i disagree. because i want to see germany was the name the last few years have been quite o'brien. i'm ready to look him up when it comes to. perhaps the biggest the new 100 on the road i'd love to be in the news there are pros in their accounts but when you feel the giving realizing just another way of living. then very me right to do it. this is news and these are all top stories. e.u. leaders are in the portuguese city of porto to discuss ways to fight poverty in a post coronavirus world european commission president on the line is at the summit in person along with the majority of the blocs leaders the focus is on an action

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who will govern europe's biggest economy and who will succeed i'm going to america as chancellor after elections in september latest opinion polls have delivered a political earthquake so i'm not you should get ready for a new face and a new name and babcock. for the 1st time in 2 years a poll makes the opposition greens the biggest party in parliament ahead of the chancellor's conservatives i'm phil gale valid and this is the day. that democracy lives on change and yes i have never been chancellor or a minister i am for renewal it is others are for the status quo and i remember walking down the lane a bedrock is a fierce focused strong willed woman who knows exactly what she wants to do i am

convinced this country needs a fresh start. that's something is happening that seemed impossible some years ago we are fighting for the chancery the national climate change is the challenge of our times the challenge for my generation and. also on the day there's been a shopping crease in central american asylum seekers crossing the border between mexico and united states did a correspondent karen michel caught up with a hunch you're about who made the journey and he's now building a new future and he knew how. where in miami florida says or made it finally to the united states while he's waiting for his asylum to be approved he's working here at this barber shop. welcome to the very for years the face of germany has been that of one woman i'm going to tackle she came to power in 2005

and that conservatives too for election victories. is now and she says she will not be standing for election so beat a potential successor bapak germany's environmentalist green party has nominated her to run for chancellor in september and she's proving to be a popular i counted it for the 1st time in the greens are leading the polls right after the nomination of a move in the bad book as chancellor candidate for the greens polls showed her party in the lead ahead of chancellor angela merkel's conservatives a temporary bump many thought a brief surge on the back of her designation and a difficult few weeks for the ruling conservative bloc but almost 3 weeks later the bad book effect appears to be sticking. the greens are now pulling ahead of the c.d.u. c.s.u. with a 4 percent increase compared to a month ago the conservatives have dropped 4 points and their partner in the

current government the social democrats have also lost some support it's not only the green party funnily enough they have of her self is riding high 28 percent of germans would vote for her if the chancellor could be elected directly a few percentage points above her opponents in lush it for the conservatives and all of shows for the social democrats. the rise of the green party goes hand in hand with the drop in the government's approval ratings. a majority of germans now say they are dissatisfied with the work of the government after record approval in 2020 skepticism has grown about the government's crisis management during the 2nd and 3rd waves of the coronavirus pandemic and it shows the election is still more than 4 months away and anything could happen in the race but these numbers show that the greens pose a serious challenge to america's conservatives. from d.w.

political correspondent julie. julia so i suppose the big question is can the greens may tell you this popularity between now and polling day in september that is indeed a big question especially if we look at the greens record in this regard in fact they have a bit of a tradition of polling very well before an election before a vote and then not being able to deliver once the polls are open and people go and don't end up voting for them and one thing we have to also look out for is that the c.d.u. c.s.u. after a few issues regarding the management of the coronavirus pandemic now we see the vaccination rate in germany picking up and we may see soon an improvement in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths and real openings over the summer and that may actually help the conservatives turn the situation around and go up in the

polls so has a prospect of being in the government and being responsible for decisions rather than criticising from the sidelines likely to change the greens approach. well something that's going to be important for the greens if they manage to get into position that leads and towards a government that they're going to have to be ready to compromise now given the political and the electoral system in germany a coalition government is the most likely outcome and the greens are going to have to negotiate with one other or other parties what has change also in comparison to the past is that the greens have shifted away from their origins as a protest movement and have move more towards the center and are promoting themselves as a party for the middle of german society and that may help them be able to negotiate better with coalition partners so we had a revolver there called as the poles if germany's chancellor was elected directly

the only candidate who would beat the greens i later bab al is don't know so why is this relative newcomer eclipsing the established big party heavyweights like the conserve his. shots from the social democrats it's interesting not only to look at i have been available to her performance but look at the performance of her competitors i mean last shit he has been criticized for his management of the pandemic in the state that he governor's north north rhine-westphalia and his party has been rocked by some corruption scandals connected to procurement of facemask and there has been some infighting between the conservative bloc in trying to decide on the nomination for the chancellor candidate so that has definitely brought down in the polls and if we look at all of shells from the social democrats he is not necessarily himself polling that bad in terms of how much germans are satisfied with his work but it is the party itself

