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detention in the on and north korea says it's ready for talk, but only is south korea dropped hostile policies to the flowing men. as la palmer will, kind of corruption is slowing, but they are fears about a potential of further damage. and one of sports most basic interested events is just paid off. the usa are taking on europe in the 43rd edition of gulf roddick. ah, hello and welcome to the program. germany's parliamentary election campaign is now its final stages. the results will decide who will replace chancellor. i'm going to mac or after has 16 years in power. all than 60000000 citizens are eligible to vote with climate change becoming a major issue for voters. germany top parties are holding their final rallies this

friday, while more than 400 climate protests are held all across the country. we have several correspondents covering the story for us. what i've done made is at the social democratic party rally in cologne. we have dominant cain who will bring this the very latest on the ruling christian democratic union party. the fact less turned to steph lawson who is the global global climate protest. so a big turn out from what we can see behind you at these climate protests. what are people saying to you and does it give us an indication of how the election could play out on sunday? yeah, well just 2 days before the elections, this is the scene here and the 10s of thousands of climate. protesters are basically paralyzing the area around the parliament gaping of last morning to vote to us, but also to the next government to take this climate phase out of coal. for example,

seriously, the really disappointed by i'm going to merkel this sentence not to face out cold before 2038. so they're really given the last warning here. climate has become one of the most important issues during the whole election campaign because of these deadly flaps. that happened to germany, people here now realize that the climate change and the impact is not something that only affecting far away countries and actually turn back south is here to give also a last message before these elections here in germany. if there's one other thing that this pandemic has shown us, it is that the climate crisis has never once been treated like an emergency. it is clear than ever that no political party is doing close enough. but it's even worse than that. not even their proposed commitments are close to being align with what would be needed to fulfill the price agreement. well, there is

a huge challenge that has ever become the new champ. we have 3 leading candidates, and one of them is one from the green party nobela book, but she is not seen as the possible next chancellor, but her presence and her success during the last couple of years is seen as a way to get the greens in government, so there will be a change of policy, but of course we've heard all these promises during the election campaign. we will have to see if they will actually materialize in policies afterwards. that class in the 1st in berlin, less tend to hold up the mead whose life in cologne or the polls have it right. it's the social democrats who could be the front runners in the selection and or last sold could be the next counselor. what is his appeal over the other candidates? well, i think that he is positioning himself as sort of the image of the ability in the

sense that that's one of the most important factors for german voters. remember that more than 2 thirds of them, i bought the age of 15. the only show to say, well, if you want more, i am experience. i'm a finance minister. i've been a deputy chancellor. i know this country needs to be iran and you will get more mer code if you vote for me. he sort of position says that this, this kind of sober rarely last night, for example, during the debate that was on national tv. when he was also, i'm in chase. he said, well, i am not that big example because in my position i need to drive around with convoys . i need to fly all blame. but i do understand, do you, then? i do understand that there is a need to better. so he's trying to position the m so that way, i think he's also taking advantage from the fact that i mean last year, the cd you can did. it is not as far as my bank of america has done many mistakes.

i mean, i haven't been able to fill those, you choose that america is leaving behind as all of the leader of the as it is actually doing his best to take that opportunity. i grabbed those loads away from the cd. you now, the reason phone shows really a difference of only 2 points between the 2 parties and these 2 candidates, there is a pull that also says that maybe about 40 percent of mo, just still haven't decided who they will cause their ballot for. so everything is really up in the air when you ask anyone here, even those who are here, they know that he is leading at the moment. but they also know that that lead is very narrow, that anything could change at any time really money thanks. hold on the me that for us in cologne. let's turn to dominate cane. who is in berlin?

is this rally merkel and the cd parties holding today a final effort to get the cd you back in contention. the point that i'm going to medical no doubt will be trying to make is the sense of continuity that the christian democrats can bring if they are returned to government in the leading role, which they've been. and since she took over its chance or 16 years ago, but the problem that she has is that she is the star of her policy and i'm in law should very much is not the star and not considered to be the star of. busy of their party, so that's why she's hoping that the star quality will rub off that maybe maybe some of those see to you versus out there in germany who are not impressed by lasha will say, well actually you know, what if angle imaculi's campaigning for him? maybe we have to go out and vote for our party after all, and not, and not change their preference to another party. the irony of this election is

