this is deja vu news live from berlin eleven on goes to the polls for the first parliamentary election in nearly a decade security fears and a tug of war over election reform delayed voting for years now an unprecedented number of independent candidates are hoping to shake up lebannon school medical establishment. and the bundesliga have seen a announcement date packed with drama with much to play for towards the top and bottom of our sports correspondent will take us through the best of the action.

by michelle henery thanks for joining us voters in lebanon are heading to the polls to elect a new parliament today for the first time in almost ten years the vote had been postponed several times due to the war in a bring syria and the new look total loss approved last year proportional representation would replace the previous winner takes all system the vote brings into focus the struggle for power in a country divided along sectarian lines among those hoping to make gains in the country is hezbollah the islamist political and militant group find that spire ran which supports the syrian president bashar al assad here's a look at the patchwork of groups and religions vying for power in lebanon on. the graves of lebanese hezbollah fighters who died in neighboring syria. the iran

funded parties militias are revered by many shiites in lebannon. in syria the militias fight alongside the troops of president bashar al assad and ally of iran. has under its secretary general has announced rolla is not only a military organization but also an influential political force it's represented in the lebanese parliament alongside with other muslim and christian parties and it's part of the national unity government shiite and sunni muslims and christians are sharing power there lebanon is a diverse country almost twenty religious communities live here but has gone as involvement in the war in syria is creating tension between them it undermines lebanon's policy of not interfering in other countries it's a principle all parties agreed to the objective was avoiding entanglement with the region's interest groups this country of four million has taken in some one and

a half million syrian refugees since then poverty and unemployment have risen sharply and growth has fallen to one percent from eight percent before the syrian war in addition there are the hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled the palestinian territories decades ago lebanon is formally at war with israel beirut demands the establishment of a palestinian state and a return of refugees as conditions for a peace agreement lebanon maintains close relations with israel's main critic iran mainly through hezbollah the shiite group is predicted to make gains in the election but western backed prime minister saad hariri is widely expected to head the next cabinet. whatever the outcome of the vote parliamentary seat and key political offices will continue to be divided proportionally among religious groups . let's go to our correspondent on child bora who has phoned the story for us from

beirut. elections are currently underway but what about the current prime minister saad hariri will these elections confirm the status quo or has he lost the confidence of his supporters. well right now i am in the district where. fighting for the candidates fighting from beirut one of the districts and salaries popularity has in fact been stopped in last year's episode when he resigned from riyadh but when he returned he would use the resignation nonetheless the lebanese name saudis are not saddam and his popularity has written has risen i beg your pardon having said that how well his party future movement how well the party is a big question mark because from the same nearly several other candidates have now stood up in these elections in the sunni dominated tripoli but even here in beirut so it remains to be seen how the saudis will respond to the rise of other up sunni strong sunni candidates in lebanon so he's popular but he's facing some pretty

tough competition and these are the first election since two thousand and nine can you walk us through the issues that are concerning voters in the country. where the bigger issue here really is the sectarian divide and foreign meddling but i very civic level garbage prices electricity water prices now with a million syrians on the ground palestinians have already been living for decades in camps so there is a quite a burden on the civic facilities so lebanese that you talk to would say. your city i watched the garbage crisis to be resolved but broadly they say it cannot be done as long as it is divided on religious lines and there is foreign meddling in our country and that is that iran and saudi arabia really come into the civic problems are linked to the foreign policy. the fact that levanon a tiny country is essentially a very important tiny country when it comes to the broader conflict in the middle

east so you see that outside influence is affecting the country but can you tell us how much influence do international powers hold over these elections. well it meant how many i oklahoma how many the spiritual leader sort of say all iraq has come out in the open and back to his allies and his will already has deep alliances with the christians here so in a sense she walked all the walks that is bill and its allies will get not played but the war saudi backed candidates heavy gets is going to be split in these elections so it's expected that they will do better which means you know i'm going to miss follow rules which then means saudis will do something what they have moved to at this point is not known there is foreign influence often from election experts who hear how different a countries like saudi arabia need on fund different political parties how though there is no proof set so the elections are very important and we now need to wait and see which side will be havea when the results tomorrow come out and depending

on that how long it takes after the elections the government formation in lebanon. bora reporting from beirut thank you. now here's some of the other stories making news around the world around president hassan rouhani has issued a warning to u.s. president donald trump against pulling out of the iran nuclear deal rouhani said abandoning the deal would be an historic mistake but said plans are in place should it collapse trump is due to decide on the deals fate by may twelfth. a tarantula flood has swept through a district in the turkish capital ankara injuring six people the powerful water sent vehicles downstream through the streets dozens of homes and offices were also flooded authorities say crews have already started cleaning up the affected neighborhood. russian opposition leader alexina vall me has been released from custody after being detained yesterday at an anti putin rally in moscow some one

