merkel of the slow pace of reform here the slow fight against corruption but it didn't come instead anglo merkel was at pains to stress germany's commitment to ukraine to its territorial integrity to mention all kinds of positive social sort of societal projects language learning science and it's just been the two countries the only time it really got serious was when they spoke about eastern ukraine and all that merkel was adamant the mint's process frustrating slow as it is was and is the only show in town at least that's michael's opinion on this all right what will give him the she's played such a pivotal role in trying to mediate that particular agreement to why has it not succeeded. the problem about minsk is that it proposes lots of very worthy and very worthwhile steps to a political solution but it doesn't give a clear roadmap of how those should happen while the shooting goes on the front line for it in any case it's not going to start no political reform is going to stop while soldiers and civilians are killed at it keep being killed but even if they could implement a more a more stab

still to come this sad members of anglo merkel's youth policy of being caught singing and nazi era sung in public and the reactions have been fast and furious well have a look at that just off the break. most people think just stand out in this is this you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest raid in truth to stand out of the news business you just need as the right questions and demand the right answer. questions. i'm able to see yes this is at the center of america's descent into financial armageddon can you blame the fed for such things as the infrastructure collapse across america the ecological collapse of california wildfires and hurricanes across the nation. busted pipes in detroit leading to our stick poisoning and love yes yes you can because they give money to the bad people. again now a new children's toy aimed at kids aged five and up that's going on sale in the u.s. a spark concern with critics saying it does bring the political divisions in america right into the kindergarten. looks at whether this time of heighte

but it's as anglo merkel begins her epilogue of german chancellor she's made what's being seen as a job not only of her populist opponents at home but also at the us president to lead our minds are people who say they can solve everything themselves and don't have to think about anyone else that's nationalism in its purest form this is not a treaty is that echoes a similar sentiment from president mccrone but your patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism by pursuing our own interests first with no regard to august we raise the very thing that a nation holds most precious and that of course the polar opposite of the trump mantra america third america for america first of all about america first the cause for concern seems to revolve around france and germany having their own relationship with russia and china germany even going as far as to negotiate their own energy deals how dare they said the us president spoke to the united nations germany will become totally. dependent on russian energy if it does not immediately change course we are co

ok well let's go to germany now because the secretary general of anglo merkel c.d.u. party there has reportedly stepped down as she prepares to run for the party's leadership replacing the outgoing merkel but the jury is still out as to who will actually win this race is there are other major contenders for the post as peter all of reports this is often the fact it's the fast food at the next you do you party convention in december i will not run for the chair of the party secondly this is the last one for me i will not run for chance and i join the twenty twenty one election the queen is dead long live. well that's the thing we don't exactly know who is going to step into angela merkel shoes as the sun begins to set on her career and front line politics her coalition has taken a pounding in popularity polls of late. campaigning to try and be the next leader of the christian democratic union a just sling for position so let's have a look at who the front runners are. for the c.d.u. is the start it's not about which single person is shining within the city but the part

spell trouble both for the coalition government and also for anglo-american herself as chancellor based on those options does it appear as if merkel can make it through to twenty twenty one with all of those cross-currents in her party right now. well she certainly saying that she can she's got no plans to give up the top job at the moment and she was asked at a press conference here a short time ago you know what are they going to do differently in the government to get things back on track as she herself has said is necessary she simply said well we're going to solve the problems that arise so very much a kind of merkel response you know we are carrying on business as usual calmly but surely into the future but of course there are those who are saying as i mentioned if there's a right wing candidate who comes out of this leadership election battling with her within the party then it's difficult to see how it should be able to keep her shit on an even keel for three years as she said she intends to do nene time leaders of her coalition partners the s.p.d. they have also been meeting how serious is the situation there and how secu

