german defense minister funda lion has told german troops stationed in afghanistan to prepare for a prolonged stay after lawmakers agreed to extend their mission visiting the country's north she said afghanistan was not ready to take on responsibility for its own security german forces have been there for sixteen years. large crowds have gathered in vatican city to mark home sunday that's the day that christians believe jesus made its triumphant entrance into jerusalem pope francis led the service in st peter's square there was also celebrations in jerusalem of the church of the holy sepulcher. german foreign minister heikal mazas in israel where he has condemned to semitism on his official visit to the country was stopped off the yard fashion holocaust memorial in jerusalem maz says solidarity with israel is central to german foreign policy to meet the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who also visits the palestinian territories for talks with president mahmoud abbas. right when i'll cross over to our correspondent tanya kramer who is in jerusalem for more time to thanks for joining

the german government also refused to take a stance on the company's overseas subsidiaries for the green party that's an untenable position. please cynical of these defense companies to complain about the. german regulations while they found ways to dodge the rules such as through overseas operations when i and then they continue to supply german weapons to cross areas that's unacceptable we urgently need to close these loopholes are still fresh almost monthly mentioning. government researchers have recently said that german politicians can lawfully limit the overseas activities of german companies but it's unlikely that will pass in parliament. for more let's bring in our d w political correspondent hans blunt and monica jones from d.w. business of course hans we'll start with you what is the german government's position on exporting german made weapons to conflict zones well obviously the government is not interested in fuel in conflicts and actually participating in conflicts and contributing to such conflicts continuing but it's obviously a very complex issue because some of the exports are made before a conflict arises for instance the exports to sa

singing notorious nazi chants and nazi memorabilia was also found hidden in the officers mess german defenseminister ursula funder line took a hard stance and vowed to break with key military traditions and those new regulations they come into effect today. it was a scandal that last year rocked the german armed forces to soldiers were allegedly planning to assassinate senior politicians and then direct the blame to asylum seekers among the possible targets were former german president you are him i'm now foreign minister high command officials also found their mark memorabilia and all this brought to the fore a much wider problem the extent of far right sentiments in the military and their glorification by some soldiers of germany's nazi past as a result german defense minister announced comprehensive reforms i didn't but i must have a broader reform process within the bundeswehr itself which we have to work on together from a create a generalized consultant to minister minister among the changes renaming army barracks honoring world war two soldiers and rigorously focusing on the subject o

german defense minister. lyon has told german troops stationed in afghanistan to prepare for a prolonged stay after lawmakers agreed to extend their mission visiting the country's north she said afghanistan was not ready to take on responsibility for its own security german forces have been there for sixteen years. large crowds have gathered in vatican city to mark palm sunday the day christians believe jesus made his triumphant entrance into jerusalem pope francis led the service in st peter's square there were also celebrations in jerusalem at the church of the holy set. a special roman catholic mass has been held in the french town of terre to commemorate the for victims of friday's deadly attack the bishop said the police officer who died after trading places for the hostage quote helped save the nation. german foreign minister hi colossus is in israel where he is has condemned to semitism on his first official visit to the country months stopped off at the yad vashem holocaust memorial in jerusalem says s

german defense minister lyon has told german troops stationed in afghanistan to prepare for a prolonged stay after lawmakers agreed to extend their mission visiting the country's role she said afghanistan was not ready to take on responsibility for its own security german forces have been there for sixteen years. authorities in belarus have arrested dozens of protesters ahead of a banned opposition march in the capital. the attempted demonstration was meant to commemorate his nine hundred eighteen proclamation of independence from russia. has detained two opposition politicians and several of the much organizes germany's new foreign minister has embarked on his first trip outside israel on his first official visit to the country stopped off of the yod basham holocaust memorial in jerusalem he also says that so directly with israel is central to german foreign policy is also set to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and to visit the palestinian territories for talks with president mahmoud abbas. the first direct commercial flight between australia and europe has landed i

the german government also refused to take a stance on the company's overseas subsidiaries for the green party that's an untenable position. still tied to no hits and please cynical of these defense companies to complain about the strict german regulations while they found ways to dodge the rules such as through overseas operations when i and then they continue to supply german weapons to crisis areas that's unacceptable we urgently need to close these loopholes. government researchers have recently said that german politicians can lawfully limit the overseas activities of german companies but it's unlikely that will pass in parliament. joining me now for more on the story is the deadliest political correspondent hans blonde and monica jones from business says thank you both very much for coming in if we start with you hans want to help us out in this talk in our report my journey being involved in countries which are very unstable explain to us what is german rules about the export of weapons to conflict areas all strictly speaking german weapons exports arms exports are not meant. to be. allowed to countries or to areas to regions which are unstable where there is conflict and

