premier mako sudha and the head of seaview in blush it a recent poll shows more supposed support for zuda among voters. a wildfire on south africa's table mountain has forced students from the university of cape town to evacuate one firefighter has been injured the bushfire began on the slopes of the mountain and spread to surrounding areas helicopter crews dropped water to try to quell the blaze as winds rough and spread the for the flames. the united states has warned russia there will be consequences if jailed opposition leader alexei navalny dies in prison of all these doctors say after almost 3 weeks on hunger strike his life is hanging by a thread of all me says he doesn't have access to independent medical care. this is deja news from berlin you can find more headlines on our website that's t w dot com and also on our social media channels. welcome to this new special edition of check in this time we focus on 3 cities in bavaria. that are all home to unesco world heritage sites. explores fruits book. because flourish shows us around regions books will town. and then who gets to go

we saw the youth organization of the conservative block here in germany come out in favor of marcos zuda from bavaria so that's quite a surprise so this month fight that's been going on for just over a week now since my full suit just suddenly declares that he would now officially run is counted after having his posse and much of the opinion polls here in germany call for him for months and that is there's no end in sight to this state at the same time we're seeing the green party today declare that top candidate will be and no doubt this is damaging for the conservative c.d.u. just under 6 months ahead of those general elections in september but this jostling mckayla to become conservative chancellor candidate it's been going on for weeks can you give us the short answer of why it's taken so long. well the short answer is and that's it the newly elected c.d.u. party leader didn't you know that he definitely wants to take the job instead he says whoever has the best chances at the ballot box should become the man on the ticket or the woman event and then my office did i took him by his w

it and the other conservative who wanted to be the chancellor candidate but very in gov mark whose zuda law should and serve spent the past week fighting against each other details from their closed door meetings were often leaked making an unpleasant situation that much more unpleasant wash it emerged the winner a week winner wash it heads the conservative c.d.u. party yet a 3rd of the party's leadership did not vote for him to be the chancellor candidate one reason his unimpressive polling numbers among all voters if army mush it wants to take the reins from angela merkel in september he has a lot of convincing to do among the voters and among his own party members. he cannot victorious from the conservative policy now i mean lush at once to focus on battling the parties. say what counts from now on yes which party has the best ideas to the country's future pm for me it's just basic can pull together the best team to deal with the challenges we're facing we're disappear and that's why all the union they see to you and see is you need to had into this election campaign as a team this c

to become chancellor of the federal republic he's in competition in his own party and there is mr zuda from the very young who has a very hot line on lockdowns and to go with public opinion i think mr lasher is forced to also have a heart of stands on the year but the people the public in germany would be annoyed if they had to endure a stricter walk down i mean how is this going to increase any politician's popularity. well the situation is that population is split i mean they're still as you said in your commentating there are still a couple of people who say ok if that is now sort of the last trick to geve i mean that's that quality bridge downside of the last bridge to what's a bit the situation which means another 4 or 6 weeks to get the vaccination program running and then we can go back into sort of normal times that is the strategy that he's now in gauging and you still have a lot of people being in favor of this but you are right there is an increasing number of people is annoyed and we have basically many people you know in the streets like concussive was a huge demonstration

the baton and that brings us to these 2 men you see behind me here are mean lush it and mark reuss zuda they are both governors now for our u.s. viewers you can imagine the governors of california and texas vying for the nomination to run for u.s. president that gives you an idea of where these 2 men are tonight but there will only be one conservative candidate for chancellor and in stark contrast to those long u.s. campaigns a decision on who will be the candidate is expected by this friday. i mean lash it versus marcus's the race to be the next conservative candidate to run for german chancellor is turning into an old fashioned power struggle on sunday the 2 men agreed the decision should come soon and to respect it whoever is chosen to lead less than a day later battle lines seem to have been drawn on monday morning at the recently elected c.d.u. leader held meetings with his party's executive and not really a surprise they backed him to be the candid it the man himself sounded impatient to get out on the campaign trail. and. everyone wants a decision seeing all the facts are on the

the center right conservative block after a week long battle with his bill varian rival mark reuss zuda he came out victorious from the conservative policy now i mean lush it wants to focus on battling the potties. he appeared state what counts from now on yes which party has the best ideas to the country's future for me or to just base who can pull together the best team to deal with the challenges we're facing or disappear and that's why our party union base c.d.u. and see is you need to head into this election campaign is a team this city you will not win this without this year's you and vice versa. team that from now on will be led by him lash it back to ally carnival king and committed to a strong europe the 60 year old has been state premier of north wind of a scaly germany's most populous state for 4 years and was elected c.d.u. party leader in january. born in the western city of often close to the dutch and belgian borders russia does a former member of the european parliament and fluent in french for the most part his politics are moderate and have really reflect maquettes pos

