the the ah, it is neck and neck in germany's federal election with exit polls. putting the center left s p. d party, just the head of the ruling, c, d u signaling. what could be a change of direction for the country in the post angler, mac or special coverage was filled as an extremely tied race for the chance for the ships in the weeks up stories here in our to the russians. if you pm is mourning the loss of 6 people killed in the university shooting. correspondent, retrace the steps of the gum and deadly rampage. this is the exact road, the perfect traitor to, while he was carrying out his vicious planet. the friend says political dialogue

with a nato is non existent as the us and britain struggle to com. french anger about a security package made with straight awe . thanks for joining us, watching the weekly here on our team. well, the votes are in and the counts is on in germany's federal election. the outcome is set to determine who will replace angler. michael is chancellor in what will be the 1st change at the top in over a decade and a half the and the exit polls are all indicating that support for back of cd cfc party has shrunk considerably since the last flows happened in 2017 germany said a f,

a news channel is put, the social democrats in the lead with 26 percent ruling christine democrats and 2nd, 24 and a half percent of the vote. 30. the green party was 13.9 percent. and then the pre democratic party with $11.00 built in for germany party has gone a 10 and a half percent according to exit polls with the left party only just passing the 5 percent threshold. what does that mean? well, germans on sunday weren't directly choosing a chancellor. they were electing members of the bundle target is they who will then pick a chancellor to lead. what in practice is usually a coalition government hbo to receive 2 valid papers. the 1st was for choosing a candidate in the electro district. there are 20909 such constituencies across germany. the 2nd ballot paper that was 1st selecting a political party with $47.00 of them vying 4 seats only policy su,

managed to get 5 percent of the nation wide vote. are able to enter parliament. no single party is expected to secure an absolute majority. meaning coalition towards our inevitable policies correspondence in berlin to oliver breaks down the possible coalition option. it's about as close as thing gets here in germany. as it stands, the social democrats, the center left policy, are ahead by a whisker in this most recent poll. in fact, they look like they're about to put on around an extra 5 percent of what they picked up back in 2017. this would be one of the biggest come back since lots of us because just even earlier this year, they looked out of the running. and that's probably one of the reasons why they're candidate for john. for all f sholtes seems quite beat. if i makes the affiliates, then i'm happy to see so many here today. and of course, i'm happy about the election results. not the germans have decided that the social democrats are on their way to make success. this will be

a long election. make sure. but what's the certain as well is that many germans put that cross next to the s p d because they want to change in the government. and because they want the next chancellor of this country to be olaf shut. well, there was quite a different mood on show at the headquarters for the center, right? conservative union that's made up of the christian democratic union and in bavaria, the kristian social union. they look likely to drop around 9 percent of what they pull back in 2017. i mentioned the christine social union in bavaria for on 32.5 percent. if that comes in the around that well, that would be the lowest numbers date posted since 1949. farrah thought the conservative block set for pops the worst ever showing in the book the stag. they have spent the last 16 years in power with angular merkel at the helm. it's now looking unlikely, or looking, uncertain whether there'll be

a part of the next government us all. this is nick nick, race. this election is an exceptional situation. a president. we don't have any certain outcome, any certain figures, but we can already say that we cannot be satisfied with the results. and yet, the outcome of election still unclear this will be not current, yet shawn's eigen. well, germany is all about coalitions when it comes to who rules the country. so let's have a look at some of the, the mathematical possibilities based on how things look at the moment. the grand coalition is between the center right in the center left. that's what's real germany for the last 4 years or unlikely. that is what's going to be going forward basically, because it's, it's unlikely it's unknown whether they'll get over the 50 needed of seats in the bonus tag in order to form a coalition. government will then start looking through those coalitions that involve 3 parties, the traffic light coalition, so cold because of the, the colors of the parties involved. that's the red of the social democrats, the greens of the green party, and the yellow of the free democrats. there's also the germany coalition that

deutschland coalition, or sometimes called the mickey mouse coalition, by those that don't particularly like it. that's because it makes up the colors of the german flag or the, or the colors of disney's mouse. that's the rates of the social democrats, the black of the conservative union. and the yellow of the free democrats is particularly popular with business. not so much with anybody else. that brings us on to, to national flag coalitions that you make a coalition, which is between the conservative union, the green party, and the free democrats. plenty of questions would be raised with that one. then there's the kenya coalition. so called because of the can you flag as i mentioned, that's red, black and green. know mark zada, who's the leader of the various christian and social union. the quite fun these a jamaica coalition will. of course he would that would see him or his party at least to remain in government. what we are hearing though is when it comes to coalition talks, it may well be the free democrats, the pro business,

low tax coffee, the greens, the group that want to see more taxes and a pro environmentalist agenda that they may have to hammer out. coalition talks before they involve parties that have won the lion's share of the vote, because if those 2 conformist relation, if they can work together, then they can be the king makers and decide who gets to be chancellor. a long way to go yet though we knew this was going to be tight. i don't think we really realized exactly how tight until we've seen these figures. so let's take a closer look of what each of the 3 leading party stands for. the social democrats 1st there in the lead, according to exit polls, they want to see more drastic action taken on climate change. they're also in favor of more immigration and free trade. the party supports the creation of the european army while upholding germany's nato commitments and the sd p. as p d, i should say, he's good times with russia as vital for european pay.

