struggle is being closely watched as well by other political parties can you talk me through why they are watching us to watch. because the a.f.d. change the game of german politics it became an additional party in german parliament and in those sessions that we've seen so far it's very much changed the tone already it's not just become more aggressive it's also using arguments of other parties that the so-called grand coalition tame kind of debating has ended and this goes along with the clear aim of the turn to for john to disrupt the jump political system so they can claim this as one of their own success. big question is does the party have it in it to be an established force in the long run well it is already influencing the regional problems and it feels pretty safe that you can get into all the two elections coming up next year. what would that mean for germany's mainstream parties. it means that life is getting a lot more complicated and the german chancellor angela merkel has already felt that the hard way she's trying to forge a continuation of the so-called grand coalition with the social democrats here in germany no

cannon to disperse demonstrations in the city of havoc they're protesting against the far right a.f.d. party which is gathering to elect a new native leadership the antique migrant anti islam posse want to list one hundred seats in parliament in september's general election it's gearing up to oppose chance that i'm going to medicals yet to be formed government. will be germany's official opposition party if merkel enters into a coalition with the social democrats it wants to introduce a proposal to repatriate syrian refugees this will be debated in parliament but all other parties are expected to vote against it controversially the far right party also wants to honor the german army which has traditionally been kept out of politics since the end of world war two i think cullen has more from hannover. well the cleanup operation is underway behind me on this suburban corner of hanover where left protesters clashed with police they unleashed water cannons against the protesters to disperse them as they tried to blockade delegates who were attending the conference that is happening here in hanov

northern germans hot over after police use water cannon to disperse a protest against the fire eyes a.f.d. party thousands of demonstrators have gathered in the say sea where the party is meeting for its annual congress protesters formed roadblocks and briefly delayed the opening of the mazing. if tea party members are expected to elect new leaders at the event observers say a power struggle between radical nationalists and more traditional conservatives is likely to dominate proceedings. well d.w. correspondent mckenna kirchner is in hanover for us today with more on that now we have reports of violent protests as you heard there mckayla are the members there visibly shaken or is it something they've been called to. this gathering here started an hour late because quite a few people have had problems getting through i can tell from my own experience of arriving here. there were several demonstrations shouting at anyone who was nearing the convention center here in downtown of course we have those reports that at least one demonstration was injured several police officers also during that use of

the case has been much discussed on social media and among the right wing populist a.f.d. party some have been linking the crime to chancellor angela merkel's policy on refugees one can maybe we shouldn't let me fill in who will come without documents paul. two years ago i warned of the consequences america's policy would it take the small town of congo mourns a teenage girl as the country at large debates the circumstances and media coverage of the case. a handful of syrian athletes who were forced to flee their home country due to civil war are now in egypt where thanks to the un's refugee organization they get another shot to practice their beloved sport. amir awad has won so many wrestling medals. for everybody it's tough to count them all in the middle i'm captain amir awad from the syrian national team for wrestling i am the champion of the asian arab and syrian wrestling championships the former champion now in alexandria is a night shift worker at a restaurant near be friended other syrian refugees who are also athletes but with only memories they know where to train ami

protesters gather in the german city of hanover to demonstrate against the meeting of the far right a.f.d. party as it needs to elect a new leadership. and honor for fighting and justice and investigative journalist from azerbaijan is one of four winners of the alternative nobel prize. on michelle henery welcome to the program. a dramatic turn of events in washington former u.s. national security advisor michael flynn has pled guilty to charges that he lied to the f.b.i. prosecutors say flynt. covered his contacts with russia after donald trump stick to rape and last year's presidential election reports also suggest flynn said a senior member of trump's team directed him to talk to russian officials. michael flynn leaving court in washington d.c. to cries of lock him up from protesters those words hark back to last year when flynn led chance for then democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton to be sent to jail. flynn said a senior member of the trump transition team directed him to make contact with russian officials. when confirmed u.s. media reports say that senior member is u.s. presi

