as the biggest party and brandenburg why did they not succeed. an interesting question will be what happens next in particular because all of the parties have clearly stated that they do not want to make coalition with the a d. so it's up to the social democrats who ended up being the strongest party once again here in brandenburg to try and form a coalition for the a 50 it is absolutely clear that they will have to play a role in the opposition they knew that probably in advance even before the results were in and they have indeed prepared themselves for that so it's up to the social democrats to try and find coalition partners and it will certainly be a very difficult process not only here in brandenburg but also in socks and given the fact that election results have become so difficult to organize and you don't have those big tent parties having big results in both east and german states. maspero reporting from the town of bat in the state of random birth thank you very much. let's continue right on to stack the maze capital city of dresden wh

in brandenburg the latest opinion polls show. a.f.d. is running neck and neck with the ruling s p d brandenburg and just a few points behind the christian democrats in sacks of. here's what some voters and brandenburg and in saxony have to say about today's elections . i hope the c.d.u. wins that it stays in power and that find someone to govern with which is difficult with. or possibly a minority government but then with the right partners. each other does and i hope that everybody makes the right choice and that we'll have a future where we don't have to worry about tell children and grandchildren where our environment will be protected and i fear that germany somehow is supposed to be europeanized internationalized multicultural even when ms merkel says multiculturalism is not sustainable. it's hope that if i hope that the political climate will not move too much towards the right wing and that we will be able to form a reasonable government in saxony and that we can positively move together. which i will expect that those who have t

and brandenburg the latest opinion polls show the a.f.d. is running neck and neck with the ruling as p.d.f. brandenburg and just a few points behind the christian democrats in santa. we have team coverage of today's election let's go 1st to brandenburg that's where our political correspondent is standing by thomas sparrow is at the f.t. party headquarters in the town of verda thomas. yes carl that's right and it's precisely here where the de or at least many a tea party members will receive the results once they start to come in if you look maybe some of the signs right behind me and they're expecting very good results some of the signs behind we say it's time to stand up because history is being made or you should be here when history is being made and at least the a if he is hoping to become the strongest party right here in brandenburg that is still unclear it is still unclear in particular because as you said they are neck and neck with the social democrats but also because people in this state here in brandenburg tend to decide very la

think that's the one we're focusing brandenburg also becoming the 2nd strongest part. of the for the. right side but this result this prognosis shows one thing very clearly. the a.s.d. is here to stay. politics will no longer be able to be made by going around us the a.f.p. had hoped this hole in the german town of valdai in brand new book would be the place where they would celebrates becoming the strongest poteen regional elections for the very 1st time and in fact a sign behind me clearly says be that when history is made the f.t. didn't manage to become the strongest poverty here in brandenburg 2 but in that sense there is a little bit of disappointment but when you speak to politicians here at the election party they clearly try to present the results as a victory for the if the and as as an important moment for this young job on the party the big question now is watch a coalition that will be formed here in britain and bug the center left s.p.d. remains the strongest party in vanderburgh but they need to coalition partners to be able to rule. that means that we c

elections in eastern germany but mainstream parties managed to hold off for victory and sacked me as brandenburg results show chancellor on the back of christian democrats garnering the most votes and back to me in the governing social democrats take 1st place in brandenburg also coming out to poland marks a new year since the 2nd world war began leaders from dozens of countries joined ceremonies in warsaw germany president funny but this time i recall the war as a german crime and asked for forgiveness. and then the emotional day in belgium as motor sport remembers on 20 back the driver was killed in a crash on saturday charlotte clare when the formula one grand prix and dedicates his victory to his dad's friend. played. a mikel for english welcome to the show. germany's farai and alternative for germany made significant gains in 2 state elections the a.v. became the 2nd strongest party in regional parliaments and both saxony and brandenburg germany's mainstream party suffered sharp drops and support but were able to maintain their top positions let's take a look at the numbers vote counting ha

