w. . this is news live from berlin indian voters reach the finish line polls close on the final day of the country's marathon general election prime minister narendra modi is seeking a 2nd term also coming up. austrians president calls snap election this comes after the country's vice chancellor quits following the release of a hidden camera video that appears to show him offering government contracts from a fake russian supporter.

unlike local welcome those stories in a moment but 1st we have some breaking news a blast has hit a tourist bus in egypt reports say the explosion took place close to the giza pyramids near cairo a number of people were injured including foreigners but so far there are no reports of deaths let's go to journalist michael seen in cairo who joins us by phone booth what more can you tell us. so i understand today's hot springs folks inside the egyptian ministry of health says there are an estimated 70 people injured in french in the heaviest where egyptian national and 7 south african were still. being explosion targeted just off i leased he's in a program which i'm watching out for the pyramids in egypt and it's

where can you can you tell us whether this might have been a coordinated attack move them. when young they had this guy that didn't take. a bit of a packet even suggested it. sort of explosive device something i see fit if i'm there all the details. but here we go if i didn't areas it wasn't that shifting for the fist quite frequently leave kind of improvised devices to talk to or from there there was a group of torch group. the photography with a similar kind of it for the device for in focus the previous minis nationals and their gyptian guide for the kill and had not even covered the kynges another 5 were from the consider that. anyone anyone anything else you can tell us about who might have been on this bus. to tell the far right and it has to be

enforceable and didn't think you'd get them all the thing is 5000 pounds i think that in theory. if the attention that it barely focuses on how. to treat it and the people. on the 4th. point that it. reads michelson journalist in cairo 1st thank you so much we'll have more on this story as it develops polls have closed in the final day of voting in india's general election with 900000000 eligible voters it was the biggest election in the world voting took place in phases over 6 weeks one of the seats contested on the final day was vulgar nasi it's a holy city for hindus and it's where prime minister narendra modi was up for reelection and while he's expected to win his popularity and his constituency has been dented by a construction project. the giants fell travel to vajra nasi and sent us this

report. the holy city of water nazi is a piece of pedigree much for 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 gone down at all and would not stand the. devoted 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 noda into more the. more these represents wadded i see in fall. when he was elected 5 years ago he promised to modernize the ancient city while

preserving its rich culture and ahead it to model michelle grew up in the not only . he down the shop here but when the parties came knocking to tell him to get out here 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 door. the a.v.r. around the temple has traditionally been a stronghold for more these b.g.p. but now donna says locals feel that the party is crushing the soul of caution. room with what's made the city of shiva the city of modi whatever changes modi wants a happening here. it was the city of temples now is the city of ruins. the prime minister wants to be directed from out of the city. and the controversy seems to have little impact on his chances. on the campaign trail more he is

treated like a celebrity. his stop has been the main draw for the b.g.p. across the country. more the has that of what for the b.g.p. is a vote for him. many locals see no alternative to walking for the prime minister. even the opposition has fielded weak candidates practically giving him a walkover. hindu nationalism has been a bold plank for the b j p and the prime minister is counting on this holy cities indorsement to once again be the country. filed that report joins me now. initiate the ballot boxes are closed now an indication of prime minister modi can expect to be reelected from his constituency in.

well despite the rumblings of discontent we have heard over here around the iconic kashima show not stempel over the region project the expectation is that prime minister nouri is more the elected from varna see that he will represent this holy city once again in the lower house of parliament the simple question seems to be how large a margin he's going to win with now a few weeks ago we were expecting interesting opposition candidates to come into play against the prime minister in the last election there was over a strong candidate who is now the chief minister of dandy but this time around even the opposition has not fielded very impressive candidates so many analysts are saying that this will basically be a walkover for the prime minister. this was a massive vote of course give us a sense of what the last 6 weeks. while the last 6 weeks have definitely been eventful and busy this is a massive logistical exercise 542 constituencies have gone through the ward

