times the government knows what they do and they do nothing. stories this hour with just one day to go until germany's federal election r t looks at the main candidates and the final push to win over voters. independents protesters face off in boston the referendum looms have a closer. cumin rights watch accuses the u.n. of failing to investigate war crimes in iraq claiming the security council missed the opportunity to consider abuses by all sides not just islamic states.

and other life worldwide it's called a break with you r t h q moscow saturday morning at eight it's seven am in germany which is where our focus is this hour for the start of the program it's the eve of the federal election there of course with the country going to the polls on sunday to elect members of the next bundestag. all the results of the vote will determine whether the current chancellor angela merkel will remain in power for a fourth now in case you've missed any of the action we've squeezed together highlights of the election season into just fifty seconds.

is it scary to. find that. here that. i was you might imagine as polling day grew closer the candidates have been busy making last ditch appeals to voters the final campaign rallies have been taking place in major cities all across the country although candidates haven't always received the more mr welcome. to the

of the. fire. has started to thank. as you heard there a mixture of booing and whistling. he was trying to win a floating around two hundred protesters heckled the chancellor a number of arrested. people who understand the ins and outs of the german election system of his poly boy has put together a quick guide for you. unless you'll season then german politics understanding the ins and outs of the election isn't exactly a piece of cake for starters each person will be asked to cost not one but two votes the first for a district representative the other for their preferred political party then comes

the magic of proportional representation with each party's share of the vote translated to seats won in the bundestag the complex system prevents a single party from winning an outright majority so unlike in the us or france where the very usually produces one clear winner even once the german results are in this still the mystery of who teams up with who to build a ruling coalition polls put marcos party the christian democratic union well out in front and martin short says social democrats are likely to come behind in second but there's real intrigue in who finishes and could potentially be kingmaker if michael wins she still needs extra coalition partners on top of her sister party the christian social union already excluded and. see alternative for

germany and left wing. this could pave the way for the renewal of the so-called grand coalition between merkel's party and martin says social democrats whether she will agree to become the cd use junior partner is another question entirely so far he seemed unwilling to play second fiddle to. america. because as governor. if in the. lions with shills isn't an option this is the man merkel is likely to call next christian lynn the leader of germany's free democrats the pro-business liberal party that teamed up with merkel and her allies before and by the way isn't just a pretty face he could confront merkel on some key issues. if

peace prevails refugees must return there's no such human right for cheese in your place in the world i'm not being harsh this is lauren realism speaking. even with lynn this handshake in the bag merkel might still need extra help to get her over the winning line and that's why the green party could come into the fold with their top candidate dubbed green angular similarities to. this cd you f.t.p. and the greens would make an exotic mix known as the gym a coalition which is never made it to national government before so in case you're wondering why there's no clear winner come monday morning well the details of the final coalition contract could take weeks to finalize the system is complicated

but it is considered the fairest of them all for a vote is it can be frustrating though occasionally political parties end up breaking campaign promises and in germany there's always the convenient excuse that it was all their coalition partners fault. refugees should not have been allowed into germany according to a damning report by parliament's own lawyers published in the media just ahead of the election the bundestag scientific committee legal team warms the merkel's government still hasn't provided any legal basis for letting migrants from the likes of syria and afghanistan from neighboring austria adding that they should have been rejected at the border more than a million asylum seekers in the last two years alone have been allowed in thanks to merkel's open border policy.

the release of the report prompted a furious reaction from merkel's rivals ahead of the vote the co-founder of the alternative for germany party is demanding an investigation as well as severe punishment for the chancellor while the leader of the free democratic party insists a new immigration policy is now essential to the left parties also calling for radical changes to refugee policy party member alexander noid told us at berlin's to blame for migrants having to leave their countries in the first place. so that's coming in towards the sixteen story international peace research institute published a report stating that the largest number of refugees come to europe from countries that we graced with our bombs that says something the second largest group of refugees who flee from poverty that's understandable we destroy these economies that we're not the most competitive do begin with by demanding these countries open their markets for our products no matter what of course the economy in those countries ends up in a shambles it happens all the time in africa the middle east latin america it is no

wonder that at some point people pack up their bags and move to germany the promised land where they hope to find a better life for themselves it makes total sense it means that we need to change our foreign policy in terms of economy and security. if you kept an eye on the polls you have say that i'm going to attempt to be elected chancellor for a fourth time making her germany's longest serving leader after helmut kohl in the eighty's and ninety's michael notes the many of her rivals have come and gone through her twelve years at the top. more as more on how she's become something of a political survivor. she is the to run a saurus rex of politics ancient indomitable mike but unlike the dinosaur no way sting should twelve years in power hungry with no way to think she was such .

