after nine long years he's back in stuttgart maleo gomez the local boy is tasked with helping stuttgart stave off relegation. but why would a team who have scored just thirteen goals expect that of a striker who only manage one himself this season and both spoke. easy go mays is the embodiment of stuttgart success it was there that he notched his first bundesliga goal developed into a world class striker in two thousand and seven one a sensational championship. gomez's a relic of the good old days which to god hope to make real again in twenty eight years. old devotes his interest you don't forget your roots again it's they're always good to come back to me in a fog it's not as if boss alone are coming in from me and see how it goes with my child. we'll see where the road leads maybe russia stuttgart is now his stage to make a case for gilby lives world cup squad just six minutes and he's already made a statement. that was a close one. stuttgart has gone over eight hours without a goal kick into the three million man don't mess. but it was offside mahli gomes might have been a shoe lace

is off to a good start in stuttgart. even if they didn't score themselves stuttgart are back to their old winning ways at home it sure seems it was worth the nine year wait for mario gomez to return. what could have happened here a small miracle in twenty. after the dreadful end to the previous year. six measly points the second worst first half of the season in going to sleep in history is relegation already assured for cologne or is there still a sliver of hope. there's definitely no lack of love the teams make over is well underway with the new sporting director i mean she's a new striker cmon turbojet actually a specialist for the second break and the new has coached f on what back. home tempo form that we have speed up front and over this you want to go to someone who could press the ball but he also has ideas with the ball and we came up with some you talked to. me was on for some. good safety first all players like world champion eunice hector are playing in their old standard positions only to experiment about ba

and it is hummus balls turn to clear out his walker and is struggling stuttgart fire their coach after a run of just three points collected from their last eight games. well leading up to the season plenty of teams were being bandied about as potential runners up to byron munich dortmund in a strong season leipzig their club on the rise if you want to go out on limaye be shall cut with their young hot shot coach just about nobody picked leverkusen now but here we are the vax alpha are riding high and have what might be the player of the season in leon bailey on sunday they squared off against minds with a chance to solidify their grip on second place let's take a look. patience was the name of the game for late accusing coach heiko hellacious his side struggled to make any impact in a frustrating fast half of the parents' minds happy to sit back in despair and after captain bender went close because the laurie as head was as good as it got for the hosts before the break. made accusing needed something special and they caught it from a familiar source neon bailey curling in from twenty

being told they must reduce their emissions but as dominic cain reports from the german city of stuttgart efforts are being made to find new ways of cleaning up europe's. nestling in a natural bowl of the neck of valley should guard is renowned as the cradle of the automobile several famous manufacturers have important bases here but there in lies the problem because with the car comes pollution which often lingers in the air because of the local topography to combat it the city has pollution meters set up in many locations gauging the amount of nitrogen dioxide and minute particles of fine dust in the air a sophisticated alarm system warns people in the levels are too high but local authorities say more needs to be done the federal level needs to spend more money for the for the local level at the moment we have what they call is for programs quickstart program which is a one billion euros which is not that that few money but regarding are looking to the cities in germany which are ninety cities so we have the problem one billion euro is not that much money and given that so far in janua

the stuttgart opera has already been named germany's opera of the year seven times stuttgart is the country's secret cultural capital and audiences are by no means provincial. has a certain modesty but when someone from outside factors for its excellence things come out in the open. that's what's happened now. is just as much a part of the city's d.n.a. is business. porsche or posh and just as internationally important on the market. it's part and parcel of that the war gods world class ballet is housed under the same roof canadian eric go to here was a soloist at the got ballet before setting up his own company here. it was a plan to start easy and these days we're doing more of our work like what you were to thing or if it's a little bit more out there my public after ten years i think they can try pretty much anything. stuttgart attaches high value to culture the arts museum in the center of the city houses numerous important collections and has a budget that allows it to organize unusual projects. come to stuttgart germany is secret champion of the arts. and a very well kept secret i mean

done you can check pooled one bank for stuttgart but it was too late minds i'm important wing in the battle to avoid the trap. well it's time to have a look at the results so far on much day nineteen and here they are there's confirmation of that great win for cologne against hamburg schreiber got another fantastic win for them against leipsic hof and one terrible loss against leverkusen of course labor crews and now go to second in the table gladbach beat volves last i have to frank first line speech to guard and there's confirmation as well of that match on friday here in berlin between have and dormant another draw for dortmund and then on sunday we've got the big game between munich and braman and then shalt take on one over. now as always it's time to take a look at the playoff today voted for by you this week's winner with seventy five percent of the twitter vote. they on bailey a sweet one to pass by. charles i'm settled the jamaican winger to score the opener in a suit per for one victory against hoffenheim was on fire threat the game also helped to set up two further goals.

