today germany's mainstream parties have long refused any cooperation with the anti migrant anti e.u. party. even thomas kennedy seemed dumbfounded by his election as the ranges state premier last fall his business friendly free democratic party had barely managed to top the 5 percent hurdle his victory was secured with votes from the far right alternative for germany party. that's been met with shock by parties that led to previous state government. because this is this is a rupture of the political landscape the mainstream conservative parties the christian democrats and the free democrats have forged a coalition with a group led by fascists you could see this was a coordinated maneuver for the incan chemical only entered the race in the 3rd round of voting the previous state premier. had lost twice as did his opponent coast of kenya a rural mayor who had been appointed by the far right can afford to emerge from the 3rd round without any votes those who supported him in the 1st 2 rounds apparently voted for chemical the 3rd time around but now he faces major challenges the new state leade

country that or leave you is that hezbollah is a political party in your countries or 3rd largest party and the e.u. announced economic sanctions on his what is lebanon make of that and how does that affect the trade deal because if there's a company in lebanon that happens to have a member of the political party from this will that party how does that affect the trade deal there's no mention of sanctions on lebanese entities not we're not a country under under sanctions of course one when the e.u. and the u.k. as recently as last month they took. sanctioning measure on hezbollah we're voiced our this agreement with labeling hezbollah as a terrorist organization because it's a prism of political party and our political system it has members of parliament and the previous government that has. ministers directly affiliated to all the structure of hezbollah and the current government but that remains an important political party and lebanon so we've always thought our our concern with it is a measurement of this well this is a sovereign unilateral measure that pally disagree with but. we are keen not

opposition nationalist far right political parties vitali klitschko leader of the opposition party. both e.u. and ukrainian officials said on thursday the suspension of talks on closer ties could be revived after the 2 day meeting but officials said the deal was off the table for. 40. pro e.u. protests on the streets of kiev and to their 2nd day the crowd of around a 1000 protesters were joined by the leader of the opposition or any well boxing champion vitaly klitschko he called on the demonstrators to maintain pressure on the government after it decided not to sign a major trade deal with the e.u. you go back to kiev the next day after the meeting with merkel. and protests are up at my right can you take me through that period. by the minute the worst with the mutineer ox see. more snow. yet at the mobil have. to go to. if you want me a. closer we took appropriate for the little move. a group linked. up just in the company is also. what you see is little bizarre little micro interest who will release the world will to shift my ground. robert perry is a longtime investigative journalist bas

opposition nationalist far right political parties vitali klitschko leader of the opposition party who die both e.u. and ukrainian officials said on thursday the suspension of talks on closer ties could be revived after the 2 day meeting but officials said the deal was off the table. for. pro e.u. protests on the streets of kiev and to their 2nd day the crowd of iran a 1000 protesters were joined by the leader of the opposition or any well boxing champion vitaly klitschko he called on the demonstrators to maintain pressure on the government after it decided not to sign a major trade deal with the e.u. you go back to kiev the next day after the meeting with merkel and the protests are up but can you take me through that period. by the minute the worst 2 of them you see. more deal or. you go to. me a. little. up just on the going. is the. robert perry is a long time investigative journalist based in washington d.c. best known for his major disclosures about the iran contra scandal in the 1980 s. he is the founder of consortium news where he is. reported extensively on the crisis in ukraine and the fo

e.u. that the banned opposition party is reinstated and its leader has his treason case against him dropped will so there is no sign of those things happening. but francis has dismissed a proposal to let older married men become priests bishops from latin america put forth a controversial plan to address a shortage of priests in the amazon it would have challenged the roman catholic tradition of celibacy but the pontiff says the solution to the pre-show priest shortage is to send missionaries to every instead. bunning is walk into a bell trust and his brand which has been severely dented after 2 fatal crashes with his 737 max jets the company's hoping to get the planes which have been grounded finale here back in the air company failed to secure any new orders in january but as florence only reports singapore does give it an opportunity to change that. it was once boeing's best selling plane but no one is placing new orders for the 737 max these days the planes have been grounded for 11 months after 2 crashes within 5 months killed 346 people for boeing the single is a chance to put out a m

