i think it's unlikely to see a big mobilization against austria largely because the e.u.to be blunt has bigger fish to fry and it's a constant of the us really still trying to encourage that very fragile economic growth to come through a bit more fully and also you know to try and get to grips with some of those sentiments that we just heard about but much of southern europe in particular is really not feeling much of the economic pick up over the last year and a half and we need to throw in a lingering refugee crisis and perhaps it negotiations the election it simply isn't going to impose itself on the agenda in the same way that the austrian politics did you know years it maybe it also is one of the reasons i think there are also the fact that the political landscape in europe has changed compared to the two thousand so i mean the early two thousand. the rise of the fall right in other places has been a notable fact while i was. saying also you know apart from that swim to the right i would say what's changed has been a collapse of support for the last in two thousand a

election result is being called a tectonic shift abroad as well as in austria so is austria's swing to the right a threat to europe that's the question i'll be discussing with my guests it's a pleasure to welcome hammond she is a journalist for germany's topps daily newspaper and she says the swing to the right in austria is not an exception but the norm all of europe is shifting to the right. and with us as well as ron kaufman he is detail the use eastern europe expert and he says if young the positions itself as a right wing populist force in europe paris will respond with a stronger core europe than the populace surrounding viktor orbán in central eastern europe in hungary would be left behind. and finally great to have matthew carney chica on the show once again he has austrian roots and is politico's chief european correspondent and he says austria's course is not a threat to europe but a threat to the vision of closer integration pushed by french president my call and the e.u. commission so before we come to the implications for europe as a whole i'd like to talk a bit more about

issays austria plus threat closer integration. i would like to talk first about the causes of last week's election result. matthew karnitschnig, let me austrian. you as an mainstream parties have been governing together in the grand coalition in austria for what seems to many voters to be a near eternity. is this election result really about the issues, or is it in essence a protest by a lot of voters who say they are tired of political business as usual? matthew: i think that is definitely part of it. there has been a lot of frustration with the grand coalition in austria, which, as you say, has been in power a long time -- 10 years running -- but really, most of the post word period. that has led to a lot of these policies with the parties dividing up a lot of the spoils between them, and that starts in public housing, for example, but really goes through every part of public life, includes a television stations. a lot of these traditions have traditionally been divvied up between the main parties, so you have this populist part

still you know in a country like austria and also looking upon austria from germany that is difficult and on the european level as well what we do think will happen is that austria will get closer to its eastern neighbors countries like hungary like poland the czech republic that all form the so-called these are groups that in the last years or so has been very skeptical of what's happening in brussels with the e.u. institutions and shot himself has already brought that into the discussion saying listen we might want to join them so another country they're making the more powerful potentially increasing the rift that you have between eastern europe. countries western european countries like france and germany all right i just want to remind our viewers who are just joining us right now we have early exit polls indicating that sebastian cortes has won with just over thirty percent of the vote now these are early exit polls they're not confirmed we're standing by to find out which party won second place as max was telling us earlier right now it's between the freedom party that's a far

and in austria sebastian cortes has declared victory just months after being appointed leader of the conservative people's party he's promised tough new immigration policies we'll take you live to the. talk of the show it's great to have you with us my name's sarah harmon votes are being counted in a regional election in the german state of lower saxony and this result could have a big influence on coalition talks here in berlin it's been a bad night though for chancellor angela merkel and her christian democrats or c.d.u. but it's been a good night for the social democrats let's pull up the latest projected results for you know. now you can see there in black the city was coming in second with thirty three point seven percent of the vote the social democrats are s.p.d. there and red made some big gains there coming out on top with thirty seven point seven percent of the vote the green party is in third right now with eight point eight percent the pro-business f.d.p. party took seven point two percent the left party took four point six percent and that's important because it's not en

we'll bring you those results and tell you what they mean for american plucks a swing to the right in austria after snap elections first results have the conservative people's party led by sebastian corks on course to win we'll take you live to vienna coming up. welcome to the show my name's sara harmon it's good to have you with us we turn first to the german state of lower saxony where the first results are coming in in regional elections now these elections come just three weeks after the national vote and they're seen as an important barometer of voter sentiment as chancellor merkel tries to form a coalition government a poor result from eccles christian democrats could weaken her position in those coalition talks opinion polls ahead of the vote put her neck and neck with the social democrats the far right alternative for germany was forecast to enter parliament in the state for the very first time. i'm joined here in the studio by thomas sparrow from our politics department and i've also got michelle a cook in our reporting for us live from hanover we'll be speaking to her in just a minu

