now those are important ministries for a junior coalition partner it's also been reported that sebastian kurtz has secured a guarantee from the freedom party that there will be no breck's it style referendum in austria and he's repeatedly said that the new government will be pro european the last time that the far right and to government in austria the e.u. impose sanctions in protest can we expect a reaction now from brussels we are expecting a more muted response definitely not sanctions as as far as i know because there's been a rise of anti establishment and right wing parties across europe for example in the recent elections in france in holland in hungary so we think it will be a more muted response but yet some of these far right parties did not make such a game that they have in austria so i mean what's the distinction that what propelled the far right to a strong part of the vote in austria. well the freedom party certainly positioned itself as more moderate than in previous years campaigned very heavily as did the people's party on immigration and the fact that during the the refugee

he's been nicknamed c or wizkid now he'll be known as chancellor sebastian kurtz let the overpay peoples party to a thirty two percent winning share of the votes in the general election two months ago but to govern he needed a coalition and the far right f.p.o. is his chosen partner if you want to is stuck if we have a good strong team concerning my party the people's party half of it will be women and two thirds of our team are experts who will bring a lot of knowledge to the political leadership regarding the freedom party and mr starr has a team he's also put forward his suggestions so that the kids are going to follow this is about responsibility for our wonderful republic of australia and it is about ensuring good cooperation for the future to it can be difficult to tell them apart kurtz and his conservative people's party bills itself a center right but its policies borrow freely from far right ideas in january curt's demanded a ban on public sector workers wearing headscarves he was instrumental in having full face veils banned in austria too and his anti migrant policies slammed

amtrak train was carrying seventy seven passengers and seven crew the world's youngest leader sebastian kurtz has been sworn in as the chancellor of austria long with the far right freedom party hundreds of police sealed off parts of vienna in anticipation of protests but demonstrations were largely peaceful kurtz's new coalition government is expected to make immigration and tax reforms a top priority austria is the only western european country with a far right party in power. and the european commission is investigating the swedish furniture giant ikea the tax deals the company made in the netherlands the firm is accused of using a dutch subsidiary to cut its global tax bill is the latest crackdown on tax arrangements between multinationals an e.u. countries i kid denied is breaching european rules well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the costs so watching buffalo . news has never been more available but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative

people's party has reached a coalition deal with the anti emigration freedom party or anyone else sebastian kurtz who leads the conservatives will now become europe's youngest leader those are the headlines news continues right here on al-jazeera after inside story keep it or. counting the cost the mouse wins over the folks we'll look at disney's acquisition of twenty first century. media landscape also net neutrality and where the changes will affect how we view. and making the most of the greeks with solar power. at this time on al-jazeera. does the united states have a so-called smoking gun on the wrong. place what she calls an undeniable evidence of a wrong in yemen with missiles to fly saudi arabia.

the world's youngest leader sebastian kurtz has been sworn in as the chancellor of austria along with the far right freedom party and he sealed off parts of the n.r. in anticipation of protests but demonstrations were largely peaceful kurtz's new coalition governments expected to make immigration and tax reforms a top priority. the european commission is investigating the swedish furniture giant ikea of a tax deal the company made in the netherlands but is accused of using a subsidiary to cut its global tax bill well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after al-jazeera world station that's a watch in buffalo. give us any co. would you would not. show your home. and the extent of it you're going to have a feel for the book deal was a ha this was a house full of wires and i thank him and he is a through. the shots as any isn't there. he's in the stove and i have a big e.d.m. thing in many macand i'm a shadow when i'm a little. like lab was she in a book when mccabe anywhere nearly collapsed the first time famine the london market eilish employee shot and camer

party for the first time since the early two thousand well that's because the new chancellor sebastian kurtz has teamed up with the populist freedom party together they're pledging to tighten immigration policies while maintaining a strong commitment to the e.u. but the inclusion of the freedom party in the government has sparked protests as thousands gather in the capital vienna. while our brussels correspondent max hofmann is covering this story for us and he told us earlier what a far right party and austria's government means for europe well it means a for the european union that there's a mixed message coming from austria there's potentially some good news in there for example there seems to be a clear commitment by the new coalition to the european union saying for example in their program that a strong austria can only exist in a strong europe and that involves a party of the freedom party that only a couple of years ago played with the idea of exiting the european union altogether but on the other hand difficult message also because this will most likely deepen the rift that we alrea

