crimes and keeping close ties to right wing factions did her saying that hold a mirror up to the f.t. party so you have it most certainly. wouldn't. the most a c. in the of the will have to put up with being called out like that. what they say is taken seriously and elicits a response and that's exactly what she did she responded. and to pick up what you said earlier about which was in a bit. it would be quite in the interest of the d.g. when status silent commemoration. can. quietly. but no this is a contemporary massive dispute auschwitz is back at the center of remembering and at the center of dealing with today's attempts to push aside history and silence the culture of memory if you. missed. the embers of voters all right we extremists how can they be dealt with in a way that wins them back over to the democratic consensus in makati so what's with in. india months the alstom by taking them seriously. and by telling them. oh you will also be measured by what others say in your party. itself zog others you support with your membership so far and then you will be held responsible for it a

you can european elections coming up in may the f.t. party is expected to make gains and in those elections do you think that instance like this it's really only going to harden and perhaps even get more support for a politicians of that party we don't know if it's right now it's very hard to sort of last opinion so. it's quite stable around fifteen percent. are which which which will be the result in the in the area of the. games a lot of. support because of the openly mistakes the government is doing and the more support if the against the more you have such an anti for extruded muslim and while and against it it's hard to say whether it will be useful for you or or not right now politics in germany is very hard to pick just finally whoever carried by theists heinous attack do you think they will be tracked down and caught are you confident in the. i think the police the higher power who was there forget that the justice system. is extremely liberal that means that. they have to do it where are they already from. and it's. you can do such t

merkel's conservative also from the center left social democrats and the left party the notable exception the far right f.t. the party confirmed yesterday that none of their lawmakers were affected german authorities say the government's i.t. network was not compromised and they're looking at where the information came from the intent remains unclear some politicians are demanding action but what i heard shocked me this is a grave attack on democracy in our country. there are massive problems in our digital security architecture we put tensions haven't looked off as enough in recent years can we commit to the government has gross and neglected its if you find nothing this least we have to think. this is a turning point for more of the story we're joined in story here by is of us she is an expert on cyber security currently at berlin's digital society institute's isabel thanks for joining us here as we mentioned the cyber security agency the b.s.i. as it's called here in germany this is agency is defending itself right now saying it couldn't connect the dots between the information that they were seeing lea

f.t. the biggest opposition party in germany at this point in time great concern among commentators politicians and ordinary people and deeply disturbing and it should be noted all also that charlie no global she addressed the the bavarian parliament also on a holocaust remembrance day the a f t faction there apparently got up and walked out because of statements that just a few days ago. the resurgence of such as in germany do you see that is that something when witnesses i mean are there incidents increasing incidents of very much so the government has established a sort of official. votes mano a commission for to to take the battle against anti semitism up and they have begun now collating the figures the figures do appear to be on the rise the question is are they on the rise because there are more incidents of because people are reporting the instance more frequently there can be no doubt however in germany that jews do feel very very threatened by incidents on the street incidents in public transport incidents in restaurants incidents on school yards and it goes all in all i'm so this is

f.t. it wants to determine the extent of the party's right wing extremist motives this will not involve full on surveillance of the f.t. but the party's youth wing will be observed more closely and public statements made by a.f.p. members as well as the party's links to the far right identity tarried movement will be monitored when germany's constitution contains strict safeguards against extreme. let's get more now we are trying to buy a group of you know votes from our politics department so why has the same message intelligence agency decided to do this now i mean what did the head of the service say. the the president of the office for the protection of the constitution that's the official name of germany's domestic intelligence service thomas hide among he gave a press conference just half an hour ago and what had to say. is a quite a blow for the dean said that there are indications that the represents a policy that contradicts the constitutional order of germany that would make it possible that this party can be treated as a test case that's the rather official name of what the office

