this is the w. news live from berlin a divisive and uncertain general election in spain and many voters are still undecided even as they go to the polls no posse is expected to win a majority and the far right looks set to enter parliament for the first time in decades also coming up the deadly force of the sri lanka east of almendras new footage of burgess showing the moment one of the blast hit the country remains on edge one week on caring for attacks.

mackinnon thanks so much for joining us very saying is under way in spain's general election and a poll that looks set to transform the country's political landscape the campaign has been marked by a surge in support for smaller parties especially the far right. one in four voters was said to be undecided ahead of this poll explains third election in four years and the most open ended in decades. what i want to think is the most we're actually crucial moment in spain. i think everyone has an obligation to get it this time and make their votes can't. they would. i spoil my ballot paper because i didn't like any of the candidates any of the parties and none of their proposals. for decades parish has switched between the socialists led by

prime minister petro sanchez and the conservative party to popular or popular party spain have long been seen as a country resistant to nationalism with no real swing to extremes since the fall of francisco franco as military dictatorship in the one nine hundred seventy s. . now the far right vox party like sent to enter parliament for the first time they have been basted by some voters discontent with the traditional parties but not all. that i don't want a far right i think i voted for the lesser of two evils i'm not really convinced as they will then. there are those that could be the first time that the far right enters the government it seems they'll get in so it will depend on which alliances are struck give us give us so this could be quite a serious change for spain. you know about if by then the

traditional parties will most likely rely on the smaller parties to form a government with at least five in the running talks on any potential coalition could last for weeks if not months with fresh elections one of many possible outcomes. lisa lewis joins us now from lisa you've been talking to voters today tell us what are you hearing from them. while the voters are talked to from all sides of the political spectrum one lady you waiting had voted for we need us today most the far left party saying you know it was really important for me to turn out to vote today to blow the rise of the far right than a gentleman he said he had voted for see that analysts basically saying the right is the only you are the only ones i trust to run this country in an effective way what they seem to be grieving on is that this has been

a very divisive very very tense election campaign indeed and that these elections are really important for the future of this country now as in many countries and many european countries spain is seeing a resurgence of the far right what is driving that. well the main issue that has helped the far right vox party a rise in the polls is the issue of catalonian independence they have been critical in criticizing the socialist government under petro sunshines that was in place since last summer for actually being supported by a catalan independence in the separatist party and then they were using that wave of nationalist fervor really to push for other values very conservative values there against abortion there kens what they call the so-called gender ideology anything that would give women for the rights now you have to remember that these

people used to be members of the people's party the conservative party and they used to be kept in check by the conservative party he was adamant that people shouldn't be saying these things out loud even if they were thinking them the supporters of the votes party have someone supporters who is especially has been telling me what he really liked about books was that they were speaking their mind . is there any chance that these elections could finally bring some political stability to spain. well they see a chance yes of course when you look at the latest polls though from monday they showed that non of the two blocs neither right nor the left would win an outright majority now one factor could tip that balance that is if many people turned out to vote we have received first figures of voters participation from two pm this afternoon they're really high that forty one percent that's more than four points above what happened what was the figure in two thousand and sixteen and in some

regions in spain it looks like it's even a record participation in history and spanish history now that only shows to what extent spaniards understand how important these elections are. speaking to us from madrid ashura lankan forces have raided the headquarters of an islamist group suspected of being behind the east to suicide bombings more than two hundred fifty people died in the attacks on multiple hotels and churches and the country remains on edge now new footage that reveals the deadly force of the blasts this is the moment the bomb went off it's chilling footage of one of the explosions that took place on easter sunday at the kingsborough talents lanka's capital colombo the video also shows one suspected bomber checking into the hotel a day before the attacks. in response to those attacks police stormed this

jihadist hideout near the eastern town of calm night on friday the father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind behind the easter bombings i said to be among the fifteen people killed in the shootout. after the mixtape claimed responsibility for the bombings police and troops stepped up searches more than ten thousand soldiers have been deployed across the island to hunt down people suspected of having links to islamist militants and that security fears churches across the island had to stay closed instead a private memorial service by the archbishop of colombo was broadcast life on t.v. . on production to kill someone in the name of god god who is the all merciful god who is the all love god who has created my brother and

