it's really frightening. to have had. it. why aren't people more concerned. the first w. how do strongman leaders been twist democracy to fit their will you could look to russia but it's way and then there is turkey president erda wants a political party lost control of is stamboul in municipal elections back in march it was such a shock to everyone that next month it stamboul will repeat its alexion tonight i'll ask a key party what's the plan next time to make sure the will of the people follows the plan of the president i bring golf in berlin this is the day.

the shuttle watch has been cheating has been corruption full this is clear and unambiguous can the list came from somebody who doesn't want to lose his palace so it's no surprise because most fellow citizens he's been trying to take away the elections we won on the evening of march the thirty first they have tried to steal alcohol is worse than feeling this a pre-planned game n.p. election authorities a part of it and look at this decision doesn't represent voters it clearly has been made ignoring the people's will you claim the b.b.c. come on let's go before the people and we will accept the people's wish to tell us . is the simplest but. also coming up a report from jordan where citizenship is dependent on the passport your father

holds don't even bother asking your mother according to jordanian law only men can pass on citizenship to their children this means that something daughters born to a jordanian mother is and not jordanian fathers i considered foreigners in the eyes of the state. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day. with a lesson in how to undo democracy turkish style after the failed coup attempt in the summer of twenty sixteen turkey's president valid it would never happen again he used a state of emergency to purge the military the police the state bureaucracy public schools and universities of hundreds of thousands of people he considered possible in the minds of the state a crackdown condemned the world over especially as turkey's independent media were being shut down a crackdown that apparently did not snuff out the voice of the people in municipal

elections back in march voters kicked out president everyone's a key party in istanbul and in the capital ankara a victory that may be short lived turkey's election board has ordered its stamboul to rerun its election next month agreeing with president carter won that the first vote may have been rigged tonight there is international outrage of that decision and yet even the opposition parties even the party which won the first election they've all agreed to let their candidates run for office again here's what president to one and the head of the main opposition party said today about that election repeat. i hope the decision will be good for instant poll as well as our country. says you notice numbers it became clear that certain people with dirty hands had become involved starting before the elections and they brought the situation to this point stump step by step. we sincerely believe that there was

organized corruption full illegality and irregularity in the estimable may our election but no news although didn't love it it is we won almost all of the cities we thought we could win which they did not anticipate. yeah. they could accept it but when we won istanbul they started conspiring conspiring against what against democracy they tried to conspire against the will of the people you know this is. will you take that we must teach these gang members at the election board a lesson. these gang members massacre at the law and the will of the people we live in you know the. right one party calls them gang members another party says they are holding up the rule of law to talk about that i'm joined now by haroon armagh

on a member of president everyone's a key party he joins me tonight from instead bowl a it's good to have you back on the day that we just heard president or one talking about people with dirty hands connected with the election in istanbul who was responsible for the vote rigging in istanbul. the first four i would like to correct one one thing in your put it in mention this is undo of democracy does a judicial process appealing to the election results as a constitutional right and opposition parties did the same thing important election as well for example opposition party applied for a city in east of turkey and elect election council accepted their it pale and there is a rerun in that city as well it's a constitutional right it's a checks and balances process which makes our strong our democracy stronger so that point i have to disagree first the second coming to your question. is that there

has been recorded irregularities in this election they might impact the play in the result of election and just like any other. cities in turkey and we made our appeal to election consul an independent body and they have been checking our appeal and they found us right they said that they made a decision to rerun the elections so there will be a rerun and we will see that if you want the people of istanbul will show their full will in the ballot boxes and we will respect that decision but here in just one of the this let me ask let me ask you though about who is responsible i'm asking that because if you are going to have a repeat of the election then it would help to to secure the free and fair nature of the second election you want to make sure that rigging doesn't happen again so we have you been able to identify the people who were responsible for the rigging in the election in march. this is an investigation that the

