austria and a young man who promised to shape shake up austrian politics thirty one year old sebastian cortes is on track to become the country's next leader near final results from sunday's election put his conservative people's party in first place but also claiming victory is the power right freedom party founded by nazis after the war the party was once shunned as too radical but now they could play a kingmaker in austria's new government thanks they call him divert see the whiz kid at thirty one the conservative sebastian could spark comes europe's youngest head of government promising a new kind of politics talk today we have a strong mandate to change this country and i thank you for making that possible. the far right freedom party led by hans christian strata achieved close to the best results in its history and looks most likely to form a coalition with the conservatives both parties that campaigned against immigration and islamic the will for change in austria is widespread and strong a series of scandals hammered the social democrats of outgoing chancellor christiane can he's now

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're expecting exit polls in about ten minutes time but while we wait you mentioned earlier sebastian cortes he's thirty one years old he's the foreign minister right now he's tipped to become austria's next chancellor what kind of world expect from sebastian course as austria's later. he even makes a manually mark all the thirty nine year old president of france look like a senior e.u. citizen here thirty one years old that's very young but he's been consistent he has he has filled the role of foreign minister and what we can expect of course is austria moving to the right which means it might be closer to some eastern european partners like hungary like poland like the czech republic then germany and france especially if he keeps all the promises regarding migration policy in the european union it might not make things easier on a european union level where mccall has big plans for the european union and it's completely unsure if the courts especially if he has a coalition with the right wing populists will go along with or not what about the current social democrat chance earn christian c

we told you earlier early results show that sebastian cortes is set to become the next chancellor of austria has people's party are on cost of course to take thirty one point seven percent of the vote here's a reaction now from sebastian courts. easy toil and fine thank you so much for this fantastic reception thank you for all your support over the last few months. i can only tell you i'm completely overwhelmed. we have fought for months we've built a broad movement we funded a name that was to come first on the fifteenth of october we've made the impossible possible many thanks feel commitment to this historic success. thank. bast and courts there reacting to his conservative people's party results in australia's national election they took thirty one percent of the vote according to early results max we're looking at the man there who is likely to be australia's next chancellor what is that going to mean for europe. well it's going to mean that. austria is probably going to reposition itself officially because it has in fact already repositioned itself for example on the issue of

they call him ven divert see the whiz kid at thirty one the conservative sebastian cortes becomes europe's youngest head of government promising a new kind of politics. today we have a strong mandate to change this country and i thank you for making that possible. the far right freedom party led by hans christian strata achieved close to the best results in its history and looks most likely to form a coalition with the conservatives both parties that campaigned against immigration and islamic the will for change in austria is widespread and strong a series of scandals hammered the social democrats of outgoing chancellor christian can he's now facing a spell in opposition. it's about defending modern diverse and democratic austria that will be needed more than ever in the next five years. yet another surprise came for the greens their vote fell by nearly two thirds making even their presence in the next parliament uncertain. wrangling over the shape of the next coalition can now begin the far rights likely return to governments in wealthy austria will worry a european union already unsettle

news coming to you live from berlin austria shifts to the right conservative whiz kid sebastian cortes looks set to become the next leader of austria he did it by embracing the policies of the far right where does this leave the rest of europe also coming up. fudge catalonia is separatist leader fails to give a clear answer on his plans for independence will the spain's with the spanish prime minister now make good on his threats to take back control and germany social democrats be chancellor merkel's party into second place in a key regional election result could weaken michael's hand ahead of national coalition talks set to start this week. and one of the talking points from the weekend's blueness league action was the berlin team's simple act of the kneeling was it support for american athletes doing likewise or just blatant headline grabbing. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us. he promised to shake up austrian politics any appears to have done just that thirty one year old sebastian cortes is on track to become the country's next leader near final results from sunday's

