if the conservatives do poorly, will angela merkel survive? rupert: to lose an election is never helpful for a politician in crisis mode. especially as angela merkel is up for reelection as party leader just before christmas. they're already rumors in berlin that angela merkel could, if the election in bavaria has a turnout as bad as predicted, she could resign from her post as party leader to focus on her post as german chancellor. this would be seen as a sign of the deteriorating power of the most powerful woman in the world. brent: rupert, thank you. we saw it coming, the era of cheap money is coming to an end. >> slowly but surely. the federal reserve has announced it will raise interest rates between 2.0% and 2.25%. this is the third raise this year, spurred on by stronger gdp growth, which hit 4.2% last quarter. the fed has been slowly tightening its monetary policy over the last several years, marking an end to its effort to support the u.s. economy after the financial crisis. the hike is a vote of confidence in the economy, despite unc

an economic crisis brought on by the crash of its currency the lira and german chancellor angela merkel could be part of the solution but behind the cordial greetings on the joint news conference is it has been a rocky relationship now for years the two leaders have traded barbs over everything from human rights abuses to political campaigning and migrants but with three million turks living in germany it's always going to be a relationship that needs to work john hall has more now on merkel and was meeting from berlin. well first and foremost of course this was a full state visit but also a meeting between two political leaders with very different trajectories turkey's register five one now strengthened with sweeping new presidential powers chancellor merkel of germany widely seen as a political lame duck but two leaders who appear to recognize that their countries share important common concerns and interests even though deep disagreements between them were hard to hide so there was talk of the syrian conflict they share ideas about how to end it they've announced a new meeting bringi

it is unlikely to boost trust in merkel's government.rent: here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world. police in western germany have been ordered to stop clearing activists from an old-growth forest after a journalist fell from a treetop camp and died. plans to cut down the forest for lignite mining have led to ongoing protests. the woodland lies between the city of cologne. italian authorities have closed the country's highest road bridge after discovering severe structural products. the viaduct over the river links two regions in central italy. spotchecks following the fatal collapse of another bridge brought the findings to light. u.s. president donald trump has arrived in north carolina to survey the damage left by hurricane florence. trump has been meeting with the state's governor, roy cooper, as well as relief workers and volunteers. north carolina bore the brunt of hurricane florence. the storm has killed at least 27 people across the state. tonight, u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo says

if you're just joining us that was german chancellor angela merkel and the turkish president. they have taken a first step in repairing their fractured relationship there just been speaking there at a joint press conference here in berlin merkel admitting the differences between the two countries remain but she did say she is hopeful that they can find common ground now addressing the german nationals imprisoned in turkey the chancellor stated that she hopes for a swift resolution erda one saying he does expect germany to repatriate turkish nationals that he accuses of supporting a terror organization called the perpetrators and said there was an agreement in place for that the leaders also discussed a future meeting with russian president vladimir putin and french president. to discuss the war in syria they will have a meeting in october it is sad and that is the in germany for three day visit their talks will continue tomorrow. all right a lot to unpack here we have our political correspondent state us are with us here in studio let's start with the with our chief political

security council also coming up but chancellor angela merkel suffers an unexpected blow to her authority she puts on a brave face as her party oust one of her key allies critics say this could be the beginning of the end of the miracle era. of iraq thank you so much for joining our special live coverage of u.s. president donald trump has accused china of interfering in america's upcoming midterm elections well president trump made the charge as he opened a meeting of the u.n. security council in new york he offered no avid evidence to back up that accusation but said china did not want him to win the election because of his tough line on trade with china on child also commented on north korea saying talks were making positive progress behind the scenes and that he. specked it very good news to come out in the coming months all right lots to dissect and talk about to find out how president transfer formants as the chair of the security council went down i'd like to bring in our colleague one of our nominee in new york and with me here in the studio is nicole ranvir an associate fellow at

