the bad. news this is news live from berlin and me and maher friess two words journalists jailed for their reporting well known and just so who are reunited with their families after spending more than five hundred days in prison despite their ordeal they say they're looking forward to getting back to work. also coming up officials in turkey order a rerun of istanbul selection after president rajapaksa heard of one party complained about losing the vote there the opposition which won control of istanbul and march says the decision is the latest sign that the country is deemed ruled by

a dictatorship. and disability is not inability to meet the dandiest only female paralympic athlete pushing the boundaries to prove that a person with a disability can. i'm sorry so much come that's good to have you with us. they face seven years in jail but suddenly they're free that your word is journalists imprisoned for their reporting of the will hinge or crisis and me and maher have been freed under a presidential amnesty well known and also were arrested in december twenty seventh teen and they were charged with violating the official secrets act their coverage of the treatment of will hinge on muslims received numerous awards during their detention including the surprise as they left prison in yangon they thanked their supporters and to continue their work. i don't ever decide in the

preview monitor on the boat with you to release the letters or thank you very much i'm really happy if you did to my family my party and i can with school my use right now right now. let's bring in our southeast asia correspondent. covering the story for us hi charlotte it's an emotional moment one that's a long time coming for the journalists and their supporters to tell us more about the moment that they were released i see the yes a lot of the supporters thought it could be years before they saw images like this those two men walking free off to five hundred days behind bars it was an extremely emotional scene outside the jail where they were released there was a press scrum among many of whom this case has become personal this is about that journalists from that country in jail essentially they would argue for press

speaking out about alleged violations by the military now they are now of the two men have been reunited with their wives we've seen very emotional moving pictures of that learn one of the journalists wives actually gave birth while he was behind bars he's only had a chance to see a handful of times and now that every united there is a family once again and i think for a lot that support is a reuters news agency their employer in particular this is an extremely thoughtful . while it is the release the voices editor in chief has issued a statement calling them extremely courageous and saying they've become symbols of press freedom other journalists as well extremely relieved to see this ordeal coming to an end but also there is some anger behind the celebrations anger that they were forced to enjoy these five hundred days in prison in the first place people saying that this was clearly not just smith case and it was filled with irregularities why were they released now.

well this release has come as something of a surprise off the supreme court you must top court rejected the final appeal just last month so people won't necessarily expecting this presidential amnesty these two men these two journalists are among thousands of people who have been released today and we do know that mia mob does release prisoners around the time that it celebrates new year which started april seventeenth so they are among other people to have been released not to give you some background to this case it was rejected two times appeals were rejected rejected two times by high a cool they were accused of having broken a colonial era official secrets act they were said to have been found with documents which were threats to national security now to the defense of the two john those who have maintained their innocence all the way through this case said that they were set top police officer actually testified to say that the documents were planted on these two men nevertheless the courts in me in ma has said that

there wasn't enough evidence to prove that now there's been a lot of anger about that particularly aimed at young son sushi that affect me i'm all people saying she should have stepped in fall alley or in this case to to help these journalists to secure their release instead she was relatively quiet about the case at one point actually saying publicly that she said that they were not jailed for that journalist and they were jailed because they essentially committed a crime so a lot of people were looking to her to do something she didn't instead we have this presidential amnesty today all right our of southeast asia correspondent. reporting for us good to talk to you. now to a major political controversy in turkey election officials have thrown out the results of the controversial vote for the mayor of istanbul turkey as president ratchet type error to want to have suffered a humiliating defeat in that vote his ruling party won the local elections over all but lost she may oral polls in istanbul and uncorrupt his party that challenge the

legitimacy of the results now a new vote has been scheduled for next month. rising into the nighttime sky the din of protest banging crockery against pots system all residents expressed their dismay at the rerun of may aural elections at an impromptu rally on the outskirts of istanbul the winner of the election vowed to fight on them sure that it caused my fellow citizens the trying to take away the elections we won on the evening of march the thirty first they have tried to steal our hard work. and. show mertz rather still. we really written back our rights with a smile on our face as well as hope love and respect. his supporters had been see them with anger all day. this is a pre-planned game and the election authority is

