this is d.w. news live from her lead from protest leader to prime minister nicole led demonstrations that forced armenia's former leader to resign last week and now the crowds are celebrating as he is elected to the country's top job we'll go live to the capital also coming up the war in syria has left thousands of children with a disability this ten year old girl is one of them an airstrike changed her life forever we'll see how she's coping. plus the world awaits us president trumps

a decision on the iran nuclear deal or ever ever in my life. any transaction show incompetently negotiated deal with a rare. he has long said that he plans to scrap the obama era agreement to curb iran's nuclear program what he decides will be revealed in just hours from now and we will look at the potential fallout plus in sports they are looking to cause the biggest upset in french football history the middle no less ever you think take on giants from carry on from on to the french cup final so much. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program armenia's parliament has elected opposition leader nick. well pasha on as prime minister it was the second vote and as many

weeks supporters have gathered outside of parliament in the capital yerevan last week he came up eight vote short after the ruling republican party failed to support his candidacy washing on selection comes after weeks of peaceful protests forced the country's longtime leader to resign. and have his very own nick connelly a standing by with the very latest from the capital and make a very big decision here for armenia tell us what's going on and what it's likely to mean for the country. good afternoon well this is a pretty extraordinary stay on the streets if you're of a field almost like callable you might be able to see the snow fights behind me off to someone for a truckload of fresh snow from a nearby mountain i also this is after all a revolution of over evolution both symbols what it meant they said it was just for fun and people have been really letting rip this was

a very false vote today off the weeks of uncertainty and delays they got his votes within less than two hours now we're expecting him to come back to the square tonight to speak to his supporters in greater detail we understand he's now speaking to the military and other top decision makers to really plan where to go forward in his premiership standing here with me now is someone who's been on the square since the beginning moon ahead of you. and tell us what does this mean for you what is what would you believe or. i'm feeling a lot of excitement a lot of happy that's because finally after weeks of us certainty as you mentioned where we now have the result that we have been all waiting for because the first time when the prime minister the previous prime minister resigned it was a massive celebration and everybody was very excited but then very public a party tried to let's say take away our. just our happiness for last because

we were really excited that somebody now has resigned and were down and then it turns out that they wanted to take away our victory but yet today's a very very important day for us to the. people here in st paul but she's willing to do this so that you actually do what he says he will i am hoping that he will because he has been very transparent in his actions he has been talking about even the amount of every single penny the donations that came to their way for organizing the protests and helping throughout the way he has even published that he has published what they expand so everything is very transparent and he's trying to make himself accountable to the people so i think it's very very important and that's how you build a trust to words you from the population he has been around in armenia politics for probably fifteen years or so now but nobody has actually thought that he could be

the one leader to take us out of this writes. thank you sara back to you in berlin . thank you so much nick for that assessment of the situation there in your van in armenia where as we mentioned the country now has a new prime minister thank you nic. well now we're going to head to hungary where viktor orbán is set to be reelected in parliament for his third consecutive term as prime minister his nationalist party won a decisive victory back in april securing them a two thirds super majority but that is being contested by protesters who are challenging the electoral laws and the government's legitimacy critics gathered outside the parliament to oppose a supermajority which will give orbán a free hand to alter the constitution he campaigned on an anti immigrant platform and has vowed to safeguard hungry is christian culture as he calls it.

analysis a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world north korean leader kim jong un and chinese president xi jinping have held a two day meeting in the northern chinese city of. it is the allies second such meeting in recent weeks she reportedly voiced support for a planned summit between kim and u.s. president donald trump that summit is expected to focus on north korea's nuclear program i agree court has found five volunteers who rescued syrian migrants from the seed not guilty of people smuggling prosecutors had charged the defendants with illegally bringing migrants to the island of lesbos the accused claims that the authorities had put them on trial to discourage migration to europe. and a public transit bus has burst into flames in central rome leaving one woman slightly injured the driver stopped the bus near the famous trevi fountain when he noticed smoke coming from the back police say that a short circuit in the electrical system is to blame it is the ninth such blaze to