news live from berlin thousands have been protesting against germany's far right a.f.d. party police moving into dispersed street demonstrations in the northern city of hanover inside the conference will be f d voted for the new leader is likely to pull the party even further to the right. also on the program. to the u.s. president's former national security adviser admits to having lied to the f.b.i. attention is now turning to other members of donald trump's in a circle including his son in law. and napoleon bonaparte writes again in the czech republic enthusiastic times being reenacting the battle of austerlitz one of the french emperors greatest victories. my name's christopher springer thanks for joining us thousands have been protesting in the north german city of one of a where the far right a.f.p. is holding a party conference several people were injured when police used water cannon to disperse the demonstrators the injured included policeman and at least one protester the clashes occurring as the a.f.p. elected new leaders at the two day conference the protesters wer

the case has been much discussed on social media and among the right wing populist a.f.d. party some have been linking the crime to chancellor angela merkel's policy on refugees one can maybe we shouldn't let me pull in who come without documents whole . two years ago i warned of the consequences america's policy put it to the small town of congo mourns a teenage girl as the country at large debates the circumstances and media coverage of the case. now you may have heard the expression good riddance to bad rubbish well in new york city visitors and new yorkers have headed to times square to literally shred to forget some of the bad memories of this year and kick off a new year with a new slate. these people in new york are ready for a fresh start it is good riddance day and passers by on times square are invited to shred their bad memories of twenty seventeen some serious. it crashed. it has been throughout my life and i want to get rid of it some not so. today is a small farewell to twenty seven thousand here on times square it is said to host hundreds of thousands of revelers

this is d w news live from berlin thousands have been protesting against germany's far right a.f.d. party police moved in to disperse street demonstrations in the northern city of hanover inside the conference hall the f.d.a. voted for a new leaders likely to pull the party even further to the right also on the program. two female suicide bombers target a market town in a town in northeastern nigeria we asked our correspondent why militants appear to be increasingly using women to carry out such attacks. and napoleon bonaparte writes again in the czech republic enthusiasm have been reenacting the battle of hostilities one of the french and burst most decisive victories. by michelle henery and welcome to the program. germany's populist anti integration party has chosen a right wing nationalist as its new co-leader the move could signal a further shift to the right for the alternative for germany party members of the f.d.a. are attending a party conference in the german said. the start of the conference was delayed by thousands of protesters who accuse the party some of the racism and xenop

the case has been much discussed on social media and among the right wing populist a.f.d. party some have been linking the crime to chancellor angela merkel's policy on refugees one can maybe we shouldn't let me pull in will come without documents will fall. to years ago i warned of the consequences america's policy put it to the small town of congo mourns a teenage girl as the country at large debates the circumstances and media coverage of the case. well with me is now debbie's oliver salat he is covering this story for us oliver good to see you what is the reaction been in general to this tragic loss of life well there is as you can imagine a very emotional reaction to this topic and it's all in the headlines this morning in germany if you want to take a look at the major german tabloid newspaper it actually says we cared for him as if you was our own son so that gives you a little bit of an idea about how the toll of that debate is right now here in germany and many people do feel very insecure about this incident of course is got all the ingredients of feeling so it's a you

news live from berlin thousands have been protesting against germany's far right a.f.d. party police moving into dispersed street demonstrations in the northern city of hanover.

this is d w news live from berlin thousands have been protesting against germany's far right a.f.d. party police moving in to disperse street demonstrations in the northern city of hi nova inside the conference holding a.f. daily voted for the new leader is likely to hold the parties.

you have hand over where police used a water cannon to disburse a protest against the far right a.f.d. party the injured in today's policeman and at least one protester class has occurred as the a.f.p. reelected martin as one of the co-chairs of the party and he won with seventy two percent of the votes. our correspondent there is at the f t party congress in hanover and joins us live from there you can what is the latest from there at the moment. well you can hear behind me some chatter and some genuine confusion after that first reelection of york moisten as the party heads he says that the camp of around you on hecker the right wing extremist is one part of the if he is willing to go so far and it was widely expected that the second party veto would come from the more moderate group peer. of the butlins a party leader well that proved to be very complicated indeed because there was a surprise candidate dormice wins and which couldn't stein who is against trying to get the right wing extremists company trying to get out of the party well both the polls that we saw just recently proved inco

