from that is on syria the co-chair the leading figure of the alternative for germany party frock a petrie resigned amid a split within the party comes right after the group secured seats in the german parliament for the first time in its history let's cross live to our to peter all over who is following developments for us in berlin a little bit of confusion around this peter was there immediately after the. showing in the election thirteen percent the f.d.a. got petry said that she wasn't going to join her party in parliament now she's saying she's resigned how is this all going to change things for the f.t. . well i'm not sure how it will change things for the a f d but it may well change things all but change our opinions from the outside looking in as to what's been going on inside the f.d.a. but we're going to have to wait for petrie to tell us that this whole thing started on monday morning hours after the. election results came through and it was a a win really for alternative for germany thirteen percent gets them into the bundestag for the first time it also gives them quite a he

but for the right wing euro skeptic alternative for germany party this election was a major breakthrough for the first time they gained enough votes to enter the national parliament. thank you. the us obviously the c.t.v. would have hoped for a better result but we mustn't forget that we achieved all strategic objectives we have a mandate to form a new government and no government can be formed against all without us. thousand extra days of difficulty for social democracy we missed out on our electorate go after losing our central region and we lost the federal election of. i know you are different this is a big day in history of our party i made it prevented the star and i would change this country to achieve what happened today at six o'clock easier for lucia. while merkel's win was widely predicted the upset of the election was the right wing alternative for germany party voters have given them very first seats in the book it's a victory this left many of us made people have been rallying across germany against the right wing party protest to shouted anti nationalist slogans outside t

germany but it's not her c.d.u. party that is celebrating. the immigration alternative for germany party takes third place in the federal election entering parliament for the first time. and it's a night of disappointment for martin schultz and his social democratic party with their lowest share of the vote since world war two. are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our two international i'm sean thomas with special coverage of the german elections let's get right to it so there is a shift of power in the buddhist stogie after a close fought campaign on his election team has been following all of the developments from berlin. welcome to our special coverage of the german election live here from all studio in berlin with me makes me eric tens of millions of voters have now decided how they want hollywood to live in europe's most powerful nation angela merkel is on course for a fourth term as chancellor merkel said to be the night of disappointment closest rival last insults and a time for celebration for the alternative for germany party. i've. seen friends

chancellor and her main rival moxon schultz is far behind her in the polls but the populist alternative for germany party is expected to enter the bundestag for the first time. and that's your news wrap join us again at the top of the hour in the meantime you can check out our website or follow us on twitter thanks for watching the to be units coming. in. the whole d w o m one hour.

with twenty one percent for the main two parties their results look to be their worst in post-war history that's incredible but a strong showing for the alternative for germany party and they're now set to enter parliament for the very first time with thirteen percent of the vote and in one state saxony now the largest party so let's go into more detail about all ghibli the main winner of the day the anti immigration euro skeptic alternative for germany party they will be getting ninety four seats which is almost warm stick that the total in the bundestag you can see behind me now and one of his party leaders that is vital had this to say. the very first green we are going to do is deliver on our promise we're going to establish a commission against. which to look very closely into what this lady has done to the. many voters especially the young are concerned over the party's radical agenda people have turned out to protest in cities all across germany including in cologne and in front and there's the a.f.d. supporters. we took the results inside the head for this hearing protest as a quickie but outside. it was. that was what. i. was. this whole was easy th

so that her there while third place for the alternative for germany party is a source of dismay for some for others namely european politicians quite a few of them this is a major victory artie's paul its leader explains the surprise that the leaders of europe's far right are full of congratulations for the strong showing of the a d here in france you have marine le pen who said that not only is this congratulations for what you call to a fifty allies she called it a historic when saying that it is a new symbol of the awakening of the european people world is the far right dutch leader said that we will fight for our countries and our people and in similar sentiments coming out of italy's populist northern league salvini the leader tweeted the desire for change is growing it's up to us as expected parallel to these comments you have european leaders coming out in support for aguilar merkel you have the french president who phoned to congratulate her he said that the two will continue with determination the vital cooperation for europe and for the country's north of spain's prime minister

