i'm forced to subpoena trance against germany. terry industrial complex starts october twentieth on g.w. took two. from the berlin and brazil counting is underway after a divisive presidential vote front runner shoddier both in our own has promised to crack down on corruption and crime but he's also raised eyebrows with public comments that have been called massage mist over phobic and racist also on the program. a prominent critic of saudi arabia has disappeared in istanbul an advisor

to the turkish president accuses riyadh of killing jamal khashoggi at its consulate in turkey's largest city. and the ugly duckling of the motoring world sea trials classic to see if he turns seventy years of age we take a look at the history of a classic car. oh and welcome nick spicer thanks for joining us in brazil vote counting has begun after what's being described as the country's most polarized presidential election since the end of military rule in one nine hundred eighty five in the run up to the election opinion polls put the far right candidate share both a narrow ahead has been described by some as the tropical trump is riding a wave of anger over widespread corruption and crime is both an hour gets more than fifty percent of the vote. to win the presidency outright results are expected

later today. for more let's go to g.w. as ophelia harms a routine who is in rio de janeiro with us feel your vote counting has begun after what's been described as the most divisive presidential campaign in years the front runner is convinced he will win the election in the first first round at least saying so how likely is that and what could happen if he does. well it seems unlikely a few weeks ago but now the first exit polls are showing that the support he's getting is much stronger than the polls we were showing and we were seeing in the past days he's about forty five percent of the moment and he could even reach those fifty percent he needs we also see that supporters for from his party for example the governor for rio de janeiro here is getting three times the support he was programmed to have and this is probably going to be

a shock for brazilian politics if he ends up winning no matter if it is in the first or the second round the some analysts are afraid of his very radical views and some even say that he if he doesn't get the majority he very much expects to have in congress he might even be able to. back military intervention and seize tarion powers ok if we can just take a look at some other possible outcomes his main opponent is the leftist candidate for now no dad from the political party of the former president lula da silva who still immensely popular even though in jail has had emerged from his shadow. well he has definitely not been able to gather their popularity that let us have a had he definitely has not had the charisma of his.

political father as they call him one of his main campaign slogans has been had that is little less so he hasn't really been able to speak on his own many analysts also fear that he might be obeying the let us see why even from the prison and he might not be able to make the changes that the country very much needs and that investors are expecting in the economy for the recession that has started a few years ago to stop ok thanks for that ofelia we'll come back to you later when the first predictions come out. turkey's president recha tie affair to one says the country's airports are being monitored in an effort to find out what happened to a prominent saudi journalist who disappeared in istanbul u.s. based writer jamal khashoggi has been a vocal critic of the saudi leadership and he's not been seen since the end of the saudi consulate in istanbul last tuesday

a top adviser there to one says there's evidence that construct she was killed inside the building the saudis have dismissed the suggestion as baseless. but prominent so how do you read the in journalist and me to critique of who may have been made to disappear because of his opinions the mystery surrounding can show tunes disappearance is akin to a fiction he went to the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul to connect to a community for his forthcoming match and was never seen or heard of again. a friend of she said this officials told him quote they have evidence he was killed in a barbaric way. you will cause your bracket to council after jamal khashoggi entered the consulate fifteen people came by two different planes why he was murdered inside the consulate we assume that he was cut into pieces and they put his body in bags and left. he was killed because of his opinions about the wars in yemen

and syria he was too much trouble for the saudi government to tip sugar studio in the move to prove transparency in the suspected murder case journalists were allowed to film inside the saudi consulate and a big to prove the provenance rights was most definitely not the. turkish president's russia at the time said he was closely following the incident his officials announced they believe he has been killed at the consulate. in the jamal as a journalist on a he is a friend whom i have known for a long time or. will they see and. i remain hopeful they can. i hope we will see a positive outcome to this story. or interest in a good work especially comedies. jamal khashoggi was

a regular contributor to the washington post which printed a planned economy to mark his disappearance he was living in self-imposed exile in the u.s. due to fears of backlash over his criticism of saudi policy in yemen his missing voice may speak even louder in his absence. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world interpol says its chief main hallway has tendered his resignation just hours earlier china's anti corruption agency confirmed it is investigating who is a chinese citizen he was reported missing by his wife after leaving france for a trip home hong kong newspaper had already reported meng's attention upon his arrival in china. authorities in greece have relocated about sixteen hundred refugees from overcrowded camps on the islands of lesbos and some most to the greek mainland the process began two weeks ago another five thousand refugees are