a boost for populist politics in europe as conservative sebastian cortes wins austria's election by embracing the policies of the far right and in sport match take it in the bundesliga is complete is it three way race at the top and mention god grant has suddenly put itself in contention at number five. hello and welcome i'm under thought she may spin has given the cotton on leader charles bridgeable until thursday to clarify the region has not declared independence and to return to complying with the country's laws spain's deputy prime minister should be all to meet him after the council on leader failed to clarify his position by monday morning's deadline instant bridgeable wrote a letter calling for two months of talks if he pushes ahead with plans to breakaway then madrid could suspend gotta looniest autonomy. correspondent barbara visit is following that story and joins me from the catalunya capital barcelona barbara the central government has extended the deadline until thursday is anything like to change by then from the catalan side. not very likely a greater because what could they p

conservative people's party with a firm lead the party's thirty one year old foreign minister sebastian cortes is tipped to become chancellor curt's is expected to go into government with the far right freedom party which is in a close race for second place and which campaigned on an anti immigration anti islam platform. i reporter max hoffman as indiana macsween hair hearing that you have some new information for us regarding this election what can you tell us. we have new projections coming in as we speak of course always have to remind everybody that the results we have are not final but it looks like at the moment least that the social democrats might come in second which at least would sort of be a moral victory sébastien course of the if the conservatives the thirty one year old leader of that party still a clear first he will have the duty to form a new government maybe with the third or at least of the party that comes in third at the moment with is of course the f.b.i. or the right wing populist party. aren't sebastian course set to be the next chancellor of austria based on the numbe

says all this story and he joins me now on the line from vienna close thanks for being with us sebastian cortes is thirty one years old is the runaway favorite to become the next austrian chelsea or what can the rest of the world expect from a chancellor courts. to put it if you were is less you're open to more national policies dealing with everything we talk about so we're going to contain the fall move when. i'm on i must point didn't obviously you convince voters here with her that the pressure proceeded to form a new style info to see the new party at all in this to be a more widely but the day before though he was part of two government between people and socialist already for seven years in a row he stopped his career seven years ago and the secretary pretty gratian he obviously convinced people he is the new guy on the block all right he's young he's charismatic it sounds like he's convinced voters but how likely is it that the far right freedom party is going to be joining close in government. in the end o.p.'s the at least depends on the outcome at the end of this sunday but most prob

thirty one year old sebastian cortes only became leader of the people's party and made since then besides economic reform he's made immigration the cornerstone of his election campaign. i think guns and i'm going to strike a very clear path which is going to reduce illegal migration to zero who sets off illegally must be stopped at the border taken care of and sent back it can't be that the traffickers decide who gets through and not we as a republic or the european union. his views echo those of the anti immigrant far right freedom party. indiscriminate mass immigration from outside europe naturally islamist terror into the heart of europe. and what we have now is that through the many associations structures and mosques there is such a tenacious dangerous structure that i say ban the radical islamic organizations mosques and kindergartens and expel their members i'm sure. his words have found favor with austrians who fear their country is losing its national identity. even so it could still favorites to be austria's next leader but he'll most likely have to form a coalition with the fre

have opened at the in fact opened just a few hours ago and thirty one year old foreign minister sebastian cortes is. tipped to become chancellor his people's party has taken a hard line against refugees in the run up to the vote is widely expected to go into government with the far right freedom party which has campaigned on an anti me gratian anti islam platform. we'll speak to our correspondent in the capital vienna in just a moment but first here's how immigration has shaped the election campaign thirty one year old sebastian courts only became leader of the people's party in may since then besides economic reform he's made immigration the cornerstone of his election campaign we've got big guns and i'm going to strike a very clear path which is going to reduce illegal migration to zero who sets off illegally must be stopped at the border taken care of and sent back it can't be that the traffickers decide who gets through and not we as a republic or the european union. his views echo those of the anti immigrant far right freedom party. indiscriminate mass immigration from outside europe natura

some very far right policies as following elections they are yesterday the conservative leader sebastian cortes came out the winner in the election which saw him adopt the anti immigration policies of his extreme right opponents a coalition is yet to be negotiated but it's looking like chord's will need the far right freedom party to form a working government one day after the elections conservative party members a basking in their success their latest sebastien kurtz's become a star after the party won thirty percent of the vote miking them the cliff election win and. it's fantastic austria needs change. we will probably get the most terrible government help philthy a restart now in austria but no party won an absolute majority so the country will once again need a coalition government as the largest party the conservatives say they're ready to head up a coalition today we've seen a strong push for change in this country i thank you all that you've made that possible. the conservatives most likely coalition partner is the right freedom party which is expected to come in third party leader. is

