the christian democrats reject the initiative as does the far right alternative for germany party both call for a condemnation of every kind of extremism including from the far left they say not team urgency is an exaggerated term and they're not alone in this response to cities tours to says he says the declaration is a heavy blow to dresden. from the w.'s a piece of da welcome pizza justin has been struggling with this problem for a couple of years now why they declaring this emergency now it's not quite clear why they're making the move right now as you said dressed in the capitol has saxony the state or dress it is the capitol has kind of earned a reputation as the hotbed for the right wing in germany just 2 months ago 27.5 percent voted for the right wing if the party and is also asked we saw in that report the birthplace of the begin of movement. is also a place where blast summer we saw the city of neighboring city of kevin this explode pretty much of the fireball of his right wing violence after. the german man was stabbed allegedly by immigrants and so the the the problem is m

i'm nick spicer thanks for joining us the leader of the governing christian democrats here in germany has issued an ultimatum in a debate over her leadership as the c.d.u. begins its annual party conference and company con about told delegates she was prepared to quit if they didn't back her come convolve took over from chancellor angela merkel as c.d.u. leader last year but the party's popularity has continued to slide under her leadership. she went all the way and took on the challenge after several attacks in the weeks leading up to the cd use party conference and a great. post the big question to her party colleagues and leipsic. many of them i know if you feel that the road i want to go down is not the road you want to follow then let us talk about that today and let does end it today here and now today. how did the 1000 delegates react with this 7 minute standing ovation continuing 190 minute speech the party that passionately our the policy measures she wants to pursue in the future. isn't enough to be the repair service of the republican we need to become the workshop of the f

and the miracles christian democrats and they would like to see a lot more the left wing policies in there and if they don't get that then the clear implication is that the party will pull out of this current government well all i. could see huge catastrophic changes in general politics in the coming months . simon thanks so much for coming in. but another german party the far right alternative to germany also elected new late is at a party conference in the city of brown try the pair include. a 44 year old house painted turned politician from eastern germany. as a compromise candidate who has support from right wing as well as the extreme right wing factions of the party and incumbent was re-elected. outside the conference whole large crowds protested against the party. germany's biggest opposition party in terms of parliamentary seats and its main focus now is to gain control of government. well they have his cheek chief political editor has been covering that party conference and sent this assessment. the f.t. was become more professional more stable more mainstream its new leader

because she no longer leads the christian democrats you can hear behind me and it did come haven't i was speaking her successor who was elected at the party conference one year ago and has since been struggling to turn around the downward trend both in her own opinion polls but also in the polls and regional elections the c.d.u. is struggling and that trend is still continuing of this conservative big tent party at the same time it's very difficult to step out of the shadow of anger mckelvie 14 years ago to the day it became german chancellor for the very 1st time just when she was welcomed before she even said a word she received one minute and 38 seconds of standing ovations so it's a very long shot or to step out of going to come combo indeed well for an update come karaman it's been quite tough she's not uncontroversial have popularity has been dwindling can anything threaten her leadership there the party convention a revolt perhaps. well revolt there was a lot of talk about this the past couple of weeks that is off but we do expect to hear from mats who lost out to a year ago i

the german chancellor's crisis stricken christian democrats are holding their annual conference this weekend in the city of light beset by infighting over the party's political direction following a series of recent election setbacks the c.d.u. will be looking for ways of winning back popular support some members believe that can be achieved by moving further to the right limiting immigration and banning the islamic headscarf to school pupils. this must the wearing of the headscarf make small children already recognizable as outsiders such as in a pretty ground or in the schoolyard which we want to prevent in any case we do not exclude a ban as a last possible measure. the c.d.u. leaders says that young girls risk being marginalized if they wear religious clothing or claim supported to by some women's rights organizations which argue that veiling girls is a form of gender specific discrimination but muslim parents and religious organizations are not happy about the proposal. these discussions lead to a climate of fear and uncertainty muslims are experiencing every day discrimination

