as the clear cut winner in his country's general election his socialist party increased the number of seats in parliament but how long will mr sanchez keep smiling spain has no tradition of coalition governments but it appears mr sanchez is socialist will have to find a partner or maybe call another election and for the first time since the end of the franco dictatorship voters have put a far right party in parliament tonight the leader of that party is betting he'll be the politician smiling last i'm off in berlin this is the day. the socialist party has won the general election. and with that the future has won and the past has lost.

it's a change for the better as it was especially because the socialist will have power . and not the center right together with the far right as the far right i guess on how to fix we must reflect on what is going on with this drift of extreme right in europe and the world. that we're not extremists that we're not fanatics when not the extreme right or anything like that but what saying things that are common sense for many spaniards we keep saying that whoever into spain illegally needs to be posted because they are not anti anything but they are normal people who only want the best for the country and. also coming up the women on the ballot in india's gigantic general election tonight you'll meet one who got her inspiration from a leader known as the iron lady when i was a kid if you asked me what i wanted to become i never said that at the calamus i want to beat up on the. goodness that's going to be the case but it's the media.

or to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all the rest of the world welcome we begin the day with the resilient spanish voter yesterday's general election in spain was the third election in just four years proof that spain's most recent political past has been neither stable nor easy you'd expect voters to show their disillusionment by staying home but you would be wrong voter turnout yesterday increased to seventy five percent a very strong number for almost any democracy anywhere there were two parties which profited most from the high turnout the ruling socialist including prime minister yes and the far right vox party for the first time since the franco dictatorship ended in one thousand nine hundred five spanish voters have returned a far right party to parliament in force the extremes of the left and right are getting stronger the political center is falling apart

a reality that spain no shares with much of europe and the united states. the reality sinks in and election that leaves no party in power many in spain were relieved however that the far right had not done even better than it did at the polls. but i mean helpful for me i think it's a good result and sincerely i didn't expect it but i thought the right wing was going to win so it's cool for me. but i mean. by then we i think that the socialist victory is good and now there is hope that the bad guys don't win. the socialist party leader pederast sanchez had explicitly pitched his party to voters as the best way to stop the far right. the spaniards have sent a very clear message to europe and to the world it is possible to win the against reactionaries and authoritarianism with. progressive proposals.

but sanchez faces an uphill battle forming a ruling coalition the far right party vox may not have won but it still had a record night this election marks the first time a far right party has gained seats in the spanish parliament since the days of general franco. restore so no three c.p.o. this is only the beginning you know i'm also not a complete told you i aim was to reach out and that's exactly what we have done yet if you don't have a listen if we have a voice in condiments we can now say loud and clear the entire country that folks has come to stay in the mainstream conservative people's party suffered big losses it was their worst election to date a sign that the polarization that has affected politics across europe has come to spain possibly for a long time to come. and our correspondent public is in these spanish capital forwards tonight good evening to you pablo the prime minister. he saw his socialist

become the strongest party in parliament yesterday but he does not have enough seats to govern a load i want you to listen to what this analyst said about sunshades his choices. sensuous knows he's there because there's been a tent to the left since he took on the socialist party leadership he's vowed to showed him yesterday that any attempt to get close to the center right would be frowned upon by his voters and party members probably got there so we know that even with the far left as a partner sanchez will not have enough seats to govern so who in the world is he going to turn to. well he's going to have to speak to several regional parties from you know from the boss country from sort of smaller regions like which is right beside the basque country in the north coast but

essentially what he's going to need is the support of the anti austerity need us but then most of course the far left party will say and they have already said that they are more than willing to enter into a coalition with pedro sanchez head of sanchez and his number two kind of incredible from the socialists have both said that they would prefer to govern alone and just have to support of say you need us for the most and the smaller regional parties from around spain and also leading into the election pedler sancia didn't rule out the idea of actually forming a coalition with only that's put them off and also let's not forget that spawn years are a little bit jaded with the number of elections people have have to where i'm going to say in jury over the past several years that they want to enter find a government as soon as possible. spain is nil like many european countries in the united states it has a far right party in parliament or

