this is d.w. news live from berlin the final hours of voting in the u.k. in what most of the world sees as britain's breaks it election conservative prime minister boris johnson staking all in a bid to push through his plans to take the u.k. out of the european union can the opposition labor leader jeremy corbett defy the pollsters and pull off a surprise last minute victory also coming up europe tells the u.s. to mind its own business over a controversial pipeline which will carry russian gas to germany united states is

threatening sanctions against companies building the pipeline and moscow it spells to german diplomats in a tit for tat move over the murder of a chechen rebel commander here in berlin. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us we begin in britain voting is nearly over in the u.k. he's 3rd general election in 5 years the contest has been overshadowed by bracks and the most divisive issue in british politics in living memory conservative prime minister boris johnson cast his vote early today he's hoping to secure a majority to get his brights of plans through parliament the opposition labor leader jeremy corbyn has also devoted his party gained ground in the final week. of

the campaign. and despite early predictions that boris johnson would secure a majority recent polls are suggesting that the result is simply too close to call . hammering his point home prime minister boris johnson canvassing for last minute votes in the spring dominated election. and the conservative leader stayed on message throughout his final rally. so i think it's time for this country to come together and move on at the will of the people that we had. at his more low key affair labor leader jeremy carbon was keen to remind voters of the other issues. also go down the road of investing in our country investing to end austerity redistributing wealth and power in our society in a way that's never been seen before why the government and. it's

a choice between carbon and johnson for prime minister so who do voters think it'll be. unfortunately boris to simply never know their options. chimpanzee compete prime minister it's not jeremy cole the blessing can happen i think is for the conserve to skate in. hollywood and my name is jason family they're all in the democrat one party hoping that would happen the anti breaks that lead dams who were hoping to make gains but we still got the chance to stop breaks that we can stop for still seeing a majority and what happens in the next few hours is going to be absolutely crucial to see whether that happens and then there's the scottish national party also prove the s.n.p. is the 3rd largest party in the u.k. parliament and could hold the balance of power if there's a new white right majority. we have the prospect of another new deal cliffe age as we go through next year and i do think that get breaks it done slogan. in this

election whatever happens at the polling station only one candidate will walk through the doors of number 10 downing street as prime minister after clearing up as many votes as they can on election day. she is in london house of parliament. so it's a big day for the. people actually what has the turnout. well i witnessed very long lines this morning in london and this is what observers have been reporting from all over london at least that the turnout so far has been unprecedented and i asked people why they came to vote and they said well because it matters because this election the outcome of this election will really save this country for decades to come and of course they mean the topic of this is what

drives voters to the polls you have 2 men who are very 2 very different versions very different visions for the country and promising again and again to deliver a very simple message let's get brecht's that done that was his campaign that what was what it was all about and on the other hand a little more complicated message. on the issue so this is not a lot of excitement about this election this is what i gathered at the polling stations today people want to make their voices heard on the issue i can confirm that with the. people saying that they had to actually stand in line at polling stations this election we know it's happening against the backdrop of. and of course against but. is that what is called all of these divisions.

well i mean there are lots of issues that the country is facing. a huge. range. that was huge. but i think. the country even and this is what makes the outcome of this election so hard to predict because questions. for example i was talking to traditional. policy against their own interest just because. so this is very interesting a lot of frustration. and a lot of frustration especially that. all the issues in the country and that nothing has gotten done in the past 2 years.

thank you. well here's a round up now of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the so-called islamic state says it carried out the attack which killed at least $71.00 government troops in western asia where this week the nighttime assault in the village in knots near the border to mali was the deadliest jihad is have mounted in the region this year and india protests against the controversial citizenship law have turned violent a hospital in the northeastern state of azzam says 2 people died of gunshot wounds the wall passed by parliament on wednesday has been criticized as favoring non muslim migrants for fast track citizenship algerians are voting to elect a new president after months of political turmoil the north african nation has been in limbo for months since protests helped oust longtime president abilities. in some towns crowds have disrupted voting there pushing for

a boycott of elections and demanding sweeping political reform its specially equipped recovery teams have gone out to new zealand's car a volcano to bring back the bodies of people missing since monday's sudden eruption 8 people were not accounted for another 8 are confirmed dead and around 20 people remain hospitalized in intensive care. when germany has hit back at u.s. plans to penalize construction companies working on a controversial gas pipeline the nord stream pipeline will carry russian natural gas directly to germany washington says that is a security risk because it makes europe more dependent on russia berlin insists that the 10000000000 euro project is vital to its energy needs german foreign minister who says european energy policy is decided here in europe not in the united states. the u.s.

