german president frank-walter steinmeier has warned of new walls as the country marks 27 years sinceeunification. he may be common in a speech during an event commemorating german unity date which saw the country's leaders gather. the celebrations are being overshadowed by strong showing by the nationalist alternative for germany party in last month's general election. reporter: on the 27th anniversary of german unity come its leaders have reasons to be cheerful. smiling selfies had a serious message. though germany may be prosperous , were in crisis have arrived on their doorstep -- war and crisis has arrived on their doorstep. >> we cannot detach ourselves from what is going on in the world. we have to ensure globalization takes place in a humane way. reporter: closer to home come in germany's president frank-walter steinmeier says the country is torn and under threat from a new aggressive form of nationalism. he says new walls are being built, this time in people's mines. -- minds. >> the mistrust is growing behind -- deep mistrust is growing. everyone except the so-called fighter

steinmeyer has warned of new walls as the country marks twenty seven years since we unification steinmeier was referring to a rise in right wing sentiment that saw the far right enter the german parliament for the first time in last month's election he said the election results showed that the country is divided steinmeier was speaking in the western city of mines at a state ceremony held to mark unification. as an under them on the walls have sprung up less visible without a road that strips but wolves nonetheless which stand in the way of a joint togetherness minds and view. and chief correspondent crane was at the event and she says last month's election laid bare the divisions separating germans today. well like the weather here the picture is mixed certainly if you look at economic and material indicators east and west have converged unemployment is about the same level in both parts of germany although eastern germany definitely does lag in product to video and it continues to lag in g.d.p. but as the president pointed out in the hall that you see behind me in fact perhaps the more g

ok well for those of you who just joined this german president frank walter steinmeier is in moscow at the moment on his first visit to russia we were showing you his joint press conference to you just a couple of minutes ago with blood in both agreed that there is room for improvement in relations between germany and russia. really putting you. to welcome to german president to moscow and then still cautious optimism and also that his visit will serve to boost through. lucian's between russia germany does not think it's important but it's presidents use it patooties like beast one to see what we can do to improve relations. with points. ok we'll discuss this a bit further than average joined by the german m.p. for the alternative for germany party and joe miller welcome to the studio and york thanks for your time tonight. what are your thoughts then on this meeting between the early today president putin and also frank water steinmeyer both said they wanted better relations but in all likelihood how quickly are we likely to see that . time has come for mr steinmeier to reach that mosc

during president steinmeier has told the russian president vladimir putin that he is unhappy about the state of relations between germany and russia he made those remarks while on an official visit to the russian capital moscow steinmeyer also met with human rights activists after his talks with the russian president it's the first visit by a german head of state to russia in seven years. and only sure when has been covering this bilateral meeting and she joins the make me now from the russian capital moscow good to see emily we've heard from president steinmeyer and president putin after their bilateral talks. yeah we have and steinmeier emphasized again that relations are really far from normal he particularly mentioned the crisis in eastern ukraine and the annexation of the crimean peninsula and he also mentioned what he called recent arrests no he didn't say what he meant by that but he could have well meant the arrest of a prominent and critical theater director city biko and also the arrest of opposition politician. so he did have human rights and ukraine were on his agenda and p

and german president trungpa steinmeier is in moscow as the russian government progress to return a cathedral to the evangelical lutheran church we have a report from our correspondent there. other unwelcome i'm a thought she. the trial has started for a german human rights activist arrested in istanbul in july british jordan is one of eleven germans currently imprisoned in turkey balances he's been wrongfully detained and has been strongly campaigning for israelis he was arrested while at a workshop on digital security for other human rights activists in istanbul he's being tried along with members of amnesty international including the director of amnesty international in turkey jordan a stands accused of links to armed terrorist groups and of having ties to the man allegedly behind last year's failed coup the islamic cleric for two law glynn if convicted stored the faces up to fifteen years in prison his trial is putting already strained relations between germany and turkey to the test the german foreign minister sigma garble has called the predator for a long prison sentence called in com

german president fun photo steinmeier has warned of new walls as the country marks twenty seven years since reunification steinmeyer was referring to a rise in rightwing sentiment that saw the far right a.f.d. enter the german parliament for the first time in last month's election he said the election results show that the country is divided steinmeier was speaking in the western city of minds at a state ceremony held to mark reunification. under them on the walls have sprung up less visible without barbed wire or death strips but wounds nonetheless which stand in the way of a joint togetherness in my view. our chief political correspondent well linda crane is at the celebrations in mines where the german president was speaking a little bit earlier in the day a melinda good to say so you're at a park where people are celebrating today today and the question is how together is germany now twenty seven years after reunification. well like the weather here the picture is mixed certainly if you look at economic and material indicators east and west have converged unemployment is about the

