the language of the banks. speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made for mines. this is deja vu news live from berlin voters go to the polls in eastern germany where the a.f.d.c. could become the 1st the far right party to win a state level of election in decades buck's mainstream parties are hoping to get enough support to the main on top also coming up poland marks 80 years since the 2nd world war began leaders from dozens of countries joined ceremonies in warsong

german president frank although shimei on the calls the war as a german crime but his nation will never forget. and it was the biggest upset on the national day 3 in german football see how many own berlin's done to dortmund for their 1st ever win in the top flight going to sleep. i'm calling us men welcome to the program millions of voters in 2 eastern german states have begun casting ballots today with the far right alternative for germany or a.f.d. expected to make big gains until now saxony and brandenburg have been governed by traditional establishment parties chance the ugly american christian democrats and saxony and the social democrats or s.p.d. in brandenburg the latest opinion polls show. a.f.d.

is running neck and neck with the ruling s p d brandenburg and just a few points behind the christian democrats in sacks of. here's what some voters and brandenburg and in saxony have to say about today's elections . i hope the c.d.u. wins that it stays in power and that find someone to govern with which is difficult with. or possibly a minority government but then with the right partners. each other does and i hope that everybody makes the right choice and that we'll have a future where we don't have to worry about tell children and grandchildren where our environment will be protected and i fear that germany somehow is supposed to be europeanized internationalized multicultural even when ms merkel says multiculturalism is not sustainable. it's hope that if i hope that the political climate will not move too much towards the right wing and that we will be able to form a reasonable government in saxony and that we can positively move together. which i

will expect that those who have the right messages in the right arguments will be rewarded and through this hopefully we can build a stable government that we live your own state. and we wish that democracy and diversity remain a major part of saxony as it has in the past we have team coverage of today's election let's go 1st to brandenburg that's where our political correspondent is standing by thomas sparrow is at the f.t. party headquarters in the town of vera thomas. yes karl that's right and it's precisely here where the we're at least many if the party members will receive the results once they start to come in if you look maybe some of the signs right behind me they're expecting very good results some of the signs behind me say it's time to stand up because history is being made or you should be here when history is being made and at least the a if he is hoping to become the strongest party right here in brandenburg that is still unclear it is still unclear

in particular because as you said they are neck and neck with the social democrats but also because people in this state here in brandenburg tend to decide very late to go to the polls that's at least some of the surveys that were presented to head of the polls revealed so it is still unclear what the results will be but the i.f.t. right here in brandenburg is at least preparing itself for some big news thomas the a.f.d. has had some momentum now in eastern germany for a few months even years what's behind that strength for the far right party. i would say that it sensually refers to the uncertainty that many people feel here in not only in brandenburg but in the eastern part of germany as a whole that idea that many feel left behind many many fact have described themselves as being 2nd class citizens left behind by traditional parties and that's something that the f.t. has tapped into that feeling that they are the party that represents the interest

of people in the east and those feelings have increased or at least became more evident with the refugee crisis a few years ago where people here felt that too much was being given to refugees and too little to them it's interesting however to say that refugees and migration in general are not the top topic here in the selection right now people are more interested in issues like infrastructure education and that is something else that the a.f.p. has been mentioning time and time again did abuse thomas sparrow in brenda birth thank you very much. and now we want to head to saxony that's where did abused brady is standing by and she's in saxony is capital city dresden kate. well call the situation here in saxony is certainly looking a lot more close said than it was at least a couple of days ago at least that's according to some opinion polls that came out just a couple of hours ago around midday herron saxony and i know americans conservative c.d.u. still seem at least to be polling in 1st position at the moment with around 30

percent but the f.t. do at least according to these latest polls seem to have been gaining a little bit of ground since the last couple of days now polling at around anywhere between 26 to 28 percent so only a couple of percentage points behind the conservatives of social democrats meanwhile still floundering at around 7 to 9 percent but of course as i say these are still in the opinion polls at the moment and we still have a couple of hours to go until we get those 1st exit polls kate you've also heard that there's been a big turnout in biggest cities in fact it's it's doubled in dresden in leipsic and in candidates which party might that favor. well it really is difficult to say. that in time of course each of those quite differently especially if you compare chemists and leipzig for example the f.t. the far right f.t. has been known to do quite well in chemists and also here in dresden in recent elections in the european elections for example in

a lifesaver however just about an hour and a half away from here it's actually the green party who are expected to do extremely well in sedate polls and the polling habits of people in kemet in the difference that can really be seen in how those 2 cities have developed especially in the last 30 years since the 2 geminis reunited in 1990 s. is still suffering somewhat of a big stand because the exodus of people after the wall fell in 1990 leipzig on the other hand is booming and it attracted a lot of international business and also a lot of international residents but we'll see exactly how that plays out in just a couple of hours time keep ready for us and saxony thanks very much. and our team coverage of today's elections continues throughout the day sumi someone's gonna will be here with results and analysis as the polls close that's coming up in just under an hour now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world hostilities are