a developing danger in the eyes of the european commission but at the local level for people in stuttgart it's an ever present one dominant came out zero in the nec our valley as plenty more for you any time on our website address that is. dot com . reminder the top stories on our jazeera secessionist forces say they've taken control of the southern port city of aden that's where the saudi backed government of president rebel most or hardy have been based since twenty fourteen when it was pushed out of the capital by hoofy rebels the reuters news agency says the u.a.e. backed forces have confined the government of president had to the presidential palace suggesting a split in the saudi led coalition. as well. now this assassinates of the south moving one step closer to declaring the south of yemen and their control now the succession is backed by the united. have the opposite in aden in how they are most likely to further expand their control to other areas like b.n. and also of which gives them more advantages in the near future they are the most powerful military group operating the. ru

a developing danger in the eyes of the european commission but at the local level for people in stuttgart it's an ever present one dominant cane al-jazeera in the neck of valley and if you want to get more on that story and everything else we're covering this is wanita go. but look at the top stories for you now russian sponsored talks aimed at finding a political solution to the war in syria have wrapped up in the black sea resort of sochi the final statement said elections should be held to allow syrians to decide their own future russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said the congress also agreed to create a one hundred fifty member committee to look at changes to the syrian constitution which would include the group's not in attendance. secession his forces say they've taken control of the southern port city of aden that's where the saudi backed government of president abed rabbo months or hadi had been based since two thousand and fourteen when it was pushed out of the capital by hoofy rebels the reuters news agency says the u.a.e. based but new a backed forces have confined the go

launched its first domestic german flight from berlin communic connections to do so or frankfurt and stuttgart are also planned. there. the expansion of our activities in the capital means berlin will be easy jet second most important hub after london gatwick it's a testament to how important the german market and berlin are to the company i hear from now we hope to move about fifteen million passengers through berlin airports comes with that figure would represent some twenty percent of easyjet customers last october the airline bought twenty five aircraft from air berlin which had gone bankrupt the e.u. commission approve the deal unconditionally to maintain competition on the german market. well to talk you know the country's economy has proven its surprisingly resilient despite political uncertainties there are still some dark clouds on the horizon despite strong g.d.p. growth inflation remains a problem that's making it increasingly difficult to make for many took to make ends meet. activists suddenly had to get used to serving tea for the last full months he's been working as a temporary

being told they must reduce their emissions but as domenic cain reports from the german city of stuttgart efforts are being made to find new ways of cleaning up europe's debt. nestling in a natural bowl of the neck of valley stood guard is renowned as the cradle of the automobile several famous manufacturers have important bases here but there in lies the problem because with the car comes pollution which often lingers in the air because of the local topography to combat it the city has pollution meters set up in many locations gauging the amount of nitrogen dioxide and minute particles of fine dust in the air a sophisticated alarm system warns people in the levels are too high but local authorities say more needs to be done the federal level needs to spend more money for the for the local level at the moment we have what they call is for programs a quick start program which is a one billion euros which is not that that few money but regarding are looking to the cities in germany which are ninety cities so we have the problem one billion euro is not that much money and given that so far i

a developing danger in the eyes of the european commission but at the local level the people in stuttgart it's an ever present dominant cane al-jazeera in the neck of ali lava and molten rock are spewing from the mayon volcano in the philippines more than eighty thousand villagers from the surrounding area have been forced to hide in schools turned into emergency shelters authorities say villages in the danger zone should be turned into a permanent no man's land to avoid future evacuations. says al jazeera and these are the top stories talks hosted by russia on the syrian war have been delayed about sixteen hundred syrian businessmen politicians rebels and members of civil society were invited to the black sea resort town of sochi also says it's bringing all sections of the conflict together but the main opposition groups and the kurds are boycotting the talks and will powers like france and britain are also staying away a small section of the opposition groups who are in sochi are refusing to leave the airport they say they're offended by the presence of official syrian flags in the term

dispute that nitrogen oxide pollution is a problem levels are too high in places like dusseldorf stuttgart munich and hamburg as well as berlin a total of twenty eight german cities exceed limits in some cases dramatically it's not just term germany though france has nineteen affected areas including paris and its suburbs britain has sixteen including london in total twenty three of the twenty eight you countries exceed air quality norms of germany's and byron mental agency says two thirds of nitrogen oxides are produced by diesel engines even the cleanest diesels produce these toxic gas the e.u. commission has summoned nine environment ministers including germany's barbara hendricks to brussels for an air summit on quality today giving them a final chance to comply with quality standards now for more let's bring in our brussels correspondent bendigo band did meeting just ended one of the results. germany and the eight other countries pleading for more time basically they say we are in a good way about the need more time to match the pollution targets and it's not clear whether the commiss

