the make up your own mind, the w. need for mines the. ah, ah ah, this is the w news coming to alive from berlin. aside relief from germany's political establishment capture the far right fails to win a key state election and give them ackles conservative pride home. the challenge from the populace alternative for germany party bringing the latest reactions and ask what the result needs for the national election in september. also coming up, judges in the netherlands,

begin hearing evidence against for men accused of shooting down malaysian airlines bite. m a 177 years ago. we talked to families bracing to hear harrowing testimony about their loved ones. ah, hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you, but it's the poor right has failed to redraw germany's political map. i'm going to michael's conservatives have comfortably seen off a challenge from the alternative for germany in the eastern se, the facts and the, all of the chancellors party the see to you one more than a 3rd of the boat, the f. d last boats. but remains the 2nd biggest party in the state parliament. it's followed by the left party at the social democrats, the greens and the free democrats and others. while this ballad was closely watched as it was the last test of public opinion before september's national elections.

for months in the poles, 2 parties were breathing down each other's next. here in the eastern germans dated back to me on house in the endo, a resounding unexpectedly strong wind for the conservative c d. u and nothing close to an upset from the far right alternative for germany. a f d i was, it's on lots of devoted, have taken a clear stand logo and a large majority of our citizens have said, we don't want to be associated in any way with the 3 laces. and i'm very grateful for the liberty done on many here in sex to me on how to relatively poor estate. both the a f t a could win and would, when it pulled strongly from month capitalizing on voted dissatisfaction with the pandemic while keeping to its core and team aggression message. instead, sundays result indicate the f. d may be weakening and it's stronghold areas,

but it's putting a positive spin on the result. them as a v r. it is not bad. we're very happy with the results. it's pretty much what we got last time and i have to say it's important to me that we got the working class back to math part. he has lost voters and the work is in this day came to us and i'm actually very happy with this result. even though it's back to me on how he's a small side to see, to use when here is a much needed boost to federal leader and lash at it. he's got a lot on his place. like sending off the challenge nationally from the greens he were riding high in the pony. if he succeeds lash it's done the greatest chance of winning the biggest prize. replacing uncle michael as chancellor will spring in our political correspondent, nina. how's it here in any nina's opinion? polls showed the far right if they had a chance of winning this election, insects, me on how, why are they so successful in eastern germany?

well, there are is always many different reasons. but you do have to say that 30 years after german reunification there is still a big difference between east and west, between political preferences, but also between living standards with many young people in the east, not having the same opportunities as in the west, lots of rural parts of the region being left behind and the d in 5 did come out strongest party with the under 30 year olds in saxony, unharmed and the representatives do belong to the far right political spectrum. the regional party representatives are actually being observed by the german intelligence service for those extremist views. and the polls do show that half of those versus who voted h d. this time actually do support the content and policies there. so they do place a strong focus on nationalist day is very onto immigration onto liberal for the polls. also show that the other half of a still vote for the state to protest against all the other parties of the

democratic spectrum. let's talk about the greens for a moment. there's a lot of focus on them right now in germany, in other regional elections and national polls. they're doing very well. why not in saxony, on hundreds while again, there are many reasons that have to do not just with sex and the unknown, but with eastern and western germany as a whole. the greens have chose the nationally to focus their efforts on the fight against climate change. and a lot of voters say that the greens actually do have the strongest competency when it does come to this issue. but the majority of versions, in fact, in the and i said this is currently not that prime concern for their own lives. and so the greens have not managed to explain to voters insects in the annals. how to fight against climate change would go hand in hand with, for example, improving living conditions so that the costs wouldn't explode. and they will definitely have to work on that because it's not just east in germany, where many people are skeptical. they do support the fight against climate change,

but they say ok, now you have to show us the bill and you have to tell us what it is going to cost. now in germany has a federal election, a general election coming up in september needed. does this regional boat, we just had there tell us anything about what to expect them definitely tells us one thing that the era. 6 of 2 big tent parties in germany. so the c, d, u, the conservatives on the one side and the s p d. as the representatives, the social democrats on the, on the other side is over in many regional elections in the recent past. over the last few months, people actually have supported the incumbent regional leader because they placed a strong focus on stability in the region. whether those leaders are from the c, d, u, the s p d, or even the greens, those leaders get re elected and the preference is changed from region to region. so this is going to be very interesting to watch in september election. i will

probably say very different outcomes between east and west again. so no party gets a claim. majority is a lot more down to which coalitions those parties will then form. and also one more or less than from tax. and there is a clear majority in germany still that will not form coalitions or work together with the far right. nina, thank you so much. political correspondent nina has a judges in the netherlands, have begun hearing evidence against poor man who are suspected of being behind the downing of malaysia airlines flight m a 17 over eastern ukraine. a hearing in the murder trial has just got underway. it's being held near amsterdam, shipple airport from where m h. 17 took off on its final flight. the 3 russians and a ukrainian suspect are still at large and are being tried in a sense of representatives of the pl, 298 people on board image 17 died when the plane was shot down nearly 7 years ago.

