australians are voting in a tightly fought general election which could see the opposition labor party regain power. labor — led by bill shorten — has had a slender lead in opinion polls over the conservative liberal party of the current prime minister, scott morrison. the united states and canada have agreed to drop tariffs on steel and aluminium imports imposed just under a year ago. it follows lengthy negotiations. it could pave the way for the ratification of a new north american trade agreement. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has said he sent envoys to norway this week to explore dialogue with the opposition. he said it was with the aim of building a ‘peaceful agenda', but it's not clear if any direct talks took place. venezuela is in the middle of a power struggle between mr maduro and juan guaido that's seen weeks of street protests.

now on bbc news, a look at the rise of the right in this week's our world. across europe the far right is on the rise. taking on governments, promising to an migration, and shakeup promising to an migration, and sha keup the promising to an migration, and shakeup the eu. i don't want to be pa rt shakeup the eu. i don't want to be part of the minority in my own country. what are these parties feeling hate? i think their aims are absolutely dangerous.” feeling hate? i think their aims are absolutely dangerous. i am jean mackenzie and i'm travelling through the consonant to try and understand their success —— consonant. meeting people behind the movements, and those fighting to stop them. we much for europe. let's go. with european elections up ahead, a nationalist alliance is forming. they are saying

we are living in a dictatorship, that there is less and less freedom day by day. with this change europe as we know it? a saturday evening in april, and amidst tight security, germany's far right party, the asd, the alternative for deutschland, kicks off its campaign —— afd. support for the md off its campaign —— afd. support for the afd exploded during the german national elections 18 months ago. it ended parliament for the first time as germany's largest opposition party. parts of the new wave of nationalism, populism is spreading across europe. the party has

capitalised on the migrant crisis of 2015 and on angela merkel‘s decision to ta ke 2015 and on angela merkel‘s decision to take in over1 million refugees. i heading to leipzig in former east germany, whether party has the most support. julian runs the youth wing here. what does this mean? die german. we have a big left seen here in leap the —— leipzig, they don't like us. we went to the afd was my collection lines. something they said there was that germany had been colonised by islam, colonised by africa, you agree with that?

your opponents call you racist. these views make many here bristol, germans are acutely aware of their past and some find the parallel is deeply troubling. francisco left the asd concerned it was becoming more extreme. the most extreme ideology is that they're are good persons and bad persons, not because of their behaviour, but of their genetic code. and if you are arabic, then you are worth less than good, white germans. that ideology exists? about ideology dominates stop far right ideas are gathering momentum in germany, but what happens when the populist have the power? --

populists. hungary is the country so many these parties look up to. live for almost a decade by the ardent nationalists, here, eu election posters tell people to support their long—running plan to stop migration. instead, he supports large families. hungarians take their swimming very seriously, a few more so than the gabbel family.

the family are just as passionate about their government, orban's party has absolute majority in government. the couple have benefited from a government scheme that gives money to families with three children or more.

the country orban built is deeply divided, with the prime minister accused of corruption and eroding people's democratic rights. here in this village, the mayor is one of the most outspoken critics of the leader. the government has stopped helping you? what has viktor orban changed in this country since he took power?

across europe, far right populist parties are tapping into a deep rooted dissatisfaction, appealing to people who feel they've been disenfranchised. iam in i am in one of the most rural parts of estonia, the far right party ekra has surged here in a recent

election. a meeting a localfarmer. -- ekre. live out here jars with the country's recent success. after decades of soviet rule, estonia's economy is finally booming. a haven for start—ups and new technology. liberal values are now well—established. but today, they are being tested. far right success has just bought them a place in government, part of a new coalition. known for their roasters remarks does racist remarks, they aim to end

same—sex marriage and ban abortions. they attack judges and journalists. as its leaders are sworn into power, they give the white nationalist salute. are you excited that ekre is 110w salute. are you excited that ekre is now in government? these nationalist far right parties are surging across europe. when we see them successful in one country, then voters in other countries say 0k, then voters in other countries say ok, if these parties are successful here, then that is fine. they are ok to vote for. there is a so-called domino effect. they have a name, the eu. with elections up ahead, the sense an opportunity to work together. these parties are now

