the social democrats used to be one of the strongest parties in germany that led former governments. 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 p.v. led coalition 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 knowing 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 over a grand coalition as a government is an ex

the party that has gained most from the disarray of the big parties the christian democrats the social democrats is the green party firmly rooted in the liberal democratic political spectrum a party with a lot of modern ideas a party that does not simplify its message as a party that is the antithesis of populism so i think that is a very positive story as we look at your of democracy our chief political correspondent linda gray and it's always thank you. all right now we go to brazil where the far right candidate. has won a sweeping victory in that country's presidential election no official results give him more than fifty five percent of the vote that's well ahead of the leftist candidate for. the final results were announced. on the streets a sign of brazil's division over its new leader. change has come to brazil after a decade and a half of leftist and centrist rule the far right has emerged triumphant. like it because it represents a shift in power we had the same group ruling the country for sixteen years and these results are making the people happy. i think it will be good for brazil we need a chan

crucial the party that has gained most from the disarray of the big parties the christian democrats of social democrats is the green party firmly rooted in the liberal democratic political spectrum a party with a lot of modern ideas a party that does not simplify its message as a party that is the antithesis of populism so i think that is a very positive story as we look at your of democracy our chief political correspondent and when it's always thank you. and here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the prime suspect in the deadly synagogue shooting in pittsburgh has appeared in court forty six year old robert bowers is accused of carrying out the mass killing in the u.s. on saturday a memorial has been set up outside the tree of life a synagogue in the city eleven people were killed as caravans of central american migrants continue to travel through mexico towards the united states eight hundred u.s. troops are reportedly now on their way to america's southern border military sources say there are plans to send more than five thousand soldiers there this week. around three q

the problems of angular merkley has been there to migrant policy has been supported by the social democrats by the green by the media but it has not really been supported by a majority in her own party not to speak about her sister party which is the crucial social union area so she was more responsive to the policy views of her political opponents then she was responsive to the desires of her followers and the whole instability of the present grain coalition came from the fact that a social democrats felt there what they preferred in terms of migration policy was no longer laws no longer and is no longer accepted by the german public and the electorate here for their suffering from modifications of this policy which were imposed from angola merkel by her party and by the sister parties a bit there and see as you sow the instability of this government the bad reputation our government were due to her iran years make ration policy and now she paid the price for her well herb popularity big popularity which she won big in twenty fifteen with inviting nearly all the world to germany ok we'll leave it there

seventh next year i will be campaigning for the very same coalition we have now social democrats the left party and the greens and you the that's the constellation i want to see in government again quinn so that's really. what i would like to point out that our political culture interring in as such that the christian democrats and the left talk to each other and address issues in a responsible collegial manner. but this isn't just living democracy this is what he would like people elsewhere and you have a very a for example to accept at the left by. does not mean the end of the world or the outbreak of world com innocently and that we have some good ideas to contribute. dammit cynthia but i would like to end our interview by asking you to complete three sentences so i can send to begins all social democrat left green coalition interring and could be a model for the government at the national level if and when i did to my pa if the three parties really hash out their differences in public debate him draw up a common agenda on the basis of those differences and i don't know inforced toeing the line and buildin

the bench, looking to his own party, the csu, and the other parties, we have four, the social democrats, the greenhappens in bavaria, compared to how much power the federal government has? well, germany is a federal country, so these states have quite a lot of power over, for example, education, police, security is a main subject. compared to other countries like france, which is completely centrist, it is quite important for the people who live here, what happens here inside. here is the media setting up. i saw one journalist saying this feels like a referendum on angela merkel. are you getting more attention than perhaps normally? we do have a lot of attention, that is for sure. we have some 1000 journalists. 1000? on sunday night, yes. one other thing i wanted to ask you and it is christian crosses. this one here has been here for many, many years. since the ‘50s, yeah. there was a lot of coverage earlier this year, though, about a new ruling that all public buildings must now have christian crosses in reception. all public buildings that are referring to the government, so the parliament, for