maids second half goal level think of hoffenheim outs work only needed a goal to defeat hamburg stuttgartdown to one nil frankfurt share the spoils with freiburg friday night saw byron in labor couzin in love cited by irons way and on sunday cologne host blood bought in the local darby and in the late match dortmund welcome wolfsburg so let's see how those results affected the table as you can see by are now thirteen point cushion on top like six just ahead a shock a narrow margin just a point things could change up here to pin you know the results from the doormen and matches on sunday outdoor climb a bit pushy frankfurt down let's see the bottom half and it's still packed very very tight down here as you can see wolf though could jump if they manage to defeat dortmund and win lose or draw cologne stays put. as always let's take a look at our play of the day voted for by you this week's winner with seventy percent of the twitter vote who else hanover's nicol us full crew the midfielder's third goal to get smites help pull off a super comeback after being down two goals his left foot stri

a developing danger in the eyes of the european commission but at the local level for people in stuttgart it's an ever present one dominant cane al-jazeera in the neck of valley. nothing's book is set to deliver more local news to its u.s. uses in the effort to curb the spread of misinformation but the changes come as the social media giant seeks to address charges that it's failed to prevent the spread of fake news the summary is a research of oxford internet in situ she says the move will help struggling local news outlets game truck should. look up the shares are wary excited at they are struggling with getting the same kind of tracking content that national international broadcasters are having and so today right now are seen as a good. bet that will boost your subscriptions and will also lose that i don't think just as if it is about state user jump you say general let's take a step forward to have a content that is equal that it's more about friends and police i think local news and it's not targeted at actually commenting to news problem and that age you think it's important to bea

cities air pollution is way over acceptable standards in mind metropole of neri is including munich stuttgart and berlin and the e.u. commission is fed up it says the seven years since the standards were adopted was a nuff time for germany to mend its air polluting ways. and the face of such long standing favors to take serious steps in and in view that the legal process will continue all member states to add to this this life threatening problem with the agency that it deserves the european commission estimates four hundred fifty thousand people die prematurely each year in europe due to the effects of air pollution clean air is not a much higher rate but the german environment minister is pushing back she says her country has done a lot heating and industrial plants have been modernized fine particle pollution is no longer a problem except in stood guard the main issue in germany is nitrogen oxide but that also has been considerably reduced to an average of five percent last year nitrogen oxide is a minute primarily by diesel engines the environment minister does not want to ban driving wit

turn to the big story that emerged this sunday morning another coaching change in the bundesliga as stuttgart fire their coach honest vul for after a terrible run of results let's give you a few more details the. last season fall for celebrated as a hero for bringing still got straight back up to the bundesliga but this season hasn't gone to plan and the defeat to shout was the final straw. plus account for a solution after the press conference i talked to harness in the dressing room as we discussed everything in great detail with a lot of emotion soon. discreation enjoying the talk has said that he had the feeling that things weren't right by sophists wife and and he said he had doubts he was getting through to the team and should not win the puts into shock. well reported they name a new coach within the coming days. and are considered the favorites for the job. well wolf is out somebody will be in good guard i have to say when i got a push notification on my phone this morning i was shocked does this strike you as premature jonathan yeah i would say the same thing initially when i read ab

we just told you about elsewhere like in hamburg split the points shaka got that big win away to stuttgart dortmund needed a late equal laws or so levels things up with freiburg cologne grabbed a point against. freeman and harris have both failed to score frankfurt. on friday night. and some other bundesliga news stood guard have parted ways with their coach thomas wolfe this following their two nil loss to shock up one saturday thirty six year old took stood guard from the second division up to the bonus legal last season but the club well they've struggled for consistency back in the top white shirt dark have lost six of the last seven matches and wolf has lost his job. there's a brief reminder of the top stories we're following for you this hour here on d w. police have released russian opposition leader alexina bol me the el spoken kremlin critic was arrested earlier today after making a short appearance at an anti putin rally earlier today police raided not only his office. and that's your news this hour you're up to date don't forget you can always find the latest information on our

making still to play tomorrow and if we take a look at the bottom hoff of the table we can see that stuttgart big win for them today they've moved up minds will be kicking themselves because they blew that two goal lead today a big chance to get themselves away from the danger zone and they messed that up but yeah cologne tomorrow they've got a game against no matter what happens there they can't move the ball bless them. even if they win ten no they can't move that far down but it would be a huge step in the right direction if they could pick up three points absolutely now finally we have seen that by in labor because the last slice what did you make of that performance well i think at the beginning of the game it looked like live cues are going to get something out of it but binded will always do martin is scored a goal break the deadlock and from then on it looks comfortable wriggle second and then it looked as if live accuser going to find a way back in the game fall and scored a very lucky goal it's two deflections but ultimately when it came down to it the colombian superstar has a very

