heard i'm going to come by the defense minister but also the woman who would like to follow unger machall as next chancellor here she's the c.d.u. party leader talk about strategic culture and that really is something many analysts don't see as really at the core of german security policy so she's sounding a lot more assertive than many partners are used to from germany and also more sort of the many germans are used to because any kind of military engagement is usually generally hugely unpopular here in germany so the big question is what worth what kind of public backlash she could potentially expect many analysts have praised her for being brave at the same time there's a lot of political risk attached to this and the defense minister also outlined a new priorities and a vision for germany's armed forces so one of the well absolutely i mean any kind of foreign missing by that our military has to 1st pass the border start the parliament which designs and votes on a mandate and here she's hoping to see a much faster track decision making although she doesn't question the parliamentary ar

not be critical words from machall for the unapologetic nationalist modi as both sides exchanged more than a dozen bilateral memoranda ranging from farming to joint development of artificial intelligence. the only mention of kashmir is when merkel meets the german press before heading to dinner with the prime minister. i 1st like to hear the arguments of the prime minister on this situation for the people that is not sustainable and not good something that surely needs to be improved would are going to machall visited the site of law my gandhi's cremation as well it's 150 years since the birth of india's father of the nation but this is a ball they look into the past as in contrast to the tangible commitment from both sides to be driving forces of a multilateral future. now to some of the other stories making news around the world a raid on a military post in north eastern mali has left $53.00 soldiers and one civilian dead officials are describing it as terrorism if so it would be one of the deadliest attacks in a country that has suffered years of jihad assaults protestors in iraq h

hopeful once left politics after losing out to machall but in the years since he decided to simply bite his tongue. and it could have come cannonball as climb to the top of the policy was soon followed by her dissent in the opinion polls within less than a hear her approval ratings of more than hoft. when she again had to explain why the c.d.u. lost regional stated elections in the east it was the leader of the party's youth organization who openly asked the leadership question opening the firing start of a debate that has since overshadowed her double role as party leader and defense minister. stone faced and it could have come can buy i decided to take on this challenge. who ever believes that the question of leadership needs to be decided this fall will have the opportunity to do that at the party conference within hours her political nemesis merits was back with this sweeping attack as something the whole of here and so the government is a disaster to push under pressure to demonstrate her own more conservative profile come callandar launched a series of strategic debates pledging m

i'm going to machall visited the site of mahatma gandhi's cremation as well it's 150 since the birth of india's fault of the nation but this a ball they look into the past is in contrast to the tangible commitment from both sides to be driving forces of a multilateral future germany wants to be part of india's raw both as economic power and us political counterweights to only present china internal tensions like kashmir seen as something that's worthy of criticism but outweighed by the economic and political potential india offers in the future. bosnia has been struggling with an increase in migrant arrivals since neighboring member states sealed their borders more than 7000 migrants mainly from the middle east and and asia have settled in the northwest b. hunch area many living in the makeshift camp most of them are hoping to cross the border into croatia and from there travel on to richer countries in north western europe. the red cross is warning about the inhumane conditions in the camp and those consume to worsen with other migrant centers such a close just as winter sets in. th

i'm going to machall visited the site of my gandhi's cremation as well it's 150 years since the birth of india's fall of the nation but this is a ball they look into the past is in contrast to the tangible commitment from both sides to be driving forces of a multilateral future germany wants to be part of india's rise both economic power and us political counterweight to only present china internal tensions like kashmir are seen as something that's worthy of criticism but outweighed by the economic and political potential india offers in the future. just bought now and in the game on saturday the 2 teams from berlin wall lock horns in across town derby west berlin herter have been a familiar presence in the top flight for decades will pay a visit to east berlin zone yawn the hosts are playing in their 1st ever season in the bond that makes this showdown something. truly special for the german capital. training ground has been abuzz with activity the newly promoted team is ready for the showdown with cross-town rivals heritage. fribourg in the german cup on tuesday and now it's time fo

not be critical words from machall for the unapologetic nationalist modi as both sides exchanged more than a dozen by natural memoranda ranging from farming to joint development of artificial intelligence. the only mention of kashmir is when merkel meets the german press before heading to do know with the prime minister. i 1st would like to hear the arguments of the prime minister on this is a situation for the people that is not sustainable and is not good something that surely needs to be improved. i'm going to machall visited the site of mahatma gandhi's cremation as well it's 150 you this is the birth of india's fall of the nation but this a ball they look into the past is in contrast to the tangible commitment from both sides to be driving forces of a multinational future germany wants to be part of. both this economic power and us political counterweights to only present china internal tensions like kashmir seen as something that's worthy of criticism but outweighed by the economic and political potential india office in the future. to iraq now where at least $250.00 people have

