during this period. sixty years. this week. play. this is d w news live from is another immigration policy 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

commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the country's founding but behind the problem on the parades does pyongyang not really force the celebration. and force a controversial cool from the umpire had serena williams fuming as she lost the u.s. open final to japanese youngster naomi osaka. i knew cooper's mackinnon glad you could join me. voting is underway in sweden in one of the most unpredictable elections in decades mainstream parties are facing a major challenge from the far right which is expecting big gains from voters unhappy with immigration and integration polls suggest the nationalist sweden democrats led by jimmy ackerson could emerge as one of the strongest forces in

parliament to shift to the right even threatens to unseat the left leaning coalition government prime minister stefano fund has called this election a referendum on sweden's welfare state the rise of the populists and sweden follows a europe wide trend and could signal a break with the country's liberal traditions. it's shaping up to be one of the most significant election instance we didn't history the first nationwide vote since the country to get more migrants her 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 in solve spog migration has become a prism through which everything else is viewed. strong told many or one time we cannot take you take it or stop there so many of the good life i seem to have 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 stick i love him has already conceded that the twenty fifteen 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. the 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 to liberals and christian democrats. three. 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 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 on ease about migration doesn't bring the sweden democrats to pyra it could mean the country's century old political consensus is over. correspondent baba vessel is at a polling station in stockholm and joins me now barbara good to see you tell us how the voting is going. the voting is going briskly because already thirty five percent of swedes had voted before we had this sunday this is possible after the swedish rules and there has been life lead traffic around the

polling station here in the center of stockholm so it seems that a large number of swedish people do have a sense that this is maybe not a historic battle really exceptionally important election the holding the sunday here. now the far right when democrats are expecting big gains how strong are they likely to emerge from this election. it is really difficult to say because polls have been veering all over the place for the last weeks as some pollsters saw them up to twenty five percent even in first place and then there was sort of sliding down and the problem was this is that if you ask talk to people in the streets here they say that nobody really likes to admit that they have make their cross at the sweden democrats because it stills part somehow to be a bit nasty but then when they're in the secrecy off the polling booth people and some people do so the estimates say that about one fifth also we just swedish

voters might in fact sort of vote for the sweden democrats not everybody because they are violently and the migrant but a lot of people because they feel that they wouldn't change some sort of changes that they would like a shake up of the political system. sweden has a very long tradition of helping those in need they're known for being very open to refugees to my current is all that's about to change. it looks like it it looks like that sweden is sort of to give up particularly position in international affairs as being the humanitarian superpowers on the road stage you know if there is a conflict an intractable conflict where you're looking for to negotiate swedish politicians so we've seen that in the past and so sweden had a special position and it seems now they're becoming more normal in a way they're becoming more like other european countries they're talking about conflicts and in their societies more openly they're talking about problems they

have was migration more openly and the negative side of this is of course that the society is becoming more polarized political discourse here has really changed pretty much everybody you talk to here on the streets a stark cold will acknowledge that and say yes we are not to be used to be fifteen years ago ok. well in stockholm thanks so much ok let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of people have across russia have protested against government plans to raise the pension age jailed opposition leader alexei nobel me called for a large turnout the pension reforms have sparked widespread anger despite promises by president vladimir putin to soften the unpopular measure. so obvious president says his country no longer wants to wage war in the balkans alexander who church

has been visiting serve on claims in knavery neighboring kosovo the former foes of considering a land swap a nd at normalizing ties the plan would return serve majority northern kosovo to serbia and give the mostly ethnic albanian press a valley to kosovo. environmentalists are deploying a huge boom in an attempt to clean up the world's largest rubbish and the pacific ocean the six hundred metre long structure will be towed to the great pacific garbage patch that's an island of plastic waste twice the size of texas organizers hope to remove off the garbage over the next two years. north korea has 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 pheasant festival festivities excuse me were closely watched 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 its already fragile economy is under even greater pressure because of tough sanctions in response to its nuclear program but 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 press. call measures on denuclearization. that's why the absence of long range missiles at the parade is so significant it would seem to indicate a willingness and need to focus on peace and prosperity rather than on military might. now history was made in the us open final as naomi a sucker 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 threatens 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 i the american already a set don't bluster the umpire calling him a thief and a liar and was probably hit with a game penalty she won only one more game as naomi or sucker held her nerve to clinch a stunning victory the williams outburst threatened to overshadow the win with boos ringing out as a sucker awaited presentation of her first major trophy the japanese even apologized to the crowed after defeating her idol but just twenty years old was sucker looks well placed to emulate william's illustrious career. now following that u.s. open final serena williams has called out carlos from says decision to duck her again as a sexist remark williams said male athletes have gotten away with similar outbursts

in the past without facing any consequences opinion was divided on social media tennis legend billie jean king applauded williams for calling out a double standard in tennis and many agreed with her but richard defended ramos he said williams' shots of three well known rules and that each penalty was correct and in the first round of football's new a phoenicians league spain defeated england two one in a scrappy encounter london's wembley stadium marcus rushford opened the scoring for england in the seventh minute but so equalized to spain just two minutes later the guests then went ahead through rodrigo just past the hof mark mark it was enough to seal spain a two one win. the oscar winning director alfonzo koran's film roma has won the golden lion at the venice film festival the black and whites drama has been hailed as his most personal film and his best the netflix release beat

twenty of the entries to claim the top award. the coveted golden lion in the hands of other funds. to direct and learn from hollywood blockbusters including gravity and children of man was on the tin venice for a very different kind of film. in roma which critics have called a triumph and a vision quote on office a glimpse of his childhood in one nine hundred seventy s. mexico but instead of focusing on himself the story has 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'm the queen and for her performances queen and livia coleman took the best actress award. venice was

far short of female acting talent. but only one of the twenty one directors firing for the top prize was a woman director jennifer kent 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 on which films from venice is strong line up we'll make it to the oscars. ok just a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you voting is underway in sweden's national election which has been dominated by the issue of immigration surveys predict the far right anti immigrant sweden democrats could win as much as

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