to "the journal" coming to you from dw in berlin. hungarians select a new parliament. is on course orban for another convincing win. you open the search for the shipss of mh370 as two pick up signals that could be from the black boxes. 's unbeaten runh of 15 games in the bundesliga could've come to an end.

hungary's prime minister viktor forward tooking another term in office on the back of another landslide victory. exit polls from sunday's parliamentary election show his conservative party has taken just under 50% of the vote. since entering office in 2010, orban has rewritten the critics say in ways were designed to consolidate his grip on power. exit polls predicted a clear lead for the governing party led by prime minister viktor orban. for most hungarians, the result was little more than a foregone conclusion. the only question was whether he would secure a 2/3 majority, enabling further constitutional changes. hope there will be a big turn out the government can do a more effective job. the size of the popular consensus matters.

if there are a lot of voters, the new government can begin with white bread support. -- whidespread support. popular ass remained with many hungarians for cutting income taxes and utility prices. most voters do not seem bothered by his government's constitutional changes, which have place greater restrictions on the media and the legal system. many do not trust the center-left opposition to do a better job. survey showed the alliance trailing behind the conservatives. the far right party is forecast to take as much as 20% of the vote. tough anti-foreigner rhetoric has alarmed many in hungary's large jewish community. fear ofers in budapest further erosion of democracy. >> i think the far right could get stronger, but it is like that everywhere, not just in hungary. it's sad. >> with the election unlikely to

change the makeup of hungary's government, attention will focus on what it plans to do in the future. >> for more now, let's go to our correspondent in budapest. what can you tell us about the outcome of this election? is sas fare outcome as we know at the moment, orban received 48% of the vote, according to the latest exit polls. he is the party of prime minister viktor orban. and the leftist coalition is known as unity. there was not much evidence of unity. the parties have been quarreling with each other. that is the reason why the far right party appears to be -- the third largest political force in the country. the question remains whether the

controlling party will have a 2/3 majority to make crucial votes or whether they will have to compromise with the far right. >> a big victory for orban. that stays8%, if 48%, will be enough to retain the majority? >> well, that is of course the one million-dollar question at this hour. they are also looking into other -- a very located system in hungary. if the 48% turns out to be enough for a 2/3 majority, then orban has nothing to fear. there are some that suggest that he may have to compromise with the far right party. and the international community is extremely concerned about the influence of the far right party. has anti-foreigner rhetoric. >> tell us more about the other

party. how well did they do in this election? >> according to the latest suggestions we received from the exit polls, they got at least 20% of the vote. they did pretty well. it is also seen as a sign of what will happen in the european elections, where you have seen a shift towards the far right. that is happening in hungary. also, interesting to see that many -- many young people are voting for the far right party. and that is leading to many extremist groups. it is a concern. >> thank you very much for that update. 's interimine president has called off the schedule trip abroad in order to deal with what he calls separatist protests in the east. the announcement comes after demonstrators stormed the local government building in the city -- and raised the russian flags.

thehes broke out on sidelines by russian speaking protesters. they were demanding a referendum like the one held in crimea. demonstrated --demonstrators took place in other eastern ukrainian cites as well. authorities searching for the missing malaysia airlines plane are investigating signals from deep in the indian ocean. they are trying to verify if electronic signals could be from the vanished jet's blackbox. search crews are in a race against time. it has been four weeks since mhght bh370 disappeared -- 470 disappeared. for the families, the continued uncertainty is excruciating. >> these family members offer prayers for the 239 people on board flight mh370; for weeks they have waited for answers. they do not want to give up hope yet, but many now want certainty.=

one of them -- her cousin was on board. >> it has been a month. they have to review the evidence. is it belonging to mh370? until then, we will hope. >> the search is now focused on locating the black boxes. a detector aboard a chinese selrch this will -- vesee picked up a sign on saturday. detected ap also signal. >> this is an important and encouraging lead. but one which i urge you to continue to treat carefully. >> a massive international effort is underway, but time is running out. the batteries in the black boxes will not last much longer. if they are not found, the fate of flight mh370 could forever

remain a mystery. the relatives in kuala lumpur fear this may happen. painful.l forever be lose, anybody you do not know what happened to them, it will always be very painful. >> like many other family members here, she is still hoping for a miracle. a police in afghanistan say roadside bomb has killed three people in a vehicle transporting ballots. saturday's residential election to face under tight security with few reports of disruptions. officials say turnout was nearly 60%, despite attacks by taliban. vote counting is now underway. say it will be a week before the partial results are released.

