what do germans want for their country. what do the different parties stand for. and which party will come out on top. d w your expert on germany's bundestag election two thousand and seventeen. germany decides german bundestag election two thousand and seventeen on d w. another powerful storm front is bearing down on caribbean islands still trying to recover from hurricane erma which devastated the region earlier this month. hurricane maria has been upgraded to a major category four storm packing winds of over two hundred kilometers per hour.

with maria on track to hit the u.s. territory a pressure ricoh by wednesday supplies are flying off the shelves as residents again prepare for the worst. at a meeting of foreign ministers in new york city diplomats called on me on mars leader aung song suchi to do more to end military violence against the country's row hinge of muslims the situation the un has labeled ethnic cleansing aid groups are struggling to provide relief to more than four hundred thousand iranians or refugees forced to flee to bangladesh and india suchi who has faced intense international criticism is due to make a national address on tuesday. u.s. president donald trump has criticized the united nations as bloated and mismanaged he made the comments on his first visit to u.n. headquarters

a day before he was to address the general assembly for the first time trump said bureaucracy and mismanagement were preventing the u.n. from reaching its full potential he backed efforts by secretary general antonio to institute reforms. irish carrier ryanair has apologized for a mass cancellation that's destructive the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of people chief executive michael o'leary said he took responsibility for the situation and regretted any worry or concern its caused customers on friday ryanair announced it would scrap some two thousand flights over six weeks it said the move was necessary to increase punctuality the cancellations are expected to cost the airline up to twenty million euros. russian president vladimir putin has attended joint military drills near st petersburg. the

war games are russia's largest since twenty thirteen moscow says some thirteen thousand troops from russia and bello groups are taking part of the maneuver. nato has expressed serious concerns over the drills which are taking place just one hundred kilometers from the a stone in a border. russia set the war games pose no threat to the west the drills are set to conclude on wednesday. when he was a presidential candidate damo truong swore that the u.s. did not have a friend in the united nations now on the eve of his first address before the u.n. general assembly president drums america needs friends more than ever and guess where they will.