our top stories: austria elects the world's youngest leader. but will 31—year—old sebastian kurz forge a coalition with the far—right? somalia's deadliest attack in a decade: saturday's massive bomb blast in the capital is known to have killed at least 230 people. warning of "potential danger to life" as hurricane ophelia barrels across the atlantic towards the british isles. and — more claims of sexual assault against hollywood kingpin harvey weinstein. police in britain investigate allegations by three women. the head of austria's conservative people's party is on course to become the world's youngest national leader, at the age of 31. after his victory in sunday's general election, sebastian kurz, is still well short of a majority — but he's in a strong position to form a new coalition government. asjenny hill reports from vienna, he may have to rely on the far—right freedom party, whose campaign was dominated by immigration concerns. the new face of austrian politics. sebastian kurz has rejuvenated his party and changed his coun

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

he's young he's always been a politician and he always wins yesterday voters in austria paved the way for sebastian courts to become their chancellor and the youngest leader in the world tonight the canned speaking the far right so language sounding like a millennia old man i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. like to get caught you said he's demolished so day it's a historic day it is our chance to take the leadership of our country and to carry out real changes therefore thank you. when you vote so i just i'm convinced that the new chancellor if it turns out to be sebastian quotes will remember the great europeans from australia getting on their cup yes and i congratulate it's about includes nice night and i think i hope we will then be able to whet well together on the european stage that is on the. based on the economy the president of the european commission reiterated in his letter the wish for the formation of a stable pull your opinion government own behalf of the government be of course congratulate us of us in court resolve is very honest straightforward to the point tha

he entered government in 2009 and became austria's foreign minister in 2013. he took over the leadership of his party earlier this year and has managed to turn it around from a rather tired movement into something where, i visit some of his campaign rallies and you see young people running up to him, one young man told me he was inspired by politicians for the first time in many years. there is a sense among his fans that he may be able to effect change in austria. there are others who say mr kurz is the old conservative party repackaged and they are quite suspicious of his movement towards the right. thanks. we were looking at sebastian kurz who is now going to be the youngest national leader in the world at the age of 31. news from here in the uk, we arejust learning in age of 31. news from here in the uk, we are just learning in the last few minutes that theresa may will meet with european union chief brexit negotiator michel barnier and head of the eu commissionjean—claude juncker in brussels on monday, that's coming from the bbc‘s political editor lau

our top stories: austria elects the world's youngest leader. but will 31—year—old sebastian kurz forge a coalition with the far—right? somalia's deadliest attack in a decade — saturday's massive bomb blast in the capital is known to have killed at least 230 people. warning of "potential danger to life" as hurricane ophelia barrels across the atlantic towards the british isles. and more claims of sexual assault against hollywood kingpin, harvey weinstein. police in britain investigate allegations by three women. the head of austria's conservative people's party is on course to become the world's youngest national leader, at the age of 31. after his victory in sunday's general election, sebastian kurz, is still well short of a majority but he's in a strong position to form a new coalition government. asjenny hill reports from vienna, he may have to rely on the far—right freedom party, whose campaign was dominated by immigration concerns. the new face of austrian politics. sebastian kurz has rejuvenated his party and changed his country'

d w news coming to you live from berlin is austria bound to take a hard turn to the right elections on sunday or expect to see an end to immigration coalition take power will be taking a look at the front runner sebastian currents and how an anti immigration stance helps him snap up to forty plus don't drop reignites the us if you do the wrong do you survive a landmark agreement to curb its nuclear program. and thousands of californians flee their homes as a wildfire spreads consuming an area the size of the land. and they're harming welcome to the show it's good to have you with us australians we voting sunday in national elections and if the polls are to be believed the country is set to take a hard turn to the right polling suggests the election is likely to result in a coalition government between austria's conservative and far white populist parties border security and refugee policy have 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 t

for example brought into austria by the mums who are not part of also muslim society but paid from abroad. your story on law on the islam is for building financing from abroad overages communities so as ingrid we have time taken the right positions and. we will succeed in that with 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 are 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 board of health of voters of the european union and not exclude european countries from european integration you're taking part in the dialogue of civilizations for a moment ro this island where the focus on multiple already in regional and global developments but today it seems like people want instant solutions a lot more than a dialogue call

