there is a reaction to some of the anglo-american centrist policies within the party some of the more conservative wing of the party of never quite accepted in the dean looking for the moment to fight back and also i think it's the longer term the polling on the voting trend not just a third force these two elections back to back effectively. as i mentioned earlier . in the twenty fifteen when the whole refugee policy debate began and i'm going to medical open the germ door allowed germany's borders to remain open for so many people to come in the party was polling at forty percent and now it's down somewhere between twenty minutes or somewhere around is to be under twenty five maybe twenty four percent it's a policy that we're i mean we look at the social democrats and we think they're in an existential crisis but so too since yesterday of the christian democrats and i think they wanted to get in there very very quickly and head to head this front office soon as possible and both seem to indicate that the refugee crisis the migration crisis is near not top of the agenda for most peop

well of course it will have tremendous implications also on the coalition partner of anglo-american as conservatives the social democrats you mentioned the results in has it but you also have to say that the s.p.d. the social democrats have been losing consistently for a year now and they lost in the federal elections last year in september then they lost in bavaria and they always went down by some ten percentage points which is a tremendous loss of course lots of these voters went to the green party which has explained that result in that surge over there but. s.p.d. has been in an excess existential crisis as you say they have lost their profile in all of the surveys people answer to the question what do you see as the core strengths of the social democrats as i don't know there was a vast majority of voters who said the s.p.d. are not delivering on those core social democratic issues anymore and the party has been struggling for a very long time and until americans announcement of course has an implication here is that the state premier of the state of lower saxony has already said

will have to decide which direction it wants to take in the future by choosing anglo-american successor at a party conference in december you know with all the speculation the chancellor has said she would like to remain chancellor until twenty twenty one can she do so it depends very much on just how well she can work together with her successor as party chair spawn all of to take meds wouldn't make her life easier as chancellor that's for sure and then of course there's also the s.p.d. the junior partner in the coalition they have a lot of soul searching to do they have to decide themselves whether or not they actually want to stay in this coalition government that has hurt them so badly because they've lost their profile voters don't know what they stand for anymore and they have had the west results in their party history and so they are looking ahead to some important meetings where they will decide whether or not they will stay in the coalition if they pull out of course we are probably looking at fresh elections and that could spell an early end to anglo backhauls term as chancel

me so much god it's good to have you with us a day after a chance to anglo-american announces her plan to exit germany in the world look ahead to who might replace her merkel is said she will resign as leader of her party in december and step down as chancellor of the next election the move follows heavy losses for her conservatives and recent state elections one thing is clear the person who succeeds merkel will have big shoes to fill. an earthquake a bombshell a day of destiny there's been no shortage of drastic descriptions. announcement. essence of. firstly at the coming c.d.u. party conference in december i have decided not to run again for c.d.u. party leader and secondly this fourth term is my last as chancellor of germany will start at the election in twenty twenty one i won't run again a c.d.u. chancellor candidate nor will i run for a seat in parliament nor will i seek any other political. position and sleepy. merkel has previously said that the two jobs chancellor and party leader should go together but after eighteen years heading the christian democrats the moment has come

the secretary general since this year she was appointed by anglo american she was chosen very similar in style of very similar to the core policy areas except of privilege mets is the arch rival of unglue americal he was ousted as parliamentary group leader for meds is of course the politician that the journalist asked after some sixteen years ago and so he then left politics he joined an investment bank and wasn't seen any more because he was really just pushed aside by anglo-american and now he sees it as time for revenge and the party the conservatives here in germany will have to decide which direction do they want to take do they want to move further to the right again and compete with the new party and that would be something that's a little a schmetz could support or do they want somebody who represents a continuation of anglo-american that would be unlikely come and we'll see who else is going to put their hats in the ring at a lot of different angles to pick apart here in the political events taking place in berlin today thank you to both of our correspondents abraham and nin