plans to impose sanctions on companies and individuals involved in the pipeline project that includes german as well as other european companies the penalties include travel bans and asset freezes companies continuing with north stream 2 could find themselves cut off from doing business in the u.s. u.s. lawmakers fear the pipeline could give moscow greater leverage over the german and e.u. energy markets german politicians disagree we in europe think we can decide. for ourselves about our own energy security and diversity and i personally do not buy the argument that the united states saying we are making ourselves more dependent or maybe even completely dependent by russian oil and gas deliveries russia's gas pramono majority stake in the 1200 kilometer long pipeline which will transport natural gas under the baltic sea from russia directly to germany circumventing ukraine and other eastern european countries the project is more than 90 percent

complete and is scheduled to start operating in mid 2020 north stream 2 has the potential to double the amount of natural gas germany imports from russia the country needs more gas to ensure energy supplies remain stable as it phases out the use of coal and nuclear power. and as germany goes green policy makers here suspect washington is also worried about the business angle of north stream too. he was obsoleted see the us produces liquid for charlie m. gas using the fracking method because in footprint is worse than color and they have trouble selling its hair on the european market because they aren't competitive that develops peace and whatever the u.s. motives president trump says he will sign the bill into law and implemented as soon as possible. all right let's go to washington now i'm joined by a correspondent all the virtualities on the story for us this evening good evening

to you all over it will take a while until this bill is passed and the construction in the baltic sea is completely finished i mean the decision for sanctions seems to come at a at the very last minute moment what is the u.s. having to achieve with this that. well the core argument brant that we've heard also in the report is a germany makes itself more dependent on russian gas imports and that's fair to say to a certain extent because according to some estimates the amount of gas imported from russia to germany would double once this pipeline starts operating well the problem that congress is seeing here is that they believe that this will strengthen the hand of a totalitarian regime and now senator ted cruz of texas who has been at the forefront fighting for this new law and this these sanctions that are going to be put into place produce a video clip where he showed russian tanks and he showed the german chancellor angela merkel shaking hands with the russian president vladimir putin and the

basically argued in the video the pipeline would fuel the russian aggression with billions of dollars and that all at the expense of the free world that's a quote of that with you and of course it's right to ask so why is that coming so late since the pipeline is almost finished and there are some analysts who are arguing that the government the u.s. government has been very hesitant of putting sanctions in place earlier because they might have been interested in context with russian election meddling of 2016 and of course we are also nearing the 2020 election so they rather decided to stay clear for now but this now it can also be seen as a symbolic decision 3 last minute to sort of like to take a stance of knowing that they might not be able to stop this pipeline from being finished so what are the u.s. interests then in opposing nord stream to. well

fishley. the usa is trying to protect its european partners that's the official stance but as you know many policies under president trump have a certain economic aspect to them and the u.s. is the number one producer of fossil fuels and they do certainly want to sell their liquefied natural gas to europe so there's a certain business angle to all of this and if you will you can understand this also as a fight between russia and the united states over the european gas market or corresponding overselling on the story for us in washington tonight all over as always thank you all rights let's take this story now to our parliamentary studios here in berlin our correspondent max 1000000 a coach that joins is maximiliano what kind of reactions have we been seeing so far here in the german capital. yes here in berlin reactions to the u.s. . a bill has been rather sharply said we've heard by the german foreign minister

haiku among us that european energy policy is decided here of no united states and none of the reactions herringbone have been senator that tire not only coming from his side of the german government but also from his coalition partner the conservatives the business minister peter admire has been just as critical of the decision coming from d.c. and not only here in berlin the turns are quite in a position to this position but also in brussels where the aspects person for the european union has been opposing the bow by the united states the united states the u.s. u.s. congress and the u.s. president say that this pipeline gives russia too much leverage over germany and over europe do they have a point. well the decision to go with this pipeline according to its support says has been that they say they need this delivery of natural gas coming from russia for the germany for the german very energy effect. extensive industries here and

