and the far right a f t but like all of the other parties in saxony macro's c.d.u. has said that they were. joined forces with the far right after you to form a coalition so it's going to be very interesting to see exactly how coalition talks go in saxony these polls are to be correct come sunday and the f.t. comes out on top with the strongest policy we could see them indeed as a strong party but not in the government in saxony so that's going to be interesting there in the back of the minds whoever forms that government that local government in the end is always going to know that they have to was the strongest party but if there's anything that the conservative party has learned that is from their system of party in bavaria in the southern german state varia and the c.s.u. that the system party to merkel's conservatives they pandered to a lot of the far right rhetoric in the state in the same state elections in bavaria last year and that was much to that demise and they lost a lot of votes down in the south of germany the conservatism that was in this is to the r

both currently in a coalition governing saxony but that could be about to change both the c.d.u. and the s.p.d. are expected to suffer significant losses s.p.d. lead candidate martin do attributes the losses to the upheaval in german society especially since the 2 geminis united in 1993 americans on call we're seeing a different kind of division in this country which it's no longer only between poor and rich east and west men and women. there are other divisions emerging between fear and assurance hatred and trust between those at the top and those down below which is so to speak the no 2 lies in that we know we have to overcome these divisions that ministers by to move in but it's largely these divisions which have driven so many voices in saxony to the far right alternative for germany party a.f.d. that currently polling in 2nd position such a result would be felt even a federal level signaling a decrease in power for angela merkel's fragile coalition government in keeping with party tradition sex and his conservative state premier refused to mention the a.f.d. by name you know

saxony is governed by a grand coalition of center right c.d.u. and center left s.p.d. on the party the c.d.u. has led the government here since german reunification it may remain the largest party but is said to lose votes especially to the far right populist a.f.d. and state premier may struggle to put together a new coalition. i'm a democrat i'm against a minority government i've also said i won't coalesce with the f.t. or the left party for reasons of policy and personnel the rest of us will have to be able to talk to each other and be able to form a government as democrats. brandenburg potsdam is the capital the state surrounds berlin and has about 2500000 inhabitants brandenberg is also doing well economically if it weren't for the lignite problem the mining apparatus may grind to a halt soon germany plans to phase out the coal industry which many people here rely on for a livelihood in brandenburg the s.p.d. has also been in power since reunification it's currently in coalition with the left party but surveys suggest that it's unlikely that the 2 parties can cont

further north they're aiming even higher whereas this side of the road here in saxony the greens are unlikely to significantly change the political game just across the road in the neighboring state of brandenburg the greens are well on the way into regional government. here they have been able to score with voters in the race to offer alternatives to the far right if tea party the tightly contested race between those pushing for change and those promising the return to good old days seize the greens also an anonymous a trained doctor up against the f.t. parties and yes kind of gets an army veteran. because we cannot afford to fail on our climate targets time and time again we finally need to get serious about meeting the 1.5 degree target of the paris accord we only have a couple of years left to do that the navy yard a liberal leaning crowd feels the a protest too much overt rhetoric on migration. we have to openly address the problems people have and that's what the f.d.a. is about we don't start fears. of the high hopes of the greens prove that the political battle in eastern ger

party election posters have been filling up the streets in saxony for weeks the far right a.f.p. are expected to do well in sunday's election. but some of the plaque cards look slightly out of place they're not from a political party but from blues legal football club. posters featuring the coach and star players have been plastered around like beyond proudly declaring the club's drive for diversity and openness it's nothing to do with party politics they say these are just basic principles. and it's not about party politics it's about the values that we stand for in society respect tolerance openness diversity we're proudly in favor of an open society we've got 40 nationalities playing in our team our players live diversity we live it as a club the decision to take a stand is a recent development on the street as on social media not everyone has got the message. it's a big confusing i wasn't sure what it was about i thought it was about football though the club is keen to avoid indorsing any party the timing is no coincidence everyone has something to say had an election why sho

