only afd can save germany. end of story. >>> very good morning. we start today's show looking at the action across european markets with the equity space. we have the stoxx 600 at the moment below the flat line. yesterday, however, we did finish the day positive about .40%. however, though, the main market narrative is still around the higher bond yields and investors still concerned, really, about the outlook here perhaps seeing sticker inflation going forward. let me show you how the different bourses are showing this friday morning. starting with the ftse 100, we are marginally below the flat line. overall, when you think about the bourses across the european continent, we are positive with more positive gains up in france with the cac 40 up .20%. it's friday. always a good moment to look at the performance for european equities. look at these numbers. i'm fascinated by them. look at it. the dax week to date up by more than 2%. overin italy, the main market is finishing the week up more than 3.7% at this rat

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we note that alice weidel about afd and elon musk.e note that alice weidel had a chat on acts recently. what took part in that discussion? there is a lot of concern and there is more about how elon musk is trying to push the afd. it was shown live on elon musk�*s acts. he got a lot of audience to the afd, and this is why members from other parties are fearing that this is foreign interference in behalf of elon musk and other non—german countries men. all of these are highly prominent people sharing and welcoming all the support by elon musk. thank you for talking to us about he got a lot of musk�*s acts. he got a lot of audience to the afd, and this is why members from other parties are fearing that this is foreign interference in behalf of elon musk and other non—german countries men. all of these are highly prominent people sharing and welcoming all the support by elon musk. thank you for talking to us about the complexities of the german election, thank you. more now on the claim by ukraine's president that two wounded north korean

the afd is the only hope for germany. a clip from that interview. >> 7 million people but these are officially counted. >> 7 million, while. >> 7 million people of influx since 2015 officially counted. then because the people, just another funny number. our state allows people to throw away their passports before they cross the borders that are not protected and controlled, so 57%, almost 6% of the people coming into our country, open border, they throw away their papers. why do they do that? because once entering our country, with this funny immigration policy, they cannot be deported anymore. christian: musk of trying to stop the interview. his intervention in european politics is causing widespread consternation. tonight, the french president emmanuel macron is meeting with sir keir starmer where the subject is set to come up. muska is privately discussing with allies in america how keir starmer could be removed as prime minister before the next general election. with us tonight is jackson james, resident senior fellow

the afd almost breaking into 21%.ink about the afd getting a lot of prominence in the news recently with elon musk about a month ago deciding he has a really great interest in german politics and backing the afd, calling olaf scholz an incompetent fool, calling the president of germany an antidemocratic tyrant and causing concern across the mainstream political spectrum in germany, not least of all for the spd. they have other reasons to be concerned because they are in third, olaf scholz's party still under 17% and the greens coming in at 12%. but we don't talk about is where is the support concentrated for these different parties? if we move on to the map. apart from elon musk, support for the afd is really concentrated in eastern germany. this is the former communist east. these two regions of saxony and lower saxony is held by the cdu by only one or two points, the afd stronghold is in the east. the other thing when you look at this map is there is not a lot of red. olaf scholz's across the country has entirely co

elon musk himself exposed to the amount he maybe does not even know much about the afd.set it up by saying for those who have never heard of the party what would you like them to know about it? what is interesting is for the afd and alice vital is that she's really trying to move away from this idea of them being far-right and more being sort of libertarian conservatives. when you look at their economic platform there is some credibility to that. they won very little regulation, cutting taxes, but when you look at the social and cultural side, you cannot really say they are libertarian. they want a stronger and more powerful police state and believe islam is incompatible with german society and in this way it's hard to make that sell in a party that has a lot of divisions that will only really be tested if they get closer to power because right now they can just stand from the sidelines. >> oliver crook joining us out of berlin. to a slightly different topic. , wall street top banks said to be giving their biggest increase since the pandemic. you watched the dealmaking p

afd can save germany.e very clear about that. only afd can save germany. end of story. >> a little history about afd. it is a right-wing party. establishes anti-immigration, including anti-muslim immigration. also, they have tried to downplay events. in the chat, musk addresses that and asked wibel directly what she thought of hitler. >> jewish people have been highly educated, very cultivated and were vehicleful back in germany then. and then, he enforced the envy of the population against these people. and it was a socialist measure taken against them. so he was nothing else, an anti- semitic socialist. and we are exactly the opposite. >> now, kelly, these positions have kept the afd out of main stream politic negligence germany. and musk is using his mega phone now to try and change that. but he also has a number of businesses throughout europe that he could influence with his political positions. musk had a lot on the line in germany, with tesla's giga factory in berlin. but the e.u. recently put a 7.8