news live from berlin austria looks set for a swing to the right immigration is on voters' minds today as they head to the polls in national elections thirty one year old sebastian could could become europe's youngest leader we'll go live to a correspondent for the latest also coming up. our german migration officials leaking personal information back to turkey some asylum seekers say their names and addresses have ended up all over to media. and a further fall from grace for harvey when weinstein following sexual assault allegations the movie mogul is expelled from the academy of motion picture the same body that once gave him an oscar for shakespeare in love. i made a few money welcome to the program austrians voting in a national election that could swing the country to the right and pave the way for europe's youngest leader polling stations opened a few hours ago and thirty one year old foreign minister sebastian could is tipped to become chancellor of his pot is his people's party has taken a hard line against refugees in the run up to the vote is widely expected to go into govern

also coming up austria is expected to take a sharp swing to the right in this sunday's elections will take a look at how a hardline immigration stance has helped front runner sebastian kurtz snap up support. and female lawmakers in germany are cleaning out their desks after the september elections as the percentage of women in parliament drunks. waiter thank you for joining us u.s. president donald trump has said he will not recertify the two thousand and fifteen iran nuclear deal the multilateral agreement called for iran to shelve its disputed nuclear program and in exchange the international community would ease sanctions accused iran of violating the quote spirit of the agreement but stopped short of canceling the deal and said he's called on u.s. lawmakers and international partners to fix its flaws the agreement stipulates that the u.s. president must certify to congress that iran is complying with the agreement every ninety days trump had done this twice before but now has refused to sign ahead of sunday's deadline. now congress must decide whether to reimpose sanctions and scr

he's young he's always been a politician and he always wins yesterday voters in austria paved the way for sebastian courts to become their chancellor and the youngest leader in the world tonight the one dickhead speaking the far right so language sounding like a millennia old man i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. like to get caught you said he's the one in charge of the day it's a historic day it is our chance to take the leadership of our country and to carry out real changes there for thank you. to hear about so i just i'm convinced that the new chancellor if it turns out to be sebastian quotes will remember the great europeans from australia getting on their. i congratulate it's about seen clips nice night and i hope we will then be able to work well together on the european stage and. based on the economy the president of the european commission reiterated in his letter the wish for the formation of a stable pull your opinion government own behalf of the government be of course congratulate us of us in court resolve is very honest straightforward to the point that we are ha

following events in austria or. there's a lot of intrigue over whether or not the right wing freedom party will do as well as its sisters elsewhere in europe in france and in germany form of fringe parties making it big on the political scene the us skeptic anti immigrant freedom party seriously complicates things for the leading center right people's party the v p o v p started to hash in its agenda to attract voters i'm here to pro freedom party rally the last one before sunday's parliamentary election in which the party is expected to come second many here accuse one of its main rivals of stealing some of its proposals and if nobody is coming into the country without registration without a passport no one should be allowed to enter austria i list will do everything possible to stop illegal immigration i am asking that social benefits for non austrians be significantly reduced i just will do everything we can to end the abuse of our social welfare system by immigrant the people's party has always been the pro euro

it has pushed austria further to the right the anti immigrant freedom party could enter government as puts his coalition partner. you're watching t.v. news from berlin you can get all this news information relic talk on our website that's it d w dot com don't leave you now with the images from the albuquerque international balloon fiesta in new mexico enjoy. some. sun. being interested in everything and wanting to improve things. having countless ideas and writing them down. being good for. a polymath breaking contributions to mathematics philosophy jurisprudence. explore his rooms over. thirty minutes on d w. because that where they start to divide the country i do it's deal where they start to divide the language your blood will flow for close. to. the soviet union is pretty hard. to. the members of the russian federation would have to find their own lay politically and economically. some of it was an incredibly difficult task not most of. this democracy was a lie but if the elections were a fraud because privatisation was robbery it just took us instead of cultivating its culture i

with more now from austria his poor sleep. there's a lot of intrigue over whether or not the right wing freedom party will do as well as it's just as elsewhere in europe in france and in germany form a fringe parties making it big on the political scene the us skeptic anti immigrant freedom cos he seriously complicates things for the leading center right people's party the v p o v p started to harsh in its agenda to attract voters i'm here to pro freedom party rally the last one before sunday's parliamentary election in which the party is expected to come second many here accuse one of its main rivals of stealing some of its proposals look if nobody is coming into the country without registration without a passport no one should be allowed to enter austria. we will do everything possible to stop illegal immigration so i am asking that social benefits for non austrians be significantly reduced. everything we can to end the abuse of our social welfare system by immigrants the people's body has always been the bro your appear in

