sure that it remains calm here and we don't see a repeat of the scenes on monday nights now the a.f.d. party that organized this rally here they've put out on their facebook page that they want this to remain calm and to remain peaceful but we'll see what unfolds over the coming hours earlier i know shot of the two at the counter demonstration so what is the message from both of these protesters. we were at the counter demonstration. yes they said that they don't want this image these the nazi salutes that was seen on monday evening being the images that come here from kennett so but of course on the other side you have people who want to represent their concerns what they say are legitimate concerns about angle america's migration policy is worth pointing out that here in saxony last year in the national elections the a.f.d. party came out is the strongest party so there is a very deep concern here in saxony about the influx of migrants into this region shallow tell some people joining us from candidates thank you. so as a demonstration and counter demonstration goes underway in chemist's i

the chemist's video now he's accused of leaking security information to the far right populist a.f.d. party let's take a closer look at those allegations. hun's york mass and the head of germany secret service is under scrutiny again a new investigation by german media suggests the spy chief passed on sensitive information he's accused of providing data to germany's far right populist party the f.t. weeks before its publication one of the f.t. members told german media which details were discussed. both with mr marson about the report although it wasn't available in printed form yet we talked about various figures of interest such as right wing extremism left wing extremism and islam as threats to the field of germany's opposition parties are outraged by such a dissemination of internal data before the official release because it's according to the law and the federal minister of the interior publicly announces the report came i know no other example of this information being released to a political party before the official publication of the report. according to germany's domestic intelli

clear that's not forget that here in the state of saxony in the state elections last year the a.f.d. party the right wing party came out as the strongest party there are people gathered here who say they have legitimate concerns and they're ordinary citizens wanting to voice them on the other side of course of the council process there are those who say that they don't want just the images of monday night to go around the world they want to make clear that they think refugees are welcome here not just in cabinets but of course in germany as a whole. new correspondent shallow chilled some people in kenya thank you. a public memorial service for the john mccain is underway at the national cathedral in washington a vietnam veteran mccain died last week age eighty one after battling brain cancer among those in attendance are former presidents barack obama and george w. bush president on all truong who had a bitter feud with mccain was not invited to attend. well our correspondent alexandra phenomenas outside washington national cathedral where the service is being held and here in studio with

a history of concern about immigration we saw that in the national election last year when the a.f.d. party came out is the strongest party in the state of saxony poll suggests that god could be repeated in state elections next year when the f.t.'s suggested it could do quite well there is a concern here this is a divided state about the future germany the future of the immigration policy but this isn't happening to me there are still those who insist migrants refugees are also welcome our correspondent shot at chelsea reporting from cannes miss thanks a lot. let's get you up to date now with some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. defense secretary james mattis has counseled three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan citing a lack of decisive action against militants the u.s. believes pakistan has allowed certain terror groups especially near the border with afghanistan to operate freely the u.s. state secretary of state is in islam about next week. in syria a string of explosions near a military base in damascus lit up the sky and shook the city in the early hour

has taken on a more far rice few point facing the challenge from the anti immigration a.f.d. party has that failed as a strategy to think. well the series here consider themselves the most right wing party that should be sitting in a bit varian parliament and so that they're simply not used to competition from even further to the right of the political spectrum there were a lot of serious year facials to openly criticize angela merkel for her refugee policy in twenty fifteen and in the years since twenty fifteen and so now they have to bridge that gap between still representing democratic values but also a tough stance on migration and not lose people to the a gifty not lose voters and some people did take on an approach like costlier for the interior minister where sometimes he sounded extremely right wing populist and this strategy does not seem tough worked and that's what the polls show the sea issues are there to record low at the moment so i asked angelique unevil a member of the european parliament for the c.s.u. just how this is used trying to win back the voters. do so com

