nineteen eighteen not forgot the w.'s november focus. this is deja vu news live from berlin they're being called the most important midterm elections in a generation and the most fiercely contested president truong has made his final appeal to voters telling them tuesday's poll will determine the fate of his agenda . there's only one way to stop this democrat let us draw on america's sovereignty you have to vote republican tomorrow afternoon. for the

democrats one of president obama also says there's more of stay than ever before. the church of this country isn't who we are who's on the ballot. as early voting begins we'll explain why these elections matter not just in the u.s. but also here in europe also coming up. the nazi concentration camps to call was a place of absolute horror and is one of the suspected guards goes on trial today we speak to a camp survivor about why it's so important to talk about the past. and in football the champions league returns but one big name will not be playing liverpool's visit on security long phrase red star belgrade because of fears of tension over his ethnic background.

bryan thomas thanks so much for being with us americans are voting in one of the most crucial midterm elections in decades today some thirty six million americans have already cast their ballots and early voting now that's far more than at the same time in the last midterms trump says the poll is a referendum on his presidency and that it will determine if he's able to keep his agenda on track. early voting has begun for the u.s. mid-term elections and early polling suggests it will be a record year for turnout. and it's all because of this man he's divisive and he's energizing for those that love him and for those that don't this election is why they've been seen as a referendum on the man everyone can't look away from if he doesn't say so himself . i mean who ever even heard of mid term they don't even know what it is i've had a lot of people say i don't know what big term is but now i'm watching every single

minute and i'm going out to vote but the key is you have to go out to vote because in a sense i am on the ticket you got to go out to. republicans our town seeing a booming economy. and accusing democrats of being weak on migration democrats are inviting caravan to have to caravan of illegal aliens to pour into our country overwhelming his school yard spittles and your communities. u.s. networks have withdrawn this trump ad about a mexican migrant convicted of murdering two police offices it originally claimed democrats allowed him into the country and c.n.n. called it racist. the democrats' not so secret weapon former president barack obama has been on the campaign trail taking aim at the president's often abrasive personality. the character this country's on about who we are is on the

ballot what county thank you. what kind of politics we expect is on the ballot how we conduct ourselves in public life is on the ballot how we treat other people is on the ballot. so out there are likely to be swings to both sides across america in deeply conservative texas a surprisingly strong showing for democratic rule seeking election to the senate conversation with just a few weeks ago democrats felt fairly sure of recapturing both the senate and the house but polls suggest the race is now wide open. well it is completely wide open to talk about that with me in the studio as head of the transatlantic relations program of the german council of foreign relations good morning thanks for being with us winning these midterms are getting far more attention here in

europe than midterms in the u.s. usually do what's what's behind that i think it's because we're so puzzled by donald trump is and how he acts the very disruptive policies the pressure on allies in europe. the possible damage he does to the political system in the u.s. so we're wondering how he can survive this kind of a different approach of policy his own policy style partly erratic partly in a certain way to to. improve the position of america in the world as he says without possibly doing it so it's interesting for us and we wonder whether checks and balances work whether the political system in america is working and whether he's now getting tighter control and oversight from congress with new majorities possibly ok this vote being called the most important in

a generation if not longer by members of both parties let's take a look at at what's at stake. the midterms are first and foremost about congress and they can make or break a president's agenda republican control of both the house of representatives and the senate has made trump's life relatively easy so far but if democrats flip one or even both houses the good times may be over the entire house all four hundred thirty five seats are up for election as they are every two years republicans currently hold two hundred thirty five democrats one hundred ninety three seats that's a lot of distance to the two hundred eighteen majority mark but democrats hope that the slew of republicans leaving their seats this year along with a no anti trump fury among voters will deliver them to the house so all eyes are on the thirty or so toss ups races that polling data have is too close to call. on the senate side republicans rule with the slimmest of majorities fifty one of one

hundred seats sounds like good news for democrats only thirty five seats of those are up for election most twenty six are ones democrats and independents allied with them need to defend that makes victory harder polling data suggest maybe just six seats in all are toss ups as the minority party democrats have been limited in effectively resisting trump but what if they win in both the house and senate they could block his agenda and introduce their own they could investigate the myriad allegations of abuse and misconduct facing trump. in the senate democrats could reject trump appointees up for important positions and they could impeach a long and fraught process that starts in the house and ends in the senate democrats have history on their side as the president's party usually suffers in the midterms whether that trend stays true won't be clear until ballots are it.

