as russia stand today and moscow's empire our series starting november fifth on t.w. . this is d w news live from berlin calling a snap election appears to have paid off big for shinzo abbay exit polls are projecting a landslide victory for the japanese prime there's a ruling conservative this fall is a short campaign that focused on the economy and the north korea crisis also coming up thousands gather here in berlin to condemn hate and racism in german politics

the demonstration comes two days before the bundestag returns to session with newly elected lawmakers from the far right alternative for germany. also coming up we'll get a check on the latest blunders league soccer action that's more than a quarter of the way through this season now with teams from the top and the bottom desperate for points we'll bring you all the goals of all the drama a match day not. them at herman welcome to the broadcast japan's prime minister shinzo has swept to a resoundingly victory after taking a gamble with snap elections liberal democratic party is set to retain its two thirds super majority in the lower house of parliament that allows him to make changes to the country's pacifist constitution on sunday he pledged to deal firmly

with threats from north korea that dominated the campaign. a coronation for every seat one a tradition in japanese politics prime minister shinzo a had quite a few carnations to pin thanks to his coalition's big landslide retaining a super majority of two thirds in parliament was one of the conservatives goals they want to reform japan's pacifistic constitution which restricts the military to self defense they point to the threat from north korea as proof that the constitution is outdated. calling snap elections was a risk but the gamble paid off handsomely when i made the call he was facing low approval ratings after a string of government scandals pushing elections forward was a master stroke of politics his rival yuri koori the governor of tokyo was rising in the polls but had little time to prepare. her take on the issues should have

appealed to the voters but it clearly wasn't a winning electoral strategy that cousin about this japan's opposition didn't have the time or perhaps the inclination to unify the left liberals candidate former chief cabinet secretary yukio edano came in a distant second. prime minister was able to convince voters he was better on security and turnout may have been affected by heavy rains not a good sign for new beginnings earlier i spoke to tokyo correspondent michael penn and asked him to explain what kind of japan shinzo is trying to create. you know i think the keystone to understanding his vision is that you know she's abbay kind of feels that japan in the post-war era somehow had its pride damaged and i think this is kind of at the heart of what motivates him he believes that japan

should become a nation which in his view is a normal nation with a normal military which has normal nationalism and pride so while this is not a mainstream view in japan it's very much been part of obvious character all throughout his life and it's what you know it's one of the things which has guided in that part of that is his family history because his own family was deeply involved in the world war two incidents and he feels that needs to be reevaluated are there are two stories to this election i mean the big win for sins of a in his party and the collapse of any some semblance of real opposition why did they fail so badly in this election you know will be there was a very dramatic series of events that happened leading up to to the election the last couple of weeks among the opposition parties the opposition party which had existed for

a couple of decades basically fell apart two weeks before the election and its main problem was it was a mix of liberals conservatives and centrists all in one party and they attempted to the conservative part of that party attempted to affiliate with the tokyo governor who was very popular a couple of weeks ago and two to create a new head of steam to challenge abbay that failed miserably because the public didn't like the maneuvering that went on and actually the winner among the opposition parties looks like it's going to be a small progressive party that didn't exist two weeks ago but they came out of the ashes and they look like they're going to have a some credibility that other opposition parties don't have. finally how do you think that depends neighbors are going to react to this election's outcome. right well i mean abi has been a fixture of the region for some time he's hardly popular among the asian neighbors

but he's a known quantity you know most international. governments looking at what's going on in japan you know i'll be somebody they've dealt with they've met they've talked you know they know what he is whereas if there was a new opposition leader who came to power you know there's always uncertainty about the new person and their direction so i think that in general. most countries around will be comfortable with that simply because they know what obvious about our rights to pan staying the course thanks so much for joining us from tokyo michael. now on to some other stories making news around the world exit polls shows that he and president bush has won a second term in office he garnered more than fifty percent of the vote enough to avoid a runoff is the first time an incumbent has ever won reelection in a country power is officially an independent but endorsed by the social democrats. hundreds of hardline buddhists have marched in me in march to protest against their

government's plan to allow six hundred thousands for him to refugees back into the country they fled after me and mars military began raiding burning their villages many members of the in mars' buddhist majority view the religion as illegal migrants. russian opposition leader let's involve the has been released from jail after serving a twenty day sentence the n.t. corruption campaigner was arrested last month after calling for authorised demonstrations developed he has held numerous rallies across the country since announcing his intention to stand in next year's election against president vladimir putin. well over ten thousand people have gathered here in berlin to protest against racism and hate in german politics the demonstration is widely seen as aimed squarely at the far right alternative for germany now dozens of deputies from that party are set to take their seats in the bundestag on tuesday after the

