for information. listening to connect to an unbiased agenda subscribe to. the d w news live from berlin and me as marathon election process nears an end and voters cast their ballots and daley and other areas in a poll that could see the governing pj's be significantly weakened also coming up. anti-government protests and albania turned violent demonstrators throw molotov cocktails flares and firecrackers as day demand the government resign and calls for

fresh elections. and 70 years after allied planes broke the sylvian blockade of west berlin young artists and performers from around the world celebrate the anniversary in their own style. welcome to the show. voters in india have been casting ballots in the 2nd to last round of a 7 phase general election more than 100000000 people across 7 states were eligible to vote today including in the capital delhi the election the world's biggest exercise and democracy is being seen as a referendum on prime minister in a random modi and his hindu nationalist b j p party. as india's mammoth election approached its final stages opposition leader raul gandhi took aim at the prime

minister after casting his ballot in the capital while the children are you it was a very good fright render modi used hatred we used to love it seems that love is going to win. gandhi and his family have been the target of sharp attacks by prime minister modi last week he said gandhi's father who was assassinated after serving as prime minister had been india's most corrupt man. in turn gandhi blasted modi for alleged corruption and accused him of ignoring the problems facing the country's rural population modi has sought to deflect that criticism by talking tough on national security and in delhi there were signs of support for the prime minister. i think quite satisfactory for you isn't that the multitude problem that india. but we need to go along we are making we need to do

a lot. and i have put in democracy. we need the right person to get down to work today even after so many years there's no running water in many villages modi has done a lot but there's still a lot more to do. the final phase of the election takes place next sunday with the votes tallied on may 23rd. for more on this mammoth election i'm joined now by our correspondent nations as well in delhi and the south poles of close now in the 6 election phase how did the day co. well the call falling today in the sixty's was largely peaceful 90 percent of the country has by and now watered $56.00 seats were being decided and close to a 1000 candidates were in the running just for these 56 seats now pulling in all across the country like i said was lost the peaceful but in the state of west

bengal there have been reports of violence of course there are massive security deployments all across the country $60000.00 security personnel were manning new delhi alone and now we have one face to go including be aborting in the crucial seat a bargain to see which prime minister naji in the more the will be fighting him south and another 11 because we will know who the next prime minister of the country will be. this election is seen very much as a referendum on prime minister narendra modi he's a very controversial leader how will he do. prime some range more of the is definitely controversial his critics have alleged that he has actually divided the country and supported the rising hindu nationalist rhetorical that we've seen all across and that he has not delivered on his promises of promoting development however he's also seen as a unifying force for b.g.p. supporters who still and i can and people all across the country who may not like

we do does have told reporters that we may not support our candidate but our vote will go to prime minister nouri and the more the now analysts believe that it's it will be very difficult for the ruling b.g.p. to come back with ass stronger mandate as it had in 2014 but there is still a belief that by most americans will be will be able to claim a 2nd term however at the head offered relatively weak a government perhaps at the head of the coalition today we saw the main opposition candidate raul gandhi cast his vote how do indians feel about him. well the only gandhi who does not to rally as much support as prime minister in a dream the more the i think that is pretty safe to say however he does head the indian national congress the key opposition party which has actually led the country for most of its ears in independence his father his grandmother his create grandfather have all been prime ministers of the countries of supporters of the

gandhi family of the gandhi dynasty definitely do have support for him however it's also important to note that this is not a simple battle between rahul gandhi off the congress and prime minister in the regions or more the of the b.g.p. regional parties are bound to play and over ready crucial role in this election and could well be kingmaker because they are increasingly strong before the current noreen's or more the government for 30 years india was told ruled by coalition and many of the usual parties could play a role in selecting who the next prime minister will be by deciding who they will support by minute in a range of more the for a 2nd term on the challenger on gandhi in which as well in delhi thank you very much. thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities across albania demanding the resignation of prime minister and the rama opposition parties called the demonstrations hoping to force romney to resign and call snap elections the violence is the latest in 3 months of anti-government protests. protesters took

their grievances and their molotov cocktails straight to the prime minister's office the opposition democratic party accuses the government of millipede laving election results 2 years ago opposition leader load seen by so blames the pace of talks with the e.u. on government corruption the 3rd quarter were hits a day to send the 1st and claim message to prime minister eddie rama we will not allow you to block a road towards europe anymore rama must go right. now being is one of the poorest countries in europe and many here have high hopes for a u. membership discussions about joining the bloc were supposed to begin last year but have been delayed by concerns over corruption in the judiciary. as the day went by clashes continue. 7

