markel the chancellor's key coalition ally the c.s.u. looks set to lose significant ground for the first time in decades to c.s.u. is projected to garner less than forty percent of the greens are predicted to double their seats in the bavarian parliament while right wingers the a.f.d. are set to make their debut and as artie's peter all of her explains this could have serious ramifications for the balance of power in berlin. this coming sunday angulo merkel's coalition partners and sister party the c s u a preparing for a monumental upset in bavaria state elections they're currently polling at just thirty three percent the party has historically ruled the region and hasn't taken less than forty percent in local elections since the nineteen fifties the blame for the c.s.u. being down in the doldrums is being firmly placed mrs merkel's door these are all numbers that are heavily influenced by burl in politics i do not want to burn

incense situation in the bavarian state parliament internal disputes hurt no matter what causes them i admit that things can get better in berlin but if you let your own personal ambition take over it becomes impossible to govern the c.s.u. opinion hey merging votes to the left down to the right of the political spectrum the green party looks set to make some big gains while the anti migrant alternative for germany party look almost nailed on to enter the bavarian parliament for the first time this year is out of touch with the citizens of bavaria and a lot of people from the c.s.u. based thing similar to the way we do in the a.v. so many former c.s.u. voters have come over to us the world is changing but our is changing but the c.s.u. reacts with the same ideas people want different answers the bavarian prime minister has been doing his best to distance himself and his party at a state level from angola merkel's federal government go. as far as to crack

a little bit the only chancellor he would be seen out campaigning with would be said. of austria. it took until the merkel six months to cobble together the current ruling coalition they've only been in power since march but in that time they seem to have lurched from crisis to crisis so yes you will have to find a partner for a college coalition and it's most likely that this will be the green party because that great coalition between you and s.p.d. will not work they will not score enough but you can see that the c.s.u. has no real influence on the policies of angela merkel and people are just kind of

voting always for your school which has a very conservative profile in their political discourse but in the end they turn out to do just the same as more and more left leaning c.d.u. angela merkel the party will most likely hold onto its majority vote bookies are taking bets on just how much it will be a row did and it could well be historic peace for all of the. situation in bavaria is and i'm going to michael's only headache right now with southern neighbor italy kicking up a fuss about my current stance italy's interior minister has threatened to close his country's airports if germany goes ahead with the rumored plans to send back migrants on charter flights for anyone in brussels is thinking of dumping dozens of immigrants in italy through on or through his choice of flights they should know there is not a move. any airports available we will close the airports like we closed the pool

open doors without limits and without rules would lead to design stuff is that difficult to understand criticize as much as you want on room stop the situation highlights tensions between the e.u. states over how to deal with asylum seekers italy wants an automatic distribution of migrants throughout the european union apparently they're required to stay in the country of entry into the block of germany has already returned at least sixteen hundred migrants to italy in the first half of this year but berlin says right now it has no plans to send any migrants in the coming days but another rule is that all migrants that i picked up in the mediterranean have to be taken to italy in rome things the e.u. is regulations put too much pressure on frontier states italy and germany are currently working on a new agreement but that has yet to be signed. all

the german politicians care of her. their phones the next day like she never gave up on the situation actually live here you know of the systems and its leaders do not have the resources to deal with the refugees they care about their political game well the thing to do would be to take care of my friends and trust me to take care of itself clearly the journey has leet not easy. being marbles terrorists and they say it's today.