that none of the candidates really is seen as being particularly popular, particularly energizing, the electorate. the one candidates who might energize the electorate is the head of the conservatives in bavaria marcus. you might almost call him a king over the war. so he is the one that the voters say they would vote for if they had the chance. and so magical knows that she looks at the polls and her party leaders look at the polls and they see the fact that i'm in lash it 23 percent in one poll that we just referred to, that that hope is maybe they can get close to the s p day, the 25 percent level, maybe they might just steal ahead. but the reality here is none of these parties are polling in the way that they would want to be. remember the last time the social democrats hadn't chancellor in government, they were in the high thirty's in the polls in percentage terms. now the 25, the christine democrats,

lois still them that they used to get far into the 30s. sometime in the forty's that shows you how the electorate is looking at all these parties and isn't particularly convinced. and then few is that shot seems to be the best of a bad job as it were. but clearly there are 2 days ago, maybe these rallies today will change people's opinions and only really know what people think on sunday evening. indeed dominic k enough or some, but, and thank you. russia's election commission is rejecting accusations of widespread vote rigging the specified results. so united russia retained its power in last week's parliamentary elections. a group of defeated parliamentary candidates and the supporters say they will try to overturn the results, which they insist is fraught with corruption. but smith has the license for moscow . a 2 thirds majority in the state duma for united russia. but that is only part of the story opposition candidates, particularly in moscow,

want the electronic boat, a one to the electronic vote. i know the 8 of them in seats in the moscow area who, when the manual was being counted, were way ahead. these was, these were mainly communist party candidates. but suddenly, well, later, the next day when they electronic vote was added and that was added very late, suddenly all those seats were flipped in favor of united russia. now those communist candidates have benefited from tactical voting after being recommended, as best buys by a system created by lexi nevada. the supporters, as those people best place to defeat united russia's candidates, the election commission says the worst. some irregularities but about 40000 votes were invalidated. but that's tiny, in comparison to the 110000000 registered voters. however, if you take the recommendations of survey chappelle kin who is a very highly respected analyst and track of russia elections, it's something very,

very different. he reckoned around 40000000 people legitimately voted the united russia out of that 110000000, but another 14000000 votes were fabricated. and if that's the case, and this is the worst result for the kremlin since let me put in, came to power 21 years ago, a spring in alexander sala. yes, he is a independent politician who is part of the russian opposition. he is also the former chairman of open russia and organization. the advocacy for democracy joins us by scott, friends, but in montenegro. many thanks for joining the program. she think this election result was inevitable. well, i think so. i did not want to sound depressive, but i was pretty much sure that they won't let any of the independent candidates even be registered. so the rest of the candidates who managed to pass through all those barriers they were registered,

even in the regents in the constituencies that were like freed from any of the candidate of united russia. sometimes that sometimes that happens when united russia has an agreement with the, with the risk will be controlled by united russia party like comedies party or like just russia. they sometimes give them the constituents and then those constituencies, fuel the independent candidates were said, but most of them were just basically arrested or forced out of the country. that's why i realized needed to be from the very beginning of the election that they are 100 percent control of f. b. not even presidential administration, but f as b for mckay to be. and when they control things, they do that partially. they do everything like in a very hard way and the very harsh way in the classic track down way. so they'd rather prefer put a lot of people into,

into jail just because their approaches are not like me, then let them be registered and then make the readings and all the falsifications during the election. so that was the result. unfortunately, was clear, though i had a hope, but we should be realistic. how have presentations, tactics changed in recent times? how much more challenging is it to be in opposition now in russia? well, since january 20, 211 alex and about that was back everything changed. we thought that we were living in the classical authoritarian regime and we were but we did not expect the regime to destroy everything so fast and we did expected we would do we didn't, we didn't think that they may use this tactic because they used to well at least to

parity to democratic institutions for european colleagues. they used to make them like, like someone who has those democratic institutions though they're under a 100 percent control of criminal. but anyway, we'll have them look at us where democracy. but now they like stopped even trying to hide their nature. and now it seems that a lot of them are putting doesn't police. and to anybody except hayes, former bodyguards and fellows from could you be because like 3 or 5 years ago, we could say that sometimes there are the so called civilians within the regime who are responsible for some elections or etc. but now no, only f b services and other special services. close friends of longer live recording are whispering into his ear and that shows the total like the, the,

the well, that shows that he's tells him the, deprived from reality. let me put in lighter for that. what is next for the russian opposition? what next for people like you? well, i think we may continue our efforts as individuals because this is the only way left. any organization, any legal entity established by someone from opposition leads to, to jail, to prison because they can name an organization desirable. and that's it. so i think we can only continue our struggle as individuals. we can only spread to all this truthful information as good as we can through our tv are you do channels for social media? this is only thing left many thanks for that alexander cell, if you have independent politician,

