news live from the edge of politics shaken by another quake of the far right the. government. is the step down on the ground. and says the decision will not affect the stability of the country. also on the program the death toll in the chinese corona virus outbreak approaches a 1000 as the new year holiday winds up it's back to work despite fears about the virus spreading around. paris. this is

my. english language film with its best picture for the 1st time will bring you the latest. welcome to the program the woman widely tipped to succeed. has announced that she will not seek the position as chancellor in next year's elections and kind of bauer is also stepping down as leader of metals conservative party when a replacement has been found the move follows a scandal of the involvement of the far right alternative to germany in a very gentle election in which mr. oratory and control of the posse have been threatened and weakened she announced her decision as a news conference here in the lead and for sizing it would not affect germany's coalition government shut as far as i'm concerned this has no impact. on the

stability of the grand coalition government i was the party leader and i am the party leader and i will remain in this position for the forseeable future of what i have said is that i will not run for chancellor but other than that the situation has not changed let's get more mission d.w. political correspondent simon young welcome simon what's behind this decision well there were too many problems for integrate care and bar too much pressure on her and i think she never really ultimately put her stamp of all thora see on the party even angela merkel's decision to appoint her as german defense minister was enough to secure her the backing in particular of the right wing of the c.d.u. and she faced too many detractors within the party years she produced a number of gaffes as well last october in fact for instance she came up with a plan for a security zone under u.n. auspices in northern syria but the plan sort of died when it turned out that you

know she wasn't even sure if german armed forces would be available for such a mission and then the events of last week into rangy where see the c.d.u. politicians there effectively defied the parties ban on cooperation with the far right a.f.p. and she seemed unable to do anything about it that was the final straw for her i think i will talk more in just a 2nd simon the 1st let's hear from a chance of responding to this announcement. i respect his decision thanked but i must also say i regret that it's come to this the well. it's come if i can imagine that this was not an easy decision for any good come come. i'm grateful that she's ready to continue in her role as party leader in order to oversee the process for choosing the next cd you candidate for chancellor . back to simon young simon what do you make of what we've heard from the

chancellor was clear that anglo-american regrets this decision and indeed the events of the last few days and a great current was miracles preferred success as leader of the c.d.u. all that happened and also then to be the candidate for chancellor will out of course hasn't happened so that in that sense of the link between the 2 of them and sometimes known as many mayor call you know this these events this debacle is a blow to anglo-american as well it leaves the chancellor i think at the moment seeming if not irrelevant then somehow decoupled from the fate of the christian democrats going forward so the question democrats are in turmoil in crisis is there to be a crisis for the country's ruling coalition. well certainly there's a lot of pressure there k.k.

said there wouldn't be a problem in the national government coalition and the s.p.d. sort of sounding a bit conciliatory did a saying they they respect her decision to step back but they still trying to put the pressure on saying they've got questions that they need the c.d.u. to answer they need merkel's party to show how it's going to draw a clear red line between itself and the far right and so they've been been as i say piling on the bit of pressure but they themselves are elect electorally somewhat weak so i think it's unlikely that they would want to bring down the government and perhaps force fresh elections at this stage anyway. who benefits simon from a.k.k. stepping down. yeah i mean you could say pretty much everybody else the social democrats as i say looking to draw some sort of benefit out of this by presenting themselves as the the sort of guardians of german democracy the ones

making sure the christian tema kratz don't jump into bed with the far right day. then you of course you've got the rivals of a.k.k. within her own party several of them have been waiting in the wings circling seeing what an opportunity might come up for them there are several who'd like to be the candidate for chancellor and other parties as well of course would be seeking to draw some capital from this not least the a.f.d. itself it had a victory in that eastern state of theory where it's sort of got its way at least for a short time and it's been portraying that is a big success among its own supporters so a brief word then simon about a potential successors and whether a new party leader is going to mean a very different direction for the city. i think there are several people as i mentioned the health minister spawn is

