i and. this is news coming to you live from a political earthquake in german politics the woman tipped to succeed chancellor angela merkel says she will not and is resigning as party leader on a kind of mahler's announcement comes just days after mechanisms. were shaken the relations with the far right if what will this new crisis need for the government. also coming up history is made at the office. paris

was the 1st time unknown english language prevailing winds get the award for best picture of south korean born june cool wrote and directed the. movie correspondent about the historic night in hollywood. and a tricky landing at london's heathrow airport as the storm destroyed travelling brings flooding to northern and central europe most of germany's intercity train network remains suspended. one of a warm welcome to you. we start with some breaking news in german politics the leader of the governing christian democratic union has said she's stepping down on a good company known as a k k had been widely tipped to succeed when the chancellor retires in about 18

months time but a decision to give up the party leadership means that will now not stand as the chancellor candidate it is decision comes after a tough year for her a cd you bought. it was all smiles to begin with in december 28th and a quick cramp carom hour was elected as marcos successor a c.d.u. cartel leader the former stalin state premier was merkel's hand-picked heir and firmly set her sights on one day filling her shoes as chancellor. her appointment as german defense minister soon after was a chance to prove her worth in a high office but within her 1st year a c.d.u. party leader cracks began to show after a number of gaffes a joke a carnival mocking gender neutral bathrooms sparked oprah from germany's l g b t q i community did it to let the threat of the biggest loser toilets these of

a man who can't get decide whether they want to stand or sit while peeing. but while just weeks later a k.k.k. munda fire again after she questioned how opinion is manufactured online following calls from german floggers to boycott her party in european elections. her proposals to create an international security zone in syria were also badly received after social democrats said they hadn't been consulted before hand. all the while losses for the conservatives in regional state elections added to her load of criticism but still she vowed to go on. the apollo we want the best and the brightest my. in this party and everyone should get involved and if someone has a different opinion from me that's a living democracy we can grow with it and i want this union to grow to make us stronger than we are today that's the aspiration that i bring to this party. but it

was last week scandal in the eastern state of the rings the surge the final seed of doubt in a case of thora the thuringia arm of the c.d.u. overstepped party line and cooperated with the far right a.f.d. to elect the new state premier now following her karen bowers resignation the conservative c.d.u. is left with a familiar crisis wondering yet again who can succeed angle america and joining me now is the chief political editor michelle is at the seaview headquarters. we should have 1st of all how much of a setback is the announcement by other good comp. for the american c.d.o. party. well i don't even know what the setback is big enough a word it throws the party into what is truly a leadership crisis because once again angela merkel her political brand appears to

be what defines the sea in the conservative democratic union here in germany with many critics of course in the past having criticize merkel for having shifted the party further to the left of what she sees a centrist now that's something and come come i wanted to solve she wanted to position herself as more conservative she wanted to bring those who had been flirting with the idea of cooperation with the far right party particularly in eastern stronghold states back into the center well and she didn't succeed in fact the c.d.u. wrote history books last week and that is on the rays of all irreversible also as the german chancellor put it by cooperating with the far right if the party whether it's coming or not but this crossed a red line and a great combo was exposed as someone who simply can't hold the party together bring it the hind one party line that's her failure. to big question marks over who can

succeed her and i'm going to machall souse is party leader that leadership she gave up more than a year ago looking for bigger than ever so from what you said we should have quite clearly a crisis for feeding your party but is it also a crisis for the government. no the government is stable in fact the conservative c.d.u. party under social democrats have had their own party woes the social democrats for once are now able to look at the c.d.u. they've had their own leadership issues so the central government is stable the trademark politics of anger mackall also continues of holding together a stable government but i'm going to machall declared herself that she won't run once again and the c.d.u. is now left without leadership to renew the party to redefine the whole question of what is conservative and to really demonstrate that it has

