occur there to again a clear message in particular to the right wing chief political correspondent linda crane thank you. it watching the news still to calm the sister or go over with the soul for the struggle over the soul of a sport with skateboarding set to become an olympic event will play by the rules for women it's propelled just groups. the 1st head to nigeria which is to repatriate hundreds of its citizens living in south africa after a recent spate of the uniform because tax mainly against african foreigners as many as $600.00 people have already signed up to take free flights home one plane is totally today and this fall people have been killed in the violence and hundreds of foreign owned shops destroyed sparking a diplomatic spat between south africa and nigeria joining me now from the airport in johannesburg a correspondent i try and creation and i joined this is really not the 1st time that nigerians and migrants have been targeted in south africa why is nigeria repatriating people now. sara many people actually wanted to leave earlier already but there were logistic kill challen

seen the degree to which beijing follows through on these threats chief political correspondent linda crane thank you linda. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world newly released british government documents warn of chaos and public disorder if there is a no deal brags that in a worst case scenario the documents predicts severe disruption to cross town routes which could affect supplies of medicine and some food the government was forced to release the files after a vote by lawmakers. catalan separatist protests in barcelona turned a wagering the night after a largely peaceful demonstration to celebrate the cattle and national day demonstrators descended on catalonia as parliament in an outpouring of pro separatist sentiment and dissatisfaction with the national government in madrid. the body of zimbabwe's former president robert mugabe is lying in state at his private residence in harare. family said that he will be buried next week in his home village and not at a national monument gobby his remains arrived on wednesday from singapore where he died at t

does chancellor merkel's climate protection plan go far enough our chief political correspondent linda crane sent us have thoughts. the new policies being called the climate package for good reason it's spend some 70 different measures in the sectors of building and transport for a combined value of 54000000000 euros overcoming years the basic aim to nudge people toward more climate friendly behavior by introducing a carbon pricing mechanism that will make fossil fuels more expensive and by providing incentives for green technologies like electric vehicles rail and wind will it satisfy those who are demonstrating near here for stronger action on climate probably not a leading green party member declared herself bitterly disappointed but the chancellor seemed to anticipate such criticism as she introduced the package saying that while science might tell us we could move faster politics is the art of the possible and what's possible right now she said is compromise because we must ensure that as we try to change behavior we truly take people with us that was the w chief political correspondent

more on these kind of measures i'm now joined in the studio by our chief political correspondent linda crane and business reporter steven beardsley thank you both for joining us so melinda the coalition struggle struggled for more than 18 hours to get to this agreement is this result though really the big solution that germany was promised no it's not if you look at the centerpiece of this package in the package spend 70 different measures but the centerpiece is a carbon pricing mechanism that's one of the reasons they were they are negotiating through the night because it was hard for the grand coalition the social democrats together with engle america's conservatives to agree both on what kind of pricing mechanism they wanted and at what level it should come into play and basically the level they have chosen is a pretty low level it will be phased in low and gradually meaning the impact on fossil fuel prices is going to be fairly low at 1st now it will face up toward the end of the decade of the 20 twentieth's but basically experts had said that the carbon price needs to be around 35 euros

give more on the story we have team coverage have used chief political correspondent linda crane is in beijing and correspondent mathias bolen ger is in hong kong for us melinda i'll begin with you because these were extraordinary briac sion from the chinese how is the german government responding to beijing's harshest harsh criticism of the long visit the foreign ministry rejected the criticism saying on tuesday that it was perfectly normal procedure for a foreign minister to meet with members of civil society and yesterday in her speech to parliament we heard a very clear statement from chancellor angela merkel saying that she had used her recent visit last week to beijing to tell the government that the german that germany views human rights as absolutely indispensable and she said we still stand by the principle one country 2 systems on the other hand there is also a certain degree of caution here in berlin the chancellor spokesman has emphasized that she herself did not meet with joshua wang and that meeting with the foreign minister actually took place on the margins of a private

