a member of the european social democratic party or a member of the italian or the german social democratic party. and we had the idea wouldn't it be good to develop this one step further wouldn't be good to have a leader or a peon wide political party that you can become a member of so that would be just one example there's a whole range of issues that we need to just break down in terms of what they mean if we're probably european so that would be just one aspect. i'd be interested in knowing often you said that. the question is that the s p d wants to work through you want to conclude these until the party congress twenty nineteen so what are these issues and is that mean the process of renewing the s.p.d. will be concluded in january. where we came up with a couple of issues that. are scaling back to myself think are important to debate but there are some others that are being debated as well and we will conclude the list as it were of issues by next week you know what are we going to do with the social welfare and climate protection labor. issues around spelling out what being pro euro

one in four people are happy with chancellor merkel's grand coalition for her center left social democratic party partners the news is especially better we explain why also coming up today is the last day of campaigning for a highly charged regional election in the powerful southern state of bavaria their traditional parties are also bracing for a political earthquake as voters turn in droves to smaller parties including the far right a half day. and in the u.s. communities in the state of florida counting the cost of one of the most powerful storms in american history kirk in michael. i'm brian thomas thanks for being with us voter rejection of the governing coalition here in germany is the highest it has ever been and that's only days before a key regional election in the southern state of bavaria ahead of this ballot seen as crucial for chancellor merkel's government we have the latest survey by the polling institute in for test the map and for americans coalition it is looking like a disaster. if elections across germany were to be held today this is who the surveys participants said they vot

we're used to these numbers for like fifteen percent from smaller parties but not from the social democrats the greens used to be their junior partner in the last as is pedia led coalition and they're even stronger than the social democrats right now the a if tea party the far right party who is by the way new in parliament stronger than the s.p.d. party so that's really unheard of and we're witnessing an increasingly fragmented party landscape that we've been showing from other countries such as the netherlands for instance but not in germany so the fragmentation is now here at home in germany you know aspecific li about the current government voters issued a damning combination more than three quarters seventy six percent are quote dissatisfied were very dissatisfied with the conservative social democrat grand coalition only twenty four percent saying they are satisfied or very satisfied with the government's work. all over twenty four percent satisfied with the government very low numbers what does this tell us about attitudes right now towards politicians well the grand coalition as a g

thomas pair of course at the social democratic party headquarters here in berlin thank you very much thomas. to sports now and in formula one lewis hamilton a storm to a fifth world championship when the mexican grand prix on sunday how often went into the race needing to finish in or above seventh place to clinch the championship he started third on the grid made an early bid for the lead but red bulls max for stop an edge him aside and went on to win the race for a second year in a row but it was hamilton's day and he claimed fourth spot handing him his fifth world title. only one driver in the history of the sport is that for one more world championships than lewis hamilton the retired racing legend with seven but the britain is closing in having secured that fifth crown on sunday here's the story of this season's title defense. lewis hamilton champion again his fifth formula one world title has arguably been his toughest the miss a driver expected and initially got a big challenge from ferrari before he was able to streak away to overall victory i think it's just really about bee

committee what we decided in the executive committee with three points the first regarding the social democratic party. things must change quite seriously here even after the german national elections we carried out merciless election analysis interesting conclusions from them and it was clear from it that it's not just working within the coalition that we want to be seen we need to profile and position ourselves we need to work on future oriented issues but what's come out of the last few hours is that we need to be a lot faster in this process of reform reform within the party we need to come to conclusions more quickly and there's a clear commitment from the executive. committee in the party leadership that we want these issues dealt with by the end of the air or the start january. and then there's the whole state of the german government and their knowledge said yesterday this situation here in the german government is not acceptable certain things must change and one thing we get in the party leadership is that and to be analysis is going to have intense debates with the christian democrats who a

