to berlin to our correspondent peter oliver to make sense of all this peter the alliance as we say temporary or otherwise has sparked outrage what do we know at this stage how did it work out like this. well it's not often we're talking about high drama in german politics it usually prides itself on being fairly did put on wednesday german politics rock to its very core because of the role played by alternative for germany they were the f.d.a. well they've become the king makers in the state elections in the regional ballots in to injure. what that means is a candidate from the free democratic party the f.t.p. thomas chemical will be the new state premier and he's achieved this after they put their votes in the state parliament behind him 2 worth noting this ballot the public went to the ballot back in october of last year this is the 3rd round of voting in the state parliament itself what has actually happened is that mr cameron it has been elected by just one solitary vote this is after members from the christian democratic union which is of course angola miracles party alternative for ger

victims being turkish nationals so for more on this now we're joined by our europe correspondent peter oliver who's with us from berlin good evening she paid peter what's been the reaction then in the city after last night's attack. i hope peter can hear is paid to just 13 what's been the reaction in berlin to last night's attack hello hi. well we've seen people coming out onto the streets here in berlin as well as in the city of harwood here in berlin at the brandenburg gate of course one of the most iconic. hello yes i can hear that well what we've seen is people coming out onto the streets here in the german capital as well as in the city of hama where the attack took place at the brandenburg gate here in berlin we saw people forming a human chain saying that they were here to protest against racism against anti semitism and against right wing terrorism that was also reflected and another demonstration in a different part of the city where people saying that they've come germany was uniting against this hatred in the city of hondo itself. the german president was present at a vigil that's

they're questioning whether the open border policy should be suspended is our europe correspondent peter oliver. tens of thousands of people a lot down in quarantine and north and it's only because of the virus with one of the issues fundamental freedoms the freedom of movement taking a hate. going to. train services between italy and austria were temporarily suspended and in fronts the right wing of politics there is saying that that country's border with italy should be closed and given the mood of i would prefer to do too much and rather than not enough perhaps closing the borders is necessary if the epidemic is out of control in italy each year on foot we can harbor a very serious concerns about there are people in france in my heart of the markets so i request precautionary measures in my letter to the prime minister as i mentioned measures of reinforcing the border control holding china it's really does france control its borders no it doesn't and effective action plan however involves controlling entry from risky or contaminated areas let's have national borders once and for all rumania

election after a regional vote scandal over so-called far right fire walls our europe correspondent peter oliver looks at where it's left the cd you today than. before monday it was almost impossible to hear and a great crime how about his name said by a journalist commentator without them my being widely tipped as a future success set to angle a miracle all that is no more after a meeting with christian democratic party top brass on sunday she decided to quit as party leader and she won't be running for the job of chancellor at the next election and that's without an egg there and then there would be difficult times and the last 2 years have proved that out of this reasons and with the intention to make the city's stronger after careful consideration i have announced my decision today in front of the c.d.u. board meeting and federal board i want john to the position of chancellor as i have already announced our will lead the process to find the new candidate who will move the c.d.u. and the whole union forward the poles have not been kind to the c.d.u. who along with their very insisted posse t

euthanasia services and critics are warning the right to die will now be exploited for profit peter oliver takes a closer look at the ruling and the reaction it's triggered. almost 5 years after it was banned the highest court in germany has ruled that blocking assisted suicide is unconstitutional and making its ruling on wednesday the constitutional court in college shura said everyone has a right to live and a right to die article 217 of the german criminal code outlawed euthanasia as well as the advertising of the services what this ruling from the constitutional court means is that that's being overturned and not only could companies offer euthanasia but that advertising for the day could also stop being seeing the thinking behind wednesday's court ruling is that this will allow those in extreme paying and suffering from terminal illnesses to end their lives on their terms however senior voices within palliative care are warning that this could perhaps only to the normalization and indeed the commodification of suicide in society now the facilitation of suicide for the sick and tired o

attacker is believed to have had racist motives 5 of the victims were turkish nationals artie's peter oliver has. 2 vigils have been taking place here in the german capital in response to the killings in the western city of now at the brandenburg gate that iconic symbol here in the center of berlin we saw people forming a human chain in solidarity with the people of haiti now also at another location in the city people saying that they've come out onto the streets against racism and t. semitism and right wing terrorism there's also been a vigil taking place in the city of where this incident took place frank felt the steinmeyer the german president was in attendance there have been other politicians out and about various events that have been taking place on thursday evening 9 people were killed 2 separate locations 2 she should bars in the western city of head now not far from the major city of frankfurt a 42 year old man who is believed to be the main suspect was later found dead at his home alongside his 72 year old mother eyewitnesses who with there when the shootings took place that she

