fein how how stable a government would that be and one last question on shin fein. could shin fein pull together some sort of coalition with left wing parties and independents is that even mathematically impossible and what sort of government would that be. well they outgoing government was an only expected to last 6 months but in fact is it lasted about and that 3 and a half years so as sometimes shaky coalitions actually last longer than don people predict at the time so i think an fin a fall could do that and could keep it at that kind of and make some gather around . polish and together far a few years. for shin fein i don't know unfortunately for them they haven't run enough candidates to win the number of seats that they could have won otherwise in other words they've only 42 candidates whereas phina fall of 84 and i think like everybody else they were and they were not expecting to be doing so well in the polls now in terry on a very good day for shane fein they codes maybe cobble together something i think it's highly unlikely. and i think it probably wouldn

feigns messages respect our mandate and shin fein is looking now for a seat in government that will transform things on the on the vine looking is any question about that because shin feigns agenda was this is not an election victory built upon support for a united ireland it's built upon other things nonetheless at the heart of shin feigns agenda is pressure for a united ireland if not something or a pilot box in the view of the city guilty of allowed to the present dish of. after the leader of the in a file to see the they would have shouldn't government in the public of while the police were promoting shin feed back into government in northern ireland absolutely and that's a question that fitted for oil and finagle have never addressed satisfactorily and that's part of the reason why the electorate lost faith in for 4 and finished you can't say that shin fein is perfectly respectable in the north and that you know. this must share power with should fade but then on the other hand say you want to inflame with a bargepole down south in the electorate are not stupid they can see tha

fein are legit legitimate political party and that's why a quarter of people voted for shin fein and should famously bitterly regretting not fielding more candidates in the south they only fielded $42.00 because the election surpassed their expectations i think eventually figure for oil off in a gale will have to do business with sinn fein but the moment they're still treating them as toxic i think they're still marooned in 1980 s. 1990 s. mindset in their attitudes to shin fein. 3 weeks after the election still lost sight of a government being formed what's your best guess as a professor studying irish politics what government is likely to of nerves from this very very confused outcome of this 2 possible option should faine will try i think to form a government with various parties on the left i'm not sure the numbers are quite there for that but i think she and fame will definitely try and do that mary lou mcdonald is perfectly capable of forming alliances with a wide range of left wing parties if that cannot work that it may be back to the old ways of a fin a 4 wheel fin a gale ad

mindset in their attitudes to shin fein. 3 weeks after the election still lost sight of a government being formed what's your best guess as a professor studying irish politics what government is likely to of nerves from this very very confused outcome of this 2 possible option should faine will try i think to form a government with various parties on the left i'm not sure the numbers are quite there for that but i think she and fame will definitely try and do that mary lou mcdonald is perfectly capable of forming alliances with a wide range of left wing parties if that cannot work that it may be back to the old ways of a fin a 4 wheel fin a gale administration we had in the past finagle as the main party with affinity for playing a supportive role in government in recent years that's hardly had a recent rezoning vote of confidence from the electorate so to simply carry on as if the election hadn't happened i don't think is a credible position so that's why i still think the shin fein will be in government in some form in a coalition probably with parties of the left as one of shouldn

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the short haul released monday showed left wing shin fane in the lead. once the voice of the ira paramilitary group. shin fane has broadened its appeal and a new leader at merion donald's. capitalizing on fatigue with the two centrist parties this is an election of a change. many irish people still oppose shin fane for its role in the violent conflict in northern ireland. but mcdonald has managed to shake off the image among younger voters and was by far thehe most popular leader in mondnday's poll. war i is so. se have to have a democratic mechanisms. to deal with the political disputes that we still have on the side. shin fane ultimate aim is still unifyingng all into northern ireland's that w wants a referendum in the next few years. by addressing voters main concerns of healthth housig on the cost of living it's frightening to shake up orleans political landscape. and for more on how this election could shake up irish politics let's cross to peter sure low he is director of the university of liverpool's institute of irish studies thank you so much fo

