country. forest starts first on w. . place. this is d w news life from berlin signs of an inconclusive results in thailand election as voters are counted exit polls show the opposition will winning the most seats but not enough to form a government what does this mean for a country following final years of military rule we'll go live to bangkok for analysis. terrifying moments at sea

a cruise ship breaks down in dangerous waters off the norwegian coast will have an update on the rescue efforts for hundreds stuck on board. i'm looking for thanks for joining us. exit polls and thailand's first general election since a coup and two thousand and fourteen indicate the populist opposition type party has taken the most seats but prime minister and former army chief. is still hoping to extend his hold on power as the country returns to civilian control exit polls signaled his party took ninety six seats while one hundred and sixty three seats appeared to have gone to the poirot thai party and has links to oust the prime minister talks in. let's bring in d w

correspondent he joins us from bangkok bust the exit polls indicate a victory of the opposition party where does that leave the country. well it depends on the call if they get enough seats to form a coalition to elect the prime minister and that seems rather unlikely at the moment. as you can see behind me the votes are being counted right now in these minutes and we expect preliminary results within the next few hours we have these exit polls now we have to be careful with that because we don't really know how reliable they are the electoral system is extremely complicated in thailand and so that all of these preliminary or not preliminary results but exit polls of course are subject to change but if they turn out to be true and if the poor thai party is

the strongest force in the new parliament but they don't have the majority to elect the next prime minister that would mean there could be a political gridlock because. the being voted for right now is the lower house of parliament that has five hundred seats now what people don't get to vote for is the senate that has another two hundred fifty seats and those are appointed by the military and those two houses together need a simple majority to elect the next prime minister so that could leave the military with that simple majority to elect the next prime minister but it doesn't they don't have the majority in the lower house with which gets to pass legislation so so that means that they might be able to elect the prime minister but they might not be able to pass any legislation and then there is a political gridlock and then there's no telling what will happen there might be protests there might even be another coup and call times have made their voices heard they are longing for a change how likely are they to see that now given the possible outcome.

well again a lot will depend on what actually happens later tonight we won't get the official results until may but if if the current military dictator protonix if you becomes the next prime minister there's no reason why there should be he should but there should be any policies that he could force that he hasn't already put into practice considering the fact that in the last five years he's had almost unlimited power to to change things now he will be the prime minister and he'll be faced with with an opposition of some sort so it will become harder for him so there's no reason to see why he should be unable to why you should be able to to to make change happen when when he hasn't done that so far now if we do see that gridlock as i just laid out then as i said there's no real telling what's going to happen there is this

prospect of more street protests that we saw in thailand so often in the past and then there is also the prospect of another coup a daunting prospect actually then there might be change but it's not going to be positive very likely in the next few years presumably. following the situation in thailand thank you very much. a dramatic rescue mission is underway in southern norway crews have been racing to bring cruise ship passengers to safety after their boat was stranded in dangerous water the ship broke down on saturday with over a thousand passengers on board efforts are being told the vessel to land but the ship stranding has already led to harrowing moments for passengers. passengers rushed to shield themselves from sliding furniture and falling ceiling panels as heaving waves tossed the crew ship from side to side some said those waves that smashed chip windows and sent cold sea water gushing in.

elsewhere. onboard the mostly british and american travelers could do nothing but sit and wait for their turn to be airlifted to safety. amid winds of nearly ninety kilometers per hour and waves over eight meters high the viking sky sent out a mayday call early on saturday afternoon it had suffered engine failure and was beginning to drift towards the rocky shore fearing the ship would run aground the crew managed to anchor in the bay an area known since viking times is treacherously difficult to navigate. the cult and of course it will not you this is clearly a serious situation this is a cruise ship with one thousand three hundred passengers on board is stuck in one of the north and europe's worst stretches of water scattered with reefs so this is a serious situation as it was from author and he has mobilized five helicopters for

the operation though some had to be diverted to help a second vessel nearby the freighter with a crew of nine also suffered engine failure delaying the crew ship airlift. rescue passengers have been brought to a reception center on land clearly this was not the kind of adventure they'd had in mind when they booked their cruise. to refresh. very frightening we were not on the helicopter with the sling the two of us together and it was quite scary the severe weather is preventing rescue workers from using smaller boats to take passengers ashore so authorities now aim to tow the cruise ship itself and the hundreds of passengers still aboard. a short while ago we got the latest on the rescue operation from anarchy then he's with the joint rescue coordination center first southern norway and we just saw him in the report i asked him how the operation is not holding well it's going called it

