sixty years. this week the dog. feces detail when you fly from bali is another anti immigration policy about to shake up european politics so we exult going to the polls today with the far right sweden democrats poised to make major gains or does it mean the country's liberal along this will have analysis from our correspondent in stockholm also coming up.

north korea commemorates the seventieth anniversary of the country's founding but behind the pomp and the parades does pyongyang really have cause for celebration will put that question to an expert on east asia. i'm having the humphrey good to have you with us voting is underway in sweden in one of the most unpredictable elections in decades traditional parties are facing a serious challenge from the far right which is expecting big gains from voters unhappy with immigration and integration the swing is threatening to unseat the left leaning government of prime minister stefano often cost his ballot this morning he's called this election a referendum on sweden's welfare state polls suggest the populist sweden democrats could have much 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 to provide. it's shaping up to be one of the most significant election since we didn't history the first nationwide vote since the country to get more migrants pair head 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 its strong tone many one time we cannot thank you they can all stop they mean so many to him it's a good life i think they want to be in this. country and these are so much. the. swedes are divided about high far large

scale migration brings with it violent crime but the country's prime minister step i love them 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 same chair 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 ruled out 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 white spread unease about migration doesn't bring the sweden democrats to paris it could mean the country century old political consensus is over. well the chorus want to bother to have a sales at a polling station in stockholm she joins me now hello to you barbara how is the voting going there. now we've seen that already more than thirty percent of seats have voted in the forehand today because they can do this protester. and there is christmas at the polling station behind us here in the old town of stockholm and we hear the same from other polling stations so it seems that many swedes are really aware of the fact that this is that extremely important

election and that there is a sort of sense of is the historical occasion in the sunday here in sweden for prayer the far right this weekend democrats are expecting big gains how strong do you think they will like emerge from this election. in. there's no telling the polls i've been hearing all over the place for a time there were polled it was more than twenty percent then during the last days they were down a bit and the problem was of people who vote for right wing extremist parties mostly is that if the pulsars come around they don't admit to the fact so they have consistently been polling lower in early elections then in the end then they emerged after the votes were counted so it's really difficult to say they will be strong that much is clear for the party is right when we know that asbos the question is barbara how far to the right what can you tell us.

if you look back into the history of these sweet democrats and they really have their roots in a new a nazi party that already was in sweden in the. during the eighty's there was this oldest child kill switches movement in sweden here but those were all it was really movements on the theories fringes of politics they never had any importance it was really some oddball scattering and sort of sprouting those strange theories and that has completely changed the new leadership new york scene has really try to demonize the parties and lawyers marine le pen tried to do it in france last year and he has the tries to show the party is just not the political movement even though there is only one issue they're pushing it that is that anti migrant policies they are really into fear mongering and they're telling swedes that they have to fear for their safety even though this is one of the wealthiest and safest country in the world so people still are buying into this because they do see

occasions and they do see crime in the suburbs of the big cities and so i think the party shows a tries to show a new face but it finds it difficult to completely hide its roots you don't really correspondent bob and i have a zero in stockholm for us good to talk to you barbara thank you. and now some of the other stories making news around the world first responders say four civilians have been killed by airstrikes in syria's rebel held in a province monitor groups a syrian a 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 ip. the prime minister of. the gudiya has been killed in a car crash after returning to his home republic following a state visit to syria of independence is only recognized by a few countries mainly russia georgia still considers the region as part of its

territory. environmentalist saw deploying a huge boom 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 grapes if it garbage patch an island of plastic waste twice the size of texas organizers hope to remove half of the garbage over the next two years. well north korea's been marking the seventieth anniversary of the country's founding with a parade full of pageantry in the capital pyongyang with north korea increasingly showing signs of opening up the festivities were closely watch for signs of the regime's future direction and observers took note of what was not on display in this year's extravaganza. north korea's dentistry of dictators has a tradition of putting on shows to celebrate itself and its achievements huge parades through the capital pyongyang showcasing the armed forces as well as happy

loyal citizens but each parade is a bit different and experts study the details for their political significance what was missing today intercontinental ballistic missiles which could deliver nuclear warheads to the united states. a large part of the event was devoted to civilians and efforts to build the economy the declared priority of north korean leader kim jong un. this is a delicate moment for the country it's already fragile economy is under even greater pressure because of tough sanctions in response to its nuclear program. kim says he aims for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula on the surprise summit with u.s. president donald trump in june looked like it might herald a new phase of detente relations suddenly looked chummy but then swiftly soured but kim is about to meet his south korean counterpart again to discuss practical measures on denuclearization. that's why. why the absence of long range missiles at

the parade is so significant it would seem to indicate a willingness or a need to focus on peace and prosperity rather than on military might. and for more now i'm joined in the studio by about how to botch an expert on china or north korea from the battles man 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 a 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 each i'm 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 the 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 that 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 shot off all their diplomatic fireworks at the big summit in june in singapore so the expectations there were 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 nominee 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 tough 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 mainly. 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 development there ben had botched an expert on china north korea from the battles and foundation thanks for your insights thank you history was made in the u.s. open final as niamey osaka became the first japanese athlete to win a grand slam title the twenty year old defeated idol serena williams in straight sets but a controversial outburst from williams threatened to overshadow what should have been a night of celebration serena williams was three one up in the second set in new york when things began to unravel having been handed a violation for receiving instructions from her coach williams was docked a point for smushing her racket as she threw away the chance to go for one up. the american already a set down blasted the umpire calling him a fifth and a liar and was promptly hit with a game penalty she won only one more game as noumena saka held her nerve to clinch

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