this is d.w. news line from berlin and croatia is voting in parliamentary elections dominated by the coronavirus cases are on the rise in the tourism dependent economy is in crisis in a close race between the incumbent conservatives and opposition the center left a new right wing party could play a kingmaker also coming up. the lockdown is back in parts of melbourne australia as a 2nd wave of corona virus infections appears residents of 9 public housing blocks and now under quarantine. class by and make it

a double baiting labor goes into claimed the german cop down that al about openness scoring is the their hands at the come to this season's league title we catch up with the reaction from both ends olympic stadium. bomber back or is welcome to the program croatians are voting in parliamentary elections today that could push the a human bestowing further to the right with the governing conservative croatian democratic union up against the center left social democratic party the poll is taking place amid a new spike in covert 19 cases voyages of choosing between leaders who say they can keep infection rates down while reviving the battered economy. now one of the main contenders is expected to gain a majority making a coalition government

a likely prospect for most of it and some say it's a gamble by the incumbent president under a plan covert that the ruling party calls early elections to profit from their relatively successful handling of the corona virus pandemic but as a number of covert 9000 cases rises again the center right party is in the spotlight playing golf is just main challenge it is style the benediction the social democrat leader is having a restart coalition made up of small the center left parties he's trying to win over voters by claiming the removal of a dozen government ministers is proof of that incompetence. the election comes as the pandemic battus croatia's fight terrorism success but the biggest financial crisis in decades looming the economy is the main issue for many voters. never vote for no reason for me as

a young mother it is important to have a stable job so my family can be sustained by the fire a bit like the models that 11 now they don't care enough about croatians going abroad on the climb and and the low salaries for young people many simply don't have a choice we should have more young people. involved in politics so. i don't know maybe because they have some thoughtful ideas fresh ideas. recent polls put the 2 main political camps neck and neck with only around a quarter of the vote each that could leave room for croatia's right wing homeland movement to join the government. a new nationalist party led by populist singham nearest laughs choro is picking up votes from the ruling party due to the will but it will happen there is no clear winner in sight and due to. 19 voter turnout is unpredictable as depend lingers for the 1st time croatia who have an election not

only decided by butis but also by a virus. found in some of the other stories making news around the world italy has authorized a migrant rescue vessel to disembark 180 migrants in sicily the ocean viking will arrive in port on monday after the migrants have 1st been tested for the corona virus the ship had earlier declared an emergency off to several migrant migrants headed to attempted to commit suicide. despite a record surge in corona virus cases in the united states president donald trump praised what he called progress against the pandemic in a divisive speech to mark independence day he vowed to preserve the american way of life which he said was on the stage. the protesters in the u.s. city of baltimore have torn down a statue of christopher columbus as saying in this video that's gone viral on twitter the protests came after president trump and so praised columbus in his

independence day speech activists say the explorer committed genocide against the indigenous peoples of the americas. in the u.s. rapper kanye west has taken to twitter to announce his intention to join the 2020 presidential race saying here with his wife reality star kim deshon west has been a supporter of republican president donald trump but it's not clear how serious waste is about his white house from. all parties in a strange. city of melbourne have re-imposed strict lockdown measures in some areas in an attempt to contain a 2nd wave of corona virus infections residents of 9 in a city public housing blocks have been placed under quarantine for 5 days and the move caught many tenants by surprise. this is the closest to outside they can get for the next 5 days no going to work no running out to get groceries. police

swarmed 9 public housing towers in melbourne on saturday evening blocking driveways and doorways to event anyone from leaving. it isn't a crime scene the state government says is to avoid an explosive corona virus outbreak there's $27.00 confirmed cases of the virus among the $3000.00 residents of the estates. the no entails that are going on be looking around for 4 of those because that is doing the appropriate period to test everybody every single resident. have already tested positive across those tales. the authorities insist the lockdown isn't about punishment but protection except some residents say they're being treated like prisoners aid groups have expressed concerns about vulnerable communities inside the units some who have fled war or family violence they're calling for less police officers and more social workers

and translators. are down for a moment underestimate how challenging magic in some respects that will be for those $3000.00 residents the state government has offered a 2 week rent freeze and welfare payments to support those in the lockdown but residents say the seriousness of the measures are unfair with many highlighting how other people in lockdown suburbs are still allowed to leave their houses for work or grocery shopping their tenants feel powerless they will spend the next 5 days waiting for a knock at the door that brings food supplies or a covert 19 test and won't be allowed out until everyone has been tested. to formula one now and was a driver valtteri bottas has won the season opening grand prix in austria as f one drivers made a statement against racism before the race defending world champion lewis hamilton