and a german president can call their steinmeier says he wants better ties between berlin and moscow steinmeyer meets with president vladimir putin as part of his visit to russia will ask our correspondent in moscow what kind of reception he received. also the anti semitism scandal rocking italian soccer fans of rome's club a lot c.-o. left stickers in their stadium and frank wearing a rival teams jersey will examine their reactions. and music legend fans domino dies at the age of eighty nine he was one of the first artists inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame i'll take a look back at his legacy. so glad to have you with us on layla iraq we want to start off in kenya where the supreme court dismissed a last minute petition to delay thursday's highly controversial presidential election the chief justice says not enough judges turned up to hear the petition all the announcement now means that tomorrow's vote will go ahead as planned opposition leader rollo dinger has urged his supporters to boycott the poll and his call for new elections to take place within ninety days he also s

and the german president's hung kalter steinmeier says he wants better ties between berlin and moscow steinmeyer meets with president blatter me if you'd asked part of his visit to russia will ask a correspondent what kind of reception he received. thanks so much for your accompany apologies we're having some technical video we're challenges that we hope to resolve i'm layla iraq thank you for being with us we want to start off in kenya where the supreme court dismissed. a last minute petition to delay thursday's highly cost. ninety days also said his opposition movement would be transformed into a resistance movement against the government opposition supporters been protesting in various cities around kenya where they've been calling for the vote to be postponed and just to remind you thursday's election is a rerun of polls nullified by the supreme court a month ago. and a sadly since then dozens have been killed in election related violence catherine one though joins me now from the kenyan capital of nairobi catherine the chief of the electoral commission says the vote is going ahea

so glad to have you with us german president a foreign culture steinmeier has warned of new walls as the country marks twenty seven years since we unification well he made the comment in a speech during an event commemorating german unity day which. saw the country's leaders gather in the south western city of mines the celebrations are being overshadowed by the nationalist alternative for germany parties strong showing in last month's general election which shows that despite the great successes since reunification there are new concerns. on the twenty seventh anniversary of german unity its leaders have reasons to be cheerful but smiling selfies with chancellor angela merkel had a serious message though germany may be prosperous and powerful nationalism war and crisis have arrived on her doorstep. you couldn't. we cannot detach ourselves from what's going on in the world we must ensure that things improve that globalization takes place in a humane way and closer to home germany's president frank says the country is torn and under threat from a new aggressive form of nationalism he

symbolic gesture that russia is open for dialogue and putin after the meeting kind of heaped praise on steinmeier he said that he's an expert in russian german bilateral relations and he and. he that he was happy that that he died meyer would keep the ball rolling in his current in his current role as president steinmeyer was slightly reserved he talked about ending it strange meant but he also talked about keeping dialogue open. positive in terms of them on a positive they end it there are a lot of talks on a positive note and we sure were reporting from moscow thank you. all right before i let you go i want to tell you about the birth of a black baby black or an all source and as you in the czech republic which is boosting hopes for the survival of this endangered species only a few hundred black rhinos are left in the wild in africa the cap was born at the beginning of this month but it doesn't have a name yet you think if you're going to you're all right thanks so much for rushing us a going to the top of the hour. the world over in asia.

right wing populist the who with their anti refugee rhetoric have barreled into the bin to stack steinmeier is for an immigration law that allows opportunities but knows its limitations. as minors it does appear on in my view this means not simply wishing away the migration but apart from asylum and europe wide efforts it means defining a system of legal access to germany which regulates and controls migration according to our requirements. when story or. celebrations began with a church service which focused on multiculturalism and germany's migration history . i believe. i'm on germany's lifeline the reign people of mixed for centuries together we are germany how true this sentence is today and in the face of our history. i'm deceased's was like ashish to. a doctor who has worked in syria german muslim. a german jew from the altar a message of tolerance and diversity. on germany's national reunification day the country's establishment is gathering strength to face the heated political debate that will certainly come. and our earlier our correspondent charlotte potts explained that despite

>> before i bring in wojciech to judy, let's just listen what germany's president, frank-walter steinmeier, had to stay at the reunification celebrations earlier this week. >> the great wall across our is gone. 24, it becameer clear that there were other visible, without barbed wire and death strips. that stand in the way of our comommon progreress. i am referring to o the walls of alieienation, disappoiointment r have become so strtrong that reason can no longer penetrate. dempsey, have the walls of alienation, disappointment impassable that argument can no longer penetrate those walls? >> no. i think these walls at the present time, that are talked about, they are there, but we shouldn't treat them as permanent. these walls have been constructed in people's minds, maybe sometimes in people's lives as well, because the political narrative and the politicians have become kind of in how they view politics. is really,henomenon in some ways, because of lack of communication on the grassroots level, on the local level, on a level, with those who feel -- they don't s seem to hae a stake in soci

and german president a front but a steinmeier is in moscow on a mission to improve by not free ties we'll have a report from a correspondent in the russian capital a. plus in the next sixty minutes a big clash tonight in german football bundesliga hi-fi is leipzig take on vine munich in the german copy but can they really take down the mighty bavarians a sports editor on the movie will join in me in the studio and a third and final part of a popular german teenager comedy opens in cinemas this week we take a look at why the movie series has been so popular here. how to work and i'm on with our chief. we start the show with kenya where the supreme court has dismissed a last minute petition to delay thursday's highly controversial presidential election the chief justices not enough judges had turned down to hear the petition the announcement means tomorrow's vote will go ahead as shared the decision has triggered protests by opposition supporters in various cities around kenya they're calling for the votes to be postponed and percy's election is a rerun of polls nullified with the supreme c

