solution there are differences between the christian union and the greens and the christian union and. partially the s.p.d. depending on where that end up in the coalition treaties agreements but the f.t. will have no impact on that. pressure from denmark. threw in their direction can detain a lot of hatred. visible a lot of it against you personally how do you deal with that and what do you want to do to. face this one of the most important thing is that people who want to listen. read is. not those who just whistle or savage so those who want to listen they should. offer should be made to the answer cannot be to not go there anymore but to try and establish dialogue otherwise i simply have to acknowledge that we have some. people who don't want to listen that's also part of the marcus a that just needs to be. acknowledged as it is. and stop. you. but. i'm still starting with. my first song. last night you said that. always wears responsibility if you question your own ego and if you considered any personal consequences. well. i thought a lot. last year in the autumn and it was an ea

everyone will be happy meanwhile she's also under pressure in her own party actually the union with the christian social union from bavaria they want to put an upper limit on the number of refugees and migrants that enter the country and that's something that the chancellor merkel has rejected up until now will she have to bow to that pressure well the christian social union the bavarians are really under a lot of pressure they lost even more votes and i'm going to cause christian democratic union in there on their home turf they're really desperate to reestablish. their power in bavaria and so for them these kind of demands are becoming very central very important they're going to push very hard on that and that's going to be really difficult because on the other side both of freedom across and the greens i think are not very easily persuaded to agree to something like that in fact the greens have said they will not agree so that could actually be the crucial point this one single point on which the whole thing could pivot in the end the other major barrier for chancellor merkel going forward is

is not only a challenge for the christian democratic union but a challenge for all of us in this parliament it is about preventing a party of agitators from entering parliament on sunday if the f.d.a. is elected into the pond the stock market and the grave diggers of democracy and a parliament for the first time since one thousand nine hundred forty five i am telling these people here in but you are enemies you can't say i want to live in the country use the opportunities provided by the democratic system and then disappointed by something vote for politicians single destroy democracy is fine example from a political point of view he is the anti liberal and takes civic party or part time . and is not only top german politicians who see the a.f.p. policy as a through us a lot of media outlets do too many so they might be best not to vote as told and to vote for a.f.p. and claim the party could actually pose a threat to democracy in germany. but does journalist just a no lead believes the election result could force the government to ring think it's immigration policy. i think basically it's

i can't see if you said five or ten years out i cannot see this partnership between this christian social union and christian democratic union that's lasted for seven decades i cannot see that lasting much longer they're going to go their separate ways sooner or later and i think they're just not willing to admit it yet ok but the question here is who is the new trump in germany was the you might call in germany we only have on the market for the time being or do used does anybody see anybody who is going to mention another maybe you know which name yeah definitely but you're not going to mention it. never do you. fighting against each other and there's the rumor that the pocket might split in two so you know it's not the strongest before last year not in france not as all the nice i've got to draw on then is an encyclopedic knowledge of german politics in the last decades we've got a fourth term chancellor there have been two that have gone before helmut kohl and konrad adenauer what can you tell us about what clues that might give us about how this is going to pan out. well and then people we

would these two parties are going to come together with angela merkel and sister party the christian social union from bavaria and form some form of government it's going to be a long tough task ahead and a lot of focus is going to be on christian linda he was being taped prior to this election as a potential new foreign minister in the next couple of angle or merkel have a little look now with the thirty eight year old former dot com entrepreneur came from and how we made it to the stage this evening. thank.

so how these two parties are going to come together with merkel on to assist a polity the christian social union from the various and form some form of government is going to be a long tough task ahead and a lot of focus is going to be on christian linda he was being taped prior to this election as a potential new foreign minister in the next couple of. have a little look now with the thirty eight year old former dot com entrepreneur came from and how we made it to the stage this evening. and then with the yes and then go on the come up in this would be endlessly. that i will because my. i mean one in a particularly unusual election day stunt an elephant has been dumping around in cities that. the activists who organized the vocal bows they were inspired by the english expression and elephant in the room where they believe that the issue ever referenda are in germany as well as the telephones and become pain is place that over seventy percent of people in the country one feel that to be votes on key political decisions however the german government has so far ignored that combs well that's done

