the a.f.p. chose a bad for its hockey today for its election is right here only in a few minutes where you will receive those results on as you can see behind me to sterling very quickly and they are certainly expecting a positive result for the party some of the signs right behind me say stand up where history is going to be made they're expecting to become the 1st pati the strongest party here but that is still unclear neck to neck with the social democrats and we've spoken to some officials here who have said that even if they don't become the strongest policy they would still see that as a victory because of the popularity that they have caught in the possible yes it's important to me to stress that that's popularity is not something just recently in the last few weeks they have been growing in the last few years on that posh of the house to do with the fact that here in rotterdam but but also you know the parts of eastern germany there is a sense of dissatisfaction a sense of disappointment

gains in the 2 local elections just held in germany is also interest on arts and culture because the a.f.p. have been putting pressure on opera houses and theaters and the like to conform to its agenda for instance recently requesting an opera house to list the nationalities of its employees which many see as a chilling parallel with naziism so artistic people nationwide have been worried. new cultural projects at risk now that the far right if they can't ground and will be more difficult to express criticism in the future we talk to those who are directly affected people working in the cultural scene in brandenburg and saxony 1st when rana books capital pottstown. which pieces are we still allowed to before we creating bodice again i experienced the same thing in east germany when we smuggled books across the border just to recover if that starting again the freedom of thoughts would be addressed. other artists are also concerned like the ones from potsdam to the audition process and dotson's one deep sense who was censoring different interpretations again that would be a big threat to th

politics will no longer be able to be made by going around us the a.f.p. had hoped this hole in the german town of valdai in brand new book would be the place where they would celebrates becoming the strongest poteen regional elections for the very 1st time and in fact a sign behind me clearly says be that when history is made the f.t. didn't manage to become the strongest poverty here in brandenburg 2 but in that sense there is a little bit of disappointment but when you speak to politicians here at the election party they clearly try to present the results as a victory for the if the and as as an important moment for this young job on the party the big question now is watch a coalition that will be formed here in britain and bug the center left s.p.d. remains the strongest party in vanderburgh but they need to coalition partners to be able to rule. that means that we continue to face great challenges in this country to reach out to the people and work together with them that is my goal for the coming years as well. there is one thing that almost all part

part of the a.f.p. have made significant gains in the 2 local elections just held in germany this also interests us on arts and culture because the a.f.d. have been putting pressure on opera houses and theaters and the like to conform to its agenda for instance recently requesting an opera house to list the nationalities of its employees which many see as a chilling parallel with naziism so artistic people nationwide have been worried. new cultural projects at risk now that the far right a.f.p. gained ground and will be more difficult to express criticism in the future we talk to those who are directly affected people working in the cultural scene in brandenburg and saxony.

under the marcos christian democrats and our coalition partners the social democrats are relieved the a.f.p. didn't unseat. poland marks 80 years into the 2nd world war leaders from dozens of countries joined ceremonies in warsaw german president franco to steinmeyer recalls the war as a german client and asked for forgiveness. and an emotional day in tel german as motor sport remembers. the driver was killed in a crash on saturday player wins the formula one grand prix and dedicates his victory to his dead sprint. on a cultural issue welcome to the show germany's far right alternative for germany makes significant gains in 2 state elections the f.d.a. became the 2nd strongest party and regional parliaments and both saxony and brandenburg germany's mainstream party suffered sharp drops in support but were able to maintain their top positions let's take a look at the numbers. these are the latest projected results based on a partial count of the vote the results at this stage for brandenburg show the social democrats who currently govern the state at 26 percent maintaining the top position w

they'll turn it over germany party or a.f.p. it's also known is celebrating the anti immigration euro skeptics came 2nd in state elections in brandenburg and sanctioning significantly increasing their influence in those parliaments. was. one becomes one of the party's biggest victories but it's yet clear what the next steps will be the ruling christian democrats have already confirmed that they won't work with the fdic can will become clearer later this year as peter oliver explains . well starts off in brandenburg it was a win for the social democrats in a campaign that they were neck and neck with throughout the alternative for germany picking up around 23 percent of the vote there with the social democrats winning on 25 percent in saxony we saw massive gains for alternative for germany it wasn't enough for them to win the state that went to the christian democratic union anger merkel's party 2728 percent for alternative for germany in saxony could end up rising as high as 30 big gains for them there and it is the sensational