anglo-american as migrant policies. was right so when groups called around to deny its merkel's open door policy which is seen over a million people who are inside the country officially. the height of the crisis in twenty. four minutes with country demonstrators attempted to block the arrival of a railway station leading to a heated standoff with police. when many germans have been calling on merkel to step aside from her rule chancellor as early as next year that's in response to her saying she will continue in her post until twenty twenty one merkel will not be seeking reelection after a series of disastrous results for her party in regional elections and now a growing number of germans say they prefer a more off the turban leader artie's europe correspondent peter all of her brings us more. new polling into the political leanings of germans has raised more than a few eyebrows eighty percent of those polled said they favored dictatorship is the ruling form for the country with eleven percent saying they would side with strong leadership there i spoke to people on the streets of berlin they were shocked that anyone here w

to german chancellor angela merkel of course what role could germany possibly play in this column flicked in terms of mediation. i think germany could play a big role anglo-american enjoys a very high respect on both sides have great respect ukrainian president poroshenko said for example yesterday in a german newspaper in an interview americal safeties country in twenty fifteen he meant medical stroll during the negotiations on the means peace agreement russian president putin also has great respect for america she told it to her in the fold after the conflict last weekend and i think that of all western politicians terry maracle has the best chance for mediating in these issues yuri thank you so much for the moscow correspondent yury rachet oh there. norwegian chess superstar magnus carlsen has successfully defended his crown at the world chess championship in london the twenty eight year old beat american fabiano caruana in three straight rapid chess tiebreaker all in wednesday. twelve games had not managed to produce a winner with all twelve indeed in draws a novelty and a world championship but it wasn't quite unexpected magnus carlsen and challenge

race to replace anglo-american as leader of germany's christian democratic union is gathering pace spotty members are getting the chance to question the three people who want to succeed merkel dammy cain reports. rhineland in germany. one of these three will become the next christian democrat leader but to do so they must first convince their party one is close to anglo-american and seen by some as a natural successor for her competence in government of the watchwords mind the president if you like i shall feel instability i bring my personal outlook and previous experience as a federal minister and prime minister of stand if the question is about character and that's why i am the right candidate for you to elect my because then there is the young pretend who believes the party should move further right and reengage with voters lost during merkel's time in office ya. yes the turnout in the general election was up but our vote dropped lost people's trust voters sent us a message that things weren't going how they should like for example. they're asking themselves will they be able to drive their cars in the cities or not. finally there is anger america's former rival a man w

twenty twenty one angela merkel is the longest serving leader of any western democracy after donald trump's election. some of the anglo saxon press dubbed her the leader of the free world how she just turned herself into a lame duck and if so what would be the implications for germany for europe and for the world. i think that's a very interesting question i don't think we can really answer that and so we see how the power struggle within the party. of resolves itself -- i think for the free work or four in the world. having a week leader in germany at the chancellor is probably probably not a good thing i think that's probably. one of the things that what we're going to see if the power struggle within europe then maybe france has been waiting for an answer for so long so. i'm very interested to see what will happen which that party behind her. in fact and undress -- europe had to look to her for leadership on the sovereign debt crisis after russia's incursions into ukraine also in dealing with migration. but the fact is since this new government took power it basically has looked asleep at the wheel many people in e

a group opposed to anglo-american becoming leader back in two thousand and two they viewed the twenty first century's iron chancellor as just helmut kohl's girl from the east merkel defeated him and then ousted him from party leadership cd you need progressive political discussion and in my opinion this means the c.d.u. needs to get things straight about its image fiscally conservative he once famously wanted to digest germany's labrinth fine tax laws so they would fit on a big popular with traditionalists when it comes to international matters he's very much in favor of e.u. ever expanding union and after the greece debt debacle that's not so hot with the old guard when it comes to germany's place on the international stage it's very clear. european trends atlanticist. cosmopolitan germany. and the european. enlightenment who's most important political allies of the democracies. with whoever gets the job being set up is the logical successor to one glimmer as chancellor how do those candidates fare. we have two competing models here one of them is represented by two alpha males who are clearly quite conservative compared to most of their ambitious and power hung

