been to well i would have preferred set down i don't think lashon will succeed in becoming chancellor themselves which. is const i mean bloodshed will be the chancellor candidates all parties. also coming up sweden has one of the highest corona virus infection rates in western europe and yet it has shunned the lockdowns and never mandated wearing face masks tonight we look at sweden's pandemic path the path that many say should not have been taken if they make it much that everyone should make it and should away a mask that would be very important and maybe we could have passed on life. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states into all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with the battered and bruised candid if he wants to become germany's next chancellor on monday night the leadership in chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party voted in favor of making their leader arming law shit their chancellor candidate ahead of the national election in september the decision came after a week of wrangling between la shit and the other conservative who wanted to be th

as a result and unfortunately for ahmed lashon he had a strong contender a much more popular contender in the bavarian leader marcos but having said all that it's now won he won 3 to become c.d.u. later in january now he's he's won this battle if he can have some positive news in the months going had during the campaign maybe can assert himself more clearly and we know simon that army law should he was never grew by chancellor angela merkel to be next in line and that says a lot considering that merkel has had 16 years to possibly think about who will follow her her party the c.d.u. was not going into the campaign on a very strong footing how much is to blame here. well of course grooming he's difficult because the incumbent leader never wants to bring anyone on too clearly that they might undermine their own position but i think the any leader any conservative leader wanting to become chancellor has to think about what the legacy of angle americal means for them it may well be a question that plays with the votes has come in time in september. as sort of so to be a continuity candidat

well we have to the 2 contenders in the race to be the candidate for the conservative side arm in lashon who leads the larger of the 2 parties the c.d.u. and marcus said he leads the varian c.s.u. and is considerably more popular in the polls the problem the conservatives have got is they don't really have a clear process for making this decision deciding between these 2 men they had hoped to get it done before today. earlier on today the varian c.s.u. held a meeting they said well they now put it in the hands of their larger sister party to make the decision so i mean lash the c.d.u. leader is called a meeting of his tree for the c evening and what i can tell you is that there may well be a decision coming if not tonight then in the next couple of days but it's worth saying that by contrast with the greens process of selecting and smoothly unveiling their candidate as they've done on time today as they said they would and what's going on in the conservative parties is a bit more chaotic and frankly disorganized they have his political correspondent sam young reporting thank you let's ge

he's 5 months ahead of germany's federal elections i mean lashon now faces an uphill battle to defend the chancellery against the greens and succeed america. or political correspondents i mean young joins me now simon has been following our mean lusha on a rough and tumble way to becoming the conservative chancellor candidates good evening to you simon someone said that among the conservatives there was no best choice for a chancellor candidate they referred to or mean lusha today as the cd use 2nd best choice is that what he is. well brant certainly he is as you mentioned the 2nd most popular in the polls of the 2 men who applied for the job but just to give a little bit of context what normally happens in an election year is that both of these conservative parties get behind whoever is the c.d.u. leader and backs them to become german chancellor and in the past when that hasn't happened it's easily worked out badly for the conservatives so why didn't get immediate support will it comes down to this question of his popularity and indeed his personality i mean lashon is not the sort o

says he's ready to lead to germany's conservatives in the general election and then there's armin lashon he's the leader of merkel c.d.u. party and the governor of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia he was the favorites but some arching him to step aside in favor of so that his chief of the city used conservative sister party in the state of bavaria and his national profile has ground during the pandemic of both say they are ready to take on the top job. we've announced that we are ready to stand this candidate for the chance of the ship. and we've agreed it should be a good process. as we set off towards this shared goal involving both parties and of course together with the parliamentary group. but we've established a suitable and both of us are ready it's important that we show respect to one another i can say 1st off regardless of how the final decision turns out we work together very very well. well the chief political editor says souter has put clash on the back foot by finally declaring his readiness to run as chancellor candidate for macas conservative c.d.u. c.

