w. . this is d. w. news live from berlin police in northern ireland to arrest two men and connection with the murder of a young journalist mckee's was hit by a bullet as she covered a riot in london derry on thursday even a her death came on the eve of the twenty first anniversary of the signing of the good friday peace deal police have called her killing an act of terrorism also coming up. in egypt polling stations have opened in a referendum on constitutional amendments that could enable president still

photography seats to stay in office until twenty thirty and bolster the role of egypt's powerful military we'll get the latest from cairo. below the mere selenski of that to turn ukraine's politics on its head incumbent president pedro poroshenko finds for his political life ahead of sunday's election as the two engaged in a shouting match inside a football stadium. thanks for joining us. police in northern ireland have arrested two men and connection with the murder of a journalist who was shot dead during a riot on thursday evening the eighteen and nineteen year old suspects are now being questioned police believe they are on the key was hit by a stray bullet as she reported on violence that broke out after officers searched a house in the neighborhood. standing together in grief.

another young life lost to violence in northern ireland a family and partner devastated and it's left me with the woman i was founded rule we're all per for the loss of lira our hopes and dreams and all of her amazing potential with a single barbaric act. this cannot stand there is their most not be in vain because her life was a shining light than everyone else's life and her legacy will live on in the light that she's left behind thank you. was an acclaimed journalist or activist for the l g b t community the police service of northern ireland released this footage of mickey shortly before she was gunned down on thursday night. the twenty nine year old was reporting on unrest in the city of derry the c.c.t.v.

footage also shows the alleged gunman the police of described the killing as a suspected terrorist incident linked to dissident irish republicans the new ira and appealed for witnesses to come forward. i would urge those people to have conversations in their home. and their family spacious. in there as memory. and to urge the people a lot i guess to step away from such violence to step away from such organization. when you are already claimed responsibility for a bomb attack in derry in january and is the biggest of the dissident republican groups operating in northern ireland it's now being linked with four murders including that of laramie key since its formation earlier this decade political leaders have condemned this latest attack this was an attack on everybody in northern ireland doesn't matter if you're a catholic or protestant british or irish this is an attack on democracy they have

attacked the community they've attacked the people of kerry they've attacked the peace process and they've attacked the good friday agreement this killing has brought memories back of the decades long conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles between nationalists who support a united irish republic and loyalists who want to remain part of the u.k. titans were killed before a peace treaty known as the good friday agreement was signed in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight. but now twenty one years later despite a tireless work of people in northern ireland to to build a brighter future together the killing of labor maccie has highlighted that peace here remains fragile. adoptions have begun voting today on a referendum that could grant the country's authoritarian leader abdel fatah. another term in office the proposed changes to the constitution would also give the former army general more power. more over the judiciary has more. this was supposed to be his second and last term in office but

a gyptian president to assisi is poised to extend his rule until at least twenty thirty. law on the heels of parliamentary approval gyptian citizens will vote on constitutional changes allowing l.c.c. to run for a third presidential term likely without any real opposition. the changes are also meant to give the former general more control over the military and judiciary which rights groups say he has used to silence his critics. the reforms are expected to pass by a wide margin. i believe the constitutional amendments on necessary and important to complete and cc's achievements because the constitution isn't the holy koran the constitution can be adjusted according to the situation in the country. but some of gyptian see the changes as foreboding. modern machine is that i strongly oppose the constitutional amendments because they consolidate the military and authoritarian

rule. it's unreasonable to be different from the civilized world where the president sits in power for four or five years and can be elected for a second term and then another president takes over. in the not that way. i'll see if he rose to the top following a pro-democracy revolution that ousted long time autocratic leader hosni mubarak and two thousand and eleven l.c.c. led a military coup against the man elected to replace mubarak mohamed morsi and was himself elected president in two thousand and fourteen. since then he has ruled egypt with increasing severity. human rights groups estimate he has jailed some sixty thousand people on political charges and staged unfair lections to remain in power. public criticism of l.c.c. has become nearly impossible. nevertheless l.c.c.