plays in politics in northern ireland is nothing new but south of the border in the irish republic shin fein ties to sectarian violence well they have been harder to shake until now same thing leader mary lynn mcdonnell celebrated the result taking nearly 25 percent of the poll that put the party ahead the 2 center right parties which have dominated irish politics for a century the result leaves shin fein on the verge of government with the policy of a united ireland high on its agenda. the election has been described as seismic and game changing here's what people in dublin have to say. it helps to feign form some sort of agreement by lot of person saying because the policies and we need to be changed but i think it's best to be honest which i think we're going to be in situation again where we're not going to be able to form a stable government in this country. i really don't know what's going to happen but things bit of a backlash against you know people are really struggling to get to get hazing into your kind really high rents or see a mature solution pushed. more you that's what s

it will be just as we ask you about about shin fein there in northern ireland and in the republic of ireland now i mean we've we've got shin thing as this this impressive political force of both sides of the border now on the entire island i mean what does what does that mean and what does it mean for those who want to unify the i well it certainly brings the agent a little bit further up if they can engineer their way into government either in this stage of negotiations or perhaps just may come to as i said the numbers don't work i think then get used to government on their own or with with like minded parties after an election now i think things begin to change rather i mean a radically particularly if the ifs if they manage to engineer or not before the pressure trade to negotiations are done i think they will they will seek to have the foreign affairs minister. innocuously get direct access to brussels at the same time they can speak with greater starting northern ireland just as city leaders so much and i think you can see a. potential for a cooling of relationships let's put it

huge test to remain in power after his party phoenix came 3rd in recent opinion polls victory for shin fein would bring to an end the political drop paly which is ruled since 1937 with either 3 that go off in a foil in power since the republic formation is still remains are likely however with shin fein competing for considerably fewer seats than the big 2 parties both feet ago and feel of foil have ruled out working alongside sinn fein as part of a coalition but with an existing parliament already built on compromise some allowances may have to be made. i'm joined now in the studio by our reporter when. good to see you now shane fein has been polling strongly despite historical links to the ira why will people vote for one thing has been very successful in recent years distancing itself from. it played an active role in the peace process in northern. and the ira no longer exists as a paramilitary organization voters under the age of $35.00 have very limited memory of the violence that was associated with the group then there was also the financial crisis that came in 2008 and to repos

this is changing the shape of the mountain are islamic tricks political shock waves in ireland with shin fein expected to make a historic breakthrough in the general election. syrian troops celebrate after their military advance reclaimed new territory in southern aleppo and hollywood's biggest night of the year joker the irishman and 1917 or lead the way in the nominations for the oscars. and far as small have all the sports news including roxanne's teenage cricket sensation becomes the youngest bowler to take a test trip. welcome to the program our top story is the death toll from the coronavirus hits a new milestone chinese government has announced it will allocate $10000000000.00 to help fight the spread of the disease $814.00 people have now been killed by the corona virus more than the 774 killed by the sars epidemic in 2003 in both cases the majority of deaths were in china both strains of the same type of virus but the new outbreak has infected far more people more than 37000 saw only had around 8000 confirmed cases but it's also considerably more deadly killing one in 10 people

shin fein whether it was going to.unification like for oil become the new uniform does feel the full even of the right now to say when the conditions are right reunification referendum should occur it doesn't have the right to say there will be a reunification referendum within 5 years or less doesn't the gift doesn't fall into their hands as you probably know the good friday agreement devolve power to the british secretary of state when he or she determines that the circumstances are career. and then if they make that conclusion they are obliged to unity referendum but as you probably have learned in the u.k. about referendums it is vitally important that the landing ground after referendum is clearly delineated for voters so that they know exactly what they're voting for we've made no capital planning provision for the consequences of unity in terms of any of the government programs that are impoverished over the last couple of years as an enormous amount of work to be done on those issues it's not something that an

be a slight tearing off of it why do you think southern island vote is worth more concerned about shin fein north of the border which of course. being in defacto coalition with the unionists enforcing what the left in northern ireland call austerity in fairness i think people realize that we don't have the sort of control the fiscal labors in the north and to a degree you are dealing with the outworking of tory it's terrible and while in government we made every attempt we term in relation to mitigating the worst aspects of the past so right now i think our support base i think most people will accept that you know the thing that she unveiled success means is turning into the new fianna for oil basically i mean it wasn't long ago that you guys said corporation tax rises 17 percent you know manifesto said no keep it in 12 enough same is very hard because we reset keep it a program or half percent you know i mean we like we obviously see that as an absolutely necessary part of maintaining and you know the economy we have and i have to unite but what we have said is and we don't make any

