Seeing across the european continent. Our question this week here on quadriga, is this. Crisis in austria, who can stop europes drift to the right . To discuss that question, im joined here in the studio by three seasoned observers and analysts. Let me introduce them to you. Beginning with ewald konig, a freelance correspondent and austrian himself, who has been covering austrian politics for decades now. He says, it is not only the refugees. There are many other reasons for austrias and europes drift to the right. Also with us today is alan posener, a commentator with the berlin daily die welt. Alan says, nobody cares who governs a small country like austria, but germany has a responsibility for the whole of europe. We cant afford viennese coffeehouse politics, he says. And my third guest is ulrike guerot, of the european democracy lab, who believes that, a wildfire is sweeping across europe. Its taken in hungary, and now poland, and now austria, with france looking likely to be next.
Survivors and founders of the victims of the paris attacks last november meet with the judges who are carrying out investigations into the citys worst ever terrorist incident. But we began in greece, where the government has begun evacuating thousands of refugees campthe makeshift idomeni on its northern border with macedonia. Officials began blocking access to the area at dawn this tuesday and had sent in more than 400 riot police. Sprang up in february after more than 80,000 people were stranded there. It ignored appeals largely for organizing caps elsewhere around the country because they say it would move them further away from the border. Nathalie savaricas has more from athens. The situation of calm , the america in idomeni riot police are inside. They are more kind of asking the refugees to get on the buses that have arrived since the middle of the night yesterday to send them to more organized facilities throughout the country. Volunteers and journalists who have been living th
And a bank. One officer was injured by a thrown brick. Police say they made three arrests. The officer who fired the fatal shot was wearing a body camera. But the video has not yet been released. Also breaking overnight. The hunt is on for the person who shot and killed a Police Officer in georgia. It happened at about 9 30 just south of atlanta. Police say that Patrol Officer tim smith was responding to a suspicious person call. And was shot when he encountered the suspect. The shooter then fled the scene. Police say smith was in his early 30s. No other information about him has been made available. Smith was not wearing a body camera. Also breaking over night. Marty police are investigating a double homicide in downtown oakland. It happened on 15th street just before one this morning. When Police Arrived on the scene, they found at least two people dead from apparent gunshot wounds. A third person was also found shot and rushed to a hospital. His condition is uknown. Police are withh
Northeast of here about 77 kilometers by the capitol in the hindu mountains, a sustained earthquake and at least a minute and people went running in the streets. We are not getting any real reports of any big damage here, some old mud walls have fallen downs and electricity problems in kabul and the phone system is down and very difficult to make a phone call person to person and difficult to get further investigation but a very powerful earthquake felt so far away with the epicenter so far away and one said it was scary and im from california and used to earthquake so it was a very powerful quake. Give us a sense, an idea of what the area is like, jennifer. Reporter well, the hindu mountains is a quake zone, very much a fault line there so pakistan, afghanistan have witnessed quite a number of earthquakes over the years. Luckily its not in a very populated area so we are not getting any reports right now of any heavy casualties but its too soon to say because as i said it certainly wa
Airasia flight 8501 and we look at a massive project that will map the entire planet every three days. We begin with the latest on the fate of two i. S. I. L. Hostages. The Group Released a new audio recording. The message has not been verified but i. S. I. L. Wants jordan to release an iraqi woman on death row. If not released, a jordanian pilot will be killed who was captured last december when his plane went down. Jordan is working with japan to secure the release of japanese journalist kenji goto jogo also being healed. Held. Wayne simmonds tell us about the latest audio message from i. S. I. L. With new demands. Well this going to japanese and jordanian officials. It is believed to be a genuine recording, and it states that in fact theres one part in which the japanese journalist says per for me. Ive only been held for a few months she for years. Referring to the woman who intended to bomb. She was on death row. King abdullah in a difficult decision decided to offer her release in