so this is g.w. news my from a in a sea change in i learned initial results indicating that more than two out of three voters in yesterday's referendum voted to scrap a constitutional ban on abortion in the traditionally catholic country the irish prime minister is describing the results as historic well we've seen today really is that on the nation of a quiet revolution that has been taking place in ireland for the past ten or twenty years. also coming up a surprise meeting between the leaders of north and south korea it's the second

time in just a month of they've been holding talks top of the agenda the success of the summit between north korea and the united states despite president trump's cancellation of that summit just days ago. and european soccer fans are counting down to tonight's champions league final titleholders real madrid take on liverpool a dream match up we'll be looking at the tense run up to the big game. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us we begin with what appears to be a sea change in ireland early results from yesterday's referendum indicating that irish voters want to scrap the country's strict abortion laws yes folk supporters are already celebrating more predicted to be an overwhelming victory counting has been taking place in. yesterday's vote exit polls suggesting

a landslide result for those in favor of repealing irish abortion laws which banned terminations in all cases except for when the mother's life was in danger. and for more on what's shaping up to be a momentous day in our let's cross now to dublin did get my standing by for us in a vote counting station there he was first of all a sense of the mood in the country at the moment what sort of reactions have you been seeing and hearing. where i am in dublin it's been a resounding vote for yes we're here at the central at the central kind where we're expecting the votes to be the final vote cv and nouns really momentarily within the next hour and a lot of campaigns have gathered here and they are in a jubilant mood and expecting mood i've seen tears of joy i've seen women female campaigners who went through crisis pregnancies and who did not have their help in

allah and that day that they needed to have to travel to liverpool some of the babies had to see to that no melodies and they were not really allowed to talk about what happened to them they were not allowed to have an abortion even though their babies would not be able to live outside the womb they were having they would be having this able so these women have campaigned for more compassion as they said and they were really tears of joy when they were sensing that they were going to win on the other end people who follow vote for know people who were religiously motivated who told me that this is a tragic day for all and they see themselves as people who are human rights campaigners and they contain for everybody's rights to live and whether they're disabled or not disabled and they say it looks like they've lost the battle but they're not giving up and they don't want to lose the war so they will continue

their fight but it looks like they are really the minority in present arlen's. and assuming the exit polls are confirmed want to tell us about arlen today. well island really has changed over the laws decades it's become much more liberal much more open much more progressive in particularly it's interesting the role of the church i think while a lot of irish people still cherish their private lives and to have their children go on to have go through communion goes through old roses' of the church they want to see their compassionate elements of the church but they don't want strict control by the church anymore and they lots of the yes campaign is to cvs the churches people who have tried to control their lives you have made it impossible for women to speak out there was a cultural same of blame and this is what they really reject really rejecting and

it seems like they have rejected it quite soundly if we look at the opinion polls and the exit polls and all that we know so far ok good many thanks for the big mass there reporting from dublin. now has been a surprise meeting between south korean president in his north korean counterpart kim jong un his diplomatic efforts to rescue kim summit with u.s. president all trump continue the two leaders met inside the demilitarized zone that divides the two koreas south korean officials say they had a candid exchange of views over making the u.s. north korean summit a success it's the second meeting between the two men within a month coming just days after president trump first canceled his summit with came then suggested it may happen after all. and get the latest on this now from reuters correspondent joe smith in the south korean capital so george the june twelfth

summit between donald trump and kim jong un has been only north over the past couple of days is this latest meeting between the two korean leaders a signal that the twelfth of june summit may now definitely be back on. that is something there were we see. washington week so response to this latest. does certainly seem to be a message from the two career leaders. tend to be so there are differences peacefully and through negotiations time way over the last week we've seen some of those comments said that theory to spread from both north korea. calling it a. threat to completely call off the summit so we're waiting now to see whether this means that united states will be joining this process of negotiations

