this is to doubling use my from earlier in a deepening political crisis in armenia the country's new prime minister sarah's sarkozy on walks out of negotiations with the man ending protests against him in the streets of the capital europe on have seen ten consecutive days of unrest this protest is refusing to accept the former president is that new program in istanbul . also on the program a decisive move to protect induced children in central covered government approves a plan to introduce the death penalty for child rapists this after

a string of crucial attacks that have caused outrage throughout the nation. and a female future for germany's social democrats the s.p.d. is electing a new leader today it's likely to be rising star and trillion dollars she'll be the first woman to take charge of germany's oldest party but can she stop years of decline. and. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us armenia is facing a deepening political crisis today after its new prime minister said a shot at sea on walked out of talks with the opposition earlier today the country has seen ten consecutive days of protests and socks young became prime minister after serving ten years as president under a revised constitution the prime minister now has most of the power in. i mean here

the executive power that is while the presidency has become launched the ceremonial start sounds critics say he wants to do all media for life protesters are calling for him to step down. on the line now not a safe area and independent research instead of on the armenian capital there are conflicting reports on whether the opposition leader nicole posh inion has been arrested or not what are you hearing indeed it was unclear at first but the statement mentioning that. there are major opposition leaders have been forced to be removed from the in the protests that are now deemed to be illegal in the atmosphere many and it's called these are members of parliament so in the past and that only passed through their detention or very arrest so it remains to be seen what will go on that front in particular and not it just to help us understand

why all of this is happening now why all the protest is on the streets yet of on so angry with the former president said shots becoming the new prime minister. well as such. in our view here there is a great lack of legitimacy we have not had free and fair elections in this country in a long time so there is in general this illusion of disillusionment with the political class this time in particular with a change in the constitution following. him that was even largely as fraudulent and we knew in parliament that was one rule again with disputed elections it was seen by many as a foregone conclusion that misters aren't you see there's are links which the president already went to and final term to prime minister but you know this

wasn't me promise not to do so when the process of creating a new constitution was first initiated and so i guess things have just more of the over evil are simply impatient this lack of credibility a lot of consistency among armenians movers ok and now with them on the new prime minister walking out of talks some with the opposition we saw pictures of that just a couple of minutes ago what happens next. well at this present moment it is an ongoing and rather volatile situation so for the past week and more there have been mass protests and rallies throughout this in the end it is on and then the other parts of armenia in the evening there have been huge around these in the central republics where we have been unprecedented in recent years where after the evening again there will be federally even without the leaders of the opposition mr sarkozy says i think former president the prime minister in walking out of talks with nico

a question you refer to the events of march the first two thousand and eight we first brought him sucking sound of power as president those were very horrific and have left quite a dramatic impact on society in armenia because there was a brutal crackdown by the authorities on mass protests following again fraudulent elections ten years ago and now we are seeing as there always continue in this city a very brutal crackdown by the police taking any number of theirs and into custody and trying to block rowdies that until now all they have been there been restrained by the police towards those protests until now but today it seems like there has been a decision taken to crack down on them ok independent research and not a city on many thanks for that. thank you.

ok let's catch up now with some of the other stories making news around the world in afghanistan thirty one people have been killed in a blast in the capital kabul officials say a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a voter registration center right people were collecting identity cards the so-called islamic state has claimed it was absolutely. in china seventeen people have drowned during a boat race practice on a river near the city of blue jean official state media said two dragon boats packed with paddlers overturned in an area of the river where the current was strong local media also say the paddlers were not wearing life jackets. now indian president to render a modi has signed an executive order introducing the death penalty for anyone convicted of raping a child under the age of twelve it comes as public anger grows over a spike in the number of children being raped in india. now the rallying

cry for people at this spot a site in new delhi responding to a spate of brutal rape places across india in recent weeks some of the victims have been as young as eight months or. one hundred euro and if i had a daughter i shudder to think. that even babies are being raped it's so scary also although at the center of the protest is spotty money but delhi's commission of women she's been on hunger strike for the past eight days and says she wants stop until the government takes tougher measures to tackle the crisis she's demanding greater police presence on the capital streets and the death penalty for child rape it's a sentiment shared by many at the potus. you get we need the death penalty and once we have it it will definitely deter future a fest think twice before committing a crime because their very lives will be at stake we didn't figure that one out but it was a growing outrage and protests across the country seem to have had an effect the

