crowd at a carnival parade this happened in the town of full mars and it's in the western state of hessen police say 52 people were injured 18 of them children some of the injured remain in serious condition. driver was arrested at the scene in this now facing multiple charges including attempted homicide police believe he did act intentionally but his motive remains unclear. mars and in northern has a population $7000.00 all they wanted was to celebrate carnival at the rose monday parade instead a day of horror when a 29 year old man drove into a crowd of onlookers apparently a deliberate act. drove right into the crowd at full speed i had the feeling he kept accelerating people flew up into the air like paper a few seconds of deathly silence and then they all started screaming. my classmate was driven into he has an injured foot and a concussion. more than 30 people were injured some seriously several children were among the injured police say the suspect is from folk marzan himself they plan to interview him as soon as his condition permits were not assuming an attack but we do think i

it's gotten all its money back the last instalment interestingly enough just recently and the state of hessen in which we sit here in frankfurt is also interested in supplying additional funds to conjure a figure of german government federal government in berlin steps and after all is based here in frankfurt well the bridging loan being being just a bridging loan who could be interested in buying called or could they go on their own. well theoretically they could go on on their own they're a huge airline really and in contrast to many in the industry even in contrast to some of the so-called premium airlines or national carriers it's making a profit it's and it's been profitable for years used to be a part of lufthansa lufthansa sold it contra when its own way slipped under the wings of thomas cook and it's got $7000000.00 passengers per annum serving $75.00 destinations thousands of staff and it wouldn't really need an investor but i think thomas cook has to let it go in some way and the company that the that or the creditors will want money from the sale of a condo or so someone will snap i

i've always wanted to show you around my home town a small city in the state of hessen in the heart of germany. there are more than 1000 half timbered houses here. and if you're lucky you'll hear the bells ringing at the marketplace. when i was born and spiegel was located on the fringe of the german federal republic germany's in our border rent only a few kilometers from here it separated hessen and to lincoln and germany and all of europe for that matter into east and west but in 1909 the wall came down in berlin and the border between east germany and the federal republic was opened for the past 30 years now and spigot has been at the heart of germany. today i want to take you on a little tour along the border between has set and well visit places that still bear witness to the cold war division of germany and that's make tim's and we'll find out what has. since reunification turning a once heavily fortified death strip and so an attractive tourist destination. will visit a small town torn apart in the cold war. well check out castle one of the symbols of german reunification. and g

traffic light minutes brand ambassadors inspired other cities 2 years ago feedback in hessen installed an elvis pedestrian life the american singer was one station tears a soldier. and karl marx's life now shines bright as 1st place. some european cities now have traffic light women. and same sex trafficked like couples. on hand so sure there's a subtle way of spreading the message before no one really. traffic like man look like i mean. just that they were green or red and resemble a man but no one paid any attention to their design. because the east german opera mentioning become so famous the awareness of a traffic light menace changed worldwide on. most international pedestrian circles still feature simplistic pictograms. but maybe other countries will eventually follow the piece mentally. the sound of new united berlin was hot and electric the air also saw the birth of techno the collapse emerged overnight in disused industrial holds and a bend and spaces such as the bungalow where i'm standing now on the former border between east and west berlin today it is the museum of art col

the regional elections in hessen are in two weeks merkel's creaking coalition will remain for that long but the softening of support for germany's formerly strong conservatives is likely to feed the growth of other political forces. all right for more on this i'm joined by our political correspondent kate brady kate it's great having you in studio did this come as a shock for these traditional parties surely massive it really wasn't quite as much of a surprise as you might first think of course we've had a lot of opinion polls ahead of these elections and this really reflects what is an ongoing trend across germany and also in neighboring e.u. countries european countries at the moment and that is the erosion of mainstream parties and we're seeing both on a federal level and down in bavaria tonight that the support for the traditional main parties or the conservatives in the social democrats is really nose diving and instead we're seeing this fragmentation of germany's political landscape and we've seen people moving to what really are in the biggest and the fringes of germany's politic

a section of forest in central hessen has been particularly badly hit a 20 hector area had to be felled at once $30006.00 more trees all that's left of these mounds of wood shavings the trees fell victim to city bark disease caused by a fungus that migrated here from north america it stalls grow under the bark of the affected trees. if the trees are suffering from water stress the dark patches containing the city spores spread rapidly forming a black fungal layer up to one centimeter thick. the spores can also cause. dear allergic reactions in humans. for weeks local forest and his team had to wear breathing masks in the woods. it was shocking because we had never seen anything of this magnitude in germany before there had been occasional cases in individual trees and parks but after the catastrophic dry summer of 2018 it's been breaking out here to such an extent it's a complete disaster. in some parts of his forest has planted coast grand firs pines and red oak in the hope that they will be better adapted to the current climate conditions but the new species are already having problem

