now has a is at the c.s.u. party conference in munich for us need it recently the c.s.u. has taken on some of the far right viewpoints of the immigration a has that failed as a strategy. well migration is of course an extremely polarizing topic especially here in bavaria where the vast majority of refugees arrived in twenty fifteen many c.s.u. officials back then criticized anglo machall who's actually their sister party representative for her what they called her open door policy towards refugees and for a long time it sounded as though the seas he was trying to imitate the f.t. and poles then clearly show that that strategy didn't work that voters didn't like that at all and so the c.s.u. has now clearly changed its strategy in fact the state premier marcus souter who spoke earlier here in munich said that the c.s.u. needed to attack the a.f.d. he said the sea is you need to distance itself from the a.s.d. very clearly and i asked some of the high ranking c.s.u. official says how they're planning to win back the vote. we have to clearly show that we do. have a clear lin

nina that is the c.s.u. party conference in munich for us nina the varian conservatives rue the stays for more than seventy years and now it looks like they will lose the absolute majority so why is this so significant. speeches are underway at the moment right now and what we're hearing from says here fish is that they want to get the focus back on to the various forward states and many people here behind the scene say that the election campaign here in bavaria was distracted by what's happened on the national level let's not forget the series a very special party in that it is only elected in bavaria and so usually they focus on the strength of the economic strength of this special state in the south of germany but lately the election campaign has been distracted people say by events happening in berlin like they did the late this government coalition. now recently the party has taken on more far right few points facing the challenge from the anti immigration a.f.d. has that failed as a strategy. this is y

the c.s.u. party conference for us in munich mena recently the c.s.u. has taken on a more far rice few point facing the challenge from the anti immigration a.f.d. party has that failed as a strategy to think. well the series here consider themselves the most right wing party that should be sitting in a bit varian parliament and so that they're simply not used to competition from even further to the right of the political spectrum there were a lot of serious year facials to openly criticize angela merkel for her refugee policy in twenty fifteen and in the years since twenty fifteen and so now they have to bridge that gap between still representing democratic values but also a tough stance on migration and not lose people to the a gifty not lose voters and some people did take on an approach like costlier for the interior minister where sometimes he sounded extremely right wing populist and this strategy does not seem tough worked and that's what the polls show the sea issues are there to record low at the moment so i asked angelique unevil a member of th

as nina has is at the c.s.u. party conference in munich for us need it recently the c.s.u. has taken on some of the far right viewpoints of the immigration has that failed as a strategy. well migration is of course an extremely polarizing topic especially here in bavaria where the vast majority of refugees arrived in twenty fifteen many c.s.u. officials back then criticized angola machall who's actually there six step party representative for what they called her open door policy towards refugees and for a long time it sounded as though the seas he was trying to imitate the f.t. and poles then clearly show that that strategy didn't work that voters didn't like that at all and so the c.s.u. has now clearly changed its strategy in fact the state premier marcus souter who spoke earlier here in munich said that the c.s.u. needed to attack the a.f.p. he said the sea is you need to distance itself from the a.f.p. very clearly and i asked some of the high ranking says here official says how they're planning to win back the vote. they have to clearly show that we do. have a clear l

get mona is the c.s.u. minister for economic cooperation and development i'm talking to him about europe's responsibility for africa mr miller many europeans only seem to have noticed that africa borders the mediterranean since the refugee crisis european politics has long turned a blind dying to africa's problems you haven't but do you still hold yourself responsible. many people's knowledge of geography and history are indeed not the best including top ranking politician is. bad you can almost walk over to africa from gibraltar to say we. are histories are closely connected we have a great responsibility when it comes to our colonial past and. the what. do you reproach yourself for not making ourselves heard or did others not listen to you. and i put africa on top of the agenda from my first day in office. who oppressed and influenced me greatly prioritized this issue over fifteen years ago when for the former german president right i'm not the first with this focus and now that many african refugees have

but the c.s.u. distanced itself from far rights populism in his party had called for zero tolerance approach to anti semitism riots rangar radicalism and persecution of foreigners. sports news from germany now the main program of bundesliga matters has come to an end and yet again by a no they have three points the champions beat by a neighbor houston three one at home wells bug and had a hundred percent record over following an action packed two two draw blood but dealt. another big blow and there were victories for rb leipzig for two not. one on friday and there are two more games on sunday. the bundesliga table has a familiar look even after just three games of the season by and lead the way with nine points from nine hundred second after votes bug and had as droll in the bottom half you see that light zig have leapt up by the shelter and they've accused and are still stuck on zero points. the german capital bill lame is getting ready for the city's annual marathon on sunday the race is favored b

