well because it would be a breach of code of honor almost to block the wild card from bavaria the c.d.u. and the c.s. you are a conservative union here in germany that's often lost in translation the c.s.u. is a lot smaller and previous attempts to have a chance to from bavaria failed spectacularly at the ballot box to cut it short michael souter has nothing to lose he's the overarching bavarian leader if he gets onto that ticket it's success for him but he's still seen as a success if at least he pushed the c.d.u. to potentially rethink its plans and i am unless it is the man who has everything to lose but at this moment in time the conservative block the last big tent party potentially in europe here is actually risking the unity it's been able to demonstrate so far through this pandemic and it risks a slight lead in the polls heading into september elections with the greens looking at a stronger here in germany ok meantime there are also crunch talks happening in berlin today the cabinet deciding on a national law to combat rising infection numbers this particular law it would give b

welcome to this new special edition of check in this time we focus on 3 cities in bavaria. that are all home to unesco world heritage sites. explores fruits book. because flourish shows us around regions books will town. and then who gets to go dives into our water management history our 1st destination on this special edition of judging is fritz book painting $1000.00 maybe one the city splendid baroque palace the residence was named a world heritage site. my destination today verts berg the city is located in bavaria more precisely in the franconia region let's start on the old mine bridge landmark of verts park. it was built from 14th $76.00 and for a long time it was the only river crossing between the old town and the fortress. 12 statues of saints lined the bridge. the old mine bridge is the perfect starting point for discovering verts birth from here you can see many of the important sites and i'll be checking out those spots and on top of that i'll do some wine tasting because this region here is known for its about the culture. but 1st i want to get an overview and

vote 77 percent came out in favor once again the challenger from the much smaller sister party in bavaria said he would accept the decision of the c.d.u. well he didn't one week ago and now everybody is looking towards munich where this you see you headquarters are waiting for any word from marcos souter so clearly the tail is already wagging the dog here in terms of size and political weight with everybody waiting with bated breath with this will be accepted by marcus or. michelle why all this bickering how how damaging has this power struggle been for format calls and services from. it could prove hugely damaging at the ballot box the argument of marcus it has always been that he is doing so much better in the polls and that is true some of the approval ratings we've seen particular from conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. followers see him upwards of 70 percent for who was set as the candidate pretty much from the word go when he became the do you party did it it's more like 17 so there is this huge gap there's already warnings from within that very party executive that just voted in favor of t

in negotiations to buy sputnik became shortly after market zada who's the leader of the state of bavaria said that the variac had agreed what he called a preliminary deal with russia to buy 2 and a half 1000000 doses of the sputnik vaccine you know we're doing to give sputnik it's approved in europe then bavaria will receive additional vaccine doses i think it's 2500000 doses probably in july through this company that is operating in bavaria to then once again increase the additional capacity for vaccinations. while looking at the reception to the sputnik vaccine here in germany it's pretty positive you go of polling shows 55 percent of germans say they'd be more than happy to take a sputnik jab politicians and local leaders as well also on the side with getting the sputnik the vaccine into the arsenal that germany can use against the corona virus we vaccinate vaccinate vaccinate but when we need is the quantity and that's why the german government should finally sign contracts for sputnik be they should do their homework. every available vaccine has to be used russia is a great land of

welcome to this new special edition of check in this time we focus on 3 cities in bavaria that are all home to unesco world heritage sites. explores fruits book. because shows us around. town. and then dives into water management history our 1st destination on this special edition of check in is fritz book the 1981 the city splendid baroque palace the residence was named a world heritage site. my destination today verts burg the city is located in the various more precisely in the franconia region let's start on the old mine bridge landmark of verts park. it was built from 14th $76.00 and for a long time it was the only river crossing between the old town and the fortress. statues of saints lined the bridge. the old mind. is the perfect starting point for discovering verts birth from here you can see many of the important sites and i'll be checking out those spots and on top of that i'll do some wine tasting because this region here is known for its about the culture. but 1st i want to get an overview and start with a short tour through verts burke's old town. the town hall is only a f