from the council berlet and exactly one year after the last september's national election angela merkel's government has this week once again been threatening to fall apart at the seat of the latest bone of contention was this man hans-georg madison the head of germany's domestic intelligence agency was ousted from office on tuesday after a damaging quarrel within the coalition over his reaction to recent far right attacks on immigrants in the eastern city of candidates so where does the small bling lead chancellor merkel and what kind of leadership can she deliver for germany and for europe so a question here on quadriga this week is merkel's government my old conflict and ensconce that question i'm joined in the studio by three astute observers and analysts of all things german beginning with a living and author and senior editor of the berlin based daily death charges speaker martin says that by firing one skilled masson angela merkel has saved her coalition government but the price is that she lost the respect of many voters also with us is andreas klute editor in chief of hundreds of

reliable evidence as such chases actually took place his remarks appear to contradict chancellor merkel also on the program. no ceasefire for syria's it led province iran russia into he failed to agree on a move that much of a humanitarian catastrophe in the last rebel strongholds but they have agreed to keep talking. can fill gabble welcome to the program the eastern german city of cabinets is tense again tonight as about fifteen hundred demonstrators marched against the government's migration policies chanting we are the people and this is our city they carried placa calling for a complete halt to the arrival of asylum seekers hundreds of police officers have been deployed and there are no reports of violence chemist's a scene a series of protests on both sides of the migration issue since a man was stabbed to death late last month allegedly by an asylum seeker. the aftermath of that fatal knife attack and spot disagreement between chancellor machall and her domestic intelligence chief after the incident the chances of her spokesman highlighted reports of far right mobs and done forei

german chancellor angela merkel and turkish president rich uptight imperator one have agreed to attend a summit to discuss the war in syria next month the announcement came during the turkish leaders highly controversial state visit to germany aimed at easing tensions between the two countries their joint press conference was interrupted as a protesting journalist was escorted from the room. u.s. president donald trump has ordered a fresh f.b.i. probe into his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh for. thank our earlier the senate judiciary committee made the request and agreed to delay a final vote on the nominee until the investigation is completed. i said i wanted a hearing at least three women have accused kavanaugh of such a war misconduct. yes. officials in indonesia say a seven point five magnitude earthquake has triggered a tsunami which has washed away houses and cut off communications on the island of so the way you see authorities say the extent of casualties is unclear. u.s. regulators are charging tousled chief executive ilan musk with fraud the securities and exchange com

german chancellor angela merkel has suffered a serious blow to authority her parliamentary party defied her wishes by voting to oust the ally fall as its leader and this came as a surprise to both the chancellor and the political establishment here and beyond then mrs opponents believe it could mean her time as chancellor is coming to an end . the german government's weekly meeting chancellor angela merkel is getting to work but is it really business as usual it's the day after the biggest defeat of her career her party's parliamentary bloc ousted their longtime leader and one of moscow's closest confidence the new policy whip a rather low profile m.p. try to downplay the significance of the vote. looking forward to working with angling our talk as has just been explained there's no daylight between us it will be a close and trusting corporation just as i've had with in recent years. you know. if you had before the vote anglo-american had urged the conservative m.p.'s to support her like her candidate was also backed by leaders of the conservative but very insistent party the c.s.u. but

and now at a joint press conference in berlin chancellor angela merkel admitted that differences between them remain but said that she is hopeful on finding common ground this despite fierce criticism within germany of turkey's human rights record even in germany there are sometimes moments when journalists cannot behave exactly as they please president had a one was in the middle of his press conference with chancellor merkel when a man stood up and revealed a t. shirt with the words press freedom he was quickly bundled out by security officers the brief distractions seem to amuse and who won but his crackdown on journalistic freedom was one of the issues the chancellor raised with him at their meeting. it's no secret that there have been serious differences between us in recent years and there still are. people it's mainly about the rule of law and about press freedom that fogged up perfectly by hurt by this davos to last about the case of chandan darr a turkish journalist now in exile in germany everyone was defiant out of the q.b. bush flew for such which he used a loophole and he fl

s and he tried to downplay the significance of the vote after his first meeting with merkel. it was a routine meeting i have already been in contact with the chancellor will work closely together with total trust but the opposition parties are not convinced they say the conservative change of leadership signals a government that's unfit for duty. lead mine we're experiencing a split conservative union week social democrats and a coalition government that's only capable of solving the problems it created itself. the social democrats america's junior coalition partners are all too aware that a continuous crisis mode is hurting more than the government is mine else have to sky urge seriousness and politics we have a global political situation that is rather chaotic germany cannot afford to gamble on the contrary we are an anchor of stability also for europe and i expect the seriousness from both the social democratic as well as the conservative parliamentary group. it sounds less says her coalition is getting back to uk but lately crisis mode has become business as usual for the

