about him dying, that's usually what it's about. it's just the sheer unfairness of it all the the, the, the week stop stories here when it's a national, the russians that he mourns the loss of 6 people killed in a university shooting, a correspondent trace the stepped up between gunman deadly rampage. this is the exact road that the perpetrator took while he was carrying out his vicious planet franz that says political dialogue within nato is non existent as the us and u. k. struggle to come french, anger over security, packed with australia and with the german federal election. less than an hour away . we bring you all special coverage here on our team,

looking back as well on an dilemma pool, 16 years in charge. and that of the main content is rallying to take place. ah, well, it's certainly been a busy week for your worldwide headlines. let's highlight some of them here in the weekly went into national research. the russian city of pun, is reeling from a university gun massacre. 6 people were killed on monday by a student who classmates describe as a silent and low neat teenager of warning. you may find some of the following images disturbing, as we understand and another 40 people were injured in that shooting. most of them students, and many of them are still fighting for their lives. concertina rush, coff, retrace the steps taken by the killer. another warning you may find the images in his report. i think the this is the exact road the perpetrator took

while he was carrying out his business plan. and this is, by the way, the exec shreed, where he fired at a passing car as he was making his way towards the campus. ah, the gunman showed up at the university faculty building and this is where he was 1st filmed by terrified students. they were staring at him as he strode across the park with a hunting rifle, ammunition wrapped around his body. in the me i didn't hit. but when i was leaving university, a group of people had already gathered that tons out 15 minutes earlier,

we could have been in that situation. it was very scary. we usually can be a building next time we are in the 1st building and out that it was this little process davis and today. ah, that's the building. where are these horrific scenes unfold? just meters away from where we're standing now. people were jumping from a height of about 4 meters spalding heavily onto the ground. many of them have suffered serious injuries because of that hasty evacuation to my fee was among those who jumped. this is him on the video falling from the window. fortunately, he didn't suffer any injuries, unlike other students. movie gillian, we saw a guy walking across the square holding a gun aiming at our building. he fired a shot and then disappeared from our line of sight. and we realized we had to do

something the better with us. the suspect has been identified as an 18 year old freshman at the university and a social media post he made. shortly before he embarked on the shootings, he talked about hatred for mankind in general. and that he'd been planning to commit a mass murder for several years. yeah . well, it looks like nobody's in there. this is the suspects department, that is where he lived with his mother. and they told us that after she was called in by the investigative committee, she then decided to move elsewhere away from the media. attention near the house. we met the suspect. former classmates remembered him as a silent and lonely teenager who didn't have a lot of friends. they also run into him the morning he went to shoot people all to quibble when he was quiet and shy, not very sociable, and he always slow when he walked in the news of the game that day, he walked differently. that day he walked with confidence quickly with broad steps

. of course, the main question in everyone's mind now is how 18 year old got hold of a firearm. while he bought it legally, he passed the medical test. he was added by say, hi teresa here apparently hadn't found anything odd about this quiet young man. there was even footage taken in one of the gun stores on the outskirts of berm right here. where are the allied shooter? purchased himself ammo as he was getting ready for the mass. murder, ah ah, we were welcome at the store. it's the same name was crystal clear about this tragedy is that could have been much worse if it hadn't been for 2 heroic traffic police

officers who just happened to be in the vicinity. when the shooting started, both officers rushed to the campus with one of them quickly running into the attacker who opened fire. that officer consented calling in return, fire, wounding the suspect, and then he administered 1st 8, or the gun mans and hospital in a serious condition. although he has revived and even regained conscious, i can't say that about the city though hard because of perm is still trying to come to terms with the nightmare that has just happened. and as you can see, people are still gathering at this make shift memorial to honor the memory of the deceased. a passenger train has the railed in the us state of montana, killing at least 3 people and injuring dozens more of the track train was heading from seattle to chicago on saturday afternoon, carrying a 141 passengers and 16 crew members of 7 of the 10 cars derailed along

a straight section of truck the cause of the disaster so far unclear. we understand though an investigation is already in effect. well the us and u. k. a scrambling to mendo rift with france soft sidelining, their ally in a security packed with australia, president biden has not admitted it was wrong to strike the deal behind. frances, back us off to the french defense chief said political dialogue with a nato, had all but disappeared. latitude is it, as you knew, the attitude of the united states to the submarine program as a southern association of them, of asian that we have been making for months today. political dialogue is non existent within the atlantic. lions. i don't know, quarter reports on the cracks. appearing within the western military alliance and how the british prime minister is handling the pressure. what, what do you say? you have only say aggravating mutual protection,

