the german starting may thirteenth on d w. a z d w is live from iraqis go to the polls the day of the country's first parliamentary election since the government is proclaimed the defeat of the islamic state militant group despite their security and sectarian tensions are still big issues we'll take you to baghdad to find out how iraqis feel about who's also on the program it's a late night finally be about to get a new government after months of deadlock the leaders of the five star movement on

the northern league i sense a deadline to make a deal. and it's an action packed final day in the bundesliga for the champions league showdown between hoffenheim and dortmund leverkusen are also in the hunt for europe while. just looking to so. i'm phil gal welcome to the program iraq is holding its first follow entry elections since the government declared the defeat of the islamic state militant group despite this security still a problem as jihad is still active in some pockets of the country on the eve of today's votes at least four people were shot dead in a suspected i asked attack in northern iraq. iraqis are going to the polls say strict security controls and border fencing in sight though the high

priority for of course voters and those on the ballot is the influence of iran several mean runners have close ties with tehran wins from them and gains from shia muslim candidates iran's dominant faith could bolster support for the regime the fight for power is mainly split between the pro western incumbent prime minister. and had from the iranian backed militia popular mobilization forces seen as having led the fight against islamic state. armory is close to the people because he forced what others were sitting on chairs and got money therefore i believe hadi alarm really is best for the people. of the north and i'm going to. shop next prime minister nuri al maliki also close to iran is also back in the political scene but any hopes of

a triumphant return have been diced by corruption allegations and major losses to the i.r.s. creep back in twenty fourteen. also in the running is montag. the former journalist is best known for throwing two shoes at 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 pyra nationwide authorities estimate the country needs close to ninety billion dollars to rebuild infrastructure badly needed in the former i.r.s. strongholds like mosul repeating local life's here though is another matter. it means nothing to me they have done nothing and nothing has changed we are living like the homeless we have no clothes no water no electricity look at this things are still the same they come and give us a kilo of rice or lentils and say vote for as. the next prime minister will face

several other challenges smithing the sunni shiite rift which has deepened during about his tenure some sunnis even planned an election boycott authorities are in high lair to quash any lingering islamic state support. correspondent kareen is in baghdad covering these elections in cooperation with iraqi channel russian t.v. he says security concerns mean the turnout so far has been. so far here and back that there's a curfew and that's why till now the election participation is very very shy it's not at as expected and when you talk to the people they tell you why should i evolve if nothing's gonna change they are the same people corruption is very high and especially especially they are criticizing the government because till now they don't feel that they did a lot of things for them concerning the infrastructure this is what i heard

especially when i go north to iraq in mosul mosul half of mosul is destroyed the hospitals are destroyed the whole town is destroyed and even the schools so people who want to return back to or to mosul are today they cannot return back you have around one million internally displaced iraqis who are still living in. camps and are not able to day to go back and vote although the government said we would allow them today to vote and make everything for them to vote but they say you know in times where we don't have our home back you're not building what we need why should we vote and they are so they are questioning the credibility of today's election. est early correspondent jeff karim in baghdad the let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world syrian human rights of service say eleven iranians were amongst those killed in the israeli air strikes on syria this week israel's army says it struck iranian military targets

south of damascus following a rocket attack on an israeli controlled gone hundreds which israel believes was carried out by iraq. malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has been barred from leaving the country days after his party lost power in this week's election is likely to face an investigation into allegations that he took hundreds of millions of dollars from him and national investment fund he denies wrongdoing the catalan parliament is set to vote a.n.c. set to vote in the new leader for the region a pro independence party is not backing kim torah promise to continue the fight against madrid catalonia has been without a government since karla's tuesday most cabinet was sacked by madrid late last year . germany's chancellor has made awarded the a c c peace prize franciscan monks are still a record of some francis lamp to people who promote the peaceful coexistence of different peoples and going back home was joined at the award ceremony by the most

recent when a colombian president manwell santos. it's of a could soon have a new prime minister two months after the country's election resulted in political deadlock talks in a row between the populist a five star movement and the far right league party appear finally to be making progress two parties leaders hope to propose a new prime minister by sunday. they could be the end of the waiting game material 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 for you 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 for the people there will be a place that will be. 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 has 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 have final say. today is the final day of germany's blunders league football season at the top of the table four teams are locked in a fierce tussle for champions league qualification of the boss and will see the climax of an intense relegation battle as for the title itself well there's little change. another year another title for boy and they'll be more pictures like this at the end of the current bonus league season only with a few different faces on show as pie and celebrate their six titles in a row in the battle for the remaining champions league spot hoffenheim take on dortmund. leverkusen unlike sega still in with a shout dortmund are looking to redeem themselves after a turbulent season. those who don't salute of course i'm confident that we can go

there and get a point or a win it's an exciting game as hoffenheim also need to take risks. to go crazy go. down the bottom they have other concerns survival by any means the target freiburg and shifting spot need only a point to guarantee safety. but a firm it's a tense battle between what's bergan hamburg the wolves have nosedived in recent weeks but a point against last place cologne will give them a chance to save themselves for the relegation play off as moses said we know it's in our own hands this saturday so we don't need to worry about what the other teams are doing miss me is the. second last hamburg need a miracle i went home to glad back is the minimum requirement but the belief among supporters is back. and see fast as you can see that the team's achievements over the last few weeks have got the funds back behind us the team and the funds are united and he and. by and will be aiming to finish the league season strongly in

preparation for next week's german cup final the showpiece will be coach here behind his final match in charge. to rafael nadal's record breaking run on clay courts has come to and the only has stunned the spaniard to progress to the madrid open tennis semifinals playing here in yellow in the dow had won fifty consecutive sets on clay. to take capitalized on his opponent's unforced errors to take the first set seventh he didn't finish the job winning the second set six three the austrian will now face a south african kevin anderson thanks in. europe is gearing up for its annual camp pop extravaganza the euro vision song contest entries from twenty six countries and getting up for saturday evenings grand finale is a look at some of the favorites. eurovision is as

much about the spectacle was the song and as far as that goes estonia's elina a vote will be hard to beat the trained opera singer will be wearing a giant gown decorated by three hundred and sixty elaborate projections that move and change along with the music. scene but your vision is also sometimes used for political or social messages and this year france is in the running with a song about the refugee crisis the duo madame monsieur are singing mercy which was inspired by the true story of a little girl born on a rescue ship in the mediterranean. one of the hot tips to win is israel's neta barcelona who's also chosen to address a current topic with her song talk. about the song has

a strong message of me too and i thought about something funky that can sound. like a cycle of. abuse like. like. like the fans that who do that and then it goes over and over and over again and second very happy vibe song back to it has a strong message with between that i saw you write a song for you a message of a different kind as offered by the two thousand and nine winner norway's alexander every book he's back this year with the song explaining just how to write a song. to say. oh she's playing so this. was good. but the current favorite among the bookmakers is cyprus represented by any fool era with the song go no political message just

a class. six sexy dance tracks. the competition is also known for surprise upsets though and with people from so many different countries voting it can be difficult to predict who will come out the winner on saturday night. just time to remind your top stories at this hour security is high as iraqis goes to the polls for the first time since the government proclaimed the defeat of islamic state to militants security and sectarian tensions are uppermost on vs minds on the eve of today's vote at least four people were shot dead in a suspected i asked attack in northern iraq. and its leak could soon have a new prime minister two months after elections talks between the populist a five star movement on the far right lipase appear finally to be making progress and deciding on a countess i hope to propose

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