there's plenty of still. to. this week. this is d w news law you live in it is another fancy 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. drama at the u.s.

open tennis final sarina williams angrily confronts the umpire off a controversial cold we'll take you through the divided reactions on social media. on to mexican director alfonso quarrel in the winds and the top prize at the venice film festival a road block of black and white drama based on his childhood memories. i need troops mckinnon glad you could join me. the people of sweden are voting in one of the most unpredictable elections the country has seen in decades mainstream parties a facing a major challenge from the far right which is expecting big gains from voters unhappy with immigration and with the slow pace of integration polls suggest the nationalist sweden democrats led by jimmy acas and could emerge as one of the

strongest forces in parliament the shift to the right even threatens to unseat the left leaning coalition government prime minister stefan lutheran has called this election a referendum on sweden's welfare state now the rise of the populists in sweden follows a europe wide trend and it 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 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 insult spog migration has become a prism through which everything else is viewed. it's tonto many one time we cannot think you're taking or stop there so many of them to him it's

a good life i think they want to be in the. 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 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 thousand 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 white spread an ease about migration doesn't bring the sweden democrats to pirate it could mean the country's century old political consensus is over. correspondent bob of diesel 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 this sunday this is

possible off the swedish roots and there has been lively 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 by the 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. that 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 at the problem it was this is that if you have talked to people in the streets here they say yeah but nobody really likes to admit that they have make their cross up to sweden democrats because it's still so hot 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 or so we just swedish voters might in fact sort of vote for this weekend democrats not everybody because they're violently and the migrant but a lot of people because they feel that they wouldn't change some sort of change at 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 migrants is all that's about to change it looks like it looks like that sweden is sort of to give up particularly position in international affairs as being the humanitarian superpowers on the world stage you know if there is a conflict an intractable conflict where you're looking forward to negotiate swedish politicians so we've seen that in the past and so it was 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 are 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 he would talk to here on the streets of stockholm will acknowledge that and so yes we are not to be used to be fifteen years ago ok. well in stockholm thanks so much. now history has been made at the u.s. open tennis final with naomi osaka becoming the first japanese athlete to win a grand slam title the twenty year old defeated tennis star serena williams in straight sets but a controversial outburst from williams threaten 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 a hundred a violation for receiving instructions from her coach williams who stopped a point for smushing her racket as she threw away the chance to go for one up the american already a sit down blasted the umpire calling him a thief and a liar and was promptly hit with a game penalty she won only one more game as no me or soccer held her nerve to clinch a stunning victory. williams' outburst threatened to overshadow the when 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 cycling as well placed to emulate williams illustrious career. now that outburst from serino williams has provoked quite a reaction on social media after williams accused the. us of sexism and for more on those reactions i'm joined by jonathan crane tell us what exactly did serina say

when i did this to parse this really what happened on court and then after the match on court in the piece she called the umpire a thief she said remonstrated with the referee when he came on to adjudicate she said it's because i'm a woman that you're taking this away from me and she continued that theme in her post match press conference this is what she had to say i've seen other men cool. several things and i'm here fighting for women's rights and women's equality for me to say thief and him to take it day it made me feel like it was a sexist remark and she's really doubling down the penalties she received a hefty fine coming her way not really stopping her a lot of the time players would say things in the heat of the moment in the heat of battle and then soften the it's a bit serene really seeming to stick to her guns here and i'm doubling down as i said on the sexism accusations now plenty of people have been tweeting in support of. not just a. prose tweet saying most of all perhaps billie jean king a tennis legend. is now an equal rights act. she said when

a woman is emotional she's hysterical and she's penalized for it when a man does the same he's outspoken and there are no repercussions just appraises serena calling out what she says is a double standard and then victoria azarenka term says simply if it was a men's match this wouldn't happen like this it just wouldn't. have also been speaking out and they've said yeah we've seen them done without maybe getting penalized as we talk about the double standard when you think of the likes of. the john mcenroe back in the day you cannot be serious. how they used to break and were celebrated for it. and the second point sexism is already really had at the u.s. open alleys acorn a french player was wrongly given a penalty for taking off the top court of course you see male players do that all the time without penalty ok so a lot of support but of course all those ones happy about the out about indeed

a lot of people saying look rules the rules you know this case the umpire was justified in each of the three cases a former. australian being written a column about this he said in fact. should be apologized to not the other way round and he also tweeted it's very simple william shatner's three well known well documented and well understood rules each penalty was correct now it seems to be the parent for coaching is the one that scores the most contention because in most tournament on the women's told coaching is allowed grand slams run by different organization not so loud serena knife getting coaching but after the match a coach admitted he actually did say i think this is something that needs to be looked at the needs to be some consistency here and the other thing that's got people angry hey you have naomi a soccer twenty is old enough grand slam final grand slam site so beats idaho and the trophy presentation it's been raining now and she's in tears there's something wrong with that i think. you're. all right let's have

a look at some of the other stories making news around the world a monitor group says russian and syrian government air raids have pounded rebel held it live province killing at least one person a child is the second day of heavy bombardment with reports of helicopters dropping the barrel bombs russia syria and iran are believed to be preparing for a final assault on it live despite international pressure. north korea has begun celebrating its seventieth birthday with a showcase of its achievements the festivities began on saturday evening with a concert featuring three of the country's top music ensembles on sunday a large parade is to be held in the heart of pyongyang to mark the anniversary. ethnic albanians in kosovo have erected roadblocks to interrupt a visit by serbia's president tensions are rising over a controversial land swap plan between the two both neighbors speaking in northern kosovo serbia's leader alexander who church tonight plans to regroup borders the

idea was proposed as a way of settling relations between the form of. now oscar winning director alfonso coorong film rumor has won the golden lion at the venice film festival the black and white drama has been hailed as his most personal film and as his best the netflix release beat twenty other entries to claim the top award. the coveted golden lion in the hands of other funds are on the direct unknown 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 and a vision quote on offers a glimpse of his childhood in one thousand 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 am the queen and for her performances queen and livia coleman took the best actress award. that was far short of female acting talent. but only one of the twenty one directors following for the top prize was a woman directed 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

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