a.f.d. won't form a coalition. >> which party did you vote for? >> i voted for the a.f.d. what was your personal reason? >> first and foremost because of the flood of refugees here. in saxony, we're not used to that at all. and that's cost the people across germany. kate: since 2015, the number of foreigners in saxony has increased by 1% but even non-a.f.d. voters can simplenize simplenize -- sympathize with some of the issues beyond the migration debate. >> you see the problems first and foremost in the rural areas. the circumstances that people have to live in are catastrophe. the entire infrastructure has fallen by the wayside. kate: saxony has made its voice heard. voters from across germany's political spectrum are waiting to see if the government is listening. brent: a united nations envoy is in cypress today for talks with leaders of the divided island. talks are scheduled with the presidents of the republic of cyprus and breakaway northern part of the island occupied by turkey. the u.n. has encouraged reunification since the island divided in 1974 following the tur

eastern german states of saxony and brandenburg surveys have predicted big gains for the far right a.f.d. party the results could put pressure on germany's governing coalition of the christian democrats and social democrats hurricane dorian a powerful storm threatening the bahamas and the southeastern coast of the u.s. has now strengthened its a category 5 that is the highest level forecasters warn dorian could be the region's worst storm since hurricane andrew killed 65 people and destroyed 63000 homes in 1902. on kong has seen another day of disruptions as protests protesters demanding greater democracy continued for the 13th consecutive weekend thousands of them around the city block roads and public transport links to the international airport creating gridlock at the airports bus terminal riot police cleared roads and pushed into one train station after protesters vandalized c.c.t.v. cameras and turnstiles the protest action followed overnight clashes between police and demonstrators that marked some of the most intense violence since the start of unrest. our correspondent charlotte johnso

eastern states of saxony and brandenburg surveys have predicted a surge in support for the far right a.f.d. party the results could put pressure on germany's governing coalition of the christian democrats and social democrats. china and the united states have begun imposing additional tariffs on each other's goods and the latest escalation of their bruising trade war that has sent shock waves through the global economy american consumers can now expect higher prices on consumer items like clothing toys home goods and electronics. and hurricane durian a powerful storm threatening the bahamas and the southeastern coast of the u.s. has strengthened to a category 4 forecasters warn dorian could be the region's worst storm since category 5 hurricane andrew killed $65.00 people and destroyed 63000 homes back in 196-2992 i should say. police in the u.s. state of texas say at least 5 people including an active shooter have been killed in a gun rampage at least 21 others were injured in the cities of odessa and midland police shot dead the gunman who was firing randomly at motorists and passers by after h

best today because both parties have bled support to the far right alternative for germany the a.f.d. party and because politics has gotten a lot more complicated for these 2 parties that were once assured of strong majorities 1st of all in terms of bleeding support to the far right there was a very surprisingly high voter turnout both in the state of brandenburg and in the state of saxony yesterday but the fact is the largest share of those 1st time voters were voting for the far right that's going to be very troubling for these 2 mainstream parties both of which are relying for support these days on older voters many of them already pensioners who clearly are going to be dwindling in number so another point very troubling for both parties many young voters actually also flock to the far right that seems surprising and that will certainly be causing some consternation now the parties the 2 partners here in berlin will be meeting in the federal format to be talking about where things go from here this evening they're looking at trying to put together a new climate policy they're also talkin

in other news the alternative for germany or a.f.d. party is celebrating the anti immigration euro skeptics came 2nd in a state election and brandenburg and saxony significantly increasing their influence in those parliaments they are all reports from berlin. well starts off in brandenburg it was a win for the social democrats in a campaign that they were neck and neck with a.f.d. throughout the alternative for germany picking up around 23 percent of the vote there with the social democrats winning on 25 percent in saxony we saw massive gains for alternative for germany it wasn't enough for them to win the state that went to the christian democratic union anger merkel's party 2728 percent for alternative for germany in saxony could end up rising as high as 30 big gains for them there and certainly big smiles from the leadership of the alternative for germany party they were saying that these results show that a de just a flush upon that they are a big part of the german political stage right now and that's what it is the sensational results

