this is c w news live from her lead may fourth term in office for russian president vladimir putin he thinks his supporters in moscow with results giving him over three quarters of the vote we will have reaction from the russian capital as well as the view from brussels. also coming up turkish fighters raise their flag in the syrian town of offering their victory follows a lightning advance against a kurdish militia the fighting has just been placed more than a hundred and fifty thousand people will ask what's next. plus

a day of drama in the bundesliga leipzig hosted by the way leaders fire munich and beat the the variance for the first time. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. vladimir putin has been reelected to a fourth term as russia's president your final results give him around three quarters of the vote out of moscow rally he emerged to thank his supporters. thank you for your support. this victory demonstrates how much we've achieved in the last years under very difficult circumstances. this victory demonstrates the hope and the trust of the russian people that we will work just as hard and just as

responsibly and just as effectively in the coming. light of my putin there addressing crowds at a rally in moscow many said that his victory was a foregone conclusion some potential candidates were barred from running including his most vocal opponent alexina. russia's current and future leader vladimir putin was met by jubilant supporters when he made a brief appearance near moscow's iconic red square. spicy but it was you know he later joined in the election celebrations as his campaign headquarters and then it was back to business by sea by. official results said more than seventy six percent of russians voted for his reelection was never in doubt but voter apathy and calls for a boy cos could have compromised his legitimacy opposition leader annexing of on

the he was barred from running urged his supporters to boycott the election in an attempt to undermine the result he highlighted the ways putin was trying to boost his number of. 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. in the end official tallies put turn a smear sixty percent but some question if the turnout was really that high hidden cameras installed to prevent election fraud show signs of forged ballots that had already been filled being submitted a few dozen such incidents have already been reported says. even ahead of the election independent monitors said they'd seen an alarming rise in complaints people trained there in. lawyers were pressuring them to vote especially when it came to stay zoned companies. seeing how people were bussed from their workplace to

the polling stations on election day that's a violation of the rules bruce was. there maybe so my leg ations a fraud the outcome of the election won't change putin will still have another six years at the helm of the country yes and for more let's bring in our correspondent in moscow gary with shadow who is standing by with the very latest in europe you know we've just seen there the criticism of the democratic process in russia what is the state of that democratic process especially in this most recent election. why was there i would say this time there was an attempt at least to make the election as democratic as possible and you electoral commission was established to video cameras in the polling stations were installed to observe the election also lots of election observers from very different sides to the party but despite all these seemingly democratic innovations that the russian of position report the

thousands of manipulations during the election the injury or goal loss reported the ballots having been handed down several times also as their observers war hindered we've heard about cases where universities pressure to their students to vote at their workplaces rather than to their homes in the efforts to control their participation particularly affected too must go said because of the work and the public of the year olds a video published by the kremlin critic of ali on his website shows clearly how fake ballots war stuffed into ballot boxes in a polling station in the far east of russia for example ok so many reported violations there we also have to mention that we've we've also heard about voter intimidation as well taking place at the polls and here you know of course the next question is what will any action be taken here or word be will these violations or these reported violations rather largely go unpunished. well i only heard of one case where the head of the polling station was fired

certainly the cases that were documented by video are also being investigated but of course not all of the two thousand five hundred twenty police to the election observers actually have detected. yuri when putin gave his expect his acceptance speech i mean it was it was a relatively short and sweet acceptance speech we have to mention one of the things that that he said was he promised his supporters success. what do those who have voted for putin what do they have to expect from him now. i mean the important question sara is of course what's coming in the next month will the putin system go on or will protests grow in the country will mr putin foster success so will liberal or conservative forces win in the kremlin russia needs urgent modernization through the train the years that have passed the country hasn't developed that much neither economically not politically even culturally people in russia face more and

more censorship and ultimately regression so russia needs modernization. and that is something that. putin's main opposition alexina vali has also been you know beating the drum over as well have we been hearing from him as well i mean he was you know he was not allowed to run in this election. or yes i said of only says that he very much doubts of the official numbers of the turnout he calculates with up to eighteen percent or less so less than fifty percent of the turnout all and all he hasn't called for any protests against actually we have an extremely cold winter this year and even these weekend we face minus of you faced minus twenty degrees here in moscow you have to be extremely angry to hang around of the streets for hours to express your political the teachings but one thing is for sure in the next future and i've only want to give up you obviously will continue to fight against putin together with tens of thousands of his supporters today there are