a roadmap which it did have until last week on what the end of the year americal could look like in party terms once again we're talking about personnel and the c.d.u. party can talk about what it always said it wants which is actual party content and what conservative conservatism means in the years to come and surely a lot will depend on who becomes the new with c.d.o. party media because whoever that person is could take the party into a very different direction. yes there's a couple of names circulating i mean laughs it is seen as likely contend he leaves the largest. party grouping in those homeless failure free to man says the man who was beaten by and if it come down by who's now announced he will be stepping down he has given up his commercial post with the black rock the largest investment

company last week very interesting timing there is and announce that he will be more active so we expect him to throw his hat into the ring and span the health minister who also beat in that leadership race is another name that is mentioned but i understand that he is in no rush to step forward because this could become toxic over the next couple of months somebody has to bring this party back together and whether that somebody will then definitely become chancellor candidate the one who did the legwork that's a very big question but indeed right and of course we're waiting to hear from the other great clam cotton ball at the sea the headquarters where you are and we'll get back to you as soon as they are developments michelle and thank you very much for that update for now. the 92nd academy awards have made movie history in los angeles with the south korean friend parasite becoming the 1st non english language friend to win the oscar for best picture the director who didn't stop there he also

picked up 3 other awards on a historic night. it was the big surprise of the night and they ask or goes to paris. the 1st ever known english language movie to win best picture. his car will be loonies cook south korean director bond june ho's dark class satire about the gap between the rich and poor in modern day soul was the big winner of the night. and a total of 4 awards including best director for bone junho who paid tribute to one of cinema's all time great directors and fellow nominees. are novel comes out in the. thank you so much as i do 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 that quote to us from our great martin scorsese so be thank you i will drink until next morning thank you i really never know sin the other big categories but the awards went to the hotly tipped favorites. in a comeback for rent. she took the best actress award for happy trail of judy gone and in the film judy you take anything for depression for that is that it was. this you walk in phoenix winning best actor for his mesmerizing performance as the joker in the dock origin story of one of the world's best known comic book the lens is a joke to you. supporting

actor awards went to laura dern for her role as a divorce lawyer and marriage story thank you for this in and correct pitt won his 1st acting oscar for his supporting both as a laid back stunt man in clinton terrine 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 the senate gave john bolton this week. a were i'm thinking maybe quinn does a movie about it in the end they don't do the right thing. but there was also some kid old fashioned fun. and plenty of entertainment. music legend elton john performing his. oscar winning original song from the bio pic rocket man. getting hollywood in the mood for the infamous oscars

after parties. it's a big night in hollywood movie experts and entertainment correspondent scott rockford joins us scott brown aside won best picture show the surprise was this. yeah a huge surprise i mean this is my favorite film of the year but the oscars almost never agree with with with my picks so that was a huge surprise but all the smart money this year was on 917 the big prestigious world war one film from sam mendez because this is sort of the kind of really glamorous. kind of movie that tends to win oscars the scene is like the ultimate oscar movie it ends up winning 3 technical wards but all the big prizes went to those parasites and this is a surprise not just because it's the 1st foreign language film to win the 1st asian film to win the best picture oscar but also because film is such

a departure from what usually see at the oscars this is a it's a social satire that's also a thriller that almost becomes a horror film it really matches up john has and it's incredibly socially relevant i mean it's really an allegory of capitalism and of the gap between rich and poor package an incredibly entertaining format and what i think is interesting exciting this year is that often the oscars go for the safe toys as they go for sort of celebrating a kind of cinema of the past and this time they really picked what could be said about the future a global diverse cinema that really takes chances and take cinema in a new direction and it was huge applause when the announcement was made that it had won best picture now was the choice of part aside also an attempt to make the oscars more relevant there has been some criticism about the other awards the diversity. yes no definitely and i mean the the nominations the general this year were very diverse it's still the oscars are still very much

a very male very white club we only had one non white actor nominated all the acting categories no women nominated for in the best directing category the oscars the cademy which awards the oscars has tried to do something to correct this they spent a lot of time trying to get make their their membership more diverse and more global and this has shown up i think with the nominations in the wins for parasites but i think there is still a long way to go and i don't know if this is going to be a sea change after all parasites win or not i mean 2 years ago moonlight which was an l g b t film with a all black cast one the oscar i thought that would mark a sea change in the oscars has really turned out that way so i'm very hopeful with parasites win but still not super optimistic and scott there's always something else at these have all 3 grabs attention it seems this time it was of this what was