immigration coalition take power we'll take a look at how a hardline stance has helped front runner sebastian cortes snap up support also coming up the motion picture academy expels mega producer harvey weinstein multiple women have accused him of sexual harassment and assault. and thousands of californians flee their homes and wildfires spread consuming an area the size of farmland. and sarah harmer welcome to the show thanks for joining us. voting in austria is national elections begins in just a few hours and if the polls are to be believed the country is about to take a hard turn to the right the polling suggests that this election is likely to result in a coalition government between austria's conservatives and the far right populist party border security and refugee problems they have both been 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. according to the polls the conservative people's party candidate sebastian quotes is the clear favorite. i list will do everything to lowe

story this hour australians are voting in an election that could say conservative candidate sebastian cortesbecome the next chancellor is expected to form an alliance with the far right and europe's the latest populist text. box to get the news you're up to date thanks for joining us and don't forget you can always find the latest on our web site that's d.w. dot com from the whole team here in berlin thanks for watching for stay with more the top of the hour. make your smart t.v. smarter with a smile. what you want when you want to. update. extraordinary. depth. you decide what's on. sunday morning at the w john smart.

welcome back you're watching news i'm terry martin our top story thirty one year old sebastian cortes is set to become austria's next chancellor as conservatives are in the lead in an election that has pushed all three of further to the right the anti immigrant freedom party could enter government as criticism coalition partner. well for more on the austrian elections let's go straight over now to professor reinhold get enough from university in austria welcome professor is it a foregone conclusion that austria will now get a right far right coalition government or is there a chance that sebastian courts might continue the current coalition of the social democrats. it is very much like here that you could bring in. the you and the right this is directly the boss of either of these fifteen thousand democrats he.

is set to get a new chancellor after a snap general election thirty one year old conservative sebastian cortes has claimed victory and is poised to become europe's youngest government leader it's seen as likely that courts could form a governing coalition.

and there he is the star of the event sebastian cortes is showing the crowd who's boss just as he did when he took the helm of the ovi p. earlier this year. the party was in disarray when he took over and he wasted no time firing senior officials including some regional governors. that's all that matters is the result on october the fifteenth. lowering taxes improving education and limiting immigration these are the issues underpinning his. campaign. but even within his own party there are rumblings that courts is more concerned with power than policy. and over a piece stalwart and former vice chancellor is skeptical of the cult of personality surrounding courts his campaign says it's a general problem in politics and specifically the ovi pianism bastiaan course list what do they actually stand for what do they want what is their agenda there are many open questions hold. up the years of a consensus seeking a grand coalition many in austria appear to want strong leadership and a clear message. courts recognise this and seized his opportunity but he's playing a high stakes game. courts

we start in austria where a thirty one year old conservative politician sebastian cortes is on track to become the country's next leader after his party won sunday's election if confirmed he would be europe's youngest leader but his victory is also controversial because to win support he embraced the anti immigrant and divisive rhetoric of the far right freedom party. sebastian could is said to be the world's youngest leader and he supporters can't get enough. the thirty one year old has led the center right people's party for just five months could has steered the party rightward on key issues and to victory in austria's national elections. oh i have a big request for you used today to celebrate. you've all earned it through hard work and dedication. at the same trial i need to tell you that you're moral the work starts we didn't just run to win the election we did it to bring austria back on track. so we're going to be here we ran into selection to achieve real change. how could she hopes to achieve this change is up for debate. the former foreign minister appealed to conservative

from berlin austria's conservatives take the lead in snap elections sebastian cortes of the people's party looks set to become chancellor but the jockeying for second place goes on as the results oriented with a.