affect the city's aging bus fleet this year. while now to syria as the conflict enters its seven pm or the vast toll on human life keeps mounting children are particularly vulnerable to bombs falling on residential areas thousands have been killed in government airstrikes and many others left with permanent disability or reporter yulia han learned of the daily struggles of one young victim who now lives in the city of gaza a young tap in southern turkey she met her. margie does days start very early. and they are exhausting. for i would say this is in the house some children when they wake up they just jump out of their beds wash their faces get dressed take their bags and go i need an hour to properly put on my leg and if it doesn't work i need to ask my mom for help. in twenty thirteen the family fled syria for

turkey margie doe was five years old at the time and her brother ebro him only two she still remembers the escape from aleppo very clearly and the day of the attack. we were in a pickup truck with ten other people when it happened yet just after we got on the truck a plane fired on us yeah. like that suddenly everything was burning. and everything was black around us i thought. when i regained consciousness i saw my daughter and her leg was gone. my son was on fire and he had open wounds on both of his legs there were dead bodies and burned people everywhere these images still haunt me it was like hell had opened up with all you know they had gathered your when we left the hospital

there were many covered dead bodies outside and one body was uncovered. my sister closed her eyes and she didn't see it but i saw that body and i wish i hadn't looked because i cannot forget it it. looks good that detailed well. if it was not does not hurt. yes here a little margie down needs to go to the clinic every couple of months the checkup is uncomfortable for her but the scar on her leg doesn't bother her anymore and that's very important. margi to his more fun exercising she has made such progress that her prosthetic leg is hardly noticeable only climbing stairs still proves difficult. for her physiotherapist it's important

that she keeps her head up she shouldn't think of her leg at all. we want our patients to feel comfortable with the percy serves so they can do everything in their daily lives without limitations. that include walking on different types of flaws and services such as sand and gravel as well as steep slopes and stands we train all of that. stuff the mantra is brave and she has a strong will. that's why she learned so quickly. and made such great progress. there was a quadratic at the lizard i'm happy that i have this leg now. at first i wanted to even leave it on at night but my mom wouldn't let me do that. bit of a club for. us to suzy oh there is

a little time left for my favorite game jump rope. her serapis can barely catch his breath. you turn around. for dinner does father is there as well she doesn't see him very often he's working a lot trying to put food on the table. then it's time for the children to go to bed puts her prosthetic leg away for the night and ebro him crawls into her bed he loves it when his sister reads him a story as he falls asleep it's about a boy named tarik a six year old superhero from aleppo but it could just as well be about. food. and our correspondent yulia han reporting from turkey where you can find a longer version of this report online

a t w dot com slash reporters. who want to turn to some other news now u.s. president donald trump is expected to announce his decision on the future of the iran nuclear deal later today trump has repeatedly said that iran is violating the terms of the agreement meant to curb tehran suspected nuclear weapons program trump has resisted pressure from european partners who want to save the deal he insists that the agreement must be changed for the u.s. to stay on board. running the nuclear deal with iran has been one of donald trump's fiery asst mottos before and after taking office. iran there was one of the worst and most one sided transactions the united states has ever entered and frankly that deal is an embarrassment to the united states and i don't think you've heard the last of it believe me on monday the u.s. president announced on twitter he was ready to deliver his verdict whether he will

call for the end of the deal or push for a renegotiation is not clear under to twenty fifteen agreement iran was to limit its nuclear program specifically its uranium enrichment in exchange for relief from international economic sanctions the deal struck under the obama administration united global powers as well as the u.s. china russia germany france the u.k. and the european union put their name to it now the pressure is piling up on washington to say india court is an offer for them from the we remain convinced that this agreement will make the world a safer place we are afraid that failure will lead to escalations and that we will retreat into the years before twenty thirteen something which no one is interested in doing if the united states. the door on it to put it mildly the united states will be in material breach all one agreement that had

been indorsed unanimously by the u.n. security council. on monday the u.k.'s foreign secretary boris johnson arrived in washington in last minute diplomatic efforts to deter the u.s. administration from scrapping the deal. we think we can fix it working with our european friends you can be tough. on iran but not throw away that the heart of the deal which is all about stopping them getting a nuclear weapon with european leaders say they're open to finding compromise but the existing framework must remain untouched but in spite of europe's promises to address trumps complaints many feared the u.s. president has made up his mind. and for more let's bring in now oliver meyer and international security expert from the german institute for international and security affairs we thank you so much for joining us this afternoon we know that

