this is deja vu news live from berlin and uncertain political future here in germany his plans for the euro after chancellor merkel fall apart the woman tipped to take over from the now says she does not want the job a shock announcement what does on a good. decision mean for the government and for the country's future also coming up. pro-democracy protesters find a way to connect in the crisis they're distributing hand sanitizer to combat the

coronavirus stepping in where they say the government has failed. syrian troops intensifying their offensive in. the last stronghold of rebels supported by turkey says it will strike back if more of its soldiers are killed or . i'm brian thomas great to have you with us today our plans for who should succeed goal have fallen apart the woman considered next in line for the job of german chancellor says she will not run on it that. is stepping aside after members of her christian democrats ignored her and instead allied themselves with the far right to win a key regional election now that move has created political shock waves that show

no sign of abating. 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 his heart says ricin the instant target the leadership question is still unresolved to this very day specific a 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. so. come 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. chuckie's a and so i don't quite or i respect this decision picked 2nd but i must also say i regret that it's come to this. 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 feels like mouth 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 are also in the running the tumult in the c.d.u. also has their coalition partner the social democrats worried. the city would definitely see 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. so do germany's conservatives have months to resolve the sudden crisis to be a political correspondent kate brady joins us more on that good morning to you kate what does this all leave the german government and is the coalition at risk well we heard there in the report the social democrats of already being voicing their concerns about the future of the leadership of the coalition partner but at the moment the gro co of the grand coalition as it's known looks likely to continue but that will really depend on how the c.d.u. progress is in the next in the coming months over this issue of a new leader and most likely a candidate for the for next year's federal elections but that's if we look at the bigger picture it's not so much the government but really germany's political stance on the world stage particularly in the e.u.

which is in a much more precarious position right now and there were a lot of voices coming out of brussels at least yesterday wondering what on earth is going on in germany right now and of course they'll be looking for wards those elections that a jew to take place here in 2021 and thinking who is likely to be the candidate because at the moment the c.d.u. itself is struggling to really have a strong candidate a strong successor for machall and even in the other parties the s.p.d. and even the greens may come up against difficulties when it comes to putting a candidate forward so that idea of stability that comes from germany within europe is certainly on the line at the moment ok you know a stable germany anchored in the e.u. is certainly at the forefront of the policies for all of the 3 men we saw in our report there vying for the city used top job well one of them getting that position well we've got a long way to go yet and if you look at some of the polls even one of the favorites for each of the mats who we expect if he was to take the reins of. the c.d.u.

party leader then he would most likely move the posse to a much more conservative position away from the center ground we've seen merkel move germany's concerned. towards over the last 16 years or so even in the polls he's only pulling out around 27 percent at the moment so i really no real strength the numbers from him so we do have a long way to go yet and of course there are 3 main names at the moment that are doing the rounds here in germany but we could still see some surprise contenders coming up over the next few weeks ok you know the far right alternative for germany sparked this crisis are the benefitting from it well they certainly could look to benefit mole in the coming months of we'll have to look to see as well how the cd plans to realign itself and decide what kind of conservative party does it want to be what kind of conservative party does it want to stand for going into these elections because if it fails really to get it x.

again the we could see even more disillusioned voters disappointed c.d.u. vote is going to the far right a.f.d. and at least looking at a poll that came out just this morning from you gov at least it wouldn't be a surprise for german votes is around 50 percent just under 50 percent of germans say they now expect the f.t. to be participating in either state or federal government by 2039 that doesn't mean that they are they support that 59 percent of fundamentally against it but they expect it in on the last and so already it seems that germany's apparent immunity to fall right populism that bubble seems to be slowly busting their teeth thanks so much for coming in on this force today thanks very much. let's get your brief down some of the other stories making that is today's suicide bombing is it that capital kabul official saying at least 6 people were killed by the blast at the entrance to an old terry academy this sends a reason lol of violence is the u.s.

pursues talks with the taliban to finalize a cease fire. a fierce storm sweeping across northern europe has left at least 7 people dead knocked out power and hundreds of thousands of homes hurricane force winds and heavy rains disrupting travel in a number of countries the storm has been moving eastwards after 1st pummeling the u.k. and mainland europe. german carmaker dimer has reported its 2nd straight year of heavy losses next proff net profits fell to 2400000000 euros and 2019 the company blaming the legal fallout from its role in the diesel emissions scandal lower car sales and an expensive airbag recall. both turkish military claims it has killed more than $100.00 syrian military personnel in the province that in retaliation for a syrian attack that left turkish soldiers dead syria's military is on the move in

and wants to retake the country's last remaining anti-government stronghold where turkey is aiding the rebels. to keep bites back against the asset regime ankara says it will repay its own casualties at this. fire must be confirmed as soon as possible in order 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 us. 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. well the 2 most senior health officials in who barry that's the province at the center of china's coronavirus outbreak have been fired this news comes as the death toll from the virus tops 1000 and more than 42000 cases have been confirmed nationwide now the chinese territory of hong kong has had relatively few cases just 40 have been confirmed and because of the need to keep it that way to curb the spread of the virus the pro-democracy movement has suspended its large protests and gone underground for an hour. the face mosque an emblem of hong kong's lurch

from one crisis to another once an icon of the pro-democracy demonstrations now it offers protection against the new coronavirus with the street protests now largely at an end hong kong's focus has shifted where images of violent street battles once covered these walls now it's the battle against the virus that dominates with one common thread underpinning both distrust of the government and its chief executive carrie lamb the priest is on the wall it may have changed her taking a look around it is clear that the anger which fueled look at the protests can't be papered over quite as easily. as the death toll in china mounts many of slammed hong kong for keeping its borders open. for the submission to just a small $6.10 sanitise it has sparked panic buying and fish. one prominent voice than amongst the anger is hong kong's vast community of pro-democracy activists.

during the protests campaign is simon loud common qualm use the space to make props for the demonstrations. when the virus hits they swapped helmets by hand sanitizer using the network to source the donations and ingredients filling in they say where authorities have failed it's. proof that while they may have pushed pools on the protests the movement is just as focused as ever. because if government were upset all people. not just a political belief but also all people in the community and all the supporter of best opposition but now you can see they're quiet. but they're very angry the sign of uncommon altruism goes hand with political pragmatism they believe that as the virus spreads so it will enter government sense means and it that they hope to harness to push for democratic change off that there was a comeback there's

a strong movement why i've every confidence it's because the 3 of you all the system peoples with us from from all walks of life but why respect come why so few years. and. the cost of the system up to activists like simon has always been clear that battle would not be $4.00 to $1.00 with street protests alone the pro-democracy campaigns proven it can adapt and its actions like this that could become a new face of the movement. of the government's handling of the virus which discontent across the political spectrum. now a group of girls from a remote village in kyrgyzstan have come together to form that country's 1st all female ice hockey team they've been honing their skills and earning lots of respect . but this tiny brick house is where the girls change into their hockey equipment

before they set foot on the ice. skating is a rest site in the central asian country of kurdistan. but these girls are all about defying stereotypes yet the 1st female ice 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 plan potatoes some flows you can grow anything here. and summer issues for agriculture and 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 the team started to grow through word of mouth. these are the only one i care about sound it 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 support on the cuts. the team now has around 15 players

changing minds won't be easy but locus is slowly warming up to the country's 1st female ice hockey team. this is d.w. news i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks for being. in the stories and discussions continue and welcome to their views and pickling program life from foreign in germany is a busy tower i would say deputy comes next africa join us on facebook at t.w. .