well there were double digit drops in the polls for both the christian democratic union and the social democratic party of germany as well those votes went to a mixture the green party again doing very well in local elections they picked up around twenty percent of the vote a great night out for them they the big successes along with alternative for germany they picked up throughout thirteen percent of the vote they entered the parliament in for the first time they won't be for part of any coalition in parliament the every other party said they won't work with them there but this is the first one invented in has it now means that they are represented in all sixteen german state parliaments as well as being represented in the ponder stack their leadership ecstatic with the results on sunday evening. with the people's party the f.t. is now represented in every german region after the great success it has. well the big news going through angle of merkel the german chancellor saying that she won't run for reelection as the chairperson of the christian democratic union saying she will remai

well they were double digit drops in the polls for both the christian democratic union and the social democratic party of germany as well those votes went to a mixture the green party again doing very well in local elections they picked up around twenty.

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. or with the social democrats and the c.d.u. haemorrhaging votes in has said those votes to go somewhere in the beneficiaries word the green party who put it at the strong showing of the previously doing well in bavaria and also alternative for germany. and to the parliament and hester for the first time and now it means that they have representation in all sixteen states in germany as well as being represented in the national parliament the bundestag party leadership of the f.d.a. well they were ecstatic at the result with the people's party the f.t. is now represented in every german region after the great success it has but when it comes to angela merkel the christian democratic union in the coalition it's well held together with sticky tape and popsicle sticks at the moment it comes down to popularity and angela merkel's party has been hemorrhaging popularity since she made the d

appropriate action does house this evening there was a very mixed message has there once the christian democratic union to continue leading this state many people have shown during this election that it must be different not in hester lives. or moves afoot in the christian democratic you. perhaps in the chancellor's office itself but while the christian democratic union the social democrats took a pounding and it was the greens who how it came out as one of the biggest successes they took twenty percent they romping forward out of nowhere if you think that just last year they looked almost out of it limping across the line into the the bundestag now they've they've made great gains in bavaria now in hessen and also. election if you take as a big success for the alternative for germany party they received thirteen percent of the vote there into the parliament in hester for the first time that means that they now represented in all sixteen of the state parliaments of germany as well as of course be represented in the bundestag so a good night for them their leadership clearly very happy with the result.

christian democratic union after almost two decades in the job it follows another disappointing election performance this time in the state of her say where the c.d.u. suffered a slump in its share of the votes the move now throws open the race for who will succeed her c.d.u. leader she intends to stay on this german chancellor and her fourth term runs until twenty twenty years since. fastball at the next you do you party convention in december i will not run for the chair of the party secondly this fourth is the last one for me i will not run for chancellor during the twenty twenty one election nor will i seek a seat in the parliament. live now to bear lenin our europe correspondent peter oliver so merkel's stepping down as leader of her party what more can you tell us. or big changes are afoot here in germany and german politics. says she won't run for the position of party chair again she will remain as chancellor though how that works out well that old could depend on who takes over from her party chair if it's somebody from the right of the party the more traditional conservatives w

is evening there was a very mixed message has there once the christian democratic union chick. to new leading this state many people have shown during this election that it must be different not in hessen lives. well while angler merkel c.d.u. and her coalition partners the social democrats hemorrhaged votes in those votes had to go somewhere one place was to the green party they were resurgent again taking about twenty percent after they also surprised a lot of people by taking a whole load of votes in local elections in bavaria just two weeks ago surprising when you think about it that just over a year ago they just struggled in to the bundestag in the general elections they've come back resurgent also celebrating the results in will be alternative for germany the populist right wing party enters parliament in that they're in that state for the first time. it means now that they're represented in all states in germany all sixteen different states as well as the national parliament their leadership understandably will elated at the results from sunday. with the people's party

party leader of the christian democratic union after almost two decades in the job it follows another disappointing election performance this time in the state of her say where the c.d.u. suffered a slump in its share of the vote the move now throws open the race for who will succeed her c.d.u. leader she intends to stay on as chairman chancellor and her fourth term runs until twenty twenty one this is off to move. fast ball out the next you do you party convention in december i will not run for the chair of the party secondly this fourth time is the last one for me i will not run for chancellor during the twenty twenty one election nor will i seek a seat in the parliament. for more on this story we can cross over live to belin who are your correspondent peter all over so medical stepping down as leader of her party what more can you tell us on this. right well what this does is it puts in play an interesting situation and says she will remain as chancellor but is stepping down as the leader of the christian democratic union she had in the past said to jobs being the party leader and

