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finland‘s social democratic party has declared a narrow victory in sunday‘s general election, with most years. the party is set to have one more seat than the far right, anti—immigration finns party. freya cole has the latest. a narrow victory, but a victory all the same for finland‘s social democratic party. its leader, antti rimme, will soon become the country‘s first left wing prime minister in 20 years. crowd cheering. with most of the votes counted, the former union boss claimed victory in front of an adoring crowd. it means a finland that has solidarity, it has equality and it has beaten the racist wave that we have had. and, this is the most important thing. but thejubilation may be short lived. mr rimme‘s ability to govern will be hampered by a rise in far right anti—immigration sentiment. the social democrats claimed 17.8% of the vote, but close behind, the nationalist finns party. it wants tighter borders and less spending on welfare and climate change. it has to be taken into consideration that less than six months ago we were at 8% we are now more at 15%. because the results

well from the most likely prime minister is going to be on duty in the social democratic party for a bit to find only certain the construction of the quotation cabinet this time around will be very difficult because so many parties were able to compete so very closely together meaning the social democrat group in tampa not the local ition now the national coalition is the most likely coalition partner but the social democrats because they have indicated that they're not ready or willing to work together with the party on this but it may be he won the final version will be. prospected prime minister aren't going to make it and quickly if you can talk a little bit more about climate change why is this so important to finland while waratah by instinct been finished government should take more active measures and not combine climate change most bizarre where our carbon footprint is larger than the many other countries meaning we do have more. room when it comes to climate change issues but then again we're out of me is one of the five things you do not think that one should do more or it

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a narrow victory, but a victory all the same, for finland‘s social democratic party.g. with most of the votes counted, the former union boss claimed victory in front of an adoring crowd. it means a finland that has solidarity, it has equality and it has beaten the racist wave that we have had. and, this is the most important thing. but thejubilation may be short lived. mr rimme‘s ability to govern will be hampered by a rise in far right anti—immigration sentiment. the social democrats claimed 17.8% of the vote, but close behind, the nationalist finns party. it wants tighter borders and less spending on welfare and climate change. it has to be taken into consideration that less than six months ago we were at 8%, we are now more at 15%. because the results are so close, negotiations to form a coalition government will be a headache for the new leader. and the outcome is being watched closely in brussels. the strong result for the finns party could set the stage for a nationalist resurgence in next month‘s european election, changing the balance of power in the european

socialist headquarters in madrid saying their electoral success sends out a clear message that social democratic parties in europe have a future. social democracy has a long history but above all it has a great future because of its great present. which spain is an example of. they are listening to us outside of spain we want to form a pro european government on strengthen europe not make it weaker and. following the story for us in madrid as the public fully elice pablo what was the main message of sanchez's speech. well as you heard there gave a very clear message that he wanted a very clearly pro european party but also there were a chance from the crowd there at the socialist party headquarters where they said no and of course that's a very event on the head of citizens. because there is a possibility that if he were to join forces with citizens they would have a clear majority vote sanchez responded to the crowd by saying well i think everybody knows that that's not going to happen essentially and undock could be basically what we're sort of all expecting here is that he will enter into discussions

rising temperature has dominated the campaign the anti immigrant phin party and opposition social democratic party some of the parties in the race elections will be watched closely by brussels where finland is expected to take the rotating presidency of the european union are a joke today those are the latest headlines i'll be back in about half an hour after hour to zero out. it is to. put it this is the hotel drew a well established french auction house in the one thought only small of paris known for selling final art and antiques. the auction today is of nineteenth and early twentieth century walk by artists who painted in what's known as the oriental mist style. orientalism was a term used to refer to martin literature depicting the east or the orient by artists and writers in the west. edward saeed's one nine hundred seventy eight book orientalism caused critics and historians to reappraise their view of this style i cited argued it represented a pattern izing colonial attitude towards the knife culture and people of the middle east. but in this part of the collection is the work of our fals

