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

jobs we're hearing up to three thousand here in germany a different location also here in the state of hessen where the frankfurt stock exchange is located and there are also very frustrated because they were telling me that siemens in the past used to be a company where they were really proud of their employees one woman was telling me a little bit earlier we were the ones that were making is even so strong now they don't care any more about us and i have to be scared to lose my job they also told me that the climate inside of the company has been very bad already for quite some time and there could be other jobs they could be doing for the company and they don't understand that yeah they might really lose their job at the end and when it comes to forecasts it's quite cautious why when we've got so many economies on around the world so many of its markets actually recover it. yeah exactly that's very interesting. saying that there is lots of uncertainty when you for example talk about the political situation with also a president in the united states donald trump who is very unpredictable ju

jack a movie is the prince is his brother he's known to police as a suspect in eight burglary cases in hessen. from germany the german cops think that you're responsible for many crimes in germany. no comment and so the. joy of the piece or not but nobody. would have thought she supposed to be the best is she the best one for me. but it's not supposed to mean there's no one here. she supposed be very good breaking into homes this is a bit over two grueling you know i'm not saying anything we're not going to comment . musharraf in which the jitters about us going to the start. become so many suspected criminals are at large in croatia even within the e.u. investigations across borders are complex on their home turf the plane keeps a low profile according to a local policeman who wants to remain anonymous was always just to go to. in all honesty i see these houses i see what's happening. but unless a crime is committed to croatia there is nothing i can do but exodus and when you know that i can only have someone put under observation if i have a suspicion they are perpetrating a crime on the. d

susanna's body was found in hessen on wednesday by this time the murder suspect b. was no longer in germany he and his family flew back to iraq and it is there that he was arrested friday morning. the suspected murderer. was arrested tonight eight twenty eighteen at two am by kurdish security authorities in northern iraq at the request of the german federal police work of the split. the case has inflamed the debate regarding germany's handling of refugees levy was denied asylum one and a half years ago he had lodged an appeal which had not yet been processed. psyched anguish this shows once again that rejected asylum seekers must be sent home urgently every individual who is required to leave but especially criminals. german police are investigating the murder of susanna politicians are debating how to get rejected asylum applicants to leave germany more quickly. let's get more on the story from the date of the political correspondents are many young welcomes partly early baby was known to police so how was he able to leave the country. yeah one answer phil is quite

just refused to answer any questions and to explain his role there plus this office in the state of hessen has now decided that they're going to put the files away for one hundred twenty years so we will not know in our lifetime what about if there was a a larger broader network supporting the n.s.u. what are authorities doing to investigate that well lots of people are saying this medicine reese can't have happened without a broader network this cons of been done by these seven people who are now essentially known to be the official members and accomplices of the and as you so lots of people are saying this murder spree happened nationwide who serves those victims that is something that we don't know who helped them organize all the transport that is another thing there are a lot of things that are unanswered and mackel actually the federal chancellor she promised that in two thousand and twelve she said to the relatives we'll make sure that you'll get all the answers and now of course the relatives said after the verdict this is not the answers we were looking for but again you have to s

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 jambos what special is that production started about two weeks earlier this year with harvesting at the beginning of august already will be finishing today the feet of a young one will be in the shops by friday that's great the markets are waiting for it. like many here the vaal family near mines specializes in a partially for mentored young wine cold feet of ice or 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. 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 year. extreme highs so it doesn't mean that it's happ

in hessen on the sea as you move very are by far the strongest party and we will probably lead the two governments once again this in this in these federal states but of course we will have to look for coalition partners look we've been going through a number of very turbulent weeks in german politics larded high luck is running out isn't it the momentum is drifting away from her she no longer has the moment she looks vulnerable she looks weak she can't get her way in the party she can't get her allies voted in i don't know what it's like in other countries but i can tell you for germany that ups and downs of politics are nothing very special of course i would like to see us doing better in the polls at the moment but i'm very sure once we're back on track doing serious work in berlin or in the government and the approval rates will go up again in june you agreed a migration compromise inside the e.u. again with it had many holes in it rescued migrants would be sent to control centers across europe but no one agreed on the locations so nobody knows where that's going to happen or how i