western europe and they could guns and in meissen almost a third voted for the anti migration a.f.d. party in the last general elections yet it has one of the lowest proportions of foreigners in germany and my son has its own marker of same left by an arson attack on a migrant shelter three years ago as we talk outside we spot a former far right n.p.t. party leader who lives across the road. admits he met the arsonist the night before the attack by the debate is never about whether they can come but the city council had promised that he would talk to all of us living here before anything happens and that didn't happen as we read in the paper that an asylum shelter would be opened here in four weeks that's not right. that doesn't justify an arson attack. yes that was stupid well that was more than stupid. the attack cost my son its reputation but it's only a symptom of political failure says that it would of course that doesn't excuse an arson attack but that explains a little of the outrage at the lack of political communication and that seems to be a basic problem. proud of their traditio

i the moment i'm standing in front of a person is open eyes by the rightwing a.f.d. party and the bigoted maidment what's happening in the main is that they were expecting to go on a march through the city that's been prevented while police are trying to establish the route that they were intending to go on will be secure there are of course the number of the counter demonstrators are currently blocking their route but these protesters say that they want to do is they want to march in mourning for the man who lost his life on saturday night early sunday morning and also to remember what they say the victims of i don't gentiles and then merkel's migration policy of course the task now for police is trying to ensure that they and the counter-demonstrators are kept separate so they don't want to see or a piece of a lot of the violence that we saw on monday night. and sounds like the city of chemist's is very divided have you had a chance to speak to any of the demonstrators then one of the hoping to achieve at the end of this evening. a lot of the people here in this protest

now mainstream parties accuse the a.f.d. of instrumental lies in the violence for its own political and now it seems that most germans think that the populist party harbors dangerous extremist tendencies the nationwide survey asked if germany's in domestic intelligence agency should put the f.t. under surveillance the verdict was clear two thirds of those polled said that they want the a.f.d. watched. let's break this down now we are joined by did have used very own nina has a she is joining us from our political department and nina i mean some interesting trends going on here right now in this poll we see the f.t. now the biggest party in the east but we also have the majority of germans want the party put under surveillance i mean how how do you square that dana because i mean this seems to really paint a picture of a divided nation. it's really important to stress that the is the strongest policy in the country's east so there is an east west divide when it comes to the f.t. the f.t. in this poll last one point in west and

of chancellor merkel's conservatives he was already concerned about monson's dealings with the a.f.d. party here's what he said on the day two weeks ago. very frankly i've been of the opinion that the a fifty should be supervised by the fossil shorts for many years i've never been fully accepting the argument that there was no reason to do that we have. at least reports about the head of the fossil shoots mr moss and having met on numerous occasions with senior representatives without him willing to disclose what was discussed. i think we should make clear that there is. no not the faintest doubt about the integrity of our law enforcement authorities whether it's in saxony on the federal level. so warnings from andrea snick two weeks ago opposition parties are also calling for consequences constantine who is a german lawmaker for the opposition free democrats he spoke to me before the show . so mr couper do you think the country's domestic intelligence agency chief should he resign he should resign or he should be even dismissed by the minister of the interior hostile fire we have now reach

heading towards its worst results in more than sixty years as voters defect to other parties including the far right a.f.d. the party's leader horse as a whole for who also serves as germany's federal interior minister has dropped in the polls after clashes with merkel on a number of issues including migration. now has a is at the c.s.u. party conference in munich for us need it recently the c.s.u. has taken on some of the far right viewpoints of the immigration a has that failed as a strategy. well migration is of course an extremely polarizing topic especially here in bavaria where the vast majority of refugees arrived in twenty fifteen many c.s.u. officials back then criticized anglo machall who's actually their sister party representative for her what they called her open door policy towards refugees and for a long time it sounded as though the seas he was trying to imitate the f.t. and poles then clearly show that that strategy didn't work that voters didn't like that at all and so the c.s.u. has now clearly changed its strategy in fact the state premier marcus souter who spoke earlier here in munich