making significant gains political analyst rainer office told us that the christian democratic party is facing a crisis of identity and will attempt to reconnect with its conservative base. i think that this is a reaction which follows very bad election results in different eastern german states that party has a real problem it's going to lose its status as the people's party for the conservatives are of the population and as soon as turnitin for germany has started taking over this rule the hand of merkel c.d.u. is close so i guess it's. a sign of panic the c.d.u. may try and this is my observation tries to please the conservatives what would yours maging them believe they now finally asked that you're a suspect acting their opinions and interests have returned to taking more serious the concerns of. more conservative. parts of the population. concerning the open border policy merkel government. ukrainian authorities say they have detained a 2nd high ranking islamic state leader in just 7 days breaking down the case and the security implications here's artie's saskia tale. ukraine h

news these are our top stories members of germany's ruling christian democratic party have rallied around their leader and it could come out on by i had told delegates that she was prepared to quit if they didn't back her she took over from chancellor angela merkel as party leader last year but the party's popularity has plunged under her leadership. colombia's defense minister has confirmed the death of 3 people during clashes in the west of the country they were killed during nation.

the christian democrats reject the initiative as does the far right alternative for germany party both call for a condemnation of every kind of extremism including from the far left they say nazi emergency is an exaggerated term and they're not alone in this response the city's tours to says he says the declaration is a heavy blow to dresden. climate experts are warning that rising temperatures are rapidly melting the world's glaciers and threatening the world's water supply canadian ice climber will gad is using his skills to tell the world about this danger the united nations has dubbed him a mountain hero. will gad is on a mission ever since the canadian ice climber noticed that the world's biggest glaciers are melting he's been determined to spread the word from kenya's kilimanjaro to the ice sheets of greenland he's seeing the same trend. take people to the mountains and i show them on the map where the question should be and then we stand there and there's no glacier and it's really amazing to them and that's what we have to do is show people quite a change not just talk about gr

part of angela merkel‘s party, the christian democrats. this morning is saying, can labour when with these kind of policies. the interesting thing, when you unpack the numbers, whatjeremy corbyn is proposing in terms of public spending as a share of gdp is quite similar to german levels of spending. about 44, a0 5% levels of spending. about aa, a0 5% of gdp. it's a massive hike of whether uk is. in german commentary, these effectively not going to get elected. that is their view as prime minister with these spending levels in the uk. that is what happens in germany. let's look at benjamin netanyahu on germany. let's look at benjamin neta nyahu on the germany. let's look at benjamin netanyahu on the coverage in ha'aretz, charged with bribery, for fraud in the breach of trust. there was thinking that while he was in office, he couldn't be charged with any of those things but there's been any of those things but there's been a massive shift and it could be the end of his political career. there are massive stories erupting everywhere. in the

disappointed neville thinks this is why many people in this town would not vote for anglo macaws christian democratic party city who today rather the socialist left party all the far right alternative for germany ice tea party. reacts to a real indication has changed very little and voters are now reacting because for many years the syrian government has not implemented what it has promised the migration of voters from the c.d.u. to the f.t. is very unfortunate. after the fall of the wall hundreds of thousands of people moved away from the towns like to look for jobs elsewhere this time and many places it is true many into ghost towns but now the strange has slowly as instruments moved back to the former east germany. now booking a fossil has begun 3 days off national mourning for the $38.00 people who were killed in an attack on a convoy transporting mineworkers destroyed families are still waiting for release of the bodies of the deceased in a deadly ambush is among the deadliest attacks in the past 5 yes. this bus was carrying local workers from the cane made in gold mining company similar for whe

the christian democrats reject the initiative as does the far right alternative for germany party both call for a condemnation of every kind of extremism including from the far left they say nazi emergency is an exaggerated term and they're not alone in this response the city's tourist association says the declaration is a heavy blow to dresden. saturday was the day of the dead in mexico a holiday dedicated to prayer and remembrance for those who are no longer with us but mexico's border with the united states roman catholics from both countries gathered to remember migrants who lost their lives attempting to enter the u.s. . in ciudad juarez the sprawling city across the border from el paso texas priests and parishioners from both countries held a day of the dead mass asylum seekers hoping for hearings in the u.s. also attended the service some worshippers held signs reading we are all migrants going to look at the will they let me get you to the mass today is about at the 2nd when we mark holy cells and the passing of humans and by national church is a using this event to also rememb

