declared a right wing extremist group and is under formal surveillance by domestic intelligence f.t. party spokesman year and was openly suspicious of flugel extremists he has joined forces with other flu opponents and now has the clear majority of party leaders on his side flugel will meet on saturday to discuss the situation i'm joined now by frank christiane he is one of the a.f.p. representatives in the state parliament here in berlin it's good to have you on the show what does this represent for your party do you think the flugel that this faction do you think they're going to just split away from the party. i think 1st of all it's a very important day for our party because i think the narrative of a f.t.s. writing or almost a nazi party is over the party leadership clearly stated that the frugal is not the majority in the party and it will not be this is an excellent sign for the members because a lot of people were not willing to accept any more to be under the under the appearance dominance of the because they're very loud and they're very. loud and we have acceptance of the german

f.t. the right wing party it was 2 points down from from last month so of course it's a beast big discussion in germany but it's not the overwhelming issue which has been and he's discussed here in germany it's really a problem for minorities trust percent at the moment jonathan good from the info test enough polling institute a pleasure to talk to you. ok. let me now bring up to date with some other stories making news around the world in bangladesh thousands of muslims have had a demonstration in the capital taka to denounce india's controversial citizenship law that triggered deadly riots in delhi the protesters are calling on the bangladeshi government to cancel a plan to invite indian prime minister met in the room or the 2 a ceremony next month. they don't prosecute in ukraine has resigned after a no confidence vote against him in parliament who slanted irish up face criticism for allegedly blocking probes of corruption cases president. described him as ineffective. in tunisia a police officer was killed after 2 men on a motorcycle do themselves up outside the u.s. embassy in the capit

politics in both directions i mean there are attacks against other parties but not with this kind of intensity as it is against the f.t. they are actually a victim of the political violence largest degree i don't see really any other party members getting beaten up with long heavy wooden boards and such as what happened last year with a fellow in hamburg would be more important to try to respect each other's positions and try that the left and right a little bit closer together so that they can start to communicate and agree to some sort of basic rules of conduct so that. the political discourse doesn't become violent and ugly and. doesn't become necessary to have security in the 1st place i mean that would be the way to go as a return to a more civilized discourse. as coronavirus continues to spread around the globe the british health minister has been diagnosed with 19 scientists from a london calling to infect volunteers for money in the world's 1st such test on humans . we can announce that we have commenced the development of the world's 1st commercial human coronavirus challenge study also known as control human

f.t. and brandenburg and has extensive contacts with neo nazi youth organizations the party is putting its base in the younger generations. many in the via republican also recognized the importance of youth organizations churches professional associations clubs and political parties all expected the postwar generation to grab the reins and shape the country's future. by the time the nazis had seized power it was not just the hitler youth who had been converted many young people believe that democracy had become obsolete tarnished by the older generation that had led germany into the 1st world war my ideas of race and ethnicity had become the hallmarks of national unity the individual was nothing the people everything their bond to blood and soil was to be purged of alien elements leaving behind only the pure body of the people. who it is the world as they could be no contradictions within the supposedly biologically pure national community the body of the people it couldn't countenance any form of plurality of conflicts of interest competing interests had to be cornish all of these things

what they called a people's party the party of protest it was the only party that was affective across the weimar republic of the f.t is also a mixture of socially established voters from the center who have drifted to the right and new voters protest voters who see it as a vehicle to express their dissatisfaction importance. and we will keep this revolution going until politics in this country has been reversed by 180 degrees. in. the a.f.d. also capitalizes on protest and it attracts people who didn't vote before almost a quarter of the d. supporters were previously nonvoters there's a clear parallel to the former nazi party. is in this also implies that not all nazi voters around 1932 had suddenly become convinced racists and anti semites and national socialists the nazis were harvesting the protest vote and the f.t. is doing that too. even in these economically stable times the f.t. has succeeded in sparking protests on the streets. unemployment in germany is low and the economy seemingly robust but the danger is still there. german society is becoming increasingly fragmented isn't kind of we're not a society th