yet merkel's interior minister who. stood firmly by his side today he denied any responsibility for the controversy. i'd like to point out that i didn't start the discussion around mr marson or his agency. can it's i can't say that mr marson wanted this to happen he didn't push me to do anything just to stress that is ok. he's a civil servant who will do his duty wherever he's supposed to. do it. officials have presented this reshuffle as a necessary political compromise but many will interpret it as a cynical active face saving that is unlikely to boost trust in methods government . and our reactions to martin's removal and subsequent promotion have been swift a number of political figures have spoken out and i'd like to now welcome and close that she is the head of the young socialists and berlin the youth organization of the social democrats a very good evening miss close of first things first house the leader of the social democrats miss not has been outmaneuvered by the interior minister mr say offer. well i would

there is always a fight between angela merkel and horst seehofer.his was a point where they could show their frustration to the chancellor without taking any risk because it is a secret. on the other side of course it is one of the most important jobs. therefore i think a headline like, merkel's dusk, would be justified. brent: this frustration and discontent, a lot of it has to do with in the wake of the refugee crisis that hit germany in 2015. i want to take a look at the headline that your paper, bild, had three summers ago. this one says, help the refugees. you are also very instrumental in getting the newspaper to be a key player in the #refugees are welcome campaign. those are headlines you would never see in a newspaper. were you reflecting public sentiment at the time, or were you telling people to listen to their better angels? kai: honestly, i don't think it is the job of a newspaper always to reflect the sentiment of the people, of the audience. we have to tell things. even if the people don't like to hear. in that situation it was totall

editor of the berlin based daily death charges speaker motors says that by firing her son angela merkel has saved her coalition government but the prices that she lost the respect of many voters also with us is andreas klute editor in chief of hundreds of blood global contrasts argues that germany's so-called grand coalition was never meant to be and is doomed to failure just when it should be tackling huge talks and a very warm welcome to to dodge the bullets only. the. fifty w.'s domestic politics units nina believes that angle america's biggest problem is her interior minister one big step towards restoring voters trust in politics she says would be to replace horses as a whole of. course we're going to be talking a lot about horse a whole for in the half an hour to come also but not to let me i'd like to begin by talking about one scale in the head of germany's domestic spy agency you described this week as an incompetent busybody and said he had to go what did he get so badly wrong why did he have to go and why is it so important very strong opinion about him because the interview

i'm so mean so much going to it is good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel and turkish president i want to take and the first up and repairing their fractured relationship at a joint press conference in berlin just a short while ago merkel admitted that differences between the two countries remain but said she is hopeful they can find common ground and now addressing the issue of german nationals and prisoned in turkey the chancellor stated she hopes for a swift resolution i don't want to stress the importance of fiscal cooperation between germany and turkey. it is extremely important. to cooperate with germany primarily in field of economic affairs because we consider this to be a win win approach and it is indeed encouraging that our cooperation here has to be intensified in the future one of the most important specific feature of our relations concern the three and a half million people of turkish descent living in germany. these people who retain their roots but. we also encourage them and promote them to integrate into germany when it comes to education in particul

policy or about merkel's policy. and this social movement that is kind of happening there you can't talk about any of this without bringing up the a f d so controversial remarks about the write in candidates appeared to chime in with what the f.t. have been actually saying so is this movement becoming increasingly more powerful in germany. yes it is becoming more powerful in germany and it's a it is certainly a significant movement. and it will be a significant social and political movement what i have my doubts about is where there it's able to make the kind of breakthrough that similar kind of right wing populist movements have made elsewhere in europe whether in austria or in italy or in hungary i think in germany there is such a. wide mistrust of right wing populism because of germany's understandable historic problems that it's very hard to see how the a of d. can become a serious force competing for power because it's at the moment it's very hard to see any political party at all in germany cooperating with the

