very important that's an important event of we want to take a closer look now at the site that uncle americal and emmanuel will be visiting today it's as of course historical significance the forest of. history was written in this train carriage in comps janja eighty kilometers north of paris on november eleventh one thousand nine hundred eighteen the allies and germany signed an armistice to end their fighting the signing ceremony in the dining car was a de facto end to world war one. the carriage has since been reconstructed and campian yet remains one of the most important places in french history a statue of the delegations leader has been erected here it is still a place of pilgrimage for many french citizens. for the front. is tremendously important to the french everyone in france knows the place and its significance they know the end of world war one was sealed there and with it france's victory over germany. nov eleventh is still a national holiday in france. it is also a day of remembrance for the one point five million fallen french soldiers the fact that twenty two years later dur

uncle americal has been power for almost two decades and she wants to. leave the party maybe become addicts chancellor how can she how will she ever be able to get rid of the label of being merkel's protege she's a very strong person again no one should be in the sea she won the elections in the state of. that in very difficult times. politically she was in the past successful already gave up her position as dr me mr president as we say absolved for the job of secretary general of the c.d.u. on a federal level so first thing this is a decision a bold decision a risky decision and she will stand on the shoulder of her produce as if she's going to make it to the pub top position of the sea but then again she's not something like in miniature america in many america yes you know you hear this but i think it would be wrong to correct rice may be wrong but the reality is a lot of people are going to think that immediately this is a mini america what would you advise a candidate like to to do when times of change it is the year of the outsider with mr mccraw e

due to the trumped unilateral approach so that is kind of a tightrope that they are walking but uncle americal or german officials were asked prior to the summit whether they were planning perhaps to try to build alliances against china and they said very clearly no there's not going to be any alliance building of that type at this summit so much talk with a given those those tensions just anybody expect a definitive decision to come out of this meeting between the presidents of china and the united states to do we expect this this particular problem to be moved on. this is probably the only issue where there might be sort of a an outcome because we don't know what the donald trump is planning for that meeting yet he said in a typical fashion before yeah maybe we'll have a deal but i'm not sure i really want that i think those are pretty close to his exact words but if they do strike a deal if they do and trade war the repercussions for the world economy are enormous because those are the two biggest economies in the world and by the way the europeans are looking at that quite worrisome as wel

how would you describe the leadership that we have seen from uncle americal it's going to be also the beginning of writing the history book entries on this chancellor well i think we're going to see something she was very unifying and i do think that a lot of women who would have never voted conservative voted conservative because of her. but she was also a little too pragmatic like the emotion of politics she kind of drained the emotion of politics so i'm interested to see if we're going to look back on this era as sort of almost all slow to come except for obviously twenty fifteen and then see now a little more emotion a little more verb in politics. ok to ham and i'm glad that valerie mentioned the point about women because i think it was astonishing to see the tributes that poured in even from political opponents. she was the most gifted politician we had in germany except folk on hot out and all and i mean i'm sure she will be remembered as an astounding woman and for women it really was very liberating to have her as a chance to because fever really showed him and know how to do

who might succeed uncle americal medical's out what's next that's our title on quadriga and here to answer that question are our guests is a political analyst for spiegel online valerie says if a conservative follows back up the possibility of a power struggle with the chancellor is much greater. and it's a pleasure to welcome her he can how much she is an author and an editor at the berlin daily newspaper the tops and she says no matter what happens the green party stands to gain. and very glad to have a good back on the show he's editor in chief of hunter's black global and he says members decision was both clever and dignified in maine let her stay on as chancellor until twenty when he was. younger her not ungrammatical is the longest serving leader of any western democracy after donald trump election some of the anglo-saxon press dubbed her the leader of the free world how she just turned herself into a lame duck and if so what would be the implications for germany for europe and for the world. i think that's a very interesting question i don't think we can really answer that until we

munich on china germany's blackrock cham and fleet a schmetz is in the running to take over from uncle americal as leader of the c.d.u. party the transactions in question happened before twenty eleven and metz and he joined the company in twenty sixteen he said that black rock will fully cooperate with the investigation. doing business with it. don't panic. it's only art. scene those web like installations our networks which link us to things on earth and beyond. the argentine artist is convinced and everything is going to. want to experience his works first hand no problem there currently on display in paris. was a major cause of. the first little disaster twentieth century. the more to end all wars cost millions of. world. number marks the hundredth anniversary of. what has humankind learned from the great. place to place. blame is real peace and impossibilities play. luck. nineteen eighteen long forgotten the w.c. november focus. hello and welcome to our show to your lacks the life that europe has what's coming up today. impressive showcasing tell us that feeling and it's stunning up in stud

