w. . this is news live from berlin a blow for turkey's ruling party the country's main opposition party is on course to seize on following local elections the contest in istanbul is also being closed before the vote is widely seen as a test of president richard pryor better ones popularity and we often knowing that the election for you in ukraine where comedian and political novice but not to me is an answer as one of the first round of voting in the country's presidential vote

facing when they hear nothing comes of age petro poroshenko well here's the latest from here. i'm christine wonderwall come to the program turkish voters have dells president richard. a significant blow in local elections way tonight the country's main opposition party is celebrating what appears to be a victory in the mail race in istanbul another crucial political battleground is still too tied to call with almost all the votes counted thirty one tonight say that it was clear that his party had lost some cities and that he would focus on a new economic program the election was widely seen as a test of edda once it airs he joining a period of economic recession and high inflation. and

joining us now from istanbul is state of news dorian jones it looks like it is a very close race in istanbul dorian what more can you tell us. well it really couldn't be close to wafer thin margin between a candidate been nearly killed him and the main opposition c.h.p. challenger. and. even after a million votes have been counted we're talking about how falls of votes now that separate the two candidates. try to claim victory. oath. with a very short speech and he was the victor that was immediately dismissed by him all who was also speaking on television at the same time saying it was a shame to given the margin of between them was so little and votes were still being counted and this count is mired in controversy challenging he has no faith in

the way the votes are being counted he's saying it does not have relations to what the figures that they have from their activists on the ground at these voting stations so there isn't the be a lot of controversy that's possibly could go on for days given the fact that he really is the by far the most important city in this country and many believe if you control the ball you control the country given the high stakes you seem to need your party is ready to back down right dorian president. it is surprising reaction. well preserved one has been speaking to reporters and in a considered treat speech. there have been setbacks you what you call failure very rarely use it and he said that they are now ready to learn the lessons promising to reflate the economy acknowledging that the economy was a key problem for them in the election of the session with double digit inflation of food prices. to realize that they are paying

a price but interestingly has not spoken of the istanbul contests he stepped away from that these don't want to get involved and that controversy and that is another indication that they were. piers quite shocked to the outcome of this vote tonight . we will admit that we won people's hearts in the cities we won. or we were not successful enough in cities we lost and we will act accordingly. dorrian an encore of the capital add the opposition is in the danger is this because of the economic crisis in the country. salute clearly it does seem that the opposition are on course for a victory there although there have been calls from here the ruling a.k.p. saying that they could be voting irregularities but the feeling is that they are ready to accept on cross and it is the cost of the economy that is what the ruling

party the economy is in recession things are really very bad for many people in turkey and they appear to be punishing the ruling party in these local elections. all right doreen. in istanbul for us thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world algeria's embezzle president abdelaziz bush if he has named a caretaker government headed by the country's current prime minister was if he has faced weeks of protests demanding an end to his twenty year role he's on the chief is keeping his post has defeated defense minister despite repeatedly calling for but a fake to step down. and lawyer and government christian. has won his presidential election the win makes the country's first female head of state. and this is this ran on an anti corruption platform should be the government backed candidate.

brazil has announced it's opening a new trade mission in israel in jerusalem this comes as brazil's president is visiting the country to bolster ties but he appears to have backed away from plans to follow the u.s. by moving brazil's embassy to the contested city. in ukraine's first round off presidential elections of polls show a clear lead for comedian. with just over thirty percent of the vote now incumbent president petro poroshenko the country since twenty fourteen trails significantly behind selinski is a novice but after today's results the funnyman says he's serious about winning the runoff three weeks from now. the comedian candid joking at the ballot box asking if he can cast more than one vote for the camera. so that ski comes to the can deceive by way of a hit ukrainian t.v.

show called servant of the people where he plays an outsider elevated to the presidency so does playing a president on t.v. teach you how to do it in real life. supporters and analysts have different views. i don't know if there is such a person as the protagonist in the series but i'd like to believe in that. movie zelinsky is new he is not part of the system he's against the system and there are demands for change in this country. zelinsky may not be entirely outside the system many say he's in the pocket of an oligarch who owns the t.v. channels alinsky programme appears on and who opposes present president petro poroshenko. people don't support you they just want to show.

