big dreams on the big screen. t.v. movie magazine on the w. . this is due to be news live from burlington germany prepares for a political shake up it's election day a very a one of the country's richest and most conservative states but voters are in a rebellious mood and there could be a serious aftershock in fairly also coming up. a new deadline looms in syria that do militarized zone to protest civilians to protect civilians is due to take effect

on monday but there are reports hardline trying times have yet to stop withdrawing . and thousands turned out as pope francis canonized his two of the catholic church's most prominent figures pope pulled the six and the murdered salvadoran archbishop off scot romero we ask what message the pontiff is sending. egypt to money welcome to the program all eyes in germany are in bavaria today as people they head to the polls in states elections the vote is an important. government after a difficult year for coalition now but very is not just known for its beer and laid a hose and it's germany's biggest state and an economic powerhouse and traditionally conservative in fact the conservatives haven't lost an election for the sixty years and he's held the states. parliament looks like chancellor merkel

sister party the christan social union or c.s.u. holds an absolute majority in bavaria but polls show the c.s.u. losing votes in today's election and likely even that absolute majority now any shockwave from the very end vote will be felt right here in berlin chancellor angela merkel's interior minister horst as a whole for well he is a c.s.u. party leader the poor result today could see calls for his removal further destabilizing travel to coalition balls also indicates that voters in bavaria will strengthen to opposition parties the environmentalist greens looks set to become the second biggest party in bavaria and the far right populist alternative for germany is expected to have a strong showing likely entering the regional parliament for the first time. all germany's established parties are bracing for the outcome of the bavarian election this report now from political correspondent. in berlin.

the election and very instilled hope in some fear in others the mood around burdened sky study is growing tends to varia is hundreds of kilometers away from here but parties in berlin expect an earthquake that could shake up german politics as a whole. inside that i stopped building all parties are busy carrying out internal meetings the conservative parties are especially nervous. christian democratic union form a parliamentary group with their bavarian sister party the christian social union. they are bracing for disastrous results the c.s.u. has never been as low in opinion polls as it is now. does a lot in alarm bell we have to make efforts to strengthen the traditional parties

again we have to work on getting the core of society excited about politics again. those most excited about politics are outside that core the far right a fifty party might enter the bavarian parliament. but i'm going to good mood of course we expected to get forty percent of the vote and. the greens are also expected to do well the general trend sees smaller parties gaining from the larger party's losses the social democrats are also using voters. the blame game will almost certainly begin after the poor results the two big centrist parties are projected to get and many will point in the direction and hold chancellor america responsible for the decline of their party's. america's current government was formed just seven months ago the toughest period might lie ahead following the bavarian election. cross to the bavarian

capital munich where did of his chief political editor standing by. a highly anticipated election as well reporting what have voters been telling you are the issues on their minds. various issues ranging from social security housing is very spens of also here in munich and so those people who enter the state parliament you see behind me will have a lot of bread and butter issues to deal with but when you talk to people longer the issue of migration always comes up both with those who want to see a much tougher line that would be playing into the line of the interior minister of angela merkel who also lived to see as you party here in bavaria but also the far right a if the party has made this very much about defending germany's or particular various cults home and high mileage is an issue that you saw raised with

many people here is they made a campaign that was based very much on fear of others of foreigners of coming here so this isn't over arching theme at the same time they're bread and butter issues and that's the c.s.u. fail to really pick up failed school on despite a very strong economy here in the area and so now we're seeing the governing c.s.u. bracing for bad results but mckayla how bad could this get for them. well for them it will be very bad because of the past six decades their election results were always hovering around the fifty percent mark which is something that is unheard of for many parties around the world really but because they've been this rock of solid conservative support also for the german chancellor they've always had a special role also in berlin that according to the polls and i stress those elections are not over yet people are voting but according to the polls they will see a significant setback that also hurt america herself her power base but also the bavarians

their special role in the cabinet as speaking of angle america what kind of threat does this vote pause for the challenge for the chancellor. well some say could be a blessing in disguise if she were to lose her interior minister hostie wolf who is already being blamed by many from the upper echelons of his own party in bavaria for a perceived election defeat although they will become the strongest party michael souter the top candidate already in place the blame with so in direct implicating the german chancellor at the very least would be yet another indication that her support is dwindling that questions are being raised but at the same time what is expected to be an earthquake here those tremors felt in berlin already factored into this. elections we need to watch our out for the elections in in two weeks

time where merkel might see one of her very own being humbled a state premier. named munich thank you. to syria now where a deadline is fast approaching to create a diminished her eyes to zone in north and province those own should be established by monday and that's a spot of a deal agreed to by turkey and russia last month is meant to prevent a governmental soult on the rebel held area which the u.n. says could provoke a humanitarian catastrophe but there are also reports that hard line fighters have yet to stop withdrawing from the area. syria's last major rebel stronghold is just a few kilometers from here an uncomfortable thought for. in twenty twelve he fled from islam as fighters in this town are in the south of the province now the syrian army has regained control after bitter fighting what remains is rival sadness and anger against the islamists. how could there be

