this is g.w. news live from berlin a 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 full analysis also coming up turkish fighters raise their flag in the syrian town of offering their victory follows a two month offensive against the kurdish militia more than a hundred and fifty thousand people have been forced to flee the fighting plus a day of drama in the bundesliga life sick hosted by the way the years prior munich

meet the barrier for the first time ever. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us live in the putin has been reelected to a fourth term as russia's president near final results give him around three quarters of the vote many saying that his victory was a foregone conclusion that's after his most serious rival opposition leader alexina volley was barred from running. the to earth. 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. sure 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 years. later joined in the election celebrations as his campaign headquarters and then it was back to business i see by. official results said more than seventy six percent of russians voted for putin has reelection was never in doubt but voter apathy and calls for a boy cost 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 results he highlighted the ways putin was trying to boost his number. 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 is near sixty percent but some question if the turnings 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 claimed their employers were pressuring them to vote especially when it came to states owned companies. then you can be in seeing how people were bussed from their workplace to the polling stations on election day that's a violation of the rules. so there may be so my leg ations a fraud the edgecombe of the election won't change putin will still have another six years at the helm of the country. and from our 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. 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 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 the seemingly democratic innovations that the russian opposition to report the thousands of manipulations the election the injury or goals reported ballots having been handed down several times also there are observers war hindered with about cases where universities pressure to their students to vote at their

workplaces rather than in their homes in the efforts to control their participation particularly affected to must go said because they look into the republic of the euros the 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 were 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 and five hundred twenty police speech of 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 it's important question sara is of course what's coming in the next months and so 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 modernization through the twenty 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 a 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. well 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 actual we have an extremely cold winter this year and even in these weakened to we face minus all the 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 of 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 sorry gary overshadow in moscow thank you

. feds had to syria now worth turkish forces have taken control of the northern town of a free it's been the target of turkey's two month campaign against the syrian kurdish militia it views as terrorists the fall of a free and 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 have been controlled by syrian kurds for the past five years now it's the turkish flag that waves over after in. the turkish backed forces captured the center of the town on sunday these fight is a proud to have ousted the kurdish militia known as the people's protection units a y p g techie says the y.p. g. is an offshoot of the kurdish nationalist p k k group it claims it's made up of terrorists and is

a threat to its national security. across the border news of africa's capture was met with jubilation by turkish president and 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 power for in the symbols of trust and stability are waving instead of the ranks of terrorists. one of the first actions of the turkish backed fighters was to demolish a statue commemorating a legendary kurdish figure. there are also reports from the syrian observatory for human rights of looting right across the city. but the kurds remain defiant with an official warning that the war with turkey has now entered what they called a new phase. was that the how are all our forces and afghan will be the 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. what are you what the idea. for this is villian population of affray 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 and the ground at the bottom of the of us we fled to because of the airstrikes and 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 turkey is amongst a country. without borders. up until the recent turkish attacks afrin had been a safe haven jaring syria's war now in its eighth year after the capture of a free and it's unclear what will become of those fleeing the town and if or when

they will be able to return to their homes. well now let's get a quick check 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 wind. international chemical weapons experts are set to arrive in the u.k. today to collect samples of the nerve agent used to poison russian spy sergei scribal and his daughter britain hopes that the test will verify its own results which indicate the substance called nova check came from russia. and two people have been injured in an explosion in austin texas the blast follows a series of parcel bombings in the u.s. city this month in which two people were killed authorities have warned residents not to touch unexpected packages u.s.

allies are scrambling to seek exemptions from the tariffs that the trump administration has threatened to impose germany's economy economy minister is currently in washington for talks and the e.u. trade commissioner will follow on tuesday the clock is ticking do 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 does 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.t.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 he would be best for angle americal 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. well now in the bundesliga on sunday leipzig came from behind to record a first ever win over runaway leaders by the neck it was bias first defeat in one thousand matches in chips leipsic firmly in the hunt for one of the league's four champions league places for the start of this match was more notable for he was on the bench rather than the pitch top scorer robert levin one of six rescued by brian

palmer possibly that's a left out his captain in sense a back really open among another six others who might see coach may have been ruling that decision early on the home fans all at sea sundry wagner was the happy recipient. at the other end only heroics from thread right in the acrobatic meekness sooner we keeping brian ahead it was only a matter of time until right sick breakthrough advocates blocked once not twice. the house with the momentum after a frantic fast. i may crestone in the second period team event i played through one goal and the striker on a sub made no mistake frantically ending his seven game goal drought in the bonus mika. back and so i went to the milestone in the light six story a banner inspired first of a victory over par and. back you are up to date now on deja vu news i'm sarah

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