this is deja vu news live from berlin a sea change in ireland as voters there choose to scrap the country's ban on abortion official results showing a landslide victory for the us camp two out of three voters in yesterday's referendum voted to repeal a constitutional ban on abortion for the irish prime minister is describing the result as historic. a quiet revolution has taken place and today is a great act of democracy a hundred years since women getting the right to vote today we as a people have spoken and we say that we trust women on respect women to make their

own decisions on their own choices. also coming up a surprise meeting of between the leaders of north and south korea but it's the second time in just a month that they've held talks top of the agenda the success of a summit between north korea in the u.s. despite president trump's cancellation of the summit just days ago. and grappling with the past in colombia on the eve of presidential elections d.w. has an exclusive report on how one town is trying to heal the wounds of decades of conflict with dark rubble. hello and welcome i met herman it's good to have you with us now people in ireland have voted by a landslide lose to. as the country's restrictive abortion laws with counting over

after yesterday's referendum voters have backed the change by a very large margin just how large let's show you the figures as you can see behind me here yes with over a million four hundred thousand votes to nose just over seven hundred thousand that's a two to one margin that's far higher of a larger than any print opinion poll had predicted the wops side a result allows the irish government now to bring in reforms by the end of the year . it's more than just a quiet revelation for a long time ireland was regarded as catholic and did its politics uniquely reactionary this referendum nipe it's an end today cade's of strict social conservatism. and you aren't her people have choice and given the respect that they have the intelligence and the freedom to write that choice i've been

living in ireland eighteen years and i've never voted before but this was an incredibly emotional time i think more than three point two million eligible voters were invited to decide whether the so-called eighth amendment should be repealed this part of ireland's constitution treats an unborn child's right to life and that of the mother equally. and meta portions virtually impossible. following their defeat in the referendum ireland's opponents of abortion are no focusing on the details of new legislation especially only stage terminations what we're going to do at this stage is we're going to hold the government to what they have said what they have said is that this is restrictive abortion and what they've said is that this will not impact on babies who are diagnosed with a disability in the womb and they must stand over that because there's a lot of people who would have voted for this referendum believing that so we will very much hold. a tighter result could well have caused problems in parliament but

in view of the clear i come of the referendum prime minister the override car has a nine's that soon laws will be enacted to legalize abortions. today is a historic day for ireland a quiet revolution has taken place and today is a great act of democracy the result is resounding and it gives us as a government the mandate that we need now to bring forward that sation as soon as possible oh oh oh the irish government will know and i are pushing without restriction until the twelfth week of pregnancy after that point terminations will only be permitted if the mother's health is at risk or if the fetus has a life threatening condition. that island has become a much more progressive country it potion used to be its abuse subject women did when crisis pregnancies had to travel to being learned they did not get any help

that they needed to hear it. they had a lack of support and now they've come out and they told their stories these women have changed the country for good. and so on the news there's been a surprise meeting between south korean president mongia in and his north. korean counterpart kim jong un this diplomatic efforts to rescue kim's summit with u.s. president donald trump continue the two leaders met inside the demilitarized zone that defied the two koreas officials from the south say they had a candid exchange of views so over making the u.s. north korean some success it's the second meeting between the two men within a month coming just days after president trump first canceled summit with kim and then suggested it may just happen after all. for more on that here in studio views clear richardson in washington both

a donald trump and north korea have left the door open for a possible future summit but there would be major stumbling blocks to getting their cancellation this week in some ways gives north korea the upper hand in being seen as taking the high ground for its willingness to seek a diplomatic solution but the united states wanted to walk away so trump decision to back out of what would have been a historic face to face meeting between a sitting u.s. president and north korean leader also blindsided the united states key ally south korea and with just a few weeks to go until the originally planned day in singapore there is still major logistical questions about what exactly would be on the agenda so that ends the white house has said today that it is still sending a team to singapore to prepare for the meeting that had been slated for june twelfth just in case it ends up taking place. correspondent clear richardson in washington there we'll move on now to some other stories making news around the world and in france thousands of trade unionists have again demonstrated against the labor reforms of president manual mccomb but attendance at today's protests was

lower than at earlier anti-reform rallies rents french unionists are angry over public sector job losses and reductions in workers' benefits mccall's government has vowed to push ahead with reform. a cycle own has battered the arabian peninsula bringing devastation to parts of oman and neighboring yemen and libya at least two people dead a month third largest city salada has been worst hit and there's also been heavy flooding in nearby 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 spiegel online website it says the kingdom's de facto ruler isn't happy with berlin stance on riyadh's foreign policy his decision could engender exports totaling almost seven billion euro it's. brazil has declared

