. >> as if nothing had happened, angela merkel and her weekly cabinet meeting, not a word about yesterday's extraordinary defeat. her parliamentary bloc ousted, its long-term leader and one of merkel's closest confidence. -- closest confidants. he is expected to bolster the conservative parliamentary groups self-confidence but it will play chancellor merkel in a more difficult position, according to one conservative mp. >> i think she has to come with a group that is more self-confident and we have gained back a little more independence. that is slightly challenging, because the chancellor will need to fight. >> the new group leader promised to listen closely to the mps and try to downplay this thickens of the vote. >> it was a routine meeting. i have been in contact with the chancellor and we will work together with total trust. >> the opposition parties are not convinced. they say the conservatives' change of leadership signals a government that is not fit for duty. >> we are experiencing a split conservative union. weak social democrats and eight coalition government -- a coalition gover

angela merkel even said she had hoped for very close collaboration.s an example she cited security, not trade ties. trade ties, of course, one of the crucial issues which could compromise. another issue is the border between northern ireland and the rest of ireland which is part of the european union. no compromise or progress insight here. both -- in sight here. in the case of theresa may she said it is time for the eu to do something, and the eu said it is time for the u.k. to do something. brent: we have the european council president donald tusk calling for an extra brexit summit to take place in november. do you think that is really going to happen? max: brent, we have been hearing rumors about this summit for quite some time now, because that is what the strategists said. we need this, it will not happen in october where we have a regular summit in brussels. originally the plan was to have this deal in the pocket, it is not going to happen. this november summit is very likely to happen. the question is when in november, because some say the last

but first this from germany the chancellor angela merkel is under increasing pressure off the results of a new poll here in germany after only twenty eight percent of voters surveyed backed of conservatives the last share in over two decades the survey also showed that the far right or turn to for germany or the f.t. has overtaken the center left to become the country's second biggest party for the first time ever with strife within her coalition and a surging opposition how long can the chance to hold on. it was still business as usual at german chancellor angela merkel's weekly cabinet meeting yet the struggle to keep her coalition together is increasingly taking its toll. the latest germany trend by public broadcaster a.r.d. again sees michael's coalition government lose its overall majority the conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. drops to twenty eight percent its worst result ever. social democratic coalition partner s.p.d. is down to seventeen percent while the far right e.f.t. party has become the second strongest political force for the first time polling for the remaining parties has r

also coming off the heads of germany's top automakers failed to reach a deal with chancellor angela merkel as the fate of their pervasive but diesel powered vehicles remains unclear. welcome to d.w. business the latest round of u.s. tariffs on chinese goods kicked in today at the stroke of midnight to washington started imposing tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products beijing retaliated by targeting sixty billion dollars of u.s. goods with extra duties and this is the latest escalation in a bitter trade dispute that's rattled financial markets and so far neither side has signaled a willingness to compromise. workers in a chinese factory making flags and banners for donald trump's reelection campaign in twenty twenty if you want an idea of the irony and complexity of the trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies here it is in a nutshell the dispute has escalated dramatically since this meeting between the american president and his chinese counterpart using ping almost a year ago so what's happened since then and what it meant for both economies let's

german chancellor angela merkel and turkish president rich uptight imperator one have agreed to attend a summit to discuss the war in syria next month the announcement came during the turkish leaders highly controversial state visit to germany aimed at easing tensions between the two countries their joint press conference was interrupted as a protesting journalist was escorted from the room. u.s. president donald trump has ordered a fresh f.b.i. probe into his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh for. thank our earlier the senate judiciary committee made the request and agreed to delay a final vote on the nominee until the investigation is completed. i said i wanted a hearing at least three women have accused kavanaugh of such a war misconduct. yes. officials in indonesia say a seven point five magnitude earthquake has triggered a tsunami which has washed away houses and cut off communications on the island of so the way you see authorities say the extent of casualties is unclear. u.s. regulators are charging tousled chief executive ilan musk with fraud the securities and exchange com

