and they're dangerous mutual admiration affect the rest of the world. bosom bullies trump and putin starts august 3rd on d. w. . this is the w. news live from berlin a close vote is expected as poland chooses a president populist incumbent n.j. do that is favored to win the runoff boss he faces a tough challenge from warsaw as potent battle chest. and the u.n. security council agrees on a new lifeline for syria in a vote to extend humanitarian aid deliveries into the global north but only through a single board across.

a math and held welcome polls are heading to the ballot box in what is expected to be a close run off to elect a president incumbent n.j. duda led the 1st round of voting but today is facing a strong challenge from opposition candidate. the challenger wants to chart a new course for poland and repay a strange time as with the european union. official results are not expected until monday or tuesday opinion polls show the 2 candidates on neck and neck as polish budgets choose between competing visions for the next 5 years. 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 they're not going to be candid to the say if i have

2 children and i get child support during the drop we get $8000.00 euros that was a great help and there's also more money for the animals with us there's a. lot of those of years on the opposition candidate refound to scoff ski has also made extravagant campaign promises he's courting the youth vote. no i propose a grant for the 50000 best and most talented young people from towns and villages 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 euros a month 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. some hundreds of people come out to see and to meet watch this mayor in towns like. but do it as incumbent attracts crowds of thousands people who don't want things to change this says fight with the child support extra subsidies for pensions and tax cuts he's provided to stop that no law that restricts or liquidate such benefits will be signed by me you can be assured of that i do it is confident of victory but it looks to be a tight race just kosky has the lead in liberal cities victory in sunday's elections. he will be decided by a handful of votes of more on this envoy joined by yet take a hot chick is the director of the institute of public affairs a political think tank based in warsaw thanks for joining us but is a relating a president today not a new government so why then is this election seen as so important for parliament.

hello yes indeed their election it's seen as not just important but indeed a crucial vote on the continuation of the rule not just by president but by our law and justice party. south koskie east challenging the status quo which was marked by 5 years of. growth good economic conditions and generous social handouts but also by extremely popular east yeah i would even say all $330.00 and all it is of this government which tried to dismantle many checks and balances crucial for democracy and also a target many social groups like the plus all. other groups who protest that that gate some of the policies of this government so for

its openness this is a vote against that kind of not just not just a party but a certain way of doing politics in poland yet to do this late in the polls has slipped in the past few months why's that. the situation day events that led to this elections were quite stormy and very difficult to explain you know brief uncomprehensible minor elections were scheduled for majoring the punt they meek and the government the ruling party it was insisting through. elections as early as possible because they expect that significant worsening of economic situation later in the autumn this year and later on so they were you know rush to conduct their elections and most of the

population was against this site the therefore. the also of the president would support that course of action. so it being president who a few months ago seemed like a sure when they're suddenly started face real challenge. and this is still the situation that we still don't know what what the final outcome of the vote will be which is a big surprise to the ruling party that you can has everything under control and can be assured of a good result for ben yet to kartik from the institute of public affairs in warsaw thank you so much all right let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. 4 people have been killed in the protests in the capital bamako clashes erupted as demonstrators called for the brazing nation of president ibrahim. your position rejected

concessions by kater who announced he was dissolving the constitutional court in a bid to calm the wrist. hundreds of thousands of hong kong as have turned out to choose candidates for pro-democracy parties the semi autonomous territory holds legislative council of actions in september many fear mainland china could use a sweeping new national security law to block opposition candidates. floods are continuing to battle large stretches of southern china reflecting nearly 34000000 people more rain is expected in the coming days with already have sent in thousands of troops to help contain record high water levels. u.s. president donald trump has appeared in public wearing a face mask for the 1st time trump duns the mouse to visit injured soldiers at a military hospital near washington till now trump had refused to wear a face covering at engagements claiming he was tested regularly for the coronavirus