but the man who was narrowly defeated never gave up on his chances of one day himself succeeded machall. peter h. mouth's the foremost c.d.u. hopeful ones left politics after losing out to america but in the years since he decided to simply bite his tongue. and it could have come counting dollars climb to the top of the policy was soon followed by her dissent in the opinion polls within less than a here her approval ratings of more than half the minister. stone face down it could have come come on board decided to take on the challenge. whoever believes that the question of leadership needs to be decided this fall we'll have the opportunity to do that at the party conference within hours her political nemesis matts was back with a sweeping attack something holiday here and so the government is a disaster. under pressure to demonstrate her own more conservative profile come come on by our launched a series of strategic debates pledging more german engagement in the world a new tone partly contradicting tonsil america but surprisingly in tune with her would be challenger fleet matts the m

i'm going to machall has told african leaders that transparency is the key to future development on the continent has been hosting the g 20 compact with africa which was initiated by germany to help boost intercontinental investment but despite a 1000000000 euros being played last year the impact is still yet to become clear. rwanda is one of africa's flagship economies last year bokes wagon opened a plant in the capital kigali to build electric cars creating hundreds of jobs the german car maker wants to invest $20000000.00 in could golly it's a significant step for a wanda. at the compact with africa summit in berlin chancellor angela merkel told leaders that africa had a key role to play in solving global problems but there needed to be more openness and trust. we believe and i'm thoroughly convinced of this that more transparency will bring more investors to these countries because it's important for germans other g 20 investors as well as medium sized companies to have trust and transparency. is this guns gun speech they want to know where the investment is going under what conditi

time and time again what we're seeing is a gradual withdrawal from the party politics by angular machall and also getting a sense that she has a rather firm view on international politics and particularly the presidency of the european union in the 2nd half of 2020 that will be a european legacy in the making that's why she wants to keep the government stable but she can already get a sense of that there will be more and more criticism of german policy that she's still making. in the lead up to her event to letting go of power a motion here went through which was targeted at 12 way the chinese technology provider who's still in the race here in germany to at least partly build the 5 g. network that such vital infrastructure here the most and went through ruling out any companies that are influenced by the government whether democrats go undemocratic quite clearly this was targeted at while way this doesn't bind to act but it's certainly something she will have to take into consideration ok there at the c.d.u. party conference in life see thanks for that. and now to some of the other stor

i'm going to machall visited the site of last my gandhi's cremation as well it's 150 years since the birth of india's father of the nation but this the bali look into the past is in contrast to the tangible commitment from both sides to be driving forces of a multilateral future. well chief political editor mission filed that report and she sent us this update on the german chancellor's last day in india the german chancellor has chosen a car components silence solar powered metro station as a last stops before she heads back to its symbolic for germany's focus on the lawsuit on top business potential japanese seas here in india the issue of kashmir is something i'm going to raise as well that caused quite a stir when she described the situation of people that as unsustainable she also made it clear he's fun event the nose at the joints he remains unapologetic about his clampdown. in these times which india is competing with to become the most populous state the german hope is that it will take on more responsibility in the future to combat the world's largest democracy the wealth of

faith in the way that they desire in the end my computer will meet german chancellor i'm going to machall to discuss current issues in foreign policy. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. a judge in new york has ordered u.s. president donald trump to pay $2000000.00 for misusing funds from his own charity the donald j. trump foundation money was channeled from the charity directly into trump's 2016 presidential campaign. the bolivian government has blamed the opposition for post-election violence that has rocked the country vice president. naira urge opposition leaders to accept the results of october's presidential vote for as an evo morales one of 4th mandate in the 1st round of the election amid allegations of vote rigging. in west africa tens of thousands marched in the guinea and capital city can achree to protest a change in the country's constitution that could allow the president to seek a 3rd term 13 demonstrators have been killed in clashes with police in recent weeks . to iraq now where protests against the government are not relenting at least 6 peopl

