he joins me tonight from dresden profesor pods and it's good to have you on the program eastern germany has the smallest numbers of migrants in foreigners than any region of the country yet it is a hotbed for right wing extremism and zina phobia why well there is a quite easily understandable reason for that seat with germany increased its percentage of foreigners in the country from ciro after the to something like twenty eight to twenty five per cent in a number of tea cakes that is slowly in east germany the percentage increase during the last five six seven years from zero to something close to ten percent so the dynamics between migration much higher in east germany then invest chimney and so if the reaction of the society against immigration which

police in eastern germany for a third night of violence as tensions over migrants. remain high several people were injured sunday and monday in the city of it happened after a german. to death in two foreigners were arrested the german chancellor making it clear there will be no tolerance of mob violence against forward also coming up our killer robots in the future of warfare at a u.n. conference in switzerland there are calls tonight to ban weapons that can fight. all on their own and as america mourns the passing of senator john mccain the campaign battle lines are already being drawn in his home state of arizona by the candidates who want to replace him. it's good to have you with us tonight the federal police in germany are on standby ready to deploy if the call comes from the eastern city of camden there have been two days of violent immigration protests and counter protests triggered by the fatal stabbing of a german man over the weekend in an apparent altercation with migrants opposition parties have criticized the police for acting too late german chancello

he joins me tonight from dresden professor upon so it's good to have you on the program eastern germany has the smallest numbers of migrants in foreigners than any region of the country yet it is a hotbed for right wing extremism and zina phobia wa well there is a quite easily understandable reason for that seat with germany increased its percentage of foreigners and the country from ciro after the build to something like twenty eight to twenty five per cent in a number of the case that is slowly in east germany the percentage increase during the last five six seven years from zero to something close to ten percent so the dynamics between migration much higher in east germany then invest chimney and so if the reaction of the society against immigration which a significant minority of the people here doesn't want to have there's an interesting observation when it has to do really with numbers i'd like to point out something that happened last week in eastern germany a t.v. news crew trying to cover a right so far right demonstration was detained by police for about an hour now this video

right wing extremism house the situation in eastern germany different from other parts of the country not just recently brian in fact if we think back to two thousand and fourteen this is the state the state of saxony where candidates is located but also dres down where there were other recent incidents this is the state that gave birth to the xena phobic movement known as piggy as you remember some to hundred thousand people assembled in the streets of braised in two thousand and fourteen to protest migration and this is also the state that is seen. as the center of the party the far right party here in germany in last year's federal election the a.f.d. actually was the strongest party in the state and with state elections coming up many people are predicting that it will have a very strong showing again and you know the roots of this they go back absolutely to the fact that this was part of eastern germany this particular state where parts of it were sometimes referred to as the valley of the ignorant because west german media which reach some parts of eastern germany didn't reach t

after two days of violence, more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany.igrants say racism is on the rise. more venezuelan migrants cross into brazil, but the brazilian president now says that closing the border would be "unthinkable". and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs. family, friends, and political rivals have been remembering senatorjohn mccain at his memorial service in arizona. the republican presidential candidate, vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war died from brain cancer last saturday. he will now lie in state at the us congress, in washington, this weekend, before burial at the us naval academy in annapolis, maryland. former vice president, joe biden, a democrat of course, was prominent among those leading the tributes. from washington, laura trevelyan. the streets were lined in phoenix, arizona as people turned out to bid farewell to the man who served his adopted state with such distinction. # amazing grace...# as his grieving family watched, an

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this is agriculture on a whole other dimension in eastern germany there are businesses that own five thousand hectares or more behind it are agricultural funds and large family holdings with headquarters in far off regions. line hog supports traditional farming and is worried he's an independent farmer and director of the brandenburg farmers association when he bought his land the prices were half of what they are now his land may be worth more now but it's getting difficult to buy new land and lease it. investors with no ties to the region are on a buying spree and that bothers him then they don't have begun the development began and actually wasn't with the financial crisis when investors bought land it drove the prices up in one way way at an advantage because the value of our assets increased but of course we don't want to sell our assets we want to keep farming here i want to be on this show i thought going on here i'd have a little four years of my shows me a list of the investors names and for each operation they receive millions of euros in e.u. subsidies. among them are inve

spoke with venner ponsoldt he is a professor specializing in populist political movements in eastern germany he told me why he believes kim needs is just the beginning of this sort of unrest in the country. the political elites the intellect and the leads in germany comes from germany into a multi-ethnic and multicultural society which has been happening in west germany for many decades such that such as society is something quite common in many cities and parts of this show many but the transformation of a society so far not being multi-ethnic and multicultural into such a society is a process which will not go on without any conflicts any struggles in particular not if the east german society which strongly dislikes being similar to some problematic areas invest money if this society reacts and even revolt against this transformation and this is why i feel my best educated guess is that such clashes on the streets in particular is germans it is will be able in the future israel. that was professor van apostle there speaking with me earlier here's some of the other stories now that are maki

after two days of violence, more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany.igrants say racism is on the rise. more venezuelan migrants cross into brazil, but the brazilian president now says that closing the border would be "unthinkable". and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs.

