this is. what was once called africa's breadbasket voters in zimbabwe have gone to the polls hoping to sow the seeds of real democracy this was the first election since independence with. zimbabweans waiting in long lines beginning at dawn to cast their ballots to the capital for the latest in this landmark vote also coming up president meets italian prime minister. actually agrees with us on several issues in fact. increasingly hardline approach.

leader claims victory in sunday's election but the united states. attacking the white house saying it was my their free nor fair. exiled opposition leader what do you think. it's good to have you with polls have closed in zimbabwe's landmark election it is the first time in nearly four decades where the people voted but the name of the former authoritarian leader robert mugabe was not on the ballot zimbabweans in large numbers today forming long queues at polling stations across the country he. spent the day on the ground with the voters. here's in them bob we're scepter to our hour long very long for the first time since robert mugabe was chased out of

office by the military last year people are allowed to go to the polling stations and the turnout is huge. and very very exciting this is a stern flood scene i hope you're going to bring a change to our country it's a special day because it's all of this time is a new generation to choose who aren't ever since he was born is near its praised our choice everyone is able to put cheese flowed freely not being intimidated by is just free so look if it is going to be just think so after waiting with people are finally allowed to come in here to cast their votes but before that they have to come over here to pick their ballot paper where they find a total of twenty three candidates. neck and neck race is expected on the one side there's emerson and god world of the ruling zanu p.f.

although he has been part of the ruling elites minister and vice president under mugabe he's portraying himself as a reformer in his short time in office to try to open up the country to investors and also allow its about winds to express their opinion freer than under mugabe and his key opponent over there nelson chamisa however does not believe in the sudden change of heart of the ruling party that has been suppressing his a position party m.d.c. for years it could be the first relatively free and fair elections in the history of them back with the opposition where allowed to campaign even outside the capital harare without fear and for the first time since two thousand and two also an election observer mission of the european union was invited the chief of the observation mission germany e.u. parliamentarian elmar brok just arrived at the polling station the people are not so afraid anymore there is no right or lens physical violence but perhaps some intimidation. and the unclarity about the procedure to come to the elections concerning the voters' list the better cheats and that we have to check that also

there's reason for optimism but also the reason for concern for the future of them by the questions out how would the opposition react if the president will win these elections will they accept the results on the other hand how will the powerful military react who has been interfering in politics in the past will they allow a peaceful transition of power. and we will have more coverage of the zimbabwean election coming up later on the day and you can also find it more information about the zimbabwean election on our website that's the w dot com slash africa or not to the united states u.s. president donald trump is meeting this hour with italian prime minister do something conte in washington the talks came and come amid a simmering trade dispute between the u.s. and the european union arrived earlier on monday was received by president trump at the white house ahead of their one on one meeting you talking prime minister is seen as trump's major ally in europe they share similar views on policy areas such

as migrants and a friendlier stance towards russia the bilateral talks focused on migration trade and military issues here's part of what trump had to say just a short while ago. to the prime minister never focused on the urgent need to protect our nations from terrors and uncontrolled migration our countries are learned through hard experience that border security is national security there are one and the same like the united states italy is currently under enormous strain as a result of illegal immigration and they fought it hard and the prime minister frankly is with us today because of illegal immigration is really got tired of it. all right for now i'm joined by our correspondent in washington carson phenomena

good evening to you carson i want to pick up on that topic of migration just a moment but first you know when you consider that the u.s. president has welcomed the german chancellor the french president and we know how those relations are at the moment what kind of welcome did the italian prime minister get from mr trump. a very warm come president trump praised mr clinton if all what's he called his his very tough approach towards gratian and he called on other european leaders to follow the italian example in this context really done a tremendous administration see. as an ally within the european union in contrast to other leaders like for instance. we have seen time and again that the trumpet ministration seems to be very interested in supporting some of the new more right wing more nationalist more and she globalist and she liberal

leaders in europe for instance in hungary in poland in austria the czech republic and now it's early and they're using them in a way to. transport u.s. positions from positions into the e.u. against the olds more multilateral establishment in europe i mean both of these leaders appear to be like minded we heard the u.s. president there saying that italians got sick of having a broken migration or migratory policy they've gone views that are similar when it comes to that and when it comes to russia. absolutely because that was the only leader at the recent g. seven summit in canada that supported on a trans idea to readmit russia to this very exclusive club of course that's not

