can do something to give a baby a future without a. make a donation safe a life. this is d. w. news live from berlin iran's first parliamentary election since the defeat of the so-called islamic state gets under way by the voters are disillusioned as the country struggles with a stagnant economy and six their intentions to find out more about the main contenders also coming up could get a lead finally getting a new government after months of deadlock the leaders of the five star movement of

the northern league set a deadline to make a deal with. the unknown or. welcome to the program by marrying a evanston iraq is holding its first parliamentary elections since the defeat of the so-called islamic state last year as the country ceased to rebuild after years of conflict the vote is not expected to yield any real surprises most of the main candidates are well known they have dominated iraqi politics since the u.s. led invasion toppled dictator saddam hussein back in two thousand and three security forces are on high alert as the nation heads to the polls borders and airports will remain closed as high as militants are still active in pockets of the country here's a look at the central issues that have dominated the campaign. voting time came

early for these soldiers and back dant you know mcduff with a cough and you know we're somewhere with a cough and establishment of the special voting days for security stuff who will be working up during saturday's election. yes why they can't leave their post on election day to vote and completely disregard voter safety when they want to know what you. and i will go home. to i mean security is paramount in iraq's first parliamentary elections since to defeat the so-called islamic state group another main talking point is the influence of iran several main runners have close ties of to ron wins from them and gains from shia candidates iran's dominant faith could both to support for the regime the fight for power is mainly split between the pro west an incumbent prime minister high dalla buddy and heidi out of miri from the iranian backed militia popular move plays ation forces are seen as having led the fight against i ask how did i will close. as close to the people because

you truly followed other just sat around on chairs getting money because i believe that hobby elementary is the best for the people. of the know how to. shop the next prime minister nouri al maliki also close to iran is back on the political scene but any hopes of triumphant return of being down spike corruption allegations and major losses to the i ask route back in twenty four would seem also in the running is easy the former journalist is best known for throwing two shoes and then u.s. president george w. bush during a press conference in two thousand and eight. fifteen years since the fall of saddam hussein the oil rich country still struggles to provide power nationwide authours he's estimate the country needs close to ninety billion dollars to rebuild infrastructure. badly needed in formal io strongholds

like they are not a shoot in addition i believe it means nothing to me they have done nothing and nothing has changed we're living like homeless people we have no clothes no water no electricity look at here things are still the same they come in give us a key to a price of lentils and say vote for us to the next prime minister will face several of the challenges smoothing the sooner she liked rift which is deep enduring a body's ten year subsidize even plan on an election boycott the also be on high alert to quash any lingering highest support for some polling stations already under threat of extremist attack. let's get the latest now on the iraqi vote and for that we're joined by dee far of dual karim who's in baghdad so just far clearly lots of issues on the minds of voters but do they actually expect this election to change anything. when i talk to the people here in iraq if it's here in

baghdad or in mosul or in erbil they don't expect big changes they are some kind of confused and don't feel well about the whole elections they see it more as a show because they are they ask themselves having now an election in times where you face terrorism where unemployment is very high and if you look like to the north in parts of iraq in mosul which is like a year ago was under control of the i as i know was defeated according what the government here says there's no infrastructure in the city half of the city is destroyed and the people don't have a place to live you have a lot of internally displaced people around one million who are not being able to go back to their homes because their homes are destroyed and high corruption and all this together makes a big question by the voters and a lot of people you talk here on the streets i talk to them and they said i'm not going to vote because it's not going to change anything the same people the same game and that's why i don't want to be part of it. well this is though it is being

seen by many as a kind of a referendum on prime minister hydrilla body. but yet he does face certain tough competition why is that. yes. because he today is being questioned by a lot of iraqis because as an example he said we defeated i-s. but if you look today in iraq you have a lot of terrorism happening in different countries along today here the elections on my way to this to displace where i'm saying now where is it where is election is happening you have a curfew no one is allowed to be with their cars people are walking like really far from different places in order to be able to elect and this shows how in secure location is and how and how security is playing a role and all say ok how is the how he's doing this election sometimes there is insecurity beside that you have to look at the corruption iraq according to its transparency international is at the last place is concerning corruption so people