of german politics anglo-american announced on monday she was stepping down as leader of the christian democratic union party and she ruled out running for a fifth chancellor merkel's decision followed her party's disappointing performance in regional elections. the figures that came in overnight from her selection a wholly disappointing and bitter towards what he does politically it can no longer be business as usual process after this result has after the result and varia after the conflicts between the c.d.u. c.s.u. in the summer and after all the difficulties in forming a government coalition as the previous attempts to form one between the c.d.u. c.s.u. f.t.p. and the green party fell through. angela merkel began her political career after the fall of the barren war joining the c.d.u. in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine ten years later she became the party sect . terry general and then its leader in two thousand and five mikel made history by becoming chairman his first female chancellor since then she's been reelected to feather three times but to the last few years have popularity has taken the heads. of the old days hoofy misery who oppression politica

referring to german chancellor angela merkel of course what role could germany possibly play in this conflict in terms of mediation. i think germany could play a bigger role anglo-american enjoys a very high respect on both sides have great respect ukrainian president poroshenko said for example yesterday in a german newspaper in an interview americal safeties country in twenty fifteen he meant medical stroll during the negotiations on the means to peace agreement russian president putin also has great respect for america she talked to her in the fold after the conflict last weekend and i think that of all western politicians terry americal has the best chance for mediating and raise issues yuri thank you so much for that our moscow correspondent yury rachet oh there. well here in germany the government faces a tricky decision today on a controversial farming practice the routine castration of male piglets farmers do this to prevent something called boar taint an unpleasant taste in the meat that some say develops when pigs reach maturity five years ago they were given a deadline farmers were giving. alternative castration but lawmakers could now extend that de

referring to german chancellor angela merkel of course what role could germany possibly play in this conflict in terms of mediation. i think germany could play a big role anglo-american enjoys a very high respect on both sides have great respect ukrainian president poroshenko said for example yesterday in the german newspaper in an interview americal safeties country in twenty fifteen he meant medical stroll during the negotiations on the means peace agreement russian president putin also has great respect for america she talked to her in the fold after the conflict last weekend and i think that of all western politicians terry maracle has the best chance for mediating and was issued yuri thank you so much for the moscow correspondent yuri there. doesn't sports for you now starting with football a big night in the champions league the premier match in europe's top club tournament sol pub the sun's a man defeat last year's runner up liverpool it took only thirteen minutes to open the scoring p.s.g. not giving his side to leave his team mate the star player name added another in the thirty seventh minute to put p.s.g. in the driver's seat liverpool close the g

referring to german chancellor angela merkel of course what role could germany possibly play in this conflict in terms of mediation. i think germany could play a big role anglo-american enjoys a very high respect on both sides have great respect ukrainian president poroshenko said for example yesterday in a german newspaper interview americal safe his country in twenty fifteen he meant a miracle stroll during the negotiations on the main sc peace agreement russian president putin also has great respect for america to talk to her in the fold after the conflict last weekend and i think that of all western politicians terry americal has the best chance for mediating and was issued yuri thank you so much for the moscow correspondent yuri rachet oh there. now let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today salomé sort of this really has won george's presidential election becoming the former soviet republics first female president near final results show zora bush really won fifty nine point six percent of the vote the former foreign minister is backed by the ruling party and favors balancing georgia's relations with russia and

merkel is not surprising at all because her party was losing. confidence among the electorate and the reason to speak the burden of this party was anglo-american herself so it was quite rational for her to leave office as party chairman but they were the less whenever something important happened you usually are surprised by it happening right now and this is why there was really surprising that anger merkel is so quickly stronger consequences out of the disaster still a electoral defeats during the last eight elections in bavaria and it has. now there are reports that fifteen civilians have been killed by u.s. led air strikes on syria according to local media women and children are reportedly most of the victims in the city it is into israel province in the east of the country it's far from the first time saying that the coalition stands accused of killing. civilians last month the mask has called for a u.n. probe after reporting over sixty civilians were killed in a u.s. raid on to believe is in the same deities or province but we sent a request for comment on the allegations about the latest strike to the u.s. led coalition and it told us that terr

