gathering in hanover to elect new leadership the demonstrators are against the anti migrant anti islam party that captured nearly thirteen percent of the version almost one hundred seats in parliament and september's general election co-leader frock a pear tree quit. just days after the action to form her own breakaway party it's gearing up to oppose chancellor angela merkel's yet to be formed government now the f.t. will be germany's official opposition party if i'm going to merkel enters into a coalition with the social democrats the f.t. wants to introduce a proposal to repatriate syrian refugees this will be debated in parliament but is expected to be voted against by all other parties controversially the far right party also wants to honor the german army which has been traditionally kept out of politics since the end of world war two and the coming joins us from the german city of hannover talk us through those pictures we're looking at a little earlier on the protests what happened. well jane protests is that the police are expecting or several thousand protesters we saw birds several

party which is gathering in hanover to elect a new leadership the anti migrant anti islam party captured nearly thirteen percent of the vote and almost one hundred seats in parliament in september's general election co-leader from patrick quit the f.t. just days after the election to form her own breakaway party it's gearing up to oppose chancellor angela merkel's yet to be formed government and the f.t. will be germany's official opposition party if angle or merkel enters into a coalition with the social democrats if he wants to introduce a proposal to repatriate syrian refugees this will be debated in parliament but is expected to be voted against by all other parties controversially the far right party also wants to own of the german army which has been traditionally kept out of politics since the end of world war two and the callan joins us from the german city of hanover and i believe there were protests a little earlier on what happened. well that's right jane we saw a few hundred protesters who were scuffling with police they were minor scuffles on the outskirts of the center wher

has elected its new leadership in hanover the demonstrators are against the anti migrant anti islamic party that won nearly one hundred seats in parliament in september's election the coby their frock a petri quit soon after to form her own party now the a if the is gearing up to be the opposition against chancellor angela merkel's yet to be found the government will be a if the will be germany's official opposition if angle of markel enters into a coalition with the social democrats the party wants to introduce a proposal to repatriate syrian refugees this will be debated in parliament but all other parties are expected to vote against it controversially the far right party also wants to honor the german army which has traditionally been kept out of politics since the end overhauled war two. pope francis has wrapped up his asia tour after meeting or hinge refugees in bangladesh in a highly symbolic gesture of solidarity with the muslim minority fleeing violence in myanmar the catholic pontiff visited a hospital in dhaka run by the order of mother teresa on the final day of a visit to bangl

chosen its new leadership in the city of hanover demonstrators are against the anti migrant anti islam party that won almost one hundred seats in parliament in september election there will be the official opposition if chancellor angela merkel goes into a coalition with the social democrats egyptian presidential hopeful ahmed shafik our reporter there i think after being arrested and deported from the united arab emirates he's been based in the u.a.e. since losing the twenty twelve presidential election which if he can now wants to team plans to run for president again in twenty eighteen. those with its top stories on al-jazeera but stay with us al-jazeera weld continues on the back in about half an hour. the who. else is to. sleep. and the chief. was our plan which i'll go with jeanette yellow book. sure to get. shot i want to. see if you were on larry. king. live that. little. big thing i'm. also are you might not. think you. well. just. think. michelle is. going to have. that number. one side and i missed. that. lead to stuff and i. said john nice. up nice. and then. i'm steve. i don't h

party which is gathering in hanover to elect new leadership the anti migrant anti islam party won or was hundred seats in parliament in the general election in september pope francis is wrapping up his asian tour way you finally used the word rape in judging a mass on friday the head of the roman catholic church blessed people during a gathering for young people in bangladesh's capital dhaka before returning to rome in a few hours the u.s. senate has passed a bill to overhaul the tax system the first major changes in more than three decades no democrat voted for the bill it's a cli political victory for president donald trump after his administration won the support of republicans who'd been holding out on friday the house of representatives of passed a separate version so now must meet the senate to agree on a final bill critics say the bill will add a trillion dollars to the u.s. budget deficit in the next decade the palestinian chief negotiator is warning the u.s. would be playing with fire if it recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel cyber account was referring to reports

of the general congress party which leaves yemen with three main components basically the sunni islamic party which is based mostly from ties all the way to the south the whole thing is her control now most of the northern part of the country and the secessionist in the south of the country this we groups negotiate a settlement in the future or do you think that the divide is so huge that they won't be able to set aside their differences. i think. there are some shifts in the political map in n.m. and after the death of the messiah firstly the silence parties will be divided. in two maybe three parties one of them will join president hardy's party which is the same party i'm in the section or. side of sparta who follows mr hardy now and the other party will the other section will join the ots and the. third one will maybe follow his son who is now in abu dhabi and there are some sort of negotiation between different leaders of this party to. try to knighted the party away from the leggett president of the woman's or hardy and away from the truth is we have the south and movement we have islam