sixteen eighteen years old or twenty in six years there will be twenty one twenty five twenty six those who really are going to have a say in this country after this election center gary overshadow in moscow thank you. all meantime today the foreign ministers of the european union are meeting in brussels and the russian election will certainly be on the agenda there as well max of man is standing by with the very latest so max the old president now set to be the new business as usual here. in a bad way sorry you could say that because of course the west the majority of the european union countries know exactly what putin is capable of just think of crimea so it seems impossible to rebuild trust here because the west quite simply does not trust putin and has no reason to trust poutine at least for some countries you have

to say this is the case because the larger countries like france like germany the e.u. institutions feel that way but make no mistake you have some of the former soviet republics in the east of the european union like hungary that seem to be drifting towards putin and russia again and this complicates matters even further for the european union so up get ready for another bad six years between the e.u. and russia and when we talk about another bad six years max mean what could that mean because some some are saying that putin's tone is increasingly confrontational toward the west we have you know issues with regard to ukraine syria the spy case in the u.k. we've seen sanctions before can we expect a new round here and will they actually do anything well the confrontation with the west seems to be working for putin at home and that's exactly why those sanctions are working in a way but they're not in another way let me explain it canonically those sanctions that the e.u. together with the u.s.

i might add put in place seem to be hurting russia they seem to be bugging poutine but at the same time that helps and say point the finger towards the west and say look they're hurting us so this is in his playbook although the sanctions are working as they were designed now if the e.u. decides to put on more sanctions where are we heading probably into a vicious circle this is not going to get better because to make it better you need to have goodwill on both sides and the thing that seems to be lacking on the side of putin is certainly goodwill and that's often with the view from brussels thanks max. let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world authorities are warning people in southeast australia to remain alert as wildfires rage in the region the blazes in victoria and new south wales have destroyed dozens of homes and forced hundreds to flee it's thought that they were sparked by lightning and then fanned by hot dry winds yammers leader aung sang suu kyi has

received a ceremony ceremonial military welcome on a state visit to australia the trip comes amid international criticism of sochi for her response to the world hinch a crisis some seven hundred thousand row him to have fled violence in on mars all gifts australia's prime minister malcolm turnbull has said that he will raise human rights issues during the visit and two people have been injured in an explosion in austin texas the blast follows a series of parcel bombings in the us city this month in which two people were killed authorities have warned residents not to touch unexpected packages of these two thousand people marched in brazil's rio de janeiro on sunday in the latest of a number of rallies protesting the murder of a councilwoman and human rights activist mariel franco and her driver were shot dead last week while returning from an event prosecutors say that the shooting appears to be a political assassination we had to syria now where turkish forces have taken

control of the northern town of offering it's been the target of turkey's two month campaign against the syrian kurdish militia views as terrorists the fall of a friend marks a major victory for turkey which has vowed to expand its offensive to other key towns along its border with syria. 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 g. turkey claims the y.p. g. militia or an offshoot of the kurdish nationalist beefcake a 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 traps they left behind in the center of 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 actions of the turkish backed fighters was to demolish a statue commemorating a legendary kurdish figure. the kurds remained defiant with an official warning that the war with turkey had now entered what they called a new phase. was that that the how of our forces and afghan will be a nightmare for the turkish troops and its allies the resistance in africa 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. and what. for the civilian population of a free 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 and we fled because of the ass strikes and 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 turkey is amongst a country. without the north until the recent turkish attacks have been a safe haven during syria's war now in its eighth year after the capture of a free it's unclear what will become of those fleeing the town and if or when they will be able to return to their homes. and for more let's bring in correspondent

