this is news coming from another earthquake in politics the woman likely to succeed . now says she doesn't. just days after her party were shaken over relations with the far right. history is made at the. paris i 1st english language with the best of the world the award for

best picture. wrote and directed the film called parasite the latest on the story. and northern europe battered by a major winter storm extreme weather has already hit the british isles germany causing floods and just to travel. well i'm terry martin good to have you with us we start with some breaking news here in germany on the common bow of the leader of germany's ruling christian democratic party will leave the party leadership in the summer. had been widely tipped to succeed as german chancellor but her decision means she will no longer stand for the position in next year's national. election questions

overcome covered hours of already have resurfaced in recent days after the party's regional branch in the regio defied her by voting with the far right alternative for germany party in a local leadership election. or more now let's bring in our chief political editor mikhail or. what's behind con carbon bars decision to step down. but essentially what happened is that i'm going to michael c.d.u. party broke up political to booth last week which was to cooperate although in adversity with the far right if tea party and this is such a benchmark in the d.n.a. of the conservative c.d.u. that anecdotes come as party leader failed to prevent and she simply hasn't recovered from that what happened last week is that the chancellor herself who technically no longer the party is no longer the least. found herself in

a position where in a very unusual step she felt she needed to speak out and highlight what kind of damage had been done to the foot to the whole idea of the conservative party and what red line had been crossed then and it's come around our wasn't able to convince a regional party grouping to head for fresh elections to push for fresh elections in that particular region once again undermining her all sorts so i'm going to do you is in a leadership crisis and once again there seems to be no alternative to the leadership of i'm going to machall who's seen as someone who's on their way out so that's a full on political crisis within her party so i was indeed the leader of germany's main governing party the c.d.u. what does this mean for uncle america's government. well it shouldn't mean that

in terms of how stable it is but it once again reaffirms that angela merkel is the conservative c.d.u. posse and that there seems to be a real leadership contest going on behind the scenes we just have to remind us selves that i think it's come became party leader after going on a road so with the other 2 candidates so it was a grassroots democratic process that led to her election and yet speculation over whether she really had what it takes to leave the cd you just never quiet down and we saw a key contend for relation matts last week stepped down from his commercial role here in germany heading blackrock the world's largest investment company to make himself more available so that broad and if it's come down and now i'm going to map will can't think piece about her european legacy her legacy as

a world leader she has a policy that is pretty much shouted at the top there's a leadership vacuum she's the only one who can fill it right now and that simply constant this way. tell us is a. resignation announcement a sawin of the 4 rights growing influence in german politics because all this does go back to. the far right cooperating or working somehow with the cd you to get a state premier elected there. well this is certainly a sign that the far right party has political leverage particularly in those eastern states including tearing your where this all happened where this today to breach happened so it knows how to use its political leverage but more than anything it exposes that the conservative c.d.u. is able to find a dialogue with those individual voices who are becoming more and more particularly

in those eastern states where the a 50 is a major policy to have some kind of dialogue over what that should mean for the sea for the conservative in their own party and this is an internal rift that is now fully come to the open we have some very interesting days ahead of us because i thank you very much that was d. w. is chief political editor make a work of no of course we'll bring you updates on that story as we get them now the 92nd academy awards have made movie history in los angeles with the south korean film parasite becoming the 1st ever not english language film to win the tall oscar for best picture but director junho did not stop there he picked up 3 other awards as well. it was the big surprise of the night and they are scored goes to parasite. the 1st ever

known english language movie to win best picture. since. south korean director of bond junho news dot com such as about the gap between the rich and poor in modern day so who's the big winner of the night. and a total of 4 awards including best director of football. who paid tribute to one of cinema's all time great directors and fellow nominees. normal comes on the. thank you so much misery when i was young and studying cinema there was a saying that i cough deep into my heart which is the most personal is the most creative you bet to us from. our great martin scorsese so they were thank you i will think until next morning thank you i