the christian democrats reject the initiative as does the far right alternative for germany party both call for a condemnation of every kind of extremism including from the far left they say nazi emergency is an exaggerated term and they're not alone in this response the city's tourist dissociation says the declaration is a heavy blow to dresden. let's get more on this from the piece of pizza so the city council declared this nazi emergency now but right wing extremism is no a new problem. that's exactly right and you know we're coming up on the 30th anniversary of the fall the wall and we're seeing kind of what should've been a cause for celebration here in germany being overshadowed by the rise of the far right as we're seeing right now it's triggered a spirited debate about how this was possible you know germany has been a lot of time and money and energy trying to learn from mistakes of the nazi era but for many germans of my generation the nazis never went away you know they put on different clothes and then they started patrolled the streets with baseball bats terrorize people lo

or do have very relations through the christian democrats and the liberals but we also havether association like very forceful and association which is representing the family owned businesses which is a huge backbone of the german economy they're also lobbying hard for the government to actually make things easier for businesses in germany. i.e. that's why we're having or having at least the start of the debate whether we should not lower taxes for companies to make it easier to do business in germany as such. so, i guess the export industry will be a huge question or a huge question mark over the prospect of the export industry in germany and especially if you talk about manufacturing, such a huge and very influential sector and important sector in germany not only the kind but a lot of that depends on the car industry and they are still very much in contractual territory. you have seen that with the pmis lately that manufacturing still needs to recover and the question is whether we need a trade deal for that or whether it's too late because there are already so many unce

the leader of the ruling christian democrats here in germany has issued an ultimatum in a debate over her leadership. as the cdu began its annual party conference, she told delegates that she was prepared to quit if they did not back her. she took over from chancellor merkel as cdu leader last year, but the party's popularity has plunged under her leadership a d taken a hit in recent regional elections. >> she went all the way and took on the challenge. after several attacks to the conference, she posed the big question to her party colleagues in leipzig -- "if you feel that the road i want to go down is not the road you want to follow, then let's talk about that today and let us ended today here and now, today. -- let us a and it today here ad now, today." had do delegates react? with a 10-minute standing ovation. the party leader passionately outlined the party measures she wants to pursue in the future. "it is not enough to be the repair service of the republic. we need to look toward the future again." one of those in the audience was her harshest arrival. this time he seemed surp

helmut kohl was the chancellor of west germany from the christian democratic party. even helmut kohl the year before the wall came down was asked, do you think you will see german unification? he said, not in my lifetime. eric honecker said the wall will never come down and this will never happen. kohl was not prepared for this. when it happened they understood this was a tremendous moment. they knew what they had to do but there was a lot of uncertainty. for a while and not sure the soviets wouldn't counter react, which they didn't. host: pre-unification happened less than a year later. we are talking early october of 1990. why so quickly? when was it certain the reunification what happened? guest: once people could travel to the west more and more east germans set i will not stay here. i would rather live in westje germany. an attempt to keep people in east germany, helmut kohl decided to do a strange currency conversion with the east german valuehmark with the same as a west german deutschmark was w -- which was ridiculous because it wasn't. i think they realized

this is news these are top stories members of germany's ruling christian democratic party have rallied around their leader and it could come combo has told delegates that she was prepared to quit if they didn't back her she took over from chancellor angela merkel as party leader last year but the party's popularity has plunged under her leadership. colombian president evander has called for a national dialogue in a bid to end nationwide demonstrations against his.

politicians in the country just last june a pro refugee politician and member of merkel's christian democratic union party was brutally murdered at his house by a neo nazi extremist that also in the beginning of the year the i if their leader in bremen was badly beaten by 3 masked men these string of events are quite alarming because they are showing the trend of nazi resurgence such ultra right sentiment is out of the 3rd reich something that germans would like to leave in the past i guess from what right wing and left wing parties have said their own experience of death threats in danger of radicalism on both sides of the politicos both sides of the political spectrum. it is a problem this problem was long hide it in german public and it's good that. there is a version as of this problem and we have to. step up the fight against these kind of right wing terrorism we had a lot of threats for the local politicians of our party that are the there were bombs. placed near a hols this bombs exploded for us. in july. rooted to cause some more not everything lived or. burning of the car off another

this is news these are top stories members of germany's ruling christian democratic party have rallied around their leader and it could come combo has told delegates that she was prepared to quit if they didn't back her she took over from chancellor angela merkel as party leader last year but the party's popularity has plunged under her leadership. colombian president evander ok has called for a national dialogue in a bid to end nationwide demonstrations against.