i'm joined tonight by frank christiane handle he is a member of the a.f.p. and of berlin's city parliament and used to be a member of the social democrats here in germany mr good to have you on the show did i let's talk let's talk numbers. 25 percent is what your party got in both of these regional elections to winning 25 percent it doesn't give you a victory or a mandate. and the if they had been predicted to come in 1st in these elections yesterday do these results would you say do they mean that the mainstream parties were tougher than you expected when i thought i think that the mainstream parties are making a cartel a power cartel against us and the voters will notice this in the next 34 weeks because we're going to have another election into india and so i think the voters will notice that we wish to be excluded. i think it's good that we were came in 2nd and we had a little bit more sex needs where the c.d.u. really was supposed to turn a little bit to the right because there is one. stream of the party which which is more cooperative is a of the prim

well they are saying that the a.f.p. clearly succeeded in mobilizing voters that is something that the naked statistics really tell us that former nonvoters in their droves support of the far right a decent theory they've tapped into resentment and discontent towards those established big tent parties because the big story of the night really was the continuation of those big tent parties are going to have to see to you and the social democrat s.p.d. losing ground and both getting a black tie once again at the ballot box but failing to become the strongest force which they were aiming to do. roll can we expect to be emboldened for right d. to play now in german politics well as the d.v.d.'s ship is starting its press conference here behind me.

gains in the 2 local elections just held in germany this also interests arts and culture because the a.f.p. have been putting pressure on opera houses and theaters and the like to conform to its agenda for instance recently requesting an opera house to list the nationalities of its employees which many see as a chilling parallel with naziism so artistic people nationwide have been worried. new cultural projects at risk now that the far right if they can't ground and will be more difficult to express criticism in the future we talk to those who are directly affected people working in the cultural scene in brandenburg and saxony.

the new far right and the a.f.p. cut their teeth on the streets this is where they recruit their followers. just like the nazis in the weimar republic at 1st the nazis were irrelevant fringe movement but they were determined to become a visible force and grow. not you know. it be convenient you just bought it. and it would be. easy to feed it gives it. less. then. and in. the face to avoid be trading it stated mission the f.t. has to remain a movement in other words it always has to be visible on the streets and it needs to maintain close contacts with other affiliated movements. this is just a visible force on the streets in protests is essential to radical tendencies it makes a statement here we are join us follow us we're in the fang god and ready to fight for one fears and one come for that's what. this tactic was also deployed in the weimar republic fiery rhetoric soon turned into violence street brawls became the order of the day. the radicals set out to destabilize the state and demonstrate its powerlessness 9

in the 2 local elections just held here in germany is also interests arts and culture because the a.f.p. have been putting pressure on opera houses and theaters and the like to conform to its agenda for instance recently requesting an opera house to list the nationalities of its employees which many see as a chilling parallel with naziism so artistic people nationwide have been worried. new cultural projects at risk now that the far right if they gained ground and will be more defeat.

state's strongest party but not without making losses namely to the alternative for germany party or a.f.p. the far right party is now the 2nd strongest party here in saxony and the result reflects the ever present divide between western and eastern germany with many voters here still feeling neglected and left behind since reunification in 1990 now it's up to angela merkel's government back in berlin to figure out exactly how they can win back those disenchanted voters. he also won with votes in brandenburg also becoming the 2nd strongest party in the national at the bickering for. my side but this result this prognosis shows one thing very clearly. the a.f.d. is here to stay. politics will no longer be able to be made by going around us the as they had hoped this hole in the german town of valdai in brand new book would be the place where they would celebrates becoming the strongest poteen regional elections full of very 1st time and in fact a sign behind he clearly has says to me that when history is made the eye if he didn't manage to become a strong despotic here in brandenburg not in

