the world is watching what angela merkel says. but she is aware of the fact that this party conference is supposed to determine the future direction the cdu was going too take and that is a future without angela merkel. brent: a future without her. but she is still there, at least this weekend, but not running for reelection. maybe she will be able to speak more freely than before. we will see. as always, thank you. firefighters are battling hundreds of bushfires across eastern and southern australia, at least six people have been killed since the blazes broke out more than a month ago. smoke from the fires has blanketed the country's biggest city, sydney. >> as bushfires tear through acres of australian farmland, a riptide of fire and fury, firefighters and their trucks can only try to catch up. for some, it is alrlready too late. the fires have left a trail of destruction in their wake. >> my cousin's place, their houses gone. -- house is gone. my other cousin, they lost their machinery anand stuff. it is totally gone. reporter:

network now because this was somewhat of a of an upset i think for german chancellor angela merkel today said the c.d.u. the conservative c.d.u. party they decided that it will now be up to the german parliament to debate whether quad wave the chinese tech giant will be able to put a bid in to build germany's 5 g. network so far germany's chancellor has said that germany shouldn't rule out lead in holland have a chance of putting in a bid at least but of course as we've seen there are already a number of democracies including the us for example who have blacklisted the chinese tech giants and that's largely due to the suspected ties to the chinese government of course just going back to that other point though all of this very interesting but that really has been overshadowed by the fact that there is this issue still lingering in the c.d.u. over the leadership and of course it's on a quick come karrenbauer that's been at the center of all that we've seen. racing slide down the polls in recent months and she was appointed and she was seen for a long time as the heir apparent the anointed

so that was the german chancellor angela merkel speaking at the commemoration a vent for the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall saying the wall maybe history may be relegated to the annals of history and yet also in the future she's saying europe must fight for human rights for democracy john what did you make of the chancers speech what what was her message what was the main focus of her message but i read many different. emphases what the one most important one i think is was on the emphasis on common values the values of the rule of law that she mentioned. individual freedom democracy and so on and it's very significant that the eastern european states represented at today's ceremony. 2 of them at least poland and hungary have both rightwing governments that have made very serious challenges to the rule. no and to the independence of the judiciary. are very it's very worrying this has been a crisis of values within the european union and that is one of the main challenges facing europe at the moment i think that's one of the things she was referring to and indeed also within g

this is the news coming to you live from berlin german chancellor angela merkel goes to india to talk trade and security both sides agree to increase industrial cooperation and they're expected to do several deals during the 3 day visit me go live to delhi also coming up on full steam ahead for the impeachment process as u.s. lawmakers vote. for sure and public what does this mean for president donald trump . on the on the front lines and the women. and the unit. toughest sports on the planet the france courts was cup final england's rugby players are the favorites against south africa but the springboks have a new captain who they hope will make history on saturday. hello and welcome. good to have you with us german chancellor angela merkel is an endeavor a 3 day visit focusing on boosting trade and business making is holding talks with the indian prime minister met in the more the on a wide range of issues including smart cities renewable energy and transport both sides also see potential in the fall out from the korean war between the u.s. and china germany is india's largest tradi

merkel and german president. but also of the leaders of those 4 eastern european countries that we saw in our report are not such the leaders and not only the leaders but also young people that he referred to the political and the personal invitations not only of the wall as such of those 28 years that germany was divided but as well that 9th on november 989 the date of the berling wall fell and what came afterwards so as such what we discover today what we realized today right here at the end i watched morial was in a way a commemoration in various levels of commemoration in a personal level but also a commemoration in a political level and something else that i believe was particularly important is the fact that lessons can be drawn from the 9th of november and that was something that was also stress today in particular by the young people attending what they can learn from that very important day and what that means not only for them but also for the future of germany. and thomas also the chancellor herself ta