these two parties are going to come together with angela merkel and her sister party the christian social union from bavaria and form some form of government it's going to be a long tough task ahead and a lot of focus is going to be on christian linda here. being taped prior to this election as a potential new foreign minister in the next couple of angle or merkel have a little look now with the thirty eight year old former dot com entrepreneur came from and how we made it to the stage this evening. so how these two parties are going to come together with angela merkel and to assist the party the christian social union from the various and form some form of government it's going to be a long tough task ahead and a lot of focus is going to be on christie and linda he was being tipped prior to this election as a potential new foreign minister in the next couple of angle or merkel have a little look now with the thirty eight year old former dot com entrepreneur came from and how we made it to the stage this evening. and. since then with the then government come up in usually within a few hours wil

ninety eight percent of the ballots leading the way at the expected is angela merkel's christian democratic union with thirty three percent martin short son to social democratic polity are in second place with twenty one percent for the main two parties their results look to be the worst in post-war history that's incredible but a strong showing for the alternative for germany party and they're now set to enter parliament for the very first time with thirteen percent of the votes and in one state saxony now the largest party so let's go into more detail about all ghibli the main winner of the day the anti immigration euro skeptic alternative for germany party they will be getting ninety four seats which is almost warms six of the total in the bundestag you can see behind me now and one of his party leaders that is vital to say. the very first green we are going to do is deliver on our promise we're going to establish a commission against. which to look very closely into what this lady has done to the. many voters especially the younger concerned over the party the radical. and people have turned

first time but made a surprisingly strong showing exit polls project markel center right christian democratic union party has won just under thirty three percent of the vote that gives them two hundred and thirty eight seats their main rival and current coalition partner the center left of social democrats led by martin schultz got around twenty percent of the vote or one hundred forty eight seats but the biggest change to germany's political scene is this the far right and he is alternative for germany or d. party getting thirteen percent of the vote that translates into ninety five seats the three other main parties one between nine and ten percent of the vote but they could find themselves in power as part of a coalition the mccain reports from berlin. a moment of celebration for the christian democrats can in first place but for some it was a hollow victory they lost almost one hundred seats in this election so anger will very probably remain as chancellor this is

is not only a challenge for the christian democratic union but a challenge for all of us in this parliament and it is about preventing a party of agitators from entering parliament on sunday if the f.d.a. is elected into the fund to stock market in the grave diggers of democracy and to parliament for the first time since one thousand nine hundred forty five i am telling these people here in but you are our enemies and you can't say i want to live in the country use the opportunities provided by the democratic system and then disappointed by something vote for politicians who will destroy democracy is fine example from a political point of view he is the anti liberal and take civic party or i was going to talk german politicians who see the a.f.d. party as a threat a lot of media outlets do too many study it might be better not to vote at all than to vote for the a.f.p. . and claim the party could actually pose a threat to democracy in germany. an update now for us two hundred thirty nine out of two hundred ninety nine constituency results have been received by the bundestag election commiss

would these two parties are going to come together with angela merkel and sister party the christian social union from bavaria and form some form of government it's going to be a long tough task ahead and a lot of focus is going to be on christian linda he was being taped prior to this election as a potential new foreign minister in the next couple of angle or merkel have a little look now with the thirty eight year old former dot com entrepreneur came from and how we made it to the stage this evening. thank. you. carville keeps in frenzy of lies from slides and then with t.v. ads and then government come up to him he would in most and i thought i was a little upset i was a prima my money. well the leader of the social democratic party martin souls was unable to hide his disappointment at the early exit polls and he spoke to his party in support of the little early let's go ahead take a look at that thank you thank . you thank you today's a difficult day for social democracy we missed out on our electoral gold after losing our central region and we lost the federal election. and so was michael's

going to merkel's reelection victory in germany on sunday is better sweet the chancellor's christian democratic union won thirty four percent of seats in the parliament one to stalin that's enough to be the biggest party but not for a majority government so she'll start talks to build a coalition at the same time eccles contending with a surge of support for the a.f.p. the nationalists won the largest far right representation in parliament since headless nazis in the 1940's we get to our guests in just a moment but first law and has more from berlin. the most important politician in europe the most important female politician anywhere the flag bearer for liberal democracy in an uncertain world four wins in a row for angela merkel even if her party's vote share shrunk and the far right emerged once again it was a problem she was quick to acknowledge that when you win from let's mark we want those a.f.d. voters to move to come back to us through good political work we want to solve the problems people are facing these might be shoes of integration and illegal immigration but there are also questions ar

