Next by sir welcome to the program polish voters are casting ballots in a tight president ial race the incumbent angie duda is backed by the right wing populist government he is up against a field of candidates but his main challenger is the liberal mayor of warsaw buddha has been campaigning on a conservative social agenda with attacks on the l g b t community as a central theme. Physic in southern poland is one of many small towns that president is visiting during his Election CampaignFamily Tradition religion those are the issues and values he hopes will win over voters in this speech he warns that what he calls l g b t ideology will undermine the traditional family and above all twist childrens morals surprised my parents generation fought for 40 years to remove communist ideology from the Education System so that our children are not forced fed it anymore now its no longer allowed to brainwash young people or indoctrinate children or soldiers in the army our parents did not fight this fight to prepare the way for another new ideology or an ideology even more destructive for humanity just about to. Go until recently slogans like these were the preserve of polish nationalists now the nationalists have their own candidate and fear that do to with his radical language maybe siphoning off their voters. Well it is good that the president raised this issue during the Election Campaign but unfortunately the p. I. A. s government did nothing over the last 5 years to stop this ideological offensive against poland we are a Christian Country and people have to respect this thats why right now there is a rather aggressive policy to strengthen these morals. Just. Suzee under fears that intolerance towards the l g b t community will increase if to die is reelected she is from italy but has lived in warsaw for 20 years and feels at home here although she has been verbally and physically attacked a few times because of her Sexual Orientation she was horrified by does statement. Shocked me because his statement was very radical. The president had never gone that far before. As a homosexual person in poland i feel threatened. 50 andries is thinking about leaving poland but 1st she wants to wait for the Election Results and there is hope too does opponent in the president ial race is warsaw mayor kosky hes campaigning for gay rights hes signed an l g b t charter that outlaws discrimination on the grounds of Sexual Orientation he has spoken out publicly against such polarization. Those that youre saying we are fed up with the current government trying to set people against each other. Those in power are constantly trying to divide us and everyone who disagrees with this power must live in fear we are fed up with it. These words saw demonstrators also want change so they are supporting the liberal candidate as president of the republic tres cops would not be able to stop the plans of the National Conservative government completely but he could veto unconstitutional laws and thus keep the government in check. And to help us understand a little more about this election joined by dubious which action nancy from our polish service. This race has been described as a clash of values is that a Fair Assessment well if the incumbent president mr wins this election the National Conservative low and Justice Party which is the ruling the country will be able to continue its controversial reforms the reform of the judiciary the reform of the political system the reform of the of the media so whats at stake is actually if poland will continue this Journey Towards a illiberal democracy towards a very conservative country having some issues with the European Union or will this journey be the journey that the country has been on for 5 years now will it be stopped by the liberal candidate mr mr just so i think its fair to say that well lets talk about just the mayor of warsaw came forward in may was it as a candidate jack in the box i mean how did that happen well the liberal party hat originally chosen another candidate but she had been very unsuccessful and then the pandemic of coronavirus started which gave the liberals legal opportunity to replace the unsuccessful can do that with mr just got skills so there he is ok im going to put you on the spot and watch as you know went oh. Well i think we we can say who is going to win today because mr du the is leading all the recent recent polls however its very unlikely that he will get 50 percent of the vote which means that there will be a runoff there will be a 2nd round in 2 weeks and then it is going to be i very. Very. Tied to race we dont we cant really say who is going to win them help us understand me understand in our viewers why is the l g b t issues so central to the do the campaign was that it was the murder rest of europe has moved on whats going on well i believe that the the law and Justice Party. Understood that they have now a big issue with mr skidd that hes a threat to miss to do that and they know that scaremongering is always a powerful weapon in the campaign in poland so they used this to mobilize its very hard core electorate in poland and we will see if it didnt work out or not ok to use of which szymanski thank you for that insight thank you. Now to take a look at some of the other stories around the world the former malawian Opposition Leader lazarus check where a has been sworn in as