dorian jones who is standing by with the latest developments for us dorian tell us we just saw some of the civilians there fleeing the city what is likely to happen to them well that's a big question now as many as one hundred fifty thousand believed to have fled this town in the last week or so in the run up to this turkish operation where they are now is nor really quite knows they are believed to have fled south to the syrian regime controlled area in villages around there we're getting reports of the north are being allowed to proceed to the kurdish regions more to the east of syria and there are also reports of many have an eternal drinking water for the last two days so there is growing concern for the humanitarian situation facing these people and it has to be pointed out even if they are allowed to proceed east of the kurdish controlled regions this is the next area of target for the turkish military operation for so for these people it's a very uncertain future absolutely turkey has vowed to push the kurds onward and

further east in fact and in the wake of this turkish victory in offering the syrian kurdish militia for their part they say that they are starting a new phase of grillo warfare what is that likely to mean. well that's something everyone is waiting for in fact there was quite a big deal of surprise that they did leave our friend there was his expectation that they would fight a long and bitter struggle in the town the war that they would fight to the last breath but in the last few days they appear to have changed their minds and now they say they're going to engage in a long guerrilla warfare in this region they say they know this area well they have their forces all over africa and they say they're going to make a nightmare for the turkish forces and the syrian militia militias that they are backing so everyone will be waiting now as will turkey too will there be a new wave of operations and that in many ways could determine what turkey's next act will be will it be to proceed further east all it be be forced to consolidate its position in for and dorian i just want to ask you

a little bit more about how this area was taken by turkey in fact because in this turkish backed forces they they basically went in to ascertain with little resistance why was that well that's well but that is something people are asking increasingly here in turkey there was his expectation as i said that they would be very bitter battle these are deeply experience of fighting urban warfare the syrian militia fighting the islamic state very successfully for the last few years and this is fueling some speculation possibly that there was some sort of deal the syrian militia said they withdrew because of humanitarian concerns they didn't want the city refused to rubble and the civilians killed in there but the fact that they did withdraw and they did appear to withdraw with impunity the turkish forces didn't appear to prevent them from leaving is leading to speculation of some sort of deal and also the fact that the day that this effort was taken was the martyr's day in turkey that was very fortunate for the turkish president he has made

a lot of political hay out of this so there is speculation although both sides will categorically deny any kind of deal ok so some changing dynamics there on the ground in syria dorian jones putting it all into perspective for us thank you daryn . and elsewhere in syria president bashar al assad has visited army positions in eastern good near the capital damascus official footage shows the president greeting soldiers and telling them that they were quote fighting the whole world's battle against terrorists the syrian observatory for human rights says the syrian government is in control of over eighty percent of the area while civilians continue to flee. in their thousands you're watching news still to come on the program we will have all of the goals from sunday's big upset in the bundesliga byron munich fall to life say. it's a misstep for the league leaders but a huge step for lexie. but in the meantime christophe kober is here with more on

the g. twenty that's right is there they're meeting. g twenty finance ministers have a full agenda insiders are looking for signals that the united states and china may back off from last week's protectionist posturing now here in germany people are also watching the debut of the country's newly appointed finance minister off scholtz germany and host country argentina will be advocating free trade at the g twenty summit together they've stressed the crucial role of the international trading system. we were speaking today that we would like to. reach an agreement. monday new. warning for the community. sustaining the benefits of trade germany's new finance minister all showed stated germany will invest in infrastructure another key topic of the g.

twenty gathering. very strong economy and the new government would invest a lot into. the lot to increase the investment can do public infrastructure which is part of the debates we have for the was more could be done to have that growth schultz also warned that protectionism could harm future economic prospects and that germany would continue talks to dissuade the united states from punitive tariffs the multi decade old international consensus over trade has come under threat from u.s. president donald trump's protectionist plans now while g. twenty leaders are discussing the bigger picture u.s. allies are scrambling to seek exemptions from the terrorists the trump and ministration has threatened to impose european countries have already threatened to retaliate with their own customs duties on u.s. products germany's economy minister is currently in washington for talks the e.u. trade commissioner will follow on tuesday new u.s.

