this is deep i mean years live from pain and the pressure of battle to succeed and the magical turn c.d.u. parties need to shift back and lash out in his bid to run for chancellor in september's election about the possible struggle isn't over yet and has cause divisions of germany's governing by service of god also coming up to. the murder trial the world is watching the jury wraps up its 1st day of deliberations in the case of the killing of george floyd l. decide if for many athletes these officers derek children their skills or.

hello i'm christie will go it's good to have your company germany's ruling conservatives appear to be a step closer to ending a showdown over who will stand as their chance in a candidate for elections this fall senior members off chance in a medical c.d.u. pawson voted over a nice wide margin back on the national to run as the conservative candidate for a chance to budmash it is still competing against. who hits the cd used to variances applaud the c.s.u. conservatives have yet to put forward a unified candidate to head off september because. i'd. like to. add 4 more on this i am now joined by all political establishment a coup for now let's just say a mission to save the city is top bras has picked. while his rival except this

decision. that's the big question because we've been here before one week ago something similar happened the party executive which was declared as the right for him to determine who the next chance they counted it is also backed only this time we saw what was supposed to be a secret vote 77 percent came out in favor once again the challenger from the much smaller sister party in bavaria said he would accept the decision of the c.d.u. well he didn't one week ago and now everybody is looking towards munich where this you see you headquarters are waiting for any word from marcos souter so clearly the tail is already wagging the dog here in terms of size and political weight with everybody waiting with bated breath with this will be accepted by marcus or. michelle why all this bickering how how damaging has this power struggle been for

format calls and services from. it could prove hugely damaging at the ballot box the argument of marcus it has always been that he is doing so much better in the polls and that is true some of the approval ratings we've seen particular from conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. followers see him upwards of 70 percent for who was set as the candidate pretty much from the word go when he became the do you party did it it's more like 17 so there is this huge gap there's already warnings from within that very party executive that just voted in favor of that this might not be accepted with the party grassroots so as much as waiting for approval of something like a concession of defeat from bavaria the big question is whether the grassroots of the i'm going to machall c.d.u. may now be up in arms. own economics minister i did my

confident of angela merkel raised doubts about this she's back. under the machall is said to have been quiet throughout so there seems to be a silent approval from marcus it at the very least here in not just in berlin but within the conservative camp ok stand by michelle because i just want to sit viewers this polls show that they'll be stiff competition from the greens which announced its chance of a candidate for the very 1st time let's take a look at their pick and they have been. with 2 party leaders one needed to step aside and did so making an early now bear book the 1st green chancellor candidate ever in her 1st speech she promised a renewal and german politics and a departure from the status quo. she misses him after i get him must make changes to create a fair country a country where daycare centers and schools are truly the best places to beam

a country where caregivers genuinely have the time and above all the resources to care for people so could my country in which the state functions digitally and serves its citizens. a diverse and cosmopolitan country of value space and strong democracy via after. the 40 year old became politically active within the green party in 2008 focusing on foreign and security issues only 5 years later she entered the border start the german parliament at the age of 32 there she quickly and respect for her thorough nasa knowledge of detail she has a degree in international law and spent several years of brought in the us london and brussels she now lives in potsdam with her husband and their 2 young daughters best series yet they carefully choreographed announcement came in sharp contrast to the bruising power struggle still going on within germany's conservative party both

contenders there were quick to react to bear box candidacy. to leave an early not big on gretsch a lead and only now bare book and i can promise her that the c.d.u. in germany is looking forward to a fair election campaign. fear than viacom's ojt. plots are in scheme it will be about the 1st place conservatives the greens hopefully it will be a fair good and argumentative but also ambitious election campaign. so i would be very happy to be a part of it but we are not there yet. while the conservatives are still squabbling internally. already focusing on the general election and september and on becoming angular machall successor. michelle of judging by the surge of the greens in german politics it seems very unlikely that germany's next

government could be formed without the greens in it what effects would the greens have on german policy on an international level where they have the environmental issue which of course is very important it's increasingly important to germans here but they've also increasingly been able to tap into issues like digitalisation they want to be a big tent party that's the declaration we've seen here quite clearly and the book wants to project the kind of determination she feels it takes to really have a fresh start in germany after the 16 years of going to america the big challenge she will have to go is to integrate more radical green the green movement the fridays for a future movement with more middle of the road kind of conservative voters they've been rather successful actually in tapping into that it's quite a stretch and that's something she will be feeling in those 5 months but for now