a blood money. to turn the ship the rome. on its no having to hold my last. place called. which is on the western coast of norway. the captain. to stop the immigration for the time being he would like of that eternal know to ship people along to see how. stabilize the ship is. one he considered he will decide whether or not to continue with the operation the captain is of course so. his decision will be. a decision on. the ship is moving with some hold on june. eighth not. to talk. of the front one on one of the banks of for the time being the situation is on the control of passengers on board

a ship those remaining or according to the captain safe so we will just see how it develops for the next couple of. nobody's being evacuated at the moment what's being done for the passengers who have been airlifted to land already. taken to. a rescue center. representatives. from those who don't associate. the local police. to take you. forward to. a place on the mainland. they are. those who came in last night and early most of. the hotels in india area. of the shipowner over london died all to take out food cause when the ship is coming into the port of malta hopefully this often all the crew on the remaining

passengers will be thank you momo and then of course they will be taking care of them for years they really are shipped back home. where they belong. thank you very much aigner kids and now to some of the other stories making news around the world . british prime minister to resign maine is coming under fresh pressure over her handling of her exit british media say that may's own cabinet is plotting to oust her as soon as monday this after hundreds of thousands protested in london to demand a new referendum on the. members of australia and new zealand's indigenous communities have come together in sydney to show solidarity with the victims of last week's gun attacks on two mosques in christchurch new zealand has announced it will hold a national remembrance service on march twenty ninth for the fifty people killed in the attacks. and. the most some bacon

government says half a million people have been affected by the devastating cycle more than six hundred people have been confirmed dead after the storm raged across mozambique zimbabwe and malawi the true death toll is believed to be much higher efforts are still underway to assist survivors. our correspondent has been in zimbabwe taking a look at the aftermath of cyclonic there he sent us this report from some of the communities hardest hit by the storm and the severe flooding it cost. a once bustling village reduced to a rocky field kobo was home to more than three hundred residents as well as government facilities when disaster struck on the night of march fifteenth residents were sleeping very few of them survived those who did have recounted the

horror they experienced. because i was asleep and suddenly woke up to the house destroyed but the house was full of water. the first thing we thought was to rescue the kids. then we realized our eldest child was already dead. after that moment is when we all got swept away by the raging floods. that take this right here used to be a town that is now under rubble storms came up from the mountains and swept through the city and now a lot of people are believed to be under these stones and residents tell me that more than three hundred people could be under this rubble a lot of people want closure of knowing whether they had relatives are still in this place or they were washed away by the river downstream the relatives of the victims have been using whatever tools are at hand to sort through the rocks and

rubble they're hoping to recover their loved ones many still don't have final answers about the fate of their families what we're looking for right now is this closure if we know we are really to fly like it would be it will be somehow because right now we don't know we still have that feeling maybe they're separating the some with. but recovering bodies can be extremely difficult and the emotional toll is a men's families with as many as ten members were swept away by the floods leaving few survivors. some of them discovered right see the boards are known leave if you're in the region you know so we have people in the game and seems to. be we have some d.n.a. just a few hours later than just you being buried you know and they do in fact there has

been extensive damage to the country's infrastructure and there have even been geographical shifts rivers have formed in residential areas a further sign of how much time recovery is likely to take. privileged has been hearing there to sports now germany national football team is in the midst of a changing of the guard on wednesday their first match of twenty nine thousand and disappointment when there are no look side drew one all and a friendly against serbia later on sunday they kick off their qualifying campaign for the next major tournament euro two thousand and twenty they face neighbors the netherlands and amsterdam the last time the teams met there in october the netherlands celebrated a three no victory now in germany youngsters have a chance to take swift. and a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you as votes are counted in thailand's general election exit polls show the opposition winning the most seats

but falling short of the necessary majority it was the first national vote since a military coup five years ago. you're watching t.w. news from berlin coming up next world stories the world can report some forget you can get all the latest news and information on around the clock on our web site that's d.w. dot com thank you for tuning into. the body. and in the end this is the me you are not the most is the u.n. or listen to. or you familiar with this. with the smugglers would lie and says of the what's your story.

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