i'm going to machall visited the site of 100 my gandhi's cremation as well it's 150 years since the birth of india's fall of the nation but this a ball they look into the past is in contrast to the tangible commitment from both sides to be driving forces of a multinational future germany wants to be part of india's rise both as economic power and us political counterweights to only present china internal tensions like kashmir seen as something that's worthy of criticism but outweighed by the economic and political potential india office in the future. because a question or reporting from delhi now this month marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall was celebrations of that historic event are taking place across germany and one of the most i catching is at the land mass market brandenburg gate here in the capital 30000 people have left messages telling the world what the wall means to them and what they believe is worth fighting for today . gansett fishing that full of handwritten massachusetts contending memories and hopes and demands this art installation visions in moti

not be critical words from machall for the unapologetic nationalist modi as both sides exchanged more than a dozen by natural memoranda ranging from farming to joint development or part of fishel intelligence. the only mention of kashmir is when merkel meets the german press before heading to dinner with the prime minister. i 1st like to hear the arguments of the prime minister on this situation for the people that is not sustainable and not good something that surely needs to be improved. angle americal visited the site of last my gandhi's cremation as well it's 150 years since the birth of india's father of the nation but this is a ball they look into the past is in contrast to the tangible commitment from both sides to be driving forces of a multilateral future. w.'s chief political editor michelle a fair filed that report and she sent us this update on the german chancellor's last day in india the german chancellor has chosen a car components balance so to power its metro station as a last stops before she heads back to that it's symbolic for germany's focus on the losses on top b

i'm going to machall visited the site of last minute gandhi's cremation as well it's 150 years since the birth of india's father of the nation but this is a ball they look into the past is in contrast to the tangible commitment from both sides to be driving forces of a multilateral future germany wants to be part of india's rise both as economic power and as political counterweights to only present china internal tensions like kashmir are seen as something that's worthy of criticism but outweighed by the economic and political potential india office in the future. reporting from delhi now mexico has been marking the day of the dead despite the gloomy day it's one of the most colorful festivals of the year souls of dead children are believed to visit their families on the 1st of november with i don't returning a day later. there's nothing dark about dia de los muertos or day of the dead in mexico. this national holiday has dance music. and a whole lot of flair. everyone has a fear of death and in mexico this is part of a celebration of a ritual of color and the whole world it's someth

the few places in the city were parts of the wall are still standing german chancellor i'm going to machall and other european leaders took part in a special ceremony to remember those who died and east germany's shoot to kill orders against anyone trying to flee to the west. ceremonies in the heart of berlin commemorate the 30th anniversary of what's called the peaceful revolution. today this section of the wall is a memorial site but 3 decades ago it separated east and west germany and this symbolic location is where the official memorial celebrations are taking place. the iron curtain is now history that's what these young people say they are from the so-called visit grodd countries poland the czech republic slovakia and hungary their message 30 years after the fall of the wall europe stands united and in his speech german president funk steinmeyer emphasized the role of east european countries before the fall of the wall the openly demonstrated for more freedom. or noted moot or not in fighting that's been born without the courage and desire for freedom that motivated the poles hungary

of party leadership is not on any official agenda it's expected to be an issue since i'm going to machall stepped down as party leader last year and announced that she would not run for another term as chancellor the c.d.u. has been gripped by a power struggle. top of the conservatives position as the dominant party in german politics is being challenged from sides c.d.u. leader. has been addressing party members and challenge the critics and potential replacements to decide whether she should be the one to continue to lead the party in here to my insight to see if you feel that the kind of germany that i have outlined today is not the kind of germany that you are looking if you feel that the road that i want to go down it's not the road that you want to follow then let us talk about that today us and let us end it today here and now today. the before and find of in your mind the fact if you feel that this is the kind of germany one that we should jointly follow this road if you feel the same desire to take responsibility and to shape things then let us roll up our sleeves here and now to

the fall of the boat in war his latest stop is but then for a meeting with chance of i'm going to machall the. joint news conference he and the chancellor stressed the importance of addressing conflicts around the world and the special relationship between the 2 countries. has a book with a great friend of the united states germany defeated to be an enormously helpful order for us. as minister statement about increasing germany's contribution time we think that's powerful because we think that relationship with nato matters and we need everyone working together to make sure that it remains a potent force for good in the fight to stay in i'm all for calm for once today we have other tasks before us and again we are addressing them as partners and friends we have to face up to these tasks in the world given their conflict god knows we'll be talking among other things about the conflict in afghanistan and the conflict between ukraine and russia we'll be talking about the future of syria about peace in libya these are some of the issues on our agenda today but let me assure you and we intend