we will try and bring you some of what chancellor angela merkel saysin of what chancellor angela merkel says in the next few minutes. india's supreme court has ruled in favour of a hindu claim to a bitterly disputed religious site in the town of ayodhya. the decision clears the way for a hindu temple to be built there. this was the place where the key hindu deity lord ram was believed to have been born. it's controversial because a 16th—century mosque that previously stood on the land was torn down by activists in 1992. the attack led to communal violence and the deaths of hundreds of people. 0ur correspondent rajini vaidyanathan is in delhi. hindu groups are celebrating here at india's supreme court after the justices delivered a unanimous verdict. now their decision gives a hindu trust ownership of that hugely contested site in ayodhya in north india and effectively paves the way for a hindu temple to be built there. hindus believe that it is the site of the birthplace of lord ram, one of the most revered gods in the religion, but muslims have also worshipped there for generations a

german chancellor angela merkel is hosting more than a dozen heads of state from across africa a high level investment conference here in berlin today the compact with africa set up by germany and 2017 to promote private investment and job opportunities on the continent in return for economic reforms in the last years summit 1000000000 euros were pledged for development investment fund but except for a few showcase projects little has happened and business leaders and investors women reluctant citing high wrists due to corruption in many countries. rwanda is one of africa's flagship economies last year bokes wagon opened a plant in the capital kigali to build electric cars creating hundreds of jobs to german carmaker wants to invest $20000000.00 in kigali it's a significant step for a wander. up the compact with africa summit in berlin chancellor angela merkel told leaders that africa had a key role to play in solving global problems but there needed to be more openness and trust. underneath the key we believe and i'm thoroughly convinced of this that more transparency will bring more

-a angela merkel but kind of was a controversial choice from the start and she remains search today. a year ago and a great crime can buy embraced her political godmother angela merkel after succeeding her as the leader of the conservative c.d.u. party but the man she narrowly defeated for the job hasn't given up on his chances of one day succeeding angela merkel. math's left politics more than a decade ago after losing an internal power struggle to machall now with the end of the mcaleer insight he's trying to make a comeback. and a great crime can be hours climb to the top of the party was soon followed by a rapid descent in the opinion polls within less than a year her approval ratings have more than half of it. following the cd use poor performance in regional elections in eastern germany in september the leader of the party's youth organization confronted crime current with the leadership question opening the firing shot in a debate that has since overshadowed her double role as party leader and german defense minister. karrenbauer decided to take the challenge head on. whoever

coming to you live from berlin german chancellor angela merkel top screened in security in india both sides agreed to boost industrial cooperation and sign a wide ranging agreement to deepen strategic concerns we get the latest from delhi also coming up. turkey and russia have joined launching joint patrols in north east in syria the operation as part of a deal struck by moscow and uncorrupt to force kurdish fighters out of the turkish border. and speaking out for cyber freedom in russia a new york allows the authorities to switch off the internet critics fear the kremlin could use the measure to silenced its critics. plus all the toughest sports on the planet appropriate choice was cup final england's rugby players are the favorites against south africa but the springboks had made a habit of grinding out and win it just back. home a very warm welcome to you on the touch germany's chancellor angela merkel has been holding create talks with the indian prime minister not in that of the delhi germany's india's largest trading partner in europe the 2 leaders have signed wide ranging agree

and you mention chancellor angela merkel she cast such a large shadow in german politics do we know what her role will be in the next 2 years. well she still is the german chancellor and she's the most tangible sign and manifestation of political power in government of the christian democrats but under her auspices they have gone from germany's dominant big tent party to a party that is in decline when you look at the opinion polls when you look at regional elections that we had in several eastern states here in germany recently and this is really the task for a negative to turn that around angela merkel herself clearly has her eyes focused on providing stability in this at times shaky ground coalition so-called grand coalition with the social democrats with a firm i on the e.u. presidency of germany in the 2nd half of next year so we have a german chancellor who seems to be taking a much more european and global approach looking had her own legacy and we see her successor as party leader and. trying to stabilize her own party and build momentum to in the end wind up votes whoever will v

