d.w. dot com african-americans through the multimedia games click the shutter. player . play. this is d w news live from berlin an uncertain future here in germany as plans for the air after angle of merkel 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 but an agreement from combat insists her decision will not affect the stability of the present government also coming up. syria's assad regime steps up

its offensive in a live province the last stronghold of anti-government rebels fact by turkey. and chinese president xi jinping calls for more decisive measures to combat the coronavirus this as the death toll in china from the outbreak passes 1000. i'm told me a lot of people welcome to the program. until it was recently considered a done deal but now germany's chancellor the succession plan she had 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 elections and . 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 a taboo too far that put a case credibility as party leader into question on the compound and 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 that's issue this in the unison target that the leadership question is still unresolved to this very day specific a the issue of who will be the party's candidate for chancellor. we haven't been able to find a solution despite 2 party conventions and apparently some people don't want to resolve this issue. so. 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 comic-con bars plans to step down until monday morning. chuck these are entitled quitter i respect this decision think that's ok 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 the finest former c.d.u. parliamentary party leader friedrich mouth is being odd 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. continue. to you can't agree on its future direction and has been without a real leader for a long time lords. 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. the turkish military says it has 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 yes sad regime is on the offensive in lib attempting to retake the last stronghold of anti-government forces in syria . turkey 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 regime continues its aggression. 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 of 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. are not some of the other stories making news around the around the world the top 2 candidates in iowa caucuses have requested a review of the results fit but a judge was officially declared the winner after a long delay due to technical problems now both he and 2nd place bernie sanders a. questioning the results. nationalist partition fame once a major role in the country's next government the party led by maybe a new mcdonald scored its best ever election result as rival parties had previously refused to work which in fein but the center right fianna foil is no longer ruling out a coalition. 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 temperatures scans and breathing masks despite the heightened precautions beijing residents say life must go on. with. your locals 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. 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. well we welcome experts from countries including the united states to participate in the joint expert inspection group so 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. haha. this was the hospital is home to 3 babies born to mothers who had the virus. and 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. and russian i wish it was one of has donated the original 181002 olympic manifesto to the olympic museum in los on switzerland was one of was the mystery by 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 their original manifesto was penned by international olympic committee found up here. who outlined his vision of the modern games. now for more on this i'm joined by melanie hall in studio melanie what more can you tell us about this manuscript so this

manuscript is the only known copy of the speech was delivered in paris in 892 and in the speech he outlined his vision for resurrecting the ancient greek games that by launching the martin olympic games that we know today and then the 1st one olympic games was then how did in 1906 now a little bit more about the person who bought this money script russian billionaire . russian 1000000000 that he made his money in the ninety's with the metals and mining industry he said to have close links to putin and has been alleged accused of corruption now back in december when he successfully begs for this manuscript at all. his identity was kept under wraps but as he said he says donated this manuscript to the in the museum and the public will be able to see it now for the 1st time ok and manuscript is coming home how has the

international olympic committee reacted to this the international olympic committee president thomas bach said it was as you say historic moment and let him more about what he had to say about this. incident of great emotion because we have today received. the founding document of the year will be movement and all through the games. started with the reason for the olympic games and therefore you cannot overestimate the significance and importance of the speech of. the game melanie what did. the founder of the international olympic committee have as his vision for the modern olympic games. he saw sport as a way that it could contribute to world peace where nations could compete each other compete against each other but peacefully looking at the text that he wrote

for his speech he said it is clear that the telegraph railways the telephone the passion research in science congresses and exhibitions have done more for peace than any treaty or diplomatic convention he continues i hope that athletics will do even more. it's interesting to note that existing council 3 times because of your name the well it was one and 2 but after world war 2 in 1948 it was held again in england there was much debate at the time was there need for a when people are trying to recover from the destruction of world war 2 but actually not in 48 they lympics them proved to be very popular and seen as a good relief from the strains of the wars. 130 years later we have taken place in july in tokyo and this is as a direct result of this money script ok these are the reports of melanie hall many thanks. now

if you're looking for inspiration you must see this next story a group of girls from a remote village in kurdistan 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 cold and is a rare sight in the central asian country of kurdistan. but these girls are all about defying stereotypes they're the 1st female i talked to team in their 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 in summer it's used 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. and in the end i could have had some good never even occurred to me that i would ever play hockey for some of. your also my classmate the coaches daughter she suggested i come and try to play hockey 2 cups according the cuts. the team now has around 15 players changing minds won't be easy but no because a slowly warming up to the country's 1st female ice hockey team. here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. the woman tips to take over from german chancellor angela merkel has announced that she is no longer in the running conservative leader and a group from town insists her move is not a danger for germany's coalition government. fighting is intensifying between turkish and syrian forces syrian assad regime has stepped up its offensive in it

live province the last straw hold of the anti-government rebels backed by turkey. and that's all from me and the rest of the team here in berlin up next is a documentary about the efforts to stop the destruction of some of the world's oldest forests and told me a lot of both thanks for watching there's more news at the top of the hour. on. capitol. hill the. story that matter to the. country. for ever takes. the running now.