resigned following social media proceeds showing him posing as hitler. he says it was all a joke but police say they have lost you crimes based on the content of posting. >> a police spokesman said their highest party was to protect safety and to uphold people's right to protest.

the liebzig expects about 40,000 supporters but 19 counter demonstrations could affect 60,000 more. looks i want to take a stand. you here with a same and you know the points made are more radical than those in dresden. i want to try to raise my voice against that. people should understand that we are here and we havefor garbage like this. collects the -- >> the leipzig march comes after a march was canceled in dresden. a selfie styled as hitler has been picked up by german media and triggered outrage. they sent that it was a joke but it has forced him to step down. the german government condemns the anti-islam movement.

>> i've no intention of speaking with the organizers and their many good reasons for that. i find many aspects repugnant to put it mildly. >> the last illustrations before the collapse of communism in east germany in 1989 were in leipzig. this is where the peaceful revolution began which led to the fall of the berlin wall. now, opinions in the city are polarized and tensions are high. >> says we heard, a very tense situation in parts of leipzig. let's get to our correspondent who joins us. we see some of the police behind you. what is the situation right now and our police expecting violence? >> 20 minutes ago, it was very loud here because of the pegida supporters have started their march.

they were about one and a half hours delayed due to the fact that half of the city is blocked off. there are lots of police blockades in order to make sure that the pro pegida and ant i-pegida demonstrators are kept apart. they have begun walking down one of the major alleys in leipzig here. the anti-pegida protesters said we don't want any of that here. the police, they have their hands full trying to get those two groups, holding them apart. there have been minor incidents by left-wing extremists, apparently. incidents of that in fall clashes between the two groups, also clashes with the police. >> police forbid the same type of demonstration anti-islam

demonstrations in dresden. also in the state of saxony. this even larger demonstration can go ahead. that is a real contradiction. collects it is not really a contradiction because it was never about numbers. it was the dresden police, the local police said that we don't feel able to secure this march last monday because there was an actual threat against the pegida leader. the dresden police obviously in accordance with the interior ministry of saxony, they said that we cannot guarantee a safe process, so they called it off. there was a lot of criticism for that. so i'm pretty sure the police

at no point was even thinking about calling this whole thing off. >> pegida, that is dresden's anti-islam movement. its founder has resigned. will that affect this anti-islam movement? >> what is clear is that is definitely a pr disaster am especially on a day like this. this was supposed to be the climax of this movement. so far, people had expected 40-50,000 people here. we are far away from that. this is definitely a dent on this whole pegida movement. >> we will be getting back to you throughout the evening. thank you very much. french authorities say that 3000 people could involved in terrorism networks and is hiring 2500 officials to monitor that.

>> the prime mr. announced new counterterrorism laws able to make tapping suspects easier. three of the men arrested in conjunction with those attacks may have supplied weapons to the killers. in tel aviv, 12 israelis have been stabbed in the attack on a bus, several are in serious condition. >> the attacker was a 23-year-old palestinian man from the west bank. he is said to have stabbed the driver first, then locked the doors and turned on the passengers. as the bus slowed down he ran. the assailant has been arrested. ukraine says it's call up of reservists will boost its military strength to a quarter of a million soldiers as it continues to strive to put down a separatist rebellion in the east. germany is hosting negotiations to find ways to the escalade the

situation. >> their foreign ministry of germany, ukraine france. this comes against the backdrop of renewed fighting. ukraine says that russia is sending regular soldiers to support separatists. >> thousands of soldiers will be sent into the conflict region. casualties have been reported including civilians. >> tanks rocket launchers and other heavy military equipment. this is a pro russian rebel convoy. fierce battles are raging here and around the other rebel stronghold. ukrainian government says is not just troubles doing the fighting. tf maintains that 10,000 regular russian troops have been sent in secret to support them. on tuesday ukraine lost a massive mobilization. >> the government has submitted

a law to parliament to increase the size of the ukrainian army to 250,000. that is an increase of 68,000 troops. >> moscow denies it soldiers have entered eastern ukraine. the foreign minister said that the rebels have agreed to withdraw arms from a previously agreed demarcation. >> we will work towards immediate cease-fire in ukraine. he will talk about it within the framework of the normandy format. this is our top priority. >> the normandy quartet consists of russia, ukraine, france, and germany. they are met in this format before but so far failed to find a lasting compromise. >> our correspondent is standing by outside of the villa where these talks are being held right now. the german foreign minister was