setting up roderigo marino with a neat bow and the forward gave spain and in the against a static german defense. germany's first attacking effort lacked perception. spain remained the more dangerous side just missing sharpness in front of go. but after half an hour thomas miller did find a gap in the spanish defense something the equaliser. after the break both teams had their chances in an entertaining affair but it remains all square one one between two teams who underline their will credential germany next play brazil in a friendly on tuesday spain and to take argentina. it may be a new formula one season but it's the same old story in qualifying for the australian grand prix mercedes have grabbed pole position thanks to defending champion lewis hamilton the britain will be at the front of the grid for sunday's race following this lying lap in melbourne there are is by can and was second quickest ahead of germany's sebastian fettle a sadie's driver valtteri bottas crashed out and starts well back if one's new head or driver protection system not needed here. that's your news wrap up this hou

go merino with the need for the ball and the forward they've stayed in the against the static german defense my germany's first attacking efforts lacked precision. spain remain the more dangerous side just missing shot miss in front of goal my but after half an hour thomas miller did find a gap in the spanish defense something home the equaliser the but after the break both teams had their chances in an entertaining affair but it remained own square one one between two teams who underlined that will cup credential germany next play brazil in a friendly and shows de spain and to take out in tina. and start your engines the new formula one season gets underway on sunday with the australian grand prix mercedes driver lewis hamilton the ferrari is sebastian vettel to the title last year and the two look set to continue their rivalry in twenty eighteen on saturday the two drivers faced off in qualifying and it was the defending champion who struck an early psychological blow. the new season but the same old story defending champion lewis hamilton's stormed to a pole position in melbourne the merc

approach go merino with a need for a ball on the floor with a spade and in the against a static german defense. of of. germany's first attacking efforts lacked perception. spain remained the more dangerous side just missing shot most influence of go by. but after half an hour thomas miller did find a gap in the spanish defense something hope the equaliser. after the break both teams had their chances in an entertaining affair but it remained only square one one between two teams who underlined their will cut credentials germany next play brazil in a friendly and choose de spain and to take out in tina. well the international break means there are no bonus late league games this weekend but we still have some german football news for you according to the newspaper bill thomas who has turned down an offer to become by me next coach and next season the foreign policy a top man boss who left the club at the end of last season was the top candidate to take over from current coach you're behind kiss in the summer filled also of course the whole rejected because he has already agreed to join a club o

german defense minister orson of want to lie and has talked to german troops stationed in afghanistan to prepare for a prolonged stay after lawmakers agreed to extend their mission visiting the country's north she said if the understand was not ready to take on responsibility for its own security german forces have been there for sixteen years. large crowds have gathered in vatican city to mark palm sunday the day christians believe jesus made his triumphant entrance into jerusalem old francis lead the service in st peter's square there was also celebrations in jerusalem at the church of the holy. a special roman catholic mass has been held in the french town of fair to commemorate the four victims of friday's deadly islamist attack the bishop said the police officer who died after trading places with the hostage who helped save the nation the first direct commercial flight between australia and britain has landed in london increased fuel efficiency of a new generation of airliners has made ultra long haul routes possible but it also reflects reflects a shift in the aviation market aw

of roderigo marino with a neat bow and the forward kate spade and certainly against the stats german defense. germany's first attacking efforts lacked persuasion. spain remained the more dangerous side just missing shoppers in front of go i but after half an hour thomas miller did find a gap in the spanish defense something home the equaliser. after the break both teams had their chances in an entertaining affair but it remained own square one one between two teams who underlined their world cup credentials germany next played brazil in a friendly on tuesday spain entertain argentina. we conclude in the philippines where thousands of people watched fireworks light up the night sky as part of an event celebrating the world's top power technical experts the international param musical competition has been getting underway every weekend since need february with ten countries each hoping to win the china and canada are runners up there were two grand winners germany and the united kingdom. a spectacular show and a great way to wrap up this edition of the news live from berlin my name is even mon

