and explore past and even beyond cultural heritage sites. the d.w. world heritage turns 60. this is the tell you news live from berlin indian voters get closer to the finish line it's the final day of voting in the country's marathon general election with prime minister narendra modi seeking a 2nd term we'll go live to modi's bone constituency also coming up austrian chancellor is a bust and cloris calls snap elections this comes after his vice chancellor quits

following the release of hidden camera video that appears to show him offering government contracts to 8 fake russian supporters. plus if the netherlands night at thing euro vision song contest. duncan lawrence wins that pompous tribe again with his piano ballad arcade will bring you the highlights of a spectacular evening in tel aviv. thanks for joining us i'm married i haven't seen today is the final day of voting in india's general election is the biggest election in the world with 900000000 eligible voters one of the seeds being contested today is the city of daraa nasi holy to hindus where prime minister narendra modi. for reelection is expected to

win comfortably but a controversial development project in the historic temple district has dented his popularity. travel to say and sent us this report. the holy city of water nazi is a piece of political much for a devout hindu and consider the spiritual capital of the country. but now and i comic bought of the temple city is in ruins. close to 300 houses some of which date back to the 17th century have been torn down around kashi which would not stand to. devote to the hindu gods shivah. on the temples are left standing. the demolition is all to make way for the cos she caught her daughter and ambitious infrastructure project off prime minister

no. more he represents water nazi in parliament. when he was elected by of years ago he promised to modernize the engine city while preserving its rich culture and ahead of. grew up in the not only in surround. he down a shop here but when the parties came knocking to tell him to get out he petitioned the high court. but after 15 months of fighting he gave up for what he claims is not enough money and the promise of a new shop in the quarter. the a.v.r. around the temple has traditionally been a stronghold for more these be chippy but now bonnie says locals feel that the party is crushing the soul of caution. removed what's made the city of shiva the city of modi whatever changes made you want to happening here. it was the city of

temples now it's the city of ruins. the prime minister wants to be directed from water in the sea. and the controversy seems to have little impact on his chances. on the campaign trail more he is treated like a celebrity. his star power has been the main draw for the b.g.p. across the country. modi has said that the wood for the region is a vote for him. many who can see north on a trip to washington the prime minister. even the opposition has predicted we candidates are practically giving him a walk or. hindu nationalism has been a bold plan for the b j p and the prime minister is counting on this holy cities indorsement to once again be the country. who filed that report now joins us from say hello to you misha so as we heard in your report modi's

development plans for the city of our n.r.c. are quite unpopular among many locals is this likely to cost him support at the ballot box. well why is the redevelopment plans around the rule be cautious in our temple have brought in criticism it actually looks like it is not going to cause a loss for the prime minister at all a lot of voters who we have spoken to at this polling booth have said that they are actually quite impressed with the prime minister's leadership on a national level there's also been some improvements to infrastructure in other parts of the city that people are. watching and others are simply supporting him because he's an icon for the b.g.p. so the question that is being raised here is simply about how large a margin the prime minister's going to win the seat with not about if he's going to win or not so even though the area around the temple was a bastion of b.g.p. support us the ruling party some people told me that they will not cast their vote

or they will choose a none of the above option but they're so against the opposition that it is still unlikely for the opposition to make gains at the cost of prime minister more the. wolverine r.c. is as we've been hearing a sacred hindu city just how important is religion in this election. religion of definitely going to play a role in the party in part the b.g.p. did come in on a plank of hindu nationalism even though in 2014 the key agenda was development but there has been a rise of hindu much of majority terrorism across the country that has been a rise of hate speech as well as violence against minorities across the country and for many people they view b.g.p. as a hindu party that supports the hindu cause but of course on officially the region has also propagated an idea of nationalism there were strikes there was a there was a standoff between india and pakistan earlier this year but has actually played in

the b j p's favor and that is another factor that's going to favor the b.g.p. heavily and of course they have clearly come out and express their support about a controversial temple that is to be built in the state we're actually standing in right now so hinduism as well as nationalism important for plants for the region. already doubling is the mission just 12 reporting for us from vajra not saying thank you very much. to austria now where the chancellor is a bust and courts has called for early elections after a corruption scandal brought down his junior coalition partner vice chancellor heinz was caught on video apparently offering lucrative government contracts to a woman posing as a russian investor willing to help his far right parties election campaign. resigned from his post on saturday. shortly after the vice chancellors resignation thousands of people gathered at the chancellery to

