shultz for germany. it is fresh faces to counter the feeling that this social democracy is basically dying. melinda: alan posener, germany is doing pretty well economically, yet there is a high level of mistrust in politics, political institutions, and politicians themselves. why is that, and can martin schulz fix it? germany has been ruled off and on for the past 12 years by a so-called grand coalition of social democrats and christian democrats. there's never been a coherent opposition. it has alwayss been the question of, who wants to get into bed with mrs. merkel next? oftin schulz is the academy exactly this way of thinking. in this timing european parliament, he's had an informal grand coalition with the christian democrats too. he's not a fresh face. he's an old hand at wheeling and dealing. why there should be any of this euphoria, quite frankly beats me. melinda: we want to delve deeper into that question. because he is a somewhat unknown face for many of our viewers, let us take a closer look a

germany? germany isthink still, in a way, not really united. and it hasn't really been different in all those years, the reunification. it's just that all of a sudden, it seems to come out, like we see it, because there is this party, afd, and all of a sudden, you see the voters, you know, east germany and most are men. about. to talk it just comes out, it's suddenly there. now?s it there >> because, you know, people have the feeling that -- like that they can speak out what they maybe have thought for a long time. their disappointment, their anger about, you know, things to them in all those years after the reunification. i guess a lot of people feel that they don't belong to that, know, united germany, to is verymany that successful in the world. >> before i bring in wojciech to judy, let's just listen what germany's president, frank-walter steinmeier, had to stay at the reunification celebrations earlier this week. >> the great wall across our is gone. 24, it becameer clear that there were

the former communist east germany and on the other side the form a west germany to form a. west germany that was in the western block these countries unified in nine hundred ninety when east germany basically collapsed and the problem there is this question of east germany simply in the sense ceased to exist and the people there have the feeling that. they were not really respect to the. and she knew not to be respected that in fact they were in some sense taken over by the west and that nobody really looked to their particular needs and that they are still being in some sense ignored by mainstream politics in germany and that goes especially this protest vote then against the established parties against the christian democratic union in against our going to marcus conservatives and also against the social democrats so there is this feeding of even more than a generation twenty five years later they still this feeling very widespread in that region of in some sense not really being taken account of that's part of the reason for this protest in the strength of this protest v

and their significance for germany europe and the rest of the world election twenty seventeen germany has voted in to discuss the latest developments i'm joined here in the studio five three astute observers of german politics beginning with then a designer who was for many years with germany's a.r.d. t.v. network and one of the best known correspondents reporting on the german politics. also with us is alan posner a regular columnist for the berlin based news. hello and a warm welcome to today w.'s political correspondent michelle or michelle i would like to begin with you a bit victory for angela merkel she has secured what is an historic fourth term in office but her conservatives got the worst result since nine hundred forty nine would you say. yes well parties won the elections but this was by no stretch of the imagination a victory she will go down in history as. he's managed to basically impose her own political brand on the c.d.u. party and it looks like own party is now paying dearly at the polls here and many and she herself finds herself in a position where she is weakened

the best germany ever. smugness so i think you're right i think that's debatable i think the problem is that as these polls suggest people are a little bit too comfortable and oftentimes just when you're most comfortable is when things started to head south and for years a lot of very very smart people columnists and others have been saying to germany you really need to go back and start doing further overhauls to the economy to to make the economy more competitive going forward for the future that hasn't happened in our view it feels a little bit like germany is running on the fumes of traders again two thousand and ten reforms and so the question is what kind of government can really push through you know maybe a little bit more aggressive type of restructuring that is going to be needed in areas like digitalisation. in areas like the eurozone in sort of you know restructuring the euro zone to avoid the kind of crises that we've seen in recent years and i think that is most likely maybe in a grand coaliti