laden much as well and everyone involved in brandenburg c.d.u. election campaign for the very hard work that they put into it many of us from the party. committees were involved in supporting and saxony. but i'd also like to say and i don't want to mince my words i believe we agree on this the result did not do justice to our expectations but we have to be aware of the fact of the polarization and problems and but between the state premier the s.p.d. and the f.t. battling for. the top position and didn't leave much room for general. of positive change which is why it's all the more important now that in brandenburg as we tackle the questions facing us for the future a willingness to shape policy is something that. labor has shown quite clearly and he has the full support of the c.d.u. executive committee underside in committee and this is why. brandenburg no need to state it as sound stable government with a voice in the sea do you see this as a voice of responsibility and it's down to those in charge to ensure that brandenburg does not have a so

elections in eastern germany but mainstream parties managed to hold on for victory and saxony and brandenburg results show chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats garnering the most votes of back to me and the governing social democrats take 1st place in brown the birth also coming up poland marks. the 2nd world war you can leaders from dozens of countries joined ceremonies in warsaw german president but this time my army calls the war as a german crime and asked for forgiveness. and kind of emotional day in belgium as motorsport remembers on 20 bet the driver was killed in a crash on saturday shall the cleric wins the formula one grand prix and dedicates his victory to his dead friend. on a welcome to the show. germany's far right turn out of 4 germany made significant gains in tuesday's elections they became the 2nd strongest party in regional parliaments and both saxony and brandenburg germany's mainstream parties suffered sharp drops in support but were able to maintain their top positions vote counting has concluded in both states now these are the numbers for the state of branden

remains the strongest party in brandenburg but they need to coalition partners to be able to rule. it means that we continue to face great challenges in this country to reach out to the people and work together with them and that is my goal for the coming years as well. there is one thing that almost all parties can be happy about voter participation has risen considerably and both german states. in the past our party leaders have given a press conference on their election performance co-chair of exam the goal and predicted that sooner or later mainstream parties would have to work with them. if coalition building between the other parties doesn't work then it will be very difficult for the c.p.u. leadership. especially in saxony with the c.p.u. it's very conservative. it will be very hard for them to justify their position of never dealing with the idea of. election results but in the long term we cannot be left out of decision making we are going to set the agenda. g.w.s. chief political editor make followed that press conference for. xander gollan who we saw just there he said t

of its best local election results you get the anti immigration euro skeptics coming 2nd in both brandenburg and saxon . u.s. immigration officials have granted permission to have been granted permission to use fake social media accounts to monitor people seeking to enter the country flying in the face there were threats to read online networks of false profiles and a vigil commemorate the victims of the deadliest terrorist attack in modern russian history enters its 2nd day relatives of the victims and survivors share their painful memories of the militant school siege 15 years ago. they were holding my son saying if i went out of the door they'd kill bulls must immediately instead of green opera child i come to clean cold stones and winters and warm stones and someone i could never you would wish this on and then me. well are they good morning just gone to clock here in moscow knew what. the alternative for germany or i.f.t. party is celebrating this morning because the immigration or skeptics came 2nd in states elections in brandenburg in saxony significantly increasing in those parliamen

only days before the brandenburg state election the f.t. top candidate has come under scrutiny new reports have surfaced linking colbert's to far right extremist groups including neo nazis his ties to far it extremism has been in the news before but he has downplayed the claims it's true that my biography is often reduced to just these factors ok one could allege that i have ties to the far right but i surely do not have a far right biography so far his push to shift the a further to the right doesn't seem to have hurt him or the party in brandenburg which is considered one of its leading strongholds. is interesting to watch those revelations about how that's just days ahead of the vote you have to say on the one hand we're talking about this party's meteoric rise so just started or just was ground it founded rather in 2013 and has already gained what it looks like at the moment 25 percent of the vote and saxony on the other hand of this party is facing its own kind of internal struggle as i mean where does this party stand right now in ter