rhodes eagle marino with a neat from ball and the four would be spain and in the against a static german defense. the if. germany's first attacking efforts lacked precision. spain remained the more dangerous side just missing shot miss in front of goal was but after half an hour thomas miller did find a gap in the spanish defense something home the equaliser. after the break both teams had their chances in an entertaining affair but it remained own square one one between two teams who underlined that will credential this germany next play brazil in a friendly on tuesday spain and to take out and tina. so mark a one one draw last nice how did you think germany fared i mean it was a decent display without being wonderful it could have actually been worse for germany because spain lived to play this pretty football and pass the ball into the net every time they went forward they could have been a bit more direct jimmy word more direct question mostly jim defense i think much more was at fault for that spain opener but that was an equaliser from thomas mucha i mean you really lashed out i mean a fan

swine is that the case i think it's just a bitch will now that president trump wants to bring up germans. defense spending versus its g.d.p. and yes i was a little bit surprised that he used that in his announcement last night but he doesn't make it sound to me as often i wouldn't be as optimistic as cecilia monster and that he's planning to exempt europe with having spent so much time criticizing germany in his announcement on the tariffs but it remains to be seen there's very intense negotiations going on and in just a few minutes we'll also hear an announcement from the european commission's vice president your key kept by now in a more official reaction to the tariff announcement then we heard from cecilia monster at a foreign policy conference this morning and if you can i am that teddy shoots in brussels thank you very much. and we'll have more in-depth analysis of the new us doubt of a later in the program that's head and humphrey that is a look at some other stories making news around the why the red cross sees an aid convoy has entered syria's eastern area after being delayed for days by

the german government also refused to take a stance in the company's overseas subsidiaries for the green party that's an untenable position. still tied to a plea cynical of these defense companies to complain about the strict german regulations while they found ways to dodge the rules such as through overseas operations. and then they continue to supply german weapons to crisis areas that's unacceptable we urgently need to close these loopholes. government researchers have recently said that german politicians can lawfully limit the overseas activities of german companies but it's unlikely that will pass in parliament. a lot of folks are traveling right now with the easter holiday happening and some of them are getting a rather unpleasant surprise yeah especially when they chose one particular airline air france because if you do then be patient and be open to alternatives every fourth air france flight will be canceled today and the reason several trade unions planned to take strike action pilots to u.s. and other personnel demands a six percent pay increase after answers management is offering one percent the strike will affect the two largest airports in paris and

the german government also refused to take a stance on the company's overseas subsidiaries for the green party that's an untenable position. it's. a plea cynical of these defense companies to complain about this. strict german regulations while they found ways to dodge the rules such as through overseas operations when i and then they continue to supply german weapons to crisis areas that's unacceptable we urgently need to close these loopholes. government researchers have recently said that german politicians can lawfully limit the overseas activities of german companies but it's unlikely that will pass in parliament. and for more on the story i have it means political correspondent hans brandt and from our business desk monica jones a woman welcome to both of your hands let me start with you first of all extend the german government's position on the export of weapons to areas of conflict well obviously germany is not interested in fuel lng conflicts that are already taking place and is very reluctant in fact to get involved in that and to send weapons there this has to be differentiated a little bit because for instance germany did supply weapons to the kur

the bloodshed in yemen legal loopholes allow subsidiaries of german defense contractors to serve directly supply munitions and entire weapons factories to the saudi led coalition fighting in iraq or by contributing to what has been described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. plus russia back in the west by ordering sixteen u.s. envoys to leave the country and shutting the u.s. consulate in st petersburg move comes.

dealers fueling the bloodshed in jenin and reports it legal loopholes are allowing subsidies of german defense contractors to directly supply munitions and entire weapons factories to the saudis that coalition fighting in germany also coming up moscow strikes back and boys from france and germany are pulled into the russian foreign ministry after the kremlin orders sixty u.s. diplomats to leave the country this is part of the deal.