and the protesters absolutely targeted people who appeared to be of migration origin you know eastern germany has of course been in the headlines recently of words right wing extremism how is this such a situation there different from other parts of germany it absolutely has been in the headlines there was a very big anti immigrant gratian demonstration in the city of dresden in saxony in the middle of august and in fact this state was the birthplace of the zina phobic movement piggy which brought tens of thousands of people to the streets of brazen in two thousand and fourteen to protest the so-called islamisation of germany and this is also the state where the far right party actually was. the strongest party in last year's federal election in saxony so what's going on in saxony and in eastern germany as a whole it's a paradox really brian because the fact is this is a region where there are the lowest number of migrants of foreign residents nonetheless the far right fares best where it can exploit a sense of insecurity and frustration and that is absolutely present in many regions of the e

after two days of violence, more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany.igrants say racism is on the rise. and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs. in business, he called it the worst deal in history. now president trump is closing in on a new north america free trade agreement, as talks with canada approach a deadline today. also coming up in the business briefing. desperate measures. argentina says it will talk to the imf on monday, after it raises interest rates to 60%, only to see the peso plunge further. a warm welcome to the programme. briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. tell us what you think, just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. the casket carrying the late senator john mccain has arrived in washington where he will lie in state ahead of a funeral service at washington's national cathedral on saturday. former presidents george w bush and barack obama, each of whom defeated mccain in

the costs of living for rent and food is often better in eastern germany the chinese mega city of shenzhen has electrified its public transportation system sixteen thousand three hundred fifty nine says that makes it a global leader and the city doesn't want to stop there. these bus drivers are waiting for their shift to start and wait hunter han makes his last check before he gets behind the wheel of his electric bus diesel is now a thing of the past. i've been working as a bus driver and shuns in for twenty years i've been working for the city for eleven switching from diesel to electric buses was easy these buses are easier to steer quieter and better for the environment the diesel buses were loud and dirty. shen's end is china's silicon valley and has more than fifteen million inhabitants this is where most high tech companies are located incomes here are the highest in the country it's china's fastest growing city and has the most electric buses

saw there being funded mark spoke with the leader of germany's green party and asked her why eastern germany is facing problems with right wing extremism. time and again violence breaks out in the eastern drum state of sex and the why always saxony we're not talking about whole eastern germany but we have a problem in some of the stays that rightwing radicalism was not taken seriously enough and this was definitely the case in sex any where the stage government ignored the fellowmen for some time then they tried to put it on the agenda but they didn't really do anything against it they didn't find any program for democracy ation they didn't find and said programs against radicalization of the right wing and therefore now we have the consequences on the streets and this is a horrible phenomenon and therefore we call for the stage prime minister to put it on top of the agenda for his political projects was in the next ones and yes. thousands of protesters went on the streets of candidates has something got out of control in the german society we're not having a problem was in the whole german

like tolerance like freedom of speech and that that effort definitely needs to be focused on eastern germany but not only there and another very important factor long term cutbacks in the security services have left many people in many parts of germany with the feeling that the streets of their cities are not entirely safe and certainly we saw in candidates that the police were dramatically understaffed and the fact is and this was said this week by the president of the police people's union he said when people have the sense that they are not secure on their city streets there is a much higher risk that they will resort to vigilante attacks which doesn't excuse those attacks but points out that there is a direct connect. between underfunding of security perhaps also underfunding of those socialization education efforts i mentioned and the rise of right wing violence so the key question is will politicians not only speak out but will they also follow up with actions in the sense of these believes they have a new problem tonight that arrest warrant that has been leaked online do we know who's

here in germany hundreds join followed by protests in the eastern city of pemex that's after the fatal stabbing of a german national jaring a dispute that police say involves people of carriers nationalities. that will also be taking into yeah mile germany's name a nazi village all the residents there are far right sympathizes with the exception of one couple we've made the low miles to stem the tide of extremism every summer with a music festival to promote tolerance and in somalia the procedures down the line some called common they have no idea what they're doing they just have a knife and they cut. the cruel practice of female genital mutilation we meet a woman from somalia who fled her country to seek help at the german reconstruction clinic. plots who can keep by munich from winning their seventh straight honestly go tribal after the first weekend of the season don't mince the side making the early. running through demolished to strong like sixty on sunday. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us united nations investigators have released a damn

