other world headlines with north korea warns that a missile strike on the u.s. mainland is inevitable after american bombers fly close to its coastline and president takes another swipe plus. protests and arrests in the spanish region of catalonia this week as it pushes for independence from madrid.

morning from moscow this sunday the twenty fourth of september i'm calling with a mix of today's world developments and some of the biggest stories of the week first for you it's a big day for germany of course voters heading to the polls to choose who they want to represent them in the next life to the election. early marathon is just underway the political joy of america no just coming to an exciting climax welcome to our special coverage from germany where the polling stations have just opened for the country's federal election and judging by the

pre-election polls called just and we know that now but they say anglo-american set to become chancellor for a fourth straight turn has been around for twelve years already the young people there in the country the other bit of time with out in the background. the time i remember she was always there i mean i can't really remember a time when she was like the chancellor and i don't even know who came before. me as only madonna's catalog in america said i think she was elected in two thousand

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so what does voting look like it looks like this these are live pictures of the very first voters heading to the polls here in berlin to decide whether america will indeed get another four years in office some of the biggest things with those around which of the smaller parties could perhaps become kingmakers and help form a coalition let's get more on this subject from our correspondents here bill and as well charlotte to pinsky joins me on the line up show that often when people vote in an election they vote for smaller party they might think well you know i'm kind of wasted my vote i really don't think that's the case here in germany the smaller parties could have a big say in terms of forming a coalition what are the choices for voters. well that's right smaller parties could have a very big say over the next term of the german government and that's because there's a split system here in germany where half of the votes off first past the post and the other half are actually proportional representation so as long as the party

gains more than five percent of the vote it can gain seats in the german parliament and could wield significant power in terms of forming a coalition over the next few weeks of course most people predict that angela merkel's c.d.u. in most in short says s.t.p. will still be the largest party. in the next few years but how they will then go about forming a coalition to be the ruling party of germany will all depend on potentially those smaller parties the c.d.u. in the s.t.p. have been in coalition government over the last four years but this has been an incredibly difficult election with both throwing mud at each other so whether they can mend fences and continue this coalition or will be seen now if they can they will be reaching out to the smaller parties like the. party the f.t.p. which are liberals the green party and also potentially now being thrown into the mix the suggestion that the right wing party the a.f.p.

will gain seats for the very first time in this election although all of the parties have said that they will not form a coalition with the a.f.p. you know one of the things about coalition government and that's because it's incredibly unlikely that the c.d.u. all the s.t.p. will gain an absolute outright majority here in germany is that all these parties campaigned on a particular platform in this election period we'll have to then get together and decide what they can win and what they can throw out in terms of their own agendas which means that party political platforms that particular voters may have voted for could actually end up on the chopping block and not actually be part of the next german election and that could be a surprise to some voters well it's have a look now at some of the possible coalition partners that could rule germany over the next four years. parties really emerge with a solid majority from the elections so when it's over the try to make friends which

is not easy after having tried hard to undermine policies during. the good for the politicians you can always see we can't keep our promise because our coalition partners let us. which is not good news for the voters though you might ask what was the point when you basically get a program that you didn't vote for. there is no guarantee that you'll ever vote i would like to have a. period of politics to really turn out there is no guarantee that you will be in the majority after the election and therefore there is no guarantee that what you ever voter wants to be transformed into politics will really work out in this way. so what kind of government might germany get. twenty seventeen range of coalition coloring book. there's

a combination known as the jamaica coalition if merkel's christian democratic union . partners with the business friendly free democratic party and the green. flag is also possible if the greens and the social democrats manage to form a team. take the black out and replace it with the freedom across

a. traffic light coalition. part of any coalition is germany's socialist. it must be the wrong shade of the color red the left. radical by bigger party. a similar case but the end of the spectrum is the alternative to germany branded as far right by critics like glue could be an interesting new touch but so far ministry in german politics seems reluctant to rule over the coloring books lines. forming will be more different called then an earlier time which is detrimental for political stability but which is good to be preferential offers voters voters are no longer just wide with having two major parties they have world get up representation.