in austria. the right. from moscow to the world this is our international my names you know neal good to have your company our top story this hour syrian government troops have liberated the city of my. state is according to the russian defense ministry with the details earlier here in the studio here. oh my dean is one of the last remaining eisold strongholds so the liberation of the city is likely to come as a major blow to the terrorist group fighting a military source the sun the news agency has reported its soldiers are now driving the remaining jarvis out of the city while work is underway on relieving land mines and booby traps left behind by the militants fighting lies in the province situated just south of the provincial capital and this area has witnessed some of the fiercest fighting between islamic state and syrian forces as government troops battle to push the islamists out syrian army troops successfully reached the outskirts of al my earlier this month effectively trapping isis in the city an

there are big elections this weekend in austria as an anti immigration party gain strength their concerns are growing over the rise of the right in your. welcome you watching r.t. international is just turned two o'clock in moscow. the historic nuclear agreement with iran is in jeopardy after president trump announced he won't certify terrans compliance with the deal is decision comes despite the global nuclear watchdog as well as u.s. and european officials saying iran is keeping its side of the bargain. we will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence more terror and the very real threat of iran's nuclear breakout importantly a rare is not living up to the spirit of the deal well the move means the u.s. congress now has sixty days to decide whether to reimpose sanctions against iran as well as come up with new legislation to try and amend the nuclear deal but if those negotiations fail trump says the deal will be terminated which risks undermining the fragile balance the nuclear deal has secured here's why he might be considering ripping up the green. four

a fairly crucial election for austria what voters been concerned with in the run up to it. or it's been very surprising in the run up to this election and how the whole debate has centered around essentially a right wing. this is a fight between the center right led by the thirty one year old. sebastian kurtz who's going to be probably the youngest chancellor in austria and the youngest leader in europe as a result of this election and also the the far right party the hard right party the freedom party led by heinz christie and slacker now he's very much moderated his tone he's trying to be much more statesman like he's disavowed his neo nazi past this is not an insurgent party it's been in power before in coalitions and this time it is expected to be called on to form to help form a right wing coalition now the issues all around immigration immigration immigration and i've been looking over the past few days at the final speeches the final campaigns and trying to get the opinions of some of the people about what's been happening here. there are a. bastion kurtz's called th

the politics in austria has shifted now to the right and there has been... significantly. yes, significantly to the right, with the antiestablishment, anti—immigration party, and what sebastian kurz is looking at is to form a coalition with the freedom party. which is a real worry because they are in far right party. yes, they are in far right party. yes, they are in far right party. yes, they are an anti— islam party. they are talking about fascism is long, and muslim symbols. it is worrying. definitely a rise in these parties. it will be interesting to see with the coalition how it is formed and the coalition how it is formed and the kind of weight is given to the freedom party. i mean, very similar campaign and the extra what donald trump did. austria first for example, trump, america first, and appealing to those instincts in a very populist way. too much migration. absolutely, there has been a real focus on the country, who you are and what we should be doing andi who you are and what we should be doing and i think the problem is it that the preside

a boost for populist politics in europe as conservative sebastian coe it's winds austria's election by embracing the policies of the far right. of her. son in a well welcome to you i'm under that she the crisis in gaza loony has taken a new turn on the government in madrid has still got a region separatist leader he has until tuesday to redraw any moves towards independence or face serious penalties this good include the imposition of di recruited by madrid spins deputy prime minister soraya signs that madea was responding to the failure of the council on media to stick to a deadline today to clarify his johnson independence. she said his decision not to answer the question of whether he intended to breakaway on not was unacceptable 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 not. this is a question that cannot remain unanswered i don't think it's a complicated question with something as important as this