the fountain as mr lash out in the beginning was the more liberal man said now i think to compete mr zuda and mr lash it also wants to basically go for a hot stance and polls show that a majority of people in germany who support a top for walked so mr large shit who as you say campaigned to be the next chancellor he only stands to gain in popularity with more lockdowns doesn't. not only gaining popularity but fighting a political fight and fight the the pandemic yes and you are right there is a majority still a majority fought in knockouts having said that the majority is at the creasing in the 1st lock down last year 2nd lockdown we had something like 8090 percent majorities now it's down to st majorities but still a majority but you have resentment in population you have also many straight and then one strange and so we had a huge demonstration in class and in the mix of germany and not sunday so there is contest and people are basically getting tired of left out so it's a sort of poor high society and also there's a big question of who is calling the shots here we know that there's a t

to run is the conservative candidate for chance of that but still competing against zuda who heads the cd used the variance system of the c.s.u. the conservatives have yet to put forward a unified candidate ahead of september. let's get more from our chief political editor michel. good morning michel is so the cd is top brass has staked. will his rival marcus it accepts this decision. that's the $1000000.00 question because and them apple c.d.u. c.s.u. humean only has officially a candidate once both the mighty c.d.u. party and its much smaller the variances the party the c.s.u. together present him now it so happens that both leaders want to be that candidate and marco sudha declared once again that he would accept the c.d.u. the biggest c.d.u. backs on iraq said he would back down but he said that a week ago and he didn't back down after the party executive a fact i mean not that now we have this vote which is an overwhelming majority almost 80 percent but at the same time senior figures sowing doubt whether that will be accepted without aman last it is palatable who's so much what's

shit and the other conservative who wanted to be the chancellor candidate but very in gov mark whose zuda law should and serve spent the past week fighting against each other details from their closed door meetings were often leaked making an unpleasant situation that much more unpleasant wash it emerged the winner a week winner wash it heads the conservative c.d.u. party yet a 3rd of the party's leadership did not vote for him to be the chancellor candidate one reason his unimpressive polling numbers among all voters if arming lush it wants to take the reins from uncle americal in september he has a lot of convincing to do among the voters and among his own party members. he cannot victorious from the conservative policy now i mean lush said wants to focus on battling the potties. he appeared say what counts from now on is which party has the best ideas to serve our country's future for me or to just base who can pull together the best team to deal with the challenges we're facing or disappear and that's why our party union this cd you and see is you need to head into this election campa

mako sudha and the head of that medicals seaview in a recent poll shows more supposed support for zuda among voters. a wildfire.

correspondent simon young he's covering the story for us tonight good evening to you simon we know that mr zuda he has better poll numbers the public likes him more which in other democracies such as the u.s. it would make him a clear choice but it's not that way and it's not that clear here in germany is. that's right brant i mean let's just just do a bit of background the conservative force in german politics very very least lee you can compare them in policy terms say with the republicans in the us with the tories in the u.k. just to have an idea of who they are they have an oddity though in germany and that is that most of the country is covered by the christian democrat party angle americans party the c.d.u. but in bavaria the law age states in the south. they have their own policy the christian social union all c.s.u. so when when the bavarians have a strong candidate as they do now for a big job in this case the top political job in the country chancellor they speak up and you know they want to get noticed they want to be taken seriously now the christian democrats and the rest of the co

merkel is hotting up one contender is amin lush and who runs merkel's conservative party now moscow's zuda has joined the contest he's the leader of the southern state of varia both say they are ready to run in september's general election party members must now choose between them. chad strong arm leader idriss deby is set to win a 6th term in office votes are being counted after election polls closed main rivals were either barred from running or dropped out blaming intimidation if he is a key western ally in the fight against jihad his troops in central and west africa . this is t w news from berlin you can find more news on our website at www dot com. each decision has the flippant effect in. some consequences of this. and the above between the. assumptions of. how many of us think about like the rights we have the nature of around us has rights too well this week. alone welcome to equal india involvement magazine stories and not only from india but across asia and europe that i could. report the story of an inspirational comeback history books not just the integral has a troubled past

merkel is hotting up one contender as i'm english and who runs merkel's conservative party now moscow's zuda has joined the contest he's the leader of the southern state of varia both say they are ready to run in september's general election party members must now choose between them. chad strong arm leader in truth to be is set to win a 6th term in office votes are being counted after election polls closed main rivals were either vard from running or dropped out blaming intimidation if he is a key western ally in the fight against jihadist groups in central and west africa . this is t w news from berlin you can find more news on our web site at c.w. dot com. acres and acres of tea plants did you know that tea grows here in europe pay a visit to the continent all this to plantation and find out where it is later on in the show. ivory one a welcome to another edition of your i'm actually me your host meghan lee here's a look at what else we've got coming up on the program. how won the french skater is a wow we knew his fans on the internet. and is this the food of the future. styx from a 3 d.

