a defeat for angela merkel. for european unity. >> wre going tbeat china japan, we're gng to beat mexico. the fakeedia is tryit silence us. >> 2016 saw donald trump win the white house pledging to shake up the world order with his nationalist agenda. >> it's going to be only america first. >> following his inauguration, trump's foreign policy appeared designed to undermine global cooperation analienate allies. but the was still one of germany's most important partners. angela merkel was in a bind. two months after taking office, donald trump extended his first invitation to the german chancellor to sit the whe house. but the brash us president and circumspect german chancellor appeared worlds apart. >> donald trump absolutely loathed angela merkel. i cannot think of another example of one politician expressing such hot-blooded contempt for another as he did towards her. he just could not handle merkel. he didn't like her hyper rationality, he couldn't handle her calmness, he was endlessly suspicious of the fact

angela merkel was in a bind. months after taking office, donald trump extended his first invitation to the german chancellor tvisit the ite house. but the brash us president and circumspect german chancellor appeared worlds apart. >> donald trump absolutely loathed angela merkel. i cannot think of another example of one politician expressing such hot-blooded contempt for another as he did towards her. he just could not handle merkel. he didn't like her hyper rationality, he couldn't handle her calmness, he was endlessly suspicious of the fact that she didn't express herself with a similar form of vulgarity to her calmness, he was endlessly suspithe one that he had.at she >> once again, merkel banked on communication with a difficult partner. >> it's much better to talk to one another than about one another. >> trump stuck to his confrontational course. he withdrew the us from the paris climate accord that merkel had fought so long to achieve. he repeatedly demanded that nato allies, and germany in particular, inc

he's a huge fan of chancellor angela merkel. this merkel figure for his greek restaurant. he's already got a life-sized cardboard cutout of merkel. once, he even met his idol in person. exis: she se me this autograph. he's already got a life-sized “thank you very much and all the st.” sigd by merl. she uldn't com but did meet e second te. repoer: alexis vaiou developed a liking for angela merkel 10 yea ago, during t gre financial crisis. he was outraged when he saw athens protesters vilify merkel as a ni. alexi thateally, really bothered me. that's why i invited the chancellor to a greek restaurant. these images from that time are heso out of place in europe.ce. rerter: despite his evident loyalty, the german chancellery did not endorsputting uphe life-siz merkel figure in th staurant. even though none of his guests mind. >> everyone's allowed their own opinion, after all. >> i don't see any reason to laugh or mock it. it's totally fine. reporter: but it's a tough time for the alexis: i'm sad to see her go. mebut she's earned it

had nothing but praises to say to angela merkel.fter 16 years in office, he says she handled and overcame many crises. like the pandemic. she also reminded she led the country at the time of brexit and difficult relations with the u.s., under president trump. he also praised her for taking responsibilities during the minute terrien crisis of 2015 -- the humanitarian crisis of 2015. the german president also said angela merkel succeeded in making germany conceded and respected on the international stage. he also talked about a great chancellor that germans have a lot to think for. >> with 736 members, this parliament is massive. who are these people? >> 736 members, the largest of parliament has ever been, among them 279 new mp's and 47 who were under the age of 30. the youngest being only 23, also the first black woman elected in the parliament, as well as two trans women. there is a slow but steady generational change in the parliament. it is also now led by social democrat. -- by a social democrats only the third woman to hold thi

how will merkel's leadership be remembered by israelis? >> reporter: it's a working visit but it's a farewell tour with angela merkel. it was initially supposed to take place in august. it was abruptly canceled because of the situation in afghanistan. angela merkel arrived last night and she has a full day today. she's being accompanied by the israeli prime minister naftelli bennett. it gives a show of her importance. she had a press conference with the israeli prime minister. she will miss it the holocaust memorial which she has done on every one of her visits. she will meet with high tech leaders and later will receive an honorary doctorate from the israel institute of technology referring to her time as a physician si 'tis. germany and israel have had a relationship for years. under lang merkel's term especially that relationship has deepened. she was the first german chancellor to speak to the israeli parliament. she said on the national stage and repeated this, israel's situation is a national priority. that doesn't mean she hasn't cr

