or thirty is visibly waning she's giving up the leadership of the christian democrats but chill stay on as chancellor my guest this week here in berlin is. one of germany's most famous and infamous politicians a former finance minister for the christian democrats.

but we must win back those we've lost in the last few years this will only work if we were a christian democratic union that welcomes people whatever their background but which is clearly identifiable with western christian and jewish values. the first one is about giving the members the chance to see these three candidates up close and personal and for them to work out which one they think can save their party forward and win the next general election just mine is it isn't distinguished by my feeling is if it defied it every scary impressed i feel a mess but the nicads come over so also very interesting. from the three candidates i prefer a speech now that's because i'm very happy that you come back into. politics and he was the most impressive funny. they all get the chance to cast their votes in december dominic came al-jazeera. prisoners in the syrian city of hama on hunger strike eleven political detainees have been told they'll be executed for taking part in peaceful demonstrations in twenty eleven and a horde of reports. from inside hamas central prison an appeal for help detainees and now

on the other hand there are people leaving voters leaving the christian democrats also changing to the green party the green party is not only profiting from the weakness of the social democrats so it's a completely impossible but at the moment it seems highly unlikely ok so that looks unlikely to hans now the new figures come into a battle for the c.d.u. party leadership there are three main candidates in line for the top conservative job whoever wins will have a good chance of becoming the next chancellor of the survey shows who german voters would pick for that job that michael's going to leave after eighteen years let's take a look forty three percent would go for an a good comp callen power or a k.k. as she's called it she's currently machall secretary general as a new party leader thirty two percent want a lawyer millionaire and former politician mass to succeed merkel only twelve percent prefer the current german health minister spawn. you know hans looking at these numbers are self has kind of handpicked a.k.k. as her successor this new survey shows she's a favorite amon

well here in germany top leaders from chancellor merkel's christian democrats are meeting have their berlin headquarters to discuss the party's future without her. one sticking point is whether the party should return to its conservative roots or remain more liberal centrist as it has under machall the chancellor says she intends to remain in office until all lections and twenty twenty one but her replacement as party leader will be voted on during a wider conference next month. let's turn to our political. assignment young standing by at c.u. headquarters right now good morning simon where is all american c.d.u. heading after it suffered some crushing losses in two recent state elections. well brian it's certainly thinking about how it can renew itself and what it can do to win back the confidence of its core supporters its traditional supporters and as you say a lot of people have been framing this as a battle between the liberal centrism that's represented by angle americal and i'm also destroyed conservatism that some of the candidates have already thrown their hats into the ring

one of germany's most famous and infamous politicians a former finance minister for the christian democrats now president of the paul.

one of germany's most famous and infamous politicians a former finance minister for the christian democrats now president of the parliament how long can a wounded.

politician turned lawyer says he can unite the divided christian democrat party as its leader matt says a staunch conservative who has been critical of medical in the past though he now says they could work together michael took over his position as parliamentary leader of the conservatives sixteen years ago. melinda crane spoke to patrick a german m.p. and member of a party and also a supporter of matt's candidacy. it's just in sport tell us how would the c.d.u. change if we teach math becomes party leader he says of himself that he is business friendly and conservative in values what would that mean in terms of policies i think we have a good situation now that we have three candidates in the conservative party for the leadership i think other parties would be really happy if they have got that situation i think it's a further math comes into power of leadership he can bring the different groups in the party together the conservative economic liberal group and also the ones who are very close to christian topics so i think he can bring these people together under one leadership he sai

but we must win back those we've lost in the last few years this will only work if we were a christian democratic union that welcomes people whatever their background but which is clearly identifiable with western christian and jewish values. the first one survived giving the members of these three candidates up close and personal and for them to work out which one they think can take the party forward and win the next general election and just mine a citizen distinguished by my feeling is to be defied every scary impressed by feeding but the nick had to come cause i was also very interesting. from the three candidates i prefer not because i'm very happy that you come back into. politics and he was so most impressive to me. they'll all get the chance to cast their votes in december when it came. time. in the united states thousands of people caught up in the california wildfires will be spending thanksgiving homeless so lives are also bracing for heavy rainfall as much as twenty centimeters of rain is expected by friday and the latest death toll has gone up to eighty three with hundreds of others

but we must win back those we've lost in the last few years this will only work if we were a christian democratic union that welcomes people whatever their background but which is clearly identifiable with western christian and jewish values. the first things are about giving the members the chance to see these three candidates up close and personal and for them to work out which one they think can set their party forward and when the next general election or just mine is it isn't distinguished by my feeling is to be defied it's very impressed i feel a mess but the nick had to come cause i was also very interesting. from the three candidates i prefer a fearless mounts because i'm very happy that you come back into. politics and he was the most impressive funny. they all get the chance to cast their votes in december dominic came al-jazeera. still to come here on the al-jazeera news hour in sport the racing driver he's back in formula one and she is after all this thing is on a crash course we'll be having that and the rest of the sport after the break. we've. we've. we've. we've we've. we've .