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is at the c.s.u. party conference in munich for us need it recently the c.s.u. has taken on some of the far right viewpoints of the anti immigration has that failed as a strategy. well migration is of course an extremely polarizing topic especially here in bavaria where the vast majority of refugees arrived in twenty fifteen many c.s.u. officials back then criticized anglo machall who's actually their sister party representative for her what they called her open door policy towards refugees and for a long time it sounded as though the seas he was trying to imitate the f.t. and poles then clearly show that that strategy didn't work that voters didn't like that at all and so the c.s.u. has now clearly changed its strategy in fact the state premier marcus souter who spoke earlier here in munich said that the sea is you need to attack the a.f.d. he said the sea is you need to distance itself from the f.t. very clearly and i asked some of the high ranking official says how they're planning to win back the voters. they have to clearly show that we do. have a clear lin

and c.s.u. to be successful and therefore i will support i think us wherever possible to catholics and on all opposition parties declared cowardice defeat a clear sign that merkel's time as chancellor is coming to an end does this shows that mrs merkel can no longer rely on the support of her own group so i recommend that mrs merkel will vote of confidence that you're following the we call on the government to finally come to terms and to be a government again and not a divided bunch. for the m.p.'s of anglo-american is conservative party this is an unknown situation until now she had always the support of the majority that's not for sure and you know. joining me now is detail his political correspondent simon young from up on i'm interested yes simon how big a setback is this for america. there's no doubt this is a huge blow to angola medical's or thora see because there was somebody who'd been with her for so long he was the man responsible for making sure that conservatives in parliament vote

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servitor veliz in bavaria the c.s.u. have held a one day congress in munich to discuss strategy ahead of a key vietnam veteran in the state next month polls show the party could be heading towards its result more than sixty years as voters defect to other parties including the far right of team the popularity of the party is due to host who is also germany's interior minister drops to an all time low after he clashed on a number of issues including migration. it's meant to be a show of unity christine and social union had her say hoffa and the very end probably are marcus through their intended message to ferry i need to see a c for stability and to succeed. to make the various so successful and to make sure that we are out in front so that very obese everyone else in the game that's c.s.u. policy let's head into these final weeks with confidence. a month before the various state parliamentary elections the conservatives the polling badly at about thirty five percent many blame say hoffa's performances john an interior m

and c.s.u. leaders and i think that it's a very good sign that if we took the criticism of our decision on tuesday seriously and could resolve it i would like to thank i'm going to call and horsey home for taking up my initiative. an initiative that in theory at least should spell the end of the massive crisis and help lift the latest cloud over i'm going to merkel's government. our chief political editor make a local for has been following that story for us and she now joins me in the studio it's good to see you so we've just heard lawson will join the interior minister but no peeress for him is this enough to silence the critics was certainly and i'm not sure that will silence the critics but it goes some way to at least sending the message that one has listened to people who were outraged that somebody who openly contradicted the chancellor the head of a domestic intelligence agency who started playing politics really by making statements that really weren't backed up by facts that he produce

but the c.s.u. distanced itself from far right populism and his party had called for zero tolerance approach to anti semitism rights wing radicalism and persecution of foreigners. we stay in germany which has one of the lowest rates of home ownership in the developed world people here often prefer to rent but rents have been rising so much so that the national government has called a housing summit to discuss solutions munich in the south as the country's most expensive reds tenants they have been taking to the streets to demand more reasonable prices and more government action. there were about ten thousand of them outraged by munich's sky high rents and housing shortage munich's rents are the highest in all of germany over the last ten years they've spiked by sixty one percent on average these people.

and c.s.u. leaders and i think that it's a very good sign that we took the criticism of our decision on tuesday seriously and could result it i would like to thank i'm going to call and horsey hoffa taking up my initiative to see men in the city for. an initiative that in theory at least should spell the end of the modern crisis and help lift the latest cloud over unless. it's a will the clouds now be lifting to be a political correspondent simon young joins us now for more assignment on america there conceding she made a mistake but will this be enough to silence her critics well i think it should help calm things down brian you know it's not very often that the chancellor comes out makes a public apology like she's done to a couple of years ago she was sort of forced to admit that the country not been prepared for the large number of refugees who were arriving and she said she was sorry about that but here she said that what she's done is really a response to the fact that people in the countr

c.s.u. drops to twenty eight percent its worst result ever social democratic coalition partner s.p.d. is down to seventeen percent while the far right party has become the second strongest political force for the first time polling for the remaining parties has remained the same. weeks of public wrangling over what really happened on the streets of chemists with the f.d.a. and the extremist right closed ranks in demonstrations and the constant power struggle between matter and her interior minister horses. have hurt the government the promotion of germany's chief spy hunter a medical critic as a compromise way to remove him from office also appears to be backfiring on the very man who had the idea. machall critic and interior minister horsy who his approval ratings have plummeted eleven points since april to twenty eight percent. the head of the various conservative c.s.u. party is facing increasing criticism from within his own party ranks this latest poll again suggests the coalition wrang