protests to get underway one organized by the anti islam movement and alongside the far right party the a.f.d. so when that starts to get under way in the coming hours there is concern of course that these two sides will meet took place on monday there are a lot of police here on the streets trying to keep the two sides apart trying to keep the peace but there are of course concerns among many here that we could see a repeat of the violence on monday night charlotte so you are describing a city that's clearly divided over this issue what are people around you saying. a number of the people that we've spoken to here at the counter protest say they want to make clear that a lot of the images that are going around the wild from chemists showing a lot of violence on the street does not represent this city they say this is a place where refugees are welcome but of course that's only half the story there are a number of people here in the state of saxony who are concerned about the number of migrants who have come into the state the influx of migrants and they say that they don't like that the trai

parties accuse the a.f.d. of instrumental lies and violence for its own political end now it seems that most germans think the populist party harbors dangerous extremist tendencies the nationwide survey asked if in germany's domestic intelligence agencies should put the f.t. under surveillance and the verdict very clear two thirds of those polled say they want the f.t. monitored. so let's drill down into the details here we are joined by political correspondent nina so nina. we have some some interesting trends here we have the a.f.d. the biggest party in the east and yet most germans wanted under observation as a domestic threat how do you reconcile that because it seems to really paint a picture of a divided nation it almost sounds like a contradiction but it isn't like you say he is now according to this poll the strongest party in the country's east but the same poll shows that he has lost one percentage point in the west so that does paint the picture of a divided nation and there will have to be a lot of

support from people in his home state of bavaria who might otherwise vote for that far right party i mentioned the a.f.d. the reason he's so worried about that party is that there is a very important election coming up in bavaria in the middle of october so all eyes in germany are now fixed on that election and there are a lot of questions about what will be the fate of the varian conservatives if they have a poor showing in that election that could then impact on the interior minister's. position and also his tendency to keep playing this this right wing nationalist card but i think certainly until that election things remain there a volatile indeed linda thank you so much for now d.w. chief political correspondent linda crane. now we want to put the spotlight on those working to make the world a better place each year the right livelihood award on earth people and organizations offering smart solutions for the environment and development the award is known as the alternative nobel prize there are four winners this year and we'll be looking at them throughout the day here on d w one of the awards goes

a.f.d. the biggest party in the east and yet most germans wanted under observation as a domestic threat how do you reconcile that because it seems to really paint a picture of a divided nation it almost sounds like a contradiction but it isn't like you say. according to this poll the strongest party in the country's east but the same poll shows that the a d. has lost one percentage point in the west so does paint the picture of a divided nation and there will have to be a lot of soul searching as to why that is why those messages of these anti immigrant party are so popular especially in the form a commune east germany so if you look at what's happening there of course the conservatives are losing big time deaves posing a massive threat to the conservative bloc especially in the east and we will probably see that trend confirmed in the state elections that are coming up in three east and in states next year and there's one issue where the f.t. we have to mention is really getting a lot of political mileage we saw for example after you know the candidates violence. accusing law enforcement o

and all other parties because whereas the a.f.d. says we could also be like switzerland who want to have a different way of life a different way of living pretty much all other parties in the bundestag are united in feeling that right now is really a point where the big question is are you for or against germany's democracy are you for or against the rule of law and this is something that really came through in all of the debates that we've seen so far here today thank you very much chief political editor make it of course now they're talking to us from the blue star going here in the studio hundred one to our political correspondent brings up to date on what's been happening there in the parliament thank you both very much. now we're going to go to strasburg in his last major speech before leaving office next year european commission president john club has urged europe to become more of a global player giving his state of the union address to the european parliament in strasbourg called for stronger external borders and a shared ap

a.f.d. the far right f.t. party that was the strongest party in the state of saxony there are people here who say that they are very concerned about the german chancellor angela merkel's migration policy of the last few years. thank you very much joining us from. candidates here. a public memorial service for the elite u.s. senator john mccain is beginning in washington d.c. the motorcade carrying mccain's casket has arrived at washington's national cathedral where guests have been gathering a vietnam veteran mccain died last week aged eighty one after battling brain cancer his widow cindy and daughter meghan accompanied the casket as it traveled from the capitol building to the cathedral former presidents barack obama and george w. bush are set to deliver eulogies at the service president donald trump who had a bit of feud with mccain was not invited to attend. well our correspondent alexandra phenomena is outside washington national cathedral where that service is being held and of course here in studio with me is

