the who's this is the w news live from berlin. it is election day in iran. citizens can go to the polls to choose the new president for the islamic republic, but was newly all reform as candidates borrowed from running. what choice do people really have and will people actually vote also coming up? millions of people fled wars and other crises last year,

even as covert 19 closed borders worldwide. a new un report shows the number of those up routed, has doubled in just a decade. and france that tries to kickstart tourism after the pandemic reduce the trade to a trickle. here at the move of the world's biggest museum furnace mater, up 3 quarters of visitors. but to do to play with 19 restrictions, many of these visitors from abroad are not showing up well workers pound the pavement to drum up business luxury hotels are flashing prices to bring visitors back. ah i'm to me. so i'm gonna glad you could join us. we started in iran were voting is underway in a controversial presidential election turn out is to be very low. supreme leader,

ayatollah alicia many backed an official decision to bar hundreds of candidates, including prominent moderates from running. there was also widespread anger over the impact of international sanction unemployment and hard line rule. 3 of the 4 candidates are viewed as hardliners, and the front runner is abraham bracy. the ultra conservative cleric is a staunch ally and protege of the supreme leader. the abraham racy has what it takes to make it to the top in iran, the 60 year old received most of his education that religious seminaries supported ayatollah khomeini during the revolution in 1979. and has been part of the islamic republics in a circle ever since. he's got the support of the ultra conservative establishment. and most importantly, iran supreme leader. so when he entered the race to become president racy, immediately became a front runner even more so after any serious reformist and moderate competition

was bought from running and other hard line us both out to boost his chances. the few relative, the unknown rival still in the running? no, they don't stand a chance against the truck with just head of the traditional reach. they only serve as a backdrop. give, right? you see the one thing on loose lacking so far, democrats to museum and studying again. as a result, many iranians feel they have no real choice at the ballot box. national much again, i'm not taking part in the election said we participated for many years and it had no impact on our lives and the elections are not free with them or the newspapers. so i have voted 3 times before. but what i wanted never came to pass, so this time i'll definitely not vote that public does that affection and high inflation. no one's living in comfort and peace. and the government never keeps his word. paradoxically,

this increases raise his chances of winning even further because he runs most conservative voters are the ones that usually do turn up at the pulse. in the long term though, if he's elected, a lack of public support could end up undermining his standing. let's speak now to the author of that report. d w's has a that proper. she frequently reports from iran and joins us for more. hi, teresa, this really seems like this election isn't about any sort of choice for voters, if it no, not at all. this time around, did ronnie have even less choice than in previous life when you got to choose between hotline? margaret, before this time around the, almost the running, the only exception. the only standard for ronnie's administration is unless i had a for my economic officer. and for my head of iran central bank,

he promised he will fight poverty by increasing economic engagement with a with and that makes him already and what was by iranian vendor. but he loved very well known invited iran so far. he's pale too excited on young and well educated voters were looking for change. well, this is one of the reasons that turn out is expected to be very low for this election. we heard from some dissolution voters in your report there, but tell us more about why radians are so frustrated. many just feel that it doesn't make a difference with the president, especially since they saw the current president will have to make a lot of probably before he got elected. because both iraq and that way. and also the administration under donald trump, who pulled out of the nuclear feel so and they don't feel or where it's the next. it can make a difference that so many young iranians rather trying to move abroad and change

that somewhere else and voting into selection. if people really don't turn out to vote, what could that mean for the legitimacy of this election? well, we wanted republic does consider itself a democracy, at least partly. so whether or not president has the backing of the electoral meadows to a degree. and if you bring him right, the wind this time around and has that vote then last time when he last against presidential money, that would certainly not look put in might called public anger, of even protests. and that will be a problem both for the republic facing legitimacy questions in the past. and also it brought him right now because it would diminish credibility is present. but it was also a question suitability for the real tough job in iran, something already dying in the long term that successful company in iraq to be