of the organization for security and cooperation in europe and former state secretary to the german defense minister welcome to the program now and the new german grand coalition has called on president putin to focus on improving ties with the west and what is there to do for russia what more can russia do to improve this. it is so strange to hears these comments because of the complicated situations. they are in our illusions. had been established and organized by the worst. to be a good partner of forms of conflicts which had been created by as a worst. do you. so this is something for a lunatic asylum so western policy. well what's interesting about this really that we've seen an awful lot of negative press heavenly negative negativity coming from european countries to brush it so it's a little bit confusing isn't it that that statement being made. it is confusing and that is there is a big difference between the attitude of the german population not only when it comes to the eastern part of germany and see a policy of the government the german people they want to have good pollution tr

very human and how to hold tradition in the german military that's right monica and i did the german. defenseminister or the fonda line has renamed a military barracks as part of a new approach to was germany's military history the barracks which was named after a world war one veteran is now dedicated to a soldier killed in afghanistan at a ceremony in the city of hanover funded line also signed a new code of conduct for preserving military tradition among other things the code stipulates that german soldiers should concentrate on the military's post world war two history when celebrating minute treat tradition the changes to finances in the new codes come into effect today and we have more on that in the next report tradition plays an important role in the military by providing a degree of identity and that's no different for the german army. but how should the german modern military deal with its nazi past that's such a tricky topic that the german army known as the bundeswehr has issued a formal decree on the subject. god of violence as to how we need a common understanding of how ponced

german arms dealers feelings of bloodshed in yemen reports illegal loopholes allow subsidiaries of german defense contractors to directly supply munitions and in tile grafton's factories to the saudi led coalition fighting again and also coming up russia retaliates ordering sea.

saying hang on don't bring us into this is nothing to do with us symbol similarly you've got the german defense minister today saying russia is no longer a partner and i think that sort of thing particularly from the germans is going to be a big problem potentially for russia because while routinely politicians here say about the u.k. where the spy poisoning happens look it's a puny country it's in significant how dare you talk to us like this we're russia and your tiny country they are much more worried about the german points of view is by far the most powerful country in europe is on the cusp of a big new gas deal to import russian gas and if germany suddenly says we don't like you anymore in the states it's gone too far that could be a bigger problem i think in the longer term for the russians in the kremlin. see their life rest from moscow. there's been a major step forward in talks between the united kingdom the european union over breaks it the two sides have agreed the terms of a two year transition phase just a year before britain is due to withdraw is designed to reduce any sudden sho

could eisenhower get his armies through the border defenses and across the ryan river before the germansould set their defense. >> in berlin the german furor raged. with the enemy at his gates hitler called up one of his most effective and iron fisted generals walter mowdell. >> he was a nazi. he was not a yes man. he was one of the few germany generals to argue to prove a point. >> douglas nash is a military historian and expert on the german army. >> model was blunt, gruff, profa profane. he would be ruthless and brought to the western front august 18th, 1944, to exert magic on the crumbling germany effort. >> known as hitler's fire man. >> and the fierce fire man wasted no time. >> the general has been handpicked by hitler for this job. what's his mission? >> he had one significant mission, that was to stop the allies. >> from crossing the rhine and entering the german industrial heart loonds. >> located across germany's western border, it was the manufacturing center of the nazi war machine. >> it was one of the key of germany's war making capability. >> and needed to be defended at

the german government also refused to take a stance in the company's overseas subsidiaries for the green party that's an untenable position. it's. a plea cynical of these defense companies to complain about the. german regulations while they found ways to dodge the rules such as through overseas operations when i and then they continue to supply german weapons to crisis areas that's unacceptable we urgently need to close these loopholes. government researchers have recently said that german politicians can lawfully limit the overseas activities of german companies but it's unlikely that will pass in parliament. people in the west african nation of sierra leone are heading to the polls tomorrow in a closely watched presidential runoff the vote was pushed back after a court challenge over fraud allegations in the first round earlier this month sara leone's fragile return to democracy after a civil war was tested by a devastating a bold break in two thousand and fourteen with a close race predicted many people are hoping for a peaceful election outcome our west africa correspondent adrian krishna reports from the capital freetown. and yes you know for the past fo

staff, and former national security adviser were all arrested over a $2.5 billion deal with a german defenseacturer to buy submarines. in case 4,000, netanyahu and his wife were questioned about his friendship with majority share shoulder in an israeli telecom company. he's accused of benefiting from positive coverage by the company's news website. and now a former confidant suspected of receiving bribes in the case has reached a deal with investigators according to the country's justice ministry and a former staffer was named as a suspect in the case. i don't want you to be confused. i'm talking about netanyahu, not trump. joining me now, former ambassador who served the u.s. in israel in the 1990s and early 2000s and is now the executive vice president at the brookings institute. let's talk about the political implications both leaders are facing. who is supposed to lead the mid east peace process? they're mired in scandals. our own jared kushner is mired in scandals. >> well, there isn't really a peace process to speak of. there's a lot of talk from jared kushner about a peace plan, but w