party the c.d.u. as well as it by proxy the social democrat coalition partners it was a very good evening for two of the smaller parties in germany the green party who i don't think you really can call smaller party these days they've been resurgent and continue they have twenty percent of the vote tying with the social democrats they of course were almost down and out last year they crept over the line into the bundestag barely but in bavaria and now it has so we've seen them resurgent also taking making ground there was the alternative for germany party they enter that has a parliament for the first time that means they're now represented in all of the sixteen states parliaments in germany as well as the bundestag they're not going to take on any leadership role if all the other parties have said they won't form a coalition with alternative germy they've proved to be controversial from their start up and continue to be controversial as they move into a more mean straight mainstream role of having representation all state parliaments their leadership on the results well they were elated with the people

their previous showing that's right that's the big story i think the main traditional parties christian democrats and social democrats losing big as we see is desert ing them looking for other aunt says elsewhere with some of the other parties or possibly just you know giving up on them entirely because there's a sense of frustration in particular not so much in how in the state of hesse itself as with that government in berlin and wrangle america the other thing you can see here. for the greens who've been in this coalition a cd you green coalition that's been in has over the last five years and they've clearly you know done good work they're being rewarded for that with a big boost in their vote the other thing the far right party coming in here now represented in every regional state legislature around germany so that's a big big news for them the other thing i would mention is further splintering of german politics in general in our six parties in this regional parliament and you've seen the same kind of thing in a lot of other places you know small parties and slightly bigger parties that's the landsca

party that s.p.d. the social democrats the same sort of thing but that the c.s.u. is the only party that will you know represent varia in berlin and again through this refugee crisis and his disputes with merkel recently that show not to be true that he has been able to push through a bavarian agenda in berlin and people are are noticing that and are very frustrated with the c.s. used failure over the past couple of years to do what they promised to do and i think that's why we're where we are now and that's also why the greens are doing so well because a lot of people on the other hand who. you know might have voted for the c.s.u. previously more and more liberal types have been offended by all of this is this very aggressive rhetoric that's come from say whole friend and the others recently talk about the very aggressive rhetoric that's who ladies at the table what to what extent is this about alpha males mentioned in the reports never really accepting a female chancellor never having developed property learns for a female leader in germany. i'm not sure i follow

party social democratic party lies called it a state of permanent crisis so this killing your party will undoubtedly we have gone through some turbulent weeks and months in germany i welcome the free coalition parties the c.d.c. issue on the social democrats have now agreed to concentrate on the issues and this is exactly what german citizens are expecting of a considerable compromise you haven't done. i mean the fact is that by the standards of your government the far right a d. is looking pretty strong and stable well if you're in politics you always have to be ready to find compromise and if you're in a coalition government with three parties you have to be ready also to strike deals and find compromises this is where it's a little what i said about the city but this is what they governmental work is about here he is growing it's strong it's stable in some polls it's the second party in germany yes and that he misses a worrying development down a month ago you said the threat of the f.t. didn't worry you so much because eighty five percent of germans didn't vote for a radical right wi

the german population there's a lost its trust into the christian democratic union into the social democratic party end of the established politics and media system voting for that if he is mostly or even completely an emotionally driven voting those who vote for the a if he simply wanted to be clear we have lost trust in the it's established political parties who want to punish them and the most severe punishment for the political establishment is voting for the a.f.p. and this is how the things are going on in germany right now. right to something a little different though first it was the presidential election that alleged assault on american democracy no those russian trolls are up to something even more sinister they've had a galaxy not so far far away apparently targeting hollywood and the star wars franchise. hey america the stole your election hey britain they stole your dream of a united europe democracy will never be the same because of russian memes thralls bartz well surely there is something still sacred in western culture affluent activity that we're looking at today those are areas w

judea coalition partners the social democrat party has threatened to end their partnership if there is no political improvement the poor results have sparked an energetic debate about who will succeed merkel and when her party is tolerated because she was able to negotiate coalitions where they would be the strongest. that's been less sense the last elections the social democrats would join the government if they got the post of foreign minister and finance minister and many in the party say well you sold with too cheaply political uncertainty in germany is also a worry for the european union at a time when the blocs dealing with rising populism a budget crisis in italy and brics it. she has been a stable force in europe for more than a decade the whole earth or sea at home has steadily eroded. kept al-jazeera still ahead on al-jazeera.