conservative party is not going to do well in bavaria it's not going to do well in heston the state of hessen has election in two weeks and pressure will mount for angela merkel to accelerate her or her period of succession to move forward the party congress in december certainly some challenges but you know what i'm going to back always surprises people see it as such a scrap and survivor thing she always comes up trumps and somehow that's you know where does the west is going to leave i completely agree i think mca has caused a lot of this by the vacuum that she left over the past two years we've seen extremely difficult leadership from which has left a lot of room for other people to do this and i doubt that. i think if she should she manage to reinvent herself and come up with a story for germany that makes sense to people that explains to them how she sees the country. future including the million refugees that are living here then she may pull it off if she doesn't i think she'd better start thinking about her succession she's looking for a legacy already could the legacy be coming out

other state level elections you know the the first red green party the first red green coalition in hessen the first black green coalition in hamburg. but now for the first time bavaria doesn't show as the past of the german party system but possibly its future too and it's not just in germany right i mean we're seeing this political fragmentation in fact all over here up on other parts of the world as well and i'm looking of course at the netherlands italy sweden on these smaller parties gaining voters from the established parties do you think constantine just as a quick follow up that this is the new political reality. i think so to an extent it is and i think there's two things to keep in mind here number one. and this is something that people tend to forget when they look at sort of the seismic when they speak of the seismic nature of the shift of the you know the deal in this election and there is a seismic shift but the seismic shift is taking place within political blocs if you look at the you know if you cut the line through the middle of the political spectrum you know the way of

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 and for more let's bring in dave used chief political editor mckayla kapoor who is standing by in the very in parliament so what are the reactions on the ground there. well the reactions of the conservatives see if you are of course this is not a very good result for them but it's not as bad as many had feared because the polls had predicted that they might get us the thirty three percent which would have already raised a lot more questions about who should be leading this party in the future is that they feel they got away with a block i've read here at the same time there's a recognition that there is a very different political landscape here and i just get the chance to talk so much they'd be bad news the central c.s.u. figure him very but also the leader of the european people's party about what the impact in berlin will be. how much this damage german ch

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

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 let's get full coverage of the fallout now from munich i'm joined by our chief political editor michelle a governor and here in berlin peter craven is standing by assassin michael c.d.u. party headquarters good morning to both both of you peter this vote is reverberating far beyond bavaria what does it mean for tasm ackles shaky government here in berlin. it's a real blow to angle america's shaky government as you put it in i don't i don't it party headquarters here and burning conrad up in our house where many of them senior members of the party executive been gathering this morning and there is a mood of dismay basically what they're saying is it can't go on like this and when they say that you can't go on like this they're talking about the backdrop to the fact of the c.s.u. has suffered its worst defeat in decades the s.p.d. has suffered its worst defeat

concentrate in the elections and hasn't so we want to show that this government there in the state of hessen has done a good work in the last years i think photo wolfie has done a very very proper job in the coalition with the greens for both parties i think it's very very important that the voters will recognise that in the elections in two weeks or will we will hold you to wait and see what happens in two weeks definitely this is a very as always we appreciate you coming in talking with us and you. germany has released an accomplice in the september eleventh attacks on the united states from prison and deported him to morocco now when he. was arrested back in two thousand and one and was sentenced in two thousand and seven to fifteen years in jail this was for his role in the deaths of two hundred forty six people on board the hijacked airplane that was used one of the planes that was used in those attacks german authorities say that he will not be allowed to return to germany until he's at least ninety years old. on nine eleven two thousand and one al-qaeda terrorists took control of four

concentrate in the elections and hasn't so we want to show that this government there in the state of hessen has done a good work in the last years of us think photo wolfy has done a very very proper job in the coalition with the greens for both parties i think it's very very important that the voters will recognise that in the elections in two weeks or will we will hold you to it and see what happens in two weeks definitely this is a very as always we appreciate you coming in for being with us there you. a break with no deal it looks more likely after talks between britain and the e.u. stalled once again on sunday the sticking point how to avoid a physical border between northern ireland in britain and the irish republic even german chancellor angela merkel she is losing hope of a break. we cannot that this disagreement be rattled the prospects of a good deal and leave us with a no deal outcome that no one wants i continue to believe that a negotiated deal is the best outcome for the u.k. and for the european union i continue to believe that such a deal is achievable to avoid of course we w