on sunday russian a mixed martial arts fighter hobby but not of my comment off the fact that his title against irish superstar corner mcgregor it's victory was marred by scandal one of the most eagerly anticipated contests in the ultimate fighting championship history called macgregor ten to the usa has been overshadowed by an ugly post fight brawl and only brawl broke out following the u.f.c. championship match in las vegas the post fight brawl however did not stop thousands of fans in his hometown in southern russia celebrating many said that the fight was about standing up for no drug a matter of country and religion which by former grego the five stand of not only fans but also sporting heavyweights as well. in the notorious memory versus team should be. for it's unimaginable never thought it would go down like this crazy or the my fight riots you know it's bad when mike tyson himself the

guy that bit his opponent's ear off expresses shock and it was a free for all vengeful brutal star store room fueled mosh pit where knuckles did the talking and a great cliffhanger to set up for a rematch unfortunately it was also incredibly stupid it put people audience members in danger it was also entirely unnecessary i want to say sorry to arthur to come in nevada sort of where i guess i know this is not my best side and all this is not my best you know i'm here my been he talked about my religion he talk about my country he talk about my father he is where we are now and bieber jumped out of the cage first went for co-owners coach who had been goading him for

that his pay has been suspended and more penalties could be coming elimination even a number of his teammates who were also arrested for assault but released when coolness corner refused to press charges seems black and white had beebs guilty except thank goodness for phone cameras. owner was not so innocent either apparently diving into the mill and sell the ring punches it was of have seen him in have been the first to take a swing which would certainly put a twist and things and the press has picked up on that which would explain why donna white the head of the u.f.c. his tone down his. criticism of bieber's corner initially he dressed down had

bieber even refusing to give him his title belt bearing in mind that things could escalate but then now quiet a full investigation is underway and fans audience members have been asked to hand over their videos of the commission can reconstruct this whole mess see just how culpable both sides are and fans of following the example set by their heroes was. the old they've been a number of reports and footage of rival fans juking it out with each other in the aftermath of this fight but then again what did they expect they feel frustrated one hundred percent sure that there was fraud. ahead of the election there were numerous protests against the both. the thousands taking to the streets all across

the country his rough and tumble remarks on women for example have exposed deep and divisions and preserving in society but also fairly routinely provoked. but it will be able. to generate a little bit of. good. ground for. the left wing candidate from the former ruling party which has been plagued by corruption scandals came second with twenty nine. balls and that was forty six so the two will go head to head. plenty more stories coming your way past the hour here in the russian capital we are back in just a. yemeni

port from a hoot the opposition fighters has been blockading the whole day to port despite a by raj of international criticism are they. is now the only way for those in the west in yemen to receive humanitarian support and vital supplies the saudi led

coalition though claims the who were using the port to receive iranian supplied weapons. at a saudi military incursion into yemen is now in its fourth year over twenty two million people in the country have been displaced just in that period. sophie shevardnadze discussed recent developments in yemen with a full my yemeni foreign minister and you can watch that in my website and all day long here at odyssey but for the meantime a quick preview. the coalition is mounting an offensive on the only port left in his hands dissociated press is writing that cutting through these off the ocean will mean famine death for millions why does the coalition resort to something so medieval as a food located in the side against. you know i think bouquets of oil has been unfortunately and successful. the actually have the impact on the very poor so this outlet forces have been accused by the u.n.

of causing enormous civilian suffering so i talked to them or as parliament speaker and she told me that civilian deaths happen by mistake and that the coalition forces are trying to avoid them but then why are there so many where i think for sure i think it is collateral damage but at the same time i think the increasing number of these color to. make concern about the capabilities in the use of the. destruction weapons that are being used in the war by both sides in and unfortunately i think what's needed nobody really is to. look at the. human rights council report to. take the steps really to see how when can. at least reduce if look if we cannot prevent more damage to the to the country and and more harm to the people of yemen. so bus passengers in india given the ride of

their lives after a monkey took control of the wheel and i wasn't quite as hair raising as it sounds have a look right here the bus driver giving a monkey a helping hand and the monkey jumped onto the back of the bus to went straight to the front and pushed himself with the steering wheel while the passengers were amused the transport company that owns the pass was not that house suspended the driver for endangering lives but perhaps a driver can take some small comfort he's quickly become a huge huge star. and i just about wraps up the program for this hour here on r.t. international though your monday headlines continue with jacqueline of aruba in about half an hour's time.