a political force to speak of the vox party you got ten percent of the vote yesterday how much power will it really have. how much power they're going to really have is they're not going to have much but what they've said is that they want to make a noise they want to be i see stand in spanish as they say the resistance they want to make people hear what they have to say i'm their very much prepared to spend the next few years essentially growing their party because let's not forget that just three years ago in twenty sixteen they only got forty thousand votes now that compares with two point five million on sunday so their plan is to grow over the next few years and make people more aware of what they want for spain which is a more centralized bank less power for the regions and in particular let's not forget catalonia you know what about. the independence movement and what does this election mean for the people. now you mentioned before brant the number of people

who went out and voted in spain increased quite radically actually in this election and most of all actually in catalonia outlands really wanted their voice to be heard and they have voted for a skate and it will be going to which is just a number one party there which is a very very much clear pro independence party and they really want to push ahead with the idea of holding a referendum there in the region and petr sanchez as we know has taken a different approach some people on the right have said a softer approach to the council on issue and they he's more open to the idea of dialogue but he has also said that we we in spain must stick to the constitution and the constitution does not allow for a referendum so it'll be very interesting how he approaches the council and question but there's obviously a call in the region amongst many people there for some different approach to how to deal with the situation with regards to the independence movement. public there were a lot of undecided female voters going into this election i want you to take

a look at what appeared in spanish television last week during a debate among the heads of the political parties and they are all men by the way what we see here are cleaning women mopping the floor we see them coming into this sort of this set off a firestorm of criticism of all the political parties accusations that the interest in the rights of women are being ignored the message is that men do politics women do the cleaning what do the election results tell us. fire storm their brands it certainly was that there was a lot of anger amongst men and women obviously in spain with those images but an interesting fact for you almost fifty percent forty six point eight i believe it is of the m.p.'s of the three hundred fifty m.p.'s who have been voted in on sunday are actually women and in fact in the socialist party have had a son just more than half of the socialists who were voted in are women so there is

a significant percentage of women in spanish politics which is obviously fantastic to see and something that has been welcomed etc sanchez has said that you know he is a feminist and he is very much in favor of giving you know introducing more laws which are more about equal in spain so you know i think we're going to be seeing more progressive laws for women in spain and the people's party we're talking as well about perhaps taking away the abortion laws and bringing it back to laws from the one thousand nine hundred did not sit well with many voters and in particular women here in spain so rights did abuse problem. the story in the public thank you. well it is not only spain where female voters are being courted by politicians in the world's largest democracy india the role of women in society and in politics is being discussed

like never before india you may remember is in the middle of its marathon general election voting is staggered over six weeks and it comes with a guarantee that no voter must travel more than two kilometers to reach a polling place and voters three months you will elect a new parliament and prime minister are interim modi from the ruling hindu nationalist b j p no he is seeking a second term his main challenger is leader of the opposition congress party you see him right here who gandhi now the election is the world's biggest with nine hundred million eligible voters they will like five hundred forty three in peace to the lower house of parliament which is known as the local sabah the polling is spread out across the country in several phases today voters went to the polls in nine states and that brings us to the topic of women in politics for one political

party in the state of west bengal almost half of its candidates are women forty one percent and that is the highest number from any party in this election d.w. correspondent sonia phone the car travelled to west bengal she introduces us to a former investment banker turned politician who is now seeking reelection. in. the early morning and lifting on snow district funded to the festive opinion. it's dominated by the ruling t.m.c. to him will congress party. and the start of the show here is the party's. she quit her prestigious job as president of j.p. morgan in london in two thousand and eight. return to india and plunged into politics fulfilling a long held dream. when i was a kid if you asked me what i wanted to become the i never said. i was i want to be