to serve but were protesting because we're unemployed this is a government of criminals thieves they are corrupt people there's no court there are no police we are going nowhere we are left without a state without anything god save us there's old you know my. the e.u. and the us have urged the opposition to channel its passion into local elections except for the end of june. that some of the other stories making news around the world. catholic churches in sri lanka have resumed sunday services for the 1st time since the terrorist attacks of security was tight as thousands attended mass in the capital colombo more than 250 people were killed on easter sunday when jihad is bombed churches and hotels across the country. lithuanians are voting in presidential elections 9 candidates are vying to replace dolly agreed to who's

serving her 2nd and final term former finance minister in greed as she wanted to is leading in opinion polls a runoff could take place in 2 weeks of no candidate wins a majority. a passenger jet and myanmar has made an emergency landing using only its rear wheels the myanmar national airlines plane was approaching the airport and mandalay when the pilot was unable to deploy the front landing gear none of the passengers or crew were injured. furling is marking the 70th anniversary of the allied airlift that broke the soviet union's blockade of the city and 948 moscow closed all roads to west berlin the response was one of the biggest relief efforts in history around the clock u.s. british and french planes brought in supplies from the west and returned with products from west berlin keeping the enclave alive moscow gave up its blockade

a less than a year later on may 12th $949.00 on the anniversary young artists have come to berlin to find new ways to tell the story. everybody is saying. johnny is a new york beat boxer who's traveled to berlin with over 20 other young artists they want to breathe new musical life into the story of the 1948 percent are left. here. and this is eddie. white's welcome he's 92 years old and edwin shunts remembers the tons of essential supplies delivered to west berlin by pilots flying for the western allies the us britain and france that's where these young visitors are from i think. when i was your age people were shooting at each other. and now we can talk together i would have been glad to

be in your position back. shunts was 21 when the soviets cut off supplies to allied controlled west berlin in a cold war provocation the resulting scarcity of groceries coal and gasoline threaten the city was starvation your father did. cut the western allies responded to a call for help by west berlin mayor and. planes landed every few minutes a tempelhof airport and edwin shunts helped unload supplies the airlift lasted 11 months. until the alley after the americans and their allies well an enemies were then. we had the feeling. enemies became our friends. for. the young people have been comparing notes about life in new york musée london and

berlin many of them draw on difficult sometimes traumatic experiences to inform their artistic expression was. edwin shantz his role in the berlin airlift made a strong impression on him. i think it's important to remember. moments like that because you have to compare it to now in terms of just they got through it you know it's horrible big before though and that's the beauty of going through says just of the things because it creates like a resilience it had. no it's about solidarity isn't it i think it's really important to tell this story because other countries need help today. the former airfield where the vital aid was flown in 70 years ago is the venue of this year's airlift commemoration. the visiting news have choreographed a performance to keep the memory alive. and men's

tennis the final pairing at the madrid open has been confirmed with novak djokovic facing stephanos seeds of us later today since of us knocked out the tournaments record champion refound the doll in 3 sets stunning the world number 2 and a coming of age performance a match and that's 642663 in his favor and means he'll battle it out for the title against over a joke of it earlier on saturday the world number one only needed 2 sets to defeat austrian dominic team but it was a close run affair and 7676. meanwhile the women's singles and with iran have already crowned their champion last year as finalist kicking burtons had another crack at the title and this time she came out on top against world number 3 simona halep. ready and focused kiki burthens of the netherlands faced a tough challenge in her quest to win the biggest title of her career beating 2

time madrid open winner simona halep. after a tight opening set britain's took it 6 for. the world number 2 wasn't going to give up easily so after dropping her serve in the opening game of the 2nd set the romanian broke back. with one of 8 breaks of serve across the march but burton's managed to keep her cool and after a gripping one hour and $27.00 minutes to the 2nd set $64.00 to win her 1st madrid open to become the only woman in the history of the tournament to be crowned champion without dropping a set. a grandmother from arizona has taken the plunge and fulfilled a lifelong dream rosie johnson jumped out of an airplane at 3000 meters to celebrate her 86th birthday she. said she had been determined to cross skydiving off her bucket list after landing like a pro she said she felt like

a bird up in the sky and she had a message for her late husband. collector. you were wrong i had a wonderful time i'm still a long time and i'm one. here watching d w news life from berlin coming up next is a documentary about the museum of african-american history and culture in washington d.c. same time for that i'm a call from life for me and the entire team here i d w thanks for watching. europe we're going to. put what's become of it. what will it look like to hold. anything for a better future isn't. requires our culture today show.

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