your work and focus is on the control of weapons of mass destruction and nuclear weapons so i'd just like to first and foremost ask you of your assessment of how big a threat iran was before the deal and how big a threat now that it's in place or before the deal was concluded twenty fifteen iran was traffic expanding its nuclear program we did have some controllers in the country but it could have broken out of these controls fairly easily you know after the you do you know iran has become the strictest control non-nuclear weapon state in the world. the international atomic energy agency. possibilities to to control many of these facilities and short notice some of them have been dismantled and the whole idea is to establish confidence in the peaceful nature of iran still care program so it sounds as if and please correct me if i'm wrong it sounds as if you're saying that in your assessment the deal has been a success and if that is the case i would like to ask you what particular aspect of this deal is donald trump on happy with and is that

a fair criticism of the deal has worked iran has rolled back its nuclear program is strictly curtailed many of its critical activities it's a. district control of the international atomic energy agency has certified that repeatedly. donald trump is have been unhappy with three aspects may be one he says the deal is not strict enough he wants to have stricter controls inspections then he says it's not broad enough there should be limits on misawa on iran's regional activities and then there's the third aspect that he's not happy with this deal because obama concluded it and obama had this idea of engaging with iran and the whole trumpet ministration is unhappy with this idea of working with iran to to curtail this nuclear program so these three things come together. you could have had a broader more strict agreement but that was not in the cards iran was not happy to accept that at the time so in the sense of this the outcome that we had in twenty fifteen and at the time it was endorsed by the u.n.

i did nations security council unanimously so the international community as a whole stood behind the state and i think that's at stake no i think so i mean how do you then see this potential move from the last president is it a bit like kind of throwing the baby out with the bathwater a little a little self-defeating here and and does it potentially. put the threat open to iran resume a nuclear proliferation could it backfire it could backfire and there's a high risk that it could backfire trumpet ministration hopes that he can can coerce iran into complying with stricter controls the europeans disagree and i want to continue talking with iran about possibilities to add on to this agreement and that's really the strategy that europeans are trying to pursue kiddy there to get here between the united states and europe. regardless of how the decision tonight would be this would not be the end of transatlantic dialogue on this issue

just briefly before we guided like to ask you because of course this is a big slap in the face for the europeans who are signatories on this deal they're trying to work for a compromise you think we'll see it i don't think we'll see a compromise but maybe an agreement to continue working on a compromise that may be the best solution that we can see tonight and i want to thank you very much all of our my are as you mentioned international security expert from the german institute for international and security affairs we appreciate it. you're watching d.w. news still to come on the program walking out for the biggest match of their career and we will preview the french cup final minutes late parrying they face paris sounds avant in a david versus goliath match up. but first what does the government do when it gets too much tax revenue model terence it could spend it so it could but we're not so sure about that i mean germany is flourishing economy keeps pumping money into state coffers leading to much more tax revenue than previously forecast

it now here is the bad news though the finance ministry has want against too high expectations for public spending let's look at the numbers an official report to be released tomorrow suggests that german tax revenue will grow from its current level of six hundred seventy five billion euros to keep counting at nine hundred to billion euros in the year twenty twenty two that substantially more than what officials in berlin estimated last november germany's bulging coffers are impressive of course but they could also fuel further debate on the distribution of government funding germany's partners are likely to criticize german frugality once more and the international monetary fund has made it clear on many occasions that it wants germany to spend more on infrastructure on child care refugee integration as well as introducing income tax so i'll be curious to see how the finance ministry reacts eventually more passengers more cargo and more profits than ever

before twenty seven thousand was a bumper year for loop tons of c o cost or has plenty of good news he shared with shareholders today at the annual meeting but experts say that the challenge for germany's flagship carrier will be to keep the good times rolling beyond the end of the year. it's flying high on the back of it's twenty seventeen and you'll report germany's leading airline carried more passengers than ever before and it defended its position as europe's largest carrier thanks to higher income in its cargo logistics and maintenance units is looking at the most profitable year in its history the bottom line is that lufthansa saw net profits jump by a third to almost two point four billion euros and its free cash flow which allows the airline to maintain its fleet and pay for new acquisitions almost doubled to