and they'll be some hard talks the party conference in december there'll be more pressure on anglo-american but i think she will survive. and will be able to function of the day as to say all right our political correspondent peter craven thank you very much peter. all right let's switch gears to some sports news now in formula one lewis hamilton a storm two a fifth the world championship win at the mexican grand prix on sunday hamilton went into the race needing to finish in or above seven place to clinch the championship he started third on the grid and made an early bid for the lead but red bulls max for stuff than edged him aside and went on to win the race for a second year in a row but it was hamilton's day he claimed fourth spot tending in this sift world title. only one driver in the history of the sport has never won more world championships than lewis hamilton the retired racing legend michelle schumacher with seven but the britain is closing in having secured that fifth crown on sunday here's the story of this season's title defense. lewis hamilton champion again his fifth formul

staying in place for weeks and months to come he seems quite buoyant and that's a problem for anglo american because he's he's been involved in a long grudge match with i'm going to go and really that's the last thing she wants that's when the see when the c.d.u. grandees arriving in sydney say things can't go on like this what they're talking about is the squabbling the constant squabbling in the party ranks and in the coalition ranks ok or say oh for is of course also the interior minister here in berlin this year law let's go to you in munich a lot of historic proportions for various conservatives are heads going to roll where you are today. not today and this is a political earthquake there's no question about it it's a it was a predicted political earthquake and it didn't turn out quite as bad for the conservatives see as you have the very as many had feared so there is at the same time a sense of relief but also more and more questions are being asked to take the about the leadership of horse stable for technically unless he resign which he's already said he will do they can't vote him

in bavaria and they've that with their case that would be too serious setbacks for anglo-american in two weeks in just a fortnight and that would be a major blow a major blow to her credibility and people are already beginning to wonder whether she has. to lead her coalition is without a doubt if a crisis also an important date is coming up at the beginning of september i'm going to mouth is going to be going up to be to attempt to be revoted back in as policy chairman as party leader and there are also already room is behind the scenes that there could be a challenge to her there so increasing pressure on the german chancellor ok that vote in december for the chancellor following the one in october peter cravin at seaview headquarters here in berlin we could be hearing from the chancellor shortly where later today michelle a governor in munich thanks to both. there's much more on the bavarian elections and their fallout at our website the state of u. dot com let's move on to some of the other stories making the news this morning the once jailed malaysian politician on more abraham h

he was a patriot who wanted to do what he did to advance americans, anglo-american culture. but i do not think that is true at all. misery --y from missouri to the new mexico territory. it was mexican territory. he was trying to get away from america. happiest years of his life were the years that he spent as a mountain man, living with the arapahoe. trapping beaver in the rivers of the remote american west. that was not a money culture. it produced money, obviously, it was a lucrative trade, but they lived a very different world. to understand carson really, his motivation of his life, it was not about being a patriot, it was about loyalty, coming back to this idea. tribal loyalty. this is how you survived when you were a mountain man. this is the code we talked about yesterday in the seminars about. the code of the west. the good of the west was absolute loyalty to your group to him. the enemy of your group is your personal enemy. brain whennto your -- when you are a 19-year-old kit coming up in that culture. other tribes were your enemy. by the time he was 30 years old, t

anglo american on the copper side remains unchanged.platinum comes out, third quarter total production 9000 ounces and the guidance remains unchanged. full-yearican sees diamond production at the higher end of the range. have you been busy buying diamonds, that is what i want to know. i am a copper-aluminum kind of guy, i leave the diamonds to you. nejra: i am waiting for you to buy me diamonds. where are their presents for joining me on the show? the msci asia-pacific index on the bear market, closing down 2.7%. days of gains-- danes o that we could see a weaker open weeurope again by more than saw yesterday. we closed lower by .41%, dax futures leading the losses down and thec 40 with .9 ftse future firmly in negative territory. lower.tures alone -- are the nasdaq gained but futures are all lower. it is risk off in these equity markets. money where's the flow of ? the risk off mood in the market, could it be tapping out or , moving to the upside? that is the question. you have treasuries at the bottom and rising prices by 20 pips. wan