if it is this will they take part in what's called a to make a coalition with angela merkel's christian union and the green party that's the black green and yellow of the free democrats making up a coalition that would they want to go back into coalition after it cost them their seats in the bundestag last time around but this has been a very well for campaign by the the liberal democrats they come pain very hard on business also on immigration as well we heard the. lead a christian linda come out during one of the debates and give a much tougher stance on migration immigration asylum and everything that goes with it than perhaps one would expect from a traditionally liberal party certainly a socially liberal party like the free democrats it does seem though that the message he carried off that this whole campaign was very much on his personality all of the post as almost all of the posters i have to say not all of them almost all of them had his face on them some of them was a figure of fun throughout the election for some of the pictures they were taking of him looking more like a magazine

mystery of who teams up with who to build a ruling coalition polls put marcos party the christian democratic union well out in front and martin short says social democrats are likely to come behind in second but there's real intrigue in who finishes and could potentially be kingmaker if michael wins she still needs extra coalition partners on top of her sister party the christian social union already excluded and. see alternative for germany and left wing. this could pave the way for the renewal of the so-called grand coalition between merkel's party and martin says social democrats whether she will agree to become the cd use junior partner is another question entirely so far he see. and unwilling to play second fiddle. to. discuss sort of the mental market in mind given that i'm pleased because i've got a schizo consulate in the tool and. if an alliance with shills isn't an option this is the man merkel is likely to call next christian lin the the leader of germany's free democrats the pro-business liberal party that teamed up with merkel and her allies before and by the way isn't just a pretty f

of the party she may well end up having to do a deal with essentially three parties the christian democratic union that angle america represents has its sister party the christian social union so they're already in a coalition of sorts and there are differences between the two of them but they're talking about going into what's called a coalition if the only option it's on the table at the moment if i'm going to work was to lead a majority government now that you make a coalition it's called so because of the party colors that are involved in it it makes it because of the jamaican flag but it includes the free democrats and the greens now those two disagree on many issues so they may well say yes we're all fighting to get into power into joy and then with this in we'll take our seats in the bundesliga will be only government when it comes to major issues particular trait the greens on going to get on side with trade major trade deals that angela merkel wants to put in place when it comes to greece the free democrats aren't going to agree to any kind of of the bailout so that is where the for. the

these two parties are going to come together with angela merkel and her sister party the christian social union from bavaria and form some form of government it's going to be a long tough task ahead and a lot of focus is going to be on christian linda here. being tipped prior to this election as a potential new foreign minister in the next couple of publicly look now with the thirty eight year old former dot com entrepreneur came from and how we made it to the stage this evening. going. to be like the fight scenes in which he then go on the comeback in michigan where she also offers a little bit of money. but there were a few unexpected surprises while in a particularly unusual election day stunt an elephant has been filmed stomping around in city center. the activists who organized the walkabout say they were inspired by the english expression and elephant in the room they believe that the issue of a referendum in germany is one such elephant and like campaigners say that over seventy percent of people in the country one for them to be focused on the political decisions however the german gove

christian democratic union as well as the sister party the christian social union how they're going to come to the agreement is on the front page of all of the papers right now because that is going to be a tough get for parties essentially for different agendas they've all got to come together and form a government yet we've heard a lot of a lot of commentators saying it's got to be robust but this isn't an easy negotiation to take place these parties are very different beliefs hugely different issues we're looking it came to greece needing a for the bailout the free democrats who would be part of that coalition they would be right against that if it came to big trade deals like a tape like seat at these things that have been going on the go shit for years the greens would oppose them how until america works not in her new government a new cabinet. that's not a negotiation i would want to be part of so everyone saying great success for the alternative germany party but i want to paint a picture let's imagine that you know there's a party for political parties they have the sort of the