last final week or two it's become clear how important the race for third place is amongst the smaller parties the alternative for germany the right wing populace are likely to come for good then there are three other smaller parties the far far left wing left party environmentalists greens and a market liberal free democrats who are also in contention for third place so that's really where the interesting part of the election of the last few days has landed. correspondent hans bryant thank you very much for being with us. so as the campaigning draws to a close ahead of sunday's elections why not join our conversation online you can get all our coverage on our website dot com there's also plenty of content on our facebook page and on twitter just look for a hash tag germany decides don't hesitate to get involved and tell us what you think. here in berlin voters heading to polling stations will have to compete with tens of thousands of athletes taking part in the berlin marathon city officials say they've made of arrangements to make sure that everything goes smoothly for both runners and voters. the forty fourth britain

second with twenty one percent of the main two parties the results looked to be the worst in post-war history but big gains this year for the alternative for germany party they're going to enter parliament for the very first time and so far scoring just over eleven percent let's go into more detail about obviously the main winner of the day the anti immigration euro skeptic alternative for germany party and one course to win ninety seats almost one sixth of the total in the bundestag which is huge still for them however many voters especially the young people are very concerned over the party's radical agenda as the a.s.d. supporters celebrated the result in spite of that eight q outside protesters were gathering in fact have turned out to protest in cities all across germany not just here in the capital but also in hamburg cologne and in front. was. i. crowd has been rallying outside the alternative for germany headquarters as we said and polyploid our correspondent is there a force. base at least that's just going to send a signal with a change of these protests does that sound out tonight. language really the president has success that the n.a.

voters at an energetic rally in african in germany's west on the eve of the rally schultz urged germans not to vote for the populist alternative for germany party nine by its german initials a f t arly founded four years ago the party has seen a last minute boost in the polls it could end up being the third largest party in the bundestag the split be the first time a nationalist party has sent in germany's parliament since a nine hundred sixty s. . i find it very worrying in light of germany's history. i simply find it terrible. and although angle americal is confident of winning the actual make up of the government still remains wide open. well joining us for loys political correspondent christopher spring gate good to have you with us so the latest polls continue to put. in the lead with double digits actually is this trust for macular is a trust for this it is it's a bit of both merkel's conservatives the christian democrats are ahead in the polls as you say they're polling around thirty six thirty seven percent. which is the most popular party at the moment in germany they're doing better in surveys in all sorts of areas voters say they hav

that's the worst result since the second world war but on a brighter note for the right wing euro skeptic alternative in germany party it was a night of major breakthrough for the first time they gained enough votes to actually enter the national parliament. with obviously the cd he would have hoped for a better result but we mustn't forget that we achieved all strategic objectives we have a mandate to form a new government and no government can be formed against all without us. three of us today is it difficult for social democracy we missed out on our electoral go after losing our central region and we lost the federal election. i've danced around this is a big day in history of our party i made it we vented to the star and we will change this country to achieve what happened today at six o'clock is that evolution . so the results of a let's get reaction now are to course one of peter all of us based in berlin joins me now peter we expected a victory but not in these circumstances what's the reaction been we'll have all start with a quick look at what the daily papers saying here we start off with the. tongue they

to sway voters at an energetic rally in in germany's west on the eve of the rally schultz urged germans not to vote for the populist alternative for germany party nine by its german initials a f t only founded four years ago the f.t. has a last minute boost in the polls it could end up being the third largest party in the bundestag which would be the first time a nationalist party has that in germany's post-war parliament. i find it very worrying in light of germany's history i find it terrible. speculation. and all the other angela merkel is confident of winning the actual make up of the government remains why don't you. well sunday is the big day here in germany and people are counting down the hours until they can cast their ballots as we've seen the parties have been doing some last minute campaigning and now we have jared reed with us here in the studio to talk about their get out the vote efforts one of these parties doing to fire their voters up well it is really crunch time now and i guess the big focus that the parties have been trying to do over the last week is winning over the undecided voters on the one hand but on the other hand w

democratic party are in second place with almost twenty one percent for the main two parties the results look to be their worst in post war history but a strong showing for the alternative for germany party bears that to enter parliament for the very first time with thirteen percent of vote and in one state saxony there are now the largest party so let's go into more detail about the main winner of the day the anti immigration euro skeptic alternative for germany party they will be getting ninety four think that's almost one stick of the total in this building here the bundestag and one of the party's leaders alice riedel had this to say. the very first thing we are going to do is deliver on our promise we're going to establish something and. it's going to look there was that into what this lady has done to contribute to the many voters especially the young are concerned over the party's radical agenda people have turned. to protest in cities all across germany no just hear my compas obit also in home alone run fast does the f. to support his celebrated the results in science the headquarters outside protesters gathered. that. was. i. was at least that's just going to send a signal