ok well we just heard about one of those parties that is considered to be a bit radical the left party is funny though how earning more votes can certainly increase your popularity to other parties let's find out what are about. the head of the big candidates have of course been out on the campaign trail the votes there still to be won a lot was prepared ahead of the big day though the parties pushing their agenda via

the form of some of the striking posters we love dance like that some of the most interesting for you.

ok we told you about the party considered to be far left as balance things out now another controversial party campaigning is the alternative for germany party which is considered frequently to be anti immigrant and out on the far right in theory my colleague kevin i would in the carriage spoke to one of the party's regional pace. we are now on the ride to. the center we want to confidence off the people who lost confidence and i'm going to government so you come back i'm just looking at some quotes back in two thousand and thirteen there was an e-mail from one of the one of your party's candidates they're. making derogatory remarks about arabs as well as the gypsies except for the first. one immigration law for anglo-saxon standards like canada has that we need for demographic reasons we need

immigration we know that so we're not. out we always say we are the party of political realism it's not about right it's about the right direction and to the form of government failed in this direction and i'm sure we will recover and we will recover confidence. the german people. despite martine shills fiercely battling with anglo-american campaign on t.v. at least it seems the two main contenders lovemore that they agree on the perhaps a little cozying up patch for another grand coalition as the explains. choices choices choices to leave or to remain. in clinton macron and all of them monumental decisions with global weapons question now it's germany's track must go this is sure thing nice this north that much of a different take merkel's refugee policy nobody else has and i have

a chance of being recruited in which at that time i must step. and he is sure to mention some of those people bring us is more valuable than money that's what europe believes in the same story with europe they want more and more you rocker's war union and more brussels with germany to wield. europeans who believe trans national democracy is the best model for us to stand up and break this silence shoots a former president of the european parliament merkel the leader of europe's powerhouse as i think it. we europeans hello fleet in our own hands i will continue to maintain at the twenty seven member states must work intensively together for all of his shooting the two even share a dislike of if not hatred for the man in charge across the ocean going to

get to their most of the very surrounded question of the extreme defeat believe the united states of america how much we have to bring them on the possible. and that means diplomatic solutions. problem the problem that we have with trump is that he is unpredictable in that sense should we tool to not even a pre-election debate couldn't get the two to clash spock's to fly what was supposed to be a jewel looked more like a jew at pinball and stella could also have a. little guidance. to. come back and staged. we have them by the difference in the past but this one german we put it the biggest difference between merkel and shoes is the be or i guess the.

it is let's be honest it's a miserable day here in berlin in terms of whether it's great it's overcast there's a fine drizzle don't worry i'll be here to shine a very broad light on to the world of german politics say next out. with lawmakers manufacture consensus and stick to the public wells. when the

ruling classes protect themselves. in the final merry go round be the one percent. nothing. we can all middle of the roots to. the reason why north korea is trying to develop the capability to. prevent japan and the united states from assisting south korea in case of contingencies because with. the missile capability is capable of attacking japan and the united states north korea can say oh the americans and if you assist south korea we would with nuclear weapons.

more of today's main world news now and the north korean foreign minister says a missile strike on the u.s. mainland is now more inevitable he was addressing the u.n. on a day that sort of american bombs fly off the east coast of north korea donald trump fired back on twitter saying the foreign minister and the country's leader won't be around much longer if they continue their rhetoric as american as the latest. crisis has escalated today even more after the u.s. flexed its military might according to the pentagon the u.s. sent b. one b. bombers from guam as well as f. fifteen fighter jets from okinawa japan on a mission in international airspace off the eastern coast of north korea. this is the farthest north of the demilitarized zone that any u.s. fighter or bomber has flown in this this century the pentagon says that this

mission sends a clear message to the d.p. r. k. that the u.s. has many military options to defeat any threat this all comes amid a heated dialogue between the two leaders both issuing insult on time sounding identical we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. no one other than trump himself is on a suicide mission if innocent american lives a home because of a suicide let's jump will be held inside responsible yes it looks like the north korean leader was particularly affected by trump's comments because the foreign minister responded saying that trump's actions were an irreversible mistake began have med been out there shooting rockets all over the place i rocket

