this is deed of news live from berlin an uncertain future here in germany as plans for the era after anglo-american have suddenly fallen apart the woman tipped to take over from chancellor angela merkel says she's no longer in the running the shocking announcement that and a great grandparent bought insists her decision will not affect the stability of the present government also coming up. syria's assad regime steps up its offensive in it look province the last stronghold of anti-government rebels backed by turkey .

i'm told me all of the ball welcome to the program. until recently considered a done deal the german chancellor succession plan has fallen apart the woman widely seen as next in line to chancellor angela merkel says she has changed her mind and will not run for the top job in next year's election and a great crime can be known as a k.k.k. is stepping aside following events last week that broke a political taboo in germany a conservative d.c.d. you party for the 1st time teamed up with the far right alternative for germany party to win a regional election a taboo too far that put a case credibility as party leader into question. on the compound gave little notice before informing party leaders of her decision she was long chancellor angela merkel's hand-picked successor now she won't be her party's

candidate for chancellor and plans to step down as party chief she says to see to use decision 2 years ago to separate the role of chancellor candidate and party leader was a mistake and is have to show this in the unison target that the leadership question is still unresolved to this very day the civic leave the issue of who will be the party's candidate for chancellor. these we haven't been able to find a solution despite 2 party conventions and apparently some people don't want to resolve this issue. believes the cd you could pick a new party leader at its convention in december she's planning to stay on as defense minister her decision was apparently one she took alone even chancellor merkel didn't find out about krakow and bars plans to step down until monday morning. shocked and frightened quite there i respect this decision

picked. but i must also say i regret that it's come to this although i can imagine that this was not an easy decision for an incorrect crap are imbalanced in fact you can find this former c.d.u. parliamentary party leader friedrich mouth's is being honored as a potential successor to comp. in 2018 he narrowly lost the party leadership vote to her both amin lush at the state premier of north rhine-westphalia and german health minister jens spawn are also in the running the tumult in the c.d.u. also has their coalition partner the social democrats worried. the city would see to you can't agree on its future direction and has been without a real leader for a long time. one seen as the future of the c.d.u. . announcing she's stepping back after only one year as party chief her decision means the c.d.u. will likely be busy for months deciding on a new leader. now this is

a crisis for the c.d.u. party but is it a crisis for germany's ruling coalition we put that question to political correspondent simon young. have a great cramp karen bauer herself said today that she doesn't see any threat to the stability of the government but other senior figures like peter out my of the christian democrat economy minister he says this is a very serious situation. and you know a lot of people are saying well. it's necessary for everyone now within the christian democrat family to come together and try and assert some stability and indeed the social democrats those of the coalition partners in angle america's national government have been applying the pressure a little bit demanding that the c.d.u. show what's the line between it and the far right so they are tempted to make

a little bit of political capital with this having said that there are likely to want to bring down the government i think and abandon the coalition because they themselves are electorally very weak at the moment i think the government will limp all that was d w political correspondent simon young speaking for the turkish military says it has killed more than 100 syrian military personnel the shelling was in retaliation for syrian government strike which left 5 turkish soldiers dead the past week has seen tensions between syria and turkey escalate the assad regime is on the offensive in it live attempting to retake the last stronghold of anti-government forces in syria . turkey bites back against the asset regime ankara says it will repay its own casualties. must be confirmed as soon as possible.

for it to be permanent the assad regime's aggression. president has emphasized that turkey will take the necessary measures if the regime continues its aggression its . airlifted to hospital some of the turkish troops injured in a sad latest assault on it lived a sad is trying to recapture the province from rebel forces rebels often armed by turkey 5 turkish casualties followed 8 others last week all at the hands of sads forces. this is the latest in a series of escalations between turkey and syria turkey wants to defend its border with syria and the said regime wants to regain influence within its own borders the civilian cost of all this has been high in recent weeks nearly 700000 civilians have been displaced. adorn a turkish military convoy enters northern syria joining the effort to halt assad's offensive showing that turkey means what it says about defending its own border.

now let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world alan's left wing nationalist party shin fein says it wants a major role in the country's next government after a record election showing the party led by mary lou mcdonald's won the popular vote both centrist parties they previously refused to work with shin fein but the center right on a foil is no longer ruling out a coalition. african union leaders are promising the organization will play a greater role in resolving conflicts on the continent in future they made the pledge at the annual african union summit in. the bloc especially wants to boost efforts to end the crisis in libya by supporting the un led peace process there. a russian court has sentenced 7 young activists to prison terms of up to 18 years the defendants were accused of planning to carry out a bomb attacks during the 20. human rights activists criticize the case saying the

men were tortured into signing confessions. the death toll from the corona virus outbreak in china has passed 1000 with another 40000 cases reported nationwide the lunar new year holiday comes to an and but many chinese choosing to stay at home rather than we turn to their work places others are getting back to work despite fears about the virus spreading. back to work in beijing. with temperatures scans and breathing masks despite the heightened precautions beijing residents say life must go on. 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

stop working simply because of fear of disease we can't do that we're always. 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 we 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. we welcome experts from countries including the united states to participate in the joint export 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 quarantines 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. a soft career has been celebrating the success of parricide of the oscars the film scooped up for academy awards south korea has a sizeable film industry but it's the 1st time the country has hit the jackpot at the oscars i there's no doubting parasite directs

a bond you know how he's 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 you inside a university without matter and raptured as the ceremony unfold this is the moment when the best picture award was announced. it's hoped the successful south korea's film industry. i've always liked korean movies korean 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 i'm 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. and we actually won it. so i'm wondering if i am in heaven. i think i was born to receive the oscars award . the dream already achieved at the age of 10 the sky for all this cast and crew is now the limit. thank you. there's even more inspiration in this next story a group of girls from

a remote village in kyrgyzstan have come together to form the country's 1st female ice hockey team and they're not afraid to challenge stereotypes. this tiny brick house is where the girls change into their hockey equipment before they set foot on the ice. ice skating is a rare sight in the central asian country of kurdistan. but these girls are all about defying stereotypes they're the 1st female nice hockey team in the country and they train on a plot of farmland. i cultivate the land here it's my plot of land i plant potatoes some flows you can grow anything here and some of it's use for agriculture in winter i create an ice rink. the coach converted his garage to a changing room and the country's diaspora community in switzerland donated the equipment a team started to grow through word of mouth. all these are the only ones i care

about some good never even occurred to me that i would ever play hockey for some of the world also my classmate the coaches daughter she suggested i come and try to play hockey to cut securing the cuts. the team now has around 15 players changing minds won't be easy but locus a slowly warming up to the country's 1st female ice hockey team. the russian billionaire. has donated the original $892.00 olympic manifesto to the olympic museum in laws and since the land was made of was the mystery buyer of the 14 page document at an auction last december it sold for 8000000 euros making it the most expensive sports memorabilia ever sold at an auction the original manifesto was penned by international olympic committee founder pierre outlined his vision of the modern games. dublin years africa with christine

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