Does this mean for the country and the party that could become the main opposition in germanys parliament also coming up on the show two female suicide bombers target a market in a town in northeastern nigeria we ask our correspondent why militants appear to be increasingly using women to carry out such attacks. And tis the season to wrap up warm we take a look at christmas traditions in various parts of the world including in one of the coldest places on earth. Im michel henery welcome to the program. Germanys populist anti Immigration Party has chosen a right wing nationalist as its new coleader the move could signal a further shift to the rightful the ultimately for germany members of the f. T. Are attending a Party Conference in the german city of hanover the start of the conference was delayed by thousands of protesters who accuse the party racism and xenophobia. Police respond to protesters who are trying to disrupt the a. F. D. Gathering in the german city of hung over. Most of the demonstrators were peaceful some got streets attempting to stop Party Members from joining the Conference Police responded with Water Cannons and buttons. Inside a Heated Exchange over who would lead the party was underway several hours later the potus far right appeared to have the upper hand over the more conservative wings one of the of these most prominent figures was elected this coleader alexandre garland wants the pots to sane the opposition and develop further before it tries to become part of the government. Yet we dont want to do this too soon only when were strong as the other parties or nearly as strong as we have a chance to take responsibility. For the b. F. D. Includes members like b. And her who has been investigated for his spot right statements he has called a major Holocaust Memorial in berlin a monument of National Shame but party coleader yet martin said health care was welcoming the f. T. And to my mind and thats what i got on the mind. That belongs to our party that means not that i agree with every position he has. In his speeches but he belongs to our party and thats. My turn was reelected. His leadership post with seventy two percent of the vote meanwhile comparatively moderate Party Figures fell short of top spot germanys next government its still unclear but the a. F. P. Could become the largest opposition in parliament thats enough to give the right wing populist reason to feel confident. Our correspondent is at the conference in hand over the killer is the f. D. A. Going to move even further to the right under this new leadership line up. Well it certainly signaled that it is not in any way klines to have some kind of barrier towards the far right now with york moisten he was the party leader before and who also supports b. N. How could we just heard him in that report together with him alexander golland he was also co head of the Parliamentary Group another support of the head of the party so at the end of the day that means that he will be untouchable he does have proceedings currently running against him that could lead to parties and i guess that is pretty much off the table here and the big question remains whether this more moderate bloc actually already have a lot of influence in shaping policy and pushing the personnel through in the future. We heard in the report that an even more extremist right wing faction is causing a split in the party how united or divided is the f. D. A. It is hugely i mean we saw almost scenes of chaos here when to browns of trying to elect the co party leader basically failed because it was too close to call so this is a deeply divided party but the clear message from this meeting here to every reasonable grouping of the a. F. D. Is there is no way of getting anything done without the far right bloc so that in itself marks a shift to the right. The a. F. D. Could become the Largest Opposition Party in the bundestag how would that happen and what theyd be able to push through their policies. That would happen if german chancellor Angela Merkel were to succeed in her current effort to get the social democrats on board for a continuation of the current socalled grand Coalition Government the social democrats are still very reluctant but the pure math would dictate for that to happen if you want to avoid a minority government or fresh elections so if theres another grand coalition with some thirteen percent in the bonus talk if tea would be the largest Minority Group giving it the first right of reply in those discussions in the bonus talk in German Parliament but also key positions when it comes to various groupings and in the german bunds talks so a very Important Role indeed and the question is how the a. F. P. Would want to fill it that particular role when itself says it wants to remain in opposition and get ready until its really at the same level of the big parties until it actually even aims to get into a position where it could then aim for going for an actual government. And handover thank you very much. At least thirteen people have been killed in two suicide bombings in Northern NigeriaPolice Say Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in the town of peel in borno state one struck the towns busy market the other detonated her explosives in the town square no one has claimed responsibility but previous attacks in the area have been carried out by the militant group boko haram. For more on this lets cross over to our correspondent in nigeria yan philip schultz. Theres been no claim of responsibility for the attack who did i gerrys authorities blame. Local residents and also local officials sure that its to be blamed there is no official claim of responsibility yes but its very common for the koran not to claim responsibility for the attacks and they are just so many indications that so that the attack has the p. S. Signature of boko haram first of all of course the location be you itself the town where the incident happened be you its that has not been affected so much but lots of areas around you strongholds of boko haram also the use of soft targets like school its almost or in this case a lively market is a typical sign of boko haram and last but not least the fact that there were two