a.f.d. germany's far right opposition party they do seem to be enjoying themselves at the chancellor's expense. that's one way of putting it i mean they're definitely dominating the headlines at the moment everybody is talking about how to address the threat that they pose the far right threat that they pose for them any published is good publicity good talking to you thank you so much. the catholic church in germany says it is distressed and ashamed by the findings of a new report into the sexual abuse of children by priests the independent report commissioned by the catholic church found that clergyman had abused all rights nearly four thousand children over seventy years from the end of the second world war most of the victims were boys under the age of thirty one of them has been talking to d.w. about the violence he endured as a young choir boy. when he was eight years old or was one of the world renowned catholic choir boys in the southern german city of work he lived in a boarding school where he was sexually abused by priests for several years two years ago he shared the painful memori

support from people in his home state of bavaria who might otherwise vote for that far right party i mentioned the a.f.d. the reason he's so worried about that party is that there is a very important election coming up in bavaria in the middle of october so all eyes in germany are now fixed on that election and there are a lot of questions about what will be the fate of the varian conservatives if they have a poor showing in that election that could then impact on the interior minister's. position and also his tendency to keep playing this this right wing nationalist card but i think certainly until that election things remain there a volatile indeed linda thank you so much for now d.w. chief political correspondent milena crane. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today opposition supporters in the mall deeds are celebrating ibraheem sully's surprise win in sunday's presidential election so lee who campaigned as a reformer now has to hold together a coalition which includes all rivals outgoing president. conceded defeat in a televised address he was criticized for crackin

to the immigration party the a.f.d. last september when the f.d.a. got record results getting into parliament for the very first time the election was a bit of a damp squib for the s.p.d. who lost forty seats so the oath is treated this as a bitter lesson. for me progressive and feminist viewpoint it seems impossible that a woman in germany would vote if d. and yet it happens conservative branches very concerned has a very traditional to women in my view women in the traditional views can have many roles even the study title the triumph over women question mark could be seen as a warning in itself as it appears to allude to the title of a nazi party propaganda film in titled the triumph of the will which cry. nicol the nine hundred thirty four congress of the nazi party yet both the women that we spoke to felt that questioning over women triumphing with the right or with the left wing movements is not an issue it's what will kill their family the triumph of women i don't think it's necessary i think it's more important to talk about the triumph of ou

the largest opposition party in the bundestag the far right alternative for germany a.f.d.has drawn its own conclusions blaming foreigners a migrants for germany's problems. the list goes on. chancellor merkel you have nothing more to offer this country and its citizens except stubbornness arrogance and insults your barricading yourself in the chancellery further away from reality i repeat my question who in danger is the inner peace of this country. life the dispute over the basic values of german democracy and in the center of it all the german chancellor and her mind gratian policy. well our chief political editor michelle is at the going to start covering the story for us jaime sara how has this controversy surrounding candidates hurt the transfer. was the chance in the sense that it has helped the far right party because everything is seems to be about migration and really this debate today was bills to be about the future budget of germany was supposed to be looking into the future what priorities the government wants to set and then said merkel has yet another situat

a.f.d. could be attractive to police because the party stands for a strong state of clear rules and clear dominance. clout of the club. for years germany's political leaders have tried to improve conditions for security services providing more passion now better equipment and resources but the massive case may yet prove to undermine such efforts with the syrian government preparing to retake the last major rebel stronghold of italy and there are signs the country's civil war could be entering its final stages the war has driven hundreds of thousands of syrians to seek refuge in neighboring lebanon often for years well now beirut wants them to return home to areas that have been deemed safe for one returning syrian family the last five years have been a struggle on both sides of the border. the small village of beit din near the lebanese border is home to mechanic mohamed al buckeye he returned to just a month ago he was forced to leave in two thousand and thirteen when fighting broke out between the syrian army and the opposition. but when we left because of the armed groups my wife my children and

