indeed. this is the w. news live from berlin vote for me or face the consequences the leader of antigovernment protests in armenia urges lawmakers to give him the job of prime minister and a photo in parliament today if they don't he says weeks of peaceful protest could turn violent. also on the program pulling back from the brink of a trade war u.s. president donald trump postpones a decision on steel and alimony and tariffs until next month but is he just kicking the can down the road. but judging australia orders cardinal george pell to stand

trial on charges of sexual abuse powell is the third most senior figure in the catholic church he's pleading not guilty. and israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu presents evidence he says proves iran lied about its nuclear program critics say it's old news in a questioning his timing and. hello and welcome my name's christopher spring it good to have you with us. media's parliament is due to elect a new prime minister today the sole candidate is opposition leader nicole young who led days of protests that prompted the previous prime minister. to resign last month a senior has been speaking to parliament ahead of today's vote and warning lawmakers of what he called a political tsunami. if they fail to elect him machine has the support of all

opposition parties impala month but he also needs votes from the governing republican party to win that vote. we're going to get the latest now from d. w.'s nicola connelly nick you are in central here a van in republic square i believe where passion and supporters are gathering ahead of that vote today how optimistic are they that he will be elected prime minister. good afternoon chris well this is an extraordinarily rare axed and optimistic mood on the square behind me you can maybe see some of the thousands of people who've turned out to watch the large translation of the debates in parliament they've been shouting challenged his name nicole nicole nicole we were seeing people bring their elderly parents their children their pets there was no real sense of fear answered extent there was a feeling of a done deal that this was going to happen but then early this morning messages came

through from the ruling republican party that seemed to suggest that they might be pulling back from their earlier pledge to support him and that seems to have really pulled the people all to the square and really encouraged the turnout because they really feel like they need to stand here to the end to make sure he becomes prime minister by the end of the day. i mentioned earlier on in his speech to parliament warned of a political toonami if he wasn't to be elected prime ministers how are other lawmakers responding to that. we haven't heard much from the main opposition parties in parliament they're all holed up listening to passion peppering him with questions as to what he would do as interim prime minister but certainly it would be a very. very unexpected vote fastened it would be met with all of his duty we spoke to one old lady on the square who said that they're hoping party would be chased out of town basically if they went back on their promise to. supports or at least

to not get in the way of passion being elected a first that they wouldn't vote their candidate and indeed he is the only candidate up for next today in recent days they even said that they would for the sake of national unity support him so if then does but in spite of all those pledges they go back on that and use some tactic to deprive him of the necessary votes that obviously will encourage people out in the streets and could see people staying on this where for the days and weeks to come as we can see behind you a lot of pressure growing on the ruling party there when can we expect a result when is the vote due to take place so question has been parliament for the last couple of hours explaining himself to the deputies they will take some recess is and we're expecting a vote to happen in about an hour and a half's time interestingly this is a public vote no private ballot so they will also all go out one by one and cast their ballots it is expected the republicans the ruling party will vote all one way there won't be a defection so they will either all vote against or for him so an hour

a half two hours delays included we should have a result here and see what reaction that will raise from the crowd behind me ok nick many thanks for that nick connelly there in yerevan. we're going to turn our attention now to global trade the european union says there is no justification for controversial u.s. tariffs on steel and russell says it wants a permanent exemption from those tariffs the e.u. was responding to president trance decision to delay the imposition of tariffs just hours before a deadline was due to expire russell says the perspiring mint is prolonging uncertainty for businesses. a sigh of relief for the steel industry at least for the moment for the next four weeks the e.u. can sell steel and aluminum to the u.s. without additional tariffs. then negotiations will come to an end with says washington no more extensions in march trump announced plans to slap levies of

twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on alan minium imports to the u.s. then two weeks later he granted the e.u. and six other countries a waiver that ends today washington says it's been unfairly treated in trade with the e.u. it once concessions from brussels. a comparison of tariffs on five thousand products shows the europeans charge on average a five point two percent levy compared to just three point five percent by the americans on tuesday the german government said it had duly noted the extension and expects a permanent exemption from the tariffs. but to prevent a trade war between the e.u. and the us negotiations must now continue apace. the u.s. is neighbors mexico and canada have also received a month extension meanwhile south korea has already found