saying we want to revolt from within. we want to get in the european parliament in order to change europe and take europe in a direction that nationalist parties would be happy with. they are creating a new far right dock in the european parliament to be led by italy's deputy prime minister. top of the list of things to changes europe's stance on immigration. hungary was at the forefront of the refugee crisis is a route into the eu. most people were just passing through, but within weeks, orban built a fence to get them out. ever since migrants have been the enemy here. still, the target in his

election campaign. these posters are absolutely everywhere. voters are being bombarded with this message to stop migration. this is a country where last year, there were 700,000 asylu m where last year, there were 700,000 asylum seekers —— they took in 700 asylu m asylum seekers —— they took in 700 asylum seekers. back in the border town, i'm taking to where defence begins. hungary's border with serbia and rumania. here, it acts as little more than a symbolic gesture. this is a propaganda tv. every day, every minute. this is state tv?

yeah, yeah, yeah. migrant stories are constantly in the news. what do you hear on the news about what is happening in western europe?

similar messages are being pushed out by populist parties across europe. when fra nziska out by populist parties across europe. when franziska worked for the afd in germany, it was herjob to produce this content. the afd in germany, it was herjob to produce this contentlj the afd in germany, it was herjob to produce this content. i worked, for example, in press information and they say that's not strong enough, fix it a little bit. be creative. i would say, ok, that's not correct anymore. you will find the solution. so they know, do they, that they are lying to people? the politicians, yes. the members, not. that is the problem. everything the afd tells them is absolutely right. some of the information that afd has

put out on social media channels, particularly when it comes to statistics relating to foreigners or migrants been proven to be incorrect. there was one which said that migrant rapes in bavaria had gone up 91% in a year. that was proven to be incorrect. rapes increased because of refugees. have you ever given out incorrect information to make a political point? ina

information to make a political point? in a short space of time, the afd have changed the conversation around migration in germany and there are concerns this is emboldened in more extreme groups. nationalist ideas are becoming more and more prominent. it's becoming more and more legitimate to openly express them and that opens pandora's box. this is alex, and activist in the far right group in europe generation identity. while they share the afd‘s ideas on immigration, some of their ideas are more extreme. and on facebook, they share their message on youtube. it's now emerged that the man behind the christchurch mosque shootings do to them. yesterday we made a video about self tattooing. not looking really pretty but it's just the period, you know. we say ok, germany shall be the country of the natives.

let's start a shall be the country of the natives. let‘s start a re— shall be the country of the natives. let's start a re— migration. that means everybody that is not allowed to be in germany, then he has to go back. we are taken to their headquarters. i am jean, back. we are taken to their headquarters. iamjean, nice back. we are taken to their headquarters. i amjean, nice to meet you. generation identity is currently being monitored by intelligence services and i want to ask alex about his group's links to the new zealand shootings. what happened in christchurch was really terrible. it's got nothing to do with generation identity. wide but some of the ideas you promote about migration and about migrants not necessarily belonging, can you not

see that they might lead to some people acting out violently towards those people? if a freak takes ideas from every, every area that he can find, then it's not the idea. the problem is the freak. the hungarian prime minister has waged war with the eu. but his nationalist vision for the country is a nearly —— alienating many young hungarians. in budapest, i meet with this young woman who grew up budapest, i meet with this young woman who grew up here. everything has gone wrong in the last few yea rs. has gone wrong in the last few years. i feel fascinated and sad a lot and that's why i think it's difficult to live here. i have so many friends and most of them live in copenhagen, amsterdam, london. they've left hungary? yeah. hundreds of thousands of young people have left hungary since viktor orban came to power and many of the protests in

budapest have been defaced. stop immigration, they now read. i'm thinking about moving to another country. i am actually not considering to raise a kid here. hungary is not seen as a democratic country anymore. no. i have my right to vote but when i go to vote, it isn't worth that much. the minority who sees the word and knows that things can be different. i shouldn't be driven away from here. we certainly fear that basically the country or the government is forcing me to move somewhere else but of course, i also care about the country and i feel like people stood also stay here and try to do something. -- should. europe stands