your party, the social democrats, and the christian democrats, they are losing popularity.on politics of this country. and what we see in germany, as in so many other european countries as a rising tide of nationalist and populist sentiment, particularly in the east of your country, which, despite unification, is materially much less well off than the west of your country. to that extent, do you believe that actually, german unification has in some ways to accept that it hasn't delivered for the people of the east of your country? no. it delivered for the people of the east of my country, most people over there see it like this. but then why are they politically rejecting your party and the christian democrats and many of them are embracing for example the far—right afd? they are not rejecting our parties, but you are right that there is a populist support which we have all over in germany and in the european union and in many other parts of the world. i think that we should understand that something is happening to all of us. we in this rich, democratic countries, the form

debate and this week the youth wing leader of the social democratic party kevin kuhn us he called for the law to be abolished. he said i wouldn't try to throw a party at a church but i do think that anyone who wants to go to a disco and that they should be able to do so now this is started a rift albeit a very small one between the old guard and the new within the social democrats yesterday the former president of the german parliament came out criticizing the youth wing leader saying that he for one did not join the party she finds to fit to for a while for the dance for the club to fight for the club culture rather. yeah well carrie so it's apparent it's not just dancing that is banned that's true so other things that often been in germany today are outdoor markets sports games circus for a casino and car washes now there are also more than seven hundred films that cannot be shown publicly this in a studio in the world is a made up there is a list the film they include classics such as heidi ghostbusters and life of brian you can't show those on television in germany is there any pa

polled being able to pick him out of a lineup and then on thirty nine percent we have the social democratic party's catarina we can only presume that ms bali the current justice minister against them . extra recognition due to the fact that she showed willingness to appear on different media outlets to put across their argument europe as external and internal enemies these include all who seek to weaken at the cross the new good of those polled said that they would definitely going to vote i asked people here on the streets of what they made of the surveys and whether they intended to cast a ballot. will you take part in the european election. yes yes i have no clue when it comes to politics do you know when the parliamentary elections will be held but i don't know when exactly on the twenty sixth of may i think sometime in the spring a summer's zeevi you know who this is no one and the next one. does that they're not really in the spotlight for the most part these are counted it's no one's ever heard. three weeks ago until the european citizens will elect the next e.u. parliament or at least they

country's name change under a deal to improve relations with a neighboring greece governing social democratic party candidate staver under off skiis campaigned on nato an e.u. membership while his main rival. a university professor is supported by the country's nationalist party marcos about it has more now on the capital's. these presidential elections in north mustard only are seen as thirst for the ruling coalition led by prime minister. especially after implementation of perth program and the huge and the three decades old name dispute between france and scorpio politicians underlies the results especially turnout because today we are told they feel to encourage people to vote the turnout was just forty percent that's important for the second round of the presidential election because that's the margin needed for to make the election successful otherwise new elections has to be organized circle round of presidential elections will be fighting between two divided political blocs in north most of the candidate of ruling coalitions they have opened out of skew and candidate of party which was on p

the leader of finland social democratic party has declared victory in the country's general election anti really no one with a small majority will now have to form a governing coalition if he succeeds he could be the country's first leftwing prime minister in twenty years. protests happening across the world to put the issues of global warming and climate change in focus environmental activist society blocking some of london's busiest roads in an effort to shut down the city. right up to date that is the very latest headlines from here at al-jazeera i'll be back in about half an hour also our man in cairo or. i am. missed any of me so i may. even what i did teddy. mr. president abdel fattah el-sisi presents himself as egypt savior as the only man able to impose order in his country. there is this stink smell of tear gas blood and bullets. really start to talk to it out all over a mental health down of angela any. man fashion with with a little step from that will be more. despite his human rights record western leaders have embraced l.c.c. as a strategic and commercial partner so the