reconciliation with the people who killed my relatives and forced me to flee how could i ever sit down with them that would truly be a bitter pill to swallow. singe i was once home to thousands today they are just two hundred residents most of them loyal supporters of president assad no one here really believes in a political solution with the islamists they believe military force is the only language the islamists understand even if it means death and suffering. and i mean maybe ted you can't trust them they're liars i don't want a political solution i hope the army takes control of the whole province such that she can have some peace of their own are. these men are ready for action at all times they are part of the christian militia on the front line in southern it live they are under assad's control and their mission is to defend christians against

islamist fighters. the islamists are supposed to withdraw by monday along with their heavy weapons at least that was part of turkey and russia's deal to created to militarized zone here but the christian militias leader says the islamists are actually reinforcing their defenses rather than withdrawing. holding the ceasefire that was agreed to the islamist militants are digging trenches and building bunkers war we wouldn't normally tolerate that is but our orders are not to intervene but for now things are quiet on the frontline the ceasefire has bought some time but not trust and president assad supporters don't want to see us victories against the islamists stop at it live even if it means risking heavy casualties. let's now look at some of the other stories making news around the world russian opposition leader alexei navai has been released from jail

in moscow he spent some fifty days behind bars on two back to back sentences for staging illegal protests have all new supporters say the kremlin is trying to sideline him. a powerful storm has struck the coast of portugal injuring almost thirty people and uprooting more than a thousand trees tropical storm leslie packed winds of over one hundred kilometers per hour when it reached the country late saturday local media say hundreds of thousands of homes suffered power cuts. two of the most prominent trauma catholic leaders of the twentieth century have been made saints by pope francis he canonized pope paul the six and the murdered salvadoran archbishop romero in a ceremony at the vatican he also conferred sainthood on five others including the german nun my ria caterina tens of thousands of people turned out in st peter's square for the ceremony among them was several thousand pilgrims from el salvador where romero is a national icon. and joining me in studio is martin gawked obvious political rather

religious affairs analyst so much in a couple of figures here with quite a history of achievements do tell us more about these two well i mean we have to send troops that were very significant in terms of modulating in the case of. the six very conservative and very modernizing or very liberal forces within the vatican was a good somebody that push forth the reforms of the second vatican council and mediated that space between very conservative figures that were against the reforms and very liberal for years that wanted to push much much farther so in a sense it sends a message as to the importance i mean and this is a pope that sort of i think sees himself reflected in these figures that are trying to mediate different ideological force on the other hand was somebody that was not only an important religious figure over the last twenty years but actually in some senses sort of one of the foundational uses of the salvadorian idea of

reconciliation because it was somebody that criticise both the guerrilla and the military government in equal amounts so to say or would equal force but he also took a very strong position against the military attack on civilians and he actually was famous for us being military personnel not to attack civilians when he said essentially that when people received orders of killing civilians that they should actually this regard they are there's this of course cost of his life this can only say and was sparked essentially was first brought forth in ninety seven to ten years ago and he was kept in the backburner for a very very long time it was really this pope that sort of push it forth and in only two years really two thousand and fifteen was the beatification in only two years he managed to make the made all decision surely part of the catholic canon silicon which you say has been a long time coming but one that could also have some political effects within the catholic church yes i mean it's not clear as to whether itself will have you know

political effects what he's very clear is that it does send a political message to sort of bringing back into the fold a part of the catholic church in latin america a nation in africa that was essentially located to the left and that by many of the traditional forces had been pushed out of the seize them i think that over the last five years of these papa see this part of the church has been brought back into the fold and no essentially is slowly becoming part of the canon massingale religious affairs analyst thank you you're welcome. sports now and novak djokovic continued his masterful run of tennis as he beat croatian born of corage to win the shanghai master using a clever mix of ground strokes the thirty one year old breezed past his opponent six three six four it's djokovic his fourth title in shanghai. football and germany have slumped to defeat in the nation's league losing three nil away to

rivals in the nothing lands in a week display joe fun dyke opened the scoring after thirty minutes heading home from close range two late goals from the netherlands' then sealed a deserved victory germany have now scored only four times in their last six games leaving coach. under further pressure of top four world cup. you're watching news live from berlin to stay tuned for more of the top of the hour thank you for watching. this state elections a very you are expected to deal further blow to german chancellor angela merkel's conservative power. six decades of neo one party rule by the various conservatives see as you expected to be broken shifting to the right. and the last.