the rest of. them bullies trump and putin starts august 3rd d. w. . this is news live from berlin a close vote expected as poland chooses a president populist incumbent he is favored to win the runoff but he faces a tough challenge from waltzes pro e.u. mayor. the u.n. security council agrees on a new lifeline for syria in a vote to extend humanitarian aid deliveries to the rebel held north but russia and china insisted enter the country through

a single border crossing. and in brazil the country's 2nd worst hit by the virus it's the indigenous people who fear they will suffer the most. appreciate your joining us polls have opened in poland in what is expected to be a close runoff vote to elect a president people began lining up early this morning to cast their votes they face a choice between 2 opposing visions for poland the result could shape poland's future relations with the e.u. relations have been frayed by the blocs concerns over political control of the country's rule of law. conservative versus liberal big city versus country site poland is divided about challenges a community of 8000 people in central poland most people here work in agriculture

the town is a bastion of support for incumbent president and people here say things have gotten better under his presidency if the up and we can do to say if i had 2 children and i get child support during the drought we get 8000 a year that was a great help and there's also more money for the animals with us there's. whether those of us on to the. opposition candidate rafael just koskie has also made extravagant complain promises he's courting the youth vote. no those are ground program for the 50000 best and most talented young people from towns and villages so they can develop their abilities and get a shot at an education from the best schools and universities. just cut ski appeals to people who are disappointed by the incumbent president. so in washington my son just went to holland because his apprenticeship from the point office here

only paid $240.00 euros a month so what kind of salary is that for working 8 hours a day and president who talks about opportunities for young people they only chance is to go abroad that's at what did he ask you a question some hundreds of people come out to see and to meet was this mayor in towns like ah george but do doesn't come and attracts crowds of thousands of people who don't want things to change this says fight with the child support extra subsidies for pensions and takes cuts he's provided the ground stop that could happen no law that restricts or liquidate such benefits will be signed by me you can be assured of that. duders confident of victory but it looks to be a tight race just koskie has the lead in liberal cities victory in sunday's elections may well be decided by a handful of votes. joining me from. polar

service greetings monica give us a sense of what's at stake. well this election is a clash of 2 different systems of values on one hand there are huge conservative parts of the polish society would with close ties to the catholic church and for that these are voters of the incumbent president conservative the conservative. for them the western liberalism represented by the open and candidate. is a threat for the traditional values. and the liberal mayor of warsaw. poland to be a conduit which is more tolerant more leiber out and 1st of all what he's looking for is. are closer ties to the european union. was fairly popular point but their popularity has been slipping why is that.

what. they didn't expect the strong opposition candidate an awful just came very late late into this race 1st after the election which was shuttle for may originally was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. just put a lot of energy a lot of fresh air into this race and. this was something which the incumbent president was not prepared for so he tried to radicalize his language he attacked foreign media for interfering in the polish election campaign he attacked the l g b t community for building what he called an ideology which would undermine the polish of the traditional values. so that this radicalization mobilized that they leave liberal voters who. started to hope that there must be

another turn the t.v. for polish politics and is this. not if his victory will and the power monopoly of the ruling and justice party and would be the 1st major change in polish politics in 5 years monica when can we expect the final result and just how tight is it likely to be. yes this is a very tight race and this is. this election and there are many legal concerns about this election because the postponing of the election was not quite in accordance with the polish constitution. only the fact that the polish people living abroad has only the possibility to make the postal vote. for many experts is being criticized by many experts so there we will be a huge challenge for the election commission to count all the votes and with the

with the very tied the difference. the results are expected we expect them. at the earliest tomorrow but probably in 2 days got it monica shroud to go with the polish service really appreciate that. the u.n. security council has voted to extend humanitarian aid deliveries to millions of syrians who rely on it to survive the council back to a proposal that would use only one authorized crossing point for 8 supplies into the country on the turkey syria border and earlier resolution that would have allowed to crossing points was vetoed by russia and china but they abstained from saturday's vote. d. w. washington correspondent carla bleicher says this vote reflects a deep geopolitical peel geo political division over syria file this vote has been