remains a key ally for western governments keen on defending their interests in the volatile region among those interests fighting islamic fundamentalism. the egyptian leader was in washington just two weeks ago to discuss military ties and trade with u.s. president donald trump president thank you very much my friend ok good for many egyptian activists however the referendum is a blatant power grab and the end of aspirations for a peaceful and democratic transfer of power. joining us from cairo is ruth michaels and she's a journalist and the egyptian capital welcome to the program ruth this referendum is expected to pass with flying colors what are the ramifications of these constitutional changes well on the ballot today there's a huge range of different things that egyptians will be voting on mentioned the extension of their presidential terms to six years and in this particular instance

will allow him to run again after his two terms to run again in twenty twenty four which means he will twenty. it will also ensure a military to grow in politics. we would nail was the guardians of democracy in egypt for the first time in a gypsy constitution and also create the second house of parliament an egyptian senate and the role of vice president and apparently create twenty five percent representation for women. in parliament which some people that said recent pew sweetener to get the elements concerning sisi the military from power. does mention the critics the referendum is meeting resistance by some egyptians and international human rights groups or what about the political opposition is there even such

a thing under our city. and it's certainly fair to say that there are people who spoke to say that they oppose this particular vote the words were most commonly associated with the official opposition here is the league that showing you know concerted political opposition in egypt is incredibly difficult in an organized fashion and certainly the civil democratic movement coalition which was set up to hold those he changes has said that they were prevented from campaigning publicly they were prevented from me than it was to say to demand that citizens vote no to these changes they were denied a permit to protest in front of the egyptian parliament and some of their members were arrested and so it's incredibly difficult for people to publicly state that they are opposed to these changes even though when you speak to people privately there is certainly plenty of police all that are not in favor of what's on the back today so it has been seen as

a democratic vote by international observers you make it sound like it's not i think there are a few expectations today that this will be a free or a fair vote i mean when you look at the fact that parliament voted to trigger this referendum on tuesday the national electoral commission declared a state that it would occur today that's not a lot of time for anyone wishing to set up an observation mission to come here to egypt and to set up a proper insulation mission even if the kind that we saw during the last election last year they are still where sisi got ninety seven point eight percent of the vote so there are very few expectations that what we see today will be classed as free iraq where i can pull in the country or outside earth michael thank you very much. now on to some of the other stories making news around the world. an attack is ongoing in the afghan capital kabul close to the communications

ministry and one of the city's main hotels so far no casualties have been confirmed we'll bring you more on this developing story as we get it. in for ruid judge has ruled that former president pedro pablo kaczynski must remain in detention for up to three years while the awaiting trial on corruption charges he's accused of having taken bribes from a brazilian construction company denies doing anything illegal. in the libyan capital tripoli crowds have protested against the military offensive led by warlord khalifa haftar who opposes the un recognized government this as news broke that the u.s. president had called haft r. and a surprise show of support he already has the backing of egypt saudi arabia and russia . one of them is the president and the other one plays the president on t.v.

on sunday voters new york rain will choose between incumbent poor shank oh and a political novus loaded we are selenski in the second round of the country's presidential election yesterday the two candidates made a final bid for support when they faced off in front of thousands of supporters in kiev's olympic stadium. one of. the toss of a coin kicked things off. was but this was not a football match it was an election debate on a scale ukraine had never seen before. in the country's largest stadium incumbent petro poroshenko and his challenger the comedian volodymyr zelinsky made their cases the lansky got to go fast was here and therefore lead to i am not a politician really sort of i am not a politician at all. i am just a person in ordinary person you caprice a lot of schools come to break the system that i am the result at the alexia which

was the top i am the result of your mistakes and promises watch your visa because alinsky has made a career out of making jokes but his candidacy isn't one and just a series other stakes the staunchly anti kremlin parra shanku assumed office in twenty fourteen shortly after russian forces and next crimea and russian backed ukrainian separatists took control of parts of eastern ukraine the conflict in the donbass is ongoing which part of sankoh used to go after his opponent through his minutes of a corridor to proof even how is he going to fulfill the functions of commander in chief of the loser of your team has already said that you are inexperienced through the debates over the deliberate jeff beatty you should have started four years ago not in twenty fourteen when ukraine needed the efforts of all volunteers fear i would rather win the world than it was hiding from his conscription notice it

would be nice to do some agreed with power shankar's line of attack yes courcelles i'm a military man and i can't imagine zelinsky as commander in chief a man that has never served in the army in his life you can you call him this was it not you but selenski supporters what shite a voice that. disapproval of the incumbent's track record to show the your partner shank who has only rob does the people created everything let's see what lane ski will do you will see we already saw what pershing quit date he had five years ago what a sham going to a body bag. selenski enjoys a healthy lead in the polls with ukrainians fed up with that political class sunday's vote may well prove that inexperience is not always a bad thing. and a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you in northern ireland police have arrested two teenagers in connection with the murder of a young journalist on thursday they are on the key was hit by

a bullet actually covered a riot in the city of london during the violence erupted after officers searched the home and the area. you're watching t w news life from berlin up next a documentary about the consequences of the world's diminishing insect population and help really unfortunate. language courses. video. anytime anywhere.