in dresden and in the state of saxony. of course there's a number of reasons there are economic cultural social explanations but when i spoke to people again and again i heard well we are here in the valley of the clueless and they refer to actually the time of communism thirty years back when in this area particularly people had no connection to the west television for it and they didn't get that many information from the rest of the world and this feeling of being a bit remote is still very present even this is a generation back and people in these times also had no experience with people from other cultures from other countries there were and hardly any migrants and still there are not many immigrants here but still people are cinephile be here and are reluctant to help people and to have foreigners in the city among them barbara thanks very much for that from dress. well the rise of the de also figuring a cross the border in politics and france on. certainty in germany is a problem for france because it needs germany s

well at the moment being in an election campaign again in lower saxony i think she can afford cannot afford to do anything else she can't present herself as a weakened leader when she's trying to win another regional election and that's really quite important for her and her party the christian democratic union the conservatives have not been in power and lower saxony in recent years and they have the hope of regaining power there that would strengthen her hand in coalition talks here and burden so it is an important election and in fact the election in lower saxony means that in berlin the coalition talks will be put on the back burner nothing of substance is going to happen here until those elections have been held on the fifteenth of october ok things on hold in a way in berlin is there is there any sign of what direction coalition talks might be taking. well in fact coalition talks haven't started yet but there is a very strong sense that there is a preparation for them and the prep of the talks that are being prepared others between the conservatives on the one hand and the left

so does that mean that you are also unhappy with the election result in saxony. who in fact i'm going to fit in well i'm not sure i'd say i'm unhappy in saxony why i believe most a.f.d. photos don't support the party's platform it's just protest because no one is listening to them. i don't vote for the f.t. myself but i also didn't vote for the established parties because they no longer represent voters interests. that i did you ask so everyone who voted they didn't vote out of conviction. as. the problem that the f.t. addresses are problems that everyone has. during the last legislative period no party really addressed them for a long time none of the established parties sitting in parliament really wanted to address the fears people had. they didn't want to hear them. in the us market it clears i feel very uneasy when i look at what's happening in the districts address and. one district goes entirely for the s.d. things while the other one entirely backs the left. these are extremes that have huge potential take my conflict and blow up his buttons yeah that's w

dealt a blow in the eastern german state of saxony winning that state saxony is fertile soil for the far right for nearly three years now the anti islam and he immigration to get a movement has been holding demonstrations every week in the state capital president on the evening last night was no exception. traced and is a major tourist destination and the capital of saxony it's also a stronghold of a.f.d. support around here the right wing party did not need to put up many election posters to attract voters alternative for germany has been in the regional parliament for three years. and now they're heading for the bonus talk that's just mine i don't just photos and saxony have sent a clear signal that they are unhappy with mrs american policies and with the grand coalition they want change it will be a big challenge for the f.t. to implement what these voters want and change politics in germany. the anti islam to get a movement is a natural ally of the f.t. on monday they were demonstrating as they do every week outside trees since famous church of our lady people here are overjoyed

now as i mentioned also an as if it to any party has taken a narrow lead in the state of saxony which is in the east of the country the a.f.p. is on twenty seven percent that's just a fraction of a percent ahead of the cd saxony is the birthplace of the anti migrant group a gate a movement and a stronghold for the a.f.p. it's also been well known for its anti refugee sentiments dutch journalist joost nirmal it believes the election result could force the government to rethink its immigration policy i think basically it's an enormously psychological breakthrough for the germans itself that the a of d. just became an important part of the business talk now so there will be now for the first time in the blue stock real discussions about immigration which never happened before and i think this is the most important thing you can say and mrs merkel she made one of the biggest decisions in after war germany by letting in one million people without calls a lady in the people themselves without any real discussions in the lusaka to try and she did get an enormous slip in her face because of t

