are you talking 2020 or 250th anniversary on. the. plane. touched. the told. 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 that's after the party's regional leaders shattered a decades old taboo by teaming with the right when it straightness to elect a state leader. also coming up as the coronavirus claims more lives hong kong

takes fresh action to stem the spread of the infection is imposing a mandatory 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 form of therapy. play . i'm married to evanston 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 a german regional election earlier this week a number of regional city lawmakers sided with

a populist alternative for germany to block the reelection of the left already incumbent installing a liberal premier in the eastern state of turin g.m. while 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. 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. in theory it's still the case that there will be no cooperation with either directly or in directly in the form initially com carol bauer had said fresh they

selections was the only way to solve the crisis in tearing 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 duty 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 constraining this regional fiasco so that it doesn't turn into a national political crisis. well for more on this story i'm joined in the studio now by due to please political correspondent simon young simon good to see you ok so this crisis meeting between the city and the s.p.d. is going to happen in just a number of hours what are they hoping to achieve in these talks i think the s.p.d.

want to apply pressure on their coalition partners the christian democrats i think the christian democrats want to try and save face if they possibly can it's a very complicated story mary let me just briefly recap few cat for you how we don't hear it was a vote in the state of 2. last october out of that the left party the most left of the main parties one the most votes but not enough support to continue leading the government in that state with social democrats and greens that were protective negotiations the conservative parties if i can call them that the c.d.u. and the free democrats together sort of opportunity to take control of the government they put up a candidate for the job of state premier and that man was elected with the support of the far right a f.t. that crossed the red line in german politics allowing for right support in that kind of maneuver for the 1st time since the 2nd world war that's why we've got this

hullabaloo that's why there's such a lot of politics in this and that's why there's such a lot of pressure at this meeting today well it should be said that the leader of the c.d.u. i got to come ahead urged to the regional members of our party into having an engine not to support this candidate who is also being supported by the f.d.a. they did not listen to that recommendation she's also message us have fresh elections as a way out of the crisis they've not backed her proposal either now i mean what does this tell us about her authority over her own party and a great crime care about is really weak and she's been weakened by the events of the last few days social democrat coalition partners that she's having this. eating with today they're saying things like you know she's they can't recognize her stamp of authority on the party and she's allowed the c.d.u. into ring in 322 go hand in hand with nazis so you know she doesn't

back she spent hours trying to persuade them to get online as you say who talks of fresh elections or what is the way to get out of this crisis nobody really knows but whatever it is it is our site it's about politics really at the moment at the national level at least because and a great can care about would like to succeed chancellor merkel as the candidate for chancellor whenever the election is prepped probably next year and she has detractors within her own party and the social democrats see an opportunity to weaken her there and that's what you're seeing in the last few days so does this mean that chancellor merkel herself now has to get involved and somehow salvaging this situation well chancellor merkel has been luckily for her or not away and on a visit to africa the last couple of days so she's now coming back but she too is being instrumentalists by the social democrats they say we have to have chancellor merkel back to put her stamp on her policy because the current incumbent this lady

a.k.k. she's not doing it so you can see their manacles decision no longer to be the head of policy may indeed be coming back to bite. simon young always great to talk to him. let's turn our attention now to 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 poll test of 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 trump administration has fired top white house ukraine specialist army lieutenant colonel alexander vinge month when men have provided damaging testimony about president trump during the recent impeachment process media reports say trump

is also recalling u.s. ambassador to the e.u. gordon somnolent who also testified against the president. us democratic presidential candidates have faced off in the final debates before tuesday's new hampshire primary bernie sanders and widgets were targets after their strong finishes in monday's iowa caucuses sanders faced criticism for his left wing policy ideas while going to judge was his for his lack of support among minorities a kitchen 600 kilos of fine port sandor stolen by tourists holidays souvenirs have been returned to a beach on the italian island of sardinia most of the sand was seized during baggage checks of the island's airports but some towns now have plainclothes police officers patrolling the beaches to prevent a sense that it's. hong kong 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 so far the virus has killed one person in hong kong but in mainland china the death toll is far higher over 700 people there have died and more than 34000 more have been infected robots brought in to assist the fight against corona virus it means less patient to patient infection reducing the risk to medical staff across china many mourn the death of whistle blow a national hero dr levy when liang us part of 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 self quarantine and even be made to wear a tracking bracelet overwhelmed medical staff want the border to be close

escalating already high tension between hong kong and china. people there and across asia panicking stocking up on medical and food supplies around the world there's now a shortage of protective equipment factories are struggling to meet the demand when something is short and monday's high. that would be bad practices like ordering in order to sell them on high prices. and that's why we are screwed. and people don't really understand what fighting an outbreak like. in japan more than 60 people on board a cruise ship have tested positive for corona virus and have been taken ashore. not 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 though the world health organization says they've been fuel reported infections in china in the last 48 hours little comfort to the families of those who died or the 10s of thousands of people now living under quarantine. to sports news now and win this league a soccer i'm tough frankfurt have extended their unbeaten start to 2020 with a 5 nil win over oxford on friday american defender timothy chandler continued his incredible scoring run with 2 goals either side of half time is now scored for this calendar year philip cost edge completed the route to deep into injury time when these frankfurt move into the top half of the table for the time being at least. our next story takes us to brazil where in a small area of the amazon endangered wild dolphins are helping children with

a wide 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 unless 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 begun the dolphin therapy she's willing to accept other types of therapies such that 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 and 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 room the only one of its kind in the entire world rain begins to fall on the brown warm water. therapist eager simo as does volunteer work one of his patients used to sit in a wheelchair for 4 years the amazon dolphins helped a while get back on his feet again now he can walk. better free of the. humans 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 of

these highly intelligent a playful animals becomes. this is important for our children and for us it's so different from our daily reality. they had back to man the exhausted but happy. well 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 a 2nd year there will be no designated host instead

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