also coming up austria is expected to take a sharp swing to the right in sunday's elections will take a look at how a hardline immigration stance has helped front runner sebastian kurtz snap up support. my ass waiter thank you for joining us u.s. president has said he will not recertify the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal the multilateral agreement calls for iran to shelve its disputed nuclear program and in exchange the international community would ease sanctions trump has accused iran of violating the quote spirit of the agreement but stopped short of canceling the deal instead he's called on u.s. lawmakers and international partners to fix its flaws the agreements to pilates that the u.s. president must certify to congress that iran is complying with the agreement every ninety days trump has done this twice before but has now refused to sign ahead of sunday's deadline now congress must decide whether to reimpose sanctions and scrap the deal here is more of what trump had to say. importantly iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal so today in recognition of the increasing

of more on the elections in austria let's bring in professor i hold get brook university in austria welcome professor first of all tell us more about sebastian cortes who is set to become austria next chance for how did he rise so for so fast it's just thirty one years of. first of all he adopted the issues from the freedom party and he also had a right wing populist course in this election campaign and secondly the conservatives weren't there in a deplorable situation when he took over so he. changed the conservatives the conservative party and he was very successful with this new well right positioning. there's been a lot of intense international interest in this election also because in the run up to sunday's election the far right freedom party were ahead out in front for much of the campaign now sebastian cortes managed to turn that around how did he do it. he had opted for hit up it's his from the get up that it quite successfully and it was a fight between the three of them quit sent it back and for a long time in this election campaign it seems to me it was. kept behind the other tw

that austria will be led by a right wing coalition. well good evening to moscow andrew well wolf see the polls are still very tight and we do not have the full results from vienna which usually always makes the result of that election but it might be coalition government. after that we will see these days sure why do you think people have come out in numbers to vote for the people's party and freedom party is it mostly down to migration do you think. well first of all it was definitely migration which was one of the major reasons for the entire campaign or during the campaign we also see the lack of economic growth and destination of reforms in other words actually we have not seen any reforms in the past couple of years with the big government. so it was time for a change and both the freedom party and to be where we are campaigning for that and sebastian quotes when he took over because the poppy as you all know were in stagnation prior to take over this year and late spring. they had to do something on the economic front and that th

foreign minister sebastian kurtz is known across austria for being poisoned and cool. the food on the leader of the center right austrian people's party is the front runner for the chancellery in this year's election he's demanded more power than any head of his party before him but he's also remade it in his image. ja yes we want to open up yes we want to be more and yes we want to be a real movement anyone who wants to take part can take part. kurtz has brought one hundred fifty thousand new supporters into the people's party. their whole look has suddenly turned from the traditional black to turquoise. in terms of policy curt's has managed one big thing a clear swing to the right. we wanted to change something we were determined it was this steadfastness that we had above all when half of europe was beating up on us that's what matters. since the beginning of europe's refugee crisis in two thousand and fifteen curt's has maintained one clear message the borders must be sealed and the young hard liner prevailed the so-called balkan route that many refugees fleeing in

this is d w news live from berlin is austria about to take a hard turn to the right elections on sunday are expected to see an anti immigration coalition take power will take a look at how a hardline immigration stance has helped crack runner sebastian kurtz snap up support. also coming up donald trump reignites america's feud with iran decertifying the landmark agreement to curb its nuclear program. and thousands of californians believe their homes as wildfires spread consuming an area the size of for lent. thank you for joining us national elections are taking place in austria this sunday the outcome is expected to swing the country's politics sharply to the right polls show the election is likely to result in a government between austria's conservative and far right populist parties border security and refugee policy have been the hot button issues in the run up to the vote. it's the party's final push to get undecided voters on their side and around one in six haven't yet made up their mind. according to the polls the conservative people's party candidate sebastian quits is the clea

