Candidates gear up for TV debate in Germany

The candidates to be Germany's next Chancellor are getting ready for a televised debate ahead of the election on September 26th.

Also, the story of an Afghan journalist beaten up by the Taliban for covering a protest and the story of a woman protester.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Myriam Francois, Franco-British journalist and film maker; and Ian Black, Visiting Senior Fellow, Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics.

(Image: German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader, Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia and candidate for Chancellor Armin Laschet and TV journalist Tina Hassel arrive for the ARD Sommerinterview in Berlin. Credit: REUTERS/Christian Mang)