place. to play. this is your news live from her lead to the next phase of india's vast general election kicks off this time the rest of region of kashmir goes to the polls security there is tight local separatists are calling for a boycott of the election after a recent escalation of violence are. also coming out both korea ops the pressure on stalled disarmament talks by announcing a new weapons test according to state media control going overseas the launch of a quote tactical guided weapon. and in the champions league quarter finals and

unforgettable evening manchester city and tottenham share seven goals on a breathless night of soccer we take a look at a game that had fans biting their nails for ninety minutes. i'm serious oh my god it's good to have you with us. polling stations have opened in parts of india as the second phase of the country's general election get gets underway now one of the constituencies voting today is in training car the main city in the indian controlled kashmir or security lockdown has been imposed on the city where several parties have called for a boycott of the election kashmir featured heavily in campaigning after a suicide attack there brought india and pakistan to the brink of war in february a total of ninety five constituencies across india are casting ballots today india's election is taking place in seven stages over

a six week period ending next month. let's bring in. following the elections for us from delhi so kashmir really is taking center stage in this second round second round of elections well definitely so many it's not just the second round in fact it's true in the selection that me is being talked about very closely warning me it's happening over five feet as is and they actually decided against another level of elections in kashmir because of security concerns in srinagar in the capital there's a heavy deployment of security there's actually a watch was shut down in the sudan because the separatist calls to boycott this election many waters are concerned so far warning tone out and you know that it has been little while another constituency has seen a strong water drawn out midi's are wilting on the one hand on the bodies truong b.g.p. retorted to egypt's prime minister no religion will be spotty to almost crack down

on the freedoms that kashmiris enjoy now a special status for the state while the opposition says that would protect the state to so it's not just these watering for their own status all over india will focus on the issue of kashmir all right so this is been a central talking point in the lead up to the vote tell us more about this election you know india is the world's largest democracy and this is only the second of a seven stages of voting. that's right swimming every time india goes toward the general election it's the largest exercise in democracy in the history of the world essentially seven phases and from the fourth to affording people actually have to be at six weeks to find out who the next prime minister is going to be so large just sickly it's a massive challenge indeed and the requirement from the election commission is that water should have access to a polling station within a two kilometer radius and with one hundred million people going to the board that is quite a task in itself this is the second phase off to fight more fears of the mean

nineteenth will be the last day all falling and just four days later of all seven stages off elections the numbers will be counted and we'll find out as prime something is more the bill be given the national mandate again or the opposition challenge and all gandhi will be chosen by the country and the mission you know we've also seen social media really playing a big role in campaigning tell us more about that. well so we social media is definitely essential because just coming back to the numbers that is the selection is about numbers who are just at the just by the number of smartphone users have actually tripled since the last general election for fifty million users of smartphones in the country right now smartphone penetration has rocketed india has the largest markets off what's often facebook and even the election commission a stick in north and for the first time the election commission of india which is basically the authority that monitors the election is watching candidates online behavior so candidates have to toe the line the way they have to do and rallies and

offline advertising for the first time ever in india's electoral history we actually went down to the southern state of car not to crowd to read one such young candidate who heavily uses social media to restart the waters to find out how he's appealing to the masses while also ensuring that he told the line that the election commission is drawing. a. lot of people going to vote party this could be just recently he's about to turn to the south indian city of bengal to have a lawyer and an aspiring member of parliament which was a lot of water over the recall at twenty eight he is the youngest candidates from the ruling b.g.p. to contest these elections. as temperatures soared above to five degrees on this afternoon be just me goes out of his read to greet amber knowledge every constituent a theme park where each not in read is on the beautiful works. but despite the palpable excitement of supporters and party locals the politician is at best reaching a few hundred overtrain sweltering odds. on twitter just we can reach over one

hundred thousand followers in a flash most of our young people to be able to go on to forums. are well informed today are more by phone today is a point of. no for information as well as entertainment so our political with the greatest quality. to that we have today is the smallest mark for not hands. since the last national board smartphone usage in india has tripled to assist tackling for fifteen minutes. election authorities trying to ensure free and fair elections have taken no. one's going to catch your eye is the colorful charred remains which belongs to the be there be candidate who is holding an election rally but no living with a friend is this very far to my right which belongs to the election commission of india the election commission he owes me money does everything a candidate does being don't drag on advertising but for the first time ever in