which party did you vote for that's why i voted for the a.f.p.what was your personal reason for why your 1st and foremost because of the flood of refugees here and saxony we're not used to that at all and that's cos of people across germany. since 2015 the number of foreigners in saxony has increased by one percent but even non a.f.d. voters can sympathize with some of the issues beyond the might. gratian debate. leaders and you see the problems 1st and foremost in the rule areas will the circumstances that people have to live in there are catastrophe. the entire infrastructure has fallen by the wayside or. saxony has made its voice heard now writers from across germany's political spectrum are waiting to see if the government is listening. inter milan striker romelu lukaku has called on football authorities to do more to combat racism it was subjected to monkey chants before taking a penalty against in their italian league match on sunday which enter $1.00 to $1.00 other footballers have sent messages of support to the. dortmund jade and san sho

and his nation will never forget also coming up voters go to the polls in eastern germany where the a.f.p. could become the 1st far right party to win a state level election in decades plus in the bundesliga barring munich going off to a bad start against minds of the champions league convert to scrap the when we have all the highlights coming up. i'm calling aspen welcome to the program dozens of leaders from across the world have joined ceremonies in poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of world war 2 polish president unjaded us said there were still lessons to be learned from that war and his german counterpart from call to steinmeyer described it as a german crime that his nation will never forget. 80 years after the war began the heads of state of poland and germany shake hands. together they remember the crimes that began on september 1st 1939 you may be brought before we pay tribute and we are on our own today all the victims of the 2nd world war were waiting or were involved are still to that view and with gratitude as we close the hands of the veterans here on pilsuds

people are more interested in issues like infrastructure education and that is something else that the a.f.p. has been mentioning time and time again did abuse thomas sparrow in brenda birth thank you very much. and now we want to head to saxony that's where did abused brady is standing by and she's in saxony is capital city dresden kate. well call the situation here in saxony is certainly looking a lot more close said than it was at least a couple of days ago at least that's according to some opinion polls that came out just a couple of hours ago around midday herron saxony and i know americans conservative c.d.u. still seem at least to be polling in 1st position at the moment with around 30 percent but the f.t. do at least according to these latest polls seem to have been gaining a little bit of ground since the last couple of days now polling at around anywhere between 26 to 28 percent so only a couple of percentage points behind the conservatives of social democrats meanwhile still floundering at around 7 to 9 percent but of course as i say these are still in the opinion polls at the mom

which party did you vote for that's why i voted for the a.f.p.what was your personal reason for why your 1st and foremost because of the flood of refugees here and saxony we're not used to that at all and that's cause. people cross germany. since 2015 the number of foreigners in saxony has increased by one percent but even non f.t.v. has can sympathize with some of the issues beyond the migration debate. and you see the problems 1st and foremost in the rule areas will the circumstances that people have to live in there are catastrophe. and the entire infrastructure has fallen by the wayside or. saxony has made its voice heard now very tense from across germany's political spectrum waiting to see if the government is listening or the greek government is bigger or has begun rather to transfer 1500 asylum seekers from the island of lesbos to the mainland ease overcrowding in migrant camps a recent spike in the numbers of migrants arriving on greek shores means that a loving 1000 people are now housing in buildings that were designed for 3 people. on

collective the size and reach of which is commensurate to the story and news agencies like bloomberg a.f.p. in france and getty images u.s. television networks and c.b.s. indias news 18 s v t in sweden and al-jazeera into asahi shimbun and bloody public are the most widely read newspapers in japan and italy respectively more than 300 media outlets on 6 continents with a combined audience of more than a 1000000000 people all brought together by 2 american publications the nation magazine and the columbia journalism review to talk about one issue climate change i thought there is a critical mass of journalists out there who want to be doing more and better climate coverage and that's what led to this project covering climate now and it has been remarkable to see the way that so many outlets have stepped up big outlets small outlets radio t.v. print online and all over the world so much of the climate journalism that we do is about our country it's very insular and this is a global issue and especially a lot of the polluters cross borders today i was reading a story about 30 systems in philad