the world's youngest leave it sebastian kurtz has been sworn in as the chancellor of all strip along with the far right freedom party hundreds of police sealed off parts of central vienna and anticipation of protests but demonstrations were largely peaceful his new coalition government is expected to make immigration and tax reforms a top priority austria's the only western european country with a far right party in power and the european commission is investigating swedish furniture giant ikea attack steels the company made in the netherlands the firm is accused of using a dutch subsidiary to slash its global tax bill its latest crackdown on tax arrangements between multinationals and e.u. countries ikea denies breaching european rules well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness thanks for watching. on counting the cost the mouse wins over the fox we'll look at disney's acquisition of twenty first century fox and how it will impact our media landscape also net neutrality and where the changes will affect how we view all that content and making t

or his deputy sebastian kurtz becomes the world's youngest leader as he agrees a coalition deal which brings the far right into the austrian government. don't mention diversity the trouble ministration bans health officials from using seven crucial words and phrases. three months after two hurricanes hit why a third of puerto rico is still without power. with all the sports including the final of the club world cup is underway in abu dhabi defending champ israel madrid are aiming for the second consecutive title as they take all brazilian sides. have been tense scenes on folding in johannesburg where south africa's ruling african national congress is meeting to select its new leader current president jacob zuma who's accused of corruption is stepping down as head of the a.n.c. but the policy is deeply divided on who should succeed him former cabinet minister and. zuma who's also his ex-wife is vying for the leadership a main rival is prominent businessman and current deputy president cyril ramaphosa the winner is due to be announced on sunday addressing the event jacob zuma acknowledg

impact on voter opinion particularly in rural areas now straka the head of the freedom party and sebastian kurtzhave both said that they want to make fighting radical islam a priority and of course people have seen attacks across europe and that has spread fear over those that haven't been any such attacks in austria both parties also oppose turkish membership of the e.u. and polls here regularly show that most austrians agree with that that as you point out refugees islam border security the these issues all dominated the campaign austria did take a lot of refugees in the migration crisis but has there been a notable effect on society why did these positions go down so well with artists well i think it was things like pledging to cut benefits for refugees and not allowing a repeat of the the huge numbers of people who arrived in twenty fifteen that was ok so could the head of the people's party he that was his line really are as he waits indiana thank you very much you're watching news from berlin more coming up at the top of the hour siege an. image from an isolated. images from north korea. t

the right despite the announcement of a new government featuring the far right freedom party sebastian kurtz who leads the more moderate people's party is set to be the new chancellor but the freedom party will control several important ministries and high winds are threatening to fuel a massive wildfire burning in southern california hundreds of homes have been destroyed and over one hundred thousand hectares burned since a series of fires broke out on december fourth latest fire assented about one hundred sixty kilometers northwest of essentially he's with more on that story and everything else coming up at the top of the next hour as soon about twenty five minutes time after people in power which starts now. the bomb shattered buildings in the damascus suburb of joba sits just a few kilometers from the center of the city the truth and long brutal years of syria's will its beleaguered residents have somehow held act against the forces of the asset regime in the first of two exclusive reports of people in power goes behind the scenes to find out how they've survived so long with the rebel a

the new chancellor, sebastian kurtz, has shared up with the populist freedom party. they're pledging to maintain a strong commitment to the e.u., but the inclusion of the freedom party in the government has sparked protests, as thousands gather in the capital, vienna. let's explore what this new austrian coalition means for europe. max hoffman is in brussels. good evening. the new chancellor is going out of his way to reassure his counterparts that this government is pro-european. are the officials in brussels convinced where you are? max: so far, we have heard very little doubt. one e.u. commissioner said we need to keep a close eye on the government, at least for the commission. some e.u. parliamentarians, especially those from the left, said this was not a good thing, and they would be very vigilant. but if you look at the documents that have been released so far, there is some good news for e.u. institutions. as you said, this coalition is trying to reassure everybody in brussels that they are pro-european. they even wrote that a strong austria can only exist in

european country with a far right party in government that's after thirty one year old chancellor sebastian kurtz made a coalition deal with the freedom party. chile will hold a runoff election on sunday for the first time almost three decades a conservative coalition could be swept to power by voters dissatisfied by the performance of the center left government bolivia's president ever morale is a shrugged off claims he's a dictator after dancing he'll run for a fourth term tens of thousands of his supporters turned out in the city of cochabamba to back his twenty one thousand nine hundred but it triggered protests in several cities. yes president donald trump puzzled that stuff at the top public health agency not to use words and phrases like evidence based vulnerable and fetus in the budget reports the directive follows previous steps in pursuit of its conservative social agenda but those are the headlines he's continues to zero off to some was the age of those who watch it live. with both the house about two years ago hoping that we would be able to retire here but from here you could see how

