foreign german lawmaker has been seriously injured in an attack in the north of the country frank magnus is the leader of the anti immigration a of d. party embracement he says he was assaulted by three men in the city center on monday saying the f.t. published this photo of him in the hospital and said he was beaten unconscious with a piece of wood we suspect the attack was politically motivated. well earlier due to the news spoke to one of the a visa leaders alexander gaul entity set the mainstream political parties in germany are partially to blame for the attack because of their efforts to sideline the far right party and its anti immigration rhetoric. when you call a democratically elected party undemocratic you're socially inviting thugs to get violent and that's what happened here this is it's an escalation of the type of undemocratic behavior we're seeing even in the during the parliament as. well the political opponents or however quick to condemn the attack foreign minister heiko mosque tweeting violence can never be announcer to political arguments regardless of the target or

that condemnation coming in also by many of magnus's political opponents we know for example boss tweed in the following violence can never be an answer to political arguments regardless of the target or motive there is no justification for it whatsoever anyone who commits such a crime must be punished now the leader of the social democrats have this to say the a.f.p. is a political opponent of our tolerant and peaceful society but those who fight the party and their politicians with violence betray our values and jeopardize our coexistence i strongly condemn the attack on frank magnets and tempo sumir of the greens one of the a.f.d. is fiercest adversaries to it in the following i hope that the assailants are caught and prosecuted swiftly there is no justification for violence even against the a.f.d. if you fight hate with hate hate always with its let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world a diplomatic test is brewing after the trumpet ministration downgraded the status of brussels diplomatic mission in washington the step is being seen as a slap in th

and nordic combined world cup leader ja magnus riba is celebrating two victories at home after winning a ski jump event on saturday the twenty one year old norwegian staged a remarkable comeback to be virgins in his guy girl on the last appeal of the cross-country track on sunday rebuilds eleventh at the start of the race but turned things around to beat the german by one point two seconds. and the n.h.l.'s biggest stars came together for the league's all star game in san jose california pittsburgh penguins star sidney crosby scored two goals and had three assists on the night to lead his side the metropolitan division to a ten five victory over the central division crosby was named the game's m.v.p. the proceeds benefit the pension fund of the player. and that's all the sport we have a for now coming up again later thank you very much peter and that does it for this new salvador stay with us because i'm back in just a couple of minutes with another phone for tim thank you very much for watching. i made it to every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories and then of cours

our table police had initially called the attack politically motivated with party colleagues of mr magnus describing it as quote a dark day for democracy however the investigation has a new lead anything conclusive to establish whether politics played any role artie's policy or has been following developments for us. well the investigation is still ongoing the incident itself happened on monday evening in the northern german city of women and as you heard there mr frank magnet's sixty six year old politician from the far right alternative for germany party a if he had just accepted a local theater where he had attended a new year's celebration he was making his way home when he was attacked by three unknown assailants now those three men are still at large mr magnet is still in hospital where he has been recovering from a serious head wound now this is not the first time that members of the have been threatened with violence but certainly this brutal assault marks a new low in that level of violence. are sustained to bone deep lacerations. injuries to my left. one of the wave three indivi

the fourth witness is chief chris magnus. the chief is chief of police for the tucson police department, a position he's held since january 2016. chief magnus has served in many law enforcement capacities during his long career during service in lansing, michigan, fargo, north dakota, and richmond, california. chief mangus, working with the civil rights division and the cops office on policing issues in various cities around the country. welcome, chief. our final witness is dr. andrew salie. president of the migration policy institute, a position in early 2017 after serving as executive vice president of the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. a respected scholar and analyst of mexico and u.s. mexico relations and a frequent commentator in the media. he's written and edited a number of books and policy reports on the u.s./mexico relationship and mexican and latin american politics. thanks all of you for adwrgreei with us here today. ambassador wayne, let me start with you, please. any opening statement you care

