not. television. announcing that such people should be. also on the program germany's new interior minister tells the country's muslims their faith is not part of german culture the remarks of place to control just new role german politicians are lining up to distance themselves from the comments including chancellor merkel. even. in the four million muslims who currently live in germany practiced their religion . and they belong here just as much as their religion. to do it and i thought. another salvo in the standoff between russia and western allies of the poisoning of a former double agent in britain britain's foreign minister boris johnson says it's highly likely that russian president vladimir putin personally ordered the nerve agent attack on circus grip on his daughter the kremlin described that statement as shocking and unforgivable moscow denies any involvement in the attempted murders. in london british foreign secretary boris johnson visited a memorial from world war two back then russia was an ally now russia and britain are in a war of words over the poisoning of the

stand a chance. out of darkness city's after war. starting march tenth d.w. . in germany members of the social democrats have voted in favor of joining a new grand coalition led by ag of america two thirds voted yes which is higher than expected it means the country will finally have a new government more than five months after elections. italians are voting to choose their next government after a divisive election campaign the vote pits the same to left alliance led by former prime minister matthew ransey against a right wing coalition led by another former prime minister silvio berlusconi atop the site of it's from a women's group protested as he cast his vote shouting time's up barely scotti and you've expired. in poland at least four people have been killed and dozens more injured after an apartment building collapsed in the western city of poe's none teams of firefighters and raced yours with dogs have been combing through the debris of the four story block authorities are still investigating what caused the collapse. thousands of marched in barcelona calling for a fictional provin

course, there's frustration in germany that people are getting the feeling that whatever they vote for, they always end up with a grand coalition. >> and with angela merkel. nina: and with angela merkel at the helm of it. from the outside, it looks like more of the same, but it isn't. she is under tremendous pressure here at home and i am sure we will talk about what exactly that is. anchor: i notice not the kind of question i ought to ask, but are you a fan? >> well, i am not. quality ofve the being the fan of a political figure. i do appreciate her. i appreciate of many of the things she did over the last couple of years. her in 2008 -- part of reason for being a chancellor. i like her being patient and smart and i like her way of governance. but i do not consider myself a fan. anchor: so, you like the merkel-style. issue still the dominant force in german politics? is there any doubt of that? >> i think she is one of the most powerful persons, maybe the most in germany. but i do not like the word dominant force to describe her because dominance is not the way to describe her way

>> hello, and a very well welcome to you from "quadriga." germany's two biggest political parties are trying to forge a new coalition government. angela merkel's conservatives and the social democrats both suffered historic losses in last september's election, and it is the same picture in most of -- much of the rest of europe where traditional broad-based parties are increasingly coming under pressure from brash and often aggressive populist parties to win voters over by offering simple solutions to complex problems. how should the mainstream parties respond and can they survive? our question on "quadriga" this europe's far right: can the established parties stop them? matthewned by a karnitschnig. is only al -- it matter of time before the french supplants them. withwith us is a columnist -- is alan posener. unions to soccer clubs, they need to rally around liberal democracy. a very warm welcome to geraldine just publisheds a book about the role of her family under the nazis, and geraldine says the emergence of europe's far right populists is linked to the way in which european

warm welcome indeed to quadriga coming to you from the heart of burlington germany's two biggest political parties currently trying to forge a new coalition government the problem is though that i'm going to merkel's conservatives and the social democrats both suffered historic losses in last september's election and it's the same picture in much of the rest of europe where traditional broad based parties are increasingly coming under pressure from brash and often aggressive populist parties to win voters over by offering simple solutions to complex problems so how should the mainstream parties respond and can they survive so our question this week europe's far right can the established parties stop them and to discuss that question i'm joined here in the studio by matthew carney chief europe correspondent for politico he says europe's populists are here to stay if traditional mainstream parties fail to reinvent themselves soon it's only a matter of time before the fringe supplants them also with a solid posner columnist with the berlin daily detail to argues that political parti