getting a free election commission of india is also watching what can be done online on course of media platforms like twitter and facebook. policing the world wide web there is no easy down. for a high degree of customization to the advertisers which are good political parties the information off with chooses. is the perfect believe the mccann is a political messaging in which makes it incredibly powerful. but social media can also be problematic dangerous we has been criticised for all tweets opposing reservations for women and supporting the b g p's hindu nationalist agenda he has even want to gag order on the media to prove mentor porting on what he called stephanie tree allegations. but now

a group of friends and supporters is harder to work to boost his online image. the content just kept young and peppy to resonate with the just response saw no political cartoons like these in addition help directly establish prime minister narendra modi's support for the young candidate. social media to you must also ensure ethical content that all those official guidelines. social media is a double is ford works with these really nor door in control of what happens online and since it was no use abuse. or do were goes online from these these are going. to group. supporters meanwhile do exuberance to be what it about privacy and beat the rules but it is what happens online that may well decide this election. so the mission we saw there how important social media is to candidates and to the parties what impact is it having on voters that so many many voters are

definitely consuming what's coming off of social media but it's actually how discerning a water is that's going to be a challenge many want to us off our time force when we do you isn't by election commission is watching the candidates towards the court of foreign dr lane which is basically not making communal safe was not making hateful statements candidates have the option of using proxy for you just bought these can be bought in funds into bridges that are not official fair just and that's why the election commission is not monitoring them another challenge is what's up what's up has end to end and impressions of the election commission cannot monitor what goes out there bottled waters are often susceptible to fake news that is why do so created on whatsapp so it really comes down to how well does even to engage unfortunately do it on time that not only the bodies are putting out but their proxies opening up to make sure they're making the right decisions they can zoom in what has been pitched as the hooks for the future of the candidates while also rejecting what it's clear you think it's all right. for covering the ongoing indian election for us there in

delhi thank you very much. to elections in another part of asia now indonesia's ruling party looks set to remain in power after the country's presidential and legislative elections final poll results will not be announced on till next month but unofficial vote counts show that the incumbent president. has a comfortable lead yet his challenger probably is also claiming victory the former general made a similar claim in the last poll five years ago even though he was narrowly defeated by about one hundred ninety three million people were eligible to vote in indonesia's election. and i'm joined now by saying oh he's the ambassador of indonesia in germany mr baster thank you very much for joining us here on this morning i want to ask you about that point that we just brought up that was claiming victory his supporters say they're going to take to the streets for a rally are you concerned that there could be

a prolonged period of uncertainty not really. before. a lot of rhetoric and they have been on the ground we go around in jakarta today in different parts of indonesia is all. i think the bad and the noises are mostly in the social media and what subgroups and facebook and twitter but the actual. practice of democracy is quite festive people were in superhero costume traditional caused. there's a music scene in the holding rules so it's you know it's a different reality in the ground you know we saw the apple cheering at the polls yesterday as they're going to vote so the polls so far do appear to give joke will be due to a lead so that would give him a second term in office is that good for indonesia the thing in terms of democracy the most important part is that manage successfully i would say to have this election this is one of the most complex elections in the world i would say this

one day elections to elect the president by. presidents political parties. just that if member of the lower house as well so it's his watch a cesspool and i think. the next five years of course for that kind of government has to continue with the previous projects and it gives more stability i would say what can we expect for the next five years we saw joe who do it to for example promise to lift economic growth to seven percent he wasn't able to meet that target some farmers say they haven't seen their income rise there's also been criticisms of he hasn't done enough to protect minority groups what do you think we can expect for the next five years in the next five years. we will see more on the human resources development because the last four years and it's war on the infrastructure and you have to look at why we can only live for five percent we

deliver five point one percent in the world food crisis in the world full of trade wars in the world full of uncertainties so we're actually doing fine as opposed to the rest of the world economy so the country is doing well and will continue to do so i do want to ask you about the role of islam there were some that both candidates here or even joke i would go to was considered a moderate muslim centrist that they were both making overtures to conservative muslim how big a role does conservative islam really play in indonesia people forget about the span of the analysis they only look at the day says if you look at the nine hundred fifty five we have seventeen political parties that has islamic roots knowingly for the number of the voters for islamic related political parties are going down. continuously so this is not a trend ryan illinois people forget about it and the people mostly forget about the

