conservative c.d.u. but not as john says that she won in the second round runoff both at the party conference and. you're. telling a very warm welcome to you on the thought she chose the angle of attack the c.d.u. party has a new leader delegates at the conservative party conference have elected ana get. to the post as the vote was very close but come on bol a big conservative rival for dick mats dubbed mini machall she was the chanceless favorite pick for success and make the ascent she will not contest the country's next federal election meaning. could become german chancellor in the future. even and i'm going to. retrace maps on the. delegates the guests i accept this position and results of the voting and frank you for your trust and i want to thank you by inspire scored eliezer to cuti by state that i would like to thank you bonnie. doing math with his fair competition it was really . kind of up one day moon's under the qataris was a kind of competition that other political parties and vetoes for it was one that gave dynamism to the party and it was one and you will heard this in the speeches

new chapter as you called it a time of the new and regeneration for the conservative party we shall look at the party conference in hamburg and these are craven in the studio with me thank you both very much for your insights and for your analysis. you're watching the news coming to you live from london let me now bring you up to date but some other stories making news around the u.s. president donald trump has nominated william by attorney general. attorney general under president george h.w. bush in the same announcement from also nominated efforts fox news journalists have been out as the u.s. ambassador to the united nations vice president. a u.s. bit to get the united nations to condemn hamas is the resolution proposed by u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley fell short of the required to her majority if he would have still when he condemned the palestinian militant group which fired more than three hundred rockets into israel last month. the equerries refugee rescue ship has ended its operations the charity that drown the vessel blames a smear campaign by european governments the aquarius was the last c

conservative c.d.u. party a party conference is getting underway in hamburg where delegates will elect merkel's replacement and possibly germany's next chancellor let's take a look back now at merkel's eighteen years at the helm of the christian democrats. merkel's announcement in october came as a surprise europe's longest serving elected leader is aiming for something no modern day chancellor has managed before her controlled exit from politics. acted so i won't run again as party leader at the next cd you party conference in hamburg. this is fourth term is my last as the chancellor of germany. merkel became the first woman at the top of the c.d.u. in the year two thousand surprise her mentor the determination and power instinct the party saw there was also what it would get over the next eighteen years. those who refused to accept that the c.d.u. was no longer gentlemen's club soon learned the hard way one by one her competitors had to go. after becoming chancellor two thousand and five machall took a c.d.u. party on a political journey many criticized as a shift to the left setting conservative benchma

three candidates what can we expect at the party conference there in hamburg well it is a truly historic day today because germany's biggest party the conservatives will have to decide themselves how to deal with. some of her decisions have been really controversial and so today is all about the future course of the possible is of course determined by the policy and all candidates the main candidates that we know about so far stand for a very different interpretations of what it means these days to be conservative ok let's take a closer look at the three candidates who are buying for michael's mantle as c.d.u. chief and in talks more in just a moment. lisa other three candidates want to replace uncle america less c.d.u. party leader they've been crisscrossing the country making their pitch for the leading role migration into the european union have been big issues where do the candidates stand first up the comeback kid placemats twenty years ago he was the rising star of the party until the way a key post for a self he ended up leaving politics now he's back and as tough words for germany's asylum laws. that line outside it's long been my opinion

conservatives c.d.u. party elect a new leader at its annual conference today has been party chair for eighteen years she says she intends to remain chancellor until her term ends in two thousand and twenty one but she could find herself bowing out sooner rather than later depending on who now takes the helm as party chief. before it kicks off the boss takes a look to make sure everything is said this tour has become a tradition at the seaview party congress it will be until america's last one through this time quite grateful i was the party leader for over eighteen years that is a long time. america will be treading a fine line at the party congress for a goal is to unite the party and yet share the power she is wielded as party leader and his chancellor achieving party unity will be both the linchpin and the litmus test for her successor. but the chancellor has yet to make an endorsement of two thousand i think this is an important today for the one thousand one delegates to set the tone for the future team that will lead the party movement which is why i am looking forward to this and of course i am just a

