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in language it brought forth the ripples of nationalism. the soviet union's heritage where does russia stand today and moscow's empire were serious starting november fifth to a dog. this is the news live from berlin calling a snap election appears to have paid off big push in zoabi unofficial results indicate 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
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coming up. thousands of people gather in the maltese capital letter to on an investigative journalist killed by a car bomb they call for more justice and demand the resignation of the mediterranean islands police commissioner. i'm welcome to the program japan's prime minister shinzo abbay has swept to a resoundingly victory of to taking a gamble with snap elections now abizaid liberal democratic party is set to have a two thirds supermajority in the know house of parliament that paves the way to make changes to the country's pacifist constitution now on sunday he pledged to do firmly with threats from north korea the dominated the campaign. a coronation for every seat one a tradition in japanese politics prime minister shinzo had quite
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a few carnations to pin thanks to his coalition's big landslide retaining a supermajority of two thirds in parliament was one of the conservatives goals they want to reform japan's pacifist 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restricts the military to self defense they point to the threat from north korea as proof that the constitution is outdated.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. because a lot of what this japan's opposition didn't have the time or perhaps the
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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 we spoke to talk you correspondent michael paine and asked him to explain what kind of japan she is trying to create. you know i think the keystone to understanding his vision is that you know she's already 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 was a normal nation with a normal military which has normal nationalism and pride so while this is not
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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 him and 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. have been heading to the polls in legislative elections half of the country's row house seats and a third of the senate seats are in play president this year machree and his conservatives who are part of the governing coalition hope to gain an outright majority if he's pursued prove growth economic policies and labor market reforms the star of the left wing opposition is a former president cristina fernandez who is running for a senate seat. thousands of people rallied in the mouth tees capitol vonetta sunday to an investigative journalist daphne kind of. a call for justice now she was
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killed by a car bomb a week ago a murder that shocked the mediterranean island elite c.e.o. was a passionate anticorruption investigator who probed the a number of government scandals. this was not a vigil it was an act of collective anger protesters upset over the assassination of journalist daphne. called for the resignation of the island nations police commissioner they threw coins at a banner of laurence chanting shame on you and to no change no justice. it was an investigative journalist who specialized in corruption cases just before her death she posted a message saying that in malta there were crooks everywhere she died when a bomb planted in her car exploded. at another rally close by in the capital of people remembered her passion. i would say she was at the resent it in equal
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measure there were a lot of people who couldn't stand the way she wrote the gossip element of it especially but in reality she was one of the ones who really on earth that some of the biggest scandals in recent years. fathers in the crowd spoke of their desire for a new monitor. we're here because we want to show that the next generation and believe in freedom of speech that we will not be silenced we'll always speak out against injustice when we see it to support freedom of speech as it's being attacked in the country right now. the leaders of multis main political parties were not in attendance at either rally one said he knew go it's his family did not want him there. time now for some of the other stories making news around the world russian opposition leader alexei navalny has held a rally in his home after being released from jail he served a twenty day term in moscow for organizing what officials call an authorised
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protests now vali has held numerous rallies across the country since announcing his intention to stand in next year's election against president vladimir putin. campaigners for more autonomy in the italian regions of lombardy and veneto claiming victory in referendum on giving more powers to the local governments the presidents of both regions said an overwhelming majority of voters back to proposals for greater autonomy. iraq and saudi arabia have founded a joint cooperation council in a move aimed at improving bilateral diplomatic relations tensions between the two has been high in the past iraq has a shia majority population and close ties to saudi arabia's regional rival iran. hundreds of hardliners who just have marched in myanmar to protest against their government's plan to allow up to six hundred thousand refugees back into the
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country they fled after myanmar's military began raiding and burning their villages now many members of myanmar as buddhist majority view their own as illegal migrants . over ten thousand people gathered in berlin on sunday to protest against racism and hate in german politics the demonstration was aimed at the far right alternative for germany dozens of deputies from the party are set to take their seats in the bundestag on tuesday after the party finished third in last month's federal election. 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. ninety two deputies from the far right party will enter parliament in less than two days from now. we must live. together and we must not allow this process most of these things to come
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through. 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 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 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. the a.f.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 fifteenth 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 a.f.d. and this might be food for thought for german political parties as the german
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parliament convenes for the first time since the election on tuesday. catalonians regional government is due to meet on monday to decide its next steps in the push for independence now this comes after spanish prime minister mariano rajoy moved to trigger article one fifty five which would impose central state control over catalonia with both madrid and barcelona digging in their heels spiny is on both sides are hoping a sense of unity prevails. dancing towards independence while hundreds of thousands of pro independence supporters protested in barcelona over the weekend others took to the city's streets with a different expression of regional solidarity. the traditional sadhana dance was suppressed by the fascist dictatorship of francisco franco who saw our regional culture as a threat to its authority the people of god in government no have the same frame of mind. the franco people with their songs and.
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the wind is what the i mean i think i can tell you what i'll do when you meet me these years to give you five years from now you can hear from no no no but we will be stuck in. catalonia as new as battle for independence has pushed spain into uncharted territory modern spain has never reasserted control over any of its regions which it may do if the senate triggers article one fifty five of its constitution later this week some catalogs are on edge we can then see all do get us out of on that side of the situation is the pain i think that we are now if we are not being together in times now we have to be a lot finding speak we the other part to be explained by we've got the empire and we have to our right to. our solution. catalonia is not spain's only region with autonomous aspirations in madrid some worry about
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a slippery slope you know if we are not all in agreement with the constitution they should sit down and talk and see how it can be amended we're starting to take spain apart at the end we'll end up with twenty five different countries. by uses neither madrid nor barcelona has shown much sign of backing down for now spaniards can do little but wait and in barcelona dance. now it's not often that all five of america's living former presidents get together on stage but last night jimmy carter bill clinton barack obama george h.w. bush and john. bush put aside partisan differences to raise money for hurricane victims they were joined by popular paul rock and country stars for a concept that was broadcast nationally from houston texas. the old state and see the concert and
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a plea for help your fellow americans on the soap 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 that devastated us gulf states and caribbean territories this fall sure former surgery tomorrow could mark the proud of. their wrists fourths of americans. well this is and this is their friends. this is. american step up. the concert also featured country and rock n roll stars. but the night 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.
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because we need each other. we can survive. and i want to express the current u.s. president 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. a french t.v. crew captured the moment emanuel macross dog rudely interrupted a ministerial meeting at the presidential palace that's the name of the dog answered the call of nature by your innate into a fireplace head of hounding the pull of the junior ministers and mccall laughed off the incident but you know i get it when you've got to go you've got to go. for me no one now and britain's lewis hamilton has taken victory at the us grand prix the mercedes driver finished ahead of his main rival the season there are easy
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sebastian fettle the german did enough to keep hamilton from clinching the title at circuit of the americas in austin but the result means that the state is have won the spots constructors' championship for the fourth year in a row. well you're watching news still to come on official results indicate a landslide victory for japanese prime minister shinzo obvious conservatives his coalition will have more than two thirds supermajority in the know how saving the way to make constitutional changes. us all from us here thanks for watching. it's reformation day on d w we have programs while the clocks marking its five hundredth anniversary we're going live to the commemoration ceremony that barack.

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