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polls in a closely watched race. and in the bundesliga buyers munich were looking to keep dortmund at bay the best way to do that was to get three points of their own in freiburg but would it be that easy. an expose or welcome to the program. vote counting is underway in turkey's local elections there the first since the reform package gave president wretch of tire to one sweeping new powers but polls suggest his ruling a k party is set for major losses with his popularity heard by the country's economic recession. this is turkey is sick vote in five years for local elections the atmosphere is not quite what you might expect one voter called it loud aggressive and unworthy of the democracy of the people in this country have

lost respect for each other and politics is driving that polarization. although he's not standing for election himself the campaign's been dominated by president much of time at one and one knows local elections serve as a barometer of public support he was elected istanbul's mayor in one thousand nine hundred four and right now a currency crisis and rising food prices according discontent. surveys suggest the ruling a.k.p. party could be defeated in the capital ankara months so you have atia of the secular c.h.p. as the favorite there in istanbul the a.k.p. and c.h.p. and neck and neck and he's moved on i think the a.k.p. has improved services i'm forty five now and i know how did used to be. so much that you know i have less and less trust in elections and i'm only twenty one but i still go and vote today in the hope that something might change bring down these to

the people vote the government faces accusations of a crackdown the pro kurdish h d p party says many of its politicians have been arrested in recent days joining us now live from istanbul is the dorian jones dorian the polls are closed now can you give us any initial results. well we do seem to be heading for a very exciting night the capital ankara is neck and neck nuffin between the main opposition main opposition c.h.p. and the ruling a k p with half the votes counted in istanbul the ruling a.k.p. only have a two point lead with still over half the votes to be counted so very very close in other major cities across the country the main opposition could be set for some important victories although the much predicted major collapse in support of the doesn't seem to be happening in fact their vote does seem to be holding up well in several key areas also they do seem to be set for

a major success in turkey's predominately kurdish southeast heading for a very important victory in one province where they've achieved a massive thirty percent swing this will be a major setback for turkey's kurdish h.t.t.p. which do seem to be experiencing several major losses in the feats. and we also hear that two people were shot dead at a polling station and dozens of other people were injured across turkey can you tell us a bit more. well indeed these elections have been held in an unprecedented polarized and extremely tense atmosphere given the fact the country is in recession and also the ruling a.k.p. party is under threat maybe for the first time in many years. in this provincial city in the southeast of the country there was a dispute over the way votes were being cast deservers from. islamic party was which is an opposition objected they got into an argument with the observers from the ruling

a k p and that turned to violence and two of those the islamic party observers were shot dead this has caused a great deal of shock in the country or there has to be said given this region is awash with guns such violence isn't that unusual the president one has been quick to condemn it his party's promised a full investigation beyond that there has been some clashes and knife fights fist fights in parts of istanbul again just serve how tense the atmosphere is ok. thank you very much. do you crane know where polls have just closed in the first round of a presidential election the vote is being watched closely in the west and in russia ukrainians have dozens of candidates to pick from pre-election polls indicate there are three front runners however television comedian followed selenski leads the pack despite never having held political office he pulled ahead of president petro poroshenko who's led the country since two thousand and fourteen as well as former

prime minister yulia timoshenko the last time ukraine went to the polls russia had just annexed to the crimea region and pro russian separatists had seized control of part of the country's east five years all know what are most of the issues most in ukraine's minds correspondent nick connolly talk to voters in the capital kiev. would like oh economy to grow we need new jobs so the people can find work here instead of immigrating with the disease. we all want peace but we understand that it won't be easy to achieve it this good i'm voting for a candidate who will be to most guys liking. this. but. we need to defeat corruption in all countries incredibly reaching we solutions and potential of the corruption in ukraine is simply destroying us from the less corruption fewer theft so that we start living well like a normal european country. first of all our oligarchy need to start investing in

ukraine's economy stop taking all their money abroad to off shores. and e.w. correspondent nick connelly joins us now from care of them hit winners and the polls have just closed is it too early to talk about winners and losers. good evening rather nick well i'm here absolutely ms lewinsky's election policy in the mood is very optimistic he's just been playing thank. you it's a terrible fight me. they think they're going to have a significant victory over the next front runner which it seems to be current president petro poroshenko about ten percent behind him as to who will come in second place to join zelinsky in the second round. we don't know yet but it does seem to be much more cinco these results are all provisional and we expect to know more by the end of the night around two am local time but a final count of all the election votes from across the country in the regions will