social democrats and we're starting to hear more and more rumbles of discontent amongst the christian democratic union with the person at the top of the tree until a merkel. that's how this evening there was a very mixed message has there once the christian democratic union to continue leading this state many people have shown during this election must be different not in the. make no mistake though this isn't going to be the result that topples angola merkel however should her political tennis things start to come to an end well this may be seen as one of the thousand cuts that led to its demise. artie's europe correspondent pedro of a france they have played their lives morning. well for some in germany the rise in support for their visa real cause of concern because of his harsh stance on immigration most of things protesters turned out in front as the first results came out political analyst even meissner told us the ruling parties are going to have to change if they want to stay in power. state election of probably a proxy vote nationally as well that's not just a local thought it will definitely

on the back of the election result in hester which saw another double digit drop for the christian democratic union in a local election we saw her coalition partners in the social democrats as well as those within her own party in the region saying it was perhaps time for a change in berlin meaning mrs merkel. it's the state of the government isn't acceptable we therefore expect the c.d.u. to take appropriate action on the us house this evening there was a very mixed message has there once 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. a while as turmoil within angle of merkel's own party the c.d.u. as well as 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 bunde

and twenty one this follows earlier reports that she will step down as chairman of the christian democratic union party maker has led her party for eighteen years the move comes after disasters. medical school edition between conservatives and the social democrats in a brand of regional elections on sunday and bavaria earlier this month two names have been circulated as possible replacements. as the head of the c.d.u. party former head of the conservative block in the blender stuck mats and the card see the new secretary general on the great. gonna. be still waiting to live confirmation from the sea the u. headquarters we're also monitoring the body headquarters of the s.p.d. the other party the grand coalition as soon as we have confirmation from those two offices we've been talking with you thank you very much for company for now thank you very much and i'll see you again very soon you're watching the news coming to you live from london for me and with that she must have been a senior political editor thank you for that company. to one. last month it's like you're a superstar but i'm no superst

again were the wealthy parties representing the ruling grand coalition angela merkel's christian democratic union and the social democratic party both dropped around ten percent in the polls those votes going either to the greens or to alternative for germany for the most part what we have seen though is is the people turning away on a local level from problems they see on a national level it's not just voters that have been saying this as we heard from one senior c.d.u. party official after the exit polls were announced on sunday evening. evening there was a very mixed message has there once the christian democratic union to continue leading this state many people have shown during this election that it must be different not in his sense. of the suggestion there that there really needs to be a change at the top that it's angela merkel in berlin that's causing the problems that we're seeing reflected on local governments in the the sixteen german states don't get me wrong though this is no way going to be the result that topples angela merkel however it could be one of the thousand cuts that may

medicals old political rivals has just launched his campaign to succeed as leader of the christian democratic union party frederick metz is one of three high profile candidates vying to lead the center right c.d.u. after the chancellor announced on monday that she would end eighteen year stint as party leader in december the remaining as chancellor sixty two year old metz left politics ten years ago after losing the c.d.u. power struggle with machall today he dismissed concerns about new tensions with the chancellor if his leadership bid was successful launching his campaign today he said the c.d.u. which has suffered badly in recent polls needed an overhaul. it's what the c.d.u. needs now is a fresh start it needs renewal. the c.d.u. needs to engage in forward looking political debate. and in my view that means that the c.d.u. needs to create clarity about its core values. we need to make clear that this is a big tent party of the center and that it will remain that. a party in which those who aspires traditional economically liberal conservative values have their place alongside those who are mor

chancellor angela merkel's government early projections in the state of has put merkel's christian democratic union and their social democratic allies down ten points each the greens have nearly double the support to twenty percent sri lanka's president says the sacked prime minister was done because of a plot to assassinate him president series that made the claims during an address to the nation those were the headlines of course you follow those stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com more news in a half hour next on al-jazeera it's what they want east to stay with us. if you were in beijing looking out the pacific ocean you'd see american warships. somehow time is aiming to replace america and go around the world while the chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our first president george washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china to on a jazzy. it was an election that malaysia's government never expected to lose but in many ways after more than sixty years in power the ruling party