due to make a statement, tell us a bit more about that. >> the foreign minister has been speaking to the press in the last few minutes, he told us that he was hoping very much that they have come with the power and the will to negotiate. they would like to achieve a cease-fire and that is what everyone is hoping for because people are suffering in eastern ukraine. beyond that, what the parties are hoping for, rather what the german government is focusing on is to keep lines of communication open the russia and ukraine. and to obtain some sort of if possible. the foreign minister didn't sound very optimistic. it is hard to be optimistic that

the president said that there is nothing to negotiate in terms of territory in eastern ukraine. >> is hard to be optimistic even the fact that there has been agreements in the past. why aren't those being implemented? >> they're not being implemented. france and germany and others have continued to insist that any agreement must be a political agreement, not the result of military action and it should be on the basis of that agreement signed last september between the warring parties which essentially said that heavy weapons should be pulled back from the contact line, the military line between the two sides. meyer said that must be the basis of any agreement. that is what everyone is working with.

we may be looking at a few hours of talks this evening. >> simon young, thank you for this. >> ukraine was high on the agenda the 45th world economic forum in don boasts, the local business and political elite have gathered to talk politics. >> ukrainian president addressed the delegates on opening day. >> -- returned home to deal with the s clady and violence. before leaving, he reeled off a list of demands detailing what he wants from russia and the rebels. >> this is cease-fire," or. withdraw the tanks from the territory of my country, have a launch in the political process. the farther we are, the more

danger for the additional escalation. >> poroshenko appealed to the leaders to work together to implement eight peace plan in eastern ukraine. >> there is not existing the military solution of these problems. and we need to have a very strongly coordinated action. to bring the peace in the world. but the conflict has put ukraine's economy under intense pressure. >> before we go into the very very short rate, sums works now and the first ever chinese investment in a top-level european club happened on wednesday when the second wealthiest man bought a 20% stake in atletico madrid.

they inked the deal at a signing ceremony in beijing. >> this will cost the real estate tycoon. they do have debts of about 80 million euros. the deal includes investing in a youth training session. it would be used by talented chinese players in the hope that some of them would eventually be signed up by popular european clubs. we are going to a short break. when we combat, looking at u.s. cuba relations high-level american delegation is in havana right now for talks that could open the way for a lot of business deals. >> we also have some business news and we would take a closer look at greece ahead of sunday's snap elections. this and more in a minute from

now. don't go away. >> keep it right there.

>> u.s. president barack obama recounted his administration's accomplishments in last night's state of the union address. he called for the republicans to back new spending on education and infrastructure. >> they have signaled that obama can expect little support from a republican congress that has promised to roll back his legislation on health care and immigration. >> a fight is brewing which means america could be looking at two years of political gridlock. >> here is a look at the president's address on the state of the nation. >> the president of the united states. >> to malta was applause for the president. that is an established tradition of the state of the union address. the warm welcome is deceptive.

obama has more political enemies than he has friends on capitol hill. in both houses of congress, the republicans are in the majority. but opposition only seemed to's error obama on, to present himself as a president who has greatly improved the economy. >> with a growing economy shrinking deficits, a bustling industry, booming energy production, we have risen from recession free to write our own future than any other nation on earth. >> obama came bearing gifts for the middle classes. he proposes a simpler tax system for employers and workers that would be financed by tax increases. that is something that the republicans are unlikely to let throgh. the president knows that none of his plans are possible without the republicans, so he ended with an appeal for bipartisan cooperation.

>> if you share the broadvision i outlined tonight, i ask you to join me in the work at hand. if you disagree with parts of it, i hope you will at least work with me where you do agree. i commit to every republican here tonight, i will seek out your ideas and seek to work with you to make this country stronger. >> even if obama cannot succeed in realizing all of his plans, he has made clear to congress that he intends to try. he seems determined to actively shape america's politics during his last two years in office. >> obama urged an end to the u.s. trade embargo on cuba and the highest level to visit has arrived for talks. >> after more than half a century of deep-freeze in diplomacy and negotiating teams from the two countries are seeking to overcome a cold war