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been shown some of his own foreign policy development really in recent weeks we saw the state of bavariaannounce that it doesn't deal with moscow in order to get around 2000000 doses of the sputnik very covert 1000 vaccine into that state there is currently a deal on a federal level going on to bring sputnik v. into germany across all 16 states once it gets a.m.a. approval however mr zona did come forward quite publicly with the announcement that he had made this particular deal for the state that he represents when you look at a poll that came out on tuesday morning it's quite clear that according to this poll by the german broadcast r.t.l. that the public really quite fun seat mark is the next chancellor they were asked which politician should be the next leader of the country out of all of those that were named mark is that a top that list with 36 percent by comparison arman lash it wind down at the very bottom with just 3 percent put that into a bit more contests. when the public were asked if they would vote for an unnamed celebrity from outside of politics 6 percent said they would

but in bavaria the large states in the south. they have their own policy the christian social union all c.s.u. so when when the bavarians have a strong candidate as they do now for a big job in this case the top political job in the country chancellor they speak up and you know they want to get noticed they want to be taken seriously now the christian democrats and the rest of the country are inclined to say well you know when the the big party in fact we have more important and nobody can become candidate for chancellor without our say so and so you know we should have priority our man should get it well said a points out that he's a lot more popular in the polls more than twice as popular as in lash it is in fact so you might think that should translate into a choice for him for the bavarian and lash it on his side says well you know polls go up and down and it's more than 5 months to the election so this goes both ways it's more complicated than it might seem here on the surface definitely and we understand that by this coming

but in bavaria the law age states in the south. they have their own policy the christian social union all c.s.u. so when when the bavarians have a strong candidate as they do now for a big job in this case the top political job in the country chancellor they speak up and you know they want to get noticed they want to be taken seriously now the christian democrats and the rest of the country are inclined to say well you know when they the big party in fact we have more important and nobody can become candidate for chancellor without our say so and so you know we should have priority our man should get it well said a points out that he's a lot more popular in the polls more than twice as popular as lash it is in fact so you might think that should translate into a choice for him for the varian in lash it on his side says well you know polls go up and down and it's more than 5 months to the election so this goes both ways it's more complicated than it might seem here on the surface definitely and we understand a bit by this coming fri

once the shot is authorized, the state of bavaria will receive its doses from this company in june. the european medicine agency began reviewing sputnik to be in march. pre-ordering the vaccine is the right move. the data does look promising, and if the vaccine is approved, i personally do not see a reason not to use it. germany's liberal party is also in favor of pushing ahead without the approval of the eu. but sputnik can only speed up vaccinations if it can be delivered quickly. for the period thereafter, germany has already secured a sufficient number of other vaccines. >> highly infectious variance and a slow vaccine rollout have made things worse. resilience will pay the price with their lives. >> health care workers pushed to the limit. this makeshift hospital is struggling to cope as cases surge. a strict lockdown is necessary in order to stop the virus. without lockdown measures, the country's health system faces collapse. but the president disagrees. >> we are not going to accept this policy of staying home and closing everything down. it is praccally possible to eradicat

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the campaign but now everybody is waiting with bated breath what marcus pseudo will say shortly in bavaria and whether he will accept this vote for good or right that is chief political it is a michigan a following that story for us you can follow it with that which is pushing regular updates thank you michelle and now to the latest look at global priest freedom according to reporters without borders the outlook has never looked so bleak a new report says the pandemic has made the work of journalists hard at reporters without borders is annual indic singles out scandinavian countries as having the freest media norway and finland come out on top germany is no longer in the leading nations but is well ahead of the u.k. and some of the world's largest countries rank much lower india and china for example come in numbers 142 and 147 respectively last is the small east african country of it retrain it falling this year behind last korea. to football now where the backlash to the proposed european super league is growing from fans governments and also facials top clubs from england spain and ita

with the election campaign a start on the lush it from north rhine-westphalia and marco sudha from bavaria fighting over the sea to use candidacy for chancellor is the political management of the crisis going out of hand this is more thought of politicos are good politicians always say we have to make long term decisions but actually thinking of the next election that's why they want to avoid uncomfortable inconvenient decisions decisions people won't understand but that's a mistake because in times of crises people want security and they are also prepared to take responsibility but politicians have to lead the way. straight forward covered measures that is what people are calling. stricter laws no ensure this the political discussion continues. let's turn now to some other stories making headlines around the world india has reported more than 145000 new coronavirus cases the largest daily increase by far since the pandemic began infections have surged in recent weeks prompting many states to impose tougher restrictions like curfews and we can lock thousands. police in greece have launched

