hugely have so much to lose, shattering the glassy with women in architecture to smooth this has to be really, really good. start september 30th on d, w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. italians go to the polls where they're expected to take a hard ride turn. we'll go live to rome and take a look at the leader whose tip to become the countries next prime minister and with lead the most right when government world war 2. also on the show,

russia warns that occupied ukrainian regions could soon fall under its nuclear umbrella. as reports merged its forces or their proxies are collecting votes at gun point in a so called referendum on annexation. and germany's chancellor on the hunt for new energy partners in the middle east, olive shoals visits, saudi arabia, in search of alternative to russian oil and gas, and is now in the united arab emirates before heading to katara. ah, a mariner evans dean, welcome. italians have begun casting their balance in a vote that is expected to bring seismic change. the far right candidate ga maloney, is forecast the top, the pole and become italy's most a right wing leader since world war 2. and its 1st female prime minister stations

opened about 2 hours ago and voting will continue until about 11 p m. local time. if maloney were to win, the european union's 3rd largest economy would be left in the hands of a euro, skeptic, nationals, government, even as the block already struggles for unity in the face of urgent global crisis. our corresponding julia thought delhi is covering this election for us and she joins us now from a polling station in central rome. hello to you, julian. so what are the issues driving this election and why are voters looking to georgia? milan is party and other right wing parties for answers while i can many other countries in europe and the world, the cost of living crisis, rising energy costs are certainly an issue that is certainly an issue that has moved. voter is here and also why they are gravitating towards judge maloney

and her party because it's a party that has not been in government in the last few years. one of the only ones actually out of the choice that voters here in italy have, and they see her as someone who can bring change and they want to give her a chance and see what she can do to tackle all these important issues that people feel here at the moment, but if we look at traditionally, italy has always been quite conservative. so people do also subscribe to the values that a judge emilio and he brings forward it also because in the last few years she has work to make herself more mainstream, more appealing to more moderate voters, voters that are not so far on the right. and if the polls are confirmed and her party comes in 1st in the elections, it will mean that a lot of more moderate voters do believe that she has become more mainstream, more close to the center than she has been in the past. well, this election is also being closely watched in brussels. so what would a far,

right, populous victory mean for europe? while europe has shown a concern regarding italy and especially were the right wing coalition when of these elections and that is because of the current and past positions of the parties in this coalition. for example, if we look at their position towards victoria, been the leader of hungary for fred daly, vitalia, ga maloney's party, and the lead lead by mottos, had vini, are both parties that are close to what about who support his idea of politics? his idea of governing a country, his ideas on immigration and civil rights. and we've seen recently that these 2 parties have positioned themselves in favor of what abandoned, there is a fear in europe that this may continue. were these parties to be in government

that they would follow her in or buns lead support him there, but also do similar things in italy. so there are definitely issues for europe. there did not be a correspondent, julia sally reporting for us from rome. julia, thank you. let's take a closer look now at the far i candidate george maloney and the rise of her party which has gone from getting just 4 percent of the vote and the last national election to being a front runner in this one. she describes herself as a mother, italian, christian, georgia, milani's reaching for power in italy, promising to revive the country and put the interests of italians. first on the campaign trail, their charismatic leader of the brothers of italy, a party with neo fascist roots to great pains to appear and moderate by the parties

. logo contains a try color flame, a symbol of the extreme right in italy, and their hard line views on abortion. same sex marriage and immigration from africa in the middle east are clear indications of the parties true platform. i mean, there is still imagining april for you could i any, have you seen the pictures of ukraine in for a pigeon like women and children who are fleeing to war? but i don't. those images seem strange compared to the images of boats full of grown man. the level that we have seen arriving here in recent years. because when people run away from a war, you see women and children coming because the men are fighting. but if just men are arriving, then they can only be running away from war after leaving the women and children to fight only by being on barberry. ah maloney some quarter of can't seem to get enough of such talk, but her popularity is also the result of a credibility crisis facing the parties in the previous government of i feel the passion she has the clarity that simplicity,

even when she tackles important issues is on any guy in italy, we should welcome foreigners in need, but we need to think of ourselves 1st developing center. melanie has vowed to support ukraine and nato, and she says that she's pro european. she often views you rules as an infringement of italy's sovereignty. her critics feared the right wing populace will change the country and its values for us. she's never, i was grown away. silly or with us is just changing all you to be the phrase from new makeup but you still with ours. our fear here is that we would go back in time instead of going forward in terms of writing, in terms of other type of progressive kind of mindset. so we would go back to honor that way. we fear we in for the most not going to see

the young despite such concerns. georgia maloney has a good shot at becoming the countries next. prime minister, envoy, russia says thousands of reservists have answered the russian. installed officials are holding so called referendums. that would lay the groundwork for russia to annex for occupied regions of ukraine. he craning officials and witnesses se residents are being co earth than to taking part. often at gunpoint at the un general assembly russian foreign minister as that are gay, loved off, said the 4 regions will be under russia's full protection if they are annexed by moscow. bonita most would have removed the w is correspondent in kiva. manuel shars told us about the reaction in ukraine to the russian foreign minister statement. while i care any or any other of his statement, sir, go down ukraine, you will not change. it stands, it will not be impressed. also by statements coming from the russian side. last nights a ukrainian president vladimir soleski addressed are russians directly in russian.