the co-chair leading figure of the alternative for germany party for ok petrie has resigned amid a split within the party it comes right after the group secured seats in the german parliament for the first time in its history our europe correspondent peter all over. stone the alternative for germany and all of those watching german politics by announcing that she will step down and leave the party this follows in a storage victory for the for the day as they took their first seat in the bundestag in sunday's federal elections that the announcement that she will leave the party follows a straught but sweet statement on monday that she would not sit with a fifty members in parliament. we want to create real policy and that's a long consideration i decided not to be a member of the parliamentary group in the bundestag i would like to ask you three understanding i will not answer any questions on this. on the phone. for petrie had been the face of alternative for germany since she took over the leader of the party from burned luka who she helped oust in a helic of sorts within the party a fe

a while merkel's win was widely predicted the upset of the election was the right wing alternative for germany party voters gave that euro skeptic party its first seats in the bundestag to a victory that left many dismayed people have rallied across germany against the right wing party protesters shouting anti nationalist logans outside the building where the party's leaders were celebrating the result. has been following the demonstrations. but what they say is see them take a pretty good job of framing i want to have hope a thief thank you yes. by. these remarks the story very much. i mean elsewhere well yes i am not happy with immigration policy in particular thank you so much of the season for lessons but i'm very million refugees. things i'm. taking i'm always tells the a.n.c. council. to see how he can sequence the action. we need to pull the tide not to me how damaging should. they have been scared about being provocative it was about still. i. must i. was. bad i was. i i i. was. a smoldering police that's just going to send thing over with a key main st louis' protest is that i found out ton

the face of the alternative for germany party resigns over internal strife less than forty eight hours after the right wing groups break through into the federal in the federal election entering the parliament for the very first. turn ten o'clock here in moscow while watching international now russia's ministry defense again denied claims it's targeting civilians in syria the accusations were made by rebel groups but today russia counted those allegations with comprehensive footage of its latest strike says medina course reports. according to russia's defense ministry the strikes conducted by russian forces targets i sell and positions the russian military stress that all these star gets were away from residential areas and at a safe distance from u.s. backed forces now there is a reason for such a comment coming from the ministry as earlier the controversial u.k. based monitoring group syrian observatory for human rights have accused russia of conducting air raids against civilians and syria's province and moscow has dismissed of these allegations saying that the claims are unsubstant

place with twenty one percent for the main two parties their results look to be the worst in post-war history that's incredible but a strong showing for the alternative for germany party and they're now set to enter parliament for the very first time with thirteen percent of the votes and in one state saxony now the largest party so let's go into more detail about all ghibli the main winner of the day the anti immigration euro skeptic alternative for germany party they will be getting ninety four seats which is almost warms six of the total in the bundestag you can see behind me now and one of his party leaders that is vital to say. the very first green we are going to do is deliver on our promise we're going to establish a commission against. which to look very closely into what this lady has done to the. many voters especially the younger concerned over the party the radical. and people have turned out to protest in fifties all across germany including in cologne and in france but it is the a.f. days that forces celebrated the results inside the head for this hearing protest as a quickie downside. was. i. i. i. i this war least that's just going to send a sign

with twenty one percent and the main two parties at their results look to be the worst in post war history but a strong showing for the alternative for germany party they're set to enter parliament for the first time with twelve percent. so let's go into more detail about arguably the main winner of the day the anti immigration euro skeptic alternative for germany party there on course to win ninety seat almost one sixth of the total in the bundestag however many voters especially a lot of young people are concerned over the party's got equal and gender people have turned out to protest in cities all across germany of course here in the capital but also in hamburg cologne and frankfurt because they have the supporters celebrated their results inside their headquarters protesters gathered outside. no oh oh. well that's. about. all. i. see that's just going to send a signal with a change over these protest is that i've found out tonight and i thank you for it was political thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank god we are waiting. to be struck you. yet you say oh thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank god than

