tell us something about the corporate culture at the axel springer publishing house. was told that as editor-in-chief, you're almost like a god. guest: it is a little bit of both. we have to remember, earlier this year there was an investigation into axel springer and back then they said the investigation concluded and that the editor had mixed his personal and professional lives but had not broken any laws. now they have come out, saying that there is new evidence that has come in and they could no longer work with him. but it has been interesting to watch the reactions of the chief executive of axel springer and senior journalists within bild, coming out in support of julian reichelt and supporting him as an executive. so there was a culture that supported him despite these allegations. brent: certainly a fascinating story that has long legs. dw news leonie hammerstein, thank you. it has been three weeks since federal elections in germany. we know that the parliament will be younger and more diverse, including germany's first two transgender parliamentarians. report

evidently with the aim of removing julian reich out from office as well as damaging billed and axel springer. now, there had been an internal investigation into the conduct of miss that i held earlier this year. and it's from that internal investigation, and a lot of these documents have been leaked to the press. the allegations made against me that i held was that he a carried out sexual relationships. he abused his power in order to conduct those sexual relationships. and that he'd use drugs on company property, they decided following that internal investigation not to dismiss that i held from his job. so they've changed their mind now in terms of response from the former editor of build, he has issued a short statement in which he said, what i blame myself for, is that i have heard people. i was in charge of. however, perhaps what is the most interesting thing to come out of this and it doesn't paint the german media in a particularly good light is that this all could have come to light a long time ago. in fact, there were 2 previous investigations that were quashed. now what is been reve

and axel springer, lots of criticism here in germany, that it took a foreign publication to do it. but the genie does seem to be out of the bottle over. well, when it comes to these claims of a hostile working environment, it build and the business practices of accel, swing a group, one of the largest media organizations in the world, or at ortiz better all of our thank you very much. so british families who lost loved ones to cove 19 and last year's care home crisis. and i'll taking legal action against the government ortiz shot. you dusty folks on the case, 2 daughters who lost their fathers in cove at head cow homes at the start of the pandemic, are now serving the government. it's a landmark, actually not just in terms of a failure to protect the vulnerable responsibility for aggravating the risk while victory won't undo their loss. they hope it may help to protect others. i do not want anyone else to go through what we have been through as a family. i feel terrible guilt. i feel as though she was locked in to die. met hancock's protective freeing statement was a lie. the defen