a greater common purpose. all this seems to go out the window and there's a bit of money to be made. the recent controversy surrounding the u. s. u. k and australia's new security pack has left new leaders scratching their heads about what even means to be in nato anymore. the reason for nato's existence is transatlantic security. this is what we want to remind the united states off. therefore, our partners decided on our initiative as well as on the initiative of germany to revise the strategic concept of the alliance. being allies does not mean being hostage to the interests of another country. at 1st, the spat seem confined to only a few powers. france being upset with the suspension of its submarine contract with australia, which resulted from hawkess's provisioning of nuclear sub technology to the country . and the entire strategic alliance is feeling the reverb. it is such a difficult issue where we see traditional alliances in some way torn apart are

certainly changed fundamentally. but the issue doesn't stop there. one didn't, doesn't even feel like they've done anything wrong. it's 3 very like mine did allies standing shoulder to shoulder creating a new partnership for the sharing of technology. it is not exclusive. i did not trying to to shoulder anybody. i did not at the stereo towards china. you states feeling like they were left hung out to dry, the u. s. and u. k. making decisions without consulting their friends with nato's ongoing friendship. crisis airing it's member states dirty laundry. many are finding it hard to see a strong united future for the west over 7 decade long military alliance. nato was considered by france and months ago began to go by president my call as brain dead . a brain dead alliance, best strong words within nato. they want to revise the concept,

he's teaching concepts and bring it back actually to the north atlantic. because if you follow america, nato will soon be in the pacific, cruising around china with us. this is not the way nature was conceived and it shouldn't be there. europeans should not be in that region of the world markets that repeatedly, that we should enlarge, our vision any desperately look to something to do. that's the reality. you know, we are in the, i mean, maintain what's in the scanner is in iraq to train the forces. that's the limits of the extension. this is not the north atlantic anymore. is it a lot on washington, both welcome to the arcos deal, but tides between the 2 countries and all going all that smoothly. in fact, joe biden has played down the chances of a post breaks in trade deal with the u. k. and that's raised further doubts over the so called special relationship as simon right. explains. remember the old joke,

how can you tell a politician who's lying because their lips move? well, joe biden embark johnson sold that problem when they met in washington. the last event is that the western well dashed down for new york for a special meeting in washington, the kind of weird news conference where everyone pretends the special relationship is still a thing. even though we all know is not really the facade of sin, these they, they don't even really use the phrase and in the absence of anything else, they just thought the bond over trying to keep down with amtrak to that right. i did, and you did. i did millions miles. i'll stay the rest of that. the train back to wait on for that too many. the mission for the british minister was to spin the very obvious truth. the post breakfast britain passed basically no chance of getting a free trade deal with us anytime. biden said no, without actually saying no creature, we're going to talk about trade

a little bit today and we're gonna have to work that through work it through. indeed, some report suggests that britain is going to try and watch in the back door of a trade you already exists between the us, canada, mexico. anyway, every time someone brings up the idea of a free trade deal with britain by does that weird thing we bangle and about the new border. it will, however, very keen to try and show how united they are ahead of the 26 climate summit in gloves. going to come november. you made a commitment on supporting the the world to adapt it to climate change, doubling the american commitment that vary for our school. so like everything else is just a diplomatic show. reports in january, suggested the u. s. hoping to get a grip on how it was planning conference, essentially washington telling britain to plan its own policy. so the special relationship is in this kind of place now, where every now and again washington throw the burning britton's way. keep hoping.

so boy finally got an invite to the white house off the 2 years of school se had the job, the bomb, the orchestra in the military lived in australia. because while trade deal the hard military deal to a penny would pick up the most telling my, with this one is one house off ending the news conference going forward with the literally in the middle of a sentence that the boy himself fed on the plane over to the us on the shore biden of the law of fish to fry. lamar hunt is underway and the us off the murder of 22 year old gabby potato in the state of wyoming. the prime suspect in the case is her fiance and the mainstream media coverage and reason, days has taken on a rather surprising racial twist. but some pundits suggesting the global interest and but the hostess appearance is partly because the victim is white. why not the

