this is d.w. news live from about iraqis go to the polls today the country's first parliamentary election since the government proclaimed the defeat of the islamic state military group despite their security and sectarian tensions are still big aces will take you to baghdad also on the program. it's a late night finally be about to get a new government and lots of the leaders of the five star movement in the north and the deadline for a deal to be done. and europe gears up for its annual festival of catch and dance.

the eurovision song contest takes place in the portuguese capitalist will guide you through the five boroughs. i'm phil gal welcome to the program iraq is holding its first fall of entry election since the government declared the defeat of the islamic state millicent group despite their security still a problem as jihad they saw still active in some pockets of the country a leave of today's vote at least four people were shot dead in a suspected i asked attack in northern iraq. iraqis are going to the polls site strict security controls and border fencing in sight though the high priority for voters and those on the ballot is the influence of iran. several

mean runners have close ties with turan 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 hyderabad e and had from the iranian backed militia popular mobilization forces seen as having led the fight against islamic state. party of the armory is close to the people because he forced what others were sitting on chairs and got money therefore i believe hardy alarm really is best for the people. of the north and i'll go to. the 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 as mentors or al zaidi the

former journalist is best known for throwing two shoes at then u.s. president george w. bush during a press conference in two thought i'd pyra nationwide authorities estimate the country needs close to ninety billion dollars to rebuild infrastructure badly needed and former ins strongholds like mosul repeating local life's here though is another matter. and in addition 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. double

correspondent kareen was covering the elections from baghdad in cooperation with iraqi channel al rashid t.v. he says security concerns me turnout so far has been low 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 as as expected and when you talk to the people back there they tell you why should i vote if nothing's gonna change there 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 half of the whole town is destroyed and even schools so people who want to turn 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 they are questioning the credibility of today's election. it was the double correspondent jeff aboul karim in baghdad let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world syrian human rights observers say eleven the iranians were among those killed in israeli strikes on syria this week israel's army says it struck iranian military targets south of baghdad following a rocket attack on the israeli controlled golan heights which israel believes was carried out by iran. relations 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 a national investment fund he denies any wrongdoing. the catalan politics that votes in a new leader pro independence parties in the region are backing a kim torah which promised to continue the fight against madrid catalonia has been without a government since late last year when madrid sacked collis proved the most competent . german chancellor has been awarded the a c c peace prize franciscan monks who stole a replica of the francis is love to people who promote the peaceful coexistence of different peoples angela merkel was joined at the award ceremony by the most recent when a colombian president juan manuel santos. italy could soon have a new prime minister two months after the country's election resulted in political deadlock talks in rome between the populist five star movement on the far right elite party appear finally to be making progress the two parties latest hope to

propose a new prime minister by sunday. they could be the end of the waiting game material me 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 projects 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 people there will be a place that will. just last monday the talian president sergio declare that negotiations to build

a new government have 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 left 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. it while europe is gearing up for its annual pop extravaganza the euro vision song contest and tristram twenty six countries will compete on saturday evenings grand

final in lisbon portugal is a look at some of the favorites. eurovision is as much about the spectacle as the song and as far as that goes estonia's elina and the tray vote will be hard to beat the trained opera singer will be wearing a giant gown decorated by three hundred 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 this year are singing mercy which was inspired by the true story of a little girl born on a rescue ship in the mediterranean. i. think. one of the hot tips to win is israel's not to bars ala who's also chosen to

address a current topic with her song talk. to some of. the songs as a strong message of me too and i thought about something funky that can sound. like a cycle of. abuse like ouch like. like the fans that blah and then it goes over and over and over again the second very happy vibe song. but it has a strong message with between the lines so you write a song or 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 a song explaining just how to write a song. it's. just. so. but the current favorite among the bookmakers is cyprus represented by any fool era with the song

for a go no political message just a classic so. dance track. 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. that delicious and that over here people are calling them lobsters but that chili swamp crayfish from the u.s. state of louisiana so why are they now being found in large numbers in the waterways of the german capital well biologists think they would probably abandon those pets since when they have bred like crazy the latest attempt to control the numbers involves capturing cooking and crunching. but when snakes are crawling with the new inhabitant might not have noticed but far more on that local washington facing an

invasion by the north american crayfish two years ago this is then when you use the natural predator and then attempt to eradicate the crayfish but that you simply couldn't eat the crayfish pasta enough as they were reproducing at the same time so now the senate of change the strategy that allowing been asked to eat their cry for years but for that we first have to catch them. ok it seems i haven't got what it takes so i need some. local expert klaus hit and his team a fisherman help out they've been awarded the official contract to kill and side of the screech us what are my chances of catching one today your chances are pretty good but i have to warn you i would be guilty of poaching i thought about what do i

have to do to up my chances of actually catching some crayfish lifelong. that's the material your net is made of is too thin there crayfish would tear it up. in the early morning and late afternoon these professional fisherman catch their heart in the bud brit's cottons it took just a few days for them to bring in thousands of the omnivorous creatures. why get tough when we think that someone had some in this aquarium they got to begin to put them out here in the waters. these crayfish are ready to reproduce when they're just six months old and they reproduce rapidly under the. local fish monger on the ts and it's has exclusive rights to say the us and the trendy clients back mock tylenol and. mustard up first you just twist the head off. and then you turn it over on its back. and use your thumb nail to

crack and peel off the show. and you're left with the belly which you just left out. so it's really tasty and i'm glad i tried. the balun big city lots that is a delicacy that might not be on the menu for very long the goal of this license to kill is to exterminate the creature for the good of the local wild. times reminder of our top story at this security as high as iraqis go to the polls for the first time since the government declared victory over islamic state militants terror and sectarian tensions are uppermost on voters' minds on the eve of today's vote at least four people were shot dead two suspected i asked attack in

northern iraq. today at the top of a lot of the day.