thousand six hundred activists were arrested in other demonstrations across the country against president putin's inauguration for a fourth term as president on monday. to bundesliga football now and i'm joined by tom good noise from d.w. sports to talk us through the penultimate set of fixtures tom welcome it was a big day on saturday wasn't it it certainly was now as always with the last two much days of the bundesliga season or of the games could go on saturday three so was really makes for a very exciting couple of hours. have had an accident season this year and they had a chance away from home against out book to guarantee their second place finish in the table and we're going to have a look now and see how they go on. child has youngest ever coached on any call to tesco has turned back the clock on his side's fortunes this season the royal blues

on the verge of their highest league finish in eight years. but they were uncharacteristically sloppy at the start of this one almost gifting hour fifteen bogus and an early goal the icelandic strike aired tonight by the narrowest of margins. shall come up just as our expects to friends fall asleep. as cross comes short was flicked invitee low camera the defender left on martin oceans of space to back his second goal of the season. the tiredness was clearly infectious chalco were again caught napping and this time they were punished by the quick thinking phillip max. but parity lasted just seven minutes in bogus and the unfortunate man this carries had a rebounded off his style and into the net. and that was it for the goals outspoken marker rishta here were denied a second equaliser by the assistant referees flak. it looked to be the right

decision. i shall call letters that are from the back right now though held on to victory ceiling second place in the sporting next season's champions league before for the fence for the support us and i'm very happy for for the team for each single player so it insulates for us today scary shall come on the up and finishing above tribals dortmund's. so tom shaka had a disastrous season last term but they've somehow managed to bounce back a lot of people are crediting their young and seen only inexperience coached for the us what can you tell us a bit about that dominica to discuss and he does have to take a lot of the credit he's done a brilliant job this season. it's also true that he's a young and experienced coach it's becoming something that something of a trend actually in german football i was sort of the. last season with union health and union i was not a part of me at hoffenheim he took the club to their first ever champions league.

and shot could try to replicate off and seven hundred success to disco has done a very good job. they finished tenth last season this season in second which is much more appropriate to the club's ambitions back in the champions league for the first time in three years and as we heard at the end of that report now this is a very important thing especially for the fans this is a really big part of the reason why he's so popular they finished above their local rivals bruce you dortmund that hasn't happened for a while and we're very pleased that that's pretty important so we've talked about the top half of the table but tell us more about the bottom and the table what's happening there ok well yesterday hamburg was book and friday lost their game so for those teams the relegation fears that they've been missing are yet to be dispelled another club who've been embroiled in the relegation battle is mights and they played away from home at dortmund yesterday a very tough fiction no easy place to play but they could secure their safety with a victory so let's see how they go on. for some don't and fans look like they

already had their minds on the beach but for the most part the yellow wall was as imposing as ever was france and mines victory of the lightning last time out meant they could secure their safety with a win at signal a do not park and after just three minutes they took the lead and scored on his debut last weekend and the midfielder repeated the trick here to make it one nil. the twenty year old clearly delighted to be his hometown club's hero again. and pay to show his day got even worse just nine minutes later when the public at last he sent in a teasing cross and yoshinori muchos glancing header found the corner of the net the japanese striker putting another season of top flight football within might his reach. but they weren't home and dry yet jaden sanchez treats his way past daniel brzezinski and cross for maximillian philip who half the deficit to one with just

fifteen minutes on the clock. that was enough excitement for meit's they shut up shop and reached halftime with their lead intact after the break they dug in defense kept dortmund's attack at one final chance did come home sides were in the ninetieth minute but marseille smelters header was governed up by flocking at miller and with that might his bundesliga status was safe trust and his team of rescued themselves with two huge wins in two weight a tenth straight season in a top flight awaits. so timelines are safe what if they don't differently from other teams that have been in trouble recently very importantly they've won matches as they've got three points against dortmund they've got three points the week before against likes it. that those a very big teams against in a couple of more instant really have any right to get a victory but they said it was up well technically they went in with the right attitude perform very well in the days and secured their own safety. as far as the season goes it's also. of course notable that they've stuck with their coach

sandra's shots now. sort of similarly tonight as man and to discuss he's kind of unproven at the top level he's young he's very inexperienced he came through at mind so he doesn't know the club very well he used to coach the under twenty three to him. again improving at the top level but he's done well he saved this club this season and i think the trend in german football of going for young inexperienced coaches is going to continue picking up steam because they're getting the right results wow and showing loyalty to staying within the team because that's really paid off for my wow and it looks like we're heading into a really exciting last day of the season and that look like well we certainly are now there are a lot of big questions still to be settled if we can take a look at the table we see that show as we know have just guaranteed their qualification for the champions league but there are two remaining spots to be filled and dormant hoffenheim lave accusing and lots of competing. down at the

bottom of the table there are still some big questions left to be settled in the valley gratian battle minds of course are out of it but fraud vosper going to hamburg are still trying to save their skins it's going to be an exciting last day thanks tom tom from dublin sport thanks so much watching the news we'll be back at the top of the hour thanks for watching. by endorsement shelter likes a good thing as a favorite seems sleep all the best goals we got all the action. is the whole of german football here the experience every man in the bundesliga every weekend here d.w. . looking for the white house. rounded.