interactive content to inspire people to take action google india the series of global three thousand on t.w. and on line. into. this is d w news live from berlin a sea change in island as it gears up to abolish it stripped to portion of its initial results indicate that more than two out of three voters in yesterday's referendum want to scrap a constitutional ban on abortion in the country the irish prime minister is describing the result as historic what we've seen today really is a culmination of

a quiet revolution that's been taking place in our limbs for the last ten or twenty years also coming out of a surprise meeting between the leaders of north and south korea it's the second time in just a month but they've held talks top of the agenda the success of a summit between north korea and the united states despite president trump's cancellation of that summit just days ago. and in european soccer fans are counting down to tonight champions league final title holders rael madrid facing liverpool in a dream match up will be looking at the tense run up to the big game. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring it thanks for joining us we begin with what is shaping up as a sea change in ireland balance of being. if you did more than half the country's

constituencies after yesterday's referendum they show that over two thirds of voters are in favor of scrapping island strict constitutional ban on abortion yes vote supporters have already started celebrating the claiming result a victory for social justice and women's health care to exit polls both indicate a landslide result to overturn the abortion laws which banned terminations in all cases except for when a mother's life is in danger. and we will be going to dublin shortly to get the latest there from our correspondent on the site of what's happening there get must first though we're going to catch up with some of the other stories making news around the world in france thousands of trade unionists of again marched in opposition to president calls labor reforms but fewer people turned out than it earlier and to reform rally it's unionists angry over

public sector job losses and reductions in workers' benefits government is about to push ahead. a side clone has battered the arabian peninsula bringing devastation to parts of amman and also to parts of neighboring yemen and leaving at least two people dead to a man's third largest cities has been worst hit and there's also been heavy flooding in nearby a rural areas. the crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed bin solomon has reportedly imposed a ban on government agencies awarding contracts to german companies that's according to the online website it says the kingdom's de facto ruler isn't happy with bergin stance on riyadh's foreign policy he's decision could in danger exports totaling almost seven billion euros. now there's been a surprise meeting between south korean president moon jae in his north korean

counterpart kim jong un as diplomatic 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 of the making the u.s. north korea summit a success it's the second meeting between the two men within just a month coming just days after president trump first canceled his summit with came and suggested it may happen after all. ok we're going to get the perspective from washington now our correspondent there claire richardson standing by for us claire how is washington reacting to this surprise meeting between the two korean leaders . hi christopher we're still waiting to see exactly what kind of reaction we're going to get from trump and the white house we do know that the white house has announced that a team is planning to leave from washington to singapore today to iron out some of

the details for the planned meeting on june twelfth as though trump had never walked away from this arrangement but we know that the surprise meeting between the north and south korean leaders as you say also focused on they say that it focused on ensuring that a successful american north korean leader summit does take place at some point of course this would be historic if trump does sit down with kim it would be the first time a sitting u.s. president meets with a north korean leader a lot of the details still need to be fleshed out so that's why we would see this team in singapore trying to determine an agenda some of the nitty gritty details behind exactly what the optics of this meeting with look like although we have seen the back and forth that is on again is off again it does seem that there is still diplomatic wrangling taking place to try and ensure that some sort of meeting can occur. you mention. to singapore the u.s. negotiating team they're going to be setting the agenda want is the american agenda you know the white house has been mentioning that diplomats in the background the

busy talking to each other to make sure that there's so much is a success one of the main stumbling blocks for the u.s. . there certainly are several stumbling blocks and in fact it's going to be a more difficult possession position for the united states now that trump said that he would walk away from this meeting in some ways it strengthens the north koreans hands as being seen as taking the high ground they came out with a very conciliatory statements the other day saying that they were willing to hold talks at any moment so if there's going to be coming back to the table we're going to have to see exactly what kind of concessions north korea is willing to make what united states is willing to make and there's also the issue of trust we've just seen that this meeting between a key u.s. ally south korea with the north you would generally expect to see the united states there side by side with south korea in a message of support and instead we see this surprise meeting between south korea and the north without the united states' involvement it's going to be

a matter of making sure that the united states actually has a say in these negotiations and that they don't see china north korea and south korea for example cutting some kind of deal without their involvement ok clear many thanks for that clear richardson washington correspondent. and we're going to go back to our top story now the referendum on abortion in online let me just remind you that ballots have been counted in more than half the country's constituencies so far they show the over two thirds of voters all in favor of scrapping the strict constitutional ban on abortion so let's cross to dublin now for the latest from w.'s bill good massu standing by for us will get no results as far as i know so far so give us a sense of the mood of expectation perhaps where you are. it's a huge sense of expectation that the country is really going to change in a massive way your way or where i am where the vote is going to be announced and