are the co-chairs of the party and on the left of your screen we had the main candidates for the a.f.d. party in saxony and brenda burke our political correspondent our chief political editor rather hdmi cable his there at the press conference and has been following it mikhail what's your impression of what's been said so far. well things have interesting that at the end we heard. the co-leader of the f.t. there saying he shouldn't get ahead of itself it does keep protesting that it is allegedly only a protest party we heard from the regional candidates who are very upbeat. so you start to the left of mr garland speaking of changing times and xander gallants the party leader noticing with some visible satisfaction after all he is a former c.d.u. politician he used to belong to the magical c.d.u. party that there are parts of saxony christian democrats who indeed would like to talk to the far right party at the same time we heard the party leader and it had come this morning once again rule out any dialogue with the far right if t. so there's no talk of going let alone going into coalition wit

sunday's state elections in brandenburg and saxony the far right alternative for germany party known as the a.f.d became the 2nd strongest party in both states you know we use cape brady reports now from sanctioning state capital dresden. after months of anticipation the dust is settling here in dresden the result of sunday's election was yet another blow to germany's established big tent parties but anglo-american c.d.u. still retained its 30th title as saxony strongest party. the friendly saxony one said state premie a michelle yoke for many people here in dress and sex in the state capitol it was somewhat every leaf the almost 3 quarters of voters didn't cast their ballots for the far right a.f.d. . now faced with the reality of day after day as sex and the 2nd strongest party locals seem to be taking a pragmatic approach as. it was a vote on the people have something to say whether i like it or not i didn't vote for the d. and now i'm came to see how the established parties deal with this and what solutions they can find. people have always voted for the c.d.u. in the s.p.d. and now this is a

a.f.d. . was. c.d.u. party leaders breathe a sigh of relief and saxony chancellor merkel's party has been in power here since german reunification and they retain control despite suffering considerable losses now that we've done it this is a message being sent out from saxony tonight a large majority of people who are standing up in a positive way for this country who want something the friendly saxony is one many thanks to all of you but it will be hard for saxony c.d.u. to form a coalition the center left s.p.d. and environmentalist greens to 2 poorly state premier michele catch my has ruled out a coalition with the far right f.t. the state's 2nd strongest party which picked up a far greater share of votes than in the last election here in saxony anger merkel's conservative c.d.u. party has managed to hold on to its 30 year title as the state's strongest party but not without making losses namely to the alternative for germany party or a.f.p. the far right party is now the 2nd strongest party here in saxony a

a.f.d. . now faced with the reality of the f.d.a. as saxony 2nd strongest party locals seem to be taking a pragmatic approach as one of 5 it was a vote on the people have something to say whether i like it or not i didn't vote for the day of day and now i'm came to see how the established parties deal with this and what solutions they can find for us because the. people have always voted for the seaview in the s.p.d. and now this is a consequence so they can be taken seriously compared to japanese of the so-called new states which were formally informed many things are going well in saxony. the economy is strong the strongest in the former east and unemployment here is by no means the highest in germany and yet 27 percent of voters here in saxony cast the ballots for the far right. but despite the strength of the a.f.d. at the polls all of saxon his parties have ruled out forming a coalition with them. friends and. i think it's a shame that the result can't be respected. that the c.p.u. and the if he won't form a coalition of. the version which party did you vote

for deutschland party the a.f.d. have made significant gains in the 2 local elections just held in germany is also interest on arts and culture because the a.f.p. have been putting pressure on opera houses and theaters and the like to conform to its agenda for instance recently requesting an opera house to list the nationalities of its employees which many see as a chilling parallel with naziism so artistic people nationwide have been worried. new cultural projects at risk now that the far right if they can't ground and will be more difficult to express criticism in the future we talk to those who are directly affected people working in the cultural scene in brandenburg and saxony 1st when rana books capital pottstown. which pieces are we still allowed to before we creating bodice again i experienced the same thing in east germany when we smuggled books across the border just to recover if that starting again the freedom of thoughts would be addressed. other artists are also concerned like the ones from potsdam to th

party the a.f.d. have made significant gains in the 2 local elections just held in germany this also interests arts and culture because the a.f.p. have been putting pressure on opera houses and theaters and the like to conform to its agenda for instance recently requesting an opera house to list the nationalities of its employees which many see as a chilling parallel with naziism so artistic people nationwide have been worried. new cultural projects at risk now that the far right if they can't ground and will be more difficult to express criticism in the future we talk to those who are directly affected people working in the cultural scene in brandenburg and saxony.

