for mines. this is c w news live from berlin me and mark freeze to reuters journalists jailed for their reporting wallonia just so you are reunited with their families after spending more than five hundred days in prison despite their ordeal bay say they are looking forward to getting back to work. also coming up officials in turkey order a rerun of istanbul selection after president rajapaksa to one party complained about losing the vote there the opposition which won control of istanbul in march says the decision is the latest sign that the country is the world of fire

dictatorship. the most amazing things are going to prove the forces remodulin baby sussex is finally here as well wishers congratulate prince harry and make a mark along the birth of their sons' speculation continues about what they'll name him and when the least the first family photos. i'm sorry so much kind of thank you for joining us they faced seven years in jail but suddenly they're free that you warders journalists imprisoned for their reporting of the ranger crisis and me and maher have been freed under a presidential amnesty well known and just so were arrested in december twenty seventh teen and charged with violating the official secrets act their coverage of the treatment of four hundred muslims received numerous awards during their detention and. fluting occulus surprise as they left prison and yet gone they

thanked their supporters in fact to continue their work. on every side in the preview and on her journey around the globe we're here to receive. letters or thank you very much i'm really happy to type them to my colleagues and i can't wait to my use right now right now. let's bring in our southeast asia correspondent charlotte shell simple she's 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 me 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

journalist matt country in jail essentially they would argue for press speaking out about alleged violations by the military now they are now the two men have been reunited with their wives we see in very emotional moving pictures of that while learning one of the journalists wives she gave but while he was behind bars he's only had a chance to see is a handful of times now that every united there is a family once again and i think for a lot of that support is a reuters news agency their employer in particular this is an extremely thoughtful . while it does not 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 into these five hundred days in prison in the first place people saying that this was clearly not just made case and it was filled with regularity

and show why were they released now. well this release has come as something of a surprise off the supreme court me and most 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 me a mob does release prisoners around the time that it celebrates new year which started a pro seventeen say 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 they were said to have been found with documents which were threats to national security not to the defense of the two journalists 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 the journals 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 are a southeast asia correspondent. reporting for us good to talk to you. let's catch up 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 down more than two hundred fifty people died in the attacks which have been claimed by the so-called islamic state. investigators are examining the

flight recorders of the russian airliner that burst into flames upon landing in moscow killing forty one people the pilot reported technical problems and turned back to moscow's sheremetyevo airport shortly after taking off its stop the aircraft might have been struck by lightning. ten elephants painted white have been led to the royal palace in the thai capital bangkok a to pay their respects to the newly crowned king the white elephant is a sacred symbol of moral power in thailand the king's three day coronation ended on monday. now to a major political controversy in turkey election officials have thrown out the result of the vote for the mayor of istanbul turkey president. had suffered a humiliating defeat in the vote his ruling party won the local elections over all but lost the mayoral polls in istanbul and ankara his party then 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 parts is to more residents express their dismay at the rerun of may oral elections at an impromptu rally on the outskirts of istanbul the winner of the election vowed to fight on live. 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 hold work. or show mertz rather still. to this day 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 preplanned 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 it may not be. perhaps also unsurprisingly the losing candidate disagreed. why have the elections gone to the electoral board. because of the irregularities the wrongdoing is 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 show i've ever watched

work over there has been cheating there's 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 a simple as that. but on monday night the people of this 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 one 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 much evidence heard 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 to manufacturable 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 will take the selections during there will be a new vote held on june twenty third what are the one's chances of 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 agree just act of taking away their fair and square victory on top of that to believe that the whole a.k.p. party is deeply divided over this move to another vote there are many. voices of dissatisfaction a feeling that the country needs to move on to address the key problem of the economy now on top of the economy that is going to be the biggest challenge soaring 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 fault in the turkish currency and the fear of political and economic chaos as his election unfolds dorian jones reporting for us from istanbul thank you dorian. now well wishers around the world have been congratulating the duke and duchess of sussex

britain's prince harry and meghan markle on the birth of their son their baby boy's name hasn't yet been announced gave birth in the early hours of monday morning to the delight of the royal family. 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 later and myself and the baby boy. did this morning a very healthy boy. mother and baby at their incredibly well as being the most amazing it's because i didn't ever possibly imagine. how any woman does what they do is beyond a branch and book with absolutely throws i'm just so grateful to you for the love and support for what he. has been them it's been amazing sort of this one 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 good reasons for the free speech or exciting magique best wishes about yes 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 and we'll be seeing you joys in probably two days time as planned as a family to be have to share it with you guys and so one can see the baby. another thing the public will have to wait for is the baby's name harry says no decision has been made yet. in sports colognes football club has made it back into the bonus

they goes top division just one season after being relegated to the second tier colognes away win over a quarter to clinch the move up to the top tier starting next young for the last four to have tricked and thirteen added and to make it that much easier. for no win with his third goal sending fans of the club known as the billy goat and the team itself into a celebration. if you minutes a documentary about the museum of african-american history in washington d.c. but first celebrities at the red carpet new york last night profession's biggest night the annual gala for the metropolitan museum of art there are plenty of extravagant and wacky costumes enjoy.

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