counter-demonstrations today far right groups including germany's largest opposition party the anti migration a.f.d. gathered for what they called a silent more march of mourning for a german man who was stabbed to death in chemists last sunday counter-demonstrations also converged on the city to support an anti racist pro diversity stance tensions were high off the violence broke out at demonstrations earlier in the week. two suspects a syrian and iraq you know arrested in connection with the killing on august twenty sixth. and standing by for us in camden it's very close to where that stabbing actually took place you know we shot that child some people charlotte six days since that fatal stabbing of a german national encampment still many people out on the streets how tense has the atmosphere been that today. good evening christopher with the protests have now according to police officially come to an end but there are still pockets of people on both sides who say that they're not ready to leave you're quite right where you're joining me at the moment i'm student finds at the location where the k

far right groups including germany's largest opposition party the anti immigration a.f.d. paraded through came nits in what they called a silent mourning march for a german man who was stabbed to death in the eastern german city last sunday by the fellow. i'm here because we are known. they're prepared to accept incidents like these in germany where murders are committed by people who should already have been deported. thousands of counter-demonstrators also converged on the city both locals and from further afield they wanted to send a message that the right did not represent everyone in kemet. just in this instance it's really important to make a stand against the right wing and for a tolerant diverse germany to send a message to foreign people here to say we support you we are a diverse and peaceful country and you're welcome here. because. i think the time is past here in germany when people could be chased through the streets without anybody speaking up against it this is really a time when people can't just sit to town and do nothing or we have to stand up and take t

a.f.d. germany's far right opposition party they do seem to be enjoying themselves at the chancellor's expense. that's one way of putting it i mean they're definitely dominating the headlines at the moment everybody is talking about how to address the threat that they pose the far right threat that they pose for them any published is good publicity good talking to thank you so much. you're welcome let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world french president emmanuel macro has presented a plan to combat poverty and he said the government wants to spend eight billion euros over the next four years to help the poor critics accuse him of failing to address the needs of people living in poverty. spain's parliament has voted to remove the remains of former dictator general franco from his to rule space for thirty six years until nine hundred seventy five disparate in the valley of the fall on the same monument holds the remains of thirty seven thousand dead from both sides of the civil war that brought him to power. russian protest groups foresee riots as one of i

now recently the party has taken on more far right few points facing the challenge from the anti immigration a.f.d. has that failed as a strategy. this is you. since its very beginnings always. position the party that made sure that rule of law was implemented and it stands for security and orientation is the most of their party program that they're presenting here in munich today and it is it has been very difficult for the c.s.u. to find a common stands to not sound blow the trumpet of the populous state of the party but at the same time make it clear that they will not let everybody and to germany so this is something where it took them a long time to distance themselves from the far right. party leader i say hope for is at odds with chancellor angela merkel is he a threat to her and the federal government. he is speaking right now behind me here on the stage maybe you can see. it is interesting to listen to him and see how he is trying to make palin's sound as a place that is very far away from from bavaria where we are right now in munich where he's presenting the c.s.u. policies as successfu

the largest opposition party in the bundestag the far right alternative for germany a.f.d. has drawn its own conclusions blaming foreigners a migrants for germany's problems. when it's going to the chancellor merkel you have nothing more to offer this country and its citizens except stubbornness arrogance and insults your barricading yourself in the chancellery further away from reality i repeat my question who in danger is the inner peace of this country not us. as emotions reached boiling point some politicians weren't about to allow hate in parliament products in comparisons to nazi germany. and the migrants are to blame for everything that is there's been a similar addiction in this house before and i think it's time for the democrats in this country to oppose this kind of rhetorical armament which in the end leads to despair. the result of which is violence in the streets. it's time for democracy to stand up against these people mr president. live the dispute over the basic values of german democracy. and in the center of it all the german chancellor and her mind grati