that if they wouldn't get this gas they german just couldn't come pace and that is of course also an interest from the united states is they want to be part of that market we've just heard from our colleague in d.c. that the u.s. do have an economic interest with this bill in the sense that they want to enter the european market and sell their own natural gases like the and today we have the german foreign minister basically telling the united states to but alp of european energy policy decisions i mean it's easy to say that but is have you been hearing is there any way that germany is going to back that up i mean what did germany do if the u.s. indeed on slams sanctions on companies that are building this pipeline well these companies are not only coming from germany but also for example from italy and what we've heard so far from some of one of those pipeline contributes to us coming from

italy say that they don't think there will be actually be his by their sanctions by the time the sanctions imposed so proposed by the united states the time they would come into place the work by a lot of those contributors to the north korean pipe and would already have been done so far 90 percent of or even finished and 110 kilometers of the north stream 2 top pipe there have to be finished and that will be done in the next month before the proposed sanctions would even come into place. thanks leon a concert from our program introduce here in berlin thank you. well russia and germany are working together on the nord stream pipeline project but the 2 countries are also mired in an escalating diplomatic route over the murder of a georgian man right here in berlin. the german ambassador was summoned to the foreign ministry in moscow on thursday morning to be told that russia was expelling 2 german diplomats they have 7 days to leave the country the kremlin says out the

reasons why. the diplomats are being expelled as a force to retaliate remeasure this measure is unavoidable as 2 of our diplomats were expelled we consider that decision by berlin absolutely baseless we disagree with it so this is the inevitable response. the spat is over the killing in august of 0 in kind of congo shrilly a georgian who fought for the separatists in the chechen war he was shot in the head twice at close range in a park the suspect a russian citizen was soon arrested german prosecutors suspect russia could be implicated in the killing but say moscow has refused to cooperate in the investigation that's why germany last week expelled 2 russian diplomats the russian government denies any involvement lawmakers in berlin have condemned russia's expulsion of 2 german diplomats you had to get inside of russia's decision comes as

no surprise to anybody. about it conveys however the wrong message stick and in terms of the matter at hand it's entirely unjustified pursuits will be arguing russia's response shows it has a guilty conscience and we expect russia to help clear up the matter with modest that investigation is still underway in the meantime tensions between germany and russia show no signs of easing. but here is a round of now of the other stories that are making headlines around the world in bangladesh at least 12 people have died after a fire in a plastics factory near the capital dhaka more than 20 people were injured it's not clear what caused the blaze the minister of health and family welfare in bangladesh visited hospitalized victims he called for improvements in fire safety regulations . say that they found wreckage and human remains from a military transport plane that went missing with $38.00 people on board on monday

the hercules cargo aircraft was beyond for a research station on and arctic. officials say there is virtually no chance of finding survivors. the new president of the european central bank christine legarde has shared her 1st meeting of the bank's policy panel decided to leave key interest rates in stimulus programs unchanged the guard also lowered the bank's you're his own growth forecast for 2020 by 110th of a percent it stands now with just 1 point one percent. the king's month long coronation has come to an end with a boat procession which carried the new monarch to the royal palace in bangkok $51.00 other vessels accompanied the king as he carried he was carried in his royal barge past shearing crown says. the disgraced u.s. movie producer harvey weinstein has reportedly reached

a $25000000.00 settlement with more than 30 women who filed lawsuits accusing him of sexual misconduct if approved this agreement would end nearly all the civil cases against weinstein but he still faces a criminal trial on multiple charges including rape us media 1st published the allegations against weinstein of a year ago world famous actresses were among the women who came forward against him . and for more now i'm joined by reporter anthony howard so how does this settlement what does it mean for harvey weinstein and his accusers i mean from the outside looks good for weinstein incredibly the deal still yet to be sawed off well padi's and yet to be approved by the court but if it goes through it looks to be as you say a very good outcome for how he wants and maybe not on 1st reading here tens of millions of dollars a month sound up by a rate that well but the devil is. in the detail let's go through