leadership appears to be a somewhat concerned about a possible shift in the balance of power toward bavaria and as you noted in your introduction mr souter is the head of the sister party of the c.d.u. there he and christian social union and these are 2 sisters who have a long standing rival for the so mr blessitt said he's pretty sure the leadership will choose him and who the polls favor many opinion polls show that within the general population there is a very strong margin of support for mr surtur there given the c.s.u. leader 54 percent in the latest poll at the beginning of april said they would prefer him as opposed to just 19 percent for mr lasher. ok we know meantime lusha has been positioning himself as being the most committed of the 2 upholding merkel's legacy how far will bad strategy go for him you think. in some ways that potential strength is exactly what also can become his weakness for germans who are frustrated with the indecisive leadership during the pandemic including coming from him he has changed course numerous times mr server definitely looks like the better candid

and marco suit of the see you soon bavaria basically talking behind closed doors instead we've now seen a very public showdown and it will now be up to the c.d.u. to make up its mind whether it still backs its own past. enough and trusts him enough to bounce back from those opinion polls that look pretty bleak at the moment to actually have his name on the ticket these are very decisive hours potentially days here in germany to learn who will actually run in those elections on the conservative ticket and we'll of course be covering that story for you here on the news our political editor thanks so much for your reporting. well voting is underway in chad in a presidential election in which the expected winner is already clear authoritarian president interest debbi seen here casting his ballot today is expected to win a 6th term in office davie has ruled the chad since he seized power some 30 years ago other candidates are standing but the main rivals have been barred from running or have polls out claiming intimidation. travis home to nearly half a 1000000 refugees and it plays a key rol

the great solutions for tomorrow markets and they can the high tech industry seems to be drawn to bavaria apple has just announced the establishment of its european center for chip design in munich google is hiring 1500 new employees and computer giant i.b.m. opened its development center in munich's high like towers 4 years ago to focus on artificial intelligence. i think we have a lot of advantages we have manufacturing companies here small and medium size companies there are customers and we want to be close to them we really do have world class universities here where we find the top talent precisely in the areas we need to take and added to this is by various 1000000000 euro high tech agenda among other things 1000 new professorships are being planned munich's university is the team you and ellen you play an important role in the cooperation with i.t. companies. of course it brings new research ideas and enables our students and junior scientists to work on topics that are really relevant. engineers new stephon look borna had started doing research on their robots i think t.-u. munic

step aside in favor of so that his chief of the city used conservative sister party in the state of bavaria and his national profile has ground during the pandemic of both say they are ready to take on the top job. we've announced that we are ready to stand this candidate for the chance of the ship. and we've agreed it should be a good process. as we set off towards this shared goal involving both parties and of course together with the parliamentary group. but we've established a suitable and both of us are ready it's important that we show respect to one another i can say 1st off regardless of how the final decision turns out we work together very very well. well the chief political editor says souter has put clash on the back foot by finally declaring his readiness to run as chancellor candidate for macas conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. union but various state premier mark or souter has put. the c.d.u. leader on the defensive he was initially seen as a given to succeed angela merkel on the conservative ticket here in germany when germany goes to the polls on the 26th of september now last it

power struggle between its leaders the cd unita amin acid and the leader of its small sister party in bavaria markel so into the songs aren't looking that terribly bad anymore only a couple of months ago we probably wouldn't have even asked that question so it's still just over 5 months to go until there are general elections here in germany the greens are looking strong and they've just chosen someone who is a bridge builder within their own party and who stands for something new and fresh even within the green party so very interesting times just tell us how close the greens or right now to actually catching up with merkel's c.d.u. c.s.u. alliance they're in the polls. while they are in the low twenty's that depending on which poll you look at and i'm going to merkel's c.d.u. c.s.u. was around $26.00 before the pandemic then went up into the low thirty's and is now back to where they started off in the mid twenty's $2627.00 so it's within reach depending on how they manage to now pick a leader and whether the man is to sow the kind of stability that the greens are suddenly making their own

youth organization of the conservative block here in germany come out in favor of marcos zuda from bavaria so that's quite a surprise so this month fight that's been going on for just over a week now since my full suit just suddenly declares that he would now officially run is counted after having his posse and much of the opinion polls here in germany call for him for months and that is there's no end in sight to this state at the same time we're seeing the green party today declare that top candidate will be and no doubt this is damaging for the conservative c.d.u. just under 6 months ahead of those general elections in september but this jostling mckayla to become conservative chancellor candidate it's been going on for weeks can you give us the short answer of why it's taken so long. well the short answer is and that's it the newly elected c.d.u. party leader didn't you know that he definitely wants to take the job instead he says whoever has the best chances at the ballot box should become the man on the ticket or the woman event and then my office did i took him by his word looked at