should have been handled a long time ago. he tried to instill the supreme dignity of mcconnachie bar phones as a rocket but by doing so he committed the irreversible mistake of making a visit by rockets to the us mainland all the more an effort to pull russian foreign minister urged the u.s. and north korea to end its saber rattling and engage in political dialogue accusing both leaders of behaving like a kindergarten children china and russia will continue to insist on a more 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 with the tensions escalating and between both countries the situation remains quite unstable at the moment so it's unclear where this is all headed on thursday president trump imposed a new economic sanctions on north korea after a meeting with the leaders of south korea and japan in new york this is what trump

had to say before that hearing from the u.s. state senator richard black. distorter provides us with powerful new tools but i want to be clear the order targets only one country and that country's north korea the rhetoric surrounding north korea has really reached very dangerous levels the north korean certain way bear their share of fault because they they have been extraordinarily provocative in what they have done and then we in turn have. been rather bellicose in our response both sides need to deescalate the rhetoric because of the risk that if if there should be a nuclear exchange the people the people always saw for from these games the nations play hopefully there will be some movement towards

diplomacy. this time next week the spanish region of catalonia could be voting in a referendum on breaking away from spain that saturday so rival crowds face off in the regional capital boss alone. you were are a are was i was was was was. fired i had i was i was on wednesday spanish authorities arrested fourteen senior catalan officials including a junior economy minister they were all charged with misappropriation of funds breach of official duty and disobedience are also being fined up to twelve thousand euros for every day they continue organizing the referendum protest to say they're

determined to vote and won't tolerate the authorities crack down the cattle and leader says madrid's actions are an act of aggression. over got a look at the lure the catalonian government has been subjected to coordinated aggression from the police force of the spanish interior ministry was. god god and 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 we're really going to put these to take this forward and to go all the way to independence you know my roots span is government spending. it will try to do our games that will be on the streets and we'll try to vote introduced

a range of measures in an attempt to stop the referendum taking place and declared next sunday's vote is illegal and conducted numerous raids to seize pro referendum material that currently more than seven hundred mayors are under investigation over their support for the vote madrid's also announced plans to take control catalonia as budget in order to ensure the money isn't spent on the referendum here's how events have unfolded since the first non-binding vote on independence took place in twenty fourteen. thank. you. thank. a member of

barcelona city council says the international community should be stepping in to prevent madrid abusing the region they don't want to let us vote but people are voting with their feet they are actually crossing the street going over to wherever the intervention has taken place and defending the institutions from the street massively this is an attack on democracy this is actually a state of exception and we ask the international community to intervene and stop this abuse this abuse on the catalan people on democracy in catalonia and in europe in general this concerns all of us because right now it's catalonia tomorrow it could be the rest of spain or even other places in europe. on thursday a russian military police unit was ambushed by almost or from militants in syria now according to the defense ministry the russian force managed to repel the attack despite being heavily outnumbered here's some of the latest video of russian

strikes targeting al nasra positions as part of a counter attack moscow said that one of the main goals of the terrorists was to capture the unit operating inside the u.s. deescalation russian submarines also launch missiles with a number of animals for positions. meanwhile almost ninety percent of syria has been liberated from the terrorists that's according to the latest figures from the russian defense ministry but a major battle is ongoing in deir ez-zor where the syrian army backed by russia is trying to eliminate the last pockets of terrorists locals that told us what it's been like living in a conflict zone. had

no money to buy food for my children i've only been able to feed them properly once in the last few months shell exploded in killed many innocent people including children the result has been soaked in blood. that i would play with them i would push them and trust them i was like a mother and a father took down but all of those two died. suddenly when i went outside to flow grandma to pass through it and that's it for my mother she was sick she had a strange kind of heart attack when i was out i was injured by a shop and asked what can i do now i used to do all the housework and stand in line to buy food now i can only sit and cry.

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