he is a bit like merkel in his own way.show—woman, she wasn't charismatic, just plodded and got along. and people will get used to him, i'm sure. as a different sort of voice in a different approach to politics. i think i can agree with the positive result over the last few days for him. thank you. i'm delighted to say we are also joined now by polly. we weren't sure if we were going to get to you, trouble on the line. you were at the labour party conference this week. i was just saying at the top of this that it was billed, it had a very big billing as a make or break moment for keir starmer. which one was it in your view? well, it certainly wasn't break. i would say it was i on the way to make. i think it's probably the first time he's had a chance to introduce i himself in his 18 months— of being a leader because everything has been covid, there's been no public meetings entirely. about politics and very wise i and sensible opposition leader to challenge the government at every point _ the consensus of the public i on th

when i'm going to merkel was awarded an honorary citizenship in tempe. lean. it was a former teacher who told me or not to make a big fuss about it. nearby. didn't he liked enough people? he would be even angrier. they would have asked, what did she do? to deserve this. for hans, you are him bull. it makes no difference. if the next chance le doesn't have roads in the east, like many others and for my ease, germany, his experience with merkel made him lose trust and politicians steadfast and al jazeera reuben. okay, this is a little different to russian filmmakers have returned to earth from their mission to shoot the 1st movie scenes in space. they landed in kazakhstan early on sunday. the crew stayed at the international space station for 12 days to film segments of a movie. a hollywood also planning to send a crew into space to shoot a full feature film picture. like let's go to washington and took the army tub. go show as the former chair of the science operations working group at nasa and has been a mass scientists for more than 20 years. and we'd have th

when i'm going to merkel was awarded an honorary citizenship in tempe. lean. it was a former teacher who told me or not to make a big fuss about it. if i didn't, he liked enough people. he would be even angrier. they would have asked, what did she do to deserve this for hands? you are him bull, it makes no difference. if the next chancellor doesn't have roads in the east, like many others, and for my ease germany, his experience with merkel made him lose trust and politicians steadfast and al jazeera reuben. it is now 4 weeks since the volcano on the spanish island of la palmer began erupt. thing scientists say there is no indication when it might stop . the lava stream is now buried more than 7 square kilometers, destroying farmland and almost 2000 buildings. and 7000 people have now been evacuated to russia filmmakers back on earth after returning from the mission to make the 1st movie in space. actress julia paris, sales and direct to claim ship hankle landed in conflicts down after 12 days from the international space station. in filming the cation scenes

angela merkel announced germany is not ready.he also drew attention to the problems people infghanistan are having getting money. afghanistan is a country dependent on the u.s. dollar, it does not even have its own printing presses for currency and is dependent on money from outside, which is not getting in. angela merkel singh the world bank and the imf have a responsibility to resolve things. we got a chance to ask h a question looking back over the debacle in afghanistan in recent months, whether she had any regrets, and her answer was interesting. let's take a listen. angela merkel: the mandate passed by the german parliament was valid for a significantly longer time, so from our perspective, we would have stayed longer in afghanistan because stabilization efforts had not made enough progress. during the entire time, we knew we were in a mission with other countries and could not stay alone. for example, not without the u.s., who had its own reasons to end the mission in afghanistan. that remains one point where you naturally