question of party leadership well it's not on the agenda but it is still expected to play a role since machall announced last year that she would not run as chancellor again there has been because trouble within the party on top of that the conservatives are still under pressure from side to maintain their position as the dominant party in germany politics. or the cd use leader and it can't count has been addressing party members now amid doubts over her need a ship she challenged her critics to decide whether she should be the one to continue leading the party take a listen. when you hear them mine insight says if you feel that the kind of germany that i have outlined today is not the kind of germany that you are looking if you feel that the road that i want to go down is not the road that you want to follow then let us talk about that today and let us that ended today here and now today. before in and for and of in your mind if you feel that this is the kind of germany one that we should jointly follow this road if you feel the same desire to take responsibility and to shape things then let

math left politics more than a decade ago after losing an internal power struggle to machall now with the end of the mcaleer insight he's trying to make a comeback. and a great crime can be hours climb to the top of the party was soon followed by a rapid descent in the opinion polls within less than a year her approval ratings have more than half. following the cd use poor performance in regional elections in eastern germany in september the leader of the party's youth organization confronted crime karrenbauer with the leadership question opening the firing shot in a debate that has since overshadowed her double role as party leader and german defense minister. karrenbauer decided to take the challenge head on. whoever believes that the question of leadership needs to be decided this fall will have the opportunity to do that at the party conference within hours her political rival friedrich was back with the sweeping attack. the whole appearance of the government is a disaster. under pressure to demonstrate a more conservative profile karrenbauer launched a series of strategic debates

and quite clearly this is not german government policy but this is the woman who wants to become machall successor is german chancellor so she's taking quite a bit of political risk here. political editor thank you joining to chile now where president sebastian pinera has pledged to raise the minimum wage in an effort to try and quell the protests that have shaken the capital of santiago for most 3 weeks it was sparked by a hike in subway fares but divided into a mass movement against inequality oh. demonstrators clash with police in santiago unappeased by the government's latest concessions. protesters build barricades and police respond. but according to today and prosecutors police tactics do not stop with tear gas water cannons and arrests they are investigating more than $800.00 allegations of abuse by police including torture rape and beatings. president says his government has nothing to hide he has vowed to investigate crimes committed by police with the same tenacity as they pursued demonstrators who destroy property means of course it will work well with the same force and rekh

i'm going to machall arrived in new delhi meeting a prime minister beaming with confidence narendra modi was just reelected into a 2nd time in office with a resoundingly lection victory for his b j p party he wants to create a new india and germany clearly wants to be part of that whether there is tension in kashmir also concerns that the climate also in civil society might be changing these are issues germany sees as worthy of criticism but nothing that will stop germany or europe from seeking closer cooperation with a country of 1300000000 inhabitants at the same time the largest democracy in the world so the hope is that india can one day become an economic but also a political counterweight to the present china. reporting from delhi for you are going to tell you about some of the other stories making news around the world. iraq's top clerics used friday prayers to warn international powers against interfering in the country's domestic politics well as protests against the government government entered their 2nd month the protests have seen 250 people killed by security forces and tho

coordination and by the unpredictability of us president donald trump but chess well i'm going to machall here in germany the head of nato un stalls and back have rejected those remarks part of the berlin wall is displayed outside nato headquarters in brussels 30 years after it fell yen stoltenberg is meant to be celebrating the anniversary of the victory over communism but instead he's declaring his alliance isn't dead nay too strong. united states north america and europe we do more together than got done for decades. one of nato's most important members has spoiled the party in a historic week for the alliance emmanuel mccall is calling into question some of nato's founding principles in a magazine interview the french president said the mutual defense pact was in danger of breaking down. he said what we are currently experiencing is the brain death of nato and you have no coordination whatsoever of strategic decision making between the united states and its nato allies its last month's events in syria that have worried 1st the alliance's largest member the united states announced a tr

