oh heck, no. refrigeration came. well look at the rest, the 7 years though it was for the ah, german voters have one more hour to decide who will replace angle america after 16 years in power or special coverage keeps a close watch or what's an extremely tight race for the chancellor said live reaction coming up in moment while among the week's top stories in our to the russian city of her, more than the loss of 6 people killed in a university shooting, correspondent traces the steps of the team governments deadly rampage. this is the

exact road the perpetrator took while he was carrying out his business planet. from say, political dialogue within nato is nonexistent. not the us and britain struggle take french younger, over a security pack with australia. those stories all ahead. ah . with the top stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment developments as well. welcome to the weekly use recap with less than an hour to go before poles close for the german election. one big question is, and voters minds who is going to replace angle america after 16 years of the hell, the

ah. just a fresh light coming into us according to germany's chief election officer voter turnout this year is lower. the last election in 2017, which was worth 36 percent of eligible voters casting their ballots. now, unlike the previous german federal elections, there is no clear favorite. the going leader anglo american house, endorsed her own parties, candidates arm and lush. it, although posters happening in social democratic leader all up shows of favorites and there's also a strong challenge from a party scene of a coalition power broker, the greens yeah, so as to say less than 60 minutes to go, no germans put their tick in the party of choice candidates as well. so let's cross indeed you can see him on screen. there are european correspond peter oliver,

following all the latest developments for peter. indeed, a huge day at the post. now almost at an antique us through how the votes been progressing. well, around 2 o'clock this afternoon, we heard that the turn out so far was around 36.5 percent know about is almost 5 percent down on the last election in 2017. the reason that's being given for that is a big increase in the number of people that have cast their votes. by post this time around, the estimated around 40 percent of the eligible 60400000 german voters have decided to cast their ballot by post this time around. most of that due to the coven, 1900 demick. in fact, outgoing chancellor angle americo is among those that decided that she would get her policy in early. what we've also understood though, is that one person who did turn up the cost is valid in person was the man she's tipping to be the next chancellor to take over from her arm and lash at the

candidate for the christian democratic union. he turned up to his pulling station, folded his pilot longly with his vote visible on the outside and put it in the box . now what we're hearing from those that understand these things a lot better than the likes of me is that while this isn't allowed, it isn't essentially going to stop. it's pretty much too late for them to do anything about that. but really a gaffe to end. what has been a deaf written campaign from arm and lush, it, it hasn't gone smoothly elsewhere as well. we're hearing from the city of get, again, that 111 polling stations of hot to have their counting lists, reprinted. this was after the right wing party alternative germany. we left off those particular lists. alternative germany entered the bond to start back in 2017 estimated, to take around 10 percent of the vote. this time out must have reprints how to go and must read distributions have to go on in. good. again,

we're also hearing of problems here in berlin, whereby that doesn't seem to be enough ballots to cast a vote in the bottom the stag election. there's a lot of elections going on at the same time, many different local elections, up to be voted on here in berlin at the same time. but we're hearing that people are going to vote and polling stations here in the german capital being told as no pilots available for that right now. one of the reasons that's being put across this is that this year is general election coincides with the international marathon and not means that most of the center of the german capital is been shut down for most of today. sure, there's going to be a few questions about why they decided that particular scheduling crash was ok. well, we've also heard as well some of the few issues and other cities and other polling stations as well. one place that haven't had a whole lot of problems though, has been in dusseldorf, where voters have been able to kill 2 birds with one stone as they carry out the democratic judy. they can also get vaccinated if they haven't been boxed already.

lowball vaccination trucks setting up at different polling stations. there it is about as tight as it gets when it comes to a german election. it's probably the most exciting german election has been in recent memory. the only thing we know for sure is that when the dust settles and all of the votes of being counted under government has been formed, and america will no longer be at the helm of the country that she's led for almost 16 years. i had to look back after time in the top job and the challenges she faced 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 decade coming to office in 2005. she's the 3rd longest serving german chancellor of old time, only her mentor helmet co held a position longer in postwar, germany, anglo myrtle. how the chief 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 unemployment figures from spiking to high. soaring de la miracle reelected in 2009. then came the collapse of grease and the fee as 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 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, spying among friends is not acceptable. me. one of the biggest moments of angle americans tenure came in 2015 with the refugee crisis. her statement of via shuffle. so we can do it. she did a policy which saw hundreds of thousands of refugees 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't do it. and whenever there is something sending you know, way will need to cross that bridge, which is need to work in it, is to invite the indoor, should we not cease migrant clothes in such forms before? and what we are seeing right now has no relevance to the present rule. that's when

this is merkle. repeat constantly, we will cope with it, but she is not offered a structured solution yet. on to 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 party to win seats in the bond. the stag, becoming the largest opposition party to her government, making things difficult to her when addressing the chamber. i me there being no easy route to the finish line for angle american. the government's policies on the covert pandemic set off a small but vocal opposition that at one point threatened to storm the bottom, the stomach. 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 is 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 with, as she prepared to vacate the chancellor's office, just behind me. alarm bells ringing loudly an angle of miracles, christiy, and democratic union party as they slump to record lows in the polls. the chancellor's final address to the bone, the stag, which became a attempt to promote the d. u. 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. oh, my goodness would fuss. i have been with this german boon de sac for with he is, here is the heart 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 were seen on to her rein feature, all of her r, t, berlin. just in terms of how things work. as regards the vote, germans don't directly choose the chancellor. the elect members of the burner stack who will later pick a chancellor to lead watts in practice is always a coalition government. each voter receive 2 valid pay. first. the 1st is for a county district, there are $299.00 such constituencies of the country. on the 2nd ball, it is for

