you know we news wire from berlin the french government condemned as odious a deadly knife attack in central paris police have shot and killed the attacker after he went on a stabbing rampage killing one person and wounding several others also coming up. iraq has held its first parliamentary election since the government declared victory over the so-called islamic state despite backplane security and sectarian tensions have been major issues. and i'm going to sleep football hamburg has been

relegated for the first time in the club's history after yet another season of draws and defeats spans the earth have come to fruition the team's record an interrupted top flight gone comes to an end. i'm happy call boss and welcome to the program we begin with breaking news out of france this hour as police confirm one person has been killed and several wounded in a knife attack in central paris authorities say police have shot the assailant dead the stabbings took place near the city's famous opera house paris has been under high security in recent years after a string of deadly islamic extremist attacks police say they are investigating the attack as terrorism. to iraq now we're at least three people have

reportedly been killed in a bomb attack the explosion happened just south of the oil rich city of kirkuk this comes just hours after polls close in iraq's first parliamentary elections since the government declared victory over islamic state militants security forces in the area say the blast is linked to the election. iraqi voters cast their ballots amid tight security but turnout was lower than expected partly because islamic state militants had threatened attacks at polling places because if you want cars in areas surrounding polling stations had kept some voters away but the only reported violence was a car bomb attack in kirkuk which killed the vehicles passengers some voters were frustrated by a long lines at polling booths others found their names weren't on voting lists in areas where they live. many had come from the government of d.l. i've been living here since two thousand and six and there's been three elections

and it's the same story the same problems we come to the polling station and they say your name's not here so we need proof of nationality we need another id it was many voters faced a similar problems in a country where there were no estimated three million internally displaced people. the two top candidates the pro-west an incumbent prime minister buddy and hardy other media from the iranian backed militia the popular mobilization forces the group is seen as having led the fight against i.a.s. how did i wouldn't know how do you know what i'm really is close to the people because he fought my others were sitting on chairs and got money so therefore i believe that. is the best for the people. we shot. fifteen years after saddam hussein was toppled the country is in ruins and in need of close to ninety billion dollars. to rebuild infrastructure. but the first task

iraq's next prime minister faces is to repair the growing rift between the country's majority shiite and minority sunni populations. u.w. correspondent you're far too old karim is covering these elections from baghdad in cooperation with a rocky channel all rashid t.v. just far welcome what are you hearing about the bomb attack near the city of kirkuk at the moment is that what i heard so far what happened in your coupe that three people where. were killed through dip last that's happened there were the two voters not one. but two no there's nothing. and that's the only what we know so far ok now with regard to the election the prime minister partially lifted a curfew to encourage more people to vote this appeared to have made any difference from what you could tell. well what i can tell i wasn't. going to one of the

poll of the voting stations you could see that the streets were empty and the curfew was there and you see people walking maybe three to four kilometers in order to reach the voting stations and off today so the turnout is very low even at the afternoon a body decided to change it but according to what i saw on my impression because i came back the streets were still almost empty and when i talked also told deserver here they told me that there was no change even after stopping the curfew and the turnout at the end was low when i can talk today about back. of the observers told me only twenty five percent of the population in baghdad participated today in the election and population of black that is almost more than five million so all over when you talk to the people it wasn't a big surprise for them that the turnout was low because at the beginning they

didn't have enough trust in this elections because they're criticizing the government because they're doing this elections in times where you have daily attacks and daily blasts and also criticizing the government and a bloody himself for corruption. far as you just mentioned you've been speaking to iraqis there cut the country faces major economic challenges after battling the so-called islamic state for the past several years so do voters there expect this election to bring about the change that they need. when i talk to them and especially when not see here only in baghdad but in north of iraq in mosul where d.s. one year ago was still there and our body always says like we defeated today that the the i asked talk to the people there do you know that this elections will not change anything because even one year after defeating the so-called islamic state nothing happened there are no big changes you still have the old town of mosul is

totally destroyed you still have bridges that are obvious choice schools there are destroyed hospitals that are destroyed we don't have to forget that almost one million internally displaced iraqis didn't return back to their home so the politicians here are making big words and talking a lot when you say when you talk to people but when it comes to schachter and which comes to doing they are not doing it and you can see this very well through the whole posters you have here and the big picture is hanging all over iraq and telling them we will build up iraq we will support you and you know it's kind of a joke that people here do their what what's written on this papers taste on these papers and on this posters and they cannot they will not do it on the ground and change anything so the trust in the elections is very low the credibility of the elections is also low and the people tell me we don't trust in what's going on nothing is going to have the same faces will appear again jafar abdul karim in

