after all the employment isn't to recyclable. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. italians go to the polls where they're expected to take a hard ride, turn all live to rome, and take a look at the leader and tip to become the countries next prime minister and would leave the most right when government since world war 2. also coming up, russia,

warrens that occupied ukrainian regions could soon fall under its nuclear umbrella . as reports emerge that its forces or their proxies are collecting the votes at gun point in a so called referendum on annexation. and as canada's maritime provinces recover from the ravages of storm fiona, the country mobilizes its military to help pick up the pieces. and in the middle east, germany's chances are on the hunt for a new energy partners. all of shoals visit saudi arabia in search of alternatives to russian oil and gas, and is now in the united arab emirates before heading to contact. ah, a marion evans, dean. it's good to have you with us. italians have begun casting their balance and a vote that's expected to bring seismic change the far right candidate ga maloney,

is forecast the top, the pole and become italy's most right wing leader since world war 2. and it's 1st female prime minister, falling stations open to this morning and voting will continue until about 11 pm local time. italian politics has a reputation for instability with 73 governments in the last 76 years. if maloney were to win, the european union's 3rd largest economy would be left in the hands of the euro, skeptic, nationalist government, even as the block already struggles for unity in the face of urgent level crises. d. w julius, our jelly is covering the election for us in rome, and i asked her, what issues are driving this vote and why italian seem to be looking to the far right for answers? well, i can many other countries in europe and the world, the cost of living crisis, the rising energy costs are certainly an issue that is certainly an issue that has

moved voters here and also why they are gravitating towards georgia, 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 georgia maloney 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 rights. 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 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 vinny 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 in order buns lead support him there, but also do similar things in italy. so there are definitely issues for europe. there did have a correspondent, julia sally reporting for us from rome. julia, thank you. let's take a closer look now at the far right, canada jordan maloney and the rise of her party which has gone from getting just 4 percent of the vote in the last national election to being a front runner in this one. she describes herself as a mother, italian, christian, ga, milani's, reaching for power in italy, promising to revive the country and put the interests of italians 1st on the campaign to wield their charismatic leader of the brothers of italy, a party with neo fascist roots. to great pains to appear in moderate by the parties

logo contains a try colour 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. good. i any. have you seen the pictures of ukraine in for i p g like women and children who are fleeing the war? 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 minute on barberry. ah maloney support earth can 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 our,

fiona hill, 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 needs to think of ourselves 1st developing center. melanie has vowed to support ukraine and nato, and she says that she's pro european, but she often views you rules as an infringement of it. all. this sovereignty, her critics fear the right wing populist will change the country and its values for ashes. now we're ah, as grown away celia with us, it's just changing only that mean the phrase from new makeup but you filled 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, what kind of mindset. so we would go back to honor that when we fear we in for the

most. no, you don't see the young despite such concerns. georgia maloney has a good shot at becoming the countries next prime minister, envoy. but i think for russia says thousands of reservists have answered the call to fight in ukraine, while others have been fleeing the country or staying and protesting against vladimir putin mobilization order as moscow bolsters it's war effort. russian installed officials are holding so called a referendum that would lay the groundwork for russia to annex for occupied regions of ukraine. ukrainian officials and witnesses se residents are being coerced into taking part, often at gunpoint and the un general assembly of russian for ministers. that a gale of rav said, that if annexed by moscow, the 4 region cookies will be under rushes, full protection, including its nuclear umbrella, don't say that she's because she got upset natively as correspondent, and keep him on. all shah's told us about the reaction in ukraine to the russian

foreign minister statement. while i care any or any other of his statements, i go down ukraine who will not change. it's dan seats will not be impressed also by statements coming from the russian side. last night, the ukranian president milady me. soleski addressed are russians directly in russia, and he does daughter often when he wants to pass a clear message directly to the russian population, he called her for sold is a conscript. joining the russian army now to not fight against ukraine to surrender at the 1st fortunate he and he says dots, no matter what happens with dot 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. that was the manuel sha speaking earlier now to some of the other stories making news around the world. images have emerge of protesters and the iranian city of massage burning. a statue of a clearer cans, 979, assassination helped trigger these law mac revolution. anti government protests have now entered a 9 day, triggered by the death of a woman arrested by a ron's religious police for not wearing her head scarf properly. a commission set up to investigate decades old human rights abuses in mexico has gathered evidence of torture and murder. investigators have connected the crimes to an army base near the capital. hundreds of people disappeared from the 1960, the 1980s as the ruling party, brutally crack down on dissenters. if dividend, nasa officials have cancelled tuesdays plan launch of the art of miss moon rocket.

the space agency says the tropical storm headed for the u. s. state of florida is creating unfavorable conditions of visuals. also say the rocket may need to be hauled away for safe storage until the storm has completely passed. as super typhoon not old bears down on the philippines authorities, there have begun evacuating people from coastal areas. forecasters say the storm is packing, wind speeds of nearly 200 kilometers an hour and they expect it to become stronger as it makes landfall. northeast of the capital. manila b o. one of the strongest storms on record in canada has left hundreds of thousands of people without power storm. fiona slammed into the south eastern provinces of nova scotia and newfoundland prime minister justin trudeau has cancelled a trip to japan to visit the affected regions. he says he's deploying the military to assist with cleanup efforts. flag, what does in gulf homes in the province of newfoundland thumb were swept away

completely. a storm felon now reached hurricane force winds brought down trees and far without knocking out electricity to hundreds of thousands. the prime minister, fed canadians could come to get there to deal with the disaster with canada. people have seen their homes washed away, as in the winds, rip school's roofs off. but as canadians, as we always do in times of difficulty, we will be there for each other, for where but the warnings have been issued in many us, and people have been asked to move to higher ground. the tone is at all turns purposes we are already in a state of emergency. here has just gone to the formalities mill. so anybody that's being told to leave their homes, you need to leave. it is not the 1st time that each has been hit with storms, but fiona is being called one of canada's most severe under court. the prime it is

to see if canada has to adapt that resilient infrastructure asked i mc jeans. he was ever more bava foot storms. german chancellor all of scholes has visited saudi arabia and is now on his way to the united arab emirates and conte are as part of the to 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 sholtes much time for lengthy talks. he met saudi arabia's crown prince. mom had been sa, man for the 1st time, they focused on energy security. as kit of dawn, this is also about a fat 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 a hiccup 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 as the 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 fargo from looped got on to hold. these are important issues. and part of the conversation, here's you 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. you're watching it of

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