the world's youngest leader sebastian kurtz has been sworn in as the chancellor of austria along with the far right freedom party hundreds of police sealed off parts of central vienna in anticipation of protests however demonstrations were largely peaceful because his new coalition government is expected to make immigration and tax reforms top priorities austria is the only western european country with a far right party in power the european commission is investigating the swedish furniture giant ikea over tax deals the company made in the netherlands the company is accused of using a dutch subsidiary to slash its global tax bill it is the latest crackdown on tax arrangements between multinationals and e.u. countries ikea denies breaching european tax rules those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the new german's more news in about twenty five minutes us either. my name is wrong. i'm a newspaper editor and syrian asylum seeker in germany. i arrived in this country in two thousand and fourteen a new asylum law dictated that i should live in cologne and that

country with a far right party currently in government that's after thirty one year old chancellor sebastian kurtz made a coalition deal with the freedom party. chile will hold a runoff election on sunday for the first time in almost thirty years a conservative coalition could be swept to power by voters dissatisfied by the performance of the center left government and bolivia's president ever has shrugged off claims he's a dictator after announcing he'll run for a fourth term tens of thousands of his supporters turned out in the city of cochabamba to bacchus twenty nineteen bit but it's triggered protests in several cities but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people in power stations that are watching. facing realities if a piece of machinery goes wrong is there a chain of all of this to get a ship through which we can bring a legal system to battle getting to the heart of the matter i don't think we need of the ball but some of my goodness is just that he had a story on talk to houses in. this time. the bomb shattered buildings of the damascus suburb of jobar s

a far right party in power vienna already has the world's youngest leader thirty one year old sebastian kurtz and his people's party will not be joined in ruling by the anti migration election winning over a third of seats in parliament but to form a majority government he sought out the freedom the spike fears of a backlash from the rest of europe the austrian president. very pro e.u. approved the coalition to protect. and to participate actively in its future developments as well as to respect fundamental rights such as the european convention on human rights which must remain our compass. well list change in austria continues a trend of right wing sentiment being boosted around europe earlier this year in from its national front at leader marine le pen came second in the presidential race dutch politician good welders took a third of all the votes in this year's parliamentary elections in the netherlands while in neighboring germany a right wing party won seats in the bundestag for the very first time in twenty seventy. the left leaning austrians are already organizing protests against the

europe with a far right party currently in government the new thirty one year old chancellor sebastian kurtz who leads the conservative people's party made a coalition deal with the far right freedom party. donald trump has ordered star for the top public health agency in the states not to use words and phrases like evidence based vulnerable and fetus in their budget reports the directive follows previous steps in pursuit of what's seen as its conservative social agenda the bolivian president evo morales shrugged off claims he's a dictator after announcing he will run for a fourth term tens of thousands of his supporters turned out in the city of cochabamba to back his twenty one nine hundred bid but that triggered protests in several cities. the police are investigating the death of one of canada's richest men billionaire barry sherman and his wife were found dead in the home in toronto sherman funded upper texas one of the world's biggest generic drug makers those are the headlines the news continues after once upon a time in punch bowl also use of public. various kinds of strategies. to g

or wizkid now he'll be known as chancellor sebastian kurtz led the overpay people's party to a thirty two percent winning share of the votes in the general election two months ago but to govern he needed a coalition and the far right f.p.o. is his chosen partner it is good this. we have a good strong team concerning my party the people's party that will be women and two thirds of our team are experts who will bring a lot of knowledge to the political leadership regarding the freedom party and mr starr has a team but he's also put forward his suggestions so that the kids are going to follow this is about responsibility for our wonderful republic of australia and it is about ensuring good cooperation for the future too it can be difficult to tell them apart kurtz and his conservative people's party bills itself a center right but its policies borrow freely from far right ideas in january curt's demanded a ban on public sector workers wearing headscarves he was instrumental in having full face veils banned in austria too and his anti migrant policies slammed the door on syrian refugees t

