this is g.w. news live from berlin the political crisis in our media deeper. problem for. the thousands take to the streets after opposition leader he called passion young calls for a general strike to protest against parliament's failure to elect him as prime minister can he keep the demonstrations peaceful. also coming on the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas comes under fire for saying that europe's jews were themselves to blame for the holocaust pulled tell you why israel's and the u.s. response to the remarks. also coming up frale madrid have reached the final of the

champions league but who will they face will it be your concocts liverpool club or can rome on stage a comeback in their semifinal match up later today. i'm sumi so much gonda good to have you with us tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the armenian capital yet yvonne to join a general strike opposition leader nicol passion yon urged his supporters to bring the country to a standstill after he failed to secure enough votes in parliament to become prime minister passion jaan was the only candidate and had expected a different result. this is not how the vote was expected to go. was full of enthusiasm and high expectations tens of thousands had come to catch the moment of their protest leader became prime minister. then excitement

gave way to sorrow. the are good and i'm going to do we have to win we can't go on like this and he will you know not only nationally this is our life they don't have the right to rule as if we don't want them famously all the people out here everyone and they have to trade us . wasn't us on the view they are all mean is ruling republican party of my after a day long session in column and the writing was on the wall eventually the votes were two. of the republicans would not back the opposition leader to take the reins and angry nicole pushing me and walked out to be with his supporters. he was met by loud cheers and showered in confetti was pushing ian who has promised to

rid the country of corruption and poverty called for mass civil disobedience the two. marry. a rich new option no possibility to go backwards we will move forward only forward and the republic and there is no power that can resist you. oh with the new day thousands of protesters have been blocking routes into the capital you're a van he didn't passion in school for civil disobedience another attempt to elect a new prime minister is due in a week but if it fails a second time around new national elections must be held. let's bring indeed over is nick connelly he is in the armenian capital yet yvonne for us hi nick good to see you thousands of people have taken to the streets today tell us what you've been a serious seeing and hearing from people on the ground. good

afternoon sumi well as you can see it's a very noisy scene here behind me on republic square the site of that big protest estate evening the whole of the center of you have been shut down by passionate supporters as he asked them to use the evening there are roadblocks on all the main avenues most of the center of town now resembles a pedestrian zone people walking with their kids with their pets cycling around the main street something you didn't really see before these closures the airport has now been reopened that was when they had proven show deal there is they could shut down this morning but it is a very festive atmosphere people with a scared they worried the police over that the present government might use the police or the army to clamp down and they said no there are too many of us they called the police is on our side and the armenian protest leader is actually warned the government not to deploy troops against these protesters have these demonstrations been peaceful so far and do you think they will stay that way.

well that's definitely what he's saying will be his tactic and it makes a lot of sense strategically tactically given that he's got these unprecedented numbers. this square public square where i'm now is not a square that was ever previously used political rallies as he was told today no one could ever feel it well yesterday fashion and did he's got this remarkable numbers out in the very country a very small population only three million and so there's nothing really in his interests to provoke violence to get the governments the has the police and the army at least formally under control still so they've got all those leaders should there just loyal. and his that seems to be that by just keeping numbers out no not going for the provocations or anything that could be used against him attacked again the kind of violence that could then be used to show that he has some kind of malign instincts he's trying to just carry on with this gave brinkmanship and see who blinks first hoping that the government will eventually give in to the mass of this public support and we have to see what happens next because the armenian

parliament is set to elect a new prime minister on may eighth what do you think we're going to see in the coming week ahead of that vote. so soon as you say we've just had confirmation of that repeat vote will happen in a week yesterday that was the latest possible date the constitution allows for this to be held that if he gives the ruling republican party some time for maneuvering to try and do some kind of deal comes a range of what she and that's exactly what question and because he said he was he would do any behind the scenes deals he would cut them some sort of slack he wants a full scale change a shake up of this country. so far we haven't any reaction from him what he will do but from what we've heard from people here in the square they're very willing to stay out of the streets till they see him in the prime ministerial seat so they saw what was you know this way this is going it was going anywhere in a hurry i did have an economy in a very busy central square there in heat of on the armenian capital nic thank you.