investigate although it states this will not involve full on surveillance of the party however the regional youth wing of the f.t. has been put under surveillance because of suspected ties to extremists peter by strength in the party's foreign policy speak when the but in the stark says the f.t. supports the work of the secret services about suspects political bias. well then the state should have the right. tool to find themselves. facing a huge drop on the spit so us is on the political control ministries saw there are follow us so we are quite confident that they are. planning to go to say. this very problem on six case well we don't seem too high. on all several times of the arse watching any word of just missed. the major brand of men's shaving products is facing a backlash a risk latest promotional video the target audience has apparently been left unimpressed by the efforts of gillette to respond to the me to me from and on you cheap the ad has been watched more than three million times and while it has sixty thousand likes it's clocked up more than three hundred thousand dislikes. the vittorio than again

f.t. is actually the third largest party here in germany and that we're seeing an image here this was an attack on a jewish cemetery in france in fact and in a study carried out just several months ago seven countries in europe it was found that one in twenty of those people had never even heard of the holocaust which is quite shocking. this study revealed many other shocking things that you know one third of european said that they lived they knew actually little or nothing all out all about the holocaust so of course this comes at a time when people are remembering the atrocities of the holocaust so bring information there. thank you very much. to tennis now in the world number one novak djokovic has beaten world number two bra feel nidal to win a record seventh australian open title it took the serbian just over two hours to complete his three set victory djokovic got off to a flying start winning thirteen of the first fourteen points the dollar had cruised on his way into the final but struggled in this one especially with djokovic has served the end which won six three six two six three it

for he remains in a hospital now this is a serious condition as we heard earlier on from a party member the f.t. bremen facebook page says the politician was knocked unconscious after he left new year's reception of the theater party also said the attackers continued to be magnets on their head after he was police and the prosecutor's office are investigating the. right now he is still in intensive care he's in stable condition and he says. he said that he cannot remember anything of this but doctors are confident he can leave intensive care at the hospital probably this weekend while the threat has been growing ever since we've been in existence these attacks have been intensified and i fear it's only a question of time until we see the first deadly assault on one of our politicians which are all democratically elected in parliament we think about advertising our addresses i've had hate mails affect me we. with death of killing me and i'm very very careful about where i'm going at night and party members considering bodyguards before they go out in public and this is not this is a very serious

investigator that states that this will not involve full on surveillance of the party meanwhile the regional youth wing of the f.t. has been put under surveillance because of suspected ties to extremists. ok let's bring in an a.f.p. representative party member peter bicester who serves as the foreign policy speaker in the bundestag great to have you on peter appreciate this will give you a chance to respond as well i can imagine you're fairly unhappy about what we've been hearing what do you think of the reasons for this investigation. and ok i thought maybe we had a lengthy delay there but it piers as though we have lost the connection with peter was able to speak to him a little earlier so maybe we'll be able to get him back certainly we will try to do just that. in the meantime u.s. democrats are reportedly preparing subpoenas for donald trump's interpreters who worked on his meetings with the deal over concerns that the american president is concealing nationally significant information if i had a choice i'd rather not do that with the with the interpreters but we may have no choice we'll have to see down the

investigate although it states this will not involve full on surveillance of the party however the regional youth wing of the f.t. has been put under surveillance because of suspected ties to extremists a peter best wrong party's foreign policy speaker in the bundestag says the a.f.p. supports the work of the secret services but suspects political bias. we believe. well that the sage should have the right. tools to defend themselves. we know we are facing a huge trauma the secret service is under political control in the ministry so there are now i suppose we are quite confident that they are joining or the politico has said. this is very problem on case well we don't seem to hire. and also there are times of the arse watching any word of this. new york authorities have analysis that an art exhibit featuring saudi arabia is flag will be moved from its original location that of the world trade center that's off the families of nine eleven terror attack victims deemed the proximity of the artwork to ground zero as insensitive auntie america's trinity shop has reports from new york. this candy nation's art exhibit

a list and politicians including the chancellor i'm gone merkel all the political parties except for the far right f.t. were hit in the. thirties acted very quickly very efficiently and around the clock. i can say with full conviction that our security agencies are guaranteeing the safety of the public and our politicians at all times . despite data being leaked in december in the form of for the advent callender the cyber attack only came to light last week the investigation is continuing and questions about the security of the german government's digital infrastructure half yet to be answered. joining me now is christoph abos he is head of the cyber security research program for police when eight it's a berlin based think tank because of it's good to have you on the show let us talk a little bit about what we're dealing with here where the suspect is a twenty year old high school student still lives at home with his parents described by police as not a great computer expert. what he must be good at something if he was able to do what he did right i think is that collecting data as far as i'm aware o