vail ability of housing and its expected island's folk party shin fein will make big gains let's go to paul brennan who is in dublin and also paul they have indeed made some big gains 22.3 percent according to one exit poll for shin fein. yeah the exit polls are used as an early indicator because the counting of the votes takes such a long time on the single transferable vote system and the fact that the counting of the actual ballot papers themselves doesn't even start until 9 am on sunday morning so the expectation and to suppression of this exit poll was enormous bear in mind going into this election the last couple of days the final opinion polls before polling day had shin fein polling somewhere around 25 percent and because fianna gael party that down well somewhere around 17 percent joining me is lisa keenan she's a lecturer in political science from trinity college if i tell you that lisa gave a little exclamation that could have been painted could have been amusement when the result came out and i tell you that every single that the 3 main parties have each polled 22 percent a

early results are in filings general election shin fein has. rather take 24.5 percent of 1st preference votes they're just ahead of to center right parties in a file and in a gale who dominated mainstream politics for nearly a century oprah reports i ching fein leader mary lou mcdonald was welcome to the dublin county like a hero the left wing nationalists for a campaign of eye catching pledges on housing and pensions which caught the imagination of an electorate crying out for an alternative to the 2 biggest opposition parties fianna foil and fiona gale it seeks a constituency she says 61 status this is now free to ferry system it seems that people and different types of office keep every confidence in us and i i say that with all humility written off by some as a party just for those with short memories shin fein confounded the conventional wisdom there was in the build up to the election people saying oh this is young people who don't remember the troubles in northern ireland and i think that we see that's not the case it's only the much old

voters want to see a shake up with shin fein a party with strong historical links to the ira succeeding in appealing to restive voters people have told a straight face campaign that they want change and that they want to change your representation and they want to change in government so i'm saying to people please cobain's a day and vote for that change the polls suggest a surge in voting for the left leaning party with some even hinting at a narrow lead irish prime minister leo varadkar faces a huge test to remain in power after his party phoenix gael came 3rd in recent opinion polls victory for shin fein would bring to an end a political drop paly which is ruled since 1937 with either fee to go off in a foil in power since the republic formation is still remains are likely however with shin fein competing for considerably fewer seats than the big 2 parties both seen a go and feel a foil has ruled out working alongside sinn fein as part of a coalition but with an existing parliament already built on compromise some allowances may have to be made. well here in germany the state premier

uniform gale which are jointly dominated irish politics for nearly a century have been matched by shin fein each polling 22 percent of 1st preference votes on what that means essentially is that the party has been making gains on this new consolidated those gains over the last number of years so they're in a strong position going forward not necessarily to form a government it's time right there anyone running 42 candidates. but certainly for the next election they're in about a position. the buzzword of this election campaign was change ireland's economy may be the fastest growing in the e.u. but people here are struggling with soaring house prices and years long waiting lists for public health care voters were just fed up with the 2 main parties i voted for the turn has to. so i don't really want to go independent but basically just some kind of alternative to the status quo i have a lot of fears about what the future is going to hold for me with climate change. that's going to affect my life in the future sinn fein is the left wing nationalist republican party previously regarded as

and i say that with all humility written off by some as a party just for those with short memories shin fein confounded the conventional wisdom there was in the build up to the election people saying oh this is young people who don't remember the troubles in northern ireland and i think that we see that's not the case it's only the much older voters who still feel the policy to go past links to the republican paramilitary group the ira linger as evidenced by a group of jubilant shin fein supporters singing a rebel song at the count center in dublin. but the party has evolved i think one thing to pull the brake lever things one was gerry adams party when he did mary lou mcdonald is in no way associated with troubles in the north and dots the terms of marketing communication cuts work really well it's created an ideological headache for the establishment parties the current irish leader the t. shirt over africa a phoenix jail except that the results mean talks with sinn fein are probably going to be necessary but agreeing a coalition not for us the shooting is not an option but we are. ta

