off and serving in polls indicate it currently has more support than the left party . at the state premier what if you don't run into the you will shift. their support and you can simply infer that i've done something wrong and i bear sole responsibility for their rights and i do. i mean it like that sorry i heard what you said and i'll answer the way i want. that's. so it is presumptuous and ill advised to always blame individuals and say they are responsible while ignoring all the things that are not going right in our country you one can die in for three million children live in poverty their reproduction of poverty is progress yet that's not a region that's living under such conditions it makes people some set of a little populous and i think he said that's few people can work their entire lives and still end up poor when they're old and the government simply will not address the. raising welfare by a five year olds does not solve any problems. he wants about you. if you don't anything for you saying that i am responsible when he got into iraq is you just asking a

might you be drawn to the idea of a coalition of the left party and the c.d.u. . dots that exist and they would be the first of its kind and also. because it's camp about anything in the state elections on october twenty seventh next year i will be campaigning for the very same coalition we have now social democrats the left party and the greens and you the that's the constellation i want to see in government again quinn so that's really. what i would like to point out that our political culture interring in as such that the christian democrats and the left talk to each other and address issues in a responsible collegial manner. but this isn't just living democracy this is what he would like people elsewhere and you have a very a for example to accept at the left by. does not mean the end of the world or the outbreak of world com innocently and that we have some good ideas to contribute. dammit cynthia but i would like to end our interview by asking you to complete three sentences so i can send to begins all social democrat left green coalition interring and could

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oh yeah i kind of echo yeah the democratic party is not a radical left party they're not even a left party in my opinion i would describe them as a center right party. and i think that's kind of the when i say we're in neutral you know the best kind of what i'm referring to you know going forward when we're looking towards the midterms. you know people are saying there's going to be some blue wave i do think that trump fatigue is going to be enough to pick up a little on the democratic side but as far as framing a man. in framing policy positions and framing voids in actual opposition the democratic establishment has not done that they largely have not done that. so this kind of reasonings would be much more i'll fold to make people understand of the dynamics there and why people locked on consequences of price is that of post nobody wants. the way to the united states is dangerous for most of the illegal immigrants. to the most. simple they want to. put as many of them look for refuge in the so called sentries sides of the draft used to share information about undocumented migrants w

oh yeah i kind of go yeah the democratic party is not a radical left party they're not even a left party in my opinion i would describe them as a center right party. and i think that's kind of the when i say we're in neutral you know the best kind of what i'm referring to you know going forward when we're looking towards the midterms. you know people are saying there's going to be some blue wave i do think that trump fatigue is going to be enough to pick up a little on the democratic side but as far as framing a messy. jen framing policy positions and framing in actual opposition the democratic establishment has not done that they largely have not done that. so when you don't really have a real opposition in our politics which i would say at the establishment level we really don't have. you know you just kind of have. the nonstop echoes fear of the media that we have yeah daniel daniel is absolutely right and ron and cathy here i mean the democratic party isn't a radical party but it is embracing these radicals their tactics and their rhetoric ok because i think they're afraid of it as w

lot of air support those there are many people who perhaps might also equally vote for the far left party have chosen to sort of send their message here by voting for the f.t. and we'll see whether their support really is lost in the years to come all right simon young political correspondent thank you for your reporting. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the list is that the football club has confirmed the death of its own in a vicious shoot out on a problem he and four others were killed after the helicopter spiraled out of control and crashed in flames near the club stadium on saturday night fans have been paying tribute to the victims. a memorial service has been held for the victims of the synagogue shooting in pittsburgh eleven people were killed and six wounded when a gunman opened fire at the tree of life synagogue on saturday a forty six year old man is in police custody. in formula one lewis hamilton has clinched his fifth bowl championship despite finishing fourth at the mexican broad prix hamilton went into the race needing to finish in or above sev

drop of ten point six percent the greens nineteen point six percent a rise of a point five then left party there on six point two percent that's an increase of one percent the liberal free democrats or if d.p. one seven point seven percent a rise of two point seven percent and the far right alternative for germany got thirteen point two percent an increase of nine point one percent at a national level the loss for both the main parties is pushing for the strain on the betted coalition in berlin the social democrats say they'll review their federal lives with merkel's conservatives it's another disappointing result for the chancellor following elections in bavaria two weeks ago but what did today's results mean for the state of has it it suggests the conservatives can continue governing in a coalition they although possibly without a majority. it's been a sobering night for chancellor merkel's christian democrats and the has the state capital the c.d.u. premier can remain in office but no one is calling this result a success and the disappointment is even greater among the social democrats