among the german population has lost its trust into the christian democratic union into the social democratic party end of the established politics and media system voting for that if he is mostly or even completely an emotionally driven voting those who vote for the a of d. simply want to be clear we have lost trust in the political parties we want to punish them and the most severe punishment for the political establishment is looking for the a.f.p. and this is how the things are going on in germany right now. ok we had hoped to discuss with relationships expert on inequality experts about the comments of a british headmistress turned her fury against a reality dating show saying it's incompatible with trying to support harassment campaigns or anti housman campaigns we can bring into this hour but we're on to it and we will discuss it in the coming hours that's it for now though i'll have you next r.t. world news update in just over thirty minutes so you don't. accept the story. for the whole of the. old. i don't but this thought i love me. one of them so many you know how to know it's a mask you

one in four people are happy with chancellor merkel's grand coalition for her center left social democrat party or partners the news is especially bitter we explain why also coming up today is the last day of campaigning for a highly charged regional election in the powerful southern state of bavaria there .

among the german population has lost its trust into the christian democratic union into the social democratic party and of the established politics and media system voting for the f.t. is mostly or even completely an emotionally driven voting those who voted for the a of d. simply wanted it clear we have lost trust in the it's political party a swede want to punish them and the most severe punishment for the political establishment is voting for the f.t. and this is how the things are going on in germany right now. russia's military has released video of an herb defense system being delivered to syria it's being deployed there to protect personnel after the dawning of a russian military aircraft three weeks ago off the syrian coast a total of forty nine elements hundred over to damascus including four launchers. i. i. i i. i well according to russia's defense ministry the s. three hundred system has a range of two hundred fifty kilometers and can intercept several targets sibel tenuously the friend or full system will also go in t. that syria can identify russian aircraft syria accidentally shot do

and in this case the losers again were the wealthy parties representing the ruling grand coalition angle merkel's christian democratic union and the social democratic party both dropped around ten percent in the polls those votes going either to the greens or to alternative for germany for the most part what we have seen though is is the people turning away on a local level from problems they see on a national level it's not just voters that have been saying this solution to date of the government isn't acceptable we therefore expect the c.d.u. to take. faction in the us house this evening there was a very mixed message as there was the christian democratic union to continue leading this state that many people have shown during this election that it must be different i mean has it in berlin or the suggestion there that there really needs to be a change at the top that it's angela merkel in berlin that's causing the problems that we're seeing reflected on local governments in the the sixteen german states don't get me wrong though this is no way going to be the result that topples angela merkel however it could be one of the thousand cuts

not just on the city was conservative party that depends also on a coalition partner the social democratic party that will depend how both will work together foolish matts an american as chancellor so you go so you mr jones were it will be very powerful that's i expect a very good president board member of the german parliament we've you coming in and sharing your insights as always thank you thank you. nato is holding its largest military exercises since the end of the cold war dubbed trident juncture the vast gathering is taking place in norway parts of the north atlantic and the baltic sea all twenty nine nato member states plus finland and sweden are taking part it's taken months to get everything in position fifty thousand troops and support personnel two hundred fifty aircraft sixty five naval vessels and up to ten thousand military vehicles are now in the region moscow has called the maneuvers quote and russian exercise. all our reporter lars show for six accompanied the troops and the tanks and he sends us this report . my. mind. blowing up obstacles. and building bridges in just a few m

the german population there's a lost its trust into the christian democratic union into the social democratic party end of the established politics and media system voting for that if d. is mostly or even completely an emotionally driven voting those who vote for the a of d. simply want to be clear we have lost trust in the its political parties for want to punish them of the most severe punishment for the political establishment is looking for the f.t. and this is how the things are going on in germany right now. all right we have some breaking news to bring in our on the program the international court of justice has ordered the united states to lift some of its sanctions on iran the ruling covers restrictions linked to humanitarian goods and civil aviation there to run filed a complaint in july saying that by. pulling out of the uranium nuclear deal the u.s. had breached another accord struck back in one thousand nine hundred fifty five it is not clear at this stage whether the administration of donald trump will comply it opens up a lot of other issues we'll be looking for some analysis on this