who is the new macron in germany? we only have angela merkel for the time being. >> you know which name, but you're not going to mention it. >> the populists are fighting against each other and there's the rumor that the party will split into. it's not as organized. >> about to draw on your encyclopedic knowledge, we have a four term chancellor. there have been two that have gone before. what can you tell us about what clues that might give us about how this will pan out? >> germans were tired of helmut kohl. that's why he lost the elections and eventually because it's a novel process that will eventually happen to angela merkel. soon, but whether she will be in office four years from now, i don't know. knonow but it could happen to her like it happened to helmut kohl. it's always very complex for a politician to find a way out. >> my theories that angela merkel has looked at both of them and concluded that they failed in two ways. they did not allow a successor to emerge, and i think she will in this term decide to a

well that was germany's vice chancellor mark gabrielle addressing the u.n. just a few minutes ago in new york and for some analysis i'm joined by our chief political correspondent melinda crane right out the gate what is you make of gabriele speech well definitely there was a rebuke there and it was nearly explicit he started out by saying national ego ism is worthless as an ordering principle for the twenty first century which clearly is intended to say to president trump the whole idea that one country can go it alone and be successful at that simply doesn't work today and he cited germany's experience saying that when germany took that approach and of course that's exactly what it did during the second world war that it did not obtain peace and security but the reverse and he said it was when we learned to work together with other countries within the international framework of laws and institutions that we truly achieved peace so i think that example is in essence a way of putting out something that's positive rather than simply bashing the u.s. presiden

or it will be more likely for germany to pursue a relatively hard line. on the issues like euro zone integration if there is a coalition with the liberals with the freedom of crowds because they have already voiced some very clear positions on exactly that issue. on the other hand if there is a grand coalition then there may be a softer line when it comes to euro zone integration and so here again i think this is an issue that's interesting enough it's also not not really being discussed the eurozone the european union broadly are basically absent from this from this debate and i think we will see a heated debate only after election day and when it comes to forming a coalition because at the colors of the coalition will determine quite some of the course that germany is going that it is going to take on these european issues basically how do you think that's going to play out and how important considering all the issues and elements that we've discussed are these elections at at this time now for germany and particularly the e.u. . i think it comes at a r

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football made in germany. each week we talk about arts and culture but today we're going to talk about facts and figures and about the question where the germany has the best of all cultural landscapes first let's fly from south to north. germany has more than five thousand museums one of them is the pina could take demo down in munich. germany is the land of opera with six thousand eight hundred performances every year. and dressed and is its most famous opera house. the country smallest theater is in the town of now on board with just eighty seats there are one hundred forty two public theaters altogether in germany. one of the world's most important art exhibitions is held in castle every five years documentary. about ten new art shows open to the public every day in germany berlin has more artists than anywhere else in germany one in every hundred people is an artist here. the new cultural highlight is the ebb philharmonia in hamburg with record numbers of visitors and sold out concerts germany funds one h

in germany unfortunately. it was the same story in the netherlands when far right populous to strong support in that country's recent parliamentary elections dutch lawmakers say german voters sent a similar signal the signal that i saw from the german elections is really that no one is immune to change and there is more fragmentation in germany while the center is still strong. i think we have to be mindful of what the far right is going to do the german green party's foreign affairs spokesman says this is a wake up call on the future of the e.u. . with this three pronged alliance between brussels paris and berlin we have a window of opportunity to take the initiative to bring the e.u. closer together but berlin has to be willing to play along. which being avoided with the far right is growing support in europe it may compel the e.u. to pay closer attention to the concerns of all europeans. there from germany well it's got the view from brussels our bureau chief max hoffman joins us now backs another four year

goodness, refugees from nazi germany were returned to germany after the war. they didn't complain they spent six years somewhere else and had to learn english, whether they were in south africa, the united states, france, wherever. it seems a bit strange that instead of saying, wow, i was a guest of germany for six years, i was given a good education, i was able to educate myself, now i come back, instead of which he's complaining. he may have good reason. but you know, there's this other side that he had, you know, he had opportunities here. >> he goes back to a war zone. he doesn't come back to a germany where there was no war again. and at the same time these two countries are so different. that situation was very different than this situation. and -- >> coming back to germany in 1945, everything is in ruins. come on. >> he didn't decide on his own. >> we don't know. he obviously doesn't want to be where he is. i can understand that. but on the other hand, it is the law. >> laws can be unjust. >> nazis had laws, taliban had laws. >> it's a law, internationa

