coming up this hour we're going to. look at. is the referendum. in iraq claiming the security council missed the opportunity to consider abuses by

all sides not just islamic state. a little bit later in the program but. of course germany where it's the eve of the federal election this time tomorrow voters there will be choosing who they want to represent them in the next live now. in the capital. good afternoon to welcome to her then the german election is all most of all is well constructing special coverage coming to you live from the heart of the german capital now the result of sunday's vote that's going to determine whether

chancellor angela merkel will remain in power for what would be her own amazing term in office in case you missed any of the buildup to it has been plenty of it lots of talking points we've condensed it all into the highlights of the election season here it is in just fifty seconds. and. yes it came to. you in a down side and a few people tried to push anything back up the whole question hunch think. why you should. find that there could be all this once again long. as he has it scared as.

well as you can see that all of the leading candidates still trying hard to grab some votes why because there's no clear winner we don't know who will form any kind of coalition so i had a polling day each of the candidates has been very busy making a last ditch appeals to the electorate so the final campaign rallies have been taking place in all the major cities right across the country over candidates haven't always been receiving the business the bot. luke. i lose. trying to feel good. through. this he started to. sound like a headmistress that telling off a class anglo american not happy at being booed. she tried to win over floating

voters around two hundred protesters were heckling the chancellor and in fact a number of them ended up being arrested. michael is to be elected chancellor for what would become her fourth term in office making her germany the longest serving leader after helmut kohl remember him back in the eighty's and ninety's how he dominated the position that many of her rivals have come and gone through her twelve years at the top. has more now on how she's become something of a political survivor. she is the rana saurus ranks of politics. mighty much like the dinosaur. extinction twelve years in power when you think she was somebody that.

you. could. how has she lost in these long hard hours through does he say you a crisis a migrant crisis tara. and leave me in migrants in a year welcome to germany voters got cold feet but merkel she's

a survivor a political prodigy who has learned to work 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 it's current or 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 a one of my old speciality take gay marriage call back this 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 voted against to save face. and space steal the ideas of others and

take undeserved credit that's pretty bad picked saddle unfairly by name get on the field and ceilings they really went beyond the financiers i wound up doing was looking after us that anything that has taken. i would be i mean. if it works it's worth stealing for the first time merkel's campaign posters plus the with the national for. he is a symbol nationalist anti immigrant opposition. we are in times where right we populists are stronger and we don't want to leave patriotism to these people in twelve long years merkel has practiced her trip to the picture yet the problems. is becoming harder and harder to

either she says she does it she. didn't leave. anything and where it gets do you see. ok let's discuss sunday's election now with me pity for the u.k. independence party joins me on the line from the u.k. good afternoon to you the main intrigue as i understand it is all about the coalitions of the several possible permutations here but the kind of the big message coming through saying he doesn't want to be merkel's gene your partner says he won't sounds like a bit of a game changer which third party do you think has the best chance of forming a coalition. well it's obvious they. will go into coalition shows now however the interesting thing goes to show you which would be the third party it's likely believed to be the f.t.p.

to free democratic. the so-called liberals more libertarians the liberals. i would suspect that will be the junior of the three parties in the coalition. stands a pretty good chance let's be honest of winning a fourth term as chancellor but she still has a critics you know she gets heckled from time to time of the voters not grown weary of their over what's been a fairly lengthy twelve years in office. well i think what it is. the fact is i was the teflon chancellor i mean you know she could teach so many blared a thing or two she gets away with not believing the which she says people just go along with it partly because to spin a lack of a coherent position you know mr schultz what he had to huge boost when he came in and people got to know him they thought well no we don't want that. and now for the

new looks like there will be an actual opposition in parliament in the form of the a.f.p. . of course the christian democrats could still dominate a coalition but nothing's set in stone here is there some mountain anglo-american gets voted out what will she be remembered for. the migrant crisis should be remembered for opening the borders and causing absolute mayhem throughout coincidently europe. ok let's let's talk about what german policies might be after sunday i said many different permutations of the parties who will form any possible coalition this all goes into the sort of the mix in terms of what the policies will be of the country what's going to change do you think as of sunday. very little mr smith will be in charge. of the social. policy