germany's place. in the mine if i had my way. east germany would still be. master. here would you know. starting march thirteenth d w. a very warm welcome indeed to quadriga coming to you from the heart of the world and after months of uncertainty and the america has finally managed to form a new coalition government she'll be sworn in for a fourth term as german chancellor next week and she will once again be at the head of color a grand coalition government made up of the two biggest parties the chancellors of the conservatives and the social democrats now people are asking how wounded is angela merkel after recent setbacks and is she awaiting force domestically and internationally so a question here this week on quadriga is merkel four point zero still the power for zero and even if her power is perhaps a little bit on the decline we are talking today about the most influential female politician in the world and that's on march the eighth international women's day and i'm joined here in the studio by three female commentators let me introduce them to you beginning with my soon

agent attack . by increasing. tension in germany's new government says the interior minister says islam is not part of germany and. disagrees. also the story of a martial arts champion plays in a trial for muslim women looks on a break at the world kickboxing sport previously considered off limits to female muslim athletes will hear about the barriers she had to overcome to breach the top . i'm phil girl welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel and french president emanuel agreed to start work on a roadmap for reform of the european union on the eurozone they met in paris just days after chancellor merkel was confirmed in office for a fourth term but difficulties in forming a coalition have delayed the talks the chancellor and president said they would have to reform if they would have reform road not ready for a u. summit in. well macsoftware discovering those talks in paris welcome max well we'll start with a nice to see shall we chancellor merkel spoken blowing terms about germany and france his track record of working together his shoes if. we want to find a comm

germany's police station. explained if i had my way. east germany would still be here english me mr. bush you know. starting march thirteenth d.w. . welcome to the show today we start off our journey we right here in germany is what's coming up. the tourist magnets why germany attracts so many visitors. free spirits british designer mary quant and the miniskirts revolution. danish i call the lego company celebrates its sixtieth anniversary. germany's capital is currently hosting the world's leading travel trade show the i.t.b. berlin over one hundred eighty countries are showcasing the latest and greatest in travel and tourism and germany itself is the booming as a travel destination posting record figures for the eighth year running. it's no wonder the country has everything from sandy beaches snowy mountain peaks cosmopolitan cities and beautiful countryside so let's take a closer look at germany's holiday credentials maybe you'll be tempted to pay us a visit. modern architecture breathtaking nature and a rich cultural heritage germany is attracting more and more tourists and by j

a new government takes power this month. well she remains the chancellor but no one in germany really wanted it to be exactly this way tonight as europe's economic and political powerhouse prepares for the next four years the voters remain undecided is this a triumph or tragedy i bring in berlin and this is a sunday special edition of the day. comes in many months. that germany will have a stable government. is a tie at the social democratic party struggled with this decision we were very open we were very transparent and we debated at length the results of the coalition agreement yes i completely understand the skepticism there are good reasons for it but it's good that the s.p.d. has shown a can brace democracy that sets us apart from other parties. one something in the. language stability for europe as well as. we begin the day with one of those rare moments when politics and hollywood merge on stage in real time at nine o'clock this morning here in berlin much of the media from germany and europe had gathered here in berlin the headquarters of the social democrats now the a

popular politician in germany head of german chancellor going back up this time so we expect more lively debates amongst the social democrats themselves until we then see actually a functioning government head. to ask you know as we saw this moment of suspense waiting for this final hurdle to be cleared for germany to get another government this has been an incredibly long process and you have been covering it the entire way and also of course the elections themselves how have you seen german politics and its nature of consensus politics change or do you think that it has changed in the in this process. well in the past five months we've certainly seen political uncertainly like we haven't seen it over the past few decades here in germany simply because we saw really german chancellor merkel at a loss of what to do with the options that she had the social democrats really having had a very difficult time to bring themselves to come around to the point where they would really enter a grand coalition i mean just to remind of what brought us here really germany was heading in a compl