make it coalition that's the coalition of course that's made up of angela merkel's christian union the c.d.u. and c.s.u. we the free democrats the greens all together is walnuts for parties for agendas everybody including even when it comes to the nationals in the front first or i'll go mine and everybody talking about how difficult that is going to be but one day in news that we have had just in the last few moments has been about alternative for germany and what's going to happen with them next now this is what i find surprising normally you would say ok the party that come thirds with a reasonable chunk of the vote surely they're going to have a say in the political shake up but nobody wants to touch them. well alternative for germany certainly going to have a big big chunk of seats they going to have a lot of the money that goes with all of the money that goes with that all of the stuff because with that two seats just behind me in the office buildings in the complex as well as the seat exactly behind us in the blue state building itself in the right state building where the ballis

the christian social union already excluded are anti migrant see alternative for germany and left wing. this could pave the way for the renewal of the so-called grand coalition between merkel's party and martin says social democrats whether she will agree to become the cd use junior partner is another question entirely so far he seemed unwilling to play second fiddle. to discover. america in mind because as governments future conflict in the. if an alliance with shills isn't an option this is the man merkel is likely to call next christian. the leader of germany's free democrats the pro-business liberal party that teamed up with merkel and her allies the for by the way isn't just a pretty face he could confront merkel on some key issues. if peace prevails refugees must return. such human rights but she's in your place in the world i'm not being harsh this is realism speaking. even with lynn this handshake in the bag merkel might still need extra help to get her over the winning line and that's why the green party could come into the fold with their top candidate dubbed green angular si

the christian democratic union well out in front on martin short says social democrats are likely to come behind in second but there's real intrigue in who finishes and could potentially be kingmaker if michael wins she still needs extra coalition partners on top of her sister party the christian social union already excluded and. see alternative for germany and left wing. this could pave the way for the renewal of the so-called grand coalition between merkel's party and martin says social democrats whether we'll agree to become the cd use junior partner is another question entirely so far he seemed unwilling to play second fiddle. because as governor. if an alliance with shills isn't an option this is the man cole is likely to call next christian. the leader of germany's free democrats the pro-business liberal party that teamed up with coal and allies the full by the way isn't just a pretty face he could confront cole on some key issues. refugees must return prisoners such human rights for choosing your place in the world i'm not being harsh this is lauren realism speaking. even wit

well his party the free democrats are well the potential kingmakers for angle of merkel's christian democratic union and for anglo merkel to remain on german chancellor they're the most likely to form a coalition with her and they want to make sure that if they go into that coalition they go in as strong as they possibly could be so in order to do this we've had christian linda talking about refugees and migration policy that could well be an attempt to steal votes away from alternative for germany the anti islam and tea immigration party as the free democrats try to make them the strongest partners they can be as they try and team up with anger merkel and the christian democratic union in the next parliament government forces in syria are preparing for a final push to liberate the city of jurors or from my cell we put the latest on that in about ninety seconds. moscow with. mark zuckerberg at facebook. arguing about artificial intelligence is going to destroy the world must says maybe will mark zuckerberg has already struck the world so why does he care less. seventy minutes into the program welcom

the strongest partners they can be as they try and team up with angle of merkel and the christian democratic union in the next parliament still to come this hour government forces in syria are preparing for a final push to liberate the city did is offer my sword we'll have the latest from there after the break. america has no desire. to occupy north korea. to go when they're in to take out the president of north korea the difference is that both china and russia probably are willing to stand by and see korea develop a nuclear weapon try to continue that we're as poor as the rest of the world and can obviously see all that really does a really see that's the best strategy. you should. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want to. have to go right to be close this is what before. you get. interested in the water. pressure. again these pictures from syria show government troops are being put through their paces before an operation to storm still controlled areas of the city of david is still on tuesday the syrian army backed by russia reach

michael von abercron is a candidate for pinneberg's seat in parliament for the christian democratic union, the center-right party headed by chancellor angela merkel. it's riding a wave of economic prosperity in germany and a popular feeling that merkel offers stability in an uncertain world. >> my party is in front now. i'm sure the chancellor, angela merkel, will win this election. >> reporter: merkel manages the biggest economy in europe. with a budget surplus for five straight years and record low unemployment, a recent poll found 64% of german voters approve of the job she's doing. talking to people on the subway in germany's capital, berlin, we found plenty of support for the chancellor. >> ( translated ):she has been good for germans. i like her very much. over the course of the years, i think it's very good what she has done. >> she's more of a conservative, but she often made the... made the right choice, i think. >> but for the country, in general, i think she made the right choices. >> reporter: her choice in 2015, to admit more than a million migrants and refugees from the midd