are dated by a hack or victims of an internal leak elim political party not affected was the right wing f.t. the stolen data was published on twitter and december but only recently came to light counting centers in the democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa started compiling there was all of last sunday's election catholic bishops who feel that the largest group of election observers say there is a clear winner and they're calling for accurate results to be declared a while the un's human rights office warned the government's decision to block the internet may trigger a violence place in sudan have fired tear gas to disperse anti-government demonstrators who gathered after friday prayers. want the president omar al bashir to step down they're angry over rising prices and government corruption at least nineteen people have died since the unrest started last month as of the headlines to keep it on al-jazeera much more to come up to the last drop or turns. watcher is the driving force of life and natural resource that this carries and to which one tenth of people on earth have no acce

investigate and i would states this will not involve full on surveillance of the party however the regional youth wing of the f.t. has been put under surveillance because of suspected ties to extremists earlier my colleague neil harvey spoke to peter bistro on the party's foreign policy speaker in the bundestag he says the if he supports the work of the secret services but does suspect political bias. are you helping you helping yourselves for example some of your members at times of these language that's been considered by some as inappropriate i believe andras then heart insulted muslims and what they consider sacred doing you more harm than good or is that just the nature of your organization actually you know we have a center of example us of our for the things. i call it. political parties we're saying the same way our politicians are they say it's no problem this is all is just destroyed it's more our talk make it our beliefs to come into it on television and then. people will say if the party has nothing to hide you've got nothing to worry about you know let any surveillance carry on how would you feel ab

data was leaked in daily batches throughout december all germany's political parties were affected except the far right f.t. . i don't think we're dealing with an army of professional hackers here it looks like someone was snatching data over a long period and looking to steal passwords. the breach was discovered by former us leader martin schultz who received calls from strangers on his private telephone number and reported it to police. chancellor merkel was briefed on the matter but many lawmakers first learned of the mass hacking from the media. and what i heard shocked me this is a grave attack on democracy in our country. there are massive problems in the digital security architecture we put tensions haven't looked off as enough in recent years the government has crossed and neglected that . we have to take action this is a turning point. and this will findings suggest no politically compromising data has been leaked still the government says it is a serious case and that almost all security agencies are involved in the investigation good come on you can't really make money off this since the data ha

officials were targeted by a hack or victims of an internal leak a little political party not affected was the right wing f.t. the stolen data was published on twitter and december but only recently came to light. counting centers in the democratic republic of congo's capital kinshasa started compiling there was all of last sunday's election catholic bishops who feel that the largest group of election observers say there is a clear winner and they're calling for accurate results to be declared a while the u.n. suman writes off this morning the government's decision to block the internet may trigger violence place a.

f.t. also included in this and the answers they gave weren't particularly specific there was some saying that every party in the bundestag was affected but there was some ambiguity there clearly as i say there is speculation swirling around about why it would be that every party would be attacked as it were in this way and the f.t. would not be but so far at least ambiguity as to exactly what happened to the f.t. in this element bear in mind that more than nine hundred politicians have had their details exposed by this twitter account which is now closed more than nine hundred more than four hundred of them were from angela merkel side of the chamber nearly three hundred of them from the social democrats and so on down through the the party groupings in the bundestag behind me but not on the face of it from f.t. members of the bundestag well as i say there is a degree of ambiguity i think what that shows though peter is that this investigation is is moving swiftly and they're trying to work heretick exactly who has been affected how much they've been affected bear in mind that anger merkel's personal det

cyber experts and fellow journalists was that perhaps someone closely tied to that right wing party to the f.t. might be behind this there was also some initial speculation that this might be the work of russian hackers who perhaps in some ways also would be supportive of the party because it helps to destabilize germany but now there's increasing thought on the part of some cyber experts that the perpetrators of this of this crime actually maybe young german men who have right wing sympathies and who simply would like to expose the private details of people they don't sympathize with people they don't like be their politicians be they sports stars be they television anchors and that in fact this is to some degree a sort of a mischief attack as opposed to something like politically motivated russian hacker . this is not just politicians caught up in this yeah right i mean we've been looking through the information that's contained in here and as we heard in the report as belinda mentioned it's it goes beyond politicians i mean we're seeing. some german actors a german t.v. presenter who is wel