a section of forest in central hessen has been particularly badly hit at 20 hector area had to be felled at once 1st 2006 mortuary. all that's left of these mounds of wood shavings the trees fell victim to city bark disease caused by a fungus that migrated here from north america it stalls grow under the bark of the affected trees. if the trees are suffering from water stress the dark patches containing the city spores spread rapidly forming a black fungal. up to one centimeter afic. the spores can also cause severe allergic reactions in humans. for weeks local forest and his team had to wear breathing masks in the woods. it was shocking because we had never seen anything of this magnitude in germany before there had been occasional cases in individual treasonous in our parks but after the catastrophic lee dry summer of 2018 it's been breaking out here to such an extent it's a complete disaster. in some parts of his forest kessler has planted coast grand firs pines and red oak in the hope that they will be better adapted to the current climate conditions but the new species are already h

a small city in the state of hessen in the heart of germany.

our concern and condolences to the public and the entire german state of hessen. that is why we have come here. we have learned about what happened in detail. we must remember that this is an ongoing investigation. however it appears to be the case that there was a racist motive behind this act. racism is poisonous. poison that causes confusion in the mind and allows evil to step forward. before the. all right we're showing you a live pictures in this split screen split screen from right here in berlin where people are gathering at the brandenburg gate where moments ago the german the president of franklin to steinmeyer visited the scene of the terror attack in qana he laid flowers and observed a moment of silence and we expect that he is going to attend an address a commemoration a service that will be held at. how know what any moment now but to right right now what you see are pictures from berlin where a memorial event will take place at the brandenburg gate in the center of city people are already gathered this country is rattled by this latest hate crime and

begins on the other side in hessen close enough to touch but in cold war times in accessible. tells me that was directly in the restricted area the bridge was impassable. dance the bridge was a very important reason it's from the holy roman empire. it was on the via reg from likes to frankfurt. we liked it very much and we were able to cross it until 1952. my aunt lived in that house on the border and then that ended here. there were more and more fences built 1st a wire mesh fence and then a watch tower was built on the bridge and then everything was closed off. there was nothing around this cause it was like a no man's land. how did people try to escape through the data yes of course. very often my brother escaped in 1962 that he was a student and try back and he and his friends played jazz and that got them into trouble . so they swam across august 1 19140. try and say to did they succeed they made it yes and no member of 989 the border opened what was that like your family was reunited so was germany euphoria must have been immense i suppose that's the best of us it's the.

president of a district council in germany central state of hessen the classic local politician gunned down in front of his house it's believed to be the 1st murder of a politician by the far right and federal germany since the founding of the state after world war 2. it was an outspoken advocate of germany taking in and integrating refugees and asylum seekers at a town hall meeting in the autumn of 2015 lucas spoke his mind and was booed the soviet you have to stand up for the values you believe in and those who don't share those values can lead this country at any time. the question. also in attendance to lukas suspected killers both men had long been active in far right circles and had criminal records but stephanie appeared to have broken with his militant past police had stopped tracking his activities marcus age is accused of brooke hearing the murder weapon a 38 caliber revolver it can be purchased online as long as the official regulations are fulfilled the authorities now admit to having made mistakes but. the killing wasn't only met with shock and dismay in far right circles

the regional elections in hessen are in two weeks merkel's creaking coalition will remain for that long but the softening of support for germany's formerly strong conservatives is likely to feed the growth of other political forces. for more now let's bring in our political chief correspondent michelle but is reporting for us in munich michelle and this has been an earthquake in bavarian politics why how are people reacting to this way you are. i'm actually here at the election party of this is too conservative party that's the sister party of anger marco c.d.u. and here there was a sense of there was a political earthquake it was predicted but it didn't get as bad as they had feared and that really is the key issue for the see is you hear that they have been polling down the rounds thirty three percent and upwards of thirty five percent it's a long way down from so forty seven point seven last time there's a recognition that they were able to reach voters but also there's a sense that it's can't be their responsibility alone that lynn is partly to blame for this when they say berlin th

