, they wanted pegida to be gone. but mr. vilders would say that actually the culture that he was trying to defend was a european culture, a german culture which he said were not compatible with the feeling now. there weren't tens of thousands of people. you will recall that in jab of this year in two occasions pegida managed to get up to 25,000 people on to the street of dresden. that's not the sort today. it was a stretched that there were tens of thousands of people. i staw for saw for example one placard that pegida did not want to see what they called an irresponsible asylum policy. that touches a nerve in eastern germany. in recent weeks there has been a situation when an asylum center was set on fire. that points to there are certain parts of society which are troubled by germany's asylum policy. the asylum policy is one in which the main political parties in germany support. >> thank you dominic kane from germany. >>> died at the age of 87, simon mcgregor wood reports on the life of a man many described as the

>> when the pegida movement started last year. they grew and it came a point by christmas and new year that we had 25,000 people, 30,000 people in the streets. those figures have dwindled recently, but this message of a fear of islamfication is something that it points to. there is a feeling that the far right here in eastern germany in particular has arisen. i was covering a story last week of a center for asylum seekers that was attacked not far from here actually. and massive asylum seeker who came from syria who spoke of the welcome he received here in germany. we have to be careful not to equate the two issues strongly, but there is a sense from the people here, that they are worried about islamfication they're worried about the number of asylum seekers they believe are here in germany. but is actually worth saying that the political parties generally and wider society is in favor of those things. >> so we'll definitely be keep angle eye on those developments throughout the day. thank you. >>> nigeria's election commission ha

pegida. pegida post office immigrants who fail to integrate. >> still no word on two other member kidnapped on the same attack. >> a formatter police academy in sierra leone is being renovated on part of ongoing measures to quarantine those infected by the virus. families have somewhere to stay, until it's safe to return home. >>> brazil is fighting an outbreak of dengue fever in the heavily populated state of sao paulo. cases have shot up 162% so far this year. the disease is transmitted by infected mosquitos. >> just an hour's drive from the state capital of sao paulo known for its strong economy but now residents have found themselves on the front line of a health crisis. >> i have a fever headache, dizziness and low blood pressure. i went to work but didn't feel well so they asked me to come here. >> brazil is a hot spot for dengue fever a mosquito born tropical virus. since january officials have reported more than a quarter of a million new cases 10,000 of them have been registered here

i would assume the peg followersida -- pegida followers hope for a good more of the spectacle. i think both sides wanted to gain support or give each other support. one has to know the numbers have been dwindling over the past weeks and months. they are far away from their all-time high turnout in january when 25,000 people came out. today police say maybe 10,000. far less than those 30,000 that were expected at -- were expected. they wanted to gain publicity by this very well known infamous islam critic. he is quite isolated in his country in the netherlands. i was in the european parliament where his party is sitting. i really don't think there's much support. steve: we are going to have to leave it there, thank you very much. it is official, hillary clinton has announced her second bid to become president of the united states. the former secretary of state and former first lady aims to break what she calls the highest and hardest glass ceiling by becoming the first female u.s. president. republicans responded by going on the attack, saying her past was a decades long record

. >>> thousands of supporters of a march in germany, organized by the antiislamic pegida movement. recently supporters have dwindled. >> translator: if you love germany then raise the alarm. if you love your husband or wife you must raise the alarm. if you love your children, then raise the alarm. warn your neighbors colleagues or friends of the threat islamization poses a threat to your country your children and your freedom. >> people shopping in hong kong will have to apply for a vee is visa. as liddy gopalan reports. >> baby foods snacks and hygiene products are cleared off the store shelves. almost every other retail outlet in this border town is a pharmacy catering to these shoppers who are called parallel traders. they buy and sell the goods for a profit. higher safety standards than those in the mainland. the new visa restrictions limiting the number of trips are meant to clamp down on the trade. this pet shop has been changed. only a river divides hong kong and the river of shenzen. you can see it right behind me. six years ago the residents could be the only on mainland c

. >>> a popularrist speaker has addressed a large crowd of pegida in germany. wildizaza posed his support to germany. >> if you love germany raise your alarm. if you love your husband or wife you must raise the alarm if you love your children you must raise the alarm. the threat that islamization poses. >> jean maria le pen made comments which prompted his daughter and party leader marine to tell him to step down. >>> nobel prize winner gunter grass passed away at the age of 87. simon mcgregor wood reports on the life of a man many say is the moral conscience of germany. >> he was the german writer who most boldly confronted his country's nazi past while for many years concealing his own. he was propelled to fame by his 1959 novel the tin drum about a boy growing up in grass's home town of danzig. now the city of gdansk. another famous son of gdansk paid tribute. >> translator: it was a great intellectual, one has to say. when we were exchanging books i wrote in dedication to a gdansk citizen from birth and from choice. we were both from gdansk. we were sure th

in germany the antimuslim group pegida held a rally rally organizers had expected 30,000 taindees. >> he was once known as germany's moral compass. gunter grass has died as 87. >> simon mcgregor wood takes a look at the author. >> for many years concealing his own. of hitler's ss. his 1959 novel the tin drum, propelled him to international fame. in 1999, his work was rewarded with the nobel prize for literature. , writing well into his 80s he campaigned for defending the author al manrushdie. >>> he wrote what needs to be said,. >> it's not just the context in which he wrote but also, that the writing is exceptional. he is one of the great german authors, if not great authors of the at which time century. the work which is most important will stand true. >> but his role as the moral conscience of modern germany was critically damaged in 2006. in his autobiography peeling the onion, he revealed the ss as a 16-year-old in the last months of the war something he had never admitted before. it brought condental nation for a writer who urged his countrymen to confront their past, while spen