this is developing news live from berlin that vladimir putin that wins a fourth term in office partial results in russia's presidential election give putin more than seventy percent of the vote but many say the result was a done deal before polls opened to go live to russia for analysis. from the syrian city of africa is now in turkish hands and her back to find has been raising the turkish flag after a lightning advance against kurdish militia overnight the battle for afrin has

forced more than one hundred fifty thousand people from their homes we ask what's next for the region. i'm edith to money thank you for joining us vladimir putin has won russia's presidential election all that's according to partial results which give him around three quarters of the vote so really no surprises there vladimir putin as of mention has been reelected to a fourth term and with a commanding lead over his rivals but few were expecting a second place for this man the communist candidate have a good dean in and in third place a firebrand ultranationalist vladimir zhirinovsky who heads what's known as the liberal democratic party let's now take a look at the latest results. hooten has taken seventy three percent of the vote

in has fifteen percent. coming in third with seven percent since supporters have been celebrating in moscow and putin has been russia's leader for eighteen years the the rules of president and prime minister. elect. let's bring in emily show in our correspondent in moscow emily you are at the hurt of the capital thousands have come to celebrate with seeing them behind you president putin is also expect a very late what's the mood there now. well actually the new president the old president vladimir putin has just come to the stage actually just left in the stage he just made

a short speech to the crowd gathered here and he said that it's very important that the millions of people in russia are part of his team and he thanked everyone for voting for him and he said that the fact that they voted for him showed their hope for the future and their hope that they can build a better russia together all right now the mood here is definitely one of celebration as you can see there's a concert going on behind me people are waving flags it's very much a mood of celebration i mean we're just seeing live pictures from where you're standing and you've said that putin has just addressed the crowd but of course his victory was never in question his main agenda was to win with a seventy percent voter turnout is he likely to get this. and the moment it doesn't look like he reached that seventy percent mark even though the kremlin certainly tried to pull this many people as possible. the ballot

boxes they have kind of food are being sold they're cheap food they had healthy competitions where you could win an i phone raffles where you could win a car and they certainly sound important to bring people to the ballot after all it's important for the kremlin to legitimize this result it's putin's fourth term that he's just won as president so it's still the same president but still they want to show that this is a legitimate contest and that's why the turnout is so important now i mean you despite the carnival like fifty we're seeing there have been reports from all over the country about you thank you larry too such as ballot stuffing how some voters reacted to this. oh. yes well absolutely there have been reports of ballot stuffing people were sharing videos of that on on social media as well but on the whole there has been some attempt at transparency on the central

electoral commission set up c.c.t.v. cameras in almost all the polling stations and you could watch the live as people kind of came to the polls are still there have been accusations of not only ballot stuffing but also of the government putting pressure on people to vote rather ploy or is putting pressure on their employees to come to vote particularly government employees so we'll have to wait and see what the official report about those violations will be but there have been some reports of them now bush and gets another six years as president and unless there are constitutional changes he can try again so i mean what can we expect in his potentially last term in office. oh. well i think the fact that this concert that you see here behind me.

rishon originally dedicated to the addict nation of crimea celebrating what here is seen as the return of crimea to russia certainly sends a signal to the west that they'll be more defiant next to arm toward the west more defiance and after all that's one of the reasons why britain is so popular here he's really seen as having kind of raised russia from its needs as people told me here at the concert as well that he did that after the fall of the soviet union putin is really seen as having restored national pride and part of that national pride is also showing that putin won't bow to the pressure of the west so when it comes to foreign policy i think we'll see a bit more of that and when it comes to an intentional successor it's not quite clear potentially to someone from his inner circle but there isn't a clear candidate at the moment let me share with the latest from moscow thank you . russia and britain are treating

more accusations in the poisoning case of the former russian double agent so gay screenful russia's ambassador to the e.u. vladimir of said russia possesses no chemical weapons and suggestive the substance used in the english city of solsbury may have come from a nearby research laboratory british britain rather denies that and foreign minister boris johnson called the claims satirical adding that all evidence points to the kremlin the retired double agent surrogates people and his daughter remain hospitalized in critical condition after being exposed to the nerve agent two weeks ago and car backed forces have taken control of the north and syria town of afrin the town has been the target of turkey's two month offensive against a syrian kurdish militia it views as terrorists its kupchak marks a major victory for turkey but it's also left thousands of civilians homeless and

desperate. this is the moment turkey had been fighting for this city had been controlled by syrian kurds for the past five years now it's the turkish flag that waves over a free in. the turkish backed forces captured the city center on sunday morning these fighters are proud to have ousted the kurdish militia known as the people's protection units or y p g. turkey claims the y.p. g. militia or an offshoot of the kurdish nationalist peace k.k. group and as such are terrorists and a threat to its national security. across the border news of our friends capture was met with jubilation by turkish president after one and his supporters. most of the terrorists have already fled with their tails between their legs our special forces and members of the free syrian army are cleaning the remains of the trips they left behind in the center of a free in the symbols of trust and stability are waving instead of the ranks of

terrorists. turkey was also quick to start wiping out traces of kurdish identity in a free in. one of the first sections of the turkish backed fighters was to demolish a statue commemorating a legendary kurdish figure. the currents remained defiant with an official warning that the war with turkey had now entered what they called a new face. was that the how of our forces and afan will be a nightmare for the turkish troops and its allies the resistance and afan will continue until the liberation of every inch of the town and until the return of the residents of afrin into their villages and homes. what i what. for the civilian population of a free in turkey's offensive has been devastating more than one hundred fifty thousand people most of them kurds have been forced to flee for their lives in the last week as turkey attacked the city from the air and the ground at the bottom of

the levels we fled to because of the airstrikes in the bombardment of villages by the turks there is no united nations or international community anymore they have forgotten all morality what can we do is civilians is amongst a country. until the recent turkish attacks a friend had been a safe haven during syria's war now in its seventh year with the capture of a free and it's unclear what will become of those fleeing the city and if or when they will be able to return to their homes. let's now bring in correspondent dorian jones in istanbul with the latest developments in africa so dorian how significant is this for turkey in its fight against the kurds. well turkish president richard type heard one has been presenting this as a crucial victory in fact ever since the launch of this two month offensive into

syria he said this has been the most important battle since the battle for the war of independence some more nearly one hundred years ago soak up covering this victory now the capturing of this key town of afrin we've read it to very little of a few casualties will be presented as a major victory not only militarily but also politically for the president especially as it coincides with martyrs day commemorations in the country adding to the symbolic value of this fig tree so very important militarily politically going forward for the country now the syrian kurdish militia says that this is a new phase of warfare so what can we expect from techie now in syria. well this is that the key question now is what will happen next it is also surprised that the this kurdish militia withdrew from africa they have been threatening to fight to the last breath or one leader has said now they say that they can to take on this occupation what they say hits and run guerrilla style

struggle which is what is they are their expertise in and they state that is it their territory they know it very well they say they have their forces all over africa they see as one leader said they're going to make life hell for the kurdish turkish and syrian backed forces and looking forward i think the key question is will this be a major problem for the turkish forces in syria at the moment or will they as they've been warning carry on expanding their operation they say once they have captured our friend they will be determined to remove syrian kurdish militia from all of its southern border and that includes the presence of u.s. forces which are working with the kurdish militia in those regions dorian jones in istanbul with the latest thank you. so look at some of the other stories making news around the world israeli authorities say a palestinian has been shot dead after he stabbed and seriously wounded an israeli security guard in jerusalem's old city a god was taken to hospital tensions have been high since the u.s.

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