turn left or right but we must been have lost the last few years this will only work with our christian democratic union that welcomes people what the what the background but which is clearly identifiable of western christian and jewish values. the first things are about giving the members the chance to see these three candidates up close and personal and for them to work out which one they think can take their party forward and when the next general election so who is impressing them right now and just mine is it isn't this interest but my feeling is to be defied it every scary impressed i feed a mess but the nicads come caus i was also very interesting. from the three candidates i prefer still smarts because i'm very happy that you come back into. politics. he was the most impressive. they'll all get the chance to cast their votes in december dominic al-jazeera. the best. ranger refugees in bangladesh are in limbo after a repatriation deal between dhaka and the miramar government was put on hold mormon seven hundred thousand of them fled their homeland last year after a crackdown by mere miles m

but we must win back those we've lost in the last few years this will only work if we were a christian democratic union that welcomes people whatever their background but which is clearly identifiable with western christian and jewish values. the post was about giving the members the chance to see these candidates up close and personal and for them to work out which ones they think can take their party forward and women next general election or just i'm a citizen misunderstood my feeling is to be defied it every scary impressed i feed a mess but the nicads come caus i was also very interesting. from the three candidates i prefer village mats because i am very happy that you come back into. politics and he was the most impressive. they all get the chance to cast their votes in december dominic can al-jazeera. the board of japanese car firm listeners voted to sack carlos ghosn as chairman following his arrest this week goes been charged with financial misconduct he was detained after an internal investigation revealed he was using company money and under reporting his salary for years is also renee

one of these three will become the next christian democrat leader but to do so they must first convince their party one is close to anglo-american and seen by some as a natural successor for her competence in government of the watchwords mind the president if you like i shall feel instability i bring my personal outlook and previous experience as a federal minister and prime minister of stand if the question is about character and that's why i am the right candidate for you to elect my because then there is the young pretend who believes the party should move further right and reengage with voters lost during merkel's time in office ya. yes the turnout in the general election was up but our vote dropped lost people's trust voters sent us a message that things weren't going how they should like for example. they're asking themselves will they be able to drive their cars in the cities or not. finally there is anger america's former rival a man who left politics after being sidelined by her nearly ten years ago he's returned now to say the party needs reinvigoration are. funding for and vi

one of these three will become the next christian democrat leader but to do so they must first convince their party one is close to angle americal and seen by some as her natural successor for her competence in government are the watchwords i look there's an issue like this and. i bring my personal outlook and previous experience as a federal minister and prime minister of south and if the question is about character and that's why i am the right candidate for you to elect by me then there is the young pretender who believes the party should move further right and reengage with voters last during merkel's time in office ya. yes the turnout in the general election was up but our vote dropped last people's trust voters sent us a message that things weren't going how they should like for example or diesel they're asking themselves will they be able to drive their cars in the cities or not finally there is anger merkel's former rival a man who left politics after being sidelined by her nearly ten years ago he's returned now to say the party needs reinvigoration are you giving us more fundin

campaigning to try and be the next leader of the christian democratic union a just position so let's have a look at who the front runners are. for the c.d.u. is the start it's not about which single person is shining within the city but the party as a whole has to shine. abbreviates it's just a k.k.k. is the current general secretary of the christian democratic union party and frequently talked about as chosen was a catholic she really conservative opposed. to abortion however when it comes to migration she's always side with policy saying that they are in step with her religious beliefs she's also on side with policies internationally skeptical when it comes to russia but very keen on the. same old same old big problem k.k. could be that people got sick of the same old same old and that's the very reason that i'm. for grabs. spahn is a completely different story however the thirty eight year old health minister seems to hate everything mrs merkel stands for migration policy is the white elephant in the room according to mr spawn he opposes limited dual citizenship for young foreigne

is the current general secretary of the christian democratic union party and frequently talked about as angela merkel's chosen one a default catholic she is culturally conservative opposed to gay marriage and to abortion however when it comes to migration she's on side with angela merkel's policy saying that they are in step with her religious beliefs she's also on side with angela merkel's policies internationally skeptical when it comes to russia but very keen on e.u. cooperation same old same old big problem a.k.k. could be though the people got sick of the same old same old and that's the very reason that i'm glad merkel's job is up for grabs. spahn is a completely different story however the thirty eight year old health minister seems to hate everything mrs merkel stands for her migration policy is the white elephant in the room according to mr spann he opposes limited dual citizenship for young foreigners criticized attempts to loosen laws on advertising abortions and called for banning the book or in public he is liked by the right wing conservative element in the party to an