it's still every news coming to wind from berlin austria's conservatives take the lead in snap elections to bounce in court to the people's party looks set to become chance or but the jockeying for second place goes on as the results oriented like they want to vienna also coming up germany's social democrats take the lead like keil action in the state of lower saxony bring you the latest results and tell you what they need for shelter for uncle americal as she tries to form a new coalition government. and i'm sarah harman welcome to the program it's very good to have you with us auster it is set to get a new chancellor as early election results give conservatives about courts a clear lead thirty one year old to become europe's youngest government leader after a campaign in which he promised to clamp down on immigration courts is expected to go into government with the far right freedom party which is in a close race to prove second place vote marks a swing to the right in austria after decades of centrist governments. and we have some early results for you from this paulo do you keep in

austria elects the world's youngest leader. but will 31—year—old sebastian kurz forge a coalition with the far right? crunch time for catalonia. the leader of the spanish region must tell madrid this morning whether or not he's declared independence. for sale. a somewhat tarnished used airline! buyers are invited to bid for italy's troubled flag carrier, alitalia, before the deadline runs out today. and as china prepares for its 19th communist party congress, worries are growing over the country's mounting debt pile. hello, and welcome to the programme. britain and ireland are bracing themselves for the arrival of hurricane ophelia. it's the most powerful storm ever to have formed so far east in the atlantic. the met office has warned of "potential danger to life" with strong winds, heavy rain and storm surges expected. there's a severe weather warning in place, although it's hoped ophelia may weaken to a tropical storm by the time it makes landfall shortly. sarah corker reports. with winds of up to 90mph on the way, those livi

foreign minister sebastian kurtz is known across austria for being poised and cool. the food on the leader of the center right austrian people's party is the frontrunner for the chancellery in this year's election he's demanded more power than any head of his party before him but he's also remade it in his image. ja yes we want to open up yes we want to be a whore and yes we want to be a real movement anyone who wants to take part can take part. kurtz has brought one hundred fifty thousand new supporters into the people's party. their whole look has suddenly turned from the traditional black to turquoise. in terms of policy kurtz's managed one big thing a clear swing to the right. we wanted to change something we were determined it was this steadfastness that we had above all when half of europe was beating up on us that's what matters. since the beginning of europe's refugee crisis in two thousand and fifteen curt's has maintained one clear message the borders must be sealed and the young hard liner prevailed the so-called balkan route that many refugees fleeing int

two austria now where national elections are taking place this sunday now the outcome is expected to swing the country sharply to the right with voters back in two major parties that have campaigned on fears of immigration and islam polls show the election is likely to result in a government between austria's conservatives and the far right populist parties will take a closer look at the issues facing austrian voters in just a moment but first let's get some basic facts about the country austria is nestled in the heart of europe the country is famous for its chocolate and being home to compose it's also known for its brand of conservative populism that a times has put it at loggerheads with the european union austria's also home to eight point eight million people one point five million of those live in the capital the end up and according to international monetary fund the country has a gross domestic product of three hundred eighty seven billion dollars so what exactly does that mean it makes it the twelfth richest country in the world and it's a fully fledged member of the e.u. an

austria looks set to. becoming the leader of the thirty one the elections he's a significant surge in support. in. the world festival of youth and students opens in russia's black sea resort of sochi with people from around the world. with the big stories of the past seven days and right up to the moment developments as well your welcome to the weekly on our international i'm you know neal our top story syrian government troops liberated the eastern city of our. state it is the latest blow to the terror group which is now being steadily pushed from the war. i. well you can see it doesn't look all that a good job in this whole lot to get up but yeah the idealism r.t.w. the bit out of our god be honest. well the terrorists are fighting fiercely to retain what they can of their last stronghold in the region right because the of filed this report from the village of halted he shot on syrian troops during its liberation. under a bright blue sky through devastated country across the euphrates over the only bridg

in 2015, of course, austria to kim thousands of asylu m course, austria to kim thousands of asylum seekersthers have said austria has coped quite well with that. and we have just seen pictures of sebastian kurz arriving for what will presumably be arriving for what will presumably be a celebration party at some point. he will have to form a coalition. how difficult will that the? this is an interesting question. he could try and forge another coalition with the social democrats. that was his previous partner, but that last coalition between the conservatives and the social democrats fell apart acrimoniously earlier this year. some people believe he is more likely to try and choose an alliance with the far right freedom party, particularly given the fact that they have campaigned and quite similar issues and it comes to the migrant su. we wait to see. there will be a lot of complicated, difficult negotiations over the next week. an alliance with the freedom party could also be quite complicated for austria internationally, and it was certainly be a headache for the european union if the eur