nordic combined world cup leader ja magnus really is celebrating two victories at home after winning a ski jump event on saturday the twenty one year old norwegian staged a remarkable comeback to be virgins in his guy go on the last appeal of the cross-country track on sunday rebuilds eleventh at the start of the race but turned things around to beat the german by one point two seconds. and the n.h.l.'s biggest stars came together for the league's all star game in san jose california pittsburgh penguins star sidney crosby scored two goals and had three assists on the night to lead his side the metropolitan division to a ten five victory over the central division crosby was named the game's m.v.p. the proceeds benefit the pension fund of the plays. and that's all the sport let me hand you back to london and julie peter thank you now merely two million people have been i would tell me i have can see for it seventeen and new ice fishing vessel which has become the biggest winter tourist attraction in south korea and it could become even bigger festivals across the north korean border an

magnus's aren't international now the new president of brazil says he's considering whether to invite the u.s. to set up a military base in his country he made the announcement a few days after a visit by u.s. secretary of state. would that include the possibility of having an american base in brazil and of course the physical the physical issue of it would be symbolic nowadays the american shoney's and russian military powers can reach any part of the world independently of their bases but still pending on what might happen in the world who knows if we have to talk about a us base in the future. all right president high or both and it was sworn in on new year's day and was immediately congratulated by donald trump on twitter and top u.s. officials were quick to welcome both rise to power. we believe the opportunity between present president also know in our two teams creates a truly transformative opportunity for our two nations for two peoples who. live along with whatever happened to them and. we want to work with. or at the pentagon has not yet given a response on the prospect of

and nordic combined world cup leader ya magnus riba is celebrating two victories at home after winning a ski jump event on saturday the twenty one year old norwegian staged a remarkable comeback to be virgins in his geiger on the last appeal of the cross-country track on sunday riba was eleventh at the start of the race but turned things around to beat the german by one point two seconds. and the n.h.l.'s biggest stars came together for the league's all. stall game in san jose california pittsburgh penguins star sidney crosby school to go then had three assists on the night to leading side the metropolitan division to a ten five victory of the central division crosby was named the game's m.v.p. the proceeds benefit the pension fund of the play. and that's all the sport we have the finale coming up again later thank you very much peyton stay with us i'll be back in just a few minutes that another phone rings bulletin. separate al-jazeera we investigate the toxic legacy of south africa's mining industry and examine exactly what is hiding beneath all this talk sick waste africa's largest

people to remain calm by law only the electoral commission can announce results supporters of the magnus a diary president joseph kabila the preferred candidate say they are confident he has won we are not giving a result of the presidential election but according to a bold to one million weaknesses that we have. in. the country we can say that we are claiming victory all for. shirley for. the government has cut internet and islamist services saying it's to stop fake results circulating on social media if the results aren't disputed it goes first democratic transfer of power since independence nobody wants violence. this is a historical time for the congo. a peaceful transition of power never happen in this country everybody's really for the moment they receive. a peaceful transition and could give legitimacy to the administration of the next president whoever that's going to be. earlier i spoke to a key to the president of the congolese support group which is a coalition of opposition voices the d.l.c. worldwide he wants more international help. respecting the international community es

sense that from the very beginning the way these kids as it's under by the at the and especially magnus former prosecutor luis moreno ocampo i think is was problematic and some investigation by media probably the french newspapers made it very clear that there was too much political and difference in the way the case has been under as i never understood for example why you know that because of the bible and league with the and not for example if you military commanders and security actions iran a prison by group which would have made it possible to shoulder ten of come on you know from the political decision to make the question about and act on the wrong let's bring a mock umbrella in into the conversation mark what do you think went wrong for the prosecution in the bible calls the political interference in the contest. well i think it's important first of all not to get too carried away from one a vent at the international criminal court i think it's important to recognize that the i.c.c. is neither as good as its greatest success nor as bad as its biggest failures but this this this

