this is the headlining right now wins a fourth term as german chancellor though it's not have party the winners in this election. the euro skeptic alternative to germany celebrates the first time they've been elected to the bundestag protesters rallied across the country against the right wing parties. in other news we're covering this. confrontation between madrid and catalonia results in a new way for. the spanish authorities trying to block sunday's independence

referendum. american military hardware is spotted in islamic state positions in syria the russian defense ministry has aerial photos to prove the claim will have the details. of this monday morning it's called. q here in moscow where it's now eight am it's seven am in germany which is where of course we start this hour that historic vote that changed the face of the country's parliament this is how things stand according to the provisional results so far i'm glad merkel though is all but secured a fourth term as german chancellor as expected her christian democratic party gained most of the vote much less than expected the social democrats suffered what's being described as a crushing election defeat they've only been. it's to get about twenty percent

support that's their worst showing since the second world war but for the right wing euro skeptic alternative to germany party this election was a major breakthrough for the first time they've gained enough votes to enter the national party. be we were obviously the c.d.u. would have hoped for better results but we mustn't forget that we achieved all strategic objectives we have a mandate to form a new government and no government can be formed against all without us. because today's a difficult day for social democracy we missed out on our electoral go after losing our central region and we lost the federal election. i know you are different this is a big day in history of our party i made it we vented to burn the star and we will

change this country what we achieved what happened today at six o'clock these are evolution. a while merkel's win was widely predicted the upset of the election was the right wing alternative for germany party voters gave that euro skeptic party its first seats in the bundestag to a victory that left many dismayed people have rallied across germany against the right wing party protesters shouting anti nationalist logans outside the building where the party's leaders were celebrating the result. has been following the demonstrations. but what they say is see them take a pretty good job of framing i want to have hope a thief thank you yes. by. these remarks the story very much.

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i i. was. a smoldering police that's just going to send thing over with a key main st louis' protest is that i found out tonight i was angry really i can show you some of the fact that they still have some pretty weird ones actually they have been calling the people i know only. one thing that springs to mind when you're seeing all these very angry people is that it might be quite a frightening experience for a newly elected now national politician from e.f.t. but i'm up to see you just have to know that game he was good for nothing you say i

disagree yet forgotten in the debate in this democracy there's always some of the but when you told me it has no heads to be. the bases in and out of each case is this migration siani see you see this is the advocacy you need of the u.p.a. and all this stuff makes sense if only had one on syria she said you could be a leader who's going to stick to me in their own opinion but then just accept that they're not that she gives them the finger and one of the other at least one of my sleep this evening at celebration. of the undies near us at which said the first they ignore you then they laugh at you then they might see you and say you. well for some the results came as a surprise others blame the chancellor for the rights of the right wing party political analyst stephen explains why it's been successful but has destroyed the s.p.d. by basic crush on the left but has opened up

a massive gap on the right which is being filled by the they're going to see it's going to have to face up that they need a new candidate that's a real weakness this is new you know there's nobody there she's basically eliminated all her opponents within your party all these years so she's weak and she has moved the party from right to center party to left center party like significantly to the left and moved so far to the left that a big part of the population sees no representation of what they believe in what they what's important to them and that has left basically a massive gap on the right side of the. legitimate political spectrum which has now been filled by a new party so it's her fault that the f.t. even exists it would never have existed never of a risen under say. he would never have allowed this he never would have moved the party the way. well as it stands here's how the official provisional results have

the make up of the bundles tog's seven hundred nine seat the c.d.u. are in line to take the biggest chunk two hundred forty six but that's almost seventy less than it previously had the social democrats are on course for one hundred fifty three seats while ninety four will be taken by the newly elected alternative for germany party now that the election's over the focus is shifting to which coalition partners will make up the next government down hawkins next reports from the c.d.u. party's headquarters on the potential new alliances in the bundestag. what many would call a pyrrhic victory for the angle of michael pols got it right mostly she's won her fourth term as charles some of the c.d.u. are the biggest party the polls failed to predict the losses the c.d.u. would see this you could take simply because it was germany along with the worst results of all the social democrats meaning parties like the probably if d.f. into parliament for the first time and will have to be contended with in opposition

merkel is self-knowledge that this could have been a festive night overall is that there is a big new challenge ahead of us the a.v. party will be joining german parliament who want to win back those who voted for the f.t. to find out their concerns and worries the fact that now what comes next of course is the question merkel has the unenviable task of forming a coalition the social democrats have ruled themselves also though merkel in response has said i've got a bit let's wait and see and talk again tomorrow very angular mughal thing to say things out see how they go and try to negotiate a compromise at a later date she also has policy differences with the greens on the freedom democratic party who are the other contenders in the chip a coalition to greensburg sample what the shutting down of coal fired power plants the f.t. he said that a line in the sand for them is the sixty billion a year of european funded go to countries like france and. it's really. merkle as a model you're here and that will be something to go shit over all over this result

can be seen as at least a pause in what's been widely seen as a test the litmus test of michael's popularity among voters as well as the public's confidence in her policies although as we've said it has been far from perfect. to many i'm going to merkel is the embodiment of stability in the face of crisis mixing diplomacy with a firm hand and sound decision making well as for that skill this term has been marred by a series of setbacks firstly she decided to open the doors to asylum seekers at the height of the refugee crisis almost a million flooded into germany in twenty fifteen alone while some more welcoming others started to worry the country just wouldn't be able to cope.

