party in lower saxony. but let me be absolutely clear about this we do not have to be ashamed about tonight's results misson via hope. the resolve weakens chancellor merkel who is facing a difficult time at the negotiating table. another party got a big bump out of the results the far right don't turn it for germany won seats in the regional parliament for the first time that means it's now represented in fourteen federal states of germany. our correspondent how the questioner is standing by for us in hanover misael that we've seen the results now as they are what does this mean for the national political scene is this bad news for chancellor merkel and the upcoming coalition talks. well it is bad news for her in the sense that she did see her c.d.u. party here beaten by the social democrats and the c.d.u. until a couple of weeks ago here in lower saxony looked like they could take this state back and like they could actually maintain that lead well that didn't happen and the social democrats now have a new

is do you have the news coming to you live from berlin a key election in the german state of lower saxony the outcome is expected to set the tone for chancellor angela merkel as she tries to form a new coalition government we'll bring you those results and tell you what they mean for american plucks a swing to the right in austria after snap elections first results have the conservative people's party led by sebastian corks on course to win we'll take you live to vienna coming up. welcome to the show my name's sara harmon it's good to have you with us we turn first to the german state of lower saxony where the first results are coming in in regional elections now these elections come just three weeks after the national vote and they're seen as an important barometer of voter sentiment as chancellor merkel tries to form a coalition government a poor result from eccles christian democrats could weaken her position in those coalition talks opinion polls ahead of the vote put her neck and neck with the social democrats the far right alternative for germany was forecast to enter parliament in

vienna also coming up germany's social democrats take the lead like keil action in the state of lower saxony bring you the latest results and tell you what they need for shelter for uncle americal as she tries to form a new coalition government. and i'm sarah harman welcome to the program it's very good to have you with us auster it is set to get a new chancellor as early election results give conservatives about courts a clear lead thirty one year old to become europe's youngest government leader after a campaign in which he promised to clamp down on immigration courts is expected to go into government with the far right freedom party which is in a close race to prove second place vote marks a swing to the right in austria after decades of centrist governments. and we have some early results for you from this paulo do you keep in mind these results could change they are provisional well let's pull up the graphic for you you can see there in black conservative people's party led by sebastian course our own thirty one point seven percent and as we mentioned a tight race for second place the f

takes the lead in a vote in lower saxony an unexpected turn after a dismal showing in national elections will bring you the latest numbers and what they mean for chancellor angela merkel as she tries to form a new coalition government. and devastation rax the somali capital mogadishu for more than two hundred people were killed in a massive a bomb blast. in my ass waiter thanks for joining us austria is getting a new chancellor as conservative sebastian curt's claims victory after snap elections the thirty one year old will become europe's youngest government leader he campaigned heavily on promises to clamp. down on immigration courts doesn't have a governing majority so he'll probably have to form a coalition government one likely partner is the far right freedom party which also made strong gains. we'll have the latest results from the poll with almost all of the votes counted the conservative people's party led by sebastian kurtz are at three thirty one point six percent it's been a tight race for second place the far right freedom party have twenty six percent this puts them behind

party in lower saxony. but let me be absolutely clear about this we do not have to be ashamed about tonight's results misson via hope. the recent weakens chancellor merkel who is facing a difficult time at the negotiating table. another party got a big bump out of the results the far right don't turn it for germany won seats in the regional parliament for the first time that means it's now represented in fourteen federal states of germany. from the one to sport and to american football at first where the man was still out of the take any protests in. racial inequality has find a grievance against the national football league cullen kaepernick alleges he had been without a job since the start of the season because of team owner collusion the former san francisco quarterback first took in me during the u.s. national anthem last year as a means of publicly objecting to police shootings and alleged racial brutality they want to see action now and women hosted munching on sunday with the home team looking for th

with each hour bringing fresh developments germany's as speedy takes the lead in a vote in lower saxony an unexpected turn out for a dismal showing in the national elections will bring you the latest numbers and tell you what they might mean for chancellor angela merkel as she tries to form a new coalition government. and in austria sebastian cortes has declared victory just months after being appointed leader of the conservative people's party he's promised tough new immigration policies we'll take you live to the. talk of the show it's great to have you with us my name's sarah harmon votes are being counted in a regional election in the german state of lower saxony and this result could have a big influence on coalition talks here in berlin it's been a bad night though for chancellor angela merkel and her christian democrats or c.d.u. but it's been a good night for the social democrats let's pull up the latest projected results for you know. now you can see there in black the city was coming in second with thirty three point seven percent of the vote the social democrats are s.p.d. th

