propaganda of the stand for more on this, we are to insure in the studio by our correspond to thomas barrow, who was a member of the w's fact checking team. so meantime, as we just saw it in their report that russia has an opening in latin america to spread these sorts of misleading narratives can exist some more details. why is that the case with us? it's important to stress that this opening is not new. it's not an opening but just begun as it was begun. russian channels state own channels have been operating in spanish and not in america for a long time. in fact, ok key, or russia today, as it was known, was going to spanish in 2009. but what did happen was when the war begun, when the invasion, big on russia did increase the amount of posts that it published in spanish. the engagement also rose according to several studies, and this has to go obviously, with the interest that russia has in not in america and more broadly in the spanish speaking world. one element that explains this is obviously the serial number of spanish speakers around the world. also in areas that are particularly i

a dw political correspondent thomas barrow. is that the a, f d congress and send us this assessment of how the party is planning to capitalize on that search and support job on the spot, right? a if the project clearly wanted to present an image of strength of unity here during its party conference and be some german city of math to book some of the problems. some of the, this unity that have play to the pottery in the past didn't play a significant role at the time when the party is more interested in highlighting its recent search in the polls at the time where the party is discussing how it could go from being an opposition party to may be co governing and some of the regions where it's most popular like besides be here in the eastern part of the country for debate about the ac is not only one that is happening here inside this whole outside some protesters contents no guns against the eye of the party, they can say that to be on to democratic on races and beyond invalid other parties and also discussing how to deal with the

and i think you should also make up know when twin size, the to dw political correspondent, thomas barrow, told me more about what's been happening at the congress. essentially protesters are on the 100 in see if the party a party they can say the to be racist a non to democratic. but it's not only about that. it's also about about presenting more diverse image of government society. now it's important to stress that we are in the city of mounted burgundy, eastern part of germany, where the ac has actually one of his phone calls. it's in the eastern part of the country where the i, if the is the strongest on what these people, he actually a trying grew to say are actually trying to stress is precisely that, that of the view of many of the view of the eastern part of the country now the, if these, meanwhile meeting the far away from here. and they are discussing the proposals for the european condiments elections next year. so basically what we're seeing here is 2 versions of what gemini should be like the one inside the hole where the i the has the meeting. i know the ones where we're see

no, to do a political correspondent, thomas barrow and knocked about told us why support for the a f d is growing essentially dissatisfaction beside the facts and on the one hand with the federal government. but also generally, dissatisfaction about the way germany is now heading the economically politically. people are rather concerned about about the future of the country. and you see that also in several polls. people are concerned about the way that the federal government is dealing with different issues nationally, for example, the energy crisis, but also internationally the role that many plays in the war in ukraine on that is something that the, the has actually profit from that those fios or those concerns that many germans have. it's however important again to express a copy of that. this is only part of the picture here in, in germany you have the sd, which is supposing that around 20 percent. but there are many of us were actually against the far right to the party who are trying to present as we stress a picture of a more diverse gemini. but the bait in germany has been v

and he has now wrote back on those remarks the that'd be a political correspondent, thomas barrow explained. it's only hours after those comments that we've just seen for the match, published tweet, basically saying that his party will not cooperate with the file. right? a if d and the decisions that were made by the party in the past to precisely bind any cooperation still stand. this is particularly important not only because we're talking here about germany's main opposition party, the cd you which is leg precise. the best way to match, but also because for a very long time here in germany that has been what has been described as a firewall. in other words, all of the democratic parties represented the drummond part of and have vowed not to cooperate with the a f d at any level. and there are expos that are precisely saying that with these kinds of comments, that firewall is actually starting to crack. now, how much of a backlash was there to be his comments from within his own policy? it's essentially a lot on a very public. and if we only judge by those public comments, they were very

the thomas barrow is a member of the w site checking team. and he's here to talk to us about the spread of russian propaganda in less than america. good to see you, thomas thomas, tell us more. but we've just heard him that report. that brochure actually has an opening in latin america and beyond. not in america. also in the wide, uh speak, spanish speaking world and that actually goes way beyond the fact that there are 500000000 spanish speakers in the world. it has to do also with the fact that in particular, in latin america, because of the regions rather, trouble of history with the united states. they're on to west and on to us sentiments that russia has now really tapped into. we've got the message that russian has tried to present in latin america in spanish and by doing so, it also hopes in directly to also reach spanish speakers that are living beyond lots in america. for example, in the united states where there are millions of spanish speakers or even in the you, in particular in spain. and it's important to stress that state owned

our political correspondent, thomas barrow in michael to at the women's soccer world top or the teen and salt advocate played out and entertaining to all draw earlier today. both sides had lost their opening games in group g. south africa were on course for their 1st ever world cup victory as can be cured. god love to assist in one goal and then scored another in the 2nd time. but late on sophia bro, born came up with a stunning goal as argentina score twice in the space of 5 minutes to seal the draw . well, it is the biggest women's world cup to dates and yeah, to on the streets of sydney. there is little indication that it's even happening or correspondent the whole talk. you talk to some locals to find out what the tournament in austria and new zealand could have been marketed better. australia is in the middle of a was cops, but you probably cantos. this is one of the busiest street in tiffany, but this barely any promotional materials inside. we see a few pictures in the trays. yeah. we see the, the soccer players and the things. but uh yeah, not, not that much but yeah, we see

tell us barrow at the protest sided magnet board where the sd is holding its conference. so thomas, what else are you hearing from the protesters? essentially protest as they are on the 100 gains, the if the party a party they consider to be racist amounts of democratic. but it's not only about that. it's also about about presenting more diverse image of government society. now it's important to stress that we are in the city of mount the book and the eastern part of germany, where the i s b has actually one of its phone calls. it's in the eastern part of the country where the a, if these strongest on what these people, he actually a trying group to say are actually trying to stress is precisely that's, that's the view of germany that of the view of the eastern part of the country now the a, if these, meanwhile, meeting the far away from here and they are discussing the proposals for the european condiments elections next. yeah. so basically what we're seeing here is 2 versions of what germany should be like, the one inside the hole where the a, if the has the meeting, i know the o