the germans started may thirteenth on g.w. . this is the w. news live from iraq the polls on the close up to holding the country's first of parliamentary elections since the government declared victory over a slamming state job despite this security and sectarian tensions have been big issues we'll take you to baghdad for the latest also on the program. it's early might finally be about to get

a new government after months of deadlock the leaders of the five star movement on the north and set a deadline for a deal to be done. as they go football have been relegated to the second division for the first time in their history after yet another season of the draws and defeats fans face a finally realized have been in the bundesliga since its inception in one thousand sixty three now it's all over. i'm still going to welcome to the program. the polls are closed in iraq's first parliamentary elections since the government declared victory over islamic state militants on the eve of today's polling at least a 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 insight though a high priority for the voting public and the candidates in the ballot the influence of neighboring iran. several million runners have close ties with turan wins from them in gains from shia miss them 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 close to iran is also back on the political

scene but any hopes of a triumphant return have been diet spec irruption allegations and major losses to the islamic state great back in twenty fourteen also in the running as 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 pirate nationwide 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 they are not 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 sneed angering 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 four to 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 today and what's going on let's talk about

that are you do do people expect their 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 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 high till now we don't

have any official numbers but if you talk to the people and the 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 al i marry a scene of hide around about is my right challenger so what kind of influence does iran have on iraqi politics. iran has an effect on iraqi policy 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 talked to the people and today it should be election for the people for the iraqi people they are 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 the one who decides who 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 want iraq iraqi people want an 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 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. abdul karim in baghdad thank you. let's start take

a look at some of the other stories making news around the world syrian human rights observers say at least nineteen iranians were amongst more than forty killed in israeli strikes on syria this week israel's army says it struck iranian military targets south of damascus following a rocket attack on the israeli controlled golan heights which israel believes was carried out by iran. because of the sets of protein i knew the leader pro independence parties in the region are packing torah has promised to fight these to continue the fight against madrid catalonia has been without a government since late last year when madrid sacked colors proved the most prominent supporter of the us president donald trump has declared a major disaster as it can away 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

going away erupted more than a week ago. it's a they 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 and the nationalist league party appear finally 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 for you is about 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 the people there will be a place that will. 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 have final say. on to sport will start with football hamburg have crashed out of germany's bundesliga for the first time ever to stay up they needed to beat much in plaid back and for vols burke to lose to cologne and while hamburg did post a two one victory against glad back but 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 end. when the famous hamburg clock has been set back to zero for years it counted every second day spent as the only ever present kept in the fullness of the. group's glory days are long gone the cup successful period we can resume in the one nine hundred sixty s. and the many titles no one was forced to bash in the seventy's and eighty's are distant memory of recent years have been filled with gloom.

they need performances have been proved twice the cup was very nearly relegated press in training fourteen against threat in a no brainer go and see them from the drop. the following year against kos where they survived again construct controversial free kick in injury time and then another go in extra time. at the club 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 him tit's 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 hamburg but also a crash that had been a long time in the making. so that's round up for

a dramatic final day in the bud as they get there is that their way to win over glad back voles bokes decisive victory i came to cologne adornments just squeaked through to the champions league after losing to hoffenheim that in spite of leverkusen success against one another as well freiburg took care of leipsic demolished a head to belive got upset the champions byron munich brevin came out on top against mines and shelter beach front for us. so let's take a look at the final bundesliga standings for this season but away champions byron munich will be joined in the champions league next season by shall come off and don't mint leverkusen and leipsic will head to the europa league at the bottom and cologne both relegated well vols will have to face the second divisions kill in a playoff to stay in the top flight. finally tonight amongst the favorites that.

stone eventually is a trained opera singer when that giant down adorned with three hundred sixty projections. cypress says the book maker's favorite or the classic club track called why go. also a well placed israel with toy inspired by me to. join in if you can just a reminder of our top story of polls of not closed in iraq's first election since the government declared victory over islamic state militants terror and sectarian tensions were up most in focus as minds and security was high. up today

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