bavaria does not normally provide a candidate. where does this leave the cdsu? now, the bavarian option is very much more favored in the polls especially when compared to the leaders of other parties like the social democrats and the greens, a key rival in september. but it is as you say typically the case that the leader for the block when they run in the national elections calms from the cdu which represents 15 of the federal posts. and a lot of parallels have been made recently about the rivalry between helmut kohl, the famous chancellor and the leader who was a clear rival to take him and there was a rupture in the party because of that. what was made clear yesterday when he made his willingness to become chancellor clear, went into the press conference with another, they expressed their interest in unity for the party. they are having meetings separately with their own parties to try to come to an amicable agreement and the next couple of days about who will run as candidate. anna: it was interesting to hear him talking about working together whatever the o

welcome to this new special edition of check in this time we focus on 3 cities in bavaria that are all home to unesco world heritage sites. explores fruits book. because shows us around 3 town. and then dives into our water management history our 1st destination on this special edition of judge is fruits book in 1901 the city splendid baroque palace the residence was named a world heritage site. my destination today verts burg the city is located in the various more precisely in the franconia region let's start on the old mine bridge landmark of hertzberg. it was built from 14th $76.00 and for a long time it was the only river crossing between the old town and the fortress. 12 statues of saints lined the bridge. the old mine bridge is the. perfect starting point for discovering verts birth from here you can see many of the important sites and i'll be checking out those spots and on top of that i'll do some wine tasting because this region here is known for its about the culture. but 1st i want to get an overview and start with a short tour through verts burke's old town. the town hall

he has a severe counterpart from bavaria.e has been calling a long time for harder lockdowns where in the beginning, he was a more liberal man. to compete, he also wants to go for a hard stance. brent: polls show that a majority of people in germany support a tougher lockdown. he may campaign to be the next chancellor. he only stands to gain in popularity wh more lockdowns. >> not only getting popularity but fighting aolitical fight and fighting the pandemic. you're right. there is still a majority for harder lockdowns. having said that, the majority is decreasin in the first lockdown, second lodown, we had something like 80, 90% majorities. now it is awo thirds majority. u have resentment in population. we had a huge demonstration last sunday. there is contest and people are getting tired of lockdowns. it is a polarized society. brent: there is a big question of who is calling the shots here. we know there is a power battle going on between the 16 german states and the federal government, right? >> yes. since thpandemic, we

welcome to this new special edition of check in this time we focus on 3 cities in bavaria that are all home to unesco world heritage sites. explores book. because shows us around. town. and then they go dives into water management history our 1st destination on this special edition of check in is fritz book in $1000.00 maybe one the city splendid baroque palace the residence was me the world heritage site. my destination today verts berg the city is located in the various more precisely in the franconia region let's start on the old mine bridge. hertzberg. it was built from 14th $76.00 and for a long time it was the only river crossing between the old town and the fortress. 12 statues of saints lined the bridge. the old mine bridge. the perfect starting point for discovering verts birth from here you can see many of the important sights and i'll be checking out those spots and on top of that i'll do some wine tasting because this region here is known for its bit the culture. but 1st i want to get an overview and start with a short tour through verts burke's old town. the town hall is o

added to this is bavaria is 1000000000 euro high tech agenda among other things 1000 new professorships are being planned munich's university is the team you and ellen you play an important role in the cooperation with i.t. companies it being. of course it brings new research ideas and enables our students and junior scientists to work on topics that are really relevant. engineers new stefan last point i had started doing research on their robots at the t u munich and continued in their start up they now build intelligent robots for several companies in germany and here up. sweden where the pandemic means the rave scene is a shadow of what it was in its ninety's however it is trying to make a comeback in the city of malmo. doors on saturday but check this out just 4 people were allowed on the wall at one time tickets for the 12 hour sold out with visitors having to choose a time slot to get. short of a compulsory lockdown but there have been restrictions on that. so for me the business. has a website. business next time and. when life comes to. drastically changed death. how are people

some of the movement under surveillance that's bought inverting back for example humber going also bavaria and the bavarian state leader mark. called for them to be put under national surveillance as early as november last year and now that is now happened and of course you should always sort of listen up when a government national intelligence service puts a group under surveillance who are protesting against government measures and but the intelligence services stated that that the that group the fed and guy using what are legitimate demonstrations and concerns against. government measures for illegitimate ends and that is to undermine the german state in the german constitution and what they said was particularly concerning were sort of connections to right wing groups especially far right extremists like the iceberg for example who question the validity of the modern german state us off laws thank you very much for this update. u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorist is holding meetings in geneva with the leaders of divided cyprus to find some common ground between the 2 sides th