has been under constant criticism here in germany from members of. you since he's taken office since he's been in office over the last two years would a shift in the balance of power in congress towards the democrats improve relations between the united states and germany with that mind. i wouldn't think so we would possibly gain a bit more trust in the checks and balances system in the trust in the in the leading democracy but it's hard to foresee how would react would he if he had if you would see his own legislative agenda blocked his own as all of those projects blocked by congress would he then step up the sort of internal civil war that he's starting the inflammatory rhetoric the polarization that he's using to to reach out to his base because he's bored he wants to be reelected in twenty twenty or will he look for foreign theatres and star wars to the outside which is not so easy he's also

a presence in the words to the outside that it's quite a claim i mean he's stepping up the escalation with iran he has. embraced the north korean leader but it's really open whether this would lead to denuclearization i don't i don't see that. the donald trump is looking for. a failure in his foreign policy he wants to be the strong man he wants to to to be seen as somebody who gets things done and he doesn't want to go into failure so so he might pick his enemies. at that point in time this might also mean for us for you for a for us europeans that he's trying to squeeze out more for the u.s. in terms of trade relations or in terms of burden sharing in nato and that is a more a more plausible scenario ok so should the democrats take power there is a very real concern in europe the donald trump could become more active on the foreign policy front and that would include dismantling some of the global

institutions he's very much opposed to sparta. what he calls his anti globalist agenda on trade and nato do you see that as you mentioned as being a real threat it is it is a threat but when you look at what the americans do they support nato they spend more money for defense of deterrence. in the u.n. the skeptical about certain things but they're not withdrawing completely so there will be a shifting reshuffling of resources from from the american side and a lot of bad rhetoric but i think on the base the europeans have people in america to work with so having reka head of the times a lot of relations program of the german council on foreign relations thanks very much welcome. and you will of course have extensive ongoing coverage of the vote bringing you the results and europe's perspective on these elections you can also follow our coverage on twitter now for some of the other stories making the news at

this hour video has emerged reportedly showing some of about eighty students kidnapped from the school in the city of the men in the western eastern speaking part of cameroon it's believed they were taken by a group of separatists staging an arms struggle for independence in the majority french speaking nation. the trial of notorious drug lord el chapo also known by his real name walking guzman is set to begin in new york under tight security is accused of leading a criminal enterprise and sold vast quantities of cocaine and smuggling billions of dollars into mexico. christie's auction house in new york has revealed a number of paintings expected to haul in millions of dollars during the fall season the offerings include works from the caso also among the edward hopper painting chop suey set to sell for as much as one hundred million dollars. well here in germany a ninety four year old former concentration camp guard is set to go on trial today

he's charged with involvement in hundreds of murders at the state holds concentration camp prosecutors say the defendant knew that inmates were being murdered there and must be held accountable it's estimated that more than sixty thousand people died there one survivor has made it her mission to tell her story and spoke with the w.'s tanya kramer sometimes it is difficult to tell her story though who would say this as a child she spent several years in the statoil of concentration camp her parents and his sister were killed in the holocaust born in poland doris how many flip the twos get involved so to lithuania from their door of us deported to the state of concentration camp near done thick i can only tell you what happened in the in the years things that they will never forget i will never forget that i was hungry day and night i will never forget that and my mother died from hunger because

the little piece of bread that she got she gave the me. it is estimated that over sixty thousand people were murdered and sister tough gassed executed or killed by extreme labor conditions and frequent epidemics. remembers both the fear and the daily violence off the nazis what they did it's not he was not human you dancer or a child in their heart can of water the learned downed make a child. pick up a twenty killer cement which i had to pick up and i couldn't stand she has made it her mission to talk to children about her experience. seeing sewage they were germans put on our