and neck with the social democrats there around twenty percent for the kates it was clear that the big parties these are the conservative c.d.u. and the social democrat s.p.d. and the greens are one of the smaller ones in fact in german parliament and bundestag they have the smallest parliamentary group and now they could come out second. and that would turn the system upside down upside down we're in for very interesting times on your courage thank you so much for laying it all out for us greatly appreciate it. now to the story of journalist and author michael scott moore who traveled to somalia to write a book on piracy round up and along the coast of east africa but ended up being captured himself by pirates and held prisoner for more than two and a half years he was covering the trial here in germany in hamburg of somali pirates and their failed hijacking of a german cargo ship and decided to delve deeper into the subject matter having made it safely to the somali pirate village of hope you know he was on his way back to the airport in the central somali town. and when he was taken hostage back in twenty twelve hour ransom raised by his mother secured his freedom and

merkel's government early projections in the state of her support merkel's christian democratic union and the social democratic allies down ten points each the greens have nearly double the support to twenty percent meanwhile the far right f.t. will and to the state parliament for the first time after gaining the backing of twelve percent of voters. but there are three years just believe this is a hard and difficult night for the s.p.d.m. has a we have not kept the result up to where we wanted it is a bitter defeat and we cannot talk our way around it it is the worst expected result since nine hundred forty six. to the middle east where three palestinian teenagers are being killed by an israeli drone strike in gaza they died in the eastern region of the strip between khan yunis and india. the israeli army says it fired towards three palestinian saboteurs who were attempting to plant an explosive device near the border fence with israel the palestinian president is accusing his hamas rivals of supporting the interests of the united states by not giving up control of the gaza strip but mood abbas is worried the u.s. is planning a proposal to offer pa

the christian democratic you. perhaps in the chancellor's office itself but while the christian democratic union the social democrats took a pounding and it was the greens who how it came out as one of the biggest successes they took twenty percent they romping forward out of nowhere if you think that just last year they looked almost out of it limping across the line into the the bundestag now they've they've made great gains in bavaria now in hessen and also. election if you take as a big success for the alternative for germany party they received thirteen percent of the vote there into the parliament in hester for the first time that means that they now represented in all sixteen of the state parliaments of germany as well as of course be represented in the bundestag so a good night for them their leadership clearly very happy with the result. with the people's party the f.t. is now represented in every german region after the great success it has. well just go back through the latest news off the back of that election has set a miracle the german chancellor said that she won't seek reelection as the party chairwoman of the christian democratic union

the social democrats. that could be possible in a coalition with the greens and the left party if schaefer goes s.p.d. beats the greens and both make gains like the latest polls show both parties at about twenty percent. politics. and hess are worried that weakening support for the government in berlin could influence the outcome of sunday's vote rarely have uncle america and her cabinet been so unwelcome on the campaign trail. it's a different story with direct our was zero on the greens they're riding a wave of fresh support benefiting from america's government woes as they make that clear on their campaign posters. with showing that we're ready to take control which demonstrate that will bill it's easy to govern with various partners and we have policies we want to enact and that's what we're aiming to do. sunday promises to be an exciting day in hesse's capital b.'s bought in the city will also be the focus for many in berlin. political correspondent thomas joins me now in studio four more thanks for joining us thomas so why is state elections like this one it has of being observed so closely in g

test for her government early projections in the state of hess put merkel's christian democratic union and the social democrats down ten points each the greens have nearly doubled their support to twenty percent on the far right a.f.d. will enter the state parliament for the first time after gaining the backing of twelve percent of voters. well on all the stories of watching three palestinian teenagers have been killed by an israeli drone strike in gaza. and mohammed else atari with thirteen years old fourteen year old khalid was also killed the boys are from the village of wadi soca the israeli army says it fired towards the palestinians because they were attempting to plant an explosive device at the border fence with israel some he's from yemen now a senior drugs police officer has been killed in the southern port city of aden a gunman opened fire on the car in which connell fuddle say was traveling along with two members of his security team instantly killing all three is the latest in a series of drive by shootings that have targeted senior clerics and top officials since the outbreak of yemen civil war in two thousand and fifteen agent