they're in pole position to really build on that improvement in the opinion polls because they've made picking a candidate look like dropping music album in comparison to the conservative bickering we've seen. that steve have his chief political is to be cynical and i thank you for that. and now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world the european union says more than 100000 russian troops have gathered near ukraine's borders e.u. foreign policy chief saying it is a war of confrontation and he hopes the troops will be able to draw another troop build up is stoking tensions between the e.u. and russia and former u.s. vice president walter mondale has died at $93.00 he was 2nd in c'mon during the carter administration and a champion for the democratic party's liberal wing. mondale's own bid for the presidency ended in

a landslide defeat to ronald reagan in 1984. now crisis suits the streets of the us city of minneapolis on monday evening as the city braces for the jury's decision in the trial for the police officer derek sheldon demonstrations called for justice for george floyd who was killed last may off the shelf and praised his knee on his neck for 9 minutes the jury has wrapped up its 1st day of deliberations without reaching a verdict now india the prosecution and defense made their closing arguments in court. guilty or not guilty that's the question 12 men and women will have to answer while the country waits the defendant derek chauvin was fired from the minneapolis police department last year after george floyd died in his custody a video of the incident shows chauvin holding floyd face down with his knee for more than 9 minutes it's sparked a nationwide protests against police brutality. i can't breathe in resting it's

case the prosecution tried to persuade the jury that this was not about condemning all police but holding show been responsible for his actions and only you. have the power. to convict the defendant of these crimes. and in so doing. and in so doing declare that this use of force was unreasonable. it was excessive it was grossly disproportionate is not an excuse for the shocking abuse that you saw with your own eyes and you can believe your own eyes. as the defense made its closing arguments chauvin who had declined to testify remove the mask that had been hiding his face for most of the trial. officers show them have no intent to purposefully use he did not purposefully use on lawful force

it's it's these are officers doing their job in a highly stressful situation. george floyd's death rekindled a debate in the us about police tactics that rights activists say disproportionately impact black minority and poor communities as the trial came to a close activists gathered outside the courtroom. he replied go or whatever way this road to go we won't stop till the laws change protesters are awaiting the verdict in minneapolis and the surrounding area where over 3000 national guard have been sent in anticipation of unrest. now reporters without borders say is the outfield full press freedom has never looked so bleak and that the pandemic has made the work of journalists harder it's india it's singles out scandinavian countries as having the freest media norway and finland come out on top germany is no longer in the leading nations but it is well ahead of the u.k.

in some of the world's largest countries ranked much india and china for example come in at number $142.14 respectively last is the small east african country eritrea falling this year behind north korea. and its good mall from tristan may he is the executive director of the german branch of reporters without borders welcome to day starts at the bottom of the ranking how did eritrea full behind even north korea what's going on there. i mean if in fact they see changes there in the end of bottom of our index our other message the logical then really in-depth still element in these countries so it happens that in some of the countries who there happens that relieves us but in fact the situation if you go into the methodological details there it didn't change . christan why is the pandemic making the work of fiction this.

i mean it's a pandemic is no global scene and you we see said there is a decision from a nation that globally is screening as well and all over the world in many counts reese who we see actually that's a pen dam make is at used against independent journalists we can start for example in brazil of it so he allowed we're actually state leaders credits this information about medical about about dramedies against this as if there's a covert 19 with who's and because he has never been proved but it has been independent journalists who actually questioned this and say were lying blamed as actually liars and so on and so for us and in other countries like malaysia lazy out which is the counties that followed most in our index to have

been introduced if take news law actually using to persecute journalists who are actually criticizing the so karuna policy by the government this happens all over that we're a christian germany is no longer at the top of the nations and what's gone on there . well generally full rank 11 to serve. what we actually identified which we registered last year in january actually that we had enormous violence against journalists which mainly happened at red light against terror and measures in germany and this let me read to a 2 to one could even see an explosion of violence actually it is time more. take this a violent journalist dent in the year before and this actually lead to the fact that

germany is no longer. as good but only as family. in the matter are. it's now yellow and not anymore wide. they say could have. jenny thank you thank you and that's all we have time for you have today at the top the next. let's get right to the heart of the. smoking is healthy because the signs are good for the. warming. well.