well german chancellor angela merkel's fragile government is under renewed pressure after coalition leaders agreed to dismiss the controversial head of domestic intelligence now merkel's authority is being called into question after she allowed her powerful interior minister to promote the spy chief to a more senior position with better pay. germany's interior minister failed to keep his domestic intelligence chief instead to force chancellor angela merkel and s.p.d. coalition partners to accept hand scaled massenet's controversial new appointment. for instance so that when you make a three way to say will you have to accept joint responsibility. it wasn't my idea i would not at any point have pushed for mr marson to be removed or replaced it's what's occurred and we noted. masson takes on a senior post at the interior ministry with a pay rise of twenty six hundred euros a month. the s.p.d. isn't happy that nason has been given a new position as deputy to the interior minister. i think his decision is wrong i understand the criticism but this criticism should be directed at mr z. who had. t

as if nothing had happened german chancellor angela merkel at her weekly cabinet meeting not a word about yesterday's extraordinary defeat for potus parliamentary bloc ousted its longtime leader and one of merkel's closest confidants the new party where was playing house was only known as a financial expert on tone now he's expected to pull so the conservative parliamentary scroope self-confidence but it will put chancellor angela merkel in an even more difficult position according to one conservative m.p. . i think that she has to counter with a faction group that is more self-confident and i think now. we gain back a bit more independence and i think that is. slightly challenging because the chancellor will need to fight for her own positions the new group leader promised to listen closely to the m.p.'s and he tried to downplay the significance of the vote after his first meeting with merkel. it was a routine meeting i have already been in contact with the chancellor will work closely together with total trust but the opposition parties are not convinced they say the conservative change

this is the good news live from berlin is angela merkel's government about to be plunged into crisis over the fate of the country's domestic intelligence chief. has come under fire for questioning the authenticity of a video showing migrants being chased by extremists now some of the coalition partners are calling for him to be sacked also coming up a leaked report says priests in germany raped and sexually abuse nearly four thousand children over seven decades and then failed to punish most of the abusers . do you. really need. leaders and dignitaries from around the world gather in ghana to pay their final respects to former u.n. secretary general kofi annan at a parent's or. i'm sumi so much kind of welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel is holding an emergency meeting with other key party leaders to discuss a dispute surrounding the head of the domestic intelligence service hans-georg mohsen america's junior coalition partners the social democrats are demanding that she fire bos'n after he question the authenticity of a video. showing migrants being chased by demo

this is news coming to you live from berlin german chancellor angela merkel admits she lost touch with the people in a dispute over germany's domestic spy chief says she'll pay more attention to voters' concerns in the future but the missteps in the hands of the fair permanently damaged her coalition government also coming up three saudi human rights activists a former anticorruption crusaders in guatemala and a scientist working on reports station we profile the winners of an award known as the alternative nobel problems. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us we'll have more for you on those stories in a minute but first some breaking news just coming in unconfirmed us media reports say deputy attorney attorney general rob rosenstein has resigned reports say he decided to step down in anticipation of being fired by president donald trump the move comes after rosenstein reportedly suggested that aides take trump's conversations rosenstein was also in charge of the investigation into the trunk campaign's connections to russia after rosen scenes false attorney general jeff sess

security council also coming up but chancellor angela merkel suffers an unexpected blow to her authority she puts on a brave face as her party oust one of her key allies critics say this could be the beginning of the end of the miracle era. of iraq thank you so much for joining our special live coverage of u.s. president donald trump has accused china of interfering in america's upcoming midterm elections well president trump made the charge as he opened a meeting of the u.n. security council in new york he offered no avid evidence to back up that accusation but said china did not want him to win the election because of his tough line on trade with china on child also commented on north korea saying talks were making positive progress behind the scenes and that he. specked it very good news to come out in the coming months all right lots to dissect and talk about to find out how president transfer formants as the chair of the security council went down i'd like to bring in our colleague one of our nominee in new york and with me here in the studio is nicole ranvir an associate fellow at

but first we begin in berlin where the german chancellor angela merkel and turkish president read to type ever to one have taken a first step toward repairing the fractured relationship between their countries heir to one pointed to a win win business project on the horizon and merkel said that she was hopeful on finding common ground in their press conference on friday we heard diplomatic words that were in sharp contrast to the insults and ultimatums we have heard over the past years with germany demanding turkey improve its human rights record an heir to one accusing german politicians of acting like nazis so is this now a relationship reset between two nato allies the critics are skeptical and on friday they were out in force. even in germany there are sometimes moments when journalists can't behave exactly as they please president adeline was in the middle of his press conference but chancellor merkel when a man stood up and revealed a t. shirt with the words press freedom he was quickly bundled out by security officers the briefest directions seem to amuse as well but his crack