a developing danger in the eyes of the european commission but at the local level the people in stuttgart it's an ever present one dominant cane al-jazeera in the neck of valley and let's take you straight to sochi where we'll hit listening to stefan to mystery's talk at the end of that conference has been racking up just. let me. thank the russian federation for in my doing me a small example of. them did. work. on tribute to the geneva. we. knew very little. indeed room today and you. didn't know much in. the normal. camp when you have a. woman. in your finals big. for that to a few problems i don't want any of us on that now with a picture from the black sea resort of sochi where that meeting has wrapped up so that hype will get you back to fund a mystery and his comments that the end of the meeting which at the conference statement stressed the equality and rights among all syrians regardless of their religion or ethnicity the statement at the end of the meeting also said that the syrian people should decide their own future through elections in total to choose their own political sys

a developing danger in the eyes of the european commission but at the local level for people in stuttgart it's an ever present one dominant cane al-jazeera in the neck of valley elite cover that documents in australia have revealed that a top minister tried to stop hundreds of refugees from starting a new and permanent life in the country the papers reveal that in twenty thirteen the venue immigration minister scott morrison asked of the national security agency to slow down checks on nearly seven hundred asylum seekers he wanted them to miss the deadline for a permanent protection visa. while starting on tuesday south korea's government is banning anonymous financial trading this means traders can make cryptocurrency deposits only for bank accounts set up under their names kathy novak explains. park young uk hasn't worked since he quit his job at a pub in july he hopes to find a new role through a government employment program in the meantime he's trying his luck trading digital currencies. i've been living off my savings i have expenses but knowing comes so i thought big going could be

rough right so the stuttgart keeper. the japanese forward wasn't finished in the fifty fourth minute his first attempt was blocks but he managed to put the second away from the ground from. the duct tape around robin cielo when saw in the sixty fourth minute he fumbled a shot from garrett hope three one. in twenty four st see the the one. cup in brazil sadly his showing in minds was anything but well the champion like. that will get checks last gasp strike was too late to three two cuts road was only continue. quite the opposite in frankfurt i mean by on a strong go away from holland the next victim false book. midfielder marius both was the hero of the day the assistants about eighteen minutes ago. and only four minutes later sets up timothy chandler. both book coach martin schmidt demanded more from his team and maximillian on all delivered a dream free kick in the sixty six minutes. but it wasn't enough especially off the superstar palooka yo bitch made it for you one. look simply unbeatable on the right . and now her

the association was founded in stuttgart in twenty six days. ever since the charitable barbers have travelled around germany to draw attention to their under usual idea. that goal is to give a face to the homeless and the needy and to put a smile to. the association now has one hundred eleven members throughout germany the offer poor people in their respective cities free haircuts once a month. in twenty seven thousand more than three hundred thousand pilgrims followed the way of st james to santiago de compostela in spain that's a new record ninety three percent made their way in classic style on foot while seven percent rode bicycles in one nine hundred eighty seven the council of europe declared the way of saying change its first ever european cultural route ever since the tradition of the pilgrimage has undergone an impressive revival with more and more people making this spiritual journey. last weekend the annual hack c. hood rugby match took place in northern england the event is held every january between the villages of hexie and west w

it has to be transported from farms over considerable distances that's where these researchers in stuttgart come in they're developing a technique to make manure use more efficient they want the advantages of natural fertilizer without its ecological drawbacks really and head serious fuel valid manure contains a lot of water and transporting water's expensive on the other hand there are regions with an insufficient supply of nutrients so we have the idea of extracting the nutrients from the liquid manure and then transporting them elsewhere to other regions. and. the team has already conducted successful tests in a pilot facility the manure is slightly acidified to help separate the nutrients from the the liquid. the solid elements are filtered out. first the valuable phosphorus is extracted in the form of a phosphate salt. the ammonia a nitrogen compound is turned into the fertilizer ammonium sulphate. so just how the method works is of course a trade secret. and products are a clear liquid and an odorless powder. we've managed to obtain products from the liquid manure this is ammonium sul

right for the stuttgart keeper. the japanese forward wasn't finished in the fifty fourth minute his first attempt was blocks but he managed to put the second away from the grounds of. the ducks. if you're wrong robin cielo went on in the sixty fourth minute he fumbled the shot from garrett three one. twenty fourteen see the world cup in brazil sadly is showing in minds was anything but world champion like. that will get checked last gosho strike was too late for three two cuts road was only continued. quite the opposite in frankfurt only by on a stronger away from holland next victim false book. midfielder marius both was the hero of the day the assistant sebastien always eighteen minutes go. and only four minutes later set up timothy chandler. post book coach martin schmidt demanded more from his team and maximillian on all delivered a dream free kick in the sixty six minutes. but it wasn't enough especially after a superstar palooka yo bitch made it three one. looks simply unbeatable on the right. and now her matc