a political party. there are $47.00 of them fight for seats, but only parties with more than 5 percent of the vote nationwide can enter parliament. none of the german parties are expected to secure a clearly, so there's likely to be plenty of post selection wrangling on forming a governing coalition. we don't know how long that might last, but german law professor elmore d. millette. he shared his tape with us on the possible line off. let's take a listen. the only thing we certainly know this list when part is, is to spit in the future government because they needed to coalition attributed a coalition may be together. but the christian democrat, i mean that should go up there with the social democrats to the greens unnecessary entity. so the question is, who can the majority to gather the into the most

likely then he needs the liberal party to form a majority called coalition. the other option is from my point of view. ready a bit less preferably that it would be a social, democratic, quoted, and green coalition. you cut a long story short my view as it did most likely be a coalition bit of christian democrats, unless it will be the chancellor. next johnson, the greens definitely. and of course, also be so not long now until voting ends in the german elections. we level the latest on the ballot right here on our international on, on a webpage long r t dot com, friday. the day and night says result start day after the break though, we'll have a look back at the week that was on the stories that shaped ah

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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 successful, very political time. time to sit down and talk the ah, logan. the russian city of perm isn't warning after this week's university gun massacre. 6 people were killed on monday by a student to classmates described as a silence on a lonely teenager warning you may find the following images disturbing. another 40 people were injured in the shooting. most of them students,

many are still fighting for their lives. are teas, constantine, ross, car has been retracing the steps taken by the killer. this is the exact road. the perfect trader took while he was carrying out his vicious plan, and this is by the way, the exec street, 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 film by terrified students. they were staring at him as he strode across the park with a hunting rifle. ammunition wrapped around his body. the me

i didn't hit. but when i was leaving university, a group of people had already got tons out. if we had a few 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 building. that it was this little, even today. ah, that's the building where are these horrific scenes unfolded 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. a bit of this has been, 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 lives 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 on to quibble when he was quiet and shy,

not very sociable and he always slower 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. it's a high truth here. apparently. hadn't found anything odd about this quiet young man . there was a bit of 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. you, what's your, what's your what's

crystal clear about this tragedy is that it could have been much worse. you've had there 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 and quickly running into the attack or open fire that officer constantine, killing, and returned fire, wounding the suspects. and then he administered 1st 8 or the gun mans and hospital in a serious condition. although he has survived and even regained conscious, i can say that about the city though. hark, as perm is still trying to come to terms with the nightmare that has just happened, and as you can see, people are still gathering up. this makes shift memorial to honor the memory of the deceased the united states and britain are scrambling to men the rift with front softer sidelining, near ally in a security park with australia. president biden has now admitted it was wrong to

strike the deal behind paris as back now, after the french defense chief said political dialogue within nato has all but disappeared. let you to do it as you knew the attitude of the united states. one of the submarine program is a further investigation of that of asian that we have been making for months today . political dialogue is non existent within the atlantic alliance. well, let's look a little different to that r t z donal quarter report on the crux appearing within the western military alliance. and how the british prime minister is humbling. the pressure what, what do you say? you have only a, have a great evening, 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 as new security pack has left in 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 seemed 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. london doesn't even feel like they've done anything wrong. it's 3 very like minded allies, standing shoulder to shoulder, creating a new partnership for the sharing of, of technology. it is not exclusive, i did not trying to,

to shoulder anybody. i did not at the stereo towards china. e, you states feeling like they were left, hung out to dry, the u. s. and u. k. and 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 franz a month ago began to go back cuz my whole as brain dead, a brain dead alliance, best strong words within nato. they want to revise the concept, the teacher concept 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, major, what's in the scanner stuff is in iraq. to train the forces. that's the limits of the extension. this is not the north atlantic anymore. is it see locked on rallies in the trillion city of melbourne have led to some brittle encounters with police. one video has surface of a man being hurled to the ground restrained, as you'll see in a moment say, please say they are investigating the case and indeed awarding some disturbing footages ahead. the o over 90 people were arrested in melbourne on saturday during a 6 day of unrest covered 19 cases. there have been on the rise since july,

but saw it in the fight a stay at home order to attend the rallies. anger's been fueled by a mandatory coven shot order for construction workers outing to the regions. harsh, locked on measures. the me the

the the reviews tonight, the very person the, the well yesterday and prime minister and says people need to get jobs if they want restrictions to end. we've been very successful saving lives,

but we've also got to give people their lives back. and i think that's what a strategy and wanted to get your feel facts and i did and we can ensure that a strike can go forward and not be held back. another aspect about the scenes there earlier in the week, victoria state, law enforcement, coal. busy for the earth space over melbourne to restricted only to police helicopters that brought out ridge from people on the media news outlets challenge the plan. they've got a court ruling then the choppers could fly, but here's the kicker. it needed police approval, australian, a furs analyst gideon rosner, gave us his view. ahmad boss, suspicion is i did that because they thought that there was so many angry and frustrated people in melbourne that it people saw, had been the protest were, but actually come and joining. and we can't be under any illusions as to what's happening here. for the 1st time in australia, the victorian police has since effectively since of the broadcast media. once you

have the police censoring the free press, you are entering a very, very dangerous territory. we are using can to terrorism police officers on australian citizens on protest. we shouldn't have a situation where police protest, the pris free protest this baldly with rubber bullets. would you guess police climates? because under crone of ours rules, you can't gather publicly for any reason, including protesting. i actually think there's an element of politicize ation that's occurred upstream police brutality. we're saying it is an attempt to crush people who cross to thing to, to baldly. take down, people who disagree with these insane and emp freedom lockdown laws. not wrapped up or recap of the week. that was i'm back in 30 with more plus the very latest of the german federal elections. finish up the exclusive doors in 30 minutes. we've got the very latest reaction and all surrounding non season me.

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