journalists and politicians including the chancellor angela merkel all the political parties except for the far right f.t. will hit. thirty's acted very quickly very efficiently and around the clock. i can say with full conviction that our security agencies are guaranteeing the safety of the public and our politicians at all times . despite data being leaked in december in the form of food and vet callender the cyber attack only came to light last week the investigation is continuing and questions about the security of the german government's digital infrastructure have yet to be answered. andy w.'s frank kaufman has been following the developments for you frank the authorities have come under serious fire for not spotting the data breaches sooner what kind of consequences can we expect. there's already a major consequence effect out of german parliamentarians celebrities media people journalists have a huge interest into the state security agencies there's a huge gap between the first investigations of the government's i.t. security agency and the calls of december about these tweets bringing up sensiti

f.t. described the incident as an assassination attempt and other party members spoke to see about the attack. well. i was at the new year function organized by the wiser courier newspaper of the party shortly before six and went to the car park to my car i took a short cut through an area i don't really like and there was a mistake and i went through the square next to the c.d.c. or there are normally no people there the only people there were there were two laborers who are loading the car and i went past them then around thirty meters away or so the point is reached i was you knocked unconscious when you came round i realized i was lying in the street and someone was shaking my arm and asking if my wallet and my body phone were still in me that person then dropped me against a wall lot was running down my face or someone called the police in an ambulance last friday and if the office and lower saxony was targeted in another violent attack and no one was injured but the blast course of it damage to the building as well as the neighboring properties and here holes three suspects have since b

attack frank the local branch of the alternative germany party was attacked by a group of men as he was leaving the office of a local newspaper the f.t. post and. magnets injuries on social media dominic cain has more from berlin. the political reaction to the incident that took place on monday evening has been swift and condemnation politicians from many of the mainstream parties have also said that notwithstanding a person's political perspective there is no justification for such acts of violence the facts are these that at twenty past five local time as the magnets was leaving the office of a newspaper in blame and he was set upon by three masked men he was left for dead and was discovered by two people who called emergency services who took him to hospital sources from his party then put an image of mr magnets on social media showing the starkness of his injuries with son saying that they believed him from his party thing they believed he was half dead well he has been speaking he is conscious now and has been speaking to the d.p.a. news agency here in germany saying that he doesn't recall much of what happened and still could n

and this is not this is a very serious issue my party member friend from story is never leaving the house without two policemen. whenever there's any f.t. really article or we have the f.t. member on the program some of the reaction to it is quite direct some say the f.t.'s policies marginalize minorities in germany they say it coupled with inflammatory comments poorly chosen language without in mind a not so some people feel about your party do you expect these attacks a certificate as they are of course to continue. i'm afraid they will continue and they will intensify the reason is very simple let's take a look at east germany there will be three federal elections this year. in regional government regional parliament and regional stakes right now. twenty seven percent of the votes according to the latest opinion polls we're leaving all the old parties behind our party is extremely successful not just in east germany also in west germany and the established parties feel for influence that petrified and i'm afraid to say specially the left they send in their storm troopers to the empty which is being classified a terrorist organizatio

f.t. in germany we've seen the rise of other right wing parties of course going to do with their attitude to that makes it takes to reverse it it makes the european union look like a very fragile political project with very tender and vulnerable credibility with with populations in other european countries happily we haven't got a right wing party in this country because our parliamentary system tends to absorb those political and economic shocks and yet but i would also popular in the member countries than it's been in the last thirty or let's say let's see what's happened initially for example where they were actually the very anti you government that looks set to just back down over its budget problems with with brussels and you think that's going to lead to peace between the italian government and they and brussels and what you're saying this is a wall i suspect it will lead i suspect the euro zone in the end will break up because it's unsustainable that's a big claim moves a big claim let's look at this prospect that you think is becoming more and more attractive the warnings from th