brent: germany's chancellor angela merkel has apologized for being out of touch with voters.t comes after public outrage caused her coalition government to reverse her decision to promote the head of the domestic intelligence agency. officials say the affair has weakened an already fragile coalition government. reporter: admitting a mistake and then apologizing for it is something you rarely see in german politics, but that is what german chancellor angela merkel did when she called last week's decision about the intelligence chief unconvincing. "i was too focused on the workings of the interior ministry and gave too little consideration to what people here when they hear that someone is being devoted. i deeply regret that this could happen. the soon-to-be former head of the domestic intelligence service was faced withth calls r resignation after he appealed -- after he appeared to downplay recent violence against refugees. it turned out that he was actually being promoted in the ministry. the decision to promote maassen sparked widespread public anger, promoting new negotiat

there is even less doubt about the erosion of angela merkel's political influence and her power. at headline does merkel deserve today considering her parliamentary y leader was toldo take a hike? kai: of coarse this was a defeat and she declared she was fighting for her -- it wasn't an open vote, it was a secret vote. there was a lot of frustration inside. the last election, they tried to get a coalition. they failed. they had to go to the grand coalition again, they lost to the social democrats. there is always a fight between angela merkel and horst seehofer. this was a point where they could show their frustration to the chancellor without taking any risk because it is a secret. on the other side of course it is one of the most important jobs. therefore i think a headline like, merkel's dusk, would be justified. brent: this frustration and discontent, a lot of it has to do with in the wake of the refugee crisis that hit germany in 2015. i want to take a look at the headline that your paper, bild, had three summers ago. this one says, help the refugees. you are also very instru

president erdogan was in the middle of his press conference with angela merkel when a man revealed a-shirt that said press freedom. he was quickly bundled out by security officers. the brief distraction seemed to abuse erdogan, but his crackdown on journalistic freedoms was one of the issues the chancellor raised at the meeting. it is nosy but there are serious differences in recent years, and there still are. it is mainly about the rule of law and about press freedom. asked about the case of a turkish journalist now in exile in germany, erdogan was defiant. >> he used a loophole. anand he fled to germany. but his court sentence remains valid. and this person belongs in jail, because he has revealed state secrets. reporter: outside on the streets of berlin, protesters were also drawing attention to the lack of basic freedoms in turkey. >> our protest is not against erdogan, but it is against his politics, his politics of violation of human rights, his politics of a violation of freedom of press, and journalism is not a crime. but it seems to be a crime in turkey. reporter: earlier, t

a spokesperson for chancellor angela merkel said there has been no conversation between the head of the domestic secret service agency, and the chancellor. phil: he appears to be contradicting chancellor merkel. why is he likely to be doing this? reporter: that we don't know. we have no idea how the situation occurred and what he has come out with these allegations in an interview rather than a statement and political briefing with the government. so far what we know is that because, the underlying issue we are seeing in germany, is the

also show you plenty of sites in the around the government quarter and i'll have a photo op with angela merkel herself believe me wait and see. well also visit the brandenburg gate berlin's most famous landmark and learn about its history. will wander through the impressive holocaust memorial.

angela merkel says nothing can justify hatred towards people who look different. plus, the european parliament votes to punish hungary, accusing it of undermining democracy. hungary's prime minister has denounced the decision as petty revenge and has vowed to defy it. also coming up, a dumping ground for maritime rubbish. >> who gets this rusty ship right there? one of hundreds of other ships left behind. brent: dw investigates why so many ships are abandoned in nigeria and whether the government there is doing nothing about it. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. tonighght, nearly two million residents of the u.s. east coast have been told to leave their homes as t the storm of a a life heads their r way. hurricane florence is churning and moving across the atlantic towards north and south carolina. this is what florence looks like right now from the international space station. florence is 500 to 600 kilometers across. and she is expected to make landfall late thursday. the governor of north carolina says it will be like nothing the state has