which is electing new leadership in hanover the demonstrators are against the anti migrant anti islam party that won almost one hundred seats in parliament in september's election co-leader for page three quit soon after. party. is gearing up to be the biggest opposition bloc against chancellor angela merkel's yet to be formed government. yazdi will be germany's official opposition party if the chancellor enters into a coalition with the social democrats they are the ones to introduce a proposal to repatriate syrian refugees this will be debated in parliament but all other parties are expected to vote against it controversially the far right party also wants to follow the german army which has traditionally been kept out of politics since the end of world war two like alan has more from hanover. drama outside this convention is focused on left wing protesters but inside the f.d.a. is focused on its own internal divisions we're expecting a leadership contest here later today between more moderate versions of the party and a very hard right faction of the party this is in response to leave ho

germany's anti migrant and islam party has a new leadership a far right an alternative for germany is meeting in whatever its choice for could be a sign that the party is taking a tougher stance and has more now from her. as the day began police fired water cannons at protesters trying to block the streets at least one protester and several police were injured thousands tried to stop delegates from attending the first conference of the far right party since it won more than ninety seats in the german election we are ashamed that there is do you want. and. still be in our town and our congress there is a fight in germany against nets and the nazis too because you know what. right opinions do to a land and that's. not good inside the dispute was not with the leftist protesters but within the party itself a leadership battle between extreme nationalists and a more moderate of the f.t. was locked in a stalemate forcing parliamentary leader alexander galland to step in and share power with current party head voice than. i think we can work together very well i didn't intend to do this you

is electing its new leadership in hanover the demonstrators are against the anti migrant county islam party that won nearly one hundred seats in parliament in september's election the co-leader frocked of petrie quit soon after to form her own party is gearing up to be the opposition against chancellor angela merkel's yet to be formed government will be if the will be germany's official opposition party if enters into a coalition with the social democrats it wants to introduce a proposal to repatriate syrian refugees this will be debated in parliament but all of the parties are expected to vote against it controversially the far right party also wants to all nor the german army which has traditionally been kept out of politics since the end of world war two. callan joins us live now from the f.t. convention in hanover now we are expecting a vote on the leaders sometime in the coming hours but just talk us through what's been happening in the hall where you are. well it's really interesting to see whether the f.t. decides to go with a more fundamentalist leader someone who will keep it more

far right a party which is gathering in hanover to elect the new leadership the anti migrant anti islam party won almost one hundred seats in parliament in the general election in september pope francis is wrapping up his asian tour where you find to use the word during a mass on friday the head of the roman catholic church blessed people during a gathering for young people in bangladesh capital dhaka before returning to rome in a few hours euro senate republicans have passed the most sweeping tax reforms in more than three decades it's a key political victory for president donald trump days administration won the support of republicans who've been holding out on friday the house of representatives have passed a separate version so now must meet the senate to agree on a final bill critics say the bill will add one trillion dollars to the u.s. budget deficit in the next decade. the palestinian chief negotiator is warning the u.s. would be playing with fire if a great big nice is jerusalem as the capital of israel so i was referring to reports that president trump could announce the policy chan

no one has emerged as a ticket for the palestinians and he's been rallying other aerobic and islamic parties specifically to show their solidarity and the real against president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of rio russian president vladimir putin's phoned u.s. president donald trump thanking him for the cia's help in fighting a terrible incident petersburg russia security services say they've arrested seven suspected i saw members who were planning attacks on targets including cousin cathedral in sindh petersburg hussein said he would be happy to help the united states in a similar situation came some way in chile and what's expected to be a close presidential runoff vote is in the south american nation are choosing between conservative billionaire and former president sebastian pinera and center left candidate gear so far with sixty seven percent of the votes counted pinera is leading the vote with fifty four percent while gear lags behind forty five percent . south africa's ruling party the african national congress has formally nominated two candidates for electi

just elected its new vader ship in hanover demonstrators are against the anti migrants and the islam party that won nearly one hundred seats in parliament in september's election if the will be view official position of chancellor angela merkel goes into a coalition with the social democrats the lawyer for egyptian presidential hopeful ahmed shafik says he's been arrested at his home in the united arab emirates and will be deported to egypt he has been based in the u.a.e. since the two thousand and twelve presidential election last week announced that he plans to run for president again in two thousand and eighteen those are the headlines i'm going to be back with a full news hour in just over twenty five minutes they were still coming up now is inside story by. with. has flipped donald trump's former national security advisor michael flynn has fitted fealty to law into the f.b.i. with flynn planning to cooperate with the name in this game of political russian roulette this is inside story. alone welcome to the program i'm peter dalby now the president of the united states has been dragged