and saxony a development that raises big questions about bigger ambitions. am i walking through the countryside here with the future chancellor of germany. because i'm most of all you know walking next to a party. leader he was campaigning in saxony in brandenburg together with his colleagues at the beginning of the year everyone said sure you have good opinion polls which you will get are crushed in brandenburg and saxony and then the opposition could happen as germany's big 10 parties lose support the greens have been going mainstream. are the greens the new center force of junk politics. your visits nearly certainly hold positions other parties used to hold the forests and that have become part of germany's d.n.a. like the fact that a social market economy is there to serve the people and that we don't want to die hard capitalism and that europe has to be the core aim of germany foreign policy. the former rebel greens at ease with becoming establishment so again ready for chancellor that's a fair question as we've been around the 20 percent mark for a whi

from berlin next up germany's far right if the party is hoping to win the upcoming state elections in saxony here in germany reporters takes a look at that after a short break thanks for joining. me it's a sex phone operator who wrote her master's thesis on the potato. to free. not to turn on well it's more words it was from a. list determined by the street. earth home to millions of species the home worth saving. googling dia's tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like deals that protect the planet boost clean energy solutions and reforestation. using interactive content to inspire people to take action google ideas the environment series of global 3000 on t.w. and on mine. nneka kids lives in kenya it's the city which has come to symbolize the rise of the far right in eastern germany the demonstrations took place a year ago now people in chemists and across the german state of saxony are going to the polls to elect a new state parliament moment i still haven't decided who to vote for in the parliamentary elections. it may be a state election but it's att

day and so course when the voters are going to the polls on sunday to verse in saxony well the doings also taking a sort of vote for how they see the national government at the moment we know ever since the founding of the if the. the mass of popular parties have tried to ignore them or to marginalize them now now we're hearing calls from the right wing of the c.d.u. saying we have to start taking the do you seriously if we want to maintain power. is that what's happening i think there's of course a sort of taking seriously what the a.f.d. of the far right. as he was for the ocean has done in germany and especially in the eastern regions of germany they're definitely recognizing that they are the 1st to reckon with some polls suggest that might become the strongest force in the bronze and work in saxony elections the next sunday but on the other side they have to party the. party has definitely ruled out going into a coalition with them working with them and instead have said they would rather close race with other posses against them but of course even if they would find minority gov

from berlin coming up next is reporter with a look at the eastern german city of candidates ahead of saxony state elections that's after the break stay tuned to george allen don't forget you can always get the latest news information around the clock on our web site at state of new dot com thanks for watching. much of it. surely news from africa the world or link to exceptional stories and discussion on the use of these each hour i would say d.w. dot com slash pick up join us on facebook w africa. she said meeting. top of the agenda local inequality the crisis with iran and international trade. but donald trump spent with his host french president michel and the trade war with china can derail everything. the british prime minister might use the occasion 5 great press and show. reporting from the g. 7 meeting in p.r. it's life for d.w.i. news. kids lives in kenya it's the city which has come to symbolize the rise of the far right in eastern germany the demonstrations took place a year ago now people in kenneth's and across the german state of saxony are going to the polls to elect a new sta

and saxony a development that raises big questions about bigger ambitions. am i walking through the countryside here with the future chance of germany. because i am most of all you know walking next to a party leader he's campaigning in saxony unbranded but together with his colleagues at the beginning of the year everyone said sure you have a good opinion poll just what you will get all crushed in brother back in saxony and now the opposition could happen as germany's big 10 parties lose support the greens have been going mainstream. the greens the new center force of politics. your visits nearly certainly hold positions other parties used to hold the forests and that have become part of germany's d.n.a. like the fact that a social market economy is there to serve the people and that we don't want to die hard capitalism and that europe has to be the core aim of germany foreign policy. the former rebel greens at ease with becoming establishment so again ready for chancellor. that's a fair question as we've been around the 20 percent mark for a while now but

party election posters have been filling up the streets of saxony for weeks the far right f.t. are expected to do well in sunday's election. but some of the plaque cards look slightly out of place they're not from a political party but from blues legal football club be like posters featuring the coach and star players have been plastered around like beyond proudly declaring the club's drive for diversity and openness it's nothing to do with party politics they say these are just basic principles. and it's not about party politics it's about the values that we stand for in society respect tolerance openness diversity proudly in favor of an open society we've got 40 nationalities playing in our team our players live diversity we live it as a club the decision to take a stand is a recent development on the street as on social media not everyone has got the message. it's a big confusing i wasn't sure what it was about i thought it was about football though the club is keen to avoid indorsing any party the timing is no coincidence everyone has something to say had an election why sh