. >> 22 german divisions encircles and the defenses are being shattered. >> 800,000 german soldiers died at stalingrad and a brutal day in february 1943, the general surrendered the remaining 110,000 troops. they looked more dead than alive. it was the beginning of the end for adolph hitler. >> i had no idea where i was. it was all mystique. they gave me a ticket and in one daytime i flew into teheran. >> 23-year-old didn't know she would be joining churchill, roosevelt and stalin in the most important meeting of the war to date. >> again, i had no idea why i was brought there. they said with your background of knowledge of languages, they took me into the intelligence. >> she was no stranger to soviet jengs. her father was an intelligence officer and her stepfather the man assigned to orchestrate the assassination of stalin's most bitter enemy. the extraordinary life is kroel kled in "inside russia." >> i was working at the press department at the embassy. i was translating the war bulletins from russian into english and they were distributed amongst the embassies. >> what was decided a

now also be a focus and we certainly see this in this coalition deal that the whole question of german defense spending is pegged to at the same time development spending to prevent future conflicts to also prevent future migration so there are some new real pillars in place and when it comes to germany's foreign policy as well. chief political editor michelle for us in the bundestag listening to the transfer of words thank you michelle. and let's bring back our political correspondent nina there with us here in studio nina listening to those first twenty minutes or so talking time again as michelle said about migration what stood out to you what did you take away from the chancers message what i thought was interesting like michelle described was the tone of her speech she hardly mentioned the benefits of migration there is a debate about just how beneficial migration is to germany and has to be and the fact that germany is a country of immigration but this was clearly not mentioned in this speech the focus on in the first twenty minutes that we listened to was clearly on the risk that migrat

germans. so admittedly it's easier on the defense to organize this type of defense, and we look at alger and hightower, they were attacking into the germans, and so now you see the americans holding ground that they knew was sound and they were able to coordinate their defense and really within a week stop the germans and turn them back. so there's only so many of these leaders. in this fight, we lose jim alger and john waters as prisoners of war. but you can see that hightower and gardener, you know, varying levels of success, but each of them continues to thrive and lead these formations to the rest of the war. you look at, you know, how well they did. 90% of the officers i looked at were decorated for valor and about 60% of them were wounded, you know, multiple times in many cases, you know, showing that direct style, that direct-style leadership that matters so much in these organizations, especially when you're first seeing combat for our first time. so one thing i want to talk about is this operational learning curve, because we tend to focus on, well, we just had to see the elephant and as we t

it is easier on the defense to ,rganize this type of defense htower was attacking the germans. the americans were holding ground that was sound and they were able to coordinate the defense. they were able to stop the germans and turn them back. were only so many of these leaders. guys like alger, waters, prisoners of war, hightower, gardner, varying levels of success. each one of them continues to theive and they leave formations to the rest of the war. you look at how well they did. of them were decorated for dollar and about 60% were wounded. it shows the direct style of leadership that added so much to , especiallyzations in combat for the first time. abouting i want to talk is this operational learning curve. on the elephant , which is certainly mattered to the soldier-leader on the ground. when you look at the operational level of the formation, you see a lot of people unprepared. there was a struggle to do numerous functions. we could never count on consistent air support. the timing of the reconnaissance to support the ground maneuver. times, photos were taken, but you ca

farther and will have a number of nuclear warheads it will be able to penetrate america's missile defense german intelligence officials are warning it's premature to link a major cyber attack on its government services to a russian hacking group on wednesday it was revealed hackers breached the government's computer network and managed to steal data from the foreign and defense ministries local media linked to the a p t twenty eight group that apparently has ties to russian spies and the german parliament's computers in twenty fifteen. an independent israeli human rights group that's released security footage showing soldiers mistreating a palestinian man in the hours before he died in custody yet seen outside r.t. appears to charge israeli soldiers with a metal rod during an army raid in the city of jericho before being shot then beaten by the group the video shows a thirty three year old being dragged into an alley where the rights group says he spent twenty five minutes without medical aid the israeli army says it's investigating. south korea's president moon j.n. says japan hasn't resolved t