also coming up here in germany hundreds joined far right protest in the eastern city of ten minutes after the fatal stabbing of the german national assyrian and then the rocky man have appeared before a german court in connection with the death. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program united nations investigators have released a damning report tommy on mars military calling for the prosecution of its commanders for crimes against humanity the investigators say that the military orchestrated a campaign against the country's will hinge on muslims with quote genocidal intent now myanmar's brutal crackdown against the rohinton began a year ago the ensuing campaign of arson rape and murder prompted some seven hundred thousand people to flee to neighboring bangladesh. un investigators have made it clear to me and most high ranking military officials must pay for what they're now calling actions with quote genocidal intend. the mission has concluded that criminal investigation and prosecution is warranted focusing on the top top model or generals in relation to the three categories of crimes unde

after two days of violence — more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany.rants say racism is on the rise. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme. new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition... as gene editing successfully corrects the condition in dogs. and a filipino football superstar. neil etheridge goes from making saves to making history in the english premier league. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 5pm in arizona where family, friends and political leaders have been remembering senatorjohn mccain at his memorial service. the vietnam veteran died from brain cancer last saturday — he will be laid to rest at the us naval academy, near washington dc this weekend. the former vice president, joe biden, was among those leading the tributes. our north america correspondent, laura trevelyan reports. the streets were lined in phoenix, arizona as people turned out to bid farewell to the man who served his adopted state with such distinction. # amazing grace...# as his grieving family watched, an honour guard carrie

are the police in eastern germany helping instead of hindering a tide of hate against migrants and foreigners after those violent protests in the city of candidates this week new questions and old suspicions plus that the far right party capitalizing on candidates using social media to target journalists it's being called an unprecedented threat of violence against the media. in berlin this is the day. i mean there is that image is really quite shocking. the use it or not since the city continue to drive these sort of these extreme right. in his proprieties complete musha i think it's fundamentally important public official story europe. denounce for all of this. to return would soon be concealed from our memories traumas of the process. because that is frightening to see how the same devices are being used. also coming up tonight in germany hands over human remains from the namibian genocide but does it go far enough to atone for germany's colonial era atrocities. just demanding three things an apology on recognition of genocide and reparations break something you have to fix it wasn't about

but this issue affects the whole country the whole of eastern germany but also the west. and a court in kemet says confirmed that one of the alleged attackers should have been deported in may twenty sixth teen sex and the state premier says its officials are not to blame the spoons and from the federal authorities are responsible for that it's now being investigated and the results will have to be made public. the accused iraqi man has several previous convictions he should have been deported to bulk area within six months but the deadline expired the magazine der spiegel claims the man twice presented forged papers the authorities supposedly rejected his application for asylum on wednesday three days after the fatal step in kennett's. of course we want to find out what happened if mistakes were made we want to ensure they're not repeated in the future. more demonstrations are scheduled in cabinets over the weekend but by the far right alternative for germany party as well as by church groups. just times are a reminder of our top story at this united states is spending it

there's been another anti—immigrant demonstration in the city of chemnitz in eastern germany, after theilling of a german citizen on sunday. police are investigating cases of violence and demonstrators accused of giving the banned hitler salute. and this video is trending on bbc.com. russia's best—known singer, iosif kobzon, sometimes known as the soviet frank sinatra, has died of cancer. kobzon sang for stalin at the age of nine. he was also a controversial figure, with some labelling him as a "propagandist." that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk. britain's biggest payday lender, wonga, has collapsed into administration afterfacing a surge of compensation claims. the privately owned company ran into trouble after the government cracked down on payday lending. now on bbc news live to singapore, for asia business report. it is deadline day for canada staying in nafta. we will take a look at what this will involve and what it says about potential talks about america's other large trading partner, china. and it may be the world's fastest growing major eicon me b

crisis in germany the vast tracts of land are located in the eastern part of the country but there are also similar tracts in poland and in the baltic countries. that's where socialist collective farms like this one used to be. has also been offered good money for his eight hundred hectare cattle farm. taking it over from a socialist collective. as the it's one thing when we made an offer in one thousand nine hundred two to privatized this farm we had to show proof that we had agricultural technical training otherwise we would have got it. but today i don't need to tell you what counts only one thing counts what's that it's your money can you buy the farm or not. twenty five percent of agricultural real estate in eastern germany is already in the hands of corporations and companies based elsewhere many farmers are very angry. because it always leads to people with no ties to the region taking over and services from somewhere else in germany coming in with contain this and technology and doing work there and that leaving again on a high has no connection at all to the people in the regi

after two days of violence, more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany. closing the border would be "unthinkable". and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs.