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 c.d.u. are said to suffer further heavy losses all the talk about the fate of this government i'm joined tonight here at the table by patrick symmes 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. what happened in the very yesterday and president and your sister party got only forty one percent so you've 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 city you 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 the last sunday fo

bracing for yet more punishment at the ballot box this weekend and that's when voters and the state of hessen whose capitol is frankfort elect a new legislature big losses a full cost of what michael c.d.u. and the opposition social democrats do weeks ago meccas bavarian and i as a c.s.u. slumped to their worst election result in decades. frankfurt germany financial hope an economic powerhouse and the biggest city in has the southwestern german state governed by angler merkel's conservative c.d.u. and the green party after twenty years in power the conservatives are bracing for huge losses as has heads to the polls. but this time around the stacie election isn't only about local politics how hesse's four million voters cast their ballots on sunday could have huge repercussions in berlin not least of all for german chancellor angela merkel despite projecting an image of stability on the campaign trail and has a marker has every reason to be concerned her conservatives are at a record low the worst case scenario would be if her close ally and has a say premier focal bouvier what pushed out of o

shaky coalition government is reeling from another election blow today after a vote in the state of hessen conservatives were hammered in the election there they've only just managed to cling on to power while merkel's national coalition partners of social democrats were handed their worst ever result in the state. it's been a sobering night for chancellor merkel's christian democrats and the has the state capital the c.d.u. premier can remain in office but no one is calling this result a success and the disappointment is even greater among the social democrats this is the s.p.d. as worst result in has the state elections. out of nearly four and a half million voters and has about sixty eight percent cast their ballots the results underscore the flagging support for chancellor merkel's coalition government in berlin with punishment for both the c.d.u. and the s.p.d. . party leaders in berlin are now ready to change course. to introduce the politics at the federal level contributed a lot to our losses and has a and there are two reasons for that firstly something has to change in the. we ha

roman have been distracting from the good work being done by the christian democrats in hessen and therefore could do for the movie in particular and she took her responsibility that she admitted that the distracted from a potential bigger seeded c.d.u. success it was a federal setback but they did manage to keep the state premiership of the state but at the same time she also revealed just the extent of her embitterment about horses a hole for the head of the variance e.s.u. germany's interior minister with whom she has been tangling until recently for many weeks on the on and. she clearly believes that a good start to government good policy that was in the making as being cured by bloody mindedness if that's a term that would fit for on the part of holds the whole for and i think a lot of people in germany have identified horse a horse as the villain in the piece and that's a huge i heard it's these are two such rivals i'm going to markland holds the whole thing and that she is stepping down from one of her offices and he's still in his in his ministry i think movement on that in the days

or would get the green president of hessen. this would be a major crisis this way it was not a very nice even though but you could go more or less business as usual if you didn't do this and one of. us to consider what the chancellor said twenty years ago back in the year one thousand nine hundred eighty eight she was interviewed in a book about power in politics i want you to take a look here's a photo of miracle from one thousand nine hundred eighty eight this is before she took over the leadership of the c.d.u. and she was asked what dreams do you still have beyond politics and her answer was well someday i'd like to find the right point in time to get out of politics now that's much harder than i ever could have imagined but i don't want to end up a half dead wreck when i leave let me ask you mr cruz or the leaders of the other parties in this country they would say that she is leaving much of the country in a wreck. no suddenly not i mean look in the vault we do have. a strange president in the us. we did have a long time

dynamism but the fact is they recently very recently lost two very important regional elections in hessen and in bavaria before that a year ago and then in the national election they scored very very badly it was a massive historic defeat so they've got to try and they've got to try and regenerate themselves this reinvent themselves as an election winning party which is what i call america little which given that was have big promise i can win elections that's a pretty sort of a match show both of which he can deliver on that. we hearing voices and i guess you're going to get very very very tense in this interview every time we hear voices in that yes the the second gun disaster is out but he said like you first keeping an eye on that voting going out of the body count in hamburg and she said as soon as there's something what's telling you about in the meantime peter you can see to you has got to try and. organize get organized to reinvent themselves in this respect is what fritters match been saying freakish masses delivered a concrete promise to count the vote for the a.f.c. the far rig

but you are no longer connected to the voters there were massive losses in hessen your sister party suffered massive losses in bavaria before that you no longer connect you provide them with a great economy motivate wages most employment merl they don't want you in the most part it's all over europe would be happy if they would get twenty seven percent of all voters ever but not the ones who got forty one percent last time it's a huge loss. what i'm saying is are i'm trying to say you have different reasons one reason is so. tectonic or change in modern democracy i think the main reason for this is a disruption in communication in communication between soil. whatever you like. but as a new technologies the next problem is linked resists to globalization to be influenced by or by developments buys by vents in all of the world we have german people became aware in the migration crisis in two thousand and fifteen and then of course any long period of government stable government successful government and not just not to be disputed without any doubt the chance of the above. american has been im

