and our political correspondent kate brady is covering this story she joins me now kate what do you make of those reports and how significant would this movie. it certainly would be a significant move indeed and this would also mean a big change for the german military act of course for the past sixty one years of the german military's existence the bundeswehr only german citizen citizens have been able to serve germany in the military so this would be a significant move but of course this isn't the first time that we've heard this idea here in germany it was already proposed in the german defense ministry white paper almost two years ago which sets out future plans for the german military and of course there are already several other smaller e.u. countries which already recruit some troops from around the e.u. block so this isn't a completely new idea but would certainly be a significant move for japanese military and will kind of people is the army looking for and what conditions to they have to fill. well really what we've been hearing from the german defense ministry so far is that i

so what is next for the chancellor and her party let's bring in our political correspondent kate brady for more on the story hi kate so as we heard the chancellor will step down as party leader but she does want to stay on as the german chancellor until twenty twenty one can that really work. well that is indeed mackerels plan and the question then really is will she be able to do depending on which candidate her party the c.d.u. decides to vote in those her successor come friday this idea of macros to stay out on as the chancellor until twenty twenty one really could become quite problematic particularly if the one of the front row does friedrich matt actually is voted in as her successor as the party leader now math is quite well known in the german political stage of being much more conservative than merkel so we could see him indeed taking the c.d.u. party in a much more conservative direction and away from the sense of ground which we've seen move the conservatives towards over the last two decades at the top of the c.d.u. paul fifty of course as well the coalition at the moment i

our political correspondent kate brady is covering this. te, how significant with this movie -- move be? kate: this would be a big change for the german military. in the past, only german citizens have been able to serve germany in the military. this would be a significant move. this is not the first time that we havave heard thisis idea hern germany. it was proposed in the defense ministry almost two years ago. there are already several other smalalleeu countrieses that recrcruit some troops from aroud the eu. this is not completely in the idea. but it would certainly be a significant move. helena: what kind of people is the army looking for? what conditions do they have to fulfill? kate: what we have been hearing from the defense ministry is that it is specialists they are targeting. i.t. specialists, doctors, medics. the conditions they would have to fulfill in order to serve are not yet so clear. of course, a good grounding in the german language would of course be a prerequisite. helena: the fact that germany needs to look outside for t

political correspondent kate brady good to talk to you thanks kate. and actions are taking place in the democratic republic of congo on sunday and the country's president joseph kabila says the hall will go ahead that's despite a decision to suspend polling in some areas until march could be that has blamed an outbreak of the deadly a bone a virus that opens issue groups say that the move is politically motivated. makeshift barricades burned in protest a bad omen for sunday's already contentious presidential election in a country that hasn't held a peaceful one since independence from belgium in one nine hundred sixty now residents in and around benny a city in north eastern democratic republic of the congo may not cast their votes until march the country's electoral commission says that's due to the severe ebola outbreak and rebel fighting that's plagued the area more than one million of forty million registered voters could be affected by the delay protesters however see the decision has more to do with politics than safety but took up with just a n

let's look at some of the alternatives more on this let's bring in to be a political correspondent kate brady in our parliamentary studios here in berlin good morning kate all of machall stepping down as party leader but she says she'll be staying on as german chancellor until twenty twenty one cannot work. it certainly could work but things could become problematic depending on the party selects to morrow in hamburg as her successor is a cd party leader and that could become particularly difficult if one of those candidates friedrich maps is elected as the c.d.u. party leader he currently heads a supervisory board for the asset management company blackrock and he will certainly move the party move the cd into a more conservative direction and away from the center ground of germany's political spectrum where we've seen map move the c.d.u. over the last couple of decades so that could then certainly prove to be problematic for all and live machall should be elected and that would then question well. as the chancellor. what about the two other contenders for party chair would they signals well

there's a lot of speculation on that this morning spring indeed of your political correspondent kate brady in our parliamentary studio here in berlin good morning kate all america all stepping down as party leader bud saying she'll stay on this german chancellor until twenty twenty one cannot work. well barnet was of course macko herself who said for a long time that the party leadership in the office of chancellor go hand in hand but of course that could prove to be difficult in the next two or three years and it's ready and comes into question whether she will make it to the end of this term and that all comes down to the question of who will replace as the c.d.u. party leader and that could be particularly problematic if one of the front runners friedrich matts is elected as her successor c.d.u. party leader tomorrow up in hamburg now at the moment he sits he sits over the heads of the supervisory board of the german branch of the asset management commanding blackrock and he without doubt would move the c.d.u. in a much more conservative direction were he to become her successor of cour

reception can't reason they expect in berlin later today let's bring in our political correspondent kate brady she is standing by for us covering this story for us kate what does theresa may want from chancellor merkel today and will she get it well soon interest in may is coming to berlin today in a somewhat desperate bid to win concessions from german chancellor angela merkel and the german government but whether or not this trip will indeed be worthwhile will be the big question later this afternoon and the german chancellor has said on several occasions that germany regrets the decision made by the u.k. back in two thousand and sixteen but when it comes to the threats it negotiations anglo-american has said time and time again that this is a joint venture and that it doesn't come down to individual e.u. states and it's also worth bearing in mind that machall did say last month when they still came through she welcomed that deal but she said as well at the same time that there was no question that there would be more bret's that negotiations if this deal where fail to be ratified by the u.k