also part of the russian opposition and to more ahead on this, including you as president bought in hope, a summit with the leaders of india, australia, japan, discuss how the counter, china's rise and fall is going from bad to west. about the loan is head coach and they is here later with that. ah, the sister of north korea's leaders says pyongyang is ready to consider ending the state of war with the south. but only if so scraps its hostile policies. the statement from kim, yo jones says the declaration of an end to the war is quote, an interesting proposal. a good idea. however, it goes on to say that this would not make sense in the midst of double standards

and hostile policies. kimmy or joan was responding to call by the south korean president j in who talked at the un general assembly hum bundled 2 years ago in this very place, i declared 0 tolerance for war, a mutual security guarantee, and co prosperity as the 3 principles required to resolve issues related to the korean peninsula. last year i proposed the declaration to formerly end the korean war on more than anything and end of war declaration will mark a pivotal point of departure to create a new order of reconciliation and cooperation on the korean peninsula. i once again urged the community of nations to mobilize its strength for the end of war declaration on the korean peninsula and proposed that the 3 parties of the 2 careers, n d, u. s. or 4 parties of the 2 korean and the u. s. and china come together and declare that the war on green peninsula is over from the broad have more of the story from so it is potentially quite important. give it that it does come from kim

jung, who tends to be one of the more critical uncompromising voices of the north korea leadership when it comes to dealings with south career and also the united states. this was in response of course, to that dim cole from moon jay, in the president of south korea, who is desperate to try to restart talks with north korea and sees a formal declaration to, to the end of the korean war. as a way to do it, describing it as being pivotal for the whole korean peninsula. now he has made these calls before, but a coming with the talks being stored. he really sees this is one of these remaining opportunities to try to restart that. go see ations now initially it was treated with some dismissive nus by north korea with a vice foreign minister saying earlier on friday that it was up to the united states to drop its hostile post during his he put it in order for this to new go

anywhere but then that was quickly followed up by kim jo john with her statement while being skeptical about it and accusing south career of double dealings. saying that it was potentially an admirable idea and that these conditions were right there. north korea, she says, might be willing to enter into a constructive discussion. so this is being treated positively by south korea, which says it is committed to try to act restarting negotiations and have good relations with the north. and it's certainly a very different picture to what we were looking at just over a week ago when you will recall that on the same day within the space of a few outlets, the militaries of the 2 careers were test firing new types of missiles. so it does seem to be an improvement on that at least catalonia is regional chief, has cold for the immediate release of former leader colors, pujol, who was detained by italian police in san daniel on thursday. the porters have

rallied outside the in conflict in barcelona, asking you to step in to mediate talks between the 2 side bay and a keys is more off edition for a 2017 independence referendum which was deemed illegal by the court. i speak to adam righty. who's out the court house on the italian island of sardinia. a 1st the tell us what is the latest on this case? well, what we're hearing right now is the audience is finally commencing. right now it's, it's a little after 3 local time here and then the judge, the lawyer for good is not. and also who's there himself, the a video call are now discussing this case, talking about the merits, talking about each side and whether not, italy will uphold an extradition. that for by spain will let the former president to clean it free. he had come to the island to attend a cultural conference. it's hard to think of

a place where he would be more popular outside of counseling. it been here because i'll get to the city. he flew to is a former capital in colony dating back hundreds years people. there are some of them, at least speak, cadillac. so he came to this conference conference so much more of a cultural festival that happens every year here. so what you might see behind me are flags, intermingling. that's that start denny and national flag, a flag that represents independence and also the cadillac national flag. so what we're seeing is 2 movements kind of joined to get the legal process. we've spoken to the protesters here, most of them italian sardinian to some one independent their own region here. and they just see that as total breach of international law would be arrested when it's ending. conference out. spain is saying that all laws should be protected and respected, and they want to see how this plays out. but they clearly asked for him to be detained at the airport. and we're probably going to see when

a couple of hours have not left some decision. be made here in the courthouse behind them. ready for us in sardinia outside the court house in to sorry, thank you. asia pacific security is expected to be on the agenda later on friday in washington. president joe bought and is hosting the indian australian and japanese leaders at the white house for the integral in person called lead a summit, formerly known as the quadra lateral curacy dialogue. the informal group is increasingly seen as a challenge. the, china's rising power initially proposed in 2007, but shelf that was revived again on the former president. on trump. the meeting is expected to include talks on ending the pandemic, tackling climate change. cyber security. the recent announcement of the office defense packs between the u. s. u can australia have caused unease among some who