well i'm terry martin thanks for joining us german chancellor angela merkel is due to address parliament for the first time since lawmakers return from their summer break and the recent unrest in the eastern city of candidates is expected to figure prominently in her speech yesterday's session was overshadowed by the senate phobic bottoms triggered by a fatal stabbing in the city of candidates allegedly by asylum seekers germany's far right populist d. says i'm going to merkel's migration policies are to blame for the tensions now as the strongest opposition party in the german parliament the a.f.p. will be addressing the chamber before the chancellor we're looking at live pictures from the. leader of the far right about to address the parliament and we'll be listening into that followed by chancellor merkel speech. the minister of the interior called migration the mother of all problems for months now it has been part of the mantra of the german government this mother of all problems are africa and asia namely that we should become battling the causes that drive people to leave their ho

protesters flooded the streets of berlin following a meeting between angela merkel. and during his first state visit as president. welcomes seven pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now north korea was at the heart of the latest u.n. security council meeting washington's top diplomats praised progress made in relations between the two countries just a year since president try to totally destroy the reclusive state. past diplomatic attempts to hold north korea's nuclear ballistic missile development were unsuccessful but now we're at the dawn of a new day what twelve months ago washington and pyongyang seem to be standing on the brink of war so will this new day mention bisection they're actually lost reporting from new york is it a prank. it's only been a year and then boom donald trump's second u.n. general assembly just listen to it i would like to thank chairman kim for his courage and for the steps he has taken a lot of very positive things are happening with chairman kim he likes me i like him we get along but most importantly i believe that cha

but first we begin in berlin where the german chancellor angela merkel and turkish president read to type and want have taken a first step toward repairing the fractured relationship between their countries aired one pointed to a win win business project on the horizon and merkel said that she was hopeful on finding common ground in their press conference on friday we heard diplomatic words that were in sharp contrast to the insults and ultimatums we have heard over the past years with germany demanding turkey improve its human rights record an era the one accusing german politicians of acting like nazis so is this now a relationship reset between two nato allies the critics are skeptical and on friday they were out in force even in germany there are sometimes moments when journalists can't behave exactly as they please president adeline was in the middle of his press conference but chancellor merkel when a man stood up and revealed a t. shirt with the words press freedom he was quickly bundled out by security offices the briefest directions seem to amuse as well but his crackdown on

president erdogan was in the middle of his press conference with angela merkel when a man revealed a-shirt that said press freedom. he was quickly bundled out by security officers. the brief distraction seemed to abuse erdogan, but his crackdown on journalistic freedoms was one of the issues the chancellor raised at the meeting. it is nosy but there are serious differences in recent years, and there still are. it is mainly about the rule of law and about press freedom. asked about the case of a turkish journalist now in exile in germany, erdogan was defiant. >> he used a loophole. anand he fled to germany. but his court sentence remains valid. and this person belongs in jail, because he has revealed state secrets. reporter: outside on the streets of berlin, protesters were also drawing attention to the lack of basic freedoms in turkey. >> our protest is not against erdogan, but it is against his politics, his politics of violation of human rights, his politics of a violation of freedom of press, and journalism is not a crime. but it seems to be a crime in turkey. reporter: earlier, t

phil: he appears to be contradicting chancellor merkel. why is he likely to be doing this? reporter: that we don't know. we have no idea how the situation occurred and what he has come out with these allegations in an interview rather than a statement and political briefing with the government. so far what we know is that because, the underlying issue we are seeing in germany, is the

leadership can she deliver for germany and for europe so a question here on quadriga this week is merkel's government my old conflict and discuss that question i'm joined in the studio by three astute observers an analyst of all things german there beginning with a living out author and senior editor of the berlin based daily debt target speaker mother says that by firing her. america has saved her coalition government but the price is that she's lost the respect of many photos also with us is andreas klute editor in chief of hundreds of black global contrasts argues that germany so-called grand coalition was never. meant to be and is doomed to failure just when it should be tackling huge top six and a very warm welcome to the don't you fellas only you know. the head of d w domestic politics units nina believes that angle america's biggest problem is her own interior minister one big step towards restoring voters trust in politics she says would be to replace horse as a whole of. course we're going to be talking a lot about horse a whole for in the half an hour to come also but not to let