the message. yeah i mean a lot of people last night commented on the lack of female representation particularly the director category as i mentioned but the best comment on it i think was from oscar winner natalie portman who showed up on the red carpet with her dress and a cape and on the cape was embroidered the names of female directors who were snubbed and did not get an oscar nomination this year including graphic airway the french director and i think the op i thought was a brilliant statement on how women's voices have been silenced at this year's oscars right scott roxboro debby's entertainment correspondent and movie expert thank you very much. let me now bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the bud islands general election has delivered a surprise result leftwing republican party's shin fan has won the largest share of the vote beating the 2 established centrist potties they both had to dodge a coalition which in fan before the election because of its ties to the i r

a paramilitary. people gathering at a shopping center in thailand to pay a trip tribute to those who lost their lives off the country's worst ever mash outing they left flowers and wrote messages for the victims at least $29.00 people died when a tie so bent on a shoe to drop impinge on saturday. thoughts of peace in australia have been drenched by the heaviest rainfall in 3 decades it brought floods but also relief after months of devastating bushfires dousing blazes and replenishing water supplies in sydney a strong self with top sea foam and swept away large sections of the beach. a major storm is bearing down on parts of northern and central europe after having battered the british isles germany's entire long distance really was shut down as a precaution although it has now started to reopen some 50000 households in the

southern city of bavaria are without electricity and almost 100000 in the czech republic. 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 station. how did i would sound awesome capacity so i can get on right now where you put the next one 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 ireland go away was forced to cancel the opening ceremony for its year is year paean capsule

of culture and the aptly named wild atlantic way on the west coast took a pounding. germany has been hard hit several people were injured as wind speeds surged beyond 170 kilometers an hour. in frankfurt the storm knocked a crane onto the roof of the city's cathedral. it's actually quite shocking because craig benson harvick. battery historical buildings and one of the major buildings in frankfurt i was very shocked. and on germany's coast even those who saw the winds as a thrill soon realized the danger the storm is now moving east with more damage expected. here watching the news coming up ahead.

has been launched on an unprecedented mission to the sun we find out what scientists. cover about a solar system star. but 1st health authorities in china say more people have fallen victim to the corona virus this is the death toll has exceeded 900 and that more than 40000 cases of the virus are now reported across the country that after thousands of people were due to disembark from a cruise ship in hong kong after a 4 day quarantine resulted in passengers testing negative for the virus another cruise ship of japan remains in poland teen with over 100 confirmed cases. joining me now from beijing is correspondent. today workers are returning to their offices after the extended you know new year holidays what's the turnout like on lots of people going back to work. many shops remain

closed many small businesses remain closed many people are not yet back in the cities where they work and many companies have also os they have people there their employees not to come back to the office yet but if they can to just work remotely from home. chinese businesses and the economy is no where back to a new normal at all now schools and unit with versity is will remain closed for another few weeks also teaching remotely via the internet is so we are not talking about a country getting back to work we are at best talking about a country slowly starting to get back to work and that is we can see the street behind you is almost empty and the shops are closed all this must be hurting china's economy how concerned is beijing about the disruption in business.

the economy is always a major concern of the leadership in beijing and the growth rates are something that is close he watched however getting this epidemic under control is the top priority if the virus spreads further the harm to the economy might be even bigger but what we've seen is that some local governments have emphasized that they need to get back to work they have told other units in the party state that they should while maintaining caution not overdo their cautionary measures not overly homme the economy it is a concern for beijing but it is nothing that they can solve of course the goal of. preventing the virus from spreading and getting the economy back on track these 2 goals are at odds which with each other that is pulling in beijing thank you very much for this update from there. a cylinder orbiter has been into

space on an unprecedented mission to capture the 1st pictures of the sounds elusive pose the one and a half a $1000000000.00 craft is a joint mission between the european space agency and nasa it will join nasa. which was launched 18 months ago and they ventured dangerously close to the sun in order to discover its secrets. will examine the sun's activity by exploring its magnetic field more closely than ever before. the satellite will also look at the electrically charged particles that all star emits into space on the average circumstances but also during active phases known as solar storms having some form of when such a storm is imminent would be invaluable because they can wreak havoc on satellites