one of the german city of hannover there have been fierce clashes between riot police and anti a.f.d. party protesters the activists who are trying to disrupt a congress of the party known for its anti immigration rhetoric. i. suppose they have i think i think they are and what happened was the comments were used against the protesters as they staged assisted find of the a.f.d. congress venue despite freezing temperatures in the city several people were injured the a.f.p. or alternative for germany is a right leaning posse mostly known for its harsh stance on immigration the party won seats in the german parliament for the first time following september's elections. the former u.s. national security advisor michael flynn house pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. over his links to the then russian ambassador to the us with more on that it's often a short break. with more make this manufacture consent to stick to the public will. when the right wing closest to protect themselves. with the famous merry go round be the one person. in the middle of the room sick. delete. the dissolution of the

and in the german city of hannover there have been fierce clashes between riot police and anti a.f.d. party protesters the activists who are trying to disrupt a congress all the party known for its anti immigration rhetoric. people feel they have to have it in order for them to have a little more the comments were used against the protesters as they staged staged a sit in outside the f.t. congress venue that despite freezing temperatures in the city several people were injured the a.f.p. or alternative for germany is a right leaving party mostly known for its harsh stunts on immigration the party won seats in the german parliament for the first time following september's elections. now the former u.s. national security advisor michael flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. over his links to the then russian ambassador to the u.s. we have more on that after this short break. join me every thursday on the alex i'm i'm sure i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm sure business i'll see you there. global warming don't you on the idea that dropping bombs bring

the case has been much discussed on social media and among the right wing populist a.f.d. party some have been linking the crime to chancellor angela merkel's policy on refugees. but maybe we shouldn't let me pull in who come without documents. to years ago i warned of the consequences of america's policy put it to the small town of congo mourns a teenage girl as the country at large debates the circumstances and media coverage of the case sports now or south korea is gearing up to host february's winter olympics which also presents the host nation with some sporting dilemma such as how will it do in disciplines it's not known for like ice hockey or south korea is not a traditional power but now it's natural as a couple of players who come from the hockey nation canada. he shoots he almost scores it's no just a team practice but koreans certainly hope he'll score when it counts or at least his other canadian korean compatriots will stop the opposition from scoring. meet forward brock redone ski. and goaltender matt dalton two canadians hoping to shore up the scoreline they play

populist trends in politics here it's good to have you on the day let's talk about the far right a.f.d. party they had a sharp strong showing in the national election they're now the third largest force in parliament are these talks tonight to possibly form a new government are they really aimed at ensuring that the far right doesn't become even more powerful well as a mentor effect a grand coalition with leave open free space for the a if he at the right wing of the political spectrum and see if lor a great coalition will be quite beneficial for the a if he so if there's oh should democrats want to fight against the a if the they should not enter a grand coalition but our top politicians are so concerned with a stable government that they are willing to pay the price for this grand coalition in form off giving kind of a life insurance to the f.t. i mean mr broad so that's quite a strong indictment that you're making there about what we're seeing here so you're saying that the politicians would rather let the far right become stronger than to go maybe another month another two months without

the protests in germany as the far right a.f.d. party needs to choose its new leadership and the power grab stop these asian toe and has harm to them but did he achieve everything he wanted. the u.s. president has again insisted there was no collusion between his campaign and russia during the twenty sixteen presidential election he also tweeted that why he fired his national security adviser for lying to the vice president and the f.b.i. mike flynn's actions were full on saturday trump was asked about flynn's decision to cooperate with the f.b.i. investigation as part of a p.t.o. plan has admitted he had lied about contacting the russian ambassador last december and said he was directed to doing so by a senior member of trump's transition team reported to be son in person this was trump's response. what i think joe. joe delusion joe killer visit absolutely is with absolutely no solution so we're very happy we'll see what happens thank you all very much. meanwhile the u.s. senate has approved one of president thomas main legislative goal

frank council a member of the a.f.d. party in berlin's parliament thinks instead of safe zones for women it's migration policies that need rethinking we feel that it's a new step of. danger coming into our country we've seen it since we have to already build vols against our christmas markets this is a development we do not want to see really policy should change we should not continue to have this mass migration of illegal mass immigration we do have we have to count and see who the people are who came to our country have to register them this is a process which has not been come to an end and we must close the borders in order to have a stable society you can go much further than the security forces or the politicians in germany go so that's a problem and i think this is. not a good sign for the new year to come. one protester has died and dozens more were injured after thousands of palestinians clashed with israeli forces in gaza and the west bank on friday rioters threw rocks and burned tires as they confronted israeli def

day building in news live from berlin thousands have been protesting against germany's far right a.f.d. partyolice moved in to disperse street demonstrations in the northern city of.

