this is a deja vue news live from berlin polls have closed in poland as voters elect a president in an election seen as a test for democracy. the right wing incumbent n.j. due to is fighting for a 2nd term but he faces a last minute strong challenge from the liberal mayor of warsaw also coming up. the italian city that bore the brunt of the pandemic when it 1st hit europe honors the victims gallo is holding what he calls a requiem concert to remember the city's did.

make spicer welcome to the program exit polls in poland's presidential election show incumbent winning the 1st round with nearly 42 percent of the vote but falling short of an absolute majority needed to win outright the candidate from the law and justice party has run a combative campaign for motoring conservative values he's caused controversy by focusing on what he called the spread of l g b t ideology on the tradition in the traditionally catholic country does opponent in the likely presidential runoff in 2 weeks is the mayor who could garner just over 30 percent of the vote he's from the centers civic platform party his campaign pledge was to heal the rifts in poland's divided society and i'm joined now by voice from our polish service wojciech give us an. ambers if you would well the

incumbent president mr andre do that gets almost 42 percent of the votes so this is the exit poll that we have right now and his main rival the liberal mayor of warsaw mr just ski gets 30.4 points 4 percent of the votes and this means that there will be a 2nd round in 2 weeks because none of them got 50 percent and well what does it mean. has almost 11 points more than mr just ski but it doesn't necessarily mean that he will win the 2nd round there are 9 others candidates in this election and the question is now where will all the votes go to to which of those 2 candidates that there are still there fighting for the presidency there is for example a centric candidate who got many votes there is

a leftist candidate so it's not very likely that the voters of this candidates would support mr judah so it's going to be a very very. tight race in 2 weeks and i believe that the result is a really wide open ok 2 more weeks of campaigning the previous campaign was described by many as a clash of values will it continue to be so i believe i believe so i guess that mr doodle will try to present himself as somebody who protects protects the traditional polish family that protects the christian values so he will i suppose attack mr very hard who will try to say i'm the opportunity to to change something in this country which has been ruled by the law and justice party for 45 years right now so i do expect the very. very emotional and hot

compared in those 2 weeks ok poland is kind of the key country in central europe. we have 2 possible presidents in 2 weeks time perhaps 2 possible poland's for the next 5 years can you describe to us what direction each man might take the country and well indeed poland is at the crew at the crossroads right now with this election and people in poland will choose if the country will continue this journey into direction of illiberal democracy very conservative country or more open progressive working together with the european union or not ok so lots at stake thanks so much for your insight or 6 months ago. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. early results in france has been a simple election show voters have punished president a man you're not calls party with the green party seizing control in several major

cities like leo and bow to terrorise the socialist mayor and it doesn't go it looks set to stay in power turnout was historically low a bit persistent fears of coronavirus contagion. severe flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least 3 people in southwestern china 2 of the victims died after their vehicles fell into a river in sichuan province authorities have evacuated more than 7000 people from their homes. the number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has surpassed the 10000000 mark and the u.s. is still one of the worst affected countries cases there have topped 2 and a half 1000000 and the rise in infections is causing alarm florida has reported a record daily increase of nearly 10000 new cases for other states also reported record spikes infections are surging in southern and western states that lifted lockdowns early. florida is reeling from coronavirus cases

but the state's famous speeches have been full in recent days leading miami mayor carlos gomez to shut his city's shores to the public as we continue to see more covert 1000 positive test results among young adults and rising hospitalizations i've decided that the only prudent thing to do is to crack down on recreational activities that put our community at higher risk. critics say many of the new hot spots were reopened too early by governors many of them republicans eager to jump start local economies. now those states are having to shut down businesses again. these bar owners feel a sense of with lash back to make money or you know what i call tina marie at the deborah daniel erika and tell those bar bargainers they can't work now all my bartenders and cooks cannot work and certainly share both concern but

what's going on but we didn't think we were at that point where we'd go backwards. southern states had low caseload earlier this year while democrat led new york and new jersey were experiencing files of coronavirus related deaths each day several states put quarantine measures in place for travelers from the northeast now new york has instituted its 1000 plan for travelers from the new hotspots and with its own case loads remaining low new york city is going ahead with reopening classrooms . it's not just a question of democratic or republican leadership however heavily democratic california has also seen a surge in cases several counties around san francisco are now questioning their own reopening plans with some putting them on hold until further notice. italy honored the many victims of corona virus pandemic with a concert in the hard hit city of baghdad on sunday the concert an evening requiem