future the crunch question here is who would be the potential candidate for chancellor once the era machall is over well that technically is still 2 years away that's when the next general elections are regularly scheduled but there's some question marks over whether it could be earlier although it doesn't look like it at the moment and i think the big open question that still has to be resolved is whether foolish mats will once again by his time. and then pop up again as a potential leader when it gets down to that question who could be the next candidate for chance of the c.d.u. or whether this time around he will actually take on responsibility to shape program and take on potentially an unpaid office within the party to work on that policy program. for us in leipsic thanks for that. well germany's relations with turkey are facing another stress test following turkey's arrest of a lawyer who works for the german embassy there and he's accused of spying and german officials are concerned that he had sensitive documents on turkish citizens seeking asylum here in germany. this turkish kurd

and members of just wrong machall c.d.u. are gathering in live saying for the start of their annual congress the spotlight is expected to be on party leader on a great crime current power she's been battling go for approval ratings since she narrowly was elected party chief last year. this is deja vu news from berlin for more you can follow us on twitter up next is our business with christoph kober i'm brian thomas thanks for being here. the be. good to. get. to. the point of strong opinions clear position some international perspective such. it's time to stop talking about africa and start with that says chancellor merkel she's going on german companies to invest more there but do firms have enough trust to take the lead economic upswing in africa clearly probably going to the gym 60 minutes on the c.w. . the phone number how they will not succeed in dividing us about i will not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of listening to a show. taking a stand global news that matters. made for minds to

well they've certainly the germans as your clip of angler machall illustrated and obviously would havecaused some concern in brussels not only stoltenberg who was speaking earlier as well as the secretary general of nato but among city you member states as well that there is a fair that europe the moment in the sense of the european union is under great stress not just because britain is in principle leaving but there are some other member states notably hungry and to a lesser degree poland which are less persuaded under that current governments of the european project which is so dear to president clone that the. fry writer and broadcaster thank you for your time. francis started taking a tougher stance on immigration to makeshift migrant camp fires in a paris suburb were evacuated on thursday morning more than a 1000 people were moved from the area on buses it comes after the french prime minister said the country needs to take back control of migration the government is also planning its 1st ever quotas for newcomers as well as restricting their access to the country's health care s

course as well that the east germany was a communist system that was the system that i'm going to machall grew up in it rejected over the edge and of course as one might expect with a communist system but churches still had a nice existence in east germany and some even became sentence of the anti communist resistance on its report looks at one but in church with a special history. in october $989.00 the gifts ceremony church and what was then east berlin became the center of the revolution communist east germany was celebrating its 40th anniversary and there was still rousing applause for the country's leaders but at the same time the streets were slowly filling up with protesters. east german police and members of the country's notorious intelligence service brutally beat the demonstrators. on this night thousands some of them wounded fled into the safety of the church there were fears that the church would be storm. but the police didn't intervene a new wind was blowing from the east under mikhail gorbachev moscow was no longer willing to back the use of force against demonstrators the

minister narendra modi have signed agreements strengthening trade ties and cooperation on security machall also cold for a peaceful solution to the crisis we pakistan over kashmir. british police say they now believe all 39 people just got a date in a truck container near london last week with from vietnam some victims have been identified and contact has been made with this family's several wrists have also been. germany is getting ready to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the building wall in the weeks time festivities include the sod installation unveiled at the city's brandenburg gate it's made out of messages from people all over the world explaining what the form of the wall means to them this is g.w. news from berlin for more follow us on twitter d w news overseas about website d w dot com. artist and composer rob missouri can create soundscapes to take listeners to the brazilian rain forest to texas desert or even to mars. rob's my guest on this very musical edition of arts and culture will be chatting about his work in just a moment and also on the show. the sneak pre

right and with divisions placing its alliances so 30 years on from november of 1989 i'm going to machall a sounded a note of caution defend democracy and freedom she says don't take them for granted i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day. to day in and i would like to honor.

minister narendra modi have signed agreements strengthening trade ties and cooperation on security machall also cold for a police peaceful solution to the crisis we pakistan over kashmir. british police say they now believe all 39 people discovered dead in a truck container near london last week with from vietnam some victims have been identified and contact has been made with their families several the wrists have also been made. germany is getting ready to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the building wall in a week's time the festivities include the sod installation unveiled at the city's brandenburg gate it's made out of messages from people all over the world explaining what the fall of the wall means today. this is g.w. news from berlin for more follow us on twitter at d w news of his about website d.w. dot com. despite being on opposite sides of the syria conflict turkey and russia have launched a joint patrols in the area of northern syria that turkey wants cleared of kurdish fighters despite sporadic outbreaks of fighting the kurds have mostly gone and they cease fire