a. little. power and she lost it these long watching our get out through does he say euro crisis that migrant crisis on terra. and lead me in migrants in a year welcome to germany vote it's got cold feet but merkel she's

a survivor a political prodigy who has learned to work the whole way out of anything to say exactly what the voters want to hear and isn't it's all those who have been persecuted who are refugees displaced by war should be allowed in europe and then his current if i could i would turn back time many many years to prepare better together with the entire government and those responsible for the refugees you turn us a one of my cold speciality take gave me. each call back yes mrs merkel is offended since two thousand and five you supported discrimination against gays and lesbians and did nothing to bring about equality merkel's pod's support as opposed to gay marriage the public wanted. she led parliament legalized but did they get to save face. and space steal the ideas of others and

take undeserved credit that's pretty bad picked saddle unfairly by name on the ceilings. doing something. else or. did anything it has taken. up. if it works it's worth stealing in the first time campaign plus the with the national flag. is a symbol of the nationalist anti immigrant opposition. we're in times where right wing populists are stronger and we don't want to leave patriotism to these people in twelve years merkel has practiced her tricks to the fiction yet the problems. of asia is becoming harder and harder to.

get she says she does. not so it should start. didn't leak you might leak out where guys did she. have a confidant the chancellor and her c.d.u. party may be merkel's main rival social democrats leader martin says he refuses to believe that she's already one says that he hopes a last minute swing could still happen seeking to win over undecided voters the former european parliament president is presenting himself as a man of the people. martin shoots angela merkel's fish rival in the race for the german chancellor his how the world knows him as the leader of germany social democratic party and also as the former president of the european parliament but what many don't know at least outside germany are the ups and downs that have marred his early days let's start at the beginning and shoots his troubles began at

a high school from which he never graduated he wanted to be a professional footballer but a knee injury but an end to those dreams. started drinking and was diagnosed as a serious alcoholic by the time he was twenty four it was so bad that even contemplated suicide luckily he turned his life around opened a book store and eventually got himself elected as the mayor of his hometown. his rags to riches story baked in twenty twelve when he was elected the president of the european parliament transforming him from small town mayor into a powerful year across. the perks reportedly included to limit and over thirty aides which angered some fellow m.e.p. the queen of sheba probably had less stuff certainly less refers i can't decide if martin schulz is a bowling bolshevik or who a gruff federalists schultz was also accused of using his position to help his good friend the european commission chief and former luxembourg prime minister. blocking

the probe into a luxembourg scandal in which big companies got generous tax breaks. now back from brussels to seeking to dethrone angela merkel accusing her of americans while presenting himself as a man of the people. given the struggle she was in jordan his early days it's likely that many relate to him as a man who on the. stans real hardship but he's more recent brussels baggage indicates voters might find it difficult to tell him a car in the eye and chancellor he's trying to oust. where across the german election for you throughout the day bringing you the very latest update so stay with r.t. for our special coverage from the heart of the german capital which starts right here in less than two hours.

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launching a competitor in the big point mining space russia is coming in competitively john mcafee's going to get into the mining business so there's going to be a lot more competitive in the mining business so the big main kind of play to monopolise mining is under attack as the world's competitor. welcome by waving flags chanting slogans burning flags rival crowds of pro and anti independence protest as a fake stuff in the spanish region of catalonia over the upcoming independence referendum. hundred i.

was there i would have. the vote is set for october the first madrid deems it illegal and has deployed various measures in an attempt to disrupt it numerous police raids have been carried out on local government offices while legal actions being started against regional officials in the latest move more security forces are to be sent to catalonia. considering the developments the government decided to relocate to cancel a new more security units to strengthen the state's forces really open. homeless community nobody is above the law all of us all responsible for our actions and who have a breaks the law has to deal with the consequences. was around two thousand students rallied outside the university of barcelona demanding an end to the government

crackdown student unions call for the protesters remain there for the whole weekend a local journalists been covering the demonstration for us. we are here at. in birth alone and where students have to gather to the soul of their ship or at the university it's the place chosen by the students these people have been here during the whole day speeches so when there are disagreements on their support for the referendum just to take place in the first of october we are here to defend our. future state students are very important part of our society the youngest so we need to make them conscious of what's governing here it is really important for this process to have a students on their side costs we're really going to put this to take this forward and to go all the way to independence you know my what span he's got where minors benish rep resting polio will try to do i games that will be on the streets and