a long term solution as part of a free trade agreement with the u.s. the details of that they are not yet clear. ok time now to catch up with some of the other stories making news around the world. in afghanistan funerals have been held for dozens of people killed in three three suicide bombings yesterday the dead include nine journalists killed in combat and several children who died in kandahar media watchdog reporters without borders has appealed to the united nations to appoint a special envoy to protect journalists. a u.n. delegation has arrived in myanmar as rakhine state to investigate the neighborhood crisis there some seven hundred thousand muslim hinges fled the country for neighboring bangladesh following a military crackdown last august un has described that action as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. north and south korea have begun

taking down loudspeakers on the border that have plagued propaganda for decades the move fulfills a promise made at a historic summit between the two countries' leaders last week south korea has also asked the un to verify north korea's planned shutdown of a nuclear test site thing. now a judge in australia has ordered the country's highest ranking catholic cardinal george pell found trial on multiple charges of sexual abuse pelle is the most senior member of the catholic church should be tried on such charges details about the allegations haven't yet been made public but police say they are historical sexual assault charges thinking back several decades powell has pleaded not guilty a date for the trial has yet to be set. we're going to link up now with journalist roger may not in sydney he's been following this case for us roger give us some more detail on the court's findings pelz lawyer i believe says the worst of

the charges in his words have been dismissed yet another hope the judges were dismissed for the. college nope committed sexual is that a similar in the original victorian town of ballarat a line to the servants it's a way he was a priest and the court was told the witness of this list incident though was not credible but the magistrate belinda weren't willing to there was still a lot of the division weighs on at least one of the other charges to send george pell to trial what we do know is that this is well the biggest legal case of its kind in australian history hill who. was in charge of the vatican furnace is that effectively the third most senior cleric in in the vatican and it's it's basically is is is is one of the greatest was scandalous to get it judged at least in australia and tell us roger you know how was the atmosphere of the hearing. well

the hearing is of love the seventy minutes there were supporters and critics of the cardinal in court well when the ruling was handed down there was a polite ripple of applause from the from the critics and and some of the members of some of the people in the court also started crying to. whatever whatever you view this was a highly charged case the coughlan selves sat quietly and fairly sure didn't side of the motion if you like in the court he said nothing could top in the hearing apart from at the end when he was asked to issue a plea and he said in a very loud voice not guilty. and term roger how has the vatican here is the number three at the vatican the treasurer how has the vatican responded to this news well the merely said that they will stand by george well and justice take its course so

that they remain fairly eleuthera on this whole business over the past year or two who said very very little they've given the impression that they don't really want to get involved and you know i'm i suppose that really sums up this case that they are letting george pell. attend this case and ultimately see what happens in the next twelve months or so we know that tomorrow there's going to be a separate hearing to discuss design the date of the at the trial itself that maybe later on this year or possibly early next year one way or the other we will know the fate of george pell in the next twelve months ok roger many thanks for that roger main artery. iran has left out israel out of the country's prime minister the israeli prime minister that is binyamin netanyahu accused tehran of lying about its nuclear ambitions iran

said netanyahu was quote an infamous liar israeli prime minister earlier presented what he said was new evidence proving iran was pursuing a secret nuclear weapons program. using language his american ally would understand. iran large big time binyamin netanyahu delivered a piece of political theater presenting what he called evidence of a secret uranium nuclear project a few weeks ago in a great intelligence achievement israel upturned half a ton of the material inside these walls and here's what we've got. fifty five thousand pages. another fifty

five thousand farls and one hundred eighty three. netanyahu referred to files israel says proves secret nuclear facilities and plans to develop atomic weapons exist incriminating documents incriminating charts incriminating presentations incriminating blueprints incriminating photos incriminating videos and more. iran maintains it has never sought a new clear weapon and never had one even before netanyahu spoke foreign minister mohammad javits the reef had dismissed the claims in a tweet the boy who can't stop crying wolf is at it again undeterred by cartoon fiasco at the u.n. g.a. you can only feel some of the people so many times. netanyahu speech came on the back of a visit to israel by u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo. and analysts suggest it was time to pressure

donald trump into withdrawing his support for the twenty fifty nuclear agreement world powers signed with iran. if that were the intent it seemed to have an immediate impact it's just democracy prime minister netanyahu just gave a very i don't know of everybody seen it but i just got to see a little bit of it and that is just not an acceptable situation and i've been saying that's happening they're not sitting back i believe they're setting off missiles which they say are for television purposes i don't think. in the past week german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccrone have made sekret visits to washington to try to remain in the agreements but trump has threatened to withdraw from the deal unless it's renegotiated he is due to decide by me to go see. ok we're going to get an iranian perspective on the story now.