following events in austria forests polish lier. there's a lot of intrigue over whether or not the right wing freedom party will do as well as its sisters elsewhere in europe in france and in germany form of fringe parties making it big on the political scene the us skeptic anti immigrant freedom party is seriously complicates things for the leading center right people's party the v p o v p started to harsh in its agenda to attract voters i'm here to pro freedom party rally the last one before sunday's parliamentary election in which the party is expected to come second many here accuse one of its main rivals of stealing some of its proposals there for nobody is coming into the country without registration without a passport no one should be allowed to enter austria i list we'll do everything possible to stop illegal immigration i am asking that social benefits for non austrians be significantly reduced. we'll do everything we can to end the abuse of our social welfare system by immigrant the people's party has always been the pro e

with more details from austria his poor sleep. there's a lot of intrigue over whether or not the right wing freedom party will do as well as it's just as elsewhere in europe in france and in germany form a fringe parties making it big on the political scene the us skeptic anti immigrant freedom party seriously complicates things for the leading center right people's party the v.p. over. its agenda to attract voters i'm here at a pro freedom party rally the last one before sunday's parliamentary election in which the party is expected to come second many here accuse one of its main rivals of stealing some of its proposals and if nobody is coming into the country without registration without a passport no one should be allowed to enter austria. will do everything possible to stop illegal immigration i am asking that social benefits for non austrians be significantly reduced. everything we can to end the abuse of our social welfare system by immigrants the peoples body has always been the bro european party quite conservative and. no

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 lower the tax burden on working people so that austrians on small to medium incomes have more money to live on somebody. less clear those who will come second it could be the hard right freedom party at an election rally in fianna it's leader heinz christiane is just one photos of a repeat of the current santa left coalition. this depression with the film and it's the same old story when they smell power the social democrats in the p

for example brought into austria by the mums who are not part of also muslim society but paid from abroad. you're still in law on the islam is for beating financing from abroad of religious communities so as ingrid we have to take in the right positions and. we will succeed in that with another law and 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 are 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 border of the out of borders of the european union and not exclude european countries from european integration you're taking part in the dialogue of civilizations for a moment rhoda silent while the focus on multiple already in regional and global developments but today it seems like people want instant solutions a lot more than a dialogu

it looks like a quiet stretch of the later river on the border of austria and hungry but right here or thirties of course more than eighty migrants trying to illegally cross in the weeks leading up to the austrian election. especially along the lighter river many foreigners in need of help and protection are using it to make the crossing into austria. austria to can one hundred thousand asylum seekers in twenty fifteen but now says it won't take anymore one of the reasons is this man sebastian kurtz who's campaigned mostly on his successful push to close off the so-called balkan route. i'm going to take a very clear path which will reduce illegal migration to zero those who try to enter illegally must be stopped at the border taken care of and then sent back the traffickers come to the ones to decide who gets through and not we as a republic or the european union but courts is hard line immigration stance looks soft compared to the anti islam rhetoric of the leader of the nationalist freedom party. in vienna and other cities there are already more muslim than catholic children at prima

he's young he's always been a politician and he always wins yesterday voters in austria paved the way for sebastian courts to become their chancellor and the youngest leader in the world tonight the canned speaking the far right so language sounding like a millennia old man i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. like we could talk is that he's the one issue so day it's a historic day it is our chance to take the leadership of our country and to carry out real changes therefore thank you. to here been to both sides i'm convinced that the new chancellor if it turns out to be sebastian quotes will remember the great europeans from australia get in on their top yes and i congratulate it's about in quotes nice night and i hope it will then be able to whet well together on the european stage. based on the economy the president of the european commission reiterated in his letter the wish for the formation of a stable pull your opinion government own behalf of the government be of course congratulate us of us in court resolve is very honest straightforward to the point that we are happy to

this is d w news live from berlin austria takes a turn to the right in national elections political whiz kids about kurt's declares victory just months after being appointed leader of the conservative people's party he has promised tough new immigration policies we'll go live to vienna also coming up. germany's s.p.d. takes the lead in a vote in lower saxony an unexpected turn after a dismal showing in national elections will bring you the latest numbers and what they mean for chancellor angela merkel as she tries to form a new coalition government. and the devastation in the somali capital of mogadishu for more than two hundred people were killed in a massive bomb blast. on my ass waiter thanks for joining us austria is getting a new chancellor as conservative sebastian curt's claims victory after snap elections the thirty one year old took the reins of the people's party just a few months ago he's campaigned heavily on promises to clamp down. an immigration curt's doesn't have a governing majority so probably have to form a coalition government one likely partner is the far right freed