have done well here the left party and the and the pro-business f.t.p. of also increase their share of the vote slightly so these smaller parties they appear to be not single issue parties exactly but they've got a sharper focus of what they actually stand for and that makes it i think easier for many voters to choose them is the only reason why this want to party is a suddenly appearing to be more look at it more interesting for. what i think as i said that it's a sort of both a rejection of the mainstream parties and possibly the feeling that we should be going for these for these sort of core core issues that least we can get our heads around and we can understand the greens for instance i'm sure have profitted here with this excellent result boosting their share of the vote by more than eight percent of the profits from the diesel scandal that we've heard so much about in the last year or so big german come like this have been cheating and. destroying the equity in germany and elsewhere and people are very annoyed about that the greens have taken of c

as well don't seem to have a very clear line same is true the left party link f.t.p.'s well what but we as the green party are pro european very clearly we have a very human. want to make clear policy and of course i'm really pleased that so many votes now granted almost joins a government when i'm going to try to form a coalition off the last general elections but then pro-business free democrats pulled out how likely is that consolation again when you look at the very landscape but also looking at berlin right now as always. this evening i don't want to be speculating about potential coalition coordinations we're just pleased about was his story never reached over ten percent very before and had three targets is the green party want to double digit we want to get a second strongest party and we want to end the absolute majority of the c.s.u. so i'm just happy that we've done it and of course we want to deal responsibly with the result as is the green party it's clear that we can always talk about just environmental policy but we can't talk anti european or authoritar

he was involved in a plot to assassinate hitler he was forced to commit suicide a member of the left party in germany told us rommel should never be regarded as a hero. he's not a hero because he had some military success in africa that's not the reason his character. was the character of a nazi and then b. in the last six months he got a distance and i think we should approach that kind of distance today that some people let leave the right. and le pen and all that right people and the nazis too and come to the proctors if discourse peter tom tweet who was condemned by the leading left wing politician petra pyle who described rommel as a war criminal her green party colleague echoed that view saying rommel's crimes in italy should never be forgotten in an interview tarbert defended his tweet saying the nazi general repeatedly disregarded criminal orders and heroically plotted against hitler left party member them again thinks such ideas would not prove so popular if leftists found a better way to engage with the public. on the weekend there were over. two hundred thousand people demonstra

him and he left party member thank you. thank you. now to brazil where after a ted lenten hard fought presidential campaign the rightwing comes and it also has seen off his socialist rival fernando had thousands of elated supporters of the country's president have gathered on the streets of rio de janeiro to celebrate. however it wasn't all celebrations there were also a violent clashes between both sonora supporters and opponents in a rare neighborhoods. the full makeup timbale sonora secured over fifty five percent of the vote in brazilian politics he's a figure known for his controversial statements both an hour once called for the middle of a sitting president to the to me of the country's military dictatorship and on spicher attacks on women and minority groups he ran on an anti crime anti corruption platform and has proved skillful it's engaging with very to this especially via social media. both an hour's work as policy opponents it's a form of. he entered the presidential race off to jail to former presidents alluded to silva

we have had a centre—right party and a ce ntre—left have had a centre—right party and a centre—left partyi9 90s. and now the first time we have a far right wing president, so i think in a sense he symbolises the anger and rejection that 55% of the electorate has felt. but i think it really remains to be seen to what extent he can implement and satisfy a very diverse amount of desires and reasons that have led so many to vote for a fringe candidate. yeah, and people looking on will have seen some of his rhetoric during the campaign, some of his statements about women, homophobia, things like that in the past. how literally do you think people should take those statements, especially now that he will be in power? well, it's quite interesting that a lot of people i‘ve spoken to who have voted today in the first round forjair bolsonaro said that those kind of state m e nts bolsonaro said that those kind of statements shouldn‘t be taken literally, that it‘s really not about that. and he‘s actually, in addition to homophobic and racist is, he‘s made a lot of promises that fall outside of the au

left party member dieter dem again thinks is such ideas would not prove so popular if leftists found a better way to engage with the public. on the weekend there were over. two hundred thousand people demonstrating against rasmussen and i think it's a good sign that on the same weekend thousands and thousands also demonstrating on brokers of targets the left lost some people who were earning lower than two thousand or rule a month. very poor who do not know what will happen tomorrow and i think greed should. have learned again to speak in their language and to think with and sorrows. remarks by the outgoing u.s. ambassador to the un during a meeting of conservatives have been leaked nikki haley claimed that she was initially offered the post of secretary of state by president trump but turned it down as she didn't feel qualified and then she felt much the same about her position at the un i thought the job should go to someone who didn't have the same there in kerry i don't draw and honestly i don't even know what the un does. if you haley is a do to quit her role as on void to the u