party conferences now. come. the woman and america herself launched into the position as secretary general of the conservative c.d.u. party she is a clear front runner at the same time a guy called free to teach math who left politics all together after a class with the german chancellor over a leadership role that was a decade ago he's seeing quite a big comeback right now and if you speak to delegates and particularly people grassroots members of the party they say if they vote with their heart they would go for math but if they vote with their heads they would potentially go for i think it's come i would gather that the policy traditionally it does would go with its head we also see spawn the current health minister in the race but nobody really expects him to go very far on this hour thank you so much to their views chief political editor mikhail a professor at the city you party congress in hamburg. our next stop. is demanding that canada release drew one of china's top global executives mang is the daughter of the founder of chinese telecoms giant way way and was detained last week in vancouver she now faces

said majority many people in your party would have wanted to become more conservative what are you offering those who are feeling that down as. the title the party conference has indeed been polarized on an individual level. and that he would look to see it. but it was clear beforehand that the candidates also have similar views. to decide and switch in the country that means often but the it is for those of us for instance like free to fish mats and i believe the state needs to be able to enforce the rule of law i learned that during my time estates interior minister and it's something we want to get started on in discussions on migration and domestic security next spring. in public now do you have three important state elections in eastern germany where the right wing populist party is particularly successful how are you hoping to win back these orders. as a myth and with our own strength first we're not going to follow what the other parties are doing even if the state election campaigns are admittedly not going to be easy so instead we want to build our power there is the c.d.u. there are many regional topics many areas where we perform well in states

conservative party. in a statement and a news conference after the vote, the prime minister acknowledged the divide within party and the complexity of withdrawing from the european union. >>> the wildfire season this year is already li destructive. now it is among the costliest. insurance claims are totaling more than $9 billion. the state insurance commissioner released the latest numbers today. they include claims for the tamp, woolsey and hill fires. the three massive blazes damaged or destroyed nearly 20,000 structures. >> we know this number's going to climb as people get more access to their former neighborhoods, as they amend their claim. as they provide more information to their insurer with regard to the magnitude of their loss. >> the claim for last year's fires including the north bay fire and the thomas fires reached $11.8 billion. >>> the entrance to b.a.r.t.'s new downtown berkeley station is back open now. it was closed after someone slipped on the new stairway. the $13 million makeover of that station was completed about two months ago, but about two weeks ago someone took a tumble in what

conservative party the. cast in favor of having conference and to raise and i was two hundred and against it was one hundred seventy. under the rule sets out in the constitution of the conservative party no further confidence vote from take place for at least thank you thank you watching the extreme brady day he's the chairman of that nine hundred twenty two pac thanks committee that the committee of m.p.'s conservative m.p.'s. announcing that the parliamentary party does have confidence in to reason may say she has won that vote and that was set up against her forty eight m.p.'s a challenge to the prime minister to a new conference but it is going to spend two hundred. thirteen in favor of having confidence in prime minister one hundred seventeen measured against and as per the rules that they brought in there is no further confidence paint can take place for a year centuries amaze position as prime minister is shored up for a year and she is also now at has now facing off an attempt to get her out of power by m.p.'s in her own party as so let's bring in our correspondent has been watching this. quantum loo

conservative c.d.u. is electing. successor to a magical as party leader at its annual conference three contenders are in the race saw the decision is likely to shape germany's politics for the next generation. don't forget you can always get the news on the go just download our from google play or from the apple store i'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world plus push notifications for any freaking news can also use the v.w. up to send us photos and video yes. so i use for now we have much more for coming up for you coming up at the top of the next hour sumi will be with you then thanks for watching.

margaret beckett for labour, anna soubry for the conservatives, so a cross—party news co nfe re nce the conservatives, so a cross—party news conference vote campaign. much more from here in just a few moments, for now designed to look at the weather forecast with simon king. a patchy frost this morning in central and eastern parts of england, where you can see we had some clearer skies. further west, towards northern parts, quite a bit of cloud at there, and there could bea of cloud at there, and there could be a few spots of drizzle over the hills of wales and western scotland, the south west of england as well, lots of cloud and western areas, the best of any sunshine in north—eastern scotland and north east england, seven celsius here, further west a little bit less cold, 11 degrees in belfast. tonight we will see rain moving in, breaking up as it pushes its way further eastwards, so patchy rain into wednesday morning, temperatures getting up to 7—9d, closer to freezing across eastern areas. but during wednesday, a lot of cloud again, some patchy rain towards the west, highs of about 8—11 degrees. bye— bye. hello this is bbc news