guy: angela merkel needs erdogan as well.bavarian election coming up, with the issue of immigration front and center in germany, and this deal between -- to back refugees out of syria and elsewhere, angela merkel needs that to stay in place. so she's got to play nice to a certain degree. >> that's been the situation all along. the turkish agreement with the eu over refugees is over two years old. they said they want something in return. america, it's difficult because the public outrage over erdogan's autocratic tendencies and the erosion of democratic institutions in turkey has been quite loud here. erdogan, to some extent, for regional geopolitical issues, especially refugees from the war in syria. but there are certain things she wants turkey to do to get there. how warm the relations have to be? can't they find some middle ground, compromise, keep relations frosty? >> they are always looking for a middle ground and decent, stable relations. the turks are the biggest minority group in germany. some 2.8 million people here

eyewitnesses journalists and alleged victims the intelligence chief also contradicted chancellor angela merkel's comments just a few days ago. is that we have seen pictures that clearly show hatred and the persecution of innocent people and we must distance ourselves from such behavior. there's been something of a consensus among members of merkel's governing coalition that the races violence and chemists should be condemned and several german politicians have criticized masson for a second guessing what really happened. m.r.c. instead of speculating in public mr marson should present evidence. revised. can then work because i have to be there i've seen the pictures i've heard the eyewitness accounts i know about the many reports from journalists and i think a prudent security agency head would be well advised to provide facts for such a controversial thesis to avoid exacerbating matters are also not our scheme of our time shift. but germany's interior minister mohsen superior has defended the controversial statements. when as you know minister there for you know she talked to the u.s. and she w

sparked an outcry from the conservatives coalition partners social democrats now german chancellor angela merkel says it is time for a rethink. and you buying a comb we have agreed to reassess the situation i think it's right and necessary. so that you know it's right and it's necessary because we need to be fully focused on our tasks in government to turn the many challenges we face at home and abroad. because it's our duty to resolve the worries and problems of people in germany. if we want to reach a joint sustainable solution this weekend. that's been in this. so what's going on well let's ask our political correspondent thomas farah welcome thomas why does the chancellor appear to be going back on her her own decision well phil and it's not only the chancellor it's also the other members of germany's grand coalition let's not forget that it was not even the chancellor who first brought this idea of revisiting that decision and why then they are knowledges the head of the social democrats who sent a letter to the head of the c.d.u. obviously and haws a whole father head of the very and siste

german chancellor angela merkel has suffered a serious blow to authority her parliamentary party defied her wishes by voting to oust the ally fall as its leader and this came as a surprise to both the chancellor and the political establishment here and beyond then mrs opponents believe it could mean her time as chancellor is coming to an end . the german government's weekly meeting chancellor angela merkel is getting to work but is it really business as usual it's the day after the biggest defeat of her career her party's parliamentary bloc ousted their longtime leader and one of moscow's closest confidence the new policy whip a rather low profile m.p. try to downplay the significance of the vote. looking forward to working with angling our talk as has just been explained there's no daylight between us it will be a close and trusting corporation just as i've had with in recent years. you know. if you had before the vote anglo-american had urged the conservative m.p.'s to support her like her candidate was also backed by leaders of the conservative but very insistent party the c.s.u. but

i'm going to thank you for joining us german chancellor angela merkel and turkish president. have taken the first step in repairing their fractured relationship at a joint press conference in berlin metal admitted that differences between the two countries remain but she said she is hopeful they can find common ground addressing the issue of german nationals imprisoned in turkey the chancellor stated she hopes for a swift resolution she said she hoped the two countries differences could be overcome . everybody will if we know where our relationship particularly in recent years have seen some profound differences which still exist today mainly this is to do with the question. about the rule of law the freedom of the media. and we are very pleased some concrete cases could be resolved that some people were released but there are still some german citizens who are imprisoned in. did and will continue to urge these cases to be resolved our chief political editor michel there is outside the chancery where president erda want to chance america held a press conference a short while

