you know when i lived there again i don't know so i'm not sure. with news global news that matters. made from minds. this is data when you fly from above in the polls have closed in iraq after holding the country's first parliamentary election since the government victory over islamic state jihad despite this security and sectarian tensions have been big issues will take you to impact that for the next also on the program. it's too late might finally be about to get your government after months of deadlock could make

the leaders of the five star movement on the northern link set deadline for a deal to be done. and put this league of football hanta company relegated to the second division for the first time in their history after yet another season of trolls on the face founds fears of finally being revised combo i've been in the bundesliga since its inception in nineteen sixty three now it's all over. i feel gail welcome to the program. polls have just closed in iraq's first parliamentary election since the government declared victory over a slum expat militants on the eve of today's polling at least four people were shot dead in a suspected i asked attack in northern iraq despite this the vote proceeded without major incident. iraqis have gone to the polls i cited strict security controls and

border fencing insite though a high priority for the voting public and the candidates in the ballot the influence of neighboring iran. several mean runners have close ties with turan wins from them in 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 had a body and had a midi from the iranian backed militia popular mobilization forces seen as having led the fight against islamic state. armories close to the people because he fought while others were sitting on chairs and got money therefore i believe is best for the people. of the north. we shall. x. prime minister nuri al maliki also closer iran is also back on the political scene

but any hopes of a triumphant return have been dice spec irruption allegations and major losses to the islamic state great back in twenty fourteen also in the running is muntasser 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 parish and why aid authorities estimate the country needs close to ninety billion dollars to rebuild infrastructure badly needed informers law mixtape strongholds like mosul repeating local life here though is another matter. and only a share in it means nothing to me they have done nothing and nothing has changed we are living like the homeless we have no clue just north or 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. the next prime minister will face

several other challenges smoothing the sun a shiite rift which is deepened during about his tenure some sunnis even planned an election boycott while authorities were on high a layer to quash any lingering islamic state support. correspondent kareen is covering these elections from baghdad in cooperation with iraqi channel al rashid the t.v. welcome to the prime minister partially a security curfew to encourage more people to vote or did this work yes well according to my impression of what i saw today it didn't work because on our way to a voting station you saw a lot of people walking and some of them complained because they had to walk for on forty five kilometers to reach the voting stations but after that after the curfew was set then it didn't change too because we were on our way back and it was the

same amount of people who were in the streets and not even more i'm talking to the people they have a big question about the whole election date and what's going on let's talk about that i really do do people expect that yesterday's election to change anything. i talk to people in baghdad i talk to people in the north and north of iraq in mosul i talk to the people in erbil and according to my impression you know they don't believe there's going to be any change because they say how could change happen if the government according to what they say is corrupted how could change happen if daily you have daily terror attacks how could change happen if the politicians are not even listening to us and talking to us they have their own way of life they have to own way of of style and that's why they don't represent us and they are questioning them the credibility of today's election is being really questioned and according to what i saw today and to people i talked to observers that i talked

even they did the participation in the election isn't so hard till now we don't have any official numbers but if you talk to the people and observers they tell you that some voting stations like a school here in new in new iraq and also in another school in the south end of of baghdad maybe twenty to twenty five percent came to this station so all in all the participation wasn't so high the people question the whole election today and the credibility of today's elections but we do know that a number of the candidates to have close ties to iran including the myriad seen hide around about is my right challenger so what kind of influence does iran have on iraqi politics. iran has an effect on iraqi policies and not only miri but also if you talk about noor and maliki what we saw in the report you just you just showed but when i talk to the people and today it should be

election for the people for the iraqi people they're fed up of any influence coming from outside from any interference from outside from iran from saudi arabia from the u.s. they tell me we want to be a free country one by one who decide we want we want to present our own politics and not politics from outside foreign policy taking control in our own homeland and there is another gap you can see what the politicians are doing and what really iraqi people who want iraq iraqi people want and independent politics whereas if you look at the politicians they are supported different politicians and i am very solid body they are supported from foreign countries and that's what the people here in iraq say it's enough we don't want and this is exactly another very practical example to say to show that they think nothing is going to change because they are not represented through the politicians but their politicians doing their

