it's possible king makers include the right wing austrian freedom party and the green party the previous government with sebastien kurds at the helm fell in late may after a vote of no confidence this was triggered by an exposé showing coaxes coalition partner offering political favors to a wealthy woman claiming to be from russia and exchanged for donations for his election campaign the incident became known as the affair as the video was shot on the island ahead of today's vote we gauge people's expectations on the streets of rio. i think the worst outcome would be for everything stayed the same as it is and of the coalition went on why this and we were confronted with. some point i am excited about the response the 2nd police who will be in the 2nd police position in the past one and a half years under the black and blue has already been a shock and you have the feeling that the country is going completely in the wrong direction and when to beat the happened it was kind of a relief like somebody pressed a stop button on your hard man garth a professor of political science at the unive

enter into coalition talks with other parties possible kingmakers include the right wing austrian freedom party and the green party purse has already cast his ballot speaking to journalists after. we are very confident we have a clear it's going to come out on top in this election we want to get a positive result in our q lection targets is that there's no majority against us we fought for that in the last weeks and months i'm grateful to those who supported us and i am like all the other candidates no doubt anxiously awaiting the results of the previous government with curtis at the helm fell in late may after a vote of no confidence that was triggered by an exposé showing presence coalition partner offering politico. favors to a wealthy woman claiming to be from russia in exchange for donations for his election campaign the instant became known as the visa fair as the video was shot on the island ahead of today's vote we gauge people's expectations in the streets of yeah. i think the worst outcome would be if everything stayed the same as it is and if the coalition went on like this and we we

have to enter coalition talks with other parties hostile kingmakers include the right wing austrian freedom party and the greens kurds as well as main rival pimlott randy wagner from the social democrats have already cast their ballots briefly speaking to journalists afterwards. we think we are very confident that we have a clear targets and that is to come out on top in this election year we want to get a positive result in our kill action targets is that there's no majority against us we fought for that in the last weeks and months i'm grateful to those who have supported us and i am like all the other candidates no doubt anxiously awaiting the results. like this and today is an important day just like any other election day but particularly so because the austrians now have the power to prevent the continuation of the black and blue coalition in austria i hope that as many people as possible use their voting right today and that the turnout is high them and we have led a good and positive campaign with a lot of topics solution proposals and concrete ideas for australia's future yeah it was a v

social democrats that's what's called a grand coalition that's what the austrians had before that coalition with the right wing freedom party the austrians we talked to here in vienna are kind of fed up with that option so there is a 3rd option there that involves the green needs don't know if the greens will get enough will gain enough to actually have the 2 party coalition with the conservatives so with the people's party disinvited are at their headquarters right now or if a 3rd party would be needed making things much more complicated you know that's a bicycle it's just have all the. options open to please excuse me if i look around me every once in a while because i don't want to miss those projections just like you. are right max well you mentioned the scandal involving the previous coalition partners the far right freedom party and now we're assuming that courts as people's party will be the frontrunner so is this an indication that austrian voters just didn't really care about this scandal this corruption scandal before the summer didn't even play a relevant role in this elections. there's a threshold to measure tha

majority against the austrian people's party which of course is the lead candidate on top of that some or even most of those parties have excluded to go into a coalition with the far right freedom party that really believes that the only options through courts on top of that he has a lead of about 10 percent in the polls so you can choose is called a supporter and he hasn't excluded anything so the chances are very very high that the last chance it will be also be the next reside in the building behind me the austrian chancellor rhee quotes all right well we know that course is previous government collapsed because of a scandal and viral involving the far right freedom party. and yet courts has not ruled out forming a new coalition with them why is that. the answer is quite simple if you look at all the different parties that he could strike a coalition with the freedom party is on many topics the closest one was about for example on the very controversial topic of migration they already had a program they were set to govern until 2022 but of course then you had that huge scandal surrounding the so-called even video and that's the only thing that brought that coalition down so

party in this country, led by sebastien kurtz who had been chancellor and the far right freedom party regarded in austrianen the eu try to freeze austria out because it was perceived that this was a party very much on the extreme of european politics. that party had to leave the coalition as a result of a controversy earlier in the summer. the elections were taking place, this is a projection and not a result. it is a projection based on the exit polls carried out quite commonly in continental european elections. that suggests that sebastien kurtz centre—right party has taken 37% of the vote. his coalition partners dropped from 26% almost, in the last election, to around 16%, so it looks as if they have lost 10% of the vote. whether 01’ have lost 10% of the vote. whether or not it will be enough to mean that sebastien kurtz can return to the chancellorship without having a coalition party isn‘t clear. the social democrats are in second place and it is possible they would want to ensure the freedom party were kept out of any government now. worth saying that this was all sparked by a scandal caused when a