has steered the party rightward on key issues and to victory in austria as national elections. oh i have a big request for you used today to celebrate. because you've all earned it through hard work and dedication which. ok to have the same time i need to tell you that to morrow the work starts we didn't just run to win the elections we did it to bring austria back on top. so we're going to be treated to be here we ran in this election to achieve real change . how could scopes to achieve this change is up for debate. the former foreign minister appeal to conservative and right wing voters with pledges to reduce immigration shut down migrant routes kept benefits to refugees and bar immigrants from benefits for five years a divisive stance in austria. for cruz i'm shocked and outraged i truly have to say what i can say more i'm very disappointed that the austrians vote like this for instance i. don't if you screw it i think the result is great is cool i think it is great that the sun leader the other candidates are all tricksters i voted for q it seems good indeed on the income t

illegal migration to achieve order and security in austria. it's the freedom party led by heinz christian structure that could be drawn into a new right wing coalition with the young chancellor they draw their support from a working class aged eighteen by the waves of immigration and euro struck has said his neo nazi links and hues could now be dismissed he described himself then as stupid and naive that there is no islam does not belong in austria and we do not want to. own homelands i think something needs to change it's a very strong to the left over very strong to the right and the middle needs to come back the middle class is missing. a ban on face veils came into effect here this month but opinion was divided amongst worshippers at friday prayers at the the end of mosque about what life might be like under you right wing coalition. this no i'm afraid to be living in a country where the women are suppressed because of the headscarf or what they are wearing their exteriors and i am afraid of that as i want to become a doctor. to militant m

this is due to the news coming to you live from berlin austria looks set for a swing to the right and the gratian is on voters' minds today as they head to the polls in national elections thirty one year old sebastian courts could become europe's youngest leader we'll go live to our correspondent for the latest also coming up devastation in mogadishu medics are fighting to save hundreds of people as the death toll from the massive bombing soars in the somali capital. and our german migration officials leaking close no information back to turkey some asylum seekers say their names and addresses have ended up all over turkish media. and sarah harman welcome to the show it's good to have you with us. austrians are voting in national elections today that could swing the country to the right and pave the way for europe's youngest later polling stations opened a few hours ago and thirty one year old foreign minister sebastian cortes is tipped to become austria's next chancellor and his people's party has taken a hard line against refugees in the run up to this vote course is widely expected

and they're all harming welcome to the show thanks for joining us voting in austria as national election kicks off 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 polling suggests the election is likely to result in a coalition government between austria's conservatives and a far right populist party order security and refugee policy have been hot button issues in the run up to the 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 lower the tax burden on working people so that austrians on small to medium incomes have more money to live on. less clear guess who will come second it could be the hard right freedom party at an election rally in vienna its leader. warren photos of a repeat of the current santa left coalition. this depression with the film and it's the same old story when they smell power the social democrat

our top stories: austria elects the world's youngest leader. but will 31—year—old sebastian kurz forge a coalition with the far—right? somalia's deadliest attack in a decade: saturday's massive bomb blast in the capital is known to have killed at least 230 people. warning of "potential danger to life" as hurricane ophelia barrels across the atlantic towards the british isles. and more claims of sexual assault against hollywood kingpin harvey weinstein. police in britain investigate allegations by three women. hello. the head of austria's conservative people's party is on course to become the world's youngest national leader, at the age of 31. after his victory in sunday's general election, sebastian kurz, is still well short of a majority — but he's in a strong position to form a new coalition government. asjenny hill reports from vienna, he may have to rely on the far—right freedom party, whose campaign was dominated by immigration concerns. the new face of austrian politics. sebastian kurz has rejuvenated his party and changed his c

news live from berlin austria takes a turn to the right in national elections political whiz kid sebastian kurtz declares victory just months after being appointed leader of the conservative people's party he has promised tough new immigration policies we'll go live to vienna. also coming up germany's s.p.d. takes the lead in a vote in lower saxony an unexpected turn after a dismal showing in the national elections we'll bring you the latest numbers and what they mean for chancellor angela merkel as she tries to form a new coalition government. and devastation and they somali capital mogadishu for more than two hundred people were killed in a massive bomb blast. on my ass waiter thanks for joining us austria is getting a new chancellor as conservatives sebastian kurtz claims victory after snap elections the thirty one year old will become europe's youngest government leader he campaigned heavily on promises to clamp down on immigration kurtz. doesn't have a governing majority so probably have to form a coalition government he says he's keeping his options open but one likely partner is the

