news live from berlin hong kong heads to the polls in chile local elections and chief executive kerry latham is under pressure pro-democracy protesters want to send her a message record numbers of voters are turning out as authorities warned against violence also coming up. romanian social democrat your hopes for an upset victory as she faces incumbent president close your highness in a runoff election. optimists in paris demand the government do more to combat a deadly heat wave of domestic abuse the number of women killed in france by their partners has now reached alarming levels. spicer welcome to the program. and we started hong kong where people are voting in municipal elections the voters seen as both a test of kerry lam's probe aging government and as a referendum on the pro-democracy movement that has rocked the city for months voter participation is already at record levels. hung conus are used to queuing for restaurants conventions but not for an election especially not on a sunday morning and even before the polling stations open. movements after the queue started to form came a

is reminded of our top stories at this hour chief executive kerry latham searching for a peaceful resolution to the standoff between police after around a 100 activists thought to be still barricaded inside the polytechnic university has called on all sources to keep my options strictly proportions. up next a d.-w. news a show from protest to politics we meet some of the 1st time consulates running in hong kong council elections. for the break so one time down the democracy on some sushi is named in an international most suitable home role in mid march through him to crisis. good news of historic papal visit to pope francis will be the 2nd pontiff to visit thailand it's 35 years preparations are in full swing. prodigy will have those stories on more and gives asia up next i'll be back at the top of the hour and meantime of course as always the web site d w dot com. the good. this you know i mean in your minutes and gone yes why didn't i have a closer but mostly. what i'm focused on is you know what i'm with what i'm organizing right now but at them i want obama was here because i see the sas