mohsen statement directly contradicted chancellor merkel's from the start she had condemned what she referred to as a hostile mob. the only politician to defend mohsen was his boss interior minister who wants a whole for who heads the conservative c.s.u. one of america's coalition partners. as a whole for is expected to describe the details of mawson's new position on wednesday and to name his successor at germany's domestic intelligence agency. or here at the table with me i was a political correspondent kate brady she has been on the story all day the story of the fate of mr moss and i think it's safe to say that everyone expected him after today or sometime this week to no longer be head of domestic intelligence but what comes after that i think none of us was expecting exactly they were very wise today in berlin that they that the coalition they does was going to reach a compromise but it was unclear all day exactly what that would be of course now we found out that as well as losing his position as the chief of germany's domestic intelligence service is actually at the same time

which had given an ultimatum supported the solution for mohsen. but masson in his new job at the interior ministry will earn more than before leaders of the opposition are appalled is a must and it's a positive development of mohsin is out but that he's actually getting a raise is outrageous the interior ministry is being degraded to a bargain basement for civil servants past their sell by date. for nobody benefits from this decision except from us and who's getting a thirty thousand euro raise with one hand washing the other the governing parties are the real losers and a pawn sacrificed in their game to save the coalition. the head of germany's domestic intelligence agency came under heavy criticism for a public statement following rightwing riots in the eastern city of cabinets masson asserted that the video being circulated did not necessarily show mobs hunting down individuals but had possibly been manipulated to spread fake news mohsen statement directly contradicted chancellor merkel's common view from the start she had condemned what she r

which have given an ultimatum supported the solution for mohsen. but masson in his new job at the interior ministry will earn more than before leaders of the opposition are appalled is a must and it's a positive development of mohsin is out but that he's actually getting a raise is outrageous the interior ministry is being degraded to a bargain basement for civil servants past their sell by date. for years and nobody benefits from this decision except for mass and who's getting a thirty thousand euro raise with one hand washing the other the governing parties are the real losers and a pawn sacrificed in their game to save the coalition. the head of germany's domestic intelligence agency came under heavy criticism for a public statement following rightwing riots in the eastern city of cabinets masson asserted that the video being circulated did not necessarily show mobs hunting down individuals but had possibly been manipulated to spread fake news mohsen statement directly contradicted chancellor merkel's common view from the start she had condemned

but germany's interior minister mohsen superior has defended the controversial statements. one is inadmissible for to talk to the us national message interior minister i have always said that in such difficult terrible events one must be accurately informed about what actually took place in full view most. a spokeswoman for the interior ministry said investigations of the disputed videos are ongoing meanwhile mohsen has been asked to clarify his position. andy w.'s chief political editor joins me now in the studio to discuss this further because mohsin says that there's no evidence that the video in question is authentic he said maybe deliberate misinformation has he provided any proof to those claims he hasn't yet did do is he delivered to the interior minister not to the chancery i must stress what he should have done the assessment that by his agency that there were question marks over whether these strategic kind of hunting scenes on people in the streets actually happened he questions whether this video that we just saw is actually genuine but the state prosecutor in s

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 of the intelligence is there to protect our constitution against right wing extremists and not to. talk down things that have been done by a right wing extremists those are all stake or their deputy head of the social democrats talking to us earlier not only on one of the concerns right now being raised about the domestic head of intelligence and his political independence. well this is not the first time that his political independence has been questioned or his. approach to the job he's s

said the decision on mohsen had been a mistake and needs to be renegotiated while the gridlock over the muslim case shows just how high passions are running on both sides among those who feel mohsen is being treated unfairly many are in the german police force some in german law enforcement feel they don't get enough respect for doing their jobs and growing disillusionment among german police officers could translate into increased support for the far right. the political handling of the mohsin affair has angered many n.g.o.s many but no it is the former intelligence chief supporters in the security services who are up in arms the chairman of germany's police union said the treatment of hands masson by politicians is simply disgusting. and a former spy chief said many employees of the security agencies are doing their jobs full of pent up frustration the case points to a growing disillusionment on the front lines like the scene here at the recent how back forest protests. and there's a lot of dissatisfaction among police officers there on duty for days and nights and then face criticism