leader until these are, let's take a look at the international perspective on this election. if racy does, when is it which is expected? what would that mean for the possibility of revising be around nuclear deal? it would probably not have much of an impact because the negotiations with the international community already in the final stages in all candidates running today . they report those negotiations. even if you criticize the basement or not being taught them when dealing with a nonsense that only a strong cause for government led by him. and you also have to keep in mind that iran is present and not the one that make important decisions about the country direction that isn't state as a common name. so it doesn't really make a difference for the nuclear. you who acted in iran today. d w, today's top

a reporting for us. thank you. now, the number of people fleeing war's violence or civil disorder rose again last year . even as the corona virus pandemic brought much of the world to a stand still. by the end of 2020, there were 82400000 people who were forcibly displaced from their homes, that according to the united nations refugee agency. and as you can see, that isn't double the number that it was a decade ago. more than 2 thirds of those officially recognized as refugees came from just 5 countries. serial venezuela, afghanistan, south sudan, and me and mar. our next report takes us to pakistan, which is hosted hundreds of thousands of african refugees for, for decades. heard in con, runs a small grocery store in this refugee camp in pakistan. every day he checked his income and expenses. he was about the same age as this child when his

family got on some 40 years ago. today it's a distant memory what a young that we should have done. there was a war going on. so when the situation became much reflection, our school for the youngest on took a start and we have been able to live here by the harvey about her to say fled up kind of stone after the soviet invasion in 1979. he has lived in the camp ever since. it's one of 20 in this province alone. more than a 1000000 afghans live in pakistan. they're largely on their own. so no you would be lying. if i said we got financial support, let go. the truth is we don't get any aid from the pakistani government. and even

now for the 1st time, pakistan is registering the african refugees residing in the country. registered refugees issued a biometric identity card. many children born here have never been registered to its hope. the data will give into national agencies a clearer picture of the needs in the refugee community. we are collecting a most updated information such as educational vocational skews also may be wrong, we just updated that information is also going to assist us to better design the wrong of activities. not only in the package was enough guns when

to africa. pakistani authorities have tried to encourage refugees to return home. nadine and jobs is interviewing families to see if they're ready to make the move off the nato troops leave afghanistan. the new id card the only valid until 2023. puts you in a questionnaire. it's a situation in afghanistan normalizes, and do they want to leave the person 90 percent of the refugees answer with a no, they do not want to go back to their home country the here didn't said the how dean con one thing is clear. he will only return home if this piece we can speak not to chris meltzer, he's the spokesperson for the un refugee agency. good morning, chris. thank you for joining us. we just saw a report there with afghans who, who fled to conflict. and your report shows that there's mentioning again,

that the number of people who have been forced to flee their homes rose again despite the pandemic. so what are the biggest drivers behind this rise? and this is indeed a very, very depressing numbers. you already mentioned that more than 2 thirds of the refugees that from from 5 countries and the most of the, of the record sheet from syria, 6700000. the spots for example, you also get the flu. that country gone south down. these are all of these, these drivers of the development the, the class is this year, not, not that big, like in other years, but yes, 82400000. that is the, the complete all the habits of germany, or one percent of the human kind is now refugee or the paper. and chris, where are the majority of these refugees ending up and are they able to stay where

they end up? now the last question is a very important question. still the biggest house country for refugees is turkey with a free point, 7000000 refugees who pound protection from from syria, columbia. it's another country who accepted millions of people package. tom, as you mentioned in the report, uganda and germany's number 5 with 1200000 record sheets on the protection agility that don't make a mistake. 86 percent of all the refugees, 86 percent are in developing countries. and these are very often also countries who also suffer all problems with the amount of trust and other things. but anyway, the hosting almost 9 out of 10 refugees. another staggering number, chris, is that more than 40 percent of those who are fleeing or children many are born is refugees. many are state lists. what kind of impact does that have on the children's futures?

