this is g w news live from bergland russia's vladimir putin is sworn in for his fourth term as president the k.g.b. officer turned a world leader holds a total authority in russia he's also thrust the kremlin into a new rivalry with the quest he will look at what the world can expect from the next six year also coming up is saving migrants from the sea for roic or a crime the trial gets underway in greece of a man who says that he has rescued thousands of stricken syrians prosecutors though

say that his actions amount to people smuggling. kelly welcome to the program. in moscow vladimir putin has been sworn in for a historic fourth term as president some five thousand guests attended the inauguration ceremony at the kremlin which was billed as a low key affair. a decisive victory in march with more than seventy five percent of the vote but critics have accused him of corruption and silencing dissident voices the ceremony

follows a weekend of anti putin protests in several russian cities with police arresting more than fifteen hundred demonstrators. and from our moscow correspondent emily sure wind is standing by she is joining us now so emily walk us through the message that putin sent with this swearing in ceremony well in his inauguration speech he did mention the importance of russia's strength on the world stage he specifically mentioned defense but he also particularly focused on what he said were internal issues that needed to be solved in his upcoming term he mentioned the. improvements in the health sector in the education sector he mentioned two times the importance of of traditional family values and he also of mentioned that there had to be an emphasis on economic development after all russia is still facing international sanctions and surveys show that one of the

main criticisms among people at the moment is that they think that huet in didn't really distribute well in russia fairly over his last term and of course putin needs to keep supporters on his side and one way to do that is to try to push the economy forward so he he did though and with an optimistic message he said that you know russia had faced difficulties in the past but that it always rigged risen from the ashes like a phoenix and against that backdrop i mean one thing which was certainly of note is the fact that this ceremony was a bit more subdued than the you know the one six years ago during his during his third inauguration why was that. well six years ago he was criticised quite a lot for driving through basically an empty city in a motorcade and this year we didn't see that in part because of course he's already president so he wasn't driving from the seat of the government to the kremlin he

was already in the kremlin and we very much saw him kind of presenting himself as amount of the people and as someone who is willing to get his hands dirty so we first saw putin there in those pictures sitting at his desk in a shark not wearing you know a jacket he put on his jacket and started moving towards the kremlin and we also saw that there were many more guests and in the last inauguration there were as you said five thousand guests at the ceremony rather than two thousand last time and also after the ceremony put in young people. outside the kremlin outside the kremlin house he was speaking to them listening to their concerns so he's very much showing himself as being in touch with a future generation here in russia is he in touch though with the future generation emily because i mean we heard about those protests over the weekend what do ordinary russians make of the fact that he is now entering

a fourth term. well i think those protests were probably part of the reason why he did present himself with young people we also saw that ahead of the presidential elections as protests took place across the country as well with many young people going out onto the streets and these protests on the weekend there really was a significant crackdown so i think that sends a signal as well for the next term that putin is is probably not likely to tolerate very many dissenting voices going forward but ultimately despite these protests i think it's fair to say that there is widespread support for putin still he won the last presidential elections with over seventy five percent of the vote so basically a landslide and surveys show that most people here still think that that putin really has restored russia as a great power so i think despite these these. protests that we saw on the weekend

basically there is widespread protests of work for him family sure when in moscow thank you well get a quick check now some other stories that have been making news around the world in lebanon the shiite militia group hezbollah is set to win a majority of parliament that's according to preliminary results from sunday's elections but they will be required to govern with a sunni prime minister most likely western backed prime minister saad hariri. british foreign minister boris johnson is urging the united states to continue backing the nuclear deal with iran he says that it would be a mistake to walk away from it at this time johnson is in washington for talks with the trumpet ministration ahead of the may twelfth deadline for the president to decide whether or not to pull out of the accord. and some two thousand people on hawaii's big island have evacuated from their homes that's as new fissures have

opened up part of ongoing volcanic activity at least twenty six homes have been destroyed and officials say that all kind of gases pose a threat to anyone still in the area. a trial is under way today on the greek island of less boats that could have major implications for the migration crisis in europe prosecutors have accused a humanitarian worker of people trafficking and say that he is a criminal but. says that he has saved thousands of lives and that he believes he is being targeted by authorities to discourage more migration to europe we will hear from our correspondent who is at the scene covering that trial for g.w. in just a moment but first his story. by many he's seen as a hero in two thousand and fifteen. and to pronounce from denmark decided to change his life. i saw the picture but i'm sure there