finland's social democratic party has declared a narrow victory in sunday's general election. leader, antti rinne, is set to become the country's first left—wing prime minister in 20 years. his centre—left party won a0 seats in parliament, one more than the far—right, anti—immigration finns party. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week, a whole six months for comedians to make brexit trick or treatjokes as the uk wins an eu extension until halloween. but who has a better plan on how to use the time? and benjamin netanyahu on the brink of a fifth term. will the israeli prime minister now annex parts of the west bank? my guests today, israel analyst jonathan sacerdoti, ian martin of the times, italian writer analisa piras, and abdel bari atwan, writer on arab affairs. welcome to you all. do not waste this time, said european council president donald tusk as the eu granted the uk a 6—month extension. but what constitutes time well spent in the context of brexit? ian, you first. let's look at a timeline for the next six

course to have its first left wing prime minister it's sixteen years early polling puts the social democratic party of uncertain they're in the leads where the runs a third of the votes counted but in a split fields whoever wins will almost certainly have to form a coalition that in barba looks at the issues troubling the fence. it's a nation of five and a half million people which tops the united nations world happiness rankings but voters in finland do have their worries they've all played into the uncertainty surrounding sunday's parliamentary elections four years of austerity cuts have helped push the social democrats the center left opposition into the lead ahead of the vote there promising to increase taxes to fight inequality the big question is how to reform education how to reform the source of the very first system of child . older people and those are very big questions for us also you know our party but also your. last month the government of prime minister you have resigned after it failed to achieve a key policy goal on social welfare and health care reform how finland which only emer

the leader of finland social democratic party has declared victory in the country's general election. in the one with a razor thin majority the country's first left wing prime minister in twenty years well the elections have been closely watched by brussels as finland is expensive to take the. presidency. at the issues troubling the finns. it's a nation of five and a half million people which tops the united nations world happiness rankings but voters in finland do have their worries they've all played into the uncertainty surrounding sunday's parliamentary elections four years of austerity cuts have helped push the social democrats the center left opposition into the lead ahead of the vote there promising to increase taxes to fight inequality the big question is how to reform education reform. how to care for older people and those are very big questions for us. you know are part of . last month the government of prime minister you have resigned after it failed to achieve a key policy goal on social welfare and health care reform how finland which only emerged from recession three ye

part of members of this elite to explain it to them they all for specially in the in the social democratic party and stuff you do not want to touch is that the third rail of german politics so i think no one's actually brought foreign policy security policy and the need to arm for real threats to the public in a very no that the public doesn't want to doesn't want to hear is likely that it wouldn't be that sure and i think the public actually is well they're willing to listen to that but the problem is not to talk about numbers we talk about one points we want one for one point five we don't we to talk about defense and we don't really talk about strategy and i think one of the major problems germany has a doesn't lot in defense i mean if you look at the defense budget ten years ago or twenty thirty or thirty three billion or we had forty three so things moved indeed and germany so not a nato but on the other hand then comes the domestic debate in the kind of party politics and then germany is sending mixed messages what you mention so the question is we stick to an austrian stream to the pipeli

voting in the first presidential election since the country changed its name the governing social democratic party candidate has campaigned on nato and e.u. membership analysts say the turnout is expected to be low because of disillusionment at the government's failure to tackle high unemployment. other debates among some year appear nations over what to do with women and children who've lived on the eisel in syria but in cost of all of the government has decided to bring back more than one hundred of its citizens and it reports. far away from battlefields and refugee camps in syria dozens of women are being given a second chance to be part of a nation they chose to leave along with them more than seventy children who had no say in the matter. as most european nations stall in repatriating their citizens who went off to fight for i sold or at least support myself fighters the semi autonomous region of kosovo has brought back the largest group so far though he regarded as an important uncensored the rope aeration was organized in which the government of course with the help of the united states has

been voting in the first presidential election since the country changed its name governing social democratic party candidate steve on and off skiing has campaigned on nato and e.u. membership while his main rival gordana silly and duck of a university professor is supported by the nationalist party analysts say turnout is expected to be low due to voter apathy with the government's failure to tackle high unemployment. christian worship as in paris have paid tribute to the not true don cathedral during an easter sunday mass at the same to stash church so. this was meant to be held at the not true don but had to be moved after the devastating fire earlier this week firefighters who helped save the building from complete destruction were also in attendance the archbishop of paris paid homage to the victims of the bombings in sri lanka as well. those of us reviewed agrees. we followed christ on his way to the cross christ and each time he got up again we're brothers and sisters we will get up again like our cathedral will rise again our church will be cleansed of the blemishes that's in this and that

