c.d.u. angela merkel the party will most likely hold on to its majority vote bookies are taking bets on just how much it will be a row did and it could well be historic peace for all of us. and the situation in bavaria is an angle merkel's only headache right now with southern neighbor italy kicking up a fuss about berlin's migrant stance italy's interior minister matteo salvini has threatened to close his country's airports if germany goes ahead with rumored plans to send migrants back on chartered flights forty one in brussels is thinking of dumping dozens of immigrants in italy through on or through as chance of flights they should know there is not a move be any airport available we will close the airports we closed the pool. without limits and without rules would lead to design stuff is the difficult to understand criticize as much as you want on room stop the situation highlights the tensions between e.u. states over how to deal with asylum seekers italy wants an automatic distribution of migrants throughout the european union currently they are required to stay in the country of entry

c.d.u. angela merkel the party will most likely hold onto its majority vote bookies are taking bets on just how much it will be a row did and it could well be historic peace for all of us. a controversial right wing politician dubbed the trump of the tropics has won the first round of brazil's presidential election by a rather large margin however as they are both now failed to secure the fifty percent needed to avoid a second round runoff his supporters are crying fraud and have taken to the streets and protest. well yes. i feel pain and anguish because i know we didn't have a truly democratic elections. if there is a second round i'll feel frustrated and one hundred percent sure that there was fraud. ahead of the election there were numerous protests against both candidate with thousands taking part across the country his brush remarks on women and guns for example have exposed and deepened divisions in brazilian society and frequently provoked shock for a national report. yes brazilians cuts their ballots but we're going to see a second round as none of the candidates was able to get the

c.d.u. angela merkel the party will most likely hold onto its majority vote bookies are taking bets on just how much it will be a row did and it could well be historic peace for all of a. new u.n. report notes an appalling increase in the number of civilian casualties in afghanistan victims from bombings using improvised explosive does devices or i e d's have risen twenty one percent in the last year deaths from suicide attacks are even worse up forty six percent the report shares the story of a teenager injured in one such attack. i was taking part in a cricket match at the time after the game some of the guests were to give speeches but before those got underway i heard an explosion and saw smoke i saw my blood and realised i'd been injured i started running there was a second explosion and i fell to the ground and lost consciousness it's inhuman to attack players at a game. it's seventeen years since the start of the u.s. invasion of afghanistan despite the war the taliban has only increased its influence and now controls almost half the country we spoke to the director of the u.k.'s cri

system passing him very of angela merkel c.d.u. and the c.s.u. also takes on a special role it's within a party union with german chancellor angela merkel's party it always has a somewhat stronger voice than the other fifteen states in germany and it's also seen as yet another threshold for the far right if t. which looks pretty safe to enter the fifteen out of sixteen state parliaments here in germany with those regional elections in hesse's still to go in two weeks time and those might be the real test how much under threat are going to medical support base is because this trauma here is already factored in very quickly michel of the far right if he is likely to enter the bar with the bavarian state parliament for the first time why have they managed to garner such support in the region. well this is an interesting question i mean it really is is it the weakness of the conservative c.s.u. or is it the strength of the f.t. it's polling at around ten percent here yes that is a strong so in particular in comparison to the established social democra

angela merkel's c.d.u. sister party in bavaria with them he was eventually put catered by saying that there would be caps on the amount of refugees and migrants settled in welcomed into germany. but popularity remained very very low in the popularity of the coalition suffered and most of that suffering was at the hands of angela merkel's migration policies it was a huge issue going into the election in twenty seventeen and it's dogged the coalition as it's tried to try to rule since. what we can expect though is that we're not over yet when it comes to the the roller coaster if we can call it this is about exciting as german politics gets i've been following it for a long time now we are going to a lot of where we end up next is going to be based on what decision the c.d.u. membership make on who is going to rule the party next and whether they can rule the party along with angela merkel sitting in the chancellor's office plenty more to come on this. pete on of a keeping across this story for us live from t