and c.s.u. leaders and i think that it's a very good sign that we took the criticism of our decision on choose day seriously and could resolve it i would like to thank i'm going to call and horse a horse for taking up my initiative. an initiative that in theory at least should spell the end of the massive crisis and help lift the latest cloud over i'm going to merkel's government. and this morning america said she regretted mistakes had been made during the crisis and that she'd lost sight of the big picture have a listen. from that let me be clear last tuesday's decision was unconvincing when i asked myself why. last tuesday's decision i was too focused on the workings of the interior ministry and gave too little consideration to what people think rightly when they hear that someone is getting promoted. i deeply regret that this could happen that's because all that is. joining me now is the obvious political correspondent simon young at a parliamentary studio someone as we heard anglo-american

and c.s.u. need is i think that it's a very good sign that we took the criticism of our decision on choose a seriously and could resolve it i would like to thank i'm going to call on the whole say whole thing if it's taking up my initiative. an initiative that in theory at least should spell the end of the modern crisis and help lift the latest cloud over on the american government. well today we're shining a spotlight on those working to make the world a better place each year the right livelihood award honors those creating smart solutions for the environment and development the ward is known as the alternative nobel prize there are four winners this year and we've been looking at them across the day here on d w one of the winners. so don't go has been recognized for turning barren land into fertile forests and it's native for kenya so. when you said he would plant a forest in the desert his neighbors thought he was mad. but the forest grew. now somewhat travels around his native brook enough

here in germany chancellor angela merkel's conservative allies in bavaria c.s.u. have held a one day congress in munich to discuss strategy ahead of a key vote them election in the state next month full sure the party could be heading towards its worst result in more than sixty years as voters defect to other parties including the far right of deep the popularity of the party's leader. who is also germany's interior minister drops to an all time low offer he clashed with michael on a number of issues including migration. it's meant to be a show of unity christine social union had her say hoffa and the very end crimea marcus through their intended message that area needs to see a c. for stability and to succeed that's going to make the various so successful and to make sure that we are out in front so that very upbeat everyone else in the game that's c.s.u. policy let's head into these final weeks with confidence. a month before various state khana mention elections the conservatives the pardon back at about thirty five percent many blame say hoffa's performances j

and c.s.u. need is i think that it's a very good sign that we took the criticism of our decision on choose a seriously and could resolve it i would like to thank i'm going to call and horse a whole fifa taking up my initiative. an initiative that in theory at least should spell the end of the mountain crisis and help lift the latest cloud over unless. you. are chief political correspondent on a crane is following the story of the chancellor as they are caved into public pressure reversed a decision and apologised to voters for being out of touch what does this tell us about the current state of germany's government. it tells us first of all that the government remains riven with divisions not only between the two big parties the social democrats and the conservatives but within the conservative party itself it tells us secondly that the government is aware that these divisions and the government's preoccupation with internal conflicts are definitely costing it's support if you look at the latest

and c.s.u. to be successful and therefore i will support us where of a possible to help the conduct all opposition parties declared cowardice defeat a clear sign that marcos time as chancellor is coming to an end does cyc this shows that mrs merkel can no longer rely on the support of her own group so i recommend that mrs merkel will vote of confidence that you are following the we call on the government to finally come to terms and to be a government again and not a divided bunch. for the m.p.'s of anglo-american is conservative party this is an unknown situation until now she had always the support of the majority that's not for sure and you will. people are widely discriminated against in nigeria men caught engaging in homosexual acts in the north of the country and we still him to death in the south gay sex and same sex marriage can be punished with up to fourteen years in prison last month nearly sixteen men were arrested for attending a suspected gay party in lagos our correspondent found

allies under pressure the c.s.u. meet in munich as they scramble to stave off a challenge from the far right in upcoming elections polls suggest the party could be heading for its worst results in more than sixty years. good to have you with us at least four people have died in the u.s. as tropical storm florence batters the states of north and south carolina the national hurricane center says the storm is moving west at just over three kilometers per hour but it is dumping dangerous amounts of rain authorities warn of catastrophic flooding and say up to two point five million people could be left without power. in the. a neighbor describes terrifying scenes as the storm bordine. was very dark. and the wind being higher like it is now in the higher then so all you could see was water and it was very low. so. here with the figure out what's going on out there. further up the coast in new bern a huge storm surge left hundreds of residents trapped as the wolf has rose around them. i know i rescue crews used boats and mi