e.u. struck between the german chancellor party and the right wing alternative to germany. there is such a lead in the evening here in moscow you're watching international an emergency meeting at the u.n. security council has been called in new york it was requested by the u.s. the u.k. and also france and it follows an escalation between syrian government forces and turkey in italy. it has more details. the u.n. security council is set to meet regarding the issue of ongoing fighting in the syrian city of lip the white house is calling for russia to end its efforts to back the ongoing offensive in the city against terrorists this is a dangerous conflict it needs to be brought to an end russia needs to change its policy now russia recently renewed its offensive against the terrorist forces in it live it is supporting efforts to take back the city from terrorists and jihad his forces now one particular group that the russian foreign ministry has pointed to as being very dangerous is called a yacht terrier al shaab and this is a terrorist group that is widely known around the

disunited kingdom that stuff was happening to a conservative and unionist party let's not forget the unionist bit isn't is lost to e.u. union is in danger lucian the scottish union is in danger of losing nolan oland as well so they can show the newness parts in danger becoming little england party would be very sad indeed no one begun thank you well it's a month since donald trump catalyze a spiral of violence leading to mass injuries of u.s. troops in iraq after an assassination drone strike on iran's top general joins me now from washington d.c. is gareth porter who together with former cia counter. there officer john kiriakou has just published a cia inside his guide to the iran crisis from cia cuckoo to the brink of war so good to see you again so iran apparently reviewing relations with ukraine over the leaks pertaining to the killing of 176 aboard a ukrainian flight but your book is called the cia inside his guide why is the role of the cia so central to the story of how we have now got to give me the brink of war well of course the cia role goes all the way back to 953 and the infamous cia coup against him moh

the united kingdom has formally left the european union to tears held a big party in parliament square in london and brussels e.u. officials said they are sorry to see the u.k. go after almost 50 years of membership. now don't forget if you miss us you can always get to know the news on the go just download our apps for google play on the apple app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you find yourself part of a new story you can also use that in a few apps to send us photos and videos of what's happening where you are. that's it for us at this hour but don't go anywhere world stories we can report is up next don't forget keep up to date all the time wherever you are from our website w dot com follow us on twitter t w news a 1000000 blue cross very much for me. to. sleep. carefully.

e.u. and britain we're at a delicate stage in proceedings and i care is no example in history where negotiating parties are seeking to impose trade barriers so it will be difficult to tell the rank of from the green party has like most of her fellow members of parliament not quite digested what happened just 10 days ago but she's also looking for a way for but it's the 1st week without our british colleagues and it still feels a little bit surreal beds and all the seating has changed in the plenary and. then i see anymore we have thought of this friendship and with initiatives with conferences with debates we want to keep this information channel going and but also obviously and the affection that we feel for each other the friendship that we feel for each other because that doesn't go away just because the breakfast. breaks it has no really happened and british parliamentarians they have now truly left the european parliament their friends and colleagues they're still grieving but like. after every other divorce they knew in the end life would have to go on. once upon a time it was one of the beatles'

e.u. presidency later this year chancellor angela merkel's conservatives are in crisis mode after the resignation of party leader and a great calm. it's not clear who will replace her and what kind of relationship the party might assume with the far right if the polls suggest most germans do not want to see the party shift to the right. i think it is the thought that if i think this is dangerous for the christian democrats if they move to the right which they already did with common cause of our they could form a coalition with a f d that's more than just breaking a taboo that's actually making a pact with the far right extremists i have the party won't move to the right they can afford to. use the cd you can't go on being so stubborn it's not sustainable if they can't ignore voters. and the crisis was triggered by regional c.d.u. politicians decision to elect a premier year in the state of thuringia in cooperation with the far right populist i.f.t. party and the pro-business f.t.p. this was against the wishes of the c.d.u. national leadership and was seen as political taboo in germany. what we learned fr

