one of the last books is to go say. he told you literature list the british streets. this is due to the news live from berlin germany prepares for a political shake up it's election day in bavaria one of the country's richest and most conservative states but voters are in a rebellious mood and there could be serious aftershocks in burning also coming up . a new deadline looms in syria i do need to rise to protect civilians is due to take effect on monday but there are reports hard life find to have yet to start

drawing. and at the iron man in hawaii germany's patrick lang the second new record to win the competition then won even more important price. in egypt money welcome to the program all eyes in germany are on bavaria today as people they head to the polls in state elections now the vote is an important barometer for angela merkel's government after a difficult year for her coalition now various not just known for its bia and of course leader holes and it's germany's biggest state and an economic powerhouse that's also traditionally conservative in fact the conservatives haven't lost an election here in more than sixty. years and here's how the state parliament looks

now chancellor merkel's sister party the christian social union or c.s.u. you can see there it holds an absolute majority in bavaria but polls show that c.s.u. may lose its absolute majority forcing it to form a coalition government any shockwave from the bavarian vote is likely to be felt right here in berlin chancellor merkel's interior minister who is there hope for well he is the leader of the c.s.u. party a poor result today could see calls for his removal and further destabilize man kills troubled coalition polls also indicate that voters in bavaria will strengthen to opposition parties the environmentalist greens look set to become the second biggest party in bavaria. and the far right populist alternative for germany well they're expected to have a strong showing possibly entering the regional parliament for the first time germany's established parties are bracing for the outcome of the varian election this report now from date of the political correspondents fabienne fundamental in

bringing. the election and the various instills hope in some fear in others the mood around burdened sky stagg is growing tense 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 high start building all parties are busy carrying out internal meetings the conservative parties are especially nervous. anglo-american is christian democratic union form a parliamentary group with their very insistent 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 that allows an 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 this direction and hold chancellor merkel 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. that's close not to the bavarian capital munich where did abuse chief political editor is standing by at the c.s.u. headquarters so mikhail we're all just sort of looking at the clock here because polls close in just an hour and exit polls will come immediately after the party faithful they're bracing for the west. here's one here in the very room in the bavarian state parliament where this see if you will be receiving that final vote from the vote is that everybody is bracing themselves for at the very least a setback they are still expected to become the strongest party but this is a historic tide that appears to be turning against what has been a conservative stronghold for decades here in the very end that of course also has an effect on the power base they have in berlin but also on uncle america's power base itself merkel of course struggling in the past months to keep

a stable government with the bavarian brothers here largely to blame interior minister hasi office the leader of the c.s.u. party and he brought her government twice to the brink of collapse so everybody is looking very closely how much blame for what appears to be happening at the polling booths here tonight will be laid on him. and. how much of that will affect the chancellor angela merkel. well that's really the big question i mean i'm getting a sense having been in berlin following the elections down here that this election defeat is already factored in pretty much into what is becoming a more and more complicated picture for the german chancellor to navigate the big question of course is how big will that blow here be and will it lead to further destabilization of her government she certainly doesn't need this kind of noise right now she was hoping to actually get some some work done some government work

done and now her brothers here are getting seriously unsettled there will be more than ruffled feathers most likely here in the union tomorrow and that will of course then have an effect on lynn there has been a dynamic recently that has seen the chancellor upset when parliamentary party leader candidate was voted down by her own m.p.'s this could turn into something like a trend let's see how the voters speak it tonight and mccain a briefly if you can i know you've been speaking to voters what are the biggest issues on their minds. because a lot of bread and butter issues i'm here in a very leafy area many green voters here but in the end everybody in the end mentions the issue of migration and that has been very hardly forced over it's been pegged to the very notion of what high amount of what homeland means to america very many variants and that's particularly been used and paid into the hands of the far right if the who's expected to probably get into the double figures here

tonight we can say yes you had cortez in munich thank you. let's go to syria now where deadline is fast approaching to create a diminutive zone in north and if you're province there's all should be established by monday and that's as part of a deal agreed to by turkey and russia last month it's meant to prevent a governmental assault on the rebel held area which the u.s. says. could provoke a humanitarian catastrophe but there are reports that hard life fighters have yet to start 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 singe are in the south of it live province now the syrian army has regained control after bitter fighting what remains is rebel 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. since our was once home to thousands today there 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 islam is understand even if it means death and suffering. and then you might be tempted 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 we 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 its 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 cease fire that was agreed to by the islamist militants are digging trenches and building bunkers war we wouldn't normally tolerate that is but our orders are not to intervene 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 his 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 two of the most contentious figures within the roman catholic church have been made saints by pope francis both pope paul the sixth and the murdered

salvadoran archbishop romero but canonized in a ceremony at the vatican among the crowd with thousands of pilgrims from el salvador where romero is a national hero. russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been released from jail in moscow he spent some fifty days behind bars on two back to back sentences for staging illegal protests of only supporters say the kremlin is trying to sideline him. novak djokovic continued his masterful run of tennis as he beat croatian born of corage to win the shanghai masters pounced on courage as mistakes to bury shot after shot winning the first set which will see shortly. the. match point to the second his opponent had simply run out of sixteen enabling jock of which to take the second and decisive set six four.

it's a serbian eighty three in a row in what's been an amazing season so far. another tough night for german football though the national team lost three nil to rivals the netherlands' in the nation's league the defeat hips pressure on the german coach who was already under scrutiny after a disastrous world cup. virgil van dyke capitalized on port offending to give the netherlands a first half late leroy's sunday was thrown on in the second half but the young winger was unable to change germany's fortunes dragging a shot wide. to light goes from memphis to pie in georgina vine oldham then sealed it deserved three nil victory for the dutch germany have now scored only four times in their last six games leaving coach yohimbe were under increasing pressure this

coming yes you should people can certainly be critical especially in the closing stages in the last ten minutes the players must take responsibility and not run around like headless chickens for. despite the dire display of germany's tony cross believes the team can put the defeat behind them members of i don't mind we have to move forward and try to take away the good things from the game we have to dust ourselves off and get ready for the next match is next to that matches against world champions france away from home germany's task to turn things around doesn't get any harder. and i am on world championships in hawaii by the way this is where you have to swim almost four kilometers cycle another one hundred eighty and then run the marathon well the defending men's and women's champions both took home another title the two also did so in record fashion but in the case of the men's champion the action didn't stop at the finish line the german tried for another positive result that had little to do with sports

and it looks like a bit of the competition there as well. the fortieth iron man world championships also became the fastest ever leading early on in the women's competition was britain's lucy charles who set a new world record in the swimming event. but then switzerland's daniela got past her in cycling at the one hundred five mile mark the swiss then held on from there also excelling in the marathon to take first place with charles settling for second and a house of germany coming in third. in the men's germany's project long it was trailing until the final running stage that's also perhaps because he had been stung by a jellyfish just prior to the competition and wasn't sure if he could compete but compete he did and how finally making his mark late on and beating the previous race record by almost nine minutes he then dropped to his knees to propose to his girlfriend. long also became the first

athlete in history to finish the competition in under eight hours. rather you all watching the news live from berlin my colleagues will be joining you at the top of the hour with a special coverage of that election in bavaria in the meantime do feel free to log onto our web site. you can also follow us on we are. thank you for watching. we make up over a week what does. the under the to. the surface of. the want to shape the continent's future. part of it and join dumpsters as they share their stories their dreams and their challenges the seventy seven percent platform for chars.