a couple the $25000000.00 settlement set aside for mr one state's accuses will be paid full. by insurers 2 he's now bankrupt company so it's not coming out of his pocket at all not coming from his pocket the legal costs of defending himself will also mostly be met by that same pool of money set aside to settle all outstanding claims against that company for them all mr weinstein will not have to admit to any wrong doing amazing how he wants to it's been making deals for decades and he has made another one he knows how to make a deal and i've been doing the math to the women who are agreeing to this if it's true when you divide the 25000000 each person is only going to get 500000 so it's not a tremendous amount of money for anyone but he's not off the hook completely you know he faces a criminal challenge generally on $5.00 charges including right the cases involve 2 female accuses a mist of one state has pleaded not guilty now mr wants in a feed in court at which point the the judge doubled his bio to 2000000 euro is

also of note in this thing and now the man in which mr weinstein approached the cool on a zimmer frame or a book on what if you want to call it he was moving slowly wearing an oversized jacket. jacket each as to where not the other that all of his him a friend had been seen in his position before now his lawyer says it was because of injuries he suffered in a car accident over the summer that's why he's using it that skeptics might think that this is the latest one stain production and maybe he's using it as a ruse to drum up public sympathy ahead of the trial so they say the judge in note noting this brant warned that if once they had any further unsane medical conditions arise that the court and i quote would not be terribly understanding of those conditions maybe he hurt his leg by tampering with that device that he's wearing that keeps track of where he's going if we understand he tampered with that i mean whatever happens here it's not going to change the fact that harvey weinstein what he has been accused of what he has done it marks

a cultural water shed in the united states and in the world for that matter doesn't belong to us and he began the. antiheroes central figure in the me too movement that changed or at least highlighted the toxic set of behaviors now the trial is a truly significant moment for the women who started all of this who created that as you say for that broader community beyond beyond new york beyond america the me me too has become part of a global language since then it's the behavior it speaks to has been dragged out into the spotlight a stand it has been said if nothing else becomes of it and that's why and say which way it all goes. how he wants to end is now getting his dying court the women now have their day in court he will face trial in manhattan engine yet interesting to see what comes out of that criminal trial and the how it is always thinking and thinking well as we said at the beginning of the program it is election day in the u.k. turnout is reported to be high but it's not just people heading to the polling stations

in a popular new trend voters are taking their furry friends along with them as they can their ballots here's the mark of the story. you could say it has become a poor little issue hash tag dogs at polling stations are once again a popular feature on social media and the politicians seem to be catching on to matter of london city come literally took the lead early on polling day with his golden retriever. i did marry an american we're very make sure you do but he was not a green party co-leader jonathan took his don't want us walkies to the voting booth . whether boris will be hounded from office or his own seat remains to be seen but he nevertheless looked relaxed with his jack russell dillon as he went to the polling station and his best friend went inside with him to cost his vote before boris emerged to pose with his pitch for pictures. for the.

war i 1st learned that. he will find out soon who ends up top dog to lead the u.k. . the ballot box or by speech or to stay with us for the latest election coverage we will have news and analysis of the distortion and story develops through the evening here on. this is the w. news and these are our top story is the u.k. is voting in a general election that could decide the fate of bright city if the conservatives under prime minister boris johnson win a majority britain could leave the e.u. at the end of january final results are not expected before friday morning. government industry has reacted angrily to saying sions affecting the nordic stream to gas pipeline in that have been approved by the u.s. house of representatives u.s. politicians believe the pipeline makes berlin too dependent on moscow for energy. oh out from the killing of

a former chechen commander here in berlin last summer after germany expelled 2 russian diplomats because it said moscow was not helping the investigation russia is now kicking out 2 german diplomats. the time being is months long coronation has finally come to an end with a boat procession through bangkok to the royal palace 51 other vessels accompany the existing as he was carried in his royal barge past sharing crap. this is deja vu news from berlin for more you can follow us on twitter it deja vu news or you can visit our website that's g w dots com. and don't forget you can always get the w. news on the go just download our out from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the v.w. out to send us photos and videos when you see news happening.

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