to dort in the 3rd reich stuart's reviewer returned on g.w. . this is d.w. news and these are our top stories germany's conservative c.d.u. party has been holding crisis talks over a political scandal involving the premier was elected with the help of cd and i have. from french president emmanuel mccaw has called for a more coordinated european defense strategy as a result of brakes it advocated a surge in e.u. defense spending france is now the e.u. is our only nuclear power. the french army says it's killed more than 30 islamist militants in mali in a tweet the army said 3 separate operations targeted groups linked to al qaida and the so-called islamic state france has about 4 and a half 1000 soldiers in the region. australia's fire ravaged east coast has welcomed its heaviest rainfall in some he is a downpour as help to extinguish some of the country's devastating bushfires the rain has also caused flooding and a risk of landslides this is doubly good news from berlin from all follow us on twitter at d w news ovies it d w dot com. faced with an outbreak l