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's party the f.t. is now represented

merkel's government early projections in the state of has put merkel's christian democratic union and the social democratic allies down ten points each the greens have nearly double their support to twenty percent meanwhile the far right a f d will enter the state parliament for the first time after gaining the backing of twelve percent of voters. one person has been killed and several others wounded as the political crisis turned violent pleas of arrested a ministerial security guard who opened fire on a crowd of presidential loyalists the u.s. has called for parliament to be reconvened immediately but sri lanka's president is standing by his move to sack the prime minister in el fernandez has more from colombo. a jubilant mind the rajapaksa was mum when he visited the country's most sacred buddhist shrine the temple of the two thing candy on sunday morning his reception showed the popularity the new prime minister still commands among a sizeable section of the population that popularity and his track record made him the obvious choice for president might you file a citizen or when he needed a replacement for running a victim a singer who he s

you also lost voters to the center left that would be the greens at the same time the greens have been basically been feeding off the social democrats here who have been dealt a crushing blow in these elections again continuing a trend of this grand old party to his oldest party in decline here and nearing the danger zone of getting into political unimportance so that is really the key to success they themselves say that simply had a positive message a can do attitude absolutely when you look at how they campaigned they were the ones they had the yes we can ask to to stress the positive issues that don't just on the traditional bread and butter issues like the environment but also on innovation here so they had a different agenda but overall it shows the for the fragmentation of the political landscape and that people appear to be voting on central issues that they feel very strongly about. i can't at this point in time really see much strategic voting than that of course these the c.s.u. with a difficult question can they get a coalition together with the center right with the parties that are more conservative ground or will they

the. christian democratic union and the social democrat allies down ten points age of the greens have nearly doubled their support to twenty percent meanwhile the far. end of the state parliament for the first time after backing off . and straight on through the years just believe this is a hard and difficult night for the s.p.d. and we have not kept the result up to where we wanted it is a bitter defeat and we cannot talk away around it it is the worst expected result since nine hundred forty six still ahead on the bulletin. palu indonesia where it's been a month since an earthquake and tsunami left more than two thousand people dead in some areas life is beginning to get back to normal in others it's clear much work is still to be done before affected areas can truly recover. and sport find out what strawman a tennis player has signed a twenty eighteen on the high have the details. hello again well this hour we are going to start in north america where we did see a nor'easter cause a lot of problems here along the coastal areas of the united states now that system is pushing into the canad

merkel's government early projections in the state of hesse put manacles christian democratic union and the social democrat allies down ten points age the greens have nearly doubled their support is twenty percent meanwhile the far right and stable end of the state parliament for the first time off again in the backing of twelve percent of voices. and straight on i'm truly is just believe this is a hard and difficult not for the s.p.d. in his we have not kept the result up. to where we wanted it is a bitter defeat and we cannot talk away around it it is the worst expected result since nine hundred forty six still ahead on the news hour how political tensions in gaza could shorten the more reliable electricity plus. i'm kathleen sawyer llamas community range in the indian ocean i'll be telling you like this woman patient men are on a mission to protect and i really like and that environment. and find out what you plan has signed up for twenty eight thousand on the high end have the details. been nice pink skies by the taj mahal. or is the sunsets in the city of angels. going to welcome back to your national weather forecasts well here in the pa

krauts and the social democrats both the see the shop and invest the poor big winners of the greens already in coalition with interests over the christian democrats for the first time the far right get enough votes to enter the regional parliament will bring you the latest also with full analysis from all political correspondents here in the studio also on the program. the f.b.i. praises pittsburgh police officers for their rapid response to saturday's synagogue shootings investigators said the quick apprehension of the attacker prevented further casualties as mourners held a vigil for the eleven victims that many blamed the killings on the current political climate. and brazilians on the verge of electing a populist far right president. the country's most polarized election in decades. democracy is at stake. welcome. the program voters in the german state of hess that have delivered a blow today to german chancellor angela merkel in regional election the vote is widely being seen as a test of the national popularity of her party the conservative c.d.u. let's take a look now at the latest p