the s.p.d. that is dragging him down as a candidate. and suggesting that he's so popular even though she has much less political experience than her rivals. if we look at her experience in government yes she does that she has never been part of a government both at the federal at the state level but she does have political experience per se she is nearing a decade as a member of the german parliament she is a foreign relations foreign politics expert and also a climate issue experts what is interesting is that their book as a new face may be what germans are actually looking for at this moment after 16 years of having an get a makeover as a chancellor it depends how much germans are going to be ready for change come september julius are very frank you so much so what's behind this greens in popularity and how would

a green lead german government be different well you're going to teach as a former colleague of the party as well as a former environment minister welcome to the w. what do you think is behind this popularity. for you not the one you're on. the people who are. in everything there has been a lot of mismanagement not because they think it is too tap it is more this flip flop of managing the crisis and for one year the government has an advantage in dealing with the crisis in now they. are made countable call mistakes that happened and even from those mistakes they can't do anything more than the 2nd thing is this is a historic new election for the 1st time nekton can transfer is not running for getting reelected and for the 1st time there will be

a race not between the social democrats and a conglomerate of not between red and black that between the greens and the black conservatives right now and last a new situation and this is reflected in the polls i didn't rush believe any poll are coming out of there when i was we got a fair bit of graduate to cover and i said you have set out that very nicely thank you so much for that just so i'm clear how is the government mismanaged coronavirus crisis i think you have been the problem that they didn't tell the people the truth and do not behave like it's necessary. all the time starting with the 2nd wave of the condemned told them our next 2 weeks and then we will open everyone here is that this was run in the most people believe that right ok and that's who we are making promises something and then is now

huge disadvantage in the race for the conservatives and distraction we know nothing about so you're just going to have done that and we will do as i would have a fair bit of ground to cover let's talk about your party is a chance of a candidate and elaine a bad back aside from holding various positions within the party what has she changed the will make voters saying yes she'd be a good chancellor whether she is the leader of the county that is dealing with the minute in question in the view of many people really that's a common crisis sadly she is a member of the parliament who moved in 8 years that's a little longer than barack obama cloister to could become president and she is tough on all these issues when you go in this is the difference for example to.

and we lash it is still running the largest but simply one step not going to pharaoh not only europe. let's say the greens are successful in september and do end up leaving a german coalition government after say 2 years in power how would it be most obvious to people vote greens are doing things differently. i think the main difference were really that we take serious action on congress thing the climate crisis this is not only an environment question it's a question how will we now our mobility in a society how we're all in our eyes the whole industry and this doing not talking about climate crisis who are we really who can do things we had

announcement yesterday from the german government that climate targets the carbon emissions targets would be ramped up that's doing not talking are you saying that that still doesn't go far enough and that i agree and like government would go even further and you know that's still talk we would be necessary worse to reach this. increased target to increase the price for c o $2.00 we have a stock exchange no price of $50.00 euro per ton of c o 2 in the non emission trading sector it is still below that it's 25000000 hot the next step would be we have to increase the growth of renewable energies we have to install more capacities in wind and center it's

ridiculous one more front runner of renewable energy is now invested only a 10th who are renewed like china and a secret like the u.s. that's very clear let's look at foreign policy how quickly would you like to say a green light german government take to increase german defense spending to make nato as targets of 10 percent of g.d.p. . this target is ridiculous chris you've seen this in this crisis 12 countries reach their target without spending any money for defense they just grow down their economy so what we have to do is to strengthen your or to europe has to care for all its security and that means mainly for example with a view to libya are to money in all these conflicts around us it is really not me primarily a question of nato it will be

a question of the european union this will not become cheaper but if we reach 2 percent i don't know what we have is europe seems to care about is concrete you can't any longer rely on the us that's the truth as very clear thank you so much for joining us you're getting from germany screens thank you very much. the 1st i saw a slew of local regional and national elections in the u.k. one of the closest watched is the election of lawmakers to the scottish parliament which could trigger a showdown with the british prime minister barak's johnson ruling scottish national party of the nicolas sturgeon looks likely to be returned to power with either an absolute majority or with support from smaller parties among verbals the greens and scotland's new album party support independence and with that backing mr john could

call for another referendum on independence from the united kingdom. where final results are due until saturday but sturgeon said the country was making what she called a virtuous for a better future but she stressed it was too early to tell the overall outcome as she addressed supporters in glasgow after winning reelection in her own seat. i'm feeling extremely happy had dick steam lee confident that we are on track to be as m.p. for the 4th consecutive election that to be and to have the ability to form a government again and that's an extraordinary achievement for any political party and it is how the results aimed and that is how the election tons i'll be ready and eager to get back to work on behalf of the people of scotland so let's look into the whys and wherefores with john this to nick mackey who's in the scottish cup to . welcome nick so despite being the ruling party this the scottish national party

went into this election without a majority so what sort of change today needs to give them a mandate to ask for a 2nd independence referendum. well i think the 1st thing to consider is actually if this is how legitimate this vote is anyway if this is the 6th. election we've had for the scottish parliament and if you look at the turnout devoted turnout since 999 be around 50 percent in the 2021 scottish com election is going to great great that we're talking 63 to 64 percent turnout so to scottish national party and see with the greens together the pro independence party. have the majority you know it's highly likely then they actually have legitimacy to the right time call for