been marking those historic events with ceremonies here and elsewhere around the country chancellor angela merkel honor the memory of those killed trying to flee communism offering a special message about freedom. american i haven't seen thanks for joining us. germany is marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall with events throughout the capital and around the country german chancellor angela merkel and other european leaders took part in a ceremony earlier in the day at the site of where the berlin wall once stood and speaking at the event america warned europeans not to take their freedom for granted. ceremonies in the heart of berlin commemorate the 30th anniversary of what's called the peaceful revolution. today this section of the wall is a memorial site but 3 decades ago it separated east and west germany and this symbolic location is where the official memorial celebrations are taking place. the iron curtain is now history that's what these young people say they are from the so-called visit groud countries poland the czech republic slovakia and hungary their messa

german chancellor angela merkel says europe cannot defend itself without nato and pledges to shoulder a much bigger share of the costs by the daily 2030 times. 12 hours study days at the age of 7 a reality for many children in china but while millions of kids forced into such a routine. i'm told me a lot of people welcome to the program the european union's incoming commission president has won the parliament's approval for the new team who is enough on the line is the 1st woman to land the e.u. stop job and she set out on bishop's goals to turn the bloc into a green superpower and boost economic growth as well as those challenges she'll also have to deal with deep divisions among e.u. member states. resoundingly approval from the e.u. parliament confirming the new team of incoming commission president lucilla funda lion. on the line is the 1st ever woman commission president and her team of 26 don't differ too much in profile from the usual brussels career politicians but her ambitions are a marked change her ideas a forward thinking as is the gender balance of her team it is a team

and to the federal government chancellor angela merkel who has passed on the party leadership to come no longer takes part in these debates she used her opening speech to talk about more personal issues often because i thought of amazon today is also a very special day for me my own fault because on november 22nd 2005 i was elected german chancellor for the 1st time and this remains something very special to me. is on the walls for me. political child and they couldn't come. is giving it all at this year's conference and so far she is one at least for now. and our chief political editor me had a cafe is standing by for us in the east and german city of lights the at party conference good to see taking all the party conference one of the big topics what's going on there now. already the over arching issue was for an affair to come to avoid some kind of clash some kind of so down scenario with the man who lost against turn last year's vote for the party leadership she did that on the 1st day and on the 2nd day also a motion by the youth organization you're on your own didn't go through

chancellor angela merkel, who has passed on the party leadership, no longer takes part in these debates. she used her opening speech to talk about more personal issues. "today is also a very special day for me because on november 22, 2005, i was elected german chancellor for the first time, and this remains something very special to me. -- to me." merkel's political godchild is giving it her all at this year's conference, and so far, she hasn't won, at least for now -- so far she has won, at least f r now. carl: the phrase of the day -- back me or sack me. is anyone likely to take up a kk on the challenge? collects definitely not at this party conference. she held a very courageous speech and was rewarded for it by her delegates who gave her a seven-minute-long standing ovation, but at least for now, the challenge is off the table. she has bought herself some time, but now she has to deliver and prove she can leave the party going forward, that she can create a vision for the party to lead it into the next year where in 2020, the cdu, like other political parts of germany will decide wh

took over from chancellor angela merkel as c.p.u. leader last year but the party's popularity has continued to slide under her leadership. she went all the way and took on the challenge to sever attacks in the weeks leading up to the c.d.u. sponte conference and a great. post the big question to how party colleagues and like. many of them i know say if you feel that the road i want to go down is not the road you want to follow then let us talk about that today and let those and today here and now today. how did the 1000 delegates react with this 7 minute standing ovation continuing a 90 minute speech the party that passionately outlined the policy measures she wants to pursue in the future. isn't enough to be the repair service of the republic and we need to become the workshop of the future again that's our goal and that's what we want to do one time in my mind one of those in the audience was fleet ice melts revival and that has attacked i k.k. several times in recent weeks this time he seemed surprisingly low you know one of the m

german chancellor angela merkel says europe cannot defend itself without nato and pledges to shoulder a much bigger share of the costs by the early 21st things. i'm told me all at equal welcome to the program the european union's income and commission president has won the parliament's approval for a new team owners of the fund the land is the 1st woman to land the e.u.'s top job and she set out ambitious goals to turn the bloc into a green superpower and boost economic growth as well as those challenges she also have to deal with deep divisions among e.u. member states. resulting approval from the e.u. parliament confirming the new team of incoming commission president funda lion. lion is the 1st ever woman commission president and her team of 26 don't differ too much in profile from the usual brussels career politicians but her ambitions are a marked change her ideas a forward thinking as is the gender balance of her team it is a team with almost all as many women as men only one woman away from gender balance. this shows. it shows we have made real progress but also that we still h