the german chancellor faces her next big test voters in the state of hessen go to the polls today and we'll tell you why this regional election could spell disaster for uncle americal. and a soccer match ends in tragedy helicopter plummets to the ground outside english club leicester city stadium here dead the club's billionaire owner brings you the latest. welcome to the program i'm mary in evanston and. we begin in the united states where a forty six year old man has been charged with killing eleven people at a synagogue in the city of pittsburgh proper bowers is accused of shouting anti-semitic slurs as he stormed the synagogue and opened fire at worshipers jewish groups are calling it the deadliest attack on the jewish community in u.s. history i'm. hundreds of people crammed onto a street intersection in pittsburgh and so for the evening they sat in hebrew. of worship to show support and sorrow for the victims and the community. there was a local man police say who carried out the attack. village shooter robert bowers is believed to have a history of anti semitic tirades online.

enter the fifteen out of sixteen state parliaments here in germany with those regional elections in hessen still to go in two weeks time and those might be the real test how much under threat are going to medical support base is because this trauma here is already factored in very quickly michel of the far out if he is likely to enter the bar with the bavarian state parliament for the first time why have they managed to garner such support in the region. well this is an interesting question i mean it really is is it the weakness of the conservative c is you or is it the strength of the f.t. it's polling at around ten percent here yes that is a strong so in particular in comparison to the established social democrats which are also around that territory these days in the polls at the same time the f.t. is a lot weaker than it is in several eastern states so it will be an interesting question to see how accurate those polls are in the end. reporting for us in munich thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump has met the american posit

dry weather europe's recent heat wave has been perfect for the grapes at least here in germany's run hessen region famous for its white wine the high temperatures have had the teams out harvesting grapes earlier than ever before in saigon young specialist the production started about two weeks earlier this year with harvesting at the beginning of august already will be finishing today the young one will be in the shops by friday that's great the markets are waiting for it. like many here the vul family me and mine specializes in a partially fomented young one cold feet of ice and because of the sun the grapes are especially sweet this year they'll yield a fruity wine with a high level of alcohol german wine makers expect the twenty eight team vintage to be exceptional they're among the few german businesses that might actually profit from climate change. diyala first it's time but the average annual temperatures are getting higher we can see that but some forty years ago in one thousand nine hundred seventy six we also had a very hot and dry. so extreme highs so it doesn't mean that it's ha

report card coming up for the chancellor government in two weeks that regional election the state of hessen our political correspondent nina thank you so much. now on to some other news and an accomplice in the september eleventh attacks on the united states has been released from prison in germany. was arrested in two thousand and one and convicted on hamburg in two thousand and six of helping three of the nine eleven attackers german authorities say he will be deported to morocco. on nine eleven two thousand and one al-qaeda terrorists took control of four passenger planes full of civilians and threw them into the world trade center and the pentagon a fourth crashed into a field in pennsylvania roughly three thousand people were killed the terrorist attacks were the largest ever soiled they were put into action by a group of young men in germany which became known as the hamburg terrorist cell one of the most sadik the moroccan student was the only man to be sentenced in germany in connection with the attacks it took more than five years of trials and appeals for germany to convict him he

you know as we just heard there voters go to the polls in the state of hessen later this month if the polls are right germany's coalition parties the s.p.d. and the cd you are set to suffer further heavy losses all the talk about the fate of this government i'm joined tonight here at the big table by patrick since borg he is a member of the c.d.u. that is i'm going to conservatives and a member of the german parliament is going to see you again. i mean what happened in the very yesterday on president and your sister party only forty one percent never seen that before that low. and now you're looking at in just two weeks time having another unprecedented loss in another state how much longer how many more hits can. you'd say before you say we're no longer qualified to govern i think the results yesterday were quite bad it was unsatisfying but we'll see different results it has been because we have a good government there from the c.d.u. and the greens they did very good work in the last years so i think the results for the city will be much better than we see them last sunday for the s

the regional elections in hessen are in two weeks merkel's creaking coalition will remain for that long but the softening of support for germany's formerly strong conservatives is likely to feed the growth of other political forces. ok you consider shock waves today here blood let's talk about them with our political correspondent you know he's a good morning you know one you know this is an historic defeat that's the way we're characterizing it for the c.s. you but it's also one in a lot of ways for all america what are the implications for her coalition today it is really interesting i mean the reason why we covered the bavarian elections to the extent we did was because it has in direct implications for on them ackles government here in berlin even though it was regional like you said so both of the partners who are involved in the current government coalition here in berlin received massive blows i mean they're both reduce their vote by about ten percent so that is historic defeat which is a reports cut for the government coalition here in berlin many voters said going to the polls

a small city in the state of hessen in the heart of germany.