the afd and the other populist party could gain more than one-third of the votes and they would meany have a blocking my majority in parliament. >> busy times ahead, no doubt, annette. >>> from germany to france, emmanuel macron said his decision for snap elections in june created more divisions than solutions. macron addressed the nation in the annual new year's eve speech a week after the polls show his popularity has fallen to the lowest level since taking office in 2017. in his address, macron took responsibility for the fallout. >> translator: we are faced political instability which isn't specific to france. we are also seeing it among our german friends who just dissolved their assembly. it legitimately worries us. i must admit it has ught more divisions. if i decide to dissolve, it is to give you back the floor and regain clarity and avoid the inability that was threatening us. we recognize right now that this decision has produced more instability than calm. i take full responsibility for that. >>> coming up on the show, authorities investigate in new orleans in the terror a

we heard that over the weekend from the afd. let's put the political angle aside. to us the implications for the economy which has relied a lot also on immigrants. >> so, i think we need to distinguish a bit. not all immigrants are the same economically speaking. so, if you look at say the region between asylum seekers and people emigrating to take up work, the effects on the economy will be very different. if you just adjust a little bit on the pull factors, welfare and so on, perhaps shift the distribution of people coming in. that could be somewhat helpful for the economy in the end. >> are we going to be looking at different economic drivers for the eurozone going forward with a lot of pressures on germany and the fact you just told me you don't expect massive changes for the growth outlook for germany going forward? is germany going to lose its crown for the biggest economy in the eurozone going forward? >> i think that would be a bit of a stretch just population wise. germany is still the biggest country and will remain so for a while whatever happens to popu

trump's right hand man has been interviewing the afd's co leader alice weidel who told him germany'sr stupid or they hate their country. and what does 2025 have in store, when it comes to articial intelligence. ai decoded coming up. good evening, the strong winds that have spread the catastophic wildfires across southern california are not going away yet. there are five major blazes now burning along the coast. extending the red flag warning. the palisades fire, which is now the most destructive in la history, has consumed more than 17,000 acres, that's roughly 27 square miles. it has destroyed at least 1,000 structures, and is entirely uncontained. the new blaze, is the sunset fire, which started last night in the hollywood hills and is now threatening the iconic landmarks around sunset boulevard. the size and strength of these fires matched only by the speed at which they spread. the winds had been gusting up to 100 mph, and although those wind speeds have dropped, the tinder dry conditions have exacerbated the fires, forcing over 180,000 evacuations, with more still expected. fire

far right alternative for germany party known as the f afd. afd has largely been frozen out of mainstream german politics. the party has been investigated for its extremist positions, including downplaying nazi atrocities. party members have also advocated for a two tier society, where so-called ethnic germans have more rights than those with immigrant backgrounds. during today's event, musk said that he strongly recommends people vote for afd. germanyny's national election, by the way, is next month. now, seeing the planet mercury like we've never seen it struggling with the highs and lows of bipolar 1? ask about vraylar. because you are greater than your bipolar 1 and you can help take control of your symptoms, with vraylar. some medicines only treat the lows or highs. vraylar treats depressive, acute manic, and mixed episodes of bipolar 1 in adults. proven full-spectrum relief for all bipolar 1 symptoms. vraylar is not approved for elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis due to increased risk of death or stroke. report changes in b

and on the other side, he's engaging with the afd, talking about sitting down with the leader of afd x. so in all the european countries, again, it's that sort of divide—and—rule thing that we saw back in the first term where he's not a multilateralist, he prefers to deal with countries on a one—by—one basis. we've seen the relationship he developed with, uh, you know, with the hungarian leader, with the polish leaders, the eastern bloc, and the way that he dealt with brussels. it was a very, very different approach to the multilateral organisations and the way that he dealt with, with governments on a bilateral, bipartisan basis. so i think there's going to be much more of that. and certainly, of course, they're going to cosy up more towards the conservatives and more towards those on the right. the one thing i would just add is, how does this tommy robinson thing complicate things for nigel farage? because he was very much open—arms embracing this approach from elon musk and the money that comes with it. but if he's constantly having to fend off, well, how close is elon musk to tom