celebrated their victory in those saxony and were convinced refusing to build another coalition with anglo america has already paid off. and for more on this let's bring in our political correspondent thomas sparrow who is standing by in our parliamentary studio hello to you thomas i want to begin first with those clear calls from within angela merkel's conservative bloc for a move to the right however it seems as if the chancellor is not in favor of turning well and that's because of the debates in the conservative bloc in the c.d.u. c.s.u. because one of the main elements of. success in the past few years has been that shift of party to the center of the political spectrum the essential political spectrum where she has been able to take away some of the key debates of other parties for example at the same time however it is important to stress that in the recent federal elections the conservative bloc lost nearly a million votes to the far right alternative for germany so there's a clear need a clear debate within the c.d.u. c.s.u. to try and find ways in which they could probably

party in lower saxony.ut let me be absolutely clear about this we do not have to be ashamed about tonight's results misson via hopes. the result weakens chancellor merkel who is facing a difficult time at the negotiating table. another party got a big bump out of the results the far right don't turn it for germany won seats in the regional parliament for the first time that means it's now represented in fourteen federal states of germany. more on this election result i'm joined by did obvious hans but how does this election. lower saxony has implications for our chancellor merkel's efforts to form a new government tell us about that well the first implication is that these new coalition talks for a new coalition can starts now because they have been put on hold for the last three weeks since the general election because of this election and actually everybody all the parties involved wanted to wait and see how well or badly they did in that election in lower saxony it's not turned out that are. conservative

a lot of voting going on today regional elections are being held in the german state of lower saxonyand three weeks after national elections here in germany this phone is being washed very closely as a barometer of public sentiment or chancellor angela merkel tries to form a coalition government it's expected to be a tight race in the us saxony opinion polls put merkel c.d.u. slightly ahead the social democrats are close behind them meanwhile the far right alternative from germany is expected to enter parliament in that state for the first time but it's not expected to do as well as it did three weeks ago in national elections. more let's cross over to our correspondent michelle across her she's standing by for us in hanover michelle good to see you many are seeing this as a test for chancellor merkel why exactly is it such a test well this is all pure psychology this is the first opportunity for people gets to go to the polls poll some six million here in lower saxony and vote for those big parties and americal seaview on the social democrats and what we see in here is the kind of v

party in lower saxony.ut let me be absolutely clear about this we do not have to be ashamed about tonight's results misson via hopes that. the result weakens chancellor merkel who is facing a difficult time at the negotiating table. another party got a big bump out of the results the far right don't turn it for germany won seats in the regional parliament for the first time that means it's now represented in fourteen federal states of germany. as well the stories making headlines around the world today iraq says iraq state. it says government troops have taken control of areas around the kurdish held city of kirkuk kurdish officials have reported clashes there but this was denied by iraqi authorities the operation comes three weeks after iraq's autonomous kurdish region voted for independence kurdish troops seized the oil rich city in two thousand and fourteen during the fight against so-called islamic state but a swathe of president nicolas maduro has hailed the results of regional elections his ruling par

as a territorial prince the electorate of saxony. made use of his autonomy to secretly defy the amphora. the persecuted reformer was given a comfortable room invite book council he was to want for nothing. though forced into hiding luther had not been silenced his writings spread across europe. faced with an unknown period of confinement luthor decided to make good use of his time. he adopted a pseudonym. and changed his appearance. and he began a revolutionary work a translation of the bible into german luther wanted the word of gaunt to be accessible to everyone including lay readers he rejected church doctrine that maintained the pope was the sole authority even temperature of scripture his followers would come to be called evangelical from the latin and german words for gospel. it took luther just a few weeks to complete his translation of the new testament into german. a new communications technology gave him fast access to a wide audience the printing press. the individual letters were cost back to front laid out in galleys and

