i have been speaking to yesterday, someone we do not speak to very often, the head of the afd alice weideler chancellor candidate for the afd. the reason they put forward a chancellor candidate is because they are carrying 20% of the vote in germany, 1/5, the number two party in germany. they are iced out by the political establishment in germany. no one will work in coalition, that puts a limit on the power they will have in germany, however it gives them free reign to be intensely critical about both the german government, but also the eu read i spoke to alice weidel, and at the beginning of our conversation, she made the auto sector a primary part. >> they see that the european union in its current state is an institution that is working well. what we need to have his free-trade among the european countries but we don't need all the bureaucracy. example, the european commission , which is actually not voted. you have a executive power like the commission with also legislative power. that is not elected. that is a huge democratic deficit. the commission decided to forbid diesel and benze

>> well, it's certainly welcomed by alice weidel, who is the chancellor candidate of the far right alternativeor germany party. but as you point out, he's not a popular man here in germany. he's not going to get instant traction at the polling booth for the far right alternative for germany. but it gives them what they're not getting from other parties, which is political validation, because all other parties here in germany have vowed not to work together with the far right afd, which, according to the polling, is currently the second strongest political force here in pull the strands together. >> um, just how much of a crisis bearing in mind the parlous state of the eu economy? ecb cutting rates? et cetera. et cetera. what is would you describe the level of crisis in germany at the moment? >> hmm economically, it would be a seven in terms of political, i'd say it's a six on a scale of ten, if you ask me like that, i, you know, pulling these threads together, it's a it's a country that feels very insecure because what it has drawn strength from in the past is currently under threat, which is

he wrote the portrayal of the afd as right wing extremists is clearly false, considering that alice weidelhe party's leader, has a same sex partner from sri lanka, he says does that sound like hitler to you? shortly after the piece was published, the editor of the opinion section, eva marie kogel opinion section, eva marie kogel, wrote on x that she had submitted her resignation with a link to the commentary, and thick fog is set to cause further flight delays today, disrupting gatwick airports busiest day of the holiday period. flights at stansted airport were affected by the weather conditions yesterday, while live departure boards showed delays at heathrow, luton and manchester airports. the uk's main air traffic control provider said temporary air restrictions will continue today as airfields are affected by fog. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to darren for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you very much, sophia. let's get stuck into today's topics. 179 people hav