a part of it what else can i say and this decision doesn't represent voters it clearly has been made ignoring the people's will. can they didn't know this came from somebody who doesn't want to lose his power so it's no surprise the vote should not have been cancelled. perhaps also unsurprisingly the losing candidate disagreed. why have the elections gone to the electoral board. because of the irregularity is the wrong doing it's the cheats and stain happens during and after the elections we have detected. that. after his justice and development party lost control of both istanbul and the capital ankara president had put increasing pressure on the supreme electoral council he delivered his latest broadside on sunday or every child watch court of

the has been cheating has been corruption all this is clear and unambiguous you know come on let's go before the people and we will accept what the people's wish dictates it's the simplest not but on monday night the people of this the mole gave their response to claim that he's acting in their interest. correspondent dorian jones is standing by for us in istanbul with the latest dorian president everyone says that the opposition won this may or may or election is in istanbul with the rigging and with corruption what evidence is there for that. well that's been a big criticism there doesn't really appear to be that much evidence or one says there's been systematic corruption and voting irregularities but not really much the back those claims it does appear to central frost's of the case against this vote has been that around forty thousand people voted in eligible on top of that

a number of electoral officials want the required civil being civil servants but given the fact that this has been the most scrutinized vote in tokyo electoral history weeks and weeks of partial recount nothing really has done much to overturn the victory of the main opposition and in fact prominent members former key figures within the a.k.p. have questioned the validity of the case and i think up until now turkey's electoral board had rejected a number of attempts by the a.t.p. to over over this vote they were rejected it took the president's speech this weekend to basically demand the actual bill to overturn it that it did appear to finally acquiesce to his calls and this will add to further questions and doubts over the m.p.r. of turkey's electoral board that ministers all turkey's elections during there will be a new vote held on june twenty third what are winning that rerun. what

is going to be very hard he will face a galvanized opposition who are outraged over what they say is their greed just act of taking away their fair and square victory on top of that is believe that the k.p. party is deeply divided over this move to a vote there are many. voices of dissatisfaction a feeling that the country needs to move on to address the problem of the economy now on top of the economy that is going to be the biggest challenge unemployment food inflation running at over thirty percent and a tanking currency and there is going to be growing concerns is what will do to change the narrative to give him a chance to win and this is adding to fueling concerns that have already led to further falls in the turkish currency and the fear of political and economic chaos as his election unfolds story it's hard to under play the significance of the president party refusing to accept the results of a vote that they lost what does this mean for turkey's democracy.

well since nine hundred fifty turkey has had free and fair elections has been a democratic consensus across the political spectrum the parties accept the the verdict of the voters and there are these exchanges of power now that consensus has in the last few years increasingly been under pressure fears that the democracy isn't working in turkey and this latest back to our now one of the most important elections in turkey's history will fuel concerns that the democracy is failing in turkey and there are growing calls within the main opposition c.h.b. to boycott the next istanbul vote saying that we're always doing is legitimize ing an undemocratic system the c.h.b. are discussing what to do next and call for a boycott is believed to be on the gender which could possibly even lead to a draw from parliament so this decision to or now this vote is seen as momentous in many ways for turkish democracy. dorian jones reporting for us from istanbul thank you dorian. let's catch up now on some other stories making news around the world

sri lanka's acting police chief says all the suspected plotters in the easter sunday bombings have been arrested or are dead more than two hundred fifty people died in the attacks which have been claimed by the so-called islamic state the investigators are examining the flight recorders of the russian airliner that burst into flames on landing in moscow killing forty one people the pilot reported technical problems and turned back to moscow's sheremetyevo airport shortly after takeoff it stopped the aircraft might have been struck by lightning. and the u.n. report says a million species of plants and animals are risk of extinction because of human activity putting nature in its worst shape in human history the report says it's not too late to fix things but it will require a huge shift in the way the global economy is run. still to come on. the most amazing experience we're going to prove possibly imagine. baby sussex is

