my sugar reporting from washington and daryn jones in istanbul thank you so very much. and back here in germany alarm bells are ringing for the governing political parties an opinion poll out today shows support falling dramatically for chance on going arkell's coalition government while voters in the southern state of the various look likely to up and the political status quo well i have more on that opinion poll shortly but first we go to bavaria where the conservative c.s.u. has been the dominant party for much of the post-war period the election of a very it could also have implications for chancellor angela merkel because the c.s.u. is part of her ruling conservative bloc are reporters mcculloch affair and max foster chick went to the very hard to find out why voters appear to be shunning the party that has ruled for so long. once a year the top think isn't but they're in politics gather to commemorate fancy words of stalinist the man celebrated as something between the patron saint and godfather of modern but very. germany's interior minister hosty who is here to

washington at the same time washing uncle really believes it's in the driving seat at the moment daryn jones in istanbul with the very latest thank you. for more than four years into the simmering conflict in eastern ukraine nearly two thousand people have been killed by landmines alone no one knows how many mines were laid in the chaotic early stages of the fighting today the country sees more casualties from mines than almost anywhere else on earth it's a problem that is expected to get worse as displaced people slowly return to their homes our correspondent nick connelly has been to meet the people behind efforts to clear those mines. it may look calm now but just a few years ago these fields so intense fighting between ukrainian government troops and russian backed separatists. over and over again the front lines shifted each time the retreating troops left mines and booby traps behind them. it's now up to civilians to pick up the pieces payload trust is an international ngo and the world's largest humanitarian mine clearance organization the challenge faces in ukraine are unlike any oth