a year off to mark a lot to open door policy germany saw a rise in modern crimes one of the most shocking hundreds of women alleging they were sexually assaulted in cologne new year's celebrations by men of north africa an hour of appearance. the events in cologne took their toll on merkel's popularity. the chancellor's controversial refugee policy is also blamed at least partly for something much more sinister and dangerous a rise in is the most terrorism. poorly vetted or later radicalized migrants cross the border germany saw no. terror attacks take place markel faced her biggest leadership crisis.

was. going to come to. finally the g twenty summit presented an international p.r. opportunity for chancellor merkel but while she advertised hamburg as a gateway to the world protest groups had other ideas welcome to hell and the authorities failed to prevent the chaos. the city descended into riots torched cars and pitched street battles with the police much of the media held her accountable for this even choosing that venue to start with she may still be queen of the polls but merkel may need

a fourth term just the right some of the mess she created in the third. the effects of course ripple across germany's borders europe's now waking up to the kind of germany it now has to do business with special coverage will continue throughout the day of course to stay with us for more results reaction and analysis from germany across europe and beyond. heading south to spain now with an independence vote looming the authorities are continuing to crack down on the wealthy restive region on catalonia referendums planned for next sunday but madrid is doing everything it can to block the vote thousands gathered outside boston university throughout the weekend to voice their support for the referendum but dreads already arrested fourteen high ranking

officials and confiscated referendum to spanish news outlets have also been. russian meddling in the regions of his jack in the polls these days it seems no prominent political event is complete without the addition of alleged russian meddling the hysteria started with america's two thousand and sixteen presidential election and quickly spread to europe despite a persistent lack of hard evidence russia not only tried to influence the twenty sixteen presidential election france is not the only u.s. ally which could be in the crosshairs of those russian hackers this isn't about the two thousand and sixteen presidential election it's about russian influence in nato countries and the fear of russian meddling seems to only be gaining momentum and finding new outlets the catalan independence referendum has infuriated the spanish government and it still hopes to stop the vote from happening but according to song this is not a two dog fight apparently russia is once again lurking in the background and pulling the strings one of the most circulated daily newspapers in spain has come

to that not so surprising conclusion the headline reads the machinery of russian interference penetrates the catalan crisis they blame russia for supporting donald trump and the german albright and according to the article russia now has its sights set on spain and the proof for all these accusation is their own quote analysis. according to do so demand was pro russian websites i'm proof i was unsocial met. with the tools of analysis so how is the big bad kremlin done at this time with the same old fake news weapons of course online trolls legions of bots and fake social network profiles and interestingly enough even julian assange and edward snowden's tweets about the impending referendum are being laid at russia's feet as well and our channel of course is in the mix being accused of publishing news about the situation in catalonia forty two times since the end of august not sure why a news agency publishing news is sinister but yes apparently they counted were also

accused of publishing false stories about the boat with for example this headline which reads the e.u. will respect catalan independence but you'll notice that the quotation marks in the headline itself were left out in the body of the spanish article and respect is exactly what the european commission president said so it's unclear what their issue is the articles full of contradictions including emitting that catalans president is determined to hold a referendum and a large percentage of his people support it as well and yet claiming russia is behind the vote in their never ending attempt to destabilize europe the kremlin's official statement on the matter is also to be found in the piece stating that the issue of catalan independence is one for spain to address but it seems such denials coming from moscow are not something the west is willing to hear no matter how many times they come up short on evidence every time the elite of which have a country feel that it might be some sort of populist revolt tool a vote against what the elite think they should be voting for they almost. actively

say oh it must be russia interfering in these elections because they might get it and it results that they don't want but it's crazy because we have seen time and time and time again there is no evidence of russian hacking there are sessions about breaks it there are sessions in front and emanuel. during the election said we're being hacked. and then the french intelligence agencies went off an investigation said there's no evidence of hacking similarly we've seen merkel saying oh yes they can touch the german elections too so she sent off the b.n.p. in the b.f.d. to investigate and they came back saying there was absolutely no evidence of russian talking so muckle wanted a different result and told them to go find different information this is how crazy it's getting. aerial photos are said to show the american military equipment in islamic state held areas in syria we'll have the details for you when we come back .