this man cycling to small town saxony could well be on his way to succeed angela merkel as germany's next chancellor in recent months all but harvick has taken his green party to new heights in the opinion polls they're expected to double their share of the vote in next sunday's regional elections in the eastern states of brandenburg and saxony a development that raises big questions about bigger ambitions. i know my walking through the countryside here with the future chancellor of germany. most of all you know walking next to a party leader who's campaigning in saxony in brandenburg together with his colleagues at the beginning of the year everyone said sure you have good opinion polls which you get on crushed in brandenburg and sectioning and they're the opposite could happen as germany's big 10 parties lose support the greens have been going mainstream. now the greens the new center force of jump politics. your visits nearly certainly hold positions other parties used to hold the forests and that have become part of germany's d.n.a. like the fact that a social market economy is t

party hopes to come out the big winner saxony must decide which direction it plans to take and so does nick at c.s.k. . nick has been doing martial arts since he was 8 years old he specialized in m.m.a. for mixed martial arts. colorful martial arts has probably contributed greatly to my self-image it's given me a lot of self-confidence in dicey situations where you're inclined to panic or the adrenaline starts pumping. the panic or should i say that doesn't happen so much now because i just know the situation better and i've met kate. and they can see esky is 28 years old 5 years ago he opened his own martial arts studio he knows the german m.m.a. scene well and he says it's closely connected to the neo nazi saying especially in a student gemini. shop and the worst case i've experienced was at a competition and where people always booed the foreigners during the finals the crowd chanted who. short for the right wing group hooligans nazis racists. this video is an ad for the well known right wing m.m.a. event camp dinny balloon or fun of the knee belongs it's an annual meeting for right

this man cycling to small town saxony could well be on his way to succeed aguilar machall as germany's next chancellor in recent months about harvick has taken his green party to new heights in the opinion polls they're expected to double their share of the vote in next sunday's regional elections in the eastern states of brandenburg and saxony a development that raises big questions about bigger ambitions. for my walking through the countryside here with the future chancellor of germany. most of all you know walking next to a party leader who's campaigning in saxony and brandenburg together with his colleagues at the beginning of the year everyone said sure you have good opinion polls which you will get are crushed in brandenburg and sectioning and they're the opposite could happen as germany's big 10 parties lose support the greens have been going mainstream they are the greens the new center of force of jump politics. your visits nearly certainly hold positions other parties used to hold before that have become part of germany's d.n.a. like the fact that a social market economy is t

there are some new poll numbers in in saxony seemingly no. cd which currently heads the regional government there is only 32 percent in the latest poll that's 7 and a half percent ahead of the f.t. . it looks good for them in brandenburg maybe because of the social democrats who lead the government they. are and incidentally they've been in power since german reunification in the one point the 1990 s. they have more than 50 percent the social democrats now they're neck and neck with the far right a f.t. both on about 2122 percent how have the tea managed to garner so much support in these states what's their appeal. yeah there are many reasons i think it's a complex picture but a couple of things i would say a lot of people in the eastern states feel perhaps left behind by economic developments in the last 2030 years a lot of these places you've got a lot of younger people who've moved away there's been a decline of industry and perhaps that explains why some people are more willing will or unable to adapt to changes incidentally one talks ab

in saxony. south korea's supreme court has ordered a retrial in the bribery case against samsung boss jane wiley it's part of a corruption scandal which saw president park geun. from office in 2017 rob mcbride has more from seoul. as one of the country's most powerful business leaders jay wiley's imprisonment in 2017 sent shock waves through south korea. the prospect of him returning to prison is equally traumatic lee was caught up in the corruption scandal that brought down former president park geun hye and her longtime associate choice until both now serving long prison terms lee was judged to have bribed choi by providing funds to a foundation run by her as well as 3 horses for her daughter's equestrian pursuits but on appeal in 2018 a court ruled that the horses should not be considered as bribes reducing his sentence so he could walk free from prison. again i feel very sorry to everyone for not showing my best side and it has been a really precious time for a year we flecking on myself the