baghdad thank you very much. north korea says it will dismantle its nuclear test site later this month this is part of a previous pledge to halt its nuclear test program state media says underground tunnels will be collapsed and nuclear facilities removed adding that foreign journalists including americans will be invited to cover the event this follows u.s. president donald trump's confirmation of his meeting with north korean leader kim jong un he will be held on joint in singapore. now some of the other stories making news around the world syrian human rights observers say at least nineteen iranians were among the 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 israeli controlled golan heights which israel believes was

carried out by iran. u.s. president donald trump has declared a major disaster as the killer whale ball kaino continues to erupt on hawaii's big island scientists are warning of further eruptions and more destructive lava flows dozens of homes have been destroyed and kill a way out of iraq did more than a week ago. thousands of people have marched through the polish capital warsaw demonstrators are outraged about reforms to the country's courts made by the ruling law and justice party the opposition says the changes threaten judges independence or the government says the changes are necessary to combat corruption and efficiency. to spain now where the regional parliament of catalonia has failed to elect a new president and its fifth attempt to form a new government pro independence parties are backing kim torah who remains likely to clinch the position and another vote on monday he has vowed to continue the

independence fight against an address catalonia has been without a government since late last year in madrid remove car last put them on the cabinet put them on then one regional elections in december and have been trying to form a government ever since if the region is still without a government by may twenty second catalonia will face with fresh elections earlier we spoke to an a lot o. fair who's been covering the story for us from barcelona we began by asking her what happens next in the push to elect a new leader in catalonia. you didn't get an absolute majority today in the first round. filey amende sixty six and these both say were of interest sixty five against that there were also four abstentions. the same result as today monday he could be next president because a monday a second route in the parliament is expected to be held and he only needs

a simple majority so that means that catalonia who can have a new president. there six months without a president. i was on a lot of fair reporting for us from barcelona germany's chancellor has been awarded the s e z peace prize franciscan monks recognize angle americal for her work promoting the peaceful coexistence of different peoples americal was in italy to receive the accolade this as italy edges towards a breakthrough in the political deadlock that has gripped the country since inconclusive elections two months ago seen france's basilica in a c.c. the setting for a highly anticipated speech by german chancellor i'm going to america. this is a word ceremony for one decisive day for each of the country's path could soon be determined by a coalition of the euro skeptic five star movement and the into migration league.

italian because it is in a crucial political phase which i of course won't take a stand on but what i want to say is that we gemini want to join forces with to solve the great issues of our time will be more in. their goal was here to receive the lamp of peace award for what differences can order described as her work promoting the peaceful coexistence of peoples the piece of land is a replica of a glass or a lamp that burns in the burial chamber of the waters founder francis of assisi. hedonist on a tie absolute peace is hardly conceivable without inclusiveness on a giant sea and justice freedom for peace is not free peace requires peace is like the light of a lamp that only lights us as long as we continue adding oil. a rallying cry from the german chancellor for more concerted efforts to end wars around the world. to

sport now where there is proof that all good things must come to an end even for hamburg a historic day in the bundesliga as the club crashed out of the top tier for the first time ever they needed to be and they also needed wolfsburg to lose to cologne and while hamburg did post a two one victory against gladbach walls were refused to play along and defeated colonna in their encounter embarq had been the only club to stay in the bluntest league us first division since the club was founded in one thousand nine hundred sixty three. the hum book club must be set back to zero it counted every second they spent as the only ever present club in the bundesliga. but hamburg glory days are long gone but club successful period a distant memory even the nine hundred eighty three european cup triumph. recent years have been filled with relegation dog fights they've managed to save

themselves time and again but despite the huge fan base they family drop down to the second division the club structural problems have been partly to blame frequent changes in the coaching staff this season left them without a long term plan. christian tit's has helped inspire a revival in recent weeks but it came too late to spare the. first bundesliga relegation of the fifty five years behind but one that had been a long time in the making. hollywood's leading women have taken part in the historic red carpet protest at the cannes film festival denouncing sex discrimination in the industry australian actress cate blanchett who heads this year's jury read a statement calling for equal pay and opportunities for women in the film industry and beyond eighty two women took part the same number as the number of films directed by women ever to feature at cannes that compares to more than sixteen

hundred for now that's the first time the event has been held in france since the sexual abuse scandal swept hollywood. you're watching the news rising at the top of the hour if you can. thanks for tuning in. what does a football loving country need to reach its goals. we'll tell you how german soccer gained it back to the top. in our web special. time. football made in germany.