reporter: germany decides. that is what is happening with federal elections take place september 24. among the issues voters will decide upon is whether he and his ftp will type -- help cshape the country's future. brent: you can watch that interview tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 utc here, or on her website. -- on our website at dw.com/germanydecides. here are some other stories that are making news around the world. a powerful typhoon has it hong kong and macau on the southern chinese coast leaving several dead. it uprooted trees and triggered massive waves as it came to shore, causing severe flooding and power outages. thousands of people have been evacuated. an italian baby is safely back in his father's arms after being rescued from the wreckage of his home after a magnitude 4.0 earthquake. rescuers also saved his father and two brothers. monday's quake left two people dead and nearly 3000 homeless. a 14-year-old boy he was detained by saudi police for dancing to the 1990's it macarena at an intersection has b

germany. reporter: early morning in berlin hotel, the german foreign minister sigmar gabriel faced the task to smooth ruffled feathers with his turkish counterpart. the discussion was described as positive but tough. "we agree that neither side is interested in damaging german-turkish relations for the long-term, and that we can only overcome the current tensions if we engage in an objective and respectful dialogue with one another." instead of appearing together with gabriel, turkish foreign minister melvut cavusoglu visited berlin's idb tourism convention and stated his position that turkey views germany's policies and media as hostile. "we have to decide whether we want to continue this way as friends or whether we will break apart. we want to continue as friends, but germany must decide what they want, and then we will take steps accordingly. reporter: one day earlier, the turkish foreign minister had held a rally at the turkish consulate in hamburg for an upcoming referendum in turkey tha

in germany every day but is that fact or fiction. well nowhere else in the world can boast more a proper form and says six thousand seven hundred ninety five year that's as many as those of russia austria italy france and the us put together and if you count more than eighty opera houses with a year round schedule and a permanent and somber then germany has around as many opera houses as the entire rest of the world. as a matter of fact you have the choice of no less than eighteen are proper pharmacies each day in germany you're most likely to end up at verdi's la traviata it's clearly the country's most performed up or adjust ahead of modes or its magic flute and that by the way we're no different from the rest of the world verdi is the most popular composer of. so no one can be when it comes to up from there's just one little flaw but then maybe germany's undisputed opera capital but globally the city is only in third place behind moscow and vienna. but i guess we can live with that. what is the most successful german cultural expo

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how much painting is there in germany. how much cinema and does germany dance from north to south from myth to fact we ask a country about its art. in sixty minutes on d w. democracy day on d w a reporter has been in solitary confinement since february with no charges filed and no sign of release. and if the child has become a symbol of press freedom under fire but the turkish president ever to want he's a political bargaining chip. how his friends and family are trying to secure his release hash tag free debt. in two hours. as long as. i know just to not go today nothing would change you know the banks. and so was the language of a bank money. speaking the truth global news that matters w made for mines past take germany decides. what is your take on the whole position regarding not only climate change. what do you want to know about germany's general election. put it to. ask w your questions about germany but if i had to manifest they were not a time to. write to us on facebook we'll answer your questions. what is your g

but first germany's chancellor speaks out on north korea crisis just days ahead of germany's general election on the americal said she disagrees with trump's military ultimatum to north korea as part of a d w exclusive interview merkel offered germany's help and negotiating a diplomatic solution yesterday trump told the un that the u.s. would destroy a north korea and inappropriate response as miracle take a listen. i promise you is the only way to solve the north korea conflict according to the german chancellor in an exclusive interview with g w hunger merkel spoke out in favor of multilateral negotiations involving international partners such as china russia and the united states even if this conflict is far away from germany it's one that also affects us that's why i'm prepared to assist the foreign minister to assume responsibility here. we took part in negotiating the iran agreement which i think is good and better than having no agreement at all. it took many years but in the end it did limit iran's possibilities for nuclear armament. addressing the u.s. president's threats to

