and they're challenging. this seven percent abuse platform. they seize d.w. news life from burning it is another anti immigration party about to shake up european politics swedes are going to the polls today with the far right sweden democrats poised to make major gains what does it mean for the country's liberal alliance we'll have analysis from our correspondent in stockholm also coming up.

north korea to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the country's founding but behind the pomp and the parades does pyongyang really have cause for celebration who put that question to an expert on east asia. five hundred home free glad you could join me voting is underway in sweden in one of the most unpredictable elections in decades the center left government faces a serious challenge from the far right which is made major gains on the issues of immigration and integration prime minister stephan that cost his ballot early this morning he's called this election a referendum on sweden's welfare state polls suggest the populist sweden democrats could emerge as one of the strongest forces in parliament. well the rise of the anti immigrant party could shake the status quo in

a country known for its stability and liberal values. it's shaping up to be one of the most significant election is in sweden's history the first nationwide vote since the country to can more migrants perhaps of population than any other european country back in twenty fifteen at the height of the migration crisis it's just one key issue along with health care education and climate change but in rural communities like here insults bug migration has become a prism through which everything else is viewed. in strong told many or one time we cannot thank you they can all stop their mediation so money and the good life i think they want to be in this. country and these so much. the. swedes are divided about high far large scale migration brings with it violent crime but the country's prime minister step by love then has already conceded that

the twenty fifty migrants influx was too much to cope with. he leaves the center left social democratic party which has come first in every swedish election since one nine hundred seventeen it governs in coalition with the greens. he faces a challenge from the center right moderates led by other christerson his is the largest of the opposition parties which make up what is known as the alliance which also includes the center liberals and christian democrats. but all eyes are on the far right sweden democrats ones on the fringes the party led by jimmy acas son boasts twenty percent support from the thirteen achieved at the last election other parties have real day working with pay is making it unlikely they'll be part of any government what's more likely is that any party

forming a minority government will have to rely on their support. and with no party likely to achieve an overall majority that's a potential political nightmare for sweden's establishment but even if widespread on ease about migration doesn't bring the sweden democrats to pyra it could mean the country's century old political consensus is over. did already correspondent bob a vessel is at a polling station in stockholm good to see you barbara another anti immigrant populist party on the rise how strong can we expect them to emerge on this election day in sweden. we don't really know helen now because the polls have been veering all over the place during the last days a week ago or two weeks ago some polls so saw them at twenty five percent even in first place in the swiss readership political landscape but then it seems to have gone down again now they have been polled with around twenty percent which would put them in second place in this parliament but we have to wait how strong their

support really is when people go to the polls behind us we see a polling station in the center in the old town of stockholm and what you see here are representative of all the big parties only the social democrats are in here and even a sweden democrats replicas also here and they're still shoving of leaflets into people tens and trying to change their minds at the very last moment so we have to wait and see the prognosis are simply not really for him and we can't really dare to make prophecies at this point but for how all right we are the sweet and democrats what more can you tell us about them. it is a problem that lies in their past because they have come from a new and the party of real fringe extreme right wing fringe party that you see existence we know already in the eighty's but this was all always sort of like an

oddball little fringe thing and then when jimmy aka's who is now leader of this party the sweden democrats when he came he tried to do what marine le pen tried to do in france he tried to sort of end depots in his party to to sort of a deal demonize them he says now no we are not an extreme radical right wing party we are not racists even though they are pretty much the magic i mean they talk about nothing but migrants they talk about crime and it is really a tremendous amount of fear mongering that they've sort of using in trying to impress voters and giving them a feeling of in secure. in their own country which as we know from other countries from great britain from france from germany even is what really sort of fires the populist vote and that's what's behind them so whether jimmy office will really be successful was demonizing the party and. sort of painting them as just another

party even though a conservative one we will have to see briefly if you wouldn't mind barbara sweden i mean always had a fairly open refugee policy why is it such an issue now. it has become an issue to talk that two thousand and fifteen when around one hundred fifty thousand drift came in very quick succession at the height of the big crisis and when the people had the feeling that the government had control over who comes and how many people come and how then they are integrated into society it's a very similar phenomenon that you see in germany and some other european countries and then of course its past mistakes in the refugee policy in sweden here that has led to this moment that politics in sweden find themselves now in there really being torn apart and probably shaken all over the place w. correspondent in stockholm thank you. let's take it now some of the other stories making news around the world the prime minister. canady gogu has been killed in