there are many faces to lash it but does he have what it takes to be german chancellor according to lashon his position a state premier of north rhine-westphalia germany's most populous state and his victory to get there is proof enough his election a c.d.u. party leader in january 2021 put him in prime position to run for chancellor backed by the city's top brass sais he aspires to make the 20 twentieth's a decade of modernization for germany. my me can you go to all my candidacy is from my understanding of the german chancellor ship which is a european one is. the whole of europe is watching to see how germany finds new leadership at this time and we need multilateral solutions to every problem that is a global one. group bollen all smiles but how can we move to lot of rather lose. the 60 year old ryan plan this commitment to europe has been years in the making. born in the western city of afrin close to the dutch and belgium borders blush it is a former member of the european parliament and fluent in french his family even claims to be descendants of charlemagne founder of the holy roma

driver's license but there's no car anymore. 5 months ahead of germany's federal elections i mean lashon now faces an uphill battle to defend the chancellery against the greens and succeed america. you're watching you don't read you still to come. a band islamised group in pakistan forces the government to consider expelling the french ambassador to the country is it appeasement or democracy. that and a whole lot more coming up on day of you news asia with a bearish of bad r g your washington every year is live from berlin and i'll buy a lot of rock rap officer thank you so much for your company will be back at the top we are. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and contacts the coronavirus update 19. on t w. every day counts for us and for our planet. who might use these homes way to bring you more conservation. to make single screen. how can we protect our interests. we can move to france. good morning to you as the environmental series of little sleep on. the coronavirus knows no borders

to says he's ready to lead germany's conservatives in the general election and then there's armin lashon he's the leader of merkel c.d.u. party and the governor of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia he was the favorite now urging him to step aside in favor of a. conservative sister party in the state of a very and his national profile has been growing during the during the pandemic both now say that they're ready to take on the top job. of clear we've announced that we're ready to stand this candidate for the chancellorship. and we've agreed it should be a good process. as me set off towards this shared goal involving both parties and of course together with a parliamentary group. but we have established a suitable and both of us are ready it's important that we show respect for one another i can say 1st off the goddess of how the final decision turns out to work together very very well. well the japanese chief political editor says solder has put nash on the back foot by finally declaring his readiness to run as chancellor candidate for angle america's conservative c.d

well we have to the 2 contenders in the race to be the candidate for the conservative side arm in lashon who leads the larger of the 2 parties the c.d.u. and marcus said he leads the varian c.s.u. and is considerably more popular in the polls the problem the conservatives have got is they don't really have a clear process for making this decision deciding between these 2 men they had hoped to get it done before today. earlier on today the varian c.s.u. held a meeting they said well they now put it in the hands of their larger sister party to make the decision so i mean lash the c.d.u. leader is called a meeting of his troops for the c evening and what i can tell you is that there may well be a decision coming if not tonight then in the next couple of days but it's worth saying that by contrast with the greens process of selecting and smoothly unveiling their candidate as they've done on time today as they said they would and what's going on in the conservative parties is a bit more chaotic and frankly disorganized political correspondent samiam reporting thank you. like to tell you now a

well we have to the 2 contenders in the race to be the candidate for the conservative side are men lashon he leads the larger of the 2 parties the c.d.u. and marcus said he leads the varian c.s.u. and is considerably more popular in the polls the problem the conservatives have got is they don't really have a clear process for making this decision deciding between these 2 men they had hoped to get it done before today. earlier on today the varian c.s.u. held a meeting they said well they now put it in the hands of their larger sister party to make the decision so i mean lash the c.d.u. leader is called a meeting of his tree for the c evening and what i can tell you is that there may well be a decision coming if not tonight then in the next couple of days but it's worth saying that by contrast with the greens process of selecting and smoothly unveiling their candidate as they've done on time today as they said they would and what's going on in the conservative parties is a bit more chaotic and frankly disorganized political correspondent sam young reporting thank you now let's take a look a

care and they see the slow vaccination campaign so i think in a way what we see here from common lashon is him playing catch up with the public and richard thank you very much that was our chief international editor richard walker. sketch up on some other world news at this point palestinian president mahmoud abbas is heading to germany for what officials have described as a quote routine health check the 85 year old is a heavy smoker though there have been no indications he's currently ill he received his 1st dose of corona vaccine. at least 25 people have died in bangladesh after a ferry capsized on a river south of the capital dhaka the ferry collided with a cargo vessel on sunday night and saying people on board were rushing home after the government announced a weeklong coronavirus lockdown. as protesters in myanmar continue to defy the military rule there. say the leaders of countries in the region will meet to discuss developments on more activists say a further 6 protesters were killed at the weekend the military has tried to stop the uprising with lethal force after taking cont