getting nineteen point four percent arise since the last election of eight point three percent the left party will their own six point six percent representing an increase of one point four percent the liberal free democrats or f.t.p. they managed to get seven point six percent and that represents a rise of two point six percent and the far right alternative for germany managed to get twelve point one percent of the vote for presenting an increase of eight percent. i'm joined now by did obvious political correspondent find one young someone take us through these results what do they mean the big parties here have each lost an average of ten percent from their previous showing that's right that's the big story i think the main traditional parties christian democrats and social democrats losing big as we see is desert ing them looking for other aunt says elsewhere with some of the other parties or possibly just you know giving up on them entirely because there's a sense of frustration in particular not so much in how in the state of hesse itself as with that government in berlin and wrangle ame

registered voters are electing forty seven members to the national assembly royalist and center left parties are facing each other in the runoff barkha is in part. was being treated very very seriously indeed as you said this is only the third election since the country's transition to democracy back in two thousand and eight that has been a very very unusual journey because the transition came about as a result of a direct order by the previous monarch so people have embrace democracy enthusiastically perhaps largely out of respect for the monarchy that's the bizarre contradiction about politics here in bhutan as you said there's a population of around seven hundred fifty thousand about half a million voters there are two main parties the p.t. party that's right and the n.t. party the first of those parties formed the government back in two thousand and eight the other party has never actually had a role in government no experience of government but is hoping to shape up the political landscape here in the country very little politically separating the two of these party it seems a largely

here you can have a big debate on how far left the green party really is it's come from the left it became. a party really for affluence kind of center left voters and it's seems to taken in those voices who saw it away from the sea issue because it started to sound so tough and potentially tough on my great. but at the same time it's a lead to the decline of the social democrats here who are no serious political force anymore of course reaffirming those fears that already exist that the social democrats jimmie's only oldest party could simply disappear into the school in significance. mahela what are the implications on the national level i mean as merkel's government standing on shaky ground because for example we saw some questioning from the s.p.d. which was one of the big losers tonight of the grand coalition. yes and this is a direct result of course of this poor showing in bavaria the social democrats everyone here really has pointed to berlin trying to explain potentially bad is the bad results that came out of this so in a sense yes it weakens our going to support base and adds to

in both directions the green party candidates see themselves as living proof of a left wing alternative. and i believe the citizens of the very up down the politicians another spreading hate and fear. all has been hits afresh with the holes predict the greens could become the various second strongest political force and could join government for the first time in german post-war history this very an election campaign smacks of pro change said to me at the very least that's expected to blow away angle america or the interior minister. but it could also deal another blow to. oh grip on power. and we're following the bavarian election of course very closely in its aftermath you can get more news on our website dot com now for a look at some of the other stories today turkey has told washington it has all the video proof that a saudi journalist was murdered recordings allegedly capturing his torture and killing in the saudi consulate in istanbul show he was a critic of the kingdom's leadership and lived in the u.s. riyadh denies the accusations. rap star and trump supporter kanye west met t

earlier we spoke with them from the left party who thinks the german right would not attract much support of left wing parties found a better way to engage with the public. on the weekend there were over. two hundred thousand people demonstrating against rasmussen and for trade union rights and i think it's a good sign that on the same weekend and other places of germany where the thousands and thousands also demonstrating on. targets the left lost some people who were earning lower than two thousand or rule a month who are very poor who do not know what will happen tomorrow and i think rich should. have learned again to speak in the language and to think with and sorrows. if he much in a weekly international i'll be back at the top of the hour with more updates but before that it's time for a documentary called the great american culture of which. north korea's history this to be seventeen years we are one of the every few countries that has seventy years of history of diplomatic relationship with them we are. nuclear free status country that this policy is working for us and we're tryin

dot com got thad could be possible in a coalition with the greens and the left party if shafer goes s.p.d. beats the greens and both make gains like the latest polls show both parties at about twenty percent. politicians and press are worried that weakening support for the government in berlin could influence the outcome of sunday's vote rarely have uncle america and her cabinet been so unwelcome on the campaign trail. it's a different story with direct i was there on the greens they're riding a wave of fresh support benefiting from america's government woes as they make that clear on their campaign posters. with a showing that we're ready to take control which demonstrated our bill it's easy to govern with various partners and we have policies we want to enact under and that's what we're aiming to do on sunday promises to be an exciting day in hesse's capital b.'s but in the city will also be the focus for many in berlin. let's turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world brazilians are voting in a run off presidential election today with the far right candidate sho