probably in my opinion. the interest in the interest and situation is. both mikel and shields have said they will wait with the f.t. who are quite likely to be the third party. and the fights are essentially between. one who would be fifth where the greens will actually draw the parliament so no it's entirely possible. the left policy. gaining now. my pollies supposed slight delay that you carry on. the left party are gaining now from. a s.p.d. . and they are likely to take more and more votes from

them as time goes on because actually you know whatever happens to governments is still in charge in germany it's the same old same old mrs merkel will get away with saying one thing and do nor there. seemingly eternally. and mr shields has shown. no chance of being chancellor. and give us your analysis of the situation misspeaking see any paper that you can depend upon a page that. now for quite some time russia shares some of the spotlight with germany's allegations of election meddling dominated the media coverage. and hacker scene is huge german security agencies and cyber experts are alarmed all evidence points to russia that's why we cannot rule out why we're preparing for similar efforts to influence germany's election however

big day is got nearer the hysteria has somewhat reduced particularly since a yearlong search by german intelligence actually failed to find any kremlin backed interference in fact a recent article in the washington post said that the very fact there's been no sign of any russian meddling is in itself suspicious and quote just doesn't feel right spot the disappointment from some that moscow is not trying to rig the race it seems the vice chairman of the free democratic party says that germany should be looking for dialogue and not suspicion. your war in india look we got into the we're calling for a continuous constructive dialogue instead of saber rattling we want to sit down in the negotiating table and listen to the different parties positions listen to russia's position and in turn explain our doubts fears should be minimized not fanned hands dietrick gain share once wisely said as long as people are talking

they are shooting each other this should be our goal is a dialogue and teamwork europe and germany need russia and vice versa we should conduct dialogue rather than fuel fear. so it's a fairly complicated. election in terms of the outcomes we could get specially in terms of coalitions so they hope you better understand the ins and the outs of the whole election process. put together this easy to understand god. unless you all 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 costs 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 two seats one 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 see. and unwilling to play second fiddle. to. discuss sort of the mental market in mind given that i'm pleased because i've got a schizo consulate in the tool and. if an alliance with shills isn't an option this is the man merkel is likely to call next christian lin the 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 these prevails refugees must return there's no such human right for choosing 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 where the green party could come into the fold with their top candidate dubbed green angular similarities to coal this cd f.t.p. and the greens would make an exotic mix known as the gym a coalition which has 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 says 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. this time tomorrow the voting will be on the way to see who will be sitting down in that building that is right behind me the german bund the stalled a lot can change in the voters' minds between now and then stay with our teams continue its coverage see you next.

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headline news this saturday waving flags chanting slogans. as rival crowds of pro and anti independence protestors have faced off in the spanish region of catalonia over the upcoming independence referendum that. was there a were was was was was the vote is set for october the first madrid deems it illegal and it's 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. there are you stuck it out and we thank you mr considering the reuters developments the government decided to relocate to catalonia more security units to strengthen the state's forces already open in that community nobody is above the law all of us are responsible for our actions and whoever brings the law has to deal with the consequences of meanwhile around two thousand students rallied outside the university of barcelona demanding an end to the government crackdown student unions call for the protesters to remain that are out the entire weekend a local journalist has been covering the demonstration for us. we are here at blacktown you are to see that in birth alone and where students have to gather to the soul of their ship or at the university of barcelona it's the place chosen by

their students these people have been here during the whole day d.s.p. terrace so in their disagreement and their support for the book referendum does suit take place on the first of october we are here to defend our eye on their future state the students are very important part of our society and 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 because we're really going to put this to take this forward and to go all the way to independence you know my what's spent is government spending. will try to do our games that will be on the streets and we'll try to vote as the. just yesterday. of the referendum or are in real danger after the actions of the spanish police however. and. puts them on the himself has encouraged people to bring their own leaflets to show their support to

vote no matter what on the first of folk. 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 recent rights abuses in iraq it was referring to a u.s. backed resolution to set up a team of investigators to probe islamic state crimes in the country but human rights watch complains the initiative ignores atrocities committed by other terror groups. one example highlighted came early this summer that's when footage of merge depicting iraqi police torturing a terror suspect in mosul the executive director for human rights watch in the middle east told us 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 u.n. security council knows very well that organizations like human rights watch has repeatedly urged them to expand the mandate of this investigative team to include abuses by all parties to the conflict from a new threat for now in half an hour they are to election teams back in berlin as we count down to sunday's vote this is all to international. one hundred years ago the first computers were actually. people who were hired to

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