to hear what we've been reporting on all morning this news about chancellor angela merkel we have also heard from different c.d.u. officials that have been coming in here throughout the day for key meetings they have mentioned for example that that decision by angela merkel gives the party an opportunity to open a bit more debate about a possible successor although obviously they have been very careful when it comes to mentioning possible name saying that those decisions an announcement that will have to be made at a different point and time they have also stressed that the decision by i'm going to monaco can also pave the way for the c.d.u. to gain back some of the strength that it previously had strength that it suffered very clearly strength that it lost very clearly for example in the has the elections yesterday and in the various elections sister party c.s.u. a few weeks ago and that have obviously created all this debate here of the future of the c.d.u. the future of the c.d.u. leadership on the future of the chancellery as well and just as you said the press conference of behind is due to start any minute

economic powerhouse and the biggest city in the southwest and german state governed by angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. and the green party after twenty years in power the conservatives are bracing for huge losses as has heads to the polls. but this time around the state election isn't only about local politics how hesse's four million voters cast their ballots on sunday could have huge repercussions in berlin not least of all the german chancellor angela merkel despite projecting an image of stability on the campaign trail and has a macro has every reason to be concerned conservatives are at a record low the worst case scenario would be if her close ally and has a say premier focal booth v.a. what pushed out of office months of squabbling and debates over migration and personnel it federal level have overshadowed the has a state election it's built on sunday the vote is about has. then we'll talk about berlin. i think this is important because the has a state government and this is a credit to focus off year showed how one can achieve great results without quarrels and kemah. this describe. even in h

pen and the various sets of former regional governments by the end of the day sister party to angela merkel c.d.u. the c.s.u. has long held dominance here in bavaria since the second world war but things are changing let's take a look at who's fighting to see. the . pre-election polls show us that the c.s.d. are expected to suffer losses so voters are thought to be leaving towards the end day the alternative for germany party that is set to make their debut with around ten percent of the phase but those who don't like the strong rhetoric of the f.d.a. are tending towards the left towards the greens who are expected to make around twenty percent of the votes this is very well known among the journalists and also among the. kind of copying our program is the losing massive losing the people we've got the big part or four of their electorates. will be shoestring voters they're also thought. to be punishing the c.s.u. of issues such as immigration has pushed the c.d.u. atmosphere to breaking point and the c.f.c.'s top party candidate thinks he knows who's to blame these are all numbers that are heavi

a while as turmoil within angela merkel's own party the c.d.u. as well as it by proxy the social democrat coalition partners it was a very good evening for two of the smaller parties in germany the green party who i don't think you really can call smaller party these days they've been resurgent and continue they have twenty percent of the vote tying with the social democrats they of course were almost down and out last year they crept over the line into the bundestag barely but in bavaria and now it has so we've seen them resurgent also taking making ground there was the alternative for germany party they enter that has a parliament for the first time that means they're now represented in all of the sixteen states parliaments in germany as well as the bundestag they're not going to take on any leadership role if all the other parties have said they won't form a coalition with alternative germy they've proved to be controversial from their start up and continue to be controversial as they move into a more mean straight mainstream role of having re

election campaigns come to a close even the polls say it's time for our state system party to angela merkel c.d.u. c.s.u. looks set to lose the dominance it's held in bavaria since the second world war even taste sound tradition is apparently losing its appeal. now the c.s. use launched major rallies in a desperate and final attempt to attract states though to swing ahead angela merkel's compassionate micra stance is expected as the various took in the second highest number of asylum seekers house and sixteen regions in the country at the height of the migrant crisis twenty thousand the private meeting of the states it sounds not everyone was happy about least you see. it. now the alternative to germany party or the f. day is on the fifth day of entering the very end parliament for the first time that even claiming that the ruling vivarium party is stealing the campaign talking but this is very well known among the journalists and also among the seniors who is kind of copying our dream to fly it's wonderful. to. be. at least. the u.s. services and international partners have temporarily suspended

losses in the central state of has said despite coming first in the vote chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. scored its worst result in the state in more than fifty years losing significant ground to smaller parties michael's coalition partners in berlin the central left s.p.d. the social democrats polled their worst result and has since world war two. and let's go right to our political correspondent thomas sparrow he's standing by at the s.p.d. headquarters in berlin a where a press conference is going on at the moment thomas you know we've seen two state elections this month and bavaria and has said to terrible results for the for the social democrats what are going to be the consequences. also i mean first of all you have to forgive me for not being able to speak very loudly but as you can probably see behind me and not is the lead candidate in speaking there at precisely i don't rise ing the results of that election has and they're talking in particular about a two fold strategy what's going to happen in the party now on the one hundred internally in other words trying to strengthen th