finally here as well wishers congratulate prince harry and his wife meghan on the birth of their son and speculation continues about what they'll name him and when phil released the first family photo. but first here in germany an expert report on how germany has coped with the influx of refugees and migrants since two thousand and four fifteen is due out shortly a recent survey found that germans particularly in the east of the country are increasingly concerned about migration even though the number of people seeking asylum here is falling so how welcome are refugees in eastern germany and our next report we meet a pastor in the city of life six who is committed to helping asylum seekers and countering the spread of the in a phobia. pastor under his dorm at work in his life sick parish. oh that's right. twenty fifteen thousands of refugees arrived in my pick and ever since pastor dorn has been offering them support he helps them find apartments

goes with them to official appointments and teaches them german but some criticize his engagement. they say things like you know taking care of the wrong people we should be focused why are you helping refugees you should be helping needy germans fast forbore to our. door and says all of his parishioners stand behind him the congregation has a get together cafe for refugees and germans that has been popular for years how much migration can germany handle asylum seekers are now seen in a more negative light than they previously were still most of the refugees here at cafe say they feel at ease in leipsic but they all have stories about times when they were overtly rejected. lot of present work man you meet a lot of people and come struction sites i walked by

a plumber every day and he always gave me a funny look. i made a point of saying hello to his colleagues he looked at me and said well you refugees want to hear. it saddens me because the german constitution is first article states such human dignity shall be inviolable . but i often hear people say always those refugees those refugees the. refugees just got a bit of breathing space they could show how creative they are. both of these syrians say what is lacking is real human contact they think germans showed more interest just a couple of years ago but when there is no actual contact prejudice rears its ugly head pastor door knows that even within his own liberal parish there are people who have a very critical view of the refugees in their city but no one wants to talk to us

about this perhaps because the pastor has said he will not tolerate right wing slogans in his church. this is not a point i'm prepared to compromise on but as a preacher i'm quite prepared to argue that with endless public debates if need be . andreas joran says that if you want to stop right wing attitudes you need citizens to be active and vocal he's done just that in his parish. let's bring in our political correspondent hans frank for more on the story hi hans good morning to you in two thousand and fifteen we saw nearly a million refugees come to germany and it's often been referred to as the refugee or migration crisis is that the right word to use. i think you have to say that at the time it was a crisis there were as you said almost a million people arriving in germany suddenly really without anybody being particularly prepared for that to happen although one could have been prepared

there were indications that this was going to happen but in fact the society and the government the administration were not prepared for that many people so in that sense it was a crisis of having to handle that the months of people arriving in germany finding accommodation for them finding food for them finding medical care for them and so on in that sense it was a crisis that was. a challenge to the german society but as we stressed seen in that report there have been a lot of volunteers who helped handle the crisis and in the end i think you know i think the crisis has been has been managed at the times we heard the german chancellor angela merkel make a comment that really came to define her leadership let's listen to that comment and the impulse with which we approach this matter must be we have done so much we can do this to happen does and wherever something stands in our way we must

overcome it was so once listening to that was germany or has germany been able to overcome this. yes i think it has overcome this i think what america was saying there she was talking basically about the administrative challenges that were facing germany at the time the things that i've just talked about accommodation medical care integration of these refugees and also just simply processing that amount of people finding out who they are where they're coming from what they need and what they want that has certainly been managed in the last two or three years but at the same time that statement by america was interpreted to specially by political opponents as a kind of welcoming strategy. a statement saying well refugees are welcome in germany and we would prefer or we would welcome more of them coming and that was something that was really turned against her in the political debate and it migration has remained such a controversial issue here in germany we saw the german government nearly collapse

because of a fight over of migration policy last year how much does this issue affect the government today. well the fact there has been obviously a lot of discussion a lot of changes also in legal terms and the laws that have been passed in the past two or three years some things have become war easy for refugees some things have become more difficult some refugees that have no chance of staying in germany more likely to be sent back to the places where they came from and obviously there has been a blockage for further refugees coming into germany since that time in essence the migration subject still remains central to german politics and european politics we have to say it's an election year here in germany there will be regional elections in the eastern part of germany where migration is seen particularly critically. you know the rise of right wing populist parties in germany and in the rest of europe is very closely connected to the migration with the ways of migration that have