angela merkel was also guest when xi jinping came to paris. mr. macron invited herd. so they want to show an exercise of strength from europe, this is wider european voice coming and macron comes as the strong man of europe. uk is courting brexit, angela merkel is on her way out, spain and italy with weaker governments, emmanuel macron is the strong man of europe >> what's interesting is the eu published a paper labeling china systemic rival and so, how do you square the circle here in that clearly the eu look at china and its growing power with some trepidation but equally respect because they realize this is the trajectory it's going for but at the same time are also trying to foster these relations. how do you draw the line between the two? >> as you said, it's a crucial relationship there's a lot of deals a lot of potential money, growing middle class there. a lot of money that can be done for european companies of course, it's a rival. but they're main trade partners. europe is a main trade partner of china and they have to build this relationship. president macr

and to the federal government chancellor angela merkel who has passed on the party leadership to come no longer takes part in these debates she used her opening speech to talk about more personal issues about him again so i thought i was on today is also a very special day for me i am fine because on november 22nd 2005 i was elected german chancellor for the 1st time and this remains something very special to me guns is on the walls for me nichols political call child and they couldn't come on power is giving it all at this conference and so far she's won at least for now. rajiv political editor he had a cafe standing right for us in the east and german city of lights at that party conference the big clash well it's off the table but i think one has to offer will that peace last. if you're right it's so down didn't happen and i very much doubt that this piece will last we saw an eclipse come convoy's key contender for the last in a vote against her just one year ago and seeing her becoming party leader well he basically said that he would be loyal to the party leader at the same time

network now until now german chancellor angela merkel has said that the chinese tech giant they should not be blocked from at least putting in a bid to develop germany's 5 g. network but of course that is a very controversial topic here in germany right now as it also is in a lot of other democracies that's already been ruled out in the u.s. for example largely because of the suspected ties between they and the chinese government is safe to say the c.d.u. the conservative c.d.u. passed a motion which now means that this issue will be debated in the german parliament so it's seen as a little bit of a rejection towards stands and so be interesting to see exactly how that turns out once that's discussed in the german parliament that said definitely without doubt the overarching issue that kind of overshadowed this entire party conference these last 2 days has been the question of party leadership and it could come carabao at least for now it seems as you mentioned she's taken this issue into her own hands and yesterday she really seemed to call her critics bluff basically saying back me o

this news coming to you live from berlin german chancellor angela merkel talks stringent security in india both sides agreed to increase industrial cooperation and signed wide ranging agreements to deepen strategic cooperation to get the latest from delhi. also coming up to russia begin joint patrols in northeastern syria the but it's part of the deal between the 2 countries to get goodish militia out of the region. and forced to seek sanctuary in a church on tripoli's crackdown we hear about the plight of refugees trying to escape xenophobic attacks in south africa. last year the on the front lines and they all ran and it's involved with anti poaching to socor brave ones are changing attitudes to gender conservation and corruption. i don't welcome a moment that she might good to have you with us jim is chancellor angela merkel has been holding trade talks with the indian prime minister in that in their body in delhi germany is india's largest trading partner in europe so the 2 leaders signed wide ranging agreements. deepen strategic cooperation agriculture cyber security artificial

and here in germany chancellor angela merkel tells lawmakers her government is pushing the defense budget up in line with nato targets for spending. i'm so much going to thank you for joining us germany's was a left on the line is poised to formally take over at the helm of the european commission this sunday but she still needs the european parliament to sign off on her new team they'll be voting on it shortly that's underlines that her plans for the presidency at the parliament in strasburg a short time ago she said she would focus on equality the environment and digitalization let's listen in to her vision for the e.u. . it is not only about parties and politics rules or regulations markets or currencies it is ultimately and above all else about people and their aspirations it is about people of standing together for the liberty for that values simply for effect a future do you have used brussels bureau chief mike sussman isn't strasberg for us ahead of the vote he listened in on find a life speech for us this morning i'm max good to see you i does it was often a line have the numbers