a.f.d. is the party holds a conference in the northern city of hanover delegates inside have been voting for a new leader is likely to pull the party even further to the right. also on the program the government in honduras enforces a curfew after an rest in the streets over a contested presidential election and at least one protester has died in the violence. and the u.s. senate approves a sweeping overhaul of the country's tax system a could become president trump's first major legislative victory or go to washington from all. the names christopher spring it thanks for joining us now. have been protesting in the north german city of hanover where the far right a.f.d. is holding a party conference several people were injured when police used water cannon to disperse the program few g. protest the injured included policemen and at least one protester the clashes occurred as the f.t. began electing new leaders at the two day conference thousands took to the streets to oppose the deeds and to immigration and islamic platform. and standing by for us the day of tea party conference in hanover ma

a.f.d. is the party holds a conference in the northern city of hanover police took action against left wing demonstrators trying to disrupt the event in while delegates inside voting to elect a new leadership team. also on the program the u.s. senate approves a sweeping overhaul of the country's tax system it's a big step towards what could become president tom's first major legislative victory but critics say the overhaul is too expensive and only benefits the rich will go to washington for more. money was christopher spring a good to have you with us thousands have been protesting in the north german city of hanover where the far right after he is holding a party conference several people were injured when police used. a cannon to disperse the program protest the injured included policemen and at least one protester the clashes occurred as the a.f.p. began electing new leaders at the two day conference thousands taking to the street to oppose the. immigration and. platform. and standing by for us have tea party conference in hanover make a look mckayla this party conference tasked with el

on protests in germany as the far right a.f.d. party meets to choose its new leadership. in sport balsall on a dropped points but do stay top off the spanish league was a messy bun score as boss for help to a teacher drop by celta vigo. the u.s. president donald trump has again insisted there was no collusion between his campaign and russia during the twenty sixteen presidential election he also tweeted that while he fired his national security adviser for lying to the vice president and the f.b.i. might things actions well awful on saturday trump was asked about flynn's decision to call for a with the f.b.i. investigation as part of a deal has admitted he had lied about contacting the russian ambassador last december and said he was directed to do so by a senior member of chum's transition team it pointed to be son in the person and this was a response. what was that showed no solution no killer just said absolutely with absolutely no clue so we're very happy we'll see what happens thank you all very much was that fry a big because he's a national security reporter with

party racism and xenophobia. police respond to protesters who are trying to disrupt the a.f.d. gathering in the german city of hung over. most of the demonstrators were peaceful some got streets attempting to stop party members from joining the conference police responded with water cannons and buttons. inside a heated exchange over who would lead the party was underway several hours later the potus far right appeared to have the upper hand over the more conservative wings one of the of these most prominent figures was elected this co-leader alexandre garland wants the pots to sane the opposition and develop further before it tries to become part of the government. yet we don't want to do this too soon only when we're strong as the other parties or nearly as strong as we have a chance to take responsibility. for the b.f.d. includes members like b. and her who has been investigated for his spot right statements he has called a major holocaust memorial in berlin a monument of national shame but party co-leader yet martin said health care was welcoming the f.t. and to my mind and t

good for stability in europe however the complication is it leaves the far right anti refugee party the a.f.d. as the main opposition party in terms of numbers in the parliament no rest for in spin issued for christina kirschner the former president of argentina relations in one thousand nine hundred four bombing in one as i was a judge has accused her of covering up the alleged involvement of iran in the bombing of a jewish center twenty three years ago eighty five people guys in the attack a question a says the charges are politically motivated you know we're not going to come on your house you know. the political maneuvers continue we can say it's also a feeling of them founded persecution of the opposition plus harassment and humiliation might as well that really violate not just the rule of law but democracy too from a political point of view these measures degrade argentinian justice and show the government and the president receiver machree to be also be responsible for a legal and political organization that pursues the opposition. the e.u. has given the u.k. until sunday to reach an

