins play a crucial part in the lives of some very disabled children. jessica fine 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. she never used to want to leave the house because of all that noise outside then she started therapy with the horses but lended just wanted contact with any animal since we've begun the dolphin therapy she's willing to accept other types of therapies so that's that's the main thing. today is the highlight of the 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 negril. those who experience the journey look back on it with great joy. the waterways get narrower and narrower until they finally anchor the boat on a wood pontoon this is a free water therapy run 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 3 and a. human's and dolphins like to play together and they enjoy each other's company the dolphins

can grow up to 3 meters in length when they get older the skin color these highly intelligent and playful animals become spank. this is important for our children and for us it's so different from our daily reality. they head back to monotonous exhausted but happy. well maybe bob start have to wait much longer to find out who will take home top on as at this year's oscars as crews have been putting the final touches on the red confident the last time. these away the academy awards will take place on sunday for a 2nd year they'll be no designated host instead

a cost of some of hollywood's biggest stars will hand out the 2 dozen highly coveted gold statuettes. you're watching news from building world stories is up next stay tuned for that i'm gerri thanks for watching. were systematically robbed by the nazis. and after the war there were no signs of compensation. june.