for germany party has surged in 2 state elections in the east of the country exit polls indicate the a.f.p. has come 2nd in both for an inboard and saxony at the expense of chancellor angela merkel's party and her coalition partner. and vietnam is marking 50 years sense a death that revolutionary leader man was the father of the nation and its communist party elite a fight for independence against several foreign powers as were the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera more news to come face to face as head next. pastor wanted our she wanted a different teacher just i want to do is country to international revolution for a long time those parallel objectives could sit alongside one another and drive each other forward but there came a point when obviously they not only did that but at that point the relationship and their political project came to you and. i thought on the face. of 10 already now where they are not overfilled well this year after all i want us to have more blooded lot more calcium put. up by him ali out of they come yeah out of the. chair no. joke that a. little foolish tal

and joining us now from teheran is journalist i have a see he works for the french news agency a.f.p. m s saudi authorities are saying bay have evidence that iran was behind these attacks on their oil facilities how is teheran reacting to this accusation. hello and thank you for having me well of course judging from what the what the foreign ministry. from the recent interviews are coming in with decision iran is obviously denying all these charges and the official stance there have a guess that the yemenis themselves have developed this technology and been full of this attack. saying that this attack which has happened is basically a direct result of the war on yemen and that the. u.s. saudi arabia will call the shim to start to believe that it's when they wage the war it will come back on their own doorstep does of course as you once plants will as you know iran has always denied that it is in any way helping yemen and has denied any charges that there are a proxy forces of you so of course you understand to see distancing itself from this situation with this now despite it distanci

that this nation will never forget also coming up voters go to the polls in eastern germany where the a.f.p. could.

results from alternative for germany and they're not happy about the role they've played in allowing a.f.p. to make such big games. i am happy that we have a really good result what worries me is a result in this means we continue to face big challenges in this country. we all hope for more and wished for more and i'm also disappointed like many others are disappointed no question i as the lead candidate also share responsibility for this resort alternative journey were founded as a. anti euro euro skeptic party back in 2013 but it was following the influx of refugees and migrants into germany in 2016 that they started to pick up a lot of points a lot of votes in the east of the country in fact in the state of saxony there is also the city of came that switch last year saw well violent scenes after a 35 year old german man was stabbed to death there a 23 year old syrian asylum affleck and was sentenced to jail for manslaughter just last month but what but what that killing resulted in was really an outpouring of far right nationalist at times neo nazi anti immigration crowds on the streets

general debate is currently underway and melinda you know we heard that assessment from the opposition a.f.p. essentially coming out swinging today saying that the government is pushing the country into recession. not only that she said in fact the government is de industrializing germany and destroying the automobile industry with its in her words crazy environmental and climate change policies so as you say came out swinging but so did the chancellor she answered that very directly 1st of all with the for her standards quite impassioned statement that there is no doubt that human beings are responsible for climate change and therefore must take the responsibility for stopping it and looking right at the leader of the parliamentary group of the right wing a party who did as you say get the debate underway she said and climate change policy yes it is going to cost us something but you know what ignoring the climate crisis will cost us more in the long run so very very clear words they are on what she said is $1.00 of her top 2 priorities namely climate policy and chancellor angela merkel als

only going up by about north point 2 percent really not a lot it's all but still something that the a.f.p. has managed to use to its benefit capering and reza thanks a lot and to get a sense of the bigger picture let's bring in our correspondent michele a man who is at the headquarters of mackerels conservative c.d.u. party here and berlin i want to play you a clip from the scene to you general secretary and then we'll talk and your due to looking back on these election campaigns today we look back on 2 difficult campaigns that had to be carried out under difficult circumstances. well to. day we have mixed feelings when we look at the results both joy and disappointment. and. so nice on my mind my thanks to all the people who worked on the campaigns who put their heart and soul into the fight. of your. mind my thanks also go to the voters who chose the sea do you today and place their trust in us. on the border and today i send my thoughts and thanks to all the see do you candidates who put their heart and soul into the party but in spite of their tireless efforts failed to win election t