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and the irish nationalist party shin fein has demanded a place in the coalition talks as early election results indicate a major surge in supports tallies indicate the party which is the former political wing of the ira have narrowly secured the most votes. here as about sitters israel has warned israel against taking any unilateral actions and exports of the occupied west bank ahead of the completion of the trump administration's middle east peace proposal david friedman added that such a move could endanger the plan last month the long awaited middle east deal was unveiled its allies israel to annex all of its west bank settlements which is illegal under international law as well as the jordan valley which accounts for roughly a quarter of the occupied west bank called the palestinian government has rejected that american proposal away from israel and the palestinian territories they're happy in process again strong plan circus demonstrators rallies in istanbul they've condemned the proposal and called on people everywhere to stand up for sure aslan. similar scenes in the moroccan cap

vote of the vote of cars parked in front of gail is 22.4 percent of the vote left wing nationalist shin fein of 22.3 percent and the main opposition party for a foil has 22.2 percent full brown and has more from dublin very says the rise of sinn fein as taken many by surprise. the opinion polls leading into this election had sinn fein ending its campaign somewhere around 25 percent over at because fianna gael dropping potentially as low a 17 percent now those are opinion polls and of course when you get to the ballot box it's somewhat different when it comes to the crunch where are you going to put your number your preferences 1234 and on what's that said for them all to come so close together is momentous it's a big performance by shin fein this nationalist republican party traditionally seen as a fringe party as far as mainstream politics goes so for them to poll and match the 2 big traditional parties who've seen power swap between them backwards and forwards for nearly a 100 years is extraordinary what we didn't know though was that voters wanted change and that's why it's perhaps n

thanks hala it's looking like 3 parties are tied on the same amount of support where the left wing shin fein making a historic breakthrough party leader says additional front runners in a gale and fan a foil on listening to islands call for change but with a complex system for sharing out parliamentary seats the task of actually forming a government could be tricky reports now from dublin. action from the leader mary lou mcdonald whose book come to the dublin county like a hero to the left wing nationalists for a campaign of eye catching pledges on housing and pensions which caught the imagination of an electorate crying out for an alternative to the 2 biggest opposition parties seen a foil and fiona gale its peak say considering she says it makes statements that this is now $102.00 person system it's statements that he told runs a different type of confidence i think you have for a confidence in us and i i say that with all the menace written off by some as a party just for those with short memories shin fein confounded the conventional wisdom i think because of their legacy of being c

take a look at some other stories making news around the world alan's left wing nationalist party shin fein says it wants a major role in the country's next government after a record election showing the party led by mary lou mcdonald's won the popular vote both centrist parties they previously refused to work with shin fein but the center right on a foil is no longer ruling out a coalition. african union leaders are promising the organization will play a greater role in resolving conflicts on the continent in future they made the pledge at the annual african union summit in. the bloc especially wants to boost efforts to end the crisis in libya by supporting the un led peace process there. a russian court has sentenced 7 young activists to prison terms of up to 18 years the defendants were accused of planning to carry out a bomb attacks during the 20. human rights activists criticize the case saying the men were tortured into signing confessions. the death toll from the corona virus outbreak in china has passed 1000 with another 40000 cases reported nationwide the lunar new year holida

fein led by mary lee mcdonald finagle shin fang and center right fianna foil have all received about 22 percent of 1st preference for. here in germany the state premia elected with its from the far right alternative to germany has resigned 3 days after taking office the election of 2 days from the pro-business free democrats shot at a german post will political to berber against cooperating with far right parties and across this meeting here in berlin the conservatives and their social democrat partners agreed to push for a new election in the instance tight. black limousines pull up to the chancellery in berlin. chancellor angela merkel's governing coalition teetered once again on the brink outside demonstrations against cooperation with the far right a.f.p. . while inside the social democrats leadership threatened to pull out of the coalition with america's conservatives over this week's controversial selection in the state of thuringia. the eastern german state's parliament voted for thomas chemically from the business friendly f.t.p. party to become its state premier. to do that

indicate a 3 way race to be the next government but the vote split between veronica's party as well as shin fein and uniformly. well sports now match day 21 in the bundesliga was brought to a close on sunday 1st played 2nd as by munich placed excuse me by munich hosted abi leipsic with many fans expecting a classic but the game failed to live up to the hype and the nail nail the result means by retain no one point lead at the top of the table now on saturday may the coups in edged out dortmund while were you on a bad beat say men bottom side part of born 3 with shellac a fellow strugglers disallowed offset the points revolves book might speed how to fly book down hoffenheim and on friday frankfurt thrashed oh spec now sunday's game between bloodbath and cologne was postponed off to 14 victims of the storm of course that has been battering much of europe so those results. things stay incredibly tight at the top of the bundesliga football table just 4 points now separating the top 4 teams with the defending champions by and maintaining their slender lead with that draw against leipsic they th