so does that mean that you are also unhappy with the election result in saxony. saxon's of feeling well i'm not sure i'd say i'm unhappy in saxony why i believe most a.f.d. photos don't support the party's platform it's just protest because no one is listening to them. it's not i don't vote for the f.t. myself but i also didn't vote for the established parties because they no longer represent voters interests. involve a clear that i did you ask so everyone who voted they didn't vote out of conviction. as a. the problem that the f.t. addresses are problems that everyone has. during the last legislative period no party really addressed them for a long time none of the established parties sitting in parliament really wanted to address the fears people have. what they didn't want to hear them. and use you know of us me got into this i feel very uneasy when i look at what's happening in their districts address and. one district does entirely for the s.d. things while the other one entirely backs a left. these are extremes that have huge potential take my conflict and

party is in a reflective mode following a defeat in state elections in lower saxony the loss could make it more difficult for say to you leader and german chancellor merkel as she enters talks on forming the next federal coalition government. on the morning after an election it's a political ritual to present a bookie or flowers even if there's nothing to celebrate the c.d.u. suffered a defeat in lower saxony this past sunday the defeat party chief anglo-american carefully tried to keep away from this week's explode tory talks with the center left green party and the free market liberal. christian democrats are going into these exploited tory talks knowing that we are the strongest force among those involved and that we want to negotiate fairly with everyone but i don't see the lower saxony election result as weakening us and this task. is nevertheless the defeat already has spurred the debate within the christian democrats on the party's future political orientation. it's untrue to show our entire political program it must be clear that an alternative to ass on the right side of the po

so let's start our journey in saxony near the czech border. i'm travelling through sex in switzerland it's located on both sides of the elba and many places you can only cross the river by ferry just like here in the cotton . it gets busy in high season. today i'm going hiking climbing and taking a boat trip. to the sandstone cliffs are the main attraction. i start my journey in the spot on off thoughts and hikers have been coming here since the early nineteenth century. i follow a part of a well known path caught malavika or painter's way artists from the romantic era loved this landscape and took inspiration from it they made sex in switzerland famous. this is it's a reservoir right next to painter's way. it's one hundred twelve kilometers long guiding you through the cliffs. and even today there are still painters who hike along this path. there are plenty of steps and bridges on the path that leads all the way up to iraq from asian called the bus to. large parts of sex in switzerland are protected as a national park. with a small detour in

is all over because the big question here is what kind of coalition could be formed here in lower saxony it seems quite evident that a continuation of the social democrat green coalition we've seen here is most likely not going to be on the cards there are different mixes indeed we could see a left leaning social democrat green left party alliance and if that happens if the left party makes it here into the regional parliament that could make it more difficult to reach some kind of agreement with the greens at the national level so it could all get very complicated he is well that could feed right through to those talks that's michelle a curfew reporting for us from lower saxony thanks very much let's return to our top story this hour australia's voting and national elections we have a correspondent in vienna max hoffman who's following developments there for us as we wait for the first accept polls max what's the feeling there as this is building . yeah everybody's very well can't wait any more because the projections are really do within the next seconds the feeling here is that most p

the social democrats withdrew their support because he'd sent the army into red saxony entering.he german national party wanted him out because he ended the passive resistance to france strays him and called for a vote of confidence. the result of their vote is as follows for the strays among government one hundred fifty six members no confidence in the government two hundred thirty one members thank. strays a man had been chancellor for just one hundred days president hébert who had been at his side during the crisis criticized his own party the social democrats that's always fun last in cuts let's wish dogs missed insects vote and faggots of any fucking other don't write the other. day is a man's illustrates a man was perhaps the only man to emerge from the weimar republic as a hero of the currency was stabilized by the ruthless but necessary introduction of the wanton mind. that the put and put down i'd like to put my weimar standards those words shoot success in. but in politics ingratitude is the root not the exception. but first straight women thought of retiring from polit

