our tribune slippery routes starts march 9th on g.w. . plate. this is d w news live from berlin germany's leaders scramble to contain a political scandal involving the far right the country's ruling conservatives are holding crisis talks with their junior coalition partner in berlin today as after the party's regional leaders shattered a decades old taboo by teaming with right wing extremists to elect a space leader. also coming out as the coronavirus claims more lives tom kong

takes fresh action to stem the spread of the infection it's imposing a mandatory 2 we quarantine for anyone arriving from mainland china. and also in the show we take you to brazil where endangered wild dolphins are helping children with disabilities build their strength with a unique and playful form of therapy. omarion evans dean it's good to have you with us. german chancellor angela merkel's conservatives are set to hold crisis talks with their coalition partner the social democrats to address nationwide outrage over the role of the far right in the german regional election now earlier this week some regional city lawmakers sided

with a populist alternative for germany to block the reelection of the last party incumbent installing a liberal premier in the eastern state of turin jia well the shock political maneuver shattered a post-war consensus among mainstream german parties to shun extremist politics. it's been a tough few days for the leader of germany's conservative christian democrats or c. d. you. get it. widely seen as chancellor angela merkel's protege has been caught in a political fiasco ever since our party's regional leaders in the states of touring gear teamed up with far right politicians to elect a new state premier on friday by a once once again on the record saying her party would not work with the far right put it into order for the c.d.u. in germany and also the c.d.u. and. it's still the case that there will be no cooperation with either directly or

in directly in the form been initially care about had said fresh face elections was the only way to solve the crisis in tiring here now in an apparent back down she says she will give legislators some time to try and find an alternative solution to the crisis she feels the s.p.d. and the greens have a judy to elect their own representative of you which hasn't gone down well with the s.p.d. . we should really use some common sense here and recognise what the outcome of this election was if you can't accept the result then you still have to realise that things would have changed for the voters the right thing to do is hold a new election. more talks are now planned in berlin over the weekend i aimed at containing this regional fiasco so that it doesn't turn into a national political crisis. well for more on the story i am joined in the studio by political correspondents simon young and good to see you ok so crisis talks in berlin today what exactly is the objective of today's meeting want are they hoping

to get out of it is quite hard to say really because i think this is going to be a very political meeting the c.d.u. the s.p.d. the 2 policies in agel americans government are effectively both looking for a political result from from this mini crisis that's happened in 3 and. it's all a battle really which is the most extreme policy in germany actually it's not about these 2 parties it's about the left party the for the successes of the former communists as many would say and the conservatives have continued to say well we won't work with them in any sense or is it actually the far right most people looking at the state of the range anyway with their 2 leaders would say it's definitely the far right that's more extreme now that's why it's so toxic really for the christian democrats that they've allowed their man their candidate to be

supported and voted into the state premier job. in that state with the support of the far right so without getting further into those details you can see that the social democrats are wanting to say well you know what is going on here who's in charge they're seeking to weaken further the leader of the c.d.u. and a great crime karen bauer who really seems to have you know found has a very much offside she hasn't been able to persuade her own people to follow her line and she has looked weak frankly the last few days i think that is the message that the social democrats want to come out of here so they may really not be looking for any solution until but the talks will be about what's the way forward and how can we rode back from this position that. they've got right now all right so as you said the leader of the city you and i couldn't come she had things tested fresh elections as a way out of this crisis that proposal has not been backed by the local branch of

the city intervention and so now we have on the american the chancellor she's back in berlin after a trip to africa can we expect her to intervene now if the leader of the party is unable to do so well in the context that i was just setting out is very interesting angle a miracle is essentially being deployed by the social democrats they're saying oh we must have the chancellor come in and put her stamp of all 30 back on all this because clearly a k.-k. the woman now leading the c.d.u. doesn't have the authority to run the policy so really again miracles will hole is that as far as the social democrats see it to sort of weaken a.k.k. and a great crime care about the woman he seeks to succeed medical as chancellor in the future and you know some would say this last week has been has been very disastrous for the for the c.d.u. leadership indeed the political correspondent simon young many thanks indeed.