german chancellor angela merkel has decided not to run again for the chairmanship of the christian democratic union party merkel maintains she'll stay on as chancellor until the next election in three years time the party will meet next month to choose her successor both major parties in germany's governing coalition suffered heavy losses in the regional elections seen as a test for merkel preferred successor party secretary general. going to is a senior advisor at the political consultancy rasmussen global joins us now live from berlin good to have you with us so how much of a question mark does this development place on the merkel's future as chancellor. so as you said if she gets through with her master plan that her secretary general who she appointed on the grid can come on board or will be her successor then i think everything is playing very well in ur scenario because then she has not to be afraid of being. be a victim of any kind of political coup because she's a very loyal secretary general and there would be no need for her actually to question the position of america less chancellor but

angle america's christian democratic union form a parliamentary group with their bavarian system party the christian social union. they are bracing for disastrous results the c.s.u. has never been as low in opinion polls as it is now. does a lot an alarm bell we have to make efforts to strengthen the traditional parties again we have to work on getting the core of society excited about politics again. those most excited about politics are outside that core the far right a fifty party might enter the bavarian parliament. and i'm going to good mood of course we expected to get forty percent of the vote and the greens are also expected to do well the general trend sees smaller parties gaining from the larger party's losses the social democrats are also using voters. the blame game will almost certainly begin after the poor results the two big centrist parties are projected to get and many will point in this direction and hold chancellor america responsible for the decline of their. america's current government was formed just seven months ago the toughest period might lie your head follow

undergo medical is reportedly found him to give up leadership of the country's conservative christian democratic union medical is said to have to stop c.d.u. fissions she will not seek reelection as party chairwoman at a conference in early december mikel has led the c.d.u. for the last eighteen years a decision follows a bruising election defeat election in the state of has so conservative so all there was dissolved in half a century. and for more on the three i'm joined now by political correspondent peter craven in our studios welcome peter first of all how big a surprise will this be if the news is confirmed the chance that there will not be standing as the leader of a cd you bought it's a complete and utter sensation the question you were just asking i'm very sorry is this the beginning of the end you know we. both know down the years until america has had various crises and we've asked our question at times we've never really believed in it properly in our house of it's now from this moment on i do believe that this is the beginning of the end of angle america's long tenure as german chancellor

merkel's old political rivals has just launched his campaign to succeed her as leader of her christian democratic union party critic matt says one of three high profile candidates vying to lead the center right c.d.u. after the chancellor announced on monday that she will give up the party's leadership after eighteen years in december but stay on as chancellor is to matts or sixty two left politics to ten years ago after losing a power party power struggle with the chancellor he dismissed concerns of a new tensions with angle of machall if elected party leader launching his bed he said the c.d.u. has been suffering badly in recent polls and needs to be renewed. it's what the c.d.u. needs now is a fresh start it needs renewal. this year you need to engage in forward looking political debate. and in my view that means that the c.d.u. needs to create clarity about its core values. we need to make clear that this is a big tent party of the center and that it will remain that. a party in which those who aspires traditional economically liberal conservative values have their place alongside those who are mor

mean these events know how are taking place quickly melinda what would a friedrich merits christian democratic union party look like he hasn't given us a lot to go on so far but what we do know is that he is business friendly always has been both when he was back when he was a politician and now as a corporate lawyer for the last nine years he was also always a big advocate of tax reform of making the tax code so simple and a tax declaration so easy that could be written on the back of a coaster for a year so that probably indicates that he would implement more friendly business policies beyond that he made it clear that he wants to open the doors to let voters who have drifted away to the far right nationalist party return to the fold how exactly he would do that is unclear because they don't care about business friendly policies what they're interested in is migration stopping it he we do know that as a politician he was very much in favor of stricter measures for assimilation to what was known as leading german cultural values so possibly we would see something along those lines but it's hard to