but first we begin in berlin where the german chancellor angela merkel and turkish president read to type ever to one have taken a first step toward repairing the fractured relationship between their countries heir to one pointed to a win win business project on the horizon and merkel said that she was hopeful on finding common ground in their press conference on friday we heard diplomatic words that were in sharp contrast to the insults and ultimatums we have heard over the past years with germany demanding turkey improve its human rights record an heir to one accusing german politicians of acting like nazis so is this now a relationship reset between two nato allies the critics are skeptical and on friday they were out in force. even in germany there are sometimes moments when journalists can't behave exactly as they please president adeline was in the middle of his press conference but chancellor merkel when a man stood up and revealed a t. shirt with the words press freedom he was quickly bundled out by security officers the briefest directions seem to amuse as well but his crack

before heading to the chancellery he is now attending a working lunch with the chancellor angela merkel the two are hoping to mend their relationship which was fractured after turkey imprisoned thousands of people including german citizens following a failed coup attempt but michael's government is being criticized for rolling out the red carpet for at one just bite opposing his policies some politicians are even boycotting today's events and protests are taking place in the capital. let's start our coverage with our chief political editor michelle i couldna she's outside the chancery where president or everyone is holding those talks with chancellor merkel hi michelle good to see you so the turkish president the german chancellor there talking over lunch right now what is on the agenda what are they discussing. well most likely they will be talking about the turkish economy but also their own their common strategic interests are both nato partners and they both have a keen interest that syria is not destabilized any further quite clearly he called for a meeting at a level of restart in

optimistic about turkey's european prospects and what can chancellor merkel expect from president add one thing. she can expect from turkey true friendship true cooperation and everyone who knows presenter don would agree that if he makes a promise he keeps it so if she can. to make some promises in exchange of the promises that she will make of course then she knows she'll be delivered cartoonist akon will be watching the macula adwan meeting closely at the very least he says it should serve up enough material for some fresh set tire. now by sheer coincidence stretch of dawn is coming to berlin on the day that europe's football governing body. decides if his country turkey or germany will host the two thousand and twenty four european championships germany favorites to win big foot format turkey's desperate to coast in two thousand and twenty four after having made failed bids for the last three tournament. euro twenty twenty four is said to be a footballing spectacle twenty four countries competing in a total of fifty one games but who will host the prestigious event germany are reg

started he was well come whole heartedly and cooperation will get even stronger but as chancellor merkel was putting it yesterday she said that despite you know the common ground that we have the issues that we need to work together on there are profound differences that still remain. and of course she's talking about the rule of law about human rights about press freedom and she said that in a press conference and only a few minutes later present out on cold for germany to extradite exile turkish journalist john didn't die and that was a very good example of how these two leaders political leaders are not talking the same language basically and how you know their divisions are still so stark and i think this state visit has highlighted that they're not talking the same language but but what did they talk about what are some of the issues that ad one for example can take back to to say this is what i bring for sure that we're talking about the economy germany and turkey are important trade pasha. there are more than seven thousand german companies in turkey active over there and i guess

angela merkel says nothing can justify hatred towards people who look different. plus, the european parliament votes to punish hungary, accusing it of undermining democracy. hungary's prime minister has denounced the decision as petty revenge and has vowed to defy it. also coming up, a dumping ground for maritime rubbish. >> who gets this rusty ship right there? one of hundreds of other ships left behind. brent: dw investigates why so many ships are abandoned in nigeria and whether the government there is doing nothing about it. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. tonighght, nearly two million residents of the u.s. east coast have been told to leave their homes as t the storm of a a life heads their r way. hurricane florence is churning and moving across the atlantic towards north and south carolina. this is what florence looks like right now from the international space station. florence is 500 to 600 kilometers across. and she is expected to make landfall late thursday. the governor of north carolina says it will be like nothing the state has

