short time and it's been portraying that is a big success among its own supporters so a brief word ben-simon about the potential successors and whether a new party leader is going to mean a very different direction for the city. i think there are several people as i mentioned the health minister spawn is a big critic of the mayor cole open door immigration policy then you've got frederick manses a veteran with a lot of support from the business community. at the state premier of north rhine-westphalia and there are others so there's plenty of people possibly the sort of white male in the typical leaders of the christian democrat party number less these people are waiting waiting for their charts now that i k k . is seemingly part of the history books p.w. political correspondent simon young thank you alice take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world syrian government forces have killed 5 turkish soldiers in the province of idlib that's according to turkey's defense ministry the area around it was the last rebel held region in syria turkey has sent thousands of troop