in the audience in cottbus that night was benedikt kaiser, another influential figure.as pictured at neo—nazi demos. we've approached him for comment. became more and more right wing extremist. this spy chief claims that extremism within the afd poses a risk to democracy. when i'm speaking about a german oak — a big, strong old tree — it can take a blizzard, it can take a storm. but once you have an enemy that goes for the roots and that's exactly what's happening right now, going for the roots of our democracy. it's very dangerous because it goes to the vital parts of our democracy. the afd says it's being smeared by a biased establishment and as the country builds towards regional and eu elections, this isn't a fringe movement but one trying to go mainstream. jessica parker, bbc news, in brandenburg. a clinical trial in the uk has found that the immune systems of children with severe food allergies can be trained to cope with foods they were previously allergic to. researchers gave children with peanut and milk allergies daily doses of the foods and found they were ab

in the audience in cottbus that night was benedikt kaiser, another influential figure. neo—nazi demos. we've approached him for comment. became more and more right wing extremist. this spy chief claims that extremism within the afd poses a risk to democracy. when i'm speaking about a german oak — a big, strong old tree — it can take a blizzard, it can take a storm. but once you have an enemy that goes for the roots and that's exactly what's happening right now, going for the roots of our democracy. it's very dangerous because it goes to the vital parts of our democracy. the afd says it's being smeared by a biased establishment and as the country builds towards regional and eu elections, this isn't a fringe movement but one trying to go mainstream. jessica parker, bbc news in brandenburg. let's speak to assistant professor of political science at boise state university julie vandusky. welcome. you have written about the rise of the fd in germany. how far—reaching are its links with the far—reaching are its links with the far right? far-reaching are its links with the far

in the audience in cottbus that night was benedikt kaiser, another influential figure.os. he's accused the bbc of rehashing old stories. became more and more right wing extremist... this spy chief claims that extremism within the afd poses a risk to democracy. when i'm speaking about a german oak, a big, strong old tree, it can take a blizzard, it can take a storm, but once you have an enemy that goes for the roots, and that's exactly what's happening right now, going for the roots of our democracy, it's very dangerous because it goes to the vital parts of our democracy. the afd says it's being smeared by a biased establishment. and as the country builds towards regional and eu elections, this isn't a fringe movement, but one trying to go mainstream. jessica parker, bbc news, in brandenburg. new figures suggest more global temperature records are being broken. the eu climate service, copernicus, says last month was the warmest april on record. and bbc analysis has found that in the past year, the world's oceans have broken temperature records too, having a huge impact o

in the audience in cottbus that night was benedikt kaiser, another influential figure.oing for the roots of our democracy, it's very dangerous because it goes to the vital parts of our democracy. stefan kramer, who'sjewish, has said he'd leave germany if the afd won power. by your saying that as the head of domestic intelligence here, doesn't that feed into their narrative that the state is somehow biased against them, even persecuting them? the party more and more moved to the right and from the right to right—wing extremism, and clearly states in the meantime a folkish, nationalistic, political point of view, turning germany back into something that we've probably only seen between 1933 and '45. and honestly, if the party becomes now a party that has government power or at least a sight within the government about the future of this country, i'm not going to take the risk. earlier this year, anti—afd protests swept germany after reports that senior party figures went to a secret meeting about mass deportations. but, as i find at an afd town hall gathering, there's a d