in germany to select but the far right afd party in contention for that musk is posted only the afd canissue of grooming gangs. he is made or shared a number of unsubstantiated claim so that he asked if america should liberate the people of britain from their tyrannical government. watching all this of europe�*s leaders who say mosques interventions are worrying for the pen as french president emmanuel macron who has said ten years ago who would�*ve imagined that the of the larger social networks would be intervening directly in elections? a lot has changed in elections? a lot has changed in ten years for the elon musk back to the delight of his supporters is a man set on challenging the status quo set on changing how we all live for that he�*s doing that in a range of ways through space travel, how we access the internet, through electric vehicles and now by influencing the information we consume any issues we discussed. you are the media, musk tells people on acts as he frequently says the legacy media are dishonest. an easy he currently shares, untrue and misleading information himse

that's right and to critics, this - right and to critics, this invitation to the head of the afd, asmacks of potential political interference. that party happens to be running in second place in polls and so there is this thinking that invitation could give the party a boost in next month's collection.— a boost in next month's collection. ., ,, . collection. thank you so much and we shall _ collection. thank you so much and we shall talk _ collection. thank you so much and we shall talk to _ collection. thank you so much and we shall talk to you - collection. thank you so much and we shall talk to you again| and we shall talk to you again soon. rescue workers in tibet are working round the clock to search for survivors after a major earthquake killed at least 126 people. the magnitude 7.1 quake struck at around 9am local time on tuesday. the impact was felt across the shigatse region of tibet, although tremors were also felt in nepal and parts of india. a large—scale rescue operation has been launched, with survivors under additional pressure as temperatures as low as minus 16 degree

then germans know who the afd are. and so it's musk that's being isolated. he's made a mistake in ditching nigel farage for tommy robinson. nigel farage is a polarizing, popular and unpopular politician that a quarter of people might vote for and that they could say musk's millions might make nigel farage prime minister. and he's always stayed away from tommy robinson because nigel farage thinks when you're with tommy robinson, whose reputation is extremism, racism, football, hooliganism, then you're a 5% politician. so musk has actually taken himself out of mainstream politics by attacking farage for not backing robinson. so it shows that this attempt to be the sort of citizen kane of the world isn't going to work if you're not credible in the countries you're trying to influence. we could treat him like a pantomime bond villain, except it will stoke up violence at the extreme end of the sort we saw in britain. so it's not that he's going to change our government, but he can make our society more dangerous. >> in a moment from biden's border legacy to extre

right now afd is playing it to the hilt. their leader was interviewed by musk on social media. the european commission is thinking of interfering because he algorithms in x seem to promote afd to german users. there is concern in europe that he is using the power he has to ask to promote these far right, nationalist in britain and germany to the users in those countries. >> the outgoing german chancellor is warning about musk's focus of far right figures. one of the only european leaders he has a good relationship with his a far right figure. italian prime minister giorgia meloni. why do you think he sees all this benefit in working with these figures on the far right? most tech guys are libertarians. what is it about the far right. these are his views ? >> i think you said it right there. giorgia meloni friendship which has developed over the last year, looks to be profitable for elon musk. is much as elon musk is this trolling, talk radio host of apolitical influencer, he is a businessman. there's always an angle and his rocket company spacex is trying to sign these big deals

and he said that afd is the only hope for germany.rote an opinion piece in a german newspaper supporting the party. here is a clip from today's interview between musk and why don't on the topic of immigration. >> these are the officially counted. >> 7 million people? wow. >> 7 million people since 2015, officially counted. because the people, just another funny number, our state allows people to throw away their passports. before they cross our borders that are not protected and controlled. 57%, almost 60's percent of the people coming -- 60% of the people coming into our, country they throw away their papers and why do they do that? because once they enter our country, our funny country with its funny immigration policy, they cannot be deported anymore. caitriona: before we go, let's check back in on our top story. those wildfires in los angeles. two of the five wildfires threatening the city of l.a. are still holy and contained. the firefighters say they have had some success with smaller blazes. five people have died. more than 137

a german court. >> i think only afd can save germany, and i just want to be very clear about that. >rked outrage in a country still wrestling with its nazi history. >> translator: germans decide their country's future, said chancellor olaf scholz, not the owners of social media. >> reporter: musk has also been posting incessantly on a series of rape cases in the uk, involving underage victims and gang members of pakistani ancestry. the british police have been criticized for not acting quickly enough because of fears they would be perceied as racist. several years later, thanks to musk, it's back on the front page. musk's posts have resulted in a widely respected british politician, jess phillips, fearing for her own safety. she responded by suggesting musk hurry up with his mission to mars. >> you know, musk is a bond villain. he really is like something out of a hollywood movie. >> reporter: james o'brien is a talk back radio host here in london, who's reported on the rape cases. >> nobody should be listening to elon musk's opinions on british politics. >> reporter: he believes mus