german defense economic minister keith t. gutenberg joins us again. and mohammed alger don. fox news strategic analyst jockeying is with us as well. the ceo and chairman lisa davis davis with us as well. big program ahead. we stay right here with the big rally. u.s. stocks surge yesterday. a major day of wall street painted out 659 points at the close. either way, it all started after "the wall street journal" yesterday reported that the u.s. and china are in quiet negotiations to expand the number of u.s. companies access to chinese markets. this has been the issue for american business for a long time. features indicate the gains continue up 160 points on the dow up another 18 on s&p in the not back up 7225 points. better than 1%. scabrous capital portfolio manager trey chiesa p. good to see you. would you buy into the market? >> at the end of your stocks will be hired in missouri today in higher than they started. you hit on a lot of key points. since trump was elected, the good trump has been about tax reform and the bad trump about protectionism and tariffs and other no

appear to be going and i have the foreign and defense ministries fatah defense minister i don't always. cyber attacks against german authorities are nothing new insiders say the government server is attacked more than a thousand times a day the government already sounded warnings about russian hacking last year. yes we have noticed that time and again chairman parties german politicians and individuals have been subject to cyber attacks by the hacking group a p t twenty eight or other collectives that we would associate with russian service providers. i would like to take the opportunity to again make unmistakably clear that germany does not tolerate spying activities or intelligence operations of any kind by any country. that came after a twenty fifteen cyber attack against the german parliament a hack allegedly controlled from moscow it said this new breach could have been even more sophisticated and dangerous but this is a real threat a virtual war is taking place against germany possibly with the help of russian intelligence services we now need clarity. but for now you the government is remaining tight lipped

to determine the extent of a cyber attack on its foreign and defense ministers russian hacking group is believed to have broken into the german government not once accused of previous attacks on the u.s. and german political borders. president trump loses one of his longest serving and most trusted aides hope is resigning from her job as white house communications. but don't forget you can always get news on the go download our app from google player from the apple store that gives you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications or breaking news you can also use the out to send us photos and videos but. this is the interview news live from berlin don't forget to stay with us for regular updates on president putin's speech in moscow to the duma the parliament there for now though for me bryan thomas an entire news team thanks for being with us and read this with you again at the top of the hour. we make up over a week watches of africa and educated we all this summer so this is. one to share the continent's future. part of it and join youngsters as they share their stories their dreams and

computer networks the government confirms reports of a cyber attack on systems in the defense and foreign ministries of german media say a russian backed group is to blame meanwhile in russia has improved in ways ours he's vision for the country promising to hop politics and keep enemies at bay with an impressive array of invincible nuclear weapons. and the beast from the east savages europe a siberian cold slug plunges the continent into a deep freeze graying snow transport chaos and some of the lowest temperatures for years. i'm phil gale welcome to the program authorities in germany say hackers of infiltrated sensitive government computer networks believed to be in the defense and foreign ministries media reports say the attacks been going on for more than a year and today a parliamentary committee said it might still be going on security agencies are said to have detected the breach in december and allowed it to continue in a controlled manner while they monitored it the group with links to the russian government is thought to be responsible. the german government's communication network has been breached

the battle of hammel was a turning point that put the german army on the defensive right up until armistice day. it was a hundred years of mate ship, it has forged 100 years of guarding each other's backs. we think of the personal bonds that were formed as a million american troops caused our shores during world war ii. and the layers upon layers of institutional ties that have been forged and strengthened since we'lled our alliance with the treaty of 1951 and in more recent times in the skies over syria our combat pilots have fought together under the leadership of american commanders with the shared objective of defeating islamist terrorism. we've been side by side in afghanistan for 16 years, our longest military commitment and in the southern philippines our forces provided game-changing support to subdue an isil-backed insurgent any that city. and everyday our intelligence agencies are demonstrating the deepest possible commitment to each other by sharing sensitive information saving american and australian lives. just last year in sydney our respective intelligence agencies and police

landing in europe, but unfortunately, not being swift enough to get to tunis before the germans manage to put a solid defensive line in front so the german force goes by the 5th panzer army. it goes by that designation and we continue to use it. the first lesson is the landing in north africa. the first big point, was supposed to be a quick cheap victory. getting practice and a bloodless victory and within weeks it is evident that this campaign is going to entail hard fighting. so the whole point of the campaign was to avoid hard fighting for an unready military force and that's what is the offing now. so by december, the lanes come in tunisia, nobody is going anywhere and eye szand eisenhow. adopting a wasn't are line, winter quarters and fighting continues and a static line through central tunisia. you have to feel for eisenhower in this campaign, george marshall is messaging him saying you are at the headquarters too much. get in the front line and see what is happening and next week, what are you doing in the front lines, get back to headquarters. take care of the paperwork. down to the grunt at the front