this is also depressing and i was many rep if she kept in the dash, i'm just return from a, from several refugees around the world. actually, parents telling the forget us, we are lucky to do something to get them education the chance. well, we don't want to get off the parent is generation as well. that indeed education is the key factor for the, for the children to be ready. she will not the refugees that they become engineers, pilots, doctors, whatever, handyman. but at least that they have the future. that's why this was a priority for us, the costly, quite often we do not have enough money to get more than just basic education. yeah, that is indeed troubling. and chris, i want to ask you about something we saw in a report, the prospect of refugees returning back to their home countries. we've also seen denmark, for example, declare parts of syria say for refugees to return. so they're cancelling residency permits. so what happens to refugees who do returns,

what are conditions like for them? well, this is very different from, from country to country when it comes to syria. we don't think that syria is in any way. is safe place again that you can reach for refugees against that were syria. another place that might be possible, for example, about a quote, a 1000000 or 15 we turned last year. this is of course, the hope. but unfortunately for most of the refugees and about because the already she stay in the neighboring countries always and i hope to go back where they have come from very soon. for many of them, this is unfortunately not your time solution. and i do want to come back to germany because you mentioned that this is a country that hosts millions of asylum seekers did register fewer asylum seekers last year. but the un high commissioner for refugees, philip grantee s that inclusion is key. so just briefly, if you can, chris what is needed here to these tools that are needed to make refugees in

germany feel at home? we just talked to paula and for the record, she in austria. the same thing. who came from hungary mar 60 years ago, and he's now when the gentleman he said integration is a key because record she is treasure. so that's why refugees love the language to try to teach you to chance is it also would be the host communities of germany on that. take off to use this treasure into great people, teach refugees, language and so on. and then this is the best you can do because integration is one part of the solution for the word like richard problem, chris mauser from the u. n. a c r. thank you for sharing your insights with us today. let's get around us now. some other headlines gunman in nigeria have kidnapped at least 80 students and 5 teachers from

a school in the remote town of benny and jodi and kathy state. a police officer was killed in the raid. it is the latest in a series of massive duction in the countries northwest and authorities flame armed groups seeking ransom payments. israel is launched airstrikes and gaza for a 2nd time this week. the army says it targeted sites belonging to the militant group, hamas after palestinians fired incendiary balloons into his early territory for a 3rd straight day. the violence threatened the fragile fire that ended 11 days of fighting last month to the us. now where the supreme court has dismissed the latest republican lead attempt to overturn the national health law known as obamacare. the decision means that affordable health insurance for tens of millions of americans will remain intact. the affordable care act was passed during the obama administration in 2010 to address large gaps and health coverage for americans were

yeah, this is the moment former us president for rock. obama announced the passage of the affordable care act. today. after all, the votes have been tally. health insurance reform becomes law in the united states of america. and since that time, american republicans have vowed to repeal the app, often referred to as obamacare. this is the 3rd major attack on the health care law taken to the supreme court. and it ended the way the 1st 2 did with the majority of justices rejecting the case made for scrapping it there were some hope among the opponents of obamacare that this time would be different. mainly because the court is more conservative now that there are 3 appointees of president donald trump on it, and i mean millions continue to suffer from obamacare while wood trunk support. 18 republican ledger states sued over the law. conservatives have always said it is

too expensive and have argued that government should stay out of health insurance choices. this time. they argue that charging a mandatory penalty for those without private or public insurance made the entire law unconstitutional. the court disagreed at congress, removed financial penalties for the uninsured in 2017. but the ruin doesn't mean that the health care law is safe from future lawsuits. it just said that the people who brought this lawsuit didn't have any right to do it. and so, in a sense, the court sidestepped the issue of the constitutionality of the now toothless individual mandate. democrats are praising the decision. good morning. good morning. once again, the supreme court upheld the constitutionality of the affordable care act and the transformational jacksons that it provides every american with the ruling

protection for people with preexisting conditions will continue and lower income people will keep their access to medical care. the u. s. has the highest health care costs in the world? according to the biden administration, 31000000 people had health insurance because of the law. the former a former ivory coast president local boswell has returned home after being clear of war crimes charges, but was refusal to accept electoral defeat and 2011 plunged ivory coast into months of violence in which thousands of people died. he was finally forced from power and stood try let the international criminal court in the have only a small number of local backbone supporters were allowed into ivy john airport to see his plain touch down. even after 10 years outside of the country. support for the former president remain strong. his return has raised the hope of many and i

