mussa has long been a critic of the kremlin and has survived to poison a titles. human rights groups have called for his release. we said in relation to the french president, emanuel mac hall, and his far right challenger marine le pen have made their final push for votes before sundays. presidential runoff, paul show the race is much tighter than 5 years ago. when french voters faced the same george. though mac hall is expected to when many people say they're undecided or ambivalent, his campaign slogan is all of us, but it's not entirely clear how much of friends will be with emmanuel mccall at the ballot box on sunday. both the far right opposition candidates. marian le pen and the incumbent president has been making a final push for votes. and we won't unite the country, only promising everything and financing nothing. we won't win any buttons on

misunderstandings of the unlikely little souls. the latest polls show that my coin seems to have extended his lead, but look, pen is not giving up. with we miss over his shoulders, yet it's not the pulls that make an election. you know, we often say the polls make the campaign a don't make the elections. i keep that moto, the reason both are vying for votes from supporters of far left candidate, jean luc milan shown who won 20 percent in the 1st round on the streets of paris. neither le pen nor my call are popular with this key group of voters that we haven't had a choice in the 2nd round for ages. i'll go for the least worst choice. i won't be voting for the right or the extreme right. you. it's become a campaign of style over substance my call attempting to shake off a reputation for arrogance and connect with working class voters. le pen trying to

portray herself as a serious states woman. after sunday's election, my cause expected to keep the keys to the eliza palace. though it's a tougher fight than many expect it. but with millions undecided and unhappy with both candidates. there's no clear winner in sundays deciding round of mccall versus lipkin dw correspondence. sonya fella car joins me now from most central paris. greeting sonya polls at least the suggest my call should win this. is there any talk about a surprise here? well that is a possibility. i mean, you know, macros, victory is, is really far from certain. and what is important to you is that macro really relies heavily on voters, on the far left at about 7000000 of them who voted for the hard left handed at john luke middle shore. in the 1st one of their, their support will be key to his victory. the problem here is that many of these

voters really intensely dislike macro. you know, they, they say he's an economic liberal. they feel his policies of favor, the rich, they say inequality of widen during this histone. so it's kind of not sure whether they will vote from across whether they will abstain or whether they might even migrate to the pen camp. here in the past and french elections, we've always had this phenomenon where mainstream aware mentoring french voters have really put aside the political differences to ensure that no far right candidate, whether it was marina pain or her father, made it into the government. you know, this time that is not so clear, i think voter apathy and bought a disdain of the 2 biggest threats that micro offices. and i think you're touching on nob, probably the answer to that. my next question, but remind is more clearly why this race between the 2 candidates is so much tighter than it was 5 years ago. well, i think that's because the far right in france has really gained ground with each

election and, and right now they're, they're, they've never been as strong as they are right now. you know, they're within touching distance of the presidency. and that is largely due to marine le pen who has won a very slick grassroots campaign travelling around the country meeting, working class waters. convincing a big chunk of them that she is the best option that she will put more money in their pockets. listen to the concerns. this is also the electric that, you know, feels that macro, as someone who is, you know, more comfortable in the presidential palace than, than he is among ordinary people. i think the pain is also managed to torn down her parties of radicalism. she is abandoned, some of the more extreme positions of the far right she's undergone, something of a person make over. she's presenting a mark much more soft personable sight to her. and i think that has resonated with with many voters who see her now as electable. i think the ideas of the far right have really moved from the fringe into the mainstream and become almost mom. so what we're done marine le pen as french president and actually mean for the country

. well i think marina pen, i mean, even though she's partially managed to detoxify her body's image, it's quite clear that she remains firmly of far right. a nationalist in her policies in her notes. if you go to a block party platform, for example, you know, she has a proposal there like holding a referendum on immigration. she wants to have a french 1st policy when it comes to benefits and housing. one of hockey blanks is she wants to ban the wearing of the muslim headscarf in public. that would contradict frances secular rules. she also wants to curtail the right to asylum, which would violate frances international commitments. so i think it's not quite clear that real a pen pauses a clear danger to france's democratic condiments. and you know, the french media. you have been saying that some of a proposals would actually require read writing the constitution sonya walker's

briefly through how to morrow's election will unfold. what exec, when exactly can we expect resort? so, you know, to morrow balling, boats will open at 8 a. m and you know, pulling will continue all day and at 8 in the evening, paris time we should have had the result of the polio are usually fairly accurate. and so by 8 o'clock we should definitely know who will be the next president. that is a d, w corresponded sonya fabric on many, many facts. sonya some other stories now making use around the world at this hour. european union countries have reached a deal over major changes to digital content laws. after late night talks of the block will move ahead with a law forcing companies like facebook, twitter, and google to police content for issues like heat speech, and misinformation. 6 people were killed in somalia, capital mogadishu, when

