To the program polls have just closed in polands president ial election will be taking a look at the 1st numbers in a moment but 1st lets take a look at the campaign the issues and the 2 front runners. 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 are 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 an ideology even more destructive for humanity just about a vehicle 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. But 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. Suzi under fears that intolerance towards the l g b t community will increase if due to 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. 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. That all the faults of the under is is thinking about leaving poland but 1st she wants to wait for the Election Results and there is hope to dress 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 use that 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 im joined now in the studio by d. D. Abuse wojciech a szymanski from her polish service wojciech one of the numbers well we have the numbers now these are not the final results its socalled exit polls but its usually quite exact so the final result should in different be much different the incumbent president mr under way do that gets 41. 8 percent of the votes and his main rival mr. Mayor of war so gets 30. 4 percent of the vote so what does it mean it means that no more of the can do that come 50 percent of the vote so in 2 weeks there will be a runoff there will be a 2nd round and in this 2nd round mr dude will have to meet with his main rival mr trask of ski ok 11 point gap though does the mayor of warsaw still have a chance. I guess i think he does because the question is where will the votes of the other voters go though there were not just to those 2 guys running for the presidency there were 9 other candidates fighting for it there was a candidate of the leftist party for example the question is who will the voters of a leftist candidate support in this 2nd round is of course more possible that they would vote for mr just cus couldnt for mr do the candidate of a right wing National Conservative party and there were some surveys before saying that its going to be a very tight race in the 2nd round and i guess this is exactly what were expecting right now ok so maybe 2 more weeks of campaigning im assuming are complaining the previous part of the campaign has been described by many as a clash of values will that continue and what does that mean well if president andree do there remains in office. That. Will mean that the ruling flow and Justice Party he spotty will be able to continue all these controversial reforms of poland the reform of the judiciary the reform of the political system of the media of schooling so that would mean that poland will continue to go in this direction of a illiberal very conservative democracy having issues with with European Union and if mr chen manages to become the president he will probably stop it so it is some kind of a fight of between or a clash between 2 visions of poland in the future very much the future direction of the country at stake ok for. Publishers thank you the insight. And now to some of the other stories making news around the world this time. The former malawian Opposition Leader loves russia where it has been sworn in as president after winning a rerun election with more than 58 percent of the vote the initial poll in may 29000. 00 was discredited and its results 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. And French Police have arrested 6 people for the theft of a banksy artwork honoring victims of the 2015 paris terror attacks the mural painted on an emergency door of the vatican a concert hall was recovered in italy 2 weeks ago. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has surpassed the 10000000 mark and the us is still one of the worst affected countries cases there have topped 2 and a half 1000000 and the rise in infections is causing alarm florida has reported a record daily increase of nearly 10000 cases for other states also reported record spikes infections are surging in southern and western states that lifted lockdowns early. Florida is reeling from corona virus cases but the states famous speeches have been full in recent days leading miami mayor carlos gomez to shut his citys shores to the public as we continue to see more covert 1000 positive test results among young adults and rising hospitalizations ive decided that the only prudent thing to do is to crack down on Recreational Activities that put our community at higher risk. Critics say many of the new hot spots were reopened too early by governors many of them republicans eager to jump start local economies. Now those states are having to shut down businesses again these bar owners feel a sense of with slash. You know what. Deborah. They cant work now. And cook cannot work certainly. Southern states had low caseload earlier this year while democrat new york and new jersey were experiencing thousands of corona virus related deaths each day several states quarantine measures in place for travelers from the northeast. Now new york has instituted its important for travelers from the new hot spots and with its own case loads remaining low new york city is going ahead with reopening. Its not just a question of democratic or Republican Leadership however heavily democratic california has also seen a surge in cases several counties around San Francisco are now questioning their own reopening plans with some putting them on hold until further notice. The many victims of coronavirus with a concert in the hard hit city of on sunday. The concert in the evening requiem was held in the City Cemetery which became a somber symbol of the drama that hit the region with more than 6900. 00 deaths the province of the was the early epicenter of the epidemic in europe images of military trucks transporting hundreds of caskets out of the region shocked people around the world. The concert is taking place one day after it leaves only 8. In nearly 4 months. And for more on this lets bring in. Who is following the story for us tell us a bit more about todays event and why its so significant for the region. Well i think its like what you mentioned about the fact that those images that were broadcast around the world of those avi trucks carrying those coffins people who had succumbed to cope 1000 there wasnt enough space in the local 7 tree order to bury their residents from that town and that area still now got this great quick mass of opposition by being to tell you to come home sir he said by the way he said need to open the vault and silk is music instead he played in front of the 7th street italian president said to him that they want the event to get there with some 300 or so many years of the different towns in the province of clearly the entire province suffered a tremendous loss as you mentioned a number of deaths very significant some in the end of march it registered some 500 percent high in what is normal in terms of a 5 average. Of the number of deaths expected in that region so really a moment today to honor those victims and the families of course. Want to know sooner call many families couldnt even go to funerals and some of the families have been launching lawsuits against authorities what kind of justice are they seeking you know. Well essentially of their say that its not about money they really just want justice because they feel that essentially a Regional Health authorities or even the National Government perhaps couldnt acted faster could have done more decisive thing to prevent this immense loss of life i mean this formed a state group book group if you like annoyed of their own which translates to me will report and theyre essentially saying theyre coming together because they have presented the case to the prosecutors in the most saying that they want the Health Authorities in the region as well as the National Government to be investigative should they have shut down a certain town speed to read zones asta considering the fact that the 1st case that was registered in the moments back on in february 23rd that they have shut down a hospital where one of the 1st few cases were registered as well should things have been done more decisively and faster so not been present at this case to the prosecutors the prosecutors have in fact up to rome to interview the Prime Minister as well as the ministers in the cabinet and theyre looking to see whether they can put together a possible case if they do that would mean a case of negligence well have to see though this will take many years to go forward but the families that have lost their loved ones say they want justice they also want to see the possibility to learn from their mistakes to be so that they cannot be beaten future ok. 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