football made in germany. digitisation was meant to be one of chancellor angela merkel's campaign platforms she won the election and is busy building a coalition but digitalization hardly made a paper cybersecurity experts say germany's not even prepared for what's coming just one of the topics on made in germany and beneficial and a work mate of mine called me fancy pants i can't wait to show this next line of fashion clothing is going digital three d. printed clothes that connect to the internet and even communicate with the washing machine is cloudy and muggy on the router with the next part in our series digital germany. address that lights up my limited wanted one she described the design in detail back in one thousand nine hundred fifty eight but it's taken this hmong for technology to catch up. on fashion label electro couture has created the dress and decked out with modern l.e.d. . incorporating digital technology into clothing is still just a nice in the fashion world. founder liza long shows me how

we had the wall, east germany and west germany. chancellor merkel grew up in the east, so she really has experienced that. the other thing, because of the close ties from east germany to russia we have a traditionally closer relationship to north korea because russia was a partner in the korean war with north korea, so there is some relationship from germany to north korea and i think this is what angela merkel refers to. sarah: so there is history, but we have to remember that we are four days away from the general election. how do you think her comments about donald trump will play out with the german voters, because talking bad about donald trump is a way to score points. ines: that is right. everything angela merkel says four days before the election is connected to the election. she is always campaigning. and indeed, germany loved barack obama. germans found him so cool, especially after the bush years. it was really a change. and now ere is donald trump, we just do not know what to do with him. one day he says so -- and the n

turkey needs europe and germany than germany and turkey -- germany and europe need turkey. that, bulent mumay, how can turkey afford to alienate turkey to this degree? this direct election byommendation that wassished president -- that was issued by president erdogan is being taken seriously by the german government. >> i think it shouldn't be. like fourmore than -- million people living here from turkey. half of them, let's say, most of germans.not they don't have german passports. haveone million people passports, which is the right to vote. the people who have german more wellare much integrated to the german communities. so the people who have the right who have turkish origins, i don't think they will be so much influenced by mr. erdogan. issue is -- second issue is the turkish voters -- erdogan told them not to vote for them. let's think. spd, whoon't vote for will gain from that? never work. so it's a pity. the third thing is, let's not vote for these three parties. let's talk about three other parties. ae party calls erdogan terrorist several times. >> the leftist p

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that is all great for germany, but it is causing a few problems for germany's neighbor, france. >> germany, as seen from the french region of alsace. french family business velum, which makes lighting technology and is based in bischofsheim, wants to conquer the german market. so far, it's been exporting only a handful of its products to german businesses, restaurants and industrial factories. now, velum boss anne vetter wants to double her company's exports to germany to a volume of 4 million euros. but for that, the company also needs change its image. >> a german company boss told me he was surprised france makes such high-quality products. it hurt to hear that. because it's unfair. we french must prove that our products are better or at least as good as those made in germany. >> vetter is proud of her innovative business concept customers can choose the shape , and colour of lighting to suit their specific wishes. velum engineers then calculate which color temperature and intensity is best suited to a particular space. >> up there, we've installed lighting rails. they don't emit a hars

this decision that germany has made germany has shown to be possible. sets an example of that is important for al countries too. but that example didn't go down so while in southeastern europe where refugees once i welcomed hungary soon erected a border fence to limit the influx while various balkan states fast tracked the new arrival straight through to austria and germany. so much for the solidarity between european nations the brief summer of exuberant welcome came to a sudden and in the meanwhile merkel found herself accused of positively inviting refugees to come. to. the charge that in some way caused or promoted the influx of refugees is absurd. for such a long time we ignored the thousands of people arriving on lampedusa. the thousands drowning in the mediterranean. the thousands living under terrible conditions in cali waiting to somehow make it to britain. soon a mood of fear and hostility had erupted in germany as well extremists set fire to refugee hostels and attacked german police officers and journalists the anti immigrant anti muslim pic