it is basically those people who think about voting afd do not really care that much about elon musk.ow he is a great entrepreneur, but some of his political comments about the riots in the uk last year were really, really far away from reality. the key thing is whether in germany, the standard parties or mainstream parties, can explain to the people to get out of the current economic stagnation and how they want to deal with the russian war with ukraine. the mainstream parties would mean the german afd stays at roughly 20% which is less than right-wing parties are almost everywhere else in europe. >> from the business point of view and economic point of view, where do you think germany got it wrong the last couple of years? obviously, when you think about the upcoming election, one party will blame the performance or weak performance of government and vice versa. they will not be admitting to mistakes here. i would like to know from your point of view where did things go wrong? >> well, germany enjoyed a golden decade in the previous decades as a result of pro-growth reforms it had s

musk has posted "only the afd can save germany."y germans who feel their concerns are ignored by the establishment." now, musk has turned to the uk — particulary the issue of grooming gangs. he's made or shared a number of unsubstantiated claims. and has asked if "america should liberate the people of britain from their tyrannical government". watching all of this are europe's leaders. norway's prime minister says musk�*s interventions are worrying. the french president emmanuel macron has said: "ten years ago, who would have imagined that the owner of one of the world's largest social networks would be intervening directly in elections." but a lot has changed in ten years. and elon musk, to the delight of his supporters, is a man set on challenging the status quo. set on changing how we all live. and he's doing it in a range of ways though space travel, through how we access the internet, through electric vehicles, and now by influencing the information we consume and the issues we discuss. "you are the media' musk tells people on

right now afd is playing it to the hilt. their leader was interviewed by musk on social media.the algorithms on x seem to be promoting afd to german users. there is real concern in europe he's using the power he has through x through the algorithms to promote the far right nationalists to users in those countries. >> max, the outgoing german chancellor is warning about musk's focus on far right figures. meanwhile, one of the only european leaders he does have a good relationship with the far right figure italian prime minister giorgia meloni. why do you think he sees all this benefit in working with these guys on the far right? most tech guys are truthfully libertarians. what is it about the far right? these are his views? >> i think you said it right there. the meloni friendship which has developed the last year looks to be profitable for elon musk. as much as elon musk is this trolling kind of talk radio host of a political influencer, he's a businessman. there's always an angle and musk's rocket company, spacex, is trying to sign these big deals with various countries to off

but does his support bring afd? you know, sort of legitimacy, if you like. >> well, there's a remarkable parallel between, i think the situation that's been unfolding in germany, not just over the past, you know, a year, but certainly over the past decade, is that the afd? yes, of course, is, as you outlined, this party with these neo-nazi links, extremist factions, anti-eu and so on. but the fact is they are, according to polls, the second most important political party in germany today. and that firewall against them, that chancellor schulz has talked about has already been eroded in in different areas around the country and local governments and so on. and the appeal there is that this party isn't just a racist, xenophobic, anti-immigration party. it's also a party that has tapped into deep seated disaffection with ruling parties that have been switching at the helm since the end of the second world war. and unless those parties can genuinely challenge the kind of empty, far right rhetoric of musk and trump, then

it is important for german-american relations if the afd can build diplomatic bridges so we heard itirectly from them that they see this not only as a way to gain support and credibility from an esteemed businessman but to build a relationship with the trump administration. there is something of a rich irony in this because part of the platform is skepticism and dislike of american influence in european politics and in germany. obviously they feel a little bit different about it when it is in their favor. so there's a lot of contradictions within all of this but it is significant putting it in the context of this new trump administration and the sort of charm offensive we have seen from different leaders. maloney was just at mar-a-lago over the weekend to meet with donald trump in florida. everyone is trying to find their path to this new president who will be inaugurated in just a few days. >> thank you very much indeed on the influence muska is already having on some parts of the body politics of europe as well. now we are going to be speaking exclusively to stephan on europe's pol