system party to angela merkel c.d.u. c.s.u. looks set to lose the dominance it held in bavaria to the second world war even taste and tradition is apparently losing its appeal. in. the now the c.i.s. use launched major rallies in a desperate and final attempt to attract those. votes to swing there that angela merkel's compassionate micra stance is expected as the various took in the second highest number of asylum seekers house and sixteen regions in the country at the height of the migrant crisis twenty five thousand arrived at munich station not everyone was happy about. it. now the alternative for germany party or the f.d.a. is on the third day of entering the very end parliament for the first time that even claiming that the ruling vivarium party is stealing the campaign thinking this is very well known among the journalists and also among the people who are the. kind of copying our program is losing massive losing the people of god big part of their like to write if this is the case then the gambling got fired those who ar

that it happened just two weeks ago in bavaria there was equally as disastrous results for angela merkel c.d.u. c.s.u. union there. what we have heard and what we did hear in the immediate aftermath of those results were comments both from inside her own party and from her coalition partners saying that this was really the end of the line. solution to the state of the government isn't acceptable we therefore expect this city you to take appropriate action. this evening there was a very mixed message has there wants the christian democratic union to continue leading this state many people have shown during this election that it must be different not in hester but in berlin. well while the s.p.d. and the c.d.u. him ridged votes in those votes had to go somewhere and they went to two of the well smaller parties in germany the green party will start off with they picked up twenty percent around there in the polls can't really call in one of the smaller parties these days but you've cast your mind back just a year and they barely limped their way into the blunder star they barely got past the thres

party leader the course being liberal variances the party to angela merkel's c.d.u. horse they hope is also the interior minister. and he could well we could see his departure in the coming days but of course of that we've seen in recent months he is very much out to get and i don't think that we'll see him leaving without him kicking and screaming and quite possibly trying to take down with him because we've seen recently his actions particularly when it comes to migration and also the close crisis recently the former spy chief in germany has almost brought the government down brought the german government down twice and so now it three is it going to be three strikes and everyone's out it's really. interesting to see these wranglings within the conservative bloc i mean you mentioned that horse if say off from a tape take michael down with him but i'd like to ask you konstantin because we saw a really measured tone from the. cd you general secretary a short time ago i mean how do you think that marable's party is going to now handle this major loss from its sister p

economic powerhouse and the biggest city in has the southwest and german state governed by angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. and the green party after twenty years in power the conservatives are bracing for huge losses as has heads to the polls. but this time around the state election isn't only about local politics how hesse's four million voters cast their ballots on sunday could have huge repercussions in berlin not least of all the german chancellor. despite projecting an image of stability on the campaign trail and has a macro has every reason to be concerned the conservatives are at a record low the worst case scenario would be a close ally and has a say premier focal bouvier what pushed out of office months of squabbling and debates over migration and personnel it federal level have overshadowed the has a state election it's built on sunday the vote is about has. then we'll talk about berlin. i think this is because important. the has the state government and this is credit to fuck up a few showed how one can achieve great results without quarrels and kemah. though this despite. even in hesse's cath

c.d.u. and c.s.u. headed up by angela merkel dissatisfaction with angola merkel's government is reasonably high here in germany but what these recent polls show is that if an election was to be held tomorrow well the chancellor wouldn't have enough votes to put together the current coalition government in a considerable minority among the german population has lost its trust into the christian democratic union into the social democratic party end of the established politics and media system voting for the f.t. is mostly or even completely an emotionally driven voting those who vote for the a of d. simply want to be clear we have lost trust in the its political parties will want to punish them and the most severe punishment for the political establishment is looking for the f.t. and this is how the things are going on in germany right now. first it was the presidential elections the assault on american democracy now those russian trolls are up to something even more sinister they've had a galaxy not so far far away are partly targeting hollywood and the star wars franchise. hey america they stole your e