only be tomorrow. oh we've got another account that's interesting two thousand complaints of electoral violations what's going on there. well the different have been reports of illegal campaigning by ukrainian the ukrainian low there's no campaigning allowed in the last two days of before the day before the election and today all the election people said the stories of political parties bussing busing their supporters into the ballot box to get to the to the campaign. to vote rather stories kind of busy here the candidates just walking past me at the moment. but most of the complaints seem to be more of a technical nature not enough ballot papers people not being on the lists not being read to see what they should be so more technical nature is at them and i don't think these are the kind of problems that would see the result affected significantly in its ability this is and it has been free vote will be it with some problems. is as you said in your report a comedian who played a president in

a t.v. series are ukrainians just muddling fiction with reality here. but definitely a story campaign and one that's come sort of out of nowhere some extent here in the announce that he was running on new year's eve so three and a bit months ago having said that his series serves the people has been about politics and that's being out there for the last few years and he has had no compunction about mixing clips from that series with his campaign videos. that released the latest series of that show just a few days before the election so lots of questions there about the ethics of that having said that i think it's would understanding just a moment as paul to ukrainians disappointment and taught us that traditional particularly it's present for synchro and forums to machine who have been on the scene for decades at time which ukraine's refueling behind and has failed to realize its potential. economically politically looks different ways this is the

real desire monks lots of voters to give very clear sign to those beliefs whether or not they will vote for him in the second round but they're really willing to take that jump and to see someone without any but you experience become present countries will see the question ok did abuse nick connelly in kiev thanks for that . and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. brazil has announced it is opening a new trade mission to israel in jerusalem this comes as brazil's president try your bull scenario is visiting the country to bolster tod's but he appears to have backed away from plans to follow the u.s. by moving brazil's embassy to the contested city you keep this a curate chief jeff bezos has accused saudi arabia of hiking the amazon bosses phone in january a tabloid printed leaked messages between baze osce and journalist lauren sanchez shortly after baseless announced he was divorcing his wife bezos owns the

washington post newspaper which employed murdered saudis dissident jamal khashoggi . paris's louvre art museum the museum is celebrating thirty years since its iconic glass pyramid was built to mark the occasion the museum has invited the french street artists known only as j r to reimagine the period pyramid pardon me on a grand scale. the louvre about to be transformed. hundreds of volunteers pasting thousands of strips of paper to the floor for three full days . they're marking the thirtieth birthday of the louvres famous gloss pyramid and they're putting together an artwork by french artist jr who's creating an optical illusion. why why not why not reinvent and rethink places why not wake up in your own city and allow yourself to reinvent and

rethink it to look at it in a different way and growing up in the suburbs i always try to see parts differently not like everybody else climbed onto a roof tops and go into tunnels and to be able to see a monument like this today and rethink it reinvented as an artist is that modernist that utopia which allows you to move forward and take people along with you. and this pyramid rising from an imaginary crater is the end result. of this league a soccer buyer went into matchday twenty seven at the top of the table albeit on goal difference they'd won all six of their last bonus they get matches and scored a whopping twenty seven goals in the process fire on fire ahead of the international break and what better way to get back into every day bonus league or life than a match against eleventh place freiburg. the funds had to wait to find out one of the penalty box is had to be cleared after an anti sexism displayed by the freiburg

supporters and created quite the paper storm. when the much finally got underway it was freiburg to rain the pain i just two minutes were on the clock when an unmarked not at the horse in front. of the pace vindicating you he loves decision to axe the pair from the german national say. the afternoon went from bad to worse for hapless . this fellow than to me yellow cart. for ten at least should composure to stop by and from going to. ski level discourse on twenty two minutes after superb work from leo. i one hundred ninety ninth been this league a goal for the pole i have the second half went more to script on attacking freiburg sitting in. he had a chance but slid it past the post and then was denied by some solid goalkeeping.

before hama's to alexander in resolute form. because that kingsley come on. injury time brought another chance for live in the gretzky hit the post but by and to make do with a draw. we are in a pressure situation again it's a shame that themselves here again this is. this is the. tribe or take their second point of the season against by on and make things even more tense at the top. and violence title rivals dortmund left it late against false bird with the score still nil nil going into the final minutes of the game. in the ninety first minute cassar stepped up to take a free kick and drove it home. one nil dortmund a goal that sent the home fans into and in the ninety fourth minute jay consentual read through

a weary while spurred defense to set up outcasts or for his second of the game. to deal with that puts them at the top of the table. they're watching the news live from berlin up next is reporter which delves into the world of vintage cars through z s next by sir thanks for watching. what secrets lie behind these memos. to find him and most of experience and explore fascinating cultural heritage sites. d w world heritage three sixty fifty.

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