express their indignation with the far right freedom party and demand fresh elections and the protesters got what they wanted was a chance less about announced the end of his coalition for you saying that populist freedom party had finally gone too far i would often gets to go after yesterday's video that i must honestly say that enough is enough. the chancellor asked president alexandre funded belen to cold snap elections the presidents who can just hold parliament's back the move and he had strong words for the alleged corrupt deputy. from 2 of the excluder that appeal to leaders of the republic have broken the trust placed in them this is outrageously disrespectful to the citizens and i cannot tolerate this lack of respect these are those because you care to live here they. are. this is the video behind the scandal austria's

vice chancellor. caught on tape apparently soliciting campaign funding in return for lucrative government contracts at a meeting in a villa on the spanish island of beats a staffer thought he was talking to the niece of a russian oligarch in addition to illegal donations they discussed the possibility of her buying a stake in austria's biggest tabloid to generate favorable coverage ahead of the 2017 elections but it was a sting and the video was leaked to the meat all right let's get some more on the story and for that we're joined by a correspondent bob these also standing by in vienna hello to you barbara so do we know yet when these fresh elections in austria are going to be held and what would it mean what is it going to mean for a coalition government. we don't know yet when there will be help these selection maryanna the likely date is late september maybe even early october because it takes more than 6 weeks to prepare an election in austria more than

a week to just solve the parliament that is now sitting and nobody does something like this during the summer vacation so plus you need a bit of time for campaigning don't you so yes it's likely that in early fall there are going to be elections in austria the morning after the big demonstrations here is still quite the concert course it's just meeting the president funded balance and they are talking about how to carry on how this government can continue because there are more contentious people in cabinet the home affairs minister for instance never to kill who is really highly sort of accused of being extremely rightwing very similar to what. has been in his party very similar position so can he stay on class who is going to be the no the new vice chancellor that's a position that has to be by law filled in austria. once somebody who is a sort of 3rd party politician. the freedom party is still fighting for their

survival in the sky vermont well barbara of course the very next election is the e.u. parliamentary election just a week from now less than a week how much of a setback is this going to be for europe's far right parties more broadly. this is going to be a big setback for the freedom party because it is probably going to be sort of reduce to is its core its core clay until however in other countries it's don't feel that this will make big waves because populism is regional local regional and at best national so italian populist so we saw the big rally yesterday was material saw binney and milan they are not going to really look at austria plus already of course conspiracy theories about this sting operation on either side and the whole

the whole victim saga of our already circulating they say oh we have been victimized by the political forces who want to destroy us we know how this works so it is probably not going to have such a big effect in other countries. that was deeply is barbara vessels speaking to me a short time ago from vienna well turning now to bundesliga soccer and byron munich have sealed 8 7th straight title after a convincing final day win over i'm tough to frankfurt. this was the moment they got to live the bundesliga trophy fire and had their fate in their own hands and they made no mistake with a 51 victory and 53 and i and robin both scored in their final home appearances for biron and in keeping with tradition coach make a call that she was drenched in beer his side ended up 2 points ahead of boro so dark. and it was

a night to remember for the netherlands at the grand finale of the euro vision song contest which took place last night in tel aviv as usual the world's biggest music competition was packed full of glitz and catch but it did not pass without some controversy here's a look. duncan lawrence of the netherlands has been the competition favorite and india the pick my kids were right words can't describe what i'm feeling now i'm feeling so much emotions everything that i wanted to do on stage it came out. it came out so good and i really felt the song and this is like the result of the results from bon national dri pictures from the fight rights. not only to be the 1st good leader mahmoud for the 2nd with an upbeat number called so deep

those of those are the this is the only thing that. sergei loves the reds ballad that they did a good for russia. your visions rules forbid mixing music and poetry but there's often a super controversy to go with the pop this year icelandic purgatory night headlines all openly supporting the palestinian cause israel's eurovision. well if you've got a beard belgium is the place to be right now hundreds of hairy men from around the world have descended on the city of and work for the 2019 world beard and moustache championships the wacky contest sees the well groomed competitors take part in 3 main categories moustache partial beard and full beard with each including several subcategories many spectacular styles are on show including majestic handlebars and

swirling whiskers as competitors battle it out to become the facial fuzz kings. a quick reminder now of our top story. is the final day of voting in india's weeks long general election international as prime minister narendra modi is seeking a 2nd term but polls suggest his party may lose seats in parliament. you're up to date on details in your news on marrying and stealing from all of us in berlin thanks for watching. nicole piece in germany to learn german village because. why not learn with him d w z e learning course because fake. sleep. carefully.