bar office in the world and the election consul started as investigations on it in give a result but for us what is important is that we make sure that this election's in istanbul than it. is a transparent free and fair so that people of his will can show their full will. to to make sure that our democracy strong we've talked about the irregularities in the istanbul municipal election and that they were have been investigated by the ag party how many municipal elections in turkey has your party investigated so for. well we have we have in our also thieves we have our own checks and balances just like any other party they also every party has their own system to make sure that the results are correct and they they have

representatives in every will but just. opposition parties also appeal in many cities just like we have failed in istanbul and ankara but our appeal in those involved right but in istanbul it was fun right and the election made a decision to repeat the elections and in last election in two thousand and fourteen elections there were fourteen minute simple it is iran turkey that that had a real rerun of elections so when does a jew did not usual part of our checks and balances for democracy and elections were there irregularities in the elections other than ystem ball and corroding to the a cave the. there are also feel but the remade are appeals as well but election council makes the final decision decision if that irregularities have changed the final result because in istanbul the difference between two candidates was zero

point four thousand percent so it's very very very very little margin support in margin so that might in fact the final result of the election which created question marks in everybody's minds the repeating of the election will make sure that everybody is is commenced with the result that is fair and that reflects the will of the stumble people i just spoke with the deputy head of the republican people's party the c.h.p. i want you to take a listen to what he said about the decision ordering a repeat of the istanbul election. all the appeals and all the objections of could really be if first of all rejected by the i actually more but that finally they found and it's a political asset to the objections it is not and legal justification there is no legal grounds for refusing it is out of the elections this is simply a political decision and it is the take that under the political pressure of the

ruling without it so here and there you have him saying this is all about politics the eight k. party your party refusing to accept it lost an election. no know this as nothing to do with the older respect with the member of the parliament we have made our appeals with free for reasons and some of them are fault invalid but one reason was valid and the opposition parties some of the opposition parties also agreed with that reason to repeat it read on the elections so it has nothing to do with a political decision because not not in every situation to a cadet opposition party want to read out there is only in istanbul with a paper thin margin between two can they it's that was the irregularities were affecting the impacting results and the decision was made by independent election consul i think make a common thing as all that is a political. decision is completely wrong the council of election it has members

from all political parties and independent decision it's now no need to for its independence let me ask you let me ask you going beyond politics me ask you about economics in the business world turkey's economic problems they were front and center during the municipal elections on march thirty first those worries are still there the the turkish lira today we can further on news of the stamboul election rerun the turkish industry and business association tweeted late yesterday and this is what they wrote that we've translated into english as we emphasized before the thirty first of march local election results were announced it is worrying to return to the electoral environment as we should focus on a comprehensive economic and democratic reform agenda all right so they're saying don't have a rerun of the vote let's just get down to business the reply from president erda one to that today was businessmen in turkey should know their place

a room what is their place. everyone has a right to express their opinion but a disdain at turkish economy is now at the age that when we can when we can now progress and then we can produce and then we can focus on our business there is there is a rerun in turkey because it's the it's a due process of our appeal our rights given by constitution so that there will be disposed s.s. checks and balances to make sure that our elections are say this is the reason why we have one of the highest turnout rates in in europe because people trust. the wallet but they're transparent and the election consul in it is independent but it makes a great judge to make sure that no one intervenes with the people's decision therefore the due process that our constitution requires to make sure that our elections and

democracy are say the businessmen at the same time obviously. isn't going to fight over it unfortunately we're out of time but you bring up a good point i think in the last election you had a turnout of eighty percent in turkey which is excellent for any democracy haroon argonne with the ruling a key party in turkey joining me tonight from istanbul over and we appreciate your time tonight and please come back on the show let's talk when we come in june to those and to repeat elections in istanbul thank you. thank you. a lanced minute cancellation shrouded in mystery u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe today canceled what would have been his first official visit to berlin the u.s. embassy here in the german capital saying that the visit had to be postponed due to urgent matters and international security issue was president donald trump's top