party embracement he says he was assaulted by three men in the city center on monday saying the f.t. published this photo of him in the hospital and said he was beaten unconscious with a piece of wood we suspect the attack was politically motivated. well earlier due to the news spoke to one of the a visa leaders alexander gaul entity set the mainstream political parties in germany are partially to blame for the attack because of their efforts to sideline the far right party and its anti immigration rhetoric. when you call a democratically elected party undemocratic you're socially inviting thugs to get violent and that's what happened here this is it's an escalation of the type of undemocratic behavior we're seeing even in the during the parliament as. well the political opponents or however quick to condemn the attack foreign minister heiko mosque tweeting violence can never be announcer to political arguments regardless of the target or motive there is no justification for it whatsoever anyone who commits such a crime must be punished the leader of the social democrats meanwhile an

journalists and politicians including the chancellor i'm going to merkel all the political parties except for the far right f.t. were hit in the. thirty's acted very quickly very efficiently and around the clock. i can say with full conviction that our security agencies are guaranteeing the safety of the public and our politicians at all times . despite data being leaked in december in the form of for the advent callender the cyber attack only came to light last week the investigation is continuing and questions about the security of the german government's digital infrastructure have yet to be answered. well with me now is christoph abel's he is head of the cyber security research program for poli someone eighty a berlin based think tank so good to have you here with us in person christoph all right so the suspect is a twenty year old high school student still living with his parents and the scrubber police as not a great computer expert i don't know which is more worrying the fact that he's twenty years old or the fact that he's not really a computer genius. i think what makes varying in some kind of. david

germany party is fighting for his life after being attacked in the northwestern city of braman on monday frank magnates suffered the serious injuries after he was attacked by three people the f.t. described the incident quote as an assassination attempt he remains in hospital in a serious condition and as we heard earlier from a party member no the if the bremen facebook page says the politician was knocked unconscious after he left a new year's reception at the theatre the party also said the attackers continued to beat magnets be on the head after he was on the ground police braman prosecutor's office are investigating the at. will last friday office in lower saxony was also targeted in a violent attack no one was injured but the blasts cause severe damage to the building neighboring buildings the vehicles to were damaged well three suspects were also detained in connection with out the motive yet has not been established but police are working on the premise that it was politically motivated german lawyer and media pundits maximillian cratylus that if the members don't feel safe in many parts of the country now. there is an atmosphere in the country that every scene which i

leader says that the sort of media coverage of his party might have created circumstances in which a person might feel that it was right to attack the f.t. from the official perspective police say they are investigating what took place now large areas of europe are being hit by freezing cold weather that showing no sign of ending seven people died in the alps mountain range over the weekend and the second highest avalanche warning is now in place and still strawberry reports. this is the reason officials in southern germany have declared a state of emergency. a snowstorm has the positive more than half a meter of snow in parts of southern bavaria. the town of one guy on the northern edge of the alps in germany is now covered in almost a meter of snow and that's made life difficult for people in the region as a the lessons i haven't had the sense of stock in the past few days it snowed so heavily here in the district and that's had consequences for public life the most evident ones are the block roads or people who are no longer able to go to work or go shopping so between last night and this morning we pulled the emergency brake and can

it's vital one of the joint leaders of the party in parliament in the bundestag has said that she blames the atmosphere created by media reporting of the f.t. as to why people might feel they might want to attack members of the f.t. but it's also worth saying that this suggestion that he was half dead seems perhaps to have been a little exaggerated because it's being reported this morning that mr magnets is awake is conscious and has been speaking to the official german press agency of the day saying that he doesn't have a great recollection of what actually happened to him he didn't hear or see the people who attacked him but it's clear he's conscious he is out of any particularly serious danger he says that he expects to stay in hospital for some time longer from the official perspective the police are investigating they've been appealing for witnesses to what happened as i say which happened at twenty past five local time yesterday evening or adama thanks very much indeed dominic a reporting from. a nationwide protest is underway in one to demand a better minimum wage the federal government had agreed to that amount but some states said