opinion polls put the christian democrats supporting a chance on the american slightly ahead in lower saxony the social democrats are close behind no the far right alternative for germany is expected to secure just seven percent of the vote despite coming in third in national elections. well on friday u.s. president ali trump announced he would decertify the iran nuclear deal which provided iran with sanctions relief in exchange for stricter controls on its nuclear program reactions to the decision were swift israel welcomed it calling it a courageous step the response of other world leaders though has been less enthusiastic the deal was negotiated among six nations plus iran and it took more than a decade to hammer out when it was finally signed and twenty fifteen it was hailed as a landmark achievement in modern diplomacy. there was dancing in the streets of the iranian capital tehran when the agreement was finally reached after the mess of effort that went into securing the deal to control iran's nuclear program those who'd been instrumental in the negotiations reacted strongly to trump's

as saxony had long been a c.d.u. stronghold. are to syria now the cleanup of raka is underway just a day after u.s. backed forces said that they had taken full control of what was called the capital of the caliphate of so-called islamic state the troops made up of syrian kurds and arabs have been clearing roads and landmines small pockets of i guess militants are still thought to be holed up in the city the u.n. says there has already been staggering loss of civilian life in iraq well over a thousand people were killed in the four month long battle for the city. china's president xi jinping has declared a new era for his country and said it is time for china to quote take center stage in the world at the first session of the communist party congress in beijing she also pledged to open his country's economy further and pursue a policy of zero tolerance against corruption during the weeklong congress a new poll that bureau to run china for the next five years will be selected. it's a meeting on the grandest of scales. nearly twent

thanks very much all preparations are also underway for regional elections the german state of lower saxony they come three weeks after national elections and they're being watched as an important barometer of voter sentiment as germany's party's try to form a coalition government and it's expected to be a tight race albanian polls for the christian democrats that's chancellor angela merkel's party slightly ahead in the lower saxony social democrats are close behind and the far right alternative for germany is expected to take about seven percent of the vote that's despite coming in third in the national elections. a turkish asylum seekers here in germany have accused the federal migration office of illegally handing over their information to turkish media as according to a report in the german news magazine spiegel one asylum seeker who wants to keep his identity secret said his personal information was published online by turkish media toys to the country's secret service the academy of motion pictures has voted to expel producer harvey weinstein and after multiple women came forward to a

saxony have long been a party stronghold. china's president xi jinping has declared a new era for his country and said that it is time for china to take center stage in the world at the first session of the communist party congress in beijing she also pledged to open his country's economy further and pursue a policy of zero tolerance against corruption during the weeklong congress a new politburo to run china for the next five years well be selected. it's a meeting on the grandest of scales. nearly twenty three hundred delegates representing the eighty nine million members of china's communist party. and the focus of it all one man president xi jinping. she praised china's achievements during his stewardship but he said the country must not stand still. china has made major breakthroughs in its reform campaign where now in high gear and full steam with deepening comprehensive reforms and resolutely removing all systematic problems these reforms have been carried out in an in-depth them fundamental manner his speech may have b

or original actions are being held in the state of lower saxony today and three weeks after nationalelections this local vote is being closely watched as a barometer of voter sentiment as germany's parties try to form a coalition government it's expected to be a tight race in lower saxony opinion polls put the party of chancellor angela merkel the christian democrats slightly ahead of the social democrats who are close behind that the far right alternative for germany party is expected to secure about seven percent of the vote that's despite coming in third in the national elections . a devastating attack on the somali capital has left more than one hundred thirty people dead and hundreds more wounded many are fighting for their lives after a massive truck bomb blast reduced buildings to rubble their explosion took place in the capital mogadishu on a busy street near key ministries the government has reportedly blamed the al-shabaab extremist group for the attack a second smaller blast also took place and this is medina district adding to the destruction. the first blast tore apart a

all of the greens now will not be in the next government of lower saxony.s for volkswagen shareholders? or is it a bigger plus on the side of the employees and labor's interest? george karl i don't they can mix too much of a difference -- joerg: i don't think they can make too much of a difference. is careful of the environment in which volkswagen ask. in my view, this is not that much of an impact on volkswagen's standing in the environment in which it performs. guy: good morning. bet will the view in bavaria at what just happened in austria? how will that complicate the formation of the next german government? the concern in bavaria will take the confirmation of their own reports. what the conservatives in bavaria are try to do is preempt the far right alternative for germany by moving the only policy positions to the right. this is what has been done in austria. the sea in bavaria will see of there's a confirmation. guy: will that make it harder to form the jamaica coalition? joerg: absolutely because the jamaica coalition here in berlin is basically tor