in germany for the parliamentary elections here polls show that incumbent angela merkel is poised to win a fourth term as chancellor they also suggest that the far right alternative for germany party will enter parliament for the first time. and don't forget we will be live throughout the day bringing you the latest developments as they happen you can of course also follow them online that's on d w dot com our web site there are also plenty plenty of content on our facebook page and on twitter just look at the hash tag germany decides and don't hesitate to get involved and tell us what you think. let's turn now to some other news developing today because north korea's foreign minister has said that an attack on the u.s. mainland is inevitable just hours after the u.s. flew bombers close to north korea's east coast both sides have been increasing the tensions over pee on yanks nuclear program this week using the u.n. general assembly in new york to deliver some remarkable verbal blows. for the second time this week the united nations podium was used to ratchet up the rhetoric between the u.s. and north korea young stop diplomat slammed the u.s. president as a mentally deranged magl

asked about the future shape of the fort meanwhile the co-chair and leading figure for the alternative for germany party for a competitor he has resigned amid a split within the party it does come right after the group secured seats in the german parliament for the very first time in its history our european correspondent peter oliver has the details. of petrie has stunned alternative for germany and all of those watching german politics by announcing that she will step down and leave the party this follows that historic victory for the for the a.f.p. as they took their first seats in the bundestag in sunday's federal elections there the announcement that she will leave the party follows a straw to put sweet statement on monday that she would not sit with a fifty members in parliament. we want to create real policy and that's a long consideration i decided not to be a member of the parliamentary group in the bundestag i would like to ask you for your understanding i will not answer any questions on this. for petrie had been the face of alternative for germany since she took over the leader of the party

for your help. we are digesting news that angela merkel is likely to continue as german chancellor into a fourth term, but the right wing nationalist party the alternative for germanyst party. you're watching bbc news. roz atkins in berlin. we will find out how the german elections are covered into moral‘s front pages at 11:30 p:m.. our guestsjoining me tonight are john crowley, editor—in—chief at the international business times, and martin bentham, home affairs editor at the london evening standard. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has resisted calls from some in the party to pledge to keep britain in the european single market after brexit. with their annual conference beginning in brighton today, thirty labour mps were among those who signed a letter suggesting workers would suffer if market access was restricted. but mr corbyn told the bbc that staying in could hamper a future labour government's ability to protect jobs. there will be no brexit debate or vote during the conference. here's our political correspondent eleanor garnier. you can take your party's conference out of westminster, bring it to the beach—front in brighton, but brexit will follow you eve

someone that nobody wants to do business with the political level it seems party wise is alternative for germany party what is it about them which made them almost a political pariah well there were two parties and the local said she would not go into coalition with one with the left party the other one was alternative for germany now they've had big news as well on monday just hours after they entered the bundestag for the first time great results for them there on thirteen percent there chairperson petry announced that she wouldn't be taking a seat in the bundestag. we want to create real policy and that's a long consideration i decided not to be a member of the parliamentary group in the bundestag i would like to ask you for your understanding i will not answer any questions on this. issue as to how he can do. the. so cool they tied. down to use. some european leaders held. for germany's success dutch far right leader voters post their photo of himself with the chief for the election campaign from a page three who as we just saw is decided to leave the party just some hours ago saying that they wil

true has stunned alternative for germany and all of those watching german politics by announcing that she will step down and leave the party this follows an historic victory for the for the a.f.p. as they took their first seat in the bundestag in sunday's federal elections though the announcement that she will leave the party follows a stuart but sweet statement on monday that she would not sit with a fifty members in parliament. we want to create real policy and that's a long consideration i decided not to be a member of the parliamentary group in the bundestag i would like to ask you for your understanding i will not answer any questions on this. for petrie had been the face of alternative for germany since she took over the lead of the party from bend luka who she helped oust a relic of sorts within the party a few years ago she had pushed a more moderate view for the party certainly a right wing view but far more moderate than say the likes of alexander golland or others who are idle who were running as the candidates for chancellor the special candidates as they're called in this most recent election we can see what i