a car crash after returning to his home republic following a state visit to syria because he has independence is only recognized by a few countries mainly russia georgia still considers the region as part of its territory. first responders say four civilians have been killed by airstrikes in syria's rebel held in a province monitor groups say syrian and russian jets conducted more than sixty air raids on saturday the most intense bombing in weeks russia syria and iran are believed to be preparing for a final assault on italy. environmentalist out of throwing a huge plume in an attempt to clean up the world's largest rubbish patch in the pacific ocean the six hundred metre long structure will be towed to the great pacific garbage patch it's an island of plastic waste twice the size of texas organizers hope to remove half of the garbage over the next two years.

north korea is celebrating its seventy fifth birthday a month long program of events kicked off with a concert followed by a huge parade while the communist say showed off the latest military hardware and best trade units there was no sign of advanced long range missiles the focus was on civilian efforts to build the economy the top priority for leader kim jong un today's parade comes at a sensitive time kim's relations with u.s. president donald trump is deteriorated since this summit. and for more now i'm joined in the studio by about one hundred bartsch an expert on china or north korea from the bet has been foundation good to have you with us mr boche now good morning some experts say that you know the focus on this year's parade was the economy and not on military might as we've seen previously is that how you read it yes you're right and it's interesting in the way that north korea holds

a military parade in order to showcase its economic goals but i think the two most significant things that you saw there was that they did not show case their most advanced weapons and the second thing the presence of john sure who is the number three in the. chinese leadership are a key and that is a sign that north korea may be heading down a similar way like china going for economic reforms a bit of opening up that's at least the hope that that you see i suppose the question is well not showing the latest military hardware in the in that way was that a message then to the united states because of course diplomacy appears to have stalled with the united states for now can we expect the progress i think we can expect a lot of activity not a lot of progress though but the u.s. and north korea have really sort of all their diplomatic fireworks at the big

summit in june in singapore so the expectations there were six trimly high and they cannot be met i think the much more significant diplomatic event that we're looking at now is the meeting with the south korean president what can we expect to come out of those talks i think so is really trying hard to bring in north korea to engage then become known that he just as the chinese are doing and the big question in south korea is are they going to propose a peace treaty at some point i don't think we're going to see this at the summit this month but i think there's a strong political will in south korea to offer more to north korea to just to bring them in from the cold i mean you mention the fact that they're going to try and potentially engage south korea economically is that the sense that north korea at seventy really needs to do that for the for the state of the nation and the situation that the people find themselves in the it absolutely does seventy years of north korea is

a celebration for the kim family because they've hung on to power for seventy years there's not that many regimes worldwide that have managed to do that saudi arabia main but. for the people it's a horrible situation it's nothing to celebrate seventy years of north korea north korea is in an area. where every country around them has really developed and they haven't although they have all the chances and we hope that we'll see some develop there ben had botched an expert on china north korea from the battles and foundation thanks for your insights thank you. tennis now at that age are matic final at the u.s. open in new york sacca has beaten serena williams to claim her first ever grand slam title and the first for a japanese woman osaka cruised into a first set needed williams took control early in the second set but then lost her cool smashing her racket on the court after she was paid allies when the chair umpire spotted her coach making hand signals williams called the umpire a liar and

a thief and was promptly given a game penalty for verbal abuse or soccer remain calm to take the set and the match . oscar winning director alfonso out on film roma has won the golden lion at the venice film festival the black and white drama has been hailed as his most personal film and his best netflix release be twenty other entries to claim the top award. the coveted golden lion in the hands of other funds oku are on the director known for hollywood blockbusters including gravity and children of man was honored in venice for a very different kind of film. in roma which critics have called a triumph under a vision of his a glimpse of his childhood in one nine hundred seventy s. mexico but instead of focusing on himself the story is centered on the women who

raised him. another film with strong female leads the favorite. the darkly comic period drama topped the festival second most prestigious prize. i am the queen and for her performances queen and olivia colman took the best actress award. venice was far short of female acting talent. but only one of the twenty one directors vying for the top prize was a woman directed jennifer can't who won the special jury prize for the nightingale called for more women to make films. the feminine force is the most powerful and healing force on the planet so i hope and i'm confident that next year and the year after in the year off to see more and more women inhabiting this space. who lies now and which films from venice is strong

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