fact that the extremists will have. he tried to enter in the nation at the end of eighteen hundred and as a result of that the early nineteen hundred the in the nation people decided for them to come there were hobbies i'm biased i've been seeing their own organization b. and mohamed they are these two major. hundred . indonesia has seventy million members has forty million members so as long as it is two or more powerful powerful and strongly embedded in the i will call the church as an open society when we were all right ambassador have possible to say no thank you so much for join your regular group there were. now to some other stories making headlines around the world the u.s. justice department plans to release they were directed version of special counsel

robert rose investigation into alleged russian meddling in the twenty six senior selections which put current president donald trump in office democrats are calling for the publication of the entire report in an on redacted form. a bus crash on the portuguese island of madeira has killed at least two dozen people on board most of them were german tourists the coach overturned rolled down a steep bank and struck at least one house authorities say they're looking into the cause of the accident. germany has called for an emergency meeting of the un security council to discuss a surge in fighting in the libyan capital tripoli forces loyal to libyan army commandos. are battling to seize control of tripoli from the internationally recognized libyan government shelling of tripoli has increased and more than two hundred people have been killed since the offensive began this month. images of war intended to demonstrate the pro-se of khalifa have tars troops this may be propaganda but it does show that the battle for tripoli is escalating. this week

the city center was hit by rockets for the first time emergency workers reported civilian casualties according to the u.n. at least a hundred ninety people have been killed since fighting began in early april. for libya's interior minister the conflict has reached a new level of illegality on this is a community. and. it is beautiful but you cannot believe the little one he killed his people like this and now that the united nations is evacuating migrants and refugees from camps in tripoli's south to rescue them from the fighting but two thousand seven hundred people are trapped close to the front i'm could get caught up in calm but they're trapped by the fighting so it's a race against time to try and relocate them to safety because it's really a matter of life or death so it's really critical that we say relocate them to

safety the bombs are getting closer worries that fighting may escalate even further are growing the libyan government is warning of a new wave of refugees with europe as their goal. north korea says it has test fired a new tactical guided weapon that's according to the country's state news agency it did not specify what the weapon is but analysts say it did not appear to be a banned ballistic missile the agency said north korean leader kim jong un observed the test firing north korea and the u.s. have been engaged in talks over pyongyang's nuclear program but those negotiations have stalled in recent months. let's bring in journalist kelly casilla she's standing by in seoul following this story hi kelly has there been any more information on what type of weapon has been tested if there was a test. you know right now the south korean government has said that they're still analyzing the ledger. you know they heard three or four hours ago there have

been you know a minor analysis and there is no evidence right now of nuclear activity be or of being in or that the ballistic missile which is the kind of thing that you know they south korea would really. yeah if this analysis does confirm that there was a test it would be the first public weapons test since nuclear talks between the north and the u.s. ended without an agreement what do you think that's going to mean for relations between the two when efforts towards disarmament. you know it certainly won't be great for talks between north korea and the united states i mean as it is already since the vietnam. like dialogue and diplomacy has been somewhat unraveling even though both countries have expressed some good faith some people are starting to say that you know this could be

a sign to president trump that. the leader of north korea is serious about the deadline. in terms of talking about the trade off for u.s. sanctions by the end of the year personally i think you know it's not a fantastic development but at the same time there was a similar a legit weapons test in november of last year and that has happened you know after this initial set of diplomacy between north korea and the united states so that we all right journalist kelly can solicit talking to us from seoul thank you very much . to france now in the country struggle to move forward after monday's devastating fire at notre dame france plans to hold an architectural contest to design a new spire for the cathedral but the mood for many there is still somber on wednesday the nation passed a pay tribute to the burned gothic monument. six

fifty pm the time when the fire at notre dame broke out on monday bells of commemoration in paris. and beyond. stross work. and in sunday me. the country took a moment to pause the shock still lingers but there's also some measure of relief despite the destruction much of the cathedral could be saved. that includes its horgan from the seven hundred thirty s. . who lost. the instrument has been saved. obviously for me you just can't imagine the evening and night that i had when i watched this bus you know because i thought that if the organ was destroyed when a part of me would be destroyed. we visit instrument is a part of my life. for services if you're talking maybe but it could be years