virus politics it does seem quite inconceivable that a parsi with the historical connections that shin fein does to have them coming in a pool position in a mainstream election it just seems rather extraordinary how do you explain this. well i think you've used the right word there are extraordinary and i think people in a lot of people in the republic of ireland are fighting the c.m. way this is an unprecedented election for 100 years since the formation of the state that these 2 parties feel a foil and finicky will have been in part one of the other or sometimes both so it is highly significant that that kind of job really has been broken but it's doubly significant that it is shin feehan party that we are familiar with the northern ireland as a party in government that's been in government and the north since 2002 it has never been in government and the republic of ireland and is not he said to be so very very difficult for the to me and parties because only a few days ago both of them in the size making pledges that they would never sit with sinn fein and government and neither fac

indicate a 3 way race to lead the next government with the votes between veronica's party as well as shin fein and you know 4. plus write this down further i'm joined now in the studio by all when i time that's all when why house should say the party of course historically with the links to the irate managed to come out so strongly in this election of course the ira was a terrorist group that carried a company of violence that even targeted civilians and looking for united arland and one of the main reasons. for form so strongly this time is because it's neither married to my donald this is the 1st general election in the republic of ireland in what she's been leader of the republic before the party was led by gerry adams and he had very close ties to the ira but mary mcdonald she's not tainted by those ties and she's been able to reposition the party and it's a repositioning that's been going on for quite a while but effectively reposition the party as an ontario scarcely party she's delivered a very clear message of change she's very popular and it seems that the message has resonated v

fein for example mean for the country so i have to dump in any expectations that shin fein will win this election because they're fielding so few candidates so if they end up with the most most seats that would be a major shock but a strong performance for doesn't shake up the political establishment in the way. it was leave the parliament with a very strong opposition with the left wing agenda of the something aren't wasn't hard in the past already w. reporter although when. thanks so much for your insights. all through saturday's been does a good games now unvetted put a minute sank deeper into the relegation mile off they lost at home to bed while marius bootless schooled twice as the ballon is one in him but a man of awesome side part of born drew with shall fellow strugglers just a little shed the points were vosburgh might speak howto and fried down hoffenheim no friday frankfurt thrashed out later on saturday title hopefuls dortmund travel to later coups and then in sunday's matches cologne visit glad while champions by and host challenges like sick. we're watching the news f

exponentially internationally but he's been accused of missing the mark back home and that's where shin fein as really capsulizes made health care homelessness central to their campaign and if indeed these exit polls are to be believed then that's a message that has landed very successfully not only with their traditional supporters but would also new supporters as well particularly younger people who were hit hard by the economic crisis who carter for their own own own home who are struggling with soaring rents these are the issues that she and feign a promise to solve the fark of our life as for now i thank you. what's more still ahead here on al-jazeera we'll meet the u.s. republican hoping to take donald trump seats in the white house plus. time. racing the music the oscars organizes of the academy awards again face complaints about a month off to 1st see. how i once again welcome to the with that the international full cost is still a summer a state in the snow pushing through japan behind that this is actually last dry temperatures not faring too badly in so 9 celsius blazing out

is a down this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a new force in irish politics left wing shin fein is in a powerful position after the general election plus. government forces take control of more villages in northwest syria in their push to retake the last rebel held stronghold and the south korean film parricide wins 3 academy awards will it take the big prize. the global death toll from the corona virus outbreak has reached 910 only 2 of the deaths are outside mainland china most are in her bay province where the virus is believed to have originated the world health organization says the remains gravely concerned more than $40000.00 people are now in fact it w.h.o. team of experts is heading to china to investigate the government in beijing says it's allocating $10000000000.00 to fight the outbreak it's facing criticism though for its handling of early warnings about a new virus millions of people were in while were expected to go back to work on monday as an extension to the lunar new year holiday ended but many stayed at home normally busy commuter routes were quiet. let'

