this is d w news law of them from lynn people in the democratic republic of congo head to the polls in a tense vote often to the days of delay the d.l.c. is choosing the success of a long time strongman leader joseph kabila but opposition parties are already cooling the electorate on the back. and facing is also on the way in bangladesh with security forces on the high as prime minister shaikh has seen as expected to win another amid accusations that the government is trying to stifle opposition.

plus offer a senegalese player was subjected to serve racist abuse at a recent supporters of italian club not believe take a stand against discrimination in something. in a minute she has mackinnon thanks so much for joining me after more than two years of delay presidential polls have finally opened in the democratic republic of congo voters will decide on a successor to joseph kabila who is stepping down off to an eighteen year reign he is facing a strong challenge from os in spite of a former director manager exxon mobil recent polls put faiumu in the lead at international observers have echoed the concerns of congress opposition policies that the election is not free and said the government decided not to open. polling

stations in the opposition strongholds of beni and the tempo cited militia violence and outbreaks of. decision lead to unrest the demonstrators accusing austerities of those the suppression the u.n. has also expressed worries over along the lines in the capital of where there is only one polling station for every seven hundred people that service feel fear of violence could escalate in the coming days if it looks like the election is rigged . ok let's cross now to contrast where wendy back she is at a polling station covering the story for us when the very same has started in the last few hours tell us more about how things are going. hi everyone the vote has to six i mean the polling station was open at six but people really started to vote a few minutes ago and for the moment there is no lasting almost at the place where i am saying now. that was mentioned earlier the controversial decision

that was taken six exclude more than a million people from voting to tell us more about the reason for that. i clearly. have to use some information saying that some people in the country wasn't allowed to vote a few days previously in being a human being but here in king chester seemed. like seemed full of size people was here waiting to vote and there was like telling me they want to vote they want fresh something they want to change to come true because so that really waiting those who are allowed to vote are really waiting and expecting to change means to come to the election says is obviously a real desire to change but what about these people who have been barred from

saying what's been the focus of the ebola outbreak what's been the reaction to people who aren't allowed to vote. as you can imagine people in pain and good timbo and jonesy was really mad when the decision was made and some of the people who are staying in the side of the global was sending that fisher early today and they even even though they seen you did they they want to love these two votes they will organize their own vote and continue to hold so they don't have. any cause machine but they want to vote so we don't know exactly what to kind of disclose and what would be the result and if it really be efficient i don't think though because that then you would really clear but there was really mad and feeling that that. of the entire process so but you have to do is if that limited reach and say that you

reassure them that they will vote in march so we have to wait and see today the days and maybe after two or three weeks we would be nice and have more information . right wendy bass he says in contrast to reporting for us thanks so much thank you. ok let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world and france several cars have been set on fire outside the offices of a major newspaper it's unclear who torched the vehicles and whether it was linked to the yellow vest protest movement demonstrators blocks numerous roads across the country on saturday but the anti-government protests were smaller than in previous weeks. sleeze parliament has approved a revised twenty nineteen budget that reduces deficit spending isn't what the country's populace government initially wanted and toby the european commission rejected the country's proposed budget for exceeding euro zone deficit limits

opposition will make his complain the new budget was dictated by brussels and pushed through without debate. in the united arab emirates four people have died off to the helicopter crash the accident was caught on video by tourists the chup chup a came down near the world's longest zip line a new tourist attraction lia the country's highest mountain. in yemen to see rebels have started to leave the red sea port of the data the withdrawal is possibly u.n. sponsored peace agreement signed earlier this month government forces however remain skeptical saying they need time to consider the withdrawal. of top government officials from russia and have met to discuss their response to the us military pullout in syria the talks took place off to turkey threaten to launch a military operation against u.s.

backed kurdish forces moscow and i'm crying now say they'll coordinate ground operations in syria with a shed goal of eliminating terrorist groups that's despite the fact that back in opposing sides in syria's civil war. a warm reception for turkish officials in moscow but after the hugs and handshakes the pressing business of shifting alliances in syria washington's surprise military withdrawal has reshuffled the deck following their talks moscow an anchor represented a united front. to concern you today we have reached an understanding on how the russian and turkish military representatives on the ground will continue to coordinate their actions under these new circumstances with an aim and to a bad akkad the terrorist threat in syria with. this community that interest groups . but one likely point of contention the northern syrian city of man bridge