their party leader are saying over is that odds with chancellor angela merkel is he a threat to her and the federal government's. so many say that hosty over has been acting a truly extremely erratic lee many people who've known him for years don't really understand is the behavior because he openly criticizes and america and the coalition survived the near collapse in in the early summer in june because of policy of us provocations towards i'm glad merkel there will be a crisis meeting between the coalition partners including the social democrats on tuesday coming up and of course it's not the last day well under the american hospital for will be at odds over the future of the government coalition in berlin . new nick thank you. japan is threatening to withdraw from the international whaling commission after it voted down the country's bid to lift a ban on commercial whaling japan had argued that since the ban was introduced in the eighty's stocks have recovered sufficiently for it to be left as but for anti-whaling countries led by australia the european union and the united states to

german chancellor angela merkel has apologized for being out of touch with voters that's after public outrage forced her coalition government government to reverse its decision to promote the controversial head of the domestic intelligence agency well many observers say the affair has further weakened an already fragile coalition. admitting a mistake and then apologizing for it is something you rarely see in german politics but that's what german chancellor angela merkel did when she called last week's decision about how monson unconvincing. i was too focused on the workings of the interior ministry and gave too little consideration to what people think rightly when they hear that someone is getting promoted i deeply regret that this could happen. you see in quanta that's been the interior minister horst hope for delivered the compromise reached this weekend over the future of germany's soon to be former domestic intelligence chief if you president the current president of the federal office for the protection of the constitution. will henceforth serve a special advisor to the interio

government has been leading a push for tighter restrictions on migration something german chancellor angela merkel has resisted well she met with her austrian counterpart in berlin on sunday in an effort to find common ground ahead of the summit german chancellor angela merkel and her austrian counterparts a boss jim kurtz have often disagreed over migration policy but as current holder of the european council's rotating presidency cts wants to forge agreements on the issue his top goal to improve the u. border control agencies capabilities. thank you for that we've long called for strengthening frontex with personnel and not some time in the future but in twenty twenty two as well as expanding frontex mandate so that it can work with transit countries to stop the migrant boats from even setting sail up. the migration issue is very important we share the main goals off the austrian presidency namely that we all must work to put take the extended his ardent innocence and then also come on there are some signs of progress the european commission intends to beef up front talks with stuff and responsi

of becoming europe's next financial hotspot in a post brexit world. >> angela merkel seldomly makesersonal appearances in frankfurt, which is to finance what berlin is to politics. but she made her way there today to take over for london as the top financial sector when britain leaves the european union next year. she underscored the importance of frack for its financial sector to germany's export dependent economy. frankfurt is fine with parents -- paris and dublin. so they can continue to do business in european union. earlier i asked our financial correspondent how the chancellor made the case for frankfurt, besides pointing out many other banks and bodies were already located in the city. >> she made three interesting points as well. she was ready to go without tax hikes. and that wasn't clear whether that referred just to the financial industry or germany as a whole, but she wanted to rule out tax hikes. and she wanted to make labor law more flexible. that is, only in the financial sector to accommodate the anglo-saxon culture where you have prior insurance. she wanted to intro

and now at a joint press conference in berlin chancellor angela merkel admitted that differences between them remain but said that she is hopeful on finding common ground this despite fierce criticism within germany of turkey's human rights record even in germany there are sometimes moments when journalists cannot behave exactly as they please president had a one was in the middle of his press conference with chancellor merkel when a man stood up and revealed a t. shirt with the words press freedom he was quickly bundled out by security officers the brief distractions seem to amuse and who won but his crackdown on journalistic freedom was one of the issues the chancellor raised with him at their meeting. it's no secret that there have been serious differences between us in recent years and there still are. people it's mainly about the rule of law and about press freedom that fogged up perfectly by hurt by this davos to last about the case of chandan darr a turkish journalist now in exile in germany everyone was defiant out of the q.b. bush flew for such which he used a loophole and he fl

came to chancellor angela merkel's office in an electric car for his company there's a lot at stake the same for mercedes boss techa and v.w. management they'll be meeting with macko finance minister shots and transport minister sure once again the subject is driving bans for diesel vehicles the coalition wants to prevent this is much as possible but the industry does not want to make any promises for retrofitting. it instead for clean air in the cities fleet renewal remains our priority we've also talked about retrofitting now they'll be discussions at the federal level and the individual car manufacturers will do the same and automobile has been just like it tony but the green party demands the conversion of all vehicles that don't meet exhaust emissions standards and so my high school they always say that only older diesels are affected but it isn't true and there are many of the relatively new euro five diesel vehicles which totally exceed the standard values and many of the newest euro sixty s. of vehicles considered the most modern don't meet the standards that's why we demand tha