families of the victims are bracing to hear painful details in court a tree for each of the people who never returned the memorial sight next, his people airport has $298.00 trees and total. 3 of them are dedicated to pete books, family. he lost his brother, his sister in law, and their son on board flight mh 17. they left 2 daughters who did go with him and only those 2 young daughters at the at the time. and so yeah, i had to tell the daughters that their, their father and mother and brother died. and i had to tell my parents who were in the hospital at the time that it was very shocking. yeah. pete, please, chairs

a foundation, bringing together thousands of next of kin. he says the image, 17 disaster header, real impact on all of dirt society where the, the bodies were repetitive. the whole dutch nation was, was, was watching it on television, just terrible. but this was also very, very beautiful that there were so much compression among the people, slight mh 17 took off here at people airport and never reach the spinal destination in malaysia. now after years of investigations, a court here in the netherlands is determined to find out what exactly happened on that fateful day in 2014 and also who is responsible at the center of this inquiry or the remnants of the boeing triple 7 here being viewed by the court, a massive jigsaw puzzle that was piece back together in a dutch military base. the crash site 7 years ago, or 298 on board,

the plane were killed when it was blown out of the sky over a war zone and eastern ukraine. evidence points to a book, anti aircraft system, which was moved from russia and to rebel territory controlled by pro russian separatists. these 4 men will stand trial. they remain at large, allegedly protected by russia. those were presenting the victims family, say this doesn't make the case any less important. law has alarm, you know, also in time can take 5 can take 10 years, maybe 15 years. and mister put in and his regime will not always be in power. so maybe if there's a shift in government and if there will be shipped from policy. also, there will be a shift in policy in this file. so they will have no rest. the suspects, i'm sure that peach took, on the other hand, says he doesn't care that much whether the suspects go to jail. he just wants the

truth to be spoken. i think it's important that, that we know what the role of the russia if they had the role, what role of the russia federation was not only will push the button, but also who was in the end responsible for all for all. what happened? so this can take years and even 7 years after mh 17 crashed, he's determined to see this through until viet take a look. now some of the other stories making headlines around the world today in pakistan more than 30 people are dead after 2 express trains collide and police say one of the trail writ one of the trains derailed and then the other slammed into it . rescuers are still pulling victims from the wreckage. it's not clear what caused the hottest group. what go wrong has confirmed its leader will call a boob will cause shake who died in fighting against the islamic state group 2

weeks ago. is death marks a major shift in jury as 12 year old jer, hottest insurgency, that his killed more than 40000 people and displaced around 2000000 in the northeast. and there were 3 quarters of results in peruse. presidential election are in and the outcome is still looking very tight. right wing populace keiko food . you. maury has a narrow, 52 to 48 percent lead over her left is opponent pedro castillo. that's after a polarizing election campaign, overshadowed by the cobra. the 19 pandemic. in soccer, germany have one of the men's under 21 european football championship, bidding portugal one ill in the final in slovenia. lucas met, grabbed the goal early in the 2nd half. germany is 3rd continental triumph under $21.00 level puts down a marker for the senior side with the euros starting on friday. staying with

football and biometrics women's team have won the bonus, legal for the 1st time in 5 years. linda dom on set by an on their way to a commanding for the victory against until 5 foot which secured their 4th championship to date. dublin store the 2nd to as by and ended most boards long titles street last month by and men also want to record extending night. st. honestly get type in formula one red balls. sergio perez has won a dramatic grand prix in us or by john. it was the mexican 2nd f one trump, the championship leader and current title holder both missed out on points. ferrari, charlotte clack started on poa, threat crush stream. qualifying the race on the back of the street circuit was just as chaotic defending champion. louis hamilton soon passed the ferrari in his

mercedes but later gave up the lead, falling pit stop. to read both macs, the shop, and the after market land roll. and so for the high speed crash when he's tired, failed her step. and then almost exactly the same thing happened to him while leading. we've just 5 laps left. the crash meant the race was stopped. and after a frantic re stop, hamilton got ahead of sergio perez. only to look up his brakes and 15 mexican parent sealed victory ahead of germany. sebastian fell back on the podium for the 1st time and asked and mouth in thank you. the guy was amazing today, but the day ultimately belong to red gold perez. they would have been very well you're not to get that one to for the team. but then, you know,

it is up about the. 9 judgment for staff and still leave the drive is championship from britain hamilton. but this season is shaping up to be a lot more unpredictable than recent years. you're watching d. w. news line from berlin, coming up next our documentary series doc film. we're taking a closer look at the language of wales. i'm terry mark in for me and all of us here at the w. thanks for watching. ah. the green. you feel worried about the plans to amelia post of the on the green fence. we need to change join me for the dice and the green transformations for me to use for the plan.

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