taking in the polls is the cdc su alliance, which until now is from the bank of america. the campaign slogan is to make good things better. and they post michael here that promising to try and immigration rules and to cut taxes for low to middle income work is on foreign policy. they see relations with russia and china as being the main challenges facing germany and then come the green party. and 3rd, with just over 14 percent of the vote seeking to combat climate change and develop infrastructure and also in favor of more immigration and arise in the minimum wage . while supporting a universal basis income despond. approving of germany's native membership, they stand against nuclear weapons. the green's also was tough of policies on russia, china they've also been report symbolic stations in berlin, actually ran out of ballot papers. it's said that they were not able to get deliveries quick enough because roads are being closed due to the annual morrison in the city also held on sunday la. michael's preferred choice in the chancellor shoot, rice and lush. it dropped attention to the polling station. when he accidentally

revealed his father, favorite to photographers need already filled it, and we'll discuss what the new government might look like. who dr. oh, rick brooklyn, professor of european studies at stanford university. and ben, well, it feels very good for the social democrats to be in a position like this when they have the lead for the very 1st time since 2002. i was like rising from the ashes. when you look back just a few months ago, they went down to 15 percent and you know, one could possibly expect a result like this. on the other hand, what is 25 percent plus? it's certainly not enough to call this an impressive victory. but that is the situation in germany these days that the country is so diversify it and, and no one really has a home in the political party spectrum that they easily swing from one party to the other depending on single issues. and that made it so hard to predict possible

outcome not to speak of the colors that people peter just mentioned. and it can even be that the social democrats on re offer and not to have junior partners, it's most likely that they need to. because i don't think that the spirit and the grand correlation between the social democrats and the christian democrats union would allow swap off places of the social democrats to take the chancellor. read the question, democratic union only the vice chancellor said he was in such a bad condition after michael that i don't see this happening. so there will be something like a free party coalition that can take a long time until they agree on what is done. nailed down in a coalition treaty. so the voting has been completed in germany. exit polls suggest the country could be headed for a change of direction politically. the s p d just the head of michael c. d u c. s u alliance. according to those polls are

still too close to cool though this stage will keep you to date with the results as they come in the the central russian city of miss morning after this week's university gun massacre . 6 people were killed on monday, allegedly by students who classmates described as being a silent and lonely teenager. a warning you may find these upcoming images disturbing. another 40 people were wounded in the shooting. most of them students, many of whom are still fighting for their lives on the east coast and dangerous coffers in retracing the steps taken by the killer. this is the exact road the perpetrator 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 filmed by terrified students. they were staring at him as he strode across the park with a hunting rifle, ammunition wrapped around his body. he loved the me. i didn't know this, but when i was leaving university, a group of people had already gathered tons out. 15 minutes earlier, we could have been in that situation. it was very scary. we usually have building time we had in the 1st building out that it was this little davis today.

ah, 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 injury because of that pasty evacuation. 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 did in. 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 then we realized we had to do something better with us. sprint 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,

who 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 neighbors 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 out of the game that day. he walked differently. that day he worked with confidence quickly with broad steps. of course, the main question and 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 triest, who apparently had found anything odd about this quiet young man. there was a push taken in one of the guns doors on the outskirts of bird right here. where are the light shooter? purchased himself ammo as he was getting ready for the mass. murder, ah ah, we were welcome at the store. your last name was crystal clear about this tragedy is that it 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, open fire. that officer consented calling and returned 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. then as you can see, people are still gathering at this make shift memorial to honor the memory of the deceased. serbian troops had been on placed on a heightened state of alert the cause of a border. as earlier, a convoy of serbian tanks was reported, he observed heading towards the same location that is circulating on lines just by grade is deploying troops. i made soaring tensions with christina escalation for those customers. decision to request, serbian drivers entering the region to obtain a new license plate issued by kosovo to vehicle registration officers,

but attack near the border in reaction crossovers, prime minister says that serbia is provoking and international conflict. individuals in groups whose activities and danger the rule of law and public order are attacking our state and disturbing the peace. they are clearly encouraged and supported by serbia. serbia is using the citizens of kosovo to provoke a series international conflict. christine is absolute occupation of northern casa and metal hija is taking place in that international silence. however, everyone starts to worry immediately when they see serbian helicopters and planes over the territory of central serbia. apparently they should not take off without the approval of the prime minister of kosovo, cutty, or someone from the international community. serbia does not recognize its former province of kosovo as a separate nation, and thus it considered as a mutual boarder only a temporary boundary. d. u is called on both sides to diffuse the tensions costco