for today everyone and chancellor angela merkel meeting this morning walk us through what we can expect. well what we're seeing right now is that president out of iran is arriving here the chancellor behind the camera will show us the motorcade as it's arriving here at the chancery of. the turkish president and the german chancellor are going to have a last breakfast together today after that will leave bolin to head for cologne and of course everybody is hoping that this last meeting of the german chancellor and the turkish president is going to be a little bit more polite and a little bit more peaceful than the other meetings we have seen during this two day state visit you have already. told told us about the state banquet last night when funk steinmeyer quite openly told president of the bomb which problems the german public and many in the german political scene have with turkey and the turkish government and also last yesterday at the press conference together with. machall said that there's still a big and grave differences between the turkish government and the german government

in berlin a surprise result exposes a nother fracture and chancellor angela merkel's government lawmakers from her conservative bloc have defeated her choice of four parliamentarian leader and instead elected a critic of miracles governing coalition wealth bring house defeated longtime marital ally volker countered by a vote of one hundred twenty five to one hundred twelve counter had held the post for thirteen years and never before faced a challenge well ahead of the vote most observers expected counter would win we election. all right let's get you more on these developments of that want to turn now to chief political correspondent melinda a crane melinda german chancellor angela merkel's main ally in the bundestag voted out of office unexpectedly why. because of rising dissatisfaction with in her party dissatisfaction about the first six months of this grand coalition in which we've seen repeated political crisis in which we've seen rising divisions within the conservative bloc in which we have also seen falling poll numbers for the conservatives by the way for the social democrats as

germany's chancellor angela merkel fragile government is under renewed pressure after coalition leaders agreed to dismiss a controversial intelligence chief now medicals authority is being called into question after she allowed her powerful interior minister to promote the spy chief to a more senior position with more pay most german newspapers have reacted with school on the promotion of the controversial head of germany's domestic intelligence agency mohsen has also provoked exhaust the ration on the streets and a fire in the private sector he would have been kicked out if you mess up you go it's that simple and. i think it's bad really if he has to leave his office he shouldn't get a promotion. and if you don't read the season after the other by the government must and should have gone after yesterday's decision to promote mohsen to a more senior position in the interior ministry there was no comment from coalition leaders as they left without stepping in front of the microphones. and it chancellor angela merkel's first official engagement of the day she still avoided addressing the

german chancellor angela merkel has responded personally yet but today host spokes person stephens i but has he has said that in fact they haven't been briefed on skilled mohsen by the head of the domestic secret service yet so they were just as surprised as everybody else by this statement and. that they also have no information of how the investigation has gone forward neither has the interior ministry we have just heard the german federal interior minister was the officer that he trusts mohsen but neither has his ministry gotten any briefing on the investigation that mohsen claims his. statement today on ok there's really been some fallout a short while ago the deputy head of all americans coalition partners of social democrats told us that he thinks mohsen the head of domestic intelligence should resign let's take a look at some of what role stakes are had to say. well because we have really proof for what happened in came that by independent journalists reporting from this place by testimonies from others by cruel reports of people getting prosecuted for raising think the chief

i'm sumi so much drama good to have you with us chancellor angela merkel said there is no excuse for using nazi slogans and attacking minorities in german society she was addressing parliament two weeks after demonstrations against migrants by right wing extremists turned violent in eastern germany the largest opposition party the far right a.s.d. accused of ignoring the concerns of people worried about migration one member of the government accused a.s.d. of using fascist language. as angela merkel arrived in parliament today it was already clear that this wouldn't be a normal address to the bundestag at the forefront was the recent far right violence in eastern germany she started her speech with a strong call for a common togetherness against exclusion and incitement is good and surely there's no excuse and justification for incitement partially use of violence nazi hatred hostility towards people who look to friend own a jewish restaurant attacks on police and conceptual arguments about whether it's hate or hunts really don't help us. if they think it's. the largest opposition pa