all right let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world people in india's capital delhi are voting in local elections is the 1st poll test as the national government passed controversial citizenship laws prime minister narendra modi's hindu nationalist party is hoping to wrestle control of delhi 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 alexandre vint mun then money had provided damaging testimony about president trump during the recent impeachment process media reports say trump is also recall in u.s. ambassador to the e.u. gordon somnolent who likewise testified against the president. us democratic presidential candidates have faced off in the final debate before tuesday's new

hampshire primary bernie sanders and. targets after their strong finishes in monday's iowa caucuses sanders faced criticism for his left wing policy ideas. was hit for his lack of support among minorities. $600.00 kilos of fine quartz sand stolen by tourists as holiday souvenirs have been returned to a beach on the tile in island of sardinia most of the sand was seized during baggage checks at the island's airports but some towns have now plainclothes police officers patrolling the beaches to prevent scent theft. to hong kong now which is making a fresh effort to prevent the corona virus from spreading authorities there are imposing a mandatory 2 we quarantine for anyone arriving from mainland china anyone caught

clogging the rules faces straight penalties so far the virus has killed one person in hong kong but in mainland china the death toll is far higher over 700 people have died there and over 34000 or more have fallen ill robots brought in to assist the fight against corona virus it means less patient to patient infection reducing the race to medical stuff across china many mourn the death of whistle blow a national hero doc to leave when liang who 1st spotted the virus that eventually killed him people in china also angry criticizing the government for delays cover ups and chaos in neighboring hong kong a new government measure anyone arriving from mainland china must be quarantined and even made to wear a tracking bracelet overwhelms medical stuff when the border should be closed escalating already high tensions between hong kong and china those who breach the

quarantine could face a hefty fine or even prison people there in across asia or panicking stocking up on medical and food supplies. around the world there's now a shortage of protective equipment such as medical gloves when something is short and monday's high. that could be bad practice is called being in order to sell them on high prices. and that's why we are sports. and people to really understand want to find an outbreak like. in japan more than 60 people on board a cruise ship have now tested positive for corona virus and have been taken ashore . getting anything really from the outside except what we see on facebook in the social media and that's not always to be to be believed so.

there is some positive news there the world health organization says there have been fewer reported infections in china in the last 48 hours little comfort to the families of those who've died or the 10s of thousands of people now living under quarantine some sports news now and when this latest soccer i'm tucked frankfurt have extended their unbeaten start to 2020 with a 5 nil win over off for it on friday american defender timothy chandler continued his incredible scoring run with 2 goals either side of have time is now scored for this calendar year of cost it completed the round deep into injury time when seeds frankfurt moved into the top half of the table at least for the time being. and now to brazil where in a small area of the amazon endangered a while dolphins are helping children with a range of disabilities build their strength and get their lives back.

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. what she never used to want to leave the house because of all that noise outside then she started therapy with the horses but glenda just wanted contact with any animal since we've begun the dolphin therapy she's willing to accept other types of therapies so it's certainly. 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 of experience the journey look back on it with great joy. the waterways get narrower and narrower until

they find the anchor of 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 becomes paying.

and. 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. and movie buffs don't have to wait much longer to find out who will take home top honors at this year's oscars crews have been putting the final touches on the red carpet at the los angeles theater where the academy awards ceremony will take place on sunday for 2nd year there will be no designated host instead a cast of some of hollywood's biggest stars will hand out the 2 dozen highly coveted gold statues. and before we go

a quick reminder of our top story germany's ruling city who party is holding crisis talks with their junior coalition partner the s.p.d. this comes after the city use regional leaders have broke a taboo by teaming up with the right wing and if tea party to elect a state leader. you're up to date now on d w news omarion as unstained for me and the entire team here in berlin and thanks for watching. in the art of climate. conference. what's in store. for the future. for 2 major cities to the insight. into. the southern napalm 250 blind people are about to see again

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