expected to be resettled by the end of the month. in romania gay rights supporters have been celebrating the failure of a referendum that would have seen the constitution outlaw same sex marriages because of low turnout at just over twenty four percent participation failed to repeat the required thirty percent to validate the vote. u.s. president donald trump is celebrating a major domestic victory that's after the republican controlled senate narrowly voted to confirm his nominee brett kavanaugh as a supreme court justice the move comes after weeks of partisan infighting over accusations of sexual misconduct against a judge is appointed means the supreme court could have a conservative majority for years to come. by. the pivot toward november with the senate's kavanaugh confirmation in the rearview mirror protesters look ahead to next month's midterm congressional elections that

are. running. now we take this anger and determination and do you realize that today is going to send a depth charge through politics as we know it and we go home we vote and we run for office. donald trump is expected. his republican base to likewise be energized i stand before you today on the heels of a tremendous victory this is at a campaign rally in the u.s. heartland state of kansas. for november seventh. you will have the chance to stop the radical democrats and that's what they've become by electing a republican house and a republican senate we will increase our majority of the boy from called the kavanaugh confirmation a truly historic event and with just over four weeks to

a national election day in the u.s. its effects could indeed further embolden the trump presidency. or by way of that election create new political roadblocks to his legacy. one of english football's most successful ever players john terry has retired from the game at the age of thirty seven terry was a hero for london based chelsea where he won the premier league and the f.a. cup five times he was also captain of the english national team for several years making seventy eight appearances for his countries terry had been without a club since the summer. in formula one reigning champion lewis hamilton is closing in on his fifth world title after winning the japanese grand prix receive his driver cruised to victory leading from lights to flag he now holds a sixty seven point lead in the driver standing over sebastian fettle of ferrari who could only bottle to sixth after

a disastrous qualifying left him way back in the field hamilton looks a certainty for the title with just four races left. and in france it's called the dish of english speakers know it as the two c.v. and in germany it's called the duck but whatever name it goes by sea tones iconic budget car has always been a favorite now the classic ugly duckling is celebrating a big birthday it's seventy years since the two c.v. first rolled off the production lines and into driver's hearts. it's called dish of old were two horses but the name is misleading actually this car small motor packs nine horsepower the term two horses refers to the second lowest tax rate possible making the car more affordable. still hard to believe that that was the vehicle sitter when showcased in one nine hundred forty eight at the paris motor show it looked more like a mound of metal and the taipei had only one brake light furthermore there were no turn indicators and no electric starter just

a crank. french president van sant was not amused the car specs were simple enough space for two farmers fifty kilograms of potatoes and a cask of wine it also had to have good shock absorbers and be able to reach speeds of up to sixty kilometers an hour it took ten years for the car to make it to the german market and was also sold around the world such as an asia south america and africa and france thought on don you had forty of them and his pears auto dealership. his chauffeur who was a former german teacher is exactly the same age as the two c.v. seventy today he guides tours through paris in one of the dirt shovel. whenever women wafer i don't know if it's for me or for the con. he says this ultimate built some of those fronts and a lot of some of the french. in fact the dish or gold or c.v.

might also be seen as a symbol of french vive. let's return to our top story brazil's presidential election the first exit polls show that far right candidate both a narrow has won the first round but he has not gained an overall majority the ws ophelia harmes or rudi is still with us in rio de janeiro tell us ophelia what happens next. well according to the first exit polls he is reaching almost forty nine percent but this might be funny because we haven't seen more than sixty percent counted yet so the most probable scenario now is that both on our own and for not that will face each other in a runoff on october twenty eighth now what will be different if defining this this runoff will be how much rejection piece two candidates will get we saw polls in the past couple of days that showed

a rejection of forty percent against both an hour and forty one percent i can say for nanda how that it is also to be questioned by the other eleven candidates who run today will be doing with their votes and their electorate. it is a case where they can call on their voters to support one of the other candidates is that is how it works. that is exactly what what we will be seeing the question is just how much had a cookie. it will. not gain the sympathy of the other candidates who have been very much liked in the debates he has been hiding attacked because what the other candidates were trying to do is to get into the second round of round into the runoff with both tomorrow by the talking head and his workers party for all of the corruption scandals they have been involved with and we will see if this changes it in the run off in just two weeks that you know i'm three weeks that last tuesday to

the runoff. ok thank you for that ofelia that's the job use of feel your harms are really reporting on it the brazilian election force which appears to be going to start tomorrow not quite sure stay tuned you're watching the news in berlin and more from us at the top of the hour and in the meantime don't forget you can always get the latest updates from our website d.w. dot com stay with us. for the full. i'm not going to the gym well because sometimes i am close and nothing with the cup and the german thinks deep into the german culture of looking at stereotypes the question in your thinking for you from countries that i no longer play. here need it seems ridiculous drama there goes it's all that they know

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