the question is, merkel under pressure, how stable is germany? to discuss that, i'm joined by three observers of german politics. matthew karnitschnig, politico's chief europe correspondent, he says germany will remain stable with or without merkel. what this crisis shows is how much or germany's democracy has become. also with us is judy dempsey, senior fellow at carnegie europe. judy believes that germany is europe's newest problblem. the collapse of coalition talks in berlin will have serious repercussions. and a warm welcome to anna sauerbrey, reporter with berlin's der tagesspiegel newspaper and contributing writer for the "new york times." anna says that germany is not turning into -- just as well, but there is a new disdain for compromise in this country that is worrying. thank you all for being with me here today in the "quadriga" studio. anna, i've just referred to the "new york times." the "new york times" has referred to germany's crisis. how do you assess the gravity of the crisis? anna: in american terms, there are still enough adult

as the cold war thought the burning wall dividing west and east germany. merkel entered politics later joining the christian democrats she seemed became chancellor helmut kohl protege a woman and former east german she symbolized a new united country in two thousand and five she won a narrow victory over gary hart schroeder becoming chancellor of a grand coalition during her twelve years in office angela merkel has drawn some key lessons from her previous s. and she's remain flexible during the refugee crisis an open door policy has allowed the country to bolster its plummeting population and in the same way the previous transfers have tried to balance both eastern and western powers so she has struggled to overcome rival political impulses within her own country and abroad she has played a pivotal role in balancing western interests with those of putin's russia and increasingly confrontational turkey and the present. and heritage policy traditions but she's maintained a very pro european policy and a sense that germany should talk to both east and west an

he was a unifier of germany and europe. theirgh he did not start reunicication,hehe people of eastst germany started the procs in g g did not complete the unification but nevertheless, he was an extremely important element in the processes. >> you experienced in close-up on many occasions. what kind of a man was he? >> he had a lot of different sides. he could be very friendly but he to waslso be very brutal the people around him. as a journalist, i experienced all of that close-up. this is also part of his legacy. >> allen, what is your strongest memory of helmut kohl? give us something that tells us the most about who he was? >> i remember on the night the wall came down for the night after that when he flew from berlin.imberland -- to there was an assembly in front of the town hall where john f. kennedy had his speech. the mayor of west berlin was there. there was a crowd of people who were jubilant at the fall of the wall and helmut kohl starts to sing the german national anthem. you can hear, they are all out of tune.

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has to offer so in a sense there is a driver in germany a mainstream drive a driver in germany to. create the german eyes to europe where i think you have to differentiate between the different styles of work to what you could call a german to europe if you're thinking about better labor relations or training programs for workers i mean those are things that are part of the german economic model i mean that's that's very very different to a setting germany's political road and you'd have to try to make your judgment in the sense that the kaiser from the second. wanted to conquer europe but since it's a very very different story i want to focus on this issue of national identity identity because i think the wave. debated in articulated in germany somewhat different from the way this discussion folds out and some other countries i think joe month's time to both merkel supporters and marcos critics they tend to define who. we are in terms of the other area in that case the migrants and do you see that as a moral value historical phenomenon or is it situational sin simply because of th

. >> we are taking a trip across germany and we're taking you with us. >> how fair and equal is germany? and what issues matter to you? sarah: and for more, i'm pleased to welcome my colleague. >> you see us and/or develop -- deutsche welle viewers know that she will leave the studio and come on the road trip with me. we're starting next week and will be hitting the road. we will be on the road for six weeks, traveling to try to find out what german voters think about what is moving them and we decided to do that because the whole world is watching germany at the moment. and it is a crucial election. if you look at where other countries are going, a question for the world find out which direction is germany going to take. sarah: a lot at stake. you also brought accessories with you. >> first of all, an empty number plate. we want to engage our viewers and our users in a dialogue. and we want people to name the car that we will be traveling in. we will be traveling with a car that you saw earlier. the big white van. it needs a name because it will be our companion on the road so people c