can't go on with this as it is it's not promising and we need to change and they've identified anglo-american as perhaps now the the the problem rather than any kind of a possible solution has always been the view that i'm going natural to anglo american with in concert with friends there is no alternative both in terms of domestic politics and to in terms of in international politics maybe now enough people within party ranks have convinced themselves that there is absent alternative or at least that can be an alternative to angela merkel after all these years is in the chancery and the head of politics was all about her party primarily here initially at least and what indications do you think if she does not stand up a party leader what implications will this have on the so-called grand coalition because johnson and america see the e.u. is in a coalition with the left of center s.p.d. party and they're governing in what in germany be called a grand coalition at the national level i think this would change the dynamic so sufficiently within conservative politics that i don't think that the t

of the conservative says you sister party here in bavaria of anglo-american will see to you and this is you also takes on a special role it's within a party union with german chancellor angela merkel's party it always has a somewhat stronger voice than the other fifteen states in germany and it's also seen as yet another threshold for the far right a fifty which looks pretty safe to enter the fifteen out of sixteen state parliaments here in germany with those regional elections in hesse's still to go in two weeks time and those might be the real test how much under threat are going to medical support base is because this trauma here is already factored in very quickly michel in the far and if he is likely to enter the board with the various state parliament for the first time why have they managed to go not such support in the region. well this is an interesting question i mean it really is is it the weakness of the conservative c is you or is it the strength of the f.t. it's polling at around ten percent here yes that is a strong so in particular in comparison to the established soc

has been badly today since anglo-american and she would stand down as leader of her party and not seek a further was germany's chancellor the race to succeed a heated up today as one of her longstanding critics launched his leadership campaign frederick metz says he can't unite a divided party. meet chancellor merkel's old rival the man she once ousted is back to challenge her it's evolved to get the c.d.u. needs a fresh start and renewal. c.d.u. needs a forward thinking political discussion and i believe that means the c.d.u. has to be clear about its core values going to america had taken over his position as parliamentary leader of the conservatives sixteen years ago many say he's never forgiven her he carried on as her second in command for a couple of years then in two thousand and nine he left politics he returned to his day job as an attorney joining an international corporate law firm he's also sat on the board of governors for several companies including the world's largest asset management firm black rock so far is one of three contenders for the party leadership he's conside

election campaign smacks of pro change sentiment at the very least that's expected to blow away anglo-american interior minister. but it could also deal another blow to zero grip on power. let's cross over now to de chief political editor michelle across america who was at the c.s. hughes final campaign rally in munich this evening welcome see you we know this is a regional election why is it so important for the country as a whole. this i'm standing here to be a war and this is kind of the variance down on any election event and it's so relevant because german chancellor angela merkel is already facing criticism in berlin from her own political. she now faces here in bavaria this conservative stronghold being under pressure the sea is you the sister party of her conservative c.d.u. party is expected to lose its absolute majority now that doesn't really sound like such a big deal but forming coalitions here but very it is very unusual something that is not unusual in berlin is almost unheard of here in bavaria it's only happened twice before since world war two and if the rock solid support va

of the two pillows besides anglo-american c.d.u. conservatives that make up the coalition but there's a third problem for a. second problem i think i should probably say for angela merkel that whole see hope for is still around there have been some hopes that in. some quarters and maybe i'm going to medical share these hopes that if the candidate cabinet is going to be sitting firmly in the coalition to go she ations he's looking pretty smug about it he's talking about big plans for the future and this must move very disconcerting frank of america because he is peter constant disruption to coalition government since it was formed in march he's been bearing grudges against angela merkel in settling scores and so that is a real source of instability for angela merkel it leaves the coalition as a coalition that is more likely to drift apart than pull together. peter craven there talking with me earlier we have much more on that election our website w dot com time now for some of the other stories making the news today saudi arabia has

