so this is t w news live from a in a deepening political crisis in armenia the country's new prime minister walks out of talks with the man adding the opposition against him demonstrators have been protesting for days demanding a change in leadership they refuse to accept the former president as the new prime minister also on the program. in the correct euro the families of those killed during days of protests against government reforms bury their dead and now the president says he's considering a u. turn. and the female future for germany's social democrats the s.p.d.

is electing a new leader today it's likely to be rising star andrea now this she'll be the first woman to take charge of germany's over this particular can she still years of decline. hello and welcome my name is chris to the spring a good to have you with this. is facing a deepening political crisis after its new prime minister seven shots can see on walked out of talks with the opposition earlier today the country has seen ten consecutive days of protest since because john became prime minister after serving ten years as president under a revised constitution the prime minister now has the most executive power in armenia while the presidency has become largely ceremonial second sounds critics.

he wants to rule a meaningful life protest is a calling for him to step down. on the line now not a safe area an independent research yet of on the armenian capital there are conflicting reports on whether the opposition leader nico posh union has been arrested or not what are you hearing. indeed it was unclear at first but the statement mentioning that he and other major opposition leaders have been forcibly removed from the seen the protests that are now deemed to be illegal in fact mr bush and many of his call these are members of parliament so the national assembly has to approve their detention or their arrest so it remains to be seen what will develop on that front in particular and not to just help us understand why all of this is happening now why all the protest is on the streets in head of on so angry with the former president said shots becoming the new prime

minister. well as such. an army 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 a general. disillusionment with the political class this time in particular with a change in the constitution following referendum that was even largely as fraudulent and the new parliament that was the one. with disputed elections it was seen by many as a foregone conclusion that misters aren't you see there's artists would switch from the president already went to high don't turn to prime minister but you know face was the only 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 rulers ok and now with. 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 the city of yvonne and in many other parts of armenia in the evening there have been huge around these in the central republic square which is an unprecedented in recent years where after the evening again there will be federally even without the leaders of the opposition mr sarkozy a. former president the prime minister in walking out of talks with an equal passion and refer to the events of march the first two thousand and eight we first

brought him fuck is down to 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 the rallies and even the city a very brutal crackdown by the police taking any number of that isn't into custody and trying to block rallies that until now all they have been there then 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 exit on many thanks for that background thank you. trying now to look at the other stories making news around the world at the moment 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 where people were collecting identity cards so-called islamic states have claimed responsibility. in china seventeen people have drowned during a boat race practice on a river near the city of greedy 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 says the paddlers weren't wearing life jackets. nicaragua of the funerals are underway of those killed during days of deadly protests against social security reform or thought he said at least ten protesters die but one human rights group says twenty six have been killed since wednesday president daniel ortega nel says he's considering withdrawing the unpopular reforms . images of the unrest that has roche the central american nation of

nicaragua for days now police using tear gas and rubber bullets to dispense protest as the violence erupted as nicaraguans took to the streets in an unusually direct challenge to president daniel ortega is a rule. that protesting a proposed change to the social security system forcing workers and employers to pay more towards the retirement system. as the funeral service was held for one of those killed in managua there were renewed calls for the government to act. violence doesn't bring anything good here we have a fifteen year old student who's been killed blood which has been spilt unjustly. i mean we believe that the government needs to stop this violence. the country will not go anywhere with such violence against our youth. when. in

a televised address president ortega has sought to defuse tensions saying the changes were not due to take effect until july and that there was time for the government and the private sector to negotiate. but the important thing is to get this agreement for consensus call it to the family of nicaragua to all nicaraguans to keep the peace. process. a little merely good it was suppose. but nicaraguan business leaders have rejected his comments they say the government must first end the police repression of the protests and the violent confrontation that has already claimed so many lives. here in germany all eyes today are on the western city of the spot where the struggling social democrats are meeting to elect a new leader for the first time a woman will be taking charge of the center left s.p.d. the party's parliament true leader and they are not

a list she is running against simona long as she is the mayor of the northern city of flint spork now as is widely expected to win but the forty seven year old then faces a huge task in reviving her party's dwindling fortunes the s.p.d. had its worst ever election result last september support plummeting even further during coalition negotiations with. conservatives. standing by for us at the espy's party conference in v. spot and thomas sparrow political correspondent thomas knowledge 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 after 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 read you the social democrats after that terrible result in the last election she could also be the person to fight against the conservatives if you will in the next federal election but again 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 you know 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. expertise left wing you know you're talking about the divisions in the party the left wing very much against joining chancellor merkel's ruling coalition how is this 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 that's something that in no 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 the 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 in 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 that our knowledge will have to clear goals on the one hand obviously try to take to bridge the divide between the different groups here between those who are vehemently against the party joining another grand coalition those who are on the other hand believe that that was the way forward and on the other hand over to 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 the party and also to the rest of germany ok thomas great talking to thomas sparrow that our political correspondent . now soccer has the power to bring people together and improve their lives and if you've ever wondered what some of the world's best players get up to when they hang up their boots look no further a partnership between the u.n. and u.s. has brought many former stars together in geneva all for a good course. there's no title at stake in this match the only goal is to make the what a better place to sit with these former players dead by joining forces in the united nations charity football match the star studded lineup included the likes of john dean us who is feeling go see a shush edge and drop the spaniard showing that he still has what it takes this

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