conservative c.d.u. party she'll continue as chancellor for the time being but delegates at the party conference in hamburg were elected merkel's replacement as party chair whoever wins could well follow merkel into the chancellery and have a profound impact on germany and your. before it kicks off the boss takes a look to make sure everything is set up this tour has become a tradition at the c.d.u. party congress it will be until america's last one has to do so on those things i am quite grateful i was the party leader for over eighteen years that is a long time that sayyid macca will be treading a fine line at the party congress for goal is to unite the party and yet share the power she is wielded as party leader and his chancellor achieving party unity will be both the linchpin and the litmus test for her successor. but the chancellor has yet to make an endorsement of two thousand and three to get this is an important duty for the thousand and one delegates to set the tone for the future team that will lead the party will run tough which is why i am looking forward to tomorrow for you and of course i am

conservative c.d.u. party whoever is elected to replace her at a party conference getting underway in hamburg today could become germany's next chancellor we have this look at michael's eighteen years at the helm of the christian democrats use a condom merkel's announcement in october came as a surprise europe's longest serving elected leader is aiming for something no modern day chancellor has managed before a controlled exit from politics to me someone has pointed out that so i won't run again as party leader at the next e do you party conference in hamburg which is kind of you and. this is fourth term is my last chancellor of germany. macko became the first woman at the top of the c.d.u. in the year two thousand surprising nearly everyone the newcomer from the east led her party's break with its political idol helmut kohl over. party funding scandal in the core was her mentor the determination and power instinct the party saw there was also what it would get over the next eighteen years. those who refused to accept that the c.d.u. was no longer a gentlemen's club soon learned the hard way one by one h

conservative c.d.u. party elect a new leader to replace uncle americal at its annual conference today mackel plans to remain chancellor until the end of her term and twenty twenty one but whoever takes over the helm his party chief will be ideally position to become. chancellor some day and could even push medical out of the job before her term ends the race for party leaders is expected to be close with three main candidates vying for the position the winner will be chosen by city representatives from all over the country of the polls ninety degrees is an important duty for the one thousand one delegates to set the tone for the future team that will lead the party which is why i am looking forward to this and of course i am just as anxious as everyone else to it is democracy in its purest form when there is a range of candidates to choose from everything else will be decided by the delegates and china. chancellor merkel there the leader of the c.d.u. party for now but that's all going to change today the w.'s verio nina is here to tell us all about it good morning nina morning so this is a crucial moment f

big day and however get the party conference our political correspondent simon young is there for us in a standing by simon this is really a critical moment for the conservative new leadership to be elected today what do you expect to happen. a real sense of occasion here at this cd your party conference in hamburg when angela merkel arrived at the speaker's podium just now there she received a five minute standing ovation even before she'd said a single word so that just shows you the people here are sending her a message of thanks for her service of eighteen years she's been in charge but now that era is coming to a close and people here know that they're choosing a leader who will quite possibly become the next chancellor of germany and certainly lead the party in a new direction that is what people are saying is the focus today and people know that this is a moment a key moment for this important political party that's right so i mean it's the first time in eighteen years that they're going to select a new leader of the party what is the feeling among delegates today on what is an historic occasion. well it's only one of them because i've got a an importa

party conference. i i've been asking myself and i wonder if you feel this way as well -- pascal what it means that the conservatives have chosen a woman for the second time to lead their party and whether that wouldn't seem to go in a different direction from the idea that they're returning to sort of their conservative. groups and base i made some fortunate to have two us concepts these question isn't it nowadays. earned it shows that the seed you has become as its method has has the money to to modernize these party. i mean you remember when medicare was elected the tools -- a sensation a woman for the first time and then and from the east that was also something we must not forget we tend to forget that she came from the east which at the time was also. incredible something normal and she can be she's a woman but you have another political side she might she will have all the political ideas puts a she's stress another direction. of but said he chose the german politics have accepted that women. can be in power and that's in these very conservative quite patriarchal country quite an event what happened to the wh

