correspondent naomi conrad has been speaking to them about the challenges of covering both sides of the campaign. in pakistan second largest city lahore election campaigning is in full swing but behind the scenes many fear strings are being pulled to favor one candidate in run con his party p.t.i. is in a neck and neck race with the pakistani muslim league run by one of the country's most high profile politicians now what serif sharif angered the country's powerful military with his attempts to improve relations with pakistan's arch rival india and rein in the army support a visit midsts earlier this month he was jailed on corruption charges. and now journalists like zari julio are bearing the brunt of the standoff those who dared to openly criticize the p.t.i. or appear to support now while sharif risk the wrath of the security agencies and the party of the talk about the pm alone if you speak for it in any way richard articles written in a very balanced manner to speak for it there's going to be trouble brewing somewhere down the line previously like i said there were there were certa

sarah: dw's naomi conrad joins us now. naomi, this is a historic election for the country.alk us through why it is so important. naomi: yes, it is, indeed. it is a very important election because it might see a shift away from usual pattern of pakistani politics, which is dynastic. basically, here politics are a family affair and politics are passed from family member to family member. interspersed with military rule. nonow we are possibly seeing a shift away from ththe dynastic policies -- politics to o imran khan's politics. people here think that he may be a change, he is completely different from the c corrupt dynastic p parties.. hehe is controroversial, though. he has views that many peoplplen the west are concerned about. he has made overtures to the taliban, he says he wants to establish an islamist welfare state, and a lot of people say he is also cozying up to pakistan's generals. so these are very important, interesting elections and we are looking forward to the results. sarah: according to some initial polls, this is been a head-to-head race between the two fro

and naomi conrad is in pakistan's capital islamabad she joins us now naomi this is an historic election for the country and walk us through why it's so important. yes it is indeed is a very important election because it might see the shift away from the usual pattern of pakistani politics which is dynastic politics basically here politics are a family affair the parties others you know passed on from family member to family member it just burst with military rule and now we're seeing possibly seeing will have to wait till tomorrow a shift away from the stylistics holistic policies the politics to imran khan's party as a political outside of the p.t. i and people here think that he may be a change that he's completely different from the corrupt dynastic parties he's controversial though he has views that many people in the west are very concerned about he's made overtures to the tal a ban he says he wants to establish an islamist welfare state and a lot of people say he's also cozying up to pakistan's generals so these are very important interesting elections and we're looking forward to

for more let's bring in correspondent naomi conrad who is standing by in the pakistani capital islamabad and naomi you know khan has promised change we heard him say it there he's also promised to stamp out corruption has pakistan turned a corner with this result well that really remains to be seen what's interesting is that even though he promises corruption he actually took on a lot of power lets a politician from the if. there is. corrupt if everything themselves of the last couple of decades so a lot of people question whether he can actually continue to portray himself as anti and be corrupt and it's also the question of whether you have the going to call if you will maybe one of these two established parties or whether he has to go into a coalition with maybe some independent people so it may actually turn out that he's going to close this deal at least work together with sadness politician alternator that remains to be seen what he actually does when it comes to something and you know his background is that that he was a former cricket star now turned politician he's that's actual

dw's naomi conrad joins me now. she has been following this story. omi, are we talking about this verdict bringing closure? has a line been drawn under this case? naomi: no, it certainly hasn't. i talked to a lawyer involved in the case. she said her clients were shocked, they were outraged, because they feel their concerns were not represented. this child and not focus on the other accomplished -- the trial did not focus on the other accomplices. there's a lot of talk about who maybe helped facilitate this. we are talking about a group who murdered 10 people, that operated for seven years. it is clear there must have been other accomplices. but they were only a footnote in this case. brent: and what was it about this case that shocked germany so much? murder, 10 murders are 10 terrible things, but there was more than that, right? naomi: yes. initially the police called these the kabob murders. there was a lot of talk about this being migrant on migrant violence. some people pointed to the turkish mafia. so even though there were some clues that this