the social democrats withdrew their support because he'd sent the army into red saxony entering. german national party wanted him out because he ended the passive resistance to france strays him and called for the vote of confidence. the result of the vote is as follows for the strays among government one hundred fifty six members no confidence in the government two hundred thirty one members thank you thank strays a man had been chancellor for just one hundred days president hébert who had been at his side during the crisis criticized his own party the social democrats that's always fun last in consulates. in five guess. i don't write. these months illustrates a man was perhaps the only man to emerge from the weimar republic as a hero of the currency was stabilized but the ruthless but necessary introduction of the antonov. the put and put down i'd like to put my vine my standards those words shoot success in the team but in politics ingratitude is the root cause in the but not the exception i was. the first strays and thought of retiring from politics completely and of course a

we got the social democrats when he clearly in lowell exit a. -- lower saxony.r term, that's lower for vw shares. merkel is trying to form a coalition. this roster of some clout. she is going to have less bargaining power when it comes to forming his coalition. she wanted to wait until after the elections to start coalition talks so we would see where the chips live for the cdu and they got a little -- a really big defeat in lower saxony. it's going to be harder to put together this should make a coalition going forward. manus: thank you very much. matt will be back later on. is set to tell to brussels today to intervene in the deadlocked negotiations with the european union. this is a day after details emerged across party talks to prevent her from leaving the eu without an agreement. for inflation, wages, and retail sales all out this week. the stock.uk. is still with us. how investable is the u.k. at the moment for you? break it down. the sterling is undervalued and we think there of a transitional deal very shortly. you talk about that later. 100, thet the f

voters in the german state of lower saxony have dealt a blow to the party of chancellor angela merkel. the center left social democrats beat the chancellor's conservatives. the vote has been seen as a test of medicals popularity as she tries to put together a governing coalition at the national level. right. d.w. true diversity. where the world of science is at home in many languages. on top of that i mean go on there you know. now with us our innovations magazine for asia. africa every week and always looking to the future fund d w dot com science and research for asia. yes. hi and welcome to a special edition of kino movie magazine today we're dedicating our entire show to german actor mario he's been a giant on the german film scene for more than sixty years. out of his been in more than one hundred films with that face and a physical presence you just can't ignore from local blockbusters to german classics he's won over critics and fans. now in his mid eighty's mario is german film history made flesh he's had a very diverse career but he's best known for playing the bad guy psycho

he was born in fourteen eighty three in i slaven in what is now the german state of saxony on hot. nights seems to not find after fifteen eighty three one hundred years after he was born his birthplace was marked with a large information board for visitors so you see even then people were coming to isolate him on luther pilgrimages to. the lutheran memorials and i say been a much base he did symbols of the reformation. written back some one hundred kilometers away is another important location in the life and work of martin luther. on october the thirty first fifteen seventeen eighteen two three said to have nailed his ninety five pieces to the church door in. the document also known as the disputation on the power of indulgences was the catalyst of the reformation movement. resulted in various protestant denominations splitting from the catholic church. luther's theses is still considered one of the pivotal moments in german history. the reform lived in the lutheran house on and off for almost forty years till his death in fifteen forty six his wife katarina ran the household and

as an academic city and was known throughout europe and as we've just heard now from saxony. state premier he's a victim bird as its with its role in the reformation. can act as a bridge for a for european bridge builder for european countries in the european union and he spoke just a few moments ago as we heard about kind of discussing those differences but also similarities which goes back to the ethos behind some of luther's reformation ideas. so that is it also expected to happen today or is the very the church doors are focused. on the ceremony of the civic hall. tonight the focus is as you say not just on that ceremony there at the civic call that are not open to the public so a lot of people have taken the chance to come to the doors here behind me everyone trying to get a selfie as well with the star of the show which is of course the door on the cache of the. catholic church behind me here in. much. going to be interspersed with music what's the next thing we're going to hear well i mean we are going to be hearing. guardian press and going to be addressing addressing