of the members here before the debate began exactly what their opinions were both about president magnus attempts to dispel his image of arrogance and also what the yellow vests have been doing. stuff because. i hope the demands discussed in these meetings will be listened to by the government the yellow vests deserve the credit to have put on the table some topics that were in need to be discussed since long ago. both say that this would have been a great debate taking place before the crisis now i'm not sure. that the yellow best protests are of course still going on this is the tenth consecutive saturday which they are launching their protests not only here in paris but right across the country they have many shades of opinion but support for them still remains very high that the number of people are putting on the ground is beginning to reduce and there are many complaints about the police tactics the violent police tactics being used against them. thousands are back on the streets of hungary's capital to denounce labor forms that many have dubbed a slave law that allows employers to

released a graphic photograph of magnus's injuries on social media this week to dominic cain who joins us now from berlin done it what more do we know. well nic the details of this case quite stark at twenty past five local time in germany yesterday evening as you say after leaving the offices of this newspaper he was set upon by three masked men using some kind of club or blunt instrument they attacked him left him on the streets he was found by two people who called the emergency services he was taken to hospital as you say the injuries that he suffered are quite graphic and it was the f.d.a. itself which posted the photograph of mr magnet lying there with his injuries very starkly on view and saying that they that he had been that he was heart dead it's worth making the point that many politicians from mainstream parties have condemned this act and said not no matter what a person's political view is there's no justification for such acts of violence it's also interesting to say that it's vital one of the joint leaders of the party in parliament in the bundestag has said that she bl

. >> george magnus on the political purpose and red flags. china is in jeopardy. 2019 has already assured in a flurry of records. we will have some perspective on all of the m&a action. that is next, this is bloomberg. ♪ all of the recent ups and downs in the market, investors could feel the irish about the market. some say the sense of pessimism is overdone. >> the market in my view is taking a two buried view on the economy. it is still doing well, there are difficulties we need to watch. overall, i think the sentiment is not as good as it should be. we are in favor of a gross environment. this seems to be over and shadowed. >> what is the environment like in shanghai as you speak all these people in china? panel with starting janet yellen and myself. we talk about the state of monetary policy. the fed raising rates, possibly going into a pause -- the european central banks stopping the purchase program. those are all events that have changed what the global economy was driven by over the last couple of years. markets have to get used to th

whether to accept a recent magazine called devotional threats and deal with it work in union mrs magnus warned of dire.

like modify you know another opposition leader he got six million and the ruling party candidates in magnus adare got four million about they say that it while it is a business where they pretty much saw that this will be the final thing that anyone read that is here with this result can go to court and challenge the result. what i'm seeing on the streets of phoenix just just outside of you that your commission supporters affiliates that kids are coming onto the street singing dancing south celebrating soldiers as riot police are deploying to various parts of the city the scene in the process i think when i was just trying to control the. suppose if they come onto the street in a few minutes time it came as a surprise this is a lot of people who didn't have much faith in the electrical mission really thought that the ruling party candidate. backed by president joseph kabila would win this he obviously didn't the opposition leader did and a lot of people a mixture of surprise but those who do support an ecstatic as i said though the coming on the street patting zillah brakes mounting and i s

sense that from the very beginning the way these kids as it's under by the at sea and especially magnus former prosecutor luis moreno ocampo i think is was problematic and some investigation by media probably the french newspapers made it very clear that there was too much political and deference in the way the case has been under as i never understood for example why you know that because of the bible and league with the and not for example if you military commanders and security actions iran a prison by group which would have made it possible to shoulder ten of come on you know from the political decision to make the question about and act on the wrong let's bring a mock of them blown into the conversation mark what do you think went wrong for the prosecution in the bungled polls over the political interference in the contest . well i think it's important first of all not to get too carried away from one a vent at the international criminal court i think it's important to recognize that the i.c.c. is neither as good as its greatest success nor as bad as its biggest failures but this t

