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Speaker 1: Brian Bridge.

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Speaker 2: Devin Gray is our UK correspondent, Devin Good evening. Hi,

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Speaker 2: the big week in this week in Germany's hitting to

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Speaker 2: the polls, this is not just going to be a

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Speaker 2: different government, but a very different looking Europe.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so. And of course you know Germany

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Speaker 1: right at the heart of Europe, Ryan, and we're looking

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Speaker 1: probably at seeing Olaf Schultz lose. That's according to opinion polls,

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Speaker 1: that the leader will lose, and quite potentially again, according

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Speaker 1: to opinion polls, a large rise in right wing and

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Speaker 1: far right voting. Now, of course German government's always composed

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Speaker 1: of coalitions, but if the opinion polls are right, it's

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Speaker 1: going to be very difficult for anyone to form a

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Speaker 1: coalition without involving the far right parties. And that is

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Speaker 1: because the AfD, the alternative for Deutschelen, has seen a

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Speaker 1: huge rise in support. The battleground has been over the economy,

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Speaker 1: the economy flatlining in Germany, but also over immigration. Of course,

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Speaker 1: over the last few weeks we've been reporting asylum seekers

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Speaker 1: and those who have been granted asylum in a string

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Speaker 1: of attacks on people using cars, but also knives. The

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Speaker 1: same in Austria and the mood has really darkened about that,

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Speaker 1: and so I think we are going to see some

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Speaker 1: interesting and very different results in Germany and the potential

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Speaker 1: for a coalition that may have to include the far right.

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Speaker 1: Although there's always been what's been called a firewall where

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Speaker 1: the other parties have refused to work with them in

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Speaker 1: the past, but if the vote is so huge, it's

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Speaker 1: going to be very very difficult for them to ignore.

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Speaker 1: And yes, the Germans go to the polls on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: Because they'll either be forced, won't they. They've got a

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Speaker 2: similar system to us here in New Zealand with them MP,

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Speaker 2: they'll either be forced to work with this party one

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Speaker 2: of them, or go back to the polls, presumably, And it's.

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Speaker 1: Already no, absolutely, it won't want another election when the

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Speaker 1: country prides itself on such a stable government. But equally,

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Speaker 1: we've already seen cracks in that firewall, with the potentially

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Speaker 1: biggest party winning this election already suggesting that it might

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Speaker 1: work with partners that it might not actually agree with

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Speaker 1: as long as it means that they can get the

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Speaker 1: legislation that they agree with done. So I already potential

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Speaker 1: cracks that, as I said, very interesting seventy two hours

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Speaker 1: going to come up in Germany.

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Speaker 2: Now fourteen people are listed in Spain and Portugal. This

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Speaker 2: is a series of raids, criminal money laundering, etc. What's

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Speaker 2: this about?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, a huge amount of money, roughly one trillion euros,

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Speaker 1: which is gosh, I think into the one point six

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Speaker 1: trillion New Zealand dollars if my mass is correct. The

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Speaker 1: ring that's been arrested mainly laundered money originating from illegal

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Speaker 1: drug trafficking. They were charging roughly three percent commission per

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Speaker 1: transfer as part of what looked like quote a genuine

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Speaker 1: multinational money laundering company. That there have been a series

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Speaker 1: of raids throughout Europe. Many of those suspects detained are

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Speaker 1: Russian nationals, according to Europol. That's the EU law enforcement

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Speaker 1: agencies at nine properties raided across Spain and the Portuguese

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Speaker 1: capital Lisbon. About her one and a half million New

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Speaker 1: Zealand dollars in cash seized, along with a lot of cryptocurrencies,

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Speaker 1: and the gang operated in cities, it's been reported across Spain,

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Speaker 1: with each office processing as much as six hundred thousand

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Speaker 1: New Zealand dollars a day for Albanian, Serbian, Armenian Chinese,

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Speaker 1: Ukrainian and Colombian mafias. Those are the allegations.

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Speaker 2: Goodness me, let's go to the UK. Polish Froman gets

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Speaker 2: off a plane into the UK and sees, basically, I'm

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Speaker 2: Medline mckinn. Was she.

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Speaker 1: Well all the authorities and indeed a previous DNA tests

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Speaker 1: suggests the answer is no. The reason that she has

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Speaker 1: now been arrested is because this so called fake Maggie

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Speaker 1: Julia van Derveldt from Poland was arrested because she has

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Speaker 1: been on suspicion of stalking and harassing Madeline McCann's parents,

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Speaker 1: Jerry and Kate McCann. Of course, you will remember that

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Speaker 1: Maddie disappeared while on her holiday family holiday in Portugal

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Speaker 1: in two thousand and seven. The case has always remained

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Speaker 1: a mystery, and police are saying a twenty three year

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Speaker 1: old woman from Poland and a six year old woman

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Speaker 1: from Wales were arrested on suspicion of stalking involving serious

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Speaker 1: alarm or distress. The twenty three year old woman who's

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Speaker 1: been arrested claimed on television to have taken the DNA

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Speaker 1: test that she alleges was examined by a specialist in

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Speaker 1: America and linked to Kate and Jerry, but previous DNA

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Speaker 1: tests have proven she is not Madeline McCann, with another

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Speaker 1: advocate saying one hundred percent not at Madeline McCann. She

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Speaker 1: claims there's a new DNA test suggested she is and

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Speaker 1: the police, as I said, trying to prevent any further

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Speaker 1: upset to the McCann.

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Speaker 2: Oh you've got to fil for them, don't you. This

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Speaker 2: won't be the first one of these cases they've experienced

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Speaker 2: I mentioned. Gavin, Thank you very much. Great to have

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Speaker 2: you as always. Gavin Gray are UK correspondent. For more

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