president after winning a rerun election with more than 58 percent of the vote the initial poll in may 20th 2019 forgive me was discredited and its result overturned because of election fraud. Severe flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least 3 people in southwestern china 2 of the victims died after their vehicles fell into a river in Sichuan Province authorities have evacuated more than 7000 people from their homes. In the northern italian city of better mo is preparing to honor the victims of the coronavirus pandemic this evening with a requiem concert northern italys lumber the region took the brunt of the 1st wave of the pandemic in europe with tens of thousands of deaths the disaster helped raise awareness that the illness could spread from asia to around the world now people there are asking how it all could have happened in one of europes richest regions you went to burgle to look for answers. Images that are hard to forget military trucks loaded with coffins. Doctors and nurses as frontline fighters overloaded hospital. Which travel to battle a city that is still in mourning 1st stop the old town usually a tourist hot spot here we meet. A Community Worker things have calmed down now unlike the south of the crisis a. Bit you know the jordanian after a few days some of us started breaking down emotionally they were sobbing like babies but it was partly the pressure but also because we were dealing with people who had seen 2 or 3 of their family members die all of them one after the other with. During our pilot was among the founders of superbad and initiatives to help those who couldnt help themselves 200 volunteers joined him they delivered food and medicines to cover 1000 patients relief for suffering city people and are grieving for the loss of laughter but theyre also beginning to ask questions they want to know why their region. Which is one of the richest initially was so hard hit stefan of course grandfather died in a care home hes now collecting the stories of other covered 9000. 00 victims we just want to know the proof we want to know if it was addressed before or if there is a high level of power in the authorities not the doctor or sort of nurses that have the possibility to contain this feeling or even to avoid fusco and others say the worst affected parts of the region should have been closed down at an early stage they criticize the regions farid president in milan for putting profits. For people to see they go through before we find out whos responsible we have to understand whether or not we made mistakes from the regions point a few i think we try to give all possible answers and take all possible preventions at a time when we were confronting an extraordinary situation at a time when nobody knew much about the virus. From back in bed again well get through bio says citizens will have to take things into their own hands his initiative superbad a gamble will now start organizing concerts to support local artists through bio is confident that over time his city will manage to recover but that optimus and stamp and buds fear off a 2nd wave of infections. And for more on this lets bring in journalist seem a good to who is following a story for us a scene if you could tell us a little bit more about tonights event and what it means for the region. I think we have a little bit of a delay problem with these guys will come back to see me and this story later on in the evening moving on to sports now saturday was the final match day of the bundesliga season with a title decided the big battle was for 4th place Champions League qualification the top spot was on bush to mention the loose as they played her to berlin meanwhile 5th place leverkusen hope that a glad back slip up would help them. Leave a cruiser and began the afternoon with arguably their best player on the bench its made way and so it was up to kevin folland to strike the right tone. That he did just 2 minutes in im a lucky deflection setting him up for a cool finish and his tentacle of the season. But for liver coups and there was soon but news from glad where the horse got off the mark on 7 minutes. After good work from below and below to make it one nil which is hope both games stood at half time. It looked like liver couzin had turned up the heat on blood in the 2nd half. Foot fall and was denied a 2nd on 67 minutes when the video assistant referee spotted a photo in the build up. 10 minutes later and gladbach the hosts had 4th place so why not have the oppressive mbalula easing the nerves im. Have to score a consolation goal through captain feed on that piece of it perhaps his last game for the club. Was the result filtered through to liver coups and the disappointment was stark but they can comfort themselves with europe elite qualification after a decent campaign. But meanwhile celebrated their Champions League spot as well as anyone could expect in an empty stadium. John carlos one of the 2 american olympians who famously gave the black power salute on the podium at the 968 mexico games has called on the International Olympic committee to abolish the protest rule. Carlos along with a group of american athletes sent a letter to the i. O. C. On saturday 75 year old legendary sprinter who won bronze at the mexico games was banned after raising his fist in protest and. Inequality. 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