get you more on these developments for that want to turn now to chief political correspondent melinda crane melinda german chancellor angela merkel's main ally in the bundestag voted out of office unexpectedly why. because of rising dissatisfaction with in her party dissatisfaction about the first six months of this grand coalition in which we've seen repeated political crisis in which we've seen rising divisions within the conservative bloc in which we have also seen falling poll numbers for the conservatives by the way for the social democrats as well both coalition parties at this point would no longer get a majority if elections were to be held tomorrow tomorrow and ultimately rising dissatisfaction with the leadership of the chancellor herself that is what this vote means if you just look at the symbolism this parliamentary leader who was voted out today folk are cowed or is a very very close ally of the chancellor he's been in his position exactly as long as she has been chancellor this was the first contested election for the head of the conservative policy group and parliamentary gr

we have team coverage of this meeting for more let's bring in our chief political correspondent melinda crane who is joining us here in the studio and we also have dorian jones standing by with the very latest from istanbul linda walk us through what's at stake today well the absolute top priority for the german government is the release of those germans whom you mentioned some of them in fact are double citizens of both germany and turkey who are still detained on political grounds in turkey and combined with another top priority for further normalization of relations between germany and turkey because in fact as you mentioned they have absolutely been quite embittered ever since the attempted putsch against president. a whole wave of germans were detained by the turkish government twenty eight of them have now been released and particularly the most recent release at the end of august of the. analyst and translator told who was seen as a sign of thawing through their normalisation so foreign minister abbas will be looking to bring that process forward and certainly also pushing for the furt

now on what has been happening in new cabinets let's bring in our chief political correspondent melinda crane who joins us from the german capital this morning so a very strong signal there that we just saw from candidates how important is such an event. i think it is important we heard a lot of calls last week after the events in kevin that's meaning the stabbing of a young man and then the following marches through the city of camden it's involving right wing groups who were hunting down people who appeared to be of immigrant background so after that we heard a lot of calls for people to take a stand against seen a phobia to take a stand against a right wing ideology and right wing violence and that's absolutely what this concert was doing and as we heard in the piece it was organized by a local group who said we want to send a signal and clearly they did so a signal with in germany and with in eastern germany the region that has had particularly strong challenges from the right wing heard by sixty five thousand people and of course also a signal to people outside of germany who have been f

correspondent dorian jones standing by in istanbul and we also have our chief political correspondent melinda great crane with us hi melinda and adoring good to see both well and let's start with you seven german still being held in turkey on political charges how likely is it that heikal mosque will be able to secure their release. well we have seen a thawing of relations between turkey and germany which had been very very tense ever since the attempted putsch against president after one two years ago and in recent months in fact several very high profile release as both a journalist and it's you and most recently a journalist translator named tolu and that particular release of mrs tolu at the end of august was viewed as a sign of a warming in relations which not coincidentally coincidentally is taking place against the backdrop of very strong tensions between turkey and the u.s. so perhaps a recognition on the part that it really does need closer relations and support within europe and especially from germany which of course is home to many many. residents of turkish origin so for all those reasons th

i spoke to our chief political correspondent melinda crane and asked how likely it is that the german foreign minister will be able to secure the release of the detained germans. well we have seen a thawing of relations between turkey and germany which had been very very tense ever since the attempted putsch against president after one two years ago and in recent months in fact several very high profile releases both the journalist and its your and most recently a journalist translator named tolu and that particular release of mrs toller who at the end of august was viewed as a sign of a warming in relations which not cope with settled coincidentally is taking place against the backdrop of very strong tensions between turkey and the u.s. so perhaps a recognition on anger is part that it really does need closer relations and support within europe and especially from germany which of course is home to many many. residents of turkish origin so for all those reasons there's hope here that we may see some movement on the detention of the remaining seven germans and by nationals who are in