are quite shocked too there's a perv. i was sitting on the plane on the way to. the photo of the three year old syrian boy made global headlines lying dead on the beach after drowning in the mediterranean the european migrant traces was at its peak and with around three thousand people arriving each day the greek island of less pass was a hotspot. i was actually in the water after my body was in the water and i looked back and i saw all the refugees like old people like children women. and i want to scream i really want to scream and cry in the same moment i was thinking where is the help how come is there is nobody here and then like from that they changed my life. at first algenis thought you'd go help for a week but one week quickly turned into five months. she assembled

a crew of other volunteers they called themselves team humanity and bought a rescue boat funded by donations. the group worked day and night helping migrants make the treacherous landing on a last pass at its closest point the crossing from turkey to greece it's only ten kilometers but the overcrowded boats regularly sank calling the cause god i say i'm a child my. police come and. take a child i don't know what to do it's a little girl and they're saying to me keep her be there we're coming in for like twenty what twenty four hours. it was a probe year old girl she lost her life in the sea. so. me and my three would be great. for six hours. very good family if you bury children and there's something wrong with. that

assumption profitable on. one january night everything changed the greek coast guard arrested team humanity at sea for a dean it felt like a betrayal many times i've been helping coast guard because their boat couldn't rescue people it was people in the water for a lot of people in the water and the waves were so big that i put my life in danger to rescue them greek authorities accused deen of people smuggling if you stand guilty he faces life in prison. rights groups say the case is politically motivated to discourage small boats from setting sail for europe. for human life and as for what. for saving life saving children this. one going to get them. running who knows who's going to be running. and that report was from his very own mario miller and she is joining us now from

lesbos with more on this trial we just saw there. you know he claims that he has saved thousands of lives here but he's of course on trial for people smuggling and we heard about the very serious penalty of it that he is facing there why such a harsh crackdown now. when i talked just before the trial today and what he told me was that in the night of the arrest two years ago he received and what's a message and what's a group where n.g.o.s volunteers share as s.o.s. calls so there was an s.o.s. call a boat in distress please help and i just came out of the court in his testimony he said that he called the coast guard immediately before he left to rescue the boat and the coast guard testified earlier today saying there was no call at all so. different opinions on the story anyway he was almost there he didn't reach the boat

yet but then he was arrested by the coast guard and the official accusation is that he attempted to facilitate illegal entry of refugees and we understand that two witnesses are also testifying in this case what have they said to you. so i met them yesterday and there are several witnesses but these are two more and they told me that they knew he was a local hero one of them is a sheep farmer the other one is a restaurant owner and they live and work close to the sea where so many refugees arrived from turkey in two thousand and fifteen and sixteen and they said he they watched him they they also helped him sometimes but their watched him work day and night helping to bring them food also bring them to the hospital when they were injured and also one of them actually told me that he saw and witnessed that the coast guard in some critical situations also asked for help and saw that salaam and

his crew also went out with their boat to help the coast guard because there was just too many refugee boats out there and we understand that he is actually not the only one who is facing charges of people smuggling we also know that three spanish firefighters who also volunteered in last post that they are on trial as well tell us a little bit more about their case. so it's the same trial these three spanish firefighters are part of and of a different n.g.o.s but their best friend with the. with the humanity so and this very night of the arrest they couldn't use their own boat so they asked if they could use his boat out there if they could come on his boat to rescue these boats in distress at this night so when they were arrested or no let's say it now if they get convicted. is probably getting a higher sentence than day because he was the captain and he was. he was

responsible. in last post thank you. one hour change of pace and we're heading to english soccer and champions manchester city finally got their hands on the premier league trophy on sunday after dominating the top flight but coach have already gola has struck a cautious note ahead of next season the champagne flowed despite city being held to a goal of straw at home against his field they'd already sealed the title back in mid april farting all the emphasise the difficulty of well winning let alone defending the premier league crowd looks easier when you would. be done for because yorkers would be due we would be a little bit relaxed and we have to be focused you wouldn't would we have done this is that is that is the. that is the point but understand this game

for example hold if you coud be. quick reminder now the top stories that we're following for you of lattimer putin has been sworn in for another six years as russian president it will be his fourth charm in office a disputed election in march saw him reelected with more than seventy percent of the. thanks for watching i'm sorry kelly in berlin have a great deal. of blessing. and a curse. the force of nature and inescapable free. monsoon. tropical job force should learn from you. there's a song on this.