a referendum but of course they're going to get a lot of opposition because. polarize in scotland so the opposition parties are getting i think the referendum going down and in truth and of course the u.k. government is also data gains for independence as well but as far as legitimacy within scotland it does look as if the same pain with the greens now that she got a good share of a large turnout the scottish parliament elected far as i mentioned. of elections local national regional across the u.k. so very in scotland was independents the big issue that. well the big issues are getting over the pandemic and you can do the recovery from that and make creating jobs supporting the n.h.s. sancia been hammered in national health service with. improving social care care

for the elderly and upscaling the workforce procedures so he says this sounds like it's lot like like pretty much a normal sort of election with with the idea of independence just being one of the issues up for grabs that you mention in passing in your 1st answer that if this happens then back to take that to london i'm guessing from london is going to be a resounding no because you you have you this question was asked not to move was it was it 5 or 6 years ago and scotland has already voted against independence so why bring it back. yeah you're quite right in 2014 we had a referendum on independence and if that should turn out and quite frankly about 5350 called percent scots voted to stay with the u.k. so as far as the u.k. government's concerned them particularly of course johnson the prime minister their

position is this was a once in a generation referendum we don't need another one at the moment which is get on with building the economy recovery but the party and the other pro independence parties they're saying that quite frankly. the arguments for staying in the union back in 2014 were in ballot. and saw and now it's the people are still calling for a referendum to have another vote than it usually judgment to do so that's let's say the scottish nationalists. and that there was a vote to take scotland to kingdom it's scotland actually begin if they have enough to sustain it and to be able to join the e.u. as an independent nation. well yeah if you actually look at the most european union countries they're actually quite small i mean you could shoot countries like

germany and france of course and poland is a big country spain italy but many of the other countries you're talking the populations of 1xw5w you're scot has got a population of 1.765.75.8000000 scotland is in terms of new green in new green industries were very strong great life sciences sector great renewable sectors so scotland believes it can actually. function as a credible state in pay its way in. future european union what's that with interests thank you so much for joining us journalist that nick mackey back in scotland. undocumented immigration was on the agenda and in virtual talks between u.s.

vice president. mexico's president and his obrador the 2 leaders discussed the reason surging migrants from central america reach the border between the 2 nations are said the u.s. must help countries in the region fight corruption and boost their economy is the vice president has been charged by president biden with reducing the numbers trying to enter the u.s. many of the migrants are fleeing violence poverty and hardship in their home countries it's a dangerous job many don't if beach the border those who do are hoping for a better life. 3 months ago we met says. mexico he and his family amongst others were sleeping on a sidewalk on the mexican side of the u.s. southern border they all fled from violence in their home country yes. they threatened me and my family. we had no

choice but to flee. the gangs have a problem with you. they will hunt you down. they will kill you. it was a dangerous journey that took them several weeks on food and by bus we're in miami florida says or made it finally to the united states while he's waiting for his asylum to be approved he's working here at this barber shop. so. all the workers here have a similar story they came from cuba the dominican republic and like says from under us they all know how difficult it is to start all over again in a country you don't know the most important thing for says have now is to keep up with his make up. every new beginning is difficult but the most important

thing is to never stop. sometimes it still feel surreal for him to finally be here far away from those who threaten his live that his family's the last major hurdle he must overcome is to be granted asylum this could take up to 3 years but at least now they have hope that a good thing was i would like to see my family progressing we must find a way to succeed in this country. he says it would be nice to own his own barber shop again like the one he had in on the wood asked before the gangs forced him to fleet says arse biggest wish is to see his children fulfill their own dreams. i would look for one bottle of wine is about to sell for up to a $1000000.00 she might expect it's not just any old wine petrus 2000 is one of

a handful of bottles that spent more than a year in space orbiting the earth a special luxury cargo was brought aboard the international space station to test with a wide ages differently in 0 gravity now it's being auctioned off to help fund research for future culture i grew culture in space. shuttle this wine truly is out of this world station you samantha you recently returned to earth from the international space station where it spent 14 months maturing in orbit he'll be able to tell them apart to you but a journey through the stars comes with an astronomical price tag so a petrus 2000 normally will cost around $7000.00 euros. and the estimate for this piece is in the region of

$1000000.00 u.s. dollars. tasting was conducted to determine any extraterrestrial tannins. they were beautiful the lettering on earth was a little younger in the one maybe really made. porch for me the difference between the space and earth wind this was here and it wasn't easy to define i'm not sure i got it right but you can sure if i'm being honest it was difficult to differentiate them from the winning bidder will also receive a bottle of the same wine that remained on earth in order to compare the galactic version with the terrestrial that is should they decide to open their one of a kind space age whining. that was the day as ever the conversation continues online. w. and.

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