brandenburg it was a win for the social democrats in a campaign that they were neck and neck with a.f.p. throughout the alternative for germany picking up around 23 percent of the vote there with the social democrats winning on 25 percent in saxony we saw massive gains for alternative for germany it wasn't enough for them to win the state that went to the christian democratic union angle merkel's party 2728 percent for alternative for germany in saxony could end up rising as high as 30 big gains for them there and certainly big smiles from the leadership of the alternative for germany party they were saying that these results show that a de just a flush upon that they are a big part of the german political stage right now and it is a sensational results we have achieved the best result in local elections ever and we can see that 30 years after the fall of the wall governments don't want to be left wing need the it. is. the fight is not over the fight starts now we've become much stronger no one can remove us from germany politics anymore we're staying. with german politics is quite keen

was formed just 6 years ago for the ruling christian democrats have said they will not work with the a.f.p. peter all of the reports from belin. well starts off in brandenburg it was a win for the social democrats in a campaign that they were neck and neck with throughout the alternative for germany picking up around 23 percent of the vote there with the social democrats winning on 25 percent in saxony we saw massive gains for alternative for germany it wasn't enough for them to win the state that went to the christian democratic union anger merkel's party 2728 percent for alternative for germany in saxony could end up rising as high as 30 big gains for them there and it is the sensational results we have achieved the best result in local elections ever and we can see that 30 years after the fall of the wall governments don't want to be left wing need the. let me just see it is clear these 2 elections have had only one winner the. we've seen from other politicians who have been looking at these results from alternative for germany and they're not happy about the role they've played in allo

which party did you vote for that's why i voted for the a.f.p.what was your personal reason for why in the. first and foremost because of the flood of refugees here and saxony were not used to that at all and that's cos the people across germany. since 2015 the number of foreigners in saxony has increased by one percent but even non a.f.d. voters can sympathise with some of the issues beyond the migration debate. and you see the problems 1st and foremost in the rule areas. the circumstances are people have to live in there are catastrophe. and the entire infrastructure has fallen by the wayside. saxony has made its voice heard now raters from across germany's political spectrum waiting to see if the government is listening. well i'm joined tonight by frank christiane handle he is a member of the a d. and of berlin's city parliament he used to be a member of the social democrats here in germany mr good to have you on the show tonight let's talk let's talk numbers. 25 percent is what your party got in both of these regional elections to winning 25

the right politics we have the right program we are going into the right direction and we are one a.f.p. and you have in every party you have certainly people who have different opinions are more ride one are more left and this doesn't matter because we have to discuss we have to find the best way follow both us for our country because we want to bring our country from its head to its feet once again and this is why we started to politics in germany because we have seen that many things are going not in the right direction germany mystify this 60 percent of the people polled in these 2 states which went to the the ballot yesterday said they view your party as a ponty which has links to the far right it has allegedly. links to neo nazis how do you react to such observations when they come from an opinion poll. what we have seen in germany and especially for both elections is said we have an intense media campaigning by the mainstream media and it was all against c.f.d. more so to see all the media against the f.t. and this has certainly impact and people have obviously the opinion that t

see in blade runner to help me understand what it is like to be human that is my motivation he told a.f.p. while there are many who fear this innovation he added that american filmmakers seem to paint a negative picture of the robotic future adding that i can understand why hollywood want to destroy robots look at the japanese cartoons and animations robots are always friendly. we have a totally different cultural background. robots are always friendly that and that's true that's not how it was in the terminator movies exactly were i robot or literally any of the american hollywood films we always put them in a bad light they're always trying to become the dominant rays kill all the humans and also we as a species don't seem to have mastered keeping technologies from getting out of control and creating menaces to our existence like the internal combustion engine for example i don't know that we're ready to handle fully why replicants is the scientists call the i would love to send myself on business trips that by this time you can credit boom bust on directv channel 321 dish network chann