there in germany hundreds join far right protests in the eastern city of chemists that softer a fatal stabbing of a german national during a dispute police say in polls people of various nationalities. also on the program . we take you inside a mile of germany's neo nazi village all the residents here all fall right sympathizes with the exception of one couple who meet the love of my aunts who stemmed the tide of extremism every summer with a music festival to promote a total deaths. and who can keep by munich from winning their seventh straight pool in this league a title after the first weekend of the season don't mention is the side making the running off so they demolished a strong light seems to leave on sunday. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us the united nations is calling for the prosecution. of myanmar's military commanders for what investigators say was a campaign with genocidal intent against the country's revenge of muslims u.n. investigators say they now have enough evidence to prosecute six top generals for their alleged crimes th

the purchasing power which includes the costs of living for rent and food is often better in eastern germany than you copes over in the west in frankfurt the former west i should say despite the east west pay divide some areas of eastern germany a prospering which one is. well ben i have to tell you something even though i miss sometimes living in berlin i guess it paid off sense of courting to this report i'm working less here and frankfurt i make more money than you guys over there in berlin not sure if that's really true but those numbers yeah they're actually very interesting so when you look at the figures employees in the state of the ring go work the most in germany with one thousand three hundred seventy hours per year followed by a sex in the hot and western pull rain year we certainly don't want to offend people living in north rhine-westphalia germany say with the highest population but that's a state where people only work an average of one thousand two hundred fifty hours per year let's talk about this the salaries hamburg is the number one with an average gross income of forty

and that that effort definitely needs to be focused on eastern germany, but not only there. d another very important factor, long-term cutbacks in the security services have left many people in many parts of germany with the feeling that the streets of their cities are not entirely safe. and certainly we saw in chemnitz that the police were dramatically understaffed. and the fact is -- and this was said this week by the president of the police people's union -- he said, when people have the sense that they are not secure on their city streets, there is a much higher risk that they will resort to vigilante attacks, which does not excuse those attacks, but points out that there is a direct connection between underfunding of security, perhaps also underfunding of those socialization and education efforts i mentioned, and the rise of right-wing violencnce. so the key question is, will politicians not only speak out, but will they also follow up with actions? brent: melinda, saxony's police have a new problem tonight -- that arrest warrant that has been leaked online. do we know w

on the program we spoke with a professor in dresden who said that the police particularly in eastern germany often identify more with people from the far right than they do from the left because they're told that they're hated by the left what do you say to that well by its nature police tend to conservatism and law and order. the left to groups by nature or. rather reject or despise conservatism and law and order so that might be the reason for that opinion the these accusations that we were seeing this cooperation possibly between the police in the far right and kennison in eastern germany is nothing new and it's something that seems to continue to persist how do you explain that i mean why can't it be broken. that is a very good question you have to consider that the police of a german state we call it it's a mirror of the population so if you have a certain opinion you know. within the population within the people that might reflect on to the police force and if if there are police officers in a department anywhere for those of us who are in the police and you suspect that this person ma

sounds precious time pieces we've visited last week in eastern germany which is famous for its watchmaking tradition. to shop for clothes is a lot of fun but does fish and really make you happy we wanted to find out more and learn to copenhagen on the one hand because the biggest fashion week in albany europe is currently in full swing there and because according to the word happiness report the danes are always among the happiest people in the world's the so-called scandals sky have something to do with it let's find out. this year's copenhagen fashion week is a showcase of what's come to be known as scandi style thirty three designers from around scandinavia are presenting their creations for next summer in the audience is danish fashion reporter cilla henning she knows her way around europe scout walks and can tell us what's unique about fashion from the north to nagin fashion you can eat where it doesn't it's not so complicated you can mix it in different ways and if. it's like it's good every day you can use it if not why only cup hockey from the weekend but not to use it every day we

after two days of violence, more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany.children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs. in business, he called it the worst deal in history. now president trump is closing in on a new north america free trade agreement, as talks with canada approach a deadline today.

in eastern germany more anti migrant demonstrations yet we still know little about the stabbing death of a german man which allegedly triggered violent zina phobic protests earlier today a german prison worker was suspended in connection with the protest tonight that is fueling suspicions of a link between law enforcement and the nazis i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. when something terrible like this happens people get angry. this is it's normal to suspect this city is completely different to everything you've seen in the media over the past few days. we have it into the will we will see to it that those responsible for this killing all convicted. that will give it up and we will ensure that those doing the hit list of dates are also convicted because you keep there's a reason for all of this and that is the mass immigration initiated by chancellor merkel. also coming up tonight as tributes for in for the late u.s. senator john mccain we'll speak to german lawmaker andreas nick about what mccain's passing means for germany and for the future of transatlantic relations. make n