it is 5 months ahead of germany's federal elections i mean lashon now faces an uphill battle to defend the chancellery against the greens and succeed and america. of all political correspondents i mean young joins me now simon has been following our mean lusha on a rough and tumble way to becoming the conservative chancellor candidates good evening to you simon someone said that among the conservatives there was no best choice for a chancellor candidate they referred to or mean lush it today as the cd use 2nd best choice is that what he is. well brant certainly he is as you mentioned the 2nd most popular in the polls of the 2 men who applied for the job but just to give a little bit of context what normally happens in an election year is that both of these conservative parties get behind whoever is the c.d.u. leader and backs them to become german chancellor and in the past when that hasn't happened it's usually worked out badly for the conservatives so why didn't get immediate support will it comes down to this question of his popularity and indeed his personality i mean lash is not t

has little support from the states run by the social democrats and unfortunately even after i'm in lashon took charge of the party many christian democratic states have also reacted with a great deal of hesitation. let's bring in our political correspondent thomas sparrow who's following the latest developments on the story for us hi thomas let's start with the situation right now with the virus because i see you staff here are warning that there are not that many beds left so how hard is this 3rd wave hit in germany. and it's not only about i.c.u. stuff coronavirus cases are also increasing in germany the 7 day rate very important here to decide further restrictions is also above the $100.00 limit so a very important statistic there so you can clearly say sumi that the coronavirus pandemic in particular the 3rd wave is hitting germany very hard and one element to explain why it's hitting germany very hard it's one of those variants the b 117 variant which has become more and more prevail and here in the country is partially behind that rise in infections now it's important to stress that

of blood clots they say the benefits outweigh the risks and germany's conservatism names are mean lashon to as there.

about lashon and the greens and they say but what does anger the american think of it so it's going to be very difficult for the french to barry i'm going america to to realize that she's not there anymore she's been much much more loved and worshiped than than she is in germany so that the 1st acknowledge the french are realizing what it is i mean as you were saying in the big it's easy and there's going to be somebody and so they're very interested in the greens because we have a green party in france which is. the state where the green party here was about 10 or 15 years ago so the very left wing. you know having all sorts of conflict within each other and not at all ready to be made to be to have a president a green president that's far far far away in france so that's the interesting how did the green manage to move off didn't change how did they become problematic and ready for the government that's very interesting for them as well and then who is going to descend the colors of the conservatives and why is the conservatives who parties. so these are a very interesting what was y

least 3 opinions and a testament fully borne out by the latest israeli elections which are muscle for lashon airing resulted in yet another stalemate what now in parties actually just form a new government what does this new round of political and 17 mean for the country and the region as a whole will discover that i'm now joined by your a practicing it consultant research fellow at chatham house with an acrobat it's great to talk to thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me not enough russian culture russian languages have really influenced by jewish humor but even here you know we're running out of jokes to talk about the situation in which 4 lashins in 2 years fail to produce any electoral 2nd how many more elections do you think it will take this year take a break from campaigning add the trying to your normal boring govern you know when you mentioned 2 jews getting into this isn't it. well that's for sure out of those who really if you can more and i think this is a reflection of election after election so lectionary in 2 years and look beyond the reanimate. selection a

become much more popular and the complete truth but the bottom line is that the base did not support lashon don't believe the fake information are you concerned that germany is falling also into a trap when it comes to china we have to take a more talk we the contrast couldn't be more stark last year germany was seen as a role model in fighting the coronavirus pandemic now a 3rd wave is hitting the country hard americans party is slipping ahead of september elections which will decide her successor after 16 years in power my guess this week is you're going to heart to see the new member of the german bund just talk and spokesperson for the conservatives parliamentary group as germany prepares to move on from merkel in what state does she leave her party and her country. you're going hard to welcome to conflict zone 10016 years of angela merkel and these days the c.d.u. has lost ground in the polls there's been a bitter fight for her succession in the party and corona virus is hitting the country hard issue leaving behind a mass i think we had should have had a tough debate on the question w

