the german aids foundation is supporting the project in mozambique give a baby a future make a donation. this is the give you news live from berlin going a snap election appears to have paid off big portions of the exit polls are projecting a landslide victory for the japanese prime minister's ruling conservatives this follows a short campaign that focused on the economy and the north korean crisis. also coming up all five living former u.s.

presidents unite for a good cause they have attended a concert to raise money for victims of hurricane that struck the u.s. and its territories. and we'll revisit the wonderfully go from last night's action where the results influenced the top of the table miami it traveled to hamburg and things got physical ending the defending champions and extra man advantage as they look to reel in table toppers dog. i met her in thanks for joining us japan's prime minister shinzo abbay has sailed to a landslide victory after taking a gamble with snap elections votes are still being counted but it's already clear that all based liberal democratic party will win an absolute majority in the lower house of parliament and the question now is whether his governing coalition will

retain its super majority they called the election last month to consolidate his government's position so as to revise the country's post-war constitution and tackle the north korean crisis. a short time ago i spoke to journalist michael penn in tokyo i asked him why are they call this election when he could have waited until next year. well you see although he has a lot of a personal baggage at the time he's not particularly personally popular he saw that the opposition parties were in a very weak position to challenge him the main opposition party at that time was just had a new leader and was clearly very disorganized and then there was a very popular governor of tokyo who was preparing to move into national politics but by going now instead of next year he was able to essentially get the tokyo governor to move too quickly before she was ready and her effort to unseat him fell

apart pretty badly. let's talk a little bit about this supermajority if he does get it what will it let his government do in the coming years well prime minister abbott sheens all but all of his life it's been very clear what he's been aiming for long before he was prime minister probably when he was a teenager he's wanted to revise the constitution of japan in particular to get rid of its pacifist article nine or to modify in some way so whether or not he gets the supermajority i think he's going to go forward with that because he has very little time maybe a couple years left so i think you'll see him go for a constitutional revision and even if he doesn't get them super majority i think he'll probably try to get other opposition parties to join him in that effort. all right looking ahead and beyond this constitutional question you mention that some of the other parties might have stronger challengers in the years ahead what do you

see in their future. well there is one really interesting development how come on the opposition parties. previously up for some years basically the main opposition party was a mix of conservative centrist and liberal lawmakers but as a result of the last few weeks we've seen finally the emergence of what may be a credible left of center party called the constitutional democratic party of japan they didn't have time to prepare they weren't able to put in a candidates out there but they're doing a pretty credible job in their first election and we may see in future years finally maybe a system in japan where people can vote for parties that have meaning rather than rather meaningless groups of politicians all right we'll see if that future comes true michael pan thanks for joining us from to fam. well move on now to some other stories making news around the world the world health organization has withdrawn

its appointment of zimbabwe's president robert mugabe to serve as a goodwill ambassador the move came following a global outcry from foreign governments and rights groups say the original decision to include him contradicted the un's ideals on human rights. russian opposition leader alexei devolving announced on social media that he's out of detention he'd served a twenty day term in moscow for organizing what officials called on authorized protests of only has held numerous rallies across the country since announcing his intention to stand in next year's election against letting a putin. thousands of people have gathered in berlin to protest hate and racism in german politics the protest is widely seen as aimed at the a f.t.v. far right party that came third in last month's federal election really one hundred

and fifty deputies are set to take their seats when the biggest hog holds its first session on tuesday. well the spanish government is moving forward with what's being called the nuclear option in catalonia but red has announced unprecedented measures to temporarily strip that region of its powers and firing the leaders and triggering fresh elections now catalan president karl is wisdom on is accusing the central government of the worst attack on his region since franco meanwhile large crowds gathered in barcelona to protest spain's proposals. to these pro independence catalans the central government's decision to fire catalonia separatist leaders and trigger new elections was yet another insult in response hundreds of thousands of protesters took to barcelona streets among them as preached a moment to announce to the question on president since a possible. i want what without standing for any election with very little support

and against the will of the majority the government of mariano rajoy wants to name a board of directors to remotely controlled the life of catalonia from madrid in announcing the decision spanish prime minister mariano to hoa's says triggering article one five five is the last resort the article announced the central government to wrest back control of regions acting in a way that seriously undermines the interests of spain not it has been there but we are not suspending catalonia as autonomy or itself governance the measure will remove those people that put the autonomous government outside the law and the constitution itself governance will not end it will be recovered for the sake of its legality and for the coexistence of all cattle lands not just those who approach independence laws independent of. the measures still needs to pass the spanish senate which votes on friday it's expected to pass as roy's party holds