it and the other conservative who wanted to be the chancellor candidate varian governor mark whose zuda law should and spent the past week fighting against each other details from their closed door meetings were often leaked making an unpleasant situation that much more unpleasant wash it emerged the winner a weak winner wash it heads the conservative c.d.u. party yet a 3rd of the party's leadership did not vote for him to be the chancellor candidate one reason his unimpressive polling numbers among all voters if arming lush it wants to take the reins from under the americans in september he has a lot of convincing to do among the voters and among his own party members. he came out victorious from the conservative policy now i mean lush said wants to focus on battling the party's. say what counts from now on needs which party has the best ideas to see if a country's future pierre for me it's just basic can pull together the best team to deal with the challenges we're facing we're disappear and that's why all the union they see you and see is you need to had into this election campaign i

premier mako sudha and the head of seaview in blush it a recent poll shows more supposed support for zuda among voters. a wildfire on south africa's table mountain has forced students from the university of cape 10 to evacuate one firefighter has been injured the bushfire began on the slopes of the mountain and spread to surrounding areas helicopter crews dropped water to try to quell the blaze as winds rough and spread the for the flames. the united states has warned russia there will be consequences if jailed opposition leader alexei navalny dies in prison of all these doctors say after almost 3 weeks on hunger strike his life is hanging by a threat of al nice says he doesn't have access to independent medical care. this is deja news from berlin you can find more headlines on our website that's t w dot com and also on our social media channels. toxic surfing is not really a sport for the phrase heart of the curve in norway the athletes have to raise temperatures that are only just about freezing. not for me thank you very much. and with that welcome to a new edition of euro max from our

cd you party with a lot of criticism from i mean lasted some openly saying that they would prefer zuda more than 3 quarters then voting in favor of i mean losses but the big question is whether that will be enough to end the in the party debates where the last it was the best choice this after he came out of a pole position of being the elected leader the parent of uncle americal so not an ideal start for him in that sense and also with us come back to you but 1st let's have a look at the. issues. merkel ally carnival king committed european there are many faces to lash it but does he have what it takes to be german chancellor according to lash of his position a state premier of north rhine-westphalia germany's most populous state and his victory to get there is proof enough his election a c.d.u. party leader in january 2021 put him in prime position to run for chancellor backed by the city's top brass sais he aspires to make the 20 twentieth's a decade of modernization for germany. miami canada to all my candidacy is from my understanding of the german chancellor ship which is a europ

the baton and that brings us to these 2 men you see behind me here are mean lush it and mark reuss zuda they are both governors now for our u.s. viewers you can imagine the governors of california and texas vying for the nomination to run for u.s. president that gives you an idea of where these 2 men are tonight but there will only be one conservative candidate for chancellor and in stark contrast to those long u.s. campaigns a decision on who will be the candidate is expected by this friday. i mean lash it versus marcus the race to be the next conservative candidate to run for german chancellor is turning into an old fashioned power struggle on sunday the 2 men agreed the decision should come soon and to respect it whoever is chosen. at less than a day later battle lines seem to have been drawn on monday morning at the recently elected c.d.u. leader held meetings with his party's executive and not really a surprise they backed him to be the candid it the man himself sounded impatient to get out on the campaign trail. and. everyone wants a decision soon all the facts are on the table th

he is supported by party leadership zuda of the smaller sister party c.s.u. is a lot more popular among voters being the biggest party in the conservative coalition that's traditionally the c.d.u. who nominates the candidate to spearhead the joint campaign going to america has not publicly endorsed either of them. let's bring in our chief political editor good to see you a self-imposed deadline ends tonight but no decision yet what's going to happen next. that's the big question we need one of these 2 men to declare will post together idea of the say the next sounds accounted for the supposed to be ordinarily one would think ok why don't they just have a vote well to do the cast is chosen by the upper echelons of the posse was backing. the c.d.u. party is that now the smaller variances the party the c.d.c. was adamant that markel sued s. and p. because he is so much stronger in those opinion polls both when you ask the general public but also c.d.u. conservative fellow is seen as the man who could deliver more votes at the ballot box and that's his key argume

in a competition that really wasn't formal it was a very informal bruising competition where marcos zuda questioned whether i should really be in pole position to be on the ticket pointing towards those opinion polls here in germany which have seen marco sudha continuously in the lead for some time said will have quite a bit of bouncing back to do there was also a late night session which even saw one of i'm going to america's closest allies german economics minister i had my eye back to do it and then do a turnaround today so a lot of bruising stuff a lot of noise to come to the point which was seen as a given that the c.d.u. is also on the ticket to become chancellor candidate you know stay with us we'll come back to you in a moment let's 1st have a look at this if you can to do it in more detail. americal ally carnival king committed european there are many faces to lash it but does he have what it takes to be german chancellor according to lash of his position a state premier of north rhine-westphalia germany's most populous state and his victory to get there is proof enough his elec