government of forced to backtrack on a deal to remove the domestic intelligence chief hans-georg mohsen from office after public outreach also coming up from trees some of the men jailed for disobeying the rule of the man who's jumped the desert and book enough ah so look at these and other winners of the and you're right livelihood awards the alternative nobel prize. and of the bundesliga winners live a close and were desperate to make up for a poor start to the season while leipsic hope to get their season back on track at frankfurt we catch up with sunday's action. cullen a warm welcome to you i'm cheema we start here in berlin where a deal over the future of jimmy's domestic spy chief appeals to have dissolved america's fragile government the coalition had been holding crisis talks about what to do with skilled mohsen after his controversial remarks about far right violence and only agreement that transferred mohsen to a higher ranking job with more pay admit republic outrage mechelle has now admitted that mistakes were made we'll be hearing from mexico but first this report on how

with a very strong storms saying that they are just the mohsen out which of course is the case but this promotion is really quite curious it gives the impression that what was most important was that everyone involved was able to see. would you agree with that exactly i mean everyone can walk away with this saying that they have gained something or that they have a point to prove cause and when and as i mentioned the s.p.d. a social democrats can say yes we got what we wanted mohsen has been fired but also he's been promoted and then you have whole thing hopefully he can go back down to bavaria right. exactly and he can say as himself he is a known critic both he a mosque and a muckle critics he didn't leave a muckle critic left out in the cold and at the same time merkel is in the position to say look these comments by mohsen have not gone un sanctions are definitely a case of saving face. as always thank you for your insights. well meanwhile in the eastern german city of chemists a court has released one of the suspects being held for the stabbing death that sparked zina phobic violen

of chemists but the case triggered a disagreement within the german government officials now say mohsen will be given a job with the interior ministry instead. political correspondent kate brady is covering developments for us kid mr moss's removal from the post as head of germany's domestic intelligence age as the head of that intelligence agency hasn't been entirely unexpected but how surprising is this outcome because there have been rumors floating around in this afternoon into the evening of a compromise being on the table from the conservative coalition leaders and that that was evidently presented to social democrats need to and they are not as this afternoon so it doesn't come as a complete surprise but at the same time this has taken quite a bizarre ten zero because this is a very curious compromise of course mohsen has indeed been fired from his position as the domestic intelligence chief in germany but effectively he is now being promoted and will now be working as a state secretary in the interior ministry of course not going to be hearing from the coalition party leaders th

is making space to bring mohsen on board in his interior ministry by when the moving and s.p.d. deputy minister from his ministry so they could be a speedy pace to lose on both counts so he's a thing right but the people looking at this from outside think it's weird how does a troublesome civil servant who stands up and contradicts the chancellor end up being promoted instead of being kicked out well the one thing that we know and that is what's the offer is bringing on the interior minister all he has the backing so they will force the one person one petition in berlin who gives mohsen the backing and who keeps him on board he is the one who is basically defending this controversial political civil servant and what the s.p.d. saw them at the moment is that is that they have quite the the most weakest partner in the coalition agreement and they know if they try to break out of this and that would be new elections they would lose have a break according to the recent polls and i must live here on the course it should thank you so much. to nigeria now on the booming business of wor

from berlin moment of truth to germany's domestic intelligence chief past been fired hans garrett mohsen pays the price for meddling in politics and for his controversial response to the far right chemists rights were at the german chancellor you with the latest also coming up doctors say it's highly plausible that this member of the russian protest group pussy riot was poisoned short of first off it is in intensive care at a hospital in berlin but doctors are confident that he'll recover. and the president trump it's china with more terrorists the biggest we've yet new punitive duties have been announced on some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese imports beijing has promised to hit back. all right also coming up north and south korea get together again it's all smiles and hugs as the two leaders meet in pyongyang for a summit but will they be able to reboot stole talks that could lead to a deep nuclearized korean peninsula. and a big models for some big b.b.'s revisit an elephant orphanage in kenya that aims to see the beast from extinction. you know. i am. great to have you a