a news conference under way from the leaders of germany's far right party, the alternative for germany, afd as it's commonly called there made major political gains on sunday's election. >> just as chancellor angela merkel secured her fourth term in office, but t. let's listen in. >> we will discuss this. we'll stand for a constructive working party in the german bundestag, and we would like to thank the voters for giving us this mandate. thank you. >> translator: there is no need to add a lot. you can read it in the newspapers. of course, firstly, it's our success. but it's also about the failure of the others. i read today said yes, the union party had let for the right wing party a lot of space. but i grew up in a different environment. sadly, it is not possible to govern the country properly, including spd. mr. gabriel, when he was in government, had a welcome button there. and then a couple of days after, he said the refugee policy was wrong. what do people think about this? i know that a lot of people trust us very much, and we will try our best to keep up from this. but it all d

for their ninety four it's all relative in the ninety four is a great results for the alternative for germany party. is expected to form a coalition with the remaining parties going to be a pretty tough job for yet again chancellor angela merkel are to turn the hawkins takes a look at what challenges she will face in her next four years as chancellor. so many angular merkel is the embodiment of stability in the face of crisis mixing diplomacy with a firm hand and sound decision making well for that skill this term has been marred by a series of setbacks firstly she decided to open the doors to asylum seekers at the height of the refugee crisis almost a million flooded into germany in twenty fifteen alone while some more welcoming others started to worry the country just wouldn't be able to cope. a year after mark a lot open door policy journeys sort of rise in migrant crimes one of the most. shocking hundreds of women alleging they were sexually assaulted in cologne new year's celebrations by men of north africa an hour of appearance. the events in cologne took their toll on merkel's popularity. th

take it for granted that you have certain parties this in the parliament but rather he should go out and cast your ballot today it's really important they say to avoid the alternative for germany party the far right fredricka party from entering the problem and however at the same time most people here have no doubt that the alternative for germany party is going to add to the problem and whatever they want to avoid the number of seats that they're going to get so there really is a dynamic here when you talk to people that they say this election is really important so you should get out there get out and cast your ballot and make use of your duty as they say as a citizen of germany ok so you've got from what you say to the people you're spoken so it's not so much we are for this party or a party but we're against that one of the most pressing issues that what i've been telling. but as you just mentioned before we are in a borel with the large number of immigrants people of turkish descent russian descent but of course also of there are a lot of recent refugees from syria here for example and their different opinions some people say here this boy or should be german again and m

we talked i talked about the alternative for germany party this far right party it's the first time since world war two that a far right party has performed as well as won so many votes so many seats in a parliament what does this say about german democracy right now that a party that advocates policies which many people the vast majority of the electorate it sings refute what does it say that this party can succeed the way it happens i think it tells the message that. as we have seen in so everybody was so. supporting germany actually and everybody was so full of of fall for germany and saying ok this country is the rock solid in a very turbulent europe so look at germany you can see that under the surface there's obviously a lot of things going on which the established parties cannot address people are just highly unsatisfied dissatisfied and there's a lot of tensions amongst the electorate obviously which will now get into parliament and we part of the public debate will want to say as we know that there are actually people out in the streets of berlin right now demonstrating their opp

i promise you i'm joined by hugh bronson is a member of the berlin parliament for the alternative for germany party here good to have you here know this like you're a busy day for you about expectations realistically for your party i believe the polls put you in third this kind of a lot of parties jockeying for the third place is this a good result if you get that are you hoping for more of course we'll be absolutely delighted to be. we're expecting thirteen to fourteen percent and that is a realistic view of the polls told us today that we are literally between twelve and fourteen percent so let's look at third place thirty percent and i'll be very happy. do you suffer from a kind of a similar issue that many in the pen have in france and that you know you're labeled as far right some people call your party a nazi party and once you've got your supporters there are those people who would never vote for you whatever the circumstances because of what they perceive to be your your stance is not always going to hold you back i mean the problem is what you just rightly said what they perceive to be thi

ok let's get the views now he bronson he's from the alternative for germany party and joins me now good afternoon. it looks like then doesn't it at this stage. got this one in the bag no stopping or. yes i'm afraid you are right there last night's debate didn't change anything i wanted to show you a broad sheet from berlin that says it was more a duet than a duel they are both in agreement on many points and many or many questions. it's a choice between school and corruptors if you ask me. why it happened because if you won the clock back a few months ago she was facing huge amounts of criticism for her migration policy but now it does seem that many people have forgiven her for that. i wouldn't say they've forgiven her for that they don't see shultz as the they really don't i mean he had a furious start at the beginning of the year he was confirmed by. the party meeting with one hundred percent of all so democrats but ever since then it's being constantly going down the social democrats and berlin at least the capital city of germany a down to twenty percent twenty percent it is not th