german chancellor angela merkel rejected the criticism of nato,

president donald trump but chancellor angela merkel and the head of nato. have rejected the remarks. part of the berlin wall is displayed outside nato headquarters right now in stoltenberg is meant to be celebrating the anniversary of the victory over communism but instead he's declaring that his alliance isn't dead . nato is strong. united states north america and europe we do want to get that done got done for decades. one of nato's most important members has spoiled the party in a historic week for the alliance emanuel macos at least a is calling into question some of nato's founding values in an interview with the economist magazine nicole said the mutual defense pact was in danger of breaking down. what we are currently experiencing is the brain death of nato he said adding you have no coordination whatsoever a strategic decision making between the united states and its nato allies. it's the events of last month in syria that have my call worried 1st the alliances largest member the united states announced a troop pullout without consulting its allies

that's a direct challenge to german chancellor angela merkel or government is struggling to create enough charging stations to accommodate the 330000 id threes that v.w. plans to produce every year the medical insists the government in berlin is doing its part given the government will be taking extraordinary measures we will invest 3500000000 euros over the next few years to expand public infrastructure for charging stations yet this is endemic on some. votes wagon has spent 1200000000 euros converting its plant in to electric vehicle production now it falls on the government to make charging the cars as easy as filling a gas tank so that people will finally start buying them. it will be that easy to talk about that i'm joined here at the big table by my colleague from our business desk you know molly owens of generic that is the question isn't there are people going to buy these cars you know i was actually at the frankfurt motor show when they 1st unveiled this vehicle and they told me then that what they had tried to do was solve the problems that people had with e-car is you know tha

i'm off it's good to have you with us tonight germany's chancellor angela merkel is stressing her commitment to nato rejecting criticism of the alliance that came today from french president emanuel. in an interview published in the. mr newspaper president says that nato is undergoing what he calls a brain death adding that europe must start acting as a strategic world power at a joint news conference in berlin chancellor merkel and nato secretary general you . declared that the alliance is not dying despite widespread dismay at the recent actions of the united states and turkey in northern syria mr begg went on to reject the notion that the us is turning its back on its european allies but says that more german financial support is needed. the french president shows some drastic manner and seek and i don't see anyone actually when it comes to cooperation in nato such statements are not necessary even if we do have a problem. even if we do disagreement from the german perspective nato is very much in our interest it's our security alliance it been personally i have said many times here in eu

german chancellor angela merkel rejected the criticism of nato saying: "the french president has found rather drastic words to express his views. this is not how i see the state of cooperation at nato." well a little earlier i spoke with james goldgeier who's a nato expert and a robert bosch senior visiting fellow at the brookings institution. i began by asking why president macron chose to make such a disparaging remark publicly. you can see the anger coming through to but it is shocking that the president of france would actually say these things out loud. and he is angry at the united states, the lack of commitment, he is angry at what turkey has done in syria without co—ordination. he is clearly had a lot of pent—up frustration and he let it loose in that interview. cynically you might suppose that he also sees an opening for europe here? well, he does and he clearly wants to leave that effort and he wants to make the case that europe should be developing its serious strategic capability and europe should be able to do things on its own and that the united states is not there f

that's angela merkel there under the umbrella. doesn't look like a sunny day there for this ceremony. europe european leaders are at the memorial sight for it. jub land crowds dismantled the symbol that allowed those in the communist east to travel freely to the capitalist west. fred plight begin will be joining us for this mem ragz that lasts a few hours. fred, hello to you. it was quite some time since the fall of the berlin wall and many remember it. what is the mood there today for the them ragdcommemoration? >> we're at what's called the eastside gallery. this is the longest stretch of the berlin wall that is actually still standing. it's on part of a river that runs through berlin. but, of course, the biggest afraction here today is the cnn trevant. this was a common car that people drove in germany. we had it painted and everybody loves it. the mood today is different than the big anniversaries we've seen in the past. five years ago, there was a big light installation. ten years ago, they had a set of dominos being pushed o