era animosity. many cubans are hoping that their lives will improve as a result of the fall. -- of the thaw. >> we are joined by the foreign editor who has covered latin america extensively. what are negotiators focusing on in these talks? >> these are the first talks. the first and biggest point is the opening of the embassies to restore the full diplomatic relations of the two countries and that is a big issue. there has not been any official the clement ties and even the buildings are very much in trouble, if you like. so, we have seen big demonstrations big protests organized in front of the

intersection. this would be the first point, to make clear to the proceedings, to the opening of the embassies. the second point will be immigration. i think both parts, in the u.s. and cuba have a big interest in that. cuba wants the u.s. to stop infighting cubans to come to american soil and the u.s. wants cuba to action that -- well, to look for terrorists. who have been seeking asylum in cuba. >> the cubans do not want many cubans going to america. the reverse might be the actual fact with millions of cuban exiles coming back wanting the property back that has been nationalized up to half a century ago. will they get it back? >> the cuban population is 11

million and it is thousands. from the first wave of immigrants from cuba. mostly it is u.s. property. firms like bacardi cuban-american ties. they have demanded for decades that they get their property back. even the family of bacardi has issued some statements in favor of the changes in policy. >> we have to leave it there unfortunately. thanks so much for joining us. other news now, robert meech eberhardt has been released by the boko haram islamist group in africa. he was kidnapped in northern nigeria last summer. the elderly man said he was terrified. >> i did not know whether i would survive. i thought they were going to kill me. those are his words. he is now in the capital of

cameroon recovering from his ordeal. the government help to secure his release. >> officials in yemen say that country's president and leader of the rebel group that has taken to factor control of the capital has now struck a deal to end the violence stand. >> the shia rebels seize control of the rebel palace and the capital. authorities have shut down the second-largest airport. in solidarity with the president. the rebel leader had accused the president of fragmenting the country. time now for the latest installment in a series that we have been running all week to the snap elections in greece. >> the far left leading in opinion polls, there is uncertainty about what comes next. >> of course, they oppose the

current austerity drive which has led to the collapse of the country's health care system. >> is not even open yet but those with no other options wait at this clinic in central athens. volunteers from a group called doctors of the world run it for free. it is where many greeks get what they can no longer pay for checkups and medicine. >> i am a building contractor, but because of the crisis i have had such little work i've not been able to pay my health insurance. so, they don't pay for my heart pills. he is run of an estimated third of the greek population which is unable to pay for health insurance.

this dentist comes regularly to offer his skills for free. he says he understands the difficulties his patients face and wants to help. >> is not only the numbers, it is the problems that they have, they become more complex problems. it is not just someone looking for medicine, someone struggling to survive, because for some kind of persons, diabetic persons, to find what they need, it is a fight for life every day. >> they pay special attention to the younger patients. if they don't get proper treatment now, they could face serious complications later which would be bad for them and also for the greek health care system. >> it was a system that didn't work. we spent a lot of money by giving the people around but we did not create all that we needed. now with the crisis, we realize that the situation was worse than what we thought we had.

it is not a social net that will help people survive. >> so, volunteers give their time to run this clinic. it is funded by donations from abroad from within the european union. people are being given the minimum to keep themselves afloat. this man is grateful for his pills. he hopes that things will change after the elections. >> but i think it will be difficult and of things do change it will certainly not happen quickly. but i hope that things will improve for my daughter's generation >> he is got what he needs, but for the clinic staff is going to be another long day the line by the door does not seem to have become any shorter. >> not greece but the upcoming european central bank meeting

was wayne on investor sentiment today, our market correspondent sent us this report from frankfurt. >> what is the european central bank going to do, how much money will be injected into the markets, into the economy, 500 billion euros or 700 billion euros. this is the main question? traders are very cautious and nervous because expectations are very high and also the fear of disappointment. traders were heading instead into safe havens, driving the first time in five months, the price of an ounce was higher than $1300. >> the dax and of the day up 4/10 of a percent, the euro stoxx 50 doing even better. across the atlantic, the dow jones industrials currently somewhat in positive territory and the euro trading for one

u.s. dollar 1583. wednesday's action at the handball championships has seen qatar suffered their first defeat by defending champion spain. >> they started out strongly meeting before the break with spain frustrated after a fine finish was ruled out just after the half-time whistle blow. spain made up that lost ground, sweeping to a 28-25 victory. that is all we have time for. thanks so much for joining us.

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