austria is set to have the world's youngest leader. translation: i can promise you that i will translation: i can promise you that i will fight translation: i can promise you that i will fight with all my strength for change in this country. the film production business co—founded by harvey weinstein is en route to being sold. plus the latest on the california wildfires — and what it looks like when two neutron stars collided. in iraq, the tension between government forces and iraqi kurds — has escalated — and already the government has seized territory. they've worked together to fight the islamic state group — but they're not on the same side now. is briefly held kirkuk in 2014 — but was driven out by kurdish fighters known as peshmerga. the kurds kept control of it. the city's in a region claimed by both iraqi kurds and the iraqi government. but let's be clear — it's outside the autonomous kurdish region in the north of iraq. the reason baghdad is sending in troops now is that three weeks weeks ago iraqi kurdistan region held an ind

to austria now where national elections are taking place this sunday the outcome is expected to swing the country sharply to the right with voters backing two major parties that have complained on fears of immigration and islam now polls show the election is likely to result in a government between austria's conservative and far right populist parties now will take a closer look at the issues facing austrian voters in just a moment but first let's get some basic facts about the country now austria is nestled in the heart of europe and it is famous for both chocolate and as being home to the composer. and what's that it's also known for its own brand of conservative populism and at times that has put it at loggerheads with the european union now australia is home to around eight point eight million people and all of that one point five million of them live in vienna according to the international monetary fund the country has a gross domestic product of three hundred eighty seven billion u.s. dollars and what does that mean while it makes it the twelve richest country in the world and

i can also promise today that we will end illegal migration to achieve and security in austria. it's the freedom party led by heinz christian striker that could be drawn into a new right wing coalition with the chancellor they draw their support from a working class eighty later by the waves of immigration. struck has said his near nazi links and hughes could now be dismissed he described himself then as stupid and naive and there is no islam does not belong in austria and we do not want an islamic nation of our own homeland. i think something needs to change in australia it's either very strong to left off very strong to the right and the middle needs to come back the middle class is missing a ban on face veils came into effect here this month but opinion was divided amongst worshippers at friday prayers at the the end of mosque about what life might be like i don't you right wing coalition. this no i'm afraid to be living in a country where the women are suppressed because of the headscarf or what they are wearing their exteriors and i am afraid of that as i want to become a d

a boost for populist politics in europe as conservative sebastian cortes a wins austria's election by embracing the policies of the far right and in sport match take it in the bundesliga is complete this is a tree we've raised at the top and suddenly munchen gone bonkers is in contention to. come on welcome to touch ema the crisis in catalonia has taken a new turn on the government in madrid has told the region's separatist leader he has until thursday to redraw any moves towards independence or face serious penalties this could include the imposition of direct ruby by madrid spain deputy prime minister soraya signs that song madea criticize the favorite of the cotton needed to stick to a deadline today to clarify his position on independence she said his decision not to answer the question whether or not he intended to break away was unacceptable have a listen. but. the government regrets that the catalan president has decided not to respond to its request of last week i don't think it's very difficult to say either yes or no to the question of whether he has declared independence or

has steered the party rightward on key issues and to victory in austria as national elections. oh i have a big request for you used today to celebrate. you've all earned it through hard work and dedication. to me at the same time i need to tell you that to morrow all the work starts we didn't just run to win the elections we did it to bring austria back on top. so we're going to speak to somebody. we ran in this election to achieve real change. how could scopes to achieve this change is up for debate. the former foreign minister appeal to conservative and right wing voters with pledges to reduce immigration shut down migrant routes kept benefits to refugees and bar immigrants from benefits for five years a divisive stance in austria. from korea i'm shocked and outraged i truly have to say that i can't say more i'm very disappointed with the austrians vote like this for instance or. if you screw it i think the result is great is cool i think it is great that i could see the sun leader the other candidates are all tricksters i voted for quality since good indeed on the income thi