same media attention when people of color go missing? well, the answer actually has a name missing white woman syndrome isn't saying that gabby, bettina is not important. what it is saying is that there's an over representation in media when white women go missing. i told you this would happen, somebody was going to play the race card on the gabby petite story, and most likely it would be joy read. i don't feel it was appropriate of jewelry to inject race into the conversation about gabby potato. the parents grieving that their daughter, very insensitive to turn it into political discourse. a big question should be, how do we prevent these crimes from happening? i got a potato and a travel blogger was traveling around america in a van with a 23 year old fiance brian laundry. he returned from the trip in late august alone, and later petite, her family reported her missing. and on september, the 19th of body was found in wyoming national park,

a suspicions i focused on laundry, who has well since disappeared after returning home to florida. authorities are asking the public for information about any of his whereabouts. and with thousands reported missing in america every year. it's rare for victims to get so much attention. critics point out almost 40 percent of those who go missing in america are non white. one candidate for new york state governor says race should not be the issue here. in about a mason murder or whatever term it has nothing to do was call we are created all one people god created of all and i had a love a man can in my heart, real despicable and insight to the family. all that young lady, it has nothing to do a call at all. we'll get highlighted in the news. it was, it was brought to the news me and the news media ran with a like they should do in other store in one message. but raphael missed a big role in our country to keep nice left is vine america,

so they can think it has been a fish for them so they can take control of america. want contra that embrace. so now people are going back to what happened years and years ago, india using that day to pay stuff into a a proficient. our power from the beginning is just a car that is being played, the race caught true, so demands of due to elevate the wicked to a leadership position. i play him to come here on the weekly, on our team to national with polling stations about to open across germany will be exploring the 16 year legacy of anglo merkel and the parties buying to form a brand new government. special coverage continues after the breaking the oh i

i, i me ah, i use so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy foundation, let it be an arms race is on often very dramatic development. only personally,

i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successfully, very critical of time. time to sit down and talk the author international. so in less than an hour's time polling stations will be opening that doors for germany's federal election. and there is, of course, one big question on voters minds who will replace angle em uncle after 16 years at the helm. the ah, the outgoing chancellor has endorse her own parties candidate. armand lush. it, however, the race is still wide open and would be leaders from the social democratic party

of the greens on the right wing, a se have been mobilizing their supporters. now, one of the issues looming over the election is pandemic. saturdays rallies in berlin against vaccines and relentless restrictions were the latest reminder of how divided people angle america was taken a consistently tough line on coves on lock gowns spot the frequent unrest over the past year. and bank of america with time and power has had its highs and lows and certainly plenty of challenges from cove it to being spied on by the united states or europe correspondent peter oliver digs up some more after almost 16 years in charge, the time has come for angle, merkel to step down as german chancellor, drawing the curtain on a political korea of over 3 decades. coming to office in 2005. she's the 3rd longest serving german chancellor of old time, only her mentor helmet. cole held the position longer in postwar, germany,

anglo myrtle have achieved something that most politicians haven't at the time of leaving office. she has remained popular with a large chunk of the voters. no small achievement. when you look at the challenges she's had to face me, germany weathered the financial storm that began with the collapse of layman brothers back in 2008 better than most countries. a 480000000000 euro bailout for the banks and managing to keep on employment figures from spiking to high saw the local reelected in 2009. but then came the collapse of grease and the fee is it could never pay any of it. to lawful debts that pushed the single currency close to the brink and a tidal wave of criticism crushing down on merkel and her government. me do 2013. so whistleblower. edward snowden reveal that the united states had

kept detailed tubs on senior german officials, including chancellor merkel, her phone being tapped by washington. protests on the streets of germany were followed up with more diplomatic comment from the chancellor. have always made it clear to the u. s. president, buying among friends is not acceptable to me. one of the biggest moments of angle americans tenure came in 2015 with the refugee crisis. her statement via shuffle. so we can do it. she did a policy which saw hundreds of thousands of refuge fleeing the conflict and syria coming here to germany. something which saw anglo merkel revealed by some reviled by others. each daughter guns, i simply say that germany is a strong country. we have already managed so many things we can do it. and whenever there is something sending you know, way, we'll need to cross that bridge,

which is need to work on it. these are going to invite the indoor, so we have not seen migrant glows in such forms before. and what we are seeing right now has no relevance to the present rule. this is merkle. repeat constantly, we will cope with it, but she is not offered a structured solution yet. on the chancellor medical actions in regard to refugees change the makeup of the german parliament is opposition to her policies on asylum allowed the anti migrant alternative for germany policy to win seats in the bottom . the stag, becoming the largest opposition party to her government, making things difficult to her when addressing the chamber. the me there's being no easy route to the finish line for angular merkel. the government's policies on the coven pandemic sets off