as if the country could be heading towards something of a political shake up mean for ireland for shin fein to potentially have a foothold in government it will be transformational really because since the beginning of the state really for the last century irish politics has been a 2 horse race between fiona fall and phoenix gale so there's never been any combination of parties other than those 2 leading a government and they've never call us even though there are share of the vote has dwindled from 80 percent collectively in the 1980 s. to about 40 percent likely today so soon fein are are the big winners in this election because they've come from being a minor party to now a party that is now potentially i think cost of getting perhaps even the largest share of the vote and i think that's reflected in the weather here to take a very blustery where i think we're feeling the winds of change here in arden's. us president donald trump took to twitter to defend his decision to far to. key witnesses in his impeachment inquiry ambassador to the european union gordon sunderland was recalls j

of votes will be crucial how many 2nd and 3rd preferences can the big parties pick up but even if shin fein doesn't get into a government the days of 2 party dominance in this country appear to be over paul brennan al-jazeera doublet. peace talks between representatives of libya's u.n. recognize government and war sorry for have to have again ended with no agreement senior officials from the warring sides gathered at the u.n. in geneva this was the latest in a series of talks so we hostilities in the country hoda abdel-hamid is that the talks in geneva she says both sides were at loggerheads over what to do about the various armed groups in libya and the withdrawal of hofmann's forces. an internationally recognized government in tripoli has been calling for the troops of have to pull back 2 to 3 april 2019 position that means all the way back to being pulling out of south of tripoli pulling out of sirte that is something that general have to has been the former general rather has been saying no to and continue to say no to we don't know much about how did what was going on during those

past links to the republican paramilitary group the ira linger as evidenced by a group of jubilant shin fein supporters singing a rebel song at the count center in dublin that you're. right. but the party has evolved i think in painted a couple of great clever things one was gerry adams party pretty good on mary lou mcdonald is in no way associated with troubles in the war on dots you know traditionally terms of marketing communication cuts were pretty well it's created an ideological headache for the establishment parties the current irish leader the t. shirt leo veronica of phoenix gail accept that the results mean talks with sinn fein are probably going to be necessary but agreeing a coalition not for us this machine is not an option but we are willing to talk to other parties and australia form a government one that can lead the country forward for the next 5 years feel fully to me how martin looks most likely to become the country's next leader his local counting corkey to describe chin fein as incompatible for a coalition to teach a cliché unfeigned may prefer to buy the time rath

here, i meet a mother of three from shin zang whose name is on the document.at's your name. her name appeared under case number 358, which revealed that her younger sister was sent to a camp in march of 2018, for supposedly violating china's family planning policy, children. that is having tomb children. >> reporter: she says this is the first information she's had about her family in xinjiang since 2016. many uighurs living overseas says communication with family back home was completely cut off when china cracked down in shin jiang. this is the first time you are speaking publicly about these documents? >> yes, this is the first time. >> reporter: this is a uighur activist living in exile in the netherlands. last summer he received this trove of documents from a source in xinjiang he won't identify for their safety. >> that was my birthday. and i got the attachment. very surprised. >> reporter: it is anwar, along with a patchwork of other uighurs living in he can i will who are sharing this information with the outside world. >> this document is like a micro

from dublin city university thanks for joining us firstly firstly can i ask you how you understand shin fein to have done quite so well in this year's election what's behind it all i believe they got a lot of what we might call the change vote so foreseen from the exit poll last. day were in the top 3 if not the most popular party in every age cohort except the post 65 so what that indicates is there's a significant coworker of young people and what we call the renting group or the renting generation that actually see fane a really significant voice for change that they've tried to try thena gayle and dot house and work they find themselves in what they perceive to be very difficult circumstances so they didn't get the government didn't get the benefit of the vote that didn't happen it was perceived to be important housing and education and. dealt are the key issues a given should fame some more thought he history be regarded very much as being the political wing of the are raging 30 years of violence in northern ireland people seem now to be prepared to put that aside because sinn fein

a feeling of ruled out possibly working with the shin fein they are 2 diametrically opposed opposite ends of the political spectrum you know for. a little bit warmer in terms of the words that they've been sharing with sinn fein machine fame feel pretty much emboldened i think by these figures so far could well try to reach out to some of the smaller parties and wait it out until possibly a future election where they may well stand to win it but a huge huge advance push in framing this year's election. it is an election year in the united states stunnel trump is running for a 2nd term and is set to unveil unveiled to congress his blueprint for the us budget in 2021 proposing a 4.8 trillion dollar plan that's the largest in federal history he wants to raise military spending by 2 and a half $1000000000.00 to $740000000000.00 and reduce foreign aid from 55000000000 dollars to 44000000000 dollars the commerce department budget gets cut by 37 percent and the environment protection agency by 27 percent the state department will also lose 21 percent the center for disease control and preve