fit an arms race with china ascend to can be helped get his life for us from the white house. kimberly a lot of discussions going on at the white house today, but most importantly, this is now the 1st in person meeting off the court. tell us more about what we expect. yeah, well it is a very busy day at the white house. in fact, even before this quad meeting gets underway, we are expecting to hear from the u. s. president in about under half an hour's time if he's on time to discuss cope with 19 the response and also the vaccination program. so i know we're going to be following that as well, but following the president's remarks on cobra 19, he is going to be meeting with the leaders of the quad. as you mentioned is the 1st meeting of this particular group, and you've identified the number one concern that will be the dominating issue in these discussions. and that is china. the concern about its growing influence,

particularly with respect to these 4 countries. as you've identified india as well as japan, australia, and the united states, so it is within that are broke. they will be discussing their shared concerns respective to their country climate change addressing and distributing more than a 1000000000 coven shots over the next 12 months into 2022. and also how the to the nations can sort of partner and have an alliance. when it comes to not only maritime issues, but also science and technology. kimberly, this has been a difficult week for president biden, has been the refugee crisis that the southern border. now the threats of government shut down next week. well, this will be a distraction from today's meeting. there is no question. this is the president eager to change the narrative. c here are the headlines,

have not been good for president bite in this week. you identified one of the crises, and that is the humanitarian refugee crisis of migrants amassing on the southern board of the united states and mexico. but that's just one of them. there is also still concern about the withdrawal from afghanistan, the death that occurred, not just us death, but also after death and as well there is now a looming government shut down. what we know is that on capitol hill, republicans are planning to vote against a measure to raise the debt ceiling to keep the government open. and in the midst of all this members of the president's own democratic party are also having issues over 2 key pieces of legislation that are part of the president's infrastructure agenda that he's really staked his presidency on. so the problem for the president is it's all happening at once. that's why it's no surprise, the president eager to not only host the quad, but to talk about coven 19 right now,

the president's approval rating has plummeted to a new low 43 percent. so this is a president eager to try and get a control on the narrative here in the united states and around the world. many thanks for that committee hall kids that live in the white house. and as the committee was saying that we are expecting a briefing from the white house in the next half an hour or so on. the u. s. coven response. we will, of course, take that live when it does again, it's got the weather now. he has kara hello there, let's look to south america and we've got active weather systems slamming into southern areas in particular, southern parts of chile, seeing that wet and windy weather were talking, potentially flooding. raines and stronger winds. and as we go into saturday, a bit of a winter mix that's going to move up north. and that's going to knock a lot of the heat that we've seen in santiago, we've got a temperature for of about 10 degrees. by the time we get into saturdays is going to start to feel cooler. now it has been feeding cool around argentina and southern

parts of brazil, but it is going to start to warm up here as that weather system pulls out to see for the north of this, we've got scattered, thunderstorms and showers effect in many areas. rain rolling across the heart of the amazon basin, peru is going to see some of the heavier falls as we go into saturday. and we move to central america from mexico. it's the you could time peninsula that sees some heavy rain pots of guatemala as well. but it does dry up as we go into saturday, and that's going to be welcome relief to some of the flooding that's been happening here. now from the caribbean, it is set to get wet and windy. we've got hurricane sam that's moving its way towards the lea would islands. it is going to bring some really wet and windy weather, making its way towards the caribbean base, and we'll keep an eye on that. that weather update. go ahead on al jazeera, lebanon's, new prime minister, meets with the french president in paris, hoping assure up international economic aid, and one troops try back rebels in northern most i'm big,

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a t middle eastern tough for trade and money skill filling that out. 3 key areas up to about filling up from it the connecting the world connecting the future. got cut to gateway to whoa trade. oh, are you watching out their minds f r top stories? that's our germany's parliamentary election. we'll decide who chancellor, anglo medical replacement will be 16 years in power. more than 60000000 citizens are eligible to vote with climate change becoming a major issue. russia is election commission has rejected claims of widespread vote

rigging as a certify the result of last week's commentary election. it confirmed that the pro kremlin united russia have won the poll with around 50 percent of the vote. capital loan is regional chief household for the immediate release of the former nita colored pujol, who was detained by talley and penny in on thursday. the board has rallied outside the italian conflict in the french president emmanuel mccaul has met with lebanon's new prime minister in the g mccarty in paris. because his newly forms cabinet, one of the very to confidence and parliament earlier this week, the government was put in place earlier this month after more than a year the political deadlock assigned to natasha butler. his live in pat.