you know us as minister for foreign affairs and integration sebastian cortes sad immigration is changing austria not in a positive but in a negative way would you agree with this statement. no i would want i want to do we think so for. me the very successful integration. some problems. some problems. for example brought into austria by the moms who are not part of also muslim society but paid from a borrowed. yours to be on low on the islam is for beating financing from abroad overreaches communities so as ingrid we have started taking the right positions and. we will succeed in that way the netherlands germany belgium swit and austria that will have been considering the idea of creating a mini shang game zone to better guard their external borders and stem the flow of refugees france and germany have been discussing multi-speed integration for the e.u. even the unity is a bit of a danger here our members going to drift away from each other. yes i don't on the don't support such. tendencies and initiatives. the solution is a better control of the outside borders of the out of borders of

the two young politicians i mentioned at the outset of the program namely emmanuel mccall and sebastian cortesthe austrian result came as a surprise to many europeans who thought that the french election had stopped the rightward drift in europe in its tracks in fact the anna and paris are taking very very different approaches when it comes to migration so let's take a look. they're both young ambitious and smart. austria's designated chancellor sebastiaan courts and french president and mana why michael both have promised to bring a breath of fresh air and have started their own political movements amash and there's a bust him court's next. but their approaches to right wing populism are very different. to pass down court's owes his rise to the refugee crisis with his hard line against migrants and his isolationist policies he's co-opted the biggest campaign issue of the right wing populist and that strategy allowed his party to emerge victorious from the elections. a man of color on the other hand won the presidential election in france with a decidedly pro europe agenda and a profile that c

is set to get a new chancellor after a snap general election thirty one year old conservative sebastian cortes has claimed victory and is poised to become europe's youngest government leader.

three is the elected conservative leader sebastian cortes has announced he will try to form a coalition government with the country's a right wing freedom party a decision that was widely expected court said the freedom party had shown a will to bring about change in austria together. hong kong democracy protests leaders nathan law and joshua long have been released from prison on bail the pair were jailed in august for their roles in the anti china protests of two thousand and fourteen known as the umbrella revolution is in north bank to supporters and said he and wong were due to appear back in court in november. in malaysia the two women accused of killing the half brother of north korea's leader kim jong born have been taken back to the scene of the crime authorities brought them to the airport as part of a reenactment of the fatal attack along with prosecutors lawyers and a trial charge the two women have pleaded not guilty. he was in need of really is coming up ahead christiane although now do is named football off a year after free for awards we tell you netted the other prizes.

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

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story this hour australians are voting in an election that could see conservative candidate sebastian cortes become the next chancellor is expected to form an alliance with the far right in europe's the latest populist test. to get the news you're up to date thanks for joining us and don't forget you can always find the latest on our web site that's t w dot com from the whole team here in berlin thanks for watching filthy with more the top of the hour. make your smart t.v. even smarter with a smile. what you want what you want to. update. extraordinary. depth. you decide what's on. sunday morning at the w. sports. i've got a born again i don't want to. hear about one hand i think about. a lot of. this about. it's after the hero dies that the legend is born. the legend of her nest. better known by the name chain is no exception to the rule like all legends it is based on reality a reality that has gradually slipped into an imaginary universe in which the hero is no longer a living being but i miss a life in the public eye and an early death were enough to make a legendary icon of revolutions.

and austrian conservative sebastian cortes is on track to become the country's next leader of his people's party it looks set to come first in the country's election after campaigning on an anti immigrant rightwing platform. it's all your news for now we have more for you coming up at the top of the next hour i'm rachael will be with you then i mean while you can find all latest news and information on our website at the w dot com thanks for watching. stories that people have a hold over information they provide the paintings they want to express d.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us. to get a rise in we're on a journey to see how you have smugglers live to muslims in belgium france and spain have the same problems and worries the same desires are europe's muslims the same everywhere are they able to reflect critically on islam where does this work especially well where doesn't it what are their fears do they have to fear exclusion. on the may that's where the conflict is distinguishing between the ideology or religion and the people and that's what motivated me to