l afd classifies us to be in the high fire is old for that we monitor legislation that has to do withered days with leaders when it comes to things with fire safety because we know that this is where we live. in our minds i would say that every single person has a warning sign is always going up because we know we live here. i was talking to someone earlier and they said, what do you do when you evacuate and i said most people probably thought if you don't have a go back you thought about what you would do so you can probably gather pretty quickly. there's nothing we can do about our topography. they are hillside streets, they can be narrow. we don't have a lot of ways in and out of this little community. it's a sweet and beautiful community for a lot of reasons but one of them is the fact that it's kind of nestled in this area. these are the realities was that we know that when we evacuate it's going to be hard. surprisingly everybody i know has been able to evacuate as scary as it was. if you could just share with us how the community itself is doing for them as you said, you've bee

he told a live chat with the afd party leader on x twitter later this week. some of europe's leaders are standing up to musk's meddling. uk's keir starmer, the afro mentioned mr. starmer slammed him for spreading lies and misinformation. french president emmanuel macron said start quote 10 years ago who could've imagined if we had been told that the owner of one of the largest social media networks in the world would support a new international reactionary movement and intervene directly in elections, including in germany. the government of german chancellor olaf scholz criticized elon by name. the normal people, the sensible people, the decent people are far in the majority in this country, he said. adding, we act as if mr. mosque's statements could influence a country of 84 million people with untruths or half-truths or expressions of opinion. it's simply not the case. i'm joined now by mehdi hassan, editor-in-chief and ceo. the sad fact is mehdi, this country, our country was influenced by exactly that and so, how right is europe to worry that maybe their

elections, german chancellor 0laf scholz has condemned him for supporting an extreme right party, the afdinterfering in the politics of european nations. today, ed davey said it is time to some of the us ambassador to ask why an incoming us official is suggesting the uk government should be overthrown. how long can this be tenable? it is untenable. elon musk is clearly— it is untenable. elon musk is clearly overstepping. he is not an elected official. it is not clear— an elected official. it is not clear what the guardrails are for restraining him. it is absolutely the right move for european leaders to speak out against — european leaders to speak out against this, but it needs to be against this, but it needs to he a — against this, but it needs to be a much more of a sort of whole — be a much more of a sort of whole of— be a much more of a sort of whole of society and society's leaders. _ whole of society and society's leaders, condemning the unhelpful, and also very harmfui— unhelpful, and also very harmful intervention that elon musk— harmful intervention that elon musk is— harmful i

the demonstrators blocked several roads near the town of riesa, preventing afd delegates from reachingweidel, as its candidate for chancellor. the draft version of the manifesto includes an exit from the euro and a tough immigration policy. a lynx captured near kingussie in the cairngorms national park in scotland on friday has died overnight, according to the royal zoological society of scotland. the wild cat was one of four, released illegally, which have been caught in the same area in recent days. the society said it was "reasonably confident" there were no other lynx on the loose in the area. inquiries are continuing to find out how they came to be there. the actor and tv presenter warwick davis is to receive this year's bafta fellowship — the british academy's highest honour. the surrey—born actor is known for appearing in the harry potter and star wars film series. he said he was accepting the award in honour of everyone living with dwarfism or any form of difference — and added "our uniqueness can be our greatest asset". now before we go — can you imagine being at your school a

the afd has nominated co—leader alice weidel as chancellor candidate at a congress live streamed on elonusk's social media platform x, she promised to close the borders and abandon eu. eu climate policy, pledging to tear down windmills of shame. earlier, protesters clashed with delegates attending the congress in risor, the right leaning alternative for germany is polling at second ahead of the country's election in february. ukraine says its troops have taken two north korean soldiers prisoner in the kursk region. writing on x, president volodymyr zelenskyy said the wounded men who are fighting alongside russian forces are being treated and transported to kyiv, where journalists will be able to speak with them. some 10,000 north koreans are believed to be supporting putin's armies in the defence of russia. after ukraine's surprise incursion into its territory earlier this year, carrie johnson spent almost a week in hospital with flu and pneumonia, struggling to breathe. the wife of former prime minister boris johnson wrote about her ordeal on instagram that she had not yet fully recover

. >> reporter: musk also supporting the hard right afd, alternative for germany party, ahead of electionsre next month. but italy is now rewarding musk's right wing european tilt. the pm georgia maloney just visited with president- elect donald trump, seemingly nudging her $1. 6 billion spacex deal with italy closer to the world's richest man. >> so, i think the question that's being asked by a lot of people, politicians in particular in europe, is how far right does musk want to go? is he picking up the baton of steve bannon who joined trump's last administration as adviser back then? trying to rally the european far right, make them into a bigger political force? that's kind of happened and musk seems to be pushing that forward. how far right does he want to take them? if you take a look at the example in the uk, that's worryingly to the right. i think the other question, you know, that ponders the mind of politicians in the uk specifically, if he is targeting the labor party that have a massive majority and a four to five years away from another election, this must be a long- term stra