a member of the job report for just under the miracles of christian democrats he also knows friedrich meds very well they both come from the same area of western germany and mr burr took over the sea that mr millet vacated when he left parliament back in two thousand and nine mr bruce good to have you back on the show thank you we did you find out that mr maritz will campaign to become the next leader of your party i think it was a process the process started i think when we knew in our party that. will step back we knew that this is the last period as a chancellor and we knew some time in between two thousand and eighteen and two twenty twenty one she had to step back and now we had two elections in bavaria and we knew from the opinion polls that the results were not so lovely for our party we saw heston and i think everybody in our party had the imagination now machall will make a decision and she made a strong decision on monday this week were used were you surprised by that because you and i talked a couple weeks ago in the results in has that we're not that bad for your party rig

election results angela merkel's or thirty is visibly waning she's giving up the leadership of the christian democrats but she'll stay on as chancellor my guess this week here in berlin is vote gang schreiber one of germany's most famous and infamous politicians a former finance minister for the christian democrats now president of the parliament how long can a wounded angle. cling on to power. conflict welcome to communism. is this the beginning of the end. politics. yes of course she has announced it's. not run again for the president of the party and she has an on it's me into it's she will not run again after this period which by the way. is from twenty seventeen to twenty twenty one can she last that long till twenty twenty one. who did well too much so i think she has taken the right decision that the right time and the position of an elected chancellor in our constitution is on behalf of expertize we are. with the failure of the. constitution very strong once elected as chancellor you can only be through out against your own desire without. agreement if syria is in majority in parliament who el

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one of germany's most famous and infamous politicians a former finance minister for the christian democrats now president of the parliament how long can a wounded anger. cling on to power. welcome to conflicts or. is this the beginning of the end for angle of. politics. yes of course she has announced it's. not run again for the presidency of the party and she has been on it's mean it's she will not run again after this period which by the way. is from twenty seventeen to twenty twenty one can she last that long till twenty twenty one. hundred. not too much i think she has taken the right decision the third time and look the position of an elected chancellor in our constitution is on behalf of expertize we had with the failure of the. constitution very strong once elected as chancellor you can only be through out against your own without. agreement if syria is in majority in parliament who elected as a term that is by the way was also respect not signal not to be imagined in this given this given parliament position is constitution is strong but inside the party she has her critics and her

we have a new game a game where both the social democrats and the christian democrats will show clear alternatives for politics in germany. saudi arabia has announced they will cut oil exports by hof a million barrels a day despite various of a market shortfall following u.s. sanctions against iran i'll tell you a piece of news which is that december nominations of five hundred thousand barrels less than november so we are seeing it tapering off part of its year end part of it is maintenance so we will be shipping less in december than we are in november but u.s. president trying to pay a to hint that sanctions on iran's oil exports might not be tightened if crude prices start rolling again he added that the measures would a maybe get tougher trumpet ministration restored citations on iran pax third biggest oil producer on monday but the president calling may have been the absolute right decision. i gave some countries a break on the oil. i did it a little bit because they really asked for some help but i really did it because i don't want to drive prices up to one hundred dollars a b

we have a new game a game where both the social democrats and the christian democrats will show clear alternatives for politics in germany. has decided to slash its oil exports by half a million barrels a day when you send the global oil price climbing about seventy dollars a barrel i'll tell you a piece of news which is that december nominations are five hundred thousand barrels less than november so we are seeing a tapering off part of it is year end part of it is maintenance so we will be shipping less in december than we are in november. saudi arabia's decision a spalt fears of a supply shortage after the recent move by the west to reimpose citations on iran washington said it wanted to reduce iran's oil exports to zero although last week president added an exemption for a to country saying he did not want to cause a spike in the oil price i gave some countries a break on the oil. i did it a little bit because they really asked for some help but i really did it because i don't want to drive prices up to one hundred dollars a barrel or one hundred fifty dollars a barrel. economist

here in germany top leaders from chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats are meeting at their berlin headquarters to discuss the party's future after she stepped down a sticking point is whether the party should return to its conservative roots or remain more centrist as it has under marko's leadership americal said that she intends to remain chancellor until elections in twenty twenty one but her replacement as party leader will be voted on during a wider party conference in december. let's bring in political correspondent simon young who is standing by at c.d.u. headquarters in berlin simon two days of this meeting at c.d.u. headquarters has just finished where is merkel's c.d.u. heading now after suffering those crushing losses in recent reason a lections. yeah that's the big question that the c.d.u. leadership has been discussing here and of course after eighteen years with angela merkel in charge of this party it's a chance for them to reflect about how things should go forward how can they renew themselves and get back in touch with their conservative base so heading now