deep inside of east germany, 110 miles inside of east germany is berlin, which just like germany itself divided into two halves. west berlin run by the western allies, east berlin bit soviets. west berlin is tiny island of democracy and freedom completely encircledded by communist territory.ly the east become as police state based on communist authoritarianism. one party communist dictatorship based on the modeled on the soviet union and ministry for state security known as theorshb stasi, secret police, is modeled on the soviet kgb, basically forces the population into submission through fear and intimidation. on the other side, the west is administered by the nato allies and is based on democracy and freedom. as the marshall plan begins to develop the west the soviets strip the east.gi everything from railroad tracks to farm machinery to toilets, even doorknobs. entire cities and towns are gutted. whole factories are dismantled to be reassembled in the soviet union. food is to be turned into and divided equally among the people is either slow to happen or doesn't happen at all. the co

there was little appetite for that outside germany and inside germany. now our main partner, france, has a leader in emanuel macron who said just that. we know the outlines of this. it means a real banking union. it means -- it means -- it means a common financial policy represented by a common financial minister in the euro zone. melinda: which angela merkel has just said she might be willing to embark on. >> exactly. and it means if you have that, it means a transfer union to the southern states to get them out of the fix they're in. and this is going to be paid as tony said is going to be paid out of german taxpayers' pockets. merkel nk that once wins the election in september and with some trepidation she will then she can squander the rest of her political capital because she will not stand on re-election in putting this through. i think there's a good chance it will happen. i think europe actually inspires -- in spite of all these problems is actually in a better state now than it was this time last year. melinda: lawyers, many people are looking t

germany. and it gammon the woman with the red ponytail considers macko an enemy she wants to throw are out of office. he's done nothing for germans just foreign else does and says he. does a stronghold of the wrecked wing populist a.f.d. party. many local residents don't like the chance there or her government and they make that clear when she arrives for her speech yeah yeah yeah that's right those exists in many refugees came to germany in twenty fifteen or money there was a humanitarian emergency of the first thing it's was to comes to. this nation the in the. in this just enough i would like to thank all the local politicians it's a gun to the gun to the churches and n.g.o.s and associations for all they did to help people get justice you know under men's suits on. the crowd reaction is mixed some obviously disagree with the chancellor. many of the refugees are following the election campaign closely. but on and off shon his friends arrived from afghanistan in two thousand and fifteen. and

which tells the story of germany refugees fleeing the soviet occupied zone from berlin to west germany. an estimated 20,000 germans were crossing the border each month. this u.s. army

germany can't continue like this. petra: i get the feeling that germany is pretty unhappy, but it is not. derek: i don't think it is an unhappy country. i think journalists are supposed to be canaries in the call mine. peter: unemployment is at a record low. the budget is balanced. no new debt. all the books are largely full. it is serendipity. derek: and half of the people being employed are getting temporary contracts. germany's infrastructure is falling apart. the schools are covered in mold. even if they do have the money to sort all this out, they can't because of the federal structure to decentralize power. great idea after a dictatorship. peter: let's go to some pictures very quickly on what martin schulz has got to say about angela merkel's lack of leadership, as he sees it. >> you have a choice bebetween a chancellor who refuses to answer questions about the future, whose attitude is, everything is fine, and someone who says what he wants, and the direction in which he wants to lead this country. derek, more

in germany, we have 16 states. i hope even now, canada or britain, will take some of these very, very vulnerable women and girls for medical treatment to europe or to canada. because there is still nearly 2000 yazidi women and girls who were held by so—called islamic state, and they are now living in camps? yes, and the number will probably rise, because after mosul and raqqa, we have still 3,400 women and girls in the hands of is. what will happen with them when they are freed? they need urgent help. and for that reason, it is very important that another country can support these women. and you've explained about some of the cases that you've come across, but i wonder if you could give us some more examples of the kind of tragic cases you've come across when you are interviewing these women. the most case that impressed me, because i'm a father, i have two daughters myself, was a 26 years woman, who was taken in the hands of is. she was from sinjar, a small village, with three children, her husband, his father,

