party that is in line with what is going on behind the scenes it's time for the succession to angular mirco and some people say that she has damaged cd irreversibly and that the party is now in a death spiral because of america's politics with angle of merkel's preferred choice of party leader taking herself out of the running the future of the christian democratic union party is currently a 4 way race and with uncle americal set to remain in the role of chancellor until late 2021 the real question has to be will whoever gets the job of c.d.u. chairperson be willing to play 2nd fiddle to the chancellor until then especially after having watched a case toothless performance doing just that if they weren't then well perhaps the reign of germany's 2nd longest serving post-war chancellor could well come to an end sooner than she would have expected with elections being called early peter all of a r.t. early and her breakdown of today's top headlines for now but if you're looking for more you can always head to our web site r.t. dot com thanks for tuning in this hour. or. maybe even if. they're

he has been keen to dismiss talk of a run at the chancellorship after 18 years of angular mirco at the helm of the c.d.u. 13 of those as chancellor it was always going to be a tough job for whoever came in but without a good at camp or announcing that she will quit the post less than 2 years after having taken it up those within the c.d.u. old guard a concern that the direction the party is heading in the next candidate for chancellor will not become a chancellor if we continue like this a k.-k. has said that she will stay in her role as party leader until a candidate for chancellor is announced but ultimately this move by the step down is a huge if not potentially fatal blow through angle of merkel's hopes of managing who will be her successor peter all of her r.t. berlin c.d.u. member mustapha told me about the challenges facing his party and how it needs to address them. can come boys she took over after a very huge conflict that we heard in 2 years ago. we have to shape tradition we have a spiritual soul but we never forget her fight when you are forget your historical fight to bri

for the successions regular mirco and some people say that she has damage see the. grossly and that the party is now in a death spiral because of. politics with angle of merkel's preferred choice of party leader taking herself out of the running the future of the christian democratic union party is currently a 4 way race and with uncle americal set to remain in the role of chancellor until late 2021 the real question has to be will whoever gets the job of cd chairperson be willing to play 2nd fiddle to the chancellor until then especially after having watched a case performance doing just that if they weren't then well perhaps reigning over germany's 2nd longest serving post-war chancellor could well come to an end sooner than she would have expected with elections being called early peter all of a r.t. early now we bring you some world news in brief starting in iraq where security forces have stepped up their crackdown on mass protests. police have used tear gas to force thousands of people from the central square in baghdad iraq has been gripped by mass unrest ove