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for 16 years germany has had just one chancellor, angela merkel.ce for longer, helmut kohl and audio ban bismarck. now after a close election, it will likely be led by someone outside merkel's party, a center right christian democrat suffered the worst performance in its history. so what counts for the electoral shift? part of it, of course, is merkel overshadowed all others on her side. in addition the successor within her own party made several missteps. but perhaps more significant, merkel had moved her party away from its conservative roots, partly by joining forces with the center left for three or four terms. that left an opening for a man named olaf scholz to portray himself as merkel's heir apparent. after all, he is merkel's vice chancellor and finance minister. but he wasn't from her party. in the end 1.5 million voters abandoned merkel's right party for scholz's center left one. but international dominance was also at play. exit polls showed voters this year were more concerned with economic issues and climate. this may account for the s

many others are looking at the post-merkel future. author whose terrific new book about merkel has just been published. it's called "the chancellor." welcome, kati. first i want to ask you about writing about somebody who is so private. i remember when "time" chose her as person of the year, they had to use a painting of her on the cover because she would not sit for a photograph, and i remember asking the editor of "time," nancy gibbs at the time, when was the last time somebody wouldn't sit -- let alone an interview, wouldn't even sit for a photograph? she said i think it was ayatollah khomeini in 1978 or '79. so this is an extraordinarily guarded person. did that -- how did you get through? >> well, you're absolutely right, she is the most private public person in the world, i would say. and, of course, that made it the ever-est of writing projects because i didn't want to write a book about germany politics, i wanted to capture the woman. and this astonishing german east bloc scientist who broke through the all-male german politic

for 16 years germany had just one chancellor, angela merkel.ike i will be lead by someone outside of merkel's party. the center-right block of christian democrats suffered the worst performance in history. what accounts for the shift? merkel overhshadowed all others on her side. the successor in her own party made several missteps. perhaps more significant, merkel moved her party away from the conservative roots partly by joining forces with the center left for three or four terms. that left an opening for a man named olaf schultz to portray himself as merkel's heir apparent. but he wasn't from her party. and in the end, 1.5 million voters abandoned merkels party for a center left one. but a changing elector rate was at play where immigration g dominated 2017, voters this year are more concerns with economic issues and compliment. this may account for the success of two smaller parties. these parties are already dom fated by younger voters and another million and a half of merkel's party vote went to the two parties. they became the king makers

, germany's leader angela merkel is standing down.nt to the polls to decide who would be her successor as chancellor and the make—up of the new parliament. the bbc covered the election online and with a three and a half hour special programme on the news channel in the afternoon. when the late bbc one news went out that evening, the result was on a knife edge. excitement ricocheted around the headquarters of germany's social democrats tonight. dismissed as political has—beens not long ago, the smell of election victory, even if a narrow one, now hung in the air. results, though, still need to be confirmed. those waiting for the results to be confirmed may have tuned in eagerly to the following night's late bulletin. but they had to wait until 23 minutes into the bulletin for this. following the general election over the weekend, germany's social democratic party says it has a mandate to form a government. with 26% of the vote, the leader said he would create a coalition with the greens and liberals before christmas, but the christian

the country bennett praised merkel and germany for what he called uncompromising support. but his opposition to palestinian statehood and the 2015 iran nuclear deal. a put him at odds with germany and western allies. harry force has more now from west jerusalem . will this does have very much the feeling of a final farewell visit from someone who is now the caretaker, chancellor of germany, anglo merkel, after the election that this visit was postponed from august because of the crisis in afghanistan. nonetheless, her team is very much insisting this is a working visit and there is at least one substantive issue for the 2 leaders to try to work on that. being iran, it's nuclear program, and the efforts to revive or recreate the j. c. p. away the iran nuclear deal, except us jessie p. o a, i never considered that iran nuclear deal to be ideal, but it's better than having no dream in this can also be seen in a different way. now we are in a very difficult situation because the new as administration has promised to return, but one day passes another, and iran is making no eff

the german chancellor, anglo merkel meets israel's new prime minister, as she prepares to leave office. and after his death at 85, we look back on the life of abdul cutty, a con knowns, the father of pakistan's nuclear program. ah. bookings underway in iraq to elect a new parliament. the pull was brought forward in response to mass protests. nearly 25000000 people are eligible to cast a ballot. there are concerns many, it will stay away because of widespread apathy towards the political establishments . alhashan reports now from baghdad for some of the people heading to vote here and but that this election may not change much, but for the government and it's deeply divided political establishment. it's about legitimacy. the turnout will likely decide that. and that's why senior government officials and political leaders rushed to polling stations early in the morning to cast their votes, him and the som, jamie unadilla. i know we all have to contribute to change our reality. i want to tell a rockies that we still have time ahead of us to day. go out and vote change or reality for iraq