authorities in jordan say one person has been killed and dozens wounded in rioting at a syria refugee camp. a number of homes were destroyed in the clashes. witnesses say police fired tear gas and live rounds. flared after police intervene to stop the family leaving the camp. the facility is home to more than 100,000 syrian.refugees . in formula one, louis hamilton has won the bob rain -- bahrain grand prix. mexico's perez rounded off the top three. the mercedes duo is off to a strong start following the first and second place in malaysia last week. germany's driver

leads in third. championing world currently ranks sixth. now.sliga soccer they beat hanover. the win leaves the bottle of the table team just one point behind. late strikeoals had toand swpept the home side a 3-0 victory. sunday game, berlin and hoffenheiim drew 1-0.

hoffenheim responded with a gold on the half-hour mark. shock in the bundesliga. for bayerne 53 game munich. the united on wednesday for their second leg match in the champions league. coach gave many of the stars arrest and tried out and experience game in the game. the experiment backfired. led to theby weiser decisive goal. least one bundesliga coach is accusing bayern of a halfhearted performance. bayner does not end up

throwing everything away. it would be unfair to the leak. they still have to play teams fighting for spots to avoid relegation. >> but it was a moment to savor. they broke bayern's run. back atann bounced the hands of real madrid. with a 2-1 victory. the goal put them in the lead in the first half. in the second half, they began to fight back and equalized for fdorfmann. so let's take a look at the other scores from this weekend. we have already seen the first four results. stuttgart won 4-0. frankfurt won. rt won.kfu

coach lost his job. in tennis, german have crashed out of the quarterfinals in the davis cup losing to france. the french team took the day. they will next face off against the czech republic. the german team were weakened by a series of injuries in the run-up to the tournament. was ecstatic,team winning the quarterfinal against germany in nancy. tsonga powered ahead. he beat the german in straight sets. tsonga dominated. in the decisive singles game, monfils demonstrated superiority over his less experienced opponent who appeared to be feeling the pressure and never got into his stride. he went down and straight sets,

too. quad moves on to the semi final. the young german team showed promise, raising hopes for the future. thethiopia's -- has won paris marathon. it was his first time competing -- kil columnar rac ometer race. record the paris race set by a kenyan runner two years ago. nasa hasspace agency released a spectacular pictures of a solar flare. the images were captured last wednesday by an observation satellite. flares are burst of energy from the sun's service. nasa said the flare was only moderate. more powerful activity can interrupt grp ops on earth.

looks hot. that is all from "the journal." >> lobo warming top the agenda at the start of the week. -- global warming top the agenda. the united nations warned unless action is taken. intergovernmental panel on climate change says the results of the report are clear -- and warned that the world is ill-prepared. era whereot in an climate change is a future hypothetical. we live in a world where impacts of climate changes that have already occurred are widespread and consequential. >> the scientists warn of increasing throughout, dwindling

harvest, food and water shortages, and low-lying areas stand to be wiped off the map. the ipcc said policymakers must take steps to mitigate the impact. also on monday, the united nations top court ordered japan to stop its annual whale hunt in the antarctic. australia sued tokyo international court of justice charging the hunt was not for scientific purposes, as japan claimed. japan catches up to 1000 whales every year and has never made a secret of the fact that a lot of the meat ends up on dining tables. tokyo says it will respect the court's ruling and stop hunting. french president hollande announced a major government reshuffle monday. after his socialist party sustained losses in local elections.

hollande promised a new start -- more jobs and lower taxes. my number one priority is to reform our country. we must do it. this means increasing productivity, reforming the budget, and boosting our influence in europe and in the world. the interior minister was named as the new prime minister. the conservative wing of the party. he is popular among voters and is liked by many on the left. later in the week, the new cabinet was announced, which e's formerolland partner as environment minister. chile experienced its most powerful earthquake in decades on tuesday. the 8.2 magnitude earthquake killed at least six people. the epicenter was just 20 kilometers under the seabed.

tsunami warning was issued for the pacific coastline. nearly one million people were evacuated. the government said it was taking no chances. >> appropriate measures have been taken to protect people's lives and the longings. and the government will continue to work for as long as necessary to confront this emergency and protect our citizens. >> in the end, the tsunami was small. the president visited the worst affected areas. houses were damaged or destroyed. 24 hours later, residents were forced to flee again when an aftershock triggered another tsunami warning. this time, there were no reports of fatalities but aftershocks continue to shake the region. it was announced suspending military cooperation