poroshenko is the president ukrainians have now the chocolate billionaire who rode his confectionery fortune to the presidency in the last election to many he represents everything that is wrong about ukraine now corruption and low living standards he made his name as a pro european anti russian candidate though and he's sticking to it. the british with this we have passed the test for our european ways and it means everything we do to head in the european direction is absolutely right the other major alternative is yulia tymoshenko she's got experience as a former prime minister and instant name recognition as a heroine of the country's pro western movement but she spent years in jail on what her supporters say were politically motivated charges. so an outsider comedian and table tennis player who may not be an outsider versus the status quo president versus

a compromised freedom fighter from the past no matter what the result ukrainians can't say they didn't have a choice. ok nick connelly is on the events in cannes i asked him what the knowledge of me as an answer has been tending supports his and the press. poker scene why he's come out with some fighting talk against the incumbent petro poroshenko reminding people here of recent corruption scandals and pershing throws in a most circle he refuted porsches allegations that he is a puppet of the ego of the only got he will call them whiskey and this had come off . pretty loud intervention for shanker just a few hours ago when he said to morrow first of april is april fool's day but he said she ukrainians he said should get a grip and decide who to vote for to protect the interest of the country stand up to russia and basically say that only he had the experience and the know how to do that. ok so the incumbent president petro poroshenko is trading him and former

prime minister yulia timoshenko is denouncing the exit polls so what happens next. so the count goes all in all and we really only expect in the conclusive results by tomorrow afternoon or early evening there is suggestion that new exit polls show a smaller gap between petro poroshenko and you get to michigan to second place that's crucial because the top two candidates will go through to the second round she has your attention goes called on a supporters to turn out big numbers for the counts to make sure that every ballot is counted so this tension this. lack of clarity of where we go on will continue till to morrow but it does seem as if that you're pushing through the incumbent the president will go into a second round with him and it's going. ok nick so we put that they've been. about sixteen hundred complaints about electoral violations what's going on there. what we've seen there have been lots and lots and lots of observers out into

ukrainian observers but also international observers and they have been very active in telling the authorities about things they think all going well most of these complaints has to be said or of a technical nature so this is situations where they have had enough ballots so people have been in the list because they were registered in their place of origin rather the place they happened to be now they have been a smaller number of complaints about illegal campaigning campaigning isn't allowed for two days before the election or cases where candidates have to finance transport for their voters to get to the polling stations we've had very little in the way of complaints about fake voters or people voting several times so for now it seems like no one is doubting the overall legitimacy of this vote all right to have a nice correspondent conny joining us from here thank you. so was the saudi government involved in helping the phone of the world's richest men chief bases that's the allegation that's been made by the amazon c.e.o.

security advisor gavin de bakey he's been investigating how a you waste have lloyd's the national enquirer got access to intimate texts and photos from phone with more on this story i'm joined by deja news alex forrest wising alex so this reads like an international thriller remind us again of the background here when it was back in january that this whole story made headlines off to lete text messages between jeff bezos and lauren sanchez who a us t.v. anchor. published in the national enquirer now that is a tabloid a u.s. top loyd and they claim that the two were having an affair even though they were married now back in february of accuse the newspaper's owner of trying to blackmail him off to threatening to publish more intimate photos and less he said the paper's reporting on him was not politically motivated or he refused to do that ok alex so

what has bezos a security advisor say this weekend well gavin de becker who's worked for the amazon no no for more than twenty years has written a piece in another on another u.s. website the daily beast and he claims that his own investigation proves that the saudi arabian government had gained access to bases over his phone but he asked that he's unsure to what degree of any the parent company of the national inquirer american media inc was aware of the details but what he does say is that both he and bezos dymov well last to say publicly that the original story had not relied on electronic eavesdropping or on hucking and again both men refused to do that so why would the saudis be interested in what's on jeff bezos is for. well this is where it really does become a bit of a spy thriller because jeff bezos not only owns amazon but he also owns the washington post and who what for the washington post but the sound journalists come

out because shocks cheney and you will remember that almost six months ago he was murdered in the sound consulate in turkey and now the washington post covered that story extensively as did dave w a but they made that many reports linking the sound a crown prince mohammed bin solomon to the killing now sanjay arabia has always denied that there was any link a bit american officials have said that mr coo shop she is murder would have needed prints mohammed's support for that to happen and so far there's been no comment from either the saudi authorities or from the national in inquiry gavin de becker says he has handed in all the information that he has gathered in his investigation to u.s. federal officials so we'll see what happens next and something sure you will have in next hour i did have news alex forrest watching with that thriller of a story thank you. you are watching indeed every news we will leave you now with

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