and we come to the views of both the left party and the a.f.p. on those results. you can be very powerful even many on a position and especially when you have a weak governments against you and what we see in sex on even just the most important east german federal state and there we have a christian democrat party that is used to be quite conservative and they have greens that are a lefty for greens so now they have to to build a coalition or do they don't fit together at all so we don't have a weak government and we've all seen the party members of both the greens and the christian democrats are very on a happy about that so but a new government will be very unstable and we're very strong and we are together and united and when you are a strong opposition force and you have been in stable government then you can kind of reach a lot so i guess it's a mistake that you have to be part of a government to change a country you can change it by good a position by good media and by good arguments and add all those to tossed for us in the next years if he has an agenda an

life force in tehran thanks to us and we're getting some breaking news out of yemen according to the a.f.p. news agency a top u.s. official has said washington is in talks with the iranian backed rebels to try and end the war in yemen more on that as and when we get. nato says a u.s. service member and the remaining soldier have been killed in a suicide car bombing in afghanistan's capital the taliban has claimed responsibility for the kabul attack which killed at least 10 people and dozens more lost was in an area close to foreign embassies and government buildings tony berkeley is live for us now in kabul so tony what more we hearing on this attack. well it happened early wednesday morning and as you said it was closed to the american embassy and the headquarters of operation support the nato headquarters it just show the 10 people were killed and 42 were injured including women and children and as you mentioned 2 servicemen one was an american one was remaining in it does underline that even though at this stage we're getting very close that many people think so a peace agreement being

journalistic collective the size and reach of which is commensurate to the story news agencies like bloomberg a.f.p. in france and getty images u.s. television networks and c.b.s. indias news 18 s v t in sweden and al-jazeera into asahi shimbun and bloody public the most widely read newspapers in japan and italy respectively more than 300 media outlets on 6 continents with a combined audience of more than a 1000000000 people all brought together by 2 american publications.

elect a new parliament survey suggest a tight contest with 5 parties closely matched the far right a.f.p. thinks it's leading the race and if that proves accurate when the votes are finally counted it would make brandenburg the 1st state in the whole country where a far right party tops the poll john mccain explains. on a warm summer evening in you even these people have come to hear from the far right party the speaker is and they are skull bits the party's lead candidate in brandenburg and according to german media a man linked to neo nazi groups he denies some but not all of the claims the f.d.a. is popular in several areas of this state where unemployment remains higher than the national average and towns like lugar have an aging population although the immigrant population here is tiny his message is uncompromising on their product than still are we demand criminal so-called refugees who can eat imported must 1st be in prison it one thing is clear integration means you adapt to the country it does not mean the country adapts to you. the f.t.'s closest rival is the governing social d

areas that voted for the nazis in 1933 shown here in red gave a larger share of their vote to the a.f.p. in the 2017 parliamentary elections shown here in blue. its interest on a convair are astonishing continue to use an electoral behaviors that go back to the time of national socialism does this shows us that the political culture or the radical right wing attitudes don't suddenly disappear or change overnight there's continuity these attitudes are passed down in families and communities. the new far right and the cut their teeth on the. streets this is where they recruit their followers. just like the nazis in the weimar republic at 1st the nazis were irrelevant fringe movement but they were determined to become a visible force and to grow. not you know jealous was. it because it is just it's. easy to see to give up. then. it's been. the focus is to avoid be trading its stated mission the f.t. has to remain a movement in other words it always has to be visible on the streets and it needs to maintain close contacts with other affiliated movements. this is just a visible force on the s

and the a.f.p.on the campaign trail for the european elections the leader york morton met with other european far right leaders to found a radical pan-european alliance. the right is on the rise throughout europe. so many bleak if you compare european countries you can see the far right is quickly gaining ground in many of them. in some rightwing extremist and now even parts of. governing coalitions at the national level. after the end of the cold war right wing populist and far right parties played very little role in europe only reaching the 10 percent threshold in a few countries at the turn of the millennium. but in 2019 far right parties have become a force to be reckoned with in some countries they've even been part of the government . a similar development took place after the 1st world war which had led to the emergence of a number of democracies in europe. 20 years later most of them had reverted to authoritarian systems or dictatorships. the weimar republic resisted this tendency of the na

