that ends it for good malaria must die so millions can live. this is the news line from berlin a fourth time in office for russian president vladimir putin to give thanks to supporters during a celebration in moscow after partial results give you more than seventy percent of the vote we'll have the analysis from russia also coming up. i'm kind of back to find his brains a tactician flag in the syrian town by freeing them victory you follows

a lightning advance against kurdish militia the fighting has displeased more than one hundred fifty thousand people we ask what's next for the region. coming up up to the news will catch up on the day of drama in the bundesliga rb leipzig hosted runaway leaders by in munich looking to keep the variance for the first time ever. i'm edith q. money welcome to the program vladimir putin has been reelected to a fourth term as russia's president well that's according to partial results which give him around three quarters of the vote many say his victory was a foregone conclusion with some key potential candidates banned from standing putin has been russia's leader for eighteen years as either president or prime minister.

i am i am. i the country's old and new leader received an enthusiastic welcome when he made a brief appearance to thank his supporters at a rally on moscow's iconic red square i i see above but i knew it was you know i wrote it and then went on to his campaign headquarters to continue the celebration but it wasn't long before it was back to business for him fending off questions about britain's allegations from the kremlin behind the poisoning of a former by you but are you. know you can use of course english i believe there are many sensible person knows that it is total rubbish a non-human someone is russia to allow themselves such behavior of a presidential election and will tell you very. much when. i think this is the style of leadership that clearly appeals to the russian electorate i

see. i see by putin supporters got the outcome they'd wanted official results said more than seventy percent of russians voted for him and perhaps more importantly turnout was nearly sixty percent putin's reelection was never in doubt but voter apathy and calls for a boycott could have compromised his legitimacy. as putin cast his vote in moscow he already sounded sure if it three way battle accept any result that allows me to serve as president. opposition leader alexei navalny had been barred from running in the election he urged his supporters to stay at home despite official pressure to vote for putin. in the past few weeks the government has been doing anything it can even using its civil servants to get people to go to the polls. just. ahead of the election independent monitors said they'd received an alarming

rise in complaints they said people had come under pressure to vote from their employers especially when it came to state owned companies. been seeing how people were bussed from their workplace to the polling stations on election day that's a violation of the rules. but that seems to have little effect as putin looks forward to another six years at the helm of the country. after your. earlier i spoke to almost a correspondent emily showing she was at an election victory celebration and i asked her what the mood there was like. well actually the new president and the old president vladimir putin has just come to the stage actually just left the stage he just made a short speech to the crowds 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 way you're standing and you've said that putin has just addressed the crowd but of course his victory was nothing question his main agenda was to win with a seventy percent voter turnout is he likely to get this. at 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 to the ballot boxes and they had kind of food are being sold there chief 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 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 kind of well like to fifty we're seeing there have been reports from all over the country about you thank you larry too such as ballot stuffing how voters reacted to this. oh. yes well absolutely there. and 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 and the central electoral commission set up c.c.t.v. cameras in almost all the polling stations and you could watch

a lot of that people kind of came to the polls is 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. and gets another sixty 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 was originally the originally dedicated to the handing station 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 defiance inclusions next term toward the west more defiance and after all that's one of the reasons why the push in is so popular here and he's really seen as having kind of raised russia from its knees as people told me here at the concert as well that he did that after the fall of the soviet union which 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 a potential successor it's not quite clear potentially he will choose someone. i mean the inner circle but there is no clear candidate at the moment let me share with the latest from moscow thank you. let's now look at some of the other stories making news around the world israeli authorities say a palestinian has been shot dead after he stabbed an israeli security guard in

jerusalem's old city of god later died of his injuries tensions have been high since the u.s. recognized jerusalem as israel's capital in december. china's parliament has elected prime min to a second five year term only two delegates voted against the second most powerful man in china's communist party his reelection comes a day after chinese president xi jinping was unanimously reappointed with no limit on how long he can serve germany's new interior minister horse says he wants to increase checks on the country's borders and to the e.u. secure as its external frontier germany resumed some border controls after the twenty fifteen migration crisis observers called the whole first tough line of migration a bid to draw voters away from the far right alternative for germany party. ankara backed forces have taken control of the north and syrian town of

a free in the town has been the target of turkey's two month offensive against a syrian kurdish militia it views as terrorists it's cut marks a major victory for turkey but has left thousands of civilians homeless and desperate. it was the moment turkey had been fighting for this town 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 center of the town on sunday these fighters are proud to have ousted the kurdish militia known as the people's protection units or y.p. jean. turkey claims the y. p.g. militia or an offshoot of the kurdish nationalist pete k.k. group and as such are terrorists and a threat to its national security. across the border news of a free news 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 traps they left behind in the center of 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 phase i mean no one. was that that the how what our forces an f.n. 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 are what.

for the civilian population of our 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 in the battle of those we fled because of the airstrikes in the bombardment of our 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. without the north until the relieving the town 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 reject 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 if it coincides with martyrs day commemorations in the country adding to the symbolic value of this victory 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 taki now in syria. well this is the key question there is what will happen next it is also surprised that the this kurdish militia withdrew from a friend 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 hit 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 say 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 friends they will be determined to remove syrian kurdish militia from all of its 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. something exciting now the bundesliga show with chris harrington is coming up after the break with all of this weekend's gold could all be leipsic spring a shock and beat by in munich for the first time ever well you'll only find out if

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