party finished third in last month's federal elections. hate has no place in the people's house that was the message of today's demonstration as thousands marched on berlin's bundestag. and most of the protesters showed up because they're worried about the a.f.p. ninety two deputies from the far right party will enter parliament in less than two days from now. we must live together all people together and we must not allow this process most of these things to come to the. i think today is a german you hold a special responsibility to ensure that parties like the f.t. don't have a say in politics. and you can organize the demonstration he came to germany as a refugee he says the protests should be a wake up call to f.t. voters the if the voters to reflect their mindset you know they voted for a party which said a lot of racist things which is not ok. so it is

a wake up call and we want to stress that racism. allowed in our bonus talk d.a.s.d. was voted into parliament almost a month ago with thirteen percent of the vote they'll be the first party right of the conservatives to enter germany's parliament since the fifty's most of these protesters know that today's demonstration was largely symbolic but it does act as a reminder that the vast majority of germans are in fact against the f.d.a. and this might be food for thought for german political parties as the german parliament convenes for the first time since the election on tuesday. the waiting game going on in spain as the country's worst political crisis in recent history continues to simmer hundreds of thousands of protesters took to barcelona streets saturday to support catalan independence the region's leader who demands harshly criticized spanish prime minister mariano rajoy for moving to strip catalonia of

regional autonomy the catalog government is set to meet on monday to discuss its response. all right but just like a match day nine is over and done with a check on the scores of sunday's games cologne hosted braman in a bottom of the table clash no score in this one a single point doesn't help either team escape from the drop zone fribourg and heritage berlin also share the spoils freiburg took the lead but here to convert a penalty late to level the scoreline and there was another draw which we both forget hoffenheim off and i looked on course for the win but picked up a very very late goal in injury time. gone bottom leverkusen faced off in a rhyme when darby on saturday the hosts were left red faced as leverkusen ran riot in the second half to bring home the bragging rights. lad back into the game on the

back of two straight wins and with last in line find foam they've accusing coach heiko halleck might have been fearing the worst and it looked a tough ask for the visitors when fabby and johnson put gladbach ahead on seven minutes the hosts at the top four in their sights but local rivalries can be strange games sometimes and so it proved. soon after the break leverkusen leveled the schools from spain and then there was firstly don't faze new club. lad but keep a young salma won't want to see this one again. the game flipped completely just before the hour mark and the young daley making it to one to lay the cruzan it was a smart finish from the jamaican winger who showed pinpoint accuracy in the heat of a fervent pond as they get a. moments later in the visitors or in dreamland of germany's yulian brands again embarrassing sama and black backed busty to hacking. the live accusing search

continued and struck a kid in full on showed off their rich attacking options to make it for one before the rant was completed by you know poleon paulo. inconsistent leverkusen had suddenly dished out a thumping. i believe the team made a great step forward with that second half to splay. glad that fans trudged home in disgust five one is no way to lose a home. suddenly very difficult to explain after the one one we completely fell apart we allowed them to counter-attack it will command us. they've accuse and went to the top with the play is quite literally jumping for joy. well who comes around of all the weekends when this legal action confirmation of those three draws comes at the top of your screen byron munich they got past hamburg

a stunning win for leverkusen dortmund they drew with frankfurt hannover beat out score leipsic got the better of stuttgart and shell won on friday so we'll see what those results mean and the table is turning into a three horse race at the top of the bundesliga by a go level with dortmund with leipzig just one point behind shell and. hoffenheim they're in hot pursuit down the other end of the table defeats for alex ward minds and stuttgart mean they all moved down and still no change at the bottom bremen and cologne and around becomes a story about an interesting kind of wacky sporting competition that just wrapped up in croatia the world's first olive picking championship yeah that's right picking is now a sporting event at least for those who've spent hours owning their craft at figures from around the world gathered in an ancient olive grove and got to picking through the look. it wasn't a holiday in this croatian village known for its all the production it was

a showdown to determine the best in picking the price right in ready for the taking of teams representing different countries most of the near croatia were warmed up in ready to pick using only their hands it's at more than speed and agility to outdo the rest and pick the most olives it was about technique and lasting enduring we think that this idea is to make an early feaking championship with a base of fetch a fantastic idea that we just have to be. the first ever all the picking champion the home team croatia. and about this time it is official we like the idea to finally have the opportunity to show that we are among the best. it wasn't only about a competition but rather an initiative together people from all the producing regions

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