talk about the translator here quickly how much of a threat does this bode pose for her could anglo-american be even more damaged by this election. well this to fact is there are going to be important. watching probably this election today the one thing is that of course state election always kind of taking temperature for berlin so there's going to be just moods that we can observe how voters are feeling about the building government as current surveys have suggested the very voters are very interested in what's happening there and so they're not only polling on their states government here they're also polling on how berlin has been having and we've seen a lot of crisis in the government that's been formed six months ago and of course the other person that is really important is the interior minister i'm going to michael whose job may be on the line today right voting just underway there in munich max coast thank you very much now to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump has met with andrew bronson the american pastor is read from turkish detent

in germany and it has so regional elections national consequences can we expect the same for anglo american if a party does poorly of it what with the constant possible consequences depends on how bad the result would be cool if indeed conservatives for example don't get the mandate to form a regional government i would be a very bad result from the merkel it could even have consequences here in berlin if on the other hand the c.d.u. doesn't get that mandate to form a government they can present that in a way obviously as a victory but it is absolutely clear from what we've been seeing in the last few weeks that the conservatives on the social democrats will be losing ground compared to previous elections and has say and those votes will be going to a certain extent to smaller parties like the greens or like the far right alternative for germany alternative for germany said to end this parliament which would mean that they will now be in all regional parliaments in germany all sixteen of them and what is making these smaller parties more attractive to the voters well essentially depends on

though it remains very difficult in germany to see who could possibly step forward and challenge anglo-american at this stage that is is what. the what's behind the scenes. peter craven reporting for us peter thank you very much. now to some other stories making headlines around the world one of the conspirators in the nine eleven attack on the u.s. is set to be deported. was arrested in two thousand and one and convicted in homburg in two thousand and six of helping three of the attackers in the suicide plot german authorities said they did not want to jeopardize the procedure by specifying when the moroccan national deportation would take place. british and the e.u. negotiators say they have not been able to seal a break that deal with head of an e.u. summit this week despite a flurry of unscheduled meetings on sunday the chief negotiator michele tweeted that the key issues were still open in particular the need to avoid a hard border between the you case northern ireland and the irish republic. kensington palace as prince harry and his wife the duchess of sussex are expecting their first bab

tired of this conservation they have seen this before the grand coalition has governed before anglo-american is now for thirteen years in power and they just have the feeling that there's nothing new that this government can offer and then there's also just practical political mistakes that this governor made there was a performance that people had the feeling they conduit and they were angry with these mistakes of the government all right so let's talk about who is doing really well the greens they're on a roll that's true i mean simple thing is we had a very hot and dry summer and climate change is a big topic again and that's of course at the core of the greens but they also have a clear stand in many other subjects they are pro european they approach migration they are pro an open liberal society and at the same time they can offer a fresh personal people that many many voters can identify with they are not ready to let all their pregnant think they're positive and they are also vote to bill for people in the middle all right now at just five years after it was found at the far right par

she's one of those he's been suggested her name has been put forward as a potential successor to anglo-american and this is the this is the background here you know when will the successes be sort of named when will they come out of a cover and start to put their hands in the ring because you know that will be a problem for the christian democrats going forward in a night like tonight begins to concentrate minds around that i also want to take some reaction from the social democrats she spoke moments ago as well it's and what she had to say today in for loose politics at a federal level contributed a lot to our losses and has a and there are two reasons for that first something has to change in the s.p.d. . we have a lot of work ahead of that. we have to make it clear where we differ from the work of the government so i wouldn't second the condition of a government is unacceptable we expect the conservatives to draw the consequences and resolve their political and personal differences as quickly as possible. ok so tough words from that is there but could we see this resulting in them leaving th

anglo-american is christian democratic union form a parliamentary group with their very insistent party the christian social union. they are bracing for disastrous results the c.s.u. has never been as low in opinion polls as it is now. does that allows an alarm bell we have to make efforts to strengthen the traditional parties again we have to work on getting the core of society excited about politics again. those most excited about politics are outside that core the far right a fifty party might enter the bavarian parliament. but i'm going to good mood of course we expected to get forty percent of the vote and. the greens are also expected to do well the general trend sees smaller parties gaining from the larger party's losses the social democrats are also using voters. the blame game will almost certainly begin after the poor results the two big centrist parties are projected to get and many will point in this direction and hold chancellor merkel responsible for the decline of their party's. america's current government was formed just seven months ago the toughest period might lie ah