freedom party might not be able to provide them. and yet we do see that course himself appears to have escaped largely unscathed by this scandal does this tell us that austrian voters just didn't really care about the corruption scandal that took place before the summer. if you look at the numbers that's largely true the freedom party will use compared to 2000. the team got a whole lot simpler 5 percent which is not a lot if you look at the scope of the scandal swirling really does seeds i go a lot of people don't believe the saddles although i care about the scandals but of course here in indiana big cities there are those who were quite a different opinion and i met some of those on their way to the polling stations. there were kind of shots rock or its own definitely not a people's party freedom party coalition we've seen that wasn't such a good idea i'd say about it for ages of us if we seek this if it if i hope it would be a setback for the freedom party and they want to get into government why they say they're just too far right they're almost like nazis and i can't stand that it's kind of like. the thing with missile field i want to see less cheating

well austrians are set to head to the polls on sunday the early vote comes after chancellor sebastian cortes is governing coalition with a right wing populist freedom party collapsed in may the collapse was sparked by a corruption scandal surrounding them vice chancellor and head of the freedom party heinz christian. he was filmed and i be thick covering public offering public contracts in exchange for campaign help from a woman posing as a russian oligarchs needs. resigned i mean austrian government fell apart chancellor sebastian cortes was then ousted in a no confidence vote. well joining me to discuss this further is data recorder spondon max hoffman in vienna max thanks for joining me sebastian courts his government was brought down by that scandal i was just talking about has he managed to shake that off. well the people that were seen in the video you just mentioned rebecca were exclusively members of that far right freedom party so it was easy for sebastian cause to distance himself from the freedom party and he did that immediately sensing that his coalition really had absolutely no chance of continuing so he didn't try to hold on to the coaliti

austrians go to the polls on sunday after former chancellor sebastian kurtz's government collapsed last may his coalition partners the far right freedom party faced 2 corruption scandals curt's is likely to win the election but he'll need a partner to form a government leaving all in play for in a pope leaving all to play for in post election coalescent talks. in austria this is called pussy. love us exley and i has good reason to give out lots of them on the campaign trail along with turquoise colored muffins she's running for the austrian people's party and will be on the winning side on sunday also because of this man is a bust encodes. and if you think has a very direct honest and clear way of talking that you can understand he doesn't try to use a typical politician style he just says things that make sense to people like the thing it did for you because every since. it seems to be a winning tactic despite a number of scandals in the last months quotes and his party have polled around 34 percent of the vote 12 points ahead of anyone else here's an example for that so called clear speech. put it to should be nice guns gobby our politica

in the polls the far right freedom party was forced from office when video emerged of some of its leaders appearing to advise russians how they could gain influence over austrian politics and the media now it's new party leader says he and his colleagues must learn from their mistakes and fight hard for every vote . yet it is worth it to continue this fight and do everything to get a government again with us in it which is so active so much liked and which does a lot for our country. the center left social democrats face a different fight having voted with the freedom party to remove sebastian courts they must reckon with voters angry at being forced into an earlier. action this enough i learned is that if you every vote for sebastian kurtz makes a rerun of the ip the coalition more likely after september the 29th and therefore there is only one way to prevent that by voting for us dear friends the social democrats in austria surveys suggest the resurgent green party may do well on sunday and perhaps become a factor in coalition forming but as the clock ticks down to when voting starts it's clear who's out in front in the old parliament mr courts and his party

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program austrian conservatives the boston courts looks likely to return to power after his party's weekend election but with the collapse of support for his home a coalition partners the far right freedom party it's unclear who will join him and go. pin ships into opens this weekend to empty seats and problems caused by the intense. remembering events leading up to german reunification of 30 years ago the special train recreates the journey undertaken by thousands of east german refugees as they felt sort of a new life in france. i'm still gail welcome to the program celebrations are taking place in china to mark the 70th anniversary of communist party rule the main event will be a massive military parade in tiananmen square on tuesday but beijing fears the celebrations could be overshadowed by pro-democracy protests and unrest in hong kong. on the eve of the anniversary a ceremony to honor the creation of the communist state and the heroes of the civil war chinese president xi jinping paid his respects to the fallen. in the evening he attended a theatrical celebration that recalled china's rise from a nation in despair to the world's 2nd largest economy. october 1st 1949 mows a donkey