a bomb went off in a beach side, restaurant somali as police chief and legislators were present when the explosion occurred, but were not harm. malia has seen a spate of attacks in recent weeks, as it goes through a long delayed election process. and ecuadorian court has requested the extradition of ex president wrapper l. korea from belgium. korea has been sentenced in his home country to 8 years in jail for bribery, the former leader denies any wrong doing. he has been granted asylum in belgium, where he has lived since 2017. this week has seen an upsurge in violence in afghanistan, explosions on thursday, and friday alone, almost 50 people were killed across the country. dozens more were injured. the recent attacks appear to have targeted places of worship and busy hours and have

therefore left. many afghans fearing for their security, many are blaming the ruling taliban for not protecting citizens. friday kept a week of relentless violence, enough canister. a powerful explosion killed more than 30 people in this mosque and prayer school in condo us. most of the dead where students i was in gateway were busy worshiping outside. welcome. and suddenly an explosion took place on the 2nd floor i did, all of them and victims were thrown everywhere on many people were martin wounded and we brought the wounded victims to the hospital. and just the day before a bomb destroyed this sheet mosque in mazar, e sharif, targeted violence against civilians has become more frequent to recently across afghanistan, and more deadly. this in the capital, kabul,

many worshippers showing up for friday evening prayers, felt unsafe amongst the crowd. oh, levison gets in, when i got to the mosque, i was very afraid and i was thinking that a suicide attack or explosion could happen at any moment. now, did lou reed and i did look at the mosque could be attacked. not only me, but all afghans carry this fear in their hearts. i am allowed to see. for most of the most afghans blamed their ruling taliban for not living up to their promises of safeguarding citizens. the taliban re took power in afghanistan in august 2021. after 20 years is outlaws mas as i got on the bus. and i am at the taliban regime to pay more attention to the safety of the people you get on. but how long will such incidents be allowed to continue on by that? that is rather more bizarre, had or was not all explosions were immediately claimed by any group,

but the so called islamic state is said to be behind. most of them the i s, sees itself as rivals to the taliban. the recent violence has been condemned internationally as a violation of international law. returning to our top story, now, the war in ukraine is being reflected at one of the world's leading art events. every 2 years, the art world descends on vanish, italy for the canal cities, b annella. it's a chance for top creators to display their most relevant new artworks. and this year the war is on the minds of many artists. the city of venice has inspired artists for centuries at the venice, be a knowledge they're sent by countries from around the globe to present their visions and to try to make sense of the world through art and performance. this year, one country is noticeably absent, russia,

it's pavilion is empty. the curator and artists quit in protest against russia's war near by a monument to ukraine, suffering a tower of sandbags like those currently protecting ukraine's cultural heritage from russian bombs. posters of new ukrainian artworks attests to the violence, the originals can't be here because of the war. our mission as a, as an institution is always to support a piece of support collaboration. so we wanted to support as much as we could that by dissipation of the ukrainian peggy again, of course, this is a, is nothing compared to what they had to little in all personally, and psychologically the 70 bronze funnels and ukrainian artist pablo mockups fountain were finished just days before the war, they made it to safety and the trunk of a curator's car. ukraine's presence here,

despite the war, is seen as a trial. we are facing though a huge conflict between 2 gods as in a little our culture. their culture is what it is because behind any war, there is a, there is a cultural crisis. lack of says, russian missiles were flying overhead when he left his hometown heart youth. his work titled the fountain of exhaustion symbolizes humanity stretched to the limit. another exhibition at the venice b, a nala, it's called this is ukraine, defending our freedom. the show features works by ukranian and international artists like this flag by damien hirst. the butterflies that are attached to it are incredibly fragile, and you can touch them. they are as unprotected as ukrainians are. they are falling, fragility strength and defiance. ukraine is sending

a signal that its culture is endangered, but still alive. you watching. t w news is a reminder of our top story. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has warned that russia could expand its ward and neighboring moldova, as after russian military commander said, it aim to seize territory right across southern ukraine, and reach the moldova, and border, moldova, as demanded. russia respected neutrality. your max is up next, which some european lifestyle trans, including innovative ideas for urban development, and a look at the real downton abbey. and reminder to always get the latest news on our website, d, w dot com and follow us on social media. a. michael. ok, thanks for watching with

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