Thousands are demanding that president and his right wing government scrap potential still. Im called assman thanks for joining us the leader of the ruling christian democrats here in germany has issued an ultimatum in a debate over her leadership as the c. P. U. Began its annual Party Conference on a brit car and our toll delegates that she was prepared to quit if they didnt back her krakauer about her took over from chancellor merkel as seaview leader last year but the partys popularity has plunged under her leadership and taken a hit and recent regional elections. She went all the way and took on the challenge to sever attacks in the weeks leading up to the seat. Use Party Conference and a great. Post the big question to help Party Colleagues and leipsic. If you feel that the road i want to go down is not the road you want to follow then let us talk about that today and let does and it today here and now today. How did the 1000 delegates react with the 7 minute standing ovation continuing 190 minute speech the party that passionately our the policy measures she wants to pursue in the future. Isnt enough to be the repair service of the republic and we need to become the workshop of the future again thats our goal and thats what we want to do one time in my mind one of those in the audience was fleet ice melts revival mats has attacked a k. K. Several times in recent weeks this time he seemed surprisingly loyal and a good compound. A. K. K. Gave us a strong courageous and forward looking speech this morning. Peter go through so very grateful to her for that thank you via zend we are loyal to our woman to our Party Leadership. And to the federal government chancellor Angela Merkel who has passed on the Party Leadership to come no longer takes part in these debates she used her opening speech to talk about more personal issues about him again so i thought i was on today is also a very special day for me my own fun because on november 22nd 2005 i was elected german chancellor for the 1st time and this remains something very special to me. Is on me nicoles political child and they couldnt come. Is giving it all at this years conference and so far she is one at least for now. Are joining me now in studio is our Political Correspondent lamely for how much time shes been reporting on the Party Conference for us of any phrase the day back me or sack me is anyone likely to take up a cake a challenge well definitely not at this Party Conference and we saw it in the report just now and a great come come by i held a very courageous speech and she was rewarded for it by her delegates who gave her a 7 minute long standing ovation and but at least for now this challenge is off the table ike has bought herself some time but now she really has to deliver she has to prove that she can lead the Party Going Forward that she can have create a vision for the party to lead it into the next year where in 2020 the c. D. U. Like other Political Parties in germany will decide on who to put forward as candidate chancellor candidate for the 2021 elections and so this leadership battle within the c. D. U. Is over for now but will shortly be talking about. So again still lots of time to go one name that could come up in the future for you just mounts he tried he failed though last year to become party leader he boss take a case what comes next for him we heard a bit of from him earlier today exactly and it was very striking how different his tone was today at the Party Conference than it was just a couple of weeks ago where you found very harsh words of criticism not only criticizing im going to come combo up but also in general the angloamerican Led Coalition government and so he did say in his speech he did say i would say it was almost a peace offering that he gave to unthink come combo of their own states but he also did stress that he wants to play a role in the future of the party he didnt really specify what that will look like a lot of observers are saying that he is indeed still planning on running as candidate for chance of next year but at the moment today he declared his loyalty to and. Weve mentioned a lot of names in the c. D. U. And one that we havent mentioned chancellor Angela Merkel she cast such a huge shadow not only in the c. D. U. But in germany what will her role be in the next couple of years judging from her speech today it will most likely not be a very Important Role at least when were talking about domestic issues when were talking about the direction the future direction of the party she made very clear in her speech today that she wants to leave that to her successor to undertake 1 she doesnt want to be the one directing the posse in the future but she also in her speech today stressed again thats what the work of the governments was doing that the government was doing a fine job and she called as she has done in a couple a series of speeches over the past couple of months shes called urged the delegates to believe in multilateralism to defend the values of multilateralism so im going to make a really has that right. All of the figure had thats sort of removed and thats already shes already preparing for a political retirement so the c. D. U. Leadership issue perhaps settled for now but looking ahead into the future i mean how important is it for this party to get things in order and get their leadership role subtle definitely really important and weve seen that today with both this speech from monica but also feel this man who underlined how important it is to show off that unity to show off to you with a clear profile going into the future they dont want to fall into the same trap the social democrats their Coalition Partners in the grand coalition has fallen into whove been taught themselves apart over this leadership question for months now and who are being punished for it by really bad polls so what we saw today from the Party Conference is a clear sign they want to avoid that and they want to be the c. D. U. Into the future with a clear profile Political Correspondent on how much time thinking or much. All right now lets take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 3 iraqi protesters have been killed and 25 injured in clashes with Security Forces in the capital baghdad more than 340. 