900000000 eligible voters of course we've run through these numbers before but it is worth reiterating because this is such a massive exercise in democracy largely the wilting has been peaceful but it is worth noting that in the state in the eastern state on west bengal's there have been sporadic reports of violence there were reports of violence today as well there was reporting in some of the states because of allegations of tampering and some of the electronic voting machines have also malfunction but largely the expectation is that the that the mandate that will come through form these 6 weeks will be accepted and that the elections have over all gone all fairly small. just in about 10 or 15 seconds or so is it possible to make predictions about who else might have won in these elections. well the national sport for the last few months has been to make predictions exit

polls have already started coming out but i would say it's best to wait for 4 more days the expectation is no means more the is likely to do it on behalf of the head of a coalition government but surprises can come across in an election so we should read one of the boarders. thanks so much. to austria now where it's been announced that snap elections will be held in early september president alexander vender belen made the declaration alongside chancellor sebastian cortes after scandal brought down curtains for right coalition partner in a hidden camera video vice chancellor heinz christians appear to offer lucrative government contracts to a woman posing as a russian oligarchs needs that's in exchange for her backing his party's election campaign earlier we spoke to barbara vessel and asked her whether voters are likely to punish chancer kurtz's party at the ballot box for forming a coalition with the far right in the previous government so far the popularity of

course has been splendid i mean he has done a very good job of selling himself as a reformer of austria off course the other parties here the opposition can strong all those big promises back into his face now and say what have you achieved just a made just gamble and made austria a laughing stock all over europe by by the publishing of these tapes the corruption and the typical austrian swamp that's been that has been uncovered just one more time this is not the 1st scandal to rock austria in the last decades off a similar sort bought courts is sort of is a very very astute politician he knows how to sell himself he knows how to sort of get on the good side of the public so maybe he won't be punished but the freedom party will be punished large the end it will be a good day for the opposition so the political wedge in austria is going to change

in all likelihood. that was used barbara visual in vienna let's turn now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world in colombia former fark leader swishes hernandez was hospitalized in police custody on saturday the 52 year old had been released from prison earlier in the day but he was immediately rearrested in connection with a drug trafficking investigation by the u.s. hospital officials in bogota say that is in stable condition. republican lawmaker justin amash has broken ranks with his party to call for u.s. president donald trump's impeachment the michigan congressman accused trump of impeachable behavior stemming from special counsel robert mohler his findings on russian interference in that report found no criminal conspiracy but left open the question of whether trump obstructed the investigation. sudan's ruling military council says it's resuming talks with the opposition over the transfer of power

deputy council head mohamed harm done to dollars says he wants free elections talks had been suspended time and again due to protests pushing for civilian rule after the fall of former president bashir a few. thousands of people are taking to the streets across europe in support of the european union the demonstrations like here in berlin are taking place just a week before elections to the european parliament organizers hope to get out the vote for pro e.u. parties and to take a stand against populism and the far right. our correspondent thomas sparrow is at that demonstration in berlin thomas thanks for being here who exactly is rallying in berlin today. a mixture of organizations around 250 organizations and initiatives planned protests today in berlin and other german cities and in other cities around europe according to organizers there are more

than 40 european cities where people today are protesting in favor of the e.u. and against nationalism and populism some of the organizations here are left leaning organizations we've also seen some political parties in particular from the center left or the left of the political spectrum also joining forces here what they want to say is that they're against populism and nationalism monday even asking people to go to vote in the elections next week which they are describing as very important even as crucial for the future of europe thomas as you know demonstrations are also being held in other european cities do you get the sense that the rallies will make a difference in how the outcome of next week's european elections go bald that is exactly what the organizers wanted in fact if you read the motto of these protests it is precisely asking people to go out and vote to try to make a difference it is obviously an open question whether they will make a difference where people will go out and vote next week but that's at least what

the organizers want but apart from that it's about sending a message and sending a message at a time when nationalists forces when populist forces are also going to the streets they're also trying to get alliances formed and join forces with other groups so what people here in berlin and in the other cities that have joined these protests want is precisely to send a message in favor of europe and against those populist forces that also try and want to change europe but in a very different way from people here in berlin and other parts of europe thomas ferro in the streets of berlin thank you so much. something a little lighter now 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 $29000.00 world beard and moustache championships the wacky contest sees the well groomed competitors take part in 3 main categories. partial beard and full beer with each including several subcategories many

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