is chancellor merkel's party until today other parties have refused any cooperation with the anti migrant and the e.u. a.f.p. the head of germany's free democrats is said to be trying to persuade the newly elected state premier to step down and call the elections. said that god was there that outside the from democrats headquarters in berlin about a 1000 demonstrators gathered to send a message to the new state premier a few 100 kilometers away his election breaks a taboo inside the party leader was congratulatory but at a distance. the support from the far right comes as a surprise because the party is not aligned with our party it was purely a tactical move but the a.f.d. and 3 says the vote was planned that way. this is how the conservative majority prevailed and that's great because if we want to put the left party leadership to posture and we succeeded this is going to be the conservative christian democrats took their time to react some welcomed the result of the vote speaking in strasburg the head of chancellor merkel's party had this message. this will hurt you in 2 other than the way our par

e.u. rally but the predominant feeling here is that the u.k. has made a mistake thanks sarong that was a call. by the tory party to keep themselves it's a sad day for scotland to be. as i was. sure. many here who have scotland will soon be back in the e.u. as an independent country and there was a glimmer of hope from the european commission in brussels responding to calls to leave a light on for perhaps one day to return. our here's a check now of some of the other stories making headlines around the world iraq has a new prime minister mohammad alawi a former communications minister will now trying to form a new government and will run the country until elections are held his predecessor resigned following months of political unrest protesters have been demanding an end to corruption in the country. demonstrators in algeria have marked 50 consecutive weeks of protest against the ruling elite the iraq movement's marches have been smaller in recent weeks but a larger crowd turned out for friday's rally calling for change and the removal of the army's role in politics. check your phones the messaging service what

party could benefit from this situation. they've been railing against the country's roman minority the e.u. and european liberal values polls indicate they could benefit from the population's disillusionment with the political class some party supporters refer to far right leader. as their fear of well their marches echo nazi esthetics. for some voters it's hard to feel hopeful. that the general atmosphere is bleak the weather is really god and so is the mood. yes. even questioner says his brother is partly to blame. there had been some political in judicial reform since the murder of journalist 2 years ago but much work still lies ahead says even caution or. us. efforts will go on. there's still much to do. is just democracy is not a given and not eternal. democracy is a state which we have to value and actively preserve. even hopes to see his brother sentenced as he feels marion's action strengthened the far right and damaged democracy in slovakia it's a country at a crossroads which will choose its path at the upcoming parliamentary elections. now france is still the country of choice for

is chancellor angela merkel's party of course till today other parties have refused any cooperation with the. e.u. they have to. bet that. they're outside the from democrats headquarters in berlin about a 1000 demonstrators gathered to send a message to the new state premier a few 100 kilometers away his election breaks a taboo inside the party leader was congratulatory but at a distance. the support from the far right comes as a surprise because the party is not aligned with our party it was purely a tactical move but the a.f.d. and 3 says the vote was planned that way. this is how to the conservative majority prevailed and that's great because it's we wanted to put the left party leadership to posture and we succeeded because it's going to be the conservative christian democrats took their time to react some welcomed the result of the event speaking in strasburg the head of chancellor merkel's party had this message. disheartened. where party members voted in syringe i was especially against a recommendation of. i want to make that clear once more we have not a proof that i consider it to be cl

arc party which says that there is concern by the party that and the spokesman of the party just sad that if the e.u. approach to the libyan issue is not right because i have to that has been supported by egypt and the united arab emirates and as you know that. there are reports stating that $3000.00 tons of munitions have been supported to have to only the united arab emirates only after turkey and russia brokered the cease fire the last month. i had with the latest from aaa mahmoud thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera makes me feel i'm greeting its new feel like a letter to the country we hear from ugandan students stuck in honduras frustrated by her government's response. however got plenty of showers in the forecast across southeast asia that if you show us are rolling into the philippines that also is easing up towards the central and southern parts of vietnam a keen northeast leeway in that movie steam on suv driving the showers through southern parts of thailand malaysia peninsula we'll see some rather wet weather over the next couple days malaysia seeing some very heavy showers as we go thro

