anglo merkel is accused of attacking german democracy she pleads with parliament to grant a more powers to impose sanctions all over the country. now is the time to deal with. washington sends a mixed message to russia which joe biden calls for a stable relationship while imposing more sanctions. washington has to understand that there will be a price for the degradation of bilateral relations and it is the u.s. that is entirely responsible for war it's happening on twitter bans the founder of the investigative journalist group project or a task that after its latest expose a in which a c.n.n. executive let slip the channels coverage is biased in favor of the black lives matter movement and words can kill the both forget it is now officially part of the british army but one regiment has been told to use basic language to avoid causing . that afternoon just gone 4 o'clock in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the german chancellor has been accused of attacking the country's democracy that after angela merkel pleaded with lawmakers to pass a bill that would allow the federal go

and it has what are the chances of there being the short end shart sharp lock down that anglo merkel has said she's wanted but been able to sort of achieve for weeks now. yes she's been pushing for about in fact. possible that a law will be pasta in the coming week that should make those possible but again not to we'll need some sort of agreement from the leaders of these 16 federal states and then again i'm not really agreeing on what kind of lock on should be imposed what kind of measures are necessary and especially a curfew a 9 time coup for you which is something that's been pushing for that's something the regional leaders are refusing to accept at the moment so it's possible that they will be locked on measures agreed to but a coup through seems unlikely to be agreed to all right thank you for that detail abuse political correspondent handsome brant reporting for us from outside the kaiser vilhelm morial church in berlin where service recovered $1000.00 victims is currently under way. and will of course be bringing you more coverage of that service to commemorate germany's coa

democratic principles and so few sentences as in this draft more we've been here before though with anglo merkel's saying she wanted to implement national 'd measures national lock downs and things like curfews when it comes to the fight against covert 19 just before. easter we heard the chancellor announce this was going to happen over the easter break only for her to have to make one of the biggest u. turns of her political career when just over 24 hours later she said actually that's not going to happen because technically i don't have the powers to be able to tell you to do that. says day to fast of april as well as the surge of april should be defined as calm days with extensive contact restrictions and a ban on gatherings from the fast to the 5th of april. it isn't going on the idea was a mistake this mistake is my mistake alone a mistake must be called a mistake and above all it must be corrected at the same time of course i know that this whole matter trygaeus more uncertainty i regret that deeply and apologize to all citizens this brings us today and the facts of the matter on the ground

is on for who will succeed chancellor angela merkel will germans go to the polls this fall to elect a new government and after 16 years of chancellor anglo-american so she's not running again well now her christian democratic union party and its various sister party the christian social union are close to deciding who will replace americal as the. candidate for chancellor and these 2 partitions are now in the running i mean less chips on the left has already succeeded miracle in one respect he is the christian democrats party leader and also the state premier of north rhine-westphalia but marcus center on the right he also wants the job is the bavarian state premier and leader of the christian social union mr senators national profile has grown during the pendency while on sunday both men said they are ready to take on america mantle a meeting of the city you leadership this morning gave its full backing to here's what he had to say moments ago. everyone wants a decision soon the fact that all the facts are on the table people believe that even the problems we still have in front of us are so big that we should no longer be preoccupied w

hoping to succeed anglo-american all the various markets says he's ready to lead to germany's conservatives in the general election and then there's armin lashon he's the leader of merkel c.d.u. party and the governor of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia he was the favorites but some arching him to step aside in favor of so that his chief of the city used conservative sister party in the state of bavaria and his national profile has ground during the pandemic of both say they are ready to take on the top job. we've announced that we are ready to stand this candidate for the chance of the ship. and we've agreed it should be a good process. as we set off towards this shared goal involving both parties and of course together with the parliamentary group. but we've established a suitable and both of us are ready it's important that we show respect to one another i can say 1st off regardless of how the final decision turns out we work together very very well. well the chief political editor says souter has put clash on the back foot by finally declaring his readiness to run as chancellor candidate for macas conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. union but various sta

it has already succeeded merkel and want to respect she is the christian democrats party leader and also the state premier of north rhine-westphalia he is a close ally of anglo american coming up marcus order also wants the job he is the bavarian state premier and leader of the bavarian christian social union soldiers national profile and has broken during the pandemic. both say they are ready to take on the top job. of a career we've announced that we are ready to stand this candidates for the chance of the ship. and we've agreed it should be a good process. as we set off towards this shared goal involving both parties and of course together with a parliamentary group. than the face that we have established both as a suitable and both of us are ready it's important that we show respect to one another i can say 1st off regardless of how the final decision turns out we were together very very well. and the chief political correspondent melinda crane is standing by belinda walk us through how ultimately the candidate will be chosen. it will be chosen ultimately by the leadership of the c.d.u. of the chancellor's christian democrats as mr surjit himself put it

succeed angela merkel as chancellor in september will be the joint candidate for the governing christian democratic party and the christian social union in federal elections later this year anglo-american is stepping down after more than 15 years in power surge heard also been buying to lead the center on law but has not conceded the race stephanie decker is in berlin with more on that. he is the premier of germany's biggest state he's been a staunch ally of angola markel throughout his political career he is pro europe he's pro immigration he stood by her certainly when merkel open the borders here in 2015 to hundreds of thousands of refugees that called her a lot of grief he was very much her ally on that but he comes at a time when there are challenges challenges also to him his stance on coronavirus he wanted to open restrictions already last year at a time when it was seen as controversial so he's been seen as being a little bit back and forth on that and also at a time when the party the alliance is polling very low around 27 percent and this is because of the handling of the coronavirus also because there's been some political scandals when it comes to some politicians

angela merkel as chancellor in september the church will be the joint candidate for the governing christian democratic party of the christian social union in federal elections later this year anglo-american stepping down after more than 15 years in power stephanie was in berlin and has more on arm in the shift. he is the premier of germany's biggest state he's been a staunch ally of angola markel throughout his political career he is pro europe he's pro immigration he stood by her certainly when merkel open the borders here in 2015 to hundreds of thousands of refugees that called her a lot of grief he was very much her ally on that but he comes at a time when there are challenges challenges also to him has on coronavirus he wanted to open restrictions already last year at a time when it was controversial so he's been seen as being a little bit back and forth on that and also at a time when the part of the alliance is polling very low around 27 percent and this is because of the handling of the coronavirus also because there's been some political fortunes scandals when it comes to some politicians having made money in deals and when it comes to acquiring mosques for the virus the