opposition polls suggest the leader of that government is likely to be the thirty one year old sebastian cortes of the conservative people's party if he does become chancellor he'll be the world's youngest leader anywhere people in kyrgyzstan a vote in a presidential election there none of the candidates expected to win an outright majority with many analysts predicting a runoff between two former prime ministers security has been high because of previous political violence in the country kyrgyzstan's first two leaders into the fold of the old soviet union were removed from office following big riots. the film mogul harvey weinstein has been expelled from the body that's responsible for the oscars the academy of motion picture arts and sciences says more than two thirds of its board voted to reject him weinstein has been accused of rape and sexual harassment by more than two dozen women he denies all the allegations. at least forty people have been killed in wildfires across northern california in the united states more than ten thousand firefighters are trying to put out the worst outbreak in

opinion polls have suggested the leader of that government is likely to be the thirty one year old sebastian cortes of the people's party he has just cast his vote if he does become chancellor he'll be the youngest leader anywhere in the world earlier the incumbent christian current of the social democrats cast his ballot took over the party leadership and the chancellorship from his unpopular predecessor his party is expected to lose seats david chase is live for us in the capital vienna so david we've got a good idea i was going to go what does this say about how the country is moving. that's a good question i mean the whole debate in this election has really can i use the term coagulated around the issue of what they're calling illegal migration into austria and also worries about what they call islamization in austria so barely anything else has appeared in the in the run up to this election and had discussions about unemployment about tax increases or tax cuts about debt and students none of that's really appeared and that is because that sebastian kurtz's realised that he was playing the the

supporters of the european union but karen is trailing in the polls behind his foreign minister sebastian cortes of the austrian people's party he made the headlines by being the youngest foreign minister on the international stage kurtz's a front runner to had the country whose party is deeply conservative and he has vowed to clamp down on immigration but he's also in favor of the european union the third biggest party is the freedom party led by heinz christian star they are far right nationalist anti e.u. and anti immigration they have a good shot at joining the people's party in government. so let's take a closer look at the man who looks set to lead austria's next government and how he transformed his own party to make it possible. his fans call him busty. 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

austria's newly elected conservative leader sebastian cortes has announced he will indeed try to form a coalition government with the country's right wing freedom party a decision that was widely expected court said the leader of the freedom party heinz christiane struck her had shown a will to bring about change in austria together. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has speed a visit to iraq where he met prime minister hi there are a body the to discuss reconstruction projects are the removal of so-called islamic state from major urban areas we also discussed the kurdish independence movement in the country's north earlier to listen visited of ghana stand to discuss washington's new strategy for the country like it was the deadliest bombing in somalia's history the blast in mogadishu left over three hundred fifty people dead and hundreds more wounded this drone footage shows the scale of the destruction the attack was also a watershed moment for a generation of somalis who've grown up with civil war this is a it's a call for somalis everywhere to work for peace. help your brother

moving to the right saying austria was at its most important crossroads in decades poll shows sebastian cortesf the conservative people's party as the clear front runner the thirty one year old foreign minister has won over voters with promises to clamp down on immigration challenging can social democrats the second place is the far right of freedom party led by heinz christians try hard the party is anti immigration anti islam and anti european union and could be kingmaker if a coalition is required to form a new government. about an event i'm talking about a nuclear weapons free world with modern hinrichs from the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons oh i can. mr humorist i can was founded in two thousand and seven now just a decade later the organizations been awarded the nobel peace prize when you heard the news did you think someone was pulling your leg shots. for to danny i never thought we could win the nobel peace prize. but luckily a few people within our organization prepared for the event and they reserved a location here in berlin for a news conference for just in case

is set to get a new chancellor after a snap general election thirty one year old conservative sebastian cortes has claimed victory and is poised to become europe's youngest government leader it's seen as likely that courts could form a governing coalition with the far right freedom party which made strong gains in the election. iraqi troops have begun an operation to take control of kurdish held territories in the province of kirkuk kurdish media reported that clashes have broken out last month kurds voted for independence prompting a rise in tensions with iraq's central government. the death toll from bomb blasts in somalia's capital mogadishu on saturday has risen to over two hundred seventy hundreds more were injured somalia's government blamed the extremist group for the attack but no one has claimed responsibility yet. voters in the german state of lower saxony have dealt a blow to the party of chancellor angela merkel. the center left social democrats beat the chancellor's conservatives. the vote has been seen as a test of merkel's popularity as she tries to put together a governing coal