here in germany top leaders from chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats are meeting at their berland headquarters to discuss the party's future without her a second point is whether the party should return to its conservative roots or remain more centrist as it has and america's leadership americal says that she intends to remain chancellor until elections in twenty twenty one but her replacement as party leader will be voted on during a wider party conference in december. he let's bring in political correspondent simon young who is standing by at c.d.u. headquarters simon where is merkel c.d.u. heading after suffering crushing losses in recent regional elections. here sirrah what the cd you need leadership meeting in the headquarters building behind me you have got to do is work out where the party is going as you say and how to win back the support of their traditional supporters whether to stay with the centrism of anglo-american all or perhaps to the wheel to the rights and troy and back for instance some of those who in recent elections of drifted away from the christian

the sister party of i'm going to battles christian democrats he repeatedly challenge him at all and forced a showdown that made it to the collapse of the coalition government he's rubik resignation follows a poor showing in last month's the varian state elections. residents of the eastern ukraine regions controlled by russia back separatists have voted for local governments they went to the polls to choose heads of government and in a just such a in the self-proclaimed donetsk and luhansk people's republics separatists have battled ukrainian forces since two thousand and fourteen kids and the west say the bush is an achievement because it's conducted way ukraine has no control. giant wildfires continue to rage at both ends of california at least twenty five people have died in the blazes most of them in the northern mountain town of paradise which was almost entirely consumed by flames now of a one hundred people are still missing there more than eight thousand and five battling the fires and seven kind of phony thousands of homes have been evacuated officials say strong winds could worsen

chancellor to follow her officially enters the race to replace the chancellor as head of the christian democratic union party will she be able to fend off the two other leading contenders for the top job and in champions league football byron munich are trying to secure their spot in the last sixteen after some poor recent performances they are under fire nick is in need of a win we'll preview the map which. i've heard golf it's good to have you with us u.s. president double trumpet says that republicans defied history in the midterm elections yesterday in his first news conference since the vote from said that his vigorous campaigning allowed republicans to expand their majority in the. senate but the democrats they have taken control of the house of representatives a divided congress is the result the president warned democrats not to go after him in his administration now that they have the power to subpoena but he also reached out to democrats saying that he believed that they can work together hopefully we can all work together next year to continue delivering for the american people includi

with the right outcome, the democrats could stymie his plplans. and ththe fate for a christian woman accused of blasphemous me -- blasphemy in pakistan. we will talk about the woman's future. i'm brent goff, it is good to have you with us. iran is bowing to resist u.s. sanctions. this is targeting the oil and financial sectors. washington is promising to pile relentless pressure on iran. after pulling out of a nuclear deal can make, the u.s. wants to force iran to ban its weapons programs. the president of iran says his country is in an economic war withth the u.s. and that the sanctions will cause ordinary iranians to suffer. >> iranians think carefully about what they buy these days. especially when it comes to luxury goods. this woman says she mostly window shops because of economic hardship. >> high prices negatively impacts every individual and every family. people used to be happier. now whenever they want to buy something, they have to ask whether they really need it or not. food prices have doubled over the past year just under the threat of sanctions long before they t

on monday she was stepping down as party leader of the christian democratic union i what's more michael also said she would not run for german chancellor in the next federal election that is slated for twenty twenty one and michael's decision comes hard on the heels of our party's latest disappointing regional election performance this time in the state of where the c.d.u. suffered a double digit loss. the figures that came in overnight from the house and. action that's a wholly disappointing i'm bitter and toys and when that's what he does it can no longer be business as usual process after this result has now after the result and after the conflicts between the c.d.u. c.s.u. in summer and after the difficulties in forming a government coalition as the previous attempts to feel one between the cd is the c.s.u. f.t.p. and the lethality that is a thousand. fold began her political career after the fall of the berlin wall joining the c.d.u. in one thousand nine hundred nine ten years later she became the party's secretary general and then as leader in two thousand and two thousand and fiv

angela merkel has announced on monday that she was going to step down as party leader of the christian democratic union adding that she won't run the chance for a fifth time decision does come on the heels of her party's latest disappointing performance regional elections in the state of her. the figures that came in overnight from her selection a wholly disappointing and bitter boys did this politically it can no longer be business as usual for us after this result has after the result of the area after the conflicts between the c.d.u. c.s.u. in the summer and after all the difficulties in forming a government coalition as the previous attempts to form one between the c.d.u. c.s.u. f.t.p. and the green party fell through. angela merkel began her political career after the fall of the bird in war joining the c.d.u. in one nine hundred eighty nine ten years later she became the party secretary general and then its leader in two thousand and five merkel made history by becoming germany's first female chancellor and since then she's been reelected a further three times but over the last few years he