live. this is d.w. news live from berlin an uncertain future here in germany as plans for the era after angela merkel have suddenly fallen apart the woman tipped to take over from chancellor angela merkel saying she's no longer in the running a shocking announcement but an aggressive crime qanbar insists her decision will not affect the stability of the present government also coming up. syria's assad regime steps up its offensive and it looked province the last stronghold of

anti-government rebels backed by turks. and chinese president xi jinping calls for more decisive measures to combat the coronavirus risk of the death toll in china from the outbreak passes $1000.00. i'm told me a lot of ball welcome to the program. until recently considered a done deal the german chancellor's succession plan has fallen apart the woman widely seen as next in line to chancellor angela merkel says she's changed her mind and will not run for the top job in next year's elections and a great crime karen bond known as a k k is stepping aside following events last week that broke a political to boot in germany a conservative c.d.u. party for the 1st time teamed up with the far right alternative for germany party

to win a regional election to boot too far put a case credibility as party leader into question. on the come 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 it's hard to show this in the unison target that the leadership question is still unresolved to this very day specifically 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 an apparently some people don't want to resolve this issue. they still. believe 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 comic-con bars plans to step down until monday morning. and site i'm quite sure i respect this decision picked but i must also say i regret that it's come to this but all 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 for egypt math is being odd as a potential successor to comp. in 2018 he narrowly lost the party leadership vote to her. both i mean lush at the state premier of north rhine-westphalia and german health minister. are also in the running the tumult in the c.d.u. also has their coalition partner the social democrats worried.

c.d.u. can't agree on its future direction and has been without a real leader for a long time. 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. but turkish military says it's killed more than 100 syrian military personnel the shelling was in retaliation for a 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 attempting to retake the last stronghold of anti-government forces in syria. turkey fight back against the asset regime ankara says it will repay its own casualties. must be confirmed as soon as possible. to be permanent the assad regime's aggression. president has emphasized that turkey

will take the necessary measures if the continues its aggression. airlifted to hospital some of the turkish troops injured in a sad latest assault on 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 of the hands of assets 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 we'll have a look at some other stories making news around the world. african union leaders a 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 process there. a powerful storm has killed at least 5 people across europe 2 died at a ski resort in poland when a roof was ripped off a building germany's entire long distance rail network was shut down on monday parts of britain have seen flooding and tens of thousands of people across the continent have been left without power. the death toll from the corona virus outbreak in china has passed 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 but 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 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. and life goes on anyway how can we stop going outside working simply because of fear of disease we can't do that. there's a 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'll be able to contain this epidemic eventually

. international experts including a team from the world health organization have arrived to observe and offer help and. 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 teams 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 aaron 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. the russian billionaire whose manav has donated the original $892.00 olympic manifesto to the olympic museum in los switzerland was one of was the mystery 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 panned by the international committee olympic committee found. who outlined his vision of the modern games. reporter melanie hall joins me now in the studio melanie what more do we know about this manuscript so this manuscript is the only known copy of the speech which gave in paris in 1902 and in the speech he

outlined his vision for resurrecting the ancient olympic games relaunching it as the modern games that we know today and 2 years later after that speech the international olympic committee was founded and then the 1st modern olympic games was then held in $896.00 in athens a little bit more than about the mystery which we now know is. north he's a russian billionaire tycoon who made his money in the ninety's through mining he said to have close links with russian president vladimir putin he has also been accused of corruption now his identity was under wraps at the time of the time when he bid in this auction and bought this manuscript that was back in december he's now donated this as they say to. the olympics museum and so this will mean that the page will not go on display in the museum and the public will have access to it to see it for the 1st time so the manuscript is coming home how has the international

olympic committee responded so the international olympic committee president thomas has called it a historic moment the manuscript is now coming home and let's hear more of what he had to say. it's a day of great emotion because we have today received. the founding document of the year a little big movement going off for the olympic games. we told started with the reason turkish went off for the olympic games and therefore you cannot overestimate the significance and importance of the speech of. what vision did. peered into the founder of the international committee of olympic committee have you know for the modern olympic games so his vision was that

sports would be a way to contribute to world peace he sort as a way that nations could compete against each other but peacefully if you look at that as his actual text in the speech he said it's clear that the telegraph the railways the telephone the passionate recession science congress is an exhibitions have done more for peace than any treaty or diplomatic convention he continues i hope that athletics will do even more. that's been 3 times in history that the olympic games have been canceled because of war one time was in 1916 because of the outbreak of the 1st both war but it's also comes again in 1940 and in 1944 because of the 2nd world war when it was held again in 1948 that was in england those debates about whether the countries countries were ready for the olympics haven't after you know it was riven by by war but it ended up being a very popular games and a way to the scene as a way to release the strain of the games and 130 years on we have the game still

going strong this july it will be taking place in tokyo thank you d.w. reports and melanie hall. now south korea has been celebrating the success of parasites at 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. was there's no doubting parasite director 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 a. few in the country were expecting one or sky less alone for students and on site university

without no matter watched enraptured with the ceremony unfold is this the moment when the best picture award was announced. by its height the successful fouth south korea's film industry. i've always liked korean movies and 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 at night to remember. how . i thought it would be awesome to get the award. when we actually want to.

do that so i'm wondering if i am in heaven. i think i was born to receive the oscars award. a dream already achieved at the age of 10 the sky for all this cost incurred is now the limits. and the documentary is coming up next you're watching news. from. it's all happening go to a bit of going. to link to news from africa the world your links to exceptional stories and discussions to no one will come to the debut suffocating program tonight from funny germany is easy to i would say didn't get it close much africa joined us on facebook at g.w. africa.