shoulders. it's incredible therefore i sing that whoever knows it and when it or ever knows how to share it with others i think they should that because i need that way we can prevent another holocaust it is important for her she says to speak out for the many other children who didn't survive to keep them memory alive. and we'll have much more on the start off concentration camp trial here on d. w. it's to india now where people are celebrating diwali the festival of lights traditionally this involves setting off fireworks but residents in delhi are being forced to change their behavior that's because of the dangerous levels of pollution in that city one doctor says breathing the air in delhi is like smoking twenty cigarettes a day. wall reports. in

most indian homes this is what divided to think. but when you should spanking and if some are questioning each old tradition. the last time the kentucky family's going to be just their body to crack wasn't that cuticle now the best of the season meet the end of outdoor activity heidi just nice and i she. dropped by a conference on the line now as a campaign if. she thinks it's time to change this is a festival of lights as well not just to the crowd goes no you know what do you know that you feel but i do not miss it one minute or one second because it's a matter of my one children it's a matter of my one his you know this is there is no compromise on that. already the goods have missed to shoot on in the us but back to sessions and he stops. the situation has become so dire that this that these doctors have declared

a public health emergency. this is becoming a familiar scene and complaints of respiratory problems shoot up everything the doctors say the elderly and the young are the worst affected. the government has not stopped dr other than a long search and has long campaigned for the right to rebuild their in the capital . he says he has seen lungs and any to and from a healthy thing to black everybody breathing in the city of delhi including un me are smoking twenty cigarettes and unfortunately that includes newborns we are a country who presents a secret stewarts newborns on the day one of their life and firecrackers he says only act to the problem as opposed to the pollution coming from those sources crack good lip resistance a very acute and very highly and very toxic

level i call it the lowest hanging fruit as far as addictive finding a cause of pollution is concerned. even in just supreme court has weighed in on the issue two years ago it temporarily banned the seal of firecracker that's it tightened these limitations. but not everyone is happy with the ban traders are angry deceive the destruction the hurting business and destroying the rest of environment. mean firecracker market usually wrong with crowd that this time of the year here in early quiet the field court auto hide shut down the thing they're not selling environment friendly fire but shopkeepers say these do not exist. on the streets of bendy precedents have mixed views. if we can bust crackers in the whole world on january first and it doesn't pollute so much what harm is being done by

one day of the valley in india i feel it's my personal responsibility to give a green environment to my kids and the generations to come so i would like them to breed without wearing the mask on throughout and that's what constantly i've been telling my kids that you know have a green devoutly i believe it's important because also because that somewhere it brings families together on the other side it does on the environment. some are beginning to acknowledge that the valley is about more than firecracker it's a day of light a deal of celebration and a deal of to get to. and the more who feel this way the easier that he may bring. time for sports now and football's tempi inslee takes center stage again and i cross harrington is here to talk about that from the sports desk morning for us thank you morning brian one very important team they were the runner up last year in liverpool they're travelling to belgrade to face red star but they are leaving

at home a very important player and if the listen yes twenty six year old midfielder jared diamond she kiri he was born in kosovo ethnically albanian a coast both fought a war of independence against serbian forces in the late ninety's and the serbian government refuses to recognize kosovo's independence during the world cup she kiri who plays for switzerland instead of albania he made headlines because when he scored a game when he goal against serbia he made an eagle shape with his hands which symbolizes the albanian flag there's an image right there the two headed eagle and that was a viral moment i'm sure many serbians do not forget you know so liverpool and company felt that it could be a distraction a lot of unknown unknowns head coach. talked at a press conference yesterday on why he decided to leave to carry behind his alyson that's what you have to play for. if you want to focus on that.

because the situation people all know better. how the situation is we decided not to bring in the seventy's old to play a lot of games for us but not tomorrow that's all. ok very clear decision about why he made the reason why he did this now there's still a lot to play for in this group but just how close is it halfway now halfway now a group c. is this tight is a can of sardines right now particularly at the top liverpool leave the group but napoli is right behind they trailed by one point here's a look at the standings here group c. as we can see napoli a five points p.s.g. has been underperforming the. why they said of four points now these two teams face off against one another tonight in napoli the last time they faced off p.s.g. got lucky and scored a late equaliser they have not been living up to their potential head coach for napoli carla and lucky things p.s.g. can walk away but clearly he's going to favor his side of the victorious but it's