to public will. when the ruling class is project. we can all middle of the room see. the reason why north korea is trying to develop the capability to. prevent japan and the united states from assisting south korea in case of contingencies because with. the missile capabilities capable of attacking japan and the united states north korea can say to the americans and japanese if you assist

south korea. with nuclear weapons. all over again the russian defense ministry says it spotted american military equipment in positions just outside the city. dealers or in syria is provided aerial photos as evidence one of them appears to show an armored vehicle northeast of the city and in the same direction similar vehicle is seen near a terrorist stronghold two other infantry mobility vehicles have also been spotted close to the area the russian military says there's no evidence of clashes between u.s. backed forces and these locations now we've asked for some comment from the u.s. led coalition so far we haven't the how to reply we'll let you know when they do get back meantime military analyst says american equipment ended up in terrorist hands before. the last few years not just isis but also. in syria which

are linked to the syrian opposition there consistently had u.s. equipment and a lot of height. it sounded to me sounds somehow all the u.s. will end up in terrorist hands so obviously these pictures could be quite damning and correct as mentioned the russian military and the syrians that would really get serious here fighting in an area which is very crowded and it seems to be that. from what we can verify from the pictures these positions are all of those devices who are standing side by side with b.s.t. at which are allies of the u.s. and using their equipment. and while the battle for syria's dear is or is not yet over humanitarian convoys are now regularly delivering aid to locals can finally get basic food that they haven't seen since i saw the siege the city children there are seeing some kinds of fruit for the first time in their lives when i got the

details what these people have been through is indescribable and saw. out a little. in the way he did it. we couldn't hear about it. we can read about it watch it but we won't truly understand but it ought to be a need to our no one money making but one that has been in an empty as always it was the young and the elderly hardest that died and again. and goodness do i do it a little hard to hide it is not it i do agree insulin is tinny sound i know. if it wasn't hunger it was isis shelling if not that i lack of medicine but the city survived life even did as ordered is still far from normal but at least

it will be starving to death and the more gone are the times when people would fight to the death with scraps of food now convoys are coming in day and night with food with medicine as well as things like vegetables fruit candies these are things that the people of that has or haven't seen for three long years i demanded to add to my a bill of one. hundred ninety. four i desired a microphone was what i for syrians who know what day it is or has been through and the nation's heart goes out to its citizens. even the older kids contra members eating anything that wasn't grown locally. be. sure. to. let me see.

of course news that someone was giving out free but not as quickly spread at first it was a dozen children. then. it was dozens and. i . fortunately we brought a lot of but. unfortunately the more enthusiastic children ate the skins before realizing that something wasn't quite right well it was worth it just to see the smiles and. there are still plenty of challenges isis still holds a small part of the city is also reconstruction providing clean water and fuel

but despite all that leaks these. born again more i guess. from syria. polling stations are open and the capital of the kurdish populated region and iraq is awash with flags and pro independence banners. in fact you can see here one polling station in the communities capital in that part of the world polling began about twenty five minutes ago eight o'clock the kurds have a population of nearly forty million but that one of the largest ethnic groups without a state in fact it straddles formations and while they decide whether to break away or stay with iraq baghdad says the results will be unconstitutional and illegal. iraq's oil rich north east might now become a separate country the stone with a robust energy sector and strong military forces its citizens are holding an

independence referendum. we have been asked to delay the referendum many times we are still under pressure. as for the referendum that is not in my hands or in the hands of the political parties anymore it is in your hands. for many years there's been an ongoing diplomatic tug of war between baghdad and the kurds which accuse the iraqi government of aggression and mistreatment the region first called a referendum in two thousand and fourteen amid political turmoil. and propel the country even further into chaos. because have been keen to repairing the terrorists and while the government sometimes chose to step back kurdish peshmerga soldiers liberating village after village reclaiming one stretch of territory after another . it's all about seizing control of new lands in

iraq that's what's helped the movement gain impetus and emboldened it to call for independence vote do the kurds have any supporters in the political fights well really iraq obviously opposes the vote and its closest neighbors iran and turkey has spoken out strongly against it as well an important issue about the atmosphere they want to destroy and create another israel in the region we should stand up against that. it's taken steps toward iraq as have the u.s. and france the united states strongly oppose this they're back in court to send regional governments referendum on independence planned for september the twenty fifth germany suggest the referendum be postponed until the defeat of isis we can only warn against one sided steps on this issue the unity of iraqis on the line

redrawing the lines of the state is not the right way and could exacerbate an already difficult unstable situation looks like the only foreign supporter here is israel israel rejects terror in any form it supports the legitimate efforts of the kurdish people to attain a state of the kurds very likely to vote yes. nearly ninety nine percent did back in two thousand and five during an unofficial but the movies change anything for them iraq says it one recognized the results turkey and iran are threatening sanctions if in case of independence and even the kurdish leadership admits there might be war. who will face border problems in the near future and i definitely think that there will be another war and soon. while the outcome of the vote is pretty clear the consequences might be unpredictable. news right for now i'll be back to you again and i'll find out see that.

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