let's turn now to our chief political correspondent linda crane she is standing by for us in front of the chancellor in berlin where the marathon talks took place throughout the night and into the morning so melinda this is a breakthrough that's been reached bring us up to date on the latest. well it's called a climate package for good reason and it actually spans some 70 different measures in the areas of transport and the building sector with a total of value of 54000000000 euros over the coming years and the overall aim of this package the chancellor said we should not see it as 70 different separate measures in fact it was a package that is all united by its basic aim of trying to nudge people in the direction of reducing consumption of fossil fuels and shifting toward climate friendly technologies so one key means by which this new package wants to do that is through a c o $2.00 pricing mechanism it would basically function as a kind of emission trading system with certificates they would be priced pretty low in the beginning but the price would rise over time making especially d

all right let's get some analysis on all of this we have our chief political correspondent linda crane here in berlin and our correspondent in hong kong good to see you both melinda let's start with you so how is the german government reacting to beijing's quite harsh criticism of the joshua ones visit the foreign ministry rejected the criticism saying that it is perfectly normal procedure for the form of the foreign minister to meet with a representative of civil society from another country and yesterday in her speech to parliament the chancellor said very clearly that human rights are indispensable to germany in regard to the hong kong chinese tensions and that she had conveyed that message on her visit to beijing last week she also said that germany absolutely stands by the principle of one land 2 systems when it comes to china and hong kong that said there is an element of caution here in berlin as well the chancellor herself has not met with joshua long and her spokesperson emphasized that this week and this visit by mr wong to berlin is not an official government sponsored visit

and our chief political correspondent linda crane is standing by for us at the german parliament wherethe debate is underway hi melinda the opposition a.f.d. as we said came out swinging today saying the government is pushing the country into recession tell us more about that. indeed she said that the governments as she called them crazy climate and energy policies amount to a quote unquote a monstrous d. industrialization program for germany and she also accused the government of using those same policies to destroy the auto industry the chancellor nonetheless also came out swinging and she made it very clear that climate protection is one of her 2 top goals the other bringing germany up to date on digitalisation in terms of climate she said this is absolutely an enormous feat for all of mankind to stop greenhouse gases and climate change and she said that while yes indeed it will cost a lot doing nothing would cost much much more that very much a message intended directly for that right wing party the f.d.a. which includes a number of climate design deniers she made it very clear she

s chief political correspondent linda crane and alexander writes in style and he's a policy adviser with the independent climate change a think tank a 3 g. he's an expert on german and e.u. climate and energy policy welcome both let's start with you. this dramatic announcement from the german government is this a response to growing environmental awareness or is it is this them trying to green germany's green party who've been doing well i think both there was a poll released today nationwide showing that 2 thirds of germans say they think that action on climate on the climate crisis is more important than economic growth 2 thirds that's a pretty strong number. of thing well so we go we have to let me go on there has been a decided shift toward the green party isp. in cities so there is definitely pressure on this government to act and that the chancellor is due to speak at the climate action summit in the united nations on monday and she really needs to go there with something to say because germany is falling drastically short of its climate goals for 2020 so she's promising they're go

for more i am joined now by chief political correspondent belinda crane in berlin and our correspondent mathias ballinger in hong kong linda i'd like to begin with you because an extraordinary reaction from the chinese here how is the german government responding to beijing's harsh harsh criticism of this one visit of the foreign ministry rejected the criticism saying a bit earlier this week that it was perfectly normal procedure for the foreign minister to meet with a representative of civil society in another country the chancellor said in her speech to parliament yesterday that she had to taken care to remind china during her visit to beijing last week that human rights are absolutely crucial and that the german government views them as indispensable and she said that she also firmly stands by the principle of one land 2 systems when it comes to hong kong chinese relations on the other hand there's also a certain element of caution visible here in berlin the chancellor's spokesman said also earlier in this week that the chancellor had no plans to meet with joshua long and that meeting with the foreign minister actually