a majority of senate seats. it's not often that all five of america's living former presidents get together on stage last night jimmy carter bill clinton barack obama george h.w. bush and george w. bush put aside partisan differences to raise money for hurricane victims they were joined by popular pop rock and country stars for a concert that was broadcast nationally from houston texas. the oldest ok seat a concert and a plea help your fellow americans some of the that was the message that the five living former presidents had for america at a fundraiser in houston texas to help victims of hurricanes the devastated u.s. gulf states and caribbean territories this fall tour over storm roosters or tomorrow could move the produce. the response from the

americans. when they see their neighbors and they see their friends. this is stranger than me american stepped up. for the concert also featured country and rock n roll stars. but the night's surprise headliner was pop superstar and grammy award winner lady gaga. pain is such an equalizer. and in a time of catastrophe we all put our differences aside and we come together. because we need each other oh we can survive. a lot and i want to express our deep the current u.s. president donald trump did not attend but he did send a video message thanking his predecessors for their help. the five former presidents started their fund raising initiative in september since then has raised more than thirty one million dollars.

well sunday's bundesliga action already has one result in the books for match day nine cologne hosted braman in a bottom of the table clash and there was no score in this one cologne and brand two of the weakest offices in the league nil nil the final freiburg and they're already underway and both borg and hoffenheim will kick off in the late match now in the bundesliga on saturday by in munich continued their resurgent under new coach you pikas but they travel to hamburg and find out a gritty victory and a physical encounter. hamburg knew they were going to need all the help they could get against their bogey team by a munich. maybe ham on the hefty mascot could help keep things tight at the back. in the first half hamburg did throw everything they had in byron's way the visitors

piled on the pressure and tallied sixty eight percent possession but struggled to create chances and threw from kingsley coleman ended up with aryan robins shot hitting the side netting. some excitement after forty minutes gideon young stopping come on in his tracks. and the referee sent him to an early show or a hard but justifiable decision. came on after the interval hoping to kick start the bahrain attack and five minutes later david with the cross. and current town to the so open the scoring for the bavarians the frenchman. presence did indeed provide the spark. but he only lasted ten minutes on the pitch before thought of them sent him back to the bench hamburg to stave off defeat but

andre hons late shock pushed over the cross. the hapless hosts have now failed to score in four straight home games and sunday's results could even sink them into the drop zone. by air and meanwhile continue their upswing under your pint this three wins nine goals scored none conceded even if it took some hard work against ten men hamburg. the victory met by and went level on the top of the. slipped up away to frankfurt despite taking a two. roman birky raring to go the news for you a contracts promise to give a dormant key for a much needed boost it was a show of support that seemed to do the trick dorman not threatening in the opening stages mark butler surged towards the goal and nervy shahin slotted in.

the black and yellows in front of the nineteen minutes. dangerous zombie attack but also leaky in defense frankfurt had no shortage of chances but failed to capitalize but he was not letting anything past his posts the second half was as intense as the first appear and what it about me young just missing out here. but the dogman fans were soon given something to cheer about to maximilian philip was unstoppable and made it to nearly fifty seventh minute. short of the when coach peter bosch switched around his defense it was a fatal error burkey took down and to really bit a penalty. sebastian out there kept his nerve to pull one back for frankfurt. and four minutes later marius voce levelled for schools it

was a pinpoint pass that sets him up for dormant offense was nowhere. it's been complaints of i'm completely unsatisfied we had to win this game we knew it wouldn't be easy because of our defense we had to change everything around and we knew then it wouldn't be easy and it wasn't. when you're two nil ahead you have to win the game action of food that was meant to be given to all of the final score after being to go was up for dortmund it felt more like a defeat than a draw. another team on dortmund's heels after their draw rb leipzig they managed a one nil win against dart also sabates or curled a beauty pass run never see that in the twenty second minute and that was all the scoring his side needed absolutely no chance of stopping this one. so it was actually only on the pitch because bruma was injured in the warm up and leipsic wind up with just one point fewer than the table toppers.

for about to go with his reminder of our top stories exit polls project japanese prime minister shinzo obvious coalition is headed for a landslide victory following elections in the country folks are still being counted and the final results will be coming and the next few hours. that's all from us here at g.w. news in berlin we'll have more news coming at the top of the hour if you want more news and information right now at our website that is d.w. dot com thanks very much for joining us. it's reformation day on g.w. . have programs when the clock marking its five hundredth anniversary we're going live to the commemoration ceremony in the bag will be documentaries magazines and talk shows focusing on luther and the groundbreaking events he helped set in motion restoration day job or thirty first.