before the organ is heard again for now the church is being secured ships it would just sit in the lead which covered the entirety of this vault melted completely so we have to continue monitoring the building and its hot spots as well as a third area the scaffolding. it's still us it's surrounded the spire before it collapsed inside the cathedral he said to fully. the planned reconstruction will bring huge expense but around a billion euros have already been donated. french officials are vowing that the money is in good hands. we will present draft legislation next week that will ensure transparency and proper oversight of the donations. shock every year zero that was given for the reconstruction of notre dame will be used for that purpose and for nothing else. the french deserve to know everything that happens with not.

be asked for their opinion we leave the rebuilding of not true down to the experts the goal is for it to be even more beautiful than it used to be. one thing is clear the collapse spire will be recreated france is launching an international competition to replace it and entrants will have to act quickly the aim is to have work completed on the new notre dame in time for paris the summer olympics in two thousand and twenty four. sports now and there was an unforgettable night of soccer in the champions league quarter finals we have young expect from sports with us yeah we saw manchester city take on tottenham and nobody could really believe what happened take us through what happened yeah i couldn't believe what i was watching i was watching it on t.v. and was just in shock this was and football in the first twenty minutes or so both teams were just attacking defending completely forgotten it was it was like an on the ten's match that was just going forward and in the end there was seven goals scored quite an incredible amount and also last minute twist as well and sin city

ended up actually winning the match for three but tottenham had won last week's game one nil as they actually went through on the way goals but let's go see how it panned out. the pre-game atmosphere in manchester suggested a memorable match awaited and it didn't disappoint as raw and sterling put city ahead after just four minutes a quick fire double from shaun min sun soon put spurs back in the driver's seat but city's bernardo's silva brought the game level again moments later to two or four goals coming in the first eleven minutes of the match the city scored twice more through stirling in sergio either side of half time to take a full two advantage only for fernando the red tape to give spurs a never precious away goal in the seventy third minute city thought they'd sealed a dramatic last gasp winner through stirling in injury time. but the video

referee ruled it out for off saw it. elation turned to devastation for city just spot a four three when spurs on cloud nine after sealing their spot in the final four. what a night for tottenham but city they were going for this a quadruple trophies in a season this must be a blow for them yeah it is a big blow like i mean the champions league is europe's premier club competition and it is the target for manchester city to be the best in europe and especially for pep guardiola he's a perfectionist he wants to win this competition very very badly with city but he's fallen flat in the last few years in twenty seven saying they fell apart against monaco in the second leg losing three one last year they lost a little pool three new on the first leg and computer lated and now this year as well so it's becoming a bit of a pattern and it's a bit worrying but now we have to see how they respond and they can still win three trophies this season i know many clubs that would love a chance to get

a chance of winning three trophies so maybe this will act as a bit of a boost for them in terms of they'll have more time to prepare for the premier league title challenge as well as if a cup final so we'll see how they were so. and bought a big blow for sure you mention liverpool they're joining the spurs in the semifinals after defeat in porto four one last night was an easy run for them i mean it looks like it was on paper but they came into the game with a two no advantage in this match in the first half porto absolutely peppering them and i think they had fifteen shots in the first offer they couldn't finish their chances and then we see monday scored the first goal and from there it was pretty much came over with the away goal they went on to win four one six one on aggregate so massive win for your gun club and liverpool and now they face bosler in the semifinals which is a pretty big challenge in itself it is in the semifinals like they're going to be really exciting who can you see winning it from here i think it's anyone's game to be fair but i think bus load on my x.

looking like the better teams basile it pretty much because they have the enormous seed to get them through but i think by x. is looking like the strongest outfit out of these final four they may have a smaller budget and not as many star players but i'm backing them to pull through an upset win in this competition all right yannick spade from davis was coming to champions league for us thank you nick. our minder now of our top stories that we're following here on t.w. voting has begun in the second phase of india's vast general election polling in kashmir is taking place under tight security after a recent flare up of violence in the disputed breach of. north korean media says the country has tested a new tactical guided weapon it's true it would be the first public weapons test since nuclear talks between kong and washington to stop. don't forget you can always get a few news on the go download or app from global player from the op store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push

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