life for her let's approachable decision looms for germany and britain chancellor members of the social democrats have voted on whether to approve another grand coalition under the chancellor any moment now the party officials will reveal the results and i guess open the way for a new german government but no one could put chancellor merkel's political future on the line well the likely announcement shortly. i'm to be so much going on this kind of welcome to our special coverage of the next step in germany's efforts to form a governor. and now more than five months after elections here the wait for a new government could finally be over the social democratic party is about to reveal the results of the key ballot s.p.d. leaders asked the entire party membership whether or not they should enter a new grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel's conservative almost half a million a party members were eligible to vote completed ballots from across germany arrived at s.p.d. head foreigners in berlin and officials have been counting through the night the national party treasurer is due to

have been governed by a so-called grand coalition and of course there is frustration here in germany that people are getting the feeling that whatever they vote for they always end up with a grand coalition and we're going to knuckle under what then come back at the helm of it and of course i think that from the outside of course it looks like more of the same but it isn't under tremendous pressure here at home and i'm sure that we're going to talk about what exactly that is but it is going to be completely different ok and i know it's not the kind of question i ought to ask but are you a fan of on america. well i am not and i think this is mainly because i don't have the quality of being a fan of a political figure sure i do appreciate her i do appreciate many things she did. in the last two years and back in two thousand and eight and in many parts of her bit of her being chancellor. i like her being patient and the smart and i like her wake of governance but i don't consider myself a past stand for her so you like the miracle style is she still the dominant force in german politic

>> welcome to "focus on europe." i'm michelle henery. germany's government has been in paralysis for months since an indecisive election last september. finally, however, the end could be in sight. in our special broadcast this week, we take a look at what this political limbo has meant for germany and for europe. after weeks of political wrangling, the fate of the potential coalition between angela merkel's conservatives and the social democratic party now lies in the hands of the almost half a million spd party members who have a postal baot on theerms of the agreement. but the vote could go either way because the spd is divided. while the der party establishmt iseen to ren the coalition with chancellor merkel, the youth wing wants the party to go into opposition. this split is even apparent in families. we met with ralf stegner, the deputy party chairman who was instrumental not only in the negotiations for the coalition agreement, but also in convincing members to support it, members like his son fabian. he's concerned about the party's sinking approval rating, and wants them

separatist leader is behind bars in germany for use detained colace pushed along on an arrest warrant after he enters the country from denmark will go to the german danish border to find out what could happen next plus. germany's new foreign minister is in israel is if ya bash him where he condemns them to semitism and says solidarity with israel it's central to german policy. and during the canada routes in a single the first direct commercial flights between australia and europe touches down in london. i'm a money welcome to the program for mike castle and sports that one has been arrested in germany on a european arrest warrant put someone was detained by highway police after he crossed into germany by car from denmark the former catalan president had earlier left finland to avoid arrest one of his advisors said he was returning to belgium where he planned to cooperate with authorities regarding spain's attempt to extradite him pushed him on went into exile last year in the wake of an independence referendum. and in the village of should be at the german danish border is our corres

germany's top economists about the impact of brecht's it and how to soften the blow and from dealmaker to deal breaker as donald trump blocks the takeover of u.s. chip maker qualcomm national security really have been hampered by the one hundred twenty billion dollar deal. this is a business i'm crystal coble welcome at a european parliament debate on tuesday e.u. officials urged the u.k. government to speed up. with just one year to go until britain is set to exit the block prime minister theresa may has mainly been repeating the red lines that have been known for years official say and german main industry association is urging politicians in berlin to make their voices heard in brussels and avoid any heartbreaks it which could cost german businesses billions. bricks it will change aspects of germany's export trade it will not be more complicated but also cost up to nine billion year a small per year according to xpect estimates the extra costs will be due to terrorists registration procedures and waiting times at borders and german industry representatives can still be reached betwe

police protection you can't voice your opinion not even in germany i know. this and this and this no it's not only men who hate me many women are hostile towards me too i'd like to stress that it's about patch and i sat in a nutshell what do these people have against you. they don't want any renewal in islam they won't accept any contemporary reading of the qur'an they want to prevent the equality of men and women that men and women can pray together in a mosque for instance and they don't want female muslims without the job to be regarded as muslims as muslim and. this which is why some of your opponents threaten you with violence we know how far this can go in one nine hundred eighty four you were working in a counseling center for turkish women in germany you were advising a client when a man stormed into the room and shot the woman right before your eyes what happened to you. shot mainly two sticks a bullet lodged in my neck it's a miracle that i survived. after that i thought now i'm really going to find money man tried to kill me and another woman was killed because i stood up