contend he was actually pushed out of politics essentially more than decade ago by none other than uncle americal herself and he's polling at some forty four percent now there's an internal joke here at the c.d.u. that it's a bit like james dean he died the political death and that's what everybody kept remembering him and kept talking about him so there's a lot of hopes pinned on him again spawn the health minister he's only polling at about eight percent so there's some expectation that he might be out of the race eventually but this is seems to be pretty much an open race something that is very unusual for the conservative c.d.u. that has become an anglo-american party all right he doesn't use cheap political editor thanks so much. iranians have staged mass protests against the united states one day before new american sanctions go into effect against the u.s. has spiked since president trump decided to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal and tens of thousands took part in protests across the country which also marked the storming of the u.s. embassy thirty nine years ago a key event ahead of

now the party gets to choose its conferences on december seventh and eighth whoever replaces uncle americal now as party chair may replace her as chancellor candidate in future elections until then the two will have to work together. ard from politics to the pitch byron munich hope to build on a strong european champions league earlier this week but they have that they have a tough task in germany because the perennial bundesliga champions are well off the pace at fifth in the standings the bundesliga weekend seems by you're in trouble to bremen tomorrow and the braman see an opening. lives hardly been a walk in the park for either of the sides in recent weeks braman have lost the early season form which saw them win five of their opening eight is league matches talk of an unlikely title challenge now seems a distant memory florian cofield side have failed to win any of their last four matches nevertheless the bread and coach knows now is as good a time as any to face the record champions is shown in the let's move on in recent weeks we've seen byron have allowed space for opposition counte

today if there was there was disagreement in competing with uncle americal and some order more as with theories a may for example and i think that was important for him. not only because of his relationship to history because also it was a it was also an occasion to to meet french people in the time which is not which is quite difficult for him because of his lack of popularity and that that was also the goal of the memory and we started on the last weekend all right people met on french cars all correspondent for the french daily paper the thank you very much for coming for us thank. u.s. president donald trump had planned a visit to a military cemetery in france to pay respects to the american soldiers who died fighting in world war one but the white house scrapped the plans due to bad weather president mccrone had india held an apache cordial meeting with donald trump at the palace this offset u.s. president described french calls for a joint european defense force as quote very insulting on to us up and demanded that europe pay its fair share of nation in california at least eleven

today uncle americal and emmanuel mccall although they might view the future of the e.u. somewhat differently still value the close ties between their countries and together they're marking the anniversary in comp janja the place where the horrors of the first world war were put to rest. until history shows the story of the first woman are told from different perspectives by peter craven from the eastern european perspectives from the african perspective from the perspective of turkey from the arab world. t w don't come slash w w one. all right some sports news now and friday's bundesliga action handover were out for revenge when they hosted both fork out of them from the german cup just ten days earlier hanover drew first blood lynton lineup opened the sport in the thirty first minute that's the teenager's first bundesliga goal i'm kind of for added another from the penalty spot spot in the second half while four then hold one back from the spot but it was too little too late to one the final score that's had over his first win over both for instance in january of twenty

german entity is a contender to take the leadership of the christians in a credit union after uncle americal steps down. we asked our frankfurt correspondent conrad who isn't about what this news could mean for vets. the deals . we are talking about here have happened between two thousand and seven and two thousand and ten that's before mats became the chief of black supervisory board here in germany but it's quite likely that it is that his critics won't be interested in the fine print for them matts is a nasty capitalist anyway and he's also a millionaire to people i talk to here find it difficult to believe how the simple act of lending stocks so someone might be illegal short selling is another speculative strategy where the lending and the borrowing of stocks is involved making the lender responsible for what the borrower does that would be like making the issue of money responsible if this money is being used in crimes so it's likely that black rock here is more of a witness than a suspect sting in europe italy's putting pressure on the european union to place an easy you wide tax on b

calling for a school boycott where donald trump is in the middle of his first term as president uncle americal she is in her final term as chancellor today one of miracles closes allies launched her campaign to lead the chancers conservative c.d.u. party her name is on the grits crump current is also known as a k k of the position of c.d.u. leader is all important here in germany the party leader is almost guaranteed a chance to become the next chancellor. she is uncle america was anointed successor. and it was the chancellor's legacy that the great crime carabao up on that fest in his speech is just as end and. this is the end of an era in which there are many personal relationships as many personal experiences that i connect with i'm glad machall. but this is also the end of an era that has changed and shaped the seaview year in a very special and lasting way and. come about with state premier of zante before i'm going to macro bruto to belin as secretary general of the c.d.u. in that position crime care about has effectively been met cose right hand woman but with many in the party disillus