flaring on the israel lebanon border the lebanese militant group hezbollah has fired a barrage of anti-tank missiles at an israeli army because israel responded by shelling a village in lebanon there are no reports of casualties so far tensions between the 2 former warring sides have risen in recent weeks. and yemen an airstrike by the saudi led coalition is believed to have killed more than 100 people the coldish and said the raid on our province targeted a military storage center used by the rebels the sources say the strikes at a building being used as a detention center. another day of disruptions in hong kong as protesters demanding greater democracy continued for the 13th consecutive weekend thousands of demonstrators descended on the city's international airport blocking roads in an attempt to paralyze the regional travel. dozens of

leaders from across the world of joint ceremonies in poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of world war 2 holding president andre dubus said there are still lessons to be learned from the war and his german counterpart from fault described it as a german crime that his nation will never forget. 80 years after the war began the heads of state of poland and germany shake hands together they remember the crimes that began on september 1st 1939. she may swat on the view today we honor all the victims of the 2nd world war. we bowed to them and with gratitude we kissed the hands of the veterans so we're meant. here on pilsudski square in the middle of warsaw was where the saxon palace once stood it was destroyed by the nazis the german president had clear words exactly this war it was

a german crime. the history of this place is testimony to that. early in the morning the 2 presidents had met in the town of a loon at the exact hour when the german military launched the war's 1st air raid and the 1st war crime the attack on the militarily insignificant city claim some 1200 civilian lives in both a loon and later in warsaw president steinmeyer asked for forgiveness from the polish nation it fun eigen me and i bow my head in grief before the victims pain. i ask for forgiveness for germany's historical guilt and i recognise our enduring responsibility. u.s. vice president mike pence was also among the speakers but russian president

vladimir putin was not invited to the ceremony poland's president made reference to russia's 2014 an x. ation of crimea and had a message for moscow. mommy votes that means i should have been in europe we observe a return of imperialist tendencies with attempts to change borders by force attacking other country is occupying land citizens being kept in bondage and hidden is this near volendam about the. the ceremony concluded with the ringing of the bell live from member ends and hopes that the lessons of the past are not forgotten. our correspondent simon young attended the ceremonies in the polish capital the 2nd world war was a german crime that was the message from the german president today as he asked for forgiveness for what he called the immeasurable sufferings of the polish people and it was probably shakra feiss that were at the center of ceremonies here in warsaw

as u.s. vice president mike pence also praised what he called the indomitable spirit of the polish people but words of reconciliation could conceal the fact that there are concerns about rising nationalism in europe and also about threats from russia to the east. all right sports now and in the bundesliga newly promoted oneone berlin stunned the table toppers dortmund on saturday the high powered visitors were heavy favorites going into the match but took control of the game and dealt torben their 1st defeat of the young campaign it was a historic day for the berlin. a party atmosphere in new neon berlin sold out stadium the newly promoted side aiming to do better against dortmund then the 4 near loss to leipzig in their home debut but it was the visitors with the game's 1st chance in the 5th minute helium bronze cross too hot to handle for a parka while katha and jade and sand show. the neon had

a chance of their own with a corner about 5 minutes later former dortmund defender never trying to use his head. the next corner did the trick though. setting the altar 1st at life stadium on fire in the 22nd minute by minute defense completely lost track of who made history today his 1st ever been just the goal was also leon's 1st top flight goal at home but his surprise lead lasted only 3 minutes. making no mistake sand show feeding him the ball to make it 11. less than 5 minutes after the restart protests struck again dortmund lucianne 5 refs down 5 and only on were back in front and the berlin newcomers weren't done yet in the 75th minute they made it 315 geraldo back o. with some nifty work setting it up and and your son finishing the job and the day

scoring to the delight of the home crowd the 3 months after winning promotion to the bundesliga oneone come up with another big surprise dortmund meanwhile unable to come from behind as they've done in their 1st 2 games of the season. and de therefore oneone by munich got off to a bad start against cellar dwellers minds conceding an early goal but the champions surged back with 6 on answer scores to go on to win $61.00. 6 goals including this one by alaba bending into the corner there after a draw in their own. putting match by on have now gone on to win soon in a row. a reminder now the top stories that we're following for you at this hour voters into eastern german states are casting ballots today with the far right alternative for germany expected to make big gains but mainstream parties in brandenburg and saxony are

hoping to get enough support to remain on top. and leaders from around the world to taking part in the ceremony in poland to mark t. if anniversary of the start of world war 2 term as president both baltic shimei are describing the war as a german problem it's nation will never forget it's. watching the news from berlin coming up next dr bill with tasty taipei a look at the food scene in the taiwanese city and lots more news at the top of the hour stay tuned coverage of the launch of the. coming. sunday adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. too soon will bring to click some dough from him books from 250. working on the for you tube discovery. expanded. on genome.