mohsen was under fire for alleged far right sympathies will now become second in command to germany's interior ministry working for the rebellious horses zehava says a hole of a house demand has defended mawson's unlikely promotion a saying that all three party leaders in the country's coalition government agree to this compromise that is until after social democrats were part of the coalition of wanted mohsen sacked now some party members are questioning the deal struck by their leadership and the chancellor so far as a. political correspondent maximillian a coach a coach joins me now welcome maximillian and so let's start there with as a whole. he he defended this move in a press conference tell us more about what he's been saying he's confirmed and in fact what we've heard yesterday and the official announcement that mohsen who was or is still is the head of the domestic intelligence service will move over to the interior ministry he will get to pose as a demand deputy minister and until a new head of the domestic intelligence service is announced he will stay in that position once

for his critics in parliament mohsen is a man who can no longer be trusted even with the support of the interior minister he'll have a hard time regaining his standing. let's bring in patrick zen's board now he's a member of the german parliament he's part of chancellor merkel's c.d.u. party and he's also a member of the domestic affairs committee and yes they interviewed germany's domestic intelligence chief hans mohsin mr zentai thanks for being with us today on g.w. news first of all many are calling for hans-georg mohsen to step down or resign or be fired horsey hope of the interior minister says he sees no reason for that what do you think i think the same call since a few month especially the left wing parties address mohsen for doing a lot of things for example they say we have got a person around on his amerie who did the attack and suppose it's a square in berlin and it's not like christmas in a christmas time which was very sad and it occurred that that was not opposed around him it was a person in the mosque here in berlin who tries to get information out of the mosque which

we begin the day with germany's top spy whose credibility may be headed for rock bottom hans-georg mohsen is the chief of germany's domestic spy agency he leads the federal office to protect. the constitution yet tonight political party leaders here in berlin are debating whether or not he is a real friend to the rule of law all in the past week he has fueled suspicion that the country's law enforcement agencies have been infiltrated by far right sympathizers last week mr mostyn contradicted the german chancellor when he cast doubt on the authenticity of videos purportedly showing min chasing down foreigners in broad daylight now there are reports that mawson met with a member of the far right party and shared confidential information why would the head of intelligence share anything with a party that just two weeks ago openly demonstrated with neo nazis or the answers could be politically explosive we have this report could the president of germany's domestic secret service bring down the government that's what the papers are asking social democrats a conservative one scaled mohsen must

was under fire for contradicting the chancellor about the extent of recent right wing bylines mohsen had the backing of mackerels rebellious interior minister a whole say hold also leads one of the coalition parties but medical center left coalition partners the social democrats demanded boson's ouster the party leaders agreed on mawson's fate at a crisis meeting on tuesday but that compromise is already testing the government's unity. the decisive meeting at the chancellery was held in the late afternoon for days people could only speculate whether the head of germany's domestic intelligence agency would stay. the coalition party does reached agreement within two hours must and will leave his post but he'll actually be promoted to the office of deputy minister at the interior ministry he will and more than before. junior coalition partners the social democrats who demanded martin's removal but party leaders finally agreed to his job change instead the concession has appalled other party members. as i'm far from feel it's a slap in the face to people who take responsibility for their

so despite all of this controversy surrounding mohsen leading members of chancellor merkel's coalition met for nearly two hours yesterday and still could not agree on his fate what does this tell us. well the problem is the continuing tensions within are going to mco its coalition on the one hand she is dealing with the social democrats who invent fact have escalated the series to situation and provoked this crisis by demanding that. the chief of the domestic intelligence service should be fired on the other hand she deals with her. sister party from bavaria the c.s.u. leader of the sea is she was also the interior minister and. direct boss in other words if. the intelligence chief were to be fired the interior minister would have to do that he has refused to do it he has said he continues to support him as we have just seen in the clip so if it is to be forced out of office either has to decide to do that then she also has the interior minister all some other solution has to be formed at the moment people are saying there is a possibility that mohsen could be persuaded to resign on hi