across german civil society and the political spectrum descended on dresden to show there is more to saxony than racism populism and fear they call their embroil a movement for the title bar in divisible. teaching them one promise of the night is a show this is a climate of patriotism but also so many people who stand to solidarity and other ways of living and that's what we want to show you want to bring these people together on the streets that country is the solution for it can be hard sometimes in everyday life they're not the structures in my town of about some of the refugees and people on the left get attacked it's a problem. this is the price the seat of sex and his government next weekend voters decide who will lead it polls show the far right a.f.d. running a strong 2nd still it's unlikely they'll end up in power that's because no other part. he has agreed to work with them but what a coalition without the f.t. might look like is anyone's guess. no one from the a.f.c. agreed to comment for this story but the poles their posters and their platform suggest a politically savvy campai

in saxony. lebanon's hezbollah was promising to retaliate against israel after accusing it of being behind what it called a suicide attack by self destructing trolls last week and domestic rivals have long accused the group of making security and military decisions on its own dragging the country to war but this time lebanese officials are rallying behind hezbollah cinna harder has more from beirut. the israeli army has pulled back from its positions close to the border with lebanon it's on high alert awaiting hezbollah's promised retaliation for the killing of 2 of its operatives in airstrikes in neighboring syria. since the 2006 war the israeli military has largely refrained from targeting hezbollah inside lebanon instead it has been facing off against the group and its backer iran and syria that changed over the weekend the lebanese armed group is accusing israel of sending armed drones that crashed and exploded on a mission to attack in its stronghold in the sudden suburbs of beirut it is pr

in saxony. said kerry supreme court has ordered a retrial in the bribery case against samsung boss jay widely it's part of a corruption scandal which saw president park geun hye impeached and removed from office in 27 t.v. rob upbraid has more now from seoul. as one of the country's most powerful business leaders jay wiley's imprisonment in 2017 cents shock waves through south korea. the prospect of him returning to prison is equally traumatic the was caught up in the corruption scandal that brought down former president park geun hye and her longtime associate choice and. both now serving long prison terms lee was judged to have bribed choy by providing funds to a foundation run by her as well as 3 horses for her daughter's equestrian pursuits but on appeal in 2018 a court ruled that the horses should not be considered as bribes reducing his sentence so he could walk free from prison or will again i feel very sorry to everyone for not showing my best side and it has been a really precious time

michael is a man in a hurry he's been leading saxony for the past 5 years he's now in a race to persuade voters to give him another fire his is a deeply conservative state perhaps more so than anywhere else in germany so on a summer day in bautzen his message is clear that saxony is a strong state if we get a reasonable government we can deal with all the challenges we face better than almost any other state in germany and people will see that we have the courage at the strength to say things as they are i want the free state of saxony to carry on in its sex in a way i think. the challenge for michael is not persuading my party faithful here in bars and in the prison was waiting this is. not party of the right not trying to win back some of that other is called the alternative for germany a far right party shunned by the mainstream but supported by as many as one in 4 saxons if the polls are accurate its message is stark drastically cut immigration stress tradition and homeland urged voters to reclaim their land and write a new chapter of history your own guns clar it's clear we want to

the only big tent party in brandenburg in saxony right now is replacing the c.d.u. in the s.p.d. well that's the big concern amongst the established parties going to michael's conservative see you on the social democrats but this is a trend that really goes into 2 directions yes the a.f.d. it looks likely to become the strongest party and saxony at the same time at the other end of the spectrum the green party has been very successful in present representing a kind of counter balance to that they have a program they have a legacy of decades here and if the still a very young party and they seem to be able to mobilize voters as well the greens look set to double that figure from the last time around. but the look set to come on top that election slogan is we all the people but that's not quite true like you to get more than like 21 percent so the some 79 percent with other parties ok you're just back from saxony in brandenburg in the greens have been out there stumping as well bringing out the big guns into those states right now is well they argue that they have begun this that t