literally take over from and be in a position that can actually cooperate with the free democrats the green party and the social democrats which we need to do in order to form a government in germany. good to speak with you matthew quarter joining us there from london. uk asriel lanka's dismissed oil minister has been granted bail after his arrest police say junior around a security guard opened fire on a crowd of presidential loyalists killing one person meanwhile the new prime minister has assumed duties after his sudden appointment triggered a political crisis rajapaksa is replacing the will come a single day but he has refused to leave the official residence become a single believes he still has a parliamentary majority they cannot prove that because parliament's been suspended . and we know fernandez joins us live now from colombo so you know the sacto prime minister has spoken again what's he said. de sac prime minister run a vicar missing heard responding to the address to the nation by president might be by the city center yesterday basically coming out very defensive defending what his government had d

chancellor angela merkel early projections in the state of has merkel's christian democratic union and the social democrats down ten points each the greens have nearly doubled their support to twenty percent. meanwhile the far right a.f.d. will enter the state parliament for the first time after gaining the backing of twelve percent of voters english premier league football team last the city have confirmed their billionaire thai owner was one of five people who died in a helicopter crash next to the club stadium because down a problem was one of the highlands richest men and also much loved within the less the community serious paul brennan is there. the carpet of flowers and flags and scarves grew steadily as the hours passed fans young and old some in tears some still struggling to come to terms with the news we should all take it in he can't say he did that's the thing that shock isn't a you know one minute you're enjoying a football match and the next minute this. morning's included a tight youth academy team who knelt and prayed for the victims. be shy schriever down a problem the fifth richest man in thailand bought leicester city

test for her government early projections in the state of hesse michel's christian democratic union and the social democrats down ten points each the greens have nearly doubled their support to twenty percent and the far right after you will enter the state parliament for the first time after gaining the backing of twelve percent of voters all to afghanistan now vote counting is underway in kandahar province after parliamentary elections that were pushed back by a week people risk their lives to vote in this election after the taliban claimed the killing of a senior afghan general and regional intelligence chief day before polls would you to open a security situation in the country has been tense after last weekend's elections and limbering results are expected to be released on november the tenth. well some news from yemen where a scene the anti drugs police officer has been killed in the southern port city of aden gunmen opened fire on the car in which connell father saw it was traveling along with two members of his security team instantly killing all three it's the latest in a series of drive by shootings that have targeted senior cle

berlin and it's unique in that respect because if you vote for the greens they're tied to a federal party. that the spd the social democrats the same sort of thing but that the cs you is the only party that will. you know represent bavaria in berlin and again to this refugee crisis and his disputes with medical recently that show not to be true that he has been unable to push through a bavarian agenda. in berlin and people are are noticing that and and are. very frustrated with this year's use failure over the past couple of years to do what they promised to do and i think that's why were where we are now and that's also why the greens are doing so well because a lot of people. on the other hand to you know might have you previously -- more more liberal types. have been offended by all of this this this -- very aggressive rhetoric that's come from single friend and the others reach when you talk about the very aggressive rhetoric the two ladies -- the table what. to what extent is this about alpha males mentioned in the report. never really accepting a female chancellor. never having develop property lawrence for a female

the social democrats had their worst showing since the second world war. the greene than doubled its support and a far right party won seats for the first time. an indonesian passenger plane has crashed. betweento medications jakarta and sumatra and went out of the java sea. it was carrying 188 passengers and crew. indonesia's last major crash was in december 2014 when air asia indonesia plane plunged into the sea with 162 people on board. you can follow the latest developments on the bloomberg. global news 24 hours a day on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. manus: i will pick it up from you. it is merger monday and ibm has taken the crown. to buy software maker red hat $433 billion in cash. it's a big bet on the cloud. they are paying a 63% premium over the closing price on friday. they dug deep. dave, what is the latest line? going head to head with amazon and microsoft and catching up. sure, they have been left behind as more and more of the software industry has looked at software as a se

berlin and it's unique in that respect because if you vote for the greens they're tied to a federal 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 unable to push through a very an agenda in. berlin and people are are noticing that and are very frustrated with the c.s. use failure over the past couple of years to do what they promised to do and i think that's why were where we are now and that's also why the greens are doing so well because a lot of people on the other hand to you know might have voted for the c.s.u. previously more and more liberal types have been offended by all of 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 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 ge