leaders to discuss a dispute surrounding the head of the domestic intelligence service hans-georg mohsen america's junior coalition partners the social democrats are demanding that she fire bos'n after he question the authenticity of a video. showing migrants being chased by demonstrators in the eastern german city of chemists last week critics also accuse mohsen of passing sensitive information to the far right a f t v are you because. of both and let's bring in our political correspondent hans braun for more on this story hi hans yet another crisis meeting of germany's coalition leaders how serious is this. well it's the social democrats that have been escalating this situation as you have said that the interior domestic intelligence service. has been under a lot of criticism in recent weeks over discussions on demonstrations in kemet spy right wing us in the city of chemists and what in fact happened there is that he directly contradicted statements made by under machall herself that's really the core of the of the issue here the question of whether he was was taking part in a politic

but germany's interior minister mohsen superior has defended the controversial statements. when a scene in minnesota if you took to the essential message interior minister i have always said that in such difficult terrible events one must be accurately informed about what actually took place today for most. a spokeswoman for the interior ministry said investigations of the disputed videos are ongoing meanwhile mohsen has been asked to clarify his position. when migration debate has exposed a deep rift between germany's east and west and he says he is off the collapse of communism the once divided country remains fall from unified he is chief political as having went to the eastern state of saxony to find out why. just over an hour's drive from kenya it's the small town of meissen is feeling kemet says current political pay. to the man who led saxony is political education agency for eight years is running for mayor here in the city center many saxes tell him they feel hard done by the media over the events in canada this is. a bully who despite the fact that ordinary people

mohsen was removed as head of the country's domestic intelligence agency after he made controversial comments about last month's far right violence in the eastern german city of candidates but his promotion to a higher paid job of the interior ministry has particularly angered america's coalition partners the social democrats. well to get some analysis on all of this i'm joined in the studio now by our political correspondent bob in front of mark hello to you fabienne all right so they need to agree on a different solution for mohsen but what happens if the interior minister as they hope for from miracle sister party the c.s.u. does not agree to another solution on mohsen what then i believe that he will come up with some compromise idea because otherwise he wouldn't have agreed to meet and talk at all with. the social democrats leader and the question is how could such a solution look like because i mean as you said already the guy was the man who was promoted instead of punished and that is something that caused great outrage so one has to find a solution where there is a new job f

mohsen piece the prize for meddling in politics and for his controversial response to the far right to chemists riots that has divided germany's fragile coalition also coming up a looks like poison this member of the russian that protest group pussy riot is in intensive care in a berlin hospital and doctors think it's highly possible that kyoto for so long was poisoned but their confidence to kill recover and president trump age china with more terror is the biggest wave yet new punitive duty's have been announced on some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese imports beijing has promised to hit back. also the u.n. welcomes the proposal of a save zone before the syrian province of idlib the presidents of russia and turkey agreed to create a demilitarized buffer zone on monday we get reactions from inside the besieged province and you wonder why i don't like to call you my girlfriend because i want to call you my wife. stole the show a long while fortunately she said yes the seventy at the emmy awards ceremony in los angeles honored. i mean that's as well as traditional television

the talks could decide the future of mohsen and that of the coalition itself. let's get more from v.w. political correspondent to thomas spyros thomas we saw there in that report the s.p.d. saying this decision was a mistake and the chance for appearing to agree why well essentially because they all realize that they made a mistake that that decision that they agreed on earlier this week was not the correct decision to obviously realized that when they saw some of the reactions that came out not only reactions from for example members of the opposition but also within their own parties and obviously also within the german public there was a new poll for example that revealed that clearly revealed the traditional parties are losing support whereas other parties for example the far right of thirty four germany are gaining ground that poll of us the does not only refer to this mosque in case but it does refer to a general sense here in germany that the members of the grand coalition have a very big problem and that problem has to be solved they have to be moved fr