the ben, thank you. leader of austria's people's party the leader of austria's people's party has become the youngest leader at the age of 31. sebastian kurz may have to rely on the far right freedom party. we canjoin our correspondentjenny hill. good correspondentjenny hill. evening. today's result if significant good evening. today's result is significant two reasons. first, it may mean the far right becomes part of austria's government, and secondly, as you say, austrians collected the world's youngest leader, a 31—year—old man they have nicknamed whizz kid. this report contains flash the geography. —— flash photography. the new face of austrian politics. flash photography. sebastian kurz has rejuvenated his party and changed his country's political landscape. party and changed his country's translation: voters have handed us a great responsibility. many people but big hopes in our movement. i promise i will do all in my power to fight for change and i invite you tojoin me. to fight for change herr kurz, a word for the bbc. to fight for change has austria moved to the right to

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 up yes we want to be more and yes we want to be a real movement anyone who wants to take part can take part in. curt's has brought one hundred fifty thousand new supporters into the people's party. their whole look has suddenly turned from the traditional black to turquoise. in terms of policy kurtz's managed one big thing a clear swing to the right. we wanted to change something we were determined it was this steadfastness that we had above all when half of europe was beating up on us that's what matters. since the beginning of europe's refugee crisis in two thousand and fifteen curt's has maintained one clear message the borders must be sealed and the young hard liner prevailed the so-called balkan route that many refugees fleeing i

natalie, that's franz schellhorn from the austria think tank. a look at why voters voted the way they did, why you saw such a surge of popularity behind sebastian kurz, he is portrayed as the change candidate here. but again, that migration crisis claimed very heavily here, especially when we saw all the votes going to the anti-immigration freedom party. still a lot of coalition building in the works. we'll see what happens in the days to come. the final results will be on thursday. and that's when we're likely to see the beginning of those coalition talks, natalie. >> we appreciate it, atika shubert for us in vienna. thank you. >> we'll hear more from atika next hour. >>> next up on "cnn newsroom" for now, russia's russian meddling apparently far more extensive than first thought. in a cnn exclusive, see how one russian-linked campaign used instagram, youtube, even pokemon to try to shake up u.s. politics. stay with us. express yourself.. new brow stylist shape and fill pencil by l'oreal. the easy-to-use triangular tip shapes and fills. the spo

big elections this weekend in austria one to watch the immigration party gain strength concerns of growing over the general rise of the right in europe we investigate. i just turned one in the afternoon here in moscow r r t h q my name's kevin owen thanks for tuning in we have you are chewing in and around the world this weekend starting with this historic nuclear agreement with iran is in jeopardy after president trump announced that he won't certified surrounds compliance with the deal his decision comes despite the global nuclear watchdog as well as u.s. and european officials though saying that iran is keeping its side of the bargain. we will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence more terror and the very real threat of iran's nuclear breakout importantly iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal the move therefore means now that the us congress has sixty days to decide whether or not to reimpose sanctions against iran as well as to come up with new legislation to try and amend the nuclear deal but if those negotiations fail trump says the deal wil

austria will have a new chancellor after a conservative. party tops the polls the vote saw a significant surge in support for right wing parties in the country. failed expectations more uncertainty president gives big signals on the region's independence. and whether. the world festival. so open in russia's black sea resort of sochi with people from around the world and. with the big stories of the past seven days on right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly on our to international hello and welcome our top story syrian government troops have liberated the eastern city of all my. dean from islamic state it is the latest blow to the terror group which is now being steadily pushed from the war torn country. to give up but. the idealism. are obvious. for. let terrorists are fighting fiercely to retain what they can of their last stronghold in the region iraq as the if i list report from the village of how. shall the syrian troops during its liberation and. under a bright blue sky through devastated country across the euphr

for austria, this is nothing new. i do think that it is certainly -- it has certainly strengthened a trend. if you look at the population in he won the elections by moving his own party to the right. and noted to preempt the far right, he is been shifting positions to the right. matt: another the eastern european country that is out there to the right people let me ask what you think about the possibility of just right. let me ask you what you think about the possibility of them going back into politics with each other. rowan kurtz just ruin kurtz's name. do you think there's any possibility those two could make a coalition? unlikely.hink it is too much glass has been broken. at the same time i think the option of including is something that is probably less egregious in austria than it might be here in germany, because of that party has already been in government. at the moment i would say they will be a part of the government. guy: quick question. angela merkel and theresa may spoke on the telephone last night. do y

