in language it brought forth the ripples of nationalism. the soviet union's country where does russia stand today and moscow's in our series starting november fifth on g.w. . this is d w news live from berlin austria takes a turn to the right in national elections political whiz kids about kurt's declares victory just months after being appointed leader of the conservative people's party

he has promised tough new immigration policies we'll go live to vienna also coming up. germany's s.p.d. takes the lead in a vote in lower saxony an unexpected turn after a dismal showing in national elections will bring you the latest numbers and what they mean for chancellor angela merkel as she tries to form a new coalition government. and the devastation in the somali capital of mogadishu for more than two hundred people were killed in a massive bomb blast. on my ass waiter thanks for joining us austria is getting a new chancellor as conservative sebastian curt's claims victory after snap elections the thirty one year old took the reins of the people's party just a few months ago he's campaigned heavily on promises to clamp down. an immigration

curt's doesn't have a governing majority so probably have to form a coalition government one likely partner is the far right freedom party which also made strong gains. they call him ven divert c. the whiz kid at thirty one the conservative sebastian cortes becomes europe's youngest head of government promising a new kind of politics. today we have a strong mandate to change this country and i thank you for making that possible. that would. the far right freedom party led by hans christian straka achieved close to the best result in its history and looks most likely to form a coalition with the conservatives both parties that campaigned against immigration and islamic the will for change in austria is widespread and strong a series of scandals hammered the social democrats of outgoing chancellor christian

can he's now facing a spell in opposition. it's about defending modern diverse and democratic austria that will be needed more than ever in the next five years. yet another surprise came for the greens their vote fell by nearly two thirds making even their presence in the next parliament uncertain. wrangling over the shape of the next coalition can now begin the far rights likely return to governments in wealthy austria will worry a european union already unsettled by brics it and rising extremism. well all the votes have now been counted except for the postal ballots will have the final projected result although the official results won't be available for several days the conservative people's party led by sebastian kurtz are at thirty one point six percent it's been a tight race for second place the far right freedom party have twenty six percent

putting them just behind the social democrats led by a current chancellor christan current who are at twenty six point nine percent and looking at the smaller parties keep in mind a party needs at least four percent of the vote to secure seats in the parliament the liberal neo's are at five point one percent but big losses for the greens who are at three point nine percent and peter pitt says list founded by a former lawmaker is at four point three percent joining us now from vienna is g.w. correspondent max hoffman the young conservative leaders of austin kurtz has declared victory and he says changes are coming what kind of changes can the world expect. of course it depends on the coalition that he will have but if we try to grasp something for the persons of us in quotes in the way he had his campaign it's not because he took things from the left he took things from the middle but mainly he

had his campaign that was oriented to the right so we know he wants to reduce immigration and he might want tax relief for the lower and middle income brackets he said he was against same sex marriage but there is still not a lot of detail to what he actually wants he always talks about a new political style but now he will have to fill this up with some meat and potatoes so a swing to the right but not a lot of details forthcoming right now and he'll need a party to govern with and is there any doubt right now that that will be the far right freedom party. well you said it this evening again he said i don't exclude anything so he didn't want to make a clear commitment to the freedom party the right wing freedom party and of course if you do the math there are other options that are possible mainly to continue the grand coalition with the social democrats but taking into account that he basically ended that grand coalition it doesn't seem very likely at this point so yes most people here are the experts the journalists the politicians do believe that we will

have the right wing coalition between the austrian people's party and the freedom party in the end but of course it'll take some to go shitty. so we saw that migration and the refugee crisis were some of the key issues of this election and what are the results say about the voters attitudes. that's through the migration issue got the most published city and it's probably the one thing where most parties were very detailed about so for examples of busting courts wants to close the mediterranean route where you have a lot of migrants coming from africa to australia he wants to cut down benefits for migrants that are in the country those kind of things but it's too early to say this was really the decisive issue one thing's for certain this was a very personalized campaign and it was also a campaign where just the youthful appearance of course had his effect and what do you also talks about the change in political style austrians were fed up with the

bickering of the grand coalition with the lack of reforms and he promises a new beginning a new style very much like your money michael in france and that might have won him the vote as well. then in vienna thank you very much. and it's a night of nailbiting after a reasonable election in the german state of lower saxony the governing coalition there is waiting to find out whether it has enough votes to stay in power the result could have a big influence on coalition talks here in berlin what's certain is that it has been a bad night for chancellor angela merkel and her christian democrats the c.d.u. but it's been a good night for the social democrats let's take a look at the latest projected results the c.d.u. is in second with thirty three point six percent of the vote and the social democrats are s.p.d. have made big gains coming out on top with thirty seven percent the green party is in third with eight point seven percent the pro-business d p party takes seven

