this week. this is d.w. news live from berlin the gains for the far right in general elections in sweden this weekend democrats see a substantial rise in their vote after a campaign focused on migration mainstream parties on the center left and the center right have been left well short of the majority who have analysis from our correspondent in stockholm and also coming up tens of thousands of russians take to the streets in protest against the government's pension reforms hundreds of arrests

are reported after the rallies which come as polls show falling support for russian president vladimir putin. thanks for joining us i'm mary and i haven't seen the future of the social democrat led government in sweden is hanging in the balance tonight after voters gave a boost to the far right exit polls show that around one in five voters backs the nationalists sweden democrats the party led by jimmy aka son fought a campaign focused on immigration the gains for the far right will make it harder for the mainstream center left or center right to form a government. i'll be speaking to our correspondent in stockholm barbara van a little bit later in the program. now some five hundred protesters have followed

the call of far right groups and march through a town in eastern germany following the death of a twenty two year old man marchers walked silently through the town of coton some one hundred fifty kilometers southwest of berlin police say the german national died after an altercation with two afghans but following an autopsy authorities say the man died of cardiac arrest that was not in connection with the dispute. reports from syria say russian and syrian aircraft have a resumed intensive air strikes in the province of eclipse eyewitnesses in a monitoring group told news agencies there were several fatalities the area is the last large region in the country held by rebel forces observers say the army of president bashar al assad is preparing a large scale of salt to retake it live back by russia and iran.

there's hardly enough time to put out the fire in this town and seven if that. then a second strike happens. like one. of those little so though they don't have the lowest we're going to look at us a little low this member of the right helmets after several prayers after having been hit himself. the lawless. so loves about us actually comes to his aid and nava blast goes off nearby. the footage shows how desperate the situation is for civilians in their lives and for those trying to rescue them. is the second day of heavy bombardment in syria with reports of helicopters dropping barrel bombs on several rebel held tons and villages. this man from southern it has a son by

a side that trying to escape the brunt of the airstrikes. were displaced by the russian strikes barrel bombs and shelling. they hit us with everything and we're heading towards the northern area. where. you know. they're not alone eight organizations say hundreds of families from its lead are fleeing their homes so far the attacks if not hit a major city in an area that is home to three million people but the signs are not good president assad's forces are determined to end the conflict at whatever cost for civilians. thousands of russians have joined nationwide rallies against the government's proposed pension reforms the plan would increase the pension age by five years to sixty five for men and two sixty for women the independent monitoring group says police arrested nearly three hundred people anti corruption activist

alex in a volley urged supporters to join the protests before he was sentenced to thirty days in jail for organizing an authorized public events. on joining us now from the russian capital of moscow bureau chief your overshadow good evening to you yuri so what more can you tell us about the extent of these protests are they only about this rather unpopular pension reform or is there more to it. well the pension reform is something that makes people in russia really angry as for today's protests marianna aleksei in the valley and opposition politician who is in prison though you sounded cold for these protests and at the end of the day much fewer people was on the streets this sunday than in his previous protests this was partly because not only wasn't there but also because young people are not so

excited to protest against pension reforms and young people are actually the clientele of not following nevertheless there was a protest in all of russia with violent clashes with the police hundreds of russians have been arrested in nineteen cities a big bunch of them was detained in san petersburg where the police arrested up to five hundred people though many people disapprove of that planned pension reform there is no real then jal danger to the president going to putin and his policies his rating has fallen but dramatically he also told to people on television the other day and presented himself as a good president who has improved these somewhat well yuri along with all these widespread protests across russia today there are also local elections held for governors and regional parliaments what about those elections do any of the candidates pose a threat to putting the grip on power or that of his party. i

don't think so since his reelection in march president vladimir putin has formally been in the saddle and saying through the election today he's got his people throughout the country now in almost all local governments and parliaments. as far as because see this election had no surprises the election campaign was at the weakest in a long time with no real competition in most regions in the us it is this result has already been taken for granted we spoke to the election observers from the goals it's an movement for defense of voters' rights and they said that that state counted that's have been the running nearly opposed people who could compete with the those in power are not allowed to run at all the same situation by the way we have here in moscow where the mayor of gagnon a man or protege of letting

a putin by the way he has a great chance to be reelected to why because instead of real opposition candidates he faced absolutely faceless candidates who was not at all dangerous for him and in that sense the election for mayor in moscow sums up the condition of democracy in all of russia all right here every shadow over importing from moscow many thanks. now north korea has been marking the seventieth anniversary of the country's founding with a parade full of tashan tree in the capital pyongyang with north korea increasingly showing signs of opening up the festivities for a closely watched for signs of the regimes future direction and observers took note of what was not under splay 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 that political significance what was missing today intercontinental ballistic missiles which could deliver nuclear warheads to the united states. i allowed 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. 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 the absence of long range missiles at the parade is so significant it would seem to indicate a willingness for and me to focus on peace and prosperity rather than on military might. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world the iraqi foreign ministry has can you. them to missile attack by iran's revolutionary guard on a base of a kurdish separatist group on iranian t.v. showed footage of surface to surface missiles being being fired the democratic party of iranian kurdistan says at least eleven people were killed and fifty others wounded at its base in iraq. ethnic albanians in kosovo have erected roadblocks to interrupt a visit by serbia's president tensions are rising over a controversial land swap between the two bolton members speaking in northern kosovo serve you as leader of the center of much each deny it plans to redraw

borders the idea was proposed as a way of settling relations between the former foes. environmentalist are 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 great pacific garbage patch which is an island of plastic waste twice the size of the state of texas organizers hope to remove half the garbage over the next two years. now twenty year olds only osaka defeated serena williams in a thrilling us open final on saturday but it was williams whose actions have claimed most of the headlines williams has been fined seven hundred thousand dollars for three code violations during the second set after being warned for a coaching violation williams was docked a point for smashing her racket then for calling the chair umpire a liar and

a cheat williams was dunked an entire game with her idol losing her cool japanese born osaka cruised through the final games to win in straight sets. a williams outburst have somewhat overshadowed posada's achievement but in tokyo the fans are only interested in their champion the twenty year old made history at flushing. meadows and back in japan a country hails its hero. this was the moment japanese fans celebrated their new us open champion i. they are the osaka is the first japanese born tennis player ever to win the grand slam. she might have moved to the u.s. by the age of just three but now more than ever farms here in tokyo are keen to celebrate her as their road. i'm astonished to hear a japanese player has won the grand slam but i hope osaka will continue to do well

since she's still young. paine hokkaido the pride of japan has worn very special for. others i didn't expect to receive such a great present from a grandchild i hope she'll continue to perform well and avoid injuries. to sydney. is making history at just twenty years old it's no wonder she's the toast of tokyo . and oscar winning director alfonso koran's 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 beat twenty other entries to claim the top award. the coveted golden lion in the hands of other funds or 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 and a vision wrong offers the 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 first of all second most prestigious prize. i'm the queen and for her performance as queen and olivia colman took the best actress award. then it was far short of female acting talent. but only one of the twenty one directors spying 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. now which films from venice has strong line up we'll make it to the oscars. thanks for watching. what we were here on earth when i was. in the present americans and so forth and i will experience hardship.