c.d.u. as a party not just angela merkel well that is when she's deemed that she needs to step down so she will step down as chair of the party says that she will remain. chancellor says she wants to see it out till twenty twenty one whether she lost that far i guess that all depends on who takes over from her as the new party chair which we should find out in december. europe correspondent pates all of a thanks for bringing us up to date. jim annoyer and pundits maximillian cross has a change is needed in the cd party but that will only happen if a critic of merkel is appointed leader. there is a change taking place is needed i guess so to me it's a very optimistic nears what future do you see for the cd party without mikel. i mean she remains the chancellor of the. city run t.v. they lose her as a chancellor. she's a member of to see you. i do think that so much would change if american say were it would become the popular leader everything would change if america becomes king leader because the end of the party could start to promote critics into political office so that. very uncomfortable.

c.d.u. and c.s.u. headed up by angela merkel dissatisfaction with angola merkel's government is reasonably high here in germany but what these recent polls show is that if an election was to be held tomorrow well the chancellor wouldn't have enough votes to put together the current coalition government in a considerable minority among the german population has lost its trust into the christian democratic union into the social democratic party end of the established politics and media system voting for that if he is mostly or even completely an emotionally driven voting those who vote for the a of d. simply want to be clear we have lost trust in the it's political party it's with want to punish them the most severe punishment for the political establishment is looking for the f.t. and this is how the things are going on in germany right now. and a foreigner silicon valley is home to progressive employers like tech giant apple alphabets and facebook and now everyone in the us they will have to keep in step after it made it a legal requirement for at least one woman to sit on the board of directors in eve

c.d.u. party it comes on the heels of chancellor angela merkel's seismic like and they'll submit that she is stepping down as party leader in december and stepping down as chancellor in two thousand and twenty one mr maritz said nothing today about aspirations to be the next chancellor but maneuvering to become the next c.d.u. party leader puts him on a direct course for the chancellor e. today's announcement ends in marriage his decade long self-imposed exile from german politics now at the beginning of this century he and i'm going to america they were rivals within the c.d.u. and we all know the history america would go on to become chancellor and in two thousand and nine merritt's called it quits we're now he wants back in and he wants to when the latest polls show him as the clear favorite to lead the party and the country and regarding his to mulch was passed with chancellor merkel today mr maritz almost sounded like mr magnanimous meet chancellor merkel's old rival the man she once ousted is back to challenge her . gets the cd unis renewal and a new stunt. the c.d.u. needs forward thi

c.d.u. speaking that's angela merkel sister party of course coalition partners on the national level as well what did you make of what she had to say it seems as if everyone is doing a bit of soul searching. you know what i i didn't think that she would say that this is you was lacking tailwind from berlin she said some such thing so she's saying to the tune of the sea is you and that i found fascinating i wouldn't have expected that so it seems this is sort of the the kind of thing where you know the you know you don't kick a lying dog you know you just want to be careful with those guys you don't want to stir anymore any more commotion in bavaria vidal's so she could have said much much sort of much stronger things like for a couple of you today before even the polls before even the election was over he said that these see as you did the the whole christian democracy in germany the union off the sea the us the sea is you a big disservice by the way in which the actor during this election campaign and now the general secretary of the c.d.u. is not echoing that kind of rhetoric she's actuall

c.d.u. politicians have been tight lipped refusing to answer many questions before the this news is actually to happen and get confirmation of the news that whether chancellor angela merkel will stand for party leadership or not but what is your sense of the mood and atmosphere there like thomas do you get a sense that the c.d.u. is a party in crisis mode right now. yes i do get the sense that the c.d.u. is a party which is now in a crisis it is not something that is probably new but that has been going on step by step and it obviously had a very bad day yesterday and has a very bad day in a very sister party the c.s.u. also a few weeks ago so it is something that has been going on and on and something else that i have been able to gather here today is the fact that anglo-american doesn't only have now big opposition externally maybe from other parties but also within the party there are voices that are becoming louder and louder and they are stressing certain areas where they do not and sara lee agreed directly with the chance of the chancellor for many many years here was seen as obviously the key leaders one that didn't present any other alternative but obviously now