i'm visiting the ect cell shooting club in hessen where 14 year old kalgoorlie is training with around 1400000 members the german shooting federation is one of the largest german sports associations kalin where stiff shooting close 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 with the rifle club she'd heard that shooting can have a therapeutic effect and boost attention span since then kalin 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 like 2 years ago the vast adama's how well i'm still very young focused 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 and can definitely concentrate well in class. and you'd say that's related to this for

germany people have been both shocked and puzzled by the death of a popular politician in the state of hessen walter luke was found dead from a single bullet in the head last week he was a leading advocate for refugees migrants a stance that had brought him death threats over the past few days disturbing comments gloating over his death have surfaced online a reporter travel to his hometown of is to find out more. it was a shock to the had and very close friends here in front of his house c.d.u. politician by 10 look was found by a family member sunday morning since his death no clues have a much about the perpetrator or the pup the trade ins and habitants of his home village east i was shocked because it's a very difficult situation for the time and for me to. he had his own views views that you could run up against that you could debate with him. at a community meeting in 2015 look this stood up for refugees telling those who disagreed that. you have to stand up for these values whoever doesn't represent them can leave the country at any point. or d.n.c. members from the far right where i w

i've always wanted to show you around my hometown 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 ring at the market place. when i was born to go was located on the fringe of the german federal republic germany's and our border right only a few kilometers from here that separated has end 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 hassett and well visit places that still bear witness to the cold war division of germany and that's mick tim's and we'll find out what has changed since reunification turning a once heavily fortified death strip and so unattractive tourist destination. we'll visit a small town torn apart in the cold war. well check out castle one of the symbols of german reunification. and g

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

have yet to publicly confirm those claims the crash happened in the city if limbaugh in the state of hessen the driver drove the truck into a line of cars pushing vehicles into each other police have detained the driver of the vehicle there are also unconfirmed media reports that he is a syrian who's been living in germany since 2015 and may already have been known to police or political correspondent simon young is following the story forests simon what's latest. terry the latest update that i have is that of the 9 people that are reported to have been lightly injured in this incident 7 of being treated in hospital and we believe among those the driver of the truck the other detail is that the security expert from the that suggestion is public broadcaster. quoting sources saying that this man had apparently tried several times on monday to get control of a of a truck or similar vehicle so it looks as if if that's right that this wasn't absolutely spontaneous but what we still can't say is really what might be the motive was was it sort of a you know a deliberate terror attack something pla

he was shot dead in front of his house in the state of hessen a neo nazi confessed to that murder now these incidents are having an effect some mayors are leaving public office all together one of them is on aren't the mare of a small town in lower saxony who says he quit to protect his family. is a quiet village in northern germany about 1700 people live here the next big city is an hour's drive away over the last few days many people in germany have been curious about what's going on and asked off because of the news that rocked the town right before new year's eve may announce he was resigning because of death threats from right wing extremists would order. 2 nights in a row i received notes in my mailbox one said. you might think maybe it was meant by someone else but it wasn't funny it was horrible but the 2nd one was worse as going to guess you. would on the phone. right after christmas unknown perpetrators vandalized his car window with a swastika he decided to step down from office in order to protect himself and his 14 year old son. i know. i don't want him to have this polit

officials in the state of hessen for example from the darmstadt regional council they inspect all centers that export plasma to has and. german medical association guidelines are not applicable to inspections in the u.s. . german standards are not relevant here the polar bear lake institute also monitors u.s. donation centers by order of the federal ministry of health in all the cases where the plasma is destined for the german or european market. good name for we make on site visits we look at how donors that treated and selected we look at the quality of traceability systems the relevant e.u. regulations. these are all important aspects that are inspected on site. but german inspectors aren't interested in the protection of donors but rather for the protection of recipients things not relevant to recipients are not subject to review in all other cases german officials refer to us jurisdiction. this results have given her a clear picture we show them to the paul ehrlich institute. in our view in the case of the female donor the results do not comply with the threshold values which means

right motive hans yes indeed we do this was confirmed by the interior minister of the federal state of hessen which is where han all is situated the person directly responsible for the investigations there he confirmed that it's an extreme right wing a background they have also been some analyses published in the meanwhile by security experts terrorism as experts who have analyzed both the video that was posted on you tube a couple of days ago and the statement that this man appears to have had on his personal website which the statement the written statement was in german apparently very well written german without any typos old mistakes and ground 0 or something like that he seems to be a fairly well educated person the video was in english so it was directed at an international audience in fact it seems to have been directed at americans in the video appeal to americans to take up the fight against some sort of. how shall i say some sort of conspiracy theory about who is controlling america who's controlling germany and that sort of did we know anything other than anything else about the s