on a nominee the project was initiated by the arrows in archives in hessen central germany they're part of the unesco memory of the world program and contain information on more than 17000000 people who are victims of the nazi regime some 15000000 reference cards and thousands of personal objects recalled the darkest chapter in germany's history. it's part of an international effort of remembrance and it helps researchers and relatives of the victims find out more about millions of individual destinies that were shattered decades ago. the german ministry of culture is a patron of the every name counts initiative at a time when remember its culture is more important than ever so it's obvious to us these are it's so important that this action reaches each and every one of us and not just the research community because we see that democracy as we've known it for 75 years the rule of law that human dignity is respected our achievements and not gifts that we need to work for them that we have something to lose and that these are things that continually have to be defended here and now agains

i'm visiting the xcel shooting club in hessen where 14 year old calin is training. with around 1400000 members the german shooting federation is one of the largest german sports associations kalin west stiff shooting closed to give her a more stable posture. unlike in switzerland young people here shoot only with air rifles. there's a special reason why catalin took up this hobby 2 years ago she was struggling with her concentration and her mother had the idea to register her with the rifle club she'd heard that shooting can have a therapeutic effect and boost attention span since then carolyn has been training at least twice a week the 2 hour session not only includes shooting but also progressive muscle relaxation. so i still remember what you were lying 2 years ago the vast adama's how well i was still very unfocused and didn't have that much stamina and stuff. and ok and what happened with how do you feel now compared to then. and i've become much better at school i'm getting much better grades i can definitely concentrate well in class. and you'd say that's rel

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the forestry official in the state of hessen has already lost 300000 trees including many large old ones and similar losses are being seen in other places too. in 2018 alone 60000000 trees in germany fell victim to storms and above all to pests it's a problem that's being repeated year after year with some variations depending on weather conditions at the moment the bark because pete's have esperance greatest enemy the insights which measure just $2.00 to $4.00 millimeters in length feed on the dead trees lying around in the forest after storms but they also bore into living trees especially those weakened by drought the hot dry summer of 2018 and the winter rainfall dried out the soil the precipitation next fall and since has not been able to compensate in many areas groundwater reservoirs have been too low for years the spruce here with their flat roots generally do not reach the groundwater and that makes them vulnerable to job stress and lowers their resistance to pests like bach beatles. decay of our body from the beatles boring to the bark from the outside inside they chew tunnels

that interview was recorded earlier since then the state of hessen has confirmed that they are treating this investigation this case as an act of terrorism. fears is one of the deadliest shootings in the years here in germany can you give us some perspective. yes indeed it's certainly the deadliest right wing terror incident that we've had for quite a few years. recent comparable incident was in munich in 2016 when a young man also of right wing persuasion went into the streets and started shooting wildly and killing about 10 people at that time there have been a couple of other rightwing attacks recently the most recent was in october the attack on a synagogue on yom kippur in the city of holland where 2 people were killed at that stage. what one can say is that the number of right wing terrorist or fall right attacks and acts of violence has significantly increased in germany in recent years one of the reasons no doubt that the chancellor's canceled all the events on her agenda in her calendar she's remaining in berlin what's been some of the political reaction in response to this we

traffic like men as a brand ambassadors inspired other cities 2 years ago back in hessen installed an elvis pedestrian like the american singer was one station tears a soldier. and karl marx's life now shines brightness birthplace. some european cities now have traffic lights women. and same sex trafficked like couples. sometimes the shouldn't wonder is a subtle way of spreading a message before no one really. traffic like that look like. just that they were green or red and resemble a man but no one paid any attention to the design of it now because the east german opera mention of become so famous the awareness for traffic like men has changed worldwide on. most international pedestrian circles still feature simplistic pictograms. but maybe other countries will eventually follow these mentally. the sound of new united burning was hot and electric in the air also saw the birth of techno the clumps emerged overnight in disused industrial holds an abandoned spaces such as the bull go where i'm standing now on the former border between east and west berlin today it is the museum of art