party and we can see that the a.f.d. was actually the strongest party for under thirty's which is very interesting given the economy here in saxony it's been one of the stronger economies since germany reunited in 1990 but there is still reasonably high unemployment in many parts of saxony and many young people are still finding it difficult to find jobs here which is why many of them still leave to head west words but also as well it's interesting that a different poll actually came out tonight when which an overwhelming number of voters from across germany's political spectrum except for the greens said that they considered east germans to be seen as 2nd class citizens and that's interesting because it's very much this sense of loss of identity which has really driven so many people c to the polls at the polls to vote for the far right a.f.d. there is a large number of voices here particularly in states like saxony that were part of former east germany where they feel that east germany in 1900 was simply swallowed up by

party the a.f.d. have made significant gains in the 2 local elections just held here in germany is also interests arts and culture because the a.f.p. have been putting pressure on opera houses and theaters and the like to conform to its agenda for instance recently requesting an opera house to list the nationalities of its employees which many see as a chilling parallel with naziism so artistic people nationwide have been worried. new cultural projects at risk now that the far right if they gained ground and will be more defeat.

platform to air their grievances and fears but for the 50 percent who didn't vote for the far right party the a.f.d. is anything but the solution to 9 hours problems i. sports in formula one this weekend marks the 90th anniversary of the italian grand prix at monza this year's race has received a welcome boost with organizers confirming monzer will stay on the formula one calendar until at least 2024 m. for one of the sport's most famous teams 90 years also were special number this week. such a sea of red is usually only reserved for the racetrack was on ferrari's 90th birthday fans crammed into milan's cathedral square they'd come to catch a glimpse of some ferrari legends past and present of course these drivers would have been nothing without the machinery behind them so some classic ferrari's around showed to. these fans will be heading 30 kilometers up the road this weekend to monza to see if charlotte clare can follow up his maiden f one win in belgium last sunday looking back obviously very happy that this 1st win is done it's always difficult to do this this 1st step but once you you do it

i'm going to medical well they took a major hit hemorrhaging voters while the far right party known as the a.f.d. it pulled in a quarter of the vote in both states a party accused of giving xenophobia and neo nazi sympathizers a home is now the strongest opposition force in those 2 states just as it is in the national parliament and there you see how in politics 25 percent can seem to be so much more the if day says that these results show that it's days as a pariah party are over that it has found a new center in german politics and society but the mainstream parties refused to give way saying the notion of joining forces with the a.f.d. to form a government at any level remains out of the question. we will keep the course of clear demarcation to the f.d.a. and therefore our decision stands there will be no government coalition with the f.d.a. we're becoming a major political force in this country this is the 1st election where the a.f. deal was reelected and brilliantly so we doubled our results and brandenburg and almost tripled in saxon and huge in all. of course i was happy that we managed

a.f.d. at the polls all of saxon his parties have ruled out forming a coalition with them. friends and.i think it's a shame that the result will be respected in. the city you. won't see in a coalition. which party did you vote for that's why i voted for the a.f.p. what was your personal reason for why your 1st and foremost because of the flood of refugees here and saxony we're not used to that at all and that's cos of people across germany. since 2015 the number of foreigners in saxony has increased by one percent but even non a.f.d. voters can sympathize with some of the issues beyond the might. gratian debate. leaders and you see the problems 1st and foremost in the rule areas will the circumstances that people have to live in there are catastrophe. the entire infrastructure has fallen by the wayside or. saxony has made its voice heard now writers from across germany's political spectrum are waiting to see if the government is listening. inter milan striker romelu lukaku has called on football authorities to do more to combat racism it was subjected to monkey chants before taking a pe

will turn to for germany party or a.f.d. is celebrating the anti immigration euro skeptics came 2nd in state elections and brandenburg and saxony significantly increasing their influence on those parliaments. it becomes one of the party's biggest victories harbor if the next steps are not clear the ruling christian democrats have already confirmed they won't work with the f.t. the outcome will become clear later this year as peter over reports. also fame brandenberg it was a win for the social democrats in a campaign that they were neck and neck with a if they threw out the alternative for germany picking up around 23 percent of the vote there with the social democrats winning on 25 percent in saxony we saw massive gains for alternative for germany it wasn't enough for them to win the state that went to the christian democratic union i'm glad merkel's policy but 2728 percent for alternative for germany in saxony could end up rising as high as 30 big gains for them there and that's what it is the sensational results we have ac