not know what the social democrats stand for that compares to fifty percent who say the same of uncle americal c.d.u. a problem the green party doesn't have only twenty eight percent say they're not sure what the green party stands for the greens did well in recent regional elections in the states of the very a and tests are establishing themselves as the new number two amongst german political parties if a general election were to take place this coming sunday the result could look like this. the c.d.u. and it's been very and sister party would garner twenty six percent of the vote the greens would come in second with twenty three percent the right wing populist a.f.d. would have fourteen percent just as much as the once proud and strong social democrats for them fourteen percent marks a new historic low bringing up the rear would be the left party with nine percent and the f.d.p. with eight percent of the vote. nearly forty years ago the commander rouged murdered a quarter of cambodia's population it's around two million people today for the first time a un backed court in the capital phnom

mediating between ukraine and russia we have heard many many times about the special role of uncle americal particularly leading up to the minsk agreement we now know that ms merkel is going to be leaving power so how much merkel is there left in any type of mediation role. well chancellor merkel is not going to be leaving the concert anytime soon so far as i know i mean the whole question of her future role as chancellor is an open one but it's both germany and france who've been playing the role of mediators in the dispute between ukraine and russia now they have not achieved a very great deal of substance but that's because the two main parties russia and ukraine have not been willing to compromise their objectives whether or not chancellor merkel will play now an important role on this current issue i don't know at the moment the locus of discussion is in new york at the u.n. security council under the charter and the provisions of concerning threats to international peace and security as a former american diplomat who worked in new york at the u.n. i think that's exactly the appropriat

was then today a would be winning merits told reporters that he's back and ready to lead where uncle americal is about to leave i bring berlin this is the day. the government ladies and gentleman mine and math. is a convinced european and the competing strong sometimes is a sponsor it is in the treaty i stand for germany that he's open to the world to use roots a base in its christian ethics. even now needs renewal and a new stock. doesn't believe we cannot accept votes as we suggest by populist movements who would you come to disappointment and frustration with the established parties. a few years he's been if his i'm firmly convinced that. under these circumstances we'll manage and gets along with each other. also coming up tonight u.s. intelligence says that russia meddled in the presidential election of two thousand and sixteen you would think that the lessons learned would be applied to next week's crucial midterm elections and you would be wrong. i'm here to say the warning lights are brink only can read again. today the digital in berlin that could soon attract the attention of the wor

was then today a would be winning merits told reporters that he's back and ready to lead where uncle americal is about to leave i bring in berlin this is the day. the government ladies and gentlemen my name is history math. and this is a convinced european and to convince transatlantic instances it is in the treaties are in fact stands for germany that he's open to the world his roots of bison it's christine i think it's well you see you now needs renewal and a new stock boy. who doesn't go see that we cannot accept votes as we suggest by populist movement. out of disappointment and frustration with the established parties. a few. if. that. under these change circumstances will manage and get along with each other. also coming up tonight u.s. intelligence says that russia meddled in the presidential election of two thousand and sixteen you would think that the lessons learned would be applied to next week's crucial midterm elections and you would be wrong. i'm here to say the warning lights are brick only can read again. today the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally u

talk about and actually president poroshenko had said that he was looking for donald trump and uncle americal to try to mediate between ukraine and russia now that's a somewhat unlikely pair it is would like to see them work together donald trump made it clear that he has no intention of meeting with vladimir putin as you know he began sold the bilateral that had been scheduled with putin that's being interpreted by some in europe as essentially donald trump saying look i wash my hands of this i don't plan to get very involved ukraine is europe's territory now uncle americal has played a very important role all along in trying to deescalate the conflict in east ukraine and also in keeping sanctions and pressure on russia to to remedy its incursions and also to remedy its breach of international rules and what we need to remember is that the g. twenty there are enough stands for support for a rules based order and what we have seen. in russia the actions that we have seen russia take in the in the cash strait absolutely undermine a fundamental principle namely the path free passage for interna