mohsen is under fire for questioning the authenticity of a video showing migrants being chased by a stream is now senior politicians are calling for him to be sacked also on the program. says priests in germany raped and sexually abused nearly four thousand children over seventeen years and that the church then failed to publicly punish most of the abusers. in the southeast of the united states gets ready for. the storm poses a threat to millions of people will bring you an update from north carolina. welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel is holding emergency talks with key party leaders to try to resolve the dispute about the head of the country's domestic intelligence service during a coalition partners the social democrats want. him to resign face after he questioned the authenticity of a video showing migrants being chased by demonstrators in the eastern german city of kenneth's critics also accuse him of passing sensitive information to the far right the party. let's get more from g.w. political correspondent christopher spring great to welcome chris go masson likely

talks could decide the future of mohsen and that of the coalition itself. well as to china now where up to a million muslims have been sent to so-called reeducation camps in the last year there are reportedly dozens of camps in the province where mostly members of the weak and muslim minority are thought to be held for political indoctrination china has defended the camps as part of a vital security move germany and france have called for the camps closure. now new evidence has emerged that we get children are being detained and sent to state run orphanages far away from their parents human rights groups say it's an attempt to dissolve the identity and culture of a proud ethnic minority. with its music and cartoon characters the whole ton kindergarten seems like just another place for kids to have fun but the barbed wire and bada keating betray its real purpose as a de facto prison for children. among those believed to be inside are the children of we merit. a deal mohamed and abdullah. from clothing to food it's all chinese they're indoctrinating them with

her junior coalition partners the social democrats are demanding that she fire mohsen over comments he made casting doubt on the authenticity of the video. showing migrants being chased by demonstrators in the eastern german city of chemists last week now critics accuse mohsen of playing into the hands of right wing groups they also accuse him of passing sensitive information to the far right a.s.d. party. let's get the latest now with our political correspondent hans bronte hans so the social democrats they are part of chancellor merkel's government and they want mohsin gone will they get their way well that's not the social democrats obviously who can get him dismissal who called who can dismiss him but they are escalating the situation all mohsen spend about five dollars in parliament yesterday explaining to both the intelligence committee and the committee for interior of what is the exact position was. clearly the social democrats have not been satisfied with the explanations that were given and parliament yesterday and they haven't all as a party said that this state of the do

horse a horse has indeed protected mohsen in the last few days so trying to find a compromise between the different parties there would certainly be a big challenge and obviously the when is another important matter because it does not necessarily mean that he would leave today he could still be in his position for weeks or even months even if today there is an announcement that he would have to leave his position eventually. so it's only been a few months since there are over migration policy pushed the chances are government to the brink so how strained is the coalition now over this mustn't control the city while in short it's very strained this has again revealed the fault lines in germany's governing coalition the different priorities and the different positions all the different parties involved they have even been comments saying that germany is too concerned about its own internal problems and that in turn affects how germany reacts internationally and deals with some of the problems worldwide so there have been indeed a lot of critics here in germany of the way that things ha

but germany's interior minister mohsen superior has defended the controversial statements. to the from the us national message interior minister i have always said that in such difficult terrible events one must be accurately informed about what actually took place in full view most. what's the politics looking for. a spokeswoman for the interior ministry said investigations of the disputed videos are ongoing meanwhile mohsen has been asked to clarify his position. as the most d.w. political correspondent maximally on the course sheik who has been following the story welcome back many on how hard times go mass and back up his statement. well this is the crucial point is the moment he hasn't at all so far we only have the interview that he's given germany's biggest tabloid newspaper builds today in which he makes these claims but doesn't back them up in any way and we've got the statement from the domestic circuit service itself the shots in which they say they're still checking they're still investigating the claims that this video may be fake but there is no proof so far a