a.f.d. and the left parties on the results. if he has an agenda and real that is based on centric nationalism militarism. liberalism as well as racism exclusion interests on to morals success of the use of or you write some also hopefully going to the governments this happens on the fundamental of the last 30 years of german politics 30 years of new liberalism is politics destroying the humans fundament at least of the german society and it's the left. didn't find the clue to really criticize the call it takes which is conducted in the moment consequently enough that is a problem and it's a problem as well to my mind the german media are. very one sided rainfall it just fools this which feed the ideology able to eat as long as that happen. not be easy to have a u. turn to change the whole quality x. you can be very powerful even many on a position and especially when you have a weak governments against you and what we see on sex on even just the most important east german federal state and there we have a christian democrat par

becoming the 2nd strongest party there but they fell short of the victory they hoped for was i am sorry but this result this prognosis shows one thing very clearly the a.f.d. is here to stay. politics will no longer be able to be made by going around us the center left s.p.d. remains the strongest party in brandenburg but they need to coalition partners to be able to rule. it means that we continue to face great challenges in this country to reach out to the people and work together with them and that is my goal for the coming years as well. there is one thing that almost all parties can be happy about voter participation has risen considerably and both german states. in the past our party leaders have given a press conference on their election performance co-chair of exam the goal and predicted that sooner or later mainstream parties would have to work with them. if coalition building between the other parties doesn't work then it will be very difficult for the c.p.u. leadership. especially in saxony with the c.p.u. it's very conservative. it will be very hard for them to justify their position of never dealing with the idea of. election results but in t

a.f.d. expected to make big gains until now saxony and brandenburg have been governed by traditional establishment parties chance the ugly american christian democrats and saxony and the social democrats or s.p.d. in brandenburg the latest opinion polls show. a.f.d. is running neck and neck with the ruling s p d brandenburg and just a few points behind the christian democrats in sacks of. here's what some voters and brandenburg and in saxony have to say about today's elections . i hope the c.d.u. wins that it stays in power and that find someone to govern with which is difficult with. or possibly a minority government but then with the right partners. each other does and i hope that everybody makes the right choice and that we'll have a future where we don't have to worry about tell children and grandchildren where our environment will be protected and i fear that germany somehow is supposed to be europeanized internationalized multicultural even when ms merkel says multiculturalism is not sustainable. it's hope that if i hope that the political climate will not move too much towards the right wing and th

dollars and he's a member of the hamburg parliament for the left party need joins us now and you very welcome martin thanks for coming on the a.f.d. got twice as many votes as your party in both elections last night how do you account for that. yes i think it's a very negative to have a look at methods of worrying and as well the part you as an agenda that is based on ethnocentric nationalism militarism. or is realism as well as reese's exclusion and resulting holes shouldn't get watered like this year if he pretends to do something for those who are. in. the party program and the politics of that. are and follow the interest of the privileged so we have a problem in the moment that they get such a resonance but this is somehow and mate there is a devil up man in the last 30 years where do you see the s.p.d. the green party and the liberals they destroy the woman is fundamental to german society with the new liberal politics already or article number one in the german constitution say that dignity of man is untouchable and that it's a task of all the states to protect the dignity of men consequently but since 30 years the german

a.f.d. expected to make big gains until now saxony and brandenburg have been governed by traditional establishment parties chancellor uggla medical's christian democrats and saxony and the social democrats or s.p.d. and brandenburg the latest opinion polls show the a.f.d. is running neck and neck with the ruling as p.d.f. brandenburg and just a few points behind the christian democrats in santa. we have team coverage of today's election let's go 1st to brandenburg that's where our political correspondent is standing by thomas sparrow is at the f.t. party headquarters in the town of verda thomas. yes carl that's right and it's precisely here where the de or at least many a tea party members will receive the results once they start to come in if you look maybe some of the signs right behind me and they're expecting very good results some of the signs behind we say it's time to stand up because history is being made or you should be here when history is being made and at least the a if he is hoping to become the strongest party right here in brandenburg that is still unclear it is still unclear in particular