i mean, for 12 years now, we had responsibility to the government as the christian democratic union. that is a long time. and it is not set in stone that after 12 years, you are requested to form a government once again. i have a real sense of humility. it has been a very difficult term, this last period. and i thought long and hard about whether i should run once again. i knew it was going to be a very difficult election campaign. i knew that i would be challenged from the right wing and from the left-wing. i forecast that there would be a battle for my position. it has taken place. i was prepared for it. and that is why i think the question of the decisions that i made at the time was a strong one. now, we have a clear mandate for the government, and i want to thank all the voters that voted for us, because we are by far and away the strongest party, despite all of our disappointments. it is a 12 percentage point difference. i have been chancellor in the past, and it is only 1% between our party and the social democrats, not 12. i to feel in a sense the decision i made in autumn wa

the strongest partners they can be as they try and team up with angle of merkel and the christian democratic unionin the next parliament. these are the latest pictures from syria where government troops are being put through their paces before an operation to storm i still control the areas of the city have to resort on choose the syrian army by russia reached the city breaking three year long siege well here on the map you can see islamic states territorial losses in syria over the past four months moving towards terrorism where the syrian army red on your screen gained around eight kilometers per day they eventually united with a brigade that had been trapped inside the city the commander of those soldiers was going to dean known as the lion of the republican guard he had been in the city for the full three years has a long record of military service and has fought on several fronts in the syrian civil war we managed to talk to him right after the siege was broken. but a lot more during this siege we were like a mile and in the middle of no should totally isolated the closest city is homes which

the free democrats are well the potential kingmakers for angle of merkel's christian democratic union and for anglo merkel to remain on german chancellor they're the most likely to form a coalition with her and they want to make sure that if they go into that coalition they go in as strong as they possibly could be so in order to do this we've had christian linda talking about refugees and migration policy that could well be an attempt to steal votes away from alternative for germany the anti islam and tea immigration party as the free democrats try to make them the strongest partners they can be as they try and team up with angle of merkel and the christian democratic union in the next parliament was peter all of us still to come here in r.t. the seizures and raids on russian diplomatic sites in the us has been branded illegal by moscow we'll have a look at that and the fallout after the break. it's. called the feeling hopeless going to. everyone in the world should experience to be educated on the open the role of. the old according to just. come along for the rock. and. what politi

there's a combination known as the jamaica coalition if merkel's christian democratic union or c.d.u. partners with the business friendly free democratic party and the greens. if the greens and the democrats managed to. take the black out and replace it with the freedom across. the traffic like. part of any coalition germany's socialist party it must be the wrong sheet of the color red the left part. by bigger party it's. a similar case but the end of the spectrum is the alternative for germany branded as far right by critics. charge but so far. seems reluctant to rule over the. time of. preferential. wide with having two major parties get presentation. across with a great night for you let's bring you back in again let's not talk about the big bone of contention that every talked about in the talk about your party of immigration think what else you bring into the party this resonated with. because you have done better a lot of people here in germany would have wanted you to your opposition are going to think i guess first this culture just like in america it's good in the country bac

check out these graphics of the moment leading the way as expected the angle of merkel's christian democratic union currently with thirty three percent of a. she hoped for a bit more martin scholtz than his social democratic party there and second he's talked of austinite there twenty two percent he wants divorce from any future grand coalition i want to go it alone big games this year as expected for the alternative for germany party with much million people are in the studio earlier on could barely contain his excitement they're going to enter parliament for the first time and so far scoring just over eleven percent they hope for a bit more than was top of fourteen the not there yet but i'd say those postal votes are being counted as well very early on when the polls closed two hours ago we got the first initial exit polls it's all pretty much done electronically but because a lot of the population are a little bit older here in germany apart it's a really high proportion i don't know there's still some of the postal votes right now we're going to continue to be counting days i suppose that you'r