of outright torpedoing the deal instead leaving its fate in the hands of congress also coming up austria is expected to take a sharp swing to the right in the sunday's elections will take a look at how a hardline immigration stance has helped front runner sebastian kurtz snap up the ports. and the oscars academy is set to meet to discuss kicking out mega producer harvey weinstein multiple women accuse him of sexual harassment and assault. my ass waiter thank you for joining us u.s. president donald trump has said he will not recertify the two thousand and fifteen iran nuclear deal the multilateral agreement calls for iran to shelve its disputed nuclear program and in exchange the international community would ease sanctions trump accused have run of violating the quote spirit of the agreement but stopped short of canceling the deal instead he's called on u.s. lawmakers and international partners to fix its flaws the agreement stipulates that the u.s. president must certify to congress that iran is complying with the agreement every ninety days trump has done this twice before but has now

this is news live from berlin austria looks set for a swing to the right we gratian is on voters' minds today as they head to the polls in national elections thirty one year old sebastian could could become europe's youngest leader we'll go live to a correspondent for the latest also coming up. a german migration officials leaking personal information back to turkey some asylum seekers say their names and addresses have ended up all over texas media. and a further fall from grace for harvey weinstein following sexual assault allegations the movie mogul is expelled from the academy of motion picture the same body that once gave him an oscar for shakespeare in love. i'm a diff to money welcome to the program all strands of voting in a national election that could swing the country to the right and pave the way for europe's youngest leader in all polling stations opened a few hours ago and thirty one year old foreign minister sebastian cook's is tipped to become chancellor his people's party has taken a hard line against refugees in the run up to the vote could is widely expected to go int

so full of events in austria as a correspondent paula this week it. it's elections in austria and if you're not here you might be asking why should you care but this is why there's a lot of intrigue over whether or not the right wing freedom party will do as well as its sisters elsewhere in europe in france and in germany form of fringe parties making it big on the political scene the us skeptic anti immigrant freedom party seriously complicates things for the leading center right people's party the v p o v p started to harsh in its agenda to attract voters i'm here to pro freedom party rally the last one before sunday's parliamentary election in which the party is expected to come second many here accuse one of its main rivals of stealing some of its proposals and if nobody is coming into the country without registration without a passport no one should be allowed to enter austria i list will do everything possible to stop illegal immigration i am asking that social benefits for non austrians be significantly reduced those guys will do everything we

austria's european relations.i don't think it's going to be as bad as it was in two thousand when the freedom to. enter the coalition government at that point we had the european union imposing diplomatic sanctions on austria because in european union countries right wing populist parties are entering government i think they will be concerns raised in brussels but i don't think you'll see any particular action but they will be more disputes i would predict between vienna and brussels particularly over such matters as freedom of movement of labor and the european and the freedom parties record the. restrictions against minorities and so forth so yes there will be more issues arising between vienna and brussels without the right that's scary scarring joining us from vienna thank you. ethiopia access to education for girls is limited and the girls who are able to go to school are often forced to drop out early in order to earn money for their families others are pressuring her child marriages never return to school o

the arguments we hear more about later big elections this week in austria big questions ninety immigration party gained strength there are concerns growing over the rise of the right side you will examine that. very good afternoon for me kevin though in the near a mosque. here in our top story the historic nuclear agreement with the rand is in jeopardy this lunchtime after president trump announced he won't certified surrounds compliance with the deal his decision comes despite the global nuclear watchdog as well as u.s. and european officials saying iran is keeping its side of the bargain. we will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence more terror and the very real threat of iran's nuclear breakout importantly iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal the move therefore means now the u.s. congress has sixty days to decide whether or not to reimpose sanctions against iran as well as to come up with new legislation to try and amend the nuclear deal but if those negotiations fail trump says the deal will be terminated which risks undermining the fragile

elections this weekend in austria. there are concerns growing over the brightness of the right. barbara good morning this is art international with me. as i said eleven in the morning now this saturday and first then the historic nuclear agreement with iran is in jeopardy half to president trump announced that he won't certify to rand's compliance with the deal his decision comes despite the global nuclear watchdog as well as u.s. and european officials saying that iran is keeping its side of the bargain. we will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence more terror and the very real threat of iran's nuclear breakout importantly iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal so now this move means the us congress has sixty days to decide whether or not to reimpose sanctions against iran as well as to come up with new legislation to try to mend the nuclear deal but if those negotiations fail trump says the deal will be terminated which risks undermining the fragile balance the nuclear deal had secured this far is why he might be considering ripping u