a must win situation for p.s.g. if they're going to take themselves seriously and secure in advancement to the knockout stages but it will be a firecracker no doubt about it ok briefly if you could bonus legal leaders door and also in action tonight against that let it go can you tell us about that yet in dortmund right now is on fire you know not only do they lead the domestic bundesliga here in germany but right now they have eight goals they have yet to concede a goal but this will be a litmus test it gets and let it go madrid there's no doubt about that because it's in madrid this competition homefield advantage is very important but to do it means advantage let it go is a bit wounded at the moment they're missing the a go go dean and diego coast but according to diego simeone a their head coach they're going to stick to the script but i do expect dortmund to blaze the pitch like they've been doing enough think they're going to win this ok well we'll be getting back to that i'm sure in the days ahead chris harrington thanks so much for that ok. let's get our tennis now rafael nadal says he will not

play this season anymore after undergoing ankle surgery the spaniard is already in doubt for the season ending a.t.p. finals and one because of an abdominal injury in view of that he said he'd taken the opportunity to have the operation on a problematic right ankle the dolls' absence from next week's finals means that novak djokovic is guaranteed to finish the year as world number one. and if you love the number one items in tech innovation lisbon is the place to be today gary hart that's right brian the biggest technology conference in the world kicks off in lisbon on this tuesday this year's web summit is an annual event is expected to attract more than seventy thousand businesses including the who's who from the take an internet industry has been wants to establish itself as a major european takeoff it's already home to a number of companies from the sector has committed to another ten years in the

portuguese capital. and our reporter paul because it's covering this story for us in lisbon paul what's happening right now. summit is about to kick off this summer and really has grown quite substantially in the past year has gone from a small tech festival to really summit with a lot of big names you mention it tim berners lee for example the inventor of the world wide web is here he spoke last night we're also going to see you commissioner for competition besta gear who is already here last year and people were so excited about what she had to say and how she wanted to take on the big tech corporations that she got invited again this year so they're also going to

be a lot of critical voices here not just you know all of the celebratory lots of big companies are are represented also apple is here google is here a lot of. companies from the from the car sector so a lot going on at this meeting but also a ton of start ups that are looking for for investors and investors looking for the next big thing. a web site. it is growing fast and i was just committed to another ten years in lisbon while it's been. yeah lisbon portugal in general and listen specifically has come a long way since since the financial crisis it's really turned around in fact this very square that i'm standing in right now it used to be like a gravel dirt parking lot until not too long ago and the city has invested in it now it's essential square in the city and the city is ready to continue to invest

also in a web summit it's promised to put one hundred million euros in infrastructure in making the venue bigger for for a web summit and also general infrastructure and in turn the city is hoping to gain three billion euros over the next ten years and tax revenues in and from the hotels and tourism coming to the city so over the next ten years really there's there's a cooperation between web summit and the city right now since the summit has come here a lot of big companies came google has a complex here with five hundred people and german carmakers are also setting setting up shop here and lisbon has kind of become cool for startups as well. because their butts in lisbon thank you. it's and i'm president just standoff between the e.u.

and a member states governments the european commission rejected it in these budget proposal italian government is so far refusing to draw up a new one meeting in brussels on monday eurozone finance ministers have supported the commission's view and asked italy to come up with a new plan. the euro zone's find and ministers hoping for a compromise between italy and the european commission without some fear that could be dire consequences for everyone. the wise path is a path of dialogue exchange of views to find the best solution for your dollars afford for the etonian government and for common currency because what is at stake now is a common currency italy wants to increase spending to bolster its economy rather than save but that violates e.u. rules says the european commission. it's not the commission versus if it makes no

sense the commission is there to make sure that the rules. are respected because when one member personal perspective it is an impact on the others room that has a few days to respond to the demands from brussels the european commission has given italy until november thirteenth to redraft its budget. that's all business is a reminder of the top stories we're following for you americans are voting in one of the most crucial midterm elections in decades today some thirty six million people have already cast their ballots in early voting going from says a poll at the poll is referendum on his presidency democrats have also made the final pitch to voters. watching the news more news coming at the top of the all thanks for watching by.

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