a small but vocal opposition that it was point threatened to storm the bottom. the stag. i me me me, me. the retreat from afghanistan provided the chancellor with more problems in her final weeks with accusations of rifts within her cabinets over how best to evacuate people from cobble and then issues over who had been able to get on german planes, that we will continue the evacuation operation for as long as possible in order to help afghans who worked with us for security for freedom, for the rule of law and development to leave the country. we currently have

a very pragmatic procedure. we only carry out the security check upon entry to the country. we have now identified 4 cases of people who had already been deported border now in germany, she prepares to vacate the chancellor's office just behind me. alarm bells ringing loudly an angle of merkle, christiy, and democratic union party, as they slump to record low in the polls. the chancellor's final address to the bone, the stag, which became a attempt to promote the d. you candidate arm and lush, it as her successor ended in a barrage of hackles. it's not just about foreign policy and nato in europe. my thought is, what if i have been with this german boon de sac for with he is here is out of the democracy and this is exactly what will be discussed me. despite the obvious

challenges, the merkel years will go down as a time of relative stability for most germans. her policies have made it easier for families to balance. children with korea's employment figures have remained steady while the economy is enviable in the you. internationally, germany has taken a far more prominent role under miracles leadership than it is had in modern times . one of the big concerns right now though, is that with no clear successor to angle america in terms of policy or certainly international clout, what will become of those years of stability that was seen under her rein fees, role of her r t, berlin? well, we took to the streets all the various germans said he's to get people's views on anglo merkel and her place in history. it's been a long time. i've experienced 3 chancellor's coal schmidt and merkel. it's strange when you're $54.00 and you've only had 3 chancellors. i think she did

a lot of good things for the country and also made a lot of strange decisions. the c d. u is not my party, but i think she can happily retire too long, too long. mrs. merkel should have gone 4 years ago now. she has lost her way. she did a lot of good in the 12 years before, but now you can see that she's out of steam. i will miss mrs. merkel because i'm not satisfied with the current candidate. i would have preferred her. i think mrs. miracle has done a good job, very charismatic. she's accepted everywhere in the world. i'm not to say to you voter, but you can admire the woman. i think everything she did from 2015 on the board made things worse. she started the wave of refugees herself without agreement, there was not right and it got so much care of here. so here is how the election will work. german voters don't directly choose who chancellor, the members of the bundle stock, who will they to pick a chance to lead to lead a coalition government each row to receive 2 ballad papers. first, for

a candidate in the electoral district, there are 299 constituencies across the country. and the 2nd ballot is for a political party and there are $47.00 of them running for seats. however, only parties with more than 5 percent of the vote nationwide are allowed access into the blender stock. now the dominant force and german politics until now of course has been the cd you csu alliance. that campaign slogan has to make good things better. the post merkel era that promising to tighten immigration rules and cut taxes for low to middle income workers. and on foreign policy, they see relations with russia and china. as the main challenges facing germany. we discuss how the election, my pan out with one current and one former c d u party member. and they describe the challenges the party is now facing my list. so need to, i think it can go on like this. we have total stagnation in german politics. we

can't get any problem solve anymore. we have a failed cobra policy. no solution when the flood happened problems everywhere. the country is stagnant, frozen, and the big parties are also stagnant. there's no more progress. that is the core problem that don't do anything any more. i was in the business talk myself for 18 years. it's completely wrong. we want people who put the good of the country above their own interests. of course that is not easy to achieve, but there is a way, don't allow more than 2 terms. then you get a completely different type of person who doesn't run after the mainstream. germany is very well liked in the world or it's because it gives a lot of money to always is in the forefront of don't our conferences. it always agrees that it raises from, from the, you know, degrees is the us on many things. so in that sense, we are still liked, but we have lost much of an industrial base. the country is countries and decline.

we have and not done for catastrophic decisions in her under her watch. this was the energy, the complete change in energy policy, which we call an event in 2011. then there was, of course, the euro, the asked and the failed measure to, to save the euro, which ended in disaster and the deep depression. and the european south and then division enough cars. 3rd was c and controlled immigration policy and migration policy. 2015 and now it's a wrong approach is covered. so it really has a disastrous record which may not be perceived in the world. she'd never formulated german positions. she, i think just basically want to, i'm going to disappear as a political union. and so do quite a few people in the ruling class of governing class in germany. i mean, this is really a weird psychology, so i can't find anything good in terms of her major decisions and will bring you

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