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has attacked palestinian president mahmoud abbas for making anti-semitic remarks at a meeting of the palestinian national council on monday abbas suggested that the genocide of european jews by the nazis was because of the jews role in money lending rather than because of their race or religion netanyahu said the palestinian leader was quote still a holocaust denier and he called on the international community to condemn what he called abbas as severe anti-semitism let's bring in our correspondent tanya kramer who is standing by in jerusalem following this story for us hi tanya so what are some pretty strong words there from the israeli prime minister following a very controversial remark from the palestinian president has israel used this kind of language before. well yes it's not unusual there's a lot of anger here about the statement by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas

is seeing as a provocation and it also seems to confirm to many here what is the official view of mr abbas that he has been accused before as being a holocaust denier but also that he's not a partner for peace and that by giving this statement to a national local audience on palestinian t.v. at this palestinian national council conference that he saw here his truth pace what exactly did mahmoud abbas say. while the controversy hard as hard as hard to understand as when he starts to talk about how to see how he sees when he's laying out his narrative. when the two state was established he calls it a colonialist project by european by christian the states and he's also recurring to what he has a princely read in books by. writers as he refers to and we have here translation

provided by the associated press saying the conclusion of these books is that animosity to his jews was not because of their religion but because of their social activities and of the quote so this is here for many implying that the jews were persecuted in europe not because of their religion or their race but because of their social activities like banking or money lending and that their this is perceived as blaming the jewish people of being the sponsible for their own fate we don't have we didn't get any clarification of this quote yet from the presidential office has mahmoud amar abbas been on record previously making anti-semitic remarks . why he has been accused in israel of denial of holocaust because of his thesis but at the same time this is the same president who has in two thousand and fourteen on the eve of holocaust memorial day said that called the holocaust is one

of the most heinous crimes in modern history which was seen at the time as a very rare statement by an arab leader to acknowledge the jewish suffering in nazi germany and of course also this controversy right now deflects also from other statements he made in this very long state speech where he also reiterated his commitment to live side by side in peace and his commitment to a two state solution our correspondent tonya kramer reporting for us from jerusalem tanya thank you very much. now to some other stories making news around the world a judge in myanmar has dealt a blow to prosecutors in the trial of two reuters journalists accused of possessing state secrets he ruled out the testimony of a witness who said the two had been framed was credible it's being seen as a landmark free speech case for the country. the world health organization says

seven million people every year die of diseases caused by air pollution a number it says that has remained steady for the past several years almost all of those affected live in poor countries in asia and africa worldwide nine out of ten people breathe polluted air authorities in libya say at least six people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on the electoral commission headquarters a spokesman said the bomber was among a group of militants who set fire to the building in tripoli the electoral commission has been registering voters ahead of elections in the country. and donald trump's former doctor says a letter giving him a glowing bill of health in the run up to the two thousand and sixteen elections was dictated by trump himself harold bornstein letters said trump would be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency whose quote physical strength and stamina are extraordinary bornstein previously said she had written. to soccer now and in the champions league baron munich's quest to win

a trouble of trophies is over after a four three aggregate defeat to rail madrid. has been had given the above variance a lead but two goals from pairing beds and turned the game back madrid's way how did equaliser giving biron a glimmer of hope the hosts held on to reach another champions league final it is a bitterly disappointing a match for the bundesliga champs who fall at the semifinal stage for the fourth successive time despite winning the german cup in the bundesliga. the champions league semifinals continue later today in rome where security has been bolstered after a liverpool fan was attacked by visiting fans last week just like the added security overshadowing the game the reds had into the match with a three goal cushion and looks set to fit reach their first champions league final since two thousand and seven but you can club and his side know that roma should not be underestimated. roma have a mountain to climb on wednesday night after suffering a heavy five two defeat in liverpool. but their coach says the team is ready to go

all out to get a result. they even i don't have enough but at the that we're playing a match at champions league semifinal in front of seventy thousand people do you expect us to just field know we'll fight i want to seem to give everything that it has come full get yet to talk we look out luckily for roma they've shown just how much they can accomplish when they play their best the italian side turned over a four one defeat in barcelona with a three nil comeback at home now they just have to do it all over again. you know if i would do it like a computer or a smart phone copy and paste that performance not only from a technical point of view but also from a mental and physical point of view they said they got shot already boy thesiger.

liverpool go into the match with the upper hand but they are well aware of what roma can do with their backs against the wall. but. that's the nature of the game as a good game can turn. in any minutes so it's all about us to be active to do what we are good in and we are difficult to play not to forget we are really difficult to play sounds like clark will send his side out to look for even more goals in rome with a forward line led by england's footballer of the year mo sala it's not a bad plan. just. you're watching indeed have you still to come women are muscling their way into the male dominated taxi market in the kenyan capital of nairobi and a smartphone app is making it all possible. that story and much more coming up with fences the one envisaged stay with us.

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