but germany's interior minister mohsen superior has defended the controversial statements. when a senior minister you took to. hear your minister i have always said that in such difficult terrible events one must be accurately informed about what actually took place in full view most. a spokeswoman for the interior ministry said investigations of the disputed videos are ongoing meanwhile mohsen has been asked to clarify his position. as get more from g.w. political correspondent maximally on course sheikh who's been following the story welcome mats money on how households go back to his statement. well this is the crucial point is the moment he hasn't at all so far we are you have the interview that he is gay. even germany's biggest tabloid newspaper built today in which he makes these claims but doesn't back them up in any way and we've got the statement from the domestic circuit service itself the shots in which they say they're still checking they're still investigating the claims that this video may be fake but there is no proof so far and the bigger question is if ther

country's embattled domestic spy chief right at this moment last week there were calls for hans-georg mohsen to be sacked after he questioned the authenticity of a video apparently showing farid violence in the city of chemists he was removed from his post but then received a promotion to the interior ministry well that infuriated even more people including members of the social democrats their leader and analysis then demanded that the decision on mohsen be renegotiated the fallout from the case has threatened to topple merkel's coalition government. our chief political editor michelle there has been following the story for us and she joins me now for more on all this so michelle the coalition leaders are still in talks at this very moment but has anything a leaked about a possible new solution for the muslim case what we think is the vision is very near and here mr haas the office certainly called for the press to join him for a press statement due to start just within a couple of minutes from now so we're very near to some kind of resolution which will most likely and that's what the kind

mohsen to be fired or for him to resign but seen from today it doesn't look as though they are going to push the red button in this in the sense that they will. leave the chancellor merkel's governing coalition so the coalition seems safe what about the chancellor how much pressure is she under over this. well i would say of the three leaders who are talking in the chancellery behind me she's. least under pressure as it were. the person who really is in the focus is the interior minister. who for because he is the political boss of hands of mass and the head of germany's domestic intelligence service he would be the person who would have to fire him so he's under a lot of pressure sensually if he was convinced to fire him that would be a huge climb down for him at the moment i don't see him doing that especially because his party the christian social union they are the bavarian conservatives and they face a difficult state election coming up next month christopher spring great let's well let's ask you what more briefly one of the a.f.d. germany's far right opposition party they do se

for his critics in parliament mohsen is a man who can no longer be trusted even with the support of the interior minister he'll have a hard time regaining his standing. i've concord answer that question he seems to have convinced the committees in parliament at least the conservative members of the committees in parliament but what seems clear is that he did make some very clear statements that he now contradicts himself in connection with that violence and candidates and he simply had to take back the statements now so it's very difficult to see exactly what his purpose and in all of this was i think what you have to say is that he has been known for some time as basically a sympathizer or a critic of uncle americal a sympathizer of conservative politics fix in germany and the suspicion is that through this interview he says he wanted to deescalate the situation but in fact it seems that he wanted to make a political statement. statements indeed suggest that the media and the chancellor misrepresented events in encampments did he overstep his remit in going out publicly to say that. we

not clear how far this crisis is going to go by that certainly could end up being very serious when mohsen himself was grilled earlier in the week by two parliamentary committees just how do you defend himself has he changed his stance. no he didn't change his stance at all he appeared in front of these committees and was really completely adamant that what he had to do and said in the past few days and weeks was correct that he would do the same thing again if the situation rose in other words he did not see a centimeter he did not see that all and in this stance he was defended by the interior minister from the very so the silence on the sides of both the interior ministry and of mawson himself seems at them completely immovable there doesn't seem to be any chance that they're going to change their stance at the moment so given that he wasn't are willing to change his stance is he likely to step down briefly if you can well at the moment that's the kind of solution that everybody is hoping for that mohsen will for some reason be pressured into resigning on his own that would save face on