europe, but unfortunately not in quite swift enough to get to tunis before the germans managed to put a pretty solid defensive line in front of it. that german force goes by the name of the fifth panzer army. anis certainly not army-sized formation, but it has gone by that designation and we continue to use it. the first blessing is -- lesson is the lending in north africa was supposed to achieve quick victory and get the u.s. forces some practice, bloodless victory over rommel, but within weeks it is evident this campaign will and tell -- entail some hard fighting. the whole part of the campaign was to avoid too much hard fighting on the part of an unready u.s. military force, but that seems to be what is exactly in the offing now. the rains come in tunisia and no one is going anywhere. eisenhower, a relatively untested supreme allied commander -- people know him now, but they don't know if he is capable of carrying out large military operations. general eisenhower adopts a winter line. fighting continues, but essentially a static line through central tunisia. eisenhowerl for in this campaign. sometimes geor

station legal defense has already been activated the president was heading to belgium to catch up at the disposal of belgian justice so he's in custody in germany and it will be now for the germans on the puts them on defense team to decide whether he's now going to be sent to spain and how long that process might take yeah i mean that is the big question isn't it poor we expecting a protracted legal battle here in the next few days. well he's always said that he would he would cooperate with the belgian or thora t.e.'s let's see if he has a separate with the belgian or thora ts let's see if he has the same sentiment towards the german authorities i mean much of this is procedural of course we if this channel will remember the case of ahmed monsoor back in two thousand and fifteen al-jazeera arabic journalist who was detained in germany on an international arrest warrant issued by egypt and after just a couple of days less than two days actually he was released in the end because the german government intervened and they said although the paperwork appeared correct politically they did not want to send commitments or back to egypt because in the germans words they weren't convin

reports coming in seven german government's -- coming in that the german government's computers had been hacked, the foreign and defenseinistries, may have stolen sensitive data. a hacking group with alleged leaks to the russian government -- links to the russian government broke in here in berlin. the attacks were apparently discovered in september but were only made public today. the ministry of the interior has confirmed the attacks did indeed take place. let's bring in our political correspondent oliver sallet. we have got the german government confirming the federal i.t. system has been attacked and breached. what sort of attacks are we talking about here? oliver: the german minister of the materia -- of the interior said it is isolated and under control. apparently the foreign ministry was concerned as well. we do not know exactly how big the damage is. what we know is malware was installed on the government reversed, and also data was stolen. this attack might have started up to a year ago and was only discovered in december and published today. brent: we know the german media are rerting a group known as apt28

. >> on june 28th, 1942, a million german soldiers attacked the red army's southern defenses in a drivee important industrial city on the volga river. to the soviet soldiers and civilians in stalingrad, this is the hour of supreme trial. >> translator: the attack was terrifying. the germans surrounded us. we had to retreat. i got into a truck, a stud baker from the americans. they were helping us with supplies. >> average russian soldier's vocabulary is spam, studebaker. >> the machines are going to go. the germans kept attacking. bombing is brutal. they went after every single person. and our rockets started firing. and that gave us the ability to hold off the germans. we were trying to retreat become into stalingrad. >> stalingrad was the red army's last chance to dig in and repeal the german's 6th army. >> with the germans right behind us, we finally got out and fled right back into stalingrad. >> the germans call it the war of the rats. soldiers face to face fighting from house to house and door to door in the basements of a ruined city. that's next on "war stories." when i was grow

the german cabinet has approved plans to expand germany's military missions abroad including in afghanistan mali and iraq the defense bill must still be approved by the parliament it would raise the number of german troops in afghanistan by a third to thirteen hundred it also expands the business affairs training mission to include the iraqi army. members of a far right german terror group that attacked refugee homes at the peak of the twenty fifteen refugee crisis were handed prison sentences today of between four and ten years the group seven men and one woman aged between twenty and forty have been found guilty of charges including forming a terrorist association and attempted murder two people were injured in the five attacks they carried out the group is named after the small town of saxony where they operated all right let's bring in our political correspondent from the mark has been covering this trial for us it can they appeal this verdict well actually in germany you can appeal any verdict in this case that would be the federal supreme courts to decide but since this was a case by the general prosecutor q d