you're watching t.w. news live from berlin ireland is set to repeal it's a fortune law one of the strictest in euro exit polls show overwhelming support for scrapping a constitutional ban on terminating a pregnancy is what does this mean for the rights of irish women we'll go live to dublin for reaction and. also coming up after months of shocking allegations harvey weinstein a handsome self over to authorities in new york court charges the hollywood film producer with rape and sexual assault before releasing him on bail his lawyer says

he'll plead not guilty. and in football the countdown is on tonight champions league final defending champions around the dritte take on liverpool who will be crowned europe's top football clubs t w sports will preview the big game. and my actuator thanks for joining us the exit polls from ireland's referendum on abortion are in and they show the irish overwhelmingly voted in favor of repealing the country's eighth amendment the law that bans nearly all of portions r.t.e. television and the irish times are reporting a landslide victory for the s. campaign their survey has found almost seventy percent of voters support changing the law counting is underway this morning and an official result is expected later today right now abortion is only allowed in ireland when a woman's life is in danger. irish prime minister leo varadkar has been one of the

leading voices in support of dropping the ban overnight varadkar shared his reaction to the exit polls on twitter thanking those who took part in the referendum he called it quote democracy in action and said it's looking like we will make history tomorrow for more on what's shaping up to be a momentous day in ireland let's cross over to mass in dublin so bear get the official results aren't in yet but the exit polls point in favor of this landslide victory in favor of liberalizing the abortion law how confident is the yes campaign that the exit polls will match the official results they can be pretty confident just because the exit polls two of them and they are very clear but of course they cannot really celebrate just yet and i have spoken to some supporters yesterday of the escapade and they said they are cautiously optimistic but of course you know they can only pop the champagne corks later on today when they have

the official official results no we're seeing this no poster behind you in the background there what's been the reaction so far to what the exit polls have said. well it's only really last night and when i was out last night here in dublin it's a young city in the center of town there are lots of young people and a world campaigning for yes and they were already drinking but as i say not full on celebrating that's probably going to come tonight i spoke to a group of school friends six young women they all from dublin they reunited they all came home to vote yes and they seem to be really really happy as for the official reactions we will see that later today so be it what happens next does this go into effect immediately or when will women in ireland be able to legally obtain an abortion. well the irish government has said that they will

pass the law which will have to come in effect so this would have to also happen they are pausing at all they say they're hoping to posit a law which will allow abortion under certain circumstances until twelve weeks of pregnancy so this has to come into effect and of course the medical services also have to be established because at the moment doctors are no it's not allowed so all this infrastructure has to be setup but i can't imagine that that will take that long now for years ireland has been seen as one of the most staunchly catholic socially conservative countries in europe but it seems the country is changing a lot we saw then legalized gay marriage and now this yes result what does this say about ireland in twenty eight team. well arlen really has come a long way it's been really a journey to a progressive well western european country for centuries old is you could say that

the church has a very strong influence in all and and this is something that people i think also with this vote already trying to shake off of course not everybody catulus ism in particular is still very important for people and they do go to that communion but maybe the more sort of moralistic group of the church where women felt that they could not talk about abortion there was a sense of shame this is slowly changing i think it also has to do with the various scandals that the church in particular an island had. scandals of child abuse where people are slowly but surely breaking free from this get mass for us and dublin today thank you very much. discreet hollywood film producer and accused of sexual predator harvey weinstein has been arrested and charged with rape among

other sex crimes after turning himself into the authorities in new york a manhattan court has now released weinstein on bail set at one million dollars he's also to wear a monitoring device while the criminal case against him proceeds more than seventy women accused weinstein of sexual misconduct the allegations stretch back decades. arriving at a court in new york hollywood's most famous power player turned to riot gear to face the first criminal charges to be brought against him they include rape and other sex crimes involving two separate women crimes new york prosecutors described as an abuse of position money and power the charge here there is no offer today in the bridge now that is out of all that the you know this is that it is the mighty power who are already in the world evil

by. outside the courthouse weinstein's lawyer said he'd be exonerated the former producer has always denied having known consensual sex with any of his accuses. mr weinstein who will enter a plea of not guilty we intend to move very quickly to dismiss these charges we believe that they are constitutionally flawed we believe that they are not factually supported by the evidence and we believe that at the end of the process should mr weinstein that will be exonerated. was ever the outcome of the charges capita or matic fall from grace for one of hollywood's most influential business men. in the wake of dozens of accusations of sexual misconduct weinstein's wife has left him he's been sacked by his own production company and ejected from the academy that once on it him with oscars.