diplomat was in finland earlier in the day to take part in a meeting of foreign ministers of the particular camp seoul. so what's the story behind this last minute cancellation to talk about that i'm joined by the political correspondent linda crane she is in our parliamentary studios here in berlin and in washington d. w. correspondent oversell it is following the story forced from there good evening to both of you let me ask both of you have you heard from your sources today why you pompei go canceled his visit to berlin linda let me start with you what have you heard yes we have been hearing through the course of the afternoon and now also we're seeing some confirmations coming in on the wires that the secretary of state and those who are traveling with him went to iraq now apparently the journalists who work company in him were told in the afternoon after the meeting with chancellor merkel was cancelled that they would be going to

a country that they could not name and that they could not report on the trip but as i said we are seeing some as yet unconfirmed reports that that country was in fact iraq and we can only speculate why that would be as you know the u.s. announced a couple of days ago that it is deploying an aircraft carrier to the straits of hormuz that in conjunction with tensions that are ratcheting ratcheting up with iran and the secretary of state said at that time that one of the reasons the u.s. was doing that is that it had credible threats that there could be an iranian attack on u.s. forces in the area including in iraq so perhaps this is meant as a kind of demonstration of the significance of that threat but you what have you heard there in washington what are the sources been able to say about pay is change of plans. emelin the just laid it out it was quite mysterious

today. media was reporting about where on earth the secretary of state is traveling to and in fact not even as melinda said the press corps traveling with them was informed but in addition to that they were also not allowed to report it until the delegation would have left the next destination now rocky iraqi government forces in fact they have to confront their visit to the united states have five thousand military personnel there on the ground and the rumors are that this has to do with the situation in iran with the rising tensions there we all know that u.s. government believes that the government is planning or contemplating attacks on u.s. forces in the region they have then just a little while of goal deployed and the aircraft area to the region to the strait of hormuz in fact observers do believe that this is all manufactured that the u.s.

administration is trying to trying to justify its harsh policies against iran so no matter what a lot of speculation here in washington today but it's clear that both sides are ratcheting up the tensions that's a good point markets are jittery to the price of oil increasing yet again today the sudden cancellation appear really did not go down very well here in berlin this is once norbert and the chair of the foreign affairs committee here in germany the german part of this is what he said today even if there were unavoidable reasons for the cancellation it unfortunately fits into the current climate in the relationship of the two governments washington in berlin belinda i mean you don't have to read between the winds there to understand that the government here in berlin has been put off by. no no of course the government did not officially express that sentiment there was simply mention made that the meeting

would very soon be rescheduled but there is no question if this had only been a meeting between the foreign minister of germany and the secretary of state that might have been a different matter but he was set to meet the chancellor and the secretary of state has now been in his is position for over a year he skipped the munich security conference although he was in europe at the time he has not been to germany and there's a sense here that this simply reflects what has become a very chilly relationship between the u.s. and germany and german politicians pointed out today look we need to work together it is very important that we address the geo political tensions in the world through co-operative and devers but that needs to be essentially a two way street both sides have to work at it right personally we're out of time integrated in washington or here in berlin oversell or correspond in washington to

both of you thank you very much. let's not we continue our series on germany twenty nineteen the big issues our correspondent keep brady has been traveling around the country to find out what's on people's minds on the latest stage she takes a look at what many people here say is a health emergency the population is growing but not enough affordable housing is being built in the city of hydel bear some students who have their own ideas on how to tackle that problem. for the next part of my journey i'm heading south to the historic town of hyderabad. back home to germany's oldest university and the scientific hub. picture ask with this toy town appearance green open spaces and good job prospects it's no wonder the bag is booming since two thousand and