warming has dominated an election campaign the anti immigrant phin party and the opposition social democratic party some of the passes in the race elections will be watched closely by brussels where finland is expected to take the rotating e.u. presidency feathers wayland's have been marking the seventeenth anniversary of a failed coup against the former leader hugo chavez thousands of government supporters lined the streets today of president nicolas maduro speak since chavez's death venezuela has been going through a political and economic crisis forcing many to seek refuge in neighboring countries. meanwhile the opposition leader one guy joe is continuing to visit his supporters across the country to try to persuade them to help him oust the president he's in the north west where residents are still angry over blackouts that have continued for more than a month meanwhile the president remains defiant on saturday he called on more than two million militia members to defend his government there see a new man replied. it's. a show of bravado on the tenth anniversary of venezuelans bolivarian militi

the part of members of the silly to explain it to them they also especially in the in the social democratic party stuff. you do not want to touch is like the third rail of german politics. so m. i think no one's actually brought foreign policy security policy and the need to arm for real threats. to the public and they know that the public doesn't want to doesn't want to hear. that it would be the actual and today i think the public actually is while the willing to listen to that but the problem is not to talk about numbers we talk about one point three one point four one point. five we don't really talk about defense and we don't really talk about strategy. and i think one of the major problems germany has and does a lot. in defense i mean if you look at the defense budget ten years ago or ten twenty thirteen with thirty three billion albeit forty three so things moved in defeat. and germany similar to nato. but on the other hand -- then comes a domestic debate in the kind of party power politics and then germany is sending mixed messages which you mention. so the question is we stick to northre

finland's social democratic party has declared a narrow victory in sunday's general election.der, antti rinne, is set to become the country's first left—wing prime minister in 20 years. his centre—left party won a0 seats in parliament, one more than the far—right, anti—immigration finns party. now on bbc news, stephen sackur speaks to french writer edouard louis on hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. every so often a writer emerges with a voice so original, distinct, even strong that it is heard far beyond the confines of the book—buying public. so it is with my guest today — edouard louis, who has produced overall, account of his own life in a working—class town in the north of france five years ago. since then, he has written two more books, one from his own experience of class discrimination, homophobia and violence and a fractured france. it's tempting to see him as the voice now of the generation. his anger, the fuel that propels him. welcome. thank you very much. you were born and raised in a working—class town in the north of france. you escaped as a teen

finland's social democratic party has declared a narrow victory in sunday's general election.r, antti rinne, is set to become the country's first left—wing prime minister in 20 years. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament, over the further brexit delay. does my right honourable friend, the prime minister, appreciate the anger that her abject surrender last night has generated across the country? mps welcome plans to get tough with internet companies. for the sake of the family of molly russell and the victims of christchurch, we must work together across this house to make sure that social media companies and tech companies are properly held to account. also on this programme, mps mark 50 years of the uk's at sea nuclear deterrent. jeremy corbyn challenges theresa may over funding for local services. and, in the lords, a peer has a solution for those worried that new uk passports don't have the words european union on the front cover. it would be sensible to put a question mark after european union. and then in due course,

country need a new economic direction wayne hay al jazeera jakarta the leader of finland social democratic party has declared a victory in sunday's general election and here. with a small majority and if he succeeds in forming a coalition he could be the country's first leftist prime minister in twenty years protests are happening across the world to put the issues of global warming and climate change into center stage in london environmental activists smashed windows and blocked london's busiest roads and bridges many of the organizers are part of a group called extinction rebellion tiger woods has won his first major title in more than a decade the forty three year old won by one shot to claim the masters for a fifth time words last won at augusta back in two thousand and five while his previous success at a major was in two thousand and eight i had serious doubts after you know what transpired a couple years ago i could barely walk couldn't sit down i really couldn't do much of anything. luckily i had the procedure back which gave me a chance to you know having a. normal life. but then also i