since uncle americal announced that she will give up the conservative party leadership many have been worried that it may weaken head international standing but the chancellor refused it that does i think the democratic search for a new party leader is common practice in other countries as well i'm not worried about that in any way as a whole. at the start of the second day of the cd use party leadership meeting the mood was visibly good it says if merkel's decision to step down as party leader in the upcoming race for her successor have lifted the conservative spirits. that we have a selection process now it's going to get really exciting at the regional conferences party members are looking forward to meeting the candidates and finding out what they stand for it'll be democracy at its best. i think other parties would welcome this it invigorates the c.d.u. it motivates the party more really is yet across town the social democrats had also gathered to discuss their future in the governing coalition after bruising results in two recent station lections their leader. was under pressure

party toward the middle of the political spectrum on issues like migration among others that uncle americal essentially lost voters to the right wing national party but could one also say that by taking the party in that direction she gained voters who otherwise would never have voted conservative unfortunately not the interesting trend is that we saw in this region most recent regional election confirmed is that her party loses almost exactly the same number of voters to the alternative for germany the anti migrant right party and to the green party which is the most open to migrans progressive party. so it's more like the party her own conservative bloc is split there is a there is a tension within it and voters are defecting for the two poles that are clear on the subject that's essentially the trend that's what's eating them up and that's why the next party leader will so important as they have to resolve that reunited but also resolve and orica hamman told us that the greens are the winners in this in this whole equation i want to come back to that a little bit later on rick about firs

supported the european project and then there's been some very personal attacks on folks like uncle americal so it's a very different relationship it is it's an odd relationship. you've spent some time inside the white house and so maybe you can help us understand what's going on inside the white house particularly with the first lady u.s. first lady milady truck she has called for the deputy national security adviser mirror ricardo to be fired and ricardo in the first lady we understand had several spats during the first lady's tour of africa recently and we want to just show you now the statement that was issued by stephanie grisham the first lady's spoke. woman if we can pull that up on the screen they released a statement saying that it is the position of the office of the first lady that she no longer deserves the honor of serving in this white house i mean that language right there the honor of serving what use happening inside the white house first ladies usually don't say anything about personnel decisions yeah so the first lady's office is in the east wing and of course i worked on

you really imagine them working together in tandem until twenty twenty one i think so because uncle americal did a good job in the last year's flu schmetz point of that i would also and also i think we need a change in the party the time is there so i think there will be two or three years where both have to work together and i think that will be very powerful for our party and that's a good thing. thank you very much for being with us. for a year watching d.w. news still to come so long the pun day comes from a place in india where a few women work outside their home she overcame the odds to become a t.v. reporter but now she's forced to spend part of her working day fighting off sexual predators. but first to the fallout from the death of saudi journalist it's even having an impact on the world of sports tennis stars rough and a dollar novak djokovic are under pressure to pull out of an event in riyadh next month this follows allegations of saudis murdered in their istanbul consulate roger federer has already turned down an invite to a country that's desperate to shift the spotlight to spo

now the decision by uncle americal to step down as city you leader was has upped the pressure on her controversial bavarian ally or say offer to follow suit but today is a hoffer dismissed newspaper reports predicting his resignation calling them a red herring earlier his spokesman said say hoffer has yet to make a decision on his future calls for the c.s.u. leader to resign have grown louder since his party's poor showing in bavarian elections last month. in cameroon seventy nine boarding school students who were kidnapped by separatists have been released reports say the kidnappers are still holding three adult hostages from the school the children aged between eleven and seventeen were seized were kidnapped early monday morning and amend the capital of the northwest region no single group says it carried out the abduction but separatist militias have been calling for a school boycott. well earlier we spoke with our west africa correspondent increase in lagos nigeria he was recently in cameroon to cover the presidential elections there and he told us how schoolchildren have become

stepped up we will he has a chance to ruin himself but someone will bill big even uncle merkel wasn't always angle americal she was. she is our self this week said she wasn't born in chancellor. but i think what i think it'll be a long evening led m. there. who we would be lucky if we can get along lemarchal because when all is said and done and when the his true this will reflect? that she was basically a woman who was fairly free of vanity which is rare in politics. and fundamenentally decent. too pragmatic except when she thought it touched her moral compass. and she didn't want men women and children to be turned back with fire hoses it by men in german uniform. and i think m. that took a stature and encourage that we will miss nonfat it will be one of the greatest achievements in in ten years time everyone will be found in germany that he took this year and you know it i'm sure of that and will be held. biggest achievement of our event when we look back i think she's one of the smartest people ever in german politics and i think we're gonna mess having a very very smart leader. and as your paper said.

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