agree code. it's all we wanted one day of glory. we erase out 10 years of suffering. we want everything simply thanks to god because they gave us back our father. do what am i today i will sleep well and i pray to god that he arrives at his destination. i want to see and salute him and i expect reconciliation wise tiger dog returned home after being cleared by the international criminal court. the 76 year old was charged with crimes against humanity. after his refusal to accept a feat and a 2010 election triggered a bloody civil war. that conflict left 3000 people. good. but beg bose homecoming is being seen by many as a significant step towards reconciliation. after a quarter with the i c. c, the current president of ivory coast last on what the invited is for the rival to return home and back. both himself says he wants to lobby for peace,

leaving johnson airport on thursday. he didn't say anything to the public. but his later greeted many of his supporters at his former presidential campaign headquarters. the day he told the crowd, he was happy to be home. i'm glad to be back in ivory coast and africa. my 3 coast is looking for peace through reconciliation. although many and not sure if the whole bag both returned will contribute to political stability or challenges . frances reopening to foreign tourists after the cove at 19 pandemic, devastated business for more than a year. the capital paris is enticing visitors with bargains and unusually empty museums. but as dw lisa lewis found out, the city have some tough competition. paris loves its tourists.

that's the message, these young, multilingual ambassadors are trying to spread. why should you have to return? it shouldn't hesitate and just come to paris, we'll help them find the bearings here, the saunter, pompey do, and all the other parish and such a pleasant city, and more and more of us to help visitors. this makes me happy, some apostage buena, up to 500 of them will be deployed this year in an effort to kick stop tourism again after a visit to numbers plummeted by 2 thirds last year. but the tourists who normally represent a large ship, the cities, visitors, people from asia and the u. s. might be a bit longer incoming, or sweat school or a movie, the more we would like everybody to come back to paris. but we are obviously aware that the french and european choices are likely to be the 1st one back, as it's still easier for them to travel. so please stay on the upper. many hotels

are trying to learn in the locals with special deals, with some luxury establishment, offering discounts of up to 70 percent. but no offer will convince those already desperate to get out of the city. this french couple have chosen to go to higher ground, 50 kilometers north of the french capital. to everyone with this pandemic, people have understood that they needed to disconnect from reality, such as special offers aren't necessarily so important for me. we need to breed and take a step back from work, especially as we've all been working from home for quite a while now, because they are not the only ones who feel the urge to get out of the city, but reservations at these cabins have skyrocketed said i'm only dickie for the majority. they feel like people have slipped since the beginning of the

code. 1900 crisis and realized that they needed nature to reconnect to who they are . we can't keep up with the demand and, and now planning to construct an additional 5 cabin by the end of next year. it will function well given that this is any portion. and yet, some might argue, this is exactly the right time to visit paris or other cities. here at the level of the world's biggest museum furnace makeup, 3 quarters of visitors. but to do to close at 19 restrictions. many of these visitors from abroad are not showing up. that's why you can now even get tickets at short notice and visits. wolf, amos works of art almost by yourself. what's true for the louvre is true for other sites in the french capital. you no longer have to q for hours and that might be the most appealing tourist attraction of all sports. now

in the european football championships, the netherlands continued their successful start to the tournament with a win over austria. the dutch took the lead in the 1st half the were penalty, and after halftime denzil, the priest added a 2nd goal to confirm the wind and leave the netherlands with 6 points. from those 2 games, denmark's kristen erickson will get a defer later implant after he suffered cardiac arrest during his country's opening game with your 2020 on saturday. meanwhile, on the pitch, his teammates last to one to belgium, kevin, to brian and not the goal. and in assist after coming on as a substitute canceling out denmark's early opening go and in tennis women's world number tonight, omeo soccer has pulled out of the upcoming grand slam at wimbledon in order to spend time with friends and family or sac or recently said she has struggled with in diety and depression. after she withdrew from the french open last month. her

agent says she will be ready to return to the court in time for the olympics, which will take place in her home country. japan coming up next on dw, our debate show to the point our guest take stock of us president bible flurry of summit here in europe. state use . use the news. the news

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