a battle of who can push through their well basically russia and china or the western nations on the un security council russia and china support the assad regime and they have been saying that humanitarian aid should come from within the country rather than from neighboring countries like turkey so they have been opposing this idea from from germany and belgium that there should be 2 border crossings open to get humanitarian aid into the rebel held northwest and they are now only allowing this one border crossing. at the turkish syrian border so this means the western nations had to back down from their original proposal had to go with only allowing one border crossing and this is mostly considered a win for russia and china. taking a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of

ball garion have protested for a 3rd day in a row they're demanding the resignation of the center right government and the country's chief prosecutor prime minister boy born resawing has resisted the call saying the opposition socialists would break the state apart if they assumed power . amitabh bosh on one of india's best known film actors has tested positive for covert 19 together with his actor son both have been moved to a private hospital the bollywood legend has been a prominent figure in the fight against the krona virus appearing in public service advertisement. u.s. president donald trump has appeared in public wearing a mask for the 1st time don the mass to visit injured soldiers at a military hospital near washington until now trump had refused to wear a mask in public claiming he was tested regularly for the coronavirus. over

1800000 people have tested positive for covert 1000 in brazil that's the 2nd highest number in the world after the u.s. more than 70000 have died and it's the poor who or most at risk among them residents of the slums and the country's indigenous people. it's one of the most remote parts of south america if not the world the enemy people live in the depths of the amazon in brazil's far north. this is one of the country's largest indigenous reserves. but even here the fear of the coronavirus is growing and almost shut down when we came to ask for help here to see if we have well. we walked for hours to reach. a column of. locals believe the virus was 1st brought to the reserve by prospect is searching

for gold. in the remote missive this place increases the danger for the ghana mommy who lack access to health care services at the beginning of the month the brazilian defense ministry organized a fly in clinic it's not the constant on ground presence that indigenous rights groups have been calling for but the testing is much needed only the same. one little shake it might do you arrive to a little bit afraid they notice us from afar but then we can that they came closer it all went wow and it's all been sort of rewarding. and there are hundreds of indigenous groups living in brazil and not all of found in the amazon. for ronnie and baby a live on the edge of the country's biggest cities sao paulo. here too a community is threatened by the coronavirus. its residents have been learning how

to be in theory. but not all of the government's advice applies in practice to those who live communally. there isn't a proper space to recuperate or to isolate we don't have any of that and this is what worries us. the corona virus is ravaging south america's largest country. and the fear is that it's people like days who will be hurt the most. disease added to poverty and powerlessness a further challenge in brazilian indigenous people struggle for survival. to ensure rains have battered areas of china's central province the epicenter of the krona virus pandemic rivers have risen to dangerous levels forcing some 140002 leave their homes as a downpours continue several cities along the yangtze river have declared the

highest level flood warnings. doesn't go back there is supposed to be a stage where concerts usually take place now it's trial and in the water this is jew jobs along the boardwalk of the yangtze river every day the flood moves closer to han a catastrophe is looming over the city similar to the flood of $98.00. the 1908 was very bad now the water is almost as high again. the residents of who han have come through the coronavirus pandemic and their response to the flood is a practical one the swelling yangtze china's largest river is an attraction i mean if i was worried they would close the river walk that's why i rushed to come here. new heart was under strict corn teen for months previously empty streets now filling up as water levels rise it's a major setback for businesses which just reopened they would offer you know that

once again people here are not earning any money that they need to pay rent and care for their families. the young sea is flooding parts of china reservoirs need to release water so the pressure will not get too high our driver explains that this is a big problem for the people living in rural areas. where the villages serve as a base and for the big cities once those are threatened the water is rerouted to the countryside. we drive past the military rescue operations our national duty chinese state television tells her roark stories were everyone receives the help they need the reality though is different the flood destroyed rice fields ruining hopes of a harvest this year and much needed and come. to the aid as porridge i don't know what to do my grandchildren also live with me how can a survive. back to han and recent days water levels rose by more than 60

centimeters special troops are building protected barriers against the worsening flooding even more heavy rain expected in the upcoming days. you're watching news from berlin our michael okun for the entire state here thanks for watching i'll be back with the headlines at the top of the hour. on the. all male. welcome to the 2nd season of only. the planet on the big. oh disaster we did a long and in-depth interview with experts about one question how to change our. leaders.