two point two billion euros and that's cash lufthansa needs thanks to millions in additional costs associated with acquiring parts of defunct air berlin left turns his numbers were also bolstered by lower than normal write offs last year that situation will likely change the airline is also likely to face turbulence in the form of increased competition in its long haul services and an image problem at its u.s. alliance partner united airlines. at another annual meeting shareholders in germany second biggest lender said to choose an entirely new supervisory board as it has to close steps down off the hof a century with the bank collapse banks hopes to put a raft of problems behind it it's still reeling from the global financial crisis when it was saved by a government bailout and the german government still holds a stake but now it's been plans to start paying dividends again this year despite

slumping earnings in a bid to boost its share price. keeping an eye on the action in frankfurt for us is a close down daniel how is this a shareholder meeting coming along any any major news yet. well during his last speech as search chairman of the supervisor of war class peter must say that he feels that the lender is actually on the right track in his opinion call mask on was able to gain more activity capital and at the same time was also able to decrease their pending lawsuits she also pointed out that the lender was able to gain more customers involved the private and also the corporate banking sector but that is just one side of the story i will say commerce one is set to open their books on may fifteenth analysts fear that another loss of profits will be announced and they also want the share price to go up again during the last three months it lost almost fifteen percent all right daniel there's another story that i'd like to

discuss with you in just a short while don't go away because one of the biggest takeovers in the history of the pharmaceutical industry is about to roll out after months of negotiations taking over irish rival shire will make the ninth biggest pharmaceutical company in the world the deal is valued at sixty two billion u.s. dollars the most a japanese company has ever spent on overseas acquisition to get it is hoping to gain better access to the global market but some analysts are skeptical about the breathtaking amounts instigator is currently valued at just thirty three billion dollars now there's a thought let's go back to daniel cope in frankfurt so how does this make a takeover going down with investors where you are. well they are divided on the one hand very positive their fear that with this and with this merger more synergies between the true companies will be possible and of course always very important for investors more cost cutting but yes you can hear some critical words

some feel that the merger could be too big too risky too expensive shyer shares were traded below the agreed price indicating that shareholders they have some reservations the c.e.o. of the company viva who became by the way in two thousand and fifteen the first non jeff n e c always stated that they are hoping to be a worldwide leader in providing targeted treatments and also he feels that with this they will have better access to the u.s. american market so critical words but also some positive ones all right daniel cope there from the franklin stock exchange thank you so much for this. us president on the trump can't be pleased about this but since he took office in january last year china has sold considerably more goods to the united states than vice versa despite to the history tariffs trump plans to impose on chinese imports and the gap appears to be growing if you just take

a look at our two shopping carts as they roll in the first full month of twenty eighteen china's trade surplus grew to more than eighty billion dollars and that's around nine billion more than the same period last year but that's just money right what about ideals ideals such as you find in the world of football sarah. do you find ideals in the world of football like you know your weak side will they should perhaps let's search for these ideals here now because that many are calling this one of the biggest mismatches in the history of sport it's for a good reason because a tiny club from western france every year they will take on the european powerhouse perry sandra mon in the french cup final today the underdogs have never played on such a big stage have a look. a giant wellcome for small club perhaps the biggest ever this was after they reached the dizzying heights of

the french cup final. now have a david versus goliath battle ahead of them the third division club will take on the big boys french giant amaan in a stadium sixteen times bigger than their own. situation i think it's a spectacular final honestly because it brings together all of the football sites on the professional side often we have the tendency to separate there's in this final there will be football with a capital f. . they can go if to put the gap between these two cups into perspective take a look at their finances. annual budget is two million euros and you can barely see it it's just a sliver compared to p.s.g. spy five hundred forty million now try to wrap your head around this. two million would only cover the salary of the world's most expensive paying name off for sixteen days anything less than a victory for p.s.g. superstars would cause huge embarrassment. but this was i believe. you have the

responsibility to win if you draw it's a catastrophe if you lose it's even worse so we have a responsibility but we're confident we'll play well school of film which as if you didn't have enough on a plate the team a fighting relegation from the third division but for now there's plenty of optimism in the end why not. have sold fifteen thousand tickets for the final and that's practically the entire population of the town. and we wish the luck but that you're up to date now i did at the advice i'm sorry kelly in berlin thanks for watching as a birthday. using

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