c.d.u. . our political correspondent nina is covering the story for us hi nina to bombshell announcement from angela merkel she's stepping down as party leader in december and as chancellor and twenty twenty one where does this leave her coalition government. well the elections both in bavaria and in his suit in recent weeks delivered tremendously bad results for all the coalition parties that are involved in the current government coalition here in berlin and they were really really bad that was a lot of pressure that something needed to change and uncle michael believes that by announcing that she will step down as party chair and that she will not run for a fifth term as chancellor that she has somehow helped shift the focus away from those in a party in a coalition struggles and back to content and that the coalition can get back on track and actually tackle some of the projects that they have agreed on in the coalition treaty but then there are also voices who are saying that michael is weakened and that her announcements have we can turn even further in that those in a coalition struggles will only c

c.d.u. headquarters here in berlin at a press conference where chancellor angela merkel it took made a statementof then took questions from reporters asking her about a decision not to stand for party leader. in the party conference in december and also not to stand for the post of chancellor again peter craven political correspondent has been listening to those questions and answers in what mechelle has been thing. and if you can recap for us bitter what exactly did mick to face in her statement briefly and what do you make of the reason why she said she's not going to be fun for party leader and this is the last post of chancellor but i think you summed it up perfectly rigid that is four times in office you know intends to carry that through to the present chancellorship so that would be the four terms and. more quite an historic tell if it's a big tally but she is stepping down as of the party conference where a new party chair will be elected for conservative c.d.u. party why is she doing so i think there was there was an element of pragmatism in the reason this she gave the she said she adm

delivered a blow today to german chancellor angela merkel in regional elections the vote is widely being seen as a test of the national popularity of the conservative c.d.u. let's not take a look at the exit polls that have just come in. chancellor merkel's c.d.u. on twenty eight percent you can see them there. in black a fall of nine point seven percent from the last election in twenty fifteen the social democrats or s.p.d. well they received twenty percent of the vote for presenting ten point seven percent drop from the last election the greens managing one thousand point five percent representing a rise of eight point four percent the left party well they're on six point five percent meaning an increase of one point three since the last election and the liberal f.t.p. received seven point five percent of the vote a rise of two point five percent and the far right alternative for germany will they receive twenty twelve percent of the vote a rise of seven point nine percent. now joined by did up your political correspondents sign when young was going to take us through this time when the projected results have just been announced what do you make of the

blow today to german chancellor angela merkel in regional election the vote is widely being seen as a test of the national popularity of her party the conservative c.d.u. let's take a look now at the latest projections chancellor merkel's c.d.u. on twenty seven point eight percent presenting a drop of ten point five percent since the last his election in twenty fifteen the social democrats or s.p.d. managing one thousand point eight percent presenting a drop of ten point nine percent greens getting nineteen point four percent arise since the last election of eight point three percent the left party will their own six point six percent representing an increase of one point four percent the liberal free democrats or f.t.p. they managed to get seven point six percent and that represents a rise of two point six percent and the far right alternative for germany managed to get twelve point one percent of the vote for presenting an increase of eight percent. i'm joined now by did obvious political correspondent find one young someone take us through these results what do they mean the big parties here have each lost an average of ten percent from their previ

in local elections widely seen as another test of angela merkel's national government the chancellor's conservative christian democratic union the c.d.u. is defending its nineteen year hold on the region was previously a stronghold of the center left social democrats who are mobile's coalition partners in berlin this means a bad result for either of the parties could further destabilize that central government problems with documents and identity and making life even more difficult for many in south sudan issues date back to when the country became independent seven years ago as planes. every morning james comes to work to make tea and serve in the office he says it's one of the few jobs he could find that didn't need paperwork proving his identity he doesn't have any but that was not always the case. and. i came to khartoum from the south in nine hundred seventy six and had sudanese citizenship and married from here off to south sudan became independent i stayed here but lost my nationality is sudanese i need relatives to prove my claim i'm sell sudanese to get the nationality but all my close relatives a dead south sudan gained inde

c.d.u. conservatives that make up the coalition but there's a third problem for a. second problem i think i should probably say for angela merkel that whole see hope for is still around there have been some hopes that in. some quarters and maybe i'm going to medical share these hopes that if the candidate cabinet is going to be sitting firmly in the coalition to go she ations he's looking pretty smug about it he's talking about big plans for the future and this must move very disconcerting frank of america because he is peter constant disruption to coalition government since it was formed in march he's been bearing grudges against angela merkel in settling scores and so that is a real source of instability for angela merkel it leaves the coalition as a coalition that is more likely to drift apart than pull together. peter craven there talking with me earlier we have much more on that election our website w dot com time now for some of the other stories making the news today saudi arabia has warned it will retaliate against any sanctions imposed over the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi. the u.s. has threatened severe