talk numbers. 25 percent is what your party got in both of these regional elections to winning 25 percent it doesn't give you a victory or a mandate. in the a.f.d. had been predicted to come in 1st in these elections yesterday do these results would you say do they mean that the mainstream parties were tougher than you expected when i thought i think that the mainstream parties are making a cartel of power cartel against us and the voters will notice this in the next 34 weeks because we're going to have another election interest and so i think the voters will notice that we wish to be excluded. i think it's good that we were came in 2nd and we had a little bit more in saxony where the c.d.u. really was supposed to turn a little bit to the right because there is one. stream of the party would which is more cooperative is a deal and the prime minister of this kind of this state said we do not want to touch f.t. so we have the untouchables and this is going to fail well ever be good or to come in 2nd place i mean as you say no one wants to join forces with you and govern with you so you can't deliver on any policy promises because you're not going

support alternative for germany party has surged into state elections in the east of the country exit polls indicate the a.f.d. has come 2nd in both brandenburg and saxony at the expense of chancellor i'm glad merkel's party and a coalition partner have to be harnessed to voter anger over refugees and germany's president has asked poland's forgiveness for nazi crimes at a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of world war 2 frank made the plea alongside his polish counterpart underage duda in the city of alien for the 1st german bombs fell well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after al-jazeera world stage. ali her son salama rose to the top of the p.l.o. as fatah party in the 1960 s. and seventy's to become one of yasser arafat's most trusted men. he also founded the black september armed group which killed 11 israeli athletes at the munich olympic games in 1972. this put him on an israeli hit list and mossad attacked the p.l.o. in beirut in april 973 killing 3 senior figures but they failed to get to either arafat or salama. however mossad continued to target salaam

also becoming the 2nd strongest party there but they fell short of the victory they hoped for. 5 side but this result this prognosis shows one thing very clearly the a.f.d. is here to stay. politics will no longer be able to be made by going around us the center left s.p.d. remains the strongest party and brandenburg but they need to coalition partners to be able to rule. it means that we continue to face great challenges in this country to reach out to the people and work together with them and that is my goal for the coming years as well. there is one thing that almost all parties can be happy about voter participation has risen considerably and both german states. joining me now is the us desk he's the head of if he's barely a regional branch welcome mr podesta gave the if he came a strong 2nd in both regional elections but he were not able to topple the main parties in both the states so what do you see angela merkel's coalition government is most stable because your party fish to come out on top. i think the coalition of mr merkel is not stable at all what we experienced yesterday balls that. ruling parties or in the future ruling parties got votes

also becoming the 2nd strongest party there but they fell short of the victory they hoped for was my side but this result this prognosis shows one thing very clearly the a.f.d. is here to stay. politics will no longer be able to be made by going around us the center left s.p.d. remains the strongest party in brandenburg but they need to coalition partners to be able to rule. that means that we continue to face great challenges in this country to reach out to the people and work together with them that is my goal for the coming years as well. there is one thing that almost all parties can be happy about voter participation has risen considerably and both german states. were here to help us break down these election results we've got our political correspondent good to see you so the far right if the massive surge are of support in both brandenburg and saxony 2 states in the former east germany what took the is gains tell us about for the far right and the. country as a whole but one has to say that this is a tendency that has been coming for quite a while in other words these results are similar to the results in the european parliamentary elections earlier

support for the far right alternative of germany party has surged into state elections in the east of the country exit polls indicate the a.f.d. as come 2nd them both brandenburg and saxony at the expense of chancellor angela merkel's party and a coalition partner. well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after al-jazeera world station. who has a 7 year 10 you know presence in the. grass and said alternately there and i can feel it. and at the end door look better than this one of the mossad. he was young very handsome very impressive maybe very close minded person. allie has sansa lama joined to the palestine liberation organization the p.l.o. in 1963 he was born in 1940 near jaffa into a wealthy family. his famous father has sand had been a commander in the arab revolt against british rule in the late 1930 s. . give power to earth a 3rd supported him in r.c.m. medically silly me what are. the biryani killer show them to father most allow one of their journey orlean on to shaquille j. she shared look at this. and hasn't set any shows up in her other as jaish what you thought i'd give you order mone