is an iranian journalist and a visiting scholar at the center of middle east strategic studies a think tank funded by the turkish government. good to have you with us what do you make of natanya who's allegations is your country lying to the world. well first thank you for having me in fact to show by these really prime minister that this time he gave a presentation about iran's nuclear issue is not the first time that he is having those tired talking points about iran's nuclear issue and many of those who are if the mili are involved have been involved in the run nuclear issue and nuclear negotiations they know that the the things that larry mentioned by the israeli prime minister are not the only ones but they are the ones which her brother previously in the relation with the possible military dimensions which has been claimed by some western. parties in the past and k. o.

in the past but this time the israeli prime minister has tried to recycle those issues which has been resolved in the negotiations that iran has the six world powers and they've rather the issue with the i.a.e.a. international atomic energy agency and that we haven't solved but sorry to interrupt no that's i hear what you're saying you're saying the term essentially want turn it on your own yahoos allegations are old news my question to you was is your country lying to the world. i think the answer your question it is very clear how to find the answer i think the johns to. do to give his idea on this issue is the international atomic energy agency who is that body has been defined as the joints to observe the compliance of iran and

in. relation to the. issue you run after than a clear deal has been going on during rigorous inspections which is. not been done in the past in relation with other countries and in eleven records that the i.a.e.a. has had about the implementation of the nuclear the deal by iran and it was next a facility as those have confirmed iran's complaints to the dia and what they those reports are saying are in concert dixon what use it is really prime minister is saying and i say sure you're saying them can is in for a very of yes and i think the mccann is in for verification of this issue and this process is by the international atomic energy agency and not by anyone else and i think the eleven reports by that agency and body has shown that iran has not violated the earth and has not pursued such things that the israeli prime minister

is claiming ok abear so many thanks for that the view from iran there at us as landing in tehran many thanks. you're watching do double news to come on this program a huge match in the champions league tonight by munich in madrid for the second leg of a tight semifinal for the bavarians it'll be the toughest challenge they face this season. but now it's time for business news with. stories about booming oil sectors that's right especially in great britain christopher just listen to this number seventy one percent that's how much british oil giant b.p. is profits soared in the first quarter compared to last year's first quarter beating analysts expectations the jump follows a rise in oil production b.p.'s positive showing is in line with its peers shell and chevron the oil sector is benefiting from a massive price rally where prices have shot up above seventy dollars

a barrel from below thirty dollars early last year. and more good news this time in greece reese is finally getting some credit but for once we're not talking about money the european commission has praised the country for making encouraging progress and its debt reduction after a long recession giving it a positive growth outlook that's good news for the country's finances and for greeks who've long struggle in the shadow of financial insecurity greek prime minister and the president's good reason to smile he's received high praise from o.e.c.d. secretary general and for his country's impressive progress and reforms even though they were not voluntary and sometimes against the will of his people reese's reform efforts are paying off the greek economy is growing again. we think this year is going to grow two percent. perhaps next year don't want three

percent. that's why the country intends to leave the aid program by the summer and stand on its own two feet in order to achieve these goals the o.e.c.d. feels that greece needs to use reforms to further reduce its debts members of the euro group have even hinted that greece might receive debt relief although germany would be against the move. but if you like to eat fresh fish from the ocean we'll probably want to eat less yes it sounds like a contradiction but if we want to keep the different species in the future some things need to change experts say three quarters of fish stocks in the e.u. waters are being overfished in order to allow stocks to be replenished the e.u. fishing minister has said stricter catch chorus that's likely good news for the fish but bad news for local fishermen. it's nearly six in the morning and the sun is rising over the western baltic sea fisherman andreas look and his colleagues

have been on the water for three hours they barely notice the sky instead they're busy heaving nets full of herring up on board it's back breaking work because main fishing ground is the bait of graphs followed the herring returned here in the spring to spawn. here again of course we're going to leave this cat's area now because the herring have finished boning we can see from the dirty anchor that their work here is done the area is full of roll and milt. so look ahead to ten minutes further east to cast his nets out the european union has lowered this year's catch quota by thirty nine percent that means that fishermen will earn over a third less income from their core business today look good has caught around two tonnes of herring that's around nine hundred euros in revenue he's almost reached his seventy ton limit so he can only fish for herring one more time this year.