completely unheard of from a conservative in italy your betters tony the former prime minister of italy was considered a close personal friend of russian president vladimir putin now. is a very different personality from. from silvio berlusconi he's not a party animal likes of you of balance kone he's also not an educator such as on the trump he's a more quiet law professor but when it comes to the issues trump and calling to see eye to eye in terms to reporters also as the u.s. president about meeting with the leader of iran something completely different from italy today and the u.s. president said that he is willing to meet with a radiant president rouhani is this a serious offer. it is in the way of course donald trump probably is banking on the fact that there's probably not much

interest on the iranian side for such a summit but donald trump has got a lot of criticism for his recent meeting with russian president putin and also for the summit with the north korean leader kim both cases critics have said nothing much came out of these summits and on trump i think wanted to emphasize that for him it is important to talk to people to be open to negotiations to be open to discussions and therefore he said well i wouldn't rule out a meeting with the iranian leader and there will be no preconditions but that is as far as it gets don't believe there are serious plans for this kind of meeting at this point or correspond in washington carson phenomenon the story for us tonight kirsten thank you. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world wildfires in northern california have killed at least six people and destroyed vast swathes of land some residents the worst affected area have been

allowed to return to their homes near the city of reading but around ten thousand other people further south have been ordered to evacuate malaysia's government says it cannot determine with any certainty why flight m h three seventy mysteriously disappeared in two thousand and fourteen its official report says the pilot and first officer were well rested and showed no sign of anxiety or stress some wreckage has been located but it's still unclear where the plane carrying two hundred thirty nine passengers went down. on the philippine president. looked on as bulldozers flattened like sharee vehicles worth almost five million euros today the government wants to correct me on smuggling and this destruction is a warning to anyone trying to evade paying import duties this is the second fleet of cars destroyed in this way. the international community has widely criticized sunday's election in cambodia as being neither free nor fair and the official results will not be declared until the eleventh of august but long time prime

minister of winston has already claimed victory his ruling party says that it has won all one hundred twenty five parliamentary seats up for grabs the principle opposition party was unable to take part in the vote as it was dissolved by court order last year and its leader imprisoned for treason. earlier we spoke to move so to the vice president of cambodia's main opposition movement c n n r p the party was banned last year and mrs moon lives in exile in indonesia she told us that after this election democracy in cambodia is dead. this doesn't send a plane so to be in the chip in that leader of the government of can we get it will not be illegitimate a government of cambodia and their group is reactions from the e.u. from the united states from other countries show it very well it was

a scenario used and sent to run without a real pet. we represent the will of the people we cannot accept that we were not hired at this election because the will of the people who is dead democracy is dead in cambodia this is a home send has been given a signal wanting to big that the bring back in democracy but he doesn't care because the only thing that he is hungry for is a more power but we do care what is going to happen is economic sanctions and it is imposed it will be a disaster for the economy therefore he wants to be a connived as a legitimate leader even a government that has alleged that leader has to be a reelection and it was mostly to their speaking with us earlier oh i had to run on

the theory of everyone enjoying the sizzling temperatures here in europe but the fact of the matter is here in germany it has not rained properly since april and it's a big problem the record drought is threatening the widely holds many farmers they want government aid to the tune of one billion euros to make up for lost crops it's unclear whether or not they will get that money. an unseasonably warm and dry spring has sped up and thinned out the grain harvest last year's yield was already down from the five year average this year's is expected to be even lower farmers have been pushing for direct payments for weeks i know me all the oil a billion euros would be welcome we're expecting damage in the billions of grain and cereal losses alone come to one point four billion euros then we got the rapeseed losses the turnips the vegetables the potatoes everything suffering. the german farmers association says the one billion euros would help operations that

are down more than thirty percent from the previous year on tuesday association officials will appeal to german agricultural minister yulia kirchner seen here at the g. twenty sure report to the german cabinet the following day. clinton has already said she's concerned about farmers in the north and east but not everyone believes financial help is the answer the agricultural policy representative for the social democrats argues that aiding farmers would set a bad precedent for other businesses. from extreme weather to extreme sports now extreme sports might seem like a modern innovation for adrenaline junkies but in the bosnian town of mostar diving has been a test of courage going back centuries and several thousand spectators lined the banks of the river. to see forty daredevils watch this now brave the twenty seven metre jump into the depths below. their most hard native laurens listo won the competition for the second year running it's the twelfth when his tough win over

all other divers were not in it for the win though they just wanted to test their courage and considering how hard it has been they've missed one of the cool. say goodbye to do. you have to be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day to see if it. could. make your smart t.v. even smarter with the w.'s for small see. what you want when you want it. up to date. extraordinary. you decide what's. funny no more w more.