controlled by kurdish forces oncor have used them as a terrorist threat. turkish television broadcasting these images of a convoy moving into position for a possible offensive on man bitch. the kurds meanwhile requesting and receiving help from syrian government forces backed by russia. a potentially explosive situation says one local expert. to quote the fight over money could lead to an uncontrollable military escalation it's not just about turkey and the kurds there is a much larger conflict in the background between international powers which use syria for their own means namely turkey and russia both. as tensions mount the people of man bench have little choice but to wait and see how the interests of these international powers play out. bangladesh one hundred million votes as

a going to the polls today and the election that's been mobbed by violence and allegations of political suppression by the ruling posse prime minister sheikh hasina is expected to win a comfortable victory and claim a third consecutive she's been praised for taking in hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing neighboring me and mom but critics accuse of attempting to solidify have power by silencing political opponents including rival collate as is currently imprisoned on corruption charges around six hundred thousand security personnel have been stationed around the south asian country to quell possible outbreaks of violence five people have reportedly already been killed in election related violence. correspondent jay as well is covering the election for us from the capital dhaka the polls opened a few hours ago we're hearing that several people have been killed already what can you tell us about how the situation is developing.

well wild taco which is where i am right now remains species that have been reports of deaths as accu to fourteen but as many as nine people have been killed in different parts of but even speaking about light in different parts of bangor they should excuse me but even speaking about talk it is worth noting that while i am out of the polling centers we nor just mean we noticed that the opposition party polling nugent's been more dibley absent even inside the polling booths where representatives from all the bodies are supposed to be a bit ahead for to us find their names on the cd on the serial numbers on the boarding lists of nor representatives off the opposition bangladesh nationalist party which is about of concern which some people have raised questions about but heavy security deployment across talker and violence is already breaking out in other parts of the country. so does the opposition stand any chance asshole in the

selection. well given that there's a serious lack of a lack of the bow the opposition's representation right now out in the field it kind of supports what the opposition has been claiming is that that is an uneven playing field already opposition leaders have been coming out with comments saying that if this election is a free and fair run the really come to power of course that is a convenient game on the other hand we have to do well in parties saying that they are confident that they will win a historic consecutive toward term on bang of the issue it's important to note has a tendency towards and i incumbency this is this is going to be a historic third term because in the past the party is the leadership is always switched between the opposition bangladesh nationalist party led by karl of the cea and the current ruling party the army league but the other leader of the opposition is currently in prison if a party does somehow scored a victory we do not know who will be the leading edge over all the polls are

predicting that the opposition will not be coming to pot and she could see now becoming a historic fourth term now the current government has been accused of cracking down on free speech as you were saying jailing opposition members how concerned are observers about selection transparency in this election. but observers from human rights watch and even other observers from countries have expressed in the polling centers viewer that actually we found many voters who were saying that they were not able to work because the serial numbers cannot be found of course the agents inside the election commission of the site said this was going to a technical glitch no clear evidence off or any kind of of would trigger a ballot box stuffing has come out opposition leaders of course are claiming that they are hearing reports about this but right now as of now we are also getting reports from observers in dhaka saying that currently the election is proceeding as expected so this picture will be cleared up later in the evening but concerns have

been expressed all right mission as well reporting from dhaka thanks so much. italian football club will play their next to home matches in an empty stadium after napoli player. was suggested subjected to racial abuse in milan earlier this week it was the latest in a series of incidents an italian football is struggling to eradicate the problem in the absence of an effective official solution some fans are taking it upon themselves now to show racism the red card. calley do coulibaly has known italian football at its worst today napoli friends showed their players a brighter side with their support ahead of their three two victory over but on your own saturday a group of supporters distributed ten thousand flyers declaring solidarity with their defender it comes after coulibaly was racially abused by internazionale

friends in milan on wednesday the after the game napoli coach carlo and she lost a few officials for failing to take action. but he was racially abused for the whole match. we asked the authorities to intervene that only announcements were made about this whole unknown they didn't temporarily suspend the match as we had requested them and that's i think would have been the right thing to do. while officials and or thora to struggle and fail to deal with the problem grassroots activities by friends offer a more inspiring example. where a group of friends when we come to the stadium we are passionate and this is unthinkable for us and it always happens wherever we travel with napoli these incidents shame italy shame everybody. given to the

italian football grounds are a long way from finally being free of racism but supporter initiatives like this one show that progress can be made. to date thanks so much for. the first. poll. of species. worth saving. you those are big changes and most start with small steps and global ideas tell stories of credence to people and innovative projects around the .