germany's populist anti immigration party has elected new leadership in what could signal a further shift to the right for the alternative for germany a.f.d. members chose right wing nationalist alexander galland as one of their co-leaders during a party conference in the german city of hanover galland ran for the post at the last minute after another more moderate candidate failed to win enough votes. our correspondent spoke to the candidate who lost out in the leadership race york. she asked him what he can accomplish without the support of more extremist factions the party supporters of bjorn hooka mr thursday you didn't succeed in your attempt to put yourself at the top of the party a more moderate voice how are you now going to deal with the fact that without the support base. you can't get anything done this party i don't think that's the case because we had a good day well yesterday we had a good result yesterday and i think also the moderates. are now in charge with the . deputy chairman and i think what i try to trigger is a discussion about all these things like getting into power or just to be part of a government and what i fo

join germany's national parliament and they've been holding their first party conference since they were elected in september a.f.d. members chose hardline nationalist alexander garland as one of their cold leaders during the conference he ran for the post at the last minute after another more moderate candidate failed to win enough votes our reporter michela cofer sent us this assessment of the direction that the party is now taking and what it's going to mean for german politics. the big question at this first if tea party conference since he arrived in the german parliament was would be able to finally stop its shift to the right well the surprise on so surprising to many in the room here was that the conservative sifting towards the extreme right is a power base everybody has to tap into if they want to achieve anything within this party that's a clear message that was heard by more moderates within the party here and over alexander the new party along with more than supporters. who represents the right block at the same time alexander government cautions the party that it should not strive for any kind of gov

because it was too close to call so this is a deeply divided party but the clear message from this meeting here to every reasonable grouping of the a.f.d. is there is no way of getting anything done without the far right bloc so that in itself marks a shift to the right. the f.t. could become the largest opposition party in the bundestag how would that happen and would they be able to push through their policies. that would happen if german chancellor angela merkel were to succeed in her current effort to get the social democrats on board for a continuation of the current so-called grand coalition government the social democrats are still very reluctant but the pure math would dictate for that to happen if you want to avoid a minority government or fresh elections so if there's another grand coalition with some thirteen percent in the bundestag if the would be the largest minority group giving it the first right of reply in those discussions in the bonus talk in german parliament but also key positions when it comes to various groupings and in the german bunds talks so a very important role indeed and the question is how the a.f.p. wou

a.f.d. in opposition in the long term so we can expect some very tough rhetoric there indeed we can occur flare there at the f.t. party conference in hanover thank you. at least thirteen people have been killed in two suicide bombings in northern nigeria play say two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in the town of borno state one struck at the town's busy market spiller detonated her explosives in the town square no one has claimed responsibility but previous attacks in the area have been carried out by the militant group boko. as you heard there the bombers were female we asked our correspondent in nigeria young philip shelves if militants are increasingly using women to carry out suicide attacks definitely so it has become a very common tactic to use women often even teenagers or even children i think there are several reasons for this first of all usually they cause less suspicion even though this has changed a bit and months after the rise of of those attacks but it's also quite simple to highlight the explosive devices underneath the outskirts of the women and we also have to mention that those women usu

a.f.d. in opposition in the long term so we can expect some very tough rhetoric there indeed we can occur for there at the after party conference and one of our thank you. that is that of the other stories making news around the world china has kicked off its annual world internet conference inviting top tech c.e.o.'s for talks on the internet's future and a message read by a communist party official president xi jinping said china would not close its doors to the global internet but still favored regulations foreign firms face tight controls in china such as forced censorship and surveillance. hundreds of people have been evacuated across southern albania after heavy rainfall flooded thousands of homes at least one person has died and several people have been injured in the last three days flights have also been suspended from the country's only international air force. at least thirteen people have been killed in two suicide bombings in northern nigeria and they say two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in the town of view in borno state when the town's busy market and the other destination her explosives i

hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in the city where the party is meeting for it's on you will congress inside the conference hall the a.f.d. elected two new leaders who are likely to pull the party even further to the right . u.s. president donald trump has been reacting to the news that his former national security adviser has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about contacts to russia trump said michael flynn's admission of guilt showed no collusion between other members of his team on moscow flynn has said a senior member of trump's transition team directed him to make contact with russian officials. at least thirteen people have been killed and more than fifty wounded in twin suicide bombings in northeast nigeria the attacks is a busy market in the town of bew in borno state no group has claimed responsibility but it's likely boko haram militants were behind the a tux. tens of thousands of israelis have marched in tel aviv to protest against prime minister benjamin netanyahu the so-called march of shame comes in response to a bill that critics say will protect netanyahu against police investigations into corruption