a small country and that certainly had an impact on voter opinion particularly in rural areas now strakathe head of the freedom party and sebastian kurtz have both said that they want to make fighting radical islam a priority and of course people have seen attacks across europe and that has spread fear over those that haven't been any such attacks in austria both parties also oppose turkish membership of the e.u. and polls here regularly show that most austrians agree with that that as you point out refugees islam border security the these issues all dominated the campaign austria did take a lot of refugees in the migration crisis but has there been a notable effect on society why did these positions go down so well with artists well i think it was things like pledging to cut benefits for refugees and not allowing a repeat of the the huge numbers of people who arrived in twenty fifteen that was ok so could the head of the people's party he that was his line really are as he waits indiana thank you very much you're watching news from berlin more coming up at the top of the hour siege an.

a small country and that certainly had an impact on voter opinion particularly in rural areas now straka the head of the freedom party and sebastian kurtz have both said that they want to make fighting radical islam a priority and of course people have seen attacks across europe and that has spread fear over those that haven't been any such attacks in austria both parties also oppose turkish membership of the e.u. and polls here regularly show that most austrians agree with that rosy waits indiana thank you very much in india rahul gandhi has taken over as the leader of the main opposition congress party the forty seven year old becomes the sixth member of the country's never gandy political family to head the party gandee faces the tough task of resurrecting a party that struggling to make a comeback from its worst ever election show you twenty forty that's when the hindu nationalist b.j. pay off prime minister nuri andhra modi swept to power with a landslide victory. now to south africa where delegates from the country's ruling a.n.c. party a gathering to elect a successor to president

attacks in austria i think the attacks in other european countries also had an effect on voters and strakaand curt's both say they want to make fighting radical islam a priority and they want to ensure greater security in austria including tackling illegal immigration raising rates in vienna thanks very much indeed you're watching the w. news live from more news at top of the hour that point saying that. losing your home. because of persecution. the city. starting from scratch in an unfamiliar country. five people who found a new home you know.

a small country and that certainly had an impact on voter opinion particularly in rural areas now straka the head of the freedom party and sebastien could have both said that they want to make fighting radical islam a priority and of course people have seen attacks across europe and that has spread fear over those that haven't been any such attacks in austria both parties also oppose turkish membership of the e.u. and polls here regularly show that most austrians agree with that rosy wait indiana thank you very much now to south africa where the ruling african national congress has opened a conference that will elect a successor to a party leader and president jacob zuma is shaping up to be a tight race one of the from honest is in his ex-wife and full of foreign minister . ashley's unless it is to use voted to improve prospects for the country's black majority she's up against a deputy president so they're really ramaphosa he is a business friendly trade unionist and one of the wealthiest people on the continent. of a more on this i spoke to genesis for that event from the mail and guar

freedom party they'll go into government together with the with curt's as the the chancellor and straka as the vice chancellor what can we expect from this new coalition where we can expect direct democracy they've said more referenda will be will be put before the austrian people along the swiss model but one referendum they aren't going to get is going to be on whether austria would remain or leave the european union that's just not going to happen as we are at the moment we can expect tough the immigration controls particularly we're hearing things like mobile devices may be confiscated but from refugees and migrants the information held within those devices mind and trawl through to make sure that people who are right in austria are exactly who they say they are and have travelled from where they say they've travelled from what we can also expect is an end to or at least a call for an end to e.u. ascension talks for turkey the new austrian government saying they don't see that as part of the future but what they do see though is an end to sanctions on russia . those. regarding the s

european policy agendas will transfer from the foreign ministry huge chancellorship now the cuts nor straka have detailed the new government's approach to european policy cuts says he is pro european but the far right is traditionally euro skeptic difficulty austria will hold the e.u. rotating presidency in the second half of next year old brennan al jazeera now more refugees are attempting to use an old line route into europe but with tragic consequences for some fear are crossing the edge in the sea to the greek islands of lesbos and cheops once on the islands many of them have to enjoy the dire conditions are now thousands are heading north to cross the land border from turkey into northeastern greece that means crossing the everest river which has been fatal for hundreds of refugees al-jazeera is lawrence lee has this exclusive report from alexandra palace a warning you may find some images disturbing. if you want to see how dangerous it is to be a refugee this hospital morgue is a good starting point is bored with. the day before two months ago. pub loss is parts hospital doctor policy

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that includes peter straka, who was removed after it was revealed that he send text messages about trump to his girlfriend. watch. >> are you sure that you want to be throwing a word like percheron? >> well, it may be a pretty strong word. i am maybe not the most nonpolitical person in the road, coming from a career in business, but i am prude see you upset about this, on the institution itself, on the importance to that institution. as an american citizen, i am nervous and discontents that people would have those kinds of lack of impartiality, and i hope that the committee can get to the bottom of it. >> katie: what about this balance between purging an entire law enforcement agency but also bringing accountability to an agency that clearly has politically motivated agents working on a very serious political investigations? >> kennedy: yeah, there is a big gulf between a purge -- it is a most. in between purging and accountability. and you are absolutely right because all of these agencies require accountability because they have so much power, they can literally spy on any person at an

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