now as we mentioned also as if it germany party has taken a narrow lead in the state of saxony which is in the east of the country the a.f.p. is on twenty seven percent that's just a fraction of a percent ahead of the cd saxony is the birthplace of the anti my current group ikeda movement and stronghold for the a.f.p. is also being well known for its anti refugee sentiments no dutch journalist juice nirmal it believes the election result could force the government to rethink its immigration policy i think basically it's an enormously psychological breakthrough for the germans itself that the a of d. just became an important part of the bullish stock now so there will be now for the first time in a blue stock real discussions about immigration which never happened before and i think this is the most important thing you can say and mrs merkel she made one of the biggest decisions in after war germany by letting in one million people without consolation to the people themselves without any real discussions in the lusaka to try and she did get an enormous slip in her face because of this

the premier of lower saxony so we had you know. many discussions. like point but also some shadowy points however apathy it was very constructive or the way we talk was very constructive and the at the theories that we. have responsibility for the future of this country. having embellished the situation for us. the s.p.d. root out the grand coalition. to what extent will you try and avoid new elections and what are the upper limits in the coalition contract of course i will have discussions with the see as you and i'm. confident that we find solutions we will act together so are the question. will jointly put the suggestion for the leadership of the parliamentary group so i'm looking forward to this and then we have talks but you know before we've had one single talk i can not say get. these talks will be successful or not and i think. you know unanimous opinion that all parties which we could see as part of the coalition. seem to be willing to share responsibility to have a stable government. you. know . if you believe that the party needs to be re

the stakes for america the no a saxony are high at defeating the state's regional action would seriously weaken her hand as she tries to forge a new governing coalition in berlin. some sports now in the champions league where the biggest match of the night saw byron in a take parasol jermaine the big spending french team made their presence felt from the very outset they went one zero up with danny alba strike after two minutes of play by a battle for an equaliser but instead found themselves falling behind when an incident involving punched in another and in the second half neymar had to go the route was on that three until the final score leaving yesterday the driver's seat in group b. . i was take a look now at all of wednesday's champions league group phase. results in byron's group the battle of the outsiders when celtic's way is they won three zero in on the last elsewhere there are plenty of goals scored big wins for basel manchester united chelsea want to weigh in madrid whereas eventis and barcelona also notched up important victories. and the football continues tonight with the

campaign trail this time out she's helping ahead of next month's snap election in the state of lower saxony the chancellor is lending her support to the conservative party candidate who's trying to win back that state from the social democrats a strong showing by the conservatives there would strengthen mackerels position as she tries to forge a new governing coalition in berlin. and to talk about the chancellor's options we're joined now by hans braun from our political desk machall doesn't give the impression of being all that concerned about her party's historic losses in the general election can she afford a business as usual approach. well in a sense you could say can she afford another approach at the moment of after all she's back on the campaign trail and she has to give some sort of form of confidence to her party friends in lower saxony who are trying to win back power in the state which they used to rule some years ago and which they had lost to the social democrats and where the social democrats have been willing in the past few years she has to instill some confidence in her pa

team the social democrats withdrew their support because he'd sent the army into red saxony entering. the german national party wanted him out because he'd ended the passive resistance to france strays him and called for the vote of confidence. the result of the vote is as follows for the strays among government one hundred fifty six members no confidence in the government two hundred thirty one members thank. strays a man had been chancellor for just one hundred days president hébert who had been. it is side during the crisis criticized his own party the social democrats that's always fun lost income. tax but in fact guess. i don't write. these month's bills tradesman was perhaps the only man to emerge from the weimar republic as a hero of the currency was stabilized by the ruthless but necessary introduction of the lantern mom. put in put down. he put by weimar standards those were huge successes. but in politics ingratitude is the root not the exception. that first straight women thought of retiring from politics completely and of course acting because much thoughts from at least

we would like to see a state premier of lower saxony. hus, we had a very dense discussion today that had good sides and bad sides. but was very constructive. an atmosphere aware as we're of our responsibility for the future of our country without sweeping anything under the carpet. could you give her the mic, lease? please give her the mic. >> the chancellor of the csu still wants an upper limit for refugees. the spd does not want a coalition. you do not want one with the afd. how will you be working to prevent new elections? and what sort of upper limit will you have for refugees, if not an upper limit? chancellor merkel: naturally, i will be entering into negotiations with other -- our sister party, and i remain confident we will be finding solutions, joining forces, and working together. tomorrow, we are going to be proposing the head of our arliamentary group together. first, we will have to have exploratory talks. before talks have been held, i cannot say whether we will be successful or not. but i think our opinion was quite clearl