and serbia must find solutions to diffuse the situation and agree on the way forward. the e. u will actively support these efforts, both cost of serbian leaders of fully responsible for any risks to the safety and well being of local communities and join the la number martin summers is an independent journalist who's coverage is focused on eastern europe. good evening to martin the tensions we've talked about that seem to be escalating between serbia and kosovo. could it actually lead to some kind of military confrontation? one would not put of course it's always possible. we saw what happened in our main year. no surprise young earlier in the year where count conflict which had been frozen for very long. so i'm rapidly escalated and there's always the danger of something like this happening because a lot of the underlying hostility between these 2 policies not going

away. and simply being there, all along here, there was talk of this tension sort of rising because of a, a dispute of a license plate registration. it's hard to believe that that's really the reason you move is a lot more underlying issues that are involved here. well, said she, this happened before years ago when, when there was an attempt to impose some kind of licensing on serbian vehicles entering costumer. and of course, you got to remember that there is a going north c, ensconced in the northern part of casa, who was very happy, but being separated from so be a proper the brain in all sorts. these all, you know, to a certain extent, you know, they have been flexing their muscles and now we've got a response from serbian soldier flexing their muscles. and one of the problems in yugoslavia for money is,

has been that there's no real. he can make developments happening in most of what was the former yugoslavia on the temptation for politicians. whatever saw the wrong to use nationalist slogan and slogans, confrontation as a means of solidifying their own support within the various populations. one would hope that common sense will prevail here because, you know, there's not going to be agreement about millsman status, of course, or the role of the minority within courses. there's no reason. ultimately for war one would like d, c, concessions that either side can, can make here to de escalate the situation. well, i mean if the having having a situation where people from serbia or been able to draw into cost without having changing their license plates, which will presume was the status quo than if you just agree that i can continue.

then maybe there's no issue to, to, to fight about. but of course if, if he's a saw it or looking for a compensation as part of the why does strategy, which is what the fear has to be dangerous, and he can escalate quite quickly. and of course there is, you know, lots of bad blood and lots of bad memories on both sides. the, you, you schooled on both sides to calm down. i mean, just the usual sensible device. you could you see you involvement further map? well yes, i mean, obviously the both countries in serious sponsor joined the so the, you just have some leverage. but it may be, this should kind of distant prospect for both countries, that it's not really that much of a deterrent to either side. and it may be that you know, the balkans as a whole is still a potential powder keg. and as i said earlier,

the real problem is a lack of economic development and opportunities for young people to write the region. which then leads to a situation where politicians of all stripes you know, bang, the national is jerome as a means of gathering support their own for their own continue with, with wish to be re elected and so on and so forth. martin, appreciate you showing especially knowledge you focus on the region with his mouth and some as my guest independent journalist appreciate the thing that you and our team on is coming up to this very short bank. ah ah no, they didn't take into account one thing for their own capabilities. they didn't want to face the truth if you will. view. the truth is that the u. s. is no longer

capable of playing the role of global hagaman. i mean, the role which had had assigned to itself and we're glad you do more with driven by dreamers shaped by those in me dares thing we dare to ask in

ah, all american britain scrambling to men the rift with friends of the sidelining, their ally in a security bank may do the straight job, pardon, has now admitted it was wrong to strike that deal behind paris is back after the french defense chief said the political dialogue with a nato is all but disappeared. let you to do it as you need. the attitude of the united states, one of the submarine program is a further investigation of them servatius that we have been making for months today . political dialogue is non existent within the atlantic alliance parties. donald quarter reports on the cracks, appearing within the western military lines and how the british prime ministers been handling depression. what, what do you say that 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 is new security pack has left in new leaders scratching their heads about what even means to be in nato anymore. the reason for nato 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 friends 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 their london 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. 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, year to go by president my whole as brain dead 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 closing 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 said 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? and finally, a volcanic eruption in stains canary islands has intensified after already having destroyed hundreds of homes and force thousands of residents to flee. the option on the island of la palmer of the north west coast of africa has been occurring for more than a week. now, firefighters to lead the vicinity because of the escalation of volcanic activity, the 1st of his kind in the area for 50 years, no deaths had been reported yet as a mass evacuation was conducted quickly, following initial explosions wraps it up for they shall

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in the me i turn the well controls a part in the english language, it's hard to find a more on logically low. there's more than intelligence, they mean anything from the divine mind to the distinct human ability to apply knowledge to information about the enemy as well as the agencies. the painting is what turns information into intelligence, can intelligence be done? and what goes into sharing intelligence with your adversary of, to discuss that i'm now joined by the director of russia for an intelligence service that is going to give us to nourish can thank you for joining us today. let's start with the most burning issue on the international agenda. yes. is draw from can you start.