with russia on tuesday. in brussels, foreign minister said russia had violated international law by annexing crimea. they also offered more assistance for ukraine. moscow said it was beginning to pull back troops from the ukrainian border. but nato remains skeptical. >> unfortunately, i cannot confirm that russia is withdrawing its troops. this is not what we have seen. >> nato agreed to increase its surveillance of the airspace over eastern europe in a move designed to reassure eastern members of the alliance. but foreign minister's rejected calls by poland to place more ground forces there. still, nato warned of serious consequences if russia moves further into eastern ukraine. to intervenewere further in ukraine, i would not

hesitate to call it an historic mistake. it would be in this constellation w -- a miscalculation with strategic implications. >> moscow accused nato of providing cold war rhetoric and suspending cooperation with russia would help neither side. the russian foreign minister insisted moscow wants to withdraw its troops from the ukrainian border and urged the west to tone down its rhetoric. >> efforts to resume peace talks in the middle east suffered a setback this week. palestinian president abbas said he was reviving a bid for greater international recognition of palestinian statehood. to 15signed applications u.n. agencies for the state of palestine after israel's failed to release palestinian prisoners as promised. in response, israel said the prisoners would now stay behind bars. john kerry said washington would

now evaluate whether it was worth continuing its mediating role in the middle east. top leaders from europe and africa gathered in brussels on wednesday for a two-day summit aimed at increasing political and economic cooperation between the two continents. day one focused on war-torn central african republic. and eu efforts to support french and african troops on the ground who ar seeking to keep peacee. germany will assist with both strategic air transport as well as traditional developer and aid, which is of vital importance for the country. the same goes for somalia and other countries. >> leaders from both continents last to work together to fight human trafficking and illegal migration. leaders said they wanted to address the root causes of migration by increasing their investment in africa to create jobs and improve living standards on the continent.

a soldier in the united states shot dead three people in the military base in texas on wednesday. before turning the gun on himself. at least 16 were wounded. it was the second such incident at the fort hood army base. a rampage in 2009 t and soldiers dead. -- left 13 soldiers dead. obama said that it was heartbreaking a similar incident should strike the same community. authorities say the gun man had served in iraq, and was undergoing examination for posttraumatic stress disorder. mad germany blew the whistle on its noise pollution laws this week to be sure that the matches could be held outside in brazil despite the time difference. we have decided to temporarily suspend the regulations on noise pollution.

normally it is against the law to be noisy outside after 10:00 p.m. >> for fans in europe, 10:00 p.m. is when the games will start. the government's decision means that fans can watch those matches and cheer and celebrate without worrying about the police spoiling the party. six weeks after the bloodbath on kiev's independence square in which more than 100 people were killed, ukraine's interim authorities said the ousted president yanukovych is to blame for the carnage. riot police were said to have gone down the unarmed protesters in the findings of a culinary investigation. they said the orders have come from the very top. it was planned under the cover of being an antiterrorist operation. killingin fact the mass of people conducted under the direct supervision of former president yanukovych. russiantigator said

secret service agents appeared to have also been involved in planning the operation. both the russian government and younger coverts denied those claims. anukovich denied the claims. they are waiting for the government to complete a more thorough investigation. ns who number of syria have fled to lebanon to escape the war in their country surpassed one million this week. the un refugee agency called it a devastating milestone and said local communities in lebanon are at a breaking point. syrian refugees make up 1/4 of lebanon''s population. large numbers of new refugees are arriving every day. onturkey lifted a ban

twitter on thursday. the decision came a day after the country's highest court ruled the block on twitter was unconstitutional. judges said it violated the right to freedom of expression. the turkish prime minister erdogan imposed the ban after allegations about corruption circulated on the site. wei'snese artist ay wei later show opened on thursday. it is called "evidence." it's biting and political with lots of commentary on problems in china. is a full-scale re-creation of the jail cell where he was held for 81 days by chinese authorities. >> you find a message which you have to decode. of course, it is very political, because it is speaking about what is going on in china, what has happened to him personally. but it is also speaking about what other relations between china and the west. >> the artist was unable to

travel to berlin for the opening. his passport has been confiscated by chinese authorities. on friday, a german photojournalist was shot dead in eastern afghanistan. a police officer opened fire on two western journalists as they were traveling under police escort. the dead photographer was named old prize-winning journalist that worked for the associated press. her canadian colleague, ap journalist kathy gannon, was wounded but is said to be in stable condition. the attack occurred despite increased security ahead of saturday's elections. the taliban denied any involvement in the shooting. the european space agency began a new era in earth observation this week. satellite sentinel one unfolded its antenna ready to start work.

it's the first of six satellites that will be used to monitor climate change around the globe and help emergency services responded to natural disasters. and thata7guc

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