the parliamentary group it could well be the beginning of the end of the machall era all right melinda crane reporting thank you so very much. and the cue for spending this part of your day with us news continues at the top of the hour. but. the fast pace of life in the digital. shift has the lowdown on the web showing new developments and providing useful information on the witness finds and interviews with the makers and users. next on g.w. . a museum says to she gets to learn some new sounds so called change gets out to these concepts side by flowing. player. people have put big dreams on the big story playing. the movie magazine on the w. o. shift living in the digital age. day a life saving first aid at. a high tech love that can speak and fantastic and fabulous gaming worlds but first google turns twenty on september twenty seventh one thousand nine hundred ninety eight google dot com went online today it's a household name and more than a search engine from sat nav to email to you tube the u.s. tech giant is everywhere. for many people today begins with a buzz from their own droid pho

on turkey and that particular issue migrant migration cuts indeed both ways for both countries melinda crane our chief political correspondent and dorian jones joining us from istanbul thank you so much to both of you. you're watching news still to come on the program germany's team rolls its way into the world cup we will see how the women's national soccer team earn their spot with a big win over the their island. but first we are heading to the port of the mega city lagos it is one of the most important west africa and one of the most chaotic one month ago nigeria's vice president ordered a seventy two hour security operation to clear up the traffic jams around the port but very little progress appears to have been made thousands of trucks still wait up to four weeks to get into the port our correspondent adrienne creaks reports from lagos. breakfast on the side of the road is nothing new for this truck driver. segment is stuck in yet another traffic jam near the port in lagos. that's five days we've been stuck here for five days nothing's moving it's very stressful the only thing we can

cabinets and sharing the link to the event on his facebook site chief political correspondent melinda crane explains why. amongst the bands who played there was a pretty far left a band that has at times been under observation by germany's approval of the f.b.i. and that led to criticism interestingly enough from the conservative party here in germany from the christian democrats so not from well from the right wing as well from the far right but in fact from mainstream parties why is that because there's enormous nervousness here about how to handle this rising right wing demagoguery and the fact is we have seen too few of the mainstream politicians actually go to candidates only the family minister has done so and here we hear this nervous reaction from the mainstream i think people are very very uncertain what to do about what we see on rising polarization and and the right wing and at the moment they're feeling their way. and that was our chief political correspondent linda crane a short while ago meantime critics say the hostility toward migrants is big fanned by italy's new populist g

is the biggest winner here linda thank you so much cheap little correspondent melinda crane now it's being hailed as a medical milestone scientists in the u.s. are reporting success in helping patients with paralysis to stand and even take steps again it's all thanks to an electrical implant that zaps the spinal cord along with months of intense rehabilitation the research is giving new hope to people suffering from spinal cord injury. one step at a time jared chin ok is able to walk again five years after an accident that left him paralyzed to be able to move. my legs and. to walk even a stand it means a lot. that there is hope for not only me but other people. because one of three patients taking part in two separate studies in the united states aimed at getting them to walk again albeit assisted the twenty nine year old was the first patient at the mayo clinic in minnesota to have an electrical stimulation device implanted near his damaged spinal cord. the original function of the electrical stimulator was to treat chronic pain. but it's being used experimentally to try to activat

that's good will from t w chief political correspondent melinda crane welcome milind germany's debate over migrants and racism has dominated news headlines and here and around the world of late how significant is an event like the candidates concert. i think it's absolutely significant it's not going to convert to bands of neo nazis overnight but the organizers of this concert made it clear that that was not there and they had no illusions in that respect but since the events in chemist's we've heard repeated calls for people to take a stand for the silent majority to make its voice heard and i think we absolutely saw the people attending this concert and also those who are going to a state who by the way the lead initiator was a local group one of the bands that played cuff clip and they made it very clear they are not willing to see the streets of their city of candidates simply handed over to the far right and neo nazis so i think in that sense it is absolutely a signal to the region to the rest of germany and also to the world which as you said has been closely following developme