there were double digit drops in the polls for both the christian democratic union and the social democratic party of germany as well those votes went to a mixture the green party again doing very well in local elections they picked up around twenty percent of the vote a great night out for them they the big successes along with alternative for germany they picked up throughout thirteen percent of the vote they entered the parliament in for the first time they won't be for part of any coalition in parliament the every other party said they won't work with them there but this is the first one invented in has it now means that they are represented in all sixteen german state parliaments as well as being represented in the ponder stack their leadership ecstatic with the results on sunday evening. with the people's party the f.t. is now represented in every german region after the great success it has. well the big news going through angle of merkel the german chancellor saying that she won't run for reelection as the chairperson of the christian democratic union saying she will remain in the role as

among the german population has lost its trust into the christian democratic union into the social democratic party end of the established politics and media system voting for that if he is mostly or even completely an emotionally driven voting those who vote for the a of d. simply want to be clear we have lost trust in the its political parties for want to punish them of the most severe punishment for the political establishment is looking for the f.t. and this is how the things are going on in germany right now. a palestinian teenager has been killed by israeli troops during protests in the northern gaza strip the gaza health ministry reports the fifteen year old reportedly died of a head injury thousands of people took part in the protests at least ten were injured to disperse the demonstrators the israeli. military used tear gas rubber bullets and even live fire in response palestinians hold rocks fire bombs and grenades at troops israel claims its actions were taken to protect its borders. well first it was the presidential election in that alleged assault on american democracy but now russian

among the german population has lost its trust into the christian democratic union into the social democratic party end of the established politics and media system voting for that if he is mostly or even completely an emotionally driven voting those who vote for the a of d. simply want to be clear we have lost trust in the it's political party it's with want to punish them the most severe punishment for the political establishment is looking for the f.t. and this is how the things are going on in germany right now. and a foreigner silicon valley is home to progressive employers like tech giant apple alphabets and facebook and now everyone in the us they will have to keep in step after it made it a legal requirement for at least one woman to sit on the board of directors in every company the law says it must happen by the end of twenty nine team or less. has to increase to three in the coming years firms could also face fines of one hundred thousand dollars or even more for not complying spin the long awaited legislation for many the bill though has provoked concern with others the state's chamber

brazil's social—democrat party has said it will not openly support the left—wing presidential candidatennouncement is a major upset for mr haddad, who lagged behind the far—right candidate, jair bolsonaro, by 17 percentage points in the first round of voting on sunday. hurricane michael is speeding towards the florida panhandle, and 120,000 people in its path have been told to evacuate. it's currently a category three storm, swirling in the gulf of mexico, and it's expected to make landfall on wednesday late afternoon. it's wide, and it's moving quickly, leaving residents with just hours to get out of the storm's way. in a moment gary o'donoghue will have the latest from florida but first here's laura trevalyn on what we can expect. hurricane michael seen from space, a monstrous storm still strengthening, barrelling towards the north—eastern gulf coast of florida. the gillam family are heeding the warnings, taking no chances, and ending their beach vacation in panama city early. three kids. if it was just the adults, we would have rode it out. we need to be said because they are with us

setback in as many weeks of merkel's conservative alliance her judea coalition partners the social democrat party has threatened to end their partnership if there is no political improvement the poor results have sparked an energetic debate about who will succeed merkel and when her party has tolerated her because she was able to negotiate coalitions where they would be the strongest. that's been less the last elections the social democrats would only join the government if they got the post of foreign minister and finance minister and many in the party say well you sold with too cheaply political uncertainty in germany is also a worry for the european union at a time when the blocks dealing with the rising populism the budget crisis in italy and brics it. she has been a stable force in europe for more than a decade thorazine at home has steadily eroded. persons' finance minister says he could fundamentally change the country's economic plans if negotiations to leave the european union fail philip hammond is delivering the u.k.'s annual budget in london so today it was falling all the development