people because there are a lot of them at the party conference i've been asking myself and i wonder if you feel this way as well what it means that the conservatives have chosen a woman for the second time to lead their party and whether that wouldn't seem to go in a different direction from the idea that they're returning to sort of their conservative roots and base i mean it's unfortunate that we have to ask ourselves this question is and it's now a days. it shows that the seaview has become america has has the money to to modernize these party i mean you remember when he was elected it was a sound sation a woman for the first time and from the east that was also something we mustn't forget we tend to forget that she came from the east which at the time was also incredible. yeah it's very it's i don't know what to say about that it's just very sad and we should take it there's something very normal and she can be in she's a woman but she'll have another political side she might she will have other political ideas she puts a. stress another direction. but it shows that german politics have accepted that women can be in power and that's in this ve

conservative c.d.u. but not as a chance that she won in a second gown for a run off both at the party conference and combat.

another conservative party is being involved by this matter riddle, and theyjust have an effect adjustment tory party is affecting the whole country. so much political realignment. this leadership conferencenybody who told you... had only been up for a while? on tuesday, when this book takes place and we all expect teresa made to lose... do expected to take place? we don't know what will happen. we have scenarios, but which one happens we don't know. so this is now, talk starting of a plan b. what might the plan b, who is adjusting to? another deep interesting detail to? another deep interesting detail to the story is amber rudd came up a few weeks ago, and has become the kind of cabinet on acknowledging that this deal is not aspect is that, and she said, there actually isa that, and she said, there actually is a plan b, and that she thinks is workable, and that's the so—called norway plan. that means basically taking all the eu's rules, paying to bea taking all the eu's rules, paying to be a member of its programmes, and free movement continuing although there might be some sort of emergency brake, and she says this quote seems plausible, but notjust in the country, but also for entries

conservative party has a new leader and a great crime parabolic take over from angela merkel as chair of the c.d.u. but merkel remains chancellor tom convolve won the ball in a close vote at the party conference in hamburg. and don't forget you can always get state of the news on the go just download our app from the google play all from the apple store that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the data you have to send us photos videos. you're watching state of the unions i'm rebecca richardson i'll be with you again at the top of the hour thanks for joining us. it's all happening to children i'm. sure link to news from africa the world your links to exceptional stories and discussions continue and welcome to the debut suffocating program tonight from bernie gemini from munoz's easy to our web site d w this comes from africa join your sunday school w's.

reminder that we are covering this party conference and however today we're a chance on the michael successor as the chair of the christian democratic union her conservative party will be selected we saw the chance or speak now we're flexing upon her time leading the party and you know for some of our viewers who might not be familiar with what's been taking place in the last few months remind us how we got here how we got to the chancellor saying she no longer wants to leave this party she wants to stay on as chancellor i think she knows that this decision is specially this decision to keep the borders open in twenty fifteen was extremely crunch the refugee crisis or the refugee crisis when she kept germany's borders open and said this is a humanitarian potential humanitarian crisis we need to give these people a home and they need to be welcomed by a christian party and this is a decision that people in the cd you will probably have to talk about for the next years to come still that they have to find a way of dealing with this legacy of this decision at the time because it did when the see the year some voters this decision many people appreciated angl

this is different from previous conservative conference, thatcher it was a shock she was losing control of the partyaying no, you have to go now, fannie mae, we have known she has had her critics, some have a big problem with her. there has been enry, a lot of plotting. while the emergency debate was going on for there were no senior figures on the frontbenches and reports of meetings in committee rooms, do you get a sense there has been a build up to this through, since the vote was pulled. we expected to see a vote of no confidence when the first round of letter, the eurosceptic research saying they were going to trigger a vote of no confidence. so number ten have been ready for it. there have been discussions whether she should announce, of course that is part of the throwing the kitchen sink strategy to give everything to this voter. we are in unusual times. the leader of the opposition has faced no confidence votes and is still in place, they have different rules but there is no reason the prime minister can't continue in office if she wins by one vote. but as mp after manager, this does not ch