. that's why research is hope data from the probe will help full cost them one day . but the solo orbiter will have to get very close to the sun to gather the necessary data. you hope to be a couple so that's the difficulty with the solar orbiter the satellite will be fried like a sausage i grill it will get will make as the air around it is hot it will get grilled directly by the radiation call it. each time it approaches the sun and it's circular path to solar all but it will be subjected to ever 10 times the radiation that strikes satellites and earth's orbit no electronics can withstand that that's why the sensitive measuring devices have to be protected by heat shield the orbiter's outer layer will heat up to over $500.00 degrees celsius surprisingly it's made of a black material. the black layer will absorb the enormous heat coming from the sun protecting the sensitive equipment during the observations. in them shots and if

something happens to the black material the area beneath it wouldn't heat up any more intensely than the areas around it if you use say a mirrored surface instead on a crack appeared in the mirror it would get especially hot the high schools who want to break. the solo orbiter will bring several telescopes closer to the sun than any spacecraft ever has before. they need to have a clear view of the star but it's powerful radiation can't blind them. that's why each device is equipped with a custom fitted protective window these are coated with a special fin layer that only lets a very small amount of radiation through only the frequencies the researches want to observe such as x. rays or ultraviolet radiation. they often think if you seen one side of the sun you seen them all but you haven't you

need a complete overview to get the full picture of the solar orbiter will play a decisive role in delivering but list. it will allow scientists to look up the sums turbulent areas for extended periods much longer than in the past and they'll also be able to observe its poles for the 1st time. should provide new insights into the secrets of a star and help predict solar storms better than ever before. it's the year of the rat according to the chinese lunar calendar and the rutan team is also putting an appearance at this is conical celebrations here in europe a giant water that made its way down venice is grand canal as a guest of honor in a boat parade by local ruling clouds the city's tourism industry says visitor bookings are down this year after the record flooding in november carnival events in venice continue until the 25th of february.

the about. if you've just joined us here's a recap of the top story that before leaving for you there's been another earthquake in german politics. who was seen as a likely successor to chancellor angela merkel now says she doesn't want a job the decision comes just days after a posse was shaken over relations with the far right party. and history is being made at the oscars with the 1st time ever a non english language film has won the award for best picture south korean bond john paul wrote and directed the film for tara site. coming up next is the globalization magazine global 3000 where we have a look at the production of sustainable textiles with

a natural fiber called pensive ugly back at the top of the hour but during member is more of a. site the c.w. dot com from me on the thought she might in the new city by phone on.

the phone. most people are frightened of crocodile skin. but my research is lost on me the biologist is one of the world's top crocodile researchers. in belize in central america she is campaigning to protect these endangered predators despite people's fear and prejudice able to train 1000. next.

i know nothing. well i guess sometimes i am but i said nothing when put up and the german thinks the consumer jemma culture of looking at stereotypes the question to me is think the future of the country that i don't. need to be taken as drama day out to me it's all that ok i know i'm a joke join me to meet the gentleman from d w post. have fallen in pyongyang. the capital city of north korea is reinventing itself. but only a few can enjoy the benefits for those the regime alone. kim jong un has introduced and studious reward system to coerce allegiance to the regime.

those who don't make it into the fun metropolis are often full toggery. have fun in pyongyang starts feb 28th on w. . welcome to global 3000 crocodiles are nothing to fear according to this scientist in valleys mission is to protect them. sustainable clothing and decent labor conditions far from a given and the garment industry. john a gross tons of tomatoes but also import.