the, the, this is dw news. why, from berlin voting begins in france in a poem entry runoff election. that is expected to change francis political landscape. voters could put marine la pens for right national rally in charge or in power on an easy collaboration between left is and a weekend president, emmanuel nicole also coming up at least 16 people killed in the news. really air strike on a school in gaza. thousands were sheltering in the building. that is real claims. where is housing hum us terrorists the

unlike look who welcome france is voting in the 2nd and final round of snap elementary elections. you're looking at live pictures, as polls have been open for about an hour. now the result could produce the country's 1st far right government. since world war 2 were reading the pens, anti immigration, national rally stands a chance of winning a majority for the 1st time. but the outcome remains uncertain. the rise of the far right natural riley has been the main talking point in this campaign. let's see how we got here and what's at stake for france and the rest of the world to today's votes, started with a crushing defeat for president emanuel and crawls renaissance party at the hands of the far right in europe and elections. to clarify the political situation, he dissolved parliament and called a snap legislative pull a gamble that the country was not ready to vote in a far right government. a gamble that seemed increasingly risky after the far right

national rally easily took the lead in the 1st round of voting last sunday. the question now is whether they'll win an outright majority in the run off enough to rule without forming a coalition. that possibility frightens many and inspired more than 200 centrist and left wing candidates to pull out of the 2nd round earlier this week. to avoid splitting the anti national rally vote. the mood in paris has been both anxious and angry. the 16, this is your decision by my call isn't thought through. it's immature. he shot himself in a foot shot and the feet of all the french just put everyone into this impossible situation. plunged everyone into a deep mess. were all on the same mess only to his don't. i'm got it. i'm supposed to now headboard, i think people are just really fed up and deeply frustrated. given that under

president mccord's 2 terms, we've seen an explosion of the far right. even though one of the promises of the president in 20172022 was to set up a barrage against the far right. what the call for snap elections was meant to help the governing centrist against the far right. but had the unintended side effect of revitalizing the french left was formed. the new coalition overcoming decades of bickering and disagreements. the left wing coalition called the new popular front, pulled behind the national riley in the 1st round, but still well ahead of maxwell's party. on the far right campaigns, largely on an anti immigration platform and on pocket book issues, pledging to lower energy taxes for instance. but if it comes to power, it's historic animosity to the european union. and it's a nato could have major international effects in france for the far right to arrive in power and such a major. this is the 2nd biggest economy within,

within the european union. and this is one of the world's biggest ministry powers. it's greatly volt, and ukraine is involved in africa. it's, uh, it is country that, that, that really, you know, projects itself will be on this board. no matter what happens. my crown will still be president. his term runs until 2027. but in the event of a right wing victory or a hung parliament where no party or collision gets a majority, his powers will be diminished. and he'll be stuck with a new government for at least a year. the minimum before he can see a radically dissolved parliament and call new elections again. earlier i spoke to dw corresponding sonya found the car in paris. i asked her about the likelihood of the national rally winning an absolute majority to. well, this is an absolute, pivotal deal floating today in france with the hot right. and i should ready really

in an unpleasant the president position of strength going into the 2nd and final round or 14. but we have seen and we some days frantic efforts by the left wing a line so new popular front and my call center. so lines to really block the far right to this strategy has been to kind of withdrawal candidates from 3. we'd run off and uniting behind the remaining container that has the best chance to block to defeat the, the product, the actual candidates, and the seems to be paying off so far. the opinion polls show that the natural gravity may get just above 200 seats and parliaments. that's the way short of the $289.00 seats required for an absolute majority. but that'll still a lot of unknowns today. one big concern is that not all of my call centers, allies have united behind the strategy to block the far right. we've heard from lawmakers who don't equate to the left with the fault, right? in terms of extremist policies that are concerns that this could prevent some central photos today from bolting for the left and run off against the far right. and so i think a lot today depends on where the voters would heat the school,

but main street bodies to block the far right. really whole that noises and vote for candidates what really far move from their initial choice in the 1st one. so now we're hearing the campaigns been marked by threats and even some physical violence. what can you tell us? that's right. i've been discomforting. has been, you know, really kind of shocked it. intense and really polarizing, we've heard from interior minister general demo, says 51 candidates, or the deputies in part the active as have been physically attacked so far by people of varying backgrounds. the french media have been reporting about a spike in heat speech and waste of incidence across bronze during this campaign. to give you just a couple of examples that are reports of pamphlets targeting black people that have appeared in mailboxes in a virus. some of recently in the southern city of, of you know, there is a local bakery that ought to be hired an apprentice from the ivory coast that break or even started with the waste of slogans and set on fire. i makes lots of really