did all the news coming to you live from berlin is austria about to take a hard turn to the right elections on sunday are expected to see an anti immigration coalition take power will take a look at how horrible an immigration stance is help the front runner sebastian cord to snap up support also coming up thousands of californians flee their homes wildfires spread consuming an area the size of the berlin. plus the academy of motion pictures has expelled would make up for to serve harvey weinstein multiple women have accused him of sexual harassment and race. and there are harmon thanks for joining us austria will be voting sunday in national elections and if the polls are to be believed the country is set to take a hard turn to the right a polling suggests the election is likely to result in a coalition government between austria's conservatives and a far right populist party or security and refugee policy have been the hot button issues in the run up to this vote. it's the party's final push to get undecided voters on their side and around one in six haven't yet made up their mind. accord

our top stories: austria elects the world's youngest leader. but will 31—year—old sebastian kurz forge a coalition with the far—right? somalia's deadliest attack in a decade — saturday's massive bomb blast in the capital is known to have killed at least 230 people. warning of "potential danger to life" as hurricane ophelia barrels across the atlantic towards the british isles. and more claims of sexual assault against hollywood kingpin, harvey weinstein. police in britain investigate allegations by three women. the head of austria's conservative people's party is on course to become the world's youngest national leader, at the age of 31. after his victory in sunday's general election, sebastian kurz, is still well short of a majority but he's in a strong position to form a new coalition government. asjenny hill reports from vienna, he may have to rely on the far—right freedom party, whose campaign was dominated by immigration concerns. the new face of austrian politics. sebastian kurz has rejuvenated his party and changed his country's politica

has had the party rightward on key issues and to victory in austria as national elections. will have a big request for you used today to celebrate. what you've all learned through hard work and dedication. ok to have the same time i need to tell you that to morrow the work starts we didn't just run to win the elections we did it to bring austria back on top. so we're going to speak to the young we ran in this election to achieve real change. how could scopes to achieve this change is up for debate. the former foreign minister appeals to conservative and right wing voters with pledges to reduce immigration shut down migrant routes kept benefits to refugees and bar immigrants from benefits for five years. could says party is still far short of the numbers needed to form a government he will have to form a coalition he's most likely patna. the far right freedom party that took an anti immigrant anti islam position during the campaign. despite could says pro e.u. pledge observers say a rightwing alliance risks driving a wedge between vienna and brussels. well for more on this i

he's young he's always been a politician and he always wins yesterday voters in austria paved the way for sebastian courts to become their chancellor and the youngest leader in the world tonight the vote speaking the far rights language sounding like a millennia old man i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. like to get caught he said he's the one who shot the day it's a historic day it is our chance to take the leadership of our country and to carry out real changes there for thank you. to hear about so i just i'm convinced that the new chancellor if it turns out to be sebastian quotes will remember the great europeans from australia getting on their yes and i congratulate it's about seen clips nice night and i think i hope we will then be able to wet well together on the european stage that says i'm the nominee based on that i could be the president of the european commission reiterated in his letter the wish for the formation of a stable pull your opinion government well behalf of the hunger in government to be of course i congratulate us of us in court resolve is very honest str

exit polls show austria moving to the right. course to be the world's youngest leader. two hundred people. civilians and syrian eisel fighters escaped rock under a negotiated deal is us by syrian forces begin a final assault to take back the city also. making a difference one may miss a time the man who set up a lost and found booth to reunite separated ranger family. and wish you weren't here and its residents fight back against the tourists they say a ruining their beautiful city. but we begin in austria where exit polls put thirty one year old conservative sebastian coats on course to become the youngest leader in the world early indications show his center right people's party in the lead with thirty point two percent is pledged to go tough on immigration and easy on taxes it appears likely to form a coalition with hines question strikes far right freedom party which has twenty six point eight percent of the vote of been reports that you have already held behind the scene talks in third place the once mighty social democrat party which is on course for twenty six po