led a majority of drivers in neil and while some want t. shirts bearing the message end racism 6 of the 20 drivers remained standing as claimed his 8th career win with chancellor clare coming 2nd and youngster lando norris in 3rd. in the football by munich have added another trophy to their collection in the german cup final. allayed and cup double and bat in for the 2nd day running for the match played out in a strange atmosphere when the pandemic meaning by and victory took place in front of empty stands. berlin's olympias study on 75000 seats remained unfilled just minutes before kickoff by our new nick and leverkusen would be vying for the german cup but for the 1st time ever before and the stands. with the match underway byron showed no signs of a hangover from last week's but in this league title celebrations forcing leverkusen back line into last gasp to spending early on. a 15th minute

collision put by an in prime position for a free kick. dollar but pinged at home without breaking a sweat one nil by iron after a quarter of an hour i and just 8 minutes later a delicately started ball from yoshua kimmage was neatly tucked on by seshadri was 2 nil with biron already cruising towards a repeat of last year's double. i decided trailing to mail it to half leverkusen coach peter bosch would need to make adjustments i but later q.'s attack still looked disjointed after the bridge a blazing run from the put the ball on a platter for kevin folland who promptly forgot to shoot in the 57th minute. byron struggled with no such problems a booted long ball from mongrel noir found robert levin dusky speculative shot

trickled past and understandably frustrated because of that city 3 nil by iron 59 minutes played was. just 4 minutes later a flying spend bender code one back for leverkusen 31 of just enough time for bosches boys to start thinking about a comeback. leverkusen failed to capitalize on improved play and who else but robert the dusty put the game to bed with a minute to go in regular time it is the player strikers 51st goal in all competitions this season. the 95th minute penalty sakai hobbit step up in round out the scoring out for 2 with a last kick of the match it was little consolation for leverkusen who haven't won the cup since 1993. byron meanwhile had repeated last season's domestic double despite the bizarre circumstances it's one thing to do whether

a sense of normalcy it's by lifting your title or. i am a lame out one talking from davies for joins me now for even more days hal's about one match that was this deserved to win bye bye i'm more than deserved but it's starting to get so repetitive they just recently won the bonus league mind you rebecca 8 in a row and now the german cops i think a lot of new trolls fans in general just wanted to see anybody out to lift that trophy but like i said i and many deserved it and they were much better team and as good as by any make way out i have to also hear point out that live a coup isn't made things quite difficult for themselves as the report just showed you can't have your goalkeeper commit a mistake like that in a german cup final especially not against by a new nick and you're off a tap they have to be able to execute to be a lot more efficient and to take their chances and then of that happened as you

just mentioned and of course we saw in the report is a key was a double the tape could they make it a triple with a champion's like you know why not on the huns a flick this is us by un team is right now one of the best teams in europe right right now in everything that was missing from this team we saw in the honey flick in the 2nd half of the bundesliga and they have their chemistry back their identity is back their confidence is back and. the attack is so ruthless and also this team despite the corona break they are unbelievably fit on there is however back one concern and that is of course the blueness he just started earlier and they're also finished sooner and the champions league is starting again what is it at the beginning of august so some people are concerned that maybe their lack of game practice until then could pose as a potential problem well as a non beta will so but now of course there were many fans of this game because of the pandemic what was the atmosphere like there were no supporters i mean it's

definitely something to get used to i myself have covered so many german cup finals both inside and outside of the stadium and usually what you have is you have thousands of people come to this you have festivities stab start i was and i was in advance before the actual match and none of that was britain was so quiet yesterday so you do get the feeling that something is missing it's as if almost i mean it's really difficult to even find words to describe it but it's as if you're watching football with the sound off but there is sound this is so strange for the players. and it is because thomas miller as well from by and unique he also said he was asked is exactly this question and he said that it was kind of sad being in this big stadium where you handed a trophy and the minute you lift it there's nobody there to cheer you on so it's not the same i can imagine if they were useful thanks very much. a new

travel restrictions could pose a major challenge for cyclists in the united states and south america and head of the 2 of france an organist colombia and the u.s. are on the list of countries banned from travel to the a new reach into the pandemic and that means some top cyclists like defending champion agan now could miss out on the event with the banned under review cyclists hope they will be granted special clearance from the authorities in time to compete . the russians looking for a way to cool off from the sun a sun have hit the ski slopes dozens of scale is don't swim 6 for the downhill dash at a western russian resort either fold a river up preparations for the annual event began in february when the snow was gathered and stored away the frozen rungs usually last for around 3 days but to this year's high temperatures organizers say the fun will likely melt away after

just one. and it's like you're watching t.v. over the news we'll have more news headlines at the top of the outlay richardson will be bringing you those until then you can stay up to date on our web site t w dot com i'm rebecca rivers in berlin for me and the entire team here thanks for watching. but the governor was a mug or just. for the russians so. many different walks of life. some for brains.