far right party in power in vienna already has the world's youngest leader thirty one year old sebastian kurtz and his people's party will not be joined in ruling by the anti migration m t e u freedom party kurds claim victory in october. election winning over a third of seats in parliament but to form a majority government he sought out the freedom party a partnership you know sealed the spite for years of a backlash from the rest of europe the austrian president who's pro e.u. approved the coalition while valving to protect europe. we discussed among other things the fact that it is in austria is interest to remain at the heart of a strong european union and to participate actively in its future developments as well as to respect fundamental rights such as the european convention on human rights which must remain our compass. well this change in austria continues a trend of right wing sentiment being boosted to run to europe earlier this year and fronts national front leader marine le pen came second in the presidential race dutch politician goodwill took a third of all the votes in this yea

is migrant relocation quotas are not helping to solve the refugee crisis sebastian kurtz believes the problem should be handled in the migrants home countries. migrants who settle for europe don't want to go to bulgaria are hungry they want to go to germany austria sweden they should be held in safe areas in their own continent the e.u. should support that perhaps even organize it and back it militarily they have been somewhat similar calls in the past from other european leaders last month the french president proposed military action to put an end to people trafficking in libya but a dollar from the damascus center for strategic studies believes such an approach is deeply flawed to send european troops or european armies to aborted. very. safe zones i think it's not practical in first of all these arms would be involved in the internal affairs of these countries and their reaction from the law people will be may be negatively they will lose a lot of. soldiers first so i think to be engaged in internal a verse of any county it would be reflected on their internal affairs and i think

well what it means is that at thirty one years of age sebastian kurtz will be the next chancellor of austria the leader of the far right people's party came to a coalition agreement with the conservatives of the freedom party over the weekend that will see kurtz as the chancellor and the leader of the freedom party hans christian stark installed as the vice chancellor now there has been criticism of this move from abroad particularly from turkey who said that the policies of the far right party with the conservative party were discriminatory against against people there's also be a lot of allegations that this new government would be anti migrant or we have heard from them though is that they want to try and normalize europe's relationship with russia. regarding the sanctions against russia yes we would like for those to be lifted we will try to play a part in this is a mediator to find a solution in the interests of yours say europe and russia can overcome the differences. but whatever sebastien curt's on this new government have been mentioned talk of the rights of refugees talks o

people's party has reached a coalition deal with the anti emigration freedom party or anyone else sebastian kurtz who leads the conservatives will now become europe's youngest leader those are the headlines news continues right here on al-jazeera after inside story keep it or. counting the cost the mouse wins over the fall. of twenty first century fox and how the impact on media landscape. net neutrality and with the changes will affect how we view. making the most of the greek some. time on al-jazeera. does the united states have a so-called smoking gun on him braun the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. this place what she calls an undeniable evidence of a wrong supply in fighting in yemen with missiles to fire at saudi arabia iran says it's unfounded and for vocative propaganda so who is right this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program i'm noriko for the first time the united states has publicly showcase what it says is undeniable evidence of iran's military involvement in yemen's conflict with saudi arabia at a military base in washington the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. the key hal

the announcement of a new government featuring the far right freedom party thirty one year old sebastian kurtz who leads the more moderate people's party is set to be the new chancellor botch the freedom party will control several important ministries. more and more refugees are choosing to take a new dangerous route to get into a europe few a taking the old regime cross the sea to the greek islands of lesbos and chaos now found crossing the land border from turkey into northeastern greece which means crossing the every else river a journey that's proved fatal for hundreds of refugees to mass graves containing the remains of dozens of iraq's that year's eve the minority have been found near the northwestern town of cynthia ninety bodies of reportedly been found including women and children i still took singe are in two thousand and fourteen killing and saving thousands of members of the religious minority group and yemen's government forces have seized more land from whose the rebel fighters in the southern part of the country military sources told al jazeera the yemeni army has taken the town

disputed border region rome says the move revives old hostility to spit austria's chancellor sebastian kurtz insists it won't diminish relations. south turold a stunning mountainous region on the border between italy and austria with though the half a million residents the area was part of the australian garion employ the full forty under italian control around a century ago. the region has two official languages italian and german puts the last twenty m. census reveals almost two thirds of german speaking. now the right wing freedom party a member of austria's new ruling coalition is fanning the flames offering austrian passports to south carolinians. that people felt their old will be able to apply for author and citizenship from two thousand and eight seem. at least in shock blasting the proposal as ethnic nationalism a fanciful move crazy idea and shameful it for an. ostrich chance lays trying to ease the route but is it already too late. for. some men south to roll static. we've always defended their quest of the double citizenship because for us it's very important as a link with our o