mine is. at the jail was also held outside sindh antony's shrine in colombo at eight forty five am the time at which the bomber struck the church one week ago. we thought this one because of. the moderation. creep in the people. confident and make sure that everybody is still not emotions are not. for scores of people the need to come together was larger than the fear of another attack. police are investigating a deadly shooting at a california synagogue that killed one person and wounded three others officials are calling the saturday attack a hate crime and of probing a link with an early a fire at a mosque mourners held a vigil for the victims at a nearby church community members from all faiths coming together to pay tribute to

the shooting on the last day of passover comes just a few months after a gunman killed eleven people as another u.s. synagogue. places of worship used to be centuries now nowhere seems sacred a gunman entered the chabad synagogue in power in california as worshippers marked the final day of passover he opened fire with a high powered rifle killing one woman and wounding three more people including the rabbi. my thing was you got her hit you she said. she's down. try to. stop. you don't have to take her to hospital but i thought i suspected nineteen year old gunman fled the scene by car but was stopped on a highway and arrested shortly after police say his motivation may be detailed in a lesser posted online we are collecting digital evidence and we're aware of his

manifesto which we are in the process of reviewing determine its validity and authenticity. politicians were quick to call the attack the outcome of hate. at this moment as looks like a hate crime but my deepest sympathies to all of those affected. will get to the bottom of it or ensure now. this is not how away we always walk with our arms around each other and we will walk through this tragedy with our arms around each other the attack comes just six months after a white supremacist killed eleven people at a synagogue in pittsburgh. ok let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world serious flooding is being reported in parts of mozambique three days off the flightplan kennett government is people to seek higher ground with hundreds of thousands at risk of floods come just six weeks after another site plane e.t.i.

killed more than six hundred people in the country. and tens of thousands of hong kong residents have marched against a proposal that would allow people to be extradited to china to face trial activists say the law will further erode rights and liberties in the autonomous region in the protest comes days after the arrest of several pro-democracy activists. german media reporting the country's domestic spy agency says it's becoming increasingly difficult to monitor right wing extremists and hate groups and that's according to a confidential report penned by german intelligence officials it says far right extremists like a group called revolution chemists whose members were arrested last year are becoming increasingly decentralized their portal so says social media is playing an ever larger role in pushing people to the extreme right. tell us

more about this i'm joined by d.w. reporter arrant hilton. tell us is this a problem that the german government needs to be taken very seriously well i definitely would see it would i mean look at half the stories we've brought to our audience today in the show have really been covering the same topic hate crimes perpetrated by people usually young men around the age of thirty like a lot as you were mentioning right there. who then use social media to both become more extreme in their views and also than organized their crimes you know some of these attacks we've been seeing again again in the last weeks so how is this rebel radicalization different to previous right wing extremism we have to realize you know back in the eighty's and ninety's was really the case that a lot of these radical groups were actually large organizations was much easier at least here in germany for intelligent. officials to monitor them because the the groups the organizational structures are so clear now the real problem is that many of these groups are organizing in so-called little lone wolf cells there's individuals coming together online becoming more radical and then using those online groups to get the training that they need to plan and carry out many of the

attacks were seen as a very very different category of violence that we're seeing now also the report was complaining about the fact that previously it took years before many people became radicalized and then carried out these attacks now that timeframe is becoming much much smaller only a couple years or in some cases as little as a couple months or so so what can be done what can the governments do what can tech companies to well it really seems that they're no easy answers in this category you know in the last several years we've seen tech companies and also governments take action against the islamic state because they're using similar tactics online as you propaganda videos in order to radicalize people and get them to carry out attacks and companies were able to develop passion technology which kind of forms a digital fingerprint of these videos which makes it much easier to track and remove them when it comes to a lot of these hate propaganda or seen an extreme right propaganda it's a bit more insidious because often it's couched in these means or in a humorous jokes that always give the user the ability to say you know look i

didn't actually mean it was just a joke i don't take this really that seriously but unfortunately that type of propaganda is kind of opening the door for more radicalization and that's what we're seeing here in germany and around the world. ever more difficult to track and . obviously being taken very seriously by the government. now that it is very much so all right ok. thanks so much and off. a reminder of the top story that we're following for you today. facing is underway in spain's general election and looks set to transform the country's political landscape the campaign has been marked by a surge in support a smaller policy is especially the far right. thing to get you can always get need of new news on the go to just download from google play from the app store will get you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push

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