ah, they live for their mission. ah, what drives them? people need to know what is happening there are series guardians of truth watch now on youtube d. w documentary ah ah this is g w news. why from berlin? finland goes to the poles to select a new parliament, popular prime minister, santa marin is seeking a 2nd term in office. she's facing a strong challenge from the far right. but you tell supporters. i'm in to winter. storms tear through several us states leaving more than 20 people. dead,

arkansas declares an emergency and calls in the national guard after multiple tornado strikes, leave a trail of devastation and in sports of gold, keeping howler helps buy and munich title rivals. bruce, you don't mean to go back to the top of the bonus? we go with 8 games left this season. ah. a michael ok welcome to the program. finland is heading to the pause to elect a new government. it's been a close race so far between the 3 main parties. social democrat, prime minister, santa marin, is hoping to secure a 2nd term in office, but she's facing a strong challenge from the far right. a finish by minister son amarion cast her ballot early as did almost 40 per cent of finish voters

a record. but it will come down to the last minute to see if marin social democrats can pull ahead of their 2 main rivals. the conservative coalition party and the populist fins party with nato membership in hand. the impact of neighboring russia's war on ukraine has not dominated debates. finished. voters are focused on finances. the fact that our public finances are embellished it's in some countries is not an issue because we've moved the population in phil under these that's not going well. there's a tutor, the deficits i and the into to extend that. now the amount finland is paying on the step, this amounts to do some of our ministry spots it, et cetera, et cetera though, finish public debt at 72 percent of g. d. p is far lower than the eurozone average . it's uncomfortably high for finland. taking over in 2019, at santa marin, successfully navigated finland through cove, it, and into nato. but while she's extremely popular abroad, thanks in part to

a leaked video last year of her dancing with friends, her economic moves are criticized at home debt, climbed under her watch yet. she's campaigning on continued social spending. i think the main issues that people are thinking, our economy a public, this also public services, education, social and health care, and social benefits. i think people are thinking about their ordinary lives. martin's opponents are more fiscally cautious. head of the coalition party pet that he ordered will insist steep benefits must be cut to bring down the debt. and he's leading poles with that position. the fins party is anti immigrant and euro skeptic . they're sitting in 2nd place, son m r and says the social democrats would refuse to create a government coalition with them. their party platform calls for pulling finland out of the european union in brussels fins aren't so worried about anti you sentiment. but the environment and the economy does a big maturity of things who are for their you so the to fins cannot really on

their own. go out, i want to have those are moderate kind of people who are thinking about also about environment issues. and that not only about themselves, we have an aging population in general. so on costs are going to go up. the taxes are probably going to go up with hard financial decisions ahead analyst tommy hootin and says the only thing certain about the outcome is that whoever wins is going to be very unpopular d w corresponding terry shawl to filed. that report is due to talk more about the election. terry of finland is on the cusp of joining nato as you well know, but it's the economy that dominated the campaign from our vantage point. it certainly appears freeland security has taking a back step in the campaign. that's right, michael, because the nato question was solved really before the campaign season got under

way. now son martin famously was against nato membership a year ago. and then when the population turned so decisively in favor of it, she too became in favor of nato membership petrie, auto, her main contender was, was for it all along. so this basically removed the question from the campaign because finland is likely to join nato already next week. now security is an ever present issue in finland. they've got this very long border with russia. but truly it is the fact that the national debt is so high, which has dominated the discussion and that this happened under sun as son m r as watch means. she may well pay for it in this election. the nationalist or fins, party or campaigning on the immigration policy? how are voters responding to that issue? it's not just the anti immigrant sentiment that makes the things party popular. they're really seen as the protest vote against the 2 other major parties. the social democrats and the coalition party. and so you don't know exactly if voters

who supported them now are really voting for their policies, which as i mentioned, include pulling finland out of the european union. and it remains to be seen if they can turn out voters. this is a real concern for the fins party. people may say in polling that they're there for them, but it doesn't mean that they'll turn out on election day. so really this morning, all the parties are urging their supporters to get out and cast their balance because this is so close, it could come down to a very small number of votes term. going to ask you to play prognosticator for a moment. what's the likely outcome the pollsters don't know, and i certainly don't either. and while we say these 3 parties are neck and neck, they truly are within one percentage point of each other in the pulling. and so it really will come down until the very last moment of counting balance before you know, which party will lead as we headed into the balloting today, it was the coalition party in,

in the lead. the fins party in 2nd and some are in social democrats in 3rd, but again, these are within the margin of error. so i think everyone will be on the edge of their seats as the ballots are counted tonight in finland, d. w. corresponding to schultz in brussels, many thanks. in the united states, at least 21 people have been killed and many more injured as storms battered, the shelf and mid west authorities in arkansas have declared an emergency after multiple tornadoes tore through the state. arkansas residents woke up to see the full scale of the storms, destruction i, government workers, and regular citizens pitched in to make a start cleaning up right now for me is does the cleanup what i can get this cleared and then try to see who else i can help