. well 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 proposal that would use only one authorized crossing point for supplies into syria that being on the border with turkey sees a warning that shutting the access routes will cost lives. as follows 12 votes. no votes against. 3 abstentions. resolution submitted by britain and germany is adopted. a resolution from the united nations security council to resume aid deliveries to war 2 on syria one day after the program had expired but it gave way to russia's unhearing demands of the 2 functioning runs only one border crossing

from turkey will remain open for the next 12 months a move that will cut a lifeline as western countries describe it for syrians in the country's north west western countries have even pushed to reopen a border crossing from iraq. to be clear today's resolution leaves us bitterly disappointed at the law. and on our border crossings the syrians themselves i had a voice will tell you that a lot of those crossings is unacceptable and rest the health and welfare of millions of their fellow syrians are those people who gave the instructions to give instructions to cut off the aid of 500000 children if they are ready to look into the mirror or. the security council was in a deadlock the majority of members argued to the 2 crossing points were essential

especially during the coronavirus pandemic but the veto powers russia and china argued that the north west of syria can be reached from within the country or. we could have the rights for these results much earlier. while most important to cross into that is what russia was because it is the very beginning. initially the u.n. aid mission had included access to syria from jordan and iraq those crossing points were cut in january also due to russia and china. for more now we're joined from beirut by correspondent and shall voda and so what will this decision main for the people who rely on the site well the 1000000 plus people living in that area and 500000 children this would mean that they're not going to get the aid of the literally summarising on that this is significant these people are living in a war ravaged economy they cannot have any jar in tents that and

this time the 1st case that well i wasn't. but at a time that more should be point to that area instead of backing down there like. you also have to remember that over time people open up doors to this it is the team which is what the regime possibly expecting with its allies we taught that passage of this very. serious 1000000 living and he's in the audience yeah that raising the question then why did russia and china and they want to authorize this one singular crossing point for i deliveries. well red jogging in the supply lines can generally you know our whole or us supply lines. in january . but i don't back then and want to be in the don't now why i think this should be

an option and i'm this is that this my city and government's authority by mid city and some pretty but essentially what they're doing is they're trying to send a message to the united states medical that and that cannot impulse sanctions on russia jima naked on the up for him to economically stop by why it continues to send aid to people who did bring in the last battle on the last month and then we're going to have to impose this season act which sanction several and. we're also threatens entities of business minute any other of the one or 2 is with jean and rebuild the city at the countries that have been wanting to be the city in a century dutch and china are waiting ringback for their baby or doing much on us as we're going to the. not the lying on the wall be a need actually russia and china. veto power as leverage at the united nations

security council and trying to jam that that the indeed even sanctions on bashar assad otherwise there will be that. and so forth in by rick thank you so much now here are some of the developments in the global health emergency and india has registered a record surgeon by the cases with 828000 new infections at least 16000000 mexicans have been plunged into poverty the number and extreme difficulties has nearly doubled since february as mass job losses mount and the wife of brazilian president jaya balsa nara has tested negative for the virus he tested positive and is quarantining tongue. sports now in formula one it was a great day for messiah team in the steering grand prix in austria while champion lewis hamilton started in pole position and picked up his 1st victory this is he was followed by team my valtteri bottas in 2nd red bulls max for stepan and alexander album finished 3rd and 4th up next for formula one is the hungary and

programme perri next sunday. among the has staged a festival of traditional sports without spectators for the 1st time in the events i 300 year history. it included a colorful show of ceremonial dress complete with modern day anti-virus face coverings and some hard fought sporting contest as well the festival features 3 traditional tastes of warriors skills holzman ship. and also a wrestling the 2 day games usually attract tens of thousands of spectators but travel restrictions have kept away the crowds unfortunately this year. and his reminder of our top story this hour. the people of all of that have been voting in what's expected to be a top presidential runoff election the populist incumbent president is facing warsaw as part of the raffle. due to fail to win an outright majority in the 1st

round 2 weeks. expired so we'll be back with the headlines at the top of the hour in the meantime there's always the website dot com at any time you like it for now but i'm anthony how it for me and the team here in berlin thanks for watching. everything. for us and for our partners. illegally juice is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities screener how can we protect animals and their 100 times to. lower waste. we can make a difference by choosing reforestation who produce forest.