. >> reporter: musk supporting the hard right afd. alternative for germany party. accused of resurrecting nazi rhetoric. ahead of elections there next month. but, musk is going further right than bannon. a tamping a trump ally saying he does not have what it takes to lead his upstart reform u.k. party. the british populous that pushed brexit. supporter who might finance his party. >> the fact that he supports and supports reform does not mean i have to agree with everything said on x. why the falling out? robinson, a jailed antimuslim who fanned the flames of racist riots last summer. musk praises him. farage doesn't. the question in europe now, how far right will musk go? >> reporter: concern in the u.k. has gotten to such a level that the leader of the third largest party suggests the government should call in the u.s. ambassador to pass a message to the white house saying anyone in government there should be very careful about speaking about british government affairs. erin? >> nick, thank you very much. a twist there. >>> next, breaking news, president biden is

uk such as the reform party musk will hold a live conversation on x tonight with germany's far right afdandidate for chancellor that is weidel having previously called the party the only hope for germany. musk received pushback from olof scholz for his interference in german politics ahead of next month's election for more on musk's new interests in german politics and whether there's anything european leaders can do to prevent it, head online to cnbc.com. >>> as we approach the end of the show, here are the four things to get you up to date for the trading day. u.s. equity markets are closed to honor former president jimmy carter government bonds are amid a selloff in the biggest fixed income markets microsoft has confirmed to cnbc it will carry out perform-based job cuts we will hear from a slew of fmoc officials starting with philadelphia fed president patrick harker minutes released on wednesday show officials concerned about inflation. >>> elsewhere, president joe biden is looking for export hips days before leaving office that's according to bloomberg which says the president's pla

basically advocating, certainly in germany with the afd, a party that now has more than a fifth of thein germany that wants to leave the euro zone. if you get into a position with bilateral discussions with tsay, hungary between the united states, the trump administration and viktor orban, could it drive wedges, could you begin a situation where they topic -- talk about trade deals unilaterally. i think this is stuff that the europeans need to start thinking about and started to think about in a unified approach. particularly the question of nato. this is something that could bring europe together or is it something that will bring even more stress on the cracks that are clearly appearing at the national level but the european level on the continent? tom: we will see if the questions will be answered in the weeks, months and years ahead. poland steps up its defense spending close to that 5% level but still a ways from that. thank you very much with the details from brussels. fascinating conversation with the executive there leading the competitiveness charge for the euro zone. other st

. >> reporter: musk also supporting the hard right afd, alternative for germany party, which has beenccused of resurrecting nazi rhetoric. ahead of elections there next month. but musk is going further right than bannon, attacking a staunch trump ally, nigel farraj, saying farraj doesn't have what it takes to lead his upstart reform uk party. farage, the british populist who pushed breksist, just hours before musk's putdown had counted the tech titan a supporter who might finance his fledgling party. >> the fact that he supports me politically and supports reform doesn't mean i have to agree with every single statement he makes on x. >> reporter: why the falling out? possibly differences over this man, known as tommy robinson, a jailed anti- muslim campaigner who fanned the flames of racist riots last summer. musk praises him. farage doesn't. the question in europe now, how far right will musk go? and concern here in the uk has gone to such a level that the leader of the third largest party has suggested that the government should call in the u.s. ambassador to pass a message to the w

. >> musk, also supporting the hard right afd alternative for germany party, which has been accused of resurrecting nazi rhetoric ahead of elections there next month. but musk is going further right than bannon, attacking a staunch trump ally, nigel farage, saying farage doesn't have what it takes to lead his upstart reform uk party. farage, the british populist who pushed brexit just hours before musk's put down, had counted the tech titan a supporter who might finance his fledgling party. >> the fact that he supports me politically and supports reform doesn't mean i have to agree with every single statement he makes on x, y. >> the falling out, possibly differences over this man known as tommy robinson, a jailed anti-muslim campaigner who fanned the flames of racist riots last summer. musk praises him. farage doesn't. the question in europe now how far right will musk go? nic robertson, cnn, london. >> happening today, president-elect donald trump's pick for director of national intelligence is set to meet with lawmakers on capitol hill. tulsi gabbard, a former democrat, will meet wi