e.u. that the banned opposition party is reinstated and its leader has his treason case against him dropped will so there is no sign of those things happening. boeing says it's working to rebuild trust in the brand even as it struggles to bring its 737 max back into service the planes have been grounded since last march following 2 fatal crashes the aircraft's joint reputation has taken hits in the company failed to book any new orders in january for us louis a reports now from the singapore. it was once boeing's best selling plane but no one is placing new ordinance for the 737 max these days. the planes have been grounded for 11 months after 2 crashes within 5 months killed 346 people for boeing the singapore is a chance to put out a message that it's handling this crisis head on we absolutely have to rebuild confidence in the airplane and that starts with getting it certified bringing it back to service convincing the regulators that we've done the right thing that the changes to the airplane are right the manuals are right the training is right its focus is to have the mix back in servi

e.u. that the banned opposition party is reinstated and its leader has his treason case against him dropped will so there is no sign of those things happening. hundreds of indonesians who left the country to join i still won't be able to return the government's decision affects nearly 700 men women and children most of them in syria but some say the move means hundreds or less state less which could break constitution algeria's jessica washington reports now from jakarta. fashion as family is incomplete and torn apart by a decision hope brother made nearly 4 years ago he left to carto without notice taking his wife and daughter with him to join i saw. my brother isn't a violent person my family even liked us i was shocked when they left if i had known of course i wouldn't have approved. he's now in jail in syria the indonesian government's decision to ban former eisel fighters and their families from returning means she will likely never see her brother again. i want them back here i want them to have a normal life in indonesia again. among those stuck in syria and other countries are hundr

e.u. that the banned opposition party is reinstated and its leader has his treason case against him dropped will so there is no sign of those things happening. deborah elms is the founder and executive director of the asian trade center which works with governments and companies to design better trade policies for the region she joins us from singapore and thank you very much for joining us so this this move by the european union what do you make of it. well i think it's an interesting outcome clearly the europeans are are trying to get as much pressure as they can on the cambodian government to reform human rights this is a common thing that european union is very alarmed about in general workers' rights human rights etc and so it's that that is not unexpected the challenge for cambodia though is that not only did they lose some of their preferences into the european union but they're suddenly having to compete in a much more important way with the if not which is in the same sectors especially garment footwear that they are keeping with the signing yesterday of the f.d.a. so does this mea

e.u. . commission president. as the leader of the breaks a party house hailed what he called his stark moment. nigel you've walked your whole life. it was said to me it was impossible. to go back to business it just shows you actually the truth of it is there was a massive disconnect between how western society europe it is you have a country that's what i did was to go in there and expose it so i'm absolutely thrilled when you go from here to your political career and your opinion what 26 days after the referendum i believed. what the government said and i kind of stepped back a bit from it all and it became a total mess but i came back in 2 years later with a reset the agenda i am not going to run away i'm going to keep a very close. all of this over the next year i will praise the promise of the rooftops if it's going well and also the. if it's not i think this is a big moment in our history but it's not triumphalism it's celebration you know what's really happened here what really happened here is the people of the westminster establishment 10 years ago there was no building that would lea

now, the party is looking for a new leader and guidance while the government is facing a raft of international challenges. >> e.u. member states are concerned committee might be politically unstable when it takes over the presidency later this year. chancellor angela merkel's conservatives are in crisis mode after the resignation of the party leader. it is not clear who will replace her and what kind of relationship the party might resume. polls suggest most germans do not want to see the party shift to the right. >> i think this is dangerous for the christian democrats. if they move to the right, they could form a coalition with the afd. that is more than just breaking a taboo. that is making a pact with the far-right. >> i hope the party will not move to the right. they cannot afford to. >> the cd you cannot go on being so stubborn. it is not sustainable. they cannot ignore voters. >> the crisis was triggered by a cdu politician's decision to cooperate with the far-right party and the pro-business fdp. this was against the wishes of the cdu national leadership and was seen as political taboo in germany. >> wha

e.u. signalled that it would end cambodia's preferential trade arrangement that allows most goods to be sent to europe tax free the announcement came after the government launched a crackdown on dissent banning the main opposition party and charging its leader with treason among the demands from the e.u. is that the case against can be dropped and it wants better protection and rights for workers in factories according to leaked documents from the european commission in parliament but likely to walk for a partial withdrawal of the agreement rather than a complete cancellation with one of the main concerns being job losses and communities like this in the e.u. may also be trying to limit geopolitical space for china which is becoming increasingly assertive in southeast asia according to a cambodian government official chinese president xi jinping urged cambodia's prime minister hun sin not to bow to european demands when they met in beijing last week but china will. also lose if the trade agreement is canceled most of the investors are from china. imports of the roman fear from china it seems certain the e.u. will want to follow through and punish the cambodian government to some extent when the final announcement is