that this trust no longer exists so there must be consequences for now conservatives are backing mohsen he's accused of improperly passing on sensitive information to germany's far right populist party the f.t. and a half team member told germany via the data was contained in an unreleased government report. when we spoke with mr marson about the report it wasn't available in printed form yet we talked about various numbers and figures such as right wing extremism left wing extremism and islamist threat. s.p.d. chairwoman under the analysis met for crisis talks with merkel and conservatives on thursday but there was no breakthrough talks will continue next tuesday. and i'm joined now by my colleague chris durst brigade he's been covering the story for us here in berlin good evening to you krista first so how widely is it that will be out of a job. well the interesting thing is that last night he looked he was going to survive this crisis but the tide seems to turn either during the night this morning in particular the social democrats or the junior coalition partners in chancellor merke

with school on the promotion of the controversial head of germany's domestic intelligence agency mohsen has also provoked exhaust the ration on the streets and a fire in the private sector he would have been kicked out if you mess up you go it's that simple and. i think it's bad really if he has to leave his office he shouldn't get a promotion. and if you don't read the season after the other by the government must and should have gone after yesterday's decision to promote mohsen to a more senior position in the interior ministry there was no comment from coalition leaders as they left without stepping in front of the microphones. and it chancellor angela merkel's first official engagement of the day she still avoided addressing the issue. in the wake of far right and rest in kemet mawson had defied the chancellor by questioning the authenticity of a video showing mobs chasing down migrants. merkel had said the video was real and condemned the actions sharon calls for mawson's dismissal grew louder. yet macro's interior minister. stood by his side today he denied any responsibility for

last week there were calls for hans-georg mohsen to be sacked after he apparently downplayed the recent migrant filings in the city of chemist's he was to be removed from his post and then to get a promotion in the interior ministry that sparked widespread public anger prompting new negotiations between. you there bavarian sister party the c.s.u. led by horst c. who for and the social democrats s.p.d. leader andrea knowledge gave her reaction in berlin following z. ho for his announcement. i have spoken again with the c.d.u. and c.s.u. leaders and i think that it's a very good sign that we took the criticism of our decision on tuesday seriously and could result it i would like to thank i'm going to call and horsey hoffa taking up my initiative to see men in the city for. an initiative that in theory at least should spell the end of the modern crisis and help lift the latest cloud over unless. it's a will the clouds now be lifting to be a political correspondent simon young joins us now for more assignment on america there conceding she made a mistake but will this be enough to silence h

let us say because we cannot tell the public that germany's domestic intelligence chief mohsen must on the one hand step down. but on the other hand be promoted to secretary of state in mr z. who for his ministry in front is. all right and the political correspondent thomas sparrow a has been tracking our reactions to this developing story thomas is this a case of buyer's remorse well in a way to is because this has just become one of those surreal decisions in recent german political history and i think that's something that was met with condemnation here in germany also met with some people's image didn't understand what was happening and why that decision why that compromise was reached between the three members of the german grand coalition how it is possible that mr moxon who according to for example the social democrats should have been fired was actually promoted and put into a different position this created a lot of criticism also plenty of jokes here in political. also created as mrs knowledge said a problem of trust and a problem of trust within the german voters that is als

mohsen was told you have to go following controversial comments he made about fog right violence in the eastern german town of candidates but his promotion to a more senior position within the interior ministry sparked an outcry from the conservatives coalition partners social democrats now german chancellor angela merkel says it is time for a rethink. and you buying a comb we have agreed to reassess the situation i think it's right and necessary. so that you know it's right and it's necessary because we need to be fully focused on our tasks in government to turn the many challenges we face at home and abroad. because it's our duty to resolve the worries and problems of people in germany. if we want to reach a joint sustainable solution this weekend. that's been in this. so what's going on well let's ask our political correspondent thomas farah welcome thomas why does the chancellor appear to be going back on her her own decision well phil and it's not only the chancellor it's also the other members of germany's grand coalition let's not forget that it was not even the chancellor who fi