host: another piece from your book -- rather than pushing islamic parties further into the arms of extremistshrough policy suppression, western earners -- powers would be wide tensions between these groups and to look for point of shared interest with islamist parties, interests that basis ofserve as the dialogue and cooperation. guest: when i was working in pakistan, i had to make a decision. i might disagree with a religious leader or somebody on almost every point, but if they are anti-violence, anti-extremism, that they are advertising anti-al qaeda, they may be homophobic and they may not believe the same democratic values i do. on the ground, i want to find a way to work with that person because they are able to stop young people from joining these groups that ultimately could harm national security. those are the tough decisions we have to make, but i think we have to think about where those points now? it is a great line and that is why we rely on our diplomats. ofhink the hallmark protecting u.s. security is making those decisions. host: who are the best groups we should be looking f

competition for power saudi crown prince and the crown prince of abu dhabi met the head of the al islam party in riyadh on wednesday the party is one of the largest opposition groups in yemen and has strong links to the muslim brotherhood movement saudi arabia and the u.a.e. oppose or the meeting comes as the saudi lion says stepped up attacks in the capital sana'a which is controlled by the rebels and those of us who are in this meeting was in the saudi crown prince on the one hand and we've got the. senior u.s. official as well and the head of the party is this a game changer in terms of the alliances with in yemen now. it could be a game changer because a list a very powerful group that has been largely kept after the conflict they kept their arms of their power intact they participated slightly with the the government and the official government of yemen and with the coalition forces but they were very clever not to get too involved because there was an issue with this law given their links to the brotherhood the moralities in particular didn't want to engage with a list of the saudis wan

which is electing its new leadership in hanover the demonstrators are against the anti migrant anti islam party that won almost one hundred seats in parliament in september's elections co-leader frog quit soon after to form her own party is gearing up to be the biggest opposition bloc against chancellor angela merkel's yet to be formed government. where fifty will be germany's official opposition party if chancellor angela merkel enters into a coalition with the social democrats they are the ones to introduce a proposal to repatriate syrian refugees and this will be debated in parliament but all other parties are expected to vote against it controversially the far right party also wants to honor the german army which is traditionally been kept out of politics since the end of world war two. callan joins us now from hanover how do the protests. now does that mean it's all quiet outside. into the center of the city but all the action seems to have happened this morning when there was a sit in by some protesters who were trying to prevent the six hundred delegates from attending this conference wh

which has elected its new leadership in hanover the demonstrators are against the anti migrant anti islam party that won nearly one hundred seats in parliament and september's election the code for petrie quit soon after to form her own party at the a if he is gearing up to be the opposition against chancellor angela merkel's yet to be formed government will be if the will be germany's official opposition party if i go mark will enters into a coalition with the social democrats it wants to introduce a proposal to repatriate syrian refugees this will be debated in parliament but all other parties are expected to vote against it controversially the far right party also wants to honor the german army which has traditionally been kept out of politics since the end of world war two well a callan joins us live now from the f.t. convention in hanover so it does seem that they have a result they have elected leaders what can you tell us about them. now they have it actually it's a rather unfolding situation that's happening live as we speak somewhat of a soap opera that's going on here at the i have to

long time president of yemen then we've also seen some momentum of trying to cultivate the islam party of yemen which is the local muslim brotherhood affiliate to see if they can partially help fill that gap but there's been a lot of diplomatic maneuvering to help bring the parties of the conflict to the negotiations table and in parallel we're seeing that the saudis now by launching these attacks are trying to secure strategic games before any sort of peace talks can begin. jamie mcgoldrick who is the u.n. humanitarian coordinator so really with quite extensive language that we don't usually hear from the u.n. calling this war few child and absurd also saying that there are there of you know sort of children being killed by both sides bad behavior on both sides is it likely the u.n. can have an impact by turning up the rhetoric in this way. i think it already has i think that the un has been consistent in its condemnation of all of these attacks on that targeted way to many civilians and as we also know from previous u.n. reports the war in yemen has now on least the worst humanitaria