have all the second largest party in fact in saxony address than where we are now right in the center of the city they are all halmos with the c.d.u. they've taken a lot of votes of the mainstream parties gathering millions more votes is in fact among many young voters they are the biggest party here in saxony as well there's no trouble for now as you can see it's mainly speeches and music and of course the counter protest taking place just here tomorrow right as well the police have it well under control but it is symbolic really of the division less on the line right now the german political landscape i don't think anybody quite expected how much how many scenes the a.f.d. would gain of course a of the in brigade of the two separate organizations but from people we've spoken to here today it's very obvious where these people's political allegiances lie they have expressed hostility towards merkel towards pan-european policies but people here are very much euro skeptic and very much against her open door refugee policy so all quiet for now here in dresden but as you can see the numbe

winning the general election this time she's been helping out in the election and the state of north saxony where how far she hopes to win a snap election. i have more news for you coming up in half and i look forward to seeing you then the but. there's. palin's off the wall street punk band. just to mess not only because this compared to other jobs maybe it's a bit underpaid no but it's a lot of work for a long. oh and love in the. kitchen ok struck in our series in town musician. zero next. an infant behind bars. so khan's parents are both journalists both have been detained in the turkish prison but the two year old lives with his mother and is sometimes permitted to visit his father. comes life ever return to normal. in sixty minutes. where i come from we have to fight for a free press i was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one divisional and a few newspapers with official information as a journalist i have worked on the streets of many canvassed and their problems are always the same fourteen social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. corruption we can af

the premier of lower saxony so we had you know. many discussions. like a point but also some shadowy points however apathy it was very constructive or the way we talk was very constructive and the at the thirty's that we. have responsibility for the future of.

we would like to see a state premier of lower saxony. thus, we had a very dense had goodn today that sides and bad sides. but was very constructive. aware as we are of our responsibilities to the future of our country without sweeping anything under the carpet. could you give her the mic, p lease? please give her the mic. >> the chancellor of the csu still wants an upper limit for refugees. the spd does not want a coalition. you do not want one with the afd. how will you be working to prevent new elections? and what sort of upper limit will you have for refugees, if not an upper limit? chancellor merkel: naturally, i will be entering into other parties,th and i remain confident we will find solutions, joining forces, and working together. tomorrow, we are going to be proposing we have a parliamentary group together. first, we will have to have exploratory talks. before talks have been held, i cannot say whether we will be successful or not. but i think our opinion was all of thely that parties with which we would be prepared to enter int

home from lower saxony is on record saying quote the holocaust must remain a myth a dogma that should be excluded from historical research. or almost to the end of our special election program here on when i take the opportunity to take another look at the results as they stand almost twelve thirty here in central europe just after midnight here's a look at the results as we have them in this year's german parliamentary elections you can see the conservatives there in black america conservatives polling at around thirty three percent the center left party b s p d shown in red and they're just over twenty percent the left party polling at around nine percent that's depicted in pink the greens around nine percent the pro-business f.t.p. we have in yellow there for you ten point seven percent. almost at thirty thirteen excuse me thirteen percent for the a.f.c. in blue all the other smaller parties are shown collectively in gray they will be entering the bonus on this year how is things. excuse me how have things changed since well last time around when germany voted in two thousand and t

is dhaka on the campaign trail this time helping out ahead of a snap election in the state of lower saxony the german chancellor lending her support to a conservative party's candidate who's trying to win back the state from the social democrats doing so with give merkel and a conservative a much needed boost as they try to forge a new government course alicia in berlin now the new government isn't the only challenge facing politicians in the german capital with six different parties and a record number of deputies in the parliament they're going to have to be creative to find space for everyone. space is now a scarce commodity in this prime location in central berlin the new german parliament is going to be the biggest and most costly ever in post-war history instead of four now six parties have to divide up the photo is where the meeting rooms are but who is going to share with whom. probably the a if you will be far away from us if i can choose. nobody wants to sit next to the f.t. in the parliament chamber either some are worried that if the far right party sits on the right they'll be