happened in recent years so it's an issue that is really central to german and european politics our political correspondent frank as always good to talk to you now well wishers around the world have been congratulating britain's prince harry and meghan markle on the birth of their son the baby boy whose name hasn't yet been announced is seventh in line to the throne meghan gave birth in the early hours of monday morning delighting fans of the royals. just before five thirty in the morning local time meghan markle gave birth to a healthy baby boy i was the. sounds of well wishers gathered outside the castle a euphoric prince harry spoke to reporters in the afternoon and they're doing it myself and a baby boy. this morning a very healthy boy. mother and baby a three incredibly well as being. the most amazing expect because i can ever

possibly imagine. how any woman does what they do is beyond the french and but with absolutely throws and sort of grateful to it for the love and support for what help from a real that's been enormous been amazing sort of as long as others for the body. there was plenty of speculation about the queen's aids great grandchild in the days before his birth tabloid falsely reported the baby had already been born days ago thousands of bets were placed on the odds of a boy or girl now the guessing is over. yet no it's a grace i have great respect for the free speech are exciting mazie best wishes about your guests every last bit. of. the new parents are breaking with tradition no pictures of the baby will be released for two days the couple had already announced they wanted to enjoy the first few days of their new family and privacy.

for us that he will be seeing you joys in probably two days time as planned as a family to be able to share it with you guys and so on can see that maybe. another thing the public will have to wait for is the baby's name harry says no decision has been made yet. to sports now and colognes football club has made it back into the bundesliga top division just one season after being relegated to the second tier colognes away win over quite a threat clinched their move up to the top tier which will certainly see zip cord about scored a hat trick and fritz added and own goal to make it that much easier for cologne of us sealed a four nil wind with his third goal sending fans of the club known as the billy goats and the team itself into celebration. now he said to me young is that gabby has only female paralympic athlete she was

the national team's flag bearer at the london twenty twelve games and her next goal is to represent her country in tokyo next year she does weightlifting athletics and basketball and she's a single mother of two and she's the only woman in her wheelchair basketball team in other words she's determined to push the boundaries to prove what disabled people can too. he said two nyang is the gambians only female paralympic athlete she was born with an impairment and both her legs four times a week plays basketball the training a chance to bond with other disabled people who often feel ostracized from society many gambians feel that men and women should not train together but he said to sees it differently. but the basketball players hope that one day they will all be able to compete at the powerline pick games together at the moment there aren't enough funds to send the whole team abroad the gambia provides no money for paralympic athlete meaning they

rely on sponsors to fund their travels and training. he said too often encounters obstacles on her way home. she shares a house with a dozen other family members he said to is a single mother of two she married at eighteen and got divorced eight years ago her family continues to support her since discrimination against disabled people is right and he said to struggles to find work. for disabled people here. outside and get across even if you have your application up at the moment that you are dead to look for. and give your money and. stand to listen to your explanation or whatever you want

to do. so every morning at six am eastern to sits on the roadside and asks passers by for money she does this for three hours every day making around three euros in the gambia does not provide welfare for people like the setter. basketball isn't the only discipline to wants to compete and she's also a we left. she can train here for free she comes several times a week. this is in london this is my fourth. athletics participation and. i came out fifth yeah i was more happy dad did because it's the first time of his then to. twenty six.

games because the one who used to sponsor me did not. have the b.m.i. that's why i could not make it to dig games. there is still an uphill struggle to qualify for the paralympic games in tokyo he said needs to train hard and find a sponsor but despite the many obstacles she faces she still believes she can make it. our minds are not our top stories here and two reuters journalists jailed in myanmar for the reporting of the war injured prices have been freed under a presidential obviously. have been sentenced to seven years in prison their case campaign for their release. and election officials in turkey have handed president french attacker to want a victory by avoiding the result of a contentious local election and opposition candidate won the city's mayoral race but after a legal battle of the word he said the vote must be. coming up next our show

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