as angela merkel arrived in parliament today it was already clear that this wouldn't be a normal addressto the bundestag at the forefront was the recent far right violence in eastern germany she started her speech with a strong call for a common togetherness against exclusion and incitement it's good. there's no excuse and justification for incitement partially use of violence nazi hatred hostility towards people who look different own a jewish restaurant attacks on police and conceptual arguments about whether it's hate or hunts really don't help us. who live by. the largest opposition party in the bundestag the far right alternative for germany a.f.d. has drawn its own conclusions blaming foreigners a migrants for germany's problems. the list goes on. chancellor merkel you have nothing more to offer this country and its citizens except stubbornness arrogance and insults your barricading yourself in the chancellery further away from reality i repeat my question who in danger is the inner peace of this country. life the dispute over the basic values of german democracy and in the center

during the last twenty years and the conservative bloc of angela merkel. is seeing the same happening to them right now and they all all three parties in the end react to this in the same way they panic and panic it's not really good footing to build a stable government and briefly but we know that there is a crucial regional election in bavaria if the conservatives if they do poorly in that election will all go to medical survive. well to lose an election is never really helpful for political but it isn't in crisis mode especially as uncle our medical is up for reelection himself as a party leader of a party the c.d.u. just before christmas party convention in december and they're already rumors running around him bill in saying that. could if the elections in bavaria and hasn't turned out as bad as predicted that could resign from a post as party leader to focus on her post as german chancellor but this again would be seen as a sign of the deteriorating power of the ones most powerful woman in the world writes our correspondent privy to vote on the story

a perfect storm where here in berlin a surprise result exposes another fracture in chancellor angela merkel's government lawmakers from her conservative blog have defeated her choice for parliamentary leader instead they've elected a critic of merkel's governing coalition ralph brink helps defeated longtime americal ally for her calendar by a vote of one twenty five to one twelve or had held that posed for thirteen years and he had never faced a challenge or ahead of the vote most observers close to the chance or expected calendar would win reelection. are less full in our chief political correspondent belinda creech is on the story for us tonight and he needs you melinda the key ally of chancellor merkel in the in the saga of parliament lost his post how did that happen. because of intense divisions and dissatisfaction within the conservative bloc in parliament dissatisfaction with the fact that in the six months the government has been in power there have been continuing crises domestic political crises and in fact ever more divisions both between the conservatives and between them and thei

emmanuel macron and angela merkel are going to be wheeling and dealing.interesting stories to dig deeper into. that's later in the programme. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: the charity, save the children, says renewed fighting in yemen has left another one million children at risk of famine. the focus of the latest clashes is the rebel—held port city of hodeidah, which is a vital lifeline for yemen's population. the united nations has warned that failure to keep food, fuel and aid flowing into yemen through hodeidah could result in one of the worst hunger crises in living history. president trump says he feels "badly" for brett kavanaugh, his supreme court nominee, who's been accused of sexual assault. republicans have scheduled a us senate hearing for next monday to consider the claim, by christine blasey ford. she says she was assaulted by mr kavanaugh in the 1980s, which he denies. but in a written statement, the one possible witness to the alleged incident, a high school friend of mr kavanaugh, says he does not want to s

the german chancellor angela merkel has agreed to reconsider the promotion given to the former head ofence agency hans—georg maassen. he was removed for casting doubt on reports of far—right demonstrators chasing immigrants in the city of chemnitz. but in a compromise agreement he was then given a more senior position. andy beatt reports. it's a row which catapulted germany's spymaster from the shadows into the spotlight, and pushed angela merkel‘s fragile coalition into crisis. hans—georg maassen was told to quit this job as chief of domestic intelligence after he challenged reports of far—right unrest in the eastern city of chemnitz. the biggest and most violent protests in decades erupted last month after a german man was fatally stabbed in a fight with migrants. along with the protests, xenophobic assaults, described as anti—migrant hunts. footage emerged of demonstrators apparently chasing down foreigners to attack them. maassen, though, questioned the video's authenticity, claiming he had no reliable information about such hunts taking place. as critics accused him of failing to