now germany's chancellor angela merkel has put up a spirited defense of the nato alliance in response to criticism by president of france michael said that preserving nato was at least as essential today as it was during the cold war and argued that it is important to keep turkey in the alliance michael was speaking of the german parliament which has begun a debate on the government's budget for 2020 that includes defense which is a controversial topic because germany is under international pressure to spend more on its armed forces here's what the chancellor had to say the met somebody else who made the commitment to increase our defense spending towards the margin of 2 percent and that is what we are doing the budget for next year so it's not a quarter of 1.42 percent 5 years ago we were 1.18 percent we will continue this step by step process 1.5 percent until 2024 when that the defense minister has not presented a plan which foresees improvements in our nato participation so that we will reach the 2 percent margin in the early thirty's that is guaranteed. we can speak now to our ch

angela merkel leads events in germany to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall. translation: i remember you of the people who found their death at this wall because they were looking for freedom. i also remind you of the people who were trying to escape and who were imprisoned. india's supreme court rules that the disputed holy site of ayodhya should be given to hindus who want a temple built there. catastrophic bushfires in eastern australia kill at least three people and force thousands from their homes. and join the brexitcast team as they discuss the launch of the general election campaign — that's in half an hour. it's a busy day on the campaign trail, with less than five weeks until the general election. the conservatives have unveiled plans to train more gps, whilst labour and the liberal democrats are focussing whilst labour and the liberal democrats are focusing on increasing support for childcare. here's our political correspondent pete saull. what is going on? a saturday morning trip to a surestart centre. brought in under the last labour government,

angela merkel leads events in germany to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall and urges people to stand up forfundamental values. the values upon which europe is founded, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, the preservation of human rights, they absolutely cannot be taken for granted. india's supreme court rules that the disputed holy site of ayodhya should be given to hindus who want a temple built there. catastrophic bushfires in eastern australia kill at least three people and force thousands from their homes. and it's a happy 50th birthday to the american children's tv series sesame street. and the victoria derbyshire programme travels to norway to investigate the shocking scale of self harm and suicide material being shared on instagram. seven severe flood warnings that represent a threat to life remain in place on the river don in south yorkshire. water levels in some areas are still rising. a woman swept to her death by a flooded river has been named as derbyshire‘s former high sherriff annie hall. her body was pulled from the river derwent near matlock on frida

angela merkel leads events in germany to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall and urges people to stand up forfundamental values. translation: the values of europe, rule of law, the preservation of human rights, they absolutely cannot be taken for granted. india's supreme court rules that the disputed holy site of ayodhya should be given to hindus who want a temple built there. catastrophic bushfires in eastern australia kill at least three people and force thousands from their homes. and it's a "happy 50th birthday" to the american children's tv series sesame street. and one of the most powerful people in global media, the boss of the walt disney company, speaks to the bbc about his 15 years in charge. it's a busy day on the campaign trail, with less than five weeks until the general election. the conservatives have unveiled plans to train more gps — whilst labour and the liberal democrats are focussing on increasing support for childcare. here's our political correspondent peter saull. what is going on? once facilities like this in every community in england. the last labou

the german chancellor angela merkel, who grew up in east germany, has been attending a commemoration at a remaining section of the wall, that's preserved as a memorial. 0ur berlin correspondent jenny hill reports. in broad daylight, with the world watching, east berlin became a prison, its citizens sealed off from friends and family in the west. 30 years after its fall, it's still a powerful symbol of division. there's not much of it left today but it's the focus of commemorations, led by angela merkel, who herself grew up behind the iron curtain. for monica, an emotional day. the wall, she told us, tore her family apart. she never knew her grandfather, who lived in the west. by the time the wall fell, he was dead. it was, astonishingly, bloodless revolution which followed weeks of street protests. many declared the birth of a new world order, one which some warn is at risk today. translation: the values upon which europe is founded, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, the preservation of human rights, they absolutely cannot be taken for granted and must constantly be defended