>> lower saxony is important because they have an important share in volkswagen.cause volkswagen is of course, in quite big trouble after this scandalous behavior. behaviornd, this th has not been fully cleaned up. it seems to me it will be very important who will be the next prime minister of lower saxony and how tough he wants to be on volkswagen because i think there clean up someelea of the mess. guy: guntram, thank you. a lot of politics are happening in europe. guntram wolff, joining us from bruegel. today is the conference in washington with figures, including mario draghi, the f ed's lael brainard and benoit coeure. there are many ways you could interactivt with this. one of the best ways is through live . one of those will be centered around the u.s. banks. earnings season is kicking off. u.s. banks, very much getting underway. the bar is incredibly low. is reporting before that. the bar is pretty low, isn't it. >> sure. there was pretty intense volatility, we had the aftermath of brexit. we also had the trump election as well. so, nothing of that mag

. >>> germany social democrats have defeated angela merkel in lower saxony they won 37.3% of the vote in the state elections with the christian democrats taking 33.4%. the represent represents the poorest showing for the cdu in lower saxony in 58 years they're covering the fallout from this northern election live from frankfurt pretty good news for schultz but awful for angela merkel. she goes into the crucial coalition talks. >> reporter: yes, that's right angela merkel's position is clearly weakened according to many commentators here on the ground and also in berlin. while the ramifications from the loss in the regional elections in lower saxony are that those coalition talks might be more difficult than previously thought. lang merkel's party had it clear for them it was widely expected at least back in summer that they will win those elections but they're saying rating them was around 40%. that outcome now, as i was saying, is being brought and the move to the right. that comes from critics inside her party but also from their sister party, dsq. we're seeing that victory evolves

catalina spent more than fifteen years of her life in the mummy and tone convent in him sion in saxony today only ruins are left of it . five hundred years ago more than forty nuns lived in him since they were so-called enclosed or cloistered nuns isolated from the outside world discipline and the beatings ruled their daily life every three hours the bells called them to prayer at night too they were awakened for chanting and devotions a doorway can still be seen in the top floor it allowed the nuns to get to prayer in the church at night without having to go outside. but a convent like this was also a privileged place. when you were together with the members of your own class you had access to education and medical care that was more than most artistic rats are thinking so it's hard. catalina from boulder learned much more in the column than than she would have done outside reading writing a bit of latin and singing. she probably also learned arithmetic and how to run a household but despite the privileges for some women this life of chastity was an ordeal women who became nuns could

the far right party did not do as long as expected in the state of north saxony well enough to get into parliament the fourteenth state rates made it what challenges does this cause to america and how conservative knock. well obviously there were quite a number of questions in this press talk with america as well about the situation in austria because we have a sort of parallel in austria there's a strong right wing populist party there and the party that is just one and all street is a sister party of now because conservatives in other words the conservative party in austria and their strategy was simply to move to the right in other words to take over the issues of the rights of the populace and when asked directly about this. she felt that in germany at least the right wing populace were not such a threat that it was not necessary to move the policies of the christian democrats here to the right and that in fact it was more necessary simply to explain to voters that what the christian democrats what the conservative government has been doing in the last four years and is planning to

german state in last month's general election that was a major embarrassment for the conservatives saxony have long been a conservative stronghold. here's some of the of the stories now that are making headlines around the world the russian t.v. personality. so has announced that shield challenge russian president vladimir putin in next year's race for the kremlin the thirty six year old socialite said she wants a different russia that is civilized and european but critics call her move a publicity stunt that could further fragment the country's opposition in portugal members of the country's parliament have observed a minute's silence to remember more than one hundred people killed by recent forest fires those fires have swept across large swaths of the country since early in the summer. officials say an italian priest kidnapped at gunpoint in nigeria has been released after five days now this as police report four british missionaries have been kidnapped in the country's southern delta state they are said to be a doctor his wife and two preachers who provided free medical services milit

and stayed in last month's general election it was a major embarrassment for the sitting here as saxony had long been a party stronghold. well have a look now at some other stories making news around the world police have conducted dozens of raids across germany to gather evidence against the hell's angels biker gang they seized items including motorcycles and computers the gang has been active in germany since the early one nine hundred seventy s. some members have been implicated in crimes including selling weapons extortion and murder. the head of kenya's election commission has said that it will be difficult to guarantee that next week's presidential presidential election will be free and fair and credible while flute. blamed interference from politicians earlier a commission member quit saying that the upcoming vote would not be credible. portugal's interior minister a consonance obama this out has resigned after wildfires killed more than one hundred people in the last few months her department has been widely criticized she said that she cannot continue in the job for political a