merkel has cleared in other critic out of the way under now this can be celebrated in the s.p.d. as tough and see how far it could pull his head out of the news again the voters are losing again because the critical remove all of mass and highlights the final consequences of immigration policy. well the roots of mr marson removal are comments that he made to the build newspaper not so long ago about videos from ten minutes that showed gangs of far right hooligans hunting as it was called anybody that appeared foreign or that they thought was a migrant now mr marson said these videos were faked and in fact they'd been put out deliberately by the press in order to skew the narrative of what was going on in kemet he was asked to produce evidence for these claims he didn't do that and now we've seen him well go on to another job and it's this seemingly reward for these comments that were made that's really upset people particularly some of those on the left party. the head of the federal office for the protection of the constitution with you speak news is now qualified for a position

say over who is also germany's interior minister dropped to an all time low after he clashed with merkel on a number of issues including migration. the c.s.u. party conference for us in munich mena recently the c.s.u. has taken on a more far rice few point facing the challenge from the anti immigration a.f.d. party has that failed as a strategy to think. well the series here consider themselves the most right wing party that should be sitting in a bit varian parliament and so that they're simply not used to competition from even further to the right of the political spectrum there were a lot of serious year facials to openly criticize angela merkel for her refugee policy in twenty fifteen and in the years since twenty fifteen and so now they have to bridge that gap between still representing democratic values but also a tough stance on migration and not lose people to the a gifty not lose voters and some people did take on an approach like costlier for the interior minister where sometimes he sounded extremely right wing populist and this strategy does not seem tough worked and that's wh

joe and chancellor angela merkel is talking business with turkish president breccia tie a bad one on his state visits a birth in yesterday she said she wanted to improve economic ties but medical also wants her guests to clean up his human rights record the political tension only made worse by a currency crisis back home and this is why a recent boom on the bosphorus has been mostly date driven this year turkey's external debt ballooned to three hundred ninety eight billion euros that's huff the nation's total gross domestic product and that debt is getting more expensive by the day after washington imposed sanctions on the lira lost forty percent of its value against the dollar so the states will have to pay back heaps more to creditors that have borrowed it's hurting investor confidence the central bank has raised interest rates to fight inflation but many turks are looking to germany for help. america looks friendly yet aloof while. she's sleepy is that the plummeting leader that's how cartoonists to enjoy auckland portrays the turkish president's visit to germany he says turkey's

exactly as they please president adeline was in the middle of his press conference but chancellor merkel when a man stood up and revealed a t. shirt with the words press freedom he was quickly bundled out by security officers the briefest directions seem to amuse as well but his crackdown on journalistic freedom was one of the issues the chancellor raised with him at the meeting. it is no secret that there have been serious differences between us in recent years ago and there still are. this is mainly about the rule of law and about press freedom. but fog the press if i heard about asked about the case of can do a turkish journalist now in exile in germany as owen was defiant. used a loophole and fled to germany. but he's caught sentenced remains valid. and this person belongs in jail because he revealed state secrets. also the former editor of news paper which published a video purporting to show turkey's intelligence agency delivering weapons into syria rejects the accusations despite being accredited and stayed away from the press conference after edwin threatened to pull the plug. it

coming to live from berlin and taking a stand against right wing extremism german chancellor angela merkel condemns the ballance as recent demonstrations against migrants in eastern germany and says there can be no justification for hatred towards people who look different to the far right off was issued accuses her of ignoring the concerns of its supporters also coming up an urgent call for unity the president of the e.u. commission john called juncus says the e.u. must improve its ability to speak with one voice or risk being undermined by other countries. well i'm terry martin thanks for joining us german chancellor i'm going to echo has defended her handling of the fallout from the recent far right protests in the eastern german city of chemists at a debate in the german bundestag the leader of germany's opposition populist if the party accused michael of misrepresenting abed's in connection with those prague protests those demonstrations were sparked by the alleged killing of a german national by migrants the protests were allegedly accompanied by attacks on foreigners in cannes it's

merkel must act now." customer, -- christopher, how politically explosive is the decision surrounding maassen? how explosive is it for the survival of this government? christopher: that tweet we just saw there is exactly what i was saying, the way the social democrats have stiffened their stance in this crisis will i don't think, though, that chancellor merkel's coalition is going to crumble over this. quizzically because the social democrat leadership, i understand, had a telephone conference during which they decided to stiffen their stance but not at the cost of leaving the coalition. they seem to be in agreement that that would not be a clever political move at this moment. brent: our correspondent christopher springate on the story for us in berlin. christopher, thank you. christopher: you're welcome. brent: here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. two men have appeared on russian state television claiming to be the man that british prosecutors have accused of poisoning fo