in a desperate and final attempt to extract those votes a swing of anglo-american compassionate microstate is expected as the various took him the second time as number of asylum seekers house of sixteen regions in the country at the height of the migrant crisis twenty five thousand arrived at meaning the station not everyone was happy about. it. yet it is now the alternative for germany party or the f.d.a. is on the page of entering the very in parliament for the first time they even claiming that the ruling vivarium party is stealing the campaign thinking this is very well known among the journalists and also among the people to see is who is kind of copying our program but is losing massive losing the people of god the big part of the day i like to write if this is the case then the gamble make fire those who are more conservative believing towards the air today however those put off by the rhetoric leading towards the left will agree they're expected to come second with twenty percent of the votes the absolute c.s.u. will be hugh's true whatever the outcome one thing's for sure the vot

health minister you're right he's a young guy very ambitious is one of the most vocal critics of anglo-american if you will especially when it comes to the refugee policy he's also announced his candidacy but then he represents that conservative wing but then also come combo of the secretary general will probably refer to as a k.-k. because the names too complicated if she becomes party chair but she would essentially represent a continuation of. in those policies there is of the three names that are currently floating and there will probably more. more people will probably announce their candidacy between now and december ok and how was the announcement yesterday greeted by the german public and the press to do that do they see this is decisive this from the chancellor of drawing a line under this or other other place to see it go what's going on there was a lot of respect even from critics there was a lot of respect from left wing parties from the left wing papers like the top said we will one day want her back we will miss essentially saying this is something she . the party the conservative

who's currently health minister in the medical cabinet who's one of the most vocal critics of anglo-american and who belongs to the right wing of the conservatives here in germany then there is a blast from the past to him there's clearly for mets who is also positioned himself as a potential successor for uncle america holes and position as a party chair person and place they've met was ousted in fact as the leader of the parliamentary group of the conservatives in two thousand and two by anglo machall so this looks like he sees it as time for revenge ok nina stay with us if you would we're going to hear now from the leader of a chance was told in part as their knowledge of the s.p.d. . now. i was chair of the party for eighteen years she defined her party for eighteen years which is an incredible achievement when she took on the leadership of the c.d.u. when the party was in a very deep crisis oh she was the first woman to take on this function of electors in this function by many men. and many men in her party many journalists male journalists as well said she was too weak but she not onl

he was a patriot who wanted to do what he did to advance anglo- american culture. in fact, i don't think it's true at all. he ran away from missouri to the new mexico territory. it wasn't even a territory yet. it was still mexican territory. he was trying to get away from america. the happiest years of his life for the years that he spent as a mountain man, living with the arapahoe. he lived with these breezy french dudes trapping beaver and the rivers of the remote american west. that was not a money culture. obviously it produced money. it was a lucrative trade. he lived in a different world. to understand carson, his motivation, his life is not about being a patriot. his life is about loyalty. this was individual loyalty and tribal loyalty. this is how you survive as a man-to-man. this was the code we talked about yesterday and some of the seminars. we talked about the code of the west. for him, the code of the west was absolute loyalty to your group. the enemy of your group is your personal enemy. that is hardwired into your brain. when you are 19-year-old kid,

well it was a bruising result in sunday's election for anglo-american sister party the c.s.e. who lost that absolute majority now in terry minister for heads up the c.s.c. and his name faith in me criticizing and. policy which he thought would translate into votes for the c.s.c. but some are suggesting he should resign but since the election he says that there are two sides to the coin. is this current it is not a good day for us to be christian social union this is a result we can't be satisfied with true but it's also true that very in voters have given us a clear mandate to build a new complement for bavaria and we will assume this responsibility. now the c.s.u. will have to form a coalition but they've already ruled out forming a coalition and sharing power with the f.d.a. which brings us on to the historic moment when they'll tend to pick any party now made their debut. they're ready to be an opposition force in the regional government but said never posse with the spike in votes with agree with your record it's raechel strong game seven now the second largest party in so