change we ask a man who's been at the receiving end of the democratic party machine lawyer and former congressional candidate. and as an e.u. delegation to teheran heads home ahead of friday's washington talks how close are we to a transformation from anglo-american economic war in iran to full scale military geopolitical conflict we get a cia insider's guide. i'd to developments one month since the trump assassination drone strike plus as a suspected terror attack wounds 2 in south london what's changed since boris johnson has just similar attack in november for alleged electoral advantage we talked to former u.k. home office minister norman baker posable coming up in today's going on the ground a fast hours before impeached u.s. president trumps acquittal by the senate today his annual state of the union address over the whole world signals of what a trump 2nd term in the white house means for the planets of course 1st he'll have to beat the democrats in november but arguably they're fighting a civil war after monday's iowa fiasco joining me now from hollywood is tim going over who ran for congress in florida against d.n

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could possibly go so that's a party crisis that and we should end this crisis doesn't come at a particularly good time for germany because germany's due to take over the e.u. presidency this summer so what are people in the european union making of these developments in germany correspondent barbara is in strasbourg she spoke to catalina bali a european member of parliament for the social democrats. the crisis within the german christian democrats it strikes fear in the heart of many european countries because if it turns into a full book blown government crisis the next step is european crisis how big is the danger what you think well it is a crisis within the christian democrats there's no doubt about it but now our concern of course is that we keep going as a government and i mean we've seen rough times social democrats and we've proved that this is possible because we. we were a very stable partner in the coalition and in the government and this government worked extremely well during the last months so you think stability can prevail even though the christian democrats seem to tear themselves apart very similar to like you say what happened to in you

e.u. but what does that mean for trade between the 2 parties break it down and as we get a break here the numbers at the club. he's trapped in this tiny little wired coach we don't need a crate with him he will just start freaking out and he won't let us bring him anywhere near. breeding dogs or caged in the interview lane conditions on puppy focusing i mean 67 years you know they've been locked up in a cage outside you see no protection from the weather the heat you know the cold air the rain the snow the founder nothing they have no protection. so if you look you. know it's ok. across the u.s. crude puppy mills are supported by dog shows and pet stores most of the puppies that are coming from these large scale factory farming kind of operations are being sold in stores even joined a group businesses are involved like agoa mom sent to there's been a shocking amount of organized opposition to adverts to increase the standards of care for dogs bred in commercial breeding facilities most of that opposition is coming from huge agricultural groups and industries that have nothing to do with d

will remain a close partner of the e.u. a growing comment by the commission president. meanwhile the leader of the party has hailed what he called an historic moment. in niger your watch your whole life if you like although it was said to me it was impossible for wasting my time to go back to business that shows you actually the truth of it is there was a massive disconnect between how western society europe it is you how the country will be as you know what i did was to go in there and expose it so that i'm absolutely thrilled when you go from here to your political career and all the european union $26.00 days after the referendum i believed more for me what the government said and i kind of stepped back a bit from it all and it became a total mess but i came back in 2 years later a policy that reset the agenda i am not going to run away i'm going to keep a very close watch on all of. this over the next year i will praise the promise of the rooftops if it is going well and the. if it's not this is a big history but it's not triumphalism it's celebration it was really. what really happened here is the

e.u. but what does that mean for trade between the 2 parties well break it down and as we get a break here the numbers at the club. you know world big partners. and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. as global equities sink alternative assets are getting a boost as investors flock to safety gold is pushing higher but its momentum is slowing despite the growing negative sentiment instead the biggest winners happen to be treasuries and bitcoin the bond rushes intensifying with the 10 year yield down 22 percent this year the corona outbreak coupled with a negative interest rates around the world is making u.s. treasuries particularly attractive right now despite the historically low yield on the other hand they coin is also getting a boost as asia stock markets fall big log its best perfor