election chancer americal has returned to the campaign trail this time ahead of state elections in lower saxony merkel was there to support the conservative candidate ahead of the vote on october fifteenth after a disappointing result in the national election miracle is looking to boost support for her conservatives the c.d.u. . are joining me now is our political correspondent on your curler good evening to you and your chance or just gave her first speech since the elections what stood out. well this first speech friend and normal times this would have been a routine gig for america but these are normal times after these losses for the conservatives on sunday after the severe losses towards the far right if the party only on monday i said i don't know what we should do differently but this won't be sufficient people want changes they want answers but didn't give these says tonight she touched on a lot of subjects she spoke about economy about the auto industry in lower six onya about education about security issues but she was very very careful to do it in a way. she wouldn't scare away the p

campaign trail again this time she's helping out ahead of the snap election and the state of lower saxony back here in berlin parliamentary staff are busy rearranging the chairs with six different parties in a record number of deputies in parliament the bundestag they are having to create be more creative about finding space for everyone space is now a scarce commodity in this prime location in central berlin the new german parliament is going to be the biggest and most costly ever in post-war history instead of for now six parties have to divide up the four towers where the meeting rooms are but who is going to share with whom. probably the if you will be far away from us if i can choose. nobody wants to sit next to the a.f.d. in the parliament chamber either some are worried that if the far right party sits on the far right they'll be uncomfortably close to where the government sets of d. itself is relaxed on the issue. is about if they treat us in a way that makes us look like the victims of the voters will say that's on fan and then even more people are going to vote for us next time.

evening thanks for joining us we understand that there is some kind of rally underway where you are in saxony tell us a bit more about what's going on there. yes that's true i'm here right at the marketplace where the movement is meeting this movement against the so-called islam is ation of europe as they call themselves and when you look behind me year you can see people with german flags but there are also clearly right wing extremists among them there are people and groups that are observed by german services racists right wing extremists but when the speaker here came to the stage he welcomed everyone as we are the resistance and this is the capital of the resistance and they clearly support the a.f.p. when they was when they spoke about the a.f.p. result the end tires square behind me scream a f d a f t these are just about four to five thousand people but they clearly support the far right a.f.d. and the speakers here on the stage they said since yesterday those people their voices would have an arm in the parliament with the f.t. i found and you've been alan in dresden talking to voter

set to enter parliament for the very first time with thirteen percent of the votes and in one state saxony but now the law it just costs a. special coverage from the german election it will continue tomorrow i'll be his hobby will be here and of course kevin to join is that. member. of the moving moment. a hundred years ago the first computers were actually. people who were hired to do you know addition or multiplication that's gone that is now done entirely by computers. fortunately i think translation is not yet there but it is one of the easier things about computers that will be gone in the next in the next twenty years most translators will probably be out of a job i mean i'm sorry for them but this will just happen this is inevitable. the reason why north korea is trying to develop the capability to. prevent. and united states from assisting south korea in case of contingencies because without nuclear and the missile capability is capable of attacking japan and the united states north korea can say oh the americans and japanese i'm if you assist south korea. with nuclear weapons. you

let's take a look now at one of the strongholds in the eastern a german state of saxony fundament isn't visible if it's a small town outside of dresden where the far right took more than thirty percent of the vote there fabienne what have you seen how people been the reacting to those results. well people here are quite happy with these results and if you look at david's. ram here this is a small town with fourteen thousand inhabitants and it's quite a picturesque plays actually if you would imagine an a if the stronghold as a pre-fab the state with many unemployed people you're completely wrong this place here it has a nice mixture of local shops people are in a good atmosphere they talk to each other but you don't see here is foreigners or asylum seekers there are ten of them asylum seekers here in vigils but still the a if the this single issue and time migrant party got some thirty six percent here in the town and people are quite happy with that why are they happy with that and what do people tell you about the reasons why they voted for the a.f.p. . well first of all they say amer