a.f.d. in this country that is the far right party that is now the largest opposition force in the national parliament would you say that party has got a lot of the drive and support from the rhetoric that has come across the atlantic from double trouble actually on the opposite when people saw in germany what devastating effect a presidency like of donald trump has i think basically a lot of support that lust for the fifty but the roots the cause of people protesting they might be comparable from that states into the center but of course you have there is no comparable to that mistreated in the united states i think all right mr. with the. german bundestag and a member of the german american parliamentary friendship group mr gridley appreciate you being on the show tonight we'll be talking with you a little bit later on the day thank you very much. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world germany's foreign minister has concluded a trip to turkey a bit rebuilding the street relationship his mission was to pave the way for a state visit to germany by pr

right elements especially considering the fact that the largest opposition party that is currently in the german parliament the a.f.d. are marching with these extremists. that's true and that has led to a new discussion whether the a.f. d. would have to be observed by the domestic intelligence service in germany so far it terrorism being money toward by the domestic intelligence service they have said well we have some suspicion on individuals but not the party so this is a discussion the government this very moment is reluctant to observe the entire party but there's also other things that of course are done on the regional level politicians try to support the civil society democracy groups the fight against extremism and on the state level in germany on the federal level politicians have also the civil society to stand up and speak out again straddling the three business and the interior minister himself has supported or has offered his support in terms of more police force also for sex and where we have these problems. and found a marked thank you favia. well an anti-racism concert is scheduled to take place in t

this nationalist right wing card but the fact is it hasn't been of any use to his party we have seen real gains in the a.f.d. and i'm dropping off support for the mainstream conservatives both in bavaria and nationally so that the f.t. is the biggest winner here linda thank you so much cheap little correspondent melinda crane now it's being hailed as a medical milestone scientists in the u.s. are reporting success in helping patients with paralysis to stand and even take steps again it's all thanks to an electrical implant that zaps the spinal cord along with months of intense rehabilitation the research is giving new hope to people suffering from spinal cord injury. one step at a time jared chin ok is able to walk again five years after an accident that left him paralyzed to be able to move. my legs and. to walk even a stand it means a lot. that there is hope for not only me but other people. because one of three patients taking part in two separate studies in the united states aimed at getting them to walk again albeit assisted the twenty nine year old was the first patient at the mayo clinic in minnesota

far right party the largest opposition party in parliament to be placed under surveillance by the office to protect the constitution on saturday leaders of the a.f.d. marched alongside neo nazi groups in a demonstration against the country's migrant policy a last week a german man was fatally stabbed two migrants were arrested in connection with the killing and that sparked violent protests in scenes of thugs chasing down people who looked for him it was these groups that the a.f.p. joined forces with on saturday or to take a listen to what the leader of the social democrats said about that today. you know the f.t. has finally last its mast of respectability slip every chairman can see that in candidates the f.t. has become a front organization for the base has some thoughts as it's neither respectable nor patriotic in my view it's a party that must be pleasanter observation by the federal office for the protection of the constitution if you ask me there are more than enough reasons to do so. well as the political volume increases in germany's migrant debate there was an attempt on monday to change the tone on the streets and perhaps in people's m

observed at the party conference in munich on saturday i thought it was extremely interesting how they see as you officials stood on stage for the first time publicly attacking the a.f.d. who are their real competitors like you said but behind the scenes everybody talked to only focus on the s.p.d. and they all playing the current conflict on the s.p.d. and this just goes to show that this coalition is extremely weak and it's full of mistrust and the big problem is that gemini is in a position where it really just can't afford to have these people questioning each other all the time. let's just remember the last conflict was not so long ago it was only in july again it was a question where the s.p. d. . it looked really weak so this time around i think the s.p.d. couldn't afford to look weak if they want to keep some of the voters then they have to make a big stand this time around because last time they looked like they had no say in this coalition at all and this is a very bad sign for germany because it is clearly paralyzed. and there is we had first of all there was a conflict in the coalition almost immediately after existence was installed about whether islam be