f.t. via facebook it reads they knocked him unconscious with a wooden plank then continued kicking his head as he lay on the ground. if he co-leader alexander galland even spoke of attempted murder the party now admits the initial report was wrong video has since come to light captured by c.c.t.v. prosecutors say it shows the entire incident. we can't see any of the suspects wielding an object it any time the video we have to is not shared that. it also does not show any kind of kicking or blows delivered by the suspects to the victim's body. what we do see is the suspects fleeing a mediately after the attack. of forty five taken from the. prosecutor's of treating the attack as grievous bodily harm for his part frank magnate still believes it was politically motivated. in belgium the trial opens today of a french national accused of shooting dead four people at a jewish museum in brussels in two thousand and fourteen prosecutors say the assailants killed an israeli couple and two people working in the museum it's the first trial in europe of a suspect alleged to have carried out an attack after returning from training with so-called islamic state in the middle east the attack was also the

leader says that the sort of media coverage of his party might have created circumstances in which a person might feel that it was right to attack the f.t. from the official perspective police say they are investigating what took place and twenty year old german man has been arrested in connection to a massive data breach that saw the private information of hundreds of german politicians including chancellor angela merkel published online joan media reporting the man has confessed that he acted out of annoyance at public statements made by the figures. and now him take you straight to amman in jordan well we've got the u.s. secretary of state that might pompei is giving a briefing with his today and counterpart iman. of sentiment just pleasure to welcome on my dear friend the city here in jordan finally are speaking obvious and there's going to be translations i would do with. the rally was your charger to deliver. on the color of the secretary but i don't think it was that big a thing on my own part because general was limited to a man and there's the president when it comes out very good i think. we have had a. discussion on a number

f.t. describes the incident as an assassination attempt magnates there was able to speak to r.t. about the attack. i was at the new year function organized by the words or career newspaper of the party surely before six and went to the car park to my car i took a short cut through an area i don't really like and there was a mistake i went through the square next to the cd theatre there are normally no people there the only people there were there were two laborers who were looting their cars i went past them then around thirty meters away or the point at which i was knocked unconscious when he came round i realised there was lying in the street and someone was shaking my arm and asking if my wallet and my bottle phone were still in me that person then dropped me against the wall blood was running down my face someone called the police an ambulance last friday and i have to the office in the us x. and he was targeted in another attack no one was injured but the blast caused damage to the building as well as to surrounding properties and also vehicles three suspects have since been detained and police are working on the assumption that the attack was politically motivated german noir

f.t. via facebook it reads they knocked him unconscious with a wooden plank then continued kicking his head as he lay on the ground. hey if alexander galland even spoke of attempted murder the party now admits the initial report was wrong video has since come to light captured by c.c.t.v. prosecutors say it shows the entire incident. we can't see any of the suspects wielding an object should any time the video we have to is not show that is that it also does not show any kind of kicking or blows delivered by the suspects to the victim's body. what we do see is the suspects fleeing a mediately off to the attack on the forty fifth taken from the. prosecutor's a treating the attack as grievous bodily harm for his part frank magnet still believes it was politically motivated. a court in istanbul has sentenced a reporter who works for d.w. news to thirteen months in prison or was convicted for insulting and slandering a public official now those charges come from her reporting on the paradise papers and a former turkish prime minister's top two offshore tax havens the international consortium of investigative journalists has condemned the sentence as quote yet another disgraceful atta

f.t. via facebook it reads they knocked him unconscious with a wooden plank then continued kicking his head as he lay on the ground. if he co-leader alexander galland even spoke of attempted murder the partynow admits the initial report was wrong video has since come to light captured by c.c.t.v. prosecutors say it shows the entire incident. we can't see any of the suspects wielding an object should any time the video we have to is not show that. it also does not show any kind of kicking or blues delivered by the suspects to the victim's body. what we do see is the suspect laying a mediately after the attack. forty five taken from the. prosecutors are treating the attack as grievous bodily harm for his part frank magnate still believes it was politically motivated. and schedule some sports now and football's asian cup you're back to stand as doubt oman with a late goal to seal a two one victory meanwhile four time champions japan battled back from a goal down to beat turkmenistan three two that thanks to a brace from. osaka and qatar to know when against levanon that scoreless first half. oh india's national football team have had a great start at the asia cup the blue tigers as unknown a