this is the w.'s live from bugging me a putin sworn in for his fourth term us russia's president k.g.b. officer turned world leader house almost total in the country as a source of kremlin into a new rivalry with the west so what happens next find out from moscow also on the program. of course to make major gains in lebanon's election and it's being seen as a victory for has been lost back. and of course in greece finds this mountain for other volunteers not guilty of people smuggling

a volunteer saying they rescued thousands of syrian migrants from the sea. i'm still going to welcome to the program flooding a person has been sworn in for a record fourth term as president of russia after formally dissolving his old capital mr putin then dominated he's close ally dmitri medvedev to keep his job as prime minister the president won much as election decisively with more than three quarters of the vote and his critics accuse him of corruption and silencing opposition voices. the start of mr putin's day was carefully stage managed. russian state t.v. broadcast his long walk through the corridors of his office on his way to the ceremony. eventually he right at the car waiting to take him on

a short trip to the kremlin hold. then the grand entrance. and the war continued. all choreographed to maintain the suspense as some five thousand invited guests waited for putin to be sworn in and he must be asked is just really what you see is going to get us putin promise for tech the country and serve the russian people. he praised russia's return to the world today which is what he calls a strong and influential voice when he talks about the importance of making economic and technological progress to benefit all russians. like. a new quality of life the well being security and health of a person are the most important. these are the issues of the center of our policy focus is russia for the people as a country of opportunities for self-realization of everyone. all the build

up can bomb past few believe mr putin's next term in office will bring much change he's already said that he wants incumbent prime minister dimitri medvedev to stay in his post hussein himself has been in power as either president or prime minister for almost twenty years. most young people who know no other leader and there's no sign of a successor. or russia's economy is in the midst of a recovery after a two year recession hell in the homefront we'll have more on that shortly in our business update. lebanon's prime minister saad hariri says his sunni dominated political movement has lost a third of its seats after sunday's parliamentary elections meanwhile preliminary results suggest that the iran backed shiite militant group hezbollah and its political allies have made significant gains despite their losses mr hariri still

the heads the largest parliament should block and so forth from front to form the next government the election was the country's first fall and she voted nearly a decade official results are expected later on monday. w correspondent is following this from the capital beirut to welcome our show so hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah gave an address earlier what did he say. well essentially the star claimed for live your pardon claimed victory and he sent the lebanese people have voted for the resistance by that name is resistance to israel what he's trying to do is he's trying to seek political legitimacy in the levanon and international community that is not merely a militia as some countries in the west would like to call it but also political force and he's done so by saying the people of lebanon do support his beloved ideology of fighting israel so how will has been lost that gates in parliament

affects the country. as well i was already a very strong entity in lebannon she are putting to lebanese constitution as a speaker sanctioning the speaker ran the affairs in the parliament but now with a majority along with us allies as beloved i'm sure that all legislation is cool to . hizbullah and essentially one of them would be that his beloved does not disarm does not give up its arms and also remains to be seen how the sunni community will respond because they do have a certain resentment because the sunnis haven't before this violence charts and there are lights and this strong has bar showing is likely to have an impact across the wider region. well absolutely and i think that's a more important question because that's what the entire region is watered about saudis are what about it because they don't have the mansons in lebanon anymore and ican control the politics if you cannot control or have

a see through the through politicians then usually such countries adopt aggressive measures we don't know what they're going to do but it could be an aggressive on of course israel as well because israel has based his the line two thousand and six and is allowed to perform very well as well as also present and city has announced and israel is looking at a strong as the law in never naam and is facing up with as well our own is really levanon border but also in city out so they're also extremely watered about his. rice lucy and you know not in a way wouldn't quite a clear mandate the next rise of iraq. i'm sure for a very rude thank you let's look now at some of the other stories making news around the world in yemen at least six people have been killed in as strikes by the saudi led coalition the missiles targeted the presidential palace in the capital sanaa which is currently under the control witnesses say two powerful explosions hit the building which is in

a residential neighborhood clashes have broken out between police and residents in the south african township of sweater near johannesburg residents had staged a protest after squatters tried to erect shacks in the by fields the incident is the latest in a serious a flare ups of the contentious issue of land distribution indian troops are fired tear gas of protesters in kashmir tesco late as s tensions escalate for another day in the disputed region this may be separatists call for a strike to protest against the deaths of five civilians were killed in clashes with security forces on sunday so protests have been fighting indian rule in kashmir for almost three decades. britain's foreign minister is in washington to the united states to continue to back the iran nuclear deal boris johnson says it would be a mistake for the u.s. to walk away as the johnson's there for talks with the trumpet ministration ahead of the may twelfth deadline for the president to decide whether to renew u.s.