and that report there from correspondent naomi conrad who joins us now from the pakistani capital islamabad and naomi you really highlighted bare the intimidation of journalists within the country and i'd like to ask you what impact is that likely to have on the outcome of the poll well that's a very good question i mean it certainly changed the debate here at the tone of debate talk to journalists and they say there's a lot of things they can't report on anymore and that is definitely changing the debate but the question is is that going to have an impact because remember pakistan is not a developed democracy votes here are bolton sold a lot of people literate so the question is will this have an impact outside of educated cities side of educated circles that remains to be seen so how much of a factor is the army and elections well the army is always a huge factor in pakistan that's that's a fact i mean there's a saying that says pakistan is not a state with an army it's an army with a state that says a lot but it's really hard to quantify i mean it's impossible to get proof of this we've

s naomi conrad. sports now and there's just a day to go until the quarter finals of the world cup so straight over to moscow sports correspondent all over moody who's been in the thick of things so to speak only is the excitement mounting there on the ground in russia as the later stages of the tournament near. yes certainly especially among the hosts russia surprisingly still being in the tournament. been a great sense of excitement throughout the competition but i think it goes. to the quarterfinals i think of the point where all the teams left in the tournament think they really have a chance of winning it two thirds of the teams are out now. and they know they're only a couple of games away from the finals and it has a little bit quieter here in moscow just in the last couple of days that's because none of the quarterfinal match is it taking place here and that's why i will be heading to sochi on friday to bring you all the updates head of the match between the host russia and croatia. as you say

dw correspondent naomi conrad has been speaking to them about the challenges of covering both sides ofhe campaign. naomi: in pakistan's second-largest city, election campaigning is in full swing. but behind the scenes, many fear strings are being pulled to favor one candidate, imran khan. his party, the pti, is in a neck and neck race with the pakistani muslim league, run by one of the country's most high-profile politicians, nawaz sharif. sharif angered the military with his attempts to improve relations with pakistan's archrival india and rein in army support of islamists. earlier this month he was jailed on corruption charges. and now journalists are bearing the brunt of the standoff. those who dadare to openlyly criticize the pti or appear to support nawaz sharif risk the wrath of the security agencies. >> if you u speak for ththe l-nn any waway, even in a balalanced manner, there is going to be trouble brewing somewhere down the line. previously, like i said, there were certain areas you could not speak about it. itit was never about polititical paparties, notot to this extent. yo

up to the vote suffered from curbs on the media and a crackdown on the former ruling party and naomi conrad in islamabad has been speaking with the e.u.'s chief election observer observer michael gala. i'm here with the head of the e.u. selectorial mission who just gave a statement mr garland we've seen a lot of cracked whistle crackdown on the media in the run up to the elections an unlevel playing field would you say that the elections will free and fan we are never reducing our assessment to these two nice words that fit of course in a headline for a journalist but the process is more complex there are the legal aspects that the legal framework has definitely been improved thoughts of the confidence in the election commission they have been very communicate if they have contacted civil society organizations and relevant stakeholders so in this area we have seen definitely an improvement but the election environment that was definitely marred by. a situation where the press was. particularly precious and certain journalists and certain media outlets that was different from twenty thirty t

naomi conrad joins me now and she's been following this story. i mean are we talking about this verdict bringing closure has a has you know a wind been drawn under this case no it certainly hasn't i mean i talked to a lawyer who's involved in the case and she said had clients was shocked they were outraged because they feel that their concerns weren't represented they say that this trial focused too much on chef it didn't focus on the other complicit is there's a lot of talk about who may be help facilitate this i mean we're talking about a group that murdered ten people that operated for seven years it's clear that there must have been other accomplices but they were only really footnotes in this case what was it about these killings that shocked germany so much i mean murder and you know to murders or turn terrible things but there was more than that right there was serious initially the police called these the tone a kebab as there was a lot of talk of this being migrant on migrant violence some people pointed to the turkish mafia so even thou