but that relationship is being seen as having strengthened under angela merkel.his is her seventh visit to israel, the first german chancellor to speak at the knesset, and proclaimed on the world stage that israel national security was a top priority for german foreign policy. during her tenure germany outlawed symbols, for example of the militant group hamas, and invested a lot to combat anti-semitism. that doesn't mean she never criticized israel, especially when it came with the relationships with the palestinians, she was known to have butted heads with the former prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, especially as he sidled up to right-wing leaders in the union. a priority of her meetings will be a return to the 2015 iranian nuclear deal. israel has long opposed the iranian nuclear deal, and a return to the deal, although the israeli leadership's tone has softened in recent weeks. now the israeli leadership are looking for some sort of alternative in case diplomacy fails. although this is a farewell visit for merkel, many israelis are hoping it's not going to

how do you say angela merkel? the legacy? how do you think she'll be reminded? it's a difficult question. no chance in a couple of seconds early. so to put it in nutshell, i would say that as a crisis managers, she did do quite a good job of bringing all parties around one table. but if you look at the fundamental decisions that have been taken, are there a lot of question marks remain in particular with her set up of the european monetary union, or which is still in very difficult conditions. also, the energy transformation of the economy arm was not successful and we are still waiting for a pension reform beds urgently needed and it was clear that it is needed for many years. so very few important reforms were pushed truth during her government period of 16 years. so i would say the overall assessment is very, very mixed. ok, let's talk about the heroes on. ultimately it was marianna, are he who despite opposition from boone dis, bank. com fears and some would say alternately saved the euro. do you think that under merkel tacit support for been dis, banks oppo

just 7 minutes from his home asked for chancellor merkel as she did acknowledge that there were differences on the 2 state solution. something she still supports. of course she has during her time being critical of israel over issue such a settlement building in the occupied west bank. but she also insisted on the cementing and strengthening of the israeli german alliance, saying that israel security would be central to every german government to follow thousands of haitian immigrants who have been living in july for years. and now leaving the country faced with discrimination and strength of these rules, many want the head to the u. s. our latin america that alysia newman revolts from santiago. these men and women make a part of the largest haitian expect community in latin america after their countries, 2010 earthquake chile opened its doors to tens of thousands of haitians. many are mine, but to day, even as thousands of undocumented venezuelans, colombians and peruvians are flocking to chile. huge numbers of haitians are actually leaving on the us mexico border. hundreds of haitians hav

what they see is a power grab by the presidents. iran on the agenda, the german chancellor, anglo merkel meets israel's set, prime minister. she proposed to leave office. and abdul cody, at a con, a controversial pakistani nuclear scientist died at the age of $85.00 ah, over on the starting in iraq voting eas underway to elect to new parliament there. this pole brought forward in response to mass protests. now, rocks prime minister must offer academy cost his ballot in baghdad. shortly after the polling stations opened, there are nearly 25000000 people eligible to vote. and authorities are deployed hundreds of thousands of security personnel across the country for the boat man made up bill why had an update from you in baghdad? 25000000 eligible, but how is the turnout looking very low so far? command of well then let me just give you a sense of what is happening here. we're now standing in one of the pulling centers . enough, some he a neighborhood, a density populated neighborhood in the iraqi capital above that, as you can see behind me, it is a very low as you can see, let me show yo