alliance with the right wing alternative for germany the details is on his corresponds in berlin peter oliver. has decided to step down as the head of the christian democratic union party here in germany and therefore won't be the party's candidate for the chancellorship at the on the cycle actions of the set to be held next year she held a meeting on sunday night with party top brass and from that decided she didn't have the support she needed to continue in the role of the cd you have suffered in the polls of late and their coalition with the center left social democrats as also not really helped matters but it's really the scandal last week that we saw in the state of today in jet it seems to have been the final straw that breaks the camel's back here what happened into the in june was the local faction of the christian democratic union sided with the right wing alternative for germany policy now this was against the express wishes of central office here in berlin from the c.d.u. also against promises that it be made by chancellor angela merkel not to work with a.f.p. no matter what well t

admitted working with a german doctor facing doping allegations concerning more than 20 athletes peter oliver has details. doping in sports is at its most fundamental cheating some cheat to win gold medals for others like austrian cyclist stefan to nicole he was trying to keep his career following a serious injury although for him it resulted in a 4 year ban i'm not a criminal i wouldn't have got a contract without doping of that sentiment was repeated by cross country skiing your highness do or who received a lifetime ban for blood doping as i see it you can't be at the top without doping both of these disgraced sportsmen were patients of the noun the tory is german dr mark schmidt he ran an elaborate criminal ring providing performance enhancing drugs to 23 athletes in 8 countries his motivation was a different kind of gold money but schmitz operation came crashing down last year during police raids that were part of operation adolescence bloodletting in english whistleblowers lead to several athletes being caught made blood transfusion the cocktail of illegal supplements they were putting

that freedom of movement across the in you should be suspended here's our europe correspondent peter oliver. tens of thousands of people a lockdown in quarantine in northern italy because of the virus with one of the fundamental freedoms the freedom of movement taking a hit. on a. train services between italy and austria were temporarily suspended and in from the right wing of politics there is saying that that country's border with its elite should be closed and given the model of i would prefer to do too much and rather than not enough they have to close in the borders nasa. theory if the epidemic is out of control in italy each year on 4 we can harbor a very serious concerns about there are people in france it might have a virus which struck me so i regressed to cautionary measure in my letter to the prime minister as i mentioned all measures of reinforcing whole duke rumania which has a significant proportion of its citizens living and working in italy for that i will stick to we quarantine period for anyone returning from that country romania might be more exposed to coronavirus cases

surveillance of far right to vittie in germany there are also calls for tougher gun laws in the country peter oliver in berlin there well and i have to spokes person we talked to claims that the german establishment is desperately trying to link the atrocities to his party. killer was a paranoid he was sued is because of. the police said it very soon on twitter. this guy had no connection to any any political group to any. extremist to any right wing groups and what does the world as terrible as the situation that the the all political parties are trying to stick it somehow to the a.f.p. this is the only way how can they manage to fight against us because they have no real political arguments and pull in the political discussion so therefore they are always just trying to push us into a right to in corner sort of that people are afraid even to talk to ours to listen to our political arguments we are we are living in a. very heavy political oppression in my mind but we are not free. to express what we want our people are permanently under a tag of left extremist and. you know what what happened now i

claim it's being used to collect weapons to use in yemen civil war our european correspondent peter oliver picks up a story. the saudi arabian cargo ship the behavior jambu is on a journey that human rights activists are paying extremely close attention to the ship is currently on route from bremerhaven here in germany to tilbury docks in the u.k. however what's of more interest to the likes of amnesty international is what the ship may be carrying they say the ship has been used in the past to move u.s. weapons for use in the war in yemen there's no confirmation that the ship is carrying weapons however activists were waiting for it in the port of on tour a stopover that was ultimately counseled after leaving saudi arabia in november last year the ship arrived in houston stopover one o 4 in the us in canada before traversing the atlantic to germany on its way through the suez canal towards a final destination in the u.a.e. the bihari who is expected to face demonstrations as it saw a similar journey last year against saudi actions in yemen which human rights activists claim constitute war