the way to the united states is dangerous for most of the illegal immigrants. costume dramas just as the little simple they want to become must enter and i want us to sum this up but if many of them look for refuge in the so-called sentry sides the drifter used to share information about undocumented migrants with federal authorities how to best friends i asked dan c'mon. most you know no i've ended up best when i get i'm in a lot of class and i want that bad apple they can't watch as an option is to stay in the country with donald trump in the white house all over for the gravels. both of you what is the who do you beat up to do the job of those assisted struggles and many couples won't. kill the chance the push to put impulse response both from both of both of you out to the poor the hope of the.

i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter you have that with one trillion dollars in debt more than ten point zero or more in tamping each day. eighty five percent of global will few months of the old for rich the point six percent market saw thirty percent from its lowest year some with four hundred to five hundred three first record for sharks and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand. china's building two point one billion dollar ai industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember is one one business show you can afford to miss one can only. believe that. this is crude oil. soon they hate to actually physically hold it out of the threat

he would have well well well well well. there's a lot of money with the oil and with that comes. a lot of a lot of people from all over the country. who don't make a hundred thousand dollars a year. as a minimum there is an issue. here in india. they work all sixteen hours a day it's hard work well work it's not easy work and so they want to relieve their stress and how do they relieve their stress these men move back out like he's men that comfort these men that. people have been murdered up here people been raped they're massive drug issues up here you have a boom you have everything else that comes along with money.

when a loved one is murdered it's natural to seek the death penalty for the murder i would prefer and it means when the death penalty just because they think that's the parent thing the right thing research shows that for every nine executions one convict is found innocent the idea that we were executing innocent people is terrifying those just know really the present and that we want even many of the time. families want the death penalty to be abolished. the death penalty here is because that's what murder victims' families want that's going to give them peace that's going to give them justice and we come in saying. not quite true this this isn't the way.

i'm afshin rattansi and you're watching going underground as indonesia after lethal earthquakes and failed warning systems hosts the annual meetings of bastions of alleged economic hitman the i.m.f. and the world bank coming up with a sharp a clinton administration official lays out the threats to the trump presidency and the man one step to be trump's ambassador to the e.u. it's back plus spoken word and the civil rights struggle we speak to award winning poet sophia core but first while the media of nato nations continue to allege russia of unproven crimes its biggest economic bloc the e.u. continues to negotiate with defacto bricks at rogue state britain so how will the u.k. deal with the usa as it threatens china with tariffs and iran with war all this means the u.s. media that appears to be at war with trump over everything from russia to alleged sex crimes and all this when you're a liberal i.m.f.

was christine legarde today makes veiled threats against trump trade policy joining me now to discuss it is a former clinton administration official laura schwartz in person in part it's great to be in studio thanks for coming to the studios are obama presumably your old boss clinton were against bricks it or prospect you think britain has of getting a trade deal with trump well right now trump has put forward a trade deal just this week with mexico and canada so we got north america taken care. of south korea that set up japan's coming to the table but we have yet to hear any announcement of great britain and last week at the u.n. general assembly theresa may sat down with the president they were to talk trade in a few other things but there was absolutely no readout in the united states after that there's no big press around it obviously it's something that the united states together has to face but right now trumps making many plans to richard that we should take note in britain that there was a readout of exactly so today's this edge will start of the. world bank meetings.

trump is really clear is against globalism and global what do you think he's going to say is christine the good cause for protectionism i think you'll completely disregard her he has in the past there is no indication that he has to do anything else and you know what his supporters that thirty two percent of america that's pretty crucial to his base they love it when he picks fights with with global leaders they love it when he is the protectionist of america and they don't feel like he's got to go outside the box too early even to talk about trade deals with china with respect to twenty five percent two hundred billion dollars in chinese goods pretty different to bill clinton they're usually you talk beforehand hammer something out and then it doesn't come to the trade war you know there is it is interesting there's a quote from alibaba from the company in china they said you know trade prevents

war so if we can get something agreed on trade we don't have to go to this war but it looks like you're right he's not willing to talk with china at this point i think is trying to put.