lot of air support those there are many people who perhaps might also equally vote for the far left party but have chosen to sort of send their message here by voting for the f.t. and we'll see whether their support really is lost in the years to come all right simon young political correspondent thank you for your reporting. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a memorial service is being held for the victims of the synagogue shooting in pittsburgh eleven people were killed and six others wounded when a gunman opened fire at the tree of life synagogue on saturday a forty six year old man is in police custody. a part situational crisis has escalated with one person killed and two injured when a sect cabinet minister tried to reenter his office this comes just days after the country's president removed the prime minister and installed a powerful ally of china in his place. fans of the british football club list the city have been paying tribute to the victims of a helicopter crash just after a match the club's chairman confirmed it's been confirmed that the billion

and the left party would both walk away with ten percent. and surprisingly three quarters of germans are either dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the current government. only one in four is satisfied or even very satisfied. in the last months chancellor. c.s.u. leader. and. were repeatedly forced to hold crisis summits each time they only narrowly avoided a coalition breakdown that has harmed the country's leader most of all more than half of germans blame for the state of the german government. one third thinks interior minister horse is responsible he is losing support just before the state elections in bavaria that are so important for him. only two percent of voters. but that doesn't help her party. the greens on the other hand are flying high this clip be because most germans are dissatisfied with the grand coalitions climate policy. recently thousands of people demonstrated to save the humble forest near cologne from being destroyed to make way for a coal mine three out of four germans think government should do more to protect th

young from africa from the german left party says the sale of german combat training technology is also problematic for security reasons. for export because the problem with arms exports is the boomerang effect you sell weapons to a friendly country and ten or twenty years later those weapons are turned on german soldiers and so that's happening in afghanistan today. then may twenty seventeen. held its annual meeting in a hotel directly across from the defense ministry the meeting was closed to the press and security of this tight. put in front of the hotel activists held a demonstration to protest against nine midsize activity particularly its export deals with the middle east and turkey. but i but i think oh anyone who buys a crime or stock for profit is complicit in arms exports and in death all over the world. will happen is among the activists she owns one share of one with time and is participating as what's called a critical shareholder as a shareholder she's allowed to attend the annual meeting in a big. rally tied to that sugata plane matal admits that it profits from the many

lot of air support those there are many people who perhaps might also equally vote for the far left party have chosen to sort of send their message here by voting for the f.t. and we'll see whether their support really is lost in the years to come right simon young political correspondent thank you for your reporting. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in sri lanka a constitutional crisis has is collated with one person killed and two injured when a sect cabinet minister tried to re enter his office this comes just days after the country's president removed the prime minister and installed a powerful ally of china in his place. and the people of georgia voted for a new president on sunday exit polls were contradictory with one showing french born candidates and. from the governing dream party winning but another poll by an independent television stations that just did a close race with the opposition candidate for shuts it a runoff will take place in december if no candidate has a majority. voting has just closed in a presidential runoff in brazil and for the fi

following an inquiry from the left party the government confirmed that twenty naval instructors providedraining to algerian soldiers at german naval academy's and on german frigates the program ran for two and a half years. for algeria and the training provided by the german armed forces was a decisive factor in the deal without the promise of training from the bundeswehr it might well not have gone through a system when the farragut as problem of the minister my father one doesn't know this is a problem just a bit when you ask around to an area exclude. or that these extra missions are a burden that one highly trained german officers and then c.e.o.'s are being assigned to train foreign soldiers in there in the yard a very little to train their own recruits whom as i. am paid more than ten million euros for the training of its soldiers eighty percent of that field went to the defense budget the rest to the finance ministry. for two thousand hope the frigate deal was worth two point one billion euro news. at the time industry lobbyist hands crystal fights but dean was head of marine syst

and the left party rose only slightly. now here are some of the reactions coming in from the winners and the losers off of the therion state election. dismay at a watershed moment the c.s.u. loses his absolute majority various unswerving loyalty to the party is over their opposition to uncle america's migration policy didn't pay off in the vote. sometimes for months after we've had a bit of a painful result even if we still have to wait for the election night to end we accept the result with humility and we need to learn from the result we'll analyze everything closely one thing is certain despite some predictions despite some discussions despite some comments the c.s.u. hasn't just become the strongest party that also has the clear mandate to govern. for the greens there was jubilation. but there you are again needs a political party that solves people's problems rather than constantly causing new problems and that dear friends is why this result has already changed the very many many thanks for that. doom and gloom meanw