support for the deal france's president is marking the completion of his first year in office at forty years old emanuel macro is the country's youngest latest since napoleon he set out to reassert the idea of powerful french leadership at home and abroad but he's a mixed reviews it's a surprise election twelve months ago. this was his moment of triumph. emmanuel mccall the newcomer who led the on mass movement shook up france's political establishment defeated the far right national front and introduced a new style of government. never was any couldn't off course. france hasn't had such a powerful leader for decades when they've been on the show the goal of the presidency wasn't such a top down operation like a key. vote always about by himself this is not a president who conquers

a party but rather a party that took shape after his victory. in disavowing the longstanding right left political spectrum macko has tried to join pro e.u. forces with those opposed to globalization has tried to unite right leaning business leaders with left leaning intellectuals what remains is a splintered opposition which has served to fuel michael's power to the dummy to pull. this has enabled him to introduce rapid and radical reforms especially in the job market the railway system. a sense that something even nicolas sarkozy didn't manage to do. but my constant mystic politics have made him a polarizing figure it is ambitious european agenda that's won him more praise in france he wants to introduce a special finance minister with a separate budget and in army. now the european spotlight has shifted to mccall

away from the german chancellor something uncle america will have to get used to after her central role on the european stage went virtually and challenge for so long. a court in greece has cleared five humanitarian volunteers of people smuggling in a case that was seen as having major implications for your. migration crisis three spanish and two danish volunteers were standing trial on the greek island of lesbos facing allegations of illegally bringing migrants into the european union at the height of the migration crisis in twenty fifteen the men spent months rescuing refugees from the edgy and see rights groups criticize the case as being politically motivated and an attempt to discourage more boats from setting off for europe earlier i spoke with the w.'s that matter mother who fall of the cold case in last boss i asked her what the atmosphere was like after cell a mile deep and was cleared. well the moment the verdict was read everybody was

cheering it was very emotional very happy atmosphere. yeah the very very loud basically they came out and hugged each other and they were chanting the phrase that most of them have on their t. shirts which says saving lives is not a crime so it was a very emotional talked to many supporters where in two years and after their emotional scenes we saw in the report that he said he was only there to save lives so why did greek or forces accuse him of people smuggling. yes i spoke to the lawyer of the spanish firefighters and he explained to me that there were some allegations not even based on proven facts so for example there was the allegation that. this crew didn't call the coast guard before leaving the shore to how the refugee boat which was in distress. but. and also other witnesses

said yes we called the coast guard and we did get a response but the coast guard said one of the coast guard said no we didn't and normally there's no record of the telephone connections but somehow which key which is kept by the coast guard but somehow these records are not there anymore. so how does this case deter a very good seats from helping refugees the last boss. yeah so actually i was already a couple of weeks ago i talked to a member of sea watch and he told me just right after the rest of solemnity and two years ago. there was a boat of sea watch out under the sea and wanted to to help sinking refugee boat but in the end they didn't do anything because they were so afraid and so anxious if they help then they will also be arrested so in the end they just have to watch this. the boat saying haplessly without doing anything so there were actually some

of these cases i know at least of another one and yes this is just one example of how this deterred other n.g.o.s. less bastar q. the temperatures across the northern hemisphere rise and flowers begin to bloom homeowners know it's time to stop the weekly chore of cutting the grass but where some see drudgery others see opportunity for sport allow us to introduce you to the racing. any of it's not and smoggy but these drivers one want it any other way to. mastering the bumps and navigating through tight curves i think two of the drivers biggest challenge us. in the sport is more painful than it knocks. the championship rounds twenty laps which doesn't seem that. long but if you're going full throttle from the from the

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a single colored panels that gather they combined to become brazil's national flag this dramatic fate was a show of support for the country's national football team ahead of the forthcoming world cup finals in russia. more world news for you at the top of the hour how the humphrey will be here with a look at the economic impact of approaching his presidency in just about this is data. qualities. what does inequality mean in a globally connected well. known to the media. join the discussion and how they don't have as global media forum twenty eighteen.