own things without going back to the people and representing the voice of the people. state of the correspondent jeff abdul karim in baghdad now to some of the other stories making news around the world syrian human rights observers say at least nineteen iranians were monks more than forty killed in israeli airstrikes this week israel's army says it struck iranian military targets south of damascus following a rocket attack on israeli controlled golan heights which israel believes was carried out by iran. the catherine parliament is set to vote in a new leader independence parties in the region are backing a came torah has promised to continue the fight against madrid catalonia has been without a government since late last year when madrid sat collis puta most cabinet. u.s. president donald trump is declared a major disaster as a killer whale a volcano continues to erupt on hawaii's big island scientists are warning of new

eruptions and more destructive lava flows dozens of homes have been destroyed since killer erupted more than a week ago. of course and italy has lifted a ban on former prime minister silvio berlusconi of running for public office and the bomb was placed on the eighty one year old after tax fraud conviction the decision comes too late to affect the political deadlock in the country following inconclusive elections two months ago there have been signs of movement though that if we could soon have a new prime minister talks in rome between the populist five star movement on the nationalist lead party appear finally to be making progress the two party 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 as a source 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. just last monday the talian presidents are 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'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 have final say. on to sports starting with football and hamburg of crashed out of germany's bond as they go for the first time ever to stay up they needed to beat munchen glad back and four volts to lose to cologne and while hamburg did post a two victory against glad back of refused to play along and beat cologne in their encounter hamburg had been the only club to stay in the bundesliga since it was founded in one thousand nine hundred sixty three but all good things must come to an. when the famous hamburg clock has been set back to zero for

years it counted every second they spent as the only ever present kept in the in the city. groups glory days are long gone the cup successful period with a busy night in the one nine hundred sixty s. and the many titles no one was forced to question the seventy's and eighty's are distant memory of recent years have been filled with gloom. they need performances have been poor twice the cup was very nearly relegated press in turn a fourteen against threat you know when you go and see them from the drop. the following here against kos where they survived again pinstripe controversial free kick in injury time and then another goal in extra time. but the cup structural problems have remained this season has been tumultuous for hamburg's management frequent changes in the coaching staff left them without a long term plan i hope everyone has to have hope

as a team we have to believe if we want to go forward if not it won't work. in recent weeks coach kissed entity has managed to help guide the team to a psych resurgence but it came too late to save them in the end a low point for homework but also a crash that had been a long time in the making. so let's round up a dramatic final day in the bundesliga and there's that hamburg win about gladbach . decisive victory over cologne dortmund just squeaked through to the champions league after losing to hoffenheim that in spite of leverkusen success against al over elsewhere freiburg took care of lives they could demolished had a bad leg of said to champions by munich brevan came out on top against mines and shall beat a front foot. so here's a look at the final borders league standings for this season when away champions by

munich will be joined in the champions league next season by shall cut off and haim and dortmund laver cozen leipsic will head to the europa league at the bottom hamburg and cologne both relegated well voles burke will have to face the second divisions whole time kill in a playoff to stay in the top flight flight other formula one and reigning champion lewis hamilton will start from pole position at the spanish grown pretty after a blistering qualifying session in barcelona the brit tops the driver standings and looks determined to stay there clocking in an unbeatable lap to finish ahead of most aids teammate and he bought us ferrari do a sebastian vettel add to commute i can make up the second row of the grid in sunday's race. finally to europe's biggest most popular ime to cheesiest song competition twenty six nations are competing in the final of the european song contest which takes place in lisbon portugal tonight amongst the favorites

estonia's entry. trained officer no wearing a giant down adorned with three hundred sixty elaborate projections. cyprus is the bookmakers a diverse with a classic club track called for you. that's it you're up to date more of the top of the hour or so a good day. look blessing. and a curse. for supposed nature and in this.