by your side. we stand by your side. you are not alone. 15 years to the david hungaryjoined you are not alone. 15 years to the david hungary joined the you are not alone. 15 years to the david hungaryjoined the eu and the is on. the country has a new young opposition led by anne deniau. we decided to do a much standing up for european ballads. i would say we are not living in a dictatorship but there is less and less people expect freedom every day. a lot of people live in fear. if they speak up, they will lose theirjob. they go to a demonstration, theirfamily will lose theirjob. they go to a demonstration, their family will be harassed, their businesses will shut down. we much more purpose, for unity. we much for europe. let's go. thanks march. the key for the populace is that they act upon the fears and emotions of the people, especially those ones who disagree with the system and you have a right to be afraid, you have a right to

hate what is happening around you but those populist answers, will not solve your problems. still shaken by the recent election, in tallinn, there is a more gentle protests. entrepreneur karoly has staged this concert hoping to heal some of the country's wounds. what is happening in the world in general is happening in the world in general isa is happening in the world in general is a very strong identity crisis, people who have been more left behind whose voices have not been heard, have somehow found their voice in populism. i think we need to work together, not to oppose and say 100,000 people who voted for one party somehow made a wrong choice, but what drove them there and how to get the results back. do you worry

that some of the extreme language, more extreme policies, could be divisive and dangerous for estonia? asi as i spend more time with indrek, it becomes clear he disagrees with some of his party's hard—line viewers. if you don't like the extreme side of the party and some of the things it stands for and is doing to estonia, why do you still supported? much of the support for the far right in europe began as a protest by those who felt they had nowhere else to turn. but as nationalism gathers momentum across the continent, it threatens to shake the european union to its core. the line

between what is mainstream and what is extreme is no longer clear—cut and that is the biggest danger for our liberal democracies. how would you like germany to change? are you proud to be german? yeah. to be proud about your country is something that for me doesn't make any sense of all ——at all. i can't be proud of being hungary and because i can't be proud of having blue eyes or whatever. what does it mean to you to be german?

hello. much of this week has been gloriously sunny, dry and reasonably warm. things turned a bit cloudier and cooler later on friday. this was a picture taken by one of our weather watchers in mepham in kent. a bit of sunshine across scotland. through the course of the weekend the sunshine will be in shorter supply. quite an unsettled showery story. some sunny spells, especially across parts of the uk. scotland will see the bulk of the rain on saturday morning because we have got this frontal system, fairly weak front coming and which is introducing a lot of low cloud, mist and fog as well. outbreaks of rain

across parts of scotland. a soggy start to saturday here. patchy rain affecting parts of northern ireland. a few showers popping up for northern england. further south, dry weather through the morning, but you'll notice too, one or two of those showers just bubbling up in the afternoon. nowhere immune to catching a passing shower. in the afternoon. it will be hit and miss, some sunshine in between. temperatures in the south likely to hit 19 also. further north, just 13 or 1a celsius. a different feeling in scotland compared to what we have seen in the past few days. moving through into the early hours of sunday morning, quite a lot of cloud in general across the country, particularly cloudy in the north and patchy outbreaks of rain to scotland and northern ireland. drier further south and we're looking at a frost—free night with temperatures generally holding up into mid—single figures. so this is how we are heading into the second half of the weekend for sunday. a big area of low pressure across central parts of europe. we're drawing in the breeze around that.

a bit of an easterly flow bringing that cloud off the north sea to parts of eastern scotland. eastern england could see one or two showers popping up, and some patchy rain moving into western scotland and northern ireland. during the afternoon, more of these showers tending to bubble up. you will really notice that mix of sunny spells, scattered blustery showers, one or two on the heavy side, could be heavy hail and the odd rumble of thunder. a bit warmer, 20 degrees or so the top temperature by the time we get to sunday. heading on into the new working week, and there's not a great change in the pressure set—up. we've still got a bit of a slack flow, things not moving very quickly, patchy cloud around, some sunshine i think through the day on monday, and a lot of dry weather in the morning but again, it will be the afternoon with the daytime heating we see those showers developing, particularly in eastern scotland and eastern england during the day on monday. temperatures not too bad. 14—20 degrees or so. the outlook is fairly settled through the week ahead. some showers around and spells of sunshine. temperatures typically 15—20 degrees. goodbye for now.

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