party hopes to come out the big winner saxony must decide which direction it plans to take and so does nick at c.s.k. . nick has been doing martial arts since he was 8 years old he specialized in m.m.a. all mixed martial arts. martial arts has probably contributed greatly to my self image it's given me a lot of self-confidence in dicey situations where you're inclined to panic or the adrenaline starts pumping. the panic or should i that doesn't happen so much now because i just know the situation better if i can't. nick can't c.s.k. is 28 years old 5 years ago he opened his own national art studio he knows the german m.m.a. scene well and he says it's closely connected to the neo nazi saying especially in eastern germany. help i'm sure the worst case i've experienced was at a competition in soko where people always booed the foreigners during the finals the crowd chanted who rock short for the right wing group hooligans nazis racists. this video is an ad for the well known right wing m.m.a. event camp dinny blowen or fun of the needles it's an annual meeting for right wing extremists i

explain for us the importance of these elections because we're talking about 2 states brandenburg and saxony that in fact have just over $6000000.00 residents all together that's well less than 10 percent of the german population so why all the attention. because germany is a federal state so the state just like the united states. so these states may be or even a small state on a big state they have a voice in the upper house of the german parliament the burden is hard so it's important simply for constitutional reasons the 2nd is that if the becomes the biggest party in one or both states they may force the other parties into a kind of horrible hold coalition with. the greens the anyone who isn't. mixing together in order not to form a coalition with with the f.t. with the far right and this is this would be terrible for democracy would be would be awful if if this would lead to a sort of stampede of democratic parties so anything but a f.t. . it doesn't it only feeds their pride and would lead i think there. people who wonder why should i vote for or not vote in other regional actions rath

the greens, they are forecast to get record results in saxony and brandenburg. anchor: we have been in the state gauging the mood on the final day of campaign. reporter: latest polls suggest it will be either a triumph or a victory for the far right for the a.f.d. if it manages to beat the social democrat party which has been in government here since reunification. a victory is anywhere near what is being predicted around about 20%. it makes it hard to form a coalition and could have ripple effect for the s.p.d. in berlin. and if it suffers another nervous breakdown because of bad election results, that coalition and her final term in office could come to an early end. anchor: now, they're stylish, functional and capable of making anyone look a bit cooler. talking about sunglasses and on a hot day, you would be hard-pressed to find anyone without a pair on. a ukrainian entrepreneur is trying toeduce waste with eco-friendly frames. reporter: this is the story of a ukrainian man who had an unusual vision. and the world's m most c common commoditieies. the journey

than most of the elbow in there with saxony where freight has and cruise ships also abound. the ministry of the environment in hanover has said the following regarding evolution ship emissions evidently playing a role in certain areas but they are not seem to be a relevant factor in achieving equality targets in lower saxony. other places take a more modern approach. every time a ferry from the shipping company color lines from key. arrives here in austin oh it gets connected to a power socket a modernization introduced in 2011. as soon as the ship is stationary a robot secures the plant. the shipping company opted to pure it shipped this way so that the sochi diesel engine can be switched off while in harbor. the reason why we have this reverse all is that color line said that we are going to do this that shows that this is the way to do it and they also looked into the investment in it but it was also very important to them to be the 1st to show that this is possible and in that way it's important to now give keys on hong bird. at the port of also we want to. we want to ch

brent: now to politics in soccer, the eastern german state of saxony is preparing for important regional elections this weekend, and it looks likely the anti-migrant anti-muslim afd party could make big gains. campaigning is in high gear. a local football club has decided to put up its own campaign banners, calling for tolerance and harmony in football stadiums and in society. those banners belong to a buddhist leader team, but the team insists it is not being political. >> posters have been filling up the streets of saxony for weeks. the far right afd are expected to do well in sunday's election, but some of the placards look slightly out of place. they are not from a political party but from a bundesliga football club. posters featuring the coach and star players have been plastered around the city proudly declaring the drive for diversity and openness. it is nothing to do with party politics, they say. these are just basic principles. >> it's not about party politics. it's about the values we stand for in society -- respect, tolerance, openness, diversity. we are proudly in favor of a