the stars of this book the stars litter star the star brothers george and john starr who were anglo american their family the star has sailed over to america just after the mayflower and one of their ancestors dr comfort's or was one of the founders of harvard university has a story of it so would you document that but they go underground in europe as bodies but in one thousand nine hundred thirty nine the just when war was declared they were both one was living in belgium as a mining engineer george and john was living in paris as a commercial artist and they tried to enlist in the r.a.f. which was the probably the glamour most glad. morris branch of the service to be in at the time but because their father was american they were rejected so the enlisted in the army they evacuated the continent nine hundred forty with the rest of the british expeditionary force came back to england and because they spoke french they were recruited by su we as agents and sent back into france now i want to get on to why this is oddly very relevant today how this was replicate the the ideas of replicated thro

you mentioned anglo—american's little joke.t about her own position? how vulnerable is the german chancellor? iran she is very vulnerable. there is a lot of talk that something might happen there. she might even... there is need of a change of leadership. there is rumoured that she is going for the head of the coalition. to replace jean—claude youngsters. this is com plete jean—claude youngsters. this is complete gossip. and we love gossip. . gossip always tells you something. she lost an election is people who are very loyal followers. she is very abominable in her party. maybe thatis very abominable in her party. maybe that is why she isn't such a good mood like theresa may dancing on the stage, there is nothing to lose. mood like theresa may dancing on the stage, there is nothing to losem of the deliberation of knowing your comment was the final act. the problem is what is left behind. whoever succeeds through is a german chancellor, brexit will remain a problem. . this seems unlikely, but a second referendum. if you want to

election campaign smacks of pro change said to me at the very least that's expected to blow away anglo-american interior minister. but it could also deal another blow to her own grip on power. must cross over now to de chief political editor michel a cosigner who was at the c s u's final campaign rally in munich this evening welcome to you we know this is a regional election why is it so important for the country as a whole. it's i'm standing here to be a war and this is kind of the variance down on any election event and it's so relevant because german chancellor angela merkel is already facing criticism in berlin from her own political calm she now faces here varia this conservative stronghold being under pressure the sea is you the sister party of her conservative c.d.u. party is expected to lose its absolute majority now that doesn't really sound like such a big deal but forming coalitions here but very it is very unusual something that is not unusual in berlin is almost unheard of here in bavaria it's only happened twice before since world war two and if the rock solid support varia for th

anglo-american has been chancellor for thirteen years she wants to remain in office until the next shot childer lections in twenty twenty one. stepping down as leader of her party a position she's held for nearly two decades is expected to spark a race to find a replacement allowing a new figure to build a profile ahead of the next election you know spring came after merkel's party experience big losses in a regional election in the western state of us the party came first but with an eleven percent drop in support it was the second electoral setback in as many weeks for merkel's conservative alliance. judea coalition partners the social democrat party has threatened to end their partnership if there is no political improvement the poor results have sparked an energetic debate about who will succeed merkel and when her party is tolerated because she was able to negotiate coalitions where they would be the strongest. that's been less sense the last elections the social democrats would join the government if they got the post of foreign minister and finance minister and many in the party

the numbers right now in the poll say that if the entire country were to vote today a chance to anglo-american conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. bloc would get twenty six percent of the votes down three points from september the social democrats the junior party in the coalition would be at fifteen percent the greens in contrast with stand to gain three points with seventeen percent of the vote and the far right would be unchanged on sixteen percent mark so you know hearing these numbers seeing is these numbers what's causing this shift in the german political landscape. where when you stephen over the summer over the last six months where the german grand coalition government came into place this is something we always have to remember that the current government has been governing for six months and these six months how i've been. see i have been facing a lot of crisis is actually. contributed to by the federal interior minister whole super who is the had of the seas you party here in the various and this has a really did the confidence of the electorate in dick grand coalition and have them look t