of the members here before the debate began exactly what their opinions were both about president magnus attempts to dispel his image of arrogance and also what the yellow vests have been doing to stop because it got i hope the demands discussed in these meetings will be listened to by the government the elevates deserve the credit to have put on the table some topics that were in need to be discussed since long ago. both. this would have been a great debate if it taking place before the crisis now i'm not so sure. the yellow vests protests are of course still going on this is the tenth consecutive saturday which they are launching their protests not only here in paris but right across the country they have many shades of opinion but support for them still remains very high on the number of people who are putting on the ground is beginning to reduce and there are many complaints about the police tactics the violent police tactics being used against them. colombia's president is calling on cuba to hand over ten rebel commanders suspected of involvement in the police academy attack at twen

people to remain calm by law only the electoral commission can announce results supporters of the magnus a diary president joseph kabila the preferred candidate say they are confident he has won we are not giving a result of the presidential election but according to a bold to one million. machines that do we have. in. the country we can say that we are claiming victory all for emmanuelle of amazon shari for election. the government has cut internet and islamist services saying it's to stop the fake results circulating on social media if the results aren't disputed italy congo's first democratic transfer of power since independence. this is a historical time for the congo. a peaceful transition of power in this country everybody really for the moment you see this is not. a peaceful transition and could give legitimacy to the administration of the next president whoever that's going to be. joining me in the studio now is. he is president of the congolese opposition in the diaspora so this is a coalition of opposition voices that are all around the globe obviously outside of the d r c than

release the graphic photo of magnus's injuries on social media. critics off magnets have condemned the attack. a severe winter storm hitting lebannon is adding to the misery of syrian refugees for many it's their fourth winter living in makeshift camps at least one hundred seventy thousands of the one million refugees registered with the u.n. are particularly vulnerable because they live in informal shelters zana hood has more from one of the camps in the bekaa valley but. the storm hit lebanon hard and it is not over syrian refugees are feeling the impact. their makeshift tents have been damaged because of the snow rain and strong winds plastic sheeting offers them a little protection of the bottom of the wind blew away the sheet walk and i say just look around you can we get you sheets we feel helpless. winter conditions are already bad in this region close to syria's border but storms make them even harder it was a difficult night for these people pools of sewage are posing health risks oh well . look at the reality can you believe that sewage

tom enders all said don't listen to brexiteers' magnus that because we have huge plants here we willuple of hours ago. we felt that we were getting to a crunch time, there was a lot of false allegations that a managed no deal could work and we just wanted to be clear that for us it would be catastrophic. we would see chaos at the borders and our wing parts and our satellite parts could potentially get held up and for me asa uk potentially get held up and for me as a uk business person, i don't wa nt to as a uk business person, i don't want to see my country causing a great international company like airbus. what have the government said in response? that the uk is the world leader in aerospace, the home of thejet engine, the wing factory of the world. it remains our top priority to leave the eu with a good deal, a deal that is good for business, protect jobs and deal that is good for business, protectjobs and prosperity. that was the statement from the government. in terms of warnings about leaving the eu on a no deal basis, warnings are coming thick and fast. yes, they need for an o

nine they include six children and more is placed flowers and candles outside the apartment block in magnuseast of moscow rescuers are still trying to find three people missing since a suspected gas leak caused an explosion in the building on monday a baby boy who spent thirty five hours and freezing temperatures was found alive in the rubble on tuesday. apple's boss says donald trump's trade standoff with china is at least partly to blame for the tech giant losing but he. of dollars worth of business to copeland of lower than expected earnings for the first quarter of the year also soft and weaker demand from china the trial has seen both countries impose tariffs on each other's goods shore nicholas is a reporter at the register that's a technology news website and he says of the trade tensions actually to blame i think what apple would like to do is really kind of as much as possible site china site the trade we're saying is issues as the cause of this but as you noted the over the last couple years apple has significantly increased the price of the i phone with tim cook special explanati