a big critic of the medical open door immigration policy then you've got friedrich metz is a veteran with a lot of support from the business community. in lash at the state premier of north rhine-westphalia and there are others so there's plenty of people possibly the sort of white men the typical leaders of the christian democrat party nonetheless these people are waiting waiting for their chance now that a.k.k. is seemingly part of the history books fatally political correspondent simon young thank you. ok let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world syrian government forces have killed 5 turkish soldiers in the province of edler that's according to turkey's defense ministry which says it has destroyed more than $100.00 syrian government targets of interrogation the area around it it was the last rebel held region in syria turkey has sent thousands of troops there to halt

an offensive by damascus to retake the region. a russian course a sentence 7 young activist to prison terms of up to 18 years the defendants were accused of plotting to carry out bomb attacks june 28th world cup human rights activists of criticize the case saying the men were tortured into signing confessions. allen's general election has delivered a surprise result left when republican shane faber won with the largest share of the votes between the 2 established centrist parties both of those had ruled out a coalition with sinn fein before the election because of its ties to the paramilitary group. a powerful storm has killed at least 5 people across europe 2 died at the ski resort in poland when the roof was ripped off a building germany's entire long distance around the world was shut down is because at one point the parts of britain have seen flooding tens of thousands of people

across the continent have been left without power. this is the news on live from balad still to come a groundbreaking night at the oscars as a foreign language filled with its best picture for the 1st time in hollywood history. i had about the death toll from the corona virus outbreak in china is nearing a 1000 with another 40000 cases reported nationwide as the lunar new year holiday comes to an end many chinese are choosing to stay at home rather than return to their work places others are getting back to work despite fears about the virus spreading. back to work in beijing. with temperature scans and breathing masks despite the heightened precautions facing residents say life must go on. a little so i think we can just act like nothing happened my companies prepared some protective

gear for us like masks. life goes on anyway how can we stop going outside or stop working simply because of fear of disease we can't do that with no way to prove that those chinese president xi jinping has largely kept a low profile but on monday he visited a treatment and prevention research center and toured a residential neighborhood. let's not shake hands in this special period you should always remain confident we will be able to contain this epidemic eventually. international experts including a team from the world health organization have arrived to observe and offer help. well we welcome experts from countries including the united states to participate in the joint expert inspection group we believe that sufficient communication between all sides will produce suitable arrangements for the work of the inspection

group in china. and will hog the city where the outbreak started officials have mobilized tens of thousands of workers to aid in prevention koren teens are still in effect across much of the city. this will the hospital is home to 3 babies born to mothers who had the virus. the mother's condition had worsened 2 days before being admitted to the hospital and an emergency says erin section was done. outside workers and trucks rode the city spraying disinfectant it's clear that in on it least the crisis is far from over. but meanwhile more than 130 passengers have tested positive for the corona virus on board a cruise ship in japan they've been quarantined onboard the diamond princess since the vessel arrived in yokohama last week passengers are to be confined to their

cabins for at least another week. 92nd the cabin the awards have made cinema history as the south korean film parasite becomes the 1st and not english language film to win the oscar for best picture it was a night of triumph for the man behind the movie. there's no doubting parasite director always now a national hero in south korea the celebrations in hollywood where felt all the way to the top in seoul president spoke of his pride at parasite success is kicking off his cabinet meeting with a round of applause. few in the country were expecting one or sky let alone 4 students and on site university. stand raptured as the ceremony unfold is this the moment when the best

picture award was announced. was its height the successful food south korea's film industry. i've always liked korean movie career in film history is being written at this moment it's very meaningful i think there will be more improvements in the future it's very lost for words it's such an honor. parasite shows the often painful divide between rich and poor in south korea. he acts as a largely unknown outside the country for one young cast member who didn't make it to l.a. it was still a night to remember. i thought it would be awesome to get the award. still when we actually want to.

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