import tariffs on steel and aluminum could be imposed as early as friday. the planned u.s. tariffs would hit europe's steel industry particularly hard germany's new economy minister says a trade war must be avoided at all costs so he's off to washington for emergency talks and says he's willing to make concessions that's the problem with the current situation is that there is a risk that we will get into a spiral of uni lateral actions that runs counter to the idea of global free trade and it would mean turning away from what we have been doing worldwide for the last sixty years we have to talk to one another not criticize each other publicly we have to try to find compromises. germany's pro-business f.d.p. party says trump may have a point it's calling on europe to reduce its own tariffs but i think he has legitimate positions but we contact set that he's addressing european protectionism by introducing protectionism of his own the solution should be clear rules open markets

a new talks about transatlantic free trade it would be best for angola medical to do this face to face but trump doesn't just want compromise on trade from the europeans he's connecting the issue with other demands such as an increase in military spending the post communist left party calls this blackmail and says the answer is for germany to reduce its dependency on exports. the latest action yeah and what action there has been over the weekend christoph check this out because on sunday life's a came from behind to record a first ever win over runaway there's fire winick it was violence first defeat in one thousand matches and kicks leipsic firmly in the hunt for one of the league's four champions league places have a look at the start of this match was more notable for he was on the bench rather than the pitch top scorer robert live in the one of six rescued by by an all right hospital left out his captain in center back really all been among another six others like the coach may have been rowing that decision early on the home defense

all it see sundry wagner was the happy recipient. at the other end only heroics from strength right in the acrobatic need to assume that we're keeping brian ahead it was only a matter of time until right see break through the case of not once but twice was the host with the momentum after a frantic first half. and they crashed on in the second period team as banner played through one goal and the striker on a sub made no mistake comically ending his seven game goal drought in the been a sneaker. banner then got greedy as he tried to see a light six win. but the visitors couldn't break through again barking and sending the last chance of the match high and why. and so another milestone in the light six story a banner inspired first of a victory over buying. and meanwhile cologne reignited their slim survival hopes with

a two nail win over local rivals leverkusen remember cologne had made the worst ever going to see a start by any team but the victory saw them climb off the bottom of the table for the first time since the next day three. seldom has there been a hotter favorite for the right darby. highflying leverkusen coming off the back of two wins would surely have the edge against rock bottom cologne who hadn't won at home for two months. but cologne clearly hadn't read the script there were just nine minutes gone when you're a sucker who gave them the lead was live acoustic couldn't get to grips with leonardo bits in court his cross caused chaos in the leverkusen defense was bentley wouldn't cover himself in glory with his attempt to save was might have been a lucky goal but it was one that colognes play had merited. leave a cruise mistakes went consigned to their defense the video assistant referee

summoned on field counterpart us most to the pitch site monitor where he saw what had happened behind his back was miss julie sent lucas a lot he was packing for a flying elbow was not wasn't leave a cousens last moment of madness in the darby. deep into the second tough charles inadvertently headed straight for cologne zeman solar be gratefully accepted the chance to seal a shop to know when for the hosts five three big points for the billy goats to suddenly have renewed hope of avoiding relegation have let's take a look now at all of the bundesliga results from that state's twenty seven on sunday dortmund down hanover cologne got a crucial victory over leverkusen and there was a win for leipsic over byron as he mentioned frankfurt thumped minds shall go one in wolfsburg and should guard it five or. so let's look at what these results mean for the bundesliga table buyer and stumble against leipsic but are almost issue in

for the title shot are in second dortmund to make amends for crashing out of europe and secure third frankfurt move up to fourth and in the bottom half hamburg also looked to be a shoo in but this time to be relegated cologne and minds also in big trouble with only seven more rounds to go. meantime in the world of tennis at indian wells world number one roger federer lost a thrilling match to one martina del potro the arjun time entered the encounter on a ten match winning streak but knew that he would be facing the game's best player on route to the title del potro saved three match points against federer as he snapped the swiss in seventeen match winning streak this year it was the first time that del potro ever won at indian wells. a quick reminder now of the top stories that we have been following for you here at t w vladimir putin has won an unexpected landslide victory in russia's presidential election extending

his role for another sixty years it comes at a time of increasing strained relations with the west and turkey has seized control of the northern syrian city of offering following a two month campaign to oust kurdish militia oncle reviews kurdish forces in the region as terrorists valen to expand its offensive to other key towns on the syrian border. and with that you're up to date now on t w news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thank you so much for watching i hope to see you again soon. move.

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