in germany, the afd party has nominated co—leader alice weidel as chancellor candidate at a congressive streamed on x, she promised to close the borders and abandon eu climate policy, pledging to tear down windmills of shame. the right leaning alternative for germany is polling at second ahead of the country's election in february. the sdp's candidate, olaf scholz, warns that other parties wanted to take a chainsaw to democracy. in ukraine. the country says its troops democracy. in ukraine. the country says its troopzvilifying grooming gangs risks vilifying entire communities. in germany, the afd party has nominated co—leader alice weidel as chancellor candidate at a congress live streamed on x, she promised to close the borders and abandon eu climate policy, pledging to tear down windmills of shame. the right leaning alternative for germany is polling at second ahead of the country's election in february. the sdp's candidate, olaf scholz, warns that other parties wanted to take a chainsaw to democracy. in ukraine. the country says its troops have taken two north korean soldiers pris

in germany, the afd party has nominated co—leader alice weidel as chancellor candidate at a congressive streamed on x, she promised to close the borders and abandon eu climate policy, pledging to tear down windmills of shame. the right leaning alternative for germany is polling at second ahead of the country's election in february. the sdp's candidate, olaf scholz, warns that other parties wanted to take a chainsaw to democracy. in ukraine. the country says its troops have taken two north korean soldiers prisoner in the kursk region. president volodymyr zelenskyy said the wounded men, who are fighting alongside russian forces, are being treated and transported to kyiv. some 10,000 nonh transported to kyiv. some 10,000 north koreans are believed to be supporting putin's armies. back in the uk, carrie johnson has spent almost a week in hospital with flu and pneumonia, struggling to breathe. the wife of former prime minister boris johnson wrote about her ordeal on instagram, saying her strong advice was to get the flu jab. the number of patients in hospital with flu continues to rise, q

is he trying to interfere in the german elections too much by supporting afd, or is this just the world live in, where actually we're so interconnected that we very often influence each other's elections? the other big shock on social media was mark zuckerberg. now, you might have heard that nick clegg. poor old nick. i say poor old nick. he's worth tens of millions now. but sir, nick has lost his big job at meta, and he's been replaced by dana white, the ufc guy from america, a fervent trump supporter. and then we get this statement from mark zuckerberg today , because mark zuckerberg today, because it's mark zuckerberg today, because wsfime mark zuckerberg today, because it's time to get back to our roots around free expression on facebook and instagram. >> i started building social media to give people a voice. i gave a speech at georgetown five years ago about the importance of protecting free expression, and i still believe this today, but a lot has happened over the last several years. there's been widespread debate about potential harms from online content. governments and legacy

the far right afd party expected to make significant gains.ng economic circumstances influencing voters? ., , voters? for the first time i think in 20 _ voters? for the first time i think in 20 years _ voters? for the first time i think in 20 years in - voters? for the first time i think in 20 years in the - think in 20 years in the selection will mainly be decided by economic platforms. voters clearly fear there is more stagnation and more structural change coming up. we have all discussions about iconic german companies laying off people, going through restructuring. it is clearly giving many german citizens rightly so big creeps and we now see voters are looking at the economic programmes by the individual parties in all honesty no single party has really come up with a strong programme so far. we will get a little bit of reforms and investment but this is not the election that will bring big change to the german economy. we often talk about germany as europe's powerhouse and now perhaps europe's sick man. why has it gone from outperform to

president—elect, jd vance, was forced to distance himself from musk�*s support for germany's far—right afdoming, that is a debate for uk politicians. why is elon musk tweeting from mara lago and inserting himself into the debate here?— the debate here? there is no doubt and — the debate here? there is no doubt and i _ the debate here? there is no doubt and i know _ the debate here? there is no doubt and i know elon - the debate here? there is no doubt and i know elon muskl doubt and i know elon musk pulls her when i was within a governor of california, i actually met him and we did business with arnold schwarzenegger in the us so he is a very passionate person when it comes to an issue that he cares about. obviously this issue pops up in the uk, and he issue pops up in the uk, and he is very passionate and starts to tweet. and you know what, it's who he is. you are not going to change him. is he going to change him. is he going to change him. is he going to stop rhythmic eventually he will. tweeting on this but he is a big free—speech kind of guy, christian, and you will begin to see more