meanwhile one hundred fifty three seats ninety four will be taken by the newly elected alternative for germany party and this is the first time it's entered the national parliament merkel and now needs to team up with other parties to create a viable government in the us to og and one possible option would be the so-called jamaica coalition that would mean an alliance with the pro-business free democratic party and the green party artie's peter oliver reports on this shift in politics and what it means for germany. it's been clear that germany angela merkel is chancellor however it's a bit of both really when you put it like that there's certainly been people who change their vote to previously would have voted for angle of merkel to change there's also those that would have wanted more from the party to challenge those decisions made by the chancellor who changed that as well that they've lost around a million votes. many of those going to be the alternative to any party but she when she was asked a bold blows about the future because she's going to be chancellor we still don't know what kind of go

shows me a social democratic party are in second place with just twenty percent a lot less than he had hoped for but it's big gains this year for the alternative for germany party they're going to enter parliament for the very first time and so far scoring just over thirteen percent coming in a place behind dan maes the free democratic party with ten percent and that's because i like a coalition partner for angela merkel now and what about the greens well the greens talk to them just now didn't we but also said to get nine percent let's not get either the left party eight percent so pretty much what expected no less of a mix of how the main parties reacted when those results started coming in. i know you've got to this is the history of our party i mean we vented to the stars and i will change this country. we have achieved what is really a particularly revolution which is happening at six o'clock today. thank you for this. mislead the c.d.u. would have hoped for a better result but we mustn't forget that we achieved our strategic objectives we are the strongest party we have a mandate to form a new government and no government can be formed against or wi

to win a fourth term in office. 0pinion polls suggest the nationalist, anti—immigrant alternative for germany party become the first far—right movement to enter parliament since the second world war. let's speak to our europe reporter, gavin lee, in berlin. in the build—up today, they had been warning of avoiding apathy. why was their about turnout? it looks quite busy behind you. yes, this is the polling centre near brandenburg gate. it has been a steady trickle. i think the apathy question goes back to the fact this has not had these days and pop of the french and dutch elections —— fizz. peoples suggest that angela merkel‘s party will continue as the main party in coalition. 0ne will continue as the main party in coalition. one of the posters said, have a break over the summer, come backin have a break over the summer, come back in automatic about it. you do not see that in france. but when you step back from that, by the end of a few weeks ago, about 40% of voters we re few weeks ago, about 40% of voters were undecided. whilst the polls say one thing, that comes down to apathy, and these are bi

however, her win could be overshadowed by the nationalist, alternative for germany party. enter parliament. let's cross to berlin, where our reporter damien mcguinness is for us this morning. good morning. good to see you. it is interesting because the rise of extreme parties across europe has been well documented, particularly interesting that this is happening in germany and tainting this election. that is correct. i think it isa election. that is correct. i think it is a direct result of a large amount of people, asylum seekers, coming from mainly the middle east to germany over the last few years. we had 1.5 million migrants and refugees coming to germany in 2015 — 2016. it must be said that mainstream german society has pretty much accepted that now. there are struggles with how to integrate people, a debate about what to do with people whose application for asylu m with people whose application for asylum had been rejected. mainstream society has taken that on board, however, and supports the standard angela merkel. at the same time we have seen a rise of people who

miracle working with two parties who have little in common also coming up anti immigration activists are emboldened by the election results the far right alternative for germany is now the country's third largest party how will that play into the coalition negotiations and a vote for kurdish independence a referendum could pave the way for talks on an independent kurdistan as the counting begins people are celebrating despite warnings that freedom could be met with rule. i'm bringing off it's good to have you with us we begin with the fallout from the german election tonight the longest serving leader in the western world is politically wounded and the doors of parliament are now open to a far right party chance there are going to. today began the search for new partners to build a government now this will be her fourth term as chancellor but her support has dropped significantly she's expected to seek a deal with two unlikely bedfellows the pro-business free democrats and the greens all of this with one very big elephant in the we're a far right party in the ring germany's parliament for the first time in sixty years. nothing in the german parliament will st