plenty of supporters on the airwaves who and where are they well richard for years pundits in the anglo-american media have talked up saudi arabia as a bastion of stability in the middle. which is debatable to say the least but following to show she's killing most news outlets in the west have been more critical of crown prince mohammed bin solomon in particular and the u.s. saudi relationship in general and now the same cannot be said of fox news two weeks after his first went missing a fox news anchor said this this was a real disappointing because this was our last hope of any stability in the middle east to fight back on the terrorists from iran do you walk away from that when you know that this was our you know we needed that partnership with the saudis to fight the terrorists in iran still not entirely on surprising given that we're talking about fox news but what about saudi arabia's allies in the gulf are they any better or have they been any better at scrutinizing their powerful neighbor poster shops or not at all and turning into coverage in gulf countries such as behind in the united

that they can stay in the coalition and now that those in the debates are somewhat if used by anglo-american announcement that they can get back somewhat to governing new properly and media in a sense the seem to be echoes of what chancellor angela merkel also talked about she talked about the direction the party is going in and so did talk about the direction and finding consensus on the cool agenda of the s.p.d. but how difficult would it be they haven't been able to find and shop in the profile and win over voters in the last election or regional elections also show that s.p.d. is losing support so how pragmatic how kind of attractive is what you think now will it be for the young just specially with the youth wing of the s.p.d. actually wanting to lot stronger renewal of party values. the youth wing has been very clear from the start we have to remind ourselves that they were the ones who didn't want to enter this so-called grand coalition with ungrammatical conservatives in the first place in history then had a referendum and asked its members whether or not it should join this coalitio

confidence among the electorate and the reason to speak the burden of his party was anglo-american herself so it was quite rational for her to leave office as party chairman but they were the less whenever something important happened you usually are surprised by it happening right now and this is why drew was really surprising that angular merkel is so quickly has drawn the consequences out of the disastrous electoral defeats during the last eight elections in bavaria and in history here i mean you know the popularity of the party is obviously declined but nevertheless she's been a very very strong leader doesn't that make it even more surprising. well see a strong leader may sometimes be too strong a leader if a political party loses it's its turn will live its capacity to discuss new ways of policy making it's a billet t. to do modifications of an apparently run policy approach as it was the case with a c.d.u. one might put it in the following way there was too much leadership and not enough discussion so really the political life within the christian democratic union had come to an end

stepping down in twenty twenty one and contends plans to quit safely party off the eighteen years as anglo-american with heads with a series of setbacks of the hounds of the un for my quick party tentative.

because all the ruling and the ruling coalition of anglo american in berlin. is to put the parties that it consists of a set to suffer. in bavaria and suffer badly that's true not just for this yes you but also for the social democrats -- angle america has self will carry some of the blame for the bavarian results -- and her coalition partners will make sure. to try to make her take the maximum of it. m. and unrest within our own party is growing and you said you believe that the folks will be a victory for democracy. what did you mean exactly excessive but very positive spin on? completely and i'm i i will start with that i think. on two parts first of all i think. it's absbsurd for democracyo be ruled by the same party for sixty years. in that sense.e. m. move once a change of government in bavaria is good for democracy and it's also good for the state because parties that are too long how get to crusty. m. but secondly i think perhaps even more important in this time m. and this political climate that we have now. i think this use you in bavaria is getting

though it remains very difficult in germany to see who could possibly step forward and challenge anglo-american at this stage that is what is being talked about nevertheless behind the scenes. i get it he's peter craven reporting for us peter thank you very much. now at some other stories making headlines around the world the once jailed malaysian politician on why you were him has been sworn in as a member of parliament two days after a landslide byelection victory the move seals abraham's political comeback following a two thousand and fifteen sodomy conviction which he claims was politically motivated prime minister mahathir mohamad has designated for him as his successor. british and a unit goshi agers say they have not been able to seal a break the deal ahead of an e.u. summit this week despite a flurry of unscheduled meetings on sunday the e.u. chief negotiator michel tweeted that key issues were still open in particular the need to avoid a hard border between the u.k.'s northern ireland and the irish republic. kensington palace says prince harry and his wife the duchess of sussex are exp