maria had a pretty little house in saxony of her own. ♪ where men are able to carry their own beds and to their sleeping quarters. it is not difficult. straw pallet to lay on a floor isn't very heavy. too. is loneliness here, a man who is married for 40 years is awkward with a needle. he is writing a letter to his wife telling her he hates her and not to think of him again. he hopes this will protect her when the police questioned her about his escape, and he hopes he will understand just how much he really loves her. they are homesick and dream of school and friends. if they are allowed to stay in the west, they won't grow up and be beaten into a homeless cripple like this man was his crime, he was arrested as a no coal because he had to feed the army celebrating leningrad's birthday. there is one hot meal a day. campn feeds in this one one in 4000 refugees in the two hours between 6:00 and 8:00 each night. it is not much of a meal. there will be no frightening not on the door to disrupt their supper, and perhaps their lives. and for this they give thanks. ♪ values change in times o

but our journey starts in the northern state of saxony. this beautiful place is called gluten going to our valley of the blossoms it's only a thirty minute dry. south of like the river flows into the zala here and you have a good view of that from the ferry result on the left one stood on the right. this area in central germany is still not that well known but with everything it has to offer that might soon change. you can find castles monasteries churches and chapels and of course plenty of vineyards this region is kind of an insider's tip so it's exactly right for me to discover it. i started with a canoe tour down the on stude with guy didn't spend money he knows this place like the back of his hand. you over to the left of us that's chai plex monastery and it's a church a lovely sight wonderful on. the woods today is a great river for canoeing no barges no pleasure boats just us and a few sites along the way. that was once that small house earth invite it's a vineyard cottage we call it the castle of tuscany because it looks tuscan tos

germany getting something like 11% in the west of the country, and twice as much in the east of the saxony,in the state of they are actually the strongest force in that state. >> one can regret it, and one has to regret it, but that is the fact. .he has to offer answers she comes from the east, but she -- theselly offered , and for ananswers outsider, it's very hard to explain, but really going out there in the east, when you travel to the east and you see all the cities and towns rebuilt theymut kohl once said really created them big-time, and that it's very hard to understand what's really going on in these five states. but the fact is, people do not really identify with western germany, they never arrived there, and it's obvious now, more obvious than it has been. therefefore, angela merkel and e other parties as well each offer new answers. >> as complex as that is. >> let's just get some pictures now, the pan-european challenge now facing germany and other european countries from the similar parties in those other countries. >> sunday's election was a political trying out for the amd.

the stakes for america and know are saxony are high that defeating the states regional action would seriously weaken her hand as she tries to forge a new governing coalition in berlin. the european commission has put forward bill plans to address europe's migration crisis wants to resettle fifty thousand more refugees into better forced deportation of migrants whose asylum applications have failed the issue of immigration has divided the. influx of refugees in two thousand and fifteen. scenes like this have become familiar in the past two years and the e.u. wants to put a stop to them on wednesday it launched another attempt to tackle the migrant crisis migration commissioner dimitris after mopper last announced a new scheme to resettle refugees directly from crisis sones and to neighboring countries its main focus is north africa the idea is to dissuade migrants from attempting the journey themselves with more than sixty five million displaced that around the world. we're going to stop showing solidarity towards this desperate people and that country is hosting. this is why we are proposing

to mark is going to do the day after tomorrow is going to go in the hostage's again they're in lower saxony and only when that result is in the country it's a federal state that at the moment is controlled by the social democrats it has to be decided whether they are going to continue to be in politics or not once that is the side and only then will real concrete talks be possible to his very own hands bronx with the very latest from the german election we thank you so much for your reporting and we have of course hearing more german election coverage to calm but first let's get a round up of some other world news helen home for his standing by with that sara thank you very much indeed first to iraq where an independence referendum is underway in the country's autonomous kurdish region this morning the polls have opened there more than five million voters are registered to take part in the non binding ballot the government in baghdad has condemned the election as have turkey and all the regional powers. the could see it's a chance to say they want to live under a single centralized governme

in parliament does not mean a downsizing for cultural you know in the state of saxony where there became the strongest party and it could definitely have an influence there but of course we can only speculate on that for now at the federal level i don't believe so because . despite all of the shock the widespread reaction there are a lot of of pragmatic reaction fifty is just one of six parties it's the only one that favors this return to what they what they're calling a german light in terms of a national cultural identity all of the other parties put the accent on. versity two or three of those will actually be forming a coalition the f.d.a. will not be included so they are putting the accent of cultures as a means of understanding as a means of integration education and obviously i think it's a fundamental value for democracy so as the dust settles i'm i'm thinking from what we're hearing now and we can't see anymore right now but what we're hearing now. there will be a lot of cut off to use for culture tuned to really engage your own hopefully work against these troubling currents de