party in the national at the bickering for. my side but this result this prognosis shows one thing very clearly. the a.f.d. is here to stay. politics will no longer be able to be made by going around us the as they had hoped this hole in the german town of valdai in brand new book would be the place where they would celebrates becoming the strongest poteen regional elections full of very 1st time and in fact a sign behind he clearly has says to me that when history is made the eye if he didn't manage to become a strong despotic here in brandenburg not in that sense there is a little bit of disappointment but when you speak to politicians here at the election poteet they clearly try to present the results as a victory for the if the and as as an important moment for this young job on the potty the big question now is watch a coalition will be formed here in britain and bug the center left s.p.d. remains the strongest party in vanderburgh but they need to coalition partners to be able to rule. that means that we continue to face great challenges in this country to reach out to the people and work together with them for that

a.f.d. is 127.5 percent of the vote in saxony just fine chancellor merkel's christian democrats party in brandenburg f.-t. won $24.00 and a half percent of the vote also just shy of marcos coalition partner you're up to date those are the headlines we come back after al-jazeera takes us to one on one. it was supposed to be a new dawn for afghan women. play was often easy being terrorized by the taliban they celebrated will be us overthrew the brutal regime. we will not tire. we will not fail. but 18 years and teens of thousands of casualties the war rages on. the taliban insurgency is stronger than ever. made the american people are weary of war without victory. desperate to withdraw its troops the u.s. is now negotiating a peace deal that could see the group's return to power along with its violent repression of women because saudi king will create patently as the people who have signed the death sentence of many women and i have no expectations of the. one the one east investigates if afghan women who pay the price for peace they war torn country. place. money on the enemy. was. as bad i did not h

a.f.d. with 15 percent the business friendly f.d.p. it's at 7 as is the left party also some of the greens are on 23 percent now that's down 3 points compared to last month's. once the greens have been continuing to lose ground every month recently has their popularity when you look at their percentages down 3 percent from august how they topped out with the electorate i think you could say that there is some sort of pique that has been reached there but at the same time you have to say that the rise of the greens in recent months has been absolutely spectacular so much so that the green party themselves are scrambling to find enough personnel to find enough people to actually respond to that they have had a huge number of extra members that have joined the party in recent months and obviously the issues the climate change issues remind very much at the top of the agenda at the same time we have seen in these results that the governing parties the conservatives and the social democrats seem to be at the moment also consolidating their positions slide gains on their

new center in german politics and society but the mainstream parties refused to give way saying the notion of joining forces with the a.f.d. to form a government at any level remains out of the question. we will keep the course of clear demarcation to the f.d.a. and therefore our decision stands there will be no government coalition with the f.d.a. we're becoming a major political force in this country this is the 1st election where the a.f. deal was reelected and brilliantly so we doubled our results and brandenburg and almost tripled in saxon and huge in all. of course i was happy that we managed literally in the homestretch to win this election for the s.p.d. i mean you saw the opinion polls a few weeks ago we were still a 3rd place it would have been but that result for the if the worries me a lot it was all i could have and we can compare this to what is happening in italy . there the lega formerly the leader nord is also initiating change they have reached the whole of italy and now are certainly the dominant peoples party there at the moment. we are moving in this direction except that the change is not coming from

does because you block the major parties have been preying on the state and turned the government of our nation and people into an arena for ideological experiments the a.f.d. is our country's last chance to evolve in the right direction otherwise we must prepare to fight. one day is called bits as leader of the f.t. and brandenburg and has extensive contacts with neo nazi youth organizations the party is putting its faith in the younger generations. many in the weimar republic also recognized the importance of youth organizations churches professional associations courts clubs and political parties all expected the postwar generation to grab the reins and shape the country's future. by the time the nazis had seized power it was not just the hitler youth who had been converted many young people believe that democracy had become obsolete tarnished by the older generation that had led germany into the 1st world war ideas of race and ethnicity had become the hallmarks of national unity the individual was nothing the people everything their bond to blood and soil was to be purged of alien elements leaving behind only the pure body of the people. who did use th