but first we begin in berlin where the german chancellor angela merkel and turkish president of type area won have taken a first step toward repairing the fractured relationship between their countries aired one pointed to a win win business project on the horizon and merkel said that she was hopeful on finding common ground in their press conference on friday we heard diplomatic words that were in sharp contrast to the insults and ultimatums we have heard over the past years with germany demanding turkey improve its human rights record an heir to one accusing german politicians of acting like nazis so is this now a relationship reset between two nato allies the critics are skeptical and on friday they were out in force. even in germany there are sometimes moments when journalists can't behave exactly as they please president adeline was in the middle of his press conference but chancellor merkel when a man stood up and revealed a t. shirt with the words press freedom he was quickly bundled out by security officers the brief distractions seem to amuse as well but his crackdown on jou

as angela merkel arrived in parliament today it was already clear that this wouldn't be a normal addressto the bundestag at the forefront was the recent far right violence in eastern germany she started her speech with a strong call for a common togetherness against exclusion and incitement it's good. there's no excuse and justification for incitement partially use of violence nazi hatred hostility towards people who look different own a jewish restaurant attacks on police and conceptual arguments about whether it's hate or hunts really don't help us. who live by. the largest opposition party in the bundestag the far right alternative for germany a.f.d. has drawn its own conclusions blaming foreigners a migrants for germany's problems. the list goes on. chancellor merkel you have nothing more to offer this country and its citizens except stubbornness arrogance and insults your barricading yourself in the chancellery further away from reality i repeat my question who in danger is the inner peace of this country. life the dispute over the basic values of german democracy and in the center

but this meeting between president won and chancellor merkel well it's a miracle it's happened at allon the scale in which it's happened just not so long ago and cast our minds back in there was some real top shelf insults being hurled between the two nations i can see turkey being admitted to the european union i have never been able to see it happening germany you have no relation whatsoever to democracy and you should know that your current actions are no different to those in the nazi period president jeopardizing everything that you've built together with others and your unspeakable nazi comparisons do not cut the ties to those who want a partnership with turkey. i'm calling on all my countrymen in germany the christian democrats the green body are all enemies of turkey to support those political parties who are not enemies of turkey while the tensions between one current perlin could be seen in the room the press conference took place in one of the accredited journalists stood up during the press questions revealing a t. shirt that said freedom for journalists on it he was then

this is news coming to you live from berlin german chancellor angela merkel admits she lost touch with the people in a dispute over germany's domestic spy chief says she'll pay more attention to voters' concerns in the future but the missteps in the hands of the fair permanently damaged her coalition government also coming up three saudi human rights activists a former anticorruption crusaders in guatemala and a scientist working on reports station we profile the winners of an award known as the alternative nobel problems. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us we'll have more for you on those stories in a minute but first some breaking news just coming in unconfirmed us media reports say deputy attorney attorney general rob rosenstein has resigned reports say he decided to step down in anticipation of being fired by president donald trump the move comes after rosenstein reportedly suggested that aides take trump's conversations rosenstein was also in charge of the investigation into the trunk campaign's connections to russia after rosen scenes false attorney general jeff sess

this is the job you news live from berlin chancellor merkel admits she lost touch with the people over the case of germany's domestic spy chief how damaged is medicals governing coalition after is fired and then promoted the intelligence chief machall says it's all now cleared up and that she'll listen more closely to the voters in the future also coming up. an agricultural scientist who's pioneered a simple but effective solution to deforestation we look at why his work has won what's known as the alternative nobel prize. and the united states' latest round of tariffs on chinese goods takes effect today beijing calls the move trade bullyism one of germany's top economists gives us his perspective on where this dispute is happening. i'm dr thomas a very warm welcome to the show we start here in berlin where chancellor on a macro has apologised for being out of touch with voters or government has been embroiled in a dispute over a controversial domestic intelligence chief there was a public outcry after he was fired and then promoted with a hefty pay increase so merkel and her coalition