retained its top position in brandenburg. a hugely destructive storm threatening the u.s. mainland has battered the bahamas hurricane dorian blasted ashore with powerful waves and winds of 300 kilometers an hour the storm is expected to be felt along florida's east coast on tuesday. an air strike by the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen has killed more than 100 people who think rebels said the strike hit a detention center allied forces said their raid had targeted an arms facility used by the group the us. and hostilities are flaring on these from israel lebanon border the lebanese militant group hezbollah fired a volley of anti-tank missiles at an israeli army base on sunday israel responded by shelling southern lebanon. this is t w news from berlin you can follow us on twitter. how this time on taste it. w. correspondent susan hum and host a leading bookstore in the various flavors of exotic creasing odd food fusion and so on i am a challenge for you tasty type a. 60 minutes on t w. natural reaches. precious resources. and a rewarding investment in. farm land has be

the leader of the brandenburg. party who made the headlines here in recent weeks because there was more evidence of his far right past this is something that if he continues to brush off as past days and says he wants to claim a new center ground after all the f.t. sees itself as the only true representatives of the people that something they keep putting on their election posters as well. we are the people so this is the kind of push they're trying to make here to become more mainstream and a stronger force and politics. ok we're going to cross over to the press conference which is just getting under way right now the far right d. having his post-election press conference. still struggling with the traffic he'll be here in a moment a statement on him which i can understand the same start with i still like him very much for my god very good morning ladies and gentlemen with quotes statements and we're going to tell us about his you know grief statements here because i'm sure there are plenty of questions that peopl

remains the strongest party in brandenburg but they need to coalition partners to be able to rule. that means that we continue to face great challenges in this country to reach out to the people and work together with them that is my goal for the coming years as well. there is one thing that almost all parties can be happy about voter participation has risen considerably and both german states. were here to help us break down these election results we've got our political correspondent good to see you so the far right if the massive surge are of support in both brandenburg and saxony 2 states in the former east germany what took the is gains tell us about for the far right and the. country as a whole but one has to say that this is a tendency that has been coming for quite a while in other words these results are similar to the results in the european parliamentary elections earlier this year of the results of the german general parliamentary elections late in 2017 so in a sense the f.t. has consolidated his position rather than making additional gains i think one has to say althou

in both saxony and the state of brandenburg in the east of the country the mainstream parties managed to hang on to power in both states but the results are raising questions about how they should deal with the f.t. . was. c.d.u. party leaders breathe a sigh of relief and saxony chancellor merkel's party has been in power here since german reunification and they've retained control despite suffering considerable losses now that we've done it this is a message being sent out from saxony tonight a large majority of people who are standing up in a positive way for this country who want something the friendly saxony has one many thanks to all of you but it will be hard for saxony c.d.u. to form a coalition the center left s.p.d. and environmentalist greens did too poorly state premier michelle catch my eye has ruled out a coalition with the far right f.t. the state's 2nd strongest party which picked up a far greater share of votes than in the last election. the f.t. also won more votes in brandenburg also becoming the 2nd strongest party there but they fell short of the victory they hoped

leader brandenburg would hardly survive this election result clearly he wants to see the f.t. become the next big tent party he said so and also pushed it and we heard it from his in his very own words set the agenda which you know arguably or actually undoubtedly if he has done in the past it has successfully set the agenda. also in this election campaign in these recent elections with the notable example of course of the green party which didn't rise as high as some polls predicted but clearly the issue of the environment was on the agenda that but it's interesting i was and i got in on it was somebody who didn't want the party to aim for government participation too fast it was always concerned that it could be too early for the party and clearly we're seeing here co-pastor a leader who's ready to go for it well the other co-leader who was out there press covers your morton he stressed that these 2 regional results or an improvement in the party's virgina significant to must be said nearly doubled are showing how significant is that surge in support for the. well there's 2

show the far right alternative for deutschland making gains in the former east german states of brandenburgo win the largest vote share in either area. the poll shows victories for establishment parties, with the centre—left social democrats winning brandenburg, and angela merkel‘s cdu maintaining control of saxony. our berlin correspondent damien mcguinness has been assessing the significance of the exit polls for those establishment parties. there are two main themes here, one of which is how did angela merkel‘s party, the main party, do in the election is? the incumbents are likely to stay in government. angela merkel‘s conservatives who have ruled in saxony since reunification, are likely to stay, and the social democrats in brandenburg who have also ruled since reunification. there had been fears in those parties at the populist would push them both out of government. that would have been disastrous for either party, and would have sparked a crisis in the national government, in angela merkel‘s coalition, because both parties are struggling with various internal rows at the moment, and