a move that might all the cold have to return to the old coal to oil one hundred seventy tons to be able to earn a half decent income we are pushing everything to the limit or paint the bolt and clean it and the water only what's absolutely essential we have to save where we can to try and balance the books but i think they will. but there's little chance of raising catch limits for herring right now in fact the tuna an institute for baltic fishing is considering further curtailments instead temperatures are rising in the baltic making life tough for the fish. until the mid one nine hundred ninety is reproduction rates were very good but since then there's been a continual decline the only factor involved is water temperature which is affecting various areas. but unless limits increase luka and his fellow fishermen who have to hang up their nets soon they'll be no point catching herring they'll shut up shop

like a thousand others in the region before them. that's all for business it's back to christopher now for some sports action and a highly anticipated match. that's right a clash of the titans in the champions league tonight by munich facing real madrid away. from sports here to talk us through it. by and lost at home to real madrid to what i believe was the final score to they have a chance chance of getting through to the final it's going to be an uphill battle to overcome the two one deficit especially it won't be easy because every king at the bernabeu a.o. but his being a pine kids are very optimistic about it and we have madrid coast coaches in it indeed and also playing it really cool and not letting anything get to his head right now but why don't we take a look. they need to turn this tie on its head stop

players fail to dazzle in the first leg and now re out of the home advantage still even just put three past them here in the quarter final and is heartened by the memory. not. of course that came so that madrid are vulnerable at home and that they aren't as solid as they look. but right now did make it through against you venters as they did in the quarter final last year against by a four hundred because though there is a big difference this time around. why wasn't the coach back then and on tuesday it will be a different team than the one which played last year. the opponents however say the stars talent and their coaches confidence also remain unchanged. oh look at the most important thing for us is to think about winning the match and nothing else. to come onto the pitch and to win the match that's our goal you not

to speculate not to overthink not to step back and do strange things down does have the upper hand but he knows not to underestimate his opposition. by and will not be worried at all and will come to play a great match they're a great club and a great team and we are aware of that. certainly high praise but by now face the difficult task of living up to their opponents' expectations. ok stephanie going to be very tight but i think we can say that much what to buy and need to do to turn this time the only thing they can do at this point but by by scoring goals and i'm talking about plenty of gold especially if you'll be you know trailing by two and two of them away goals but a lot of eyes will also be on robert lewandowski i mean he was pretty much a non-factor against real madrid in the first leg and he definitely needs to come out of the shadow and step. his gain is by and have a chance but by an overall two i mean it's not just about being creative they had

so many chances last time but they need to convert they were quite wasteful and they did however do a superb job at containing christiane no one although it will be a bit difficult this time around christopher because robin and boyd tang they'll be without them but the good news out of and harvey mightiness didn't make the trip to madrid and you know what's so funny and so interesting about all of this is that despite all the preparations footballers can still be very superstitious and by and nick they changed hotels in madrid so they not staying at the same one as last year because the last time ok and tell us what is it about real madrid you know they they've the champions league winners for the last two years this would be the third . title in a row what is it about them in the champions league that that's the thing i mean what makes them in my opinion so frightening is the fact that they don't even have to have a good game they don't even need to play at one hundred percent but they can still win games and so i don't know if they can be stopped by and sure has the quality to do so but i think it comes down to it i mean real madrid this site will perhaps be

remembered as one of the best ever but they still win with top performances but i think it all comes down to that there's so much individual quality of on this team that each player can step up and win the game and you and i will be watching that game this evening many thanks talking from duke of useful. a quick care reminder of our top story for you maine is opposition leader has warned there will be watching called the political tsunami if parliament failed to elect him prime minister today nichol pacini un is the only candidate who after weeks of protest forced the incumbent to resign in funk clear if he has enough support to win today's about. watching t.v. news in both and more from us at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can always get the latest on our web site thanks for watching.

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