it was about lashon and the greens and they said what does anger the american think of it so it's going to be very difficult for the french to bury i'm going to america to to realize that she's not there anymore she's been much much more loved and worshiped than than she is in germany so that the 1st signal the french are realizing what i mean is you were saying the big the is the end there's going to be somebody and so they're very interested in the greens because we have a green party in france which is. the state where the green party here was about 10 or 15 years ago so very left wing. you know having all sorts of conflict within each other and not at all ready to be made to be to have a president a green president that's far far far away in france so that's very interesting how did the green move of the then change how did they become problematic and ready for the government that's very interesting for them as well and then who is going to descend the colors of the conservatives and why is the conservatives so parties. so these are a very interesting what was your comment to that q

well we have to the 2 contenders in the race to be the candidate for the conservative side arm in lashon who leads the larger of the 2 parties the c.d.u. and marcus said he leads the varian c.s.u. and is considerably more popular in the polls the problem the conservatives have got is they don't really have a clear process for making this decision deciding between these 2 men they had hoped to get it done before today. earlier on today the varian c.s.u. held a meeting they said well they now put it in the hands of their larger sister party to make the decision so i mean last the c.d.u. leader is called a meeting of his troops for the c evening and what i can tell you is that there may well be a decision coming if not tonight then in the next couple of days but it's worth saying that by contrast with the greens process of selecting and smoothly unveiling their candidate as they've done on time today as they said they would and what's going on in the conservative parties is a bit more chaotic and frankly disorganized the obvious political correspondent samiam reporting thank you. spin out s

well we have to the 2 contenders in the race to be the candidate for the conservative side arm in lashon he leads the larger of the 2 parties the c.d.u. and marcus said he leads the bavarian c.s.u. and is considerably more popular in the polls the problem the conservatives have got is they don't really have a clear process for making this decision deciding between these 2 men they had hoped to get it done before today. earlier on today the varian c.s.u. held a meeting they said well they now put it in the hands of their larger sister party to make the decision so i mean last the c.d.u. leader is called a meeting of his tree for the c evening and what i can tell you is that there may well be a decision coming if not tonight then in the next couple of days but it's worth saying that by contrast with the greens process of selecting and smoothly unveiling their candidate as they've done on time today as they said they would and what's going on in the conservative parties is a bit more chaotic and frankly disorganized political correspondent sam young reporting thank you. let's bring up to sp

it's 5 months ahead of germany's federal elections i mean lashon now faces an uphill battle to defend the chancellery against the greens and succeed america. well these days we could all use a story with a happy ending in this one comes from the indian state of maharashtra where one brave railway worker risked his life to save a child just in the nick of time or a drone was captured on c.c.t.v. take a look a toddler fell onto a railway line with a train rapidly approaching and then a brave railway worker spotted what was going on in sprinted into action. lifting the child to safety just as the locomotive was approaching. that is such a heart stopping moment so happy for that happy ending there are up next steps rob watts we do have are you business. people in trucks injured when trying to shoot a city center more and more refugees are being turned away for the lemon test seems. to be critical of the swedish demonstrators live people leave extreme transmitted to the. olympic movement 300000000 people are seeking. the limits of the law. because no one should have to flee. the mum make u

of blood clots they say the benefits outweigh the risks and germany's conservatism names are mean lashon to as their candidate the chancellor is the tempers election putting it in prime decisions to succeed anglo-american is very unrivaled mark asserted concedes after a bruising battle for the capital city. town where ark thank you very much for your company everyone in the central african republic of china the army says present it is debbie has died just one day after he was declared the winner of elections the security and a 6th term in office the saddam he was reportedly killed while visiting troops on the frontline of a battle against northern rebels the 68 year old came to power in a rebellion in 1900 and was one of africa's longest serving leaders the army has announced a debbie's son as interim head of state. here's how the chief of staff of child's army announced his death. marshall of chad idriss deby it know as he did every time when the republic's institutions were seriously threatened took the heroic lead in a combat operation against terrorists who had come from libya. he wa