so as we heard from their one the german chancellor angela merkel one through the state visit of the turkish president but what does he want from germany and america turkey correspondent you yohan reports from istanbul . america looks friendly yet aloof while rigid type sleepy is that the plummeting. that's how cartoonists portrays the turkish president's visit to germany he says turkey's currency crisis is a huge problem for. it's affecting everyone in the country he's had to reduce the size of his security magazine lamond because the price of paper has more than doubled in the last few months. just getting to know that a. position to believe the dedication and self-sacrifice have always been a part of liking in turkey. losing the sort of especially in our field other than the big folks as a local political. but now it has become a real struggle to survive for the world and i don't know if we'll be able to make it here. many turks complain about the rising cost of living due to the currency crash and they worry about the future some are hoping germany and the e.u. might step in. abo

and at chancellor angela merkel's first official engagement of the day she still avoided addressing the issue. in the wake of far right and rest in kemet marson who defied the chancellor by questioning the authenticity of a video showing mobs chasing down migrants. merkel had said the video was real and condemned the actions sharon calls for mawson's dismissal grew louder. yet macro's interior minister. stood by his side today he denied any responsibility for the country of a c. i do like to point out that i didn't start the discussion around mr monson or his agency. is that i can't say that mr marson wanted this to happen so he didn't push me to do anything just to stress that. he's a civil servant who will do his duty wherever he posted. to it. officials have presented this reshuffle as a necessary political compromise but many will interpret it as a cynical active face saving that is unlikely to boost trust and methods government . but here is some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world police in western germany have been ordered to stop clearing activist

here are some very pointed words from angela merkel on a couple of weeks ago.i believe the soul of europe is humanity and if we want to retain this soul, then europe can't simply decouple itself on the need and the suffering of others." and those remarks, i suspect, were pointed directly at you and your policies. you couch your determination to end the immigration and get rid of the illegal immigrants in your country as something that will solve italy's crime problem, solve many of italy's economic problems, but i put it to you that many people believe that you are also motivated by a form of racism. a racism which is perhaps best expressed by your desire to get rid of the roma in italy who are not formal italian citizens. you have called for a new census of all the roma. you said, "unfortu nately, we will have to keep the italian roma because we can't expel them, but the rest must go." but you know what this is reminiscent of? you know what this reminds many europeans of? it reminds them of the darkest days of europe in the 1930s and ‘40s. it reminds them of f

top official said london still needs to rework some key positions also coming up pressure is on angela merkel's government is growing after coalition leaders agreed to remove a controversial spy chief and then promote him to a more powerful post. more. on little rock it's great to have you along everyone we must do everything to avoid a hard break said and we stand ready to compromise well those are the confident words coming from the austrian chancellor sebastiaan curt's ahead of a key e.u. summit in salzburg but with just six months to go before britain is to leave the european union the european council president is warning that key parts of the u. case briggs's proposals neat to be revised just said london must rework its position on issues linked to the irish border and future trade ties with europe tusk did however acknowledge that some progress had been made albeit rather late in the day let's take a listen to what he said exactly. today those that have more hope. about those surely less and less time. in the form. of life we must see you face for talks i would like to finalize them to d

i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show german chancellor angela merkel is in the french city of marsay right now for talks with president obama will mccall france the two are discussing key european issues like migration euro zone reform and. this meeting comes at a time when both leaders are facing political pressure on a number of fronts at home mccrone is relying on machall support for his ambitious proposals to reform the euro zone which have been met with resistance from other e.u. states as well as from politicians here in germany. maclin mccraw will meet again later this month in salzburg austria where european leaders hope to bridge their differences on migration policy. well for more on this meeting let's go to the w.'s a max hoffman in marci for us right now max what do you make of president mccrone and johnson machall statements earlier. so i can tell you this brian the wind here is much stronger than what the two of them said really nothing new i hate to say that in the beginning except that we've seen a ritual that they've really have been practicing for the last

has been tweeting that it's over for chancellor angela merkel do you agree with that assessment. it's the beginning of the end i think of the transliterated of america the beginning of the end is that welcome development everything is worked on which gives us now a stable government because the problem is not only that there is no leadership that there is no government there there is no action for all the problems we have in the german politics but i think the big problem is that we have no more force in international and european question there are a lot of questions and challenges to take and there we need strong and we need to steer the government if it's possible within our period of elections maybe with a new chancellor it's good if not we really need new elections because we need a strong and stable government also for the international questions nicholai bear secretary general of the f.t.p. thank you for spending time with us. already we've got some breaking news just coming in the u.s. a television star bill a kaspi has been sentenced to between three and ten years in pri