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past week and the question is how united is germany disunited is germany. well i think germany is still in a way. not really united and. it hasn't really been different in all those years after the reunification it's just that all of a sudden it seems to come out like like we see it because there is this party if. all of a sudden you see. most of the war voters. come from east germany and most of them are man. talk about that when you say. it just comes out it's suddenly there why is it there now because you know people have the feeling that they like that they can speak out what they maybe have thought for a long time their disappointment their anger about things that happened to them. in all those years after their unification so i guess a lot of people feel that. belong to that united germany to that germany that is very successful in the world. for a billion wojciech and judy let's just listen to what germany's president from voter steinmeyer had to say at the reunification celebrations earlier this week. it was a mock via doing a great wall across our

you are joining us from germany via skype. tell us why you wanted to write this story and how you ended up focusing on these two particular refugees. been spending a lot of time in germany over the last couple of years. chancellor merkel opened up the floodgates allowing a million refugees to enter the country in 2015. wholeed to see how that -- how would would unfold given the power level, what's going on in the united states right now. i've been following it on and off for a couple of years. death was looking for a new way to approach the story and i talked to my editor and said, what about the refugees who didn't make it? what about the ones who went back? i took a bit of research and found a particular character in it ando couldn't hack returned back and discovered his best friend had come with him, they have grown up together, traveled together on the refugee route to germany and this guy managed to make it. the other one bailed out and returned to baghdad. it's a gradual unfolding of the story. it ended up becoming a par

show in the well devoted to the latest music from germany. on this edition with touring in africa with maybe a little. more of that right and b u s with einstein thing. and well all of the checking out d w stuff to mentor a superstar to me in can. we begin with me got a little one of germany's biggest hip hop artists he's got a new project called the black superman group or just b s m g and he just released an album called platt's and is on it or a place in the sun a reference to european colonialism in africa he recently went to the continent with the good to institute which promotes german culture well white. meghalaya plays the rwandan capital kigali the track jesse owens pays tribute to the african american sprinter who won four goals of the one nine hundred thirty thinks a limpid game is held in nazi germany but most of the rap is current album is actually about africa and now he's there himself divisive us from new york this trip was planned a long time ago before i finished the album release it later than expected we'd wanted the video

so what kind of government might germany get. so bitter sweet results for angela merkel tonight our correspondent daniel hawkins was at that headquarters the c.d.u. let's take a look. if you become a party. to it you know that it is for it. to be this is the. big losses that you. think that it is for that. if the as well as the three i look we've come across a lot of local stuff the other challenge will feel like a coalition with policy because she does have differences off the ball to. help out . the playing second fiddle so much as they have. to pull the stage to see a patient of his but. look at the many challenges that was in the country place him at the time it will be ok if there was water but it would show that there is a big new challenge ahead of us while the a.v. party will be joining german parliament who want to win back those who voted for the empty to find out their concerns and for its never go to the coalition as we mentioned earlier there were several possibilities here before with the social democrats will be pe

germany's chancellor has spoken out on the north korea crisis just days ahead of germany's general election uncle michael said she disagrees with u.s. president donald trump's military ultimatum to north korea in an exclusive interview with t.w. merkel offer germany's assistance in a go shedding a diplomatic solution on tuesday trump told the u.n. that america would destroy north korea if it continued to threaten the united states or its allies. pomus he is the only way to solve the north korea conflict according to the german chancellor in an exclusive interview with g w hunger merkel spoke out in favor of multilateral negotiations involving international partners such as china russia and the united states even if this conflict is far away from germany it's one that also affects us that's why i'm prepared to assist the foreign minister to assume responsibility here. we took part in negotiating the iran agreement which i think is good and better than having no agreement at all. it took many years but in the end it did limit iran's possibilities for nuclear armament. addressing the u.s. pres