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 european union and not to exclude european countries from european integration you're taking part in the dialogue of civilizations for a long road a silent where the focus on multiple already in regional and global developments but today it seems like people want instant solutions and a lot mo

bethany bell reports from austria's capital vienna. austria is banning the fullface veil in public places. headscarves are allowed but the tiny minority of muslim women who wear the burqa or niqab now face a fine. it is estimated only 150 women here actually wear one. the law doesn'tjust target muslim veils, it also restricts the use of medical masks and clown make—up. this shop sells clothes for conservative muslim women. they would not let us film inside, but on their website they do so ads for the niqab. it is very rare to see muslim women wearing full faced veils, here in austria. those who do so are believed to be young and converts. the coalition government of the social democrats and conservatives says the law is about standing up for women's rights. in a free society, we have to protect the values of the free society, and one of the values is the equal rights of man and woman and not ban the woman from the public. we cannot accept a woman as a second—class person. this election poster by the far—right freedom party says i

and now austria might be about to follow suit. there is a history of frustration with the established political parties during the global recession and twenty nine europe in austria were hit hard and top of this with this stream of migrants in twenty fifteen all that enormously increased popular discontent. well following the events this weekend in austria our correspondent paula slayers. there's a lot of intrigue over whether or not the right wing freedom party will do as well as its sisters elsewhere in europe in france and in germany form of fringe parties making it big on the political scene the us skeptic anti immigrant freedom party is seriously complicates things for the leading center right people's party v p o v p started to harsh in its agenda to attract voters i'm here to pro freedom party rally the last one before sunday's parliamentary election in which the party is expected to come second many here accuse one of its main rivals of stealing some of its proposals and if nobody is coming into the country without registr

with more now from austria his poor slave. there's a lot of intrigue over whether or not the right wing freedom party will do as well as it's just as elsewhere in europe in france and in germany form a fringe parties making it big on the political scene the us skeptic anti immigrant freedom party seriously complicates things for the leading center right people's party the v p o v p started to harsh in its agenda to attract voters i'm here to pro freedom party rally the last one before sunday's parliamentary election in which the party is expected to come second many here accuse one of its main rivals of stealing some of its proposals look at that nobody is coming into the country without registration without a passport no one should be allowed to enter austria. will do everything possible to stop illegal immigration so i am asking that social benefits for not austrians be significantly reduced i just will do everything we can to end the abuse of our social welfare system by immigrants the people's body has always been the bro

following events in austria for us pulis lier. there's a lot of intrigue over whether or not the right wing freedom party will do as well as its sisters elsewhere in europe in france and in germany form of fringe parties making it big on the political scene the us skeptic anti immigrant freedom party is seriously complicates things for the leading center right people's party the v p o v p started to harsh in its agenda to attract voters i'm here to pro freedom party rally the last one before sunday's parliamentary election in which the party is expected to come second many here accuse one of its main rivals of stealing some of its proposals and if nobody is coming into the country without registration without a passport no one should be allowed to enter austria i list we will do everything possible to stop illegal immigration i am asking that social benefits for non austrians be significantly reduced. we'll do everything we can to end the abuse of our social welfare system by immigrant the people's party has always been the pro eu