targeting politicians in germany just june a refugee politician and member of the merkel's christian democratic union was brutally murdered at his house by a neo nazi extremist prior to the elections the leader of the c.d.u. mike moring was being threatened by a neo nazi group saying that he would be stabbed or they would use car bombs to disrupt his rallies if he did not stop campaigning and in the beginning of the year in january the leader of i if that is the leader of that i have to in but am and was badly attacked by 3 masked men and these string of events though are quite alarming because it shows the trend of neo nazi resurgence the city of that has than has even even is in a state of nazi emergency there is then has always attracted right wingers the group which is movement is happened to be a very strong there and it is happened this it happens to be a very strong hold for the national democratic party of the n.p.t. which is a far right group and the i if the alternative for germany party is quite popular in that region as well and it's very possible that this is happening because of t

welcome to the program the leader of germany's ruling christian democrats has delivered a stock message to her party back me or sack me as the cd you began its annual conference in eastern city of leipzig an exact copy catamount told party member she was prepared to quit if they didn't back is crap about took over from the chance of i'm going to mikala c.d.u. leave that last year the process population popularity has plunged and i had leadership that i must use in general elections it's about a challenge to her critics some potential replacements to decide whether she should be the one who led the party. when you hear them i know it says if you feel that the kind of germany that i have outlined today is not the kind of germany that you are looking at if you feel that the road that i want to go down is not the road that you want to follow then let us talk about that today and let us ended today and now today. the before and in of. their mindset if you feel that this is the kind of germany one that we should jointly follow this road if you feel the same desire to take responsibility and t

news these are our top stories and preserve german chancellor angela merkel's christian democratic union have gathered in life for their annual congress party leader. told delegates back me or sack me after suffering poor approval ratings since our election last year. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been indicted on corruption charges and will face trial for bribery fraud and breach of trust he's rejected the indictments as an attempted coup. fears of russian meddling in the u.k. his forthcoming elections have been rigged knighted evidence has emerged linking the prime minister boris johnson to a russian oligarch alexander lebedev british media have reported that mr johnson that the billionaire and former k.g.b. officer in 2018 at a party until recently is that medvedev had denied the meeting took place. and police and protesters have clashed during rallies in the colombian capital bachata tens of thousands of demonstrators opposed to the policies of president yvonne to create call for more economic equality and they are concerned about alleged plans to raise the minimum a

become a motion that the majority of the dresden council accepted against the vote of the christian democraticd, state of emergency is far exaggerated and this state of emergency regularly means that democratic rights are suspended, and s0 democratic rights are suspended, and so many of those liberal democrats who voted in favour of the motion are not very comfortable with the word, state of emergency. there must bea word, state of emergency. there must be a problem at some level with the far right as perceived by other politicians in the region. in dresden in 2018 there have been 60 crimes of attacks by far right groups and the so—called far right wing organisation pegida is strong in dresden, so it is a good idea that the town police, everybody else, schools and congregations are doing something about this. and the councillor who presented this motion also says declaring this state of emergency doesn't help things along in the short run, but of course, it creates something like more attention for the problem, and the negative side could be that it also brings more attention to those groups w

and she's known has lost ground in the opinion polls to falling below 20 percent today as her christian democrats begin their annual conference a.k.k. issued a blunt ultimatum to her critics back me or sack me. she went all the way and took on the challenge up to several attacks in the weeks leading up to the c.d.u. sponte conference and a great. post the big question to how party colleagues and leipsic. many of them i know say if you feel that the road i want to go down is not the road you want to follow then let us talk about that today and let does end it today here and now today. how did the 1000 delegates react with this 7 minute standing ovation continuing 190 minute speech the party that passionately our the policy measures she wants to pursue in the future. missionary isn't enough to be the repair service of the republic we need to become the workshop of the future again that's our goal that's what we want to do one time in my mind one of those in the audience was fleet ice melts revival and that's has attacked by k.k. several times in recent weeks this time he seemed surprisingly loyal a

this has become a motion that the majority of the council accepted against the vote of the christian democraticd some others as well have said the word state of emergency is far exaggerated, an estate of emergency regularly means that democratic rights are suspended, so many of those, even the liberal democrats who voted in favour of the motion, are not very comfortable with the word state of emergency. the irony there is that the liberal democratic people voted to withdraw rights from people voted to withdraw rights from people in the technical terms of an emergency is quite a far right thing to do, post to the far right. i have over complicated everything! but clearly there must be a problem at some level with the far right is perceived by other politicians in the region. in 2018, there have been 60 crimes or attacks by the far right wing groups and the far right wing organisation is very strong in dresden, so of course it is a good idea that the town police and everybody else, schools and congregations are doing something about this, and the man who presented this motion also says of course,

