this is it every news live from berlin to green ambitions germany's green party makes its 1st ever bid for chancellor the woman now vying to take the reins from uncle americal in september's national elections is on a lady on their block and she says everything is possible when it comes to the country's next government also on the program attorneys in the trial of derek chauvin the former u.s. police officer charged with killing george floyd make their closing arguments to the jury tensions inside and outside the courtroom are high as people await the

outcome of this historic trial and football fury european football in turmoil after 12 the country has top clubs and nouns therefore bring their bowl and new super leak but you wait for says it will consider all the feelgood measures to stop that . unlock thank you so much for your company everyone germany's green party is staking its claim to lead europe's biggest economy for the 1st time they've named a candidate for chancellor on alaina bear box now aims to succeed americal if the queen's when september's elections opinion polls place them 2nd only by a small margin 2 medicals conservatives here's what bareback had to say when her candidacy was announced. if mr white did he with my candidacy today i would like to

make an offer to our society as a whole i not only an invitation to lead our diverse strong prosperous country towards a positive future to achieve this happens and we have to be honest about this changes will have to be made and it's not about whether we can make these changes we must to create a fair country where daycare centers and schools are truly the best they can be. a country where caregivers genuinely have the time needed and above all the resources needed to care for people. a country in which the state serves its citizens digitally. a diverse and cosmopolitan country with a values based and strong democracy. a germany at the heart of europe. there speaking earlier today or belittle correspondence i mean young is the story

of 4 years siren now what are the chances of an elaborate becoming germany's next chancellor. well if they're quite good really she does still need to be endorsed as candidate by a congress of the greens in june but her chances really are good because the party's chances are good the greens have been doing well in poll after poll in recent months consistently polling above 20 percent that makes them the 2nd party in german politics at the moment so it may well be that come the general election in september the greens are then in the position to choose whether to join a conservative led coalition or perhaps to themselves lead a left of center coalition in the 2nd case aniline of bear book just 40 years of age would become germany's next chancellor and i would just say that i have bear

but probably does need now to over the next few months and present herself to a wider public she's not. not a very troika politician she hasn't held high office her career has been mainly within the green party so she'll need to sort of spread her appeal if she wants to indeed end up becoming the next german chancellor and some i'm going to put you on hold for just a 2nd and who is i know in a bare back and how was her assent to the top post within germany's green party let's take a look for the would see is the rising star of german politics and elena be about 40 years old leader of the german green party. the climate debate is served as a springboard for the greens triumph in recent years climate protection exit from calls renewable energy there are 2 topics that babcock is fought for since the beginning of her career. was once

by moving into ice we had less than 30 years to really make a change to pace our way of life our prosperity and climb. and neutrality that is neat task of our generation in that store. was born in 1980 in northwestern germany and now lives in the east of the country near berlin she and her husband have 2 young children. their back has a degree in international law and spent several years abroad in the u.s. london in brussels she became politically active in the green party in 2008 focusing on foreign and security issues and she soon became a member of parliament 1st at regional level then in 2013 she entered the blandest tok the german parliament at the age of only 32 she quickly earned respect for her thoroughness and knowledge of detail from day one she radiated confidence.

i'd like to reason back you know you are me i love you can you can bet about this keep an assertion holy will you take a question and it's yours as a new suit yes yes go ahead i cannot infest beach shore. since 2018 she has been the co-leader of the green party at the national level alongside robert habeck they have breathed new life into the party it's more popular than ever with on a lane of germany would get a chancellor who speaks fluent english a useful tool in international diplomacy she wants to make europe an important global player you have and especially on foreign policy and security issues already the obama administration called in the past for europe to engage share more and i think you know britney has to face this challenge. there buck was long seen as the number 2 behind robert habeck so her nomination is the green party candidate came

as a surprise to many if the greens continue rising in the polls and alina could succeed angle americal after the september elections and germany would have its 2nd female chancellor. simon you're still with us all of this is happening as the political or the leadership contest is still being played out among the city you and see you where are we at with that. well we have to the 2 contenders in the race to be the candidate for the conservative side arm in lashon who leads the larger of the 2 parties the c.d.u. and marcus said he leads the varian c.s.u. and is considerably more popular in the polls the problem the conservatives have got is they don't really have a clear process for making this decision deciding between these 2 men they had hoped to get it done before today. earlier on today the varian c.s.u.