really never know upsets in the other big categories but the awards went to the hotly tipped favorites. and a comeback for ren is a way she took the best actress in order to have the trial of judy garland in the film judy you take anything for depression for that is that it was i. did you walk in phoenix won best actor for his terrifying performance as the joker in the dark origin story of one of the world's best man comic book the lens to you. supporting actor awards went to laura dern for her role as a divorce lawyer and marriage story thank you i was listening and brett pitt won his 1st acting oscar for his supporting both as a laid back stunt man in question terran tino's once upon

a time in hollywood. and the oscars wouldn't be the oscars without some political jiving it told me only have 45 seconds appear which is 45 seconds more than said it gave john bolton this week. they were i'm thinking maybe when does a movie about it in the end they don't do the right thing. i am told there was also some good old fashioned fun. and plenty of entertainment. music legend elton john. performing his oscar winning original song from the bio pic. getting one he would in the mood for the infamous because off to parties. sketch up now and some of the other stories making headlines around the world today health authorities in china have reported a rise in new cases of the coronavirus they say the death toll is past 900 in that

more than 40000 cases of the virus are now reported across the country more than 360 cases have been confirmed outside of china. mourners are gathering at a shopping center in thailand to pay their respects after the country's worst ever mass shooting they left flowers and wrote messages for the victims at least $29.00 people died when a thai soldier went on a shooting rampage on saturday. and ireland's general election has delivered a surprise results the 1st day of counting show left wing republican party shin fein has won the largest share of the vote beating the 2 established centrist party whose those parties ruled out a coalition with champagne before the election due to its history as the political wing of the paramilitary group the ira. a major storm is bearing down on parts of northern europe after having already battered the british isles

germany's entire long distance rail network is shut down some 50000 households in the southern state of beriah are without electricity people across the region are being advised to stay indoors. a tricky landing at london's heathrow airport. battling hurricane force winds the plane manages to touchdown. before pulling up again. taking off is no easy around europe hundreds of flights were canceled. rail services have also been disrupted with chaotic scenes at london rail stations . how do you know it's not a city spokesman going on so i know you put on that swan and it's being delayed britain has borne the brunt of the storm with widespread flooding in towns and

villages in the country's north. in island go away was forced to cancel the opening ceremony for sierra's year paean capsule of culture and the aptly named wild atlantic way on the west coast took a pounding. germany has been hard hit to several people were injured as wind speeds surged beyond 170 kilometers per hour. even for those who saw the winds as the thrill the fun quickly gave way to danger the storm is now moving south with more damage expected. to sleep a soccer the match between army leipsic and buying on sunday not only featured the top 2 goal scorers in the league by a. light 6 team obama has also decided the table leader only one point separated the defending champion. in the visitors ahead of kick off despite the game finishing a draw at the end and action had tons on the edge of their seats take

a look. at a full house in munich as expected for this final league meeting between these 2 titans buyer nick in rb live 6 shared the spoils earlier in the season and with a team of vanity believe 2nd most prolific striker with 20 goals versus robert levin donkey who's got 22 there was a high expectation of ball city in the back of the net byron got close in the 1st half but it ended scoreless 11 dusty's face says it all in the 2nd half life seek look to break the deadlock but some insight used a bit too much from close range. minutes later t. move an address newly off the line gets past him but david alibaba put his body in the line of fire then no one at the handball but neuer says calm down kid finally a penalty look to give biron a chance to score after 11 dogs he was taking down inside the box fight to put

mcconnell but live in dos he never got his shot v.a.r. stepped in and made the right call noting the striker was offside when he received the ball then it was life 6 turn again wrong team on vanno botched this one just to be outside no goals and only in this top of the table clash definitely not with biron brass wanted another draw against life see. and just a reminder of the top story we're following for you here today on the news there's been another earthquake in german politics i think late because common those it was seen as a likely successor to chancellor of the medical now say she doesn't want the job all her decision comes just days after her party bush shaken over relations with the far right j m d part. you are watching the news and coming up

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