angela merkel leads events in germany to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall. translation: i remember you, the people who found their death their death at this wall because they were looking for freedom. i also remind you of those trying to escape and who were imprisoned. india's supreme court rules that the disputed holy site of ayodhya should be given to hindus, who want a temple built there. catastrophic bushfires in eastern australia kill at least three people and force thousands from their homes. and the click team investigate claims that 56 networks could damage our health, that's in half an hour. health and childcare take centre stage today, as the political parties continue their general election campaigns. labour is promising to open a thousand new sure start children's centres in england as part of a £45 billion investment package. they will also offer 30 hours of free childcare for all children aged between two and four. the liberal democrats are also revealing plans for free childcare for working childcare for working parents, offering 35 hours of

at the compact with africa summit in berlin chancellor angela merkel told leaders that africa had a key role to play in solving global problems but there needed to be more openness and trust. from beneath the t.v. we believe and i'm thoroughly convinced of this that more transparency will bring more investors to these countries because it's important for germans other g 20 investors as well as medium sized companies to have trust and transparency. is this guns guns business they want to know where the investment is going under what conditions. the fin. it's a question of good governance but it's also about funding so far 12 countries are signed up to the initiative and they're hoping they will secure investment the compact will help the government in all the stakeholders to implement reforms that will improve for the use of doing business germany signed reform partnerships with senegal and ethiopia at the conference which should facilitate better private sector development with africa. africa's yugant but also africa's youth needs a future and that means education and jobs to do this we

germany's chancellor angela merkel has rejected sweeping criticisms of nato made by the french president. in an interview, emmanuel macron said a lack of strategic decision—making between the united states and its nato allies was leading to what he termed "brain death" in the bloc. now, take a look at this — a lucky escape for the crews of two

now here in berlin german chancellor angela merkel is hosting numerous heads of state from africa at a high level investment conference the compact with africa set up a by germany in 2017 aims to promote private investment and job opportunities on the continent in return for economic reforms the event brings together european business leaders with african policy. the chancellor opened the conference with a keynote address she stressed the need for efforts to fight corruption. we believe and of that i'm thoroughly convinced that more transparency or bring more investors to these countries because it is important to germans and to other g 20 investors and for mid-sized companies it is very very important to have trust and transparency and they want to know where the investment is going and under what conditions will in this year they should they should begin. german chancellor angela merkel speaking there and we'll have more coverage of the g. 20 compact with africa summit in berlin later today thanks and now to some of the other business stories making headlines around the world. u.s.

and to the federal government chancellor angela merkel who has passed on the party leadership to come no longer takes. in these debates she used her opening speech to talk about my posts no issues after me get so i don't i'm going to die is also a very special day for me i am fine because on november 22nd 2005 i was elected chancellor for the 3rd time and this remains something very special to me. is on me . political child and they couldn't come. is giving it all at this conference and so far she is one at least for now. correspondent kate brady was at this party conference she said as this assessment. it was the showdown that never happened the c.d.u. party conference after months of criticism party need to annex it come caraballo called her critics telling them in short to back me me so for now at least it seems that the issue of the party leadership has been removed from the table but with germany set to head to the polls once again in less than 2 years time a.k.k. now has a what to prove that she's still a worthy candidate in the meantime competition is still lining up within the

german chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party is holding its annual conference this weekend in the eastern city of blob seek chancellor merkel no longer leads the party and his successor as lady. is struggling in the polls so they're gathering could well see another fight over who should succeed angela merkel as chancellor. the c.d.u. headquarters after greenpeace operation the sea in c.d.u. which stands for christian went missing not the party's worst problem inside a leadership battle is looming just 20 years ago and it could come canberra embraced her political godmother and get america after succeeding has leader of germany's conservative c.d.u. party but the man who was narrowly defeated never gave up on this chances of one day himself succeeding mikko. played iceman's the former c do you hopeful ones left politics after losing out to medical but in the years since he decided to simply by this time. come to climb to the top of the party was soon followed by had just sent in opinion polls within less than a year her app

merkel had to say about the 2 nations tie up in. india has huge potential especially when it comes to digitalisation. development is very fast so when it comes to 5 g. and a i it's a challenge but if we work together this will be a wonderful means of cooperation. meclizine india for today's talks with prime minister narendra modi of focused on issues like smart cities and renewable energy while the leaders are keen to strengthen business and trade ties last year trade between job.