alternative for germany party which has elected its new leadership and follow them to migrant anti islam party won almost one hundred seats in parliament in september's election co-leader from a tree quit soon after her own caustic. gearing up to be the opposition against chancellor angela merkel's yet to be formed government. has more from the f.t. convention and home. was somewhat of an election here at the a.n.c. but we do have a new leaders this is the first time that the party has met since it entered the bundestag with some ninety six or more than ninety seats being the first right wing party to enter the since world war two now as i said it was somewhat of a thrill they did there was going to be a compromise between two candidates and the first candidate you had more incident was three things got tricky with the second kind of that there was a stalemate between a little known opposite candidate from the far right of the party and a more well known candidate who is from a more moderate voice within the party now this ideological split within the party has been much discussed at this part

germany's anti migrant an anti islam party has a new leadership the far right alternative for germany is meeting in hanover it's choice for co-leader could be a sign that he's taking a tougher stance if the took votes away from german chancellor angela merkel's alliance and september's election merkel are still not being able to form a government that the calendar has more from hanover. as the day began police fired water cannons at protesters trying to block the streets at least one protester and several police were injured thousands tried to stop delegates from attending the first conference of the far right party since it won more than ninety seats in the german election us we are ashamed that live to you was small. and we don't want them to be in our town and our congress that there is a fight in germany against russia's many nights and a name i'm not so used to because you know what rights is a right opinions do to a land and that's. not good inside the dispute was not with the leftist protestors but within the party itself a leadership battle between extreme nationalists and a m

which now claim it's the only force that's made what it calls meaningful progress against islamic state parties and here and explains. everyone was gearing up to celebrate isos grip on syria was loosening and the u.s. coalition forces had the champagne on ice we are defeating isis we're really winning we know how to win places in terms of a physical caliphate will be gone by the end of the year but when the black flag was finally lowered some felt the limelight was stolen and used and about on the locals to russia's defense minister reported that the military operation on the east and west banks of the euphrates river is now completed with the full defeat of the terrorists of course there could still be some pockets of resistance but in general combat actions at this stage and on this territory are over. how dare russia claim the moment of glory i want to thank general mattis for doing such a great job with respect to this he's not the hell out of. myself made it possible with what i've let you do i think. so instead of celebrating some chose perhaps predictably to squabble over. i find it surp

people poured into the streets of jakarta for this and he donald trump rally pakistan's major islamic party is. also organize a protest rally thousands of demonstrators gathering in the pakistani city of karachi and this was the scene just a short while ago in the turkish capital of ankara demonstrators raising turkish and palestinian flags chanting jerusalem is ours and will remain so let's hear now from the talks are going to name who's in ankara and sent us this report. more than an hour. into all the turkish flags there also carrying signs with a lot of entire american sentiment such as the president. has emerged as a advocate for the palestinians and he's been rattling other arab countries specifically to show their solidarity and have the elegance president donald trump . jerusalem as the capital. on. when they turned on her said a summit for the organization for islam the cooperation organization with fifty seven members during that summit he said that this decision was indeed a read on he called israel quote a terrorist state and said this is not ignition language a mystery and is a

then it has morphed into a controversial far right party on the german political scene the party believes islam has no place in germany calling it a political ideology and not a religion and one of its regional leaders beer and haka has also called the holocaust memorial in berlin quote a monument of shame the party also wants an upper limits on the number of refugees allowed into the country for what it calls the protection of germany. well i'm going to cross over now to our correspondent. who is at the party congress in hanover and joins us live from there we can or can you tell us what is the they says from where you are at the moment. but this is a while ago we saw the reelection of the pass if you don't joke more morton you had become the sole party leader after that part of me and the man who's currently speaking behind me is he's leading pretty much a more moderate section of the party and this showdown that was feared by many members say and that was expected by many analysts didn't really happen just like there was a lot of discussion behind closed doors ahead of this vote that's just

>> reporter: the videos shared by an anti-islam ultra-nationalist party britain first, a group knownor hate-filled incitement. jay defranzen, the group's deputy leader, thanked the president. >> i'd like to start by saying how delighted i am that as the leader of the free world, you took the time out to retweet three of my videos. donald trump retweeted three of my tweets because he wanted to raise awareness on issues regarding immigration and lack of border control. >> reporter: condemnation came swiftly from britain's highest office. >> britain first is a hateful organization. >> reporter: a rare rebuke from the country's closest ally. franzen argues her movement is based not on hate but on the feelings of ordinary citizens. >> you're seeing a side of politics that has actually been on the back foot for a long time, and that is the patriotic, commonsense, everyday man saying, you know what, i'm from the uk, i should be put first before immigrants. >> reporter: the attacker was not a migrant after all. the embassy in the netherlands saying the attacker was dutch tweeting to the pres

