party leaders held a crisis meeting aimed at resolving the dispute over hans-georg maassen. angela merkel's coalition partners want maassen to resign following controversy comments that he made about recent far-right protests in the city of chemnitz. reporter: could the president of germany's domestic secret service bring down the government? that is what the papers are asking. sosocial dememocrats say conservatitive hans-georg maasan must go. if not, they could leave angela merkel's governing coalition. "anyone at the head of securityy inststitution of our country has to be trustworthy, and it is obvious this trust no longer exists. there must be consequences." for now conservatives are backing maassen. he is accused of passing on sensitive information to germany's far right populist party the afd. the data was contained in an unreleased government report. "we spoke with mr. maassen about the e report. it wasn't available in printnted form yet. we talked about various numbers and figures such as right-wing extremism, left-wing extremism, and islamist threats." spd chairwoman

hans—georg maassen was told to quit thisjob as chief hans—georg maassen was told to quit this job ashe challenged reports of far right arm rest in the eastern city of chemnitz. —— quit thisjob. the biggest and most violent protests in decades erupted last month after a german man was fatally stabbed in a fight with migrants. along with the protests, xenophobic assaults described as anti— migrant hunts. footage emerged of demonstrators apparently chasing down foreigners to attack them. maassen, though, questioned the video's authenticity, claiming he had no reliable information about such hunts taking place. as critics accused him of failing to stand up to the far right, and even harbouring extreme views himself, angela merkel oversaw this removal and subsequent appointment to a senior post at the interior ministry. now that move, seen by many as a promotion, and criticised by some of mrs merkel‘s coalition allies, is in question. translation: we've agreed to reassess the situation. i think that's right and necessary because people in our country have a right to have their concerns an

qua non of the end of the discussion. will be relieved. for the north korean people. agency hans—georg maassenants in the city of chemnitz. a more senior position. andy beatt reports. coalition into crisis. in the eastern city of chemnitz. month after a german man was fatally stabbed in a fight with migrants. described as anti—migrant hunts. to attack them. hunts taking place. at the interior ministry. by some of mrs merkel‘s coalition allies, is in question. translation: we've agreed to reassess the situation. have a right to have their concerns and problems resolved. through the course of the weekend. that's exposed painful fault lines in german politics and society. andy beatt, bbc news. kik which is popular with teenagers. offences over the past five years. unless they overcome major bureaucratic hurdles. angus crawford reports. mark, you're wanted. not the wake—up call he was expecting. hello, are you all right? mark kirby's about to be arrested. free to download and popular with teenagers. you're under arrest... and help his victims without help from the company. months before we know wh

hans—georg maassen cast doubt on reports about far—right extremists attacking migrants at random.t violent right—wing protests in decades. disturbances work out in the eastern city of chemnitz in august after a german man was fatally stabbed in a fight with migrants. along with the protest came reports of xenophobic results, described as racist hunts. demonstrators apparently chasing down foreigners to attack them. germany's spy chief, hans—georg maassen, was sceptical of the footage, saying his domestic intelligence service had no reliable information about such hunts taking place. he was also quoted in a german newspaper questioning the authenticity of the video, saying there are good reasons to believe that was purposeful misinformation, potentially to distract the public from the murder in chemnitz. critics argue his comments downplayed the seriousness of far right intimidation, and even contradicted the german chancellor, angela merkel, who condemned the violence. the controversy also fuelled fears the country's maine's state security body was soft on far right extremism, and

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hans—georg maassen cast doubt on reports about far—right extremists attacking migrants at random.rotests in decades. disturbances broke out in the eastern city of chemnitz in august after a german man was fatally stabbed in a fight with migrants. along with the protests came reports of xenophobic assaults, described as racist hunts, demonstrators apparently chasing down foreigners to attack them. germany's spy chief, hans—georg maassen, was sceptical of the footage, saying his domestic intelligence service had no reliable information about such hunts taking place. he was also quoted in a german newspaper questioning the authenticity of the video, saying there are good reasons to believe that was purposeful misinformation, potentially to distract the public from the murder in chemnitz. critics argue his comments downplayed the seriousness of far—right intimidation, and even contradicted the german chancellor, angela merkel, who condemned the violence. the controversy also fuelled fears the country's main state security body was soft on far—right extremism, and led to calls for ange

hans-georg maaßen was removed for comments he made, but his subsequent promotions sparked outcry fromthe social democrats. german chancellor angela merkel says it's time for a rethink. >> we have agreed to reassess the situation. i think it is right and necessary. it is right and it is necessary because we need to be fully focused on our task in government. many challenges we face at home and abroad. because it is our duty to resolve the worries and problems of the people in germany, we want to reach a joint sustainable solution this weekend. anchor: so, what is going on? why does the chancellor appeared to be going back on her own decision? reporter: it is not just the chancellor, but also other members of germany's grand coalition. it was the head of the social democrats who sent a letter to angela merkel, the head of the cdu, and also the head of the bavarian sister party, saying it was time to revisit the decision because they had made the wrong decision when they decided not only to fire mr. maassen went to promote him to another job within the internal ministry. ms. merkel stres