hundred ten percent mark you have to be the free democrats just passed the five percent hurdle the left party will not be in the next parliament here's some reaction now from key political players i see in dismay as a watershed moment the c.s.u. loses its absolute majority but there aeons long standing loyalty is fading the party may afford opposition to uncle america's migration policy would win it votes from the right is evidently didn't know and sometimes months off this is a bit of a painful result even if we still have to wait for the election night to end we accept the result with humility and we need to learn from the result will analyze everything closely one thing is certain despite some predictions despite some discussions despite some comments the c.s.u. hasn't just become the strongest party it also has the clear mandate to govern. among the greens jubilation the best result ever in the state. but there yet again needs a political party that solves people's problems rather than constantly causing new problems and that dear friends is why this result has already changed many many t

it is every president of the left—wing party. barack obama, the left—wing party.n. it does add to this feeling which is obviously intensified by trump and i but i think most people look at america and compare it to this country or anywhere else in europe have been feeling for a long time, that there is something going very badly wrong in the political culture of the united states. a huge infusion of violent language, violent rhetoric, talk of traders, talk of enemies within. it seems to be going down a very, very dark and very troubling road, which was in wisconsin and we have seen before. but in that continent they have not. and they 110w continent they have not. and they now think maybe they are in that place themselves. it's about political discourse. how it does seem to have changed. we saw it this weekend with the talk of theresa may at that meeting, bring her own news, all that kind of thing. it does seem to have got worse in recent years. all that kind of thing. it does seem to have got worse in recent yearsli think to have got worse in recent years.” think

is on ten percent as is the left party. so what do these numbers all mean here to unpack the significance of it all is a political correspondent again fun that mark good to see you all right let's start off with these approval ratings they're probably one of the worst that we've seen in a long time how do you explain the slump in approval ratings for this particular coalition one aspect to certainly fights between the parties and in between this coalition that is something that never goes well with voters they don't approve that at all if they have the feeling that the government itself is not in line with each other secondly. there were many voters who said they are tired of this conservation they have seen this before the grand coalition has governed before anglo-american is now for thirteen years in power and they just have the feeling that there's nothing new that this government can offer and then there's also just practical political mistakes that this governor made there was a performance that people had the feeling

of ecological wing with that was the greens and then it lost its left wing with the link to the left party in germany so you have you know this is this fracturing of the left and now you're seeing that also happening on on the right with with the f.d.a. and you've got groups like the five alun others and so the question is you know is germany on its way to becoming a country like holland where you have you know twelve thirteen parties you know represented and that could make it in the long term somewhat more difficult to govern as good as that is for democracy this is this period where we've had you know two party coalitions maybe maybe coming to an end for us and i think those have been so many from each of you we're running out some of where it's at what you've got a minute no underwear on where is this going to leave i'm going to go this vote and so there's gonna be right then there's really no way to not come out of this a little bit bruised because if the conservative party the conservative party is not going to do well in bavaria it's not going to do well in heston the state of hesse

two percent the greens nineteen point five percent that's a rise of eight point four percent the left party their own six point nine percent an increase of zero point eight percent the liberal free democrats or if seven point nine percent rise of two point nine percent and the far right alternative for germany or a d. rise up by twelve point five percent and that's an increase of eight point four percent. i'm now joined by political correspondent simon yanks i mean it's it's good to see it let's talk us through these results right so what does it mean we've got the big parties each losing at least ten percent yeah i think that's the that's the big story it's a continuation of a trend and it's obviously worrying for angle america's government in berlin which consists of both of those biggest parties dropping in support you know votes is many of them will have been voting of course on on regional issues in this regional election but some of them clearly wanting to sort of send that message to berlin they're not happy with the way things are going at national level the other thing i think you'

support for germany's governing parties plummeting to the lowest level ever recorded only one in four people are happy with chancellor merkel's grand coalition for her center left social democratic party partners the news is especially better we explain why also coming up today is the last day of campaigning for a highly charged regional election in the powerful southern state of the very their traditional parties are also bracing for a political earthquake as voters turn in droves to smaller parties including the far right a half day. and in the u.s. communities in the state of florida counting the cost of one of the most powerful storms in american history the correct in mark. i'm brian thomas thanks for being with us voter rejection of the governing coalition here in germany is the highest it has ever been and that's only days before a key regional election in the southern state of the varia ahead of this ballot is seen as crucial for chancellor merkel's government we have the latest survey by the polling institute in for test the map and for merkel's coalition it is looking like a disaster. if elections across germany were to be held today this is who the s