in the polls the far right freedom party was forced from office when video emerged of some of its leaders appearing to advise russians how they could gain influence over austrian politics and the media now its new party leader says he and his colleagues must learn from their mistakes and fight hard for every vote . yet it is worth it to continue this fight and do everything to get a government again with us in it which is so active so much liked and which does a lot for our country. the center left social democrats face a different fight having voted with the freedom party to remove sebastian cortes they must reckon with voters angry at being forced into an early election this is not islanders that every vote for sebastian cuts makes a rerun of the ip the coalition more likely after september the 29th and therefore there is only one way to prevent that by voting for us dear friends the social democrats in austria surveys suggest the resurgent green party may do well on sunday and perhaps become a factor in coalition forming but as the clock ticks down to when voting starts it's clear who's out in front in the old parliament mr courts and his party occupied all

its former coalition partner the far right freedom party and the center left social democrats dominate cain is in vienna with the latest. millions of austrians have the opportunity to go to the polls to elect a snap election parliament this. action should not really have been taking place for several years to come but it has been caused by the collapse of the coalition government that had been in place between the far right freedom party and the center right people's party and sebastien course the question will be how high is the turnout in this election in the previous parliament election was 80 percent will it be so high given that today is a sunny day across the entire country what factors will really play a part in the decision making of the voters will they look at the scandal which in golf the previous government particularly which engulfed the senior leadership of the freedom party which forced them out of office those are many of the questions voters are having to answer and the result well it will decide where this country goes in the next 4 or 5 years. the yemen see if the rebels say thousands of saudi backed fighters have surrende

freedom party hides. it was filmed in i have been offering public contracts in exchange for and paint help from a woman posing as a russian oligarchs needs strength and resigned and the austrian government fell apart and as a bust in its was then i'll sit in the conference for years. in austria this is called. exley and i has good reason to give out lots of them on the campaign trail along with turquoise colored muffins she's running for the austrian people's party and will be on the winning side on sunday also because of this man sebastian courts. and if you take the l. here has a very direct honest and clear way of talking that you can understand he doesn't try to use the typical politician style he just says things that make sense to people like the thing at the for you because every since. it seems to be a winning tactic despite a number of scandals in the last months courts and his party have polled around 34 percent of the vote 12 points ahead of anyone else here's an example for that so called clear speech. should be no scum scrubby our political direction is very clear we have ended 60 years of death policy we have reduced taxes step by step and we have a forceful str

in the polls the far right freedom party was forced from office when video emerged of some of its leaders appearing to advise russians how they could gain influence over austrian politics and the media now it's new party leader says he and his colleagues must learn from their mistakes and fight hard for every vote this is the out it is worth it to continue this fight and do everything to get a government again with us in it which is so active so much liked and which does a lot for our country. the center left social democrats face a different fight having voted with the freedom party to remove sebastien courts they must reckon with voters angry at being forced into an early election this is not i live there is that every vote for sebastian cuts makes a rerun of the ip the coalition more likely after september the 29th and therefore there is only one way to prevent that by voting for us dear friends the social democrats in austria surveys suggest a resurgent green party may do well on sunday and perhaps become a factor in coalition forming but as the clock ticks down to when voting starts it's clear who's out in front in the old parliament mr courts and his par

in the polls the far right freedom party was forced from office when video emerged of some of its leaders appearing to advise russians how they could gain influence over austrian politics and the media now it's new party leader says he and his colleagues must learn from their mistakes and fight hard for every vote . yet it is worth it to continue this fight and do everything to get a government again with us in it which is so active so much liked and which does a lot for our country. the center left social democrats face a different fight having voted with the freedom party to remove sebastian cortes they must reckon with voters angry at being forced into an early election this is not islanders that every vote for sebastian cuts makes a rerun of the ip the coalition more likely after september the 29th and therefore there is only one way to prevent that by voting for us dear friends the social democrats in austria surveys suggest the resurgent green party may do well on sunday and perhaps become a factor in coalition forming but as the clock ticks down to when voting starts it's clear who's out in front in the old parliament mr courts and his party occupied al