c.s.u. led by hostile and the social democrats s.p.d. leader andrea novice gave her reaction in berlin following the whole fiz and then cement. i have spoken again with the c.d.u. c.s.u. leaders and i think that it's a very good sign that we took the criticism of our decision on tuesday seriously and could result it i would like to thank i'm going to call and horsey hoffa for taking up my initiative. an initiative that in theory at least should spell the end of the massive crisis and help lift the latest cloud over i'm going to merkel's government. for more on this story i'm joined by the obvious political correspondent simon young welcome simon is so mohsin would stay in the interior ministry but he will not get a promotion this compromise will work and will actually. lessen the outrage being felt by the public over this issue well i think it's going to silence some of those particularly in the social democrat party who are very angry that their leader had agreed to allow them to move to a

and c.s.u. to be successful and therefore i will support i think houseware of a possible. catfish and all opposition parties declared cowardice defeat a clear sign that markets time as chancellor is coming to an end does this shows that mrs merkel can no longer rely on the support of her own group so i recommend that mrs merkel will vote of. then you fall and we call on the government to finally come to terms and to be a government again and not a divided bunch. for the m.p.'s of anglo americas conservative party this is an unknown situation until now she had always the support of the majority that's not for sure and you know. that's been our bringing up to some other stories making news around the wild american t.v. star bill cosby has been sentenced to between three and ten years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman the judge also declared him a sexually violent predator this means costin must undergo lifelong counseling is the first celebrity to be sent to jail for a sex crime since the start of the me two movement. the wife of malaysia's former prime

the head of the various conservative c.s.u. party is facing increasing criticism from within his own party ranks this latest poll again suggests that coalition wrangling is a major problem and is playing into the hands of the far right f.t. . so what do all those numbers in that survey mean douglas chief political editor joins us now from our parliamentary said yes we can or as they saw gains for the far right f.t. making it the second strongest spot in the country what does this mean for chancellor angela merkel. it is on to really stand their ground and going back to those voters which she vowed to do after those general elections which for the first time saw the far right if the end to the german parliament but the bottom line really is that there is way too much infighting in the government for this to be credible and that the one beneficiary is the party with a very simple messages which are mainly on migration which is the far right if the so a lot to be concerned over for german chancellor angela merkel and at the same t

here in germany chancellor angela merkel's conservative allies in bavaria the c.s.u. have held a one day congress in munich to discuss strategy ahead of a key bridge to make sure in the state next month polls show the party could be heading towards its result in more than sixty years as voters defect to other parties including the far right of d. the popularity of the party is due to hosts who is also germany's interior minister drops to an all time low after he clashed with america on a number of issues including migration. it's meant to be a sheriff unity christine social union had her say hoffa and the very end probably at. their intended.

tension between her and particular her interior minister horse they will far from the conservative c.s.u. sister party of bavaria with three weeks away from elections there but it does show that america has lost authorities within the coalition is under increasing pressure and really everybody here in berlin is just waiting for this election coming up in bavaria that's what horsy who tries to make politics about completely these days and we expect that he might actually even be gone their office will find out soon enough indeed the level editor of the thank you as always for breaking it all down for us. well now to some of the other stories making headlines this hour and iranian president hassan rouhani has lashed out at the united states following saturday's deadly attack on a military parade in the city of oz gunmen killed twenty five people including twelve soldiers civilians and a four year old girl rouhani said the quote bully u.s. and its gulf state allies had in the able the attack well for its part washington has dismissed the allegations swiss voters have rejected two proposals

politician to defend mohsen was his boss interior minister horst say hole for who heads the conservative c.s.u. one of miracles coalition partners. is a whole foot is expected to describe the details of mawson's new position on wednesday and to name his successor at germany's domestic intelligence agency. well here in the big table with me now with our political correspondent kate brady she has been on this story all day the story of the feet of mr moss and i think it's safe to say that everyone expected him after today or sometime this week to new longer be head of domestic intelligence but what comes after that i think none of us was expecting exactly there were rumors today in berlin that they that the coalition leaders were in fact going to reach a compromise but it was unclear all day exactly what that would be of course now we found out that as well as losing his position as the chief of germany's domestic intelligence service is actually at the same time being promoted which as you mentioned has now brought into question the credibility of the government and already this criticism for m

for mohsen but what happens if the interior minister as they hope for from miracle sister party the c.s.u. does not agree to another solution on mohsen what then i believe that he will come up with some compromise idea because otherwise he wouldn't have agreed to meet and talk at all with. the social democrats leader and the question is how could such a solution look like because i mean as you said already the guy was the man who was promoted instead of punished and that is something that caused great outrage so one has to find a solution where there is a new job for him where he at least earn more money than before this is the big issue you know that they have to find if there's nothing on the table at the end of these negotiations that would be a big loss for the social democrats and also because they wanted to have those negotiations but i don't think that the government could collapse because at the end of the day the social democrats have already agreed ones to this compromise with. political correspondent up in front of mark thank you. well it made history this year as the first ken