we're really expecting this announcement to be imminent is see of yes campaigners and they really have fought for this to happen they really wanted to change their country and it looks like they've had not just a slim majority which was expected and even you know like a few days we didn't know whether this was going to happen or not but now it looks like it's a really clear vote four years from all we know so far so yes in huge sense of expectation and the crowd is erupting every other moment when there's a little piece of news and they're just waiting for this final results and you know you say this the sense of change in ireland or give us an idea of the dimension of that change you know what does this all tell us about ireland in the year twenty eighteen. well of course for women it's going to be a huge change i have spoken to women who have had crisis pregnancies who had to go

to liverpool on the ferry twenty four hours back and forth because they were carrying a baby that they wanted but the baby couldn't live outside the womb so they wanted to spare the baby and the pain and they did not have the help and all and and these women have come out and they have told us stories and this is something that hasn't happened before the issue of abortion used to be a tip it was something that you could maybe talk to with your really close friend but there was a fourteen year jail sentence for anybody who held so this is likely going to change and many people here particularly in dublin where we are very very happy about this it's an island going away also from from the catholic church many people here perceive that the it was the church that sort of helped the country in their grip that wouldn't allow people to speak out on difficult issues like abortion and

that this is all going to change now ok bogut many thanks to you because in dublin . european soccer now it's the biggest evening of the year tonight the champions league final kicking off in just a few hours in the ukrainian capital kiev with me to give us a preview of that big game and really it all shirts from d.w. sports emily thanks for coming in real madrid against liverpool what a massive match you know it is this is fitting as possible a finale for the end of the season absolutely this is probably the biggest day of the year as you said in club football and it's an extremely exciting match up if you add it up these clubs have won the title a combined seventeen times so this is really a battle of heavy hitters so let's have a look at what we can expect. madrid the holders the galactic codes. against liverpool the reds club

synonymous of european glory one of them well let another chapter today or last year's history by winning the champions league. and time into we are again in the champions league final and you know and we're going into it with a lot of confidence claiming that we will try to very positive everything to bring the boys. to show the boys why it makes so much sense to be really brave in that game real madrid are chasing a third straight champions league title sinnott 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 christiane right now that was netted fifteen times in the champions league this propofol rails 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 the club excelling abroad his top man is mohamad salah back home in egypt he's a megastar on the final copy his crowning glory he has played this season which is outstanding but this is and there's not a potential to improve so that's a really good news real madrid against liverpool we could be in for a classic in here. let's look at a couple of the key aspects of this game first of all you know we were hearing about ronaldo that can liverpool can live a full defense deal with the world's best players that will be the question tonight . surely the liverpool defense has improved since virgil van dyke joined the ranks but keeping christian or another from scoring climbing mount everest and this is his competition we heard he scored fifteen goals this season alone he's the competition's all time top score and keeping him away from the net is surely

a very difficult task it also depends a little bit on food he line up with there's karen benson and gareth bale bale speed surely will be difficult but the have an understanding that's very very difficult to predict and to stop on the pitch over there quite slow those two. will have to see whether kara comes on to give ralph some unpredictable speak. we're talking about speed you know liverpool have this irrepressible pressing as their style of play is that something that reales defense will be able to cope with you the club has installed extremely thrilling high pressure since his arrival at liverpool and it's beautiful to watch it's working out so well for them to see especially with players up front like mohammed. what an attacking trio they just work their magic up front so the german coaches really created something special there and realize backplane is not really used to playing against such aggressive pressing it's really hard to say how they will cope one thing that they will need

is custom you know as a holding midfielder to help them given out in the back to get the fall the ball up the pitch we'll have to see where the chasm here is enough really just briefly stick your neck out who's going to win. i think it's going to be an attacking game so you know three two in favor of real madrid ok we'll see whether you're right emily hilscher is from d.w. sports many thanks we're going to give you a quick reminder of our top stories now partial results in more than two thirds of voters supporting an end to the country's near total ban on abortion official results are expected very very soon. and the north korean and south korean leaders have been meeting for a second time within a month kim jong moon in discussing a potential meeting between pyongyang and washington just days after u.s. president on canceled a planned summit with care. and you can always get to the news when you're on the

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