f.t. trying to demonstrate the inability as they see it of mainstream parties by not even putting up their own candidate beyond hooka in the 3rd vote that hard to do to achieve political editor mikaela kirsner reporting thank you. this is due to reduce these are top stories. greek police have again used tear gas to prevent migrants and refugees from crossing the country's land border from neighboring turkey and on the island of les vos migrants have confronted police on the waterfront after disembarking from boats from turkey. michael bloomberg has announced he is ending his campaign to become the democratic nominee in this year's presidential election it comes after primary elections in 14 u.s. states have made former vice president joe biden and senator bernie sanders clear front runners. italian officials say the country's death toll from the corona virus has risen to 79 and nearly 50 percent jump in just one day over 93000 people have been infected worldwide with over 3000 deaths in all. the taliban have targeted of gun government soldiers in overnight attacks north of could use in ret

parties represented in parliament. and chief political editor mahela is on the story for us mchale of the leadership of the f.t. is calling for the desa lucian of this we group how important is that well it's could be a key moment in the history of this party it's already lost to previous leaders among them the found look over that very issue of how far right into the bright winning stream is field it wants to go and what seems to be happening here is that there is once again high noon that the party leadership has decided that the wing the right wing extremist wing has to decide to dissolve itself or else it should be put under pressure to essentially leave the party so this is a very high risk approached because after all the far right extremist wing of this informal group has particularly a lot of traction in the eastern states here in germany so it's also a struggle east against the west to a certain degree and it must be said i mean this is the largest opposition party in the german parliament all of this infighting that we're seeing what does it mean for the broader the overall political picture in the cou

been rated by here in germany by the fire right turn to for germany party and we have a tweet here by lisa vita who is the head of the f.t. in the german parliament who says it would be more than a. really didn't if necessary measures to contain the virus were not taken or were taken too late due to wash calls a one sided fixation on the dogma of the open borders of course governments european governments are taking measures to contain this virus but we are also seeing that here there's a quite clearly an effort by fire right parties to tap into the panic and the fear surrounding this virus to push what they've always wanted so. it's true that the corona virus as we know it's also part of the story here that we're talking about tonight and that is the fate of those migrants who are at the turkish greek border now well certainly the current of ours is not going to make things any easier for them sure we've seen that the current virus has been at least cited by greek authorities as one of the reasons reasons why they thought it was necessary to tighten controls on migrant groups. for instance. just and now that application

been rated by here in germany by the far right turn to for germany party and we have a tweet here by lisa vida who is the head of the f.t. in the german parliament who says it would be more than the. diligent if necessary measures to contain the virus were not taken or were taken too late due to worship calls a one sided fixation on the dogma of the open borders of course governments european governments are taking measures to contain this virus but we are also seeing that here there's a quite clearly an effort by fire right parties to tap into the panic and the fear surrounds virus to push what they've always wanted so much more dangerous it's true that the corona virus as we know it's also part of the story here that we're talking about tonight and that is the fate of those migrants who were at the turkish greek border now well certainly the current of ours is not going to make things any easier for them sure we've seen that the current virus has been at least cited by greek authorities as one of the reasons reasons why they thought it was necessary to tighten controls on migrant groups within hungary for instance. ju

f.t. as being potty responsibly for creating a climate where driving in 3 muslim is growing but they've been similar attacks in the past in germany don't all parties including you always have to take responsibility for failing to deal with right wing extremism adequately. well of course and i mean we have to end this you process also in germany as leaders did like everything that was possible that time but we didn't have this clear a number is the right wing extremism against migrants we only have numbers that are too much like against everything and now we see more clearly what is happening against muslims what is happening against migrants we have now all these. numbers and also. policy is now looking more clearly to boards what is going on here in the parliament what is being so. oh pen and what has an effect outside and i think this is so important because when i was responsible for 4 years i have been attacked so many times virtually in the social media of course and now we have totally different laws against this attacks and the social media and you cannot just attack and be sure that nothing will happen nowadays people are brought to court