austrian conservative courts looks set to return to power after his party wins parliamentary elections but it's unclear who he'll form a government support for his former partner the far right freedom party has collapsed. and it's a scandal that won't go away folks biden appears in court in germany to face compensation claims from hundreds of thousands of drivers of diesel cars. i'm sumi so much kind of good to have you with us. turkish president. hopes a new safe zone in northeastern syria will do 2 things give them a place to repatriate syrian refugees and create a militarized area to keep kurdish militants away from turkey southern border everyone had said he was determined to establish this own by today the end of september but his government and the u.s. have different ideas about how big that zone should be everyone says he will act alone if there's no agreement that syrian refugees in turkey say some are already being deported back home to areas including the north which according to them are far from safe our correspondent yulia han met a woman who says her son was sent back against his will. mohammed has been gone for almost 2 months. when offered initial thinks about what

its form a coalition partner the far right freedom party and the center left social democrats so speak now to dominate cain our correspondent in the austrian capital vienna and of course it was the secret tape this secretly filmed tape exposing what appeared to be corruption involving a russian businesswoman that led to these elections. certainly here in the austrian capital as you were saying there many people coming to polling stations such as the one that i'm standing in front of right now to cast their ballots in this election as you say this is an early election there shouldn't have been the election in austria for they called the national council the parliament for several years yet and it was that scandal that engulfed the freedom party and several of its leaders in which they as you say they appeared to be the acting in a way which was going to help the russian interests in this country that precipitated their departure from government and then of course mr kohut says party was voted out of office they they lost a vote of no confidence these elections are the results of that the question will be how many people will turn out in thi

austrian adham migration conservative sebastian cortes looks set to return to power after his party wins parliamentary elections but it's unclear who will form a government with support for his former partner the far right freedom party has collapsed. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us and china celebrations are taking place to mark the 70th anniversary of communist rule the main celebrations are due to take place on tuesday with a huge military parade in tiananmen square but beijing fears that the anniversary could be overshadowed by the pro-democracy protests and unrest in hong kong. on the eve of the anniversary a ceremony to honor the creation of the communist state and the heroes of the civil war chinese president xi jinping paid his respects to the fallen. in the evening he attended a theatrical celebration that recalled china's rise from a nation in despair to the world's 2nd largest economy. october 1st 1949 mao's a donkey cleared the founding of the people's republic of china and transformed the country. his great leap forward aim to industrialize the country but instead left it devastated famine was widespread and tens of millions died mouse cultural revolution followed opponents were se

the century the freedom party under a different leadership entered the government here in austria because of the just being in government for a 2nd time so the question will be do austrians want to continue that do they want to have the far right in government because across the rest of western europe on that many far right policies prominent in government that's one of the questions but crucially here what is the turnout going to be the last time parliament was elected and it was very high 80 percent today a sunny day across the entire country perhaps that will encourage voters to go to the polls and how we should get an idea of what they've decided to vote is that is in the next 6 or 7 hours ok dominic kane life is empty and i thank you. serious separte prime minister has used this address at the un general assembly to demand the immediate withdrawal of all american and turkish forces while leads them said his country is open to international dialogue but not at the expense of its national integrity or diplomatic answer james bays has more from the u.n. . syria's deputy prime minister walid muallem again representing his country at the u.n. general assembly hit out at

its former coalition partners the far right freedom party ends the sense of left social democrats when it came is in vienna with the latest. millions of austrians have the opportunity to go to the polls to elect a snap election parliament this election should not really have been taking place for several years to come but it has been caused by the collapse of the coalition government that had been in place during the far right freedom party and the center right people's party under sebastien courts the question will be how high is the turnout in this election in the previous parliament election was 80 percent will it be so high given that today is a sunny day across the entire country what factors will really play a part in the decision making of the voters will they look at the scandal which in golf the previous government particularly which will go after the senior leadership of the freedom party which forced them out of office those are many of the questions that the voters are having to answer and the result well it will decide where this country goes in the next 4 or 5 years police in nigeria are trying to find the families of hundreds of

will try and form another packed with the far right freedom party which could be quite risky for them or will he try and do some thing new in austrian quite well tonight. they have gone from no positions in parliament from the last time round to 14% or so. could he form on alliance with them and possibly another liberal party? big questions ahead and likely to be difficult negotiations.” questions ahead and likely to be difficult negotiations. i was looking at a quote from mr kurz as he think his supporters as they were celebrating this afternoon. he said, "i am really lost for words but today i am really speechless. we we re today i am really speechless. we were looking forward to a good result but of course we cannot expect such a good result." and i suppose the most dramatic thing was having being warned when going into coalition with the freedom party of the conservatives being tainted by association of what has been going on as association of what has been going onasa association of what has been going on as a far—right party, almost an extremist party to some at least in western europe, it is quite the reverse. the freedom par