the promotion of the controversial head of germany's domestic intelligence agency, hans-georg maassenhas also provoked exasperation in the streets. >> in the private sector he would have been kicked out. if you mess up, you go. it is that simple. >> i think it's bad, really. if he has to leave his office he should not get a promotion. >> one bad decision after the other by the government. maassen should have gone. reporter: after yesterday's decision to promote maassen to a more senior position in the interior ministry, there was no comment from coalition leaders. they left without stepping in front of the microphones. and at chancellor angela merkel's first official engagement of the day, she still avoided addressing the issue. in the wake of far right unrest in chemnitz, maassen had defied the chancellor by questioning the authenticity of a video showing mobs chasing down migrants. merkel had said the video was real and condemned the actions shown. calls for maassen's dismissal grew louder. yet merkel's interior minister horst seehofer, maassen's boss, stood firmly by his side. toda

hans—georg maassen had been facing intense criticism over comments he made about recent unrest in thee'd cast doubt on reports about far—right extremists randomly attacking immigrants in the city. disturbances broke out in chemnitz after a german man was fatally stabbed in an attack blamed on migrants. president trump says he feels "badly" for brett kavanaugh, his supreme court nominee, who's been accused of sexual assault. republicans have scheduled a us senate hearing for next monday to consider the claim by christine blasey ford that she was assaulted by mr kavanaugh in the 1980s. but in a written statement, the one possible witness to the alleged incident — a high school friend of mr kavanaugh — says he doesn't want to speak publicly about the matter. the death toll from typhoon mangkhut has reached 7a in the philippines. dozens more are feared dead. rescuers dug through mud to try and find bodies buried by a massive landslide in the mining town of itogon. authorities say it's unlikely that anyone survived. the typhoon‘s the most powerful to hit this year. it also battered hong ko

hans—georg maassen had been facing intense criticism over comments he made about recent unrest in theports about far—right extremists randomly attacking immigrants in the city. disturbances broke out in chemnitz after a german man was fatally stabbed in an attack blamed on migrants. the death toll from typhoon mangkhut has reached 7a in the philippines. dozens more are feared dead. rescuers dug through mud to try and find bodies buried by a massive landslide in the mining town. —— of itogon. authorities say it's unlikely anyone survived. the typhoon's the most powerful to hit this year. it also battered hong kong and southern china with fierce winds and heavy rain. the inquest into the death of pc keith palmer in the westminster terror attack has been told that security at the palace of westminster hadn't functioned for years. one of the officers on duty at the time of the attack, carried out by khalid masood, said it was possible an opportunity to save pc palmer's life had been lost because no—one guarding the gate was armed. now, the eu's chief negotiator says that he's ready to com

agreed to reconsider the promotion given to the former head of the domestic intelligence agency hans—georg maassenhe was removed for casting doubt on reports of far—right demonstrators chasing immigrants in the city of chemnitz. a group of men have been sentenced to nearly 50 years in prison collectively, after they were found guilty of what's been described as an ‘alarmingly amateur‘ people smuggling operation. their trial heard how the men‘s ‘lucrative scam‘ used small boats to bring migrants across the english channel. they were caught in 2016 after 18 albanians had to be rescued off the kent coast. duncan kennedy reports. this is the gang who tried to turn the english channel into a highway of illegal migration. and this is three members of the gang, george and leonard powell and saba dulaj, meeting in a pub car park in kent, discussing their nextjob. ajob like this. it is may 2016 and their boat is heading to dymchurch on the kent coast en route to france. but near calais these french police surveillance cameras pick up the migrants as they wade out to meet the boat. someone alerts the gang a

agreed to reconsider the promotion given to the former head of the domestic intelligence agency hans—georg maassenhe was removed for casting doubt on reports of far—right demonstrators chasing immigrants in the city of chemnitz. but in a compromise agreement he was then given a more senior position. a group of men have been sentenced to nearly 50 years in prison collectively, after they were found guilty of what's been described as an "alarmingly amateur" people smuggling operation. their trial heard how the men's "lucrative scam" used small boats to bring migrants across the english channel. they were caught in 2016 after 18 albanians had to be rescued off the kent coast. duncan kennedy reports. this is the gang who tried to turn the english channel into a high way this is the gang who tried to turn the english channel into a highway of illegal migration. and this is three members of the gang, george and leonard powell and saba dulaj, meeting in a pub car park in kent, discussing their nextjob. ajob like this. it is may 2016 and their boat is heading to dymchurch on the kent coast en route to fra