angela merkel says this is her fourth and final term in office. today also announced that she will resign as head of her conservative c.d.u. party at the end of the year disastrous regional election results are just one factor forcing the chancellor to plan her departure after more than a decade in power also coming up no sign of survivors rescue workers and.

has come for change german chancellor angela merkel says this is her fourth and final term in office. today also announced that she will resign as head of her c.d.u. conservative party at the end of the year disastrous regional election results just one factor forcing the chancellor to plan her departure after more than a decade in power also coming up but as one leader prepares to exit another prepares to enter rio de janeiro's celebrates into the night its new president. the man they call the tropical trauma he's a right wing populist who has already bitterly divided the country. to review. good to have you with us tonight germany's chancellor angela merkel says that she will relinquish the leadership of her party in december and step down as chancellor at the next election in twenty twenty one the move follows disastrous results for her conservatives and recent state elections chancellor merkel has been at the for fraud of german politics for almost two decades but she has been under siege domestically since last year's national elections. an earthquake a bombshell a day of destiny there's been no shortage of drastic descriptions. announcement

in local elections widely seen as another test of angela merkel's national government the chancellor's conservative christian democratic union the c.d.u. is defending its nineteen year hold on the head the region was previously a stronghold of the center left social democrats who are mobile's coalition partners in berlin this means a bad result for either of the parties could further destabilize that central government problems with documents and identity and making life even more difficult for many in south sudan issues date back to when the country became independent seven years ago as planes. every morning james comes to work to make tea and serve in the office he says it's one of the few jobs he could find that didn't need paperwork proving his identity he doesn't have any but that was not always the case. and. i came to khartoum from the south in nine hundred seventy six and had sudanese citizenship and married from here off to south sudan became independent i stayed here but lost my nationality is sudanese i need relatives to prove my claim sell sudanese to get the nationality but all my close relatives a dead south sudan gained

angela merkel says this is her fourth and final term in office. today also announced that she will resign his head of her conservative c.d.u. party at the end of the year disastrous regional election results are just one factor forcing the chancellor to plan after more than a decade in power also coming up brazilian voters chosen a populist president. south america's biggest country sharply divided over the election of a former soldier a torture advocate and a self professed homophobe. goff it's good to have you with us tonight we know when the. scheduled to end germany's chancellor will today announce that she will relinquish the leadership of her political party in december and step down as chancellor at the next election in two thousand and twenty one the move follows disastrous results for her conservatives in recent state elections chancellor merkel has been at the forefront of german politics for almost two decades but she has been under siege domestically ever since last year's national elections. an earthquake a bombshell a day of destiny there's been no shortage of drastic descriptions for angle america's announcem

c.d.u. politicians and we will probably be able to gauge a bit better what i've been mentioning just now namely how big that opposition is within their own party ranks for angela merkel not only as chancellor but also as party leader and of course here the city headquarters waiting for a press conference to take place as soon as something does happen there we return live to you for now thomas farah thank you very much for being us up to date on the developments there and this return to our senior political correspondent with me in the studio. these divide this a sense of crisis one gets the sense at the moment within the c.d.u. party with all the people gathering there senior leaders coming in we talked and this comes just a day after a very bruising election vote the c.d.u. party as well as the s.p.d. that we come to them later in the stage of do you think chancellor merkel's decision could is linked directly to that election result. i think it is i mean what we've seen it would seem to disastrous election results in a row two weeks ago in bavaria for the for the c.s.u. to be the very end brunch among america's conservatives then yesterday evening in heston with the

long goodbye from a long time chancellor germany's angela merkel confirms this will be hunted down and that she would stand down as leader of the c.d.u. party who want to take over as the head of the conservative party will take a look at possible success says also coming up are really fired up people are angry that people are going to vote. but you would like to have elections just a week away and do not push by democrats to get out the vote would want.