00 people have died since protests against widespread corruption and unemployment broke out last month in baghdad and in southern iraq. Antigovernment protesters in lebanon have marked 76 years of the countrys independence by organizing a forebrain in the capital beirut replacing the usual military show country has been gripped by protests since mid october demanding the removal of politicians deemed inept and corrupt. Well to colombia now where several people in the capital bogota have been injured in the new clashes between police and antigovernment protesters it comes a day after hundreds of thousands took to the streets for nationwide marches against potential pension and labor reforms the demonstrations were largely peaceful but some turned violent overnight with several people being killed and rioting. This is what thursdays demonstrations left behind colombias he just confrontations didnt just lead to the loss of property Officials Say the 3 people died in the violent clashes between police and protesters. Its horrible this is not how you ask for things. In this country you should ask for change in an intelligent way but those vandalizing the city dont even know what theyre asking for. Top officials were quick to respond to the devastation. And the colombian people can be assured that we will not allow any vandals or any violent people to intimidate society we will not allow them to stop expressing ourselves. I searched this general strike was called to oppose the governments potential labor and Pension Reforms for many protesters riot police using Water Cannons and tear gas proof that the colombian government didnt understand their demands by. The demonstrators want to draw attention to the reality a lot of people live with. The president has to see this and not just look at the protests this is a disturbance to public order this is a massive Peaceful Movement of people who want to be a knowledged. Getting to know us better. News on friday however at the harsh treatment of protesters appear to continue for shattering and weekend of further unrest around. All the world why people will elect the president on sunday with polls suggesting the center right National Party is on course to end a decade and a half of left wing rule and yet another power shift in latin america National Party candidate luis like how the son of a former president finished 2nd in the 1st round vote around 29 percent but in the upcoming runoff you can probably count on the votes from 5 mostly served of parties as by pollsters see him winning ahead of the ruling Party CandidateDanielle Martinez is a former minister and there of or of wise capital montevideo for the left wing drawn from our team has won the 1st round vote with 39 percent. Only long to do list awaits the next leader including the countrys Public Security crisis the crime rate has hit historic highs with homicides rising by nearly 50 percent last year police are struggling to deal with the violence so some people are taking matters into their own hands he used to call foolish as the story from montevideo. Surveillance cameras on every corner but its not big brother whos watching its desperate citizens trying to protect their businesses and property in. Area 2 cars are stolen every day break ins and Armed Robbery have become a part of daily life in this upper middle class neighborhood. Fearing for the safety of his wife and daughter. Didnt want to sit idly by and he wasnt the only 1. 100 families in the pocket of a Neighborhood Watch tonight we work with whats not groups and whistles thats how we alert each other. If we hear the whistle we immediately know one of our neighbors is asking for help. You know. Reasons to ask for help abound. This little dry cleaners has been attacked so many times that its owner will only ever on lock the door for people she knows. My business has been broken into 6 times and once i was held up at gunpoint. By them i dont matter how much you give them i never know if theyre going to turn around and shoot she was they. Say im getting therapy now to help me get over it because now i live in fear but i didnt used to be the case. Fear has spread through but it gave ideas like wildfire a collective anxiety that borders paranoia says a former member of the Neighborhood Watch. Well that when i was killed when i was only signed up for a couple of months because it turned out to be a collective psychosis a mass manipulation to go out and hunt suspects. Even i was always on edge wondering if i had had a whistle or not its amazing how easy it is to be absorbed by this dynamic i felt ridiculous and i never felt protected. To hear. But a lot of people do feel safer being a part of the Neighborhood Watch with authorities unable to control the rising crime rates they find solace in community. Knew not of those stops by to check on a shop owner whos been robbed 20 times already and. Then going to happen so often i dont want to say im getting used to it because having to live with it is awful youre going to see him and then something happens one of the usual suspects steps into the store and leon immediately texts his neighbors something he has come to find more helpful than calling the police. I probably called them 10 times before the other times i just clean up or do they know whats broken i would go and get to work off. An attitude the neighbors of park give idea are hoping to see adopted by the new government for them to feel like they can let their guard down a lot needs to be cleaned up and fixed so wherever it takes the president on sunday will have to urgently get to work. 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