when he doesn't use naomi conrad joins me now she has been following this story. i mean are we talking about this verdict bringing closure has a has a wind been drawn under this case no it certainly hasn't i mean i talked to a lawyer who's involved in the case and she said her clients were shocked they were outraged because they feel that their concerns what represented they say that this child focused too much on share it didn't focus on the other complicity there's a lot of talk about who maybe help facilitate this i mean we're talking about a group that murdered ten people that operated for seven years it's clear that there must have been other accomplices but they were in the mail a footnote in this case what was it about this case that shocked germany so much i mean murder and you know ten murders or ten terrible things but there was more than that right there were a serious initially the police called these the don't they just there was a lot of talk of this being migrant on migrant violence some people pointed to the turkish mafia so even though there was s

for the very latest i have our correspondent naomi conrad in islam but she's covering the pakistani elections for us the counting of votes as a result has been delayed is that a warning sign. i'm not entirely sure it's a worrying sign maybe it's just a sign of things not going quite as smoothly as they should be here the problem is that a server crashed it turns out that the electoral commission is using new software which it never actually tested before we were told so now they have to get the server back up and running so that of itself is not a sign of things going wrong i mean if you look at the white a bigger picture maybe but it looks as if we should get the results later on in the day. and from current so far and there we can is leading what is in promising the country does he represent the gun and change the country wants and needs. so he's running on an anti corruption platform and that is definitely what the people i've been talking to is one they're sick of they're basically two main parties here in pakistan they're dynastic parties where offices are passed on from family member to

it's very lucrative and from their point of view it's working very well all right you have used naomi conradassuring her reporting with us naomi thank you very much and you can find more on our special report on prostitution here in germany on our website dot com. now scientists hoping to save the northern white rhino from an extinction have created rhino embryos using in vitro fertilization and you may remember that the very last northern white rhino male on the planet his name was sudan died in march but before he and three other bulls died scientists managed to collect a bit of semen from each researchers hope that eventually using the last two living northern white females they can help usher in the birth of a calf in the next three years. all right we just have time for a mind of our top stories here on d w british police have confirmed that two people who fell critically ill near the market town of salzburg were poisoned with a nerve agent know the truck this comes just months after a former russian spy and his daughter were also attacked with the deadly poison in the same time. german

very high alert and as we mentioned those national elections kicking off in pakistan on wednesday naomi conrad with the very latest ahead of that poll thank you so much. with that you're up to date now on t w news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thank you so much for watching have a great day. glad we were. when do we want it now eighty percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship. listening. audience. since the dawn of time humans have reproduced through natural means. but might be active conception through physical leader course become an outdated concept in the not too distant future. the story began forty years ago in britain with three magical letters. in vitro fertilization a revolutionary technique to help sterile couples. the british public was shocked by a science that could substitute for nature when louise brown the first test tube baby was born in the minds of many back then artificial conception would inevitably produce munster's lead deformed babies. born healthy krar. forty years on and i v.f. is now practiced daily across the globe today about three hundre

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observers and that's when we'll have the full picture do you ever use not only conrad reporting for us from islamabad naomi thank you very much. emergency services in greece are continuing to search for the remains of victims of last monday's wildfires that killed at least eighty one people our correspondent. report from the coastal town of marty where residents and vacationers went into the sea to escape the flames. a steady stream of supplies greets those battling the eye watering smoke and ash to reach survivors is a small token for a community that's lost so much from rescue teams who know all too well what they've enjoyed the volunteers like these all week lifeguards it's been an unrelenting few days hey when the fires broke out they turned to the girl to desperately searching for survivors then came the search for bodies now they're joining the many hundreds of volunteers handing out food and water to those in need of those still scouring the waters can do little but wait with dozens still missing fears are growing that many who sought refuge in the waters instead lost their lives we're looking for t