get ourselves a game against dortmund we're really excited and there are plenty of other people in saxony and help her excited. there are last year's opponents aren't in the best of form dormant have taken just one point from their last two league games and continue to disappoint in europe. coach peter bush is frustrated but sees the mark to bear game as a potential turning point. and how at the start of the season we scored every half chance now even obama is missing big chances the little things like that decide games you can see here and i'm certain that if we can be back to back tomorrow it will help us in the bundesliga to. i win for not to be the biggest since their victory over by and in the cup in two thousand and provide the great underdog story of this season. finally to grace to a limpia in fact where the torch has been lit for the eighteenth the winter olympics in south korea thousands attended the ceremony and cloudy skies in what was once the home of ancient greece is games of flame began its johnny ace tonight it begins it said jenny slate is a day on is due to be handed ov

party is stepping down saxony camero tillage says that his state needs new leadership to meet future challenges this after the far right pushed his party into second place in eastern germany is most prosperous day and last month's general election. and elsewhere police have conducted dozens of raids across germany to gather evidence against health hells angels biker gang they seized items including motorcycles and computers the gang has been active in germany since the early one nine hundred seventy s. some members have been implicated in crimes including selling weapons store sion and murder. well meantime elsewhere in the world the head of kenya's election commission has said that it will be difficult to guarantee that next week's presidential election will be free and fair and credible while foula. blamed interference from politicians earlier a commission member quit saying that the upcoming vote would not be credible. china's president xi jinping has declared a new era for his country and said that it is time for china to take center stage in the world at the first session of the

documented the splendor the aspirations and importance of the ruling house of saxony. another of his duties was to supervise the decorations of the tournaments at the witan back marketplace first the square was covered with sand then the john stairs and onlookers came and the court painter lucas khana recorded the spectacle as a wood cut. on his arrival in britain bad conduct encountered artworks by other painters the court frequently commissioned works by a celebrated contemporary of cox the nuremberg artist out of. the two were to become major rivals. ahead of christ by a young body. the venetian artist was conex predecessor as court painter and it brought new impulses from italy a new kind of portraiture was developing one in which the subject seemed to live and breathe compared with this stiff stylized earlier depiction. of the painter son depicted the virgin mary as a beautiful. well fashionably dressed woman he gave the nude painting of the roman love goddess venus the erotic aura of sculptures from classical antiquity chrono had encountered this art during his t

national guard changes in the air that's michelle a couple reporting for us from hanover on the lower saxony elections thomas farah thanks for being with me in the studio for your analysis and i greatly appreciate it as always here's a reminder of the top story this hour conservative sebastian courts is on course to become austria's next chancellor early results put his party in the room with a close race for second place between the far right freedom party and the governing social democrats. as did other news you're up to date thanks for watching i'll see you at the top of the hour for more. take a trip to a world of boundless ambition. the young entrepreneurs eager to tackle global challenges. join flick just that's not german entrepreneur award winner two thousand and fifteen as he travels through asia looking for the next big business idea. big trouble big you really are passionate about because you're going to stick to this for a long time and it's something you don't we like then it's hard to keep on pressing our ten part series founders valley starting october twenty third on d w. thi

and votes are still being counted in a regional election in the german state of lower saxony and the social democrats are in the lead the ballot is being closely watched as a barometer of voters' feelings as chancellor angela merkel tries to form a new coalition government in berlin. you're watching news from berlin and more to come at the top of the hour and over again you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website at e.w. dot com thanks for joining us. the whole d w one. w. made for mines. when i'm traveling to be comfortable. but i also want to stay up to date on the latest news events. and v.w. makes that part of traveling easy just because it's available and thousands of hotels resorts and cruise ships worldwide. where have you found a domain sign on the subject that shows d w in your room you could win a great prize d.w. dot com travel quiz. about an event talking about a nuclear weapons free world with modern humorists from the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons all i can. mr humorist i can was founded in two thousand and seven n