held a meeting they said well they now put it in the hands of their larger sister party to make the decision so i mean lash the c.d.u. leader is called a meeting of his tree for the c evening and what i can tell you is that there may well be a decision coming if not tonight then in the next couple of days but it's worth saying that by contrast with the greens process of selecting and smoothly unveiling their candidate as they've done on time today as they said they would and what's going on in the conservative parties is a bit more chaotic and frankly disorganized they have his political correspondent sam young reporting thank you let's get you caught up now with some of the other stories making headlines around the world. russia's prison service says it's transferring the jailed opposition leader alexina vali to

a medical facility mr volleys doctors say he's on the brink of death 3 weeks into a hunger strike the united states and the european union have warned of consequences if he dies in prison the kremlin says most of all his health should not interest the west. moscow has expelled 20 czech diplomats a day after prague ordered out 18 russian officials who it said were military spies russia has has promised to retaliate saying the czech republic was trying to please the united states. and gyptian authorities say at least 11 people have died and nearly 100 are injured after a passenger train derailed near cairo on sunday the train was traveling from the egyptian capital to the now delta city of new sort o. egypt has been has seen several railway tragedies in recent years.

emergency teams are racing to contain a wildfire on south africa's table mountain the blaze started on sunday and reached parts of the university of cape town burning the historic campus library and forcing hundreds of students to evacuate at least one firefighter has been injured . we turn our attention now to the u.s. state of minnesota where the trial of a former police officer charged with killing george floyd last year is wrapping up today both the prosecution and the defense are making their closing statements mr floyd's a 48 year old black man died while being restrained by a white police officer derrick show and during his arrest in minneapolis last may the event shocked the world and sparked global protests about racism and police violence while the jury will have to decide whether mr chauvin committed homicide the verdict is set to have huge political and social reverberations.

guilty or not that is the question 12 men and women will debate behind closed doors after the george floyd murder trial moves to closing arguments. the defendant derek show in was fired from the minneapolis police department last year after floyd died in his custody video of the incident shows shows and holding floyd down with his need for more than 9 minutes resulting protest against police brutality and racial injustice or some of the most intense and widespread in the united states has seen in decades the case hinges on cause of death prosecutors say it was homicide and if turned to expert witnesses to back up that claim lawyer says drugs heart issues and other factors led to floyd's death there are multiple. multiple entities. together and to each. and taking away from

a different part. of. the village a good oxygen into his heart during cross-examination the prosecutor was able to poke some holes in the defense experts claims do you feel that mr floyd should have been given. immediate emergency attention to try to reverse the cardiac arrest as a physician i would agree. george floyd's death is symbolic of police tactics across the us that disproportionately impact black minority and poor communities a guilty verdict would be one of the few instances of a police officer facing legal consequences for actions leading to unnecessary death or injury. i honestly believe. that a conviction chauvelin trial for the killing of george floor because set a precedence in america where we were pretty nice folks being held accountable

in the prison for killing black people in america we demand that people deal with the question of the 2 levels of policing in this country one for blacks and one for whites and we want federal law to be passed and in the polls. for floyd's family the big picture pain of racial discrimination is compounded by personal loss that even a guilty verdict cannot undo he. he was one of the people in the community day when they hit church. people. just because he was nobody to go out there or to they see him and. he just was like a person that everybody looked around community he just moved how to make people feel better. derek show in faces multiple charges the

most severe or 2nd degree murder carries a maximum sentence of 40 years all right and we can take you now to minneapolis and standing right outside the courthouse is our correspondent stephan seen on set stephon good to see the attorneys are about to make their closing arguments behind you can you outline briefly what their respective narratives have been. big day for minneapolis minnesota for the state here and big day for the entire united states because all eyes are on the exactly that what you said the closing arguments and then the jury deliberations which will start right after today in the. trial so this is all about is remember this is the last time the jurors will hear from prosecution or the defense team meaning this is the time that they have to connect the dots so to speak prosecution will reiterate everything and connect to everything in their

closing argument they have brought forward in the last 2 weeks they brought 38 witnesses and experts to the stand and now they're making their points again in summary so to speak the defense will try the same thing we heard in the piece prosecution focused on saying this was unnecessary measures taken by. which caused the death of george floyd and the as pointed out in the piece we saw and by you and the defense will try now in conclusion again to poke holes into this and say no this was not the only cause at least not the only cause if at all the cause because mr floyd had some drugs in his.