another term as chancellor merkel is said to have told top officials in the conservative christian democratic union she will not be a candidate for reelection after her current in office that spies in two thousand and twenty one she would also reportedly give up opposition as a c.d.u. leader in coming weeks decision follows a bruising election in the state of has so but her conservatives saw their wallets result in half a century. for the very latest let's go live to our political correspondent thomas spiral he is at the christian democratic party headquarters told us a lot is the latest you can tell us from that. well the latest is that there will be a press conference in about an hour's time right here at c.d.u. headquarters in berlin earlier we saw top c.d.u. officials are rushing here past where we are standing and heading up to one of the rooms upstairs to precisely discuss all these latest developments that comes obviously before the press conferences that we're mentioning and this obviously reveals to what extent the c.d.u. views this as an extremely important moment the fact that anglo merk

she will step down as the christian democratic union party leader, a post she's held since 2000. according to the bbc, recent polls show the cdu party weakened after the german election, although it remains in power. the sister party suffered losses in state parliament. merkel will not pick who succeed her as the party lieader. >>> a trial in denver, colorado. a couple claims the smell of a cannabis -- is driving down the value of their property. tax valuations show > itte may b gting rid according to the telegraph, the bittish newspaper, jack dorsey said he would get rid of the function soon. the heart shaped like button was added a few years ago when twitter removed the favorite button. twitter is responding to reports today saying quote, we're rethinking everything about the service to ensure we're incentivizing healthy conversations that includes the like button. we're in the early stages of the work and have no plans to share right now. >>> they may be enemies on the gridiron every four years. but today the 49ers and raiders are coming together. the reason the two teams are

and a considerable minority among the german population there's a 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 if he simply wanted to be clear we have lost trust in the it's established political parties who want to punish them and the most severe punishment for the political establishment is voting for the a.f.p. and this is how the things are going on in germany right now. right to something a little different though first it was the presidential election that alleged assault on american democracy no those russian trolls are up to something even more sinister they've had a galaxy not so far far away apparently targeting hollywood and the star wars franchise. hey america the stole your election hey britain they stole your dream of a united europe democracy will never be the same because of russian memes thralls bartz well surely there is something still sacred in western culture affluent activity that we're l

the process on a national level one would expect us to join forces with in the christian social union the christian democratic union the grand coalition has not succeeded in doing what it was tried to do so far and the lesson that i have learned from yesterday's elections is that as the german chancellor behind the coalition need to do more to ensure that we regain people's trust and that we deliver on our promises and i will do that as best i can. in there was a good talk. today we didn't hold a very good day to talk about our trust in you because ten years ago today on thirteenth of october. two thousand and eight the dow jones in. dropped so dramatically more dramatically than it has since black monday. when a stock would you know him talk before that and the german stock exchange also fell down plummeted really and we put the stabilization. into practice that this measure i believe in and finance was not one that was supposed to help individual financial institutions it was about protecting our entire economy and in doing so protecting individual citizens as well on because of course the people in this co

what would a friedrich merz christian democratic union party look like?elinda: he has not given us a lot to go on so far, but we do know he is business friendly, always has been when he was a politician and now as a corporate lawyer for the last nine years. he was also always a big advocate for tax reform, of making the tax code so simple and a tax declaration so easy it could be written on the back of a coaster for beer. so that probably implicates that he would implicate more friendly business policies. beyond that, he makes it clear that he wants to open the doors to let voters who have drifted away to the far right nationalist afd party return to the full. how exactly he would do that is not clear, because they do not care about business friendly policies. what they are interested in is migration, stopping it. we do know as a politician he was very much in favor for stricter measures to assimilation to what was known as leading german cultural values. so, possibly we would see something along those lines but it is hard to say. what i do think we can s

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 political parties we want to punish them and the most severe punishment for the political establishment is looking for the a.f.p. and this is how the things are going on in germany right now. ok we had hoped to discuss with relationships expert on inequality experts about the comments of a british headmistress turned her fury against a reality dating show saying it's incompatible with trying to support harassment campaigns or anti housman campaigns we can bring into this hour but we're on to it and we will discuss it in the coming hours that's it for now though i'll have you next r.t. world news update in just over thirty minutes so you don't. accept the story. for the whole of the. old. i don't but this thought i love me. one of them so many you