indulge in his other favorite pastime mentioned already as well the ongoing settling of scores with anglo-american let's have a look. sometimes a look can speak a thousand words the whole phone german interior minister and head of the bavarian c.s.u. twice drove the governing coalition in berlin to the brink of collapse and plunged . into disbelief. first it was over the deportation of refugees along the various border with austria then it was over the fate of huns georg masson the controversial head of the domestic intelligence agency. sale for the stubborn dyed in the wool politician from the area where a certain type of man calls the shots. the very instant premier marcus sir is the same type for years the so-called alpha males of the c.s.u. in gauged in grueling power struggles until the top of the whole firm who then went to berlin. and at the very end boys isn't even about politics anymore. that's enough politics punt survive more or personalities that we go i think that's a huge amount of personalities involved here i think the hope is a man who is very egocentric and who will bear a grudge

the table so those numbers you know they're moving slightly but the structure is still the same anglo-american spotty not looking very good is it good news for her at this point was good and bad news for. the c.d.u. her party is the largest party in this result and whichever way whichever coalition even if it's a three party coalition perhaps a circle jamaica with greens and and f.t.p. together. whichever way it plays out the c.d.u. will be calling the shots they'll be in control of the states and support for them they've been in charge there for twenty years and that would have been an absolute bombshell for america if that hadn't played out having said that massive drop in votes not only for her party but also for her coalition partner in berlin the social democrats both of last about ten percent the question will be do her colleagues in the christian democrat party say ten percent is a massive loss it's a sign that the medical era is over and we've got to change as soon as we can possibly before the end of this year and do on the other side the social democrats say this is such a bad result

it's not going to michael's party ever separate party anglo-american sponsor the c.d.u. does not campaign here they form part of the federal the national coalition they've been very unhappy about these sorts of policies to do with migration that angle americal the social democrats who they're in government with nationally been pushing through so if there is a result that emerges today which shakes up the system here in bavaria which weakens perhaps the government governing party the c.s.u. in bavaria that could have an off the shock as it were the tremor happens here an aftershock could reverberate in berlin and it could make anger america's national coalition that much shakier and it's worth saying in terms of the federal national picture not very of the federal picture the governing parties that all their poll ratings are really not very high at the moment that's why what happens here this evening when the result comes out will reverberate around germany. john mccain joining us that from munich that's very much on the. at least fifteen migrants including children have

plenty of supporters on the airwaves who and where are they well richard for years pundits and the anglo-american media have talked up saudi arabia as a bastion of stability in the middle east which is debatable to say the least but following killing most news outlets in the west have been more critical of crown prince mohammed bin solomon in particular and the u.s. saudi relationship in general and now the same cannot be said of fox news two weeks after his first went missing a fox news anchor said this this was a real disappointing because this was our last hope of any stability in the middle east to fight back on the terrorists from iran do you walk away from that when you know that this was our you know we needed that partnership with the saudis to fight the terrorists in iran still not entirely on surprising given that we're talking about fox news but what about saudi arabia's allies in the gulf are they any better or have they been any better at scrutinizing their powerful neighbor poster shops or not at all and turning into coverage in gulf countries such as behind in the united arab emira

the story so she's she's catholic she's a mother of children she's much more conservative than anglo-american ever had been so therefore it would be a good fitting piece of puzzle actually to merkel and the two could be a very good team so in this regard she could remain chancellor until the end of the term and everyone was anyone expecting that she will not go for another term as chancellor of the twenty twenty saw and a best case scenario actually with this move she could bring her party up in the polls again and if that works out that would be a very great legacy for angela merkel improve once more what kind of a brilliant crisis manager she is how about keeping the coalition together the way it is this move leave that. that's a very good question and the thing is so i have a very very exotic strata theory actually what she might do next so of course she's very worried about her coalition partner the s.p.d. but she's also worried about her partner within the christian union the bavarians sister party and maybe by taking sacrifice and stepping back as chairman of this party she could also m