seven the population has grown by about fifteen thousand and is proving to be particularly popular among toy rests and the. but a lack of housing and increasing demand here in heidelberg has seen rent prices skyrocket over the last ten years making finding that very tail home here in hyderabad nothing short of a nightmare. demand for housing among students who make up about a quarter of the town's population is particularly high but here on the outskirts of hyderabad on the form of barracks of a u.s. military hospital a group of students has taken matters into their own hands the building their own student dorms this is colleague him academic ira five who want to trying to find an apartment or a flat is almost impossible for some people get an apartment through friends but otherwise. the sixty million euro project which is being funded largely by state redevelopment aid will provide housing for more than two hundred twenty students

and apprentices at first glance the purchase height looks more garden shed than home but it's complete with beds bookshelf wardrobe and desk over three hundred years of month bills included. on the one hand we want to live sustainably that's why the entire building will be made of wood because the production has significantly fewer c o two emissions than building with concrete we also want to live together more sustainably where possible we want to share a lot of if you are individual spaces a lot of communal spaces in our own workshop where we can repair things. until the . heidelberg deputy magen of stock is pledging to build some eight hundred new apartments every year to keep up with demand cuboid if. we are hoping to achieve rental prices of under ten euros per square meter which automatically means we need subsidised as the market rate start at thirteen or fourteen euro's per square meter

that's. and that's in the lower end of the scale this column is not. but if the increase in rental prices of twenty two percent in heidelberg over the last decade is anything to go by rents are already heading off the scale. projects like canadian macadamia really could office a relief to the housing crisis here in hyderabad but when the city really wants to avoid the extortionate rental prices in other big cities like len and munich there's still a lot to be done. to jordan and the fight for greater gender equality women there are not allowed to pass citizenship on to their children that means babies born to jordanian mothers and nine hundred eighteen fathers are classified as foreigners puts major restrictions on their lives from day one but not everyone wants to change there.

are uber he reports. when see him made that egyptian man almost four decades ago she never expected her choice of life partner would cause her seven children so much suffering down the line. when they grew up they had problems with work. unless they got a work permit they could get a job. if they worked on officially they would have problems getting paid fairly. if they went and complained to officials they had no personal id to file a complaint with. see him says her children feel jordan is their only home yet in addition to work issues their status also limits their ability to own property their access to public education health care and their ability to acquire a driver's license. this is because as non-citizens they do not possess a national id number. for see him the problems went further than restrictions to everyday life her son status almost got him kicked out of the country he calls home

. he got into a fight as a result there was a legal problem and within ten days he got a deportation order. if he was dirty and he would have been treated like this he was detained for two years pending deportation. and twenty fourteen authorities started issuing the children of jordanian mothers special id cards that were supposed to ease restrictions on their daily lives see her son tells me the card is ineffective in practice and is often not recognized by institutions like banks. local and international human rights organizations including human rights watch have repeatedly recommended the jordan overhaul its citizenship law completely any change in jordan citizenship law would require the approval of the country's legislative body measurements in nowhere but some parliamentarians here are still stunningly opposed to the move this parliamentarian says amending the law would open the door for palestinian refugees to become jordanian as many jordanian women

are married to palestinian refugees he says this would hurt the palestinian cause jordan is host to two million palestinian refugees. if we keep. citizenship to this group all at once there will be a huge change in the demographics of jordan and will they tell this group to be happy with the current measures in place and the rights they've been granted thus far and who met. forsee him and her children however this is easing of the restrictions is not enough. i want them to have their citizenship this is the least of their rights if a man can pass on citizenship to his spouse and children i should be able to do the same. was but it seems that for now a change in the law is nowhere in sight. well the day is almost on the conversation continues online to find us on twitter either at g.w. news or you can follow me a brit golf t.v.

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this is g w news live from berlin tonight turkey's is stamboul election rerun international outrage as the mayor of istanbul is told that he is no longer the mayor of istanbul opposition parties say that the order to repeat his temples be discipline lection is an outrageous attempt to silence dissent by a dictator full here from the party that dealt defeat to president ever once ruling a cape feet the first time around why are they sending a candidate in the second time and also coming up.