ok and just of course the white house has been talking about the fact that diplomats all busy in the background talking to each other to ensure that this summit on june the twelfth does take place do we have any idea you know from your perspective in south korea what the main stumbling blocks for that sum i taught from the north korean perspective. well over the korea and the united states have complained about. confrontational rhetoric sikes north koreans complained that some senior officials including national security advisor john bolton and vice president mike case had made comments here in north korea to libya. which i wish i knew back to i after giving up its nuclear weapons program trying while they complained about the rhetoric out of the north well this signal is wilder why are differences over

the issue of the weapons in particular both sides do seem like they can get together and talk if there is some of this cheating both asked for ok josh many thanks for that josh smith reuters correspondent in so talking to us from seoul. we're going to catch up with some of the other stories making news around the world now cycle earn has battered the arabian peninsula bringing devastation to parts of amman and killing at least two people worst hit the country's third largest city. has also been flooding in nearby rural areas cyclon miku know has also torn through a month's neighbor yemen. and held the crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed bin some on has reportedly imposed a ban on government agencies awarding contracts to german companies that's according to spiegel online website it says the kingdom's de facto ruler isn't

happy with berlin stance on riyadh's foreign policy is decision could put at risk exports totaling nearly seven billion euros. in brazil striking truckers have brought latin americans biggest nation to a standstill thousands of drivers have been blocking roads their protest going on now for the past five days the brazilian government is threatening to send in the army to break up the strike. and more than one hundred palestinians have been injured by israeli gunfire and tear gas during more clashes at the gaza border as the medics or at least ten protesters were hit by live bullets israel's military says it responded off the palestinians trying to damage the border fence and through an explosive device that sold u.s. . and european soccer it's the biggest evening of the year tonight with the champions league final kicking off in the ukrainian capital kiev spanish giants realm

a day to going for an precedented third title in a row but another traditional name liverpool stands in their way to clubs with a rich heritage in european competition facing off for its top prize. realm of dread the holders the galactic codes. 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. and i mean we are again in the champions league final you know and we're going into it with a lot of confidence that we will try the very positive for everything to bring the boys to shoulder boys why it makes so much sense to be really brave in that game. real madrid are chasing their third straight champions league title to nadine's it

down has molded a group of talented individuals into a winning machine on the european stage but one man stands tall amongst them christiane right now that was netted fifteen times in the champions league this term half of all rail goals in the competition. when you have christiane zero in the tame to the best and he proves it every year but five times champions 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 mammoth sila back home in egypt he's a megastar on the final copy crowning glory he has played this season which is outstanding but he's young enough and has now put a hundred to improve so that's really good news real madrid against liverpool we could be in for a classic in kiev. now if they're life on mars that's a question scientists are hoping to find out more about soon with the help of

a joint european russian program called ekso it's two years ago that program launched a probe to the red planet and after a long journey that probe has now descended into an orbit low enough for it to sniff the planet's surface for me thing why me think methane is a possible indicator that life once existed on mars or perhaps still does the first high resolution images from the exo mars probe on its new orbit they showed part of a crater in the northern hemisphere and perhaps evidence of me thing gas on the surface of the red planet we know that the lifetime when we think is very short just a few hundred years it will be broken down by the sunlight by the u.v. component of this on light so if it is there we know that it has to be refilled all the time and where does it come from that's the big question. and a question that photos alone can't answer so the european space agency and its

russian counterpart ross cosmos plan to send a remote lending vehicle to mars within the next two years the xo mars rover will be fitted with a drill that can take samples as deep as two meters below the planet's surface scientists are hoping to determine whether the methane is a result of geological or biological activity of the team is excited about the possibilities mars of course has his very special thing is that that there's actually a place that you can imagine yourself walking on eventually with a not too far in the time in the future people will be walking on mars that makes it very exciting and then to think about this idea that they might be in some kind of life or even exist today on the ground that makes it a very special place despite differences on earth european and russian cooperation in space could help unlock the mysteries of the red planet. a quick reminder of on

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