centrifuges and everything we need for enrichment and some breaking news for you now according to the a.f.p. news agency a top u.s. official has said that washington is in talks with iran backed rebels to try and end the war in yemen more on that story as and when we get it at least 10 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a launch explosion in afghanistan's capital kabul the taliban have claimed responsibility for that attack saying they targeted a foreign military convoy the blast was in an area close to foreign embassies and government buildings. has been updated. from kabul those all the headlines. we will have much more on old. stories now in. i visited last night on. the news to solicit sex addicted. to little i'm not that. much and little. suspicious a little slow to come on. you so the on the basic into that you can't box a lot of up and you'll be in. genesis looking seriously trying to. flee if the good bit is enough to tip to go to. also the food. that if it's a man's a custom once. there's a deal soon on songs and i'm still feeling it's not impossible and over such things

collective the size and reach of which is commensurate to the story and news agencies like bloomberg a.f.p. in france and getty images u.s. television networks and c.b.s. indias news 18 s v t in sweden and al-jazeera into asahi shimbun and. the most widely read newspapers in japan and italy respectively more than 300 media outlets on 6 continents with a combined audience of more than a 1000000000 people all brought together by 2 american publications the nation magazine and the columbia journalism review to talk about one issue climate change i thought there is a critical mass of journalists out there who want to be doing more and better climate coverage and that's what led to this project covering climate now and it has been remarkable to see the way that so many outlets have stepped up big outlets small outlets radio t.v. print online and all over the world so much of the climate journalism that we do is about our country it's very insular and this is a global issue and especially a lot of the polluters cross borders today i was writing a story about sewage systems in philadelphia and we

exit polls indicate the a.f.p. has come in 2nd place as in both brandenburg and saxony c.d.u. and a cone. mission partners the s.p.d. of both seen their vote shed drop significantly harnessed voter anger of refugees in the economic disparities that remain between the east and the west some 30 years after the fall of the button wall the results are seen as a major setback for the ruling federal coalition so just to take a closer look then at what these exit polls are showing at the moment in brandenburg the s.p.d. managed to cling on to 1st place in the state gaining 27.5 percent with the f.t. in 2nd place on 22.5 percent just south in saxony it's a similar picture there with the f.t. securing $27.00 and a half percent of the votes behind merkel c.d.u. party on 32 percent a significant drop from the last election in 2014 will dominate cain is impulse sam joins us live now so dominic the 2 big mainstream parties managing to secure 1st place in the state elections but have seen a drop in vest share of the vote just tell us what this means. what it means merriam is that hundreds o

collective the size and reach of which is commensurate to the story and news agencies like bloomberg a.f.p. in france and getty images u.s. television networks and c.b.s. india's news 18 s v t in sweden and al-jazeera into tar asahi shimbun and. the most widely read newspapers in japan and italy respectively more than 300 media outlets on 6 continents with a combined audience of more than a 1000000000 people all brought together by 2 american publications the nation magazine and the columbia journalism review to talk about one issue climate change i thought there is a critical mass of journalists out there who want to be doing more and better climate coverage and that's what led to this project covering climate now and it has been remarkable to see the way that so many outlets have stepped up big outlets small outlets radio t.v. print online and all over the world so much of the climate journalism that we do is about our country it's very insular and this is a global issue and especially a lot of the polluters cross borders today i was reading a story about sewage systems in philadelphia a

establish itself as a global hub for elite sports david harding is a former catarrh bureau chief for the a.f.p. news agency he says the country still has work to do in selling the positive aspects of the tournaments to the rest of the world. i think it still has to convince many many skilled skeptics obviously the u.k. is one of them but there are many people in europe that don't believe that qatar should have the world cup because of the various control the seas i think what's annoying. those in the supreme committee in doha to do is say right this is the emblem and now we can concentrate on the message of what we want to tell you about how the world cup will be different in qatar. the only stadiums are the fact that there's 4 goings potentially in the qualifying rounds when it gets to the finals that fans if you are in doha you can go to 2 possibly 3 matches in one which is impossible or another world cup so i think it allows the kid story organizers to get those messages across rather than just saying yes we are going to host the world cup alina's but alina has become the 1st ever ukrainian