here in germany with angela merkel's party losing a tremendous amount of voters but also the social democrat which was her coalition party losing a lot of voters who may lead the alternative forthe right wing party battles well in the eastern part of germany but also some parts of western germany with a claim to reinstall border control, to tackle immigration into the country. homeland security security is high angela merkel will stay on top of the government but the question of coalition building is looming large that's the only alternative for her with the liberals and the green party will be difficult. analysts are saying that it could drag on until christmas to have a new government in place in germany also, if they don't agree, that will be very interesting because then the only possibility would be new elections but for now it looks that they might come to the table together and form a coalition between three parties. for that, i'm sending it back over to you. >> annette weisbach, thank you. >>> let's get more to the reactions out of germany and japan. joining us is the golden head of exchange great day to have you on there is so much that could impact the macro market.

the face of the alternative for germany party resigned over internal division just two days after the right wing groups break through in the federal elections and parliament for the first time. in the trunk stoking tensions north korea sees the u.s. president's insult simply a declaration of war.

germany prepares for an election that could change the country's political landscape chancellor angela merkel is still leading in the polls in the run up to sunday's vote but the far right alternative for germany party looks on course to enter parliament what does this need for germany will have to show coverage also coming up. waiting for help in towns and villages shattered by tuesday's huge earthquake in mexico three days after disaster struck ditto be america's correspondent visited one village that's digging itself out of the rubble . hello and welcome i'm michel henery it's good to have you with us with german set to vote on sunday the leading candidates for the post of chancellor have been making their case to voters marco and her challenger martin schulz both held election rallies on friday the latest polls give merkel's christian democrats a double digit lead over march unsheltered social democrats but that didn't dampen shows enthusiasm at his rally in berlin. martin schulze meeting his supporters two days before polling he's determined to fight on despite being given almost no chance of beating merkel tomorrow some say his main campaign issue social justice has failed to energize voters y

years now the big gains this year nikki particularly all the headlines were on the the alternative for germany party you know they're going to enter parliament for the very first time and so far scoring just over thirteen percent which is we think that translates to about eighty seven seats give or take a few that's all going to be thrashed out. over the coming weeks credible for that part considering they've only been around for a couple of years and a lot of people said it's merkel would have driven them to popularity by her various policies on immigration obviously the people in germany not all of them. positive but she is judging by the vote close behind is the free democratic party who got the graphics there let's not forget the rest of them with ten percent that's seen as the likely coalition partner for angela merkel the greens also looks set to gain nine percent the left party eight for the two main parties let's stress this again one of the big headlines tonight the results looked to be their worst since the one nine hundred forty s. nikki i think credible so is there is initial results cam

for you this hour. germany heads to the polls on sunday to elect a new profile months i'm glad merkel is tipped to win a fourth term as chancellor but the far right alternative for germany party is expected to enter the bundestag for the first time. that's your news wrap do join us again at the top of the hour and if you want more news right now you can always go to our web site that is d w dot com thanks for watching news. welcome to quadriga that. you thought you were reading this women's talk w. smart women. smart talks we've broken record smart station you'll find out what it's like w. me. she's long been a symbol of hope in syria i try to help people. on our side does she stand for change or the false facade of her husband's rule of terror. she believes in my projection that they are saving syria. the beautiful face of the dictatorship starting october first on d w. all of germany is in the throes of election fever all of germany. here on long and this one of the ten high like islands in the north sea people get more worked up about runaway around this election. to germany's parliament the bundestag are this sunday parties are not important here between the mud flats and

germany prepares for an election that could change the country's political landscape chancellor angela merkel is still leading in the polls in the run up to sunday's vote but the far right alternative for germany party looks on course to enter parliament what does this mean for germany we'll have special coverage also coming up. puerto rico's emergency deepens in the wake of hurricane maria there's not enough you clean water or electricity and now thousands are evacuating from near failing dam. a stunning bundesliga result at byron munich underdogs wolfsburg surprise the champions. hello and welcome i'm michel henry it's good to have you with us. with curan set to vote on sunday the leading candidates for the post the chancellor have been making their case to voters on the other merkel and her challenger martin short both held election rallies on friday the latest polls give merkel's christian democrats a double digit lead over martin chose his social democrats but that didn't dampen chilton doozie as an at his rally in berlin. a pop star's welcome in berlin two days before polling martin schulz also enjoyed a rousing reception when he first announced his return from brussels to stanford chancellor

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