indian government on saturday called an emergency cabinet meeting to sign off on an executive order introducing the death penalty for rape subtree under the age of twelve but not everyone is convinced many see deeper societal changes are needed before women and girls can feel truly safe why is giving girls are always being told to ignore boys who have wrestling and stalking them but why aren't parents explaining to their boys that they shouldn't her arrest women and instead respect them it's not girls but whores who need to be told what to do. for now swati molly was hunger strike has resonated with many angry at what they see as government inaction and a failure to protect the country's women and girls. here in germany all eyes today are on the western city of east boston where the struggling social democrats are meeting to elect a new leader for the first time a woman will be taking charge since both candidates are female the party's

parliamentary leader and is running against the longer she's the mayor of the northern city of flint sports nonis widely expected to win the forty seven year old faces a huge chance in reviving have parties dwindling fortunes the s.p.d. had its worst election result last september winning just twenty point five percent of the national vote. standing by for us at the espy's party conference in v. spot and thomas sparrow political correspondent thomas nonis as i mentioned very likely to be the next social democrat leader she's well known of course here in germany not so abroad is that about to change is she going to how big is her role going to be from now on. it is certainly going to be big christopher because she will not only be leading the party after that crises that you mentioned one crisis the next she will also be leading the parliamentary group in the german stock so

her role within the social democrats will certainly be very important and her role is precisely to try and rein you the social democrats after that terrible result in the last election she could also be the person fighting against the conservatives if you will in the next federal election but again first before that actually happens she will have to make sure that the s.p.d. the social democrats here in germany are united again because you can clearly see even here. those divisions between different factions between the way the different factions would want the party to move into the future well of course the candidate she's running against thomas seymour no longer is from the expertise left wing you know you're talking about the divisions in the party the left wing very much against. joining. ruling coalition how is hundred dollars assuming she wins later today going to unite what is at the moment a deeply divided party. essentially by trying to make more clear what the

profile is of the social democrats are something that in a way has been lost in recent years many voters simply don't know what the s.p. d. stands for and that's obviously partially because of the fact that the s.p.d. has been in government with a grand coalition and many voters feel that the s.p.d. has lost some of its core elements before the social democrats was was if you will that the working class party but many of those traditional voters of the s.p.d. have gone to two other parties for example some of the populist movements for germany and that's something that under their knowledge will have to fight back try to get back some of those traditional voters of the s.p.d. by making clear what their profile is of the party and what the party stands for not only now but also in the next few years the picture you're painting thomas of course plies the social democrats across europe parties that have been losing

support in you know dozens of percent as it were how is this what's her recipe going to be to revive the fortunes of social democracy both in germany and perhaps also in europe. it's important christopher to stress precisely that this is not a crisis only of the s.p.d. here in germany social democracy in most countries in europe has also suffered and it has to do precisely with the fact that many simply don't know what those parties stand for and their knowledge will have to clear goals on the one hand obviously try to to bridge the divide between the different groups here between those who are vehemently against the party joining another grand coalition those who want. believe that that was the way forward and on the other hand over there trying to present to the broader public in germany and in europe what the party wants for the next few years when it comes to for example germany's role in the world of social

justice here in germany of the economy those are all issues that under their knowledge will have to present to their party and also to the rest of germany ok thomas great talking to thomas sparrow that our political correspondent. the top guy in the bundesliga yesterday sold dortmund and live a cruising locking horns or as you can see here locking arms the host store looking to bounce back from last weekend's loss to arch rival shell. have been in blistering form lately they were gunning for their third victory in a row so fierce clashes guaranteed as both sides at their sights set on third place in the league. mako writes more the armbands amodio gets a started as doom and went into this fight but place. the host with dominant from the stuff that's only a shot reaction from amazon as john stuck it in sunshine completing the many fronts

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