every journey begins with the first step and every language but the first word. is in germany to learn german why not learn this simple online. free. learning course because german. hello and a very warm welcome to pop export to your guide to the german music scene my name is marcus shorts and i will shed some light on the following artist's. clothes hitting the club states in. germany caucus uganda. and new comers for your life in berlin. we're going to start the show with a rep of who is one of germany's biggest music stars despite the fact that we've never seen his face crow doesn't care about stardom and all the hype surrounding his person and that's probably one of the reasons why he chose to play concerts at small clubs on this tour rather than huge arenas we met up with him at his recent gig in berlin. berlin club might be. keeping it real with his new true tour he wants to go back to his roots after all. i didn't want to lose my bearings i wanted to go back to basics this feeling of clubs again cigarettes on the floor i wear. it a bit i want to revive the nice feeling of

lawmakers when they learned that today tonight an antidote to the snakes bite does germany even have one i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. it's no joke and it's a real cyber attack on. an ongoing affair an ongoing itzhak to come to the heart of germany if you can hack into that there obviously must have security gaps. that i don't see and i would strongly advise against all this war rhetoric all this talk about let's hack them back. there was mockery from the government but should i say there was harsh criticism when germany's parliament was cyberattack they told us if our network was the safest bet as there would not have been a problem. now we see that nothing is one hundred percent secure because the shi'ites. also coming up on the day in slovakia political heads are rolling and now three people have been arrested all in connection with the shooting death of a journalist for the ninety nine percent convinced that the murder is connected with his writings about a link between italian mafia and slovakian politics. we'll have more on that suspected russian's sneak cyber attack

in germany let's have a look because back in twenty thirteen a politician made lewd comments about a female journalist and the result was this hash tag try or outcry it went viral the lawmakers party didn't make it into the next parliament as it turned out meantime in finland and twenty fifteen sexual assaults was nonexistent in the opinion of a male police chief women reacted with stories proving the opposite under the hash tag. meaning groper across the world in argentina we saw knee or not minutes not one less honored the tens of thousands of women killed each year by domestic violence in france meantime back in twenty sixteen we saw a lot to get to the period after the french finance minister apparently grabbed a journalist underwear her underwear when she bent down to retrieve a pen and later we saw. bombs or out your pig it pointed the finger right back at the harassers and in summer of twenty seventeen in india a woman was chased on her way home a politician said it was her own fault she was roaming the streets late at night the result the hash tag no cinderella and months l

germany have suffered a blow in their world cup preparations for years after famously defeating brazil seventy one you walk the low side live to a friendly defeat against their south american opponent. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program russia is holding a national day of mourning for dozens of people killed in a shopping mall fire in siberia over the weekend most of the sixty four people who died were children but families of the victims believed that that number could be much higher anger is spreading across the country many believing authorities are trying to cover up a lax safety standards that may have prevented the blaze. thousands of kilometers apart but hugh knighted in grief people in moscow mourn the dozens of five victims in siberia as camera of this tragedy has gripped russia and caused anger many believe officials are hiding the true extent of what happened on sunday . what is known is that multiple safety violations happened when the blazing gulfs the mall people trying to escape it found many a marriage and blocked the fire alarm didn't sound in the public addr

traces efforts to frustrate the u.s. by fermenting and dividing germany. the "washingtonn post" said when describing the agencies and policies that oversaw and executed the plan he explains the mechanisms used in this senior fellow and director of international economicdirector e council on foreign relations please help me welcome him to politics andcs a prose. [applause] it's great to be back at politics and prose, such a wonderful washington institution and thank you to all of you for coming out on a windy afternoon. when i decided to write my own book on this what intrigued me was th the endless desire to ret it and in the past five years alone we've had calls for marshall plans in ukraine and greece and southern europe and north africa and most recently serious debate code has never been replicated or badly imitated and u that speaks to te circumstances in place when the plan was launched. in 1947 they dominated like never before for them ever sin since. we accounted for over halft. of difficult manufacturing output and we could have used the dominance to pursue a foreign policy of sa