angle of merkel herself has said that russia fulfills all of its obligations in these contracts that are voluntarily made between russia and the european union. the fog, it is a gift. this, if you ask me whether there have been orders that russia has taken and then fail to fulfill as it stands now, that is not the case. that is, there are no orders that frush has said, no, we will not deliver those to you and we're not pumping gas through the ukrainian pipeline. rather russia can only fulfill orders that have been contract it out. so the question is really, isn't being ordered, the international gas union also crazed russia as the power that can bring energy security to europe. and that the north stream to pipeline would actually play a crucial role in that. so it doesn't exactly seem like the reasoning behind mccall statement to resume sanctions against russia has a leg to stand on. and yet the allegations from the u. s. keep coming. how is moscow responded? we heard from russia's foreign minister survey leverage. he said, basically the u. s is trying to pick rushes european partner

now that the already strong man ha merkel has gone. i really don't be beside by the time the germans have a government which will be christmas. and the french shirt will be in a, a pre elect, thorough face, because i have to have the elections by april. i think if i remember 2022 in which a back hall has got to fight almost certainly against a manual of pen who is a against no, just the european foreign policy, which is of even against the common currency. so the problem with euro is how to hold together, how to stop, or it's almost inexorable disintegration, or ina glenette in a, a, in every respect of how you feel about your opinion. and i have agreed with everything that's been said on this program here. but at the end of the day, and you're and i, what are the things i like about your writing, who are truly a big picture guy? um, it seems to me that the trend is, is it in less europe can get its act together. if i can use that kind of slang language here, it's just going to be left behind. i mean, it will be left behind because it'

by russia, but actually anglo merkel herself, has said that a russia always fulfills its obligations and contracts that are made of course, voluntarily with the european union. the fog, it is a gift. this. if you ask me whether there have been orders that russia has taken and then fail to fulfil as it stands. now, that is not the case. that is, there are no orders that frush has said, no, we will not deliver those to you and we are not pumping gas through the ukrainian pipeline. rather russia can only fulfill orders that have been contract it out. so the question is really, isn't of being ordered. the president of the international gas union also praised russia as the power that can bring energy security to europe. and that's and that they would have to that there would be able to use the nord stream to pipeline to do that. so it doesn't really seem like mac calls, reasoning for a resumption of sanctions against russia has a leg to stand on, has russia itself and responded to what washington a say? yeah, it has actually, the russian foreign minister survey lavern said that basically

years of leading the country as its chancellor allies reading, germany is saying good bye to anglo merkel. it was like something straight out of a bond film, not the one that premier to in cinemas this week, but a factual story allegations of kidnapping and assassination plots, disgust by american intelligence officials targeting wiki leaks founder julian a satch. on september 26th, yahoo news dropped an explosive report based on interviews with more than 30 unnamed former us intel sources, detailing what a called the c i a's war on wiki leeks. a trump administration plan to silence the man and organization that unveiled some of the american government's most guarded secrets, the expos, they rippled through the press, freedom community because of its implications for more conventional journalists, but like so much of the assange story, it has received nothing like the media coverage it deserves with sandra's legal fate. being decided in a british extradition hearing later this month. yeah. whose report could end up before the judge in the form of evidence is our starting point. this is wa

and why he says that russia's somehow weapon ising, it president biden and chancellor merkel committed to taking action. should russia attempt to use energy as a weapon? yet, both of tend to blind eye to the putin regimes deliberate efforts to press europe into accelerating the russian nodes stream to pipeline certification process by manipulating europe's gas markets and leveraging a severe energy crisis on the continent. and mccaul says, anglo merkel is turning a blind eye to some apparent malign, influenced by russia, but anglo merkel herself has said that russia fulfills all of its obligations in these contracts that are voluntarily made between russia and the european union. the fog. it is a gift, is if you ask me whether there have been orders that russia has taken and then fail to fulfil as it stands. now, that is not the case. that is, there are no orders that russia has said no, we will not deliver this to you, and we are not pumping gas through the ukrainian pipeline. rather russia can only fulfill orders that have been contract it out. so the question is really, isn't being

