now here in germany the conservative politician frederick metz reportedly plans to run for the leadership of chancellor angela merkel's christian democrats a c.d.u. he was widely expected to enter the race for the position of party chief in 2018 minutes gnarly lost a race for the leadership to end a great crime tyrant a monday and she stunned the country by announcing she is stepping down. for britain as an angler medical have rarely seen eye to eye if he became party leader but merkel rethink her current plan to remain chancellor until next year we put that question to w.'s chief political correspondent melinda crane that could well happen it's not only her plan of course she is at the head of a government whose official term goes until 2021 and she has said she would stay out that term but the fact is that these 2 free edition maps and america they have a long history their rivalry goes way back in in fact she proved such a nemesis for him that he wound up leaving politics altogether for many years he is distinctly to the right of chancellor merkel if you remember he was the author of t

will be put forward by the christine union when it comes to the election whenever that is held frederick metz is being talked about now mr metts was beaten by. in $28.00 for the job he did come under some criticism for his ties to the black rock investment group he has since quit all of his posts with that organization are men also being touted he's the the state president to say prime minister of north rhine-westphalia also the vice leader of the c.d.u. already when it comes to a potential candidate for chancellor or marcus as order of the christian social union the very end branch of the christian union here in germany is being talked about with increasing frequency as a potential successor even now to merkel all change we're still waiting to hear from. she's expected to speak to the press a little later on monday and explain why she's made this decision why now and what comes next as far as she's concerned. the death toll from the corona virus outbreak has exceeded 900 people with over 40000 confirmed cases globally against this backdrop the russian air force has evacuated a group of russi