history of the displaced people in store for the timeline. is real seventy years may twelfth on t.w. all gone just times all morning. and polls have just closed in lebanon in the first parliamentary election in nearly a decade security fears and a tug of war over election reform delayed the voting for years now an unprecedented number of independent candidates are hoping to shake up lebanon's political establishment under prime minister prime minister saad hariri. also coming up. turkey's president out on kicks off his election campaign everyone moves the polls up to next month and now faces a credible threat to his power from an opposition alliance we'll go to istanbul for the latest. and the pundits think it has seen a penalty mid-day packed with drama teams at the top and bottom of the table had

a lot on the line we'll bring you the best of the action. little. time maya schwager thanks for joining us. voters in lebanon headed to the polls to elect a new parliament today for the first time in almost ten years floating ended just a few minutes ago sunni prime minister saad hariri and his future movement party are expected to retain power but this election will be the first under the country's new electoral laws they replace the previous winner takes all system with proportional representation which has brought the country sectarian power struggle to sharp focus mungo's hoping to make gains in the country as has the islamist political and militant groups financed by iran hezbollah support syrian president bashar al assad and most major western powers also consider it a terrorist group here's a look at the patchwork of parties and religions vying for power in lebanon.

the graves of lebanese hezbollah fighters who died in neighboring syria. the iran funded parties militias are revered by many shiites in lebanon. 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. is a diverse country almost twenty religious communities live here but has been 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

. correspondent who is following the story for us from beirut how these elections are underway what is the current state or mindset of prime minister saad hariri are we thinking that these elections are going to confirm the status quo or has he lost the confidence of his supporters sorry the person who has gained in popularity after last year's incident when he was signed even though when he came back to lebanon he did do the resignation but he has gained popularity in the lebanese are blaming saudi arabia for that misadventure as. having said that house are very spotty the future movement of problems is an open question at the moment even though they may get more seeds socrates parties facing a lot of competition this time around you mentioned briefly how the political system in the country has changed from a simple majority to a proportional representation system which means a lot more electoral math has undertaken even the candidates will win seats would

be those in deserve categories depending on the sects from muslim or christian sects they come from but they will be a much sharper division so i ate that factor and secondly that a lot of the sunni leaders have this time stood up daring saddlery the supremacy daring the supremacy of the the clan in the bastions of the future parties it remains to be seen how future movement performs now i'm sure this is the first election since two thousand and nine a lot has changed in the last nine years what are the issues that voters have on their mind today. well this election essentially is the first election off the lebanese generation after the civil war generation the last election was all around the civil war and the candidates who were former warlords as in the people who fought in the civil war and then became politicians but this election is a first for hundreds and thousands of lebanese are going to be watching for the first time and for them it's not about the civil war but it's about how to take

lebanon forward so in a way they say well it is quite important that the elections are happening in this eleven these democracy at least trying to be a functional democracy in the middle east and they say issues are garbage crisis issues are electricity but broadly for them these things the country cannot move forward unless and until they can deal with the sectarian problems here and they can deal with foreign meddling. briefly if you can mention saudi arabia are we seeing any foreign powers trying to exert their influence over the outcome here many rounds are spiritual leaders are to say as a honey has clearly backed as well ah it's not a secret that hizbullah and is. funded by iran saudis are believed to be funding a certain sunni candidates in the past but there is no clear proof whether they have done this or not but essentially in a nutshell it's important lebanon is specifically a tiny country but specifically important in the broader politics in the middle east because of iran and saudi arabia as these new war over dominance in the

stomach won't have her for us in beirut thank you very much now to some other stories making news around the world at a bombing at a mosque in eastern afghanistan at least fourteen people have been killed and more wounded police and ha said the mosque was also being used as a voter registration center for elections later this year no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. iran's 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 a historic mistake but also said plans are in place should it collapse trump is due to decide on the deal's fate by may twelfth. spanish rescue services say they pulled nearly five hundred people from the mediterranean sea in two days and stopped at the good weather prompted people smugglers to attempt the crossing from northern africa the united nations says more than six hundred people

have died in such attempts so far this year. russian opposition leader alexeyevna of ani has been released from custody after he was detained at an anti putin rally in moscow yesterday of on the it had called for nationwide protest against president vladimir putin's inauguration on monday for a fourth term as president some one thousand six hundred people were also arrested in demonstrations across the country. love has been bursting out of a new crack in the ground on hawaii's big island the latest sense the killer whale volcano erupted on thursday the volcanic activity has been accompanied by a series of earthquakes two thousand people have had to flee their homes and at least five houses have been destroyed. turkish president has launched his campaign for

a snap general election he called for june twenty fourth he has been addressing crowds of thousands gathered in istanbul everyone told them he would resist any attempt from in or outside to divide the country and promise to make turkey stronger domestically and globally there is much on the line for our two won in the upcoming ballot winning it would secure him sweeping new presidential powers they were only narrowly approved last year. for more about the start of the election campaign in turkey let's go to our own yulia han and istanbul yulia what was president everyone's main message today well his main message today was that the constitutional changes wanted for in last year's referendum now need to be institutionalized turkey needs to finish the transformation to a full presidential system the sooner the better only then he says everything will improve the economy will improve the inflation rates will go down and turkey will

become a free and democratic country that's really what he said a quote free and democratic country with the necessary global standing so his message clearly is a vote for me and everything that's not going well right now will get better he specifically talked about turkey's military intervention in rules and syria saying quote again our soldiers are ready for new missed missions suggesting that the turkish army will not retreat any time soon this is clearly him appealing to nationalist voters and he had a message for europe he said turkey never gave up the goal of joining the european union unfortunately his european counterparts on north working towards that same goals so that was his message in the past the opposition in turkey has been very divided and we see you know these four opposition parties coming together to form a coalition are they looking to actually be a threat to air to water or is he still expected to maintain power in the way that he has. well a few weeks ago a few days ago even many here would have said this election is already decided in

favor of missed out on he holds all the necessary political power as the media coverage mainstream media coverage is overwhelmingly pro al gore on pro-government pro islamic groups. but now that we know about the election alliance for position parties will form an alliance at the palm entry level and we know the candidates for the presidential election as well many people here got actually more excited thinking that these elections are going to be much more interesting than we thought and they're hoping the election and the opposition candidates can force miss out on into a second round of voting at the presidential level and that they can break the majority in parliament did others really ahana in istanbul thank you very much to both of us like a football now and shall go have bounced back after a poor campaign last term they sat in second as they headed to oust burg looking to

secure a champions league spot for next term. child whose youngest ever coached on many contests kerry has turned back the clock on his side's fortunes this season the rope loose 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. just as ounce bags to france fell asleep. as cross comes short was flicked invites you know carrow to defend a left on mocked in oceans of space to back his second goal of the season. the tiredness was clearly infectious chalco were again corner and this time they were punished by the quick thinking philip max. parity lasted just seven minutes in bogus and the unfortunate man this carries had to rebounded off his time

and into the net. and that was it for the goals outspoken mocker rishta here were denied a second equaliser by the assistant referees flag. it looked to be the right decision . chalco letters that are from the back right now they held on to victory sealing second place and a spot in next season's champions league i'm happy for for defense for the support us and i'm very happy for the for the team for each single player so we can select for us today on the up and finishing above trifles dorman's. take a look at the bonus league with a table with one round of masses left to go next saturday biron are the champions of course shocker can't be caught and second top month still haven't secured a champions league spot they face a tough test against hoffenheim next week they have a cause and unlike say also still have a chance of champions league football next season and down in the bottom half minds are safe five zero could still be dragged into the drop zone homburg

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