her judea coalition partners the social democrat party has threatened to ns their partnership if there is no political improvement the poor results have sparked an energetic debate about who will succeed merkel and when her party has tolerated her because she was able to negotiate coalitions where they would be the strongest possible that's been less sense the last elections the social democrats would join the government if they got the post of foreign minister and finance minister and many in the party say well you sold with too cheaply political arm certainty in germany is also a worry for the european union at a time when the blocs dealing with rising populism a budget crisis in italy and brics it. she has been a stable force in europe for more than a decade the whole earth or sea at home has steadily eroded. plenty more ahead on the al-jazeera news hour including what's spurring thousands of hondurans to make the difficult journey to the u.s. border. we will be getting. and religious communities in pittsburgh remember the victims of saturday's synagogue shooting and call on the pre

merkel's shaking coalition government as both the main parties suffered heavy losses metals social democrat party has threatened to quit the coalition will be asking is this the beginning of the end for the chancellor. and brazil is on the verge of the next being a populist far right for president that's also naruto the contest has split the country olson are is left as challenges ses democracy.

national government circles party came in first but with ten percent fewer votes than before the social democrat party that allies with merkel also lost one percent of its side. nato's biggest military maneuvers since the cold war have begun in norway that's where forces are practicing how they would fight off a foreign invader the war games involve about fifty thousand personnel from all twenty nine nato allies along with partners finland and sweden sixty five sea vessels one hundred fifty aircraft and ten thousand land vehicles are taking part and russia which shares a border with norway has warned it's watching closely meanwhile germany is leading the joint exercise with almost five thousand troops taking parts alex gets more. german artillery has just finished its latest mission so. imaginary targets i spoke earlier today. about how ready the task force was germany you might know nation for the. very joint i read in this task force that nato is establishing and having on hand if a requirement that means. three years. old. brigade size force and the contribution of germany itself is almost a mechan

as is the far right alternative for germany party or with sixteen percent the social democrats would garner just fifteen percent making them only the fourth strongest party their worst result ever the pro-business f.d.p. and the left party would both walk away with ten percent. and surprisingly three quarters of germans are either dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the current government. only one in four is satisfied or even very satisfied. in the last months chancellor. c.s.u. leader. and. were repeatedly forced to hold crisis summits each time they only narrowly avoided a coalition breakdown that has harmed the country's leader most of all more than half of germans blame for the state of the german government. one third thinks interior minister horse is responsible he is losing support just before the state elections in bavaria that are so important for him. only two percent of voters. but that doesn't help her party. the greens on the other hand are flying high this clip be because most germans are dissatisfied with the grand coalitions climate policy. recently thousands of pe

but she is a member of the social democrat party, the social democrats administration in berlin.a champagne socialist and this is not the kind of signal that you want to be sending to potential voters who had been deserting the party to the right in droves going to the populist anti—immigrant the right in droves going to the populist anti—immigra nt alternative for germany party because they now feel they, the alternate for germany, represent the interests of the traditional working class of better than the social democrats. the traditional working class of better than the social democratsm terms officially of how this looks, it doesn't look great. it is a bag signal certainly. it is a bad mood music. but she is also being a target for the far right, the populists. she stuck her head above the parapet on several occasions. there were riots in the eastern city of chemnitz last month about far right protesters over the death of a german man at the hands of immigrants. and those rights went very violently. but she went on the social media and said that the left—wing are doing comfor

party the c.s.u. and the social democrats has steadily gone downhill since the three parties rejoined forces earlier this year through according to the latest trend poll if federal elections were held this sunday the conservatives and the social democrats would no longer have a majority in the bundestag the conservative union made up of medical c.d.u. and the variance e.s.u. would receive just a quarter of the vote a record low. but the greens are on the up with seventeen percent as is the far right alternative for germany party or with sixteen percent. the social democrats would garner just fifteen percent making them only the fourth strongest party their worst result ever the pro-business f.d.p. and the left party would both walk away with ten percent. and surprisingly three quarters of germans are either dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the current government. only one in four is satisfied or even very satisfied. in the last months chancellor. c.s.u. leader. and leader. were repeatedly forced to hold crisis summits each time they only narrowly avoided a coalition breakdown that has harmed the co