the german starting may thirteenth on t.w. . in europe in. 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 vote in parliament today if they don't teach says weeks of peaceful protests could turn violent and also on this program a judge in australia orders cardinal george pell to stand trial on charges of

sexual abuse powell is the third most senior figure in the catholic church is pleading not guilty. and in the champions league by munich face an uphill battle tonight in madrid the bundesliga titans facing the traffic the challenges they have to win against sure how to have any chance of reaching the final. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring thanks for joining us hopes are high of a new era in armenia with parliament due to elect a new prime minister today the only candidate opposition leader nicole pushing on who led days of protests that prompted the previous prime minister said the sharks you're on to resign last month machine and has been speaking in parliament ahead of today's vote warning all makers of what he called a political. tsunami if they fail to elect him

a sunni and has the support of all the opposition parties in parliament but he also needs folks from the governing republican party to win. 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 were pushing 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 racks 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 live translation of the debates in parliament they've been shouting charges his name nicole nicole nicole we were seeing people bring their elderly parents their children their pets there was no real sense of fear and to the 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 wool all this when really courage 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 politics they're all holed up listening to passion and 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 support or at least not get in the way of. being elected the first that they would do that. is the only

candidates. today in recent days that even said that they would for the sake of national unity support him so if there is but in spite of all those that is they go back on that and use some tactic to deprive. the will encourage people out in the streets and could see people staying on this where for the days and weeks to go ok nick many thanks for that nick connelly day in yerevan. now let's catch up with some of the other stories making news around the world abandoned high rise building in sao paolo brazil has collapsed following a huge blaze this video uploaded to social media shows the building as it collapses is reported to be the former headquarters of the federal police in san pablo the building was frequently occupied by squatters and it's feared there may be several casualties. in afghanistan funerals have helped dozens of people killed in three suicide bombings yesterday the dead include nine journalists killed in kabul 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 lives. a u.n. delegation has arrived in myanmar's rakhine state to investigate the crisis there some seven hundred thousand muslim hinges fled the country for neighboring bangladesh following a military crackdown last fall there's the u.n. has described that action as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. north and south korea have begun taking down loudspeakers on their border that have played propaganda for decades the move fulfilled a promise made after historic summit between the two countries' leaders last week south korea has also asked the u.n. to verify north korea's planned shutdown of a nuclear test site. and yan coom the founder of instant messenger john what's happens less. his job at parent company facebook whatsapp was acquired by facebook

four years ago and both small and one billion users worldwide but coom has had high profile disagreements over user privacy issues. now a judge in australia has ordered the country's highest ranking catholic cardinal george pell to stand trial on multiple charges of sexual abuse is the most senior member of the catholic church to be tried on such charges details about the allegations haven't yet been made public but police say they are historical sexual assault charges dating back several decades powell has pleaded not guilty to a date for the trial is yet to be sept. 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 pelts more i believe says the worst of the charges in his words have been dismissed you know more about how the judges were

dismissed for the. cardinal committed sexual offenses or the similar in the original bit torrent of ballarat aligned servants it's a way he was a priest and the court was told. that this alleged incident was not credible but the magistrate little boring there was still a lot of the division weighs on at least one of the other judges to send george pell to trial what we do know is that this is well the biggest legal case of his going in australian history hill who. was in georgia at the bend in vernon says that effectively the third most senior cleric in the vatican and it's basically is is is one of the greatest was scandalous to a church at least in australia and tell us roger you know how was the atmosphere at the hearing. well the hearing is of last seventy minutes there were supporters

and critics of the cardinal in court well when the ruling was handed down there was a 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 card unseld sat quietly and fairly sure didn't side of the motion if you like in the court he said nothing could top you 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 roger how has the vatican he 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 that just just 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. 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 dates 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 lashed out of israel after the country's prime minister binyamin netanyahu accused charron of lying about its nuclear ambitions iran said netanyahu was quote an infamous lile israeli prime minister yesterday 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 benyamin netanyahu delivered to piece of political theater presenting what he called evidence of a secret every nian nuclear project a few weeks ago in a great intelligence achievement israel obtained half a ton of the material inside these walls and here's what we've got. fifty five thousand pages. another fifty five thousand files on one hundred eighty three c.d.'s 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 nuclear weapon and never had one even before netanyahu spoke foreign minister mohammad javid serif 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 i know this suggest it was time to pressure donald trump into withdrawing his support for the twenty fifty nuclear agreement world pirates signed with iran. if

that were the intent it seemed to have an immediate impact is the largest democracy and prime minister netanyahu just gave a very i don't know of everybody saying but i've 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 idly setting off missiles which they say are for television purposes i don't think so. in the past week german chancellor angela merkel and french president manion mccrone have made separate visits to washington to urge trump to remain in the agreement but trump has threatened to withdraw from the deal unless it's renegotiated he is jews to decide by me twelve years goes. by and munich face a panel battle tonight against real madrid in the second leg of their champions league semifinal reale won the first leg so i think go into the game as clear

favorites but coach sittings are done isn't letting that go to his head. me to turn this tie on its head star players failed to dazzle in the first leg and now re out of the home advantage still even just put three past them here in the quarterfinal and is heartened by the memory. not. because that game showed 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 i get spy and fight 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. this 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 or 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. reports are emerging that for manchester city and into the land coach roberto mancini has a grange thank the italian national team the fifty three year old currently coaching russian sides and petersburg is expected to take the reins after the final round of russian's championship on may thirteenth the sooty have been without a boss since november when g.m. piano ventura was sacked for failing to reach this year's world cup. you're

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