alliance with the rightwing alternative for germany party let's go to a correspondent based in peter oliver welcome. to this fascinating story. well high drama in german politics it started on wednesday it's continued through thursday chancellor angela merkel weighing into the mix describing it as a bad day for democracy after regional representatives of her c.d.u. party aligned themselves with the right wing alternative for germany party in order to build outs a left wing prime minister in the state attorney india. and this is unforgivable and that's why the result must be reversed the election of this prime minister was a unique process that broke with the basic conviction of the c.d.u. and also of mine namely that no majorities should be won with the help of the f.t. this is a ban today for democracy. so a lot of anger here in germany really counts over the state not enough this is because working with alternative for germany the f.d.a. is seen as one of the well the big to boost in or perhaps even the biggest in german politics and not only that working with them was something that angl

later on monday shock waves from the latest political scandal in germany continue to ripple out to peter oliver in berlin there with all the details thank you. and other news the death toll from the corona virus outbreak succeeded 900 people with more than 40000 cases confirmed globally on this backdrop the russian air force has carried out an airlift evacuating russian citizens from china's province hit worse by the outbreak. 144 russian nationals and foreigners were brought home from we were on the coronavirus at the center 5 russian military planes carried out the emergency airlift. we have very happy we were waiting for you when you finally rescued us thank you very much evacuees were transferred to a rehabilitation center near the siberian city of 2 men where they'll be monitored under quarantine such high level precautions being taken amid fears about the spread of the virus similar methods being approached across the globe in the u.s. military bases have become makeshift isolation areas for hard evacuees but if you look at some reports it sounds like russia's dusted down its good legs we

not even hiding its preparations after abandoning a key arms control treaty with moscow auntie's peter oliver has details. circular for of was wrapping up events at this weekend's munich security conference and he took aim at the united states and made claims that washington had deliberately collapse the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty i.n.f. treaty for their own means their own games that they wanted and as far as russia saw the intention was for the united states to try and set up missiles in places around the world when it came to russia looking for partners in the west particularly on this issue moscow seems to be looking towards paris that's after water money with my column the french president had to say here in munich on saturday but what shocked you most as the us was destroyed the treaty and now is actively working on the conditions to deploy these missiles burned some time ago in europe and asia they are not even hiding or denying this mr michael suggested a dialogue between nato and russia france is looking to the future thinking progress and is open for dialogue with ever

lawyers and courtrooms the ruling says it goes against the new trial be a courtroom a show artist peter oliver has the details. germany's constitutional court has decided that when it comes to wearing islamic head scarfs court rooms are a special case of blanket ban on religious symbols similar to what they have in france is in favor it in germany but when it comes to wearing islamic headscarf in court that's a different matter the court has rejected the constitutional complete against the ban on wearing a headscarf for certain official activities all those obligation constitute an interference with the completeness freedom of belief and other fundamental rates this is justified the case was brought by a german moroccan legal trainee you argue that the state of pace's rules that she couldn't wear red scarf while carrying out certain official duties was constitutional the ruling by the constitutional court has raised a few eyebrows on social media with people asking the question why a crucifix is allowed in a court room but a headscarf is not. on the one hand the state may prohibit women lawyer

should be suspended here's our europe correspondent peter oliver. tens of thousands of people a lot down in quarantine and north and it's only because of the virus with one of the issues fundamental freedoms the freedom of movement taking a hate. going to. train services between italy and austria were temporarily suspended and in from it's the right wing of politics that is saying that that country's border with italy should be closed and given the mood i would prefer to do too much and rather than not enough perhaps closing the borders is necessary if the epidemic is out of control in italy rumania which has a significant proportion of its citizens living and working even if fully so that i was the 2 week quarantine period for anyone returning from that country romania might be more exposed to coronavirus cases on the national territory these measures are similar to the ones taken by the italian authorities government officials insist that closing the borders remains an issue of last resort only because of the impact it would have on public morale

peter: this is brutal. lemonis: something like this make you want to call it quits? oliver: yes.his is a street. ...an entire main street underwater.

peter: this is brutal. lemonis: something like this make you want to call it quits? oliver: yes. lemonis: there's massive devastation... this is a street. ...an entire main street underwater. oh, my goodness. i met the mayor. we toured the city the only way we could, by boat... it's okay. ...roads closed and businesses wiped out... look at this. kim: oh, my god. lemonis: ...a severe burden on the local economy. peter: so i'm on the city council, and so we are gonna have some serious budget problems like never seen before. lemonis: and with relentless rain, well, it's paralyzed this town. man #2: what i was afraid of. lemonis: as for the people who live here, they've had enough. how do you recover from a disaster like this and restore enough hope that people who live here don't abandon everything? ♪ ♪ the reason that i wanted to come to the mississippi river is, as i think about it, it almost feels like the most important freeway in america, right? it goes from minnesota all the way down to new orleans. it's how farmers transport things. it's how ships get up and down throughout t

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