host: another piece from your book -- rather than pushing islamic parties further into the arms of extremistsgh policy suppression, western earners -- powers would be wide tensions between these groups and to look for point of shared interest with islamist parties, interests that basis ofserve as the dialogue and cooperation. guest: when i was working in pakistan, i had to make a decision. i might disagree with a religious leader or somebody on almost every point, but if they are anti-violence, anti-extremism, that they are advertising anti-al qaeda, they may be homophobic and they may not believe the same democratic values i do. on the ground, i want to find a way to work with that person because they are able to stop young people from joining these groups that ultimately could harm national security. those are the tough decisions we have to make, but i think we have to think about where those points now? it is a great line and that is why we rely on our diplomats. ofhink the hallmark protecting u.s. security is making those decisions. host: who are the best groups we should be looking for -

particularly in rural areas now straka the head of the freedom party and sebastian kurtz have both said that they want to make fighting radical islama priority and of course people have seen attacks across europe and that has spread fear over those that haven't been any such attacks in austria both parties also oppose turkish membership of the e.u. and polls here regularly show that most austrians agree with that that as you point out refugees islam border security the these issues all dominated the campaign austria did take a lot of refugees in the migration crisis but has there been a notable effect on society why did these positions go down so well with artists well i think it was things like pledging to cut benefits for refugees and not allowing a repeat of the the huge numbers of people who arrived in twenty fifteen that was ok so could the head of the people's party he that was his line really are as he waits indiana thank you very much you're watching news from berlin more coming up at the top of the hour siege an. image from an isolated. images from north korea. the italians the targets are captured the city shots of everyd

islam platform. standing by for us after a party conference in hanover make a look mckayla this party conference tasked with electing new leaders for the two years i mentioned or to the results tell us about the direction of the party. well it shows us that this party is always good for a surprise there have been some resistance from the more centrist stream of the party brewing throughout the week actually seeing a delegate from lynn mr pitts step in one thing to clinch that leadership title along with york morton who was reelected as party leader well there were two votes that were inconclusive and then i'll xander go and the parliamentary party leaders stepped in and a very well known figure within the f.t. and that was pretty much a high noon situation that was what i would see as the nuclear option because he had before said he would only step in if absolutely necessary but the bottom line is that this really is a victory for the more rightist wing within the party because these two leaders now at the top both support and are against the exclusion of york he's become synonymous with the right wing

unknown the families are still looking for them whether they are in captivity with islamic state group or any other party in iraq if they have the right to know the fate of the loved ones whether they have been dead or are still alive somewhere in iraq being held by a certain party to a conflict. three years have passed the community still vastly displaced until a future comes the woman who brought back to come from captivity. or taken care of those who are still in captivity are still there and there has been law international effort whatsoever this is a community singled out basically within the iraqi community and they're not supported within. the areas are neglected. you have not seen in any serious efforts by the british or baghdad government to ensure that the victim get their day in court and get justice for what has been done to them even when some of these men and boys it made it to judges during the trials against them that they held using the sex slaves but but you see these are not being invited into the room are not being invited round and are not being granted real access to justice. and is

unknown the families are still looking for them whether they are in captivity with islam except group or any other party in iraq families do not know the fate of their loved ones and if they have the right to know the fate of the loved ones whether they have been dead or are still alive somewhere in iraq being held by a certain party to a conflict what we do to assist because we know that the process to look and search for missing loved ones is a really painful process that can go on for many many years and we call on the anyone who has a missing person in iraq to approach an international committee of the red cross and to report the missing case so that we can assist in the search and identification of people who are missing. as was just mentioned many people went missing after the fierce battles for mosul despite the city's liberation more than five months ago it still looks like a was the red squares on the map showing just how much of mosul has been obliterated yet following isis defeats locals say little effort has been made to rebuild what was once considered one of iraq's most beautiful cities. w

in pakistan killing at least nine and wounding dozens the so-called islamic state of claimed responsibility. south africa's ruling party at a crossroads the african national congress seats to heal divisions and restore public trust with the election of a new leader. i'm made of committee welcome to the program the un security council is due to vote tomorrow on a draft resolution on the disputed status of jerusalem the body will consider a text submitted by egypt of to us president donald trump said that washington would recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel now that decision has triggered a new surge of violence in the gaza strip and west bank and protests across the muslim world. it's clear who they think the enemy is more than eighty thousand people in the indonesian capital jakarta protested against u.s. plans to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. under god but on the decision made by trump is an insult to the muslim world not just to the muslims here in indonesia jerusalem is home to the third most important mosque in the islamic world i think as muslims we have to defend palestine at this level.