a state of emergency in the city as of sao paulo and rio de janeiro striking truckers have set up roadblocks that have paralyzed traffic leading to closures of airports schools and gas stations this comes as the country tries to recover from a recession and creates even more pressure on a center right government that is deeply unpopular. this roadblock in san paolo state is just one of thousands throughout brazil striking truckers have left the country ski routes paralyzed seppala and rio de janeiro have declared a state of emergency drivers are protesting rising fuel prices while you as ever it is that we spend two thirds of our earnings on diesel fuel on top of that there are the toll roads that only the eaves one fifth for me as a driver that's nothing that i puts up a lot of. as a result of the road blocks both airports and petrol stations are running out of fuel food supplies are also affected and common factors including folks bargain

have had to shut down production. brazilian president michel timéa promised a crackdown on who won here who yes i have ordered the roadblocks to be cleared with the help of the security sources but at this book at as they stab us but truckers say they will not abandon their blockade until fuel prices fall. right up this government is exploiting us through its extremely high taxes it cannot continue like this with five months to go before october us presidential election the strike has further eroded the stature of an unpopular center right government. colombia goes to the polls on sunday for a presidential election one that many fear could derail the peace process that ended the country's long conflict with the leftist rebels front runner in the election opposed the deal with fark which outgoing president on monday will santos

implemented even after voters rejected it in a national referendum do you feel harms centers this report from a town that suffered one of the worst four attacks. chasen was a young boy when focker at a fight as a tech the town of granada although he now works as a journalist for a local radio station it's still difficult for him to talk in front of a microphone about that day and what it did to his family. i mean i mean me and i thought only of my brother was killed when i was eight years old and you know that was really hard for me you know we haven't there were when we didn't but i mean the kids i believe that if we go back to living with the things that happened to us with the destruction of the town and so much shooting would happen here in another war i do not think we would survive. there but as you steve ok.

in december two thousand set off a huge car bomb at this intersection it killed twenty three civilians and five police offices. today a small museum called the room of never again serves as a memorial to the attack. if they want to look at the prison that if this will represent some of the victims of the conflict here in tire you know we have this block here of those who are still disappeared and these on this side were murdered and bury. me as a way each one has their own story but each one of them had a dream in this family's hopes but unfortunately the conflict came and took away all of those dreams and hopes and many have families have not yet recovered from that loss and they continue to suffer their pain and some have not been able to forgive i mean they've been in this field but not. in the referendum on the peace deal in two thousand and sixteen most people in grenada voted against the

agreements but one and a hobby years later many seem to have changed their minds. but of the. i would vote yes because we are at peace now. before the violence in this town was unbearable. the more red the more like your leg and at the butt of. many think it would be better to vote yes because we are searching for peace if we say no we'd be wrecking that process from us. many colombians are worried that the election of a new president could endanger the peace process. but cannot as neha says that for his town there is no going back. what the one year i believe that in the coming four years the government will not be able to reverse the peace process that the current president juan manuel santos started when we found that. no one in granada expects the peace agreement to restore what they have lost but little by little

they are managing to deposit their weapons in a chest of memories. you move to india now where authorities have reported an outbreak of the deadly nipah virus officials say twelve people have died in the southern state of carolla they're now working to determine whether any more people have been infected the outbreak has prompted a rush on hospitals infected patients were brought to a clinic in india's southern carolla state but for most doctors couldn't help. the risks of the virus are alarming it has a mortality rate of seventy percent and there's no vaccine or cure there are a few years following the first outbreak in southern india until now it had mostly been seen in bangladesh. some of the neighboring districts in india indian state of dog. global spread has never been reported bart we should be

cautious like. people are migrating from one place to one of the there is a child with the. disease four to fourteen days fruit bats are a natural host of the virus but it can be spread from person to person indian officials say the virus seems not to be spreading further for now but people in quarantine are still under observation. we're about to go but here's a reminder our top stories people in ireland have voted by a landslide to liberalize the country's restrictive abortion law. counting over after yesterday's referendum voters back the change by a margin of two to one. in the north korean and south korean leaders have met for a second time in a month and move being discussed a potential meeting between pyongyang and washington just days after u.s. president canceled the planned summit with keep. coming at the

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