shin fein is the left wing nationalist republican party previously regarded as the political wing of the paramilitary group the ira now shedding those associations and remolding itself as a progressive alternative to its very important states today's the day that the people are in charge and every single vote he believes tells the strength of his campaign that they want to change nonpolitical factors by also influence the outcome of this election is the 1st saturday poll since 1918 store winds are sweeping across the island from the west bringing gusts of 120 kilometers an hour slap bang in the middle of polling day a major rugby international guard just to get through the gate not so as our parents morning got a few jobs on and i got both up to about 9 o'clock this morning and have you voted already you know. that gave his vote and i'm sorry i can't believe that it is really. but it's a bow. counting of the ballots won't start until sunday morning and the most likely outcome of this election is a coalition government if shin fein chooses to enter that coalition government it would b

a new force in irish politics left wing nationalist party shin fein is in a powerful position after the general election. it's. a good thing. to rancho rain and high winds wreak havoc in england and northern europe and it's not over yet. don because call the stars come out for an academy awards that's been criticized for lacking diversity. a team of experts from the world health organization and the is on its way to china to investigate the corona virus outbreak in beijing has announced and is going to plow $10000000000.00 into fighting the illness which has now killed more people than a similar responder to a virus 17 years ago 813 people have died since the outbreak started in december severe acute respiratory syndrome or sars killed 774 people between 20022003 now in both cases most of the deaths but in china so far the new virus is more infectious more than 37000. and have fallen only about $8000.00 contract and sars but it's was deadly killing one in 10 patients the new virus fatality rate is about 3 percent not mean while in hong kong thousands of passengers and crew on board a cr

some years ago, until most recently, people in shin jiang were victims to rising terrorist attacks.hat there were thousands of such attacks hurting and even killing hundreds of thousands of people. so we have to do something to stop this threat to the very well-being and the lives of the people there. >> brennan: okay. >> so without tremendous effort, now for the last three years there has been no such terrorist attack. so people have a much better safety there, security there, and people are happy there. >> brennan: all right.ht back ww numbers from our cbs news battleground tracker. >> brennan: we turn now to some political analysis from our panel, jeffrey goldberg is the editor of the chief in the atlantic. leslie sanchez is a cbs news political contributor. jamal simmons is the host on hill tv and a cbs news political contributor, and jerry sy is the executive "wall street journal" editor. way on the get to the numbers, but i think we need to digest some of what we just heard. jeffrey, the chinese ambassador at the tail end of our interview said people in shin jiang china are ve

fascist chinese government wants to eliminate the weaker people listen john the entire population of shin john right in front of the eyes of the world. cup. also coming up what to do about the wear and tear on the world order as we know it at the munich security conference that question may not have received many answers but it did earn a new term the. theme of the munich security conference west les mis. i'm glad we've managed to provoke a bit of a debate. with you our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day. with documentation of discrimination religion and culture targeted by the chinese state a document leaked to d.w. news appears to confirm what many around the world have suspected trying is systematic and meticulous mistreatment of its muslim minority weaker people now for years the chinese government has claimed that large facilities housing weavers are reeducation center is part of a mass deal radicalization program but the united nations says as many as $1000000.00 we are being held against their will in camps located in the shin r

fein now shin feigns leader says the other parties are not listening to islands call for change but with a complex system for sharing out parliamentary seats the task of forming a government could be tricky to feign is so far confounded the polls completely if those exit polls are to be believed then they are currently a lego level pegging with the 2 parties of power that have dominated politics here in ireland for generations finagle and free enough for both of them a centrist parties but there is a bit of a kaviak as well sinn fein is actually only fielded 42 candidates in this election and maybe that may not translate to a line share of the seats in the irish parliament the dollar aaron it does mean that coalition building is inevitable the discussion now behind the scenes is what kind of shape our lives government will take. a vigil has been held in thailand after a mass shooting a soldier went on a gun rampage at a military base yesterday before seizing hostages in a shopping mall the army trained marksman killed 29 people and injured dozens of others in the city of car at the