we'll try to just that ace in the high supreme high court of justice still taking place people have passed the night sleeping there to show their support for a dose people i rested as the. just yesterday. they were a friend they were are in real danger after the actions of the spanish police however. and. puts them on the himself. it's people to preen their own leaflets to show their support for the boat no matter what on the first a photo of our. president trump appears to have come up with a new strategy for dealing with the north korean leader by making up different names for him and he may have settled on a particular favorite rocket man you can't have mad men out there shooting rockets all over the place. rocket man should have been handled

a long time ago. while the russian foreign minister is both the united states and north korea to end their provocative exchanges in favor of a crisis prevention dialogue so again after all who was speaking at a media briefing at the un general assembly out of morbid reports from new york. in donald trump's united nations general assembly speech he referred to kim jong un as a rocket man and talked about a possibility of totally destroying north korea then there was a response from north korea's leader kim jong un said that donald trump was mentally deranged he called him a rogue and he used the old english term dough tart to refer to donald trump now donald trump has shot back and referred to kim jong un as a madman now as these heated words and accusations and threats are being exchanged the russian foreign minister was taking questions from reporters at the u.n. headquarters in the press briefing room and he touched quite a bit on the crisis on the korean peninsula it's unacceptable to something that lee

watch north korea's nuclear test but it's equally unacceptable to start with in the korean peninsula china and russia will continue to insist on a move reasonable approach in contrast to the emotional one we see now where they behave like children fighting each other in kindergarten and nobody can stop them it's necessary to cool those hot heads we need to pools we need dialogue. one thing that was raised is that from the beginning of the crisis russia and china have had a joint proposal for what they call a double freeze they've called for south korea to end its provocative military exercises and in exchange north korea would end its nuclear proliferation and its provocative missile tests this proposal from russia and china seems pretty straightforward but no one seems to be taking that proposal seriously so a lot of interesting comments from surrogate lab robert specifically talking about the korean crisis he was saying people need to be mature and they need to focus on diplomatic solutions and not the intensification we've been seeing.

human rights watch has accused the u.n. of failing to investigate war crimes in iraq the group claims the security council also missed a key opportunity to address the recent rights abuses in iraq it was referring to a u.s. backed resolution to set up a team of investigators to probe islamic states crimes in the country but the organization complains that the initiative ignores the atrocities committed by of a groups. one example highlighted came early this summer up that's when photos emerged depicting iraqi police torturing a terrorist suspect in mosul let me warn you that you might find some of the following images upsetting to watch.

the executive director for human rights watch in the middle east told us that she believes the u.n. needs to probe crimes committed by all sides. this is obviously a flawed and selective approach because it misses the opportunity to investigate crimes committed by all parties to the conflict human rights watch has of course documented very serious abuses by isis forces but we've also documented very very serious abuses by iraqi government forces militias and members of the international coalition we have documented numerous cases of detainees who have been executed tortured brutalized by iraqi forces we also have

a lot of concerns about the bombardment of most un security council knows very well that organizations like human rights watch have repeatedly urged them to expand the mandate all of this investigative team to include abuses by all parties to the conflict and they've chosen very deliberately not to do that the reasons of the motivations can only be speculated about. turkish state media has been showcasing the country's recent purchase of an advanced russian made missile defense system but the acquisition could well rile some of turkey's close allies. well. we've taken precautions when it comes to our security all. we want and under their divorce agreement these pieces of equipment are supposed to be interoperable with nato nations and this would not be an optimal so

that's a concern of ours. if they weren't crazy because we made the s. four hundred agreement what were we supposed to do wait for them. today it was one off to a journalist between in the meeting between turkey she did it if john and term saw turkey not there the not only thing in the united states as you know and don has

been either think united states and this issue has been raised during the talks about the future to syria and the future of iraq and of course in turkish public does and all think the nation's public also kind of knowledge interest about the capabilities of these new defense system so i don't think before that they would act to pull like this public opinion but i think it was the kind of new head. in relation to the current issues today because that's the way the world looks for m r t i'm calling bryce thanks for watching stamp. for the news any time now by downloading the your next update from me in about half an hour i'll see that. one hundred years ago the first computers were actually. people who were hired to

do you know additions or multiplications that's gone that is now done entirely by computers. fortunately i think translation is not there but it is one of the easier things to do by computers that will be gone in the next in the next twenty years most translators will probably be out of a job i mean i'm sorry for them but this will just happen this is inevitable. with this manufactured incentive still to the public will. when the ruling class is protect themselves. with the flaming. lips and be the one. to ignore middle of the room sick. from the real news.

i saw the sighing all have piqued my interest so i went. to. my ask somebody what is this is the various games and they tell me this is day five believe and waiting for the legal fishing oh my god will and that's kind of interesting.