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 already eyeing up a cabinet post. we are now a political force in the domestic austrian political landscape my friends. the incumbent chancellor christian count and the social democrats support slip putting them and likely second place still can says he's ready to enter a possible coalition government. we've created a set of criteria and developed a value compass this will be our benchmark and the basis on which we will negotiate and with three different coalition options possible observers are e

on maya schwager thanks for joining us austria is getting a new chancellor as conservative sebastian kurtz claims victory after snap elections the thirty one year old took the reins of the people's party just a few months ago he's campaigned heavily. on promises to clamp down on immigration courts doesn't have a governing majority so he'll probably have to form a coalition government one likely partner is the far right freedom party which also made strong gains. they call him ven divert c. 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. that would. 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 islam the will for change in austria is widespread and strong a series of scandals hammered the social democrats of outgoing chancel

and voters turn right in austria, we take a look at what this means for europe. and in a dw exclusive, we meet a man helping german authorities to track down jihadists. ♪ brent: iraq's military is reporting progress tonight but not in the fight against islamic state. iraqi forces have moved in to the city of kirkuk in a bold campaign to regain land from the kurds. tension has the high -- has been high in the region, following the referendum vote last month. tonight there is talk of a new civil war in the making. correspondent: celebrations in kirkuk as iraqi forces move in. supporters of the iraqi central government could not contain their joy after a day when troops retook key installations. kirkuk has been under kurdish control since islamic state militants swept through the region in 2014. it comes three weeks after residents in the kyrgyzstan region -- kurdistan region voted for independence from baghdad in a controversial referendum. >> we are heading to irbil because the situation is getting worse. iraqi treats have entered and there is no way we could st

illegal migration to achieve order and security in austria. it's the freedom party led by heinz christian straka that could be drawn into a new right wing coalition with the chancellor they draw their support from a working class aged eighteen by the waves of immigration. struck has said his neo nazi links and hues could now be dismissed he described himself then as stupid and naive that there is no islam does not belong in austria and we do not want. anything i think something needs to change it's a very strong to the left over very strong to the right and the middle needs to come back the middle class is missing. a ban on face veils came into effect here this month but opinion was divided amongst worshippers at friday prayers at the the end of mosque about what life might be like i don't you right wing coalition. this no i'm afraid to be living in a country where the women are suppressed because of the headscarf or what they are wearing their exterior and i am afraid of that as i want to become a doctor. i mean muslims are mature voters in v

illegal migration to achieve and security in austria. it's the freedom party led by heinz christian structure that could be drawn into a new right wing coalition with the chancellor they draw their support from a working class aged eighteen by the waves of immigration into europe struck has said his neo nazi links and hues could now be dismissed he described himself then as stupid and naive that there is no islam does not belong in austria and we do not want to. own homelands i think something needs to change it's a very strong to the left over very strong to the right and the middle needs to come back the middle class is missing a ban on face veils came into effect here this month but opinion was divided amongst worshipers at friday prayers at the mosque about what life might be like under a new right wing coalition. this you know i'm afraid to be living in a country where the women are suppressed because of the headscarf or what they are wearing their exteriors and i am afraid of that as i want to become a doctor. to militant muslims m

but the center left the idea of a center left and center right coalition voters in austria seem to be i'm interested in that particular coalition so he may actually go right i mean i don't have a. which would actually consolidate the general sort of nationalist turn as it were. but it's unclear to me exactly what he will do ok and going to you think the knock on effect will be in the u.s. i should imagine that trump probably agrees with this but it's also his neighbors. well as your neighbors germany just lection you know too it was a to reach the go with deep party came in well it came in third but the idea here in germany to have. the party actually come in there is really quite extraordinary and it will make people well one thing it will it will get rid of this notion that that. populist rage in europe ended when her defeated marine le pen but i think we knew that chile's ago and anybody who's been studying european politics the last couple of years should or should not it is that mccrone zbig sure it would and the far right in the in europe the u.s. . so sure that you know what go

following events in austria is our correspondent paula. there's a lot of intrigue over whether or not the right wing freedom party will do as well as its sisters elsewhere in europe in france and in germany form of fringe parties making it big on the political scene the us skeptic anti immigrant freedom party seriously complicates things for the leading center right people's party the v p o v p started to harsh in its agenda to attract voters i'm here to pro freedom party rally the last one before sunday's parliamentary election in which the party is expected to come second many here accuse one of its main rivals of stealing some of its proposals and if nobody is coming into the country without registration without a passport no one should be allowed to enter austria. we will do everything possible to stop illegal immigration i am asking that social benefits for non austrians be significantly reduced. we'll do everything we can to end the abuse of our social welfare system by immigrant the people's party has always been the pro european pa