weinstein's court appearance here in new york may not be his last investigation by the city is ongoing and separate criminal probes are underway in london and los angeles. now to some of the other stories making news around the world saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon has rip. portably imposed a ban on government agencies awarding contracts to german companies that's according to speak go online website it says the kingdom's de facto ruler is unhappy with berlin stance on riyadh's foreign policies major companies like siemens and i'm there could be hit by prince mohammed's decision. our u.s. president donald trump is hinting at next month's summit with north korean leader kim jong un could still go ahead this is only one day after trump canceled the planned june twelfth meeting in singapore claiming pyongyang is quote open hostility the apparent change of heart followed

a statement from north korea saying it remained open to talks at least one person is dead in oman after cyclon makulu made landfall on the arabian peninsula police say the first confirmed victim was a twelve year old schoolgirl around forty people are still missing drenched the usually arid oman and neighboring yemen with rain and winds peaking at two hundred kilometers per hour. as to football now and to european soccer's most anticipated clash the champions league final. is with us to preview the big match across its real madrid versus liverpool tonight is this match up fitting for the finale of european football season say so and no doubt i'm expecting what you would call in the football world a cracker you know a gold study affair you're talking about real but dritte they own this competition ok they've been there more than anyone have wanted more than one and they're fueled

by c r seven christiane although on the other side the working class club of liverpool you're going cloak most company i'm expecting quite a match you do have a report for us take a look. madrid the holders the galactic odds. against liverpool the reds club synonymous of european glory one of them will add another chapter to their last year's history by winning the champions league. this year and time into we are again in the champions league final you know and we're going into it with a lot of confidence claiming that we will try to very positive for everything to bring the boys. to show the boys why it makes so much sense to be really brave in the game real madrid at chasing the third straight champions league title senate in sit down has molded a group of talented individuals into a winning machine on the european stage but one man stands tall amongst them

cristiana right now that was netted fifteen times in the champions league this propofol rails guls in the competition. when you have christiane zero in the tame and the best and he proves it every year but five times champion liverpool have this competition in their blood they used to dominate but their last title was two thousand and five now they have german coach you're going club excelling abroad his top man is now common sila back home in egypt he's a megastar on the final competes crowning glory he has played this season which is outstanding but he's young enough and has an opportunity to improve so that's really good news real madrid against liverpool we could be in for a classic. i'm. like we've got a clash of the titans coming press who do you see as the favorite for this match you have to go with experience over the newcomers at least in liverpool's case you know despite their history. you know they're on the verge of

a three peat they have krishna rinaldo he's like the michael jordan of the game of football ok because when he's on the pitch especially in this competition he does magical things he's not only scored the most goals in this competition but he could be the first player in history to score in consecutive champions league final so anytime you have a player like that you have a team that's been there done that there's so cs in the midfield arguably the best in europe moderates tony crow's casimiro and then you look at their captain sergio ramos he's expected to face and challenged both one so the team that's been there and done that my money simply is ok to liverpool they have a long record of success is. their german coach you're going club does love himself a challenge doesn't he of course he does you know yeah we hear liverpool you know they've won it five times they've been their premier league eight times but you're going clock he's lost five out of six finals ok that kind of worries me and no

player on this particular liverpool team has ever played in a champions league final that's also says they're a little bit green behind you know the ears but one reality driv midfielder tony crow's fellow german does have confidence and he shared his thoughts on his opposing coach your conclusion. ok we should be hearing this sound bite when i only close with him is there's always tough to play his themes for us but by on some years ago was always very difficult to play dog because his teams always had a more or less the same style of playing football and that's why i'm sure it's going to be very difficult for us on on saturday because i know how he how he's able to motivate his team. i know that there are some liverpool fans that are not going to get this to see this game in kiev why is that well because unfortunately

for the liverpool you know fanbase look for flights to the ukraine were cancelled leaving one thousand fans behind and we heard talk about motivation you know most salo was a liverpool player that credited the fans of being like an extra player on the pitch so that's another problem to give you know liverpool is a worry because without those fans possibly they have less energy motivating them to us for those goals you know so that does sting a bit get hurt all right so we have this huge game coming out that everyone's watching secure knockout for us who do you think is going to me myself clear what i would do i will give most solid company a benefit of the doubt i do think they will score a goal but not enough i'm calling the final three one reale the dritte accomplishes to three people right thanks chris harrington from our new sports department ok a reminder of our top story we're following here exit polls in ireland show more than two thirds of voters support ending the country's near total ban on abortions official results are expected later today. you're watching news from berlin more

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