german chancellor just moments from now german lawmakers back michael by a slim margin and germany's lower house of parliament now she's about to be sworn in these are live pictures from the border south america's confirmation puts an end to months of political paralysis we'll bring you full coverage and analysis of what your money and the world can expect during her fourth term. i've sumi so much going to welcome to our special coverage as angela merkel begins her fourth term as chancellor months of political gridlock in germany have come to an end as merkel is set to be sworn in as head of a new coalition government we are expecting that ceremony to start shortly and we'll be covering it live as well just about an hour ago parliamentarians and nearly voted to reelect her as chancellor and here are pictures from the board decided this comes after medicals near a six month struggle to form a government you see her seated there she's being waiting there to be sworn in but she finally convinced her conservatives and the center left social democrats to come together for another grand co

meet the germans new and surprising aspects of license culture in germany. u.s. american keep losing take a look at germany idiosyncracies at their traditions every day lives and language in this time of my life and i thought yeah good. trick i r t w dot com the germans. alone a very warm welcome indeed to quadriga coming to you from the heart of burlington germany's two biggest political parties are currently trying to forge a new coalition government the problem is that i'm going to marcos conservatives and the social democrats both suffered historic losses in last september's election and it's the same picture in much of the rest of europe where traditional broad based parties are increasingly coming under pressure from brash and often aggressive populist parties to win voters over by offering simple solutions to complex problems so how should the mainstream parties respond and can they survive so a question on quadriga this week europe's far right can the established parties stop them and to discuss that question i'm joined here in the studio by matthew carney chief europe

germany keeps catalonians former president sitting in jail as he awaits a decision on whether he will face extradition we'll go live to our correspondents in barcelona and at the german prison or carlos pushed among those detained. plus when it comes to soccer brazil get a chance to heal the wounds of the footballing trauma against germany that you meet and burgling tonight in the world cup warm up match for the first full strength encounter since twenty fourteen when germany destroyed brazil seventy one in the biggest football upset of all time. a race the painful memories. kelly welcome to the program it is said to be the largest collective expulsion of russian diplomats in history. in a show of solidarity with the u.k. the united states sixteen european union members and several other nations have ordered out more than one hundred russian diplomatic staff washington led the way expelling sixteen russians this as part of a response to the poison and the of a former russian spy on british soil moscow insists that there is still not enough proof of its involvement and has threate

trauma against germany the two sides meet in berlin tonight and a world cup warm up match for the first full strength encounters in twenty fourteen when germany just scored brazil seven one in the biggest football upset of all time in brazil a brace the painful memories. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program moscow has vowed to respond harshly to the mass expulsion of russian diplomats by the u.s. . and washington has kicked out sixty russians while sixteen e.u. states including germany and other western allies have followed suit with a total of more than one hundred and thirty russian diplomatic staff under orders to leave the move as a show of solidarity with the u.k. after the poisoning of a former russian spy on british soil but the kremlin insists there has been a rush to judgment behind the closed curtains for diplomats are clearing their desks but out in front of the russian embassy in berlin the ambassador remained defiant. you're hearing the movie the pain a bit vice. we still haven't heard any evidence we keep hearing the words great probability which of course does not

on germany's foreign and defense ministries this after russian hackers reportedly broke into government networks housing sensitive data the same group as they also have launched previous attacks on the german parliament and the us democratic party also coming up. u.s. president donald trump loses one of his longest serving most trusted aides hope x. is resigning from her job as white house communications director. and the last article of a murder journalist alleges feelings of the highest level of slovakia's government we'll talk about his explosive claims and how they are now shaking off the slovakian politics. also on the show bands no more the international olympic committee left stoping ban on russia does this mean the world is now ready to trust russia that. i'm brian thomas a warm welcome to the show we start out here in germany where authorities have revealed that government computers were hit in a cyber attack as a hacking group infiltrated the foreign and defense ministries officials are trying to determine the exact extent of the breach sources are claiming a hackin