a quarter of an hour into the program welcome back frank walter steinmeier is in moscow on his first official visit to russia is the foreign minister of germany a joint press conference with putin was held last hour both agreed that there's room for improvement in relations between germany and russia. despite the existing political difficulties relations between russia and germany have not come to a standstill and we are still ready to work together on the further development even under the various political sanctions and the subsequent decrease and by work through trade germany still remains one of the leading economic partners and investors in russia. even though we can change the situation that was built over the past years with one single new things however we need meetings like no one would happen today who must hold such meetings down the road and common goal to come from the great differences of the past and your whole new man to make an effort to get at some restored least a minimum of trust because i know. that well in germany a newly elected parliament gathered for the firs

is the first trip by a german head of state to russia in seven years german president from the steinmeier is in moscow he's already taken part in a wreath laying ceremony at the war memorial and his itinerary includes a tour with russian president vladimir putin followed by a separate meetings with human rights activists. the german president will also attend an event to mark the handover of the st peter and paul cathedral in moscow the russian government is officially returning it to the evangelical lutheran church of russia as part of festivities celebrating five hundred years since the reformation. an air of celebration at a normal sunday service the last one before this evangelical lutheran congregation in moscow officially gets its church back. lutherans are religious minority here in russia most in the community have german roots their ancestors came to russia centuries ago on the invitation of the czars who promised land and religious freedom but later the soviet government persecuted lutherans and seized church property including this cathedral the community led by archbishop to t

steinmeier was slightly royal reserves he talked about ending it strange meant but he also talked about keeping dialogue open. positive in terms of the positive the end it there are a lot of talks on a positive note and we share when reporting from moscow thank you. all right before i let you go i want to tell you about the birth of a black baby black or an all source and as are we in the czech republic which is bursting hopes for the survival of this endangered species only a few hundred black rhinos are left in the wild in africa cap was born at the beginning of this month but it doesn't have a name yet i do think that they're going to hear all right thanks so much rushing say again at the top of the hour. that the world over information they provide the answers they want to express. the blog facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us. ally trip prove take us from the deep south of the united states to the east coast . majestic locomotives will power through diverse man's gates will meet local county has go from sunni towns to the bustling metropolis. we'll visit places of

here in germany president frank potter steinmeier has called on the country to do more to fight extremism he was speaking on the fortieth anniversary of the model of a prominent german businessman by a radical left wing a red army faction group here's a look back at how the group resorted to all means including violence to achieve its aims of a disastrous consequences. in october one thousand nine hundred eighty seven homegrown terrorists west germany. the r.a.f. also known as the bottom line of gangs that kidnapped business executive hans martin they wanted to trade him for eleven imprisoned r.a.f. members including their leaders. and enslin then a second front opened for palestinians hijacked a lift hands up passenger plane called the lands hoot they also demanded the release of r.a.f. terrorists imprisoned in west germany. for the eighty hostages a five day odyssey began with the. in south yemen the hostage takers killed the lufthansa pilot the copilot was forced to make one last stop mogadishu somalia the only country that would allow the hijacked plane to land west german chancellor

the more grave barriers are the invisible ones a recent survey confirmed exactly what president steinmeier described that over sixty five percent of germans say that there is a kind of an invisible berlin wall in people's minds and certainly that was indicated in the recent election the results showing that overall across the country the twelve point six percent share for the far right alternative for germany party but if you look at the results in the east that party came in first in some eastern states with as much as twenty seven percent of the vote so clearly very flecked in a good deal of frustration disappointment and disillusionment in many parts of eastern germany so and what is the german president and other german leaders chance on a medical there today as well what are they suggesting needs to be done. well both the president and the host of this year's celebration who is the minister president of the state of run then palatinate both of them pointed out that. ation and division can threaten democracy itself and the president called for germans to find a new way of talking to ea

sealed that deal just a couple of years ago not least of all the they twice former foreign minister steinmeier and we heard from the german government today from the spokes person stefan ziba that any decertification of that deal would result in germany working more closely with its of the partners in that deal which includes russia and china and of course as one of iran's most important trade partners in europe it's also of great interest to germany hold that deal. much hoffman tell us about the european reaction frederica margaret used top diplomat just react and you have to keep in mind that morgan really basically is the face of this deal because the e.u. had the lead in the negotiations and she already was the top diplomat when that deal got struck two years ago so you can imagine that when she came out after the speech by the u.s. president donald trump that she wasn't very happy let's listen it is not a bilateral agreement it does not belong to any single country and it is not up to any single country to terminate it it is a multilateral agreement which was unanimously endorsed by the u