the future of the country's domestic intelligence chief last week there were calls for hans field mohsen to be sacked after he apparently downplayed we sent out to my grandfather once he was removed from his post and then set to get a promotion in vain to me a ministry that sparked widespread public anger prompting new negotiations. so here's what interior minister has to hold for told the press a short while ago. it's a good presidents the current president of the federal office for the protection of the constitution. mohsen will henceforth serve as a special advisor to the interior minister with the rank of department head there he will be responsible for european and international matters. our chief political editor mckay local snow has been following that story for us and she now joins me in the studio it's good to see you so we've just heard lawson will join the interior minister but no pay raise for him is this enough to silence the critics was certainly and i'm not sure that will silence the critics but it goes some way to at least sending the message that one has listened to peop

the future of the country's domestic intelligence chief a dispute over what to do with hans field mohsen after his controversial comments on far right violence has led to speculation about the very future of chancellor angela merkel's government interior minister who refused to fire mohsen informed waiting journalists of his new assignment to a second weekend of crisis talks. arriving to deliver a compromise a new solution to end the uncertainty over the future of germany's soon to be former domestic intelligence chief it's a good because of the current president of the federal office for the protection of the constitution scaled madison will henceforth serve a special advisor to the interior minister with the rank of department head there he will be responsible for european and international matters. and scrutiny he said . last week there were calls for hands masson to be sacked after he apparently downplayed recent violence in the city of cam that he was to be removed from his post and then set to get a promotion in the interior ministry that sparked widespread public anger prompting m

partners reach a new deal on the fate of the country's embattled domestic intelligence chief hans joke mohsen will be made a special advisor to the syria minister of the same thing as before instead of getting a promotion and dreams. what it only it's a chance in america and also on the program for pope francis create a tribute to victims of oppression in the baltic countries in lithuania not all those who suffered under the nazi and soviet occupation plus the carious homecoming of two years eleven on it's now safe enough for some syrian refugees to return home we'll see how one family is struggling to rebuild lives interrupted by a. welcome to the program the leaders of the violence had led to speculation about the very future of chancellor angela merkel's government. minister who refused to fire mohsen informed waiting journalism diovan the future of germany's soon to be former domestic intelligence chief failure to give presidents the current president of the federal office for the protection of the constitution hong scaled masson will henceforth serve a special advisor to the interior min

another sense he's removed from that particular post the interior minister who has always backed mohsen has always said he has my trust and i don't want him to be gone kate within his ministry so he still has severe. period of mass and that is the only way to trash a fact and not go who was forced to act on this particular issue has acted on it so in a sense. the compromise is every one of them is happy the question of is is it a good compromise and what does the rest of the world market and is it good to keep mohsen in general in a public office well that is indeed the question this is a problem within chancellor merkel's coalition politically but remains a hugely controversial figure what does the rest of the country make of that exactly so he remains a controversial figure we haven't heard anything yet in for example on an investigation on the way he's conducted his position so there have been accusations of on several different fields there's been a question of how he's been working together with the far right if the policy that been questions in the way certain things have been inv

chief says she'll pay more attention now to voters' concerns but have the missteps in the hans-georg mohsen affair permanently damaged her coalition government. plus three saudi human rights activists a former corruption crusaders in guatemala and the scientists working on the report station we profile the winners of an award known as the alternative nobel prize. well i'm terry martin good to have you with us unconfirmed u.s. media reports say that deputy attorney attorney general rod rosenstein has been summoned to the white house and is in for a bout to resign or be fired this comes after rosenstein reportedly suggested that aides take president on a conversation he's also alleged to have raised the idea of invoking the twenty fifth amendment of the us constitution. trump removed from office rosenstein is in charge of the investigation into the trump campaign's connections to russia after rosenstein balsa attorney general jeff sessions had to recuse himself. well let's go straight over to washington d.c. where our correspondent there is following this developing story it's reported that u