point five percent the left party takes four point six percent which is not enough to clear the five percent hurdle for seats in parliament and the far right alternative for germany is at six point two percent which puts them in the state parliament in lower saxony for the first time there are one hundred thirty seven seats up for grabs in the state parliament and hand over based on the projected results the christian democrats will take fifty of those seats the social democrats will have the largest share with fifty five the green party will have twelve seats in the house the liberal f.d.p. party will get eleven and the alternative for germany will have nine of the seats that means the current coalition of the greens and social democrats will fall just short of the governing majority our correspondents have the questioner is standing by for us in hanover. we've seen the results now as they are what does this mean for the national political scene is this bad news for

chancellor merkel and the upcoming coalition talks. well it is bad news for her in the sense that she did see her c.d.u. party here beaten by the social democrats and the c.d.u. until a couple of weeks ago here in lower saxony looked like they could take this state back and like they could actually maintain that lead well that didn't happen and the social democrats now have a new hero after that for matic experience in the last general elections also we're already hearing from voices here within the c.d.u. which are blaming the german chancellor in part for these bad results here. her message just after those elections that she won but it certainly was not a victory because there were some heavy losses for her c.d.u. party as well was she basically said that she didn't really know what she should have done differently well this certainly didn't help matters here with the

christian democrats in lower saxony having said that the issues here were very much regional issues there were the question of education policy that was very high up on the agenda of migration the migration issue didn't feature that large and stefan via from the social democrats was very popular here in the us actually to begin with it's a lot of regional politics playing a big role and the day the alternative for germany is now entering its fourteenth regional parliament will this change the political landscape again. well certainly there will be this. aggressive voice that can be expected here in lower saxony as well as in the german bonus talk in berlin once the parliament convenes there for the first time so they will certainly change the tone they themselves have set the result of having a safe safely passing that five percent threshold that's we what i heard from if tea party leader york morton earlier when i had the chance to speak to him but one

thing has to be said this is less than half of what they got nationally so yes it is a success for the a.f.d. but this meteoric rise that the if he has seen in the general elections by no means was a given here in lower saxony so that dynamic too could change. for us and hand over thank you very much in other news somalia's president has declared three days of mourning after a devastating attack on the somali capital mogadishu the massive truck bomb blast as lot more than two hundred people dead and hundreds more wounded many are fighting for their lives the explosion took place on a busy street near key government ministries the president has blamed the al-shabaab extremist group for the attack but no one has claimed responsibility yet . the first blast tore apart a busy street in central mogadishu. it's it cars on

fire and flattened buildings. offices restaurants and kiosks that once stood at this intersection on no more a popular who was reduced to rubble not far from the somali foreign ministry. security forces had been trailing this truck when it suddenly blew up. locals describe the explosion as the most powerful they'd seen. it's really terrible with a heavy heart i would say this is the worst attack i've ever witnessed a lot of people died and many properties were lost. and this is what's really devastating you know this is such a scene before. a lot of buildings disappeared completely became probably. a lot of dead bodies at the scene a little bit bodies i myself only counted more than twenty five bodies on the scene

after that there was a second blast. another bomb yet more data casualties from the second blast in the medina district to a local hospital. some people are now recovering but they lost limbs at this are still fighting for their lives. what happened yesterday was incredible i've never seen anything like it. it's impossible to carve the number of dead many bodies were burned so badly that no one could recognize them. at the size families was still searching for loved ones among the to pretty. somalia's president has to cage three days of mourning as mogadishu grieves those it has lost. canadian writer margaret atwood has been awarded the

twenty seventeen peace prize of the german book trade the ceremony was held on the final day of the frankfurt book fair the writer is best known for the handmaid's tale a novel about a dystopian us future where women are forced to become sex slaves at what has also warned of signs of totalitarianism in the u.s. today. the bundesliga show follows after the break with all the big talking points from the weekend vetter bremen strike or even clausen it is our guest and his former team were one of the four in action on sunday bremen hoping for their first win of the season we will bring you all of the goals and see if women coach alexander nori can ease the pressure. don't forget you can always get news on the go to sound that are out from google play or the google app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the app to send us your photos

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