was held in the city 73 which became a somber symbol of the drama that hit the region with more than $6000.00 covered 19 deaths the province of longer he was the early epicenter of the epidemic in europe images of military trucks transporting hundreds of caskets out of the region shocked people around the world concert is taking place one day after it leaves registered only 8 cope with 19 deaths the lowest daily tally in nearly 4 months. and for more on this let's bring in journalist seem a group who is following the story for us tell us a bit more about today's event and why it's so significant for the region. well i think it's like what you mentioned about the fact that those images that were broadcast around the world of those trucks carrying those coffins people who had come to call 1000 there wasn't enough space in the local 7 tree or you to bury the residents from that town and that area still now got this right

quick mass of composition by being to tell it come home sir i timed it and it said by the way it is an 18th of the moment and still his music instead of being played in front of the 7th street italian president said to him there. on the event to get there with some 300 and so many years of the different towns in the province of clearly the entire province suffered tremendous loss as you mentioned the number of deaths very significant some in the end of march it registered some 500 percent higher than what is normal in terms of a 5 get an average of the month in terms of the number of deaths inspected in that region so really a moment today to honor those victims not the families of course was not enough but to no seem to recall many families couldn't even go to funerals and some of the

families have been launching lawsuits against authorities what kind of justice are they seeking you know. well essentially of their say that it's not about money they really just want justice because they feel that in cinci a regional health authorities or even the national government perhaps couldn't acted faster could have done more decisive thing to prevent this immense loss of life i mean this formed a state group book group if you like annoyed of their own which translates to we will report and they're essentially saying they're coming together because they have presented a case to the process. i'm also saying that they want the health authorities in the region as well as the national government to be investigative should they have shut down town speed to read still considering the fact that the sus case that was registered but the homeless back on in several 20 that they have shut down

a hospital one of the cases well bridge state this well should things have been done more decisively and faster so not to present this case to the prosecutors the prosecutors have in fact up to bowl to interview the prime minister as well as the beast is in the cabinet and they're looking to see whether they can put together a possible case if they do that would be a case of negligence we'll have to see though this will take many years to go forward but the families that have lost their loved ones say they want justice they also want to see the possibility to learn from their mistakes to be so that they cannot be beaten it's huge. ok sima go to reporting on events and article for us thanks so much. former millo in opposition leaders lots of us chuck where has been sworn in as the country's new president after winning the election there were 58 percent of the vote the initial vote in may 29000 was discredited due to past fraud is the 1st time a court overturned

a vote in an african country has led to the defeat of an incumbent. but that was a side alley where she was i. was jack when i accepted the challenge ahead his victory is being hailed as a tramp to democracy in africa. the tough. question the trick. we all must wake up. but this is a time john writes from slumber at jamaica dream come true. he had been confirmed as the winner just analysts earning it not so dramatic reversal of fortune for the incumbent. continue to rico was seeking a 2nd 5 year term. he criticized the election rerun calling it flu would predict

pealed for peace. are they going to focus. on that but. will mind move on we move to leave because namor reelection in may 29000 triggered months of at times violent protests in young peaceful mally in february the constitutional court unanimously overturned the results it cited widespread fraud impeding the niece of correction fluid to temper with results sheets the ruling made menow is just the 2nd african country south of the safari to have a presidential coa nulled off to kenya in 2017 but he's the only opposition candidate who's gone on to win a rerun last was check where a cool his victory a win for democracy and justice that would allow the nation to reset but 1st the former evangelical preacher will need to unify the country after months of

political upheaval. and our reporter in malawi else in chicago. sent us this round up of the situation from the capitol lingo a president. has a huge task to ensure the united from these phrase presidential elections it is if you get into the. tribal and regional lines put in with a lot of votes from the south and rejoin the country. a lot of votes from central and northern regions. of the same time president loves us where he's supposed to unite the opposition parties that are forming a formidable alliance that have made him become the 6th the president. and don't forget you can always get news on the go just download are out from google play or from the app store i'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you're

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