the problem is getting worse but gemini is a rich country things are good here and in the state of hessen too i really didn't understand it. many are demanding answers as to how right wing terror has been able to spread in recent years. and right now representatives of some of germany's biggest muslim organizations are holding a press conference let's cross over and listen to what they have to say. it off towards us right and right and then some vote is going to do what did you is we're going to do we're overdue for as terrible to approach because. it's great to try to make it was arrested with the 12th suspects. and it turned out that they are planning to take mosques and co people in the mosques to provoke counterattacks in order to create a situation of civil strife and i think this we as a result of that. still on the 17th that is on monday december 3rd of the issued a press release from the side of several of federations where we said. the time of was finally be over we must finally act and we misnamed the problems is arts he also said the muslims in this country are afraid not just

the problem is getting worse but gemini is a rich country things are good here and in the state of hessen too i really don't understand it. many are demanding answers as to how right wing terror has been able to spread in recent years. as you've been able to see in the wake of the shooting massacre many in this country are asking why and how a community in mourning is trying to make sense of what has happened to our part so she isn't hannah and don's rights to have a political correspondent is here with me in the studio want to go to high now 1st art what more have you learned. well they are able to identify some people have been identified some of the people who have been killed for example the remaining foreign ministry says that it was contacted by german authorities and the to remain national was indeed killed in fact he was killed literally right behind me on the sidewalk he had parked his car after finishing work as a courier here remaining national and pollen is his name and he just walked out apparently the shooter had already just left the bar where he had killed 2 people and the

next now not the americas but the nineteen seventies which still exist inside a hotel in the state of hessen in central germany the park hotel nine hundred seventy has not changed its interior design for over four decades giving the guests a real retro experience. this hotel the trucks photographers from international magazines and gas looking to take a journey back in time. the pop hotel nine hundred seventy in central germany lay dormant for around two decades and the interior hasn't changed since the nine hundred seventy s. . you know. it triggers memories people are reminded of how their own homes looked the curtains the lights the carpets the it just brings back memories of these two a nun. here everything is authentic every piece of furniture every one of them. actually dying to make founded the hotel with her husband hans they married in one thousand nine hundred sixty three hans wanted to be an interior designer but became a butcher to carry on the family business however the butcher's shop was connected to a guesthouse and set about expanding it importing marble from a silly and lea

daniel in mind is the director of the jewish communities association in hessen after his organization issued a statement criticizing he received a phone call from the rapper. toc on the estimate but on the day we sent out our press release and it became clear that the city of russo's haim was on the verge of cancelling colleagues performance. called me. during the course of the call he tried to argue that the allegations we had leveled against him were unsubstantiated in particular he stressed. he was no one to semite that was most important to him he had less of a problem being called a homophobe and sexist but the allegation that he was an anti-semite weighed heavily on him and he wanted to clear his name out from under it i tried to communicate that i couldn't care less if he was an anti-semite or not i couldn't care less what he thought of what mattered to me were his actions and the message his lyrics disseminated and if those lyrics have and to semitic and anti jewish content then it makes no difference to me what as an individual thinks. as appearance at the festival and has an

policies in his home state of hessen bollywood star. at the age of 53 the indian born actor became internationally known for his roles in the film slumdog millionaire. in 2000. that he had been diagnosed with cancer he died. in mumbai. officials say at least one person has been killed and several others injured in a prison riot in sierra leone's capital freetown a major fire also broke out during the violence the rioting comes 2 days after authorities confirmed an inmate at the prison it tested positive for the corona. protesters in lebanon have returned to the streets and cities across the country for a 2nd day one demonstrator was reportedly killed in the latest clashes fueled by the country's deepening economic crisis lebanon has seen months of anti-government unrest now compound it by growing anger at the walk down. another night of violence in lebanon in the northern city of tripoli demonstrators held fireworks and rocks at security forces 'd responded with tear gas and rubber bullets the anger of lebanon's crumbling economy growin

a section of forest in central hessen has been particularly badly hit 20 hector area had to be felled at once 1st he $1006.00 mortuary. all that's left of these mounds of wood shavings the trees fell victim to bark disease caused by a fungus that migrated here from north america it stalls grow under the bark of the affected trees. if the trees are suffering from a lot of stress the dark patches containing the city spores spread rapidly forming a black fungal layer up to one centimeter thick. the spores can also cause. the veer allergic reactions in humans. for weeks local forest and his team had to wear breathing masks in the woods as it was shocking because we had never seen anything of this magnitude in germany before there had been occasional cases in individual treasonous in our parks but after the catastrophic dry summer of $28.00 team it's been breaking out here to such an extent it's a complete disaster. in some parts of his forest kessler has planted coast grand firs pines and red oak in the hope that they will be better adapted to the current climate conditions but the new sp