he does daughter often when he wants to pass a clear message directly to the russian population, he called her for her, sold is a conscript. joining the russian army now to not fight against ukraine to, to surrender at the 1st opportunity. and he says, that's no matter what happens with that mobility mobilization ukraine a will prevail that so. so the feeling that we get are when talking to the population for them, it doesn't change much, you know, here on the ground. in back in february experts we're not very optimistic as to how long the ukrainian army could hold on against the russian one yet. we're over 7 months into that war and they managed to resist quite well so far. there was dw, the ma, nauseous reporting from key if. all right, let's take a look now at some of the other news making headlines around the world. are images

have emerged of protesters and the iranian city of mashhad burning a statue of a cleric whose 979 as nasa nation was one of the triggers of these long revolution . some 40 people have died. an anti government protest triggered by the death of a woman arrested by ron's religious police for not wearing her head scarf properly . nasa officials have cancelled tuesdays planned launch of the art of miss moon rocket. the space agency says the tropical storm headed for the us state of florida is creating unfavorable conditions. officials also say the rocket may need to be hauled away for safe storage until the storm has completely passed storm. fiona has left a trail of destruction eastern canada after at last the coast with strong winds and torrential rains. prime minister jason trudeau says the military will be deployed to help with the clean up. no injuries or death have been reported in one of canada's most severe storms on record. un secretary general

antonio good hadash has agreed to pakistan's request for a donor conference to help the country recover from devastating floods. since june, some, 1600 pakistan is had been killed in historic monsoon rains. flood waters have partly receded, but some districts remain submerged. thousands of displays, people are living in makeshift camps and are at risk of waterborne diseases. cotton needs large amounts of water to grow, but the amount here is overwhelming. ramesh cru, mom and his brothers safe what they can from their flooded farm. they still need to pay rent to the landowner with an elbow like their mouth when i asked them to cancel our deaths, but he refused a. he insists i pay him them would hopefully, when the water is gone, we can so a new crop and then pay what we owe yet. i was may, i'm gamma that was within your visit with their livelihoods and homes destroyed by the floods they. and many of the pakistan is now live in relief. comes as if

a country is economic troubles weren't already brutal enough. disease here is spreading. oh, hold on, i'm a slow, severe malnutrition is becoming a major problem and diarrhea and malaria diety, they're stagnant water, and many mosquitoes flooded and no clean drinking water. after the un general assembly pakistan's prime minister presented his country's plights to the world. why are my bogs don has never seen a most dog and devastating example of the impact of global warming. life in pakistan has changed forever. he appealed for global assistance to help pakistan recover and revive the dreams of many of his countrymen currently facing their worst nightmare. german chancellor all of scholes has visited saudi arabia and is now on his way to the united arab emirates and canter as part of

a 2 day tour of the gulf. germany is seeking new energy partnerships to make up for the loss of russian. oil and gas applies. a whistle stop tour of 3 gulf states in 48 hours. that doesn't give german chancellor shawls much time for lengthy talks. he met saudi arabia's crown prince. mom had been sal man for the 1st time. they focused on energy security. as kit of dawned, us is also about the fact that german companies can play a major role in further developing the economy here. as well as the use of oil and gas and other resources, and in developing hydrogen technology. the fact that this is possible was something we discussed here give is, investment is a key topic, because saudi arabia is a major exporter of oil, as well as natural gas in the future. the country also wants to become a world leader for hydrogen projects. germany is eager to profit from this. financial goal for this of in the future is all going to be about creating opportunities on a large scale of use of hydrogen in germany,

which is produced here. and in other places interested. casting a shadow over the visit is the issue of human rights and the murder of saudi journalist, jamal cassandra, 4 years ago for which u. s. intelligence says the saudi crown prince is responsible for the we also discussed political questions. him questions about human rights? are questions about civil rights in and for freedom to express different opinions, argued from lucas got on to hold. these are important issues and part of the conversation. here's react. poor women's rights record is another highly sensitive topic. saudi arabia's trying to appear more modern and organized a meeting with a group of young women for shoals, sports now and, and women's bonus. think a soccer defending champions. both org scored to late goals to defeat hoffen heim, 2 to 100 times. katerina national bank, taking the corner kick net at a beautiful goal to put the home side ahead of the 40 minute. and the corner kick did not need an assist from anyone. often heim looked,

set for victory until jill roared was in the right place to level for the visitors . and minutes later, the wolf struck again as you lebrans secure the victory in the 89th minute. the results keeps the women evolved. org in 1st place. you're up to date on dw news. stay tuned for world stories that's coming up next. i'm marion evan. steve, thanks for watching someone else to the hardwood t v highlights selected for you every week in your a box. subscribe. now when you become a criminal pre i.