german chancellor i'm going to backhoes the christian democratic union has begun a 2 day party conference in leipzig officially the question of party leadership well it's not on the agenda but it is still expected to play a role since machall announced last year that she would not run as chancellor again there has been because trouble within the party on top of that the conservatives are still under pressure from side to maintain their position as the dominant party in germany politics. or the cd use leader and it can't count has been addressing party members now amid doubts over her need a ship she challenged her critics to decide whether she should be the one to continue leading the party take a listen. when you hear them mine insight says if you feel that the kind of germany that i have outlined today is not the kind of germany that you are looking if you feel that the road that i want to go down is not the road that you want to follow then let us talk about that today and let us that ended today here and now today. before in and for and of in your mind if you feel that this is the kin

politicians in the country just last june a pro refugee politician and member of merkel's christian democratic union party was brutally murdered at his house by a neo nazi extremist and prior to the elections that happened recently the leader of the c.d.u. mike moring was targeted by neo nazi groups of saying that they would stab him in the neck and that they will destroy his rallies with car bombs if he didn't step down and stop the campaigns his campaigns for the elections also in the beginning of the year if their leader in bremen was badly beaten by 3 masked men these string of events are quite alarming because the are showing the trend of neil neil a nazi resurgence the city of that is that has declared a state of nazi emergency that is then has always attracted right wingers and it is home to piggy the an islamic movement group it is also a stronghold for the national democratic party the n.p.t. which is a far right group in germany and the i if they which is quite popular in the region and all this is could partly be because of the recent migrant crisis that solver a 1000000 refugees fr

politicians in the country just last june a pro refugee politician and member of merkel's christian democratic union party was brutally murdered at his house by a neo nazi extremist also in the beginning of the year the i if their leader in bremen was badly beaten by 3 masked men these string of events are quite alarming because the are showing the trend of resurgence such ultra right sentiment is out of the 3rd reich something that germans would like to leave in the past. german politicians under a. back gave us their views on the apparent resurgence of violence on the country's political scene. is a problem this problem was long hide it in german population and it's good that now there is a. this problem and we have to. step up the fight against these kind of right wing terrorism we had a lot of threats for the local politicians of our party that the. place. exploded for us. in july. or the. burning down of the cotterell from the city. it's an expression of. office of a growing poisoning of the political. debate in many. parts of the right wing movement because. this is the sort of situation

because members of german chancellor angela merkel's christian democratic union have gathered in leipsic for the annual congress c.d.u. leader and it came to come can about one has been trying to dispel doubts over her ability for the job having battled poor approval ratings since her lection last year was. this is do you know news from by lane for more follow us on twitter at d w news over that our website w dot com. dr constantly contact visits a dentist's office which is different. and this is amazing because you don't see any pensions and can ensure that you are the sum of the flow of also for some people overcome their fear of dentists for ever. come up with a bright smile. on. her blanket be our fighters want to start families to become farmers or engineers every one of them as a plan for your children. summoning is kiss on the children who have already been the n.i.c.u. and those that will follow are part of a new kind of says. they could be the future of. colombia. granting opportunities global news that matters d. w. made from minds. there. isn't calculable. their egos consentua

johnson i'm going to back his christian democratic union kicks off a 2 day party conference in life sick today but one issue that is not set to feature prominently on the agenda is climate change that spurred greenpeace germany into action now activists walked off with the giant c. from the party logo at c.d.u. headquarters in berlin now they are trying to make the point that c. should stand for climate protection. and it could come kagame bowel was relaxed about the fact. so and so c. for christianity and sustainability won't do any harm to greenpeace either so we're happy to lend it to them for a while. caraballo there brushing aside criticism from greenpeace well it's not been an easy year for the c.d.u. leader on one hand she's having to put her stamp on a party long dominated by her previous s.-a angela merkel but kind of was a controversial choice from the start and she remains search today. a year ago and a great crime can buy embraced her political godmother angela merkel after succeeding her as the leader of the conservative c.d.u. party but the man she narrowly defeated for the