at the city's famous brandenburg gate to listen to speeches and live music friday for future strikes are taking place in more than 500 towns and cities across germany. joining me now is our correspondent on how much time she is standing by at the brandenburg gate welcome really tell us what's being planned in the german capital today. i am series yes i'm standing here just a few 100 meters from the brandenburg gate where the main protest that's happening here in berlin has kicked off with a huge concert it's jarring silent and sobs of peoples the organizers have talked about $80000.00 people attending this protest here in the capital and now this lonely marching towards the city center and will then ends up in front of the brandenburg gate again but there are more protests going on in the capital throughout the whole afternoon there's a bicycle protest planned raise protest the protestant churches called it's great congregation to ring the church bells so they are all sorts of protests going on here in berlin so we can see lots of pics i think young people behind me but the activists

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on sunday voters in the state of brandenburg will elect a new parliament survey suggest a tight contest with 5 parties closely matched the far right a.f.p. thinks it's leading the race and if that proves accurate when the votes are finally counted it would make brandenburg the 1st state in the whole country where a far right party tops the poll john mccain explains. on a warm summer evening in you even these people have come to hear from the far right party the speaker is and they are skull bits the party's lead candidate in brandenburg and according to german media a man linked to neo nazi groups he denies some but not all of the claims the f.d.a. is popular in several areas of this state where unemployment remains higher than the national average and towns like lugar have an aging population although the immigrant population here is tiny his message is uncompromising on their product than still are we demand criminal so-called refugees who can eat imported must 1st be in prison it one thing is clear integration means you adapt to the country it does not mean the country adapts to you.

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correspondent dominic cain joins us live here on the news from brandenburg in germany what's at stake in these elections. peter to be quite clear about this 2 parliaments in key east german state some tanning in front of one of them here in potsdam the capital of brandenburg let's be clear here these 2 states they have a population of electorate anyway 5 and a half 1000000 east germans who will be going to the polls today and of course it means therefore they might choose new governments these 2 states are governed by a combination in separate in the separate states of the christian democrats in saxony and the social democrats here in potsdam in brandenburg so quite clearly you have the sense that while the voters do they want to change the government are they happy with the governments but they've had until now this state is governed by a coalition a red red coalition they call it which mean the social democrats and the old communist party the left party you mentioned the fact that it's the we are in the old east germany clearly that's an issue in this election so as we say very clea

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remains the strongest party in brandenburg but they need 2 coalition partners to be able to rule. that means that we continue to face great challenges in this country to reach out to the people and work together with them that is my goal for the coming years as well. there is one thing that almost all parties can be happy about voter participation has risen considerably and both german states. you see them political correspondent hans brandt is with me in the studio welcome hans as we saw huge gains by the if team those 2 regional elections in eastern germany in one state they double the numbers in another the one was troubled what do these gains by the far right tell us about the country as a whole but to want to some extent we have to put this a little bit into perspective if you look at other recent elections the european parliamentary elections also the elections to the federal german parliament in late 2017 compared to the showings of the f.t. at that time it has not gained that much but compared to the previous elections in these federal states they have made significant the

in brandenburg, the afd would have hoped to win the most votes.s and even, one day, in the government. because at the moments, no other party will work with the afd. they're seen as toxic but if a party wins the most votes ina region, but if a party wins the most votes in a region, like these elections today, that would have changed the game. you could not ignore them eventually and there would've been growing pressure and on angela merkel and the conservatives to possibly one day work with the afd. that has not happened, so the afd certainly in second place. damien, thank you very much. damien mcguinness in berlin. joining me analyze those early projections in the states of brandenberg and saxony is damien mcguinness, correspondent how much of a force have the afd becoming germany coachella clearly they have become a force. -- the calm in germany? 30 years after the reunification of not only the people that are governing have come in from the west, but there is no infrastructure, no jobs, in from the west, but there is no infrastructure, nojobs,