bombings within a short period of time its also an indication because its a typical method of boko haram to cause as many casualties as many injuries as possible. Even though book iran has not claimed responsibility young would you say that its also a common tactic for the group to use female bombers. Definitely so its has become a very common tactic to use women often even teenagers or even surgery and i think that several reasons for this first of all usually they cause less suspicion even though this has changed a bit in the months after the rise of of those attacks but its also quite simple to highlight the explosive devices underneath the outputs of the women and we also have to mention that those women usually dont carry out the attacks voluntarily but they are forced to do so by by the group we have to keep in mind that local sources say that still several thousand women and children kidnapped by boko haram. Nigeria has claimed its having increased military success against boko haram yet attacks like this are still happening how strong is the group. The president. Said that the group was technically defeated he said last year already and its true that the group has lost a lot of its territories after the military stepped up its efforts to fight the group but i think we shouldnt say that the group is technically to teach a. Suicide attacks almost on a weekly basis in nigeria and then you can be on the rise again in the past month. Numbers from from local sources that say that only in the past half year more than five hundred people have been killed by boko haram especially in northeastern nigeria. Thank you again. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world the United States has pulled out of an International Pact on recently refugees and migrants the trumpet ministration says the United NationsGlobal Compact on migration is inconsistent with its policies all one hundred ninety members of the Un General Assembly had signed the deal last year. China has kicked off its annual world internet conference inviting top tech c. E. O. s for talks on the edge and its future in a message read by a communist Party Official president xi jinping said china would not close its store to the Global Internet but still favored regulation foreign firms face tight controls in china such as for censorship and surveillance. At least thirteen people have been killed after a fishing boat collided with a tanker and capsized off the coast of south korea the vessel was carrying passengers on a fishing tor rescue divers have been searching the ship which remained partly above the water. Tens of thousands of the railings have taken part in a demonstration against government corruption and Prime Minister binyamin that knocking that yahoo. The protest was also directed at a draft bill that critics say is designed to allow that yahoo to avoid being charged with corruption the Prime Minister is accused of accepting gifts he denies wrongdoing. Unofficial estimates say twenty thousand people took part in the demonstration. The protests have been taking place on a weekly basis in israel he began when corruption allegations were first raised against benyamin netanyahu. For the protesters the allegations are so serious the only recourse is for netanyahu to resign here we have a corrupt government that needs to be brought down as quickly as possible netanyahu at its head and all of his cronies along with him. I think the time has come to change the government the government is corrupt were sick of the corruption. The israeli Prime Minister denies the accusations and says hes the victim of a witch hunt netanyahu is alleged to have accepted expensive gifts from wealthy businessmen hes also being investigated for cutting a deal with a newspaper publisher in return for favorable coverage. Meanwhile a bill is making its way through Israels Parliament if passed would change how police handle investigations supporters say the bill protects suspects rights critics see it as an effort to protect netanyahu has lowered would prevent police from making public its findings in the two investigations involving netanyahu. The demonstration in tel aviv was the largest of its kind but netanyahu says he will not give in to the pressure he says nothing will come of the allegations because they are without merit. Now were only just into the month of december but its already beginning to look a lot like christmas yuletide traditions are being celebrated across the globe from lighten the skin to a father christmas with a difference in a part of siberia considered one of the coldest places on earth its december and nearly sixty below in. Time for this guy to make an appearance this is just lord of the cold the man who traditionally ushers in the you creation winter. Legend has it that just going to merge from the arctic ocean every year bringing cold to the land with his icy breath despite his effect on the weather the locals looked happy to see him as he turned on the Christmas Lights with the help of dead meadows the slavic santa claus. Fourteen thousand kilometers away in portugal the weather was milder but the festive spirit just a strong fifty thousand lisbon locals came out to see the Christmas Lights turned on and had their night let up by some colorful street performers. Two million lights will eliminate the city until the festive period ends on the sixth of january. And to keep up our wintry theme Winter Sports now and germany played host to snowboarding big bear world cup on saturday norways Marcus Cleveland bagged top prize in front of a sixteen thousand strong crowd with redding junior World Champion yuri akubra of japan finishing in second switzerlands carlos m a one the womens competition the borders had to colorado next for the seasons made. Dont forget you can always get the w. News on the go just download our app from google play or from the Apple Play Store delegate you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as pushed out of the cations for any breaking news you can also use the d. W. App to send us photos and videos. Youre watching d. W. News in berlin theres more news at the top of the hour but be sure to stay tuned for the bundesliga show up next with cress harrington