merkel is not surprising at all because her party was losing. confidence among the electorate and the reason and so to speak the burden of this party was anglo-american herself so it was quite rational for her to leave office as party chairman but there was a less. whenever something important happened you usually are surprised by it happening right now and this is why the rule is really surprising that angular merkel is so quickly stronger consequences out of the disastrous delay electoral defeats during the last eight elections in bavaria and in history and something macarthur for from grace is a warning from mainstream parties across europe as donald courtrai explained. europe's political establishment is set up for a meeting in may during the e.u. parliamentary elections and with support to win dealing for both the center right and the center left the big winners euro skeptic an anti migrant parties the feeding is that there's a kind of the extortion among voters because they feel that the traditional grantees have nothing new to say they feel contempt from those voters that it's not exactly always making them vote for popular is making making vo

the anglo—greek journalist and broadcaster maria margaronis, ian birrell, contributing editor to the mail on sunday, and the us—born journalistjeff mcallister. welcome to all of you. angela merkelre she could be pushed. after last sunday saw her party lose around 10% of its support in a second regional election in succession, mrs merkel announced she would not seek a fifth term as german leader. despite heading a cross—party coalition that's creaking at the seams and is one of the reasons for her centre right party's electoral drubbing, she thinks she can remain as chancellor until 2021. is that feasible or is she just going through the motions? no, i think at the moment it is quite feasible because there is no strong leader or alternative candidate to take over from her. we have three figures who are now fighting for the party presidency, which will be decided upon in december. but this is no time for the country to want another election. the problem with angela merkel is she has overstayed her welcome, obviously, after 18 years as head of the party. it is a long time and there is a weakening going on. but why is she weak? she is weak because in germany, wherever you look, you

merkel is not surprising at all because her party was losing. confidence among the electorate and the reason and so to speak the burden of this party was anglo-american herself so it was quite rational for her to leave office as party chairman but they were the less whenever something important happens you usually are surprised by it happening right now and this is why there. this reduce of prising that are so quickly strong the consequence is out of the juice also still a electro defeats during the last state elections in beirut and in history. on the eve of the u.s. midterm elections some politicians have been accused of playing on people's fears but as candid explained. most might surprise you efforts to influence the twenty to eighteen mid-term elections the big news and divisive stories and posts caravan of impoverished migrants white nationalists prepared to take to the streets trump administration plan couldn't race the definition of transgender but according to a new poll conducted by chapman university in california americans actual fears don't really line up when given a list of one hundred things to be afraid of including nuclear war zombi

anglo—french cooperation. a place to remember shared sacrifice and shared values. a moment for their leaders, amid the tensions over their future relations, to recognise and honour their past. germany's chancellor, angela merkelountry, and spoken of a moral duty to resist it. she was speaking at a synagogue in berlin, to mark the 80th anniversary of kristallnacht — the night of broken glass — when the nazi state unleashed an orchestrated wave of violence againstjewish homes and businesses. it marked an escalation in persecution — that would lead to the holocaust. 0ur correspondent caroline wyatt has been hearing from one woman who lived through the horrors of that night. translation: the windows were all smashed in, the pavement was full of glass shards. isaid, "look, daddy, someone's broken the shop windows." now, 90 years old, ruth finkelman and was just ten when she witnessed what became known as the "night of broken glass". she was with her father, herman, on her way to thejewish primary school in berlin. translation: a little further on, we saw the word "jew" was scrawled onto the window and a star of david was smeared on there, too. once inside, the school was surrounded by nazi storm troopers. the stat

merkel dominic cain reports now. one of these three will become the next christian democrat leader but to do so they must first convince their party one is close to anglo-american and seen by some as her natural successor for her competence in government are the watchwords my the president if you like. i bring my personal outlook and previous experience as a federal minister and prime minister of stand if the question is about character and that's why i am the right candidate for you to elect by me then there is the young pretender who believes the party should move further right and reengage with voters lost during merkel's time in office yah. yes the turnout in the general election was up but our vote dropped we lost people's trust voters sent us a message that things weren't going how they should like for example or diesel they're asking themselves will they be able to drive their cars in the cities or not. finally there is anger america's former rival a man who left politics after being sidelined by her nearly ten years ago he's returned now to say the party needs reinvigoration are. funding for and vivid early achieve it if you stay firmly anchore