eu leaders pay tribute to germany's outgoing chancellor merkel as a �*great european�* influential inng the continent. as european football is expanded, is the global game doing enough to counter climate change? hello. a very warm welcome to you. more details have emerged about the series of events which led to the actor, alec baldwin, accidentally shooting dead a crew member on the set of his latest film. court documents suggest mr baldwin was told the gun was safe in the moments before the director of photography halyna hutchins was killed. the director, joel souza, was injured in the incident. our correspondent sophie long reports. halyna hutchins described herself as a restless dreamer and adrenalinejunkie. the 42—year—old was considered by her peers to be an exceptionally talented cinematographer. i met her at a film festival, and within just a few moments of talking to her, i felt like she had such a strong vibe, such a sense of commitment to art, and, like, sort of the integrity of wanting to make cinema, that i wanted to work with her. she was on set at the bonanza creek ranch

politics. merkel, worked with for american presidents, 5 british prime ministers, 8 italian heads of government, scored higher approval ratings than just about any of them. and eventually came to be seen as the de facto head of the european union. this next video by puppet regime, a comedy series by g 0. media not to be confused with al jazeera includes some of the policies merkel will be remembered for like opening germany's borders to a 1000000 syrian refugees at a time when other countries were shutting theirs. you may recognize the music. it's a re max of a classic from another german power house craft work was the next time. here to listening. i was reading with a shot with ah ah, knowledge is here with every oh hello, home learn tendering under the top stories on al jazeera, hundreds of marches have taken place across the u. s. to defend women's reproductive rights. after new abortion laws effectively bound the practice in some states in washington dc, thousands of demonstrations marched to the u. s. supreme court to highlight the issue just to say they fear the growing restric

it's far too expensive and environmental, catastrophic breaking gas and merkel promised biden to buy some of that gas for far too much money. so people, the ordinary man on the street has to be used to, to get higher gas prices. and you can just not tell him because of the friendship the us, you know, have to pay more. so what a coincidence that the market price is rising. then on the other hand, you have got to be the french, the french one. don't want germany to be energy independent at all. they never wanted to be jo at germany to be energy independent may offered general c 2 to supply the cheap atomic power to germany. so. busy to get germany in the black mailing position and the same with the polish, even the polish, i don't want germany to be energy efficient, especially not with russia. and the 2nd thing is that they are daily, they deli want to have the trying to see from, from russia, and what to create to them. that even the governments made promises to recreate and poland for 4 credit fees. i mean, the, the g strategic interests are so obvious that i don't believe in, in i

ah, was angela merkel clearly out of the picture, a pretty much a lame duck. nowadays. the frost is really seen an adoption, an opportunity hate to seize the initiative on leading on, leading your and then changing that into into something that it would lock ah, other time. but before this, you have to do that a partnership with germany, but that's no longer the case. mean, we don't know how, how long it's gonna take germany 2 to 4 when you government and without the backing of all the german chancellor issues of on the line of the european commissioner is, is pretty much palace. and he, we have maxim stepping, he's an sure on, on what he would like to see to see done it's, it's an interesting, an interesting time, not forgetting, of course. and he also has his own presidential elections coming up in april next year. or he needs to be seen as a, a big bald states been out there leading from the front. and i think this is probably a little bit of mixture of basha, hymnals said, is testing the water, the say what, what are the temperatures there in the rest of europe for,

now that the already strong man ha merkel has settled on. i really better be beside by the time the germans have a government which will be christmas. and the friendship will be a, a pre electoral phase because i have to have the elections by april. i think even remember 2022 in which a buckle has got to fight. almost certainly against the middle of ben, who is against no just the european foreign policy, which is of even against the common currency. so the problem with euro is how to hold together, how to stop it, almost inexhaustible disintegration or ina glenn. it is a it ever, irrespective how you feel about the your opinion and i have agreed with everything that's been said on this program here. but at the end of the day and you're and i, one of the things i like about your writing, you are truly a big picture guy. um, it seems to me that the trend is in less europe can get its act together. if i can use that kind of slang language here, it is going to be left behind. i mean, it will be left behind because it's irrelevant or a minor for