let's bring in our political correspondent kate brady for more on this story hi kate such recent days meeting german chancellor angela merkel in berlin today what does she want from the chancellor and other european leaders and will she get it. well it's very clear to reason may is coming to berlin today in a rather quite desperate bid to try and get some concessions to take back to the u.k. from german chancellor angela merkel and from the german government now bolin said yesterday that the request follow this very short notice visit came from the british side so while at the same time to reason they will be voicing the concerns of the u.k. house of commons today while she is in berlin she will also be putting out those feelers to see exactly what concessions she can take back to london now whether or not this will be a worthwhile trip is really the big question german chancellor angela merkel has said time and time again that germany regrets a decision made by the u.k. back in twenty sixteen and has said as well at the same time that negotiations over the brics it deal at least from

a bittersweet goodbye or at last that's taken our city of news correspondent kate brady who's in the bar trumpet good to see you kate was the mood at the farewell ceremony. well it was a very moving ceremony here at the coal mine here in both rock and western germany today and hundreds of minus gathered at the shaft here behind me and there is also many a tape being shed as well as that last piece of coal was retrieved and presented to . frank cultish steinmeyer now it's him all through some very moving words from the chairman of the german coal co-operation. said as that piece of coal was handed over to the president so many people this is just a start and for you it should be big paul it's all. german history but for us it was all well and that really was evident today at the ceremony that the miners here and the locals to the region it really was the end of an era and what does the end of the black coal black hole means for the region. well there have been preparations they've been underway for the best part of a decade now since i'm going to macos government announced back in two

skate brady she is standing outside the chancery i'm afraid we don't seem to have got kate brady as yet ok so ok great it now tell us you're standing in the building a rare chance to machall and to raise on me holding talks what does tourism mean one from the german chancellor. so basically i'm rita to reason may is here in berlin today in a rather desperate bid to get some concessions from the german chancellor. and the german government but whether or not they strike will really be worthwhile is the big question and it seems very unlikely that anything is going to come out of these top stories may have already met with the dutch counterpart marc rich earlier today and he described the talk afterwards as useful and i think that's the only way that you can look at these talks are there any person that can really know what's come out of them is to reason a maybe we can say find out a little bit more by the time we get to that e.u. summit on thursday but it really is quite hard to fathom what she expects to hear from angela merkel who has made it very clear that there is no room for negot

better so we could buy less chicken now we do have a correspondent kate brady she is in bartra good to see you kate the farewell ceremony is underway how was the mood when it really was a very moving ceremony this evening as full a minus in the last miners who were taken till today gathered in front of the shaft just hit behind me and there was a real sense of mourning that come our audrey that we saw just that in that report and there was also some very moving words from the chairman of the german coal cooperation iraq as that last piece of coal was brought up from the mine and presented to the german president frank and he said for some people they may just be a stone for you it should be a part of german history but for us it was all welsh so it really is the end of an era for many people local to this mining region today very poignant there the example that you have for a trader what does the end of black coal mean for this region. well local authorities have been making preparations over the last eleven years since the slow. decline of the slayer line of the mines here was announc

now for more stroll in our correspondence kate brady she's at the chancery in berlin and max hoffman joins me from strasbourg good let me start with you for us what does terrorism me want to get from. oil when series m a arrives at the chancellor here behind me she will of course be voicing her concerns for that she's heard in the house of commons over the fast last couple of days and also and obviously since she called off the parliamentary vote that was planned for today and so now should be putting a feel is out to see what concession she can get from anglo amount go but that does indeed seem very unlikely merkel has made it clear time and time again that the negotiations are based in brussels and that this is an e.u. decision and not something that germany can throw its weight behind a make changes to that deal on it's hard so this isn't decision max in strasbourg leaders obviously have been watching these developments closely what have they been saying. well here the earth taishan is pretty high to tell you the truth and no one sums of a better and more telling way than that who

prepare for what a euro zone what a world without michael up that on the world stage might look like kate brady in our parliamentary studio thanks very much and we of course have much more on that story and all the others in this broadcast our web site d w dot com for now though for me brian thomas the entire team thanks so much for being with us. and. for staying in school in the jungle. for first climbing less of a minute or as grand a moment arrives in the join your reckoning on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary during an orangutan returns home on the d w don't come in tanks. sinai is one of the world's oldest cities with a history stretching back doing that millennia legally today it is devastated my country yemen has been under steady bombardment for three years few images have reached you few journalists dared to venture here i wanted to make a film to document what the population is going through because it was about and then i met ahmed his sister and his nephew who is about the same age as he is from his window takes and that plane is. not how you look at. it

brady reporting from bar truck thank you so very much for your reporting. and as we hear it from kate there are political and economic reasons for today's closure but that didn't make it any easier for the miners at the prosper having all shaft we met some of them as the well down operations there and said goodbye to their careers below ground. these are some of germany's last coal miners. many of them have given decades of their lives to the job in four shifts a day twelve hundred meters deep shifting thousands of tonnes of bituminous coal sitting in a no blue better known as city can clearly remember the first time he went down in a pit cage thirty years ago. the first time i did it i was still an apprentice so the training supervisor was there you learn where the escape routes were in case something happened but it was still overwhelming. begin. the process. was once highly productive now it's the site of a massive sell off everything is being dismantled and sent back over ground most of the machines here will be sold on to turkey or china it is not feeling a bit melancholic becaus