expressed concerns that the surge of you know, support for the fall right now seems to be making some people comfortable with using races envelope. it will be the language openly in public life. we've also seen a few candidates of the far right, and i shall gladly being engulfed and can prophesy, some of them boasting hate vestiges, reese of speech and social media post. and to add to all of this, the fields of violence tonight, and virus and other cities, regardless of the outcome of the votes. the county here has already been tied to the olympics. it's been beefed up for the tonight with more than $30000.00 offices on the ground. so the 2nd wonderful thing is certainly taking place in a very charged atmosphere. a piece made a quick reference to this, but explain what happens if neither the national rally nor any other party gets an absolute majority. i was suppose to say that is a likely outcome hung parliament with neither party gets a majority. we could be potentially headed up for great law for to still meet in

funds, which is the 2nd largest economy in europe. one option where we could see is, uh, you know, uh, the government tried to set up some kind of a grand clinician, not a government of national unity build the concerns about it on how fast that could happen. and the other option for my call could be 2 companies to get the government an open to get a government of exports and technocrats much like it's listed in the boss to. but there are concerns about, you know, where the, where the, this would require compromise the goldfish and that concerns about how the government but suffice. i think the immediate concern for funds is to have some kind of government in place during the balance of the mix which take place at the end of the month. our thanks to us on your federal car in paris. at least 16 people have been killed in and is really strike on a un run school in garza children or among the dead. the last run health ministry said the attack also injured more than 50 people. the war has now and due to its 10th month and prime minister benjamin netanyahu is facing ongoing protest,

pressuring him to accept a ceasefire. deal moss has reportedly approved a us back proposal to begin talks on releasing is really hostages. screams and smoke filled, the in moments of to is rails, the tech survive is scrambled to search through the wreckage at the school and know serat around stephen's 1000 people, we estimated to be sheltering in the area. and as you know, the, we run to the target to the area. we saw bodies of children and pieces. this is a playground. there was a trampoline, he a swing set, some vendors civilians are killed by. if this is a united nation school, it's supposed to be safe and should not be targeted. every strike we find bodies blown to pieces. look upon, i swear to god,

i took out children with my own hands. the wounded rushed to hospital, but withheld services on the brink of collapse, children were treated and busy. colorado was its route military student had been targeting terrorist and the attack from us denied sizes. with their meanwhile, intel of these thousands of protesters once again demanded as rouse government except a deal to bring back hostages and reach a cease fire. amongst has reportedly sauce and its position on a draft agreement, potentially opening negotiations of to weeks of data loss. we will be able to get

back to me how may i situate the government is very simple. there is a deal on the table. take it. there hasn't been a pause and fighting them. jobs us since a one week truce. the noise in the officials involved and see, find negotiations say real progress has been made in recent days. that one is still lots of work ahead and reaching a binding agreement to now to some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour. the military leaders of new share molly and boot can a fossil have ruled out the possibility of returning to the west traffic and regional block equal was the countries underscored, the rejection of the block at a regional summit where they signed the confederation treaty echo loss has been urging the 3 countries to return to democratic rule. a nasser project to test how humans could live on mars has concluded for volunteers spent over

a year living inside a window a structure which was designed to recreate the conditions on the red planet. the mission is the 1st and a series of projects that nasa hopes will prepare people to live on the moon. in march, nearly 3000 people have rallied against mass tourism in barcelona. the popular travel destination in spain. ne, demonstrators say the number of visitors is forcing shops and businesses serving local people to close. and local authorities say housing costs in the city have sword almost 70 percent in the last decade. the city band, taurus department rentals last month football now in england have beaten switzerland in the 1st of 2 quarter finals at the european championships. the match proved to be a nother nail biter ending one all in regular time with no goals in extra time. the

match went down to a penalty issued out. trent alexander arnold converted the final spot, kick to wind issued out for england, $5.00 to $3.00. and in the 2nd matter of the evening, the netherlands beat turkey to advance to the semi finals. the turkish team took the lead early on in the 1st half and fiercely defended it into the 2nd. but in the 76 minute, the ducks turn the game around, scoring wants to draw even. and then again, 5 minutes later with an own goal by a turkish player. the final score to one to dw standard. barcelona was at the olympic stadium in berlin for the match and sent us this is the, your inside berlin stadium. you can be the biggest fan in the band. we're wrong, sir. do you need to get early lead with the crowd going now argument lead

showing their quality. is this what? advancing any finals where they learn like any good, as you can be so bad that have a great time tonight. daniel barcelona reporting earlier from outside the olympic stadium in berlin. spain is not only celebrating advancing to the euro 2024 semi finals, a major party has just got underway. employment on the sand from main festival, kicked off with the ceremonial firing of a rocket from the balcony of city hall. the festival. same is for the running of the bulls is dedicated to pinpoint as patron saint and dates back to the end of the 16th century. it attract hundreds of thousands of tours from spain and a block. the angle ended on that note, but to stay with us. our technology show shift is up next with

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