this is the w. news live from berlin what's in store for germany's chancellor angela merkel is due to address the parliament shortly laying out her government's priorities for the next four years can she could beenz critics that she's taking the country in the right direction will have loud live coverage also coming up did he help donald trump to victory cambridge analytical c.e.o. alexander dix there suspended after posting on hidden camera about using dirty tricks to swing election and what it facebook know about how his firm was manipulating data for millions of its users. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us german chancellor angela merkel is about to lay out her government's plans for the next four years that's after being sworn into office for her fourth term last week but she faces a tough crowd after months of wrangling to form a government many in parliament are still a deeply unhappy with the resulting coalition between merkel's conservatives and the social democrats her job today is to win their confidence that she has the right road map for germany's futur

long term chief of staff in the chancery tweeting let's get to work germany and europe and of course there was that relief in brussels here muscovy the european commissioner for economic and financial affairs tweeting congratulations to my s.p.d. friends for the responsible one decisive vote germany is now ready to engage for a stronger europe and on that note we do have our correspondent i believe barbara vessel with us who has been following all of this for us in brussels and barbara if you can hear us is this correct then that that sentiment from pierre moscovici that germany is now ready to engage for a stronger europe. germany is ready to do that and i mean america is ready to do that and everybody has known it because of course the document that was most read in brussels and in other european capitals of course particularly in paris was the coalition agreement that everybody said are right there's a real cry to a lot of europe in there is often also the promise of more money from germany that is for many european countries one of the main points and the other main point for man

this is. from berlin catalonia separatist leader is behind bars in germany. on a european arrest warrant on the country from denmark back home to take to the streets in the capital capital also known as. and during the congo route in a single call the first direct commercial flight between australia and new rope touches down in london after seventeen people. in the formula one season kicks off with a surprise at the australian grand prix. world champion lewis hamilton to a dramatic victory. welcome to the program form. has been arrested in germany on a european arrest warrant. was detained by police after he crossed into germany by car from denmark the former president had left finland to avoid arrest on friday a spanish court reactivates had warrants for the arrest of a number of the last supper to see it as an advisor to push said he was returning to belgium where he planned to cooperate with authorities bushnell went into exile last year in the wake of an independence referendum. i'm now joined by a correspondent alexander doctor who is standing outside the prison where callou

show we start out here in germany where authorities say the defense and foreign ministries have been targeted in a cyber attack a group with links to the russian government is thought to be responsible for its hacks were discovered in december but are only made public now the interior ministry has given very few details so far just a brief statement sources say russian hackers have been trying to attack the government they planted spying software. the hackers apparent targets were the foreign and defense ministry as they searched for information about russia and ukraine lawmakers are now asking why they heard nothing in their intelligence briefings even though the agencies apparently knew about the breach about government to have said nothing possibly for months which is what we have to clarify it's completely unacceptable we're waiting intelligence on the reason something i cannot make sense of this is a clear violation of the law that says refers to us tonight we see germany is clearly not well prepared for cyber attacks it can't be interpreted in any other way as russian hackers a

it with their lives after the war they were honored as heroes in communist east germany there was even a stamp with the couple's picture yet for hundreds jr it's his mother as a person who's important she's far more than a resistance fighter. because. i've got trouble with the concept of heroin. because we're talking about my mother. and it was always difficult for me to establish a relationship tour i am one she was brave and all. and i'm sure she certainly was a heroine. but first and foremost for me she's my mother. and the more i get away from this heroine the nearer she is to me this is the neo what is in your. field a copy was a courageous woman and she was also a mother who loved her child. and my. phone. and i didn't see and couldn't if you can see women as heroin as you thought was dishonest with stood a life full of disruption and adversity the hope and hope that come up when you can actually be proud of her that it was her. and that's the way it'll stay for me. the company's wish came true her son is staying true to his parents' legacy through his own fight against fasc