europe with a far right party currently in government the new thirty one year old chancellor sebastian kurtz who leads the conservative people's party made a coalition deal with the far right freedom party. donald trump has ordered staff at the top public health agency not to use words and phrases like evidence based vulnerable and fetus in their budget reports the directive follows previous steps in pursuit of its conservative social agenda last one use whatever you want of course on the website al jazeera dot com is the address you need you can tweet me i will tweet you back at peter one we're back top of the hour with a quick news summary for you between now and then inside story. the battle for power in south africa the ruling a.n.c. chooses a new leader who will probably be the next president but can the successor to jacob zuma make a difference and does the a.n.c. still appeal to the aspirations of south africans this is inside story. and welcome to the program the watershed meeting to elect a new leader for south africa's ruling party the african national congress faced legal challeng

amtrak train was carrying seventy seven passengers and seven crew the world's youngest leader sebastian kurtz has been sworn in as the chancellor of austria along with the far right freedom party hundreds of police sealed off parts of central vienna in anticipation of protests but demonstrations were largely peaceful kurtz's new coalition governments are expected to make immigration and tax reforms a top priority austria's the only western european country for the far right party in power and the european commission is investigating swedish furniture giant ikea of attack steals the company made in the netherlands the firms are accused of using a dutch subsidiary to slash its global tax bill as the latest crackdown on tax arrangements between multinationals and e.u. countries ikea denies breaching european rules whereas the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream statement that sorting by threats. facing realities if a piece of machinery goes wrong is there a chain of litigation through which we can bring a legal system to bear getting to the heart of the matter i don'

the world's youngest leader sebastian kurtz has been sworn in as the chancellor of austria long with the far right freedom party hundreds of police sealed off parts of vienna in anticipation of protests but demonstrations were largely peaceful kurtz's new coalition government is expected to make immigration and tax reforms a top priority austria is the only western european country with a far right party in power. and the european commission is investigating the swedish furniture giant ikea of the tax deals the company made in the netherlands the firm is accused of using a dutch subsidiary to cut its global tax bill as the latest crackdown on tax arrangements between multinationals an e.u. countries i kid denied breaching european rules well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost of watching. news has another. but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. hello i'm come on santa maria this is counting the cost

elections the conservatives won the biggest share of the vote and led by thirty one year old sebastian kurtz will now become europe's youngest leader. the winner of sunday's presidential runoff election in chile could be the term in via far right political party i will latin america i did so to say newman has more from santiago. it's early morning as. prepares to get in the saddle and the. hope this finance director of an upscale real estate company is passionate about chilean rodeo and it's as traditional as his political views. but is that represents what many see as the reemergence of a hard line conservative faction. a segment of chileans who voted for this man in last month's first round presidential election close in the new cast when a surprising eight percent of votes guarded as an extreme right winger he boasted that former military dictator augusto pinochet would have voted for him while he's still alive you know bull young fund i voted for the man who best represented mean for example social values when i'm against abortion and same sex marriage i don't think same sex couples shou

the world's youngest leader sebastian kurtz has been sworn in as the chancellor of austria along with the far right freedom party hundreds of police sealed off parts of central vienna in anticipation of protests but demonstrations are small and largely peaceful that's his new coalition government is expected to make immigration and tax reforms top priorities austria is the only western european country with a far right party in power a close election in the indian state a good juror to see in the prime minister narendra modi's party hold on to power there despite a stronger than usual challenge from the opposition congress party now a loss would have been a major embarrassment for both modi and his brother to get john to party or b.g.p. which is rule this western region for two decades now and it's also the prime minister's home state divya gopalan reports now from a mad about. people here say it is one of the most exciting elections the state of gujarat has seen in decades. there have been celebrations in the city center along with relief that the ruling party agenda third party mana

party has reached a coalition deal with the anti immigration freedom party thirty one year old sebastian kurtz who leads the conservatives will now become europe's youngest leader both parties have campaigned for tougher immigration rules and the deportation of asylum seekers one of the government ministers in catalonia who faces thirty years in prison if convicted of rebellion against the spanish government has been speaking to al jazeera about their fight for independence leaders of spain's government in madrid imposed direct rule after secession referendum in october catalans go back to the polls in five days time to determine the balance of power called panel has more. yellow ribbons a sign that the jailed independence leaders are not forgotten they visit this quarter bossa load road rallying to form so-called committees to defend the republic the three bow our heads that bill just stubbornness and crushes we must hold our heads high. in the wake of october secession referendum spanish authorities imposed our great imprisoned separatist politicians. just one of those cattle and government