german chancellor angela merkel spoke to waiting journalists on her arrival in salisbury and reflected a spirit of positive relations. i hope that we can have an exit that takes place in a good atmosphere that there's respect for each other and that in certain areas very close cooperation is possible namely in the areas of security domestic and also foreign security. but earlier top e.u. official donnel to scuttle word of warning ahead of the talks on the issue for thoughts of the question all the framework for economic cooperation they case proposals will need to be reworked and further negotiated. today there is perhaps more hope. surely less and less time. left we must see you face talks i would like to finalize them still there's. smiles all around on arrival at the sounds very venue however negotiations to avoid a hard bragg's it could quickly dampen the mood. so a word of warning to london ahead of another key e.u. summit let's go live now to salzburg correspond to max hoffman is standing by he's covering the summit force good evening to you max are e.u. leaders are they you know

german chancellor angela merkel has responded personally yet but today host spokes person stephens i but has he has said that in fact they haven't been briefed on skilled mohsen by the head of the domestic secret service yet so they were just as surprised as everybody else by this statement and. that they also have no information of how the investigation has gone forward neither has the interior ministry we have just heard the german federal interior minister was the officer that he trusts mohsen but neither has his ministry gotten any briefing on the investigation that mohsen claims his. statement today on ok there's really been some fallout a short while ago the deputy head of all americans coalition partners of social democrats told us that he thinks mohsen the head of domestic intelligence should resign let's take a look at some of what role stakes are had to say. well because we have really proof for what happened in came that by independent journalists reporting from this place by testimonies from others by cruel reports of people getting prosecuted for raising think the chief

and it angela merkel's first official engagement of the day she avoided addressing the issue. in the wake of far right unrest in kemet mawson had defied the chancellor by questioning the authenticity of the video showing mobs chasing foreign looking passers by machall had said the video was real and had condemned the actions shown calls for mawson's dismissal grew yet merkel's interior minister horst zero for muslims boss stood firmly by his side. today he didn't write any responsibility for the controversy. i'd like to point out that i didn't start the discussion around mr marson or his agency. on its i can't say that mr marson wanted this to happen so he didn't push me to do anything just to stress that is ok it's this or. this is a civil servant who will do his duty wherever he's supposed to be the. good. officials have presented this reshuffle as a necessary political compromise but many will interpret it as a cynical active face saving that is unlikely to boost trust and metals government . on to sports the return of the champions league for two of germany's most high pro

merkel wants per capita to get back to work on voters concerns.here is no shortage of issues preoccupying german voters. old care age, pensions, crime, climate change, and most recently, affordable housing. merkel and her partners concur. >> we need a new way of working in the coalition and we need to get out of the hysterical frame of mind we've seen in the last few days. >> now, the german government has pledged to turn over a new leaf and get to work in a way that the electorate can appreciate. brent: christoph is here with breaking news and sino-american trade tensions are hitting the business markets. christoph: investors are bracing for a long trade war. washington's latest tariffs have kicked in for $200 billion worth of chinese goods. beijing wants to retaliate, targeting $60 billion of u.s. goods. workers in a chinese factory making flags and banners for donald trump's reelection campaign in 2020. if you want an idea of the irony in the of the trade dispute with ththe world's two biggest econo, here it is in a nutshell. the dispute has es

i'm sumi so much drama good to have you with us chancellor angela merkel said there is no excuse for using nazi slogans and attacking minorities in german society she was addressing parliament two weeks after demonstrations against migrants by right wing extremists turned violent in eastern germany the largest opposition party the far right a.s.d. accused of ignoring the concerns of people worried about migration one member of the government accused a.s.d. of using fascist language. as angela merkel arrived in parliament today it was already clear that this wouldn't be a normal address to the bundestag at the forefront was the recent far right violence in eastern germany she started her speech with a strong call for a common togetherness against exclusion and incitement is good and surely there's no excuse and justification for incitement partially use of violence nazi hatred hostility towards people who look to friend own a jewish restaurant attacks on police and conceptual arguments about whether it's hate or hunts really don't help us. if they think it's. the largest opposition pa