a tall order after the massive storm peeled off, roofs tossed vehicles and ripped trees out of the ground. but more help is on the way i've had the opportunity over the last couple of hours to speak with, but the homeland security secretary as well as president biden, who have offered a tremendous amount of support, anything that arkansas needs. they have assured us that those resources will be here and on the ground. more videos emerge from residents who found themselves in the wrong place. at the moment the tornadoes touch down. oh, i thought i thought the destruction was quick, but the effort to rebuild from a storm this large will take time for more. we march ramps up in april in may. so these are common to happen and this time of year,

but the storm was actually little stronger. it got down to about $980.00 millimeters, a little stronger and you get that stronger system over land. you can get pretty good strong tornadoes in the day. we did have bad parts of the united states and iowa, illinois, again, arkansas, back in to parts of mississippi, tennessee even here in alabama as well too. so this time of year we can get these to just have that warm, humid air coming up from the. busy mexico meeting the colder air clash together out there, get a strong front to command and he's done, or storms thrive on energy. the warm, humid air gear we did have quite a few of them. unfortunately, this won't be the last we'll have the spring. a brief look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour. a top clearing from the ukranian orthodox church has been sentenced to 60 days of house arrest for alleged links to moscow. abbot metropolitan pablo is accused of glorifying the invading russian forces and stoking religious divisions. pablo denies the accusations and insists

the church as broken, all ties with moscow since rushes invasion us president joe biden has called on russia to release a wall street journal reporter being held on spying charges. but biden has rejected calls from the papers editors to expel russian diplomats. journalist evans garage cubic denies espionage. ecuador has declared a state of emergency in areas struggling to cope with drug related violence. the decree covers the nation's main port and allow security forces to conduct searches without a warrant. authorities have blamed competing drug gangs for the spike in violence. tens of thousands of israelis out again joined protests against the government's plan, judicial overhaul. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has put the plans on hold. but critics shay, the changes would compromise the judiciary independence and want them scrap

entirely. iran has ordered the rest of 2 women allegedly attacked for not wearing a his job head covering their rest comes after a man hurled yogurt at the 2 women in a shop in the northeast of the country. he apparently attacked them because one woman again was not wearing a headscarf, which is compulsory in iran. authorities reportedly have also arrested the attacker . this cctv footage of the incident has gone viral to the left to chose 2 women mother and daughter entering the shop. the daughter doesn't appeal to have her hair. cupboard. she is not wearing a head job. seconds later, a man in a checkered shout anteaus and begins to talk to her.

he then doubts as both of them with the top of yogurt. as they stand and shock the shopkeeper confronts the attacker. after the incident, iranian president abraham j. c. stressed that waiting the he job was not optional gone. what's important is that we have a legal mandate for the jobs. if anyone for any reason, doesn't believe in them, they're still obligated to follow the law. that's what creates a local society on man 3 corner. a growing number of women in iran have ditched their scarves over the pasto. but the government insists that a 1979 law demanding women cover their hair will not change. the yogurt incident will be unsettling from many of these women. local authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the attacker, but they have also issued them for the 2 women for flouting the loan. and the shopkeeper was given a stone warning,

and his shop remained close for several hours. to football and the buddhist legal whereby and munich coach thomas took or saw his new side beat, his former club, russia, dorman, for 2. it was one of the biggest matchers in german for ball, for years with george been going into the game in 1st place. but an awful goal keeping the stake helps, and by and back to the top. not since the champions league final of 2013 has a meeting between these 2 old rivals. being such a high stakes affair. torment were flying high before these fixture, but in 23 disastrous minutes were brought crushing down to us. winds opener on 13 minutes was the result of a surreal gold keeping blunder from dormant stopper cagle kobe. a long bull by dianne, from a corner, from inside the bye, and hoff catastrophically misjudged by the keeper. it was a nightmare star for the swiss, and worse was on its way. a simple corner saw dockman suffer their next

set back. when matthias denise header was turned home by thomas miller and 5 minutes after that, miller made it 3 when a luckless kobus buildable at his feet off the diving to stop leroy some a's long range effort. 23 minutes into his career as buoyant coach thomas to who could hardly believe his luck, while dalton's dreadful 1st half had put their seasons work in jeopardy. the 2nd 45 brought yet more dose, starting with a full, full host, courtesy of kingsley command. then following this vow on g, bellingham in the buy and bought em right chan, fly it hung a spot take to make it for one. but it was a goal, more of consolation than of consequence. much like dorman, 2nd schooled by danielle marlin in the 19th minute. the damage of course,

had long since been done. disaster for dormant as by and retake top spot in the buddha's legal with 8 games left to play. that's the news for now coming up next. it's world's toys, the weekend reports. don't forget there's more news on our website. that's d w dot com and michael ok. thanks for watching. german d w. one thing a chairman for empathizing. this award winning offer is available world.