would be far higher of the one hundred twenty five species of butterfly documented here in the state of saxony sixteen have disappeared along with many other insects that's very bad news. alice. everything we eat stats a major source of vitamins and it depends on insects as pollinators in the story. so without pollinators no food. is keep on going well there are foods that don't depend on pollination like meat grains and rice but they aren't full of vitamins just. in some parts of germany insect populations have declined by up to eighty percent and that means food for many birds and other insectivores has grown scarce . that soft into farming has become very intensive. habitats have disappeared. fertilizers are used that are bad for insects. and then there are the pesticides the aim is to squeeze as much yield as possible out of the soil the head of the regional farmers association tells me agriculture in germany is focused on maximizing efficiency and dismisses concerns over insects . coastal pollutes and in my opinion it's rubbish the numbers of many species are always going up and down that

going to cut funding for the arts well see this is the thing in saxony of course now the f.t. is the strongest party so the feeling is very menacing there and there's the question of course if they could gain more influence but that is certainly just speculation for now you know at a federal level i don't i don't really think so and despite all the shock there is there are a lot of pragmatic reactions the f.d.a. as you know is just one of six factions and it's the only one that is actually favoring this sort of a return to a door to. in terms of the idea of a cultural identity all of the other parties put the accent on diversity on culture as a means of integration understanding education and culture as a fundamental basis for our democracy interesting so that leaves room to put a new focus on cultural policy well i think it does certainly some people think it does for example of the moment is director of the german cultural council now he just decided to speak up and say the time is ripe for culture to actually have its own ministry here in germany it doesn't actually have it

you know we are number one in saxony in my federal state and we are ahead of the c.d.u. party so we. got the victory of the election out there and all that shows is that the u.s. citizens in this country would want a strong party and they are desperate because of the major party season espied million people out you know so hoping for a new strong party in the ninety's. and want to understand this is why they voted for us to be an opposition in a national parliament is a huge task and we always said we want to remain. in low and we will be in your position during the first four years but i could quite clearly see l. at all as an opposition party we want to prepare to feel in government in situ thousand and twenty one because we can't see a major or sweeping change in two thousand and seventeen we are expecting a gym i could call ation between the grades f. repeat if target to make a call else we might get a new major. so. we published the contents and money or festo since two thousand and sixteen we all want to send a staff to parliament so asked to make this opportunity

the in the in the west of the country and twice as much in the east of the country in the state of saxony a very influential and important state in germany they're actually the strongest force in that state. it's pretty obvious this is the case and one can regret it in one has to regret it but that's the fact and she has to offer answers i mean she comes from the east but she never really. as coming from really coming from the east you want to be the transfer of all germans rightly so but these people need answers for the forest and it's for now it's very hard to explain what's really going on there in the east because when you travel to the east and media and you see all these cities and towns rebuild. the lunch often is. it really created. big time and then it's very hard to understand what's really going on in these five states. but the fact is people do not really identify with the west western germany they never arrive there and this is obvious now more obvious than it has been and therefore. america and the other parties as well need to offer new answers as you said complex as that

interest here in eastern germany that i have seen now is the second largest party in east germany and in saxony where we are now it is on par with the c.d.u. among young men for example is actually the most popular party of course peta and the a.f.p. a separate organization is the aft is a political party the peta would call itself a civil movement but the people here that we've spoken to today make their political allegiances very much clear to us for work. the people have voted they are against. what has she done for the nation well she did nothing we haven't advanced an economic. we financed other states and merkel is involved in wars but it will be a if he touched the mood of the nation. mrs merkel set out on a course to increase the number of foreigners in germany there is a slow but systematic islam is ation of our country this is connected with a change in coach a more mass migration is just not possible. mrs america has developed into a dictator she's broken democratic rules merkel opened the borders in two thousand and fifteen and didn't ask the german people or parliament and now she