say there's a lot of corruption what is he doing exactly going again to the north to mosul people say one year after that they are not doing anything where's the money they always talk we are trying to rebuild iraq we are trying to improve but on the ground you don't see it and all this is being is being us against our body and that's why his competitors say for him maybe it's time over we are better turn it if but if you talk to the people to know there's no clear who could be his alternative and that's why others say since there's no alternative he could be prime minister again well one alternative he said to the alabama main challenger is had a mary he's known to have very strong ties to iran just what kind of influence does iran have on iraqi politics. you see the influence of true and very clear when you talk with some politicians and how they are financed by iran

and supported by iran and the armory is one of them but on the other hand what it's very important to focus in today especially today's elections is it when you talk to the people they are fed up from every influence coming from outside if it is iran if it's the u.s. or if saudi arabia and that's why you're on the ground on the ground when you talk to the people they start that's they see this part us as a corruption because they say if we have free democratic elections so there should be no influence from outside and this is a proof that there is influence from outside questioning and that again the whole election is what's happening today and the credibility of the politicians do they represent the iraqis or are there presenting foreign policies in iraq and that's what you feel and you hear when you talk to the people and that's why till now the elections are very shy the polls are very shy not a lot of people participated when you look to the south in part around forty percent in baghdad because the different of the curfew it's very shy and the north

in part also so it is it's it's everything today is being questions of although if you look from the outside there are elections happening and people are coming to vote but nevertheless there is a big doubt in what's happening today did at least just a duel karim monitoring the election in iraq many thanks indeed for that update you're welcome. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world and syrian human rights observers say eleven iranians were among those killed in israeli strikes on syria this week israel's army says it struck iranian military targets south of damascus after iran fired rockets that the israeli controlled golan heights. the chief inspector of the un's nuclear watchdog has resigned no reason was given for terror over iraq as sudden departure it comes just days after donald trump pulled the u.s. out of the nuclear deal between iran and world powers are you iran to have been

responsible for policing the deal in iran. malaysia's former prime minister najib or a jock has been barred from leaving the country just days after his party lost power in the country's elections and has been accused of taking hundreds of millions of dollars from a national investment fund he denies that the country's new prime minister mahathir mohamad says he ordered the travel ban. now italy could soon have a new prime minister two months after the country's election resulted in political deadlock talks in a room between the populist five star movement and the far right lead party finally appeared to be making progress the two party's leaders hope to propose a new prime minister by sunday. they could be the end of the waiting game my tailor salvini head of the far right northern league made his way through a throng of journalists but gave very little away after weeks of stalemate it was

up to luigi to mile sell of ynys potential partner from the populist five star movement to reveal what's in the works. first of all we are very proud we have arrived at this point yesterday evening we finally laid the foundations for an agreement with the league launching our project for a government of change this afternoon our deputies plus experts will start working on a coalition agreement that remains our most important focus so people there will be a place that. just last monday the talian president sergio declare that negotiations to build a new government had failed for weeks he had been pressuring the two biggest parties to come to an agreement threatening to call fresh elections if they failed to do so. now it seems increasingly unlikely that italian voters will have to go to the polls again the end of the political impasse is largely down to one man silvio

berlusconi. the former prime minister has allowed the northern league to form an agreement with five stars he's traditionally been allied with the league but he's let them make a deal even though that means he's likely to go into opposition the two parties are looking to form a government this weekend on sunday they hope to be able to name their new head of government they'll present their candidate to the president who will have the final say. let's cross over now to rome where journalist philip will is standing by for us so philip just what could a new government in italy look like who is likely to be the prime minister. that said still the big question because there are suggestions that luigi in meyer has not completely abandoned the idea of being prime minister himself. is

this really is the sticking point so far there seems to be agreement creasing agreement on policies but the figure of the prime minister remains a problem. recently the suggestion has been that it could be some kind of reassuring establishment figure someone who will care if your financial markets and allies in europe and take the edge off the populist image of the two parties who've been fairly aggressive towards your in the past and are something of an unknown quantity as well so as on with experience and a reassuring. reputation would help the prime minister all right well it does seem likely that we're going to see a leak and five stars coalition briefly if you can't just what that what kind of an impact that that have on europe. and that's an interesting question and

the five star movement. in the past just had fairly aggressive rhetoric towards europe and spoken over a referendum on leaving the euro for example. the maya more recently has been a very conciliatory he said the fire a five star led government will continue with traditional. italian policies our policies and policies towards europe basically yeah they wouldn't want to rock the boat. savini on the other hand the legally there and has been more aggressive in the table saying that right. into europe and not allowing at euro to dictate terms to italy or be interesting to see how things are out in reality journalist philip will in in rome for us many thanks indeed.

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