news live from berlin a new partnership for india and germany chancellor angela merkel and prime minister narendra modi and now a raft of deals as they seek to build closer industrial and strategic ties also coming up on kong demonstrators defiance police ban on protests and issue they say is an emergency call to preserve the city's autonomy are poor spondon is in the middle of those demonstrations. and has germany gets ready to celebrate 30 years since the wall came down to match this park project is unveiled here in berlin made up of thousands of colorful streamers with messages of love and peace. played. played. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us are. german chancellor angela merkel and indian prime minister narendra modi have been holding trade talks in delhi the 2 leaders signed a series of agreements strengthening industrial and strategic links modi also announced the 2 countries would work to combat terrorism and extremism but despite the show of unity there are still divisions. india's prime minister pulls out all the stops for the german chancellor the woman he

german chancellor angela merkel and india's prime minister narendra modi have been holding trade talks in delhi in 2 leaders signed a series of agreements strengthening industrial and strategic links mr modi also announced of the 2 countries would work to combat terrorism and extremism but despite the show of unity there are still divisions. india's prime minister pulls out all the stops with the german chancellor the woman he likes to describe is a great leader. has come down in kashmir would remain the elephant in the room for much of the day modi's decision to strip the region of its semi autonomous status has sparked outrage there and in neighboring pakistan that they're only doing press conference both sides appear keen to stress what they have in common. rather than what divides them horrible. it is in germany's friendly relations are based on core values like democracy and the rule of law this is why we have similar views about the great challenges that face our world or to fight the dangers of terrorism and militancy we will strengthen bilateral and multilateral ties all going

german chancellor angela merkel talks trade and security with the indian prime minister narendra modi seeking to build a closer industrial and strategic ties. and mexico marks the day of the day it may sound like a gloomy affair but the festival is actually a joyous celebration the souls of the departed up to leave to come back and visit their families. great welcome turkey and russia have launched joint to ground patrols in northeastern syria the operation is part of a deal struck by the 2 countries to 1st force his out of the territory need turkey's border military vehicles are patrolling a sign that's 10 kilometers deep along the border mocking a major power shift in syria it's a month off to u.s. president donald trump we drew his country's forces from the area. russian and turkish troops have been carrying out joint patrols on the turkish syrian border since midday local time these images come from a region near the small turkish tion of. with the joint patrols ankara wants to prevent the kurdish why p.g. militia returning to the border driving the white p.g. out of the border re

a new partnership for india and germany chancellor angela merkel and prime minister narendra modi and down so raft of deals as they seek to build closer industrial and strategic time. and fans are going to south africa for the new rugby world championships the springboks put on a dominant display outclassing england $3212.00 in the final and south africa's 3rd world cup title. i'm michael ok welcome to the program police have been firing tear gas in multiple locations in a bid to break up a fresh round of mass protests in hong kong authorities had banned all protests today which were originally billed as an emergency call for autonomy from mainland china police quickly crackdown on an initial gathering and then did so in other parts of the city as well this is the 22nd street weekend of anti-government demonstrations in hong kong. the w.'s trawler chelsea and phil is in hong kong covering today's demonstration she joins us on the phone police started cracking down early on the rallies what's the effect been. that's right less than an hour into the process people gathering it at least

merkel and welcomed a planned increase in german defense spending. and the vigil in hong kong for a pro-democracy demonstrators who died of his injuries after falling from a building charts and longest the 1st student to die since the start of the anti-government encounter activists say they will ask their protest. time for girl welcome to the program as part of d w special coverage of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the birth of focusing on the city's most prominent lombok the brandenburg gate on the 9th of november 1989 thousands of people gathered at the gate which lay behind the wall in east berlin euphoric crowds clambered up to the wall which had been off limits for decades the symbol of german division would soon become one of the unity. new political correspondent simon young is there that welcome simon we've just been looking at scenes of jubilation from the 30 years ago what's the scene that now. well not quite the same level of jubilation but of course people are free here now to mill around come have a look see what they'd like to do