we are getting some exit polls from brandenburg.s who currently lead a coalition governing the state are likely to emerge with around 27.5% of the vote. alternative for germany's vote has risen to 22.5%. angela merkel‘s party, the cdu, are on 15.5%. and the greens — whose vote share has also risen — are on 10%. and here's the exit poll from saxony. let's just take a look at those figures. chancellor merkel‘s cdu party look set to remain as the largest party there with around 32% of the vote. alternative for germany have made gains, however. they are on 27.5%. the greens are on 9%. and the social democrats are on 8%. let's get the latest from our correspondence in germany, damien mcguinness. it can be, at first glance, a quick confusing picture. there were two trends. firstly, the afd come that far right oculus party you mentioned, how did they do? —— populist party. they have done well, but they have not done quite as well as they hoped because, in brandenburg, until today, they were neck and neck with the ruling ce ntreleft neck an

going to merkel's party and have coalition partners dominic cain has more now from pot step and brandenburg. he had hoped it's far right agenda would persuade east germans to put it 1st in the event the party came a close 2nd but more than doubled its vote in the process and struck deep into the mainstream parties heart was i would have hoped the icing on the cake we would become the strongest party but this result this exit poll shows one thing the f.d.a. has come to stay politics without us will no longer be possible their opponents in saxony with the center right christian democrats who governed there since 1990 but who lost more than 80000 votes to the f.t. and yet still emerge clear in 1st place for them there now begins the difficult process of trying to build a coalition with parties of the center and the center left out of this shot we did it and this is a message that we send from saxony a large majority of people want to represent the state in a positive way and want to achieve things differently side of saxony has won. it was also a difficult night for the social democrats who ar

joining me now is my colleague michael who was at the elections in brandenburg indeed you were one of the people talking to those people involved in the arts so what were just tell us what the atmosphere was like a elections were crazy enough in the end i have experienced a great relief in the culture saying because everybody was expecting the worse and that is a right wing party in the government but a lot of people vote for that day and now the culture c. has to deal with that and now everyone is willing to face the dialogue and to look forward and to stand up more than ever for better use like freedom and tolerance and when you told me that they become more political again. ok but why were artists working in the art scene so worried about the rise of this part of the a.f.p. well because they already observed some certain tendencies if team members already discussed in public good. it's and bad art and whether we need that at all so this could be the end of the freedom for the artist if you might think and even if there are no attacks financing could be reduced or radically cancelle

a rare sight this summer in the northeast of brandenburg. the birds have less offspring these days.eadow like this one is the ideal reading ground for cranes. here, the birds can find enough food. in these areas, the waters up to one meter high. this provides the cranes with enough protection against foxes and other while -- wild animals. now is to dig a little before he reaches water. >> it is already serious when a whole year passes by without a broad. it if it's only one year, they will survive. cranes can live well over 10 years. if this happens more often, it is serious. >> the drought is having dramatic consequences for other species besides the cranes. >> the eurasian bitten, which has been breeding here for 15 years. there are several others that did not meet this year because it was so try. -- mate this year because it was so dry. >> due to the lack of water, the biologist expects 500 fewer young cranes this year, then last. a quarter of the 10,000 or so pairs of cranes in germany next here, in brandenburg. >> if it happens a few years in a row, they might migrate. the ques

of both see the vote share drop significantly in brandenburg the s.p.d. managed to cling on to 1st place in the state gaining 27 and a half percent with the f.t. in 2nd on 22 and a half percent just south and saxony it's a similar picture with the f.t. securing $27.00 and a half percent of the vote behind merkel c.d.u. posse all 32 percent is a significant drop from the last election in 2014 dominic has been following the story for us from potsdam in brandenburg. was the day after you had hoped its far right agenda would persuade east germans to put it 1st in the event the party came a close 2nd but more than doubled its vote in the process and struck deep into the mainstream parties heartlands was i would have hoped the cake we would become the strongest party but this result this exit poll shows one thing they have to has come to stay politics without us will no longer be possible their opponents in saxony with the center right christian democrats who governed there since 1990 but who lost more than 80000 votes to the f.t. and yet still emerge clear in