she had a conference vote that she won, not great, from the conservative party.ies now doing? reporter: yesterday jeremy corbyn, the leader of the labour party, was a bit back and forth. a said he was going to put up motion of no-confidence. one moment it was on, one moment it was off. try it and see if you win because the hardline brexiteers, the er g group, said they would support the prime minister, so it looks like we are back in deadlock again. tom: what are we doing here? we are getting to a january vote. what are we going to do at the end of december? the u.s. is going to have a government shutdown maybe. what is the calendar through the end of the year? [no audio] francine: all right, we will have plenty more on brexit throughout the day. to continue discussing the joachimarket story, fels of pimco is here. we had a bit of a connection problem with our correspondent there. the result is on this binary. you either have a deal or you don't. guest: right. we still think the probability of a no deal chaotic brexit is relatively low. nobody wants it. how we ge

the conservatives that haven't seen such a contest in nine hundred seventy one yes as as a spokesman of the cd you said this has been a very exciting time for the c.d.u. delegates at the party conference in hamburg hamburg a city where actually mecca chance and american host says it was born as she mentioned this morning thank you very much michelle of course there for keeping us up to date with all the drama and the excitement. after the posse conference of the seaview in hamburg thank you very much for your work there and thank you very much peter cave in the studio for your comments and your analysis you've been watching d.w. news more coming up for you in half an hour at the top of the al. kickoff why. a training camp in sicily project set up by f.c. sun. it brings together locals and migrants young people from different worlds and turn them into a. living in the conflict zone on a sea of us off what impact are tensions between ukraine and russia having on people's every day lives. as all clears are still. two people there still have hope. and actually waiting. waiting for lifeline to syria good morning where are you my aunt you answer in. every call brings them closer together. b

francine: to make an important distinction, this is a conference vote for theresa may by her own party, conservative see the house of commons votes against the government and you still have another political crisis, even if her own party can't kick her out for the next 12 months, is that right? >> that's right. ,argaming she wins tonight maybe by a convincing margin, that will still not placate her party. 's, do theye tory mp feel strongly enough to vote in the anti-government motion of confidence brought by the labour party. the labour party said they would table no confidence. maybe they will do that after this vote tonight, then theresa may entire government be in danger. remember speaking after the initial brexit vote about the flows of money in and out of the u.k. has us an update on how fdi been into the u.k., the flows in, the flows out, how is the u.k. doing on its current account balance? position oftural needing constant capital inflows from the rest of the world ome as the u.k. is a platform to get access to the rest of the eu through the single market. it is just a logical code collusion

press conference a briefing in about twenty minutes or so the session really think soldiers are as the live in paris there are reports that some backbench m.p.'s from the governing conservative party are getting ready to bring a no confidence motion against u.k. as the u.k. prime minister to resign may on wednesday may spread tuesday meeting with e.u. leaders trying to get changes to the brics a deal that she agreed less than three weeks ago she was forced to call off a vote in the british parliament on the agreement stu's a widespread opposition to it the e.u. has told me the talks cannot be reopened paul brennan reports. she's trying to save not just have breck's it deal but also her credibility and her career teresa mayes whistle stop tour of e.u. leaders started in the hague for breakfast with her dutch counterpart marc ruta the outcome productive according to his spokesman. in the german capital berlin to meet angela merkel the prime minister found herself momentarily trapped in her car. before the e.u.'s open door policy was finally restored. and then finally to brussels to explain british concerns about the irish back stop whatever outcome you want whatever relationship you

republicans, labour and conservatives in the uk and all the major parties there is an astonishing consensus. it is to be imposed where necessary by force which means american conference of the american force and it becomes a project for an entire generation. president bush declares for a thousand generations mankind has struggled and fought to try to bring about this kind of a new world order but it's going to happen now in the 1990s. these are astonishing things. we are going to replace the rule of the jungle with the rule of the law is going to be brought under the rule of the wall. this is an absolutely remarkable claim an american president not faced with the cold war against the soviet union, but out of a vision he said he wasn't going to get fish and things that he's pretty good. i remember as a kid the first time i remember where i was i was about 12 the first time i heard john lennon's imagine and i just thought this is just a terrible, terrible song. but i remembered thinking about this. when we reached the past 30 years one administration after another, european governments have bought into the idea isn't it possible for us to just have one wall and set up