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 chancellor expecting to remain in that role up until the ne

social democrats would no longer have a majority in the bundestag the conservative union made up of merkel c.d.u. and the bavarian c.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. 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 othe

social democrats at fifteen percent that is the percentage number that we're used to from smaller parties really but not from one of the major parties that led governments in the past they are weaker than the green party and the a of the party of the green party who used to be their junior partner in the last s.p.d. led government for instance now stronger than the social democrats the far right if the party who was just new in parliament stronger than the s.p.d. party so this does come as a very big shock and we are witnessing an increasingly fragmented party landscape here in germany that we're not used to apparently and we need to get used to the list stable conditions and the past is ok it is a lot of fragmentation the it with the gains on both ends of the political extreme right and left you know asked specifically about the current government voters issued a damning condemnation more than three quarters seventy six percent are quote dissatisfied were very dissatisfied with the conservative social democrat coalition only twenty four percent say they're satisfied we're very satisfied with the government's work . all over only twenty four percent satisfied of the job the government is doing w

both the main parties, the christian democrats and social democrats, lost support in hesse state; the greensly to increase tensions in the governing coalition in berlin especially as it follows setbacks in the bavarian elections earlier this month. more than 100 enviromental activists have been arrested as they protested against the clearing of germany‘s ancient forests by a utility company. hundreds of people had blocked a railway which the company was using to transfer coal. the company has been heavily criticised over its plans with a major protest taking place last month. georgia‘s presidential election will need a second round of voting after neither of the leading candidates secured an outright majority. french born salome zurabishvili is leading the voting so far. this is the last time an election will be held for the largely ceremonial post. future presidents will be decided by an electoral college picked from the country‘s legislators. it‘s been confirmed the owner of leicester city football club was killed when his helicopter crashed shortly after take off on saturday. vichai sriva

with open borders no nation refugees welcome this is the motto of the city you of the green party of the social democrats and this has been strange people and people are looking for different solutions to different audiences and they're turning to the f.t. because we are making these issues. part of the debate we're having every single day so this clearly is a strong no no for i'm going to america and speaking of angela merkel what does this mean for germany's grand coalition i mean in the grand scheme of things it's not going to make things fall apart but part of a wide apart and it's really going to put under pressure isn't it. yes of course the pressure has grown the pressure is immense now the only reason i'm going to america is not calling for a snap election which would be the normal reaction following the results of bavaria and now an hessy is there petrified of the results in the city you lost ten percent of the s.p.d. the social democrats they left last ten percent and there's no sign that they're going to recover in a general election so they just clinging onto power no matter what what do you

democrats on the social democrats and both saw a shop drop in support of the far right. twelve percent enough to enter the regional parliament for the first time the environmentalists the greens currently in the coalition with. a projected almost twenty percent of the vote. investigators in pittsburgh have held a press conference on the progress of the investigation into a gun attack a synagogue that killed eleven people the f.b.i. praised police officers for the quick response to the incident saying. the attack prevented further casualties. you're watching live from berlin well coming up the top of the hour thank you for watching. one hundred men must reads list of not to be missed german novels in english translation. among them one of the many best said this recent. we visited her in los angeles and i asked her what it's like to be a german reisa in the u.s. . you. know. exploring the. distance hiking trail. it's going to be exhausting maybe. will look like. this and. one hundred and seventy kilometer trail unspoiled nature. sixty minutes. carefully. don't seem. to be a good. match. discoverable. subscribe to the documentary on. hello and welcome to our hearts twenty one s

leaders and tributes to her have been pouring in even from some of the opposition parties the greens the social democrats all of them talking about her importance and in that. ways she really has absolutely changed germany even though she's known as a cautious and careful leader still it's too early to say where this change will take us next but no question this is a momentous time and the now we have the parties on the extremes the left the greens and on the right the f.t. this seems to be where all these voters who have left the mainstream parties have gone briefly if you could sum up for us how change germany's party landscape is now it's much more fragmented than it was in the past these two big parties the social democrats and the c.d.u. the christian democrats they don't look nearly as big anymore than we are in germany they're often referred to as the people's party's well that is shrinking one of the that bright stories in all of this because we tend to focus on the rise of the right wing the s.d. and be quite concerned about what that means but what we've also seen is the rise of a party firmly