the i want to be in a position to change. my clothes been doing that as an elected local lawmaker for the last four years. she's now in the seat in the national parliament there's little doubt about who's in charge here she's angry about a change in the route the former investment banker is a rest site indian politics still largely a boys' club she draws curious crowds mainly women in these parts but the forty two year old who is also a national spokesperson for her party dismisses any questions about agenda and politics. as a politician. i think very few women's issues if you're fighting such basic grassroots politics if you've got a bad road it's a bad road that a woman walks on that it's a bad road that up a man walks on so i don't think that i can make a road that only women will walk on so i think most issues here are issues that are

generic for everybody you know poverty infrastructure drinking water. through attributes hopefully to can rise to hard work and passion it's a part she believes is open to any woman willing to take. her own party the t.m.c. is heavily promoting women candidates the push has come from the very top when all is currently the only state in india that led by a woman chief minister month. she's often described as the firebrand leader and is a vocal opponent of prime minister rainbow and in this election it's fielding women in a wreck or forty one percent in the field of party if the best thing is. it's the highest number in this election but that doesn't mask the fact that india has one of the world's lowest rates of female lawmakers in parliament at just eleven percent so i mean the experts the parties need to do much more to change that also in all political parties have set up separately and that's necessary but the question is

how many of them are there a decision making provision in. general committee executive committee the other big . issue is how to make the environment more suitable for women more comfortable for women to actually enjoy. this. on their own accord. back on the campaign trail. mix a quick stop to meet potence she's treated like a rock star. but she has little time she plans to cover hundreds of polling stations in the next two days. that means many more like this one every handshake and car and a p.t. comports she faces a tough challenge from prime minister nouri in the movies hindu nationalist party but she's ready for it this election is unlike any election we've that since independence and yet it is it in action for the idea of india we are fighting to

move more the fighting to save the very idea of india i'm going to win one hundred percent of my victory margin will be the temperatures have already soared to more than thirty five degrees but there's no way. it's going to get a date any time soon. i was reporting there were only seven to eight percent of the candidates in this election are women we spoke earlier to meg. she is one of india's foremost female writers she also curates in mumbai panel discussion on symbolism called feminist we asked why there are so few women in indian politics you know the question you bring up is so imperative. for ninety seven million women but politics is considered almost. a group under representation of women and this is also. you know the group feeling kind of. cut off the psyche of of them and i'm not always given a voice you know

a lot of women who enter politics because of the house all the sponsibility is oh they do not possess the kind of confidence all the financial backing to enter politics and. those who do manage to enter the big feast deeply rooted in so it's a mistake to politics is deeply antagonistic to what's an agenda so this has been the leading since nine hundred seventy s. and you know it i'm historically not manic on these photographs in the dollar i'm afraid by the opposition as damage all the had done a film with paul for females. who saw me with that. go on in the house of parliament so i don't feel really does that vanity and the iran even to date face huge city chandila six it's a mosque so yes politics is a game. that militias women oh it is not apparent to us that the nation i mean clearly it's not very conducive to women at all is and to

a lot of kids to survive and that even the wife. and that was indian author from mumbai talking to us about the lack of female politicians in india. sudanese protesters are hailing a breakthrough in talks with army leaders they've agreed to form a joint council to pave the way for civilian rule sudan's veteran leader omar al bashir was ousted by the military earlier this month after mass protests one photographer has been capturing some of the images of the uprising. and melanie cured of all talked with him in the capital khartoum. for thirty two year old mohammed this is history in the making he's been documented the sudanese uprising since it started in december and today he's taking pictures of the incoming fire about twenty demonstrators in front of the army headquarters in the capital from.

a sort of a gentle my pictures of the coming generations the suffering experienced by people in my photos should not be forgotten what about it when we took to the streets we would just call. and for our rights we should not have been met with some of the violence we see in the pictures of the store. at the heart of the protest area mohammad displays his photos for his fellow sudanese. in many ways the ongoing fit in has become a microcosm of what the people here want their sudan to be walking around you can feel the pride they have not only in reclaiming public space but also their freedom gatherings like this would not have been possible under the old regime. a larger art movement has emerged from the uprising even this billboard has taken on new meaning protesters have hung clothing in honor of military personnel who disobeyed orders and refused to open fire at them and there are.

some it says his photography not only documents the revolution it is also a way to help the people. to get out of this picture shows a man waving a flag as he is being loaded on to the back of a truck. i will be using him and punching him so that he put the flag down. and see saddam holding up the flag high so. you know that's a picture help to get this man released because it spread so much so they were able to locate him and have him freed. your right to have it for passers by mohammed's work reflects a turning point for sudan and its people. i feel love when i see the details of these pictures the sadness where. these pictures are an expression of the bravery the strength and the patriotism of people who have overcome thirty years of oppression under a corrupt regime to defend it to the display shows that sudan has a lot of artists and people with many talents. and muhammad realizes to dismiss

found freedom is very fragile and that a lot of work needs to be done for the spirit of the citizen to be made a political. reality. we learned as a people we can be united and we can be one hand in this transitional period we the sudanese people have to accept each other. and talk about. how much does not know what exactly the future holds for sudan but he is determined to bear witness to it with his camera. and for more on the developments in sudan i'm joined now by my colleague. you just saw in that we were she is in khartoum good evening to you from me from the outside when we look at. that story and we look at what looks like to be historic changes underway in sudan this what it feels like and looks like does it feel like it where you will or. absolutely brant since

we arrived a couple of days ago here in the capital you feel like the people here are different i've been in sudan before and this time it certainly is a time of great uncertainty but also great enthusiasm anybody you meet on the street is happy to talk to you and happy to tell you about about this newfound freedom that you feel almost everywhere in the street people are extremely open and and there's this new found desire to express themselves and and to talk about the politics the changes in the political scene that as sudan has has has witnessed in the past couple of weeks that's on the streets but if we're talking about the main protest area where i where we filmed where we filmed the report that you just saw there it feels kind of like a state within a state you have thousands and thousands and thousands of sudanese people from across the country flooding into this area they've occupied it for almost two over two weeks now since the ouster of president i'm going to stream the well organized

protest area with a makeshift security checkpoints clinic's you have stage is being set up for all kinds of political debates and to take place and the people there they feel. like their occupation their most they're holding onto that space is their bargaining chip this is what they have to negotiate with the current military council to get what they want which is ultimately a civilian rule and they're not backing down and they have. all of them that i've spoken to in that area have said they're not leaving until they see a civilian government and we remember when the when the president bashir when he was ousted a few weeks ago by the military the military then said that it would install a civilian government after a two year transition period now we're talking about this joint kill soul that is being set up with the protesters and the military i mean that seems like tremendous change from what we were hearing from the military just

a few weeks ago how do we get that for such a short amount of time. it's because of the people that are still camped outside the army headquarters after somebody bashir was ousted by if not all of who headed the military council the people immediately you could hear the chants in the middle of the system saying that that is just a new face to the same to the same old regime and within a day if not of himself had to step down my impression and what i've heard from the people there is that they have learned a lot from the experience of arab countries in the so-called arab spring and twenty eleven most prominently perhaps the case of egypt after the protests or succeeded in moving us to mubarak and he was then replaced by the military and we have since then seen military rule take take hold back back in in sudan's northern neighbor northern neighbor egypt so i think it's the persistence of the people standing outside of the army headquarters that has gotten us there that has gotten them

where i where they are now and now there are attacks today a group of sudanese protest leaders they're having negotiations in the presidential palace now with the military council and there's. think about